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In the Province of Nova Scotia, Construction and Demolition (C&D) wastes must be disposed of properly. Provincial guidelines have been developed and are administered by Nova Scotia Environment (see lists below)
Structural demolitions generate large amounts of material that can be reused or recycled. Rather than demolish an entire building, consider 'decontructing' all or part of a building. Deconstruction is the orderly dismantling of building components for reuse or recycling. In contrast to demolition, where buildings are knocked down and materials are co-mingled, deconstruction involves taking apart portions of a building or removing their contents with the primary goal being to reuse or recycle the materials.
Deconstruction saves money. Sorted construction wastes that are delivered to the Community Recycling Centre cost less per tonne for disposal.
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METAL: All metal items including fridges, freezers, de-humifiers, wire, plumbing fixtures, siding, doors, empty paint cans and window frames.
Refrigerant gases are drained from fridges, freezers and de-humidifiers free of charge at the Community Recycling Centre. Metal is accepted free of charge.
Other C&D items: wallboard,window panes, glass doors, toilets, sinks, bath tubs, fibreglass, blown-in and Styroforam insulation, vinyl siding, piping, carpeting, vinyl flooring and ceiling tiles.
Items which DO NOT require disposal at an approved C&D Site
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Split Second Productions have produced a new take on Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'
May's Reading List
It's May! I am so happy that summer has finally started to arrive. I read a lot, so I thought I would pull together some of my favourites from my bookshelf that is sure to have you sat out in the sunshine with something fruity – book in hand 🙂 AND I DARKEN by Kiersten White 'Vlad …
Changing the faces of female role models
Last week when out of one of my 5km loops around the local park, my running playlist brought up 'I will make a man out of you' from the Mulan soundtrack. At first, I was pleased to be reliving a bit of Mulan in a nice throwback to my childhood, I had always loved that …
Gifts Ideas for Cyclists
I have had a few organised people ask for my wish list muttering 'something cycling related no doubt' to which I say – yes! I would love a new stem – collective groan – 'what is a stem'! Therefore I have decided to pull together a cyclists gift list to help the non-lycra wearing friends of ours, and also give you a few ideas too!
Cannondale CAADX Review
I can chuck it in my car, hose it off, take it down a terrifying descent – and it works, just the way I want it to. I am not precious about it, and that makes it all the more fun!
Hidden Treasures of Mallorca
Mallorca, famed for its dramatic landscape, great weather and beautiful beaches. A mecca for cyclists!
Dig Deep Cycling Challenge
A 12-day adventure from Nairobi to the Maasai Mara with a 4-day cycle covering 150km of tough African trails.
Prudential Ride London
With the 2018 Prudential Ride London ballot open today, now feels like a great time to discuss the highs, lows and the rolling roads of the Surry hills. My thoughts on the world's largest sportive.
Planet X – EC-130E Aero Road Bike
Those of you who have followed me for a while will know I had been looking for something to cater for my 160cm height. Mostly women's specific bikes. However, the more I looked, the more I realised I needed something a little more bespoke. Enter the catchily named 'EC-130E' from Sheffield based Planet X.
My New Challenge!
Hills, mountains, climbs, whatever you call them they resonate with cyclists all over the world.

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Wiser perfectly embodies the type of company we strive to recognize every year: an innovative, high-growth company with market-leading technology.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 05, 2015
Wiser, the leader in enterprise pricing intelligence platform, today announced that it has been named a winner of the Red Herring 2015 Top 100 Award for North America. The company was chosen from among hundreds of innovative and prominent technology companies. Wiser was the only pricing intelligence vendor to win the award, which was announced during ceremonies on June 3rd, 2015 in San Diego, CA.
Red Herring Top 100 award winners are put through a comprehensive assessment by Red Herring's editorial staff based on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as technological advantage, disruptiveness, financial performance, management quality, overall business strategy and market maturity. This evaluation is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of the organization relative to sector peers, allowing Red Herring to see past the "hype" and make the list a valuable instrument of discovery and advocacy for the most promising new business models in North America.
"Wiser perfectly embodies the type of company we strive to recognize every year: an innovative, high-growth company with market-leading technology," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "We congratulate Wiser and all of the other Red Herring Top 100 winners. We look forward to watching their continued success."
Hundreds of retailers, brands, and manufacturers worldwide rely on Wiser's enterprise pricing intelligence platform to stay competitive and profitable. Features include competitive monitoring, pricing automation, and analysis to perfect their pricing strategies.
"Pricing intelligence is becoming widely recognized as a must-have technology for retailers that want to keep up in such a competitive market," said Arie Shpanya, co-founder and CEO of Wiser. "Winning this award from Red Herring is great recognition of our technology and market momentum. We owe this award to our many customers and partners."
The annual Red Herring Top 100 North America Awards is one of the most acclaimed distinctions in the technology industry. The awards honor the region's top entrepreneurs and innovative private companies that are anticipated to experience extensive and rapid growth based on their current accomplishments to date. Red Herring editors analyze hundreds of organizations and choose the best of the best that epitomize successful growing companies with unique vision and drive.
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There is a new kind of gold for the new millennium. Are you ready to mine it?
You do not have to go to the mountains, search the rivers or dig miles underground for this new gold. All you need is a computer and a high speed internet.
The new gold is called bitcoin.
What is bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a crypto currency. In other words, it's digital money.
Much like pets, farming, cities and what not have their digital versions in games, bitcoin is the digital version of money. Only, it is real.
However, it is not the money that we have now. Bitcoin does not have a currency like dollar or peso while it is in the digital space. It does not follow any bank rules nor is it regulated by such agencies. It was ideally made to make money free from such controls of banks and governments.
How does bitcoin work?
Bitcoin is a "peer-to-peer technology," it is "open-source, its design is public, nobody owns or controls it."
Like most peer-to-peer technology, sharing and distributing happens online in a computer. No central bank creates a bitcoin, instead bitcoin creation is "mathematically limited" to only 21 million bitcoins.
Another fun fact, it cannot be inflated at will, it cannot be counterfeited nor can it be blocked or frozen – unless all of the world's internet stopped working.
How was the first Bitcoin created?
Bitcoin was first created in 2007 by someone named Satoshi Nakamoto who was said to be in Japan. Nobody knows who Nakamoto is and some speculate that Nakamoto is not a single person but a group of people.
The first transaction was made in January 2009 and by October of the same year, an exchange rate for bitcoin was established. However, the first real-world transaction happened May 2010 for a pizza in Florida.
There were of course several hurdles and issues that came up, but the bitcoin economy is healthy. A bitcoin is currently worth P29,000 as of writing.
