Author: Trent Thomas

Trent and jake are back for their 10th episode now in double digits the boys talk about: 1. Weekly Review 2. Impact of Farah’s injury 3. Weekly Preview 4. Trent’s Bad Idea’s #3 follow us on twitter: @The4Pointers

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Tomorrow the ground is broken for the construction of the multi million dollar iAccelarete Centre. The facility is being built at the University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus as part of the Illawarra Innovation Ecosystem and is hoped to help lead the regions manufacturing based economy into a new high tech industry cluster. It is aspiring  to double the pipeline of successful start ups.

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This week it was  announced the outer port expansion in Port Kembla will now be super sized adding two more phases to the existing expansion that was announced in 2011. The new plan will increase jobs in the port with every additional vessel arrival providing about $1 million a year and four port related jobs. It is hoped the new expansion will allow up to 170 additional vessels a year. UOWTV Multimedia Reporter, Jared Constable spoke with one local business owner who believes the changes will mean good things for the area. “Proposed changes to the port at Port…

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The 4 Pointers are back for yet again another episode. This week Trent and Jake discuss: 1. Weekly Review/Tips 2. Discussing a Rugby League Draft 3. Weekly Preview/Tips 4. Best 3, from 3 Please comment and let us know your thoughts!. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/The4Pointers Intro: come on baby tell me what I did wrong this time (creative Commons) Outro: Game Face courtesy of Free.FX.CO.UK

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The latest social media trend is “The Make Up Less Selfie”, but is it a shallow approach to a serious issue?  UOW Update cover the reaction. Image source: Daily Mail

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The 4 Pointers are back for another weekly instalment. Trent and Jake will discuss another 4 rugby league points this week: 1. preview the first round of the season and name their tips. 2. They name their personal top eight predications. 3. Should Shane Flanagan be allowed to attend Shark games? 4. Trent and Jake Look into their Crystal ball Please comment and let us know your thoughts!.

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The 4 Pointers are back for their fifth episode. This week the boys discuss: 1. Review the previous round and their tips. 2. Should ‘code-hoppers’ suffer a media ban when they retire. 3. Preview the next round 4. Jake’s rants.

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Daylight saving change is less than a month away, get ahead of the clock with these ten facts: 1. Daylight Saving time began as a joke by Benjamin Franklin, who wanted to save candles by  getting everyone out of bed earlier. Ben Franklin  2. The Department of Energy estimates that electricity demand drops by 0.5 percent during Daylight Saving Time, saving the equivalent of nearly 3 million barrels of oil. oil 3. The true name for the practice is Daylight Saving time, not Daylight Savings time. ‘Savings’ with an ‘s’ is often used but the singular form of ‘saving’…

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