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One expert is warning people to do their research ahead of a significant change set to impact older devices. One NZ, Spark and 2degrees are all due to shut down their 3G mobile networks by late 2025 - early 2026 at the latest. Associate Professor of Engineering at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Mark Gregory says Australia did the same thing at the end of last year - and it sparked mass confusion. "In quite a few areas, customers lost coverage. So we had pictures of farmers standing in the middle of their farm where they used to have coverage...they've got 3G devices including farming sensors, farm equipment and their own devices." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you're struggling to keep people engaged and loyal in your product or business, check out my FREE gamification course to learn how to do just that: professorgame.com/freecommunity-web Badges won't cut it. Katie Patrick reveals how focusing on feedback loops, imagination, and measurable actions makes climate programs actually work. Join us to explore how to crush environmental inaction with game-inspired design. Katie Patrick is an Australian-American environmental engineer and climate action designer. She's author of the books How to Save the World and Zerowastify and hosts a podcast where she investigates the academic research in environmental psychology. Katie specializes in the design of getting people to change. She applies gamification and behavioral science in a way that dramatically increases the adoption of environmental programs and has worked with organizations including UNEP, NASA JPL, Stanford University, U.S. State Department, Google, University of California, Magic Leap, and the Institute for the Future. Katie started UrbanCanopy.io, a map-based application that uses satellite imaging of urban heat islands and vegetation cover to encourage urban greening and cooling initiatives. She is also the co-founder of Energy Lollipop, a Chrome extension and outdoor screen project that shows the electric grid's CO2 emissions in real time. She was CEO of the VC-funded green-lifestyle magazine Green Pages Australia and was appointed environmental brand ambassador by the Ogilvy Earth advertising agency for Volkswagen, Lipton Tea and Wolfblass Wines. She has served on the board of Australia's national eco label, Good Environmental Choice Australia, and won the Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year Award for entrepreneurship. After graduating from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a B.Eng in Environmental Engineering, she worked as an environmental design engineer for building engineers WSP in Sydney on some of the world's first platinum-LEED-certified commercial buildings. Katie lives in Silicon Valley with her young daughter, Anastasia.
Thinking about selling your practice—or just want to make it more valuable? Whether you’re planning an exit strategy or building for long-term success, understanding how to maximize your practice’s worth is essential. In this episode of The Marketing Your Practice Podcast, Dr. Malcolm Rudd joins us to discuss the changing landscape of chiropractic practice valuations and the most impactful factors that determine your practice’s worth. We dive into key strategies to increase value, create better systems, and ensure your business thrives—whether you plan to sell or not. Here’s what you’ll discover: ✅ Why traditional valuation methods are outdated—and what matters now ✅ Key value drivers that can significantly boost your practice’s worth ✅ How to implement systems that make your practice more attractive to buyers ✅ The #1 mistake chiropractors make when thinking about selling ✅ Actionable steps to start increasing your practice’s value today If you want to future-proof your business, boost its profitability, and keep your options open for a potential sale, this episode is a must-listen!
In PX127 our guest is architect, former academic and author Dr Derham Groves. He studied architecture at Deakin University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and art history at the University of Minnesota. He taught architecture at RMIT from 1985 to 1997 and the University of Melbourne from 1999 to 2019 and was a Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning at the University of Melbourne from 2020 to 2024. Derham is the author of many articles and books about popular culture, architecture, and design, including, Feng-Shui and Western Building Ceremonies (1991), You Bastard Moriarty (1996), Mail Art: The D-I-Y Letterbox from Workshop to Gatepost (1998), TV Houses: Television's Influence On the Australian Home (2004), Mask: Pro Hart's Frankenstein Monsters (2006), There's No Place Like Holmes: Exploring Sense of Place Through Crime Fiction (2008), Victims and Villains: Barbie and Ken Meet Sherlock Holmes (2009), Anna May Wong's Lucky Shoes: 1939 Australia Through the Eyes of an Art Deco Diva (2011), Out of the Ordinary: Popular Art, Architecture and Design (2012), Hopalong Cassidy: A Horse Opera (2017), Monkeemania in Australia: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Monkees' Australian Tour in 1968 (2019), Arthur Purnell's “Forgotten” Architecture: Canton and Cars (2020), Sherlock in the Seventies: A Wild Decade of Sherlock Holmes Films (2021), Australian Westerns in the Fifties: Kangaroo, Hopalong Cassidy on Tour, and Whiplash (2022), and Homicide on Hydra: George Johnston's Crime Novels (2023). His latest book, Walt Disney's Forgotten Australia: From Mickey's Kangaroo to Outback At Ya! has been released in February 2025. Derham agrees with the Austrian architect Hans Hollein that ‘Everything is architecture,' and the American designer Charles Eames who said, ‘Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects.' Episode released 10 February 2025.
In PX127 our guest is architect, former academic and author Dr Derham Groves. He studied architecture at Deakin University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and art history at the University of Minnesota. He taught architecture at RMIT from 1985 to 1997 and the University of Melbourne from 1999 to 2019 and was a Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning at the University of Melbourne from 2020 to 2024. Derham is the author of many articles and books about popular culture, architecture, and design, including, Feng-Shui and Western Building Ceremonies (1991), You Bastard Moriarty (1996), Mail Art: The D-I-Y Letterbox from Workshop to Gatepost (1998), TV Houses: Television's Influence On the Australian Home (2004), Mask: Pro Hart's Frankenstein Monsters (2006), There's No Place Like Holmes: Exploring Sense of Place Through Crime Fiction (2008), Victims and Villains: Barbie and Ken Meet Sherlock Holmes (2009), Anna May Wong's Lucky Shoes: 1939 Australia Through the Eyes of an Art Deco Diva (2011), Out of the Ordinary: Popular Art, Architecture and Design (2012), Hopalong Cassidy: A Horse Opera (2017), Monkeemania in Australia: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Monkees' Australian Tour in 1968 (2019), Arthur Purnell's “Forgotten” Architecture: Canton and Cars (2020), Sherlock in the Seventies: A Wild Decade of Sherlock Holmes Films (2021), Australian Westerns in the Fifties: Kangaroo, Hopalong Cassidy on Tour, and Whiplash (2022), and Homicide on Hydra: George Johnston's Crime Novels (2023). His latest book, Walt Disney's Forgotten Australia: From Mickey's Kangaroo to Outback At Ya! has been released in February 2025. Derham agrees with the Austrian architect Hans Hollein that ‘Everything is architecture,' and the American designer Charles Eames who said, ‘Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects.' Episode released 10 February 2025. PX is proud to be a contributor to the UBC.
In PX127 our guest is architect, former academic and author Dr Derham Groves. He studied architecture at Deakin University and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and art history at the University of Minnesota. He taught architecture at RMIT from 1985 to 1997 and the University of Melbourne from 1999 to 2019 and was a Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning at the University of Melbourne from 2020 to 2024. Derham is the author of many articles and books about popular culture, architecture, and design, including, Feng-Shui and Western Building Ceremonies (1991), You Bastard Moriarty (1996), Mail Art: The D-I-Y Letterbox from Workshop to Gatepost (1998), TV Houses: Television's Influence On the Australian Home (2004), Mask: Pro Hart's Frankenstein Monsters (2006), There's No Place Like Holmes: Exploring Sense of Place Through Crime Fiction (2008), Victims and Villains: Barbie and Ken Meet Sherlock Holmes (2009), Anna May Wong's Lucky Shoes: 1939 Australia Through the Eyes of an Art Deco Diva (2011), Out of the Ordinary: Popular Art, Architecture and Design (2012), Hopalong Cassidy: A Horse Opera (2017), Monkeemania in Australia: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Monkees' Australian Tour in 1968 (2019), Arthur Purnell's “Forgotten” Architecture: Canton and Cars (2020), Sherlock in the Seventies: A Wild Decade of Sherlock Holmes Films (2021), Australian Westerns in the Fifties: Kangaroo, Hopalong Cassidy on Tour, and Whiplash (2022), and Homicide on Hydra: George Johnston's Crime Novels (2023). His latest book, Walt Disney's Forgotten Australia: From Mickey's Kangaroo to Outback At Ya! has been released in February 2025. Derham agrees with the Austrian architect Hans Hollein that ‘Everything is architecture,' and the American designer Charles Eames who said, ‘Eventually everything connects—people, ideas, objects.' Episode released 10 February 2025.
The New Zealand-Australian photo realistic artist Bella McGoldrick says her intention is first to present the subjects to which she's had a connection and secondly to bring a connection between those subjects and the viewer, to take them back to a place, to a time, to a taste or even a smell. Bella was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1993, the youngest of three girls to parents, Mel McGoldrick and Mark O'Sullivan. When Bella was seven years old, the family moved to Melbourne in search of a new life. Bella developed an interest in art from an early age and her talent soon became apparent when she started taking commissions for portrait drawings as a teenager. But it was her interest in fashion design that guided her career and she graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fashion Design degree. As a student Bella spent time in Paris surviving on a minimal budget until she sold her first artwork and then took off for a tour of Europe before returning to school in Melbourne. Her lust for travel became her focal point and with her heart set on New York she made her way to the Big Apple finding work as an intern in the fashion industry. Meanwhile Bella continued to take commissions for her art and with a new boyfriend—who later became her husband—they spent time in London before moving to Colorado. It was from there that Bella was deported from the US and with her now fiancée travelled around until finally returning to Australia. Now as an established and sought-after artist Bella is settled in Byron Bay with her husband Tyler and twin boys Rome and Ruby. Bella's website: https://bella.gold/Instagram @bellamcgoldrick https://www.instagram.com/bellamcgoldrick Bella's favorite female artists:Chloe WiseCaroline PinneyPeggy GuggenheimStevie DanceSophia Coppola Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramAART on FacebookEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wisp--4769409/support.
The New Zealand-Australian photo realistic artist Bella McGoldrick says her intention is first to present the subjects to which she's had a connection and secondly to bring a connection between those subjects and the viewer, to take them back to a place, to a time, to a taste or even a smell. Bella was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1993, the youngest of three girls to parents, Mel McGoldrick and Mark O'Sullivan. When Bella was seven years old, the family moved to Melbourne in search of a new life. Bella developed an interest in art from an early age and her talent soon became apparent when she started taking commissions for portrait drawings as a teenager. But it was her interest in fashion design that guided her career and she graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fashion Design degree. As a student Bella spent time in Paris surviving on a minimal budget until she sold her first artwork and then took off for a tour of Europe before returning to school in Melbourne. Her lust for travel became her focal point and with her heart set on New York she made her way to the Big Apple finding work as an intern in the fashion industry. Meanwhile Bella continued to take commissions for her art and with a new boyfriend—who later became her husband—they spent time in London before moving to Colorado. It was from there that Bella was deported from the US and with her now fiancée travelled around until finally returning to Australia. Now as an established and sought-after artist Bella is settled in Byron Bay with her husband Tyler and twin boys Rome and Ruby. Bella's website: https://bella.gold/Instagram @bellamcgoldrick https://www.instagram.com/bellamcgoldrick Bella's favorite female artists:Chloe WiseCaroline PinneyPeggy GuggenheimStevie DanceSophia Coppola Host: Chris StaffordProduced by Hollowell StudiosFollow @theaartpodcast on InstagramAART on FacebookEmail: hollowellstudios@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/aart--5814675/support.
New legislation will stop Australia's youth from accessing social networks like Instagram, Snapchat, Discord and TikTok. The Australian Government will introduce legislation by the end of the year to create a minimum age for accessing social media. Professor Lisa Given from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology wonders if a wide-scale ban is even possible. "The question is, are there workarounds on that? There's certainly ways that children could get around that type of mechanism, using a VPN for example - or even just accessing content through other people's accounts." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ramai Swami was born in Alexandria, Egypt, but grew up in Australia when his parents moved there when he was 4 years old, and studied music at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). He came in contact with ISKCON by reading a Back To Godhead magazine belonging to a friend from the university. He joined as a full time member and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in Melbourne in 1973. Ramai Swami spent his formative years in ISKCON in the Brisbane and Melbourne temples, and later headed bus programs, traveling to cities and towns and sharing Krishna consciousness all over the Australian continent. He took sannyasa vows in Mayapur, India, in 1982. Watch the Audio Only podcast on YouTube at https://youtu.be/bQGMT-l59JM
Construction remains one of the industries with the highest risks for worker health and safety. In discussion with Rita Zhang, Associate Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, we unpack the broad issues in the industry, safeguarding for young and future construction workers, and approaches to international benchmarking.Trigger warning: this episode includes discussion of suicide.
I speak with Olivia Bramley and Dr Laura Healy in this episode. Olivia is a PhD student at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) with an interest in positive sporting environments and experiences. Olivia completed her BSc in Sports and Exercise Science at Nottingham Trent University where she was also Women's Football Club President, Women's Football Media and Communications Officer and Women's Football First team player. Olivia has just returned to the UK to play for the Women's Championship Team, Durham. Laura is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. Her research explores how to optimise goal pursuit in sport and physical activity for individuals and teams. This has included examining how the motivation underpinning goal striving can impact upon the self-regulation of goals and well-being. Recently, Laura has researched in areas associated with elite performance environments, including the role of personality in elite coach-athlete relationships, resilience, psychological safety and fear of failure in a national sport governing body, and the experience of release from professional football academies. We discuss a paper led by Olivia and co-authored by Laura and Dr Mustafa Sarkar which examines the mental health within sub-elite women's sport. You can find the paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1612197X.2024.2311752
It's been a swift boost to Australia's economic offers, Taylor Swift that is. As she wraps up her Australian tour tonight, some estimates put the financial gains from her seven concert stint at up to $1,000,000,000. A slice of that money's come from kiwi wallets; fans forced to travel to the lucky country, hosting the mega star. That means, spending on accomodation, food, taxis, ubers and merch, all money, that could arguably be spent here. Reporter Louise Ternouth caught up with these Taylor Swift fans just before they got on a plane headed for the Sydney concerts. Now in America, the swiftonomics are staggering with some number crunchers suggesting the tour could boost the economy by more than $9,500,000,000 NZD. After Australia, Swift heads to Singapore, who actively wooed the star months in advance and has confirmed it's Tourism Board paid a grant of an undisclosed amount, to secure the gigs. So has New Zealand made an economic Era, should we have paid for Swift to play here? Dr Angel Zhong of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology speaks to Lisa Owen.
A Taylor Swift concert would be worth almost a $100,000,000 to New Zealand. That's according to Dr Angel Zhong of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology who's been crunching the numbers. It's not only teenagers donning friendship bracelets, sparkly rhinestones and sequins to see Taylor Swift. There are also plenty of Swifties in their Fifties often with more money to burn than younger fans. Lisa Owen caught up with one of them after she got home from Taylor Swift's Melbourne show.
Children who grow up surrounded by trauma are affected differently by their adverse circumstances. Why do some children make it successfully into adulthood while others succumb to substance misuse, homelessness, crime, and mental illness? Dr. Kathryn Daley discusses her work with traumatized youth and the power of developed resiliency. Dr. Daley is a Senior Lecturer in Youth Work and Youth Studies and Theme Leader, Homelessness and Housing Insecurity - Social Equity Research Centre for Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. She is interested in good, just, and equitable policy and how it impacts those on the margins. Kathryn is an academic with a background as a practitioner. She researches issues to do with disadvantaged youth and is author of the book Youth and Substance Abuse (2017). Her work has examined issues of poverty, child abuse, homelessness, self-injury, and mental health. She and her work can be found at https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/d/daley-dr-kathryn The views and opinions of the guests on this podcast are theirs and theirs alone and do not necessarily represent those of the host, Westwords Consulting or the Kenosha County Substance Abuse Coalition. We're always interested in hearing from individuals or organizations who are working in substance use disorder treatment or prevention, mental health care and other spaces that lift up communities. This includes people living those experiences. If you or someone you know has a story to share or an interesting approach to care, contact us today! Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. Subscribe to Our Email List to get new episodes in your inbox every week!
On this last episode of 2023, step into the captivating world of Yves François Wilson, a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work transcends the boundaries of traditional art forms. Hailing from Strasbourg, France, Yves is a master of lens-based works on paper and sculptural pieces created from found objects. His artistic journey is a testament to the power of storytelling, lineage, and the creation of new visual histories. At the heart of Yves' artistic vision lies a profound commitment to exploring the visual narratives of forgotten histories. His creations serve as a bridge between past and present, weaving together elements of traditional photography, printmaking, and repurposed found objects. Through his art, Yves opens a dialogue between the subjects within his works and the audience, inviting viewers to engage with shared experiences and rediscover the past. Yves' artistic evolution has been enriched by a diverse range of experiences. He worked as a camera assistant alongside renowned studio cinematographers such as Gordon Parks, Rodrigo Prieto, and Bradford Young, honing his technical skills and visual storytelling prowess. Fine art assistantships at esteemed institutions like Deitch Projects (NYC), The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, and Parsons School of Design's Gallery further refined his artistic eye, enabling him to distill his ideas into works of profound expression. The cultural depth and breadth of Yves' work are palpable, reflecting a deep reservoir of knowledge and a rich vocabulary. His art serves as a brief exchange of shared experiences, an invitation to engage, and a representation of a new history. It's a visual journey that transcends borders and time, resonating with audiences far and wide. Join us in this podcast as we explore the intricate layers of Yves' artistry. From his formative years at Parsons School of Design and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Design to his accolades as a Sundance Director's Lab participant and Mayor's Neighborhood Arts & Heritage Award recipient, Yves' story is one of creative evolution and cultural resonance. Tune in to unravel the tapestry of an artist who unearths the lost, celebrates the forgotten, and crafts new legacies through the language of art. Yves François Wilson's Website: https://www.yveswilson.com/Yves François Wilson's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yvesisaliveYves François Wilson's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2838479Yves François Wilson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wilsonrepsVisual Intonation Website: https://www.visualintonations.com/Visual Intonation Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visualintonation/Vante Gregory's Website: vantegregory.comVante Gregory's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/directedbyvante/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): patreon.com/visualintonations Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@visualintonation Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@directedbyvante
What if we can fireproof our home with mycelium? Just in the US alone around 358,500 homes experience a structural fire and 3,000 people die each year. We chat with Dr. Tien Huyn, an associate professor in the School of Science at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia to envision a world with fire proof mycelium construction.Sign up for our podcast giveaway here. Our next winner will be selected on October 30, 2023 and contacted via email.Links to Dr. Tien Huynh's work that you can share:https://theconversation.com/fungi-could-be-the-next-frontier-in-fire-safety-209142https://www.newscientist.com/article/2382553-sheets-of-fungus-could-be-used-as-eco-friendly-fireproofing-for-homes/ For more scientific reading:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-19458-0?fbclid=IwAR3wYYY-fml-OasZVHARLKbi4wjJKCXwNDZ9kaT7n-o7o3yL6Xy61fiQU9Yhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141391023001076https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/fam.2637www.mushroomrevival.comWe are a functional mushroom company and make 100% certified USDA Organic and Vegan mushroom supplements. We are transparent with our lab results, and use actual fruiting bodies aka mushrooms! We provide our supplements in tincture, capsule, powder, and delicious gummy form. Energy (Cordyceps): Need a little pick-me-up before a workout or when you're picking up your kids from school? The Energy Cordyceps is the mushy match for you.Focus (Lion's Mane): Needing a little more focus in your daily life? Lion's Mane is known to be the mushroom for the brain and may support cognitive function.Calm (Reishi): Looking for some tranquility and zen in your life? Reishi will bring you into the zen state of mind you've been searching for.Daily 10 (Mushroom Mix): It's like having 10 bodyguard mushrooms fighting off all those bad guys. This is a good place to start as it contains all of the daily mushies you need. Not sure where to begin? Take our mushroom quiz here.Use code ‘PODTREAT' for a 30% discount.