Is it legit?
If by legit means can you use it in the real world sense? Then, yes. There are several businesses accepting Bitcoins for payment. In fact, if you use Purse.io to buy at Amazon with Bitcoins, you automatically get discounts up to 20%. Foldapp.com also gives 20% off on Starbucks products if purchased with bitcoins.
In the Philippines, you can shop online, remit money and even invest or save with bitcoins. Merchants in the Philippines accepting bitcoin are: Avon cosmetics, Import Valley, CashCashPinoy, CheapAir, Expedia, Metrodeal, Bitcoin Store, Bitlasers, Chollo Media, FlexSolarCells, Frontier Vapor, Stegen Electronics, BeefJerky Philippines, Bees Brothers and many more. You can even pay your utility bills with it.
Bitcoin is accepted internationally as well, however, it may not be legit to use it in some countries. Due to the fact that it cannot be regulated by traditional means like most currencies, some countries ban bitcoin transactions.
What are other advantages of using Bitcoin?
As a Filipino, you may really want to consider using bitcoins for its convenience and lower fees.
Bitcoins do not need banks. If you have someone sending money to you, you can easily receive it through a bank, cash card, mobile and other cash pick up locations. You do not have to open a bank account.
This is also a good thing for Filipinos abroad who regularly sends remittance allowance to their families. Sending bitcoin is better because of its lower processing fees and faster transaction.
How can I get bitcoin and earn from it?
Like previously mentioned, bitcoins are mined. It is generated by a computer network and your computer can mine some for you.
However, mining needs a really good computer, a fast internet connection and would require your computer to be on 24/7.
Do not worry, there are several other ways for Filipinos to earn bitcoins. Here are some ways:
Work for it. Get yourself a bitcoin wallet and let people pay for your product and services with bitcoin. Make sure to display your QR-code and Bitcoin address so you can receive the payment.
Employed? You may also try asking your employer if they can pay you in bitcoins. Although there are very little businesses (to almost none) that offer this, your boss might just be a bitcoin enthusiasts as well.
Complete online tasks. There are some websites that will give a small amount of bitcoins for visiting their websites and doing some tasks for them like bitfortip that lets you earn bitcoins by answering questions from a forum.
Play a game. There are several websites and apps that offer free bitcoins by playing a game. You won't be able to get a lot of bitcoins from playing but it can get you some that you can use to invest and make them grow, if you know how to.
Read classics. Yes, you read it right. Get paid by reading classic books.
Earn through interest
If you already have some bitcoin, consider lending it with interest. Be careful though, lending is not a business for people who are shy to collect debts and take interest.
Earn by trading
Do you have experience in stock trading or Forex trading? Consider trading bitcoins as well. Like any trading event, this is not for the faint of heart. You may also want to familiarize yourself with the Bitcoin Stack Exchange and learn about differences in price between exchanges.
Bitcoin in the Philippines
It is allowed in the Philippines.
Bitcoin startups are hopeful of the bitcoin economy in the Philippines as it is the third largest country to receive remittances from abroad. Aside from tapping tech-savvy Filipinos to try the cryptocurrency, most bitcoin companies are looking in to tap those unbanked in the Philippines. The participation of several merchants in the Philippines can also help in the promotion of its wider use.
However, the country may tighten its regulations for cryptocurrencies in light of the cyberattack and money laundering issues the Philippines faced recently.
Bitcoin is new and there's not a lot of people believes and understands it. Still, several news agencies believe it to be the new safe-haven as they compare it to gold.
Although, there are still issues revolving it, like its association with the black market due to the anonymity it provides, it may not be long before we say good bye to our old currency or bitcoin may disappear in the future for a different digital money.
Right now though, bitcoin offers Filipinos a new way to send and receive remittance, pay for services and buy goods online – even without a bank account.


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Review of Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies.
My hand will develop a repetitive stress injury if I have to continue to type Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies for the remainder of this review. To prevent that unfortunate situation, I will refer to the game as S7S. This game was written by Chad Underkoffler and published by Atomic Sock Monkey Press (ASM) and Evil Hat Productions. A joint production, similar to those really expensive movies that require two film companies to join together in order to afford so much awesomeness. It comes in at a whopping 322 pages with a unique form factor that I have never seen before. The dimensions are halfway between the size of a digest form and typical full size RPG. Personally, I would like a digest form or a full book, but it's a minor issue.
I got interested in the game after the preview of the system was released on ASM website, PDQ#. Looking different enough from the other PDQ games, I was intrigued. Some time later, it was announced there was going to be a limited edition hardback copy. I wanted to make sure I got it in hardback. Granted, I was still a bit skeptical about the setting, but I had enjoyed the author's previous works in Zorcerer of Zo and Truth & Justice, so I took a leap of faith. I fired up my Pay-pal account and sent IPR some money and a few months later my copy arrived. It did come with the PDF for free, but I am not so keen on reading from the computer screen for long periods of time.
But before any reader freaks out about missing the hardback, the game is still available, but in paperback only. The nice thing about the softcover is most of the errata found it's way into it; this might be some conciliation for you. If it isn't, well, realize that your copy would be less heavy that mine; after a long gaming session, you might not want to strain yourself on a hardback. And if that still doesn't satisfy you, well, tough.. life ain't fair. The errata is available for download if you manage to find the hardcover. Most of the corrections appear to be small mistakes that I wouldn't have caught.
The book arrived on a Thursday and I started reading. I took the book with me everywhere so if I found a spare moment, I would read it. As I said earlier, I still wasn't sold on the setting when I started, but when I was reading, I couldn't stop. Mr. Underkoffler's writing style is fairly concise and easy to read, the book just flows. I managed to finish the book by 7am the following Monday.
Let's get into the meat of this review. The book is broken down into eight chapters. The first four are setting information, the next two are character creation and the rules, followed by a Game-mastering section and concluding with one of Chad's signature treatise, this one on the swashbuckling genre.
The first chapter is The World of the 7 Skies which has a preview available for free here on the S7S official website. It gives an overview of the world. The shape of the world of S7S is a giant snow globe that has many floating Cloud Islands in it. This was the part that made me concerned when I first heard about the game. Really? A giant snow globe? I thought this game would be too out there for me. Well, I best continue. The globe is made up of a number of layers. Each layer determines which direction the wind generally blows. The bottom layer is the Mysterious Blue, like a tar pit of sorts. Things sometimes just rise out of it. Looking at it from the top of the globe it subdivides the world like a an old fashion apple cutter, each one of the pieces is a sky. The core in the center is sun, effectively called the Sky of Fire. Can you guess how many skies there are? These skies determine the seasons but also have other special traits to them. For example, Sky of Thunder is full of summer storms making it difficult to traverse. FYI, Cloud Islands have a protective fog around them that prevents the majority of the sky's effects from destroying them, but the skyships that are used to go from one Cloud Island to another, do not. Hence getting there is part of the fun. This chapter also has the basics of the major Cloud Islands which dot S7S.
