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Airservices latest group of 15 technical trainees have graduated from the TAFE NSW Riverina Institute with a Diploma of Engineering at a ceremony in Wagga Wagga yesterday.
Airservices latest group of 15 technical trainees have graduated from the TAFE NSW Riverina Institute with a Diploma of Engineering at a ceremony in Wagga Wagga yesterday.
Airservices Chair, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston today addressed the 600 plus delegates at this year's Australian Airports Association (AAA) National Conference held at the Gold Coast.
Twenty five new aviation rescue fire fighters will commence work at airports around the country next week following their graduation from Airservices Learning Academy in Melbourne today.
Safety and efficiency improvements in Airservices delivery of air traffic control, aviation rescue fire fighting and air navigation services to customers has been reported in the organisation's Annual Report 2013–14.
Airservices Australia will save more than 30 million litres of drinking water each year, following the commissioning of a water recycling plant at its hot fire training ground facility in Melbourne.
Thirty-eight new air traffic controllers will take up their positions across the country to keep Australia's skies safe after their graduation from an intensive 18-month training course.
Airservices has today announced it will contribute $30 000 to assist the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) complete its restoration of the Southern Cross II.
Airservices will make two airspace changes at Gold Coast Airport in the next two months to improve noise impacts for local residents and enhance the safety and efficiency of air services to the airport.
Airservices aviation rescue fire fighting staff will be supporting young people living with cancer by collecting donations during National Bandanna Day on Friday 31 October.
Airservices Australia has presented awards to two air traffic controllers to mark the International Day of the Air Traffic Controller on Monday 20 October.
The 2014 Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA) National Conference was held in the Hunter Valley.
Airservices will be an exhibitor at the 'Skills West Expo' from Thursday 18 September to Saturday 20 September.
Airservices will be exhibiting at the FOGS Indigenous Employment and Careers Expo in Brisbane on Thursday 18 September.
Airservices will fit the latest digital technology to existing air traffic control towers in the Gold Coast, Perth, Cairns and Brisbane as part of the continuing implementation of this world-leading technology around Australia.
A revised air route structure between Melbourne and Cairns is now in place as part of ongoing efforts by Airservices to make the safety of the Australian travelling public its highest priority.
More than 200 industry partners, customers, stakeholders and staff attended Airservices annual industry consultation forum, Waypoint, in Canberra on Thursday 4 September.
Airservices is proud to be sponsoring this years annual Aviation Careers Expo to be held at Brisbane Airport on Saturday 23 August 2014 from 10am – 4pm.
Twenty three new aviation rescue fire fighters will commence work at airports around the country next week following their graduation from Airservices Learning Academy in Melbourne today.
Airservices air traffic controllers in Melbourne and Sydney helped guide the first Airbus A350 XWB (Extra Wide Body) to visit Australia into Sydney Airport this morning, where it landed on Runway 34L shortly after 6.30 am.
Airservices aviation rescue fire fighters from Darwin displayed one of the station's Mk8 Panther ultra-large fire vehicles at the Royal Darwin Show, held between 24–27 July.
Airservices today announced plans to install 13 new Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) ground stations to enhance its coverage of satellite-based air traffic surveillance in Australia's airspace.


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Manchester takes legal action to stop Hooksett school exodus
Hooksett has approved reassigning more than 60 students for reassignment, mostly to Pinkerton Academy and Londonderry High School.
However, Hooksett school board members said they are confident that they are complying with the contract and the law.
"I'm sorry that we came to this point," said Hooksett School Board Vice Chairman David Pearl. "We made every effort to sit down and talk to them. We're comfortable that we're (reassigning students) on a one-to-one basis. We're comfortable that we're operating within the contract."
The key allegation of the May 8 letter, signed by James O'Shaughnessy of Upton and Hatfield law firm and Manchester Superintendent Thomas Brennan, is that Hooksett's student reassignment policy is "without a bona fide case-by-case review," and as such constitutes an "intentional" breach of contract.
A part of the city's case is the October 2012 revision of Hooksett's "change in school assignment" policy, removing the requirement that a parent prove "hardship" before a child could be approved for reassignment. The new policy is actually a more lenient policy that had been in effect previously.
"The policy significantly liberalized the assignment procedure to allow any students' request for reassignment to be accepted by the Hooksett school board, subject only to conditions the Hooksett board deemed appropriate (and) no longer required parents to demonstrate a manifest educational hardship," states Manchester's letter.
