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Our last post about SEO tools did really and ranked decently for SEO tools, so kudos to us for practising what we preached.
The importance of a good SEO strategy and practice has been established quite strongly by industry experts, so we're not going to spend too much time on that. In fact, let's dive straight into Part 2 of our list of the SEO tools your startup needs to be using right now.
Responsive Design Checker
Responsive Design Checker, just like suitable alternative Google's Mobile-Friendly Test, does exactly what it says it does – it checks the responsiveness of a website. Just enter any URL to see how it looks on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
This free-to-use service even shows you how the website looks on specific devices like the Google Pixel XL2 or the iPad versus a Samsung tablet. For desktops, it shows the website with different resolution options.
Keyword Everywhere
This fun and free Chrome extension displays search volume, CPC, and competition data for Google in all the major search engines. Keywords Everywhere pulls out the data from Google Keyword Planner and displays the information in the search bar and on the side of your search page.
Smush Image Compression and Optimisation is a free (there is a paid version) WordPress plugin for compressing, optimizing, and resizing images on your site. At Tech Collective, this is a very useful tool for resizing our images to ensure it loads faster.
Another good free or paid alternative to consider is Shortpixel, which is another good image optimization tool, and even has a WordPress plugin.
GTMetrix analyzes the loading speed of your web pages. The good thing about this is that besides an arbitrary performance score, the service also provides actionable recommendations on how to make your web page load faster.
Ahrefs Site Explorer
This comprehensive analysis tool is another marketer favourite and helps with full analysis for your marketing and SEO efforts. Some of the uses for Site explorer include:
- Organic traffic research – See what keywords your competitors are ranking for and which pages bring the most search engine traffic.
- Backlink checker – See which websites link to your competitors' sites and gauge the quality of their backlink profiles.
- Paid traffic research – Learn whether your competitors are doing paid search advertising and where they funnel their paid traffic.


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It rained all night and I woke up to a light rain. Ironically, I was out of drinking water because the rain storm forced me to stop early. It was going to be at least a 2 mile hike to a good water source.
As I was leaving my camp site and crossing a through road, a young man pulled up in a pick up. His name was Scott and he had a lot of bottled water. We visited while I filled up my water bottles and drank a couple of bottles. He said he used to be one of those local teenagers that would party at the campsites on the trail. I laughed and told him I had been one of those teenagers too. Fun way to start the day.
It stayed overcast and rainy a lot of the day. I had to wait out a thunderstorm mid morning at the Shook Branch Recreation Area on Lake Watauga. It had restrooms, water, and electricity to charge my phone. Not a bad place to wait out a storm. It rained off and on during the afternoon and evening but no lightning and thunder so I kept hiking.

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Still active despite being first established in the 13th century AD, the area of Kasubi Tombs is the sacred place of rites as well as rituals for the Ganda culture that is being practiced by the royal family. The site even today holds the burial chambers of the previous four kings (Kabakas) of the Buganda. So, it is a royal enclosure that is nestled on the Kasubi Hill at Uganda's Kampala. These royal Kasubi tombs stand as the symbol of the history as well as culture of the East Africa and are also the standard masterpieces that in detail reveal the traditional structural design of the Ganda culture. As per this culture, the tradition holds that the Kabakas are buried at a different site from their palace, which becomes his royal shrine housing also his jaw bone. And there is not doubt that it is now the UNESCO World Heritage site.
Talking about a bit of history, people here are of the opinion that the first Buganda Kabaka was Kintu who is associated with the magical tale that says that he is not dead, but has been disappeared in the Magonga's forest.
For the tourists, the hill housing the Kasubi tombs is split into three zones: the main Tomb zone in west, a large zone of agriculture in the east, and a zone at the rear of the tombs loaded with the grave yards as well as other edifices. One takes an entry via the Bujjabukula as a beautiful gate house made up of wooden columns as well as thatched roofs. Safety is at its best here where the guards normally hide for all 24 hours in the home located at the rear of a tangible reed panel from where they keep a watch on the entry.
After passing through this security, you enter a small courtyard where there resides a round home of imperial drums called the Ndoga-Obukaba. Next, you reach the Olugya that is the main courtyard safeguarded with the reed fence. This was where a myriad of houses resided, mainly for the Kings' widows as well as for traditional usage. And yes, while you are in this courtyard, look for the superb main tomb edifice: Muzibu-Azaala-Mpanga.
The 19th century Muzibu-Azaala-Mpanga was made by the 35th King called Mutesa I in 1882. This king was the first to be cremated here. The structure is the main round edifice holding a domed shape. As a tourist, you enter under a low wide arch that is dotted by copiously woven reeds. This is where the charm of the descending thick thatched roof will mesmerize you. Within, a giant bark cloth on the big wooden poles that symbolize power as well as harmony cuts the 'Sacred Forest' wherein only the royals as well as widows can enter. This private sacred zone is internally adorned with the medal, photos, lance, drums, and armor of the buried Kabakas. In addition, a thick lemon grass carpet as well as the mats of palm leaves decorate the floor. Here, there are four royal graves: Mutesa 1 (1856) who was the most influential king and was popular for infringing the traditional rules, accepting the foreign philosophy, and implementing a few Islamic practices. Near the tombs was his palace. However, he was cremated without removing the jaw bone. Mwanga 11 as the last kabaka of the free Buganda was the son of Mutesa and was against the conversion to Islam as well as Christianity although that was preferred by his father. This son also fought against the British leading to a defeat after which he was exiled to the Seychelles Island. He left his mortal body in 1903 after which he was being buried here.
Daudi Chwa II, Mwanga 11's son expired in 1939, who was cremated here with two other predecessors; which led to the intensification of the ritual signifcance. His son, Muteesa II was also buried here.
The people living here still believe that these spirits are alive here. So, when anybody from the royal family expires, the other royals with the folks perform rituals so that they can calm the spirits via the offerings, gifts, and sacrificing animals at the shrines.


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Congratulations to Binkley's Kitchen & Bar on being awarded StarExcellence CertificationSM.