The second chapter is Island Nations of the 7 Skies. Each kingdom has a six to eight page write up detailing what it's like, how it's ruled and a brief history. Each nation also has "What's Happening Now on .." section, this details some adventure hooks you are free to use for your game. I really like how each nation is described, with enough information to give you an good sense of what it's about, but not enough that it overwhelms you. That is something I am always concerned about. Damn players get a hold of the book and start dictating world facts back to the GM from the book, like that is some way to win you brownie points with a GM. Anyways, I digress, back to the review. One of my favorite nations is Sha Ka Ruq, as it is populated by savages who ride giant parrots. The interesting thing is that their whole economic system is based on "Face". Your wealth is tied to how awesome you are. I know it sounds nuts, but the author makes it work in ways I never would have thought of.
Next up is The Mystical & The Faithful chapter. It details the magic system and the faith of the world. Since you cannot have sky ships without alchemy or some sort of magic, this chapter tells you how it all generally works. It leaves enough up for the GM to put his own touches on it.
Chapter 4 is on Skyships, Trade & Warfare. This explains the basics of skyships and various things that can and more than likely will happen on them. It also describes the basics of pirating and warfare. If you ever dreamt you were the Dread Pirate Roberts, read this chapter as a guide. Granted, you won't have a skyship, so some of the things about jumping from skyship to skyship may be problematic. Not that I would try to stop you, if you thought you could do it. That finishes up the setting chapters, which makes up 128 pages of the book.
The next two chapters is the system information. This is a revision of the PDQ system and was released earlier in the year as linked above. If you are unfamiliar with PDQ, it is a rules light system and has been used for everything from the fairy tale genre with Zorcerer of Zo to zany mayhem thanks to Ninja Burger. A character is described by a series of qualities, called Fortes in S7S, that can range from an occupation (Pirate) to a motivation (Keep Flying). These fortes are given a modifier, which is used when characters have an action that would fall under that forte penumbra. The basic system uses 2d6 + modifiers for simple tasks. S7S adds a specific dueling system which changes the basic rolling scheme for important interactions between characters. Now you roll three dice and can assign each dice to offense or defense as you see fit. Honestly, if you are looking for a light system that doesn't feel like one, this would be worth checking it out. Remember there is a free version online, so you can try it before you buy it.
Chapter 7 is all about Gamemastering S7S. It has the basics such as assigning difficulties as well as how to create scenes and adventures that scream S7S at the top of their lungs. I always want to bring the awesome and this chapter tells me how to do that. This chapter also talks about setting the dials of the setting with your players before anyone makes a character, which I think more games should do. Nice stuff.
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Chapter 8 is special. It is all about the Swashbuckling Genre. Mr. Underkoffler has become somewhat legendary for talking about a genre's tropes, he did it for superheroes in Truth & Justice and again for fairy tales in Zorcerer of Zo. He hasn't missed his mark yet when he dissects a genre and he pulled out the spleen of swashbuckling without so much as a winch. If you like the swashbuckling genre at all, this book is worth it for this section alone. If you never understood this whole swinging from the chandeliers thing, this section will make you an expert overnight. It includes a Bibliography, Filmography and Ludography with it, so you can find more anything on the subject.
If you managed it this far, you know I throughly enjoyed this book, much to the chagrin of my wife who missed me the whole weekend while I read it. I bought this book with the full intent of using the system for my own pirate game, but fell in love with the setting. It is a wonderful RPG that is full of ideas to pillage to make a game that will be memorable for your group. If you don't want to take my word for it, it has been nominated for an Ennie for Best Setting and Product of the Year.


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The managing partner and the chief financial officer of Atlanta's Fisher & Phillips testified Tuesday that Claud "Tex" McIver was stripped of his status as an equity partner in 2013 and that, beginning Jan. 1, 2014, became an income partner at greatly reduced pay.
For the first seven years of the employment lawyer's marriage to Diane McIver—president of Atlanta advertising firm U.S. Enterprises—Tex McIver's annual earnings averaged more than $570,000 a year, Fisher Phillips CFO Jim Nations testified Tuesday at McIver's murder trial. But in 2013, McIver's earnings plummeted by nearly $140,000 to $435,603, Nations said. By the end of 2014, McIver's first year as an income partner, his annual pay dropped again—to $350,000, Nations said. And, as an income partner, McIver was no longer eligible to draw a percentage of the law firm's total annual profits, he said.
That would not be McIver's only pay cut, according to Nations and Fisher Phillips managing partner Roger Quillen, who testified Tuesday afternoon. McIver worked at Fisher Phillips for 44 years until he retired under duress after he shot his wife to death in what he and his attorneys have claimed was a tragic accident. Fisher Phillips is a midsize law firm specializing in labor employment law, primarily defending employers against workers' claims.
Nations said McIver's earnings dropped yet again—to $275,000—for the fiscal year that ended only four days after Diane McIver's Sept. 26, 2016, death.
The law firm executives testified following opening statements in Tex McIver's murder trial. Fulton County prosecutors contended that, when he shot his wife, McIver was financially strapped, struggling to maintain a high-end lifestyle on a rapidly eroding salary and in hock to his wife for a $350,000 loan he had secured with his interest in their 75-acre ranch southeast of Atlanta.
Fulton County Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney Seleta Griffin also argued that Diane McIver's death provided her husband, who she said otherwise "didn't have a dollar," with an immediate cash windfall totaling more than $1 million.
McIver was named as the executor and primary beneficiary of his wife's 2006 will, which is being contested in sealed proceedings in Fulton County Probate Court. Prosecutors contend, based on multiple statements by friends and colleagues of Diane McIver, that she had executed a second will—that no one has ever located—that likely would have greatly reduced her husband's benefits in favor of the couple's godchild, the son of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall.
Quillen testfied that he first met Tex McIver when McIver interviewed him for a job in 1979. Quillen joined the firm in 1980.
Quillen told the jury Tuesday what had led the law firm to demote McIver from equity partner to income partner: "It often happens in the career of one of our partners as they advance in the number of years of practice or at an age that their performance begins to diminish in relation to performance standards we have in relation to equity partners of the firm. … If it appears to be a steady, diminishing level of performance, we ask the partner if [he] will agree to … become an income partner."
