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Currency trading success depends on several factors but they all stem from one specific factor – If you don't have it, you will probably join the 95% of losers.
It's a common error made by novice traders, so let's look at it:
You need confidence in the method you use.
This requires some more explanation.
It's a fact that most traders don't have ultimate confidence in their method because they do the following:
They try and buy a method from someone else and don't understand the logic it is based upon. Because they don't fully understand the logic, they fail to follow it through losing periods and throw in the towel.
If you want to succeed in Forex Trading you need to follow a method with rigid discipline, through inevitable losing periods.
If you don't, you don't have a method in the first place!
Furthermore most systems sold are junk.
There sold by writers, or failed brokers and simply don't work.
These people rely on hypothetical track records and the greed of buyers, to make them think they will win, but of course they don't.
So how do you get confidence in the method you use?
1. If you are buying a system
Only look for a track record in real time of 2 – 3 years duration – this proves that the logic of the system is soundly based.
By looking for a real time track record you can get rid of 95% or more of FOREX trading systems that are sold.
2. Understand the logic
However, even with a FOREX trading system that has worked in the past you still need to have confidence in it and that means understanding why it in depth, so you have confidence.
You also need to be happy with the drawdowns it incurs some traders can take for example 50% drawdowns - others can't.
Look at the worst peak to valley drawdown and time to recovery.
Make sure your happy with it and that you can follow your system through drawdowns of similar magnitude.
3. The best way to achieve currency trading success is to:
Devise your own FOREX trading method.
While this may sound daunting, it's easy to do.
You can build the system and test it and as it's yours you will have total confidence and the discipline to follow it when the going gets tough.
Building a system is easy, if you do a little research and we have in our other articles shown you how to do this.
Many people think they can trade FOREX and have no real drawdown, but that's not real life.
Drawdowns are emotionally and financially draining and confidence gives you the discipline to stick with your system.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Currency Trading – Success Depends On One Critical Factor
Currency trading success depends on several factors but they all stem from one specific factor – If you don't have it, you will probably join the 95% of losers.
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Saturday, March 21, 2009
Currency Trading Systems - Building a Profitable One in 4 Steps
If you want to trade currencies then you need a currency trading system that will get the odds in your favour and here we will show the basics that make a successful one. Anyone can build one and incorporate it in their Forex trading strategy and it's easy to do - Let's look at the basics.
1. Identifying the Opportunity
The best way to identify an opportunity is to use support and resistance and good old trend lines. We won't explain support and resistance here - but if you are not familiar with it look it up on the net - Here we want you to keep in mind one key point:
When you trade be selective and only trade valid support and resistance.
What do we mean by valid?
- The more tests the better- The more time frames involved the better- The longer the duration between the time frame the better
The above are just general guidelines - you can use 2 tests but 3 tests or more, are better and look for resistance or support that is considered important by the market.
You then need to decide after spotting the opportunity on your forex charts when to trade.
2. Executing the Trading Signal
Never simply buy into support or sell into resistance with your currency trading system.
This wont work, as your predicting what may happen and as you can't predict the future ( despite what many guru's will tell you), you are simply hoping or guessing and the market will kill you.
You need confirmation.
If you don't know what momentum indicators are look them up - you need them and there an essential part of your forex education.
You only need a couple to confirm the move - more is not better as you need a simple system - more complicated ones have more elements to break.
The way to use them is to watch for a level to hold and when momentum shifts away from the level then you trade.
Don't just look for support or resistance to hold though - incorporate breakout methodology. It's a fact that most trends start form new market highs NOT Market lows. So, if prices breakout supported by momentum buy them!
Most traders can't do this they want to get back in on a pullback that never comes - don't make this mistake trade the breakouts like the pros do.
Finally be very selective and only trade the best set ups - in forex trading you don't get paid for how often you trade you get paid for being RIGHT.
Trade sparingly and only trade the big high odds trades.
3. Stops and Profits
Stops are easy and behind support and resistance. Place them as soon as your currency trading system gives a signal.
If you are long term trend following, keep your stop well back and give the market room to breathe, so you don't get stopped out by random volatility.
You are going to miss the turn but as you can't predict that anyway, that's fine.
Catch 50 - 60% of the big trends and you will become very rich.
Swing trading is another matter.
You're looking for smaller moves and they can disappear quickly, so use a profit target and take your profit early!
Don't worry about perfection of what you might have made - concentrate on making money - no one is perfect but that won't stop you enjoying currency trading success.