From 1928 until the early 70s, the corner of Kessler and College was home to Binkley's Drug Store, which served the booming Broad Ripple, Forest Hills and Meridian Kessler neighborhoods. Scores of youngsters got their first fountain drink, milkshake, banana split and, yes, cough medicine at Binkley's. Years later, many of those same youngsters stopped in to buy their first baby formula, fifth anniversary card and seventh pair of Foster Grants.
Now Binkley's returns to serve these same neighbors as a restaurant, bar, and meeting place. As did our namesake, we plan to have something for everyone, offering a full menu of home made appetizers, salads, pizza, sandwiches and entres, and a huge variety of drink options. We're dedicated to once again making this little corner of the world an important part of your social life. We hope you enjoy what we've done to reclaim this building.
- Family dining available
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Fort Bend TaeKwonDo is proud to be the first Texas company to be Star Excellence certified.
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Because they value you and their staff, they are among the first to become a Certified StarExcellenceSM Provider.
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J.C. Sipe Jewelers is a family owned business established in 1884 serving customers who appreciate exceptional quality and expect outstanding products and service.
J. C. Sipe is located just West of the intersection of North Keystone Avenue and 96th Street.
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text: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has introduced the UV-1800, its latest ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) spectrophotometer. The UV-1800 functions as a stand-alone instrument or can be PC-controlled with USB memory while still maintaining the highest level of wavelength resolution in its class (1 nm), according to the company.UV Probe data-processing software comes standard with the UV-1800 so users can drag and drop data from an optional USB memory stick onto a PC, Shimadzu Scientific said. The USB interface gives users the advantage of macros and graph functions available with commercial spreadsheet software to reduce effort and enhance efficiency. USB memory saves spectral data, quantitation values and measurement parameters. In addition, it saves parameter settings so multiple users can share one instrument. With the UV-1800, stray light and noise levels are reduced. Shimadzu's Lo-Ray-Light low-stray light diffraction grating restricts stray light to half that of the UV-1700. A brighter optical system reduces the noise level (at 700 nm) to 25 percent of the previous model. Multiple modes, including photometric, spectrum, quantitation, kinetics, time-scan, multicomponent quantitation and biomethod, come standard on the UV-1800. The UV-1800 also offers automated security, and enhanced instrument validation and maintenance functions. "By utilizing the UV-1800, users can start measurements just 30 minutes after installation," said John Monti, PhD, Shimadzu's spectroscopy product manager. "Its functional design and many powerful modes, combined with the ease of operation offered by UV Probe, make it simple to install and use directly out of the box." The new design includes a 15-percent smaller footprint (45-cm W x 49-cm D) than the UV-1700 for placement close to other equipment, fewer keys that are spaced farther apart for trouble-free operation and three display screens -- parameter settings, progress status and results display -- for clear information and ease of use. For more information, visit: www.ssi.shimadzu.comShimadzu Scientific Instruments 7102 Riverwood Dr. Columbia, MD 21046 Phone: (800) 477-1227 Fax: (410) 381-1222


text: Keep your snowboard fresh all season with the Dakine Deluxe Tune Tuning Kit. It comes with wax, a brush, scuff pad, and a scraper to keep your board lightning fast, P-tex to repair dings and dents in your base, and edge-tuning tools to keep your edges sharp and smooth. Plus it all comes in a convenient, low-profile zippered case so you can take it anywhere.


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We got our first real snowfalls of the year this past week. Young students get so excited about snow, so I decided to harness that enthusiasm and have some fun in the snow while incorporating science, math, and language arts.
Catching Snowflakes
If you are lucky enough to have it snow while you are in school, this activity is very fun and engaging. You will need magnifying glasses and/or a magnifying app and frozen sheets of black construction paper. I place sheets in the freezer a few days ahead of time if the weather is forecasting snow. Ask students if they think all snowflakes look alike and then tell them you are going to conduct an experiment to find out. Divide the students into groups and give each group a piece of frozen black construction paper. Catch snowflakes on the paper.
Observe the snowflakes with magnifying glasses. If using a magnifying app, step inside and quickly use the app to observe the snowflakes. Take pictures of the magnified snowflakes with the app or take screenshots.
Discuss students' observations. If you were able to take pictures or screenshots of the snowflakes, allow students to make posters of their snowflakes with Pic Collage or your favorite app or show their screenshots on the whiteboard.
Ask students why they think the snowflakes looked similar but not EXACTLY alike. Explain that snowflakes start out as crystal shapes that are fairly the same but as they travel down from the sky they encounter things such as dust, vapor, and temperature changes that alter their appearance. Students can draw the snowflakes they observed and write about their observations and what they learned in their journals.
It is also fun to bring snow inside and allow students to explore and play with it.
Will Snow Sink or Float?
This is a simple and fun science question to pose to students and test. I first have students record their hypotheses about whether they think snow will sink or float.
Then we test it by placing both loose snow and a tightly packed snowball in water.
I explain to students that snow floats because it is less dense than water. I show them this concept by weighing the same amount of water, loose snow, and packed snow and discussing the difference.
Lastly, I have students draw what actually happened during the experiment and write what they learned. I like having them draw the results of the experiment because it helps me know if they understand the concept of sink or float by where they place the snow in the bowl.
Snowman Building STEM Activity
I've done this next activity both inside and outside. The pictures I have are from inside so I will talk about that one first. We first discuss the density of snow with a few simple demonstrations. We weigh a loosely packed snowball and then a tightly packed snowball and discuss the results.
Then we complete a snowman building STEM activity. The challenge given is "How and where can we build a snowman that will last the longest?". Each group is given the same amount of snow along with criteria they must follow. They construct a snowman in the allotted time period and place it in the area they feel it will last the longest.
I have also done the snowman building activity outside. Students decide where on the school grounds they think a snowman will last the longest and then build a snowman in that area. We check on them throughout the day and record the results. Afterwards, students reflect on what they learned.
Igloo Building Activity
Another favorite snow building activity is igloo building. First we learn about igloos and watch an igloo building video. Then the students get to try to construct their own igloos using what they learned. They are given ice cubes of various sizes along with snow. They pack snow around an ice cube to form a block, and build igloos with the blocks.
Afterwards students discuss and write about what worked well, what didn't work well, and what they learned.