The contract between Hooksett and Manchester, while noting that reassigned students have to be "approved for such attendance on a case-by-case basis," does not entail what that process should be or specify any requirements for reassignment.
Under the new policy, Hooksett requires parents or guardians to prove that they can provide transportation, meet extra tuition costs and that the student has been accepted to the alternate school. Then the board votes on the assignment.
The contract also does not limit the number of students who can be reassigned.
Members of the Hooksett school board said that Manchester has never expressed a "perceived limit."
The city says that language can be found in state law. RSA:193.3 states that parents "may" apply to a school board for relief in the case of manifest hardship, and that parents must "demonstrate the detrimental or negative effect on the pupil if the pupil continues to attend the school to which he/she is assigned."
The district goes on to say, that Hooksett's reassignment policy, given its lack of a hardship requirement, is an act outside of the board's specified powers.
Beyond the contract issue, however, the big issue is money.
Hooksett pays the Manchester district $8,500 per student in tuition. With a little over 60 eighth-grade students reassigned out of the city - more than 40 percent of the class, Manchester stands to lose about $500,000. Over the course of four years, Manchester would lose more than $2 million.
Manchester says that loss would "cause irreparable harm to all students attending school in Manchester, as it equates to losing between 10 to 15 full-time teachers in the district."
Manchester's letter calls for a hearing on an injunction no later than mid-July.
According to superior court officials, the hearing has not yet been scheduled.
Hooksett declared the city to be in breach of contract with the town in December 2012, largely over chronic classroom overcrowding, violating state standards. While Manchester has acknowledged the class size issue and has been working to address it with the state Department of Education, the city's official response to Hooksett denied that they were in breach and raised the issue of student reassignments.
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The Winter Carnival, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., is co-sponsored by the Alton Bay Business Association and the town of Alton.
ABA Chair Chris Racine of Profile Bank said the carnival returns to the ice this year. Last year's weather conditions forced events onto the parking lot at Alton Bay.
"We're thrilled it will be held back on the ice this year," she said, adding some slushy spots will be cleared.
New events this year include a snowmobile parade and snowmobile driver costume contest. Snow machines include vintage and new models alike. Another new attraction is a chowder contest, where local restaurants will offer chowder for tasting and the public can vote on their favorite.
Meredith Village Savings Bank and the Alton Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor the Great Alton Bay Bed Race during the Carnival at 3 p.m. near the Alton Bay Ice Bandstand on Lake Winnipesaukee.
Events and activities include a kids' ice fishing contest, crazy hat contest, bob house decorating contest, pond hockey and a photo scavenger hunt. With exception of sleigh rides on the ice, and helicopter rides over the bay, all events and food are free. Proceeds from the paid rides are donated to local charities.
Racine said this is the fifth annual carnival sponsored by the ABA. In prior years, the town sponsored the carnival but it eventually fizzled out. She said the ABA decided to start it up again as a way to give back.
"Our mission is not only to support local businesses, but to give back to the community. It's the community that keeps our businesses thriving," she said.
The carnival typically draws from 500 to 1,500 participants turning out to enjoy the day's events, she said.
A returning fan favorite event is the bed race. Anyone who wants to participate in the bed race can create a bed, put skis on the bottom and a push bar across the head and foot of the bed. A five-person team, with four people pushing and one person riding, race the bed from the start to the finish line. Themed beds are always a hit, said Racine. Cleats or spikes are not permitted on the ice, however, and riders need to wear a helmet.
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Co-owner Carol Kupp, working behind the counter, didn't recognize him – and she's a fan. When he removed his glasses and hat, she was surprised. She never expected to see him in her restaurant.
There, perched on a stool, was Food Network celebrity Alton Brown.
Brown, who hosts the network's "Cutthroat Kitchen,'' was starring in a stage show, "Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour,'' which was stopping at the Hershey Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 11. He solicits dining recommendations from fans in each city where he's performed.
Regulars at Kuppy's had vowed to promote the diner to Brown via Twitter and Facebook. Kupp enjoyed their enthusiasm, all the while thinking to herself, "He's not going to come to Middletown.''
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David Cameron asked the question at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, and went on, as prime ministers do, to answer it himself:
One that is outward-looking – with its eyes to the world not gazing inwards.