4. Managing Your Money
Forex trading is risky, that's why the rewards are so high. Many traders however try and restrict risk so much they create it.
They trade to often have stops to close and move them too quickly and end up losing.
Confront risk cheerfully!
Forget all the common wisdom about risking 2% per trade- if you're trading a $10,000 account that's 200! If you don't risk much you wont win.
If you have a high odds trade risk 20% and have the courage of your conviction.
If you take calculated risks at the right time you can enjoy currency trading success.
So there you have it the above is a simple system - support resistance and a few confirming indicators and the best systems are.
Keep in mind that forex trading is as much to do with mindset as method and you need to maintain discipline.
Simple currency trading systems are easier to understand, apply and have confidence in which leads to the discipline to follow your currency trading system to long term currency trading success.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Choosing A Forex Trading Course
Are you looking to choose a good forex trading system, one that will be worth your time and effort learning how to trade?
Well, there are a couple of key points to keep clearly in mind, even before you go out hunting for a system to learn.
Firstly, some systems perform better than others in areas such as profitability and drawdown. These are vital.
Secondly, some systems can be taught more easily than others, take less time to trade, as well as suiting your personal daily routine better. You need to ask yourself: Do you want to trade all day long 5 days a week, or trade for 2-3 hours 3 times a week to make the same profit?
So when we're choosing a forex trading system, especially if we haven't had much experience with forex before, we'd want to jump in with some thought and consideration behind it.
We're aiming for this:
We want to find a forex trading system that's profitable enough for us, that has an acceptable drawdown, and that actually fits into our daily routine! If and when any of these 3 factors are not there, we find ourselves not able to continue trading the system.
So continue reading to find out how to choose a forex system that's worth putting in the time and effort in to learn!
So here are the 7 power points when checking out a forex system or training course that you've found:
1. The profitability of the system.
This is shown as either pips per month, or when assuming a certain float amount, the dollar amounts per month.
These profit figures are often quoted in pips per month, as it's one way of comparing trading systems, despite the fact that people are trading different trade sizes.
However, when looking at pip profit figures, just be aware that if you assume a fixed risk model, that the average face value that people will trade with any given float, will depend on the average risk per trade. This in turn, depends on the average stop loss distance for that system. But the stop loss distance is not often quoted.
As an example, say you want to trade with a 2% fixed risk model. If the average risk per trade in the first system is say 30 pips, and in the second system is 60 pips, then the average face value would be twice the size in the first system for any given float. If both systems produce the same average pip profit per trade, say 100 pips, the first system will, in terms of dollar amounts, produce the higher profit.
If on the other hand, we're assuming a fixed dollar risk model, then the amounts you put in will depend on the size of the float.
2. The maximum drawdown either historical or based on real trading.
The maximum historical drawdown of a system is the largest decrease in equity that has happened in the past during backtesting or real time trading of the system.
When comparing drawdown between systems, you can either look at pips, or if using a assumed float, look at the dollar value. Then with this dollar value, express it as a percentage of the cash float used. For example, if the maximum historical drawdown was $6000 based on a $10 000 cash float, then the drawdown is 60%, expressed as a percentage of the cash float.
As well as using this drawdown figure to compare systems, you can also use it to figure out the amount of funds you'd need to start trading the system.
In the example we just mentioned, you'd need at least $16 000 in the beginning ideally, to trade the system. That is $10 000 float plus backup of $6000. This is in case a drawdown occurs when you first start trading, not months or years after you start. It's wise to be prudent and to have backup.
3. What's the win loss ratio of the system?
The "win-loss" ratio of the system, is the percentage of winning trades compared to losing trades. A high win-loss ratio is a bonus, in that the system may be psychologically easier to trade.
But more ultimately, you need to look at both the win loss and profit loss ratio, which we come to now…
4. The "profit-loss" ratio of the system.
The "profit-loss" ratio is the average size of winning trades compared to losing trades.
A high ratio means that the system is pretty robust. And this is a strength.
So if the "profit-loss" ratio multiplied by the "win-loss" ratio is greater than one, then you're on the right track, that is, the system is profitable. You'd want this ratio to be 2 or 3 or more, not just bordering on one, which means that the system is profitable with a good edge.
5. The consistency of the system, by month and by year.
If you can find a profitable system, with a reasonable drawdown, and is very consistent, then that's great. Look at the monthly, quarterly and yearly results to best tell this.