Color Mixing & Painting with Snow
This is a favorite of both myself and my students! We bring snow inside and add food coloring to it to form the primary colors.
Then I have students predict what they think will happen when the colors are mixed together.
Next students have fun mixing the snow together and discovering what happens!
After the colors have been mixed, we experiment with adding more white snow to colors to see if it makes the colors lighter or darker. Students record their findings.
We also enjoy reading the book Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh and using the colored snow to paint our own pictures.
How Much Liquid is in Snow?
Show a cup of snow and ask students how to change it from a solid to a liquid. Then ask how much liquid they think is in the cup of snow. Have them write their hypotheses or draw lines on a cup to show their water level guess.
Melt the cup of snow and allow students to compare their hypotheses with the actual results.
Explain that snow is actually a combination of snow and air and when snow melts, the air escapes.
How Clean is Snow?
Another question to pose to students is – "How clean is snow? Where can we find the cleanest and dirtiest snow?". Record their ideas and then go outside and gather snow from each place and label the containers.
Melt the snow inside each container and observe each container with magnifying glasses or a magnifying app. List what you found in each container. Record and discuss the results and/or have students write about the results and what they learned.
What Melts Snow the Quickest?
I also like to let students experiment with testing what substance will melt snow the quickest. In this experiment we tested salt versus baking soda.
First students made their predictions.
Then we tested their hypotheses by filling 2 glasses with equal amounts of snow and adding equal amounts of salt and baking soda to the snow at the same time and observed the results.
We discovered that salt melts snow the quickest because salt lowers the freezing point of snow/ice which is why it is used on icy/snowy roads.
Mixing Oil and Snow Experiment
Another interesting substance to add to snow is oil. First students write their predictions/hypotheses.
Then test it out by pouring some oil on a cup of snow and observing the results. You will find that the oil and snow never mix – the snow (melted snow) stays on the bottom and the oil stays on the top. Even after mixing them with a spoon, the melted snow eventually goes to the bottom and the oil to the top.
Alka-Seltzer Snow Experiment & Snow Volcano
Two fun and "explosive" snow experiments that teach students about the chemical reaction between an acid and a base are adding Alka-Seltzer tablets to a bag of snow and building a snow volcano. Not only do these experiments demonstrate a reaction but they also get many reactions from students lol!


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5 Things to Consider When Building a Video Wall
Are you looking for a way to deliver your message with impact? There may be no better way than to create a large audio video experience. Traditionally, the only way to do this was with a projector and a very large screen, but in today's world, there are a few more options. One of those options is to use multiple flat panel displays to build a video wall. It's actually a very popular way to accomplish this goal now that flat panels are more affordable than ever.
However, as with most things in life, a great idea can go horribly wrong when you don't do your due diligence. There's more to building a video wall than hanging some store bought displays in a grid on the wall. There are a few things that you should know first before deciding on a solution. So, with that in mind, I'd like to share 5 things to consider when building a video wall.
1) The displays matter.
This is the first and easiest place to get tripped up when deciding to build a video wall for your facility. Flat panels are everywhere and it is tempting to save a few bucks on the displays and buy whatever the deal of the month is online. That would be a huge mistake. Here's why. Video wall displays have several features that make the installation, calibration, and long term life of your system better. They typically have thinner cases or bezels to minimize the interruptions in your image, they have more robust power supplies and fans for 16/7 and 24/7 operation which consumer models lack, and they are able to be color calibrated to make sure that your video doesn't look like a patchwork quilt when it's all said and done. These models typically have longer production cycles and life spans for parts, which means if something does go wrong, you'll be more likely to get it replaced or repaired instead of starting all over or putting a mismatched display in its place.
2) How far away will the viewers be?
Once you know that you should be looking at commercial grade video wall displays, you need to decide what size and resolution displays you need. The way to do this is to know the typical viewing distance. You want to use displays that minimize the visibility of the pixels on the screens. For example, a 2×2 video wall that utilizes 84" 1080p displays will have pixels that are nearly twice as big as the pixels on a 3×3 video wall that utilizes 55" 1080p displays. The 3×3 would be a much better choice for up close viewing in this case as it would have 18 million total pixels as opposed to 8 million total pixels on the 2×2 example above.
3) Mounting considerations.
There are several ways to mount a video wall. You can hang them from the ceiling, mount them to a wall, or even install them on a stand or cart. Your venue will really dictate the best method. For instance, if your wall cannot support the weight of the assembly, floor stand may be the best bet. There are also ADA considerations when mounting displays in public spaces. If your video wall is in a traffic path, your displays and mounting hardware cannot protrude more than 4" from the wall. If your hardware is deeper than that, you'll need to extend the wall or mounting structure to the floor or recess the wall to be compliant.
4) Accessibility.
Not only should you be thinking about the accessibility of your space from an ADA standpoint per above, you should also be thinking about accessibility of the displays themselves from a serviceability standpoint. Once 9 displays have been installed edge to edge on the wall, it can be very difficult and time consuming to service the monitors or and electronics that may be stored behind them. The good news is that there are mounts made specifically for video walls that not only allow for adjustment of all degrees of motion to get the wall flat from corner to corner, but they also typically hinge or extend so that any display can be pulled out or removed without having to uninstall several displays around it. We said above that the displays matter… so do the mounts.
5) Video distribution.
Finally! Your video wall is installed. You have the proper monitors and the wall has been designed to provide the resolution needed for the viewing distance to the audience. All mounting concerns were addressed properly, the wall is ADA compliant, and the mounts chosen make it extremely serviceable. Now you need to get video to it. If the video wall is a 2×2, you may just end up utilizing the on board video loop through inputs. These allow each display to be assigned a position in the video wall, with the media player plugging into the display in position 1, and then looping video out to display 2, which will loop out to display 3, which will loop out to display 4. (Again, consumer displays won't allow you to do this.) The loop through outputs work fine for smaller video walls, but sometimes utilizing this method on walls bigger than a 2×2 will have negative results. In cases where you have walls larger than a 2×2 or you want to have multiple windows of different media all playing simultaneously, you will want to invest in a video wall processor. This device typically has multiple inputs and outputs that allow you to create a custom layout and deliver a smorgasbord of media across your wall in all of its original glory.
