Monash Residential Services (MRS), a division of Monash University, are responsible for providing student housing to many of the university's 55,000 students on located in eight campuses in three countries on three continents. In addition to five of the Australian campuses MRS provides housing in the university campus of Monash South Africa. The Monash University, Malaysia campus is not served by MRS.
Clayton campus
Six halls of residence are located at the Clayton campus in Clayton, Victoria. MRS is also responsible for Normanby House, an off-campus accommodation building for Clayton students. In addition, Monash Residential Services is responsible for the administration of the South East Flats, several blocks of self-contained flats at the south-eastern corner of the university.
Howitt Hall
Howitt Hall is the tallest Monash residential building, standing 12 stories high, with a good view of the other halls and the university.
History
Howitt Hall is the third oldest hall, and was opened in September 1966. The hall is named after Alfred Howitt, a scholar and prominent figure in early Gippsland. The logo of Howitt, a camel, derives from the fact that Howitt never lost a camel on his search for Burke and Wills.
Farrer Hall
Farrer Hall is divided into two buildings, Commons and Lords, with an annex to Commons called Chastity which is located above the common room. The Hall has more focus on floors, with kitchens, laundries and common rooms shared across them. Commons (the largest) consists of three separate floors and have a diverse mix of students.
Richardson Hall
Richardson Hall (Richo) is the newest of the Halls of Residence at Monash University. Richardson is home to 190 residents. Richardson 'has' been known as the 'International hall' to residents of other halls, due to the high incidence of international students residing in Richardson, a tradition that the hall has been continuing since the mid 1970s. However in recent times the ratio between international and local residents has become fairly equal throughout all halls.
Richardson Hall, along with its neighbour Roberts Hall are built around the "Stairway" concept. There are 9 residential (188 rooms) and 1 common stairways, with each being broken into between 4 and 7 levels. Each level has between 2 and 6 residents. Usually, 5 residents share a common bathroom and kitchenette area with 10 people to a large common fridge.This arrangement offers privacy and relaxed social contact amongst relatively small groups in addition to the communal common areas. Newspapers are delivered directly to the Hall every morning. RA's run a small shop every evening, where soft drinks, snacks and other essentials can be purchased. In Richardson Hall, the stairways are numbered 2 - 9. Stairway 1 are the Common Areas containing a Gym, Computer Lab, Games Room, TV Rooms, Projector room with cable TV, Common Room, Kitchen and Laundry.
The Hall has an outlook over a lake and the University grounds with a large variety of bird life, and is close to the facilities and faculties of the University, in particular the gymnasium and swimming pools.
The Residential Support Team, made up of the RA's, Senior RA, Deputy College Head and College Head, is the primary support and management body within the Hall.
There is an opportunity for students who remain in the Hall and become senior residents, to take on leadership roles through; becoming Resident Advisors (RAs); being on the Halls Society Committee; or being elected to the Orientation Committee.
Deakin Hall
Deakin Hall is a residence hall at Monash University in Australia. It was established in 1962.
Roberts Hall
Roberts Hall is named after Tom Roberts, an Australian artist who was affectionately known as 'the bulldog'. The mascot of Roberts Hall is a bulldog in recognition of this.
South East Flats
The South East Flats is located at the south-eastern corner of the university's Clayton campus. It is made up of two blocks of flats, and the flat sizes range from 2 bedrooms to 5 bedrooms. There are 30 flats in total, designed to accommodate 130 students. Each flat is fully furnished to include all the necessities of student life, such as chairs and a table.
The main difference between the halls of residence and the South East Flats is the support services given to the students. There is a very low level of interaction between the residents and the resident advisors; this example is set by the College Head. Thus, the resident advisors and College Head choose to keep a low profile and play a minimal and purely administrative role in the day-to-day existence of the South East Flats, as opposed to the more personal and convivial atmosphere offered at the halls of residence. Several functions are held throughout the year for the residents, however, these typically have a very low rate of attendance. 2006 saw the addition of a common recreational area, known as the pavilion; this is available exclusively to residents of the South East Flats.