Some people won't mind a slightly higher drawdown and less consistency, if the profitability was much higher. However, others depending on their circumstances and personality may want consistency more than profitability, to an extent. There's a different sweet spot for everybody! What's your sweet spot?
6. How much time do you need to trade the system each day?
Some forex systems require about 15 minutes a day to trade, and these are usually daily systems. And others need a few hours per day to achieve similar returns.
On a slightly different note, some forex systems trade the major economic announcements. In these systems of course, you know exactly when you need to be at the computer. Do you want to be a day trader, or do you prefer to trade a short time a day and then focus your day on other businesses?
7. Is the system quite systematic, quite discretionary, or a combination of the two?
A mostly mechanical system is an advantage in that they're teachable and learnable. There's less need to learn discretionary skills that come from real-time paper and live trading, although it's rarer to find systems that are 100% mechanical.
For example, when putting in your support and resistance lines, does the course give you clear rules so that your lines, and therefore your trading decisions will be close to that of the person that's teaching you, or the mentor that developed the system.
Even better, do they have weekly examples of how they draw their lines to fine tune your drawing of these lines?
Now that you know these keys to assessing a forex system, go on and have some practice looking at various forex strategies for yourself.
You'll save effort and frustration if you choose a system that was worth learning and trading!
So consider the above points when looking at various forex trading systems that you're thinking of learning.
If you're a beginner, have patience, as you'll need to learn the basics and then practice assessing a forex system for yourself.
If you know what you're looking for, you'll be able to more easily forex system that suits your daily routine and is profitable, not one that causes frustration!
So have some practice assessing forex systems. There may a forex seminar or forex introduction session near you, where you can go and check their system out for yourself.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Best Online Trading
Best Online Trading -Trading In Virtual World
Online stock trading has a taken a new dimension today. In the stock markets officials are nothing a large amount of stock is being traded and a major rise in the opening of share trading accounts. Previously, everything was done manually or at the stock exchange and was the monopoly of few trading agencies but due to advancement in technology now everything has come to a finger click. No more waiting for replies from brokers!! On the other hand, Information of current market trends ups and downfall everything is easily available in the respective website. All the investor has to do is via Internet decide on the stock purchase and sales and easily earn in loads.
Strategies of Trading
In stock market investing, it is very commonly observed that small investors go through major losses due to lack of the knowledge of online stock trading strategy. The way of good trading strategy is of two ways. First, invest on an undervalued stock so that your investment should not go at total loss. Emotion should be kept out of mind and one should mentally acquire an upper and lower selling limit. Reflex ability should be maintained in this matter, when trading stock the instrument should be moveable, otherwise these trading would not work.
Day –Trading
The individuals are not aware what the Wall Street professionals have in store in them at all. Moreover, they know at what they are good in doing and giving the best shot. They do things like questionable analyst upgrades for other companies. In addition, those are the clients of the brokerage firm, for which the analyst is working. Therefore, the company or a corporate can sell it at a higher price. Day traders do not sleep at night it seems that they even dream about selling and buying stocks. Day traders are in born to trade. They know how to do business and make profit upon the market. By day trading, the day trader can earn in millions every day. The day traders invest blindly in the stock market today.
The truth behind the stock market is that it is game of fortune the big play with their money in the stocks . They try their hand in every aspect to earn a large profit out of their stocks. Moreover, their greed for money even takes them higher. In addition, a good portion of money is made out of by not informing the stock trader and investor who blindly trades and makes his contribution in the stock market today.
Discount Stock Trading
The most affordable way of buying stocks is through discount brokers. Nevertheless, a discount broker would only give a little about the company shares and that would not clarify the information about the stocks at a whole. Therefore, a full service barker is necessary for full financial advice support that cans advice on stock selections and financial planning. The foremost thing in stock broking is to rely on yourself that is to study and personally thus avoiding being less reliable on investment advisors or full service brokers. However, financial advisers can be of extremely helpful when you are real financial crisis. They are help at hand. They should be kept handy when needed.
Best Online Trading
when someone is thinking of investing in an open market, he should follow some real good guideline. He should know the terminology of share trading. He has to have a good financial background in order to gain success in stock trading. You have to volatile and quite familiar with the stock market in order to make a good profit. But you don't have to be so much savvy with the stock market.
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Desertification is a type of land degradation due to various factors (physical, chemical, biological, political, cultural, economic etc.) including the climate change and human factors in arid, semi-arid and sub-humid areas.