So there you have them.
5 things to consider when building a video wall.
I hope they help you in your decision making and AV designs.
Mark Coxon
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The Slump Buster
The fly to bust you out of your slump, ya I said it but it's true! Created by the great John Barr this is one of my favorite flies to fish. When big fish are feeding you can bet they are looking for a meal that is worth their time. The Slump Buster is just what you need to imitate the larger aquatic snacks they are after. This is a great fly whether you are fishing still water, tail waters or freestones.
Join us every week for Fly Tying Tuesday as we take on a new pattern!
The Slump Buster Ingredients List / Recipe:
Hook – Tiemco 5263
Bead – Hareline Tungsten Cones – Black
Thread – UTC 140 Black
Underbody – Hedron Magnum Flashabou Purple
Ribbing – UTC Ultra Wire Brassie Black
Body and Collar – Pine Squirrel Zonker Purple
Tools used to create this fly:
Vise – Griffin Montana Mongoose
Scissors – Dr. Slick Razor Scissors
Bobbin – Griffin Ceramic Flared
Whip Finish – Dr. Slick Brass Whip Finish
Please let us know if you have any questions or feel free to drop a line in the comments. We would love to hear what you think about this pattern!
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It is good to believe in magical happenings because they keep you in a positive mode of life that transforms into colorful scenes of soft and gentle breaths.
As you breathe in the color pink and blue you can see that sunset lowering its rays to kiss the sky.
As you center yourself to know how important dreams are to your soul, you are thankful that you can dream in color; seeing the softness of yellows in the petals of flowers, hearing the flapping of the wings of that white and gray gull as it gently taps the lake, rippling the still water, lowering himself to sit for a moment.
Are dreams your reality or is reality just another dream?
You ask yourself this question as magic, reality and dreams mix together, finding you a special person to tell of the beauty of life to. And he smiles as you balance yourself on that large tree branch in the woods that rolls slightly almost throwing you off. You catch yourself as you look down to see shiny blue and green pieces of glass that sparkle in the sun.


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More thoughts on reed making
This is the second instalment of Callum Armstrong's reed-making journey — the first is here. We made these notes and photos before a London Aulos Group meeting on 6 January 2015. This photo shows three different causes of cracking. Here are our suggested solutions: … Continue reading
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I need to say a very belated thank you to V of Bumble Beans for organizing this quilt, sent to give me hugs during my recovery from surgery. I don't know what the whole process was or what everyone did, but I got this wonderful two-sided quilt made by some blogger friends (all of whom are listed in my sidebar).
There are blocks on the top from Sarah of House of Krom, Threadlines Kathie B, Quilt Diva Julie, Comicbooklady, Kristin of Knit One Quilt Two and Siobhan of Scraps and Threadtales as well as V.
The other side of the quilt is all about love and kitties. Lynne of Patcherie Menagerie made the Purring 4 You block and Roz of Counterpane signed her heart in embroidery.
Cheri of Jovaliquilts made blocks which got lost in the mail (argh) and Brenda of Scraps and Strings sent some too--pictured here-- but they didn't get to V in time. (I've got them now and will do something fun with them.) Nonetheless, V included their names along with everyone else's in the quilting.
I wanted to include a picture of me using the quilt, but I looked horrible in every one. So instead you get Pokey rolling very appropriately by the kitty emoticon):
[That's an older pic by the way. I've felt well enough to do some sewing, so I've progressed on this Hope quilt.]
Speaking of gifts in the mail, Clare of Dordogne Quilter sent me this little charmer:
Also arriving in the mail, a package of Bell Bottoms from the Fabric Square Shop. I love the red and white fabric in particular, but look at all the bright colors and bold patterns.
I had my final visit to the doctor who did the surgery - everything was a-okay in my belly. Clean bill of health is a woohoo, but it's gonna take another couple of weeks to finally be over the fatigue. I've been having hot flashes like crazy - stupid menopause. So I'm now on a low dose of estrogen which please, please, please will help with that and maybe the fatigue too.


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Butterfly Gardening
To have a successful butterfly garden plants must be offered that provide both nectar for the adult butterflies and host plants on which they can lay (or oviposit) their eggs. Since each species of butterfly and moth (remember, you'll be planting for them, too) has specific requirements, a bit more attention must be given to your choices.
Butterfly gardening can be as simple as throwing out a pack of zinnia seeds, or as complex and involved as you'd like to make it. Like all gardening, there is a certain amount of trial and error, learning what works in your location and adding new host and nectar plants as you go along. As the partial list below shows, there's no shortage of either from which to choose.
When butterfly gardening there are two mind-sets that have to be discarded. One is the idea that your plants must have each leaf in place and unharmed. Remember, you want to have chewed leaves and caterpillars crawling around your plants. That's a sign of success! Yes, you'll have some denuded branches for a while, but the plants grow back, and you get rewarded by having butterflies and a garden that is truly alive! Which brings me to the next mind-set that has to be thrown out: pesticides. Pesticides and chemicals have no place in the butterfly garden. There are specific organic approaches to all the problems that might creep up or into your garden. By using them you'll be amazed at how quickly your garden comes back "into balance" with nature, which provides its own pest control system. The result is that your yard will be more alive with not only butterflies but all manner of insect, bird and other wildlife.
Host Plants listed by Butterfly
Host Plants listed by Common Plant Name
Host Plants listed by Botanical Name
Nectar Plants listed by Botanical Name
Send us some pictures of your butterfly garden!
There are a number of wonderful nurseries in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Listed below are a few of my favorites. If you've found a nursery that you'd like to share with others, let me know.
3706 N Highway 77
Waxahachie, TX 75165
(972) 617-5459
Many great native and adaptive nectar and host plants. Friendly and helpful staff.
Marshall Grain Company
Lancaster Avenue between Riverside and Beach, Fort Worth, Texas
or in Grapevine on northbound 121 frontage road between Hall-Johnson Road and Stone Myers Parkway.
Haven Gardens
7700 Northaven Road
Dallas, TX 75230
There's always something to find at North Haven Gardens. An organic garden center that specializes in the unusual. They have a wide variety of Passionvines (Passiflora species), as well as Pipevine. Many native plants, trees and shrubs.