One with the flexibility of a network, not the rigidity of a bloc – whose institutions help by connecting and strengthening its members to thrive in a vibrant world, rather than holding them back.
One that understands and values national identity and sees the diversity of Europe's nations as source of strength.
Yup, I'd say 95 per cent of British voters would sign up to that. Had such a Europe ever been on offer, we'd have grabbed at it with both hands, and there'd be no argument today. The trouble is that it wasn't, and it isn't. The EU continues to extend its jurisdiction, day by day, hour by hour, belatedly regularising these extensions in subsequent treaties, British politicians talking fondly all the while about a make-believe place called 'a Europe of nations'.
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I'm delighted that the PM is now talking about a different kind of relationship with the EU and, since he tells me he reads this blog, I'd like to suggest a way for him to keep all sides happy and guarantee himself a landslide at the next election. I offer the proposal in all seriousness, and set it out in detail here.
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The world's smallest USB memory stick is here, goes up to a wall and awaits the impending measuring contest
Dutch-based promotional product manufacturer, Deonet, who made the diamond-studded Golden USB memory stick and the FSC-certified maple-enclosed Eco Wood drive have just announced something quite special before the holidays: the world's smallest USB memory stick.
The USB memory stick measures in at just 19.5 x 14.5 x 2.9mm, which is thicker, but a fair bit shorter than the already small Kingmax Super Stick Mini. It comes in three sizes, 4, 8 and 16GB and will launch in January at PSI Düsseldorf. The drive is based on something called the Micro UDP chip, with the UDP standing for USB Disk In Package assembly process, which has the controller, flash IC, substrate and passive components molded into a very small, single package. This makes it less than half the physical size of other USB memory solutions.
The company says that once the drive is plugged in, it can hardly be seen coming out of the USB port itself. Impressively small. At the moment, Deonet has not revealed any pricing on the new world's smallest USB memory stick. Hopefully the price matches the small footprint of the drive.
Seagate follow WD in warranty cuts, goes one step further
WD have just cut their warranty on Blue and Green drives, and Seagate didn't want to be left behind so they've followed suite. Segate had just sent a letter to authorized distributors where they've said:
Effective December 31, 2011, Seagate will be changing its warranty policy from a 5 year to a 3 year warranty period for Nearline drives, 5 years to 1 year for certain Desktop and Notebook Bare Drives, 5 years to 3 years on Barracuda XT and Momentus XT, and from as much as 5 years to 2 years on Consumer Electronics.
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WD cuts down Blue and Green HDD warranty from 3 to 2 years
Western Digital in a strange move, has cut the warranty of Caviar Blue, Caviar Green and Scorpio Blue drives from three to two years. Channel partners received a letter from SelectWD explaining the news, where it is said that Caviar Black and Scorpio Black drives will still receive five-year warranties.
The SelectWD letter says:
This new warranty policy will be effective for drives shipped from January 2nd, 2012. It is important that you take a moment to update your website(s) and collateral to reflect this change for effected drives shipped after January 1st, 2012.
All drives shipped to distributors prior to Jan. 2nd 2012 will retain the current warranty terms. Because of existing inventory in the distribution channel there will be a short period of time when some drives with a 3-year warranty will be sold at the same time as drives with a 2-year warranty.
If you have any doubt about the warranty of a drive you purchased, you can go to support.wdc.com, select Warranty and RMA Services and proceed to the Warranty Check page.
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Hitachi unleashes new 10k RPM HDD, enter Ultrastar C10K900
Hitachi have only just unleashed some 4TB consumer hard drives, and throughout the the Thailand flood crisis, one would think we wouldn't see any new hard-drive announcements, well, you were wrong.
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have just unveiled something for the enterprise market, the Ultrastar C10K900 series. This new series comes in 300, 450, 600 and 900GB sizes, which all feature a 2.5-inch form factor, a SAS 6Gbps interface, 64MB of cache, an average seek time of 3.8 milliseconds, an average latency of 3.0ms, and an operating/idle power draw of just 5.8/3.0W. A Bulk Data Encryption option will also be available on specific models.
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Transcend let loose two new 85MB/sec-capable SDHC memory cards
Transcend Information Inc. have just expanded their memory card lineup with the introduction of two new products which are said to 'unleash the full potential of today's high-end digital cameras and camcorders.'
