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Dickson/Art & Entertainment - Escape ARTfest - Festival Line Up is Best Ever!

Houseofjules — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:53:29 GMT

Escape ARTfest 2010 has broken all records - with 44 venues, 80 events and almost 100 business sponsors, it just goes to show how a community can thrive through it's creative culture. Ensure you mark the festival dates (1st - 10th October) on your calendar. There's too many events to list here so grab a program from around the Milton Ulladulla District, or visit the Escape ARTfest website for all of the event info. And keep taking those vitamins - you're going to need them! 10 days of art...

Dickson/Health & Lifestyle - The 12th Australian Transplant Games

Media@transplant.org.au — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:41:46 GMT

From October 2nd to 10th, the 12th Australian Transplant Games will be held in Canberra celebrating organ and tissue donation. The Games are held every two years and provide living proof of the success of transplantation and encourage all Australians to discuss organ and tissue donation with their families. They are open to transplant recipients, donor families, living donors, people on dialysis or awaiting a transplant and supporters. The Organ and Tissue Authority is a major sponsor of th...

Dickson/Art & Entertainment - Get 'The Fifth Element' for Father's Day

Rama gaind — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:21:39 GMT

'The Fifth Element'(Madman Entertainment) By Rama Gaind The creativity of director Luc Besson knows no bounds with 'The Fifth Element'. His futuristic perceptions have a remarkable rich imagery that hooks you from the first frame. What’s even more amazing is that the film (out on DVD), which was set mostly in the 23rd century, was released in 1997. The plot essentially involves the survival of humanity and that becomes the duty of taxi driver and former special forces major Korben Dallas ...

Dickson/Business - Australian company mHITs powers mobile payments for the unbanked in PNG

Harold — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:36:07 GMT

mHITs (pronounced Em-HITS) in conjunction with DataNets Limited, has deployed a mobile phone payment service in Papua New Guinea specifically aimed at providing a total payment solution for the unbanked. The service known as mPowa (pronounced Em-Power) is a believed to possibly be the first model of it’s type as it not only incorporates person-to-person payments (p2p) but also the ability to perform retail Point Of Sale transactions with any mobile phone. mPowa works by linking a mobile walle...