Painted Flower Farm
3801 Lariat Road
Denton, TX 76207
Many Texas natives and adapative plants. Located one block north of University Drive (Rt. 380), 1/2 mile west of I35 (Exit 469).
Nursery and Nature Store
1651 Wall Street
Garland, Texas 75041
Rohde's Nursery has been leading the way in organic gardening from the beginning. An incredible selection of native plants are offered throughout the year.
Weston's Gardens
8101 Anglin Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76140
Weston's offers many native plants, including lots of native milkweed species. Definitely a place to check out if you are on the west side of the metroplex.
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Some backups on minor college football teams are crude in their attempts to earn the starting spot, resorting to stabbing the starters. Jacksonville University running back Cecil Coltrane was far more wily about it.
Coltrane, to take the starting spot from starting tailback Rudell Small, allegedly planted 20 ounces of marijuana in his dorm.
Small had been arrested and charged with possession of the illegal substance last Thursday after the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office received a tip that they would find the marijuana in his room on campus. Small was arrested and jailed that night, and JU suspended him from school and the team's game last Saturday against Davidson.
Small maintained his innocence when first confronted with the charges. In JU's investigation into the matter, Coltrane was questioned, and on Tuesday, he confessed to planting the drugs in Small's room for undisclosed reasons, school officials said. Small confirmed to the Ocala Star-Banner that Coltrane had confessed.
Mock if you will, but can you think of anything better to do with 20 ounces of marijuana?
Oh. Yeah. That.
JU Marijuana Case Takes Strange Turn [Jacksonville.com]


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ROFLCon has talked about microfame before, but the time to complete internet domination is even shorter than before. Memes now come and go at the rate of several per day, and they're also ever tinier and tinier splices of content: moving away from whole blogs to a few seconds of video here or a single image there.
What's it like to be known for a few seconds or pixels of content?
Mike Rugnetta of MemeFactory is moderating. The panelists include:
- Matt Oswald of Me Gusta.
- Nate Dem (Huh? Guy) reveals that in the script, the line was "Say what now?" When they asked him to improvise, he decided to use fewer lines. He reckons himself famous for about 30 seconds. How no longer famous is he? When he said to Jonathan Zittrain, "You're much hotter than Huh? guy," he thought I was just a guy.
- Chris Torres, creator of Nyan Cat. Mike asks Chris if there is a real world inspiration for Nyancat. Did poptarts fall on the cat? He was drawing for a Red Cross charity drive.
- Paul "Bear" Vasquez, the double rainbow guy. He would like people to recognise that there are no people in the video; he sees his mission to bring spiritual to humanity.
Have people had public experiences of their fame? Matt responds, "nobody has stopped me on the street and said, 'you're the me gusta guy!'" But at the Cheezburger meetup in Seattle, he got the opportunity to design collectibles for Cheezburger and add "Illustrator" his resume. Nate Dem shares an anecdote about how it didn't change his life. He reckons himself to be the most nano-famous- perhaps famous for 1.5 seconds. On Reddit, it was recently his cake day; he got exactly one downvote. Chris Torres, like Me Gusta Guy– isn't known as the creator of Nyan Cat. Nobody really knows the person behind specific memes.
Mike asks, "is that weird, or normal?" Chris loves the fact that people love and remix his work. People make scarves with Nyan Cat and dress up in costumes. It's an amazing thing to know that people love your work. It doesn't change his everyday life, but it's heartwarming.
Paul's experience has been different. "It's gotten me out of the house," he says. He doesn't go anywhere without being stopped. When Jimmy Kimmel tweeted his video, it was like an explosion. His phone started ringing off the hook. Microsoft wanted to do a commercial. MTV called two days in about broadcasting his videos. Paul had been living alone in a farm on the side of a mountain, and suddenly humanity is paying attention to him because he saw a rainbow. A high school have actually thrown a festival, where they gave him a throne and scepter, surrounding him and dancing. "That's why I make videos, because it doesn't sound believable."
How did double rainbow come about? He had just finished written an email about how he had felt like he was in an ark. And then his room filled with colour. He looked at the rainbow and it looked like the eye of god.
Nate Dem responds, "All that happened to me too, but that's normal."
Mike asks about the mainstream media treatment of Internet Culture. Each of the panelists have experienced the. Jimmy Kimmel and Time gave Paul video of the year. Nightline called his video "poorly shot and widely watched." For the most part, the media have been kind.
Chris Torres responds that there has been a lot of mainstream coverage of Nyan Cat, but mostly on the news. Jimmy Kimmell put it on the show but didn't invite him. Conan O'Brien did a Conyan. Did mainstream get it, or just cover Nyan Cat because it's popular? Chris thinks the media often get it, but the media often doesn't get memes, especially the Anonymous stuff. Because Nate Dem's "Huh? guy" was taken from a commercial, there was a lot of skepticism that it an ad campaign. In fact, within 20 hours, the ad agency tried to capitalise on it by releasing out-takes. They didn't understand why it was happening, just that it was popular.
Matt Oswald hasn't had any experience of the media. What has led to people spreading the meme? It started on 4chan and became more popular on Reddit, with the F7 U12 board.
Mike asks what it means for communities to use the thing that is responsibility for fame. He thinks that celebrity has a personality associated with it, but that people accumulate fame for doing a thing. So what happens when your thing takes off; did you have previous experience with those online communities?
Once Me Gusta became popular, people started selling t-shirts. Matt thinks it would be rude to demand royalties. Me Gusta is famous because people took it on. These days, he looks at Me Gusta on the Internet but it doesn't strike him as something he "owns.
Paul has been making and editing videos since the 80s. So when the Double Rainbow video went viral, he already had 200 videos online. And when he saw the video, he thought it might become a viral video. The first remix he saw was the autotune, which he thought was cool. When the Gregory Brothers asked if they could make a music video, he thought it was cool but didn't think it would make him a lot of money. On the Internet, people connect with his video, feel his experience, and want to be part of it.
Before the NyanCat era, people didn't pay attention to LOL-Comics. When the Internet discovered Nyancat, it was like discovering pure happiness in cat form.