Clayton campus
Six halls of residence are located at the Clayton campus in Clayton, Victoria. MRS is also responsible for Normanby House, an off-campus accommodation building for Clayton students. In addition, Monash Residential Services is responsible for the administration of the South East Flats, several blocks of self-contained flats at the south-eastern corner of the university.
Howitt Hall
Howitt Hall is the tallest Monash residential building, standing 12 stories high, with a good view of the other halls and the university.
History
Howitt Hall is the third oldest hall, and was opened in September 1966. The hall is named after Alfred Howitt, a scholar and prominent figure in early Gippsland. The logo of Howitt, a camel, derives from the fact that Howitt never lost a camel on his search for Burke and Wills.
Farrer Hall
Farrer Hall is divided into two buildings, Commons and Lords, with an annex to Commons called Chastity which is located above the common room. The Hall has more focus on floors, with kitchens, laundries and common rooms shared across them. Commons (the largest) consists of three separate floors and have a diverse mix of students.
Richardson Hall
Richardson Hall (Richo) is the newest of the Halls of Residence at Monash University. Richardson is home to 190 residents. Richardson 'has' been known as the 'International hall' to residents of other halls, due to the high incidence of international students residing in Richardson, a tradition that the hall has been continuing since the mid 1970s. However in recent times the ratio between international and local residents has become fairly equal throughout all halls.
Richardson Hall, along with its neighbour Roberts Hall are built around the "Stairway" concept. There are 9 residential (188 rooms) and 1 common stairways, with each being broken into between 4 and 7 levels. Each level has between 2 and 6 residents. Usually, 5 residents share a common bathroom and kitchenette area with 10 people to a large common fridge.This arrangement offers privacy and relaxed social contact amongst relatively small groups in addition to the communal common areas. Newspapers are delivered directly to the Hall every morning. RA's run a small shop every evening, where soft drinks, snacks and other essentials can be purchased. In Richardson Hall, the stairways are numbered 2 - 9. Stairway 1 are the Common Areas containing a Gym, Computer Lab, Games Room, TV Rooms, Projector room with cable TV, Common Room, Kitchen and Laundry.
The Hall has an outlook over a lake and the University grounds with a large variety of bird life, and is close to the facilities and faculties of the University, in particular the gymnasium and swimming pools.
The Residential Support Team, made up of the RA's, Senior RA, Deputy College Head and College Head, is the primary support and management body within the Hall.
There is an opportunity for students who remain in the Hall and become senior residents, to take on leadership roles through; becoming Resident Advisors (RAs); being on the Halls Society Committee; or being elected to the Orientation Committee.
Deakin Hall
Deakin Hall is a residence hall at Monash University in Australia. It was established in 1962.
Roberts Hall
Roberts Hall is named after Tom Roberts, an Australian artist who was affectionately known as 'the bulldog'. The mascot of Roberts Hall is a bulldog in recognition of this.
South East Flats
The South East Flats is located at the south-eastern corner of the university's Clayton campus. It is made up of two blocks of flats, and the flat sizes range from 2 bedrooms to 5 bedrooms. There are 30 flats in total, designed to accommodate 130 students. Each flat is fully furnished to include all the necessities of student life, such as chairs and a table.
The main difference between the halls of residence and the South East Flats is the support services given to the students. There is a very low level of interaction between the residents and the resident advisors; this example is set by the College Head. Thus, the resident advisors and College Head choose to keep a low profile and play a minimal and purely administrative role in the day-to-day existence of the South East Flats, as opposed to the more personal and convivial atmosphere offered at the halls of residence. Several functions are held throughout the year for the residents, however, these typically have a very low rate of attendance. 2006 saw the addition of a common recreational area, known as the pavilion; this is available exclusively to residents of the South East Flats.
Blue Bird Vienna is a club festival hosted by VSA (see below) presenting various styles and flavours of contemporary songwriter music.