"It is," Quillen added, " a reduction in compensation" with a lower level of performance standards that are based not only on billable hours but also on additional "standards of business development."
Equity partners, he said, are expected to bill at least 2,000 hours a year and to develop new books of business. Lawyers are given specific dollar goals, both for originating clients and for dollars in services generated, either on behalf of their own clients or those originated by someone else at the law firm.
Salaries are based on rolling three-year performance records. By 2013, McIver's billable hours had dropped substantially below that goal, Quillen said—an indication that the firm was already channeling him toward a change from equity to income partner.
Quillen said McIver wasn't meeting his reduced annual billable-hour goals and, though between 2014 and 2016 McIver generated more than $1 million in business development dollars, he was still missing his annual goals "by a wide margin."
"Absolutely, that standard is never less than $1.5 million," Quillen said. "It could possibly have been more. It definitely was not less."
Quillen said that "long before" Diane McIver's death, firm management had initiated conversations with McIver about a retirement plan that would result in his stepping down as income partner by the end of 2017 to become senior counsel.
As senior counsel, McIver would be paid a contingency fee, usually 20 or 30 percent of hours billed on the firm's behalf.
Quillen said that, after McIver shot his wife, the firm placed him on extended bereavement leave and continued to pay his salary as an income partner.
"As we moved late in the year, we began to feel that the chances of Tex ever being able to return his full attention to the business of his clients and the business of the firm was highly unlikely," Quillen said.
Quillen said that, if Diane McIver had not been shot, the firm was looking at "that very deep drop in performance hours and billable hours and in business development, and we would have reduced his compensation by a very, very deep amount." But, he said, the firm already had plans to cut McIver's salary again—to $150,000—in 2017 before he would become senior counsel.
McIver was informed that the firm had changed its plans and intended that McIver retire by the end of 2016. "Initially, he was not really inclined in that direction. He told us so," Quillen recalled. "He expected that … he would be able to return his attention to clients and the interests of the firm. … He was really hopeful this thing facing him would be behind him. After mental adjustment time, he was hopeful he would get back to performing at a higher level."
By Dec. 16, 2016, five days before McIver was charged with felony involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct associated with his wife's shooting, Fisher Phillips' management committee had decided that McIver had to go. "It needs to be a clean break," Quillen said McIver was told. McIver was also informed that, as of Jan. 1, 2017, he would have "no continuing status" at the firm.
"We do not want you to engage in the practice of law following retirement and think its a bad idea to do that," Quillen said he told McIver in an email. McIver's name, he said, would no longer appear on the firm's website, and the firm no longer wanted him to refer either work or clients. Quillen said McIver was also told, "We think it would be inconsistent to have you marketing on behalf of the firm, and we don't encourage you to do that."
Quillen said the firm was prepared to pay McIver $180,000 in severance. But McIver never signed the severance agreement.


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Philip and Jenna Reference
Dear Bride & Groom
My wedding plans began the moment Phil proposed. I started investigating everything from dresses to venues and everything else the perfect wedding day entails. Phil and I both agreed that one of the most important aspects of our wedding was a good photographer and boy was that hard to find – we wanted someone who was
a) brilliant at what they did.
b) comfortable for us to be around and
c)had the ability to capture who we are and what this day was all about.
We met with Tyrone about four months before our big day and we knew after the very first meeting that we wanted him to capture all of the amazing moments of our special day. His easy going nature and of course his amazing photographic ability is what us sold. Not only were our photographs sorted, but Tyrone also had many other contacts for almost everything else we needed to put this wedding together.
Being photographed by Tyrone was a terrific experience. Not only was he fun to work with, but he was so excited to work with us. Again, this set him apart for us. I have been to so many weddings where the photographer treats it as a job – get in, take the picture, get out – but for Tyrone, there is nothing monotonous or rigid about shooting a wedding photo.
Our photo's arrived and we could not have been happier. Everyone who has seen them is so impressed – each of them say that mine and Phil's personality jump off the page. If you never knew us, or how much we love each other, you would know every detail looking at our wedding pictures. Two years later, after looking at them millions of times, I still get emotional; and to me that is the mark of a great photograph – you never tire of it and looking at it brings up so many memories. Tyrone did this with each photograph.
His genuine love for his work, his passion, sense of adventure, and easy going personality have made Tyrone a true pleasure to work with.
Kind Regards
Jenna Richards
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Festivals are what I love the most about Buenos Aires. There's a bunch of them each year that I attend, but today we're going to be talking about the Buenos Aires Tango Festival, which takes place usually in August and lasts for about two weeks. This is the largest tango related festival in the world.
Have fun this summer in Buenos Aires with the Buenos Aires Tango Festival
Tango is huge in Buenos Aires, which is no surprise. It is after all a dance that has in part originated from there. For this reason Buenos Aires organizes the biggest tango festival in the world. Over 2000 couples participate in various competitions and over half a million people attend the festival which usually takes place in August and lasts for about 2 weeks.
Would be tango dancers can also benefit from coming to the festival, because there are also fun tours and something like dance schools or tango workshops more like it, that promote tango dancing. It's a beautiful event, with lots of fun, and I can't wait to visit it this year. If you are an expat living in Buenos Aires, this is something that you have to checkout. You won't regret it for sure.


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Black Heart
They play both types of music at The Black Heart: rock and roll. This is the sort of place that Camden – with its self-consciously rock-and-roll attitude – should be full of but isn't: it's a genuinely vibrant bar, where the beer is as good as the tunes. You can expect to find Camden Town – of course – plus loads of interesting local and international options – from Norway's Nogne o, perhaps, or California's Bear Republic. The walls are festooned with rock posters while upstairs is where you'll find the latest pop hopefuls trying to impress Camden's jaded punters.Tweet


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Affect of global warming on food supply might be worse than thoughtDecember 4th, 2007 - 6:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): New reports indicate that the affects of global warming on the world's food supply could be worse than previously thought.
According to three new scientific reports, global agriculture, already predicted to be stressed by climate change in coming decades, could go into steep, unanticipated declines in some regions due to complications that scientists have so far inadequately considered.
"Many people assume that we will never have a problem with food production on a global scale. But there is a strong potential for negative surprises," said Francesco Tubiello, a physicist and agricultural expert at the NASA/Goddard Institute of Space Studies, who coauthored all three papers.
Studies in the past 10 years suggest that mounting levels of carbon dioxide in the airbelieved to be the basis of human-caused climate changemay initially bolster the photosynthetic rate of many plants, and, along with new farming techniques, possibly add to some crop yields. Between now and mid-century, higher temperatures in northerly latitudes will probably also expand lands available for farming, and bring longer growing seasons.