The arid, semi-arid and semi-humid areas are constituting a large portion of the earth's land surface area and these areas are the habitat and the livelihood resource of a large segment of the world population.
More than 250 million people around the world are affected directly by desertification and more than 4 billion hectares of lands are threatened by desertification.
In addition more than 110 countries through approximately 1,2 billion people are facing the desertification threat.
In 1992, Rio Summit was held with the participation of 172 countries and 108 of those was at presidential level. During the summit where sustainability matter stand in the forefront, 3 Conventions, as road maps, were opened for signature.
These are:
√√ UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC)
√√ UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
√√ UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
1. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
1.1 Subject's Background
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification was signed on the 17th of June, 1994 in Paris. The Convention came into force with the signature of 115 countries the 26th of December, 1996. So far, 195 countries and the European Union became parties to the convention.
Our country became a party to the convention with the law number 4340, published into the Official Journal number 23258 the 11th of February, 1998. The convention is constituted of 40 articles, starting especially from the point of the desertification issue of African countries, to determine this issue globally and to foreseen a common movement to find solutions and to classify the countries with 5 separated Annexes. These Annexes are:
√√ African Countries (Annex - I)
√√ Asian Countries (Annex - II)
√√ Latin America and Caribbean Countries(Annex - III)
√√ Northern Mediterranean Countries (Annex - IV)
√√ Central and South European Countries (Annex - V)
Turkey is actively involved in the studies of the "Northern Mediterranean Regional Implementation Group" (Turkey, Albania, Croatia, Cyprus (North), Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Slovenia).
On the other hand the UN Political Zone Group are listed below:
• African Group
• Asia-Pacific Group
• Eastern European Group
• Latin America and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
• Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG)
Turkey is located in the Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) in the UN Political Zone Group. besides, our Country has not only duties and opportunities to benefit from various mechanisms related to the land degradation levels due todesertification and to other factors, but also to the economic level as well.
1.2. Convention Bodies
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification has a supreme decisionmaking body and subsidiary bodies. These are:
√√ Conference of the Parties (COP)
√√ Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC)
√√ Science and Technology Committee (CST)
√√ Global Mechanism (GM)
√√ Secretariat
1.2.1. The Conference of the Parties (COP)
The Conference of the Parties is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention and it makes decisions with the participation of the representatives of country parties to the convention. The Conference of the Parties, high level body of the Convention, was held annually from 1997 to 2001 (COP 1 - COP 5), but starting from the 6th session they are held on a biennial basis. It was held 11 times until today. The 11th Conference of the Parties was held in Namibia between the 16th to the 27th of September, 2013. Previous conferences were held in Korea, Argentina, Spain, Cuba, Switzerland, Germany, Senegal, Qatar and Italy.
1.2.2. The Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC)
CRIC is the subsidiary body to the COP to assist it reviewing the implementation of the Convention's liabilities. The CRIC-7 was held with our country's hosting in November 2008. in Istanbul.
CRIC is working for the following objectives:
√√ To identify and to promote the best practices for the implementation of the Convention,
√√ To review the implementation of the strategic plan for the implementation of the Convention,
√√ To examine the contribution of country Parties for the implementation of the Convention,
√√ To evaluate and follow the performance and the effectiveness of CRIC's performance.
1.2.3. The Committee on Science and Technology (CST)
CST is established as a subsidiary body to provide information and advice on scientific and technological matters relating to combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought. The CST meets in conjunction with the sessions of COP and is open to all country Parties participation. A Roster of Independent
Experts was established by the COP to take place in CST with expertise and experience in the relevant fields. Our country hosted the first special CST Session on November 2008 in Istanbul.
CST's priority areas of working are including the following thematic issues:
√√ Monitoring and Evaluation
√√ Scientific Conferences for the UN Convention on Combating Desertification
√√ International Scientific Advice
√√ Information Management
√√ Science Board Membership Program

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Very Fast Train – Should Australia take the plunge?
China is the country with the longest, very fast train system. Spain is the next. And then, we have the great example of Japan. And now, other countries are coming onboard. Britain and America have plans to build very fast train projects.
Should Australia follow suit? To discuss this I have on the line Ken Dobinson from 10,000 Friends of Greater Sydney. Ken, thanks for your time and should Australia have its own very fast train system?