Its held in late November in Vienna, Austria and started in 2005.
For this year's edition see: or
VSA
The Vienna Songwriting Association (VSA) was founded in 2004 by Daniel Adam Smith with a
group of journalists, musicians and independent music promoters.
A Nick Drake tribute night at Porgy & Bess to commemorate the 30th
anniversary of the songwriter’s tragic death, entitled “Fruit Tree”, gave
birth to a new music and culture network in Vienna.
Seventeen acts from all over the world performed a marathon six-hour
concert to a sold out Porgy, leaving the audience hungry for more.
In addition to pleasing the crowd, over 3,000 € was raised for the
registered British charity WAR CHILD (www.warchild.org).
Motivated by this success, a number of people from different professional
fields of the music trade agreed on the need for music events in Vienna that
foster new talent and a variety of aesthetic approaches. This seemed only
possible outside the established music industry, as it can hardly be
considered a profitable venture.
A Kulturverein was established. The new platform gradually started to take
shape. Klaus Totzler, renowned music journalist with Austrian TV (ORF),
became the driving force behind the project and was eventually elected
chairman of the VSA after Daniel Adam Smith stepped down as Chairman.
Little by little, various pieces fell into place, and ideas materialized.
VSA is now supported by the Vienna Arts Council (MA7) and the SKE music
fund (www.ske-fonds.at) for fostering local talent. Gradually a group of
sponsors and partners was persuaded to join the ambitious cause
(Bösendorfer, Ottakringer, ORF, Raiffeisen, Tipp3, Universal Music,
HAUSderMUSIK, FM4 etc.).
Since the spring of 2005 The Vienna Songwriting Association has been
hosting “VSA PRESENTS”—a monthly concert night at “Kulturgasthaus
Vorstadt”.
In May 2007 the VSA was appointed curator and producer of “Live on Stage”
a new event series in the multimedia museum HAUSderMUSIK
(www.hdm.at).
VSA has successfully hosted and promoted shows as part of both “ORF -
Lange Nacht der Museen” and “ORF - Lange Nacht der Musik” in 2006 and
2007.
The Blue Bird Festival first “took flight” in November 2005. The idea was to
gather a number of eclectic artists and bands from various parts of the world
—musicians who give the songwriting craft a new spin, be it through their
narrative, their new styles of orchestration and line-up or other innovative and
experimental approaches. `
It remains a predominant aim to invite artists who have never before
performed in Austria.
One of Vienna’s premier live venues, Porgy & Bess has been the “nest” of
Blue Bird right from the start. The club in downtown Vienna is by far the city’s
most elegant location, with the atmosphere of a stylish little theatre. The club
has a capacity of 500 seats and offers backline and technical equipment of
the highest international standards, including both Bösendorfer and Fazioli
grand stand pianos, AV projections, etc. .
Over the years we have successfully worked with highly rated international
acts like Sandy Dillon (USA), Ed Harcourt (UK), Psapp (UK), David Kitt
(IRL), Flotation Toy Warning (UK), Syd Matters (FRA), Ai Phoenix (NOR),
Garish (A), Boy Omega (SWE), Nikki Sudden (UK), Richmond Fontaine
(USA), etc.
On the home front VSA was a vital contributor to the rise and growth of
talents like Clara Luzia, Son of the Velvet Rat and Paper Bird, who since their
first shows with us have achieved acclaim beyond the Austrian music scene.
The release of the double CD compilation "Between The Lines - songs
from the blue bird diaries" on EMI Austria on November 9th marked the
project’s third anniversary — not bad for a “baby bird”.
joe streibl(picnicproduction)
Its held in late November in Vienna, Austria and started in 2005.
For this year's edition see: or
VSA
The Vienna Songwriting Association (VSA) was founded in 2004 by Daniel Adam Smith with a
group of journalists, musicians and independent music promoters.
A Nick Drake tribute night at Porgy & Bess to commemorate the 30th
anniversary of the songwriter’s tragic death, entitled “Fruit Tree”, gave
birth to a new music and culture network in Vienna.