I don't mention it often but I actually have a degree in journalism. I graduated with distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2003, and while it would be another 13 years before I'd ever put my degree to any use, the experience played a massive role in forming my opinions about the mainstream press. Reading by Caitlin Johnstone.
On this episode of Women on the Line we speak with Iranian-born, Narrm based, visual artist and fine art photographer, Ramak Bamzar, about her show Pro Femina. Pro Femina is currently being exhibited as part of the Ballarat International Photo Biennale at the Art Gallery of Ballarat until 22 October this year. Her show features new works which comment on women involved in the Iranian uprisings of 2022, as well as selected works of her photograph series Moustachioed Women and Rhinoplastic Girls. We discuss themes such as Iranian culture and aesthetics, beauty in brutality and brutality in beauty and Iranian women's resistance and fight for freedom. Ramak Bamzar (born. 1980) is an Iranian-born visual artist and fine art photographer based in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia. Her work explores how cultural and religious norms can shape women's beliefs, values, and behaviours and influence their sense of self-worth and agency.In her works, Bamzar also investigates the influence of the male gaze on women's beauty and fashion and its consequences on women's self-esteem and self-image. Women who do not conform to these restrictive beauty standards may feel pressured to conform, leading to feelings of inadequacy, shame, and low self-esteem. Bamzar completed a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art– Photography in Tehran and her Master of Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 2022.
The history of Freemasonry in the Eastern Archipelago is closely related to the East India Company, when their administrators, sailors and soldiers formed Masonic lodges in the region. With a territory covering Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, and encompassing 5 different languages, District Grand Master of Eastern Archipelago, RW Bro Dato Jeyaraj Ratnaswamy shares his thoughts on how Freemasonry unites Brethren from diverse cultures. "...we are also of all Nations, Tongues, Kindreds, and Languages, and are resolv'd against all Politicks, as what never yet conduc'd to the Welfare of the Lodge, nor ever will." (The Constitutions of the Free-Masons, 1723) RW Bro Dato Jeyaraj Ratnaswamy was born in Kuala Lumpur, attended the University of Sunderland, England and then the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia where he received a Masters in Finance. He was initiated in Freemasonry in 1986 and was installed as the RW District Grand Master & Grand Superintendent by the Assistant Grand Master Sir David Hugh Wootton, on 20th February 2016. In 2009 he was bestowed with the honorific of “Dato” by the HRH Sultan of Pahang for his active participation business circles and supporting numerous charitable homes for the aged and orphanages, both in Malaysia and Overseas. Recorded 8th August 2023. Look out on our social feeds for details of upcoming live webinars and how to register or head to Solomon and click "Discover Freemasonry". Twitter: SolomonUGLE Facebook: SolomonUGLE This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
Sun, 30 Jul 2023 12:50:07 +0000 https://ddcast.podigee.io/155-viviane-stappmanns e1f82a3857bc38d4fc16fb3626737600 Viviane Stappmanns ist Kuratorin am Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein. Viviane studierte zunächst Journalistik und Interior Design am Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Australien und arbeitet danach in der Redaktion des »(inside) Australian Design Review«. Von 2002 bis 2009 war sie als Dozentin für Theorie und Geschichte der Gestaltung an der RMIT School of Architecture and Urban Design in Melbourne tätig. Daneben verantwortete sie zahlreiche publizistische und kuratorische Projekte, im Rahmen des von ihr mitgegründeten Verlags Alphabet Press, darunter die Reihe »The Design Guides« (2006–2012), und das Audio Design Museum (2010/2011). Regelmäßig unterrichtet sie Workshops und Seminare zum Thema Kuratieren, besonders im Hinblick auf soziale und ökologische Nachhaltigkeit in Kunst und Design. Von 2020 bis 2022 war sie Gastprofessorin an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. Zuletzt kuratierte Viviane die Wanderausstellung "Garden Futures - Designing with Nature", eine Koproduktion mit Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam. Die Ausstellung läuft im Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein bis zum 3. Oktober 2023. Auf ihrer internationalen Tournee reist sie unter anderem in das Design Museum Helsinki und das V&A Dundee in Schottland. Weitere Projekte sind die Ausstellung „Here We Are - Women in Design 1900 – Today“, die ab 4. Oktober 2023 im Design Museum Barcelona zu sehen sein wird, sowie zahlreiche Ausstellung mit zeitgenössischen KünstlerInnen und DesignerInnen in der Vitra Design Museum Gallery. Links zu Viviane Stappmanns und der Ausstellung Garden Futures: Die Kooperationspartner der Ausstellung Garden Futures: www.design-museum.de https://nieuweinstituut.nl/en Den Katalog ansehen (und bestellen) kann man hier: https://shop.design-museum.de/en/products/garden-futures-designing-with-nature Ein Essay zum „Planetary Garden“ von Gilles Clément. https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/in-practice/in-practice-gilles-clement-on-the-planetary-garden Ein toller Film zur Arbeit des äthiopischen „Forest Conservationsists Dr. Dr. Alemayehu Wassiehttps://emergencemagazine.org/feature/the-church-forests-of-ethiopia/ Der Tokachi Millenium Forest. https://danpearsonstudio.com/tokachi-millennium-forest/ Literaturempfehlungen von Viviane Stappmanns: CLĖMENT, Gilles (2010): Manifest der Dritten Landschaft. Merve Verlag: Berlin [frz. Original: Manifeste du Tiers paysage, Sujet-objet ed., Paris 2004] MCHARG, Ian (1969): Design with Nature. New York: Natural History Press OLONETZKY, Nadine (2017): Inspirationen. Eine Zeitreise durch die Gartengeschichte. Basel: Birkhäuser STUART-SMITH, Sue (2020): The Well-Gardened Mind – The Restorative Power of Nature. New York: Scribner WALL KIMMERER, Robin (2013): Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Minneapolis: Milkweek Editions 155 full no Deutscher Designer Club
Professor Marta Poblet and PhD-Candidate Andres Diaz from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology joins us in the studio to talk about their research regarding ReFi and the Voluntary Carbon Markets. They dive into the role governance plays in ReFi and the inspiration behind applying economic theories to a nascent industry.What they touch on:(1:03) Andres Background(2:54) Marta Background(4:43) Why ReFi?(12:35) VCM as a Common Resource(16:42) Characteristics of ReFi Projects(20:11) What are Common Pool Resources?(23:40) Importance of Governance(27:08) Challenges Moving Forward(30:32) Key TakeawaysLinks:ReFi Paper http://klima.fyi/ssrn-refi-paperPOTK:Twitter https://twitter.com/POTKlimatesYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/KlimaDAOfinanceKlimaDAO:Website https://www.klimadao.financeLove Letter https://www.loveletter.klimadao.finance/Carbon Dashboard https://carbon.klimadao.finance/Hosts:Phaedrus https://twitter.com/AlphaBetaCryptReikuman https://twitter.com/reikuman33
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed a new, cheaper, and more efficient method to produce hydrogen directly from seawater. In the process, scientists successfully split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen with no prior desalination, resulting in less power consumption and carbon emissions. Dr Nasir Mahmood, Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at RMIT, explained that their method of producing hydrogen straight from seawater is simple, scalable, and far more cost-effective than any green hydrogen approach on the market. https://todaysfocusofattention.com/new-way-to-produce-hydrogen-straight-from-seawater/
Based in Sydney, Megan joined Mintel in 2018 with over 26 years experience in the food and drink industry. In her current role as Senior Food and Drink Analyst, Megan's expertise gives her unique insight into consumer demands, industry trends and key market developments across the protein sector. She also specialises in the Mintel Purchase Intelligence tool helping clients understand what drives consumers to purchase new product innovations. Immediately prior to joining Mintel, Megan worked for the global flavour and fragrance company Givaudan where she managed the Oceania flavour portfolio team and connected industry-leading flavor technology with global macro trends. Megan holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Food Technology from The University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury, and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing from The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
We can all benefit from disagreeing just a little more. Going along to get along is going to be far more successful - being a dissenter can be equally as successful. Challenging the status quo can bring much needed change to any organization. These stalwarts are arguing out of compassion with an aim to improve ideas. Andrew Millar sits down with host Mark Roe to share the keys to how being a serial dissenter can strengthen your golf club, business, and mindset. Andrew Millar considers himself a serial dissenter and has questioned, challenged and argued his way from one job to the next. From Playstation to Swatch to Infiniti and now PVH, Andrew enjoys driving sales and his colleagues a little crazy. He is passionate about the importance of dissent and will argue with anyone who doesn't agree. Millar holds an MBA from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He is currently growing and curing olives, batches of passata, and plans to someday make homemade wood-fired pizza.
On this episode of GET TO KNOW YOU, we discuss another thought-provoking topic; ‘How do you want to be seen? '. This week, I'll be sitting down with Fouad Haidar. He is an Australian Lebanese broadcast journalist. He completed a degree in Communication and Media studies at the University of Western Australia and then moved to Melbourne to complete a Graduate Diploma in Journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He grew up in Australia but his love for the Middle East and his passion for entertainment news and television prompted him to move to Dubai and join MBC Group in March 2016.Over the past 6 years, he had the chance to get up close and personal with Hollywood's biggest names - including the likes of Penelope Cruz, Rihanna, Craig David, Eva Longoria, Sir Patrick Stewart, Vanessa Williams, The Veronicas, Zac Efron, Alicia Keys and many more. Aside from being an entertainment journalist, He is also a full time TV producer on MBC's morning show, and a certified voice over artist. Tune in as we discuss; Celebrities on and off camera, how the middle east connects with western celebrities, Oprah's perspective of all her guests, Liberation of the people of the middle east, topics that can not be spoken about, the importance of mental health and putting in the work. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out how you can join the conversation on the Get To Know You Café. A big announcement- A new course starting NOW called ‘How to Get To Know You'. We will be giving away the first lesson for free on the website. The link is available in the show description. www.howtogettoknowyou.thinkific.com. Credits Music- Sara OliveiraSupport the show
Hello BR Friends! Pada podcast kali ini, Buddhist Reborn akan membahas mengenai topik mengenai seberapa hebat sih generasi Z itu. Nah, seperti yang kita ketahui, kita sebagai anak muda pastinya gak bisa dong kalau gak ada yang namanya plan dalam proses mengejar mimpi yang ingin kita wujudkan. Maka dari itu kita harus memiliki rencana dan strategi konkrit serta action items guna memudahkan kita dalam mengejar suatu mimpi. Namun, bagaimana caranya ? Apakah akan sulit untuk mempunyai sebuah rencana tersebut? Terlebih lagi untuk mengexplore dalam diri kita membutuhkan waktu yang cukup lama. Selain itu, sulit juga bagi kita untuk mengetahui bidang apa yang kita ungguli yang dapat menjamin dan berguna bagi masa depan dan dunia kerja kita. Mungkinkah produktif menjadi salah satu solusi dan step awal kita. Jika benar, bagaimana ya cara agar selalu produktif apalagi dimasa pandemi seperti ini? Tenang BR Friends, pertanyaan - pertanyaan ini akan dijawab oleh salah satu narasumber kita yaitu Brother Gian Chris Tanada. Beliau merupakan lulusan dari Royal Melbourne Institute or Technology (RMIT) (Bachelor of Business), member dari little Born, pembelajar Bahasa Isyarat Indonesia dan seorang entrpreneur di retail industry loh gaiss! Saksikan podcastnya dari awal sampai akhir ya BR Friends! Enjoy listening!
Kate Clark is a sculptor who lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her first solo exhibit was at Claire Oliver Gallery in New York in 2008. Since then she has exhibited in museum shows at the Aldrich Museum, Islip Art Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, MobileMuseum, MOFA: Florida State, Cranbrook Art Museum, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Winnepeg Art Gallery, GlenbowMuseum, Musée de la Halle Saint Pierre, Cleveland State University, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Nevada Museum of Art, Brown University, Newcomb Museum, Hilliard Museum, Bemis Center, Biggs Museum, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Kate's work is collected internationally and she has collaborated with Claudia Rankine for Claudia's book Citizen, and Kanye West and Desiigner for the video Panda. Kate attended Cornell University and Cranbrook Academy of Art, and received fellowships and grants from the Jentel Artists Residency, The Fine Arts Work Center, Marie Walsh Sharpe, The Virginia Groot Foundation and NYFA. Clark's sculptures have been featured in the NYTs, New York Magazine, Art21, Village Voice, PAPERmag, The Atlantic, NYArts, BBC, Time Out, ID Paris, Cool Hunting, Wallpaper, Huffington Post, and the WSJ. National Geographic did a documentary on Kate's work in 2015.
Sylvester Abanteriba was born in Ghana, educated in Europe, and is now a professor of propulsion systems at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Though a rocket scientist, his love for poetry and the literary arts has led to his evolution as a fiction writer. He is also the author of the science fiction novel Poetic Retribution from Mars. An animal that had been killed appears before the creator, seething with a sense of injustice and rage; the creator has the power to grant the animal a return to the cycle of life in a form of its choice. Humans had killed it so that an insignificant part of its anatomy could be used as an aphrodisiac, and now it wants revenge. The animal asks to be returned to earth in the form of a virus with the extraordinary power to humiliate men. The creator agrees, but only on the condition that the agreement should be transcribed into the genetic code of the virus—thus giving humanity a fighting chance. As the virus engulfs the world and wreaks havoc on humanity, scientists must work to determine the source of the calamity and protect people from its effects. The world teeters on the brink of war and only the efforts of researchers stand between humankind and its complete destruction. In this science fiction novel, a destructive virus threatens the world, and only a heroic team of scientists can save humanity from itself. https://www.pheritage.com/
Question: How can life make better sense backwards? How can we weave together arts, spatial sound, architecture, and organizational change? Jeremy Yuille, with Meld Studios in Melbourne, Australia, works with organizations to transform how they work in the face of changing futures. His own past weaves through architecture, art, music, and spatial information architecture. He shares how systems thinking and sound impact organizations and change . . . and shares a weaving graphic on how all the puzzle pieces of his life have come together, making even greater sense backwards. BioJeremy Yuille is a Principal with Meld Studios in Melbourne, Australia. He had been a Sr. Lecturer in Melbourne at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), as well as their Program Manager at the Australasian Cooperative Research Centre for Interaction Design (ACID). His PhD in Communication Design and Masters in Spatial Information Architecture both are from RMIT. Career Illustrations: Upper: https://maremel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Drawing-Part-1-Yuille.jpg Lower: https://maremel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Drawing-Part-2-Yuille.jpg Links on Jeremyhttps://overlobe.medium.com/grokking-the-swamp-130738034dbc (https://overlobe.medium.com/grokking-the-swamp-130738034dbc) is about his PhD - from the perspective of the practice leap it required. https://medium.com/design-futures/principles-for-the-studio-dea2256fec7a (https://medium.com/design-futures/principles-for-the-studio-dea2256fec7a) are some principles designed for an online Masters he stood up as his academic swansong. http://overlobe.com (overlobe.com) will redirect to the archive, sometime back in the 90's https://linktr.ee/overlobe (https://linktr.ee/overlobe) is a place to find all this stuff (and more) LinksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/overlobe/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/overlobe/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/overlobe (https://twitter.com/overlobe) https://twitter.com/wearemeld (https://twitter.com/wearemeld) Medium: https://overlobe.medium.com/ (https://overlobe.medium.com/) Meld Studios: http://meldstudios.com.au/ (http://meldstudios.com.au/) Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems, 2008: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557 (https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/1603580557) Timecodes00:07 Introduction 06:20 Circuitous Routes 09:30 Spatial Information Architecture 14:40 Music . . . Bush Duffs 16:48 Jam with Algorithms 17:31 Systems Thinking 20:02 Observing Power in Organizations 21:48 Working in the Weeds 20:28 Multiuser Environments in 2000 24:16 Net.art in late 1990 25:09 Higher Ed - Superpower? 28:50 Ways of Thinking About What is Next 32:07 The People Business 35:15 Getting our Collective Stuff Together 37:35 Who Do We Work with Now? 40:00 Creating to Refill the Tank 42:33 Making Less Time for Thinking 42:57 Walking Backwards Into the Future Our Mission Through our guests' stories, we aim to inspire current and future change agents who are creatives, entrepreneurs, researchers, or community leaders who are seeking inspiration and support around creative innovation — changing the ways we create, collaborate, engage, change lives, and build communities. Your Host: Gigi Johnson, EdD I run transformative programs, speak/moderate, invest, advise, and produce multimedia on creativity and technology. I taught for 22 years at UCLA, where I ran the Center for Music Innovation and the podcast "Innovating Music," built four industry-connecting programs, and taught undergraduates, MBAs, and executives about disruption in creative industries. Before UCLA, I financed media M&A at Bank of America for ten years. Connect with Us https://maremel.com/creative-innovators-podcast/ (Our Website) How to submit a Creative Innovator Guest:...