Ken Dobinson: In my view, very much yes. We've got huge, wide open spaces. And we need, really need better 21st century connections between our main centers. That's like Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, and Brisbane. But in North Rail, if we had fast trains between these center, it would also enable our regional centers to grow like for example Albury with Lismore. And this, in turn, would reduce the stress on our major cities. So I see it as all being very, very positive.
David Brown: Do you think that would reduce the amount or our dependence on airplanes? Is that part of the equation?
Ken Dobinson: It would reduce our dependence, but I don't think it would have very, very much effect on air travel. But I say we need both. That's my view of it. And also – for example, on the shorter airlines that switch to Sydney and Canberra or Sydney and Newcastle, it'd possibly reduce the needs for these. And which of course would open more airspace with the likes of Mascot and in the future, Badgerys Creek because you wouldn't need those services as you have them today.
So I think we need both, including air services. And that's why we need Badgerys Creek. We also need to be planning and building a fast rail system because we've just got this huge, brilliant country.
David Brown: So what's the market there, business trips or holidays?
Ken Dobinson: I think it's everything. Business trips probably are hard profile for our cities. But in the regional centers, it'd be much more business trips because people would be connecting back into the major centers more often but having the choice of cross-living and having jobs in those regional cities, which is always a problem today.
David Brown: Well, someone estimated that it would cost over a hundred billion dollars for an east coast very fast train. Is that a realistic estimate?
Ken Dobinson: I think the figures are 114 billion that was put out. But you've got to look behind this because the assumption in that is that we would use existing technology, which is history, and most significantly, that is cost included huge cost of tunnelling to get into the city centers.
Now, as we all know, China's doing a lot of work on this and they really they tell us, it's got the infrastructure cost down considerably. But even more significantly, in my opinion, is we should look to reduce the tunnelling into our centers. And that's where the huge cost is.
For example, in Sydney, we've been looking at this, and the 114 million billion dollar proposal takes it into the CBD of Sydney. Hence, we're saying, that's not going to be the center of Sydney in 20 years. Parramatta is. So take it to Parramatta. If you do that, you have got the costs huge amount. For example, between what we might call a Stage 1, which we think is Sydney-Newcastle, you have the cost and that's huge, huge savings.
David Brown: Yes. I saw some figures saying it could be as low as 65 billion. That's still a huge amount. How long would it take to build these sorts of lines?
Ken Dobinson: Well, in my opinion, a realistic figure is about ten years hence. By the time you do the planning, knock out all the other aspects. But the generally quoted figure is 20 years, but this is largely due to the difficulty of working with the various governments because they are always very, very reluctant and very slow to accept new concepts and new technologies that would be coming into Australia.
David Brown: Talking about the new technologies, do we run the risk if we decide now something like maglev might be – magnetic levitation, might well come into its own? Is there ever a good time to make this decision?
Ken Dobinson: Well, yes. And that's the weakness in the proposals that we've had on the table for quite a number of years now and including the most recent one, which is the 114 billion one because they're all based on past technology, which is what I call wheel on rail. Whereas, the future, it does seem to be in magnetic levitation. And the country that's sort of been building a very fast train for forever and a day is Japan.
And the current new system they're building between Tokyo and Osaka is magnetic levitation. But it's the Japanese magnetic levitation, which is slightly different than the Chinese one. But the Chinese are also looking at it. They're starting to talk about breakthroughs in the system and particularly breakthroughs in price, which is absolutely important to within this thing. But Japan is committed. They've changed. They're building the next high-speed railway as a mag lev.
David Brown: So you would recommend that for Australia.
Ken Dobinson: Yes, certainly. You know, if you're not going to have something for the next 20 years, surely you should be looking to what looks like the most likely in 20 year's time, not something that has been around for the last 50, 60 years. And that looks to the magnetic levitation. But I would suggest the first thing we should do is looking at this for Australia, get over to Japan, check this all through, check China, get a better impression of what is going to be the right solution, the best solution, and the most economical solution in 20 years.
David Brown: Yes. I'm sure that's the case. What sort of timing in travel times are we talking about? What would the Sydney-Melbourne trip take?
Ken Dobinson: Well, it's a need thing as much about what it would take. If you're going to have a really good connection between Sydney and Melbourne, you've got to be able to make it worthwhile for the business traveller. And that means you're looking at your target which is about three hours, which means you're going to need a train in the very high speed category, 350 kilometers an hour or something better. I mean, the mag lev's going to cut up to 500 so it can do it.