Nate Dem points to Duncan Watt's recent book, "Everything is Obvious," wondering if there's something intrinsic to things that become viral. He thinks it's retrospective thinking — the difference which makes something awesome on the Internet is the fact that people online rally around it.
Matt Oswald thinks we have a responsibility to share the good things we find on the Internet. Hardworking people make amazing things all the time, and we have the power to share those things with each other. The panelists agreed. At the same time, we shouldn't base our work on whether it gets shared. We should do the things we love and be true to ourselves.
Have we reached the "Memeularity" a rate of cultural production that prevents us from fully experiencing any single thing.
On Twitter, someone asks if there was ever a Pop Tart Lawsuit against Nyancat. There wasn't.
Blake Boston, aka Scumbag Steve, asks if the panelists could spare 20 dollars.
An audience member asks Paul Vasquez about commercialisation offers. YouTube wanted to put ads on the video, but he declined; "it's a sacred video." When Microsoft got in touch, he used that offer to get an agent and produce an advertisement.
Another audience member asks, is there something else you created which was more worthy than what the invisible hand of the Internet chose? Paul Vasquez mentions a video a year earlier with a single rainbow. Before Me Gusta, Matt Oswald created a labour-of-love webcomic which went nowhere.
An audience member asked Chris Torres about the Nyan Cat apps. His favourite is Nyan Cat Adventure.
Someone asks about the other people involved in Nyan Cat. Chris met up with Saraj00n, who posted the original Nyan Cat video.
What's the name of Chris's cat? (it's Marty, a 2 year old Russian Blue named after Marty McFly). Matt Oswald also reveals that Mount Mememore was a design he created for Cheezburger.
What do you do when people try to post copies of your meme? Paul Vasquez has learned to use YouTube's takedown service. However, if people put in their own creative content, he would promote it. Chris comments on the practice of stripping the watermark from images and pretending that a thing is their own. Mike Rugnetta sums up: it's okay for people to adapt your thing, but not if they pretend it's theirs.


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With launch of British communications satellite, Proton-M rocket set to return to flight
The Russian Proton-M rocket is well on track to return to regular flights after the May 16 accident when it failed to deliver the Mexican Mexsat-1 communications satellite. On Friday, Aug. 28, the International Launch Services (ILS) company will use the booster to send the British Inmarsat 5-F3 satellite into a supersynchronous transfer orbit.
The launch is scheduled to take place at 7:44 a.m. EDT (11:44 GMT) from Launch Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Proton-M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Briz-M rocket stage, will be responsible for delivering the satellite into space.
The first three stages of the Proton-M rocket will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Briz-M upper stage and the Inmarsat-5 F3 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Briz-M will perform the planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit. Firstly, to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a supersynchronous transfer orbit.
Separation of the Inmarsat-5 F3 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 15 hours, 31 minutes after the lift-off.
The satellite is currently in the final phase of preparations for the flight.
"The team at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has completed the fueling [of] the spacecraft for flight and Inmarsat-5 F3 is now safely 'latched' on top of the rocket fourth stage or Briz-M upper stage as it is usually called," Jonathan Sinnatt, the Director of Corporate Communications at Inmarsat, told SpaceFlight Insider.
"The Briz-M will release the spacecraft at 65,000 km from the Earth using pyrotechnic devices which will literally be exploded in flight and release the latches," he added.
The Proton-M rocket was rolled out to the Launch Facility on Tuesday, Aug. 25. It was then erected vertically onto the launch pad. Ground processing for the upcoming launch is also proceeding on schedule.
Inmarsat 5-F3, built by Boeing Satellite Systems for the British satellite telecommunications company based on Boeing's 702HP High-Power Satellite Platform that is capable of hosting powerful communications payloads. The satellite will have a launch mass of 6.1 metric tons.
The spacecraft has the height of a double-decker bus – about 22.9 ft (6.98 m). It includes 89 Ka-band beams generated by two transmit and two receive apertures and six steerable spot beams to direct additional capacity where it is needed. The satellite features a xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS) that will handle in-orbit maneuvering. Using ion thrusters is more efficient in terms of fuel consumption and could extend a satellite's lifetime. Inmarsat 5-F3 is expected to be operational for 15 years.
Once operational, the satellite will deliver Global Xpress services to the Pacific Ocean Region, complementing Inmarsat 5-F1 coverage in the Indian Ocean Region and Inmarsat 5-F2 coverage in the Americas and Atlantic Ocean Region. Global Xpress will be the first globally available high-speed mobile broadband network delivered by a single operator. It will be provided via an initial fleet of three Inmarsat 5 satellites.
The mission on Friday, Aug. 28, will be the third Proton-M launch this year and the first since the May 16 accident. The failure has delayed the Inmarsat 5-F3 launch that was initially planned to be launched in June.
"This incident involving a failed Proton launch… is extremely unfortunate and will inevitably delay our launch plans for our third Global Xpress satellite," Inmarsat Chief Executive Rupert Pearce said in May. "This is the third time our Global Xpress program has suffered launch delays because of Proton launch failures."
The Proton failures in 2013 and 2014 forced the rescheduling of Inmarsat's plans. The Proton-M failure in May came exactly a year after the same model of the booster carrying Russia's most advanced communications satellite fell back to Earth just minutes after lift-off.
The Proton-M booster that will be used for the Friday launch is 4.1 m (13.5 ft) in diameter along its second and third stages, with a first stage diameter of 7.4 m (24.3 ft). The overall height of the Proton booster's three stages is 42.3 m (138.8 ft).
The first stage consists of a central tank containing the oxidizer surrounded by six outboard fuel tanks. Each fuel tank also carries one of the six RD‑276 engines that provide power for the first stage. The cylindrical second stage is powered by three RD-0210 engines plus one RD‑0211 engine. The third stage is powered by one RD-0213 engine and a four-nozzle vernier engine. Guidance, navigation, and control of the Proton-M during operation of the first three stages is carried out by a triple redundant closed-loop digital avionics system mounted in the Proton's third stage.
The Briz-M is powered by one pump-fed gimbaled main engine. This stage is composed of a central core and an auxiliary propellant tank that is jettisoned in flight following depletion. The Briz-M control system includes an on-board computer, a three-axis gyro stabilized platform, and a navigation system. The quantity of propellant carried is dependent on specific mission requirements and is varied to maximize mission performance.