However, these gains will be likely canceled by agricultural declines in the tropics, where even modest 1- to 2-degree rises are expected to evaporate rainfall and push staple crops over their survival thresholds.
Existing research estimates that developing countries may lose 135 million hectares (334 million acres) of prime farm land in the next 50 years. After mid-century, continuing temperature rises5 degrees Celsius or more by then, are expected to start adversely affecting northern crops as well, tipping the whole world into a danger zone.
The report has also said that higher temperatures may also prompt outbreaks of weeds and pests, and affect plant or animal physiology.
For example, more recent modeling suggests that cattle ticks and bluetongue (a viral disease of sheep and cattle) will move outward from the tropics to areas such as southern Australia.
Other new models suggest that higher temperatures will limit the ability of modern dairy-cow breeds to convert feed into milk, and lead to declines in livestock fertility and longevity. As temperatures rise in northerly latitudes, the ability of crop pests to survive winters is expected to improve, enabling them to attack spring crops in regions where they were previously kept at bay during this vulnerable time.
The reports also cites that farmers may temporarily mitigate some effects of the changing climate by moving toward adaptations.
Adaptations already being considered or set up include regional climate-forecasting systems that enable farmers to switch to different crops or change the timing of plantings; introduction of new varieties or species that can withstand anticipated conditions; and improved flood-mitigation and water-storage facilities. (ANI)
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Sells video game accessories from China to Canada, USA to Uganda, we are sure to have something to catch the interest of every hard-core gamer! PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Gameboy. US.
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Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Moves to Avoid 'Star Wars: Episode VIII'
Steven Spielberg's "Ready Player One" is steering clear of "Star Wars: Episode VIII."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has moved the adaptation of Ernest Cline's 2011 dystopian novel from Dec. 15, 2017, to March 30, 2018. Just last month, Disney shuffled the "Star Wars" sequel from Memorial Day weekend in 2017 to Dec. 15.
"Ready Player One" is a sci-fi adventure that centers on Wade Watts, a teenager who plugs into a virtual world called OASIS. When the game's creator dies, Wade is swept up in a treasure hunt to acquire the designer's fortune.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. — On Friday, Jerry Sandusky entered the Centre County Courthouse, as one of the greatest coaches ever in collegiate sports and then a few moments later, he is a Convicted child molester.
After two days of deliberations, Sandusky was found guilty by a jury of his peers, Friday for molesting several young boys.
Sandusky was convicted on 45 out of 48 criminal counts related to the alleged assault of 10 boys over a 15-year period. The allegations led to the ouster of the late Penn State University president and long-time coach Joe Paterno, who died in January.
Prosecutors said Sandusky was a "predatory pedophile" and a "sick, disturbed man," who targeted "the most vulnerable kids, kids in need."
Defense lawyer Joe Amendola said Sandusky was the victim of a grand conspiracy and that prosecutors provided no physical evidence to prove he had molested anyone. Because of the allegations, "everything [Jerry Sandusky] ever loved, everything he's ever built, and everything he's ever stood for — it's gone," Amendola said.
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The rumor mill has been rife with talk of Volition's supposed first-person shooter, but no company has yet to come forward and explain what's real and what's not. Today, however, Volition took the first step. The as-of-yet-to-be-named first-person shooter is definitely in development for at least one system, possibly PS2, and apparently, there are even weapons in it (That would help, wouldn't it?).
OK, it's not much, but Volition has indeed confirmed that it's working on a first-person shooter today by posting a link on its site to a piece of artwork filled with drawings of weapons. The link simply reads "FPS" and links to these weapons. Whether the game is coming to the PlayStation 2, the PC, or Xbox is still an unanswered question. Hopefully at E3 we can reveal what's really going on.
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Meet Dr. John Hain, MD
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Swimming with my Psoriasis
As a former NFL athlete, I love to find different ways to keep my body active and feeling strong. As a person living with psoriasis, I try to remain mindful of the stress and demand that certain forms of exercise can place on my body. Needless to say, having played a rough and tough sport like football for so many years, I also want to avoid the risk of injuring myself. That is why I personally like the idea of low-impact activities that pack a big bang for the buck. Although I engage in many forms of physical activity, I have personally become a fan of swimming. While swimming is a relatively low-impact pursuit, as always, I recommend consulting your physician before starting or making changes to your exercise plan.
Today I am going to discuss some of the reasons why I have chosen to incorporate swimming into my own training routine. Swimming is a low-impact way to get my body moving and energized. When I say that swimming is low-impact, I mean that it puts less strain on my joints, bones, and muscles. At 6'7" and over 300 pounds, I have a lot of mass to move around. Due to the buoyancy of water, my body feels much lighter than it is and I am still able to incorporate a wide range of motions. I try to avoid workouts that require explosive movements, jumping, or really heavy weights. While all of those things can be great for some folk, they are not really a part of my goals at the moment. My goals are to stay strong, toned, and minimize injury.
For many years, despite hearing positive things about swimming, I'd dismissed it because I thought "hey, that's great…but I need to do 'real' exercise." I was so accustomed to intense drills, lifting heavy weights, and other high-impact activities that I thought there was no way that SWIMMING would be able to give me the results I wanted. Boy, was I ever wrong! You see, I made the mistake of confusing low-impact with low effort. While there are no barbells to lug or lift, swimming still qualifies as resistance training in my book. If you have ever tried walking (or wading) through water, you may know what I mean; it's no stroll in the park (pun intended). The resistance of moving through water can feel greater than that of simply moving regularly through air.
Burn calories
I find that swimming is a fun way to burn calories. There are a several different strokes you can use to add variety or change the level of intensity during your session: breast stroke, butterfly stroke, back stroke, and so many more. While the actual calories you burn may depend on a number of factors, let me tell you that I usually find myself burning way more calories by swimming for 30 minutes than I do walking for the same amount of time. Additionally, it can be a full body workout which saves me time in the gym.
It's Cool
No, I don't mean cool as in trendy or awesome (although I do think it's kind of awesome). Unlike lifting weights in the gym or running on a treadmill, exercising in water can have a cooling effect. What do I mean by that? I don't know about you but, when I am training, I tend to work up a good sweat. In the summer months, I sweat even more whether I am training indoors or outdoors. While I always do my best to hydrate, if I am not careful, my body can definitely begin to overheat. When I am swimming, the cold water keeps my skin cool and lowers my body temperature a bit. Best of all, I am not sweating all over the place. I finish feeling cool and refreshed.