Calvin Chu Yee Ming is Managing Partner of Eden Strategy Institute, an award-winning strategy consulting firm that specializes in social innovation. Over the past decade, Eden has advised corporations like Bell Labs, General Electric, and Samsung; multilateral organizations such as UNDP, UNESCO, and UN Women; as well as governments in Singapore, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia co-create sustainable value propositions, develop strategic roadmaps, and assess the impact of their interventions. Passionate about the interplay between businesses objectives and societal impact, Calvin is also Associate Lecturer in Strategy and Organization with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has served on the boards of Biofourmis, Conjunct Consulting, Credence Labs, Rotary Club, the World Toilet Organisation, and as President of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club of Singapore. He was inducted into the International Who's Who of Professionals in 2009 and recognised as a NetImpact Changemaker in 2014. Most of his free time these days is spent exploring nature trails with his two young children. Show notes at: https://www.jeremyau.com/blog/calvin-chu You can find the community discussion for this episode at: https://club.jeremyau.com/c/podcasts/calvin-chu
Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology took stem cells and treated them with high-frequency sound waves, which was enough to convert them into bone cells. Plus: today in 2018, runner Murielle Ahoure found an ingenious way to celebrate her country after a big win. Sonic advance: How sound waves could help regrow bones (RMIT) World Indoor Championships: Ivory Coast's Ahoure celebrates 60m gold with Irish flag (BBC) Our Patreon backers always sound great ZjogEHWYjunepKbHomzO --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support
THE FIRE INSIDE In 2017 the Grenfell Tower in London was engulfed by a fire that climbed its external cladding with alarming speed, ultimately claiming 72 lives. And while many around the world were still coming to terms with the disaster, Dr. Kate Nguyen got to work. Born in Vietnam, Kate was a natural problem-solver and bucked social expectation to pursue a career in engineering. With the support of her family and some inspiring colleagues, she subsequently migrated to Australia and began building an academic career at the intersection of civil engineering and fire safety. Today Dr. Nguyen works at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology where she has been the recipient of a DECRA Fellowship, The Batternham Medal for Engineering and a L'Oreal Women in Science Fellowship recognising her sustainability research and her role in breaking down stereotypes in a male-dominated field. Join us to hear how a tragedy half way across the world helped to drive this inspiring young scientist to new heights. GUEST : Dr. Kate Nguyen https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-nguyen-ab8ab4145/ RMIT https://www.rmit.edu.au/ CLADDING SAFETY VICTORIA https://www.vic.gov.au/cladding-safety EON LABS : https://www.eonlabs.org/ RENY DIGITAL : https://renydigital.com/ HOST : Dr. Leo Stevens https://www.linkedin.com/in/leostevensinc/ MUSIC : Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com Mixed by Dr. Nat Harris
THE FIRE INSIDE In 2017 the Grenfell Tower in London was engulfed by a fire that climbed its external cladding with alarming speed, ultimately claiming 72 lives. And while many around the world were still coming to terms with the disaster, Dr. Kate Nguyen got to work. Born in Vietnam, Kate was a natural problem-solver and bucked social expectation to pursue a career in engineering. With the support of her family and some inspiring colleagues, she subsequently migrated to Australia and began building an academic career at the intersection of civil engineering and fire safety. Today Dr. Nguyen works at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology where she has been the recipient of a DECRA Fellowship, The Batternham Medal for Engineering and a L'Oreal Women in Science Fellowship recognising her sustainability research and her role in breaking down stereotypes in a male-dominated field. Join us to hear how a tragedy half way across the world helped to drive this inspiring young scientist to new heights. GUEST : Dr. Kate Nguyen https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-nguyen-ab8ab4145/ RMIT https://www.rmit.edu.au/ CLADDING SAFETY VICTORIA https://www.vic.gov.au/cladding-safety EON LABS : https://www.eonlabs.org/ RENY DIGITAL : https://renydigital.com/ HOST : Dr. Leo Stevens https://www.linkedin.com/in/leostevensinc/ MUSIC : Purple Planet Music https://www.purple-planet.com Mixed by Dr. Nat Harris
My guest today is Paul Rogash, Founder and CEO of BetU. BetU is a sports, esports & crypto betting platform. Secured by smart contracts and powered by the BETU Token. BetU aims to become a leader in the global sports betting market worth $391 Billion USD. With the goal of taking significant market share from global bookmakers such as Bet365, William Hill, Ladbrokes, DraftKings and FanDuel. BetU will offer traditional bookmaker services along with peer to peer betting resulting in better odds and bigger winnings. BetU Fantasy is a separate game where players can earn real crypto prizes for making fantasy bets on sport and esport events. There is no risk, only real rewards. Betting Platform: The BetU Platform will enable people to become their own bookmaker and bet against their peers. In the wagering industry the BetU platform will be akin to a combination of Bet365 & Betfair. The BetU platform will be available on web, tablet and mobile. Paul founded BetU in May 2021 and BetU had their ICO in late August of '21. Paul is an Australian entrepreneur currently based in Bali. He has been involved with several start up businesses in the fields of Internet Marketing, IT and financial services. Experienced entrepreneur, founded and sold MachineSales.com, Escalated Advertising & Lawyers SEO. Contract marketing roles in crypto saw projects increase 30x & 20x in 3 months. BBA in Entrepreneurship at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In our discussion, we cover BetU, the growth of the Metaverse, nomadic lifestyle, and much more. We begin our conversation by discussing BetU and why gambling and betting is a great use case for blockchain. Paul discusses what makes BetU unique and how they are developing the future of online gambling. Paul also discusses the future fantasy sports and GameFi. Our conversation pivots to the MetaVerse where Paul discusses BetU's bet on the MetaVerse and their plans of building out a MetaVerse experience. Another interesting topic of discussion was a conversation centered around the future of gambling in the MetaVerse and gambling on crypto-native games. We finish our conversation about the MetaVerse by discussing how Big Tech is beginning to develop a MetaVerse strategy and the importance of building open systems that are interoperable for the future the MetaVerse. The last major discussion topic we touched on was the nomad lifestyle. Paul shares his experience living as a digital nomad and the evolution of work and community. Please enjoy my conversation with Paul Rogash. --- ParaSwap: If you want to make a swap at the best price across the DeFi market, check out https://untoldstories.link/paraswap. ParaSwap's state-of-the-art algorithm beats the market price across all major DEXs and brings you the most optimized swaps with the best prices, and lowest slippage. -- This podcast is powered by Blockworks. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co
Dr Kim Lim received her veterinary degree with honours from the University of Melbourne in 1990. She then entered small animal practice and was certified in veterinary acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1992. She earned a Master's Degree in Animal Chiropractic from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2000. She has also completed the animal rehabilitation program from the Canine Rehabilitation Institute. Kim has been in Integrative veterinarian since 1996. She currently owns a solo practice in Geelong, Australia. She is also a national and international speaker, has served the Australian Veterinary Chiropractic Association, the Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group, and Geelong Australian Veterinary Association. Topics include: Dr Lim talks about how she became a vet and interested in integrative veterinary medicine. Kim describes the types of cases she sees on a day-to-day basis. Changing the mindset for cancer. How Dr Kim decides which treatment modality to use for each case. Protecting yourself as a vet from emotional stress. Kim discusses the different chiropractic techniques she uses. How Dr Lim helps dogs be compliant during treatment. Homotoxicology – what is it? Kim's approach to diets – understanding what each dog requires. Dr Lim's advice to vets. You can find Dr Kim Lim at www.geelongcreatures.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cleo Smith, the four-year-old Australian girl who was kidnapped, has told police a woman would come to her accused kidnapper's house to brush her hair and dress her. Investigators are now travelling back to the area to see if another person was indeed involved. So how hard is it to interview a four-year-old who's gone through a hell of a lot, and how reliable are the memories and information? Ggeorgina Heydon, an associate professor in Criminology and Justice Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to provide some detail. LISTEN ABOVE
Prof. Andrew R. Timming has lectured at Cambridge University, the University of Manchester, the University of St Andrews, the University of Western Australia, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University and is currently the inaugural Registered Reports Editor at Human Resource Management Journal. For his sins, he lives in Melbourne, Australia and researches mental illness, tattoos, and workplace democracy. In his spare time, he ruminates and writes poetry. Here are some links to sources discussed in this episode: - Inking of Immunity is made possible by all these humans: Chris Lynn - Executive Producer & Co-host Becci Owens - Associate Producer & Co-host Mike Smetana - Associate Producer & Co-host Kira Yancey - Production Manager Find us on social media on Facebook (inking.of.immunity), Twitter (@inking_immunity), and Instagram (@inking.of.immunity)
Investigadores do Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, na Austrália, desenvolveram um penso inteligente que acelera o processo de cura e que brilha para alertar os médicos em caso de infeção.Tudo isto é possível pela utilização de um material à base de hidróxido de magnésio, que é antimicrobiano e antifúngico. Este material pode ser embutido em qualquer tecido, como, por exemplo, uma gaze comum de algodão.
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In this podcast episode, we will learn how using NVivo can support student supervision both for the supervisor and the student with Dr. Helen Marshall, who is an honorary associate in the Social and Global Studies Centre at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, plus Helen facilitates the Qualitative Interest Group and offers NVivo support to researchers.
The uncommon sight of used face masks littering the streets has inspired a team of Australian researchers of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) to find a way to reuse them. Dhanya tells us more. Image Source: Thirdman, Pexels
Lumalabas sa ginawang pag-aaral tatlo sa limang mga trabaho ay kailangan na may kaalaman sa advanced digital skills sa taong 2030. Pero ayon sa report ng Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ( RMIT University) 1 sa 4 na empleyado sa Australia ay walang kaalaman tungkol sa kung paano gumalaw ang Digital Age. Kaya may malaking puwang na kailangang punuin ng sistema ng edukasyon ngayong di pa-urong ang takbo ng Australia.
In this episode, Rachel interviews Peter Zellner recognized for his highly tailored spaces by Le Monde, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and notable public and private art galleries, artist studios, and residences in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York on how he himself as a designer and artist transcended his own chromophobia in design of the traditional white cuba art gallery space and his own painting. Peter Martinez Zellner was the Ivan Smith Eminent Chair at the University of Florida, School of Architecture, and the Brown-Forman Visiting Chair in Architecture at the University of Kentucky College of Design. In 2017 he launched the Free School of Architecture, a student-run, tuition-free experimental architecture school. Peter is an Executive Board Member of From Lot to Spot, a green space equity organization located in Boyle Heights. Martinez Zellner holds a Master in Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. This fall, he will teach at the Pratt Institute's School of Architecture in New York. You can visit Rachel at https://psychitecture.com/.
Featured interview: Evaluation of Australia's current Sex Discrimination Act and its recent efforts to expand its impact to politicians and judges -호주의 성차별방지법 적용대상 확대에 대한 배경분석 Guest: Professor Sara Charlesworth, Department of Human Resource Management and Industrial relations, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Welcome to episode 38 with Greg Valles. In this episode, Adrina and Greg discuss his professional evolution from working for the Australian Tax Office to founding and managing his own business. We also discussed the differences between traditional and crypto accounting, common misconceptions relating to crypto and tax, things people need to stay on top of for tax time, the Australian crypto legislation landscape, the difference between NFTs and other crypto assets from a tax perspective, and tips for accounting professionals who are yet to start exploring crypto (TLDR; just do it!)BioGreg Valles, Managing Director of Valles Accountants, acquired a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and worked at the Australian Taxation Office for 15+ years.Since then he has grown his experience and has great networks in all facets of business, government in Federal, State & Local, and institutional at Corporate and Banking levels. Greg provides high-level consultancy for large projects ranging from $150-211 million in the Agricultural, Oil & Gas and Coal spaces. He creates proposals for investors, banks and other external bodies, whilst ensuring all legal frameworks are addressed, and applies his accounting, entrepreneurial and practical skills to ensure the project is de-risked and palatable.Valles Accountants includes a team of Chartered Accountants by profession, active crypto investors and true believers in the future of public blockchains. We have been involved in the cryptocurrency space since late 2015 and have endured the crypto roller-coaster through the highs of 2017, where we assisted many of the local Australian ICOs through the complex taxation issues surrounding coin raises and the preparation of financials for teams primarily relying on crypto transactions.For more info about Valles Accountants, visit https://vallesaccountants.com.au/Connect with GregLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvalles/Connect with AdrianaTwitter https://twitter.com/abelottiLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/Blockchain ProTwitter https://twitter.com/blockchainpro_Website https://blockchainpropodcast.com
Scegliere prodotti ittici con poco scarto, meglio se già puliti in pescheria e pronti per la cottura. Via libera poi alla cucina di recupero per valorizzare gli avanzi. Sono alcune delle strategie casalinghe anti-spreco ittico messe in atto da 7 italiani su 10 quando mangiano pesce, secondo un'indagine di Fedagripesca-Confcooperative, resa nota in occasione della Giornata nazionale di prevenzione dello spreco alimentare.Le mascherine facciali usa e getta usate per prevenire la diffusione del Covid-19 potrebbero essere riciclate e utilizzate nei lavori di costruzione del manto stradale. Ricercatori australiani del Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology hanno, infatti, sviluppato un nuovo materiale combinando mascherine triturate e calcestruzzo demolito. Lo studio, pubblicato sulla rivista Science of the Total Environment, mostra che il materiale per costruire un km di strada a due corsie utilizzerebbe 3 milioni di mascherine, prevenendo la discarica di 93 tonnellate di rifiuti.Nel 2019 i combustibili fossili rappresentavano il 71% dell'energia lorda disponibile nell'Ue a 27, 10,9 punti in meno del 1990. La diminuzione, segnala Eurostat, è dovuta principalmente all'incremento delle energie rinnovabili. L'energia lorda disponibile è la fornitura complessiva di energia per tutte le attività sul territorio di un Paese. L'Italia è al 79%, con un calo molto contenuto dal 2018 al 2019, la Germania all'80%, l'Olanda al 92%. Francia, Svezia e Finlandia sono tra i paesi con le percentuali più basse, sotto il 50%.
Dr. Kim Lim received her veterinary degree with honors from the University of Melbourne in 1990. She then entered small animal practice and was certified in veterinary acupuncture by the International Veterinary Acupuncture Society in 1992. She earned a Master's Degree in Animal Chiropractic from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 2000. She has also completed the animal rehabilitation program from the Canine Rehabilitation Institute. She has been in Integrative Veterinary Practice since 1996. Dr. Lim currently owns a solo practice in Geelong Australia. She is also a national and international speaker, and has served the Australian Veterinary Chiropractic Association, the Australian Veterinary Acupuncture Group, and Geelong Australia Veterinary Association. Please enjoy this conversation with Dr. Lim as we discuss her veterinary school experience, her introduction to integrative medicine, and how integrative medicine has changed the way she practices.
In This episode Pranoti sits down with Sherif Abbas, who was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology the time of recording, to take a deeper dive into Sherif‘s research journey. This vintage episode of the Under the Microscope podcast was originally released on 02.12.2020.
This episode's guest is Sherif Abbas, who was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology the time of recording. This vintage episode of the Under the Microscope podcast was originally released on 30.11.2020.