The two products are 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards, which comply with the SD version 3.01 specification, have an Ultra-High Speed Class 1 (UHS-1) rating, and are capable of delivering speeds of up to 85MB/sec.
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OCZ releases new Petrol SSDs, includes high-octane performance
Why didn't OCZ use the line high-octane in this new SSD... feel free to use that line, OCZ. OCZ have released yet another SSD onto the market, a new range line called "Petrol." Petrol is based on a 6Gbps SATA interface and comes in the usual 2.5-inch form factor. Ryan Peterson, CEO of OCZ Technology says:
Until today, SSD adoption has been limited to high performance applications due to the high cost of SSDs in relation to slower rotating discs, and we are proud to once again close the gap in pricing without sacrificing durability. The new Petrol Series showcases the flexibility of the Indilinx Everest platform and NDurance Technology, allowing OCZ to deliver the benefits of SSDs to a wide new set of applications while retaining the superior real world performance and reduced latency that separate Everest-based SSDs from our competitors.
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Hitachi unveil two new 4TB storage solutions
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) have just announced the industry's highest capacity 4TB storage solutions in the form of the Deskstar 5K4000 Internal Hard Drive Kit and the Touro Desk External Hard Drive. The Hitachi 4TB Deskstar 5K4000 hard drive is a 3.5-inch drive with a 32MB cache and also sports Hitachi's CoolSpin technology. CoolSpin, along with other Hitachi power management techniques, give the Deskstar 5K4000 up to 28-percent idle power savings over the Deskstar 7K3000 7,200 RPM drives.
The suggest retail price on the drive is $399.99. The kit comes inclusive of mounting screws, step-by-step instructions and a software download that allows both 32- and 64-bit Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X and Linux-based systems to access the full capacity and power of the 4TB drive.
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Intel Micron announce 20nm 64Gb NAND and 128Gb sampling, expect 1 and 2TB SSDs in the future
Intel Micron have just announced the world's first 128Gb NAND device, as well as the mass production of 64Gb 20nm NAND. The new 128Gb device is a perfect compliment for small form factor tablets, smartphones, SSDs and high-performance compute devices.
The new 20nm 128Gb MLC NAND device doubles the storage capacity and performance of the companies' existing 20nm 64Gb NAND device. Intel and Micron continue to lead the industry with the most advanced NAND production process technology. The industry's first monolithic 128Gb part can store 1 terabit of data in a single fingertip-sized package with just eight die.
Doesn't sound exciting yet, does it? Well, 128Gb 20nm parts are set to go into mass production in Q2 of next year, where we should see SSD makers use octal (8) die packages using 128Gb NAND, this means we should see 1TB SSDs with just eight chips, or dual-sided 2TB SSDs. Excited now? For a more detailed breakdown of what to expect, check out the source.
2TB HDDs delay iMAC shipments by up to 7 weeks
Apple Insider is reporting that Apple is feeling the HDD shortage. Massive flooding in Thailand caused the HDD industry to hit a brick wall for a few months and things are just now starting to dry out for most component manufactures.
A reader contacted AppleInsider on Friday to note that the estimated shipping times for custom iMacs went up dramatically from their previous time of 1 to 3 days. The shipping estimates apply in the U.S. as well as internationally.
Western Digital partially restore production in one factory in Thailand
Good news for once regarding the flooding in Thailand and HDD manufacturers! Western Digital have reportedly restored production at at least one of their HDD manufacturing plants in Thailand one week ahead of schedule.
WD have also just increased their revenue outlook for the current quarter because of this, where they now expect $1.8 billion in revenue instead of the $1.05 to $1.25 billion previously estimated. Western Digital CEO John Coyne has said:
Much work remains to be done, but we couldn't be more pleased with the effort and results thus far, including tremendous support from our supply partners and customers. The passion, perseverance, ingenuity and execution exhibited by the Western Digital team has been extraordinary and enabled us to make substantial progress in partially restoring our operations in Thailand.
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And even though Merrill was the fifth and final stop for the Pack, they still had plenty of surprises for their fans.
They started the day with a suprise easter egg hunt at Lion Park with some of the younger green bay fans.
Current packers Brad Jones, Mason Crosby, Jarrett Bush and some famous pack alumni handed out candy, took pictures with fans and even got an exclusive pic with the easter bunny.
Later on fans gathered at the Merrill rec center for some Q&A and a chance to grab some packers goodies from the team and of course