One of my favorite aspects of swimming is that it can be fun and social. While swimming can be a great form of exercise, it can also be a nice way to relax with family and friends. For example, going to the beach or having an outing at the lake can be a nice time to catch up with folk and create some special memories. I like to splash around in the ocean, challenge friends to swimming races, float, and just have an all-around good time. If you feel a little shy about exposing your skin due to your psoriasis, having a group of loving people around you for support may possibly make it easier to enjoy some time in the water. However, if you would still like to cover up a bit more, there are plenty of swimwear options that might help: board shorts, surfer tops, wetsuits, etc.
While I understand it may not be for everyone, these are just a few of the many reasons why I love to swim. Until next time, have fun and remember to stay PsoSTRONG™!
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Do You Make These 9 Gardening Mistakes?
There's something cathartic about commiserating in awful shared experiences — especially if you can find excitement in them.
Like that one time you were working on your garden enthusiastically and dug up all newly shooting flowers instead of weeds unknowingly.
The weeds got replicated in the whole garden, and your colleagues all made fun of you for being a terrible, horrible, no good gardener.
Horrifying at the time (seriously, you will never make that mistake again!!), but when you describe the situation later to a fellow gardener, it's funny and makes everyone feel a little better about that same situation happening to them.
That is the precise reason I love highlighting these gardening mistakes — they somehow manage to identify all of the awful, frustrating, and downright stupid things that happen in our gardening jobs.
And the following 9 are ones that take the cake.
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So if you've been making them or just need to hear from someone who has, check them out.
1. Thinking that you know everything about gardening
There is a classic quote that says "A fool knows everything except that he/she is a fool." This is not to mean that you shouldn't have self-confidence or believe in your skills and knowledge.
Far from it.
I am just implying that it's a mistake to think you are self-sustainable when it comes to gardening knowledge, which I believe is versatile and dynamic. Many gardeners get frustrated by easy tasks as a result of this.
Don't be one of them. If you can't fix it, ask someone who can. Period. Remember, knowledge cannot be monopolized.
2. Gardening "lone ranger" way
This point is similar to point 1 only that it encompasses all aspects of gardening.
I would assume that one of the motives for pitching yourself as a successful gardener is at least finding pleasure in what you do.
This happiness needs to be shared with someone for it to have any meaning. However, you will find some people who have a difficult time interacting with fellow gardeners for the fear of being judged or losing his/her valuable gardening secrets.
These people end up losing on so many opportunities and hold them from breaking out of the ordinary gardeners they are.
3. Inappropriate spacing (Too low or too high)
Spacing forms an integral part of the whole gardening process.
Some gardeners choose to underestimate its value and end up facing the consequences. Under worst case scenario, small spacing causes overcrowding that in turn leads to widespread of fungal diseases.
Under best case scenario, competition increases amongst the crop, and you end compromising on the yield.
Other consequences of overcrowding are accessibility to other parts of your garden is impeded thereby inhibiting other management operations.
On the other hand, space too long and the question of resource, underutilization comes in. Whichever way you look at it, too low or too large spacing will cause you more harm than you are willing to accept.
4. Over watering your garden
Watering your garden is the only way you can guarantee its success. Correct watering practice should result in good infiltration.
This ultimately leads to thick, well rooted, healthy garden crops that can withstand temporary dry spells.
As noble as this practice may sound, overdoing it will result in excessive leaching of fertilizers, weak root system, ill thrift, and in some unfortunate cases, development of algal or fungal problems.
5. Under watering your garden
Under watering results from ignoring the fact that water is life. If your garden does not get enough water, chances are the crop will become stunted, not produce or under worse conditions, die.
An ideal garden should be clean and green, if yours is yellowing or showing some signs of chlorosis, then you need to try something else rather than gardening.
6. Underestimating the power of nature
Don't forget that we live in the world where nature reigns supreme. Our role as gardeners is to work with it. Weather changes normally have a significant impact on our gardens to some extent that we shouldn't underestimate or otherwise fail to plan about it.
Sadly, most people overlook this important fact.
Understanding your local weather conditions will help you in deciding what to plant and what not too. What does well and what doesn't under what terms. This understanding will save you a lot of money and time.
7. Treating gardening as dirt
Gardening means getting your hands dirty before you can smell the roses. Unfortunately, most people want to smell the roses but don't wish to pay the price. If you are going to be gardening for the rest of your life, then you must consider appreciating soiling your hands as well. One thing I had forgotten to mention, gardening isn't for everyone. So, if getting your hands dirty isn't your thing, then you just have to contend with being fed by someone else willing to soil his/her hands.
8. Turning your garden into a lab specimen
Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned gardening pro, at one point in time, you have been guilty of this crime. I have personally made this mistake way too many times that I've lost count.
With all the talented, aggressive salespeople out there creating hype about this and that product working miracles, it is nearly impossible to resist the urge to want to try some of those products in your garden.
Caution! Not everything pale yellow is gold. Carry out your due diligence and make decisions based on a clear understanding of your goals. Especially when it comes to pest control products and fertilizers.
Related: Should You Worry About the Use of Glyphosate?
9. Thinking Big and Starting Big
Let's be clear here.
I don't have any problem with thinking big as a gardener. In fact, I encourage all of us to practice this in our visualization therapy.
It's starting big that I have real issues with. We sometimes look and admire our neighbors' garden, and think we could also achieve the same.
We then end up setting very high expectations at the beginning only to realize that it takes a time to get there.
A successful garden takes time, start small, and you will get there. Start big and you get discouraged even before you know it.
Take one step at a time trusting that you will get there.
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You've just read about nine mistakes that are holding you back from achieving your gardening goals.
These are just a few of the thousands of gardening mistakes that make us weak or average gardeners. Do you have any others to add? Let me know in the comments.


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One-cup wonder Christmas pudding
Photo by Doug Sherring
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|½ cup
|½ cup
|Dried cranberries
|1 cup
|Self raising flour, sifted
|1 cup
|Sugar, muscardo
|1 cup
|Panko breadcrumbs
|1 tsp
|Ground cinnamon
|1 cup
|Mixed nuts, chopped. We used cashews, almonds and pistachio
|1 tsp
|Orange, zest
|1 tsp
|Mixed spice
|1 cup
|Large egg, lightly beaten
|1 to grease
To Serve
- In a large mixing bowl, add the first 6 ingredients and the nuts with the spices and zest. Stir in the eggs and the milk.
- Pour this batter into a well-greased 1.5 litre pudding bowl. Cover with a buttered, pleated sheet of baking paper.
- Cover this with a pleated sheet of tin foil, tied securely around the bowl.
- Place the bowl on a trivet in a large pot. Fill the pot with boiling water to at least halfway up the bowl.
