Building Brighter Futures Training Information Session,

Going Places. Going Strong.

JOB SUPPORT

FREE INFORMATION SESSION

BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES

Certificate I Work Education (22128VIC)

The Building Brighter Futures Program is a pre-employment program, which takes a holistic approach to building confidence, self-esteem and motivation to help participants move towards job-readiness.


The program focuses on 6 main themes:

• Goal setting
• Wellness
• Employability
• Self-management
• Industry knowledge
• Career and Education Pathways

As part of the course participants will complete:

• Three workplaces visits to gain insights into different industries
• An organised industry experience placement

Places for eligible students are funded by the Victorian Government and all participants will be awarded a 22128VIC Certificate I in Work Education on successful completion.


Eligibility Criteria apply for funded places and include:

• Australian citizen , permanent resident or New Zealand passport holder;
• Existing qualifications must not exceed Certificate IV level;
• Have a disability, mental health problem or long term health condition.

Contact us to discuss full eligibility requirements.


The course is a blended delivery model with face to face workshops, work placement, self-paced study and mentoring.


Presented by Debbie Rogan from Building Brighter Futures.

When: Thursday 6 August

Where: Level 4, CBA 60-64 Wells St Frankston

When: 10.00am – 12:30pm


Book ASAP to secure your place: debbie.rogan@vocation.com.au or call 0409-021-728


This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government Funding. We actively tailor training for people from diverse backgrounds, including those with disabilities, and encourage all to apply.


This nationally recognised qualification is delivered by Learning Verve (TOID 21766). This qualification provides the skills and knowledge to the industry standard. The qualification does not guarantee a job.


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Konflik dalam Cerita

Konflik sama juga dengan masalah. Membuat cerita sama halnya dengan membuat masalah. Jadi dalam setiap cerita pasti ada konflik. Jika tidak ada konfilik maka itu bukan cerita namanya. 

Konflik biasanya dialami oleh si tokoh utama. Penulis bisa mendapatkan konflik dengan melihat masalah-masalah yang terjadi di sekitarnya. Itulah gunanya riset. Penulis bisa melakukan interview pada teman dekat atau bisa juga mengamati kemudian membayangkan. 

Seperti misalnya membayangkan bagaimana perasaan teman kita yang baru saja menerima hadiah dari orang yang tidak dikenal. Lalu apa yang akan dia lakukan pada hadiah itu? Apakah akan menyelidiki si pemberi hadiah atau akan mengembalikan hadiah tersebut? Bagaimana caranya dia mengetahui latar belakang si pemberi hadiah? Mengapa hadiah itu bisa diberikan untuknya? 

Buatlah pertanyaan sebanyak mungkin dari satu kejadian yang dialami. Maka itu akan menjadi konflik yang kompleks. Konflik ini bisa kita susun seperti menyusun puzzle hingga menjadi sebuah cerita yang menarik.

Laughter Club.

JOIN US THIS AFTERNOON

Karingal Laughter Club meets Monday afternoons

Beat the winter blues and come along to Laughter Club this afternoon for 30-45 minutes of laughter exercises. Re-connect to your inner child and harness the positive energy of laughter.

Daftar Harga Murai Batu terbaru 2016

Daftar Harga Murai Batu terbaru 2016

Hallo sobat kicau mania di Indonesia, jika membahas masalah burung murai batu, maka burung ini termausk burung yang cukup banyak penggemarnya di Indonesia. Burung ini memiliki fisik yang unik dan tentu berbeda dari jenis burung lainnya. Burung murai batu atau yang disebut dengan istilah Copychus malabaricus cukup populer di Indonesia dan kepopulerannya bersaing dengan buung kenari. Jadi wajar saja bila murai batu begitu banyak peminatnya serta burung ini merupakan burung yang laris di pasaran.
Murai batu merupakan anggota dari keluarga Turdidae yang dikenal dengan burung yang memiliki suara kicauan merdu, unik, dan bervariasi. Kicauannya mampu menyejukkan hati pemiliknya, apalagi di setiap hari biasanya burung ini gemar bergicau. Biasanya dalam acara kontes, burung madu juga tak lupa diikutsertakan dan peminatnya pun juga sangat banyak. Dan perlu anda ketahui bahwa harga burung murai batu juga lumayan stabil berkisar antara 200 ribu hingga 3 jutaan rupiah. Jadi bagi sobat murai batu mania yang ingin mengetahui daftar harga murai batu terbaru bulan ini, maka bisa simak informais selengkapnya berikut ini:

Jenis Murai Batu	Harga
Murai Batu Medan Trotolan Hutan Jantan	Rp. 3.500.000,- s/d Rp. 1.700.000,-
Murai Batu Nias	Rp. 3.500.000,- s/d Rp. 1.500.000,-
Murai Batu Aceh Trotolan Hutan Jantan	Rp. 4.500.000,- s/d Rp. 1.800.000,-
Murai Batu Aceh Hutan	Rp. 3.500.000,- s/d Rp. 1.500.000,-
Murai Batu Nias Raja Trotolan	Rp. 3.500.000,-
Murai Batu Nias Ekor Hitam	Rp. 5.000.000,- s/d Rp. 2.000.000,-
Murai Batu Nias Ekor Hitam Trotolan	Rp. 5.000.000,- s/d Rp. 2.000.000,-
Murai Batu Nias Ekor Hitam Hutan	Rp. 4.000.000,- s/d Rp. 1.500.000,-
Murai Batu Kalimantan Hutan	Rp. 500.000,-
Murai Batu Borneo Hutan	Rp. 500.000,-
Murai Airo:p>	Rp. 200.000,-

Guest Post: 10 things you should know before you make your own book cover.

We all know the importance of a good book cover when it comes to attracting new readers.  Here below is author and designer (and good friend on mine) Alexandra Engellmann's take on the subject.

Sky Ghosts: All For One Cover History

"Since the day I published my book, I changed the cover 3 times. It ended when I gave up on the old idea and painted a completely different cover that, I believed, would be a much better start for a series. The number of reasons I wasn't satisfied with the old one was huge: it was very limiting for the series, the title and author's name were illegible, the illustration wasn't as intriguing as it could be, it brought genre confusion and didn't stand out among the others. These are only the most important reasons.
 
No matter if you're planning to make your own book cover or hire a designer, you should know typical mistakes that self-published authors make when choosing a cover for their book. And I'd like to explain them using my own example. So, here's the list of things you should know before you start working on your book cover ideas.

1. It has to be catchy. There's no way around it. This is your best chance to attract the reader, considering the amount of books out there. Yes, it has to be bright, colorful, stealing the customer's attention from everything else. And yes, it has to have a big, intriguing element that stands out on the thumbnail.

2. Big, readable title and author name. Yes, there is the book title link next to the cover on Amazon or other stores. But the book will also go on many promotional sites where there's just a thumbnail. Your name and title are your brand, and it has to be visible. If the name is too long, make sure it's at least legible on the newsletter-sized picture (about twice as big as the Amazon thumbnail).

3. Covers have genre, too. Make sure that if your potential reader sees your thumbnail, they can tell it's their genre. My old cover could easily be confused with a horror book. A book cover designer will do it right, but if you want to make your own book cover, make sure your cover ideas don't interfere with your genre.

4. The thumbnail is more important than the big picture. I can't stress this enough. Especially, with Goodreads and its teeny-tiny thumbnail the size of a postage stamp. If you have a big, bright, catchy element on the cover, with the right air of the genre to it, you'll have more potential readers from Goodreads. When I changed my cover to the latest one, I got 5-10 adds a day instead of 3. Right away.

5. Be careful with symbolism. If people will understand the symbolic meaning of your cover only after they read the book - this is not the right cover. It has to be intriguing on its own.

6. Don't overload the picture. I have two big elements - the figure and the wings. I wanted the cover to show that it's urban fantasy, but I didn't need a detailed New York background. The result? A simple, blurry, pale bridge behind the figure.

7. Don't overdo the title, either. If you have a catchy illustration, you don't need a catchy font. They shouldn't clash with each other. It's a very subtle balance between the title looking too plain for the beautiful art you have, and overbalancing it and ruining the whole picture. With my last cover, I didn't have the slightest idea of how the title should look. I experimented with the layout, fonts, and colors. In the end, it was a color glitch that gave me the title I loved. I just saw it and said "This is it".