“The real gold of Africa is its creativity” - Chid Liberty Chid Liberty is the founder of Liberty and Justice as well as Made in Africa. Chid served as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the University of Liberia’s Monrovia Business Startup Center which was founded by Spark, a Dutch NGO, for whom Chid manages the Ignite Fund (Liberia) He also speaks internationally on social entrepreneurship and impact investing – recently at Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton Universities, as well as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia and IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.Chid and his team are revolutionizing how the business of fashion and apparel manufacturing is done in Africa, with a model that empowers and enriches workers and investor alike while enhancing fairness, promoting women’s rights, and working to eradicate African poverty. If you’re into any of those things, you’re listening to the right podcast. Chid is genuinely on track to emulate and improve on the model and legacy of Louis Vuitton. We also talk about: > The surprising coolness of Wisconsin > The history of Liberia > China, WTO & the African apparel industry > The true price of cheap clothing > The late, great Thomas Sankara > Postcolonial African responsibility & progressLiberty & Justice Chid Liberty on Instagram Thomas Sankara Speaks
Susan Kathleen interviews Special Guest Prosper Taruvinga,From Melbourne Australia & originally from Zimbabwe, AfricaHe works with clients to raise brand awareness, generate leads, and find new customers.And he does this through quick and straightforward changes to a website, where he dramatically improves the visibility of companies on search engines in any industry.Prosper is a marketing and advertising wizard and has studied at The University of South Africa, Studied Advertising & Marketing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Real Estate with the well-known Rich Dad Education Program and a fabulous Fashion Model & Icon andTalent Scout at Australian Academy of ModellingHis goal in life is to change the world in a way so that no child starves or no dog dies in the cold street. Prosper realizes that configuring building structures will not take him there and challenges listeners to think of spending billions of dollars for nothing where there are people living without food and shelter next door is wrong.He encourages his followers take their first step to make things right and join him.Contact:Email: ptaruvinga@gmail.comPhone: +61458 046 739Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ptaruvinga/?hl=enFaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/ptaruvingaLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ptaru/?originalSubdomain=auTwitter: https://twitter.com/prospertaru?lang=enWebsite https://www.amazon.com/author/prospertaruvingaWebsite http://www.livelongdigital.com.au/clickhereWebsite https://www.tweakmywebsite.com.au/Website https://youtu.be/ar8eHGlX-RIWebsite http://www.livelongdigital.com.au/coffeeWebsite https://www.sourcebottle.com/Profile/150946
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Today I am speaking with Louisa Deasey. Louisa is a twice-published bestselling memoirist, editor and non-fiction writing coach. Over the past twenty years, Louisa has worked as a magazine editor and features journalist, ghostwriter, newspaper columnist, digital copywriter, online editor and media and publicity consultant to major brands, personalities and experts in the health, travel, lifestyle, design, medicine and psychology space. This podcast series is hosted by Patricia Kathleen and Wilde Agency Media. This series is a platform for women, female-identified, & non-binary individuals to share their professional stories and personal narrative as it relates to their story. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts regardless of age, status, or industry. TRANSCRIPTION *Please note, this is an automated transcription please excuse any typos or errors [00:00:00] In this episode, I speak with Best-Selling, memoirist, editor and nonfiction writing coach Louisa Deasey key points addressed where Louisa's incredible journey throughout writing her first memoir titled Love and Other U Turns. We also looked at these self-taught and honed education and subsequent skill set that Louisa developed in order to write her following and Best-Selling memoir titled A Letter from Paris. We also examine how Louisa used her education and self-taught knowledge in order to develop her online memoir, a nonfiction publishing programs that she now offers online. Stay tuned for my enthralling interview with Louisa Deasey. [00:00:44] Hi, my name is Patricia Kathleen, and this podcast series contains interviews I conduct with women. Female identified and non binary individuals regarding their professional stories and personal narrative. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts regardless of age status. For industry, we aim to contribute to the evolving global dialog surrounding underrepresented figures in all industries across the USA and abroad. If you're enjoying this podcast, be sure to check out our subsequent series that dove deep into specific areas such as Vegan life, fasting and roundtable topics. They can be found via our Web site. Patricia Kathleen .COM, where you can also join our newsletter. You can also subscribe to all of our series on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Pod Bean and YouTube. Thanks for listening. Now let's start the conversation. [00:01:42] Hi, everyone, and welcome back. I'm your host, Patricia. And today I am elated to be sitting down with Louisa. Deasey Louisa is a Best-Selling memoirist, editor and nonfiction writing coach. You can find more about all of her work as well as the services she offers on her web. W w w dot. Louisa Deasey. Dot com. That is l o u i. S a d. A s. E y. Dot com. Welcome, Louisa. [00:02:09] Hello. Thanks for having me. [00:02:10] Absolutely. I'm excited to climb through everything that you're doing. We were talking off the air and I told you that we've had a lot of audience and listeners right in over the years and talk about writing coaches and people who can advise about writing rules a great deal in our past. I know that everything that you share with us today is going to be received in the highest regard. Oh, that's good to know. Absolutely. For everyone listening who is new to the podcast, I'll offer up a quick roadmap of the direction of my inquiry's will head. And then I will read a bio on the so that everyone can garner a brief sense of her background before I start peppering her with questions. So the roadmap for today's podcast will first look at Louise's academic and professional background, leading her up to the services that we will then unpack. Then I will turn towards, of course, unpacking Louise's suite of online memoir, a nonfiction publishing programs, where I know a few of those are currently being used up and changed a bit. Then we'll look at unpacking the goals that Louisa has for the next one to three years, professionally and personally. Those have changed a lot for a lot of people in regards to the current climate of the Kovik 19 pandemic. And then we'll wrap the entire Adva podcast up with advice that Louisa may have for those of you who are looking to get involved with some of her services or perhaps emulate some of her career success. A quick bio, as promised on Louisa. Before I start peppering her with questions, Louisa Deaseyis a twice published bestselling memoir list editor and nonfiction writing coach. Over the past 20 years, Louisa has worked as a magazine editor and features journalist, ghost writer, newspaper columnist, digital copywriter, online editor and media and publicity consultant to major brands, personalities and experts in the health, travel, lifestyle, design, medicine and psychology space. More recently, Louisa has created a suite of online memoir and nonfiction publishing programs for writers at every stage of the publishing journey. Her work has been featured in Vogue Body and Soul, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and Hundreds More Publications. She is currently at work on her third memoir. So, Louise, I cannot wait to unpack a lot of that with you. I'm excited. I haven't had anyone who actually self identifies as a memoirist on and I cannot wait to climb into that with you. I find it such a valid and noble profession. But before we get to that, I'm hoping that you can describe for all of our audience members listening and those watching on a vodcast a little bit about your academic and professional background leading up to where you are now. [00:04:51] Sure. So. Well, I went to high school, which is pretty normal here in Australia. Then I took a year off and just worked. I lived in a share house and I worked and I did a few little short courses in acting and drama. And then I started an arts degree, which I think it's the same in the US liberal arts. I thought I wanted to do drama and acting. I can't believe I've never even noticed how much I loved writing. But it wasn't until I was in my third year of my arts degree that I realized I actually loved writing about the place that I was studying rather than being in them because I didn't really like people looking at me. So I had a bit of a switch and I ended up doing a double degree in literature because I'd accidentally taken on too many drama subjects before I realized that I didn't really want to do that. And then because I realize sort of it took three years of writing essays for me to realize that I actually love that part of studying. I applied for a really well at that time. It was really prestigious writing postgrad writing degree in Melbourne. And I thought I didn't get in because I looked in the newspaper on the wrong day. So I applied to work on a cruise ship because I thought, well, look, I will just travel the world and write about that, you know, Harry instead. And I literally made it through to the third round of interviews for this job. Crystal Cruises or whatever it was. When my aunt called me and said, congratulations, I just saw your name in the paper for the riding college. So I had actually got in. So I had to cancel that at the last minute. And I started this writing postgraduates. To you, to you, that's called Tife. I'm not sure what that is in the US, but it's more hands on than university. And the whole reason that that's cause it was RMIT, which is Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, professional writing and editing. And I think the reason that it was so highly regarded was because the teachers in the. It wasn't academic. It wasn't philosophical. It was actual hands on how to get published, which, you know, I don't know. That was just sort of the Holy Grail when I was at university, nor one, you know, they talk about writing and publishing, but no one could actually tell you how to get published. Yeah, it did. I started that course. And I loved it. But I ended up being quite disappointed because it wasn't all that it was sold to me to be. And I sort of thought, wow, well, look, this is one of the best publishing courses in Australia, even though it's not very good. And I got a lot of sort of the wrong advice in that course. [00:07:45] And I ended up sort of staking out a lot of stuff on my own. And remember, this is before the Internet was, you know, the Internet existed, but it wasn't big. It's 2001. And part of the costs was a topic called industry overview. And we needed to do a few hours. So I think it was two weeks on site at a publishing company. So other a newspaper or a book or magazine publishing company and all that that caused told me to contact with these tiny little publisher in Melbourne and see if I could get a couple of weeks unpaid work there. And I didn't want to work at that tiny little publisher. That just sounded miserable. And I didn't want to work that. I wanted to work for magazines at that time. That was my passion. And all the magazines, all the women's magazines, offices were in Sydney. So I bought a copy of the reader's marketplace, which was like this like fifty five dollars an hour. Remember, saving up my waitressing money and buying it and just going through the list of phone numbers and calling every single women's magazine until I could get someone that would take me on for a couple of weeks work. And then I went back to RMIT and I said, OK, I've got two weeks at Elle magazine, I've got two weeks at Bay magazine. And they were like, what are you talking about? They don't take interns. And that's it. [00:09:01] Yeah, they do. I just tend to call fifty so fifty seven times. [00:09:06] And then so I flew up to Sydney and did that and that was I guess you'd say I was off to the races because I got my first byline in that work and I'm sort of simplifying it now. But that really taught me that, you know, I just there's only so much that you can learn at university and and time. You know, you really have to do it yourself in a lot of ways. And the other thing is the people that are teaching you often, there's a reason that they are teaching, you know, that they've obviously had their career or they're having a break or so. I just found a real gap between what I was being taught and what I really wanted to do. And I learned so much as soon as I actually started working in, like I think it was the following year, I got my first job at a newspaper back in Melbourne and I learned more about writing for publication in a week. They have had it five years at university. Yeah, it was just really interesting to me. The gap between academic learning and actual actually being inside a newspaper or magazine office. [00:10:14] Yeah. In the States, we call that on the job training. Oh, T.J.. Yeah. [00:10:20] Yeah. And I think it's so true, though. [00:10:23] I mean, I can't say it enough and I'm a big I'm really big on internships or any type of apprenticeship, things of that nature. There are so many fields that I think do this as well. Computer I'm married to an original Silicon Valley computer nerd. A lot of people asking to me know that. And the most hysterical thing for me, and I think it might be changing right now, but it's not nearly quickly enough. [00:10:48] Computer programing, as studied in university, has absolutely nothing to do with the code that is written that affects you die and changes the range. They are very likely ayari. And that's the same thing with writing. I think you're right in literature and all of my university degrees. And what I love about university is that you do study philosophy and theory, but there's absolutely no practicality. There's no applicability in that knowledge. And I think that writing is a crucial one. And I think your story also brings up a really interesting point, which I've always described. There's a certain amount of entrepreneurship, even to the writers of old to going Artley, Walden, you know, all of those things. That is a very kind of like gusto, greedy. And I think that people leave that out when they talk about writers, you know, and what it's really necessary to be a writer and successful. You running off to city, you calling fifty seven times. [00:11:44] I would have been more than that, but yeah, it's so interesting that you say that I have all of this. I have all three of Steven Pressfield books. Have you read the war of arson, Tony? And I love I love these books and hate. I love. I think it's in the war about. He says, find you. You know, there's nothing braver and more entrepreneurial than sitting at a blank screen and, you know, trying to put your heart out there and in a way that's palatable for the world to rageous story. He says, find yourself an entrepreneur to chat to for some motivation. I know why that is so true, because it's very similar. You're putting yourself out there. You trying something that's never been done before? Yeah. Yeah. I totally agree with you there. [00:12:30] And you have to have a certain amount. It's it's a crazy tightrope for. [00:12:34] Right. For authors. I find you have to care deeply about your audience, but you also have to have this kind of devil may care genessee quar about like I'm just going to put it out there. I don't care what anyone says, like, here it is. Here's me, you know, because if you worry too much, you don't release it. You don't put it out. And if you if you don't worry enough that you're not capturing your audience in the way that you ought to. You know, this is kind of given take is so difficult. I'm wondering, how did your career after you kind of launched into doing all of these, you got your first byline from this, you know, very greedy, like something tiny. Yeah. So how did that kind of launch into did you start to pepper into taste as to know which areas of writing you were most suited towards? How did you find, like, your memoir this moment? [00:13:20] Well, it's so funny because I didn't actually know that I loved memoir until a few years ago. But I say that, you know, I've simplified it a lot. But I you know, I went to Sydney. That was actually a six month process when I was working, interning, trying to get a job, a paid job, because I was working like 40 hours a week at a restaurant in Corkle by Sydney while I was doing days unpaid at these offices. And my Driton, the thing was back then, because it wasn't there was no you know, the Internet wasn't as big as it is now. You had to actually be working on staff to say the stop job ads in Pacific publications and all of those places. And nothing came up in the times that I was there. And I made some contacts and I was like, can you please let me know if something comes up? And I ended up running out of money and just being exhausted because I was working so much because Sydney is so expensive. I came back to Melbourne and got a waitressing job here in Melbourne and then just started sending out because again, no Internet sending out kulla photocopied packs of my tiny little byline. So I think by then I had had a review of a film, an essay, a first person essay, which is Memoir in Runner's World. So I used to run quite a lot. And maybe one other thing and. Oh yeah, quiz. I had a quiz published in Playboy magazine and I would send out these color coordinated packs and that must've cost me so much money because it was all my past. And eventually I got a job. I think it was eight or nine months later at the Herald Sun, which is our major daily newspaper. And I actually had a hiring freeze on at the time, which I didn't know. But now I'm glad I didn't come after got the job there. And that was fantastic. That was a baptism of fire. And I got mobile ones there. And what I found that I really enjoyed writing about was health and wellbeing and psychology, because I think I knew the health editor from school and she'd said, if you want to write a couple of columns, you can do that. And just a bit like you. I loved interviewing people. So I think one of my first articles was on iron deficiency or something, and I had to find a medical expert to interview on why women have less often than men typically. Well, something like that. And I just love the whole process of putting together a story and formulating the argument, getting experts to give you information. That's something. And I'd seen in my time at the magazine offices that freelancers, you know, that you could freelance the health magazines or women's magazines on health topics and get paid quite well. I think in feature articles, this is still when we have print. But, you know, people read print, so you'd get maybe a thousand dollars for a health feature. So I made it my goal to to make a living writing health features and psychology features. There's a magazine in Australia called Good Medicine, and I pitched to them. I just pitched lots of articles and I'm still waitressing. And then I eventually quit the Herald Sun because I didn't want to do news journalism. I found it quite. I really couldn't. I just couldn't handle it. I was there when the Bali bombings happened, which was a major news story here in Australia because Bali is so close to Australia. And yet I just I couldn't take it. I'm not I'm not cut out for news journalism. So I'm trying to fast forward, so after that, I started freelancing, I loved writing about health and psychology. I loved interviewing people at sort of the same as, you know, it just it felt feels like such a privilege when people opened up their lives to you. And, yeah, it's very mutually inspiring. And I, I find the whole process of interviewing very interesting. I think I was working for an architecture magazine and I interviewed this architect and I could see him actually transforming in front of my eyes when I was interviewing him because he was he was considering something he'd never considered before just because of the way I'd framed the question. And I've always found that really interesting. So then miraculously and I'm making it sound quick. But this took a few years. I've gathered enough work to actually just be living off my freelancing. So I no longer needed to waitress. And I met this comedian who he lived out of his car and he excellente basically just performed in outback rough pubs around Australia. And I fell in love with him really quickly and basically moved him to his car because I was like, well, I can write from anywhere. And at that point, I was making enough money and it was just a huge adventure. And so I went traveling with him for about a year. And that was sort of when my career took off in terms of freelancing. So it was quite strange. I got all these weekly columns, fashion columns. Would you believe in a in another newspaper called The Age? And I was traveling with him through these really, really rough redneck sort of places and having to write sometimes from the front seat of the car or lack of a room at the back of the pub. And eventually I came back to Melbourne because, yeah, I couldn't I could only leave out of the car for so long. I missed Melbourne. And I'd always thought, like, I sort of thought, well, wait, I'm always looking for the next thing. And I sort of thought, well, the only thing that is left for me now is to write a book, because I had been freelancing at that point for two or three years, I think, which I loved. But I just wanted to do something bigger. And I always wanted to write a book. And I think I was getting close to 30 years old and I didn't. It's those those significant voices that make you sort of think, oh, yeah, I've got to do that thing that I always said I'd do. So I started writing a book about traveling around Australia with GM, which was a memoir travel memoir, because I always loved reading travel memoirs as well. Mm hmm. And long story short, and I sort of talk about this a lot in a lot of my memoir, blogs and trainings and things. But, you know, it took I didn't know how to write a book. Crooner's knows how to read a book when they stop. And I had a really, really. So I had a few really fortuitous connections. A woman on the street introduced me to her literary agent, like who was one of the top literary agents in Australia. That was a very amazing fluke. But I also had the most brutal rejection that you could actually imagine. One of the top publishers in Australia, a great arrange to meet with me. She contacted my agent. She said she'd been reading my manuscript. She agreed to meet with me at a cafe and she flying down to Melbourne from Sydney. And I thought, wow, she's going to offer me a book deal. And I told my family, my friends, and after an hour of her telling me how bad my writing was, why I'd never be published, I had to actually say, well, I might go now. [00:20:48] Yeah, what a malicious moment. [00:20:51] It was pretty awful. It was really awful. It took me six months to get over that. I couldn't even look at the manuscript. I was just humiliated, absolutely humiliated. [00:21:00] Well, at that point, I wonder, looking back now that you have success under your belt, what was the point of her make going to such effort? [00:21:08] Well, this is a thing I didn't know at the time. You know, I was so naive, which I sort of think you have to be to get anything done. It took another year when I did actually sign the book deal for that book. And I met with my new publisher and she gave me the background to that particular person and said, you know, she's she's been put on on leave for bullying. She's got a mental disorder and various other things. And I was like, oh, my God, because I never I thought I would go to the grave without knowing why she had flown down to basically put me down for an hour in a cafe. [00:21:50] The power hierarchy in publishing is ridiculous. I mean, it's all right up there with my mother, most antiquated, you know, DHT and subject kind of. Ships that happen. And I is I am excited about it being overturned and we can get into this later. [00:22:04] I've spoken to a lot of authors that self publish because that did this system, it was abusive at its finest. [00:22:11] So abusive. I'm wondering, are you describing the beginnings of love in other U turns? Yes. Yeah. Oh, my God. That book was published. Yeah. So after I got over the brutal rejection and everything. [00:22:25] I actually rewrote the book and then pitched it on a cold pitch Friday. And it was like she called the publisher, called me on the cheese day and offered me a book deal and I just cried. And it was published, I think, six months after that, which is pretty quick in publishing, really fast. [00:22:42] What caused you to, like, finally kind of regroup after six months from your lashing and think. No, no, this is good. I know so many people that would abandon a piece of work with that kind of abusive moment in their life. You know, it doesn't. I would have abandoned it. [00:22:56] And yet, my friend Dave. He's no longer alive. I ran into him just on the straight and. Hey, hey. I'd gone to school together and he was there. And the other student who studied literature in our country, high school, and he was a good four A's, like a sole friend. You know, I hadn't seen him for about five years. And I ran into him on the street and just said I said I wrote a book. But it got no love lost or something. And, you know, I just vaguely told him the story, but I was still crushed. And he said, you wrote a book, you write, you actually finished it. [00:23:28] You got to pick it up. [00:23:29] And he was determined. He took it on like it was on him. But I get that book back to a publisher. And if it hadn't been for him so passionate about getting me. And he looked at it and gave me feedback and he was like, you need to stop the story here. And he was so passionate. And he was actually dying of liver cancer at the time. And he passed away before that book was published. He was only thirty two, but if it hadn't been for him, I wouldn't picked it up. But he was just so determined like you wrote it and you finished it. You can't just chuck it out. And I think about that now. And I think that's how I want to be for other people, because it is I think it's just it's a tragedy when people get so crushed by rejection that they just put it away. And I've seen that happen. And it's. [00:24:18] It takes a long time to finish a book. It really does. Just labor. [00:24:23] And bless Dave for knowing that, you know. Yes. You, too. I think you're right. I think voices of encouragement are so necessary. People don't realize, I think, how important that they can be, you know, from outside. So after you had your initial success, did you immediately catapult you into a letter from Paris or did you take some time? How did that play out, the aftermath of success? [00:24:50] No, sir. This is sort of a complicated I mean. Yeah. So the book so I love another U-turn came out. [00:24:59] It was a very odd time in my life because my mom died at the same time. [00:25:06] And also publishing had switched completely online. So everything that I used to do for money, which was pitch FHA radicals, I went down from first the word count stopped. So we went from a nineteen hundred word FHA to 700 words. So that means if you getting paid by the word, you're now getting three hundred and fifty dollars where you used to get twelve hundred. So it just became less and less. It was harder and harder to live off freelancing. And I knew that I had to retrain in the digital world, but I had no idea where to start because, you know, and a lot of people that I had worked at the Herald Sun with or had who'd been freelance journalist or had been journalists, it was a really hard time. Everyone was like, you