- Cover with a tight-fitting lid and simmer for 2.5 hours.
- Check the water level every half an hour and top up if required.
- To serve, uncover the pudding and invert onto a serving plate.
- Decorate with some more chopped nuts and offer custard, cream or vanilla ice cream.


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In principle, all people can take steps to lower their risk for heart disease and
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Prevent and control high blood cholesterol
High blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease. Preventing and
treating high blood cholesterol includes eating a diet low in saturated fat and
cholesterol and high in fiber, keeping a healthy weight, and getting regular exercise.
All adults should have their cholesterol levels checked once every five years. If
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Prevent and control high blood pressure
Lifestyle actions such as healthy diet, regular physical activity, not smoking,
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Prevent and control diabetes
People with diabetes have an increased risk of heart disease but can reduce their
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is a BMI between 25 and 29.9. Normal weight is a BMI of 18 to 24.9. Proper diet
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Almost two thirds of small and medium sized businesses across the North West are experiencing increased operating costs, and two-thirds of those say it's having a negative impact on their cash flow.
The figures come from the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey of UK SME owners and senior management from a range of sectors on economic and financial issues.
Of those in the region who are impacted by increased operating costs, two-fifths state that rising energy bills are creating the greatest problem for them, while a third say that the cost of raw materials and stock is causing the most pressure on their cash flow.
CEO of Close Brothers Asset Finance, Mike Randall said: "Operating costs have increased significantly over the past few years, and are arguably one of the most difficult things for small business owners to manage in the current climate. We work with businesses across a range of sectors and we can see that they are all concerned about operating costs, which is unsurprising given the energy requirements, raw materials and machinery that many require."
Almost a third (32 per cent) of firms surveyed say that while direct costs have increased, they feel unable to pass any of this on to their customers.
"This is a situation that is leading to increased pressure on already-tight margins and it is entirely possible that operational costs will continue to rise for the foreseeable future," said Mr Randall.


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Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry has enhanced the length and quality of human life. The industry has been widely criticized for emphasizing immediate profits over innovative R&D and for wasteful promotional spending. Through an analogy between the pharmaceutical and the illicit drug industries, I build the case for government regulation of both industries to promote social welfare. I identify practices in the prescription drug industry that waste resources on similar follow-on drugs that could instead be invested in innovation for the public welfare. I conduct case studies of three pharmaceutical markets: gastrointestinal disorders, depression, and erectile dysfunction. While follow-on drug development frequently is wasteful, it sometimes adds benefits. Analysis of data compiled from industry and scholarly analyses implicates excessive marketing as the driver of wasteful follow-on drug development. Marketing appears to be designed to induce irrational demand, similar
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As we all know in today's time gaming is the rapid growing division from the fields of entertainment. Everyone is looking for a good gaming laptop that would last in the long run. It is a little bit confusing for making an option for which one should go or opt for. As there are many other brands in competition. Thinking about gaming laptop top brands that would come to your mind :- MSI, Alien-ware, Asus Rog series which are generally high-end PC'S with a high-end price range. So it is a challenging task for finding a good gaming laptop that would survive in the long run with sober specs which can mark up to your expectations and within your price.
So, limiting up your problems of finding up of new gaming laptop within your price range, here comes our new product Asus r510j. Asus r510j is a new gaming laptop launched by Chinese manufacturer Asus with a price of 70990 INR which of course fits best in your budget. Keeping in mind the gamers demand to call up of in range gaming laptop, Asus finally decides to launch this variant in gaming. let us check out the review :-
Firstly talking about the design of Asus r510j, the model carries up with a pretty cool design with a beautiful combination of red geometric lines with the black back ground on the top. However, the top is piano finished vulnerable to scratches. So it is advisable to put on the skin. The internal panel has a matte completion which can resist tear and wear better.
Coming up to display, the display has an anti-glare screen of 15.6 inches, hence eliminating all the reflections from the screen. The sharpness and the color production is also very good with an excellent viewing sides. Asus r510j has a full HD display which can be beneficial for viewing multimedia and other content with ease.
In this model, Asus provides you with a good looking keyboard. Typing would be butter flow on this keyboard. Letter on the keys is embedded bold in dark red color. Asus could have considered providing back lit keyboard in this range too.
Now walking towards power and performance, Asus r510j comes up with I 7 4720 HQ processor along with 8 GB DDR 3 random access memory and Nvidia Ge force Gtx 950 m graphic card of 4 GB of on board memory which is quite sufficient to handle high-end graphic games with an actual ease and comfort.
The product deals with 1 TB of hard disk space which is just sufficient for today's time of storage demand. Doing day to day work would be done easily as it is a high-performance laptop for doing normal daily routine work. Asus has built its broad well architecture just for daily routine work as well as for gaming. So, no thinking just grab the product now.
Now heading towards gaming experience on this laptop, Asus r510j provides you with the pretty good gaming experience. We had tested this system with high-end graphic games. These games are those which have gone worst on PC platform carried with most of the lags and glitches. These games are batman Arkham knight and assassin's creed unity that have been tested on this system. These games run well with 30-40 frames per second in full HD resolution on this system. After lowering the resolution to 720 p now the games holds up to 40-60 frames per second.
The systems GTX 950 m dedicated graphics with 8 GB ram, I 7 processor are quite sufficient to handle high-end graphic games thus enriching your gaming experience.
There is only one problem with gaming on this system that Asus should have considered to improve. The problem is that after half and hour of play, laptop overheats up which is unavoidable. Apart from this the whole device is just perfect which every gamer's eyes are looking for.
While gaming laptops are well tested for giving a maximum performance during gaming sessions, but they are not designed for giving extraordinary battery life when your system is exposed to gaming. Especially when you are using power hungry GPU and CPU. So battery of this model lasts for 2 hours during the gaming sessions and 4 hours of the normal work.
Moreover, Asus has introduced Sonic master to this model which is responsible for enriching your sound quality. Asus r510j is also featured with normal quality web cam which is just sufficient for doing skype chats. It cannot be said "the best" but a passable one.
From the gamers point of view, there are plenty of connectivity options. This laptop comes up with 3 USB ports out of which 2 USB ports supports 3.0 channel of connectivity. HDMI and Ethernet ports with VGA and headphones slots are also present in this system.
