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Take advantage of Scotland's mild weather and long daylight hours in summer to go on the trip of a lifetime. On Scotland summer tours offered by Nordic Visitor from May to September you can enjoy the best of both nature and culture, from breathtaking scenery in the Scottish Highlands to fun-filled summer festivals.
Edinburgh in particular is a lively place this time of year as the capital city hosts some of Scotland's largest summer festivals, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and other popular events in August. Although the city's major attractions like the Royal Mile and Edinburgh Castle attract the largest crowds from June to August, the summer months are ideal for enjoying Edinburgh's outdoor highlights, such as Princes Street Gardens and the scenic viewpoint at Calton Hill.
Of course, with so many things do in summer in Scotland we recommend getting out to the countryside. Want to watch kilted warriors and bagpipers perform at the Highland Games in Scotland? Or maybe do some summer hiking in Scotland at beautiful places like Cairngorms National Park or the Isle of Skye? A road trip in Scotland in summer is an excellent idea! Don't feel like driving? Then a guided tour of Scotland in summer is the perfect way to enjoy the views while learning about Scottish history and culture from an entertaining local driver-guide.
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May 10-12, the French street theatre group Royal de Luxe puts on a grand spectacle on the streets of Reykjavík. A Little Giant girl – 8 metres high – will strut through the city thoroughfares, bringing a spellbinding fairy tale to the inhabitants. During her stay, the city center is transformed into a giant stage, where the little giant and her giant father engage in a dramatic struggle.
Saturday May 12th
10.30 am
The Little Giant awakens from her slumber on the pier and takes a shower. She enters Ingólfstorg Square, Adalstraeti, Lækjargata and Fríkirkjuvegur, where she runs into the giant, her father, at around 11:30 am. More info here.
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The following table of contents will take you directly to the corresponding data protection passages.
Table of contents:
20. Privacy at a glance
21. General information, mandatory information and your rights
1. Note to the responsible office
2. Revocation of your consent to data processing and the right of objection
3. Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
4. Right to data transferability
5. SSL or TLS encryption
6. Information, correction, blocking, deletion
7. Passing on of data in general
8. Objection to the use of published contact data on this website
22. Data protection officer
23. Data collection on our website
1. Cookies
2. Logging of script failures and attacks on this website
3. Server log files
4. Processing of data (customer and contract data)
24. Plugins und Tools
1. Maps from GoogleMaps™ map service
25. Concluding notes
1. Privacy at a glance
General notes on data collection on this website
The following notes give a simple overview of what personal information is collected and what happens to it when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that personally identifies you (e.g. address, e-mail addresses, user behavior, and IP address).
Detailed information on data protection and further details can be found in the following texts.
How do we collect your data?
Your data will be collected on the one hand, that you tell us. This may be data that you e.g. enter in a contact form, send us by e-mail or communicate by phone.
Other data is collected automatically when visiting the website through our IT systems. This is especially technical data (e.g. your internet browser, operating system or time of the page request). The collection of this data happens automatically as soon as you enter our website.
What do we use your automatically collected data for?
These data are collected to ensure a flawless delivery of the website.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
At any time you have the right to obtain free information about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this purpose and for further questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority.
2. General information, mandatory information and your rights
As the operator of this website, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
If you use this website, various personal data will be collected. Personal information is information that could be used to identify you personally (e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior, and IP address). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens.
We point out that the transmission of data on the Internet in general (for example in the case of communication by e-mail) may have security gaps.
2.1 Note to the responsible office
The responsible office regarding data processing on this website is:
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Dr. Werner Folger, Thomas Heim, Katja Osl
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Telefon: +49 8161 988220
E-Mail: email@example.com
Responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. e-mail addresses, etc.).
2.2 Revocation of your consent to data processing and the right of objection
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent or a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can revoke your consent at any time. For this purpose, send an informal message by e-mail to email@example.com . The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
In the case of data processing by us based on a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection to direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without specifying a particular situation. In the first case, the opposing interests are weighed up and a decision is taken accordingly.
If you wish to exercise your right of objection, simply send an e-mail to email@example.com .
2.3 Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority
In the event of breaches of data protection law, the person concerned has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based.
In concrete terms, this applies to the federal state of Sachsen:
The Data Protection Officer of Saxony is:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Petri
Wagmüllerstraße 18
80538 München
Telefon: 089 212672-0
Telefax: 089 212672-50
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Homepage: http://www.datenschutz-bayern.de/
2.4 Right to data transferability
You have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible, this will only take place if it is technically feasible.
2.5 SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
2.6 Information, correction, blocking, deletion
You have the right to obtain free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data at any time within the scope of the applicable legal provisions. You can contact us at any time at the above address if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.
2.7 Passing on of data in general
Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for other purposes than those listed below.
We will only pass on your personal data if:
- you have given your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR),
- the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
- in the case that a legal obligation exists for the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as
- this is legally permissible and is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.
In cases in which data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is stated.
2.8 Objection to the use of published contact data on this website
We would like to point out that we object in advance to the use of the contact data published on these websites for commercial purposes, unless we have expressly agreed to it. This includes in particular: the storage in data processing systems for the purpose of data trading and the use for general advertising purposes (e.g.: unsolicited sending of information material and advertising brochures by post or e-mail). The operator of this website expressly reserves the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
3. Data protection officer
Statutory data protection officer
We have appointed a data protection officer for our company:
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E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
4. Data collection on our website
4.1 Cookies
Some websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
In general, cookies enable your browser to be recognized the next time you visit the website. So-called session cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your browser. In the following text you will learn which cookies we use for which purpose.
You can set up your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, as well as to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Cookies that are required accomplish the electronic communication processes or to provide certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping basket function, to remain logged in or memory function or settings) are stored according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for technically error-free and optimized provision of his services.
The following cookies are stored by our website:
A session cookie
This cookie is generated when you visit this website. It will be deleted automatically as soon as you close your browser after visiting the website.
This cookie stores the session ID of your browser on our web server. This allows server-side data to be stored in the session, which enables optimal operation of the website.
This cookie stores the session ID of your browser on our web server. This allows server-side data to be stored in the session, which enables optimal operation of the website. This data includes, for example
- Technical data of your browser (e.g. troubleshooting mode, suspected malware client)
- Data of previous captchas / security graphics (e.g. of contact forms)
- Commands last executed on the website (random IDs) to avoid accidental duplicate execution
- Data of the previously visited page on this web page
The session cookie does not contain any personal data.
The basis for storing and processing this cookie is a legitimate interest of the website operator pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the technically error-free provision of its services.
A permanent cookie
This cookie is created when you visit this website. It remains on your computer for 365 days and is automatically deleted afterwards. After deletion, this cookie will be recreated when you visit this website again.
Your visit preferences and website settings are stored in this cookie. These settings are e.g.
- the status of awareness of the general cookie notice,
- the selected font size (zoom level),
- Individual data protection settings selected separately by you (Prevent the integration of e.g. GoogleMaps, Facebook plugins, tracking plugins, YouTube videos, etc. into this website)
- your login status, if this website has an internal or protected area.