David Brown: That would be good. And that makes it much more viable. Is it reasonable with such a high cost to build that it would make a lot of noise when it goes along whereas of course the mag lev, does it?
Ken Dobinson: Well, yes. That's right. The maglev is not so noisy, but it's still noisy. And this is why you've got to think through the whole system because generally, if you're running above ground or even in tunnels because it's so noisy in tunnels. In urban areas, you've got to get that noise down. And you probably can't operate these very high-speed trains within urban areas. So you've got the speed to what we normally call just a fast train, which is about 200 kilometers an hour. Otherwise, the noise will beat you .
David Brown: Yes. Do you think if we build the very fast train in Newcastle, a distance of about 150 kilometres, do you think that they might encourage people to commute, to come down each day? Is that possible?
Ken Dobinson: You will. But if you can go on the – on what happens in England, which isn't very high-speed train at the minute but it is fast rail. More importantly, what's happened in England, you've increased the commuting in the opposite direction. So if you went to Newcastle, you would be growing Newcastle, which would definitely be an asset because that ingrowth outside of Sydney takes pressure off Sydney.
And that's been shown and it's been modelled to death. And that's a fact. You actually grow the outer center. You still get commuting to this major center like Sydney it won't stop that. But you start to grow it in the other direction. And that makes the whole of the system and running a train much more viable because you've then got passengers in both directions. It's not just one.
David Brown: Yeah. That viability is the big issue. Given it's so expensive to build; you could make the fares a reasonable level.
Ken Dobinson: Yes. Well, there's been a lot of the things have been modelled to have a look at fares. And it appears, I mean, it hasn't been done in detail, it appears that Parramatta-Newcastle, we're promoting Parramatta as a center here. Newcastle is already a viable option to build its high-speed rail. It will pay for itself minus fares.
David Brown: Really? What's the difference between a very fast train and a fast train? You mentioned the speed.
Ken Dobinson: Yeah. In both terms, people tend to classify something below 200 kilometres as just a fast train. Whereas, anything over 300, that's 300 kilometers an hour – they tend to call a very fast train. And the bit in the middle, I guess, is the grey one follows the other.
But the fast train, essentially when you're talking about it, it's largely– a modern metro, modern automatic metro like we're building on the Northwest Rail or an inner city metro type thing. It's not this very fast train like Shinkansen and this sort of thing. It's quite a different animal and much less costly.
David Brown: You see that as a viable thing that is important for a big city like Sydney, not to travel to Melbourne but to travel within the city area, don't you?
Ken Dobinson: Yeah. Well, we think that – that's why we talk about bringing the high-speed rail in the East Coast into Parramatta, not the Sydney CBD because Parramatta is going to be the central or the center, and a big center of Sydney in 20, 30 year's time. It's going to be the center. And if you bring it into there, you cut out most of the tunnelling in there get to the CBD, which means that the high speed becomes a much more viable option.
But then, we say you need a fast rail, not a high, a very fast rail between Parramatta and the CBD without interchange between these two fast rails, very fast rail at Parramatta.
Then, you got the best of both worlds. You're bringing your high-speed rail passengers right into the center, central or center of Sydney, and then you're connecting them into the metropolitan network by a high-speed rail like the CBD or any of the other places in Sydney. You can get from Parramatta via what we hope in the future is going to be a mid-fast rail train.
David Brown: Well, we hope we might get to the future someday. Ken, thanks very much for your time.
Ken Dobinson: A pleasure.
David Brown: And that's Ken Dobinson from 10,000 Friends of Greater Sydney talking about very fast trains and their applicability to Australia.


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Midlands Spotlight - Nine Ladies Film to release horror short The Telephone
By midlandsmovies, Aug 14 2016 06:13PM
Midlands Spotlight: Nine Ladies Film to release horror short The Telephone
Award winning production company Nine Ladies Film are soon to launch the second in a trilogy of horror short films 'The Telephone'. Mike picks up the receiver on this new regional movie full of scares and spooks.
"If you heard the ringing, would you be prepared to answer what lies at the end of the phone?"
And so asks the new film from filmmaker Stuart Wheeldon and his soon to be released project 'The Telephone'. The second part of a planned trilogy of short horror films, this new creative film has been made and produced by Nine Ladies Film based in Wirksworth in Derbyshire.
The film tells the tale of journalist Richard who is intrigued by the story of a mysterious disappearance of a young woman called Jane and heads to a local hotel in a pub which was the last place she was known to be alive.
