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Don't take if personally that you have no Christmas card from us this year: Instead of sending cards, Impress Media has donated $550 to fund a community school through not-for-profit organisation TEAR Australia.

TEAR Australia is a movement of Christians in Australia responding to the needs of poor communities around the world.  From TEAR Australia' Useful Gifts catalogue, Impress Media's donation contributes towards the overall cost of a community school that helps children further their education. Community school projects also provide support and training for teachers and help engage the community with the importance of education.

The Useful Gifts catalogue http://www.usefulgifts.org/ includes the ability to fund a chicken ($5), a tree seedling ($10), a vege garden ($30) or a goat ($50) for a community in the developing world.

TEAR Australia works in partnership with other Christian groups, including churches, relief and development agencies and community-based organisations, which are working with the poor in their communities. TEAR seeks to build effective relationships with these partners, grounded in mutual respect, trust and accountability.

Priority is given to those programs that strive to involve the most marginalised and exploited members of each community, regardless of their religious or political beliefs.

In Australia, we work to inform and empower Christians, in partnership with local churches, to make a Biblically-shaped response to suffering and oppressed communities.

To learn more about TEAR Australia, visit http://www.tear.org.au.

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Patrick TapperExperienced business leader and former Internode CEO Patrick Tapper has agreed to become a Chair with Executive Boards Australia, an organisation that aims to build business leadership skills nationally.

Mr. Tapper recently moved from Adelaide to Queensland after last year successfully negotiating the sale of privately-owned broadband company Internode to ASX-listed iiNet for $105 million. During Mr. Tapper’s tenure, Internode grew from 12 employees to a $200 million company with more than 450 employees and about 200,000 customers.

In his 14 years with Internode, Mr Tapper has held a number of other leadership roles including Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AMCHAM). He’s remains a as a non-executive director for the Service to Youth Council Inc., and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

As a Chair with Executive Boards Australia (EBA) http://www>.executiveboardsaustralia.com.au, Mr Tapper will chair advisory boards for EBA clients, leading monthly meetings to advise small to medium business owners about the strategy and performance of their businesses.

Mr. Tapper said EBA was a great concept to build up the strength of Australia’s entrepreneurial talent. “EBA has many happy clients and guarantees a return on business performance” he said.

 

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SolarWorld GT in Arizona USAAn award-winning solar car that has travelled more than 26,500kms around the globe is now heading from Darwin down the Stuart Highway to finish its global circumnavigation in Hahndorf, Adelaide.

In October 2011, this two-seater solar electric car, SolarWorld Gran Turismo (SolarWorld GT) competed in the World Solar Challenge from Darwin to Adelaide and won the Design Award. It then started its global circumnavigation from Adelaide to Sydney. The team then traversed New Zealand, the United States of America, Europe, Eurasia and Russia and is now again in Darwin to complete its adventure. 

On Monday December 3, 2012, SolarWorld GT will leave Darwin on the final leg of this global circumnavigation. The team will celebrate the conclusion of its worldwide odyssey in Hahndorf, a German community in the Adelaide Hills, on Thursday, December 13.

To complete its circumnavigation, the self-sufficient solar electric car will drive more than 29,000kms by land. The last 3000kms of the trip from Darwin to Adelaide will now be driven. It is almost the same route that is driven by the World Solar Challenge every two years. When the circumnavigation is complete, the SolarWorld GT will seek a world record for the longest driven route by a solar car in the Guinness Book of World Records.

SolarWorld GT team member Mareike Bautsch said the two-seater demonstrated the performance suitability of lightweight vehicles with high energy efficiency. “It’s powered by the same amount of energy required to run a hair dryer!“ she explained. “Also, the steering can be easily altered between left and right hand driving to suit the country it is in.”

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When Eclipse Couriers decided that its crash-prone courier management system was holding it back, the company, which operates in Sydney and Melbourne, selected JAIX Logistics Software as the replacement system. Since implementing JAIX in October 2011, Eclipse Couriers has experienced no unplanned downtime while JAIX’s ease of use and reliability has seen Web bookings soar 40 per cent.

What Eclipse says

“Prior to JAIX, all my focus was on the system and making sure it was operating properly. Now I can use that time to focus on the business and where we are heading - which is what I should be doing. From a management point of view, JAIX has allowed us to focus on the business rather than putting out fires.”

Eddie Camilleri
Director, Eclipse Couriers

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