know, they just suddenly lost their jobs. I know a woman who started a funeral home after losing her 20 year job, you know, in this type of some editing, because she was like, well, that's never going to you know, there's always gonna be a need for a funeral home. Yeah, but I sort of and I saw some of the bloggers coming up, and I think Sarah Wilson had just started blogging in Australia. She's the I quit sugar lady. And I could say that some of these people were really taking on the digital world and harnessing that. But I have no idea where to start. Like, I'm such an on tech savvy person, like, you know, and I didn't know anyone who did it. And I ended up taking this. And the thing was, my book came out and I talk about this a bit later, but I had no idea what I should have done when that book came out to really make it a success. So a lot of people don't know when a book comes out. You know, you basically get three months, if you're lucky of time, chop shop shelf space. Yeah. And you've got to do with many interviews, as much publicity as you possibly can. I had like a website that was stuck in the 1970s. I had to ask people to actually update it for me because it was all hyped, humoral card. I didn't even know I couldn't even update my website, wasn't even a word press or anything was on some something that I don't even know. Yeah. So, yeah, I was really shocked. The book came out and it sold a few copies and then by October that year it was like I'd never done anything and I was starting from scratch again. And so I was really crushed, actually. It was quite depressing because I sort of thought, well, I spent so low on this book and, you know, these are these things that people don't tell you about publishing, but you need to be stuck thinking a year ahead. You need to be doing your publicity count down. And then this is the full podcasts really were a thing as well. And I do do a lot of radio interviews, but. But because I did I had this weakness in the tech sphere. [00:28:05] I didn't have a good website. I didn't know how to how to set up a blog. I yeah, I didn't know how to do any of that. I basically went back and got a corporate job at an accounting company because they would take they taught me how to do web editing. And I had to use like six different content management systems. [00:28:25] And I learned a lot. But it was the most boring job I've ever had. [00:28:31] Yeah. [00:28:32] Yeah. But, you know, I just I needed to get a job and I needed to learn how to use the Internet, you know, digital publishing. And so I was sending out seven weekly tax newsletters at these incredibly boring job. I don't think I really lasted like three months. That got I learned a lot. And then I went to Byron Bay because, as I said, my mum had died not long. You know, maybe a year and a half earlier. And I still very, very wounded from that. So I sort of packed up all of my things and moved to Byron Bay and just sort of lived in this shed that overlooks the forest, which didn't cost very much money and started writing digital copywriting. So I, I transferred the skills that I've been doing as a journalist to that and got quite a lot of stuff published. The only difference is your byline isn't on it when it's copyrighting. And at that point, I started writing a fiction novel. Sorry, this is such a long winded way now. [00:29:33] Love. Yeah. [00:29:36] So I started writing a fiction novel because I thought that was the other thing. So publishing a memoir. It was actually also quite a bizarre psychological process when Love another U-turn came out, because, as I said, my mum had just died and I was doing all these interviews based on the person that I was when I wrote Love of a U-turn. So it's all these free wheeling and it's a quite a funny book. Quick. It's it's all about the wackiness of outback towns and how I liked not having many possessions and just living out a car. Banks are free in Australia, but after my mum died, I, I really changed. My character changed. I think everyone loses a parent without changing a lot. And so it was quite hard doing those interviews and trying to be all cheery and promote that book when I had changed so dramatically. So I thought, well, gee, I don't think I can write in another memoir because it's just so personal and, you know, people are asking me about my relationship with Jim when really. And saying, you know, your mom must be your parents must be so proud of you. And I hadn't even properly grieved. And it was all just was really hard. It's it's very hard for me writing a memoir because it is so personal and you need to have a lot of. Not protective, but you need to know what you're doing. And I didn't know what I was doing. I hadn't. I didn't really know anyone else who published a book. I though the lady on the street who'd interviewed, introduced me to the literary agent had sent me some great advice. But aside from that, you know, I there were no writing coaches at that point. There were. Yes. So I moved to Byron Bay and I started working on a fiction novel, which was sort of a thinly veiled fiction. It was about trauma and grief and processing, sort of what I was processing. And the only way I could write it was to make it a fiction, even though it really wasn't. It was all just a metaphor. And then I sort of did what I needed to do in Byron Bay. And I came back to Melbourne about a year later. And, yeah, just just went back to work. And I was pitching that fiction novel around. I ended up going to the US, going to this incredible writer's retreat because I wanted to get it to a publisher in the US because I thought, well, the reason my book Eleven of a U-turn wasn't a success is because it was only published in Australia. That's such a small market here. But that didn't really eventuate. And then that book was sort of messy. And I think I really didn't. I'm not supposed to write fiction. It's not. I didn't have the genre right. I didn't even know if it was a thriller or a romance or what or like a supernatural. It was just it was a bit of everything. That book was kind of my therapy writing that. [00:32:32] Well, yeah, it sounds cathartic. Maybe maybe not being published in any way. [00:32:40] And so I came back to Melbourne and I just got lots of different jobs editing and ended up working in media, sort of media training and marketing for Melbourne University, which is really big. But it's I think it's one of our biggest universities. And I loved that job. And, you know, I really just threw myself into my work and thought, you know, like a cat published a book. But I'm probably never gonna do that again, even though I wanted to. I sort of stuffed that down because I'd been so disappointed with what happened with love. Another U turns anyway. Long story short. I had just finished a year working at Melbourne Uni and I'd quit because of something really awful that happened there. We've with this boss and I received this email from a woman in Paris about my father. And so my dad died when I was very young. And she said our grandmother died yesterday. And in her apartment, we found a stack of letters written in nineteen forty nine about a man named Dennis in Deasey Are you any relation? Is he your grandfather? And that was my dad. And I said, well, I wrote because this was on Facebook Messenger. She contacted me and I said, nineteen forty nine. That's right. So she was telling me he'd been in London. I didn't know any of this stuff about my dad. I didn't know that he'd been in London when he'd he'd been to France. I knew that he'd had a French wife, but I didn't really know when or how or how that had connected. And basically, as soon as she started e-mailing me and she sent me all of these translations of the French letters that her grandmother had written and she said, you know, grandmother was talking about your father until the day she died. And they actually sent me a recording of her in the hospital talking about my death. And this had been 36 years since he died. And I just couldn't. It was all a bit crazy. And I remember thinking in the pit of my stomach, if I'm going to have to write another book. [00:34:54] I just I was like, man, but I've done it. [00:34:57] And it was so hard. Yeah. [00:35:00] And I think this is sort of where why and where the whole memoir coaching and the courses that I do now, where it will come from. Because at that time as well, a good friend of mine, she'd won a competition, a writing competition for a piece of memoir she'd written about running away from. So she her dad was a Vietnam vet and had very serious PTSD. And so she and her siblings and her mom had had to run away from home because he was very violent. And she'd want to competition for this pace. And long story short, that led to her publishing contract for that book. But she'd never published a book before either. And I saw her going through everything that I'd gone through with Love, another U-turn. So she didn't know that she would have to organize the launch event and do as much public. She felt the publisher was going to do everything. You know, she she really didn't know anything about the promotion. She was really upset and kind of stressed and. Yeah, that sort of thing. And so, like, I sort of took it on myself to try and educate her for what she should be doing up to the launch and that sort of thing. And then. Yeah, we just talked a lot through through the launch of her book and everything. And that was when. I was working on a letter from Paris, but I was determined that I would not write the book the same way that I did love another U-turn. So I didn't want to write the whole manuscript and then stop pitching it. I was like, I need a deadline. I need an FUC advance. I need you to pull this stuff. So I was really, really strategic, which I'd never been before. And I pitched, I wrote, I got things published. I used that to leverage publishers interest, which then led to a documentary. There's a show in Australia called Australian Story, which is documentaries of I don't know if you've ever seen it. I have. OK. Well, one of the producers of from Australian Story contacted me about this story about my dad, which I've been how to make. Leveraged into the contract for a letter from Paris. Because I really want to. Yeah, yeah. And I'm shortening it. There are a lot of very stressful phone calls and emails. But I was determined that I would have a deadline and a contract before I sat down to write that book. So I worked on a letter from Paris. And it was it was a bestseller when it came out in Australia two years ago and it's still been up and down a bestseller here, and it's come out in the UK and the US and Canada as well. But the reason that I'm sharing that isn't too advanced. It's because I was very, very specific and determined and strategic in everything that I did with Boris. How I pitched the book, how I avoid it to how it was published. How I went to the editor, what I did pray, publicity, all of that sort of thing, because I had had such a bruising experience with love and other unions. And the thing is, most people don't get a second chance to write a memoir or publish a memoir. So I was very lucky. But this is what led me to create these courses. And so the coaching that I do with authors is because what I saw I saw what happened with my friend Bruce. I know what happened with me. And so many people think the story's over when you sign that book to Sharon. And I know what you're saying about self publishing as well. If you actually if you want a lucrative publishing contract, self publishing is the way to go. And if you've already got a platform and you've already got an audience, you might be better off self publishing. But for a lot of people, like it was to me, you want to be traditionally published because that's, you know, this it's pretty amazing to have the backing of a traditional publisher. And it's you know, it's one of those dreams you want to be published by a publisher. And, you know, they do things that. I mean, just the quality of working with the editors on a letter from Paris taught me so much that I would have learned if I'd, you know, I would never of self publish that book anyway, because it's too important to me that it be produced in a really quality, beautiful. I just really wanted it to be traditionally published, but I understand that a lot of people. If if the purpose is to make money, then I would say sure. So publish or even spade, if you want to be speedy. [00:39:55] No. And I also think there's a great deal more to be learned. I think both processes have education. [00:40:00] But certainly the old still old school, there was, you know, a valid moment in that two to be had. And I think that there is there's a great mystique. It's just like academia. It's just like any race. You know, there is still a great deal of pride that one should take out of executing those systems. And it sounds like, you know, your qualifications. What I love about the difficulty in this journey that you've just unraveled for us is that you couldn't come from a more qualified source, you know, to have love another U. Turns and then a letter from Paris and and being on this bestseller, you know, international list is amazing. And I love. I don't really trust teachers that haven't had some kind of a struggle. [00:40:46] Well, that was the thing. [00:40:47] That was the thing with me and I, you know, and that was what made me so angry, actually, when I was at uni was none of those teachers had been published. And I was like, what do you know, except for, you know, bizarre academic journals. But I was like, but I want to see your book in a shop. [00:41:03] Yes. [00:41:04] And I want to hear the story. The difficulties are, you know. Yes. This horrible moment of someone flying from Sydney to kind of train crash you until this friend uplifted you and all of that back and forth. [00:41:15] And yet I'm wondering. So we're getting to your Web site and kind of crawling through the suite of online services that you have. Can you kind of crawl? Anyone who hasn't visited your Web site yet or knows anything about it? What are the different services that you offer your clients? [00:41:34] So it's it's funny that we're doing this podcast now because I'm actually raised configuring a few things because what I've realized. So I always wanted to offer memoir coaching and courses to show someone step by step how to write a memoir, because I know how overwhelming, how overwhelmed I felt at the beginning of a letter from Paris. I was like, how do I even put the sample chapters together for a publisher? How do I know? Because it's such a personal thing. You write, it's so overwhelming to go well, how do I, you know, jump into my entire life story and pick out the most relevant or interesting peso's to this story. And so I sort of came up with a process and a method for that finding the quote which know most storytelling. You would find the same with documentaries. You finding a hook, you finding where the story actually begins like that is more crucial than anything. You're finding the universal themes, finding the they really unique personal aspects to the universal themes. So I'm always sort of obsessed with finding like creating a mathematical or strategic formula to something to make it less overwhelming. So I originally started I created a course called Memory Academy, which was a six month step by step course for writing your memoir and getting it ready for a publisher. And I've had a few people take that course and I realized that it sort of needs to be three courses because it's very layers. There's three layers to writing and publishing a memoir is the actual writing of it, which anyone can can do. I love writing and craft is really fun to study. Yeah. Great to sit in your room and write a memoir. And this is something that I noticed with my students who took the program last year, which I'm really doing is if I hadn't got over their visibility issues, if I hadn't won, one of my students didn't even have a website that had her name on it. She was too scared to use her real name for any of her published paces. And I realize visibility is one of the biggest aspects of writing and publishing a memoir. So I sort of have to put that into a separate program, which is all. And I didn't realize that I'd done all of this with you. So all those years that I spent pitching articles and following up and writing freelance articles. That was me getting comfortable, being visible, pitching and following up. So I created a another smaller program, which is all about getting getting published and getting visible because that is actually going to lead to your book deal anyway. So, you know, if you want to be traditionally published and if you want to self publish, you really need to get visible, too, because you'll sell more books. So I separated that. And then this is the new program that I'm working on, which I'm really excited about, because it's everything that I was just sort of. Describing to you about my friend Bruce and then what I went through with love, another U-turn, which is people who signed the book deal, right? That's amazing. That is a huge accomplishment. But there's actually a six to 12 month process that they need to go through to ensure that that book sells for longer than two months, because that might be the book. The only book that they ever publish and you want to give it the best chance of success. And self care is a huge part of that process because otherwise, how are you going to go on TV or radio or podcasts and talk about your incredibly personal, sometimes traumatic story? Because a lot of memoirs are about very traumatic experiences or Newtons. You know, sometimes if it's a travel memoir like Love, another U-turn, that is a happy that is a really happy story that I wrote. But, you know, for example, with a letter, letter from Paris, I did a lot of talks, library talks. I did some events in Sydney at the Ambulance Française, because my dad was connected with the aliens from sides. And I had complete strangers coming up to me afterwards and asking incredibly personal questions about my family. And if I hadn't been prepared for that and if I hadn't done it all before, I would have just fallen apart. And I still was extremely exhausted after promoting that book, but. I had all these methods in place and I knew what I was getting into. And I think there's a real gap there. People think as soon as I've signed the book deal, that that's that's a fantastic I'll just hire a public system. I can take care of the rest. Yes. Or you actually have to do a lot, particularly with memoir, because you you are the story. It's not like I didn't invent with a really well-known historical fictional son. Attach a list of documents. You've heard of her. She's hit the bestsellers in the in the US with her latest book, The Paracel Orphan. And we didn't have into the library. And, you know, she had always it was the same library that I'd done an event at two or three months earlier. And she had members in the audience asking her questions and she looked so relaxed and so happy. And I realized, oh, my God, it's because she didn't because hers is a fiction. And I was like, oh, man, you have to be so different. [00:47:16] And she wasn't, like, absolutely ruined after the event and, you know, just meeting. And I never thought about that. She's just discussing the story. She told you she's not discussing her history. [00:47:29] I would feel personally, I would feel sorry personally, sort of pried open after every media appearance or event, which is fine, you know? And they will. And I did certain things to strengthen myself before that. And there were questions that I wouldn't know, that I wouldn't answer them, but I'd sort of come up with because I've worked as a journalist. Sort of come up with deflecting ways to turn them back. But, you know, it's all this stuff that people don't know. And I really want to educate people because. Yeah. A bit like the legacy project thing. If this memoir if this book is the only book that you ever have published, you want to give it the best chance of success. And you you owe it to yourself as well to to really look after yourself and really promote it to the best of your ability, your ability, and make it a really joyous, glamorous, wonderful thing because. Yeah. I mean, a lot of memoir groups on Facebook, which is sort of showing me how. How damaging that whole launch process can be if people aren't prepared properly. So that's that's the new program that I'm working on. How long is it? How long does it last? At least six months. I haven't. Yeah. Yeah, I haven't completely fine tuned the the material yet, but it has to be at least six months. I'm thinking of possibly extending it to 12 because most most publishers give you at least 12 months lead time before the book comes out. Yeah. [00:49:08] And it's it's more to cover not just the marketing and the publicity, but self care. And you know what you want what you want to say. Media training from that perspective of, you know, if this is the only book that you publish. If if this is what your children and your grandchildren are going to hear about your story, what would you like them to take away? So, you know, I like politicians. Get trained to. Sure. Your press conferences. Authors may need that sort of training as well. [00:49:42] Absolutely. Well, given that you're revamping a couple of things right now and kind of extending into its proper time, length and category, sectioning with the three different courses, and what are their goals and plans do you have for yourself moving forward? [00:49:56] Are you looking at any new works yourself or are you kind of honing in on this some coaching role, this advisory role that you have for the next few years? What do you see for yourself? [00:50:06] So I'm always I'm always thinking of the next project. At the moment, I'm actually working on a proposal for my third memoir, which is actually a Joel memoir with my dad. So as I as I worked through a letter from Paris, I found his manuscript in the library. I found a memoir that he'd written. And this is part of the reason I'm so passionate about memoir. And even though he died when I was six through writing his memoir, I feel like I've got a relationship with him. I know my dad again. So I really am so passionate about the value of memoir in terms of writing. You know, if he if he hadn't left his memoirs, I wouldn't know so much amazing stuff that happened to him that, you know, even things about this character that I've just really, really been important to learn. So I'm working on a proposal for that to be published as a follow up to a letter from Paris. I've been transcribing all the material because it's suddenly pipe up at the library. So over the last year, I've been transcribing it and into digital files and now I'm just polishing it because it's sort of from the 1940s and 50s. So, yeah, it's pretty, pretty fun to work on that. And also working on. Yeah. I'm really excited working on these memoir programs. I have one of my programs that I'm not revamping. That's just there. Evergreen for anyone is for beginners and that's a memoir journaling program. So that's a 30 day program because I couldn't have written any of my memoirs without my journals. And it sort of teaches you how to write in sort of how to ask yourself those questions that are going to get you writing in a way that you can then use for for a future published book if you want to turn things. [00:52:02] Yeah. Yeah, I love that. I love the call and response that you're having with your with your father as well. [00:52:07] You know, I'm I'm a big believer in closed doors and death being maybe one of the most astute ones that we're faced with in this sphere, not closing conversations in relationships. You know, I think it it's it's very finite. To view it that way. And I love the idea that you're having this newfound conversation in relationship with your father all these years later. It's amazing. [00:52:30] It's set a work of love. It is. So I mean, I was working on it yesterday and I I published a couple of the chapters from his first trip to Paris in 1940. I was just like, Ma going out. This is this is incredible. It's like a Paris that is from a made up story buttons because it was in his diary. I knew that it was true. And I just. [00:52:53] Yeah. Yeah. The Paris. I want to go to everybody from Paris. I want to be there. I can't. [00:53:00] You know, I can go and read some of the stories. I want to go back to Simone de Beauvoir as Paris like I want. [00:53:05] Yeah. That this is like. Have you seen Big Night in Paris, the Woody Allen film? Yeah. This is like that. It's like, you know, he's just walking into a cafe and people are like, oh, god, my car coming. I will, I will take you somewhere better. And just hopping in the car with people and. [00:53:21] Yeah. Yeah. [00:53:22] Absolutely brilliant. Well I cannot wait for it to come out at all. And Louisa, I am sorry to say that we are wrapping it up on time because we could I could sit here for our days with you. [00:53:36] I probabley talked way too much. [00:53:37] No, not at all. I'm not editing any of this out. Am I going to let my team do it either. I want to know. I this is my final question. I wrap everything up for those of you listening the same question. It's my favorite. She's never going away. I'll never stop asking it. If you were in a park or a garden somewhere in beautiful Melbourne tomorrow to socially safe distance given the pandemic and a young woman or female identified or non binary individual walked up to you. So anyone other than a straight, white, cis gendered male and said, listen, I you know, I went to university, I would do this writing program. I think people have it wrong. I don't think there's enough application applied there in a mean I'm going to launch out on my own. I'm going to write my memoirs, and then I'm going to get them published and I'm going to do all of this and I'm going to use the grit and determination that doesn't hasn't been taught to me before. What are the top three pieces of advice you would give that individual knowing what you know now? [00:54:34] It's so funny because I did actually run into a. A girl who sounded very similar to that at a bookstore a few months ago, and she was so sweet and asking me questions because she wanted to be a writer. The first thing I would say is. Persevere. It's like it's like what what Dave said to me. You have to persevere. [00:54:57] You probably get rejected the first 10 or 20 times. So perseverance is more important than having a quick win. [00:55:07] The second thing is to always be learning. So I take everything as a learning opportunity. Even the most brutal rejections or feedback try to take the good and drop the bad because you can't take it personally or you'll just be wounded. So I try and just treat everything as a learning experience. And lastly, only speak to people who've been published in terms of advice, if that's what you want to do. Just get your advice from people who've been published. Don't be listening to, Someone whose Aunt Jenny, maybe Wrote a letter once 50 years ago. That was maybe put in a newspaper. Yes. Find some people that you can model or and even if you can't talk to them, read on their blogs, listen to their podcasts. We're sort of lucky in the Internet era, we can find mentors and not even make them. And learn all their best stuff. So, yeah. I my three pieces of advice persevere. Take the good. Drop the bad. When you learn and find someone that you can model what you want to do. Find someone actually published that you can model. [00:56:28] I love this. Three pieces, especially the last one. Only speak with people who published about publishing like I love them. [00:56:33] I shouldn't have this now. I believe it is last or. I know. I agree. [00:56:40] Thank you so much for speaking with us today, Louisa. I appreciate it so much. And I know that everyone listening will as well. [00:56:47] Thank you, Patricia. It was really good. [00:56:49] Yeah, absolutely. And for everyone listening. Thank you so much for giving us your time. I have been speaking today. [00:56:55] I've had the brilliant opportunity to speak with Louisa, Deasey and you can find her at w w w dot. I'm going to spell it out. L o u i s a dea s e y dot com for all of her services, as well as information regarding all of her bestselling books and works. And thank you again for giving me your time today. [00:57:15] And until we speak again next time, remember to stay well, stay safe and always bet on yourself. Slainte.