Awakening in the night by an endlessly ringing old telephone, the film follows Richard as he liaises with the pub's owner Max and whose instincts tell him there is much more to the mysterious story. Is a ghostly figure that is seen late at night, that of Jane? Could the telephone ringing just be in his head?
Well, the film hopes the audience will be as intrigued as the protagonist and writer-director Stuart Wheeldon has been joined by award winning videographer/photographer George Peck who takes on the role of Director of Photography. Music for the film is composed by Jordan Frater and it was entirely shot on location in Derbyshire in Spring 2016.
The film also have a slew of well-known actors and actresses which include Nigel Barber (Mission Impossible 5, Spectre) playing the role of Max and Bern Deegan (Hideaways, The Honeymooners) supported by Rachel Prince in the role of Jane.
The trailer to the film was released earlier in Summer and can be viewed on the Vimeo link below
For further information please follow Nine Ladies Film on Twitter and keep 1st September 2016 free for the official release of the film
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Enough fund for free college education in 2019 available: CHED
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor
"It is not true that there is no money for the implementation of RA 10931. The budget has been increased by 3.9 billion so we are confident that the law will be implemented as the commitment of President (Rodrigo) Duterte to free higher education is very solid, " CHED Officer-in-Charge J. Prospero De Vera III said in a press briefing in Quezon City.
De Vera added that the budget for free quality tertiary education has been increased from PHP40,000,919 in 2018 to PHP43,975,919 for 2019.
Meanwhile, CHED's proposed PHP83.02 billion budget was down to PHP50.44 billion, resulting in a decrease of fund for its Student Financial Allocation Program which includes regular grants and merit scholarships, the "Tulong Dunong" program, tuition subsidy for medical students in eights state universities and colleges, and subsidy for children of sugarcane workers and rebel returnees.
De Vera explained that there will be no or less impact on students enrolled in public colleges and universities with regard to budget cut because their tuition and miscellaneous fees are free.
"The ones who will be affected are those in the Tulong Dunong program which supports scholars enrolled in private institutions, they will no longer have assistance from the government to offset their tuition and miscellaneous," he said.
To date, there are 359,000 "Tulong Dunong" scholars who have benefited from the program even before the implementation of Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education.
De Vera added that there are 1,200 students taking up medical programs in eight state universities and colleges and universities nationwide and children of rebel returnees who would be affected by the budget cut.
"Last year, no allocation was made for the medical, students also this year, and we will have to ask because there are certain bills which can be realigned to provide for this and we hope those bills will become laws. For the children of rebel returnees, we will need to find ways to fund that because when the president goes around he promised to the rebel returnees he assured the future education of their children," he said.
De Vera said they will continue to look for strategies to raise funds, citing the commission's thrust in helping all their current scholars.
"We are working with the house and the senate to see what we can do we want to continue helping the current scholars and we are hopeful that this can be addressed during the hearings at the house and the senate," he added. (PNA)
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Celebrating 100 years of votes for women
PUBLISHED: 12:38 13 February 2018 | UPDATED: 12:38 13 February 2018
Women in and around Ipswich are immersed in plans to celebrate 100 years since the vote was won.
A steering committee representing women from all walks of life, including the arts, business and local government, has been formed to consider how best this centenary can be marked. Ipswich-based women's historian Joy Bounds is the chair of Women's Voices, Women's Votes – 100 Years On.
She says: "It was 100 years ago this month (February) that the Representation of the People Act was passed giving some women the right to vote in a British General Election for the very first time. For women over the age of 30, who were householders or married to householders, the long fight to have a say in the government of their country was won. In December of that year, they would get to go to the polls."
By 1918, women had been campaigning in numerous ways for over 50 years to gain the right to vote. This fight had covered a broad spectrum of protest actions – some of which resulted in hundreds of women being force-fed in prison. Local women had been involved too, with up to thirty of them holding an all-night vigil in what is now a restaurant (Arlington's) in Museum Street, Ipswich, to avoid completing their Census forms. Their leader, Constance Andrews, to whom a blue plaque was erected in 2016, also went to prison as part of her campaign.
Arlington's has since become the informal meeting place for women's events in the town. In 2011 A memorial meal was held there 100 years after the census night protest. It was a night of cheers and applause for rousing speeches.
Joy says: "Ipswich women from many groups have got together to begin to plan a centenary celebration, which will culminate in a Festival in October. At that Festival they want to remember the struggle of the suffragettes, raise awareness of the continuing fight for gender equality, and encourage women to use their vote and become more involved in their local community.
