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1959 — russia... 2014 — australia...
As Russian students were getting a wage for being studious back then in 1959, In Australia, the Abbott regime wants to burden students with more fees on their already hefty loans, to study at university.
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University students should pay an extra fee on top of government loans to fund more enrolments, a review has recommended.
The review, led by former Liberal education minister David Kemp, has found the current higher education funding model is working well and should be expanded.
It also found the system to be more expensive for the Government but that this could be offset by charging a loan fee on certain debts.
The Gillard government moved from a capped to a so-called demand-driven funding system for universities in 2012.
The changes allow institutions to choose how many students they enrol. More than 100,000 extra people are studying than in 2009.
Dr Kemp and former Liberal adviser Andrew Norton reviewed the demand-driven model at the request of the Coalition Government, which was concerned the system sacrificed quality for quantity.
But the review found no evidence of that, and Mr Norton says the funding system should be expanded to include diploma and bridging courses in order to better prepare students with low admission scores for university.
"The main problem is that they have fairly high drop-out rates, and therefore there is a fairly substantial risk to the student if they start in a bachelor degree, they won't finish it," he said.
Picture at top from the SMH, February 1959...
Of course, if students drop out, they still have to pay the fees and the loans... Thus the government cashes in on oversupply plus drop outs... And between you, me and a Water Holding company — in which the Obeids have NO investments but have loaned money to and taken some shares as security (but is it a sham? Banks do it: you do not "own" your home until the last cent of the mortgage is repaid???) — how many of youse have studied the geology of Russia, by any chance?
Here is a preview including all the former USSR satellites:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-470/OF97-470E/fsumapG.html
This YourDemocracy website is like open university and its free!...
- By Gus Leonisky at 14 Apr 2014 - 11:54am
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caviar for the poor...
Apparently one could buy caviar on food coupons in Russia... But I have no confirmation of this observation... I will investigate...
modern trams for moscow....
Tank and train maker Uralvagonzavod, or UVZ, has unveiled its next-generation Russia One tram, which may provide a flash Gotham chic to those Russian cities that have not yet torn up their tram rails.
Already dubbed the "iPhone on rails" and the "Batmobile," the prototype Russia One, or R1, was unveiled at the Innoprom-2014 industrial expo in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg, not far from UVZ's sprawling industrial complex in Nizhny Tagil.
Alexei Maslov of industrial design firm Atom, which participated in tram project, waxed lyrical on its virtues: "It takes the form of crystal — a priceless stone in a metal shell. And crystal because it reflects the city in which it moves, meaning the tram will assimilate into any landscape — forest, industrial zone, any sort of modern buildings," Maslov was quoted as saying in an UVZ news release on Thursday.
The overhanging nose is another innovation, Maslov added. The tram's average speed of 24 kilometers per hour negates the need for super aerodynamics, and the tilt gives the driver a 30 percent wider view, minimizing the risk of running over pedestrians, he said.
read more: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-tank-maker-unveils-batmobile-tram/503288.html
Uralvagonzavod
Beats the Sydney buses, bumming along the streets like big billboards, plastered with bad annoying and large advertising messages. One day of course all advertising will be virtual... Everyone will have to wear Guggling Glasses so that the city can become cleaned up of all the trash that demeans it: I mean traffic lights, signposts, posters, markings on the road and other unsightly stuff that — standing in front of a beautiful sculpture (not that proposed bland elastic band) or in front of a great old building — says "no parking"... Ugly...
I have of course devised the virtual road signs for my semi-automatically driven car (see A2B) dashboard/windscreen. Piece of cake.
The GPS knows where you are and are coming to. As you ride along, the virtual signs pop up at a virtual distance (2D or 3D perspective) on the windscreen and the car's computer takes notice of the status of the traffic lights or other signage, automatically stopping or continuing... Should you be driving on manual instead of reading your book on quantum mechanics as you should, you would have to pay attention to the virtual signage. But should you try to run a red light for example your car will stop nonetheless.
No more advertising, no more signage on our roads and buildings just integral architecture for the eyes pleasure of a clean city. Advertisers would be allowed to place virtual publicity in the car system. Advertising-free system would cost more to install on your car — of course a two seater running on electricity mostly provided by the sun and cool gas conversion (no CO2 produced).
This is the future my friends.
The tram above can travel up to 80 km/h.