Seventeen acts from all over the world performed a marathon six-hour
concert to a sold out Porgy, leaving the audience hungry for more.
In addition to pleasing the crowd, over 3,000 € was raised for the
registered British charity WAR CHILD (www.warchild.org).
Motivated by this success, a number of people from different professional
fields of the music trade agreed on the need for music events in Vienna that
foster new talent and a variety of aesthetic approaches. This seemed only
possible outside the established music industry, as it can hardly be
considered a profitable venture.
A Kulturverein was established. The new platform gradually started to take
shape. Klaus Totzler, renowned music journalist with Austrian TV (ORF),
became the driving force behind the project and was eventually elected
chairman of the VSA after Daniel Adam Smith stepped down as Chairman.
Little by little, various pieces fell into place, and ideas materialized.
VSA is now supported by the Vienna Arts Council (MA7) and the SKE music
fund (www.ske-fonds.at) for fostering local talent. Gradually a group of
sponsors and partners was persuaded to join the ambitious cause
(Bösendorfer, Ottakringer, ORF, Raiffeisen, Tipp3, Universal Music,
HAUSderMUSIK, FM4 etc.).
Since the spring of 2005 The Vienna Songwriting Association has been
hosting “VSA PRESENTS”—a monthly concert night at “Kulturgasthaus
Vorstadt”.
In May 2007 the VSA was appointed curator and producer of “Live on Stage”
a new event series in the multimedia museum HAUSderMUSIK
(www.hdm.at).
VSA has successfully hosted and promoted shows as part of both “ORF -
Lange Nacht der Museen” and “ORF - Lange Nacht der Musik” in 2006 and
2007.
The Blue Bird Festival first “took flight” in November 2005. The idea was to
gather a number of eclectic artists and bands from various parts of the world
—musicians who give the songwriting craft a new spin, be it through their
narrative, their new styles of orchestration and line-up or other innovative and
experimental approaches. `
It remains a predominant aim to invite artists who have never before
performed in Austria.
One of Vienna’s premier live venues, Porgy & Bess has been the “nest” of
Blue Bird right from the start. The club in downtown Vienna is by far the city’s
most elegant location, with the atmosphere of a stylish little theatre. The club
has a capacity of 500 seats and offers backline and technical equipment of
the highest international standards, including both Bösendorfer and Fazioli
grand stand pianos, AV projections, etc. .
Over the years we have successfully worked with highly rated international
acts like Sandy Dillon (USA), Ed Harcourt (UK), Psapp (UK), David Kitt
(IRL), Flotation Toy Warning (UK), Syd Matters (FRA), Ai Phoenix (NOR),
Garish (A), Boy Omega (SWE), Nikki Sudden (UK), Richmond Fontaine
(USA), etc.
On the home front VSA was a vital contributor to the rise and growth of
talents like Clara Luzia, Son of the Velvet Rat and Paper Bird, who since their
first shows with us have achieved acclaim beyond the Austrian music scene.
The release of the double CD compilation "Between The Lines - songs
from the blue bird diaries" on EMI Austria on November 9th marked the
project’s third anniversary — not bad for a “baby bird”.
joe streibl(picnicproduction)
Single property websites are a new development in real estate technology marketing. They are turn-key websites that are created to market a specific property.
The concept is relatively new, having been launched in 2005-2006 by a number of companies who offer real estate agents the ability to access their online stores, upload their listing data and photos, and publish the site for an agent.
Many companies have become full property marketing services, offering mobile phone website technology, text message call capture, virtual tours, property feedback systems and more.
A number of real estate website companies have seized on the trend and are now offering the same technology to their real estate agent clients as an added benefit. Because agents in many cases already enter their listings into the "Listings for Sale" section of their business website, these companies add the convenience of "auto-populating" the listing data and photos immediately into the single property site.
More recently, real estate companies have entered the fray and are beginning to offer this product as an "agent benefit" and "for profit".