"There will be inspirational talks, film, drama, history, crafts and fun too. In the months beforehand, they are planning to work with women and girls from all across the community to involve them in the Festival day."
More details will be published over the coming weeks but to get involved and/or offer sponsorship, Joy Bounds can be reached via email at: email@example.com
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In Weld County, agriculture is a way of life for many residents, and Weld County 4-H programs actively support agricultural educational opportunities for Weld County kids through financial assistance of the 4-H Foundation. This year, the 4-H Foundation reached a major milestone by reaching the $1 million mark in funds spent on 4-H programming since 1980.
"This milestone is impressive," said Weld County Commissioner Chair Julie Cozad. "Investing that kind of money for Weld County kids is amazing and a testament to the hard work the 4-H Foundation puts in to the program year after year!"
Perhaps what is even more amazing, is that the group has only one true fundraiser a year, Mardi Gras – a family-oriented event that draws attendees from across the county. "Events like Mardi Gras are not only a fun way for families to spend time together, but they go a long way in preserving unique 4-H events and opportunities," Weld County Commissioner Mike Freeman said.
All proceeds from the event go to the 4-H Foundation and are used to provide many unique educational opportunities to the kids of 4-H including traveling to state competitions and conferences and sending delegates to the National 4-H Conference in Washington D.C. At the conference, kids from 4-H programs around the county have an opportunity to draft a 4-H presentation and present it to legislators. Camp Cloverbud, a summer camp for children ranging from age five to seven, and a 4-H scholarship fund are also made possible in large part because of proceeds raised by the Mardi Gras event.
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Opening weekend of Musikfest was an explosion of good music, good food, and fun times. After Duran Duran gave everyone a taste of what to come during Thursday night's pre-show, Friday marked the first full day of Bethlehem's annual festival. Throughout the weekend, the evening headliners included The Flaming Lips (shown below courtesy of PorkChopMurphy's Tube), Culture Club, and O.A.R.. Besides these main stage acts, another 50+ bands played free shows at the festival's other assorted stages. Area bars and clubs also joined in the action with local bands like Secret Cutter tearing up the stage.
From kids music (like Rolie Polie Guacamole, whom we previously highlighted) to local polka legend Jolly Joe Timmer to Philly's own Twin Ghost to Georgia dixieland jazz band Blair Crimmins and the Hookers, there were tunes for everyone. But don't feel like you missed out… there's a ton more to come!
On Tuesday, NYC's TriBeCaStan shares with the Lehigh Valley what the Washington Post calls "an international jazz and folk festival unto itself, fusing Balkan, Middle Eastern, Indian, Latin American, and African musical elements to bold and dazzling effect." The 10 member collective feature a variety of multi-instrumentalists playing music that is uncategorizable.
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A few other notable acts that are playing for free in the next few days: Los Straitjackets, Philadelphia Funk Authority, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Down North (featured on The Farsighted Podcast), and incredible local indie rockers Summer Scouts.
Whether for a few hours or a few days, if you are nearby to Bethlehem, you would be foolish not to partake in some of the incredible tunes you can catch at Musikfest.
Stay tuned for more updates and a few more artist profiles as the festival continues to rage on.
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CORNING - More than 60 students from area middles schools took park in the final showcase event for the Architectural Awareness Program Tuesday at the Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium.
Cindy Dubots, event spokesman, said the middle schools participating in the program presented eight architectural projects to their peers, teachers, parents, architects and invited guests. Following the presentations, projects were on display and the students were available to answer questions.
The Architectural Awareness Program is a collaborative effort between the Career Development Council, the American Institutes of Architects, The Triangle Fund, Corning Inc. and Hunt Engineers, Architects and Surveyors.
Dubots said the event has been in existence for more than 20 years.
The program is open to Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler area middle schools. The participating schools Tuesday included Addison Middle School, Bradford Central School, Cohen Middle School, Elmira Broadway Academy, Ernie Davis Academy, Spencer Van-Etten and Waverly Middle School.
The focus of the program is to teach middle school students about the field of architecture by involving them in adaptive reuse design project on a building within their community, Dubots said. Each school group is partnered with a local architect who, along with their teacher, acts as a mentor throughout the project.
The students complete a final building design project, which may be in the form of a model, drawings, digital slideshow presentation, research paper and much more, officials said. The project was showcased at the final event.