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Free Copy In This Edition: Page Page Joel Selwood 2 Point Wilson 20 Twitter 4 Pepsi 22 Royal Titles in Nobility 5 Weird, but True Facts 23 Poker Machines 6 The Paddle Steamer Ozone 24 Australian Crocodiles 8 Shirley Temple 26 Daniel Bunce 10 Recipe—Chicken Soup 28 Diphtheria and Ozone 12 Word Search—Fresh Food 29 The RMS Tiitanic 13 Shipwrecked! Mahogany Ship 30 Violet Jessop 15 150 Years Ago 31 Sovereign Hill 16 Then… & Now 32 Wire—A Versatile Product 18 Since starting Australian Rules Football at the highest level in 2007 Joel Selwood has built a reputation as one of the best and most courageous players in the game. This year he has been promoted to the position of captain of the Geelong Cats, evidence of the respect he has gained from other players and club officials. Joel Anthony Selwood was born on May 26, 1988 to Bryce and Maree Selwood in Bendigo. His mother was a top runner and tennis player, and elder twins Adam and Troy were identified as talented footballers at a young age. As a two -year-old, Joel was forced to wear splints on his leg to help overcome a walking disability. Despite this, he displayed athletic talent from an early age. Selwood became the state hurdling Joel Selwood has developed a champion from under-10s through to the unique ability to win free kicks under-15s, and in one year held every when tackled. In 2008 he running and jumping record at the Bendigo received the most free kicks Sports Centre. Growing up with his older ever given to a player in a brothers, Joel was accustomed to playing single season—63. with bigger teammates and opponents. When he was eight years old he played his first competitive game of football, against children four years his senior—and kicked three goals. Selwood entered top-level football early, joining the TAC Cup competition as a bottom-aged player. His accomplishments as a junior included Most Valuable Player awards at state and international levels, captaining Australia in the International Rules Series, and selection in the All- Australian and TAC Cup Team of the Year sides. Despite these impressive achievements, some doubt existed whether he would be able to play at AFL level after suffering a serious knee injury during his final year of junior football. When the AFL Draft arrived on November 25, 2006, clubs with higher draft picks were not willing to take a chance on him recover- ing full fitness and chose less-accomplished players. Being a life-long 2 supporter of the Geelong Football Club, Joel was delighted to be selected by the club with Geelong's first pick, and seventh overall. Only Bryce Gibbs (No.1 draft pick to Carlton) comes close to Joel Selwood’s reputation as the best player from the 2006 Draft. When selected to play for Geelong at the start of the 2007 season, it quickly became apparent that, not only had he overcome his knee injury, but that he would soon become an elite midfielder. At 1.82m (6’0”) tall and weighing 86kg, Honours and achievements Selwood‘s courage to AFL Premiership (Geelong): 2007, 2009, 2011 attack the ball and win AFL McClelland Trophy (Geelong): 2007, 2008 it against bigger and AFL NAB Cup (Geelong): 2009 more experienced Individual opponents raised eye- Geelong F.C. Best First Year Player Award: 2007 brows among team- AFL Rising Star Award: 2007 mates and fans alike. AFLPA Best First Year Player Award: 2007 In his first year he won Fox Sports Best First Year AFL Player Award: 2007 the AFL Rising Star AFLPA Best Young Player Award: 2008 Award and AFLPA Best AFLPA Robert Rose Most Courageous Player Award: 2009 First Year Player Michael Tuck Medal: 2009 Award—the first of many personal and club All–Australian: 2009, 2010 achievements. Carji Greeves Medal: 2010 (see box). Geelong F.C. Tom Harley Award for Best Clubman: 2011 As of 2011, riding on Geelong F.C. Community Champion Award: 2011 the success of one of Vice-captain of Geelong : 2011 the greatest football Captain of Geelong : 2012 teams of all time, Joel Selwood holds the second highest winning –percentage record of any player in AFL history. He currently resides in Geelong West, where he lives with childhood friends. 3 Twitter is an online social networking service and micro blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets.” In 2011 the service had 300 million users, generating over 300 million tweets and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day. It has been described as "the SMS of the Internet.” Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, with additional servers and offices in New York City. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey in the United States of America. The first Twitter prototype was used as an internal service for Odeo company employees and the full version was introduced publicly on July 15, 2006. In October 2006, Biz Stone, Evan Williams, Dorsey, and other members of Odeo formed the Obvious Corporation and acquired Odeo and all of its assets. Twitter spun off into its own company in April 2007. Twitter had moved up to The tipping point for Twitter's popularity was the 2007 South by Southwest festival. During the the third-highest-ranking event, Twitter usage increased from 20,000 tweets social networking site per day to 60,000. Reaction at the festival was behind Facebook and highly positive and Twitter staff received the MySpace. festival's Web Award. The company experienced very rapid growth. It had 400,000 tweets posted per quarter in 2007. This grew to 100 million tweets posted per quarter in 2008. In February 2010, Twitter users were sending 50 million tweets per day. By March 2010, the company recorded over 70,000 registered applications. As of June 2010, about 65 million tweets were posted each day, equalling about 750 tweets sent each second, according to Twitter. As of March 2011, that was about 140 million tweets posted daily. Tweets are publicly visible by default, however, senders can restrict message delivery to just their followers. The service is free. 4 I was asked just the other day about titles of nobility. For example, what’s the difference between a duke and a baron? Let’s take a look... King/Queen: The King and Queen outrank everyone else In England, with the King generally outranking the Queen. Currently, there is no king, so Queen Elizabeth is married to “Prince” Philip. In India, the equivalent word to King is “Maharaja,” and a queen (or wife of the king) is called a “Maharani.” Prince/Princess: In England, a prince or princess is usually a child of the monarch, and therefore royalty as opposed to nobility: e.g. Prince William; Princess Diana. The title is granted (and can be revoked) by the monarch. HRH Prince Charles Duke/Duchess: The highest rank and title below the British monarch, first intro- duced by Edward III in 1337. Originally all English Dukes were of royal blood. A Duke can rule over his own area, called a Duchy. Buying a Title? Marquess/Marchioness: The second order of the If you have enough money, why British Peerage, in rank below that of a Duke. The not buy a title for yourself? first marquess in England was Robert de Vere, 9th From as little as $200 and up to Earl of Oxford, who was appointed the Marquess $500,000 a title can be yours!.. of Dublin by King Richard II in December 1385. but be careful. Selling or buying The English pronunciation is "Markwiss". His wife British nobility titles is illegal is a Marchiones (pronounced "Marshuness"). according to the Honours Act of Earl/Count/Countess: The third degree of rank 1925. and dignity. Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Princess of Wales (Diana), being a well-known example. Viscount/Viscountess: The fourth rank in the British peerage. Another newish titled adopted from the French. Baron/Baroness: The lowest rank in the British peerage. A Barons wife is a Baroness, and is referred to as “lady.” Children of Barons are not entitled to honorific title—they are just mister or miss. Knight/Dame: A title of honour rather than aristocracy. The highest royal monarch can bestow this title upon anyone who is considered an outstanding example in their field of endeavour. 1st Baron Ashburton Knights are referred to as “Sir.” in 1838 5 The first slot machine was invented by German immigrant, Charles Fey in San Francisco, USA. Around 1890 Fey devised a machine with three spinning reels containing a total of five symbols – horseshoes, diamonds, spades, hearts, and a Liberty Bell, which also gave the machine its name. By replacing ten cards with five symbols and using three reels instead of five drums, the complexity of reading a win was considerably reduced, allowing Fey to devise an effective automatic payout mechanism. Three bells in a The original Liberty Bell slot row produced the biggest payoff, ten nickels machine can still be seen at the (=50c). Liberty Bell was a huge success and Liberty Belle Saloon & Restaurant spawned a thriving mechanical gaming industry. in Reno, Nevada. When the use of these gambling devices was banned in his home state after a few years, Fey still couldn't keep up with demand for the game elsewhere. In addition, where banned, the machines were converted to pay out candy instead of money, maintaining the machines popularity. In fact, Liberty Bell machines were so popular that they was copied by many others and installed in most cigar stores, saloons, bowling alleys, brothels and barber stores across the country.