- Excellent keyboard fluency
- Above average gaming experience
- Presence of sonic master for clear and powerful sound
- Overheats a lot during gaming sessions
- No back-lit key-bored
- Top of the laptop, vulnerable to scratches and fingerprints
As it is not masked from anyone that making a best choice in gaming laptop is very challenging task. Most of the good gaming laptops are budgeted over 1 lakh. So if anyone is looking for in range gaming laptop the Asus r510j would suits you the best. It is a good combination of price and performance. It has an i7 processor with 8 GB ram makes it better for gaming.
but not a perfect choice. Graphic card could be more better. As GTX 950 is just a simple one. Where there is rule of GTX 1080 in today's time. So from my point of view GTX 950 could be replaced by GTX 960 or higher. However it is best suitable for running latest games of 2015 and 2016. In other words a worthy laptop.
Asus could have considered making an improvement on some of the features like back lit keyboard, looks of the laptop and overheating problem during the gaming sessions. Apart from this, it is the best laptop for gaming that fits best in your budget. so guys leave thinking that gaming laptops are always expensive because Asus r510j is there now.
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Fairtrade School Goal 2: Have a whole school Fairtrade policy written and set in place
Download our PDF: Creating a Fairtrade School Policy Using Your ChildrenThis 16 page guide for teachers frames the policy-making within International and National initiatives and issues, contributing to three of the five targets to make your school a fairtrade School.
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2 - 3 Why have policy statements?
This is a role play for two volunteers in front of the group to illustrate the need for policy statements if your school council is to have a student voice.
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An introductory sheet for the students.
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5 - 8 Create an aims statement about poverty
Research activity followed by 'Values Line' class discussion, and draft policy statement.
Research activity followed by 'Values Line' class discussion, and draft policy statement.
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11 – 13 The role of Co-ops in Fighting Poverty
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Today I'm starting on a series of blog posts outlining our trek toward the "Next Gen" Photobooth. I've got a meeting scheduled with my business partner - a design engineer by trade - this coming weekend, and we're hoping to have the ideas we've already started talking about solidified and on "paper." Hopefully, buy the end of the weekend, we'll have all the info we need to start ordering materials.
Before that, however, I'd like to share the approach, and the ideas we're aiming for. There are a few things that have prompted this next generation: portability for a wider audience; easier setup and tear down; simplified electronics (which goes hand-in-hand with easier setup/tear down); and greater ability to sell the booth at a competitive price.
This was one of the pieces that got the ball rolling. I have a good friend who works for a company that takes pictures for schools in the area. There was an opening to pitch my 'booth to them, and provide my services for school dances through this company. That didn't work out, and I looked at it as a good step that I even pitched to them. A few weeks later, my friend asked about the possibility of a booth that would be able fit into his car - a much smaller amount of space than my Flex allows. I told him I'd think about what I could do, and then he casually mentioned it was for his company again. I immediately saw the next pitch that I could make.
Being able to design a booth that is able to fit in almost any car opens the door not only to the possibility of selling to this company, but to many other individuals, as well. (And, someday, I may be able to downsize my car needs, as well.)
Setup & Tear Down
When we built the current booth, we wanted something that wouldn't need tools to assemble, and, without doing all the homework we have done this time around, figured that the best way to achieve that was with wooden sides that slot-and-tab together. The other great advantage of the wooden construction is the stability it affords. I've seen other booths out there that had fabric sides, and a printer on a table next to the "booth." This is the look and feel I wanted to avoid; I wanted to have more of a feeling of stepping into an old-school photo booth, and I figured that the best way to do that was with a large-ish, solid structure.
The problem with this thought process is the weight of the silly thing. When you are using 3/4" plywood for the bulk of your construction, weight adds up quickly. While we have enough pieces to make this problem not so big, all those "only kind of heavy" pieces are a pain to pack, unpack, assemble, disassemble, repack, and finally unpack again. There were also some errors in construction that led us to some interesting workarounds during assembly.
As I was setting up a friend's wedding reception, my cousin just so happened to be in the crowd. Since I was alone that day, he lent a hand, but was also very interested in the inner workings and electronics of the 'booth. As we talked, he marveled a bit, then mentioned that he saw that, one day, I'd just plug in a tablet computer where the monitor went, and that would be all there was to it. Although this wasn't even a year ago, I kinda thought about it, but then put it off as something that wouldn't be here that soon, since the software I use wasn't made for anything but "normal" computers.
In May, I was browsing the website of the program I use, and noticed there was an update to make the program compatible with Windows 8. That really got me going on the redesign path, since the entire plan for Windows 8 is that it should be the same no matter if it's on a desktop, laptop, phone, or - just like my cousin told me - tablet.
The biggest advantage in the redesign that a tablet gives me is twofold - I get to replace two devices with one (my laptop and touchscreen monitor), and it should make the design process and assembly of the booth much easier and cleaner. (But more on that in the next post).
Making it Saleable
At the first month of Fourth Fridays in Westerville, we had a man ask us if we ever sold the 'booth, or would consider it. From the beginning of this entire project, my business partner bought his way in though funding the booth itself (the wood, paint, construction, etc.). He "made me" (though it wasn't a hard push) consider trying to market the booth once we had an idea of how it all worked. That gentleman in Westerville made us seriously consider, for the first time, really selling the Photobooth. The problem that we wound up with was competitive pricing.
Although we had a great thought process in designing the original, it was extremely time consuming to build, as very few bits of it are able to be completed without modifying beyond just trimming the sheet of plywood to size. Everything from cutting a door, to adding pieces to the back side to form a chute for the prints out of the printer (which requires careful measuring, drilling, screwing, filling, and sanding, among other steps). Labor intensive is a great way to describe the production process.
Labor intensive means expensive, and, by the time we had calculated all of our construction time, electronics and engineering costs, and our profit margin (even a slimmed down margin to try to be competitive), we were thousands more than competitive booths. Not a good place to find yourself, thus the planning for our Mark II.
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Lewis Hamilton was pleased to achieve damage limitation following a disastrous start to the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton was pleased to achieve damage limitation??following??a disastrous start to the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The defending Formula One??world champion began from pole position, but a poor getaway and a minor coming-together with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg - who went on to win the race -??saw him drop down to sixth place inside the opening few corners.??
However, a terrifying crash involving Fernando Alonso saw the race halted after 19 laps, allowing Hamilton to work his way back up the field.??
Kimi Raikkonen's??retirement??and a poor strategy choice from his Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel gave Hamilton the opportunity to drive his Mercedes home in second place, leaving the Brit content with how the race panned out.??
"I came back from quite far behind so I feel that I achieved quite a lot, so I'm really happy I did damage limitation, the team did a great job," the Brit told Sky Sports F1.
"We thought Ferrari were going to be close. I knew they would be quicker in qualifying if they had another lap. Nico doesn't seem to think he had problems following them, so that's interesting.
"When Sebastian was following me I was excited because I was in a race. But unfortunately this track doesn't let you have serious battles."