What’s on for the YOUNG AT HEART? Over 55’s activities on the Sunshine Coast

IRT residents on the Sunshine Coast have taken it upon themselves to raise some much needed funds for Cancer Council Queensland. More than 80 residents from IRT The Palms at Buderim attended a Biggest Existing residents are happy to see works progressing on the completion of the remaining land, and can’t wait to meet their new neighbours. To find out more call 07 5456 1300 or log onto irt.org.au. A new manager for What’s on for the Young at Heart As part of a $75 million investment which began in 2012, IRT Group now owns two Communities on the Sunshine Coast – IRT Parklands at Currimundi, and IRT The Palms at Buderim – and one in north-east Brisbane, IRT The Ridge at Bracken Ridge. what’son Morning Tea event and helped to raise around $1000. The event was organised by IRT to help IRT In-Home Care services

Marjie’s: Welcome to Walking for Fitness, Fun and

Friendship combines riverside walks with exercise interludes! (Along the South Bank of the Maroochy River.) A greenfield site at Kawana Forest will be known as IRT Woodlands and will provide a 60-bed care centre Cancer Council raise money for cancer Meet: Opposite 333 Bradman Ave. 9 am – Mondays and Tuesdays. and 107 lifestyle villas. Construction research, prevention and support Exercise makes you feel GOOD ! is due to start mid-2014. services as many of the residents at IRT The Palms in Buderim know of somebody close to them who has been affected by cancer in some way. On the Sunshine Coast there are 982 deaths related to cancer each year and 3040 new cancers detected every year. The Group now has almost 600 clients in Queensland and this is projected to increase by 500 in the next 12 to 18 months. To find out more about the Sunshine Coast expansion, log on to our website at www.irt.org.au In-Home Care Manager, Melissa Naylor Please Phone Marjie Andrews on 5448 4229 for more information.

Latin America Group Tours

Do you want us to talk to your social group, organisation or club? Our free community presentations include: Hola Latin America! – Battle of the River Plate Incas and Machu Picchu Mystery and Aztecs and Mayas For more information contact Stella 5492 5274 or latinamericagrouptours@gmail.com

Lawn Bowls at Mooloolaba Bowls Club

Morning, afternoon and night. Games only $10. Mooloolaba Bowls Club contact 07 5444 1387 Currimundi Buderim For more information contact Jim See 0402 812 771 IRT Parklands The Sunshine Coast Choral Society Inc IRT The Palms 242 Parklands Boulevard 22 Power Road Rehearsals for Bach – Christmas Oratorio start Wednesday Currimundi QLD 4551 13th August and people welcome to come. Buderim QLD 4556 Sales: Kathee Nugent Sales: Rehearsals are every Wednesday 6:45-9:30pm Tina Menz-Bugler & Beryl Call: 07 5438 2588 Harris Call: 07 5456 1300 For more information contact Maryann Klemencic 5456 2667

Are you part of a group for over 55’s such as golf, swimming or pilates? If you are, we would love to be able to give your group a shout out to the over 55’s of the Sunshine Coast. If you are interested, please email through the details to Jasmine admin@bmmag.com.au or 5444 4456 Come and enjoy our carpet greens which have full roof coverage. to have your group featured in our magazine.

This column is proudly sponsored by IRT Lifestyle and Care

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by Jasmine Sharpe

In 1946 Daryl F. Zanuck of 20th Century Fox said, “Video won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”

If we compare this quote to the success that television has had over the last 70 years, it’s clear that innovation has played a large part in maintaining the success of television, starting from black and white TV, moving to colour, then progressing into the DVD Player, pay TV and now as far as 3D televisions in family homes. The point of this is, innovation starts off as a small creation, but guided with the process of what consumers want and need and adapting to this, something that may not seem so necessary can become a well-used and needed tool, whether it be in business or personal life. Let’s look at the iPad. Do you have one? Do you need one? A little under 10 years ago there wasn’t much in the way of smartphones – the market was ruled by Nokia, with most people amazed at the fact they could make phone calls and send text messages on the go, not to mention the game Snake that everyone crazed over. Nowadays you can do almost everything on the go thanks to iPhones and iPads. The innovation that Apple has built to revolutionise the way people do everyday activities is forever improving, keeping them at the top of sales charts.

Since the first release of iPads in 2010, Apple has sold over 200 million iPads to take the tablet industry by storm. But Apple didn’t just chuck a single iPad in the mix and hope that the first and only iPad suited the needs for people to come in the future, they have ensured that the need for innovation has been addressed. From the Retina iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Mini to the general iPad 4, there is an iPad to suit everyone, and Apple has ensured this.

With over one million apps in the App Store and over 60 billion downloads of these apps as of June 2014, it’s more of a question as to ‘what doesn’t the iPad do?’ With a choice of cellular iPad allowing internet access on the go through a prepaid sim or Wi-Fi access only, consumers can choose based on their needs. Not all features on the iPad require internet – such as the camera used to shoot videos and photos, music and any many other apps that you have previously downloaded to your device. Apple has also used innovation to replace the requirement to have other devices by including their feature on iPads for things such as cameras, GPS’s, video cameras, music players and computers.

iPads have revolutionised the way people do business by creating the ease of business functions that can be done on the go on the 9.7 inch screen. Emails are sent and received within seconds, five megapixel cameras take photos or videos of anything, voice recorders record speeches or phone calls, notepads take down notes.

There are apps such as Dropbox, QR code scanners and e-book readers, music players to listen to inspiring audios and music, GPS to direct where to go and FaceTime to video chat to anyone, anywhere in the world at any time. These are just some features that the iPad allows people to use on the go, making business easier than ever. iPads are leading the pack when it comes to devices for business people, because of their ease of use and portability due to their lightweight design.