If this cookie is deleted, your selected data protection settings will also be deleted. Therefore, in this case, the settings must be made again by you via this data protection note.
This permanent cookie does not contain any personal data.
The basis for storing and processing this cookie is a legitimate interest of the website operator pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c and lit. f GDPR. Because it ensures the technically error-free provision of the information on this website. In addition, we offer you convenience functions and the opportunity to deactivate individual third-party plug-ins on this website.
Other cookies
If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, these are mentioned separately in this data protection declaration.
4.2 Logging of script failures and attacks on this website
The hoster of this website automatically collects and stores information about script failures and attacks on this website in a database. This data is given by your browser. The following data is stored:
- IP address
- Useragent (character string that provides information about the requesting browser and the operating system)
- internal categorization of the client (robot yes or no?)
- referrer URL
- Request destination incl. sent parameters (fields marked as password in the system are made unrecognizable)
- Date and time of the server request
- Access method to the web server
- in case of script crashes, additionally the script environment and the affected part of the source code
This data is automatically deleted after 7 days.
These data will not be combined with other data sources.
The basis for storing and processing this data is a legitimate interest of the website operator and the host according to art. 6 par. 1 lit. b and lit. f GDPR. The reason for this is the contractual obligation of the hoster to provide the website technically. If necessary, the hoster will evaluate this protocol to ensure the stability and security of the website furthermore. Possible legal or technical measures in response to an attack cannot be ruled out here. We also reserve the right to report the attack to early warning systems. In addition, the website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free provision of its contents and services.
4.3 Server log files
The hoster of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are for example:
- Browser type and browser version
- operating system used
- referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
These data will not be combined with other data sources.
The purpose of this data collection is
- for the automated generation of simple, anonymous usage statistics of the website by the web server (no tracking) and
- for the evaluation of attacks on this website to get an overall picture of parallel running technical inquiries (evaluation only takes place in case of need).
These log files are stored for 190 days and then automatically deleted.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. Furthermore, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR gives the website operator and the hoster a legitimate interest to collect data about attacks on this website and to determine possible load peaks in order to ensure the security and stability of this website in the future as well.
4.4 Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only to the extent necessary for the establishment, content design or change of the legal relationship (inventory data). This is done according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. We collect, process and use personal data about the usage of our Internet pages (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable or invoice the user for the use of the service.
The collected customer data will be deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
5. Plugins und Tools
Maps from GoogleMaps™ map service
Our website uses plugins in the form of maps, satellite photos and route planning from GoogleMaps™ included. These can be used by you etc. to calculate routes. These maps are a service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereafter called Google.
Every time you visit one of our websites that contains such a map, data is loaded from Google's web servers, which create the visual appearance and functionality of the map on our websites. To use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing representation of our online offers and at an easy findability of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's data protection declaration: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
You may revoke your consent at any time by clicking the button at the end of the paragraph for this website and with effect for the future. Your revocation will be stored in your browser using a cookie for 365 days and then automatically deleted if you no longer visit this website within the 365 days. If the cookie was deleted automatically or manually, it must be revoked again.
Your objection will be stored in a cookie. As soon as this cookie is deleted, your objection must be repeated.
6. Concluding notes
Up-to-dateness and amendment of this data protection declaration
This data protection declaration is currently valid from 25.05.2018.
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration to new circumstances and changed general conditions (legal or actual nature). You can call up and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website.


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Marie Davidson
Poet, producer and incredible live act
Marie Davidson is one of Canada's leading alternative electronic musicians. Although her music may be suited to the dance floor, it's still autobiographical in nature. Beyond the nightclub, Davidson finds herself as a cathartic music maker. The bilingual musician is also a poet and half of electronic duo Essaie Pas with Frenchman Pierre Guerineau (who is also her partner).
"You want to know how I get away with everything?" she poses on her latest album. "I work all the fucking time." Her music sounds like a touch of Grace Jones, a pinch of hard-hitting percussion and timely synths. Davidson is developing a unique approach to blending sounds and blurring genre lines of avant-garde electronica and slamming club music.
"In frustrations, in emotions, in sadness, I feel like I get to understand the core of who I am — and sometimes other people," she once told Record Culture Magazine. But it seems like if Davidson keeps producing music like her latest album on Ninja Tune, "Working Class Woman," it's everyone else who will continue to try to understand her.


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My wife and I are going to the UK shortly for 2-3 months on international home exchange arrangements. Haven't been to the UK for 40 years, have no knowledge of UK telcos etc and would welcome advice on the best way to operate our devices while we are away.
Spark roaming seems pretty expensive for longish term stay. What about getting local SIM cards or a couple of cheap prepaid burners from, say, a supermarket?
I have an iPad Air (SIM version) and an HTC One. She has an iPhone 5. We will have wifi in the two houses we are staying in. Would not need a lot of data away from the houses - e.g. just the ability to find and book accom from the car when we are away for few days. Also need to be able to call each other on mobile.


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Shop / Everything for Dolls / Antique German Piano Music Box
Antique German Piano Music Box
This is a gorgeous antique music box is in the shape of a grand piano made ca. 1890-1910 in Germany. The music box mechanism was made in Switzerland.
The piano is in good condition overall. The surface of the piano is painted white with beautiful golden floral designs. Two candle holders are sticking out from the front of the cabinet.
The lid opens up to reveal the little music mechanism (polyphon) container. In good working condition. Two metal song discs are included to this listing. It winds up with a key and plays beautifully! There is a Christmas tree on the top of the piano. As the music plays, the Christmas tree twirls around.
It measures 13,3" x 7,8" x 5,1" (34 cm x 20 cm x 13 cm). 4,3"(11 cm) diameter discs. (2165)
Price: 680$ Item ID: 5829.


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This is the Third of the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings of the Order of Interbeing:
Aware of the suffering brought about when we impose our views on others, we are determined not to force others, even our children, by any means whatsoever – such as authority, threat, money, propaganda, or indoctrination – to adopt our views. We are committed to respecting the right of others to be different, to choose what to believe and how to decide. We will, however, learn to help others let go of and transform fanaticism and narrowness through loving speech and compassionate dialogue.


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Introduction: How to Enroll Your Kid in Public School in San Francisco
Enrolling your kid in a public school in San Francisco can be as easy as the ABCs.
Of course some parts take serious time and thought-- much like spelling beyond ABC. So think of this Instructable as your handy, pocket dictionary.
And remember, you can't spell School Success with Parental Involvement. At least not in the language of education.
To do this Instructable, you will need:
-a kid of school age
-to live in San Francisco
-pen and paper
This is an item on the Neighbors Project Checklist.
See more stuff by me, Casey, at my website: www.telephoneandsoup.com
Step 1: RESEARCH
In San Francisco, kids don't automatically go to their neighborhood school. The education system is set up to try to create diverse and equally excellent schools.
The Student Assignment System is a ranked lottery system that allows you to PICK YOUR TOP SEVEN SCHOOLS. According to statistics collected by the San Francisco Unified School District (which you can access yourself at sfusd.edu) 82% of children are assigned to one of the schools of their choosing, and 63% of those are assigned to their first choice.