Dr. Ian Storey, lecturer at Australia's Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, outlines the evolution of battery technology over the past 250 years. He describes how modern lithium ion batteries are getting more efficient and how solid state batteries offer an exciting future of long-range electric cars, better smart phones and pacemakers that never need changing.
Picture this. You've spent 10 years planning your dream home on a site in the Gippsland region of Victoria. It took 2 years of that time to build it. You call it Callignee, and it's stunning. Two weeks after you're finished, it's burned to the ground in the Black Saturday fires in 2009. This was the experience of Chris Clarke. Chris rebuilt on the same site ... a home he called Callignee II. And it was featured in the first episode of the first season of Grand Designs Australia. This is part 1 of my interview with Chris Clarke. His story is a fantastic inspiration and guide for those rebuilding, and also anyone embarking on their building or renovation journey. So, let’s dive in (and check resources for more helpful links and the transcript to this episode). SHOW NOTES: Chris Clarke is a builder, Director of SWALE Modular, and he studied for his Bachelor of Applied Science - Construction Management at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Chris is a hands-on practical person, starting as a qualified carpenter who designs, develops and builds out of the conventional system to a structure that works for the client. It was through his interest and studies that Chris became involved in sustainable healthy green construction and living. For the next decade Chris managed commercial and residential highrise buildings for some of Melbourne's biggest development companies. On Saturday 5th February 2009, since named ‘Black Saturday’ … fire cruelly destroys much of Victoria’s landscape. In the fire’s path was Chris Clarke's amazing property ‘Callignee’. Chris had just spent two years (plus all the planning prior to this) building his minimalist timber and steel dream home at Callignee in Gippsland when, less than a week after completion, it was devastatingly razed and all that remained was a concrete slab and a burnt out shell. Despite such a huge loss, Chris bravely decided to rebuild at Callignee. The new home focussed on reuse, recycling, and fire resilience. It also had a smaller footprint, and was tailored to Chris’ lifestyle, and personal health and well-being needs. And, as beautifully stated in the episode of Grand Designs Australia that featured it, Chris said “I built the first house for statement - I’m building this house for me”. Callignee II, as it came to be known, was the deserved recipient of multiple industry awards, including Building Design of the year for 2011. It’s a testament to resilience and Chris’ inspirational attitude, as well as his skills and abilities. Since Callignee, Chris has become passionate about modular housing as a sustainable and affordable way to create homes - especially in rural locations and those challenged by constraints such as bushfire ratings, and he founded SWALE in 2001. We’re going to hear more about SWALE in part 2 of my interview. But first, let’s meet Chris, and hear more about his journey of building Callignee II. Be sure to subscribe to this season, and also head to Undercover Architect’s YouTube Channel (can you link that to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yGH5xSdvyYipHiSvPfbxw for video interviews. All interview transcripts are available at www.undercoverarchitect.com/rebuild LISTEN TO THE PODCAST NOW. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: For resources mentioned, and a full transcript of this episode, head to >>> https://undercoverarchitect.com/podcast-rebuild-bushfire-house-chris-clarke-callignee See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dave and Evan chat with Anthony Bartolo, the Chief Product Officer at Avaya. Anthony Bartolo is responsible for product development, product management, emerging technologies and corporate strategy across Avaya’s premise and cloud-based solutions. He rejoined Avaya last November, and reports to CEO Jim Chirico.Bartolo has over 30 years of functional and general management experience in transformational, high growth environments, ranging from start‑ups to large cap public companies. He returns to Avaya after having spent the last several years at Tata Communications where he served as its EVP and Chief Product Office. Prior to Tata, Bartolo was vice president at Avaya in both the UC and contact center business units responsible for product development and the SMB business segment.Anthony’s previous roles include President and CEO of Skyrider Limited, a social networking start-up, and VP and GM of the Wireless Infrastructure and RFID Divisions for Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola). He has also held multiple senior leadership positions around the globe with Nortel Networks. A graduate of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.
Professor Joseph Siracusa is the Professor of Human Security and International Diplomacy at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne. He's also the President Emeritus of Australia's Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Born and raised in Chicago and a long time resident of Australia, Joseph studied at the University of Denver and the University of Vienna and received his PhD at the University of Colorado (Boulder). He has worked at Merrill Lynch in Boston and New York; the University of Queensland; and for three years served as a senior visiting fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University. He has authored and co-authored 310 refereed publications including 75 books, monographs and chapters, 115 journal articles/entries and scholarly reviews, and 120 refereed proceedings. His publications include the following: America and the Cold War, 1941-1991: A Realist interpretation, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2010) Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction (Second edition, Oxford University Press, 2015) The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2013) Language of Terror: How Neuroscience Influences Political Speech in the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) WEBSITE: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/s/siracusa-professor-joseph BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-M.-Siracusa/e/B0034NDAMK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share ----more---- Simon Drew Links Patreon: patreon.com/simonjedrew Coaching: simonjedrew.com/coaching/ Practical Stoic Mastermind: facebook.com/groups/practicalstoicmastermind Facebook: facebook.com/simonjedrew Instagram: instagram.com/simonjedrew LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/simonjedrew Website: simonjedrew.com FEEDSPOT: https://blog.feedspot.com/stoicism_podcasts/
Professor Joseph Siracusa is the Professor of Human Security and International Diplomacy at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne. He's also the President Emeritus of Australia's Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Born and raised in Chicago and a long time resident of Australia, Joseph studied at the University of Denver and the University of Vienna and received his PhD at the University of Colorado (Boulder). He has worked at Merrill Lynch in Boston and New York; the University of Queensland; and for three years served as a senior visiting fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University. He has authored and co-authored 310 refereed publications including 75 books, monographs and chapters, 115 journal articles/entries and scholarly reviews, and 120 refereed proceedings. His publications include the following: America and the Cold War, 1941-1991: A Realist interpretation, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2010) Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction (Second edition, Oxford University Press, 2015) The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2013) Language of Terror: How Neuroscience Influences Political Speech in the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) WEBSITE: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/s/siracusa-professor-joseph BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-M.-Siracusa/e/B0034NDAMK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Simon Drew Links Patreon: patreon.com/simonjedrew Coaching: simonjedrew.com/coaching/ Practical Stoic Mastermind: facebook.com/groups/practicalstoicmastermind Facebook: facebook.com/simonjedrew Instagram: instagram.com/simonjedrew LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/simonjedrew Website: simonjedrew.com FEEDSPOT: https://blog.feedspot.com/stoicism_podcasts/
Dr Ian Storey, mathematician and lecturer in information systems at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, describes the evolution of mathematics and logic over the centuries. From the ancient Greeks' understanding of geometry through to Newton's development of calculus in the Renaissance and the connection between logic and maths in modern computer coding. Fascinating listening for anyone interested in how maths has shaped our world.
Professor Joseph Siracusa was previously Deputy Dean of Global and Language Studies in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Born and raised in Chicago and a long time resident of Australia, Joseph studied at the University of Denver and the University of Vienna and received his PhD at the University of Colorado (Boulder). He has worked at Merrill Lynch in Boston and New York; the University of Queensland; and for three years served as a senior visiting fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University. He has authored and co-authored 310 refereed publications including 75 books, monographs and chapters, 115 journal articles/entries and scholarly reviews, and 120 refereed proceedings. His publications include the following: America and the Cold War, 1941-1991: A Realist interpretation, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2010) Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction (Second edition, Oxford University Press, 2015) The Death Penalty and U.S. Diplomacy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race, 2 volumes (Praeger, 2013) Language of Terror: How Neuroscience Influences Political Speech in the United States (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015) Joseph is also very active in research higher degree supervision, having supervised 35 PhD candidates, including 20 in the period from 1998 to 2015. WEBSITE: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/s/siracusa-professor-joseph BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-M.-Siracusa/e/B0034NDAMK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share PATREON: CLICK HERE COACHING: CLICK HERE WEBSITE: CLICK HERE YOUTUBE: CLICK HERE FACEBOOK: CLICK HERE INSTAGRAM: CLICK HERE LINKEDIN: CLICK HERE TWITTER: CLICK HERE REDDIT: CLICK HERE
MIT ID Innovation Programme brings an informative session on " Technology, Startups and Innovation- Emerging Technologies and Innovations. " The guest speaker for this session will be Mr Nikhil Malhotra. Nikhil Malhotra is the global head of innovation and creator of Maker's Lab, a unique Thin-q-bator space within TechMahindra with over 20 years of experience. He holds a masters degree in computing with specialization in distributed computing from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne. He has been a researcher all his life and is now leading the growth of AI, machine learning, robotics and quantum research within TechMahindra. Nikhil's area of personal research has been how quantum computing and neuroscience has inspired the growth of AI and how the two fields can merge in the future. He has also designed an indigenous robot in his lab, as a personal assistant. He and his team are also researching on Sanskrit to enable machines to talk in local Indian dialects.
David Broadhurst, the co-founder of Codesafe, is a construction industry veteran. He opens Ep 49 with a story from nine years ago about an incident where someone on site where he was supervisor was almost killed. He began searching for a better way to ensure that workers in high risk sectors actually understood safety critical information and worked safely. He created the Codesafe methodology which has captured the attention of safety bodies in Australia and been the subject of research by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) to understand what makes the approach effective. Rae Grech is a health and safety manager who has a training background. In 2013 Rae engaged David’s team to create video materials for high risk processes in ceiling insulation. Their work together resulted in significant systemic improvements in safety at the organisation. While easy to access content is part of the reason for this, the real driver is a participatory approach that engaged workers and unlocked their tacit knowledge. Host: Michelle Ockers Guest: David Broadhurst and Rae Grech Resources: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/work-related-traumatic-injury-fatalities-australia-2018 CodeSafe Solutions website –https://www.codesafe.com.au/ Work Related Traumatic Injury Fatalities in Australia 2018 – From Safework Australia http://bit.ly/33tdOcz Utilising workers’ tacit health and safety knowledge to produce inherently safer work processes: An Evaluation of the Codesafe System. Presented at Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors COBRA 2015 conference http://bit.ly/390sKA8 Refiguring creativity in virtual work: the digital‐material construction site http://bit.ly/2x72d70 CodeSafe system overview – includes QR codes to get access to system demo app http://bit.ly/2WnKOS3 Content Analysis – a collection of resources http://bit.ly/33tEuKk
In This episode Pranoti sits down with Amy Gelmi, Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology at the time of recording, to take a deeper dive into Amy‘s research journey. This vintage episode of the Under the Microscope podcast was originally released on 04.03.2020.
This episode's guest is Amy Gelmi, who was Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology at the time of recording. This vintage episode of the Under the Microscope podcast was originally released on 29.02.2020.
"Justru enjoy-nya itu di prosesnya..." - Randy Halim Randy Halim (IG: @randyhal) is the founder, and the architect of of Rand Hal Architecture and Interior Design (IG: @randhal.id). He graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.. In this podcast, Randy shares his thoughts about the interior design trends and also tips to keep his designs fresh, relevant yet stood the test of time.
Two Melbourne writers, two stories. The first, Untitled by Paris Ely-Faulks, is a short horror set at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. It comes with a content warning. The second, Come on, Wilson, by Wilson Bowles-Nelson, is set in suburban Croydon, and follows the struggle of the hapless narrator, Wilson, with his strange new medical condition. Album artwork by Fabian Mardi on Unsplash. Sounds of corellas in the background by corellas in the background.
Are you inspiring change? Or are you CREATING change? In today’s digital age, most leaders are simply using their platform to inspire change by educating their audience on the cause, and sharing doom and gloom media to create empathy. But as Katie Patrick shares in this episode, education and empathy alone will NOT create change. Join me and Katie Patrick for an eye-opening discussion on how to save the world. In this episode, you’ll learn the most effective ways to influence your audience to create change, why sharing doom and gloom posts, videos and photos will lead to increased freak-outs and less action, why comparison can actually encourage a collaborative effort to save the world, and how getting people to put their foot-in-the-door will lead to a bigger impact than trying to convince them to jump in, head-first. Katie Patrick is an Australian-American environmental engineer, designer, and author of How to Save the World, ranked as one of the top 5 books for social entrepreneurs by Forbes. She designs ""Fitbit for the planet"" software that leverages data, game design and behavioral psychology techniques to make real and measurable change on big environmental issues, and is an evangelist for bringing creativity, optimism, and imagination into the craft of saving planet Earth. She is the creator of the zero waste behavior-change game, Youtube series, and book Detrashed and the founder of UrbanCanopy.io, a map-based application that uses thermal imaging of urban heat islands and vegetation cover to encourage urban greening initiatives. Katie has been a media spokesperson on environmental issues and has been featured regularly on TV, radio and in magazines including the BBC, Vogue Australia, and ABC. She was CEO of the VC-funded green-lifestyle magazine Green Pages Australia and was appointed environmental brand ambassador by the Ogilvy Earth advertising agency for Volkswagen, Lipton Tea, and Wolfblass Wines. Katie has served on the board of Australia’s national eco-label, Good Environmental Choice Australia, and won the 2008 Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year Award for entrepreneurship. After graduating from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a B.Eng in Environmental Engineering, she worked as an environmental design engineer for building engineers Lincoln Scott in Sydney Australia on some of the world’s first platinum-LEED-certified commercial buildings. Katie lives in San Francisco with her young daughter, Anastasia. If you dig this podcast, stay in the loop by signing up for my weekly emails. Sign up today at www.rubyfremon.com/subscribe Connect with Katie Patrick… IG: www.instagram.com/katiepatrickhello Twitter: www.twitter.com/katiepatrick www.katiepatrick.com Grab her book here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/how-to-save-the-world-a-book-design-manual#/ And find me online everywhere: @iamruby
The sixth episode of the Inside-Out Podcast features Dr Marietta Martinovic, a Senior Lecturer in Global Studies in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. Dr Martinovic completed the Inside-Out Instructor Training Institute in 2008 and taught her first Inside-Out courses at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and Marngoneet Correctional Centre in 2015. Since this interview was recorded in January 2018, she has also been teaching at Ravenhall Correctional Centre. She plans to coordinate an Inside-Out training in Australia in the future. The Inside-Out podcast is hosted by David M. Krueger from the international headquarters of The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at Temple University in Philadelphia. To support the expansion of Inside-Out activities around the world, please make your contribution HERE. To enroll in an Inside-Out Instructor Training Institute, click HERE. Episode Transcription Opening Music DK: In this episode of the Inside-Out Podcast, I speak with Dr. Marietta Martinovic, who teaches criminal justice at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology or RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Professor Martinovic took the Inside-Out Instructor Training in 2008 and taught her first Inside-Out course in an Australian prison in 2015. I spoke with Marietta to ask her about the challenges of setting up the class, the effects it has had on her students, and how she plans to expand Inside-Out in Australia and beyond. Audio Clip of Marietta's Interview DK: I'm Dave Krueger from the Inside-Out Center, the international headquarters of The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program based at Temple University in Philadelphia and this is the Inside-Out Podcast. Stay tuned for the conversation with Dr. Martinovic after this word by Tyrone Werts. Audio Clip of Tyrone Werts Describing the Program The inside out prison exchange program is a program that facilitates dialogue and education across social barriers. Inside out courses bring traditional college students and incarcerated students together in jails and prisons for a semester long of learning. These courses unite enthusiasm for learning helps students find their voice, and challenges students to consider what good citizenship requires. Since the first class in 1997 inside out has grown into an international network of nearly 1,000 trained instructors from across the US and several countries. Correctional and higher education institutions have partnered to create opportunities for more than 38,000 inside and outside students to move beyond the walls that separate them. We are more than a program, we are changing the world... DK: So Marietta could you tell us a little bit about yourself? You know, where are you from and how did you end up becoming a professor in criminal justice? MM: So I moved to Australia when I was 13 years old and we left Bosnia as war refugees because a civil war broke out in the country where we lived so I was very lucky we moved pretty much before the war even started and have lived in Australia for the last 25 years. So upon resettling here I finished high school. I always knew I wanted to become a teacher but then I got interested in legal studies at high school and so I studied criminal justice and criminology and that got me interested in corrections. And so i developed a passion, really, to try and rehabilitate people, to help people, who are caught up in the criminal justice system and kinda things like that. DK: So how did you first get interested in the inside-out prison exchange program model of education? MM: So my very first job post-university was working as a community corrections officer which involves supervising people on probation and parole type orders. And so there I realized just how difficult and complex it is for these people to try and break the cycle of re-offending and offending, and to reintegrate back into society. But I also recognize the importance of criminal justice practitioners having empathy toward those caught up in the criminal justice system. So when I heard about inside-out and what it does I realized this would provide me with a unique opportunity to teach graduates compassion and understanding of this often maligned group of people. DK: You came to the united states to take one of these trainings. What year did you take the training? MM: I took the training in 2008, but I actually met Lori Pompa and the Graterford think-tank during a conference in 2005. And it was actually a congress of criminology - The world congress of criminology - which was held in Philadelphia, and there was an advertisement saying “as part of this congress you could spend a day at the Graterford prison” and of course, due to my interest, I jumped at that opportunity and I just absolutely fell in love with the whole idea. I was so inspired by the strength of the think tank's real ability to provide insight into crime and justice, that I thought “I must do this”. So of course, you know, a few years later I won a teaching award, had some money and I got myself to the U.S. and got trained. DK: So how did the training impact you? Did it open up some new ways of thinking about the way you teach? How did it shape the way you became an educator? MM: I think it has made me a much better academic in all honesty. I used to do a lot of teaching as I was taught. Kind of a talking head in front of many students without too much involvement or discussion, you know things like that. Post the training, I completely changed how I teach, and once I started teaching inside-out classes I would bring inside-out examples into all my other classes so of course, you know, everybody kind of was exposed to inside-out directly or indirectly just because it is such an amazing way of teaching because it includes people, but it includes people in such a profound way it includes them in terms of equality, compassion, understanding, it is just absolutely amazing. DK: Did you face any challenges at setting up an inside-out course in a new country? I mean you took the training and you went back to Australia and you were really kind of on your own. What was it like trying to convince others and convince correctional institutions that this was a viable program that was worth being involved in? MM: Well I can tell you it was a very hard road. That took close to 8 years, you know, on and off me kind of pushing the barrel forward and to really try and get the program started. But, i was so inspired when I came back from the training in 2008 that I thought “this is just the best. It just has to be done straight away”. I faced many barriers and the first and key one was from corrections Victoria who said, “You wanna do what?” Well you know all they could see was all of these risks, all of these problems that could happen and I very quickly got the sense that this was not going to be possible. I went back to the university all disappointed and the university personnel and said “well you know we think that this is very scary as well” and I'm thinking “what's so scary??” Of course there's going to be some risks but they can be managed you know there are appropriate ways to managing those and so forth and so on. So, I faced a lot of opposition to say the least and then in 2013 I caught up with Lori kind of without too much planning and Lori just reignited all my interest and said “oh you should give it another go” because you all know Lori, she's one of the most amazing people I've ever met, anyway - We had such a fantastic conversation and I went back to corrections and I said “Well how about it again, you know, after so many years you know, the program has grown immensely” and I was kind of able to show that and they said “Okay! We'll put a call out to the prisons and we'll see if any prison takes it up and 2 prisons put their hand up and the rest is kind of history so we started teaching - I started teaching in 2015, and it's been absolutely life changing. DK: And how many courses have you taught since 2015? MM: So every year I teach 2 courses and I teach males and females kind of at the same time, but they're obviously at different facilities. DK: Okay so it's been several courses that you've taught? MM: Yes. DK: What kind of an impact do you think that inside-out courses have had on both your inside and your outside students? Could you say a little bit more about the long-term impact or even short or long term impact that these courses have had? MM: Yes, of course. So I think the inside students are really grateful about having an opportunity to discuss their lived experience of the criminal justice system. And of course they have so much to offer, they have amazing personal insights on how the system can improve, how it can be made better. So this then gives the university students a real unforgettable, life-changing experience about their future practice in criminal justice because all that they know up until that point is all from textbooks so in a way the textbooks meet the lived experience and that's where the two worlds gell so they both have something to offer to one another. So yeah, experience is just amazing and I think it makes them a much better, well-rounded, more ethical - most importantly - criminal justice practitioner once they obtain employment in the field. DK: One of the outcomes of inside-out courses around the world is that a number of the students want to continue to meet and to work together beyond the classroom experience and many of them have formed what are called “think tanks”. Now in Australia you, as I understand, you run two think tanks: One is for women and one is for men. Could you say more about what a think-tank is and specifically what these think-tanks are involved with and how they came about? MM: Of course. So the first time I taught at the female prison, which is almost 3 years ago, the women basically themselves at the end of class said, “we really want to continue on” and these are the women on the inside. And they actually somehow knew about the Graterford Think-Tank or they had remembered it from me mentioning it very early on and they said “we want to be an equivalent to the Graterford Think Tank” and I thought “Fantastic!” Because you know, the whole point is that these think-tanks actually operate and are formed on the basis of “this is what the people themselves want” so they need to grow organically, they really can't be imposed by others and Lori teaches that and I think it's absolutely correct - they've got to own it. And so we continued on all on a voluntary basis. About 12 inside students continued on and 12 outside students continued to meet fortnightly ever since. Of course we have had some people drop out due to employment, due to release, etcetera. But we have had, you know, we've topped up basically the numbers in the group by the subsequent inside-out programs. What do we do? Well, we contribute to corrections Victoria's policy making and we do that directly so we've really grown in prominence as an advocacy group which has been so so exciting as you can imagine for the women on the inside as well as the outsiders. So what happens is the prison officials, the people who belong to the prison executive, come over and give us topics for discussion. And then these topics, we come up with some strategies. So i'll give you all an example of the most recent one that we worked on. It was a booklet written about - orientation booklet, sorry it was an orientation booklet made for the prisoners. So what the think-tank ended up doing was coming up with a ten page version of the booklet which speaks directly to the women upon entry. So this 80 page booklet which is written at a very high level which is written by policy makers in head office has basically been, in many ways, useless to the women themselves. So we've come up with a version that makes sense and that is directly then implemented and given to the women upon entry in the facility. So of course they see that their work is meaningful, make sense, so it builds their self esteem, they become determined, they start having a voice within the prison because they say to the others in the compound “this is what we are working on. Can you contribute?” and so of course we have then other people contributing to think-tanks activities which is really really exciting.DK: How do you think these correctional administrators have responded to inside-out courses over the years? Have you seen a shift? Has it been more of an increasing embrace? More of a trust built? How would you describe that relationship? MM: I would say that certainly from very early on their would have been quite a bit of mistrust especially by the prison officers on the ground themselves and we faced a number of challenges to say the least and issues trying to become established basically the first time the program was offered. But, I've implemented various strategies to try and increase awareness by the people who work in the criminal justice systems as well, I.E, the prison officers, and there has been more and more trust, I must say, developed over the years. But in all honesty it has been a long hard road, but the women and the men have certainly helped they have never done anything to compromise the program so that has been really really good. DK: What advice would you give to somebody who's trying to start up an inside-out course in a new location? Do you have any advice for folks that are just getting started or maybe just have gone through the training? MM: It kind of depends. If they are in a brand new country the *laughs* the advice is quite different to the way that it happened for me, than if they are within the united states because within the united states you have such an amazing framework already setup. But I've always believed that if you believe in something, it will happen. When I heard about inside-out, when I did the training, I honestly knew that I'm going to end up doing this. And many people along the way said “Oh this is impossible, there are so many obstacles, there are so many risks” I thought “It doesn't matter, it is just a matter of time”. So I think if people are really, in their heart, feel that this is what they are gonna be doing, they will be doing it. So, just be persistent, my advice is. Be persistent if this is truly something you believe and you will get there. And in the United States you have such an amazing network of people who are so helpful, there's always a way to do this. Always. The other thing that I probably want to mention here is that there is a person, an academic in New Zealand, who I'm now trying to help to also get established. So very recently I've actually come across somebody who has worked at - this is quite interesting - In New Zealand corrections and heard about inside-out and through conversations I said “You know, this kind of program does not exist in New Zealand which is such a pity” and he said “Oh well, why not?” You know it makes so much sense. So what I've done now is I've connected him to the academic and so hopefully they'll be able to work something out in New Zealand. So, it's all about, not just persistence, but it's also all about connections, all about trust building, and you know surround yourself with people who have done it. They can offer a lot. DK: So as you think of the different students you've met over the years and both inside students and outside students and many students, especially on the inside, are really in some very challenging life circumstances. As an educator, what gives you the most hope? MM: I think people's personal transformation gives me the most hope. And actually seeing that transformation first-hand, you know reading about it people's reflections. When people on the inside make comments like “two hours a week I was free, and I was me”. That kind of comment is just immeasurable. And it's a real impact you can actually see, you can feel, and that gives me absolute hope that people can in fact have a little bit of time off to themselves can personally develop through this journey and then hopefully can hold on to that upon exiting the institution. So I'm working with a number of people who have been released, obviously post doing the inside-out program on the inside, and I see that what they do so much is that they try to hold on to that positive experience in their everyday life and I find that absolutely amazing so that gives me absolute hope for all the work that I do. DK: So what's next for inside-out Australia? What kinds of hopes and dreams do you have for the future? MM: So, well. My future is all about inside-out, trust me, so what do I hope? I hope to be growing the program, that's my very first hope. Personally in the state where I am, for the first time this year I am going to be offering the program in a private institution, so a private prison. So I'm so eager to see how this is going to go because if this goes very well there are other private prisons who could very well take up the option of having and running inside-out. I'm also going to be implementing another think-tank, probably at that very same prison. I'm also going to be training other students and offering them like an internship so that they assist through the running of the inside-out program, so that in many ways the think-tanks, which I currently run, are not solely dependent on me but they are going to have other people who can kind of, very easily, step up to the opportunity and, when need be, run a think-tank or step into running an inside-out class and things like that. Also in addition to all that, I would like to, at some point very early on, hopefully run a national training with Lori, together with Lori of course, down under for people in Australia.DK: Marietta thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us here at the inside-out center, we wish you all the best and we're so grateful for the work that you do.MM: You're very welcome, thank you. Tyrone Werts: You've been listening to the Inside-Out Podcast, a production of The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. To find out more about the program, make a financial contribution, or enroll in an instructor training institute, please visit the website at insideoutcenter.org.
Der Wunsch vom Auslandssemester lässt sich in konkreten Schritten erreichen. Welche Vorbereitungen wann nötig sind – darum geht es in dieser Folge von Abenteuer Auslandsstudium. IEC Beraterin Anja und Australien-Rückkehrer Marius teilen ihr Wissen. Außerdem erfahrt ihr Wissenswertes zum Auslandssemester am australischen Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), whole others know it as Old Melbourne Gaol Museum. The site's history is almost as complex as its zoning laws, stretching all the way back to the colony's first 50 years. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the criminals, executions, ghosts and stories that make up the Old Melbourne Gaol complex - and learn why we spell it that way.Main Theme music – Kevin MacLeod "Slow Ticking Clock" – Kevin MacLeodUsed under a Creative Commons license.
In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), whole others know it as Old Melbourne Gaol Museum. The site's history is almost as complex as its zoning laws, stretching all the way back to the colony's first 50 years. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the criminals, executions, ghosts and stories that make up the Old Melbourne Gaol complex - and learn why we spell it that way.Main Theme music – Kevin MacLeod "Slow Ticking Clock" – Kevin MacLeodUsed under a Creative Commons license.
In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), whole others know it as Old Melbourne Gaol Museum. The site's history is almost as complex as its zoning laws, stretching all the way back to the colony's first 50 years. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the criminals, executions, ghosts and stories that make up the Old Melbourne Gaol complex - and learn why we spell it that way.Main Theme music – Kevin MacLeod "Slow Ticking Clock" – Kevin MacLeodUsed under a Creative Commons license.
In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), whole others know it as Old Melbourne Gaol Museum. The site's history is almost as complex as its zoning laws, stretching all the way back to the colony's first 50 years. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the criminals, executions, ghosts and stories that make up the Old Melbourne Gaol complex - and learn why we spell it that way.Main Theme music – Kevin MacLeod "Slow Ticking Clock" – Kevin MacLeodUsed under a Creative Commons license.
In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), whole others know it as Old Melbourne Gaol Museum. The site's history is almost as complex as its zoning laws, stretching all the way back to the colony's first 50 years. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the criminals, executions, ghosts and stories that make up the Old Melbourne Gaol complex - and learn why we spell it that way.Main Theme music – Kevin MacLeod "Slow Ticking Clock" – Kevin MacLeodUsed under a Creative Commons license.
In the centre of Melbourne, Vic, lies a large bluestone building complex out of time with its surrounds. Some people know the place as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), whole others know it as Old Melbourne Gaol Museum. The site's history is almost as complex as its zoning laws, stretching all the way back to the colony's first 50 years. Join Holly and Matthew as they look into the criminals, executions, ghosts and stories that make up the Old Melbourne Gaol complex - and learn why we spell it that way.Main Theme music – Kevin MacLeod "Slow Ticking Clock" – Kevin MacLeodUsed under a Creative Commons license.
While in Melbourne Dr Anne Gregory took some time out to meet with me to talk all things from her amazingly diverse career, including competencies within our profession and dealing with artificial intelligence (AI). Anne is a visiting professor with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and is Professor of Corporate Communication at the University of Huddersfield in the UK. A former Chair of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communications Management, Anne recently led the Global Capabilities Framework research project and is leading initiatives on identifying the capabilities for PR and communication professionals in our emerging world of big data and AI.Support the show (https://cropleycomms.com.au/subscribe.html)
Hippie Haven Podcast: How To Live An Ethical + Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
Every Wednesday on the Hippie Haven podcast, learn how to live harmoniously with yourself, others & the planet. We talk about all things hippie, including eating vegan, reducing your trash, starting an ethical business, eco-activism, gardening, beekeeping, tiny house living, and so much more. Today on the Hippie Haven Podcast, we're chatting with Katie Patrick, an Australian-American environmental engineer, software designer, author, podcaster and public speaker with 20 years of experience in her field. After graduating from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a degree in Environmental Engineering, she worked as an environmental design engineer in Sydney on some of the world’s first platinum-LEED-certified commercial buildings. She has served on the board of Australia’s national eco label, Good Environmental Choice Australia, and won the Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year Award for entrepreneurship. Katie has been a media spokesperson on environmental issues and has been featured regularly on TV, radio and in print publications including Vogue Australia. She was CEO of the green-lifestyle magazine Green Pages Australia and was appointed environmental brand ambassador for Volkswagen, Lipton Tea and Wolfblass Wines. Today, her tech company, Hello World Labs, applies data-driven, gamification and behavior-change techniques to solve the world’s biggest environmental problems. She is the author of Detrash Your Life in 90 Days – The Art of Zero Waste Living, and she’s about to release her second book How To Save The World, which has an accompanying podcast and youtube channel by the same name. Katie is the creator of Zerowastify, an app designed to better measure municipal solid waste and Urban Canopy – a map-based application that uses spectral imaging of urban heat islands to encourage urban greening initiatives. Katie Patrick is truly a powerhouse in everything she does, and we are so honored to be interviewing her today! The Hippie Haven Podcast is hosted by Callee - a zero waste activist & business owner. Formerly a translator for the US Navy, Callee was honorably discharged as a conscientious objector in 2017 following an episode of severe depression & alcoholism fueled by not living in alignment with her core values. That same year, at age 23, she started Bestowed Essentials, a handmade line of eco-friendly beauty & home products that are now stocked in over 100 stores around the US & Canada. Callee began hosting this free podcast in August 2018, as well as speaking at events and teaching educational workshops across the country, as part of her life mission to arm you with the knowledge & tools you need to spark positive change in your community. In December 2019, she opened The Hippie Haven in Rapid City, South Dakota - a zero waste retail store & community space with a little free library - the first of its kind in the state. She’ll be opening a second Hippie Haven in Salem, Oregon in Feb 2021. Follow along on Instagram - @ahippieinavan & @hippiehavenshop & @bestowedessentials Shop zero waste home goods at www.hippiehavenshop.com Read podcast transcripts at www.hippiehavenpodcast.com
Sans Forgetica is a new font/typset out of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia that was designed specifically to aid in memory and retention. The font is designed to be slightly challenging to read and that "desirable difficulty" makes it a surprisingly effective memory aid. On this episode, Dan and Mike catch up with Dr. Joanne Perryman and Dr. Janneke Blijlevens, two-thirds of the research and design team around the new font. We discuss the thought process behind designing the new font, desired outcomes, research to date, and what might be next. What's the best way to use the sans forgetica? Wait, don't tell us...Hang on, we were just talking about this... Just kidding. Listen in on this fascinating conversation to find out!
Our guest today holds a Ph.D. in economics from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, better know as RMIT University (Australia) His thesis was titled "Safety and Soundness: An Economic History of Prudential Bank Regulation in Australia, 1893-2008", and offered the first comprehensive history of the politics and economics of prudential bank regulation in Australia. Fair to say, my guest knows his financial regulations. Dr. Berg is one of Australia’s most prominent voices for free markets and individual liberty, and a leading authority on over-regulation, economic freedom, and civil liberties. Our talk with him today will be around "Crypto-Economics".
2017-07-03 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese scientists have announced that they have realized the real-time transmission of deep-sea data for more than 190 straight days, setting a new world record.During an expedition to the west Pacific at the end of last year, researchers with the Institute of Oceanology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences realized the real-time transmission of deep-sea data after improving the subsurface buoy observation network.They put a floating body on the sea, which was connected to a submersible buoy. The submersible buoy transmits data to the floating body, which then sends it to a satellite. Researchers then receive the data through the satellite.The real-time deep-sea data includes the condition of the subsurface buoy, the flow speed, direction and pressure of seawater.Real-time transmission of deep-sea data provides important technical support for research on the ocean environment and global climate. The data could enhance the precision in ocean climate and environment forecasts.The previous world record for the real-time transmission of deep water data was around 90 days.This is Special English.China's supercomputers remain the world's fastest and second fastest machines, but America's Titan was squeezed into fourth place by an upgraded Swiss system.The latest edition of the semiannual T0P500 list of supercomputers was released recently. China's supercomputer Sunway TaihuLight has been described by the T0P500 list as "far and away the most powerful number-cruncher on the planet. It maintained the lead since last June, when it dethroned Tianhe-2, the former champion for the previous three consecutive years.This means that a Chinese supercomputer has topped the rankings maintained by researchers in the United States and Germany nine times in a row.What's more, the Sunway TaihuLight was built entirely using processors designed and produced in China.Officials say it highlights China's ability to conduct independent research in the supercomputing field. In the latest rankings, the new number three supercomputer is the upgraded Piz Daint, a system installed at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center.Its current performance pushed Titan, a machine installed at the U.S. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, into fourth place. Titan's performance of 17.6 petaflops has remained constant since it was installed in 2012.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing.The European Union has reaffirmed its support for Paris agreement on climate change when its Foreign Affairs Council convened in Luxembourg.The Council said in a statement that the Paris Agreement is fit for purpose and cannot be renegotiated.U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 1 that he has decided to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, a landmark global pact to fight climate change.The Council said it deeply regretted the unilateral decision by the United States administration to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, while it welcomed the statements of commitment to the Agreement from other countries.The Council said the EU will lead in the global fight against climate change through its climate policies and through continued support to those which are particularly vulnerable.Besides this, the EU is strengthening its existing global partnerships and will continue to seek new alliances, from the world's largest economies to the most vulnerable island states.The Paris Agreement was agreed on by almost every country in the world in 2015. It aims to tackle climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and sets a global target of keeping the rise in the average temperature no higher than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.This is Special English.It's possible for the European Union and Britain to strike a fair Brexit deal which is "far better than no deal". EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier told reporters that for both the EU and the UK, a fair deal is possible, and far better than no deal. He made the remarks at a joint press conference with his British counterpart David Davis, after wrapping up the opening salvo of the Brexit talks in Brussels.His remarks obviously alluded to British Prime Minister Theresa May's catchphrase "no deal is better than a bad deal".Barnier said the first session was "important, open and useful indeed to start off on the right foot as the clock is ticking".He outlined a two-step negotiation, saying they agreed on dates, organization, and priorities for the negotiation.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing.China is achieving landmarks in science and technology at breakneck speed.The country's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft completed its second docking with the Tiangong-2 space lab recently. Chinese scientists have announced that they have realized the satellite-based distribution of entangled photon pairs over a record distance of more than 1,200 kilometers, a major breakthrough that could be used to deliver secure messages. China has successfully launched its first X-ray space telescope to study black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts, receiving its first package of data.Officials say such a string of achievements shows China's innovation-driven development strategy is paying off.The latest Global Innovation Index showed that China rose three spots to 22nd place on the list of the world's most innovative nations this year, becoming the only middle-income country to join the top 25 innovative economies.However, China stepping closer to becoming an innovative power has aroused skepticism, with some arguing that its progress poses a threat to other countries.Chinese observers refuted the claim, saying China's science and technology innovation has injected fresh energy to the world's sluggish economy and brought a new opportunity to global industrial restructuring and sustainable development.This is Special English.Chinese bicycle-sharing giant Mobike says it has 100 million users worldwide.Mobike started its business in Shanghai in April last year, before expanding into major Chinese cities and branching out abroad. Users access a Mobike account and unlock the bicycles by scanning a QR code on the bicycles.It has over 5 million bicycles in 100 cities worldwide. Average daily orders top 25 million.The company says it is trying to expand its business in the European and Asian markets.Since April last year, Mobike users have logged 2.5 billion kilometers, equivalent to cutting the emissions of 170,000 cars for a whole year.Mobike's chief competitor is Ofo bike.According to the China E-Commerce Research Center, there were almost 19 million users of shared bicycles nationwide at the end of last year. The number is expected to hit 50 million by the end of this year.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to crienglish.com. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. Now the news continues.Five British secondary school students have won a free trip to Hong Kong to attend university summer courses after topping a design competition.The competition was organized earlier this year by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London. It invited British students to design a 48-hour travel itinerary for youth travelers visiting Hong Kong, with the aim of showing how the city is unique and attractive to youth travelers. The contestants were also expected to compare travel experiences between Hong Kong and a British city.The organizers say many British students presented their submissions through a variety of means, including an essay, a video clip on Youtube, a blog post, from which five best entries were selected.Carmen Truong was the winner from the Royal Latin School who impressed the judges with a beautiful scratch book. She will spend two weeks at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, learning Chinese and engineering.As a Chinese girl born in London, Truong says she likes to collect information and pictures about Hong Kong; and this competition was a good chance for her to explore more about her background.The annual competition is now in its sixth year. It seeks to encourage British students to consider going to universities in Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. This is Special English.A "Chinese Ambassador Scholarship" has been launched at the Chinese Embassy in Romania.The Chinese Ambassador to Romania says the main goal of the scholarship is to encourage Romanian students to learn Chinese. It also aims to welcome as many young people as possible to jointly push forward Sino-Romanian friendly relations.The ambassador says learning Chinese enjoys great popularity in Romania, where over 8,000 people are studying Chinese in Confucius institutes, Confucius classrooms and other places.At the scholarship launching ceremony, around 20 students and four teachers were awarded with mobile phones and cash prizes to honor their efforts in learning and teaching Chinese.Romania is one of the countries along the ancient Silk Road. It is part of the Belt and Road initiative for common development. The official says this will bring about increasing demand for talents in Romania, including Romanians can speak Chinese.The ambassador says he hopes that more and more young people in Romania can play an active role in various fields including economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges between the two countries.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing.The National Museum of China has opened an exhibition featuring the work of Dutch painter Rembrandt and other famous artists of the 17th century.The show includes more than 70 paintings, and is the largest exhibit featuring the prime age of Dutch painting ever staged in China.The items on display include 11 paintings by Rembrandt including Minerva in Her Study and The Unconscious Patient. The exhibition also features works by Vermeer and Rembrandt's students.The exhibition will last until September. It is organized jointly by the National Museum of China and the Leiden Collection.The Leiden Collection was founded in 2003 by American collector Thomas Kaplan and his wife. It has the largest collection of 17th century Dutch paintings in the world.This is Special English.The influential Committee for Melbourne has called for a "mega-region" to be formed along Australia's eastern coast.The chief of the committee Martine Letts said a rapid transport link between Melbourne and Sydney could see the "mega-region" become reality within a decade.She said the region can also include other regional centers, and it could rival others in the world including the San Francisco-Los Angeles area in the United States.The proposal by Letts came after the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University announced that it believed a hyper loop could provide the link between Melbourne and Sydney.The hyper loop works by propelling a pod-like vehicle through a reduced-pressure tube at the speed of sound.A local company in Melbourne says the technology already exists to make hyper loop a reality, and it just needed to be supported by the governments. It says a hyper loop project will take three to five years to complete.This is Special English.A 12th century castle which played a part in seeing the first female queen gain the throne of England has re-opened after a 1.6-million-U.S.-dollar conservation project.Framlington Castle in the southern county of Suffolk was used over centuries as the center of a vast network of power and influence to a 17th century home for the poor.It has reopened its doors, giving visitors a chance to explore its rich history spanning 900 years.(全文见周六微信。)
Links CONTACT: podcast@worldorganicnews.com New “Instantly Rechargeable” Flow Battery could Dramatically Change EV Market — Great Things from Small Things .. Nanotechnology Innovation http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-ftX Old Energy Left Behind — Equivalent of 7 Gigafactories Already Under Construction; Tesla Plans 10-20 More — GarryRogers Nature Conservation http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fvj Ode to a little stream – Off Grid Power, Part 2: Micro-Hydro — through the luminary lens http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fvW Solar paint offers endless energy from water vapor: Breakthrough by RMIT Researchers — Great Things from Small Things .. Nanotechnology Innovation http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fwZ **** This is the World Organic News for the week ending 19th of June 2017. Jon Moore reporting! Back in episode 67 I spoke about the need to replace fossil fuels as the the first big step we could take to start solving our global and local issues of concern. I summarised the current situation thusly: Quote: Climate change appears to be accelerating, we are bathed in chemicals from the 1950s, antidepressants could be endemic in the biosphere, the politics of our times point to towards the greater possibility of nuclear war, industrial agriculture is creating antibiotic resistant pathogens and we have huge numbers of refugees on the move across the globe. End Quote. All of these issues except for, perhaps, nuclear annihilation, were related to fossil fuel use. This week we bring good news in this respect. The big problem with renewables has always been intermittency and our reliance on large grids to deliver electricity. The energy density of storage has been the problem. This can be divided into two broad areas. Battery capacity and time to recharge said batteries. We start with a post from the blog Great Things from Small Things. Nanotechnology Innovation entitled: New “Instantly Rechargeable” Flow Battery could Dramatically Change EV Market — Great Things from Small Things. Quote: Purdue researchers have developed technology for an “instantly rechargeable” battery that is affordable, environmentally friendly, and safe. Currently, electric vehicles need charging ports in convenient locations to be viable, but this battery technology would allow drivers of hybrid and electric vehicles to charge up much like drivers of conventional cars refill quickly and easily at gas stations. This breakthrough would not only speed the switch to electric vehicles by making them more convenient to drive, but also reduce the amount of new supportive infrastructure needed for electric cars dramatically. End Quote The possibilities this releases are significant. No longer will electric vehicles, telephones, laptops, basically anything mobile which uses electricity, have to wait for as long as it takes to recharge the batteries. Filling stations, with the same turn around time as petrol stations become a reality. The effect of this is to make electric vehicles, in particular, more like fossil fuel vehicles from a user’s point of view. No longer does the driver have to keep one eye on the charge level calculating how much available power is on hand to get home to the power point. No longer do these filling stations have to rely on a swap out/swap in system of batteries. We pull in attach the power cable, recharge in minutes, pay and drive off. The magnitude of this is mind boggling. It means the move to much quieter, non-polluting vehicles is now a doable proposition. Part of the problem solved. A post from GarryRogers Nature Conservation entitled: Old Energy Left Behind — Equivalent of 7 Gigafactories Already Under Construction; Tesla Plans 10-20 More. The unit cost of batteries, that is, energy storage has been a stumbling block to renewable electrification of the economy. But and this is a big but, change is afoot! Quote: “In an interview with Leonardo DiCaprio during late 2016, Elon Musk famously claimed that it would take just 100 Gigafactories to produce enough clean energy to meet the needs of the entire world. As of mid 2017, in the face of an ever-worsening global climate, the equivalent of 7 such plants were already under construction while plans for many more were taking shape on the drawing boards of various clean energy corporations across the globe. End Quote Once the economies of scale kick in, the marginal cost of production will fall quickly and this is using existing battery technology. I’m pretty such young Musk will have set his factories up in such a way that the technology breakthroughs from places like Purdue discussed above can be incorporated into the manufacturing process at little cost. We are, actually this time, on the cusp of great change. Great change driven by as much by price signals and by good intent. By the way price signals always win out. Consider the battle between Beta Max and VHS back in the day. Betamax produced a superior product, apparently but VHS produced a much cheaper product. MP3 vs Vinyl. I could go on but I think the point is made. Once the electric vehicle is at 80% of a fossil fueled vehicle, economies of scale, price signals and popular opinion will kill off the internal combustion engine. The problem then facing us is the generation of electricity from renewable sources. We have two posts that explore opposite ends of the solution. The blog “through the luminary lens” brings us the post: Ode to a little stream – Off Grid Power, Part 2: Micro-Hydro. In this post an upgrade of the micro hydro system in conjunction with a set of PV solar cells gets the job done on a remote smallholding. The maths, engineering and construction are impressive. The post show h=what can be done at a household level when the resources are at hand. The other end of the scale is another post from the blog: Great Things from Small Things .. Nanotechnology Innovation and is entitled Solar paint offers endless energy from water vapor: Breakthrough by RMIT Researchers In this piece researches at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have developed a paint. Longish Quote: Researchers have developed a solar paint that can absorb water vapour and split it to generate hydrogen – the cleanest source of energy. The paint contains a newly developed compound that acts like silica gel, which is used in sachets to absorb moisture and keep food, medicines and electronics fresh and dry. But unlike silica gel, the new material, synthetic molybdenum-sulphide, also acts as a semi-conductor and catalyses the splitting of water atoms into hydrogen and oxygen. Lead researcher Dr Torben Daeneke, from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, said: “We found that mixing the compound with titanium oxide particles leads to a sunlight-absorbing paint that produces hydrogen fuel from solar energy and moist air. “Titanium oxide is the white pigment that is already commonly used in wall paint, meaning that the simple addition of the new material can convert a brick wall into energy harvesting and fuel production real estate. End Quote Hydrogen, a sometimes forgotten fuel source is very clean, when burned it produces heat and water. Nothing else. Imagine that. Hydrogen can used to create steam like fossil fuels or passed through fuel cells to directly produce electricity. The future, dear listeners, is looking bright. We are now in a race against time. The CO2 in the atmosphere will take centuries to dissipate if left to its own devices. We can with the technological changes discussed today stop adding to the CO2 load in the atmosphere. As discussed in many other episodes we can use regenerative agriculture to sequester that carbon in the soil where it belongs, where it helps to feed the world. We are as, I said, on the cusp. Let’s not let this opportunity slip through our fingers this time! And on that happy note we will end this week’s episode. If you’ve liked what you heard, please tell everyone you know any way you can! I’d also really appreciate a review on iTunes. This may or may not help others to find us but it gives this podcaster an enormous thrill! Thanks in advance! Any suggestions, feedback or criticisms of the podcast or blog are most welcome. email me at podcast@worldorganicnews.com. Thank you for listening and I'll be back in a week. **** Links CONTACT: podcast@worldorganicnews.com New “Instantly Rechargeable” Flow Battery could Dramatically Change EV Market — Great Things from Small Things .. Nanotechnology Innovation http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-ftX Old Energy Left Behind — Equivalent of 7 Gigafactories Already Under Construction; Tesla Plans 10-20 More — GarryRogers Nature Conservation http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fvj Ode to a little stream – Off Grid Power, Part 2: Micro-Hydro — through the luminary lens http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fvW Solar paint offers endless energy from water vapor: Breakthrough by RMIT Researchers — Great Things from Small Things .. Nanotechnology Innovation http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-fwZ
Ernest Shackleton heads south in a dodgy ship, short on funds and with a flea in his ear from Scott, but manages to get a lot done and get everyone home safely. Lots of firsts but the south pole remains unclaimed and, with two teams alleging they made it to the north pole, becomes even more alluring. Douglas Mawson, Aenaes Mackintosh and John King Davis make their Antarctic entrances while Frank Wild and Ernest Joyce make their second forays south. Professor Philip Samartzis of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology becomes the first artist interviewed for the series and discusses why and how he headed south for the sake of his art.
Guest: Perri Winter-Barry, graphic designer with a Masters in student wellbeing. She is the student ministry coordinator at PLC, Melbourne. Watch this show on YouTube: http://youtu.be/lPZz3FrAOgg or subscribe on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/short-films-teachers-love/id1086360297 Links to short films loved: * Pro Infirmis: Who is Perfect? | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8umFV69fNg * BuzzFeed Yellow: What is Privilege? | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5f8GuNuGQ * Bluefish TV: Who is Jesus? | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7H67BoHDdo Disclosure statement: Perri Winter-Barry does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this review, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond her teaching position listed. Other notes from the show: There are references in this discussion to RMIT, The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. One other film (extract) Perri mentioned beyond this discussion was on her first day back - a clip from Inside Out - in which the student feels a range of emotions on her first day at a new school: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673
AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2014 conference and trade show, a drone narrowly misses a commercial flight, and hack-proof UAS software from DARPA. Guest: Bob Schmidt, President, UAV Propulsion Tech. AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2014 conference and trade show was held in Orlando, Florida May 12-15, 2014. Bob attended and he offers his perspectives on the event. Follow Bob on Twitter as @Schmidtproducts. The News: Drone just missed turbo-prop over Perth military airspace A De Havilland Dash 8-300 turbo-prop on approach to Perth Airport encountered a strobe light coming towards them. After taking evasive action, the object passed them about 20 m horizontally and 100 ft vertically. Was it a UAV at 3,800 feet? Airplane Near-Misses: How Often Do They Happen? Actually, quite often, according to the FAA. DARPA unveils hack-proof drone The Defense Advance Research Project Agency (DARPA) has a project to develop hack-proof software for aircraft navigation and control. In the High Assurance Cyber Military Systems project (HACMS), cyber experts were unable to hack into a prototype quadcopter running the software. Videos of the Week: David's pick: Superyacht mast pulled, filmed by a Drone. This is Superyachting. Big boat, big mast, impressive aerial views. Max's pick: Basic Quadcopter Tutorial - Chapter 1. This 9-part video tutorial shows how to build a quadcopter from components. Produced by Hoverfly, who develop multi-rotor aerial systems, including a tethered quadcopter. Listener Feedback: Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2015 [PDF] Will more money help the FAA develop UAS regulations sooner? From Bill. How to shoot amazing video from drones. A compilation of videos shot by UAV's. From Kevin. Northrop Grumman to collaborate with RMIT University on UAS. Northrop Grumman and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University plan to study airworthiness operating requirements for UAS in Australia, Focusing on larger aircraft. Micro-Aircraft Declared Safe to Fly in U.S. Skies. Applied Research Associates, Inc. produces the Nighthawk IV UAS, launched by hand or tube with GPS and a built-in autopilot. It weighs 1.6 pounds, has a 60 minute flight time, and a range of over 10km. From Jesse. (Photo above.)
RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) Episode 5, February 1st, 2014 This show is not sponsored by any chiropractic institution, including UWS and RMIT. Anything shared in our discussion is the opinion of the guests and host based on personal experience. NOTHING shared on Exploring Chiropractic should be construed as the official opinion, policy, or branding of any of the educational institutions mentioned. Guests: Mark Harasimiuk Canadian/Australian and living in Australia since 2003. An Orthotist for 20 years and three years ago decided that it was time for him to fulfill a life long journey to becoming a chiropractor Currently 3rd year student and works full time, running his own clinical practice traveling to school a couple of days per week Ashley Burian 3rd Year Chiropractic Student 26 years old born and raised in Melbourne Originally completed a commerce degree and worked in finance for 3 years full time About to commence the third year of our five year chiropractic program 'Tic Picks Mark's: Spinal Column Radio Ash's: World Congress of Chiropractic Students Nathan's: MPI - Motion Palpation Institute
Life Lines - The Podcast of The American Physiological Society
The Buzz in Physiology: (Begins at 1:34) A quick look at studies from APS journals that have been in the news.Athletic Performance and Caffeine: (Begins at 3:05) Taking caffeine and carbohydrates together following exercise refuels the muscles more rapidly, according to a study from the Journal of Applied Physiology done by Australian researcher John Hawley of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia.Drinking It In: (Begins at 12:55) The discovery of how sugar is absorbed into the small intestine led to oral rehydration therapy and the development of rehydrating sports drinks such as Gatorade. A conversation with the man who made that discovery: Stanley Schultz of the University of Texas Medical School.You can read Dr. Schultz's historical perspectives paper "From a pump handle to oral rehydration therapy: a model of translational research" by clicking here. The music that you hear at the beginning and end of the program is Body Notes, composed by scientist-musician (and APS member) Hector Rasgado-Flores. The San Diego Chamber Orchestra performs. Running Time: 24:01Related Press Releases:Sweet tooth and GLUT2 GeneAging and Caloric RestrictionHigh-intensity Exercise
National Gallery of Australia | Audio Tour | National Indigenous Art Triennial 07
Brown, from rural Victoria, began painting native animals when he was a teenager living rough and homeless. He depicts his beloved animals in idyllic bush settings, in an idiosyncratic style, having been encouraged to develop his art through adult art classes at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. His paintings of native fauna can be considered as metaphors for his people, as in Dreamtime kangaroo and bird 2006.