Friday's flight will mark the fourth Inmarsat satellite to be launched on a Proton rocket and the 90th ILS Proton launch overall.
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Tomasz Nowakowski is the owner of Astro Watch, one of the premier astronomy and science-related blogs on the internet. Nowakowski reached out to SpaceFlight Insider in an effort to have the two space-related websites collaborate. Nowakowski's generous offer was gratefully received with the two organizations now working to better relay important developments as they pertain to space exploration.


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When it comes to food-friendly wines there's one SLO County producer I always think of, Claiborne and Churchill in Edna Valley. They're highly respected for their array of white and red wines, the classics from Alsace, Burgundy, and the Rhone Valley, perfect for the dinner table any time of year. Of course, I'm even more likely to think of them when it comes to the holiday season. This winery offers every variety you would want to pair with the traditional turkey dinner, from their expressive whites to their classic reds.
I recently got to know their talented winemaker, Coby Parker-Garcia. At 33, he's passionate and ardent about his work. He started professionally in the wine industry only seven years ago and his winemaking career is unlike that of most of his peers. In fact, he readily admits he never planned on becoming a winemaker. "I had some luck pushing me toward winemaking," Coby said straightaway. "Like my father, I've always loved gardening, growing tomatoes, that's why I became interested in viticulture."
Coby's major was Agricultural Business at Cal Poly, so he signed on for viticulture classes with Professor Keith Patterson. That led him to an internship at Claiborne & Churchill, where he experienced his first hands-on training with owner/winemaker Claiborne "Clay" Thompson, a veteran who's worked 28 harvests since he moved to SLO County in 1981. When Coby started there in 2002, Nathan Carlson was the winemaker (Carlson moved on to make wine at Tolosa and is now at EOS in Paso Robles). Most winemakers, like chefs, move among wineries frequently when starting their career. It provides an opportunity to work with more varieties, and to gain insight from different winemakers. Coby, on the other hand, has always loved his job at Claiborne & Churchill. Although he graduated from Cal Poly in December 2002, he has stayed with this winery since he was an intern. After five years, Coby was named winemaker in 2007.
Few small family-owned wineries provide the opportunity to work with so many different varieties each harvest like the classic wines they've offered for many years. Coby noted, however, that they don't just produce Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Alsatian wines. They look for what he described as "fun wines," like Tempranillo and Malbec to add to their diverse portfolio.
"I work with a walking wine encyclopedia," Coby said of Thompson. "When I got an internship here, it really got me hooked. I learned the old-school style of winemaking from Clay, and new-world winemaking from Nathan. It was nice to be able to learn the best of both worlds." Then he corrected his first statement to me. "People assume it was luck to get into this position but it's also about putting yourself into the position you want to be in. Younger people don't realize, you have to spend time learning, and that hard work really pays off." When Thompson came over to talk briefly, he described Coby as the hardest working winemaker in the valley. They were still going through the arduous work of this year's harvest. I never doubted Coby's work ethic, especially when he said: "I walk around taking it all in, gaining as much information as possible. I love doing this. It's not work to me, it's second nature."
We tasted through the 2007 Riesling and Gewurztraminer, the latter Coby described as one of the drier vintages. I agreed with him about the lovely balance of spice and acidity. The Riesling, with a tad more residual sugar, seemed an excellent choice for the sweet and savory dishes served on Thanksgiving. "The 2007 vintage was a really good year, we could do no wrong with white or red wines," he noted. Currently, they're pouring the 2008 Pinot Gris and Chardonnay. Coby praised the quality of the 2008s, which he admitted was a spotty vintage. Both wines were classic in style, expressing elegant aromas and flavors.
Among my favorites was the 2007 estate Pinot Noir, so forward in rich fruit yet balanced and impressive, a California style that's a good choice anytime. The intense '07 Pinot Noir Runestone Barrel Select will appeal to everyone who loves a Burgundian Pinot. "I pick a few barrels of different clones, we work with eight clones each year, to create a blend. Like a cook using spice, the wine becomes more complex and layered in flavors." Lastly we enjoyed the Syrah, classic in its meaty, smoky notes like a Rhone Valley Syrah, ending on a long spicy finish. It's a great lineup well worth visiting them to taste. Coby concluded: "A lot of younger winemakers are taking over their family's winery. Younger people are realizing that this is a great way of life, but it does take a certain kind of person."
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Vodafone brings unlimited data to mobile broadband plans, from £28 per month
Mobile broadband plans on Vodafone now come with the option of unlimited data too, following last year's introduction on pay-monthly handset contracts, and last week's launch on pay-as-you-go.
This means, unlimited data is now available across the board.
Plans start from £28 per month for SIMs designed for tablets, mobile Wi-Fi devices, dongles, routers or perhaps even just as a data SIM for a mobile phone where calls don't need to be made.
Vodafone is also offering a selection of bundles, like a Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e with an unlimited data SIM for £37 per month (with a £10 upfront fee). The GigaCube 5G home router comes with unlimited data for £50 per month (with a £50 upfront fee on a 12-month contract, or £325 on a 30-day rolling contract).
Two plans exist, with the Vodafone Unlimited plan costing £28 per month and capped at 10 megabits per second, and the Vodafone Unlimited Max plan costing £36 per month with no speed cap.
Each offer 5G data roaming in over 100 locations throughout Europe, as well as the standard 2G-4G roaming in a total of 77 inclusive roaming destinations (48 in Europe and 29 other destinations around the world, including USA, Canada, Australia and Jamaica). There is a limit of 25GB per month when roaming.
Customers have the option to upgrade to a handset contract after three months if they so wish.
Vodafone is also introducing 24 month SIM-only plans (with voice and text) to give better value for those willing to make a longer commitment.
The Entertainment plans include one free service from a list that includes Spotify Premium, Amazon Prime Video, Sky Sports Mobile TV or a NOW TV entertainment pass. 100 UK to EU minutes are included on all Entertainment plans.
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Medical malpractice contains perhaps some of the most egregious cases found in personal injury law. When a trusted medical professional fails to provide the expected standard of care for his or her clients, the results can be severe and even deadly. These individuals hold a position of importance in their patients' lives and should be held accountable for negligent care.
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Yakusugi high-grade chopsticks(two pairs)
¥4,950 tax included
Japan domestic shipping fees for purchases over ¥3,980 will be free.
Shipping fee is not included. More information.
These chopsticks are made from the rare "oil wood" part of the Yakusugi.
The more you use them, the more you will enjoy the texture and color.
Yakusugi is also popular as a good luck charm to ward off bad luck.
These chopsticks are also suitable as a gift for longevity.
We can carved your original name on it.
If you would like to carve a name, please select "Carving(Yes)".
Please proceed to the order screen and enter the name to be carved in the "Remarks" column.
Choice of carving contents:
(1) "Yakusugi seal" on the front and "name carving" on the back.
(2) [Name carving without Yakusugi seal] *Name carving only / No Yakusugi seal
Name carving on the front / No carving on the back
You can choose one of them.
When you order, please fill in your request in the "Remarks" column.
If you do not have a preference, you can choose
(1) "Yakusugi seal" on the front and "name carving" on the back.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Material: Yakusugi
Length: (for women) 22cm / (for men) 23cm
Contents: 1 pair each of high-grade chopsticks (for women) and (for men)
~Yakushimaya's Product creation~
~The Diamond of Trees: The Yakusugi~
The Yakusugi is a cedar over 1,000 years old that grows naturally at an altitude of 500 meters or more on Yakushima Island, a World Natural Heritage Site.
The Yakusugi has withstood the elements and snow for 1000 years in the harsh environment of a deep natural forest.
This has made it a mysterious and beautiful giant tree with a very complex and dense grain and a lot of oil, which no other cedar has.
The cross-section of the cedar that appears during lumbering shows the mysterious beauty of nature and its deep and gentle fragrance.
The Yakusugi is also called the "diamond of wood" because of its rarity.
~The birth of the future Yakusugi ~
The future Yakusugi has just germinated and begun to grow in the deep forest.
Yakushima is an island formed by granite. It is located on a rocky mountain with little nutrition and is surrounded by many trees.
The Yakusugi grows quietly in the forest, which is not blessed with much light.
The Yakusugi has grown up in a harsh natural environment.
In the harsh natural environment, the cedar slowly grows into a giant tree, the Yakusugi, over a long period of time, up to a thousand years.
~Bidding for Yakusugi~
Logging of Yakusugi is currently prohibited, and in order to purchase Yakusugi logs, a "tender" is held under the control of the government. Only those who have the right to bid are allowed to participate in the bidding process to purchase the logs. However, the bidding system will end in March 2019, and it has become difficult to obtain Yakusugi itself. Currently, we are manufacturing products using the remaining materials.
~Lumbering of Yakusugi~
The Yakusugi is called the "diamond of wood", but just like a rough diamond, the way it is cut and polished is very important. The grain of the wood differs depending on how it is cut, and this determines whether the beautiful grain of the wood can be produced. A Yakusugi craftsman assesses and inserts the blade into the huge tree. Once the blade is inserted, it is checked again, and then the grain of the wood is cut. The process is repeated so that the grain of the wood becomes more beautiful. The Yakusugi wood cut in this way cannot be made into products immediately. It takes several months to several years for the wood to dry and become ready for production.
~Yakushimaya's product manufacturing~
It takes a long time to dry.
After taking time to dry, the product is finally made. The craftsman selects the right material for the product, cuts it, and creates the shape through a number of steps. Once the product is shaped, the next step is to polish it. There are many steps in the polishing process to make the wood surface feel warm and soft to the touch. Since there is a lot of resin in the wood, painting is also essential. In order for the wood to last longer, it is painted and polished several times.
Just like a diamond in the rough, Yakusugi cedar is judged, cut and polished by craftsmen to grow into a beautiful product that is called a "diamond of wood.
At Yakushimaya, we take great care from purchasing and lumbering to polishing to create better products. With the concept of "Yakusugi close at hand," we offer products that are easy to use and that are close to your daily life.
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Reed Hundt proposes democratic action in response to our government's secret infrastructure for monitoring and controlling modern communications. "Citizens," he writes, "should be encouraged to take action on behalf of their own privacy and security."
He is right, but he overlooks the fact that democratic activism has historically been a casualty of—not a cure for—powerful government surveillance. Mass surveillance insulates governments from democratic pressures. Efforts to democratize surveillance must go hand in hand with widespread adoption of privacy-enhancing technologies, or this movement will face potentially insurmountable challenges.
Read Jennifer Granick's full response at the Boston Review.


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How much more likely Britain's most influential people are to have gone to fee-paying school.
The average annual fees for an independent day school.
The proportion of pupils at independent schools who received bursaries which fully cover the fees.
Building the scheme
Building on the success of the seven year pilot at the Belvedere School in Liverpool, the Trust is continuing to develop its Open Access programme as a means of democratising access to the country's leading independent day schools. All places in the schools would be available on merit alone, with parents paying a sliding scale of fees according to means. Under the Belvedere pilot, academic standards went up and the social mix of the school became more diverse: 30% of pupils were on free places, 40% paid partial fees and the rest paid full fees. It was also a happy place to teach and learn.
The Trust proposes that this model be extended to 100 or more leading academic day schools, with state funding, as a means of boosting mobility at the top and opening the pipeline of talent to leading universities and the professions. Because of the partnership with parents, the cost per head to the state for Open Access would be less than the cost of the average state school place. Over 80 independent day schools – half of the leading independent day schools in the country – have backed Open Access and we are working with a number of Heads on their further development.
Government policy
As well as discussions with government, we are working with a number of policy experts on positioning Open Access with a view to it being included in party manifestos.
See below for some of our past research reports.
Ten top independent day schools, such as Westminster, St Paul's and Manchester Grammar have agreed to take part in a 'trailblazer' Open Access programme, benefitting up to 1,000 pupils per year whose parents could not afford fees.
Medium term – and learning the lessons from the trailblazer – Open Access could be rolled out more widely to 100 leading independent day schools, benefitting 40,000 young people.