The ordering process to create this type of site is fairly straightforward and homogeneous across the different companies offering the product:
# Upload Listing Data
# Upload Pictures
# Pick a domain name on the fly and publish it.
Some real estate agents even build them from scratch. They typically include Virtual tours and extensive information about the subject property, making that web site the single best source of information on that particular property. It should also be noted that these sites typically use the address of the property for the second order domain. This concept can and is sometimes used also for commercial properties, among others.
Because a small percentage of agents use this marketing, these domain addresses are usually available at any given time. Even For sale by owner sellers sometimes build a web site using the house address as the URL.
Ultimately perhaps 20 large real estate web sites may be utilized from realtor.com to craigslist.com, and all of them point back to the featured property web site. These property sites are in reality sub-domains on the main web site of the agency and all of them are hosted on the one site.
Benefits
Single property sites quickly gained popularity because there are very few things that a real estate agent can do for under $100 that market a listing individually and showcase its value.
Generally, agents seem to acknowledge that single property sites are not to be "optimized" for search engine placement in the way that their traditional business website might be. Discussion as well as public press releases by various companies, real estate agents benefit from single property sites in the following ways:
* Impress the seller and win the listing by offering a differentiator in a listing presentation, and demonstrating how the agent will tangibly market the property.
* Create an open house for a property. Often, many of these companies add the ability to purchase a sign rider at the point of sale and hang it on the real estate sign for the property, allowing "drive by" traffic to visit the site and see the property. According to a recent study by the NAR in 2006 , 15% of home buyers found their new home by driving by a yard sign - so it can be argued that single property sites enhance the value of the sign and the listing.
*It is likely this concept may have originated in a Council of Residential Specialists class. These two-day classes are somewhat like real estate agent "Think Tanks", in which as many as 50 or 100 agents work in groups for ideas aimed at bringing value to sellers. This concept is in step with CRS principles.
Drawbacks
While one may argue that the benefits far outweigh the costs, the following are drawbacks to this marketing tool:
*The cost of creating these web sites from scratch without a 3rd party company is extensive on time. Assuming one has these sites hosted on an existing account, the only monetary cost of creating them is purchasing the domain name itself.
*Redirecting these single property sites to one's primary web site may annoy some of Google's algorithms as they are essentially "duplicate content" and thus may lower the primary site's rankings. As a result, one may want to host all these sites on a secondary hosting account which is unrelated to one's primary Real Estate Web Site.
*SEO is hard to achieve on these web sites as they should only be up and running for a few months (this is the period an agent would hope a property sells within) and by the time they begin to appear on Google, the property may already be sold, making them nothing more than a billboard to the primary site at best. This of course can be resolved by making sure all the big web sites have this site referenced immediately and thus ride on the coat-tails of a site that does rank on Google.
The concept is relatively new, having been launched in 2005-2006 by a number of companies who offer real estate agents the ability to access their online stores, upload their listing data and photos, and publish the site for an agent.
Many companies have become full property marketing services, offering mobile phone website technology, text message call capture, virtual tours, property feedback systems and more.
A number of real estate website companies have seized on the trend and are now offering the same technology to their real estate agent clients as an added benefit. Because agents in many cases already enter their listings into the "Listings for Sale" section of their business website, these companies add the convenience of "auto-populating" the listing data and photos immediately into the single property site.
More recently, real estate companies have entered the fray and are beginning to offer this product as an "agent benefit" and "for profit".
The ordering process to create this type of site is fairly straightforward and homogeneous across the different companies offering the product:
# Upload Listing Data
# Upload Pictures
# Pick a domain name on the fly and publish it.
Some real estate agents even build them from scratch. They typically include Virtual tours and extensive information about the subject property, making that web site the single best source of information on that particular property. It should also be noted that these sites typically use the address of the property for the second order domain. This concept can and is sometimes used also for commercial properties, among others.