It used to be that placements were partially determined by race in order to fill quotas for each school, but now it's only parents' choice and school capacity that are considered. (As well as Sibling Priority, and Medical and Family Hardship Appeals, which will be addressed in a later step.) Some activists within the city have called for the reinstatement of race-related policies in order to stop rapidly increasing self-segregation, which, among other things, may increase the presence of structural violence and neglect to certain communities. But for now, race is out of the Assignment picture.
With all that said, your new freedom to choose could feel overwhelming at first. Don't fret! Here are a few easy ways to go about narrowing down your choices:
1. LOOK AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. As San Francisco parent Peter Cohen says, "Neighborhood schools are no longer really part of the neighborhood." Let's change that! Start with you local schools. Aside from being perhaps the most easily accessible to you (don't underestimate the importance of this!), sending your children to your community's school will further invest you in your neighborhood. Now imagine if everyone did that. It's a great place to start.
2. TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. Where do they send their kids to school? Are they satisfied with their choice? These people will have a lot to tell you about specific schools as well as the process of Assignment in general. It's also worth considering where your neighbors and friends send their kids if you're looking to share transportation responsibilities or start your child with a built-in network of friends.
3. GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DISTRICT. Start with the District's Official website and move along from there. Their Enrollment Guide is packed with official information. The website also lists addresses and contact info for every single school and you can search by grade level or by special program (like Alternative Grade Span, Charter, and County). Each school then lists a downloadable PDF that packs a lot of info about current enrollment and curriculum, a general Profile, the Academic Plan, as well as Historical Data so you can see how each school has changed. Some of it is rather dense and table-heavy, but you can't complain about the District not making their statistics public. These listings may be most helpful once you've narrowed down your choices to a handful or so.
The District's Education Placement Center can provide counseling and can, as they say, "help you with the entire enrollment process whether your child is new to SFUSD or already attending an SFUSD school". They're at 555 Franklin Street, Room 100.
The District also has an annual Enrollment Fair once a year where you can talk to someone from every single San Francisco public school all in one place if you really want to.
4. CHECK OUT SOME WEBSITES. Parents for Public Schools has an extremely informative site and offers all kinds of support from their own list of tips, to counseling, to information sessions, to translations (in Spanish and Chinese) of important literature. Their Parent Ambassadors can also offer their thoughts on specific schools as current parents.
Here's a list of a few more to get you started:
5. TALK TO YOUR CHILD. Maybe your three year old won't have that much to say about their preference for hands-on experiences that best suit their tactile learning personality, but listening to them talk about what they like and dislike will give you a good idea about what to keep in mind when choosing for them. Do they like to draw a lot? Look for a school with a strong art program. Do they want to read a hundred books every night? Look for a school with a strong reading program. Don't forget that it's THEY who will be going to this school five days a week for the next handful of years, not you.
Step 2: PICK YOUR TOP SEVEN SCHOOLS
Now that you've narrowed down your choices to, let's say, under ten schools, it's time to do some serious comparison shopping.
Here's a list of things to consider when looking at potential schools. It's essential to identify which of these qualities are most important to you and your child, and to then evaluate each school using those categories. Eventually, you will have a small collection of evaluations that are easy to compare. A detailed job will entail touring all of your potential schools and talking to someone in the administration there, ideally some teachers too. But you can also get a good feel for certain aspects of a school via word of mouth. Perhaps if you have friends going through the same process and you have overlapping schools you can divvy up the visits between you. You can contact each school separately for tour times, or check out Parents For Public Schools compilation of times.
Keep in mind THIS LIST IS NOT IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, as that order is different for each parent. And remember: the most POPULAR schools may NOT be the BEST schools for your child. Don't succumb to peer pressure! Stick to what you have identified as important to your family.
-LOCATION. Do you want the school to be close to your home? On the way to work? On a certain transit line? In a specific neighborhood?
-ADMINISTRATION. Principals can really make or break a school. Meet them! Do you get along? Do you like their vision for the school?
-TEACHERS. Meet some teachers. Especially the ones of the grade your child will be entering. Are these people you want your kid hanging out with every day? Also take a look at what the teacher retention rates are. If teachers are sticking around for a long time, that's probably a good sign.
-STUDENT BODY. Who are the students? What neighborhoods are they from? What ethnicities? What socioeconomic levels? Think about how important diversity is to you and if these schools have your desired mix.
-CLASS SIZE. Are there 75 kids or 10 kids in that kindergarten class? What is your preferred size range?
-MUSIC, ART, SCIENCE ETC. It's a sad, sad thing that classes in the arts and sciences are often treated as extracurricular activities, but in this age of No Child Left Behind, these subjects are often, well, left behind. Regardless of how they're labeled, are they offered? Are they particularly strong at certain schools?
-FACILITIES. Check out the general feel of the buildings. Is there a gym or a playground? A library? A computer lab? How are the classrooms set up?
-PTA. Is there a strong, active one? Is there even one at all? PTAs can really do a lot to supplement what the district provides. They can do everything from sponsor a sports team that might otherwise not exist, to organize parent-teacher conferences or lobby for any kind of classroom change.
-MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMS. Do you speak Spanish at home and want your child to learn in both their maternal language and English? Do you wish you were bilingual and want your kid to have the advantage of being exposed to more than just English from a young age? There are lots Spanish and Chinese programs that vary from nearly total immersion to a weekly class.
-BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE. Does it exist? In what form?
-SEATS PER APPLICATIONS. Some schools are harder to get into than others. Be realistic about your chances of getting into a place. And consider the exact order in which you list your schools; if your fifth choice is one of the top schools of San Francisco, imagine how many people put that school as their first choice. Guess what? They're getting in it before you do. It's best to put schools you will be satisfied with that offer a realistic chance of getting in as your top choices. Otherwise you might wind up as one of those families placed in a school that's not even on their list. Keep in mind that although it's not a guarantee, living in the same neighborhood as your desired school is positively factored in your assignment. Same goes for siblings, since priority is given to kids who have an older sibling already in that school.
Step 3: APPLY
First and foremost, APPLY ON TIME! It's stunning how many people turn in their applications late and are surprised and saddened when they aren't placed in their top schools. Don't let that be you. Keep this general time line in mind: (And check out the District's website or Parents for Public Schools website for exact dates every year.)
Early January: Round One Applications due
Late April: Placement Assignments announced
Late May: Round Two Amended Applications and all Appeals due. Waiting Lists created.
Here is all the necessary paperwork.
Step 4: GET PLACED
The moment of truth: you've received your placement. Here are your options:
1. CELEBRATE LIKE CRAZY! Hooray! You got into your number one choice! Sit back and relax, the process is done.
2. CELEBRATE! Hooray! You got into one of your top seven schools are so pleased! Sit back and relax, the process is done.
3. AMEND YOUR CHOICES. Didn't get into one of your top choices? Thought more about it and realized there's another school you really like that has openings? Your new "Amended Choice" application will be given priority in Round Two.