This is what you should look for, the title that will look like it belongs on the illustration. If you're not sure, go to sleep, and take a look at it next day. You'll see :)

8. Forget about what you like. You're making a cover for the reader to like, so it has to fit in with the genre. Yes, I loved black, matte, velvet book covers. No, it wasn't the best idea for my book, at least not with this illustration. I had to get over my own taste and make something that all fantasy lovers would find interesting. Do I regret it? Not a little bit.

9. Now, this is something I'm not sure I have to mention, but avoid cliche covers at all costs. I don't know if people who make/buy covers a la man chest/gun/rose/money/wolf/add-your-own-object will read this post at all, but don't put everything you have in a book on your cover! Look at the books in your category on Amazon and pay attention to what cliche covers you should avoid. Find a few covers that you think are fantastic, and don't settle for anything less. No bad quality photo manipulation or art. No illegible pictures. No trashy covers. Otherwise, you'll forever be associated with trash books.

10. And the last one, that I think is very, very important: seek advice. Ask other people's opinion before you upload your new cover to Amazon. You need a fresh pair of eyes, or better, three. And it's not your mom's advice, even if she's an artist. I used Reddit for it. There are a few subreddits where you can post your cover and ask for constructive critique. Digital Painting and Art are just a couple of examples. You'll be surprised how many things others will notice on your cover and you'll actually agree with them."

I don't know about but I've learned a lot here!  Here's a link to Alexandra's blog for more content like this.

And of course you can download her book at http://www.amazon.com/Sky-Ghosts-All-Alexandra-Engellmann-ebook/dp/B00QQABR5U.

And here's a snippet of her next venture into the Sky Ghost universe, Sky Ghost: Marco.

Plans for 53km JKIA road finally released

Plans to construct a 53-kilometre Jomo Kenyatta International Airport-Rironi road to ease congestion in the city have been announced.


The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) said in a statement on Tuesday funding for the project will be provided by the World Bank while the designs were funded by the government.


The road is divided into three sections: JKIA-Likoni Road Junction at the Southern Bypass Interchange; Likoni Road Junction-James Gichuru Road Junction near ABC Place on Waiyaki Way and the James Gichuru Road Junction-Rironi section.


KeNHA said tenders to build sections of the road had already been advertised and procurement was ongoing.


“We had to find a better way of moving people through a well-organised bus system using dedicated lanes, and thus we came up with the Rapid Bus Transit system, a faster and efficient way of moving people,” KeNHA General Manager David Muchilwa said.


The project entails building a dual carriageway from JKIA, passing through Likoni Road and linking James Gichuru Road to Rironi on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.


The road will have a dedicated Rapid Bus Transit lane from JKIA to Kikuyu.


Mr Muchilwa says construction of the service lanes will begin before the contractor moves in to build the inner lanes.


The JKIA turnoff to Likoni Road junction will have an additional lane on either side between JKIA terminal and Likoni Road junction while service lanes will be built on both sides between Likoni Road junction and the start of the flight path.


ELEVATED DUAL CARRIAGEWAY


Feeder roads at the Likoni and James Gichuru junction will have an elevated dual carriageway over the median between the road-over-rail bridge just before Haile Selassie Intersection up to the KBC headquarters.


Rapid Bus Transit lanes will also be included alongside interchanges at intersections on Popo-Kapiti, Langata-Lusaka, Bunyala road, Rhapta and James Gichuru road.


The final stretch from James Gichuru to Rironi will have additional lanes on both sides and space will be left in the middle of the road for a future bus rapid transit system.


The road expansion is expected to spur industrial expansion in the area by easing access to the Industrial Area.

Liverpool sign Hoffenheim's Firmino

LONDON


Liverpool have signed Brazilian international forward Roberto Firmino, the Premier League club said on Wednesday, with the BBC reporting the fee would be £29 million (41 million euros, $46 million).


The striker, currently on duty for Brazil in the Copa America in Chile, will join from Bundesliga club Hoffenheim.


"Liverpool Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim, subject to a medical which will take place immediately following the player's participation in Copa America 2015 for Brazil," the club said in a statement on its website.


"The 23-year-old has agreed a long-term contract with the club," it added.


The BBC said that the contract was for five years and was the second highest ever paid by Liverpool after it shelled out £35 million for Andy Carroll in 2011.


Firmino scored 47 goals in 151 appearances during his four and a half years in Germany.

He has scored four times in nine appearances for his country, including Sunday's Copa America winner against Venezuela.