Because a small percentage of agents use this marketing, these domain addresses are usually available at any given time. Even For sale by owner sellers sometimes build a web site using the house address as the URL.
Ultimately perhaps 20 large real estate web sites may be utilized from realtor.com to craigslist.com, and all of them point back to the featured property web site. These property sites are in reality sub-domains on the main web site of the agency and all of them are hosted on the one site.
Benefits
Single property sites quickly gained popularity because there are very few things that a real estate agent can do for under $100 that market a listing individually and showcase its value.
Generally, agents seem to acknowledge that single property sites are not to be "optimized" for search engine placement in the way that their traditional business website might be. Discussion as well as public press releases by various companies, real estate agents benefit from single property sites in the following ways:
* Impress the seller and win the listing by offering a differentiator in a listing presentation, and demonstrating how the agent will tangibly market the property.
* Create an open house for a property. Often, many of these companies add the ability to purchase a sign rider at the point of sale and hang it on the real estate sign for the property, allowing "drive by" traffic to visit the site and see the property. According to a recent study by the NAR in 2006 , 15% of home buyers found their new home by driving by a yard sign - so it can be argued that single property sites enhance the value of the sign and the listing.
*It is likely this concept may have originated in a Council of Residential Specialists class. These two-day classes are somewhat like real estate agent "Think Tanks", in which as many as 50 or 100 agents work in groups for ideas aimed at bringing value to sellers. This concept is in step with CRS principles.
Drawbacks
While one may argue that the benefits far outweigh the costs, the following are drawbacks to this marketing tool:
*The cost of creating these web sites from scratch without a 3rd party company is extensive on time. Assuming one has these sites hosted on an existing account, the only monetary cost of creating them is purchasing the domain name itself.
*Redirecting these single property sites to one's primary web site may annoy some of Google's algorithms as they are essentially "duplicate content" and thus may lower the primary site's rankings. As a result, one may want to host all these sites on a secondary hosting account which is unrelated to one's primary Real Estate Web Site.
*SEO is hard to achieve on these web sites as they should only be up and running for a few months (this is the period an agent would hope a property sells within) and by the time they begin to appear on Google, the property may already be sold, making them nothing more than a billboard to the primary site at best. This of course can be resolved by making sure all the big web sites have this site referenced immediately and thus ride on the coat-tails of a site that does rank on Google.
Darla Farmer is an American septet with sounds ranging from folk, indie, punk, ska and rock music. The group formed when the members met in 2004 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The group started with five people, Clint Wilson on guitar and lead vocals, Bryce Leonard on bass, Scott Kuyper on drums, Joey Dykes on trombone and Casey Saul on violin. The band later added Chase Bunton on trumpet and Ben Weber on piano and percussion. Ben Klise replaced Scott Kuyper on drums in 2006. Each member originates from a different state (Oregon, Colorado, Michigan, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Mississippi, respectively), and they each pull from their separate backgrounds to synthesize an original style.
Darla Farmer is signed to independent record label Paper Garden Records.
Members
Clint Wilson: Guitar, lead vocals
Bryce Leonard: Bass
Ben Klise: Drums
Casey Saul: Violin, BGVs
Ben Weber: Piano, percussion, BGVs
Joey Dykes: Trombone, BGVs
Chase Bunton: Trumpet, BGVs
Discography
Rewiring the Electric Forest, released March 4, 2008
Reviews
Frederick Foxtrot,
Kamran Rouzpay, Decoy Music,
Blogcritics Magazine,
Darla Farmer is signed to independent record label Paper Garden Records.
Members
Clint Wilson: Guitar, lead vocals
Bryce Leonard: Bass
Ben Klise: Drums
Casey Saul: Violin, BGVs
Ben Weber: Piano, percussion, BGVs
Joey Dykes: Trombone, BGVs
Chase Bunton: Trumpet, BGVs
Discography
Rewiring the Electric Forest, released March 4, 2008
Reviews
Frederick Foxtrot,
Kamran Rouzpay, Decoy Music,
Blogcritics Magazine,