4. APPLY TO BE ON A WAITING LIST. Didn't get one of your top choices but are determined to? You can apply to be on a waiting list. This of course, involves a lot of waiting and uncertainty. Much like the first round of applications, keep in mind your chances of getting in somewhere. Is it really worth being #167 on a waiting list for a class of 35 children? Your child can be on only ONE waiting list at a time.
5. APPEAL. You can turn in a Family Hardship or Medical Appeal if in fact your family is experiencing "hardship" or a medical situation that requires a specific placement. Go to the Enrollment Placement Center for more info on all that.
Step 5: GET INVOLVED
As SFUSD Superintendent Carlos Garcia said at a recent meeting of Parents for Public Schools, "Schools are only as good as the parents that get involved with them." This is, of course, true no matter where you live in this country.
So now that your child attends a school, get involved with it! This doesn't mean you have to sign away your life to an endless barrage of bake-sales and PTA meetings. As one parent put it, "School involvement has different levels, and the most basic level is just being around a bit more. If you can take five minutes to linger when picking up your kid after school, do it." Get to know other parents, your child's teacher, what's going on in the school in other grades.
If you want a more structured way to get involved, check out www.sfsv.org. Through them you can volunteer to do everything from tutoring an individual kid to helping out in the library regularly, or signing up for specific events. The only requirements are TB shot and some enthusiasm.
So overall, keep in mind that you won't be getting what you paid for, since in fact you paid nothing (taxes aside). But if you give a little, or maybe a lot-- in time, energy or other forms of help-- you'll get back what you gave and more.
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I find this description totally inaccurate. If you want to check the real state of things at SF public schools, read the reviews at Yelp for SFUSD. There is no space, your child is likely to be assigned to a school on the other end of the city, if you are lucky, and don't get a school in a drug-infested, high crime rate area. Until you have read the Yelp reviews, you will have no idea how bad the situation is.
I disagree withmonkey666, saludabear and 8bit. having studied in both public and private schools in two different countries ( including SF) I have to say that studying in a public school is a awesome opportunity to meet people from different backgrounds and personal history. Besides, from a personal experience, it's a good chance to understand how the world works, and how to adapt live peacefully with other people (quite tricky I must say). San Francisco is such a diverse city that it is just a shame not to enjoy the different type of people that live there. Overall I just think homeschooling makes you miss a lot of interesting situations.
"Interesting situations" and "how the world works". Hmmmm........ The world is mostly governed by tyrants, thugs and various socialist governments. Most unfriendly to freedom. We home school and we don't get interesting situations with, lice, theft, bullys, athiest teachers, crazy textbooks, tattoos on rearends, saggy pants, dope, attitude, global warming fanatics, noserings, gender-benders, need i go on? I work for a phone co. and walk through public schools time to time. All taxpayers need to go and actually look or sit through your kids classes. It makes me ill. it takes very little time homeschooling to do a full days public school work. They seem to waste a lot of time and money.
Remember folks, "atheist teachers" and "crazy textbooks" is fundie speak for anyone who teaches uncomfortable facts like evolution, that the earth is billions of years old, that there was no global flood, and that the USA wasn't founded by Christians as a Christian nation. Homeschooling children CAN be an alternative to public schools but only if the parents are certified teachers who teach LEGITIMATE scientific and historical curriculum, and not setup as the Christian version of the Muslim madras, existing only to brainwash and indoctrinate children into a skewed and faulty version of reality.
dude, you got a long way to go
LOL A long way to go? I'm pretty sure I've been there and back again, sparky. Truth hurts, I know.
sorry, didn't want to offend any athiest, solcialist/communist, global warming, blame america first, scientology, progressive, leftist types. if you fall into any of these, please unread everything i said.
"The world is mostly governed by tyrants, thugs (...)" yes, can't argue with that. "We home school and we don't get interesting situations with, lice, theft, bullies, atheist teachers(...)" ah, but you see, this kind of people make up part of the world population. These are some of the types of people with which we must live with everyday, we must learn how to live with them even if we don't like them… (Besides, most of them aren't just exercising their right to freedom of speech?) I just think that when you homeschool a child your raising him/her inside a protective bubble that doesn't reflect the reality outside of it.
How understanding and compassionate. There is no right or wrong, just different points of view. Everything is a gray area. They have a right to drag their buttocks across the carpet to express their freedom of speech. good thing Texas doesn't border "Kalifornia"
wow i know, dont u just love angry teachers and being stressed out. that sure does make me ready for the world!
Oh dear, those scary "socialist governments." So much more frightening than the thieving capitalist government that we have here in the US that wants us to give another 700 BILLION dollars to their good buddies. And "atheist teachers" -- gasp! You mean they don't have a religious meter at the door to check that? Would agnostic teachers be okay with you? Jewish teachers? If they are not teaching religion, then who cares what their religious beliefs are? And if the subject is NOT religion, then they should not be prostheletizing to kids. Talking about your religious beliefs is fine, in context, but only if the children are allowed to have different views.
Well said, I could not agree more.
Yeah.. and... and... and.... legless chihuahuas should also have a shot at life! Hooray for diversity!!! Long live them entertainingly walking chihuahuas!
and if your home schooled your missing out on that good old peer pressure and anti-creativity!
Way too many opinions.
I found it pretty interesting, and I don't live anywhere near San Francisco. The idea of 'choosing' a public school is a new thing for me. I live in a small town; and we have one public elementary school. If you didn't go there then you paid to go to a private school. As for the 'thugs, tattooed people, saggy pants, ect." If you don't ever teach your child how to deal with people that are slightly different then they are what will they do for the rest of their life? Those same people you didn't like at school are not going to disappear suddenly because you graduated.
Wow, there's obviously a lot of hate against public schools. I went to a public high school in a upper-middle class suburban setting. I know I'm one of the lucky ones, as there was plenty of funding to give my school lots of resources and amazing teachers. There may be better education out there (with a hefty price tag) but I wouldn't trade my experience for anything. Was I "crushed by the public school system"? Hardly. This fall I'll be attending Dartmouth. The reason there are a lot of crappy public schools out there is because we Americans are too myopic to see the benefits of education and pay for it in taxes. I may sound socialist, but more distribution of resources in this country (when it comes to education, at least) would do us good. Public school taught me to deal with adversity, it taught me patience, and most importantly tolerance. The education I've received has restored some of my faith in America, and I hope someday that my work will return the favor. Sorry for the political tirade, Casey. Great job, I honestly think this type of Instructable is the most valuable out there.
I agree with you, and I had almost the opposite type of public school experience. I went to the historically black high school in Kansas City, surrounded by the projects, and still over 95% black. And I learned much more about life and the inequities in our society than most white folks ever learn. I even learned that being white actually is a color, not just that we are just people and everyone else is hyphenated. I think homeschooling and unschooling are great! But not if what you are trying to do is shield your children from the world, and especially not if you are trying to shield your children from "heresy" or other diverse opinions. I'm a librarian and had a homeschooling parent come in looking for a book on dinosaurs that didn't talk about evolution! So what happens then when the child discovers all that you have hidden from them? It seems far better to me to explain differing points of view and then explain to your children that "in our family we believe this, and this is why." And yeah, I graduated cum laude from a highly regarded liberal arts college and went on to get a Master's.
well i hope you feel like a good parent when your kid is being crushed by the pressure of the public education system. do you just want to shove your child into the public shools and take the easy way out?
>IF< your child is crushed by the pressure of the public education system, then I totally agree that homeschooling (or perhaps just a different school) would be better. But NOT all kids are even remotely crushed. And suggesting that all children in public schools are "shoved" there by parents who "take the easy way out" is unfair and unkind. Many children thrive in school. Many parents work. Almost no parents "shove" their kids.


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Nitro Circus: The Movie – 2012
Directors Gregg Godfrey, Jeremy Rawle
Cast Travis Pastrana, Andy Bell, Jolene Van Vugt, Jim DeChamp, Erik Roner, Tommy Passamente, Greg Powell
Screenplay Godfrey, Rawle and Pastrana
Almost 45 minutes into Nitro Circus: The Movie, there is a stunt where one of the guys attempts to roll a car more than "7 and 3/4 times." After seeing the slo-mo where we see the actual count, my wife looks at me and asks:
I have no answers. I thought everyone had seen Dale Earnhardt, Sr.'s final moments in the finest NASCAR could offer at the time. Whether there was more or less helpful tech in the Nitro Circus car, one could not say. All I knew is the difference between life and death was in the balance strictly for the difference between 7 and 8.
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"It's not like these guys are stupid," my wife said, "But what the hell?"
True, the math involved in their shenanigans would be worth a master's degree at M.I.T. in that they have to get it right all the time or…you know. They do succeed a majority of the time, even if their success ends up giving multiple people concussions.
Early in the film we get to see Johnny Knoxville discuss the difference between his Jackass enterprise and Nitro Circus. He loses words relatively early. The best thing he can say is that there are more pranks on Jackass, and more speed in Nitro. Another difference is that on a Friday night, I would rather spend time with the Nitro group. There seems to be a lot less drugs and alcohol involved, and a much bigger potential for survival.
Some of the more unforgettable stunts take place on high rises in Panama. I am not sure how they get the insurance for what they do, but without it, there's no TV show, or movie. The support structure of the group seems pretty solid. After every stunt they flock the stunt survivor and shower him or her with praise and attention. They know when things go wrong very early, like with DeChamp. They also know when it just hurts a little and their friend needs to feel like they have done what no one else could do.
Or would do. During a rather large segment dedicated to a double flip on a big wheel, someone makes an astute observation. The big wheels are souped up, and while it is incredible what they are doing, it's a pretty big bet that no one else is even fathoming it. It would never occur to someone to add reinforcements to a three-wheeled child's toy.
There is much made about a show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but it is really not much of a story. It's a facsimile of the Justin Bieber movie storyline about filling the Madison Square Garden, with a lot fewer screaming little girls in the crowd.
One will undoubtedly like this movie if they have a passing amusement for Jackass. I like it more, for no other reason than I have grown tired of the way the people on Jackass treat themselves…and others. The entertainment is disposable, in large part, but it's got heart.
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'i Light Singapore': Light installations will be taking over iconic bridges and Fort Canning for the first time in January
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i Light Singapore is one of those festivals that attract the broadest spectrum of visitors: from aunties and uncles in the heartlands, yummy mummies and their toddlers as well as that wannabe influencer looking for that perfect nighttime mood shot, all of whom would be complaining about how overcrowded and stuffy it is. To make matters slightly better, next year's edition will span not only Marina Bay and the Civic District but also iconic bridges such as The Helix Bridge as well as the Raffles Terrace at Fort Canning Park, which means there will be more space to breathe, pose and bask in the glory of coloured lights.
Curated to the theme "Bridges of Time", the sustainable light festival will also commemorate the bicentennial of Singapore, which marks 200 years since a Caucasian man called Sir Stamford Raffles stepped on this island and claimed it as his. There will be a total of over 30 artworks on display, 17 of which are by Singaporean artists or feature content related to Singapore and the rest are by international creatives from countries such as Estonia and New Zealand.
i Light Singapore - Bicentennial Edition will be held from 28 January to 24 February 2019, 7.30pm to 11pm daily with extended hours to 12am on Fridays and Saturdays.
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They are some of the findings from research recently carried out by youth research and digital entertainment agency, Dubit, and virtual reality consultancy KZero into children's experiences of, and expectations for Oculus Rift – the virtual reality headset created by Oculus VR, which was acquired by Facebook for $2bn in March this year.
Dubit's work was carried out with 12 children aged between seven and 12 years-of-age. All 12 played a variety of games using the headset (first development kit version) before working together in pairs to explain their feelings and reactions towards the technology.
Dubit's head of research, Peter Robinson led the groups. Commenting on the children's experiences he said: "The overarching message from our sessions is that children love using Oculus Rift and felt immersed in the games in ways they've never felt before! Comments along the lines of it being the best way to play games were common. Oculus VR may not see children as their core market but there's no doubting the device's potential popularity with kids."
Robinson continued: "We were glad to see that none of the children in our groups felt dizzy or ill after using the headset; the only usability issues occurred when the children had to move their heads to look down and found the headset heavy. A couple of the younger children also reported fitting issues with the head-straps. With lighter headsets on the way we don't see Oculus Rift causing many usability issues for young wearers."
Since Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR there has been much discussion around the technology's application outside of gaming. This was also covered in the research with Robinson saying: "Without prompting all children said they thought virtual reality would be great in their schools. They thought it would make lessons more interesting and allow them to take 'virtual field tips'. But they wanted to do more than just visit new places; they wanted to go back in time and interact with people, like the Captain of the Titanic or people living in Tudor England and get their views on history. They were more interested about exploring history than changing it through gaming.
"We also found that children placed great emphasis on exploration – a trait they wanted to see in all games, not just educational experiences."
Bearing in mind the age of the children Robinson didn't find it surprising to hear them suggest that Minecraft would be great on Oculus Rift: "It's striking how much of an impact Minecraft has had on children's gaming expectations. While most of the children wanted to see Oculus Rift used in first-person-shooter games like Call of Duty – yes, even the young ones – it was games that allowed them to explore, like Skyrim, or create their own content, Minecraft, that came up time and time again as being great fits for virtual reality. We didn't have the heart to tell them that Notch had refused to bring his game to the system due to the Facebook acquisition – maybe now he'll reconsider."
During Dubit's tests the children controlled the games using either head movements, an Xbox control pad or keyboard and mouse. Robinson said: "Xbox pads were the most familiar to the children and the preferred control method, unless the games were meant to be passive, like the rollercoaster simulator, in these cases they were happy to have no control. In most cases the children wanted even greater immersion and suggested peripherals such as steering wheels would make the experience feel even more realistic. Kinect was suggested so the game could track the player's movements. The consensus was that an innovative device like the Oculus Rift needed an innovative method of control.
"While we understand that it won't be children buying this technology with their pocket money it's still interesting to see how much they think it will cost. It can also help us understand whether they see it as better or worse than current technology.
"While there was quite a swing between estimates the average price suggested by the children was £430, quite a lot higher than we expected. To gauge their ability to estimate such costs we asked them to guess the price of existing technology like games consoles, mobile devices and TVs. In all cases, except for the TV, their average estimates were within £50 of the correct price, showing they have a good idea of tech costs."
These focus groups are the first in a number of internal research projects being carried out by Dubit on the new technology. The company also comprises of a games development studio, creating virtual worlds for the likes of BBC Worldwide, Cartoon Network and PBS KIDS. Their work in virtual reality began with their first virtual world for Oculus Rift, Fairy Forest. Over the next six months the agency is will publish further work, this time with the University of Sheffield, that looks to provide understanding of how children engage with entertainment across devices and platforms.


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Hawo Fruits Spain, S.L. is a family business dedicated to the production and commercialization of organic fruit and vegetables. We were founded in 2004 by Chantal Hanzi Debat with the aim of supplying the Swiss market with Spanish quality products.
The beginnings were very unpretentious, with premises on Tivissa Street, L'Hospitalet de l'Infant, and serving exclusively as a trading company, buying and selling products upon request and sending them directly from supplier to customer. In 2008 Eduard Borras Pujadas joined as a partner, and, in anticipation of a sales increase, we changed premises. We settled in a 300 square meter industrial unit in Gimbernat Street in Les Tapies Industrial Park, again located on l'Hospitalet de l'Infant. At this point we began investing in fixed assets (cold storage), and started handling our products. In this way, we gained great expertise in the industry and became experts in the foreign market.
The company continued growing and, in 2011, it became necessary to move to a larger 1,000 square meter warehouse on Rivera Sans Street, in the same industrial park.
At that time we began growing further, making new investments in assets, acquiring a new cold storage, and a cool packaging line to prevent product temperatures from falling and helping preservation. This packaging line is used to make terrines and flows, which are in compliance with Swiss market requirements.
The company continues growing, and, more recently, it became necessary to move to our current 6,000 square meter warehouse. The investments being made are our most ambitious so far due to an anticipated increase in sales.


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Nashville --- Tennessee State University has 57 student-athletes on the 2011 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll including two medal of honor recipients, Charles Sparkman (Football) and Jacarra Dennis (Women's Track and Field).
Dennis and Sparkman's selection moves TSU's total OVC Medal of Honor count to 15 with 18 medals awarded.
Mercy Udoji (Women's Track and Field and Cross Country) gathered four medals from 2001-03 and currently holds the most OVC Medal of Honor awards among TSU student-athletes. In addition, Rashad Allen (Men's Track and Field) was the first Tiger to receive the medal after the 1993-94 season.
It was also announced that a record 164 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes received the Medal of Honor for the 2010-11 season. The Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athlete who achieves the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. It marks the seventh year in a row there were over 100 winners.
The 164 honorees are the most in the history of the award, surpassing the record of 146 in 2009-10. It also marks the seventh year in a row there have been over 100 winners. Everyone that earned a Medal of Honor carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the year. Of the 164 award winners, 18 were awarded Medals of Honor for multiple sports (and counted just once in the final recipients list).
Those numbers included 41 student-athletes who compete in non-OVC championship sports that do not compete in another conference (i.e. Southeast Missouri gymnastics, UT Martin equestrian, Eastern Illinois rugby and SIUE wrestling) and 82 student-athletes who were recipients in multiple sports (and counted just once in the final total).
The OVC also announced that 1,039 student-athletes were named to the 2010-11 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll, just five off the all-time record (set each of the last two seasons).
To be listed, recipients must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point average and have been eligible and on the team throughout the competitive season in their chosen NCAA-sponsored sport(s) and used a season of competition (they could not have redshirted).
While Sparkman and Dennis headline TSU's recognition among the top OVC's academic award winners, 55 other Tigers were selected to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Football paced TSU with 12 honor roll recipients while softball followed with 11. Women's Track and Field had seven on the list, Volleyball added six while Women's Basketball and Men's Track and Field each posted five. Men's Golf recorded four while three represented for Men's Tennis. Women's Golf and Women's Tennis rounded out the list with one student-athlete apiece.
The list of TSU student-athletes that were named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll include: (Men's Basketball) Patrick Miller, Wil Peters (Women's Basketball) Kimberly Haynes, Simone Hopes, Chelsea Hudson, Avery Jones, Meredith Stafford (Football) Brandon Bather, Ryan Berry, Kadeem Edwards, Fredrick Henderson, Timothy Murphy, Jeremy Perry, Johnnie Poole, Maurice Royster, Charles Sparkman, Jonathan Wilcox, Devin Wilson, Marques Wilkins (Men's Golf) Richard Gill, Ryan Pierson, Cameron Scitern, Ryan Smith (Women's Golf) Bria Norris (Softball) Jalisa Bradley, Katye Brown, Susie Burke, Brittany Davis, Caitlin Eaton, Ashley Haynes, Ashley Heinaman, Kara Murr, Kelly Troglin, Aisha Walker, Brittany Webb, Men's Tennis, Justin Hamm, Shaun Ingram, Lawrence Washington (Women's Tennis), Khadijah Williams (Men's Track and Field) Donnie Johnson, Julian Mallory, Printence McMurtrey, Monte Yancey, Duvall Young (Women's Track and Field) Jacarra Dennis, Tiffany Harris, Cierra Joshua, Kenisha Ladler, Brittani Logan, Andreanna Rowe, Daniecce Ward (Volleyball) Britani Hathorn, Danielle Howell, Erika Moss, Vicmari Prospero, Santia Sanders, Calasia Williams


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Andrew's introduction to DJing came at the age of 16 through work experience at the old community radio station, "Rhythm FM" where he watched DJs such as Mark Dynamix, Leah, Damian Goundrie and Jack McCord mix on air and became intrigued by the concept of constructing a DJ set. Since then, Andrew has gone on to achieve highly as a DJ, garnering a reputation for being technically skilled across multiple genres of music and for thoughtful, clever programming.
A lover of a wide range of music, Andrew plays a variety of sounds from across the spectrum of house and techno, drum & bass (and other 160/170bpm sounds such as footwork/jungle/juke), dubstep, garage, real electro, UK bass, and experimental/electronica.
Andrew's refined technical skills and eclectic taste have led to him playing at some of Sydney and Australia's most well-respected clubs/events such as Chinese Laundry, Subsonic Festival, Psyfari, Afterlife Drum & Bass, Trench, The Civic Underground, Darkbeat, and Space New Year's Day Festival. He's also been called on to support countless touring internationals from a wide range of genres. Multi-genre pioneers like James Zabiela, Hybrid, Jon Convex, Meat Katie and Lee Coombs. Techno legends such as Jeff Mills, Dave Clarke, Ben Sims, Robert Hood, Ben Klock, and Vince Watson. House heroes Anthony Pappa, George Fitzgerald, Funk D'Void, Steve Lawler, Guy J, and Derrick Carter. Drum & bass and dubstep dons Andy C, Photek, Dub Phizix, LTJ Bukem, Kryptic Minds, dBridge, Octane & DLR, Klute and Ulterior Motive. These are just some of the artists Andrew has supported over the years, demonstrating his ability to adapt to any environment.
When he's not DJing in clubs, Andrew hosts "Time To Track" on Bondi Beach Radio, where he plays new music from across the spectrum of electronic music and regularly features guest performances from talented underground DJs and live acts from his hometown of Sydney, as well as the rest of the world.
Andrew has also dipped his toe into production. His first track "Never Satisfied" (co-produced with Mortlock) was signed to Baroque Recordings, included on the "Exploring Australia" compilation, and received a remix by Matt Rowan. Since then, he has also had a track featured on local Sydney label Communication Records run by Nick Forrest.


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Are you open again after Covid?
Yes - we are back and we'd love to see you in the gallery. We've missed you! If you can't get to us, don't worry, we are shipping again. Delivery might be up to 3 weeks, as we catch up and our couriers get on top of things. But other than that we are good to go!
Yes! The Ventnor gallery is now closed. We are now located at 21-22 Shooters Hill (the end heading towards the chain ferry) directly opposite Sainsburys and Tiffin's café. We are less than a minutes walk from the passenger ferry that comes across directly from Southampton and back many times throughout the day. Please contact us for directions 01983 856233 or 07957 473693. We will generally be here between 10 and 5.30 Monday to Sunday but if you are making a special trip please call and check first to avoid disappointment.
Post and Packing Charge
Prints and unframed work: £6 to the UK (via Royal Mail 1st Class signed for)
Framed work and stretched canvases: £25 to the UK (via Parcelforce)
Overseas: For prints a charge of £10 is added to your order.
We are sadly unable to ship framed work abroad.
Buying Prints Online
To order a print online simply go to the Galleries page, click on the picture you'd like and choose from the available sizes.
You can enter your credit/debit card details in the usual way.
Can I order a framed picture online?
Yes. Most of the large prints can now be ordered framed on the website.
At the moment I'm not sending out the standard size pictures (54 x 36cm) framed. You can however buy them as a paper print from the website or mounted from the gallery and have them framed.
Delivery Times
Standard and large prints will be sent out using Royal Mail's first class signed for service within 1 week of an order being placed.
Framed work takes a bit longer to get out to you - 1 to 3 weeks depending on stock and where I am shooting.
Framed work and canvas' will be sent via Parcelforce. Please provide your mobile number when placing your order as they will text you prior to delivery with their estimated drop off time at which point you will be able to reschedule for a different time/date, leave with a neighbour etc. Please don't worry if you miss them, they are brilliant and will keep attempting delivering to you until they are successful.
Often however, it will be much quicker than this. If you're in a hurry for a gift, or want your picture for a specific date then call me on 07957 473693 and I'll normally be able to help.
A signature will be required when your package arrives.
Can I order a picture with bespoke measurements?
I'm afraid that the only sizes for prints and framed prints I can offer are the ones available on the website, as we have each and every frame individually hand made and mounted the task would be too great of doing many different sizes.
Do we print other peoples pictures?
Unfortunately this is something we do not do as a rule as we are simply too busy printing our own! There are multitude of options available from the internet so I would suggest having a look there.
Do you still have a stall at Northcote Road Market?
I no longer have my stall at Northcote Road Market I'm sad to say, however it is for a good reason as I am now here, full time on the Isle of Wight in my big, new gallery in Cowes, so not a bad transition! However this means that If you'd like to see my work in person, you'll have to come for a holiday to the Island (were right by the passenger ferry that comes across directly from Southampton).. It really is a beautiful place to visit, a good excuse!
How Long Will My Pictures Last?
A problem with inkjet print has been, that whilst potentially beautiful, they've been liable to quickly fade and change colour. My prints won't. I use Epson's Ultrachrome pigmented inks on an O.B.A. free 100% cotton rag fine art paper (O.B.A.s make prints whiter and brighter at first, but quickly yellow and are wrongly used in most so called "art papers") When dry, I then coat my prints with a U.V. light resistant spray, which also helps prevent damage from ozone, humidity and pollution. Finally, the photographs are presented in acid free conservation mount-board.
I believe this to be the best combination of inks and paper available today. Independent research (carried out by a company called the Wilhelm Imaging Research Institute) suggests that my prints will look the same in 130 years time. However there are reasons to be sceptical of such longevity claims, and it's best not to leave any artwork exposed to direct sunlight for long periods.


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List app: Link button instead of URL
It would be great to have a link button instead of the URL in the list app. As it was in V3. URL are often very long and that looks awful.
We just released this to the cloud. I hope you like it! :-)
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Josephine commented
Thanks, we're looking forward to this.
Hi Josephine,
sorry for the late response. The link buttons in the list app will be part of the next major EE release / v14.
Josephine commented
Looks great! Which release is this improvement part of?
Would be great if columns would adjust to the available space.
Yes, that is a very good idea and shouldn't be too hard to implement.


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With Google's game streaming service Stadia inching closer, we have some more information to share about it. Part of this, is thanks to a recent AMA (Ask Me Anything) they did on Reddit. I've gone over what questions they answered, to give you a little overview.
Firstly, a few points about the Stadia Pro subscription: The Pro subscription is not meant to be like a "Netflix for Games", something people seem to think Stadia will end up as. Google said to think of it more like Xbox Live Gold or Playstation Plus. They're aiming to give Pro subscribers one free game a month "give or take". If you cancel Stadia Pro, you will lose access to free games claimed. However, you will get the previously claimed games back when you re-subscribe but not any you missed while not subscribed.
As for Stadia Base, as expected there will be no free games included. As already confirmed, both will let you buy games as normal.
We've still not seen what the UI will look like, but they did say it will be shown off before launch in November. As for features, it's launching with a basic set like being able to "play games across screens, no waiting for downloads or patches, social, store, etc". For social features at launch, you can "manage your friends list, create parties and use platform-level voice chat". However, Achievements will not be enabled at launch but they will come "a little bit later".
Stadia supports standard HID gamepads so Xbox Controller, DualShock 4 and likely many more. This shouldn't be too surprising, since Stadia is apparently using SDL (source). If you want to play on your TV, it will require a Stadia Controller and a Chromecast Ultra.
One thing I've seen people worry about (and I do share this worry), is what happens to games if Google decided to shut down Stadia? Google do have a history of starting things, going a few years and then stopping. Answering that, they said they will support "Takeout", so you can download "your game metadata, including saves if you want to". However, they said nothing about getting an actual download of your game in that case.
Modding support is something else people have been curious about and Google have confirmed Stadia does not support mods. However, they would like to and said they're "working with developers now to find the best way to do this".
As for cross-platform play, they said "cross-play and cross-progression are big priorities for us" and so it should be. Locking multiplayer behind closed doors just isn't what people want, where it makes sense for the type of game, it should be allowed and be possible so I'm happy that Google are well aware of this.
In regards to a question about Linux support, they said "Stadia will run in full desktop or laptop Chrome browsers.". They've been clearly steering away from mentioning any specific operating system, only that you simply need a Chrome browser and that's all across desktops and laptops. Project Stream (which Stadia was built upon), worked fine on Linux so I expect no issues there. Especially since the person from Google answering the questions, said they're most proud of "playing Assassin's Creed on my son's dirt-cheap Chromebook" so there's absolutely no reason why it won't work on a normal Linux distribution.
Since it will work on Linux and it's powered by Vulkan and Debian Linux, it's going to be interesting to try. I'm not sold on it personally but as a tech enthusiast I want to give it a go. For online-only games, that don't work on Linux and will likely never run on Linux, Stadia could be a pretty great option for us.
As an additional note, one not from the Reddit AMA, Ubisoft had some positive words to say about Stadia. Including that it doesn't cost them much extra to support it. We already knew they were planning to get their Uplay+ subscription library on Stadia, so that's not too surprising. The difference between supporting Stadia and the Linux desktop, is of course Stadia being one set configuration and a bigger market share.
Then there is the issue that Google most likely aims to replace traditional way to play games:
QuoteEventually, all of our games will be safely in the cloud too and we'll feel great about itWhere as a ideal future with Streaming would be one where it supplements normal way to play games. Not trying to replace it. So you can imagine Google will deploy exclusivity deals and such to try burn out non streaming platforms.
Let's hope Valve will have streaming figured out by time Stadia ever gets a chance to take off. Valve, imo, respects freedom much more than Google and is right company to be at the helm of streaming. I don't have a problem with streaming by itself, I think it's great. But the only positive I can see with Google and Stadia is increasing Vulkan adoption.
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Quoting: KimyrielleIn the context of really good and stable connexion available to a customer, I think a gamer will prefer paying 15€$ or any currency per month to play at max graphics rather than buy a pc every now and then 2k and see that in 2 years the graphics qulity of the games doesn't stay at max. But that's the only scenario in which streamed gaming will win.Quoting: dubigrasuI think the future gaming will be predominantly like this, and local stored games will be a thing of the past.
I think we're dinosaurs and we don't know it yet.
Well, that's more or less my point. There doesn't seem to be a compelling use-case for game streaming, so the question remains, why would it succeed? Literally everyone goes "It will replace traditional gaming!", yet nobody could ever explain to me why people would even prefer it over locally installed games. It's pretty much like a few years back a lot of people went "VR will take over gaming!!!", which made me giggle in a similar way, because I failed to understand why it would become anything but the niche product it actually became.
As for comparing streaming games to streaming films or music, due to the nature of the content, for me it isn't the same experience. Gaming isn't passive consumption, and I have different expectations that accompany active consumption, consumption in which I am part director.
The issues with streaming have been stated before, and will be again countless times more, so I will avoid rehashing them now. What I will say is that I will avoid any single player games for which streaming (or even just always-on DRM) is the only option. I would certainly be willing to revisit my decision if gaming companies agreed to source code escrows for those games. This will, of course, never happen. And if the whole gaming market shifted to streaming during my lifetime (improbable, but not impossible), I would stop new game spending, and would stick to my existing games, of which I have plenty.
As Bill Gates wrote in 1995: "A new competitor 'born' on the Internet is Netscape. Their browser is dominant, with 70% usage share, allowing them to determine which network extensions will catch on. They are pursuing a multi-platform strategy where they move the key API into the client to commoditize the underlying operating system. They have attracted a number of public network operators to use their platform..."
It ended up being Google which is poised to commoditize the underlying operating system, not Netscape. And it appears Stadia exists exclusively in service of the Chrome ecosystem. Perhaps one gatekeeper (Microsoft) has been exchanged for another (Google).
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Quoting: ixnariQuoting: JaromirIt is always funny to read the random comments.
The team at Google Stadia mentioned that privacy will be "at the user's control".
Oh, I'm sure.
so what? they will know that i'm a bad player? who cares.
when it comes to voice patterns, video patterns or knowing who i'm friend with, i can see how this could be used for evil purposes.
but spying on me while i play? why is that an issue? how can this be used for "evil" purposes?
Quoting: Salvatos- if you don't have unlimited bandwidth, it's probably easier to fit some more hours of video streaming in your monthly allowance than a large game download (or several);
gaming use more bandwidth than video, since you dont have time to create an buffer and improve the encoding or waste on decoding.
and the reason why people dont surpass their data limit already today is because they bandwitdh is not used while they are playing.
downloading an 100GB game may sound like much, but you will use more than that quite fast if you keep "downdloading" it forever.
Quoting: JaromirI think Netflix has proven that both things are not a major obstacle for most people.there is a key difference here, if netflix stop dont renewal an contract to stream something and none of his competitors do, you can still watch it by pirating it.
but if no one is willing to stream an game anymore and this game isnt avaliable to play outside of streaming, the game is dead, no one can play it anymore.
there are a lot of games that are currently umplayable, video game preservation is an serious issue and this thing only contribute to make it harder.
Quoting: kaimanOne question that also comes to mind is how game streaming might change games as a whole, if it ever catches on. I'm pretty sure it's not good for business if people keep streaming the same game (they paid once) again and again. So it's either in-game advertising, micro transactions, shorter or generally less re-playable games (or a mix of those), neither of which I find potentially appealing.running an old game will not consume google data centers so much, so they will not care.
Quoting: Jaromiralthough it was more recently used by Ubisoft to host The Division 2 in the Cloud and support the developer's real-time triple-A gaming endeavours."
there is a difference here, they may need to "play" the game on a server for multiplayer purposes due to things like physics and who killed who needing to be processed server side, but they dont need to process the graphics of it, wich is the most expensive thing to process.
Quoting: TheRiddickSo let me get this straight... how people can't see that scenario as being a complete scam is beyond me!
because you didnt get it straight.
"you pay $50-60usd for a game on Stadia"
if its a triple A it will cost this prices, indie games tend to be much cheaper.
" can play it while having a subscription only"
you can play it forever in fullHD, you only have to pay if you want to go 4k, and once google upgrade their servers, the free tier should be updated to 4k and the paid tier should be 8k, 120fps.
"and if they shut the thing down or remove that title from the store you get your save-games so you can then go over to GOG or Steam to buy the game again on your actual PC"
that part is a little bit confusing, they said once you purchase the game is your forever, wich means they should provide you with an key if they ever want to discontinue the server, i dont know where this key will be located, if they will make an client such as steam to distribute, give you keys on steam or an store of your choice, or whetever, but i highly doubt they will leave you with nothing but your save game.
in any case i hope you can transfer your save at any moment, not only if they decide to shut it down.
Quoting: vectorIt ended up being Google which is poised to commoditize the underlying operating system, not Netscape. And it appears Stadia exists exclusively in service of the Chrome ecosystem. Perhaps one gatekeeper (Microsoft) has been exchanged for another (Google).
what scary me the most is that Stadia is powered by Linux, and if we ever enter an world where the standartd is gaming without preservation of old games, gaming without the freedom of mods to makew your own maps, characters etc. it will be google and linux fault that we were able to reach that world.
its linux communism where you fight for an better world and end up with an worse one and in some countries even up to today.
in the end of the day, letting microsoft have an monopoly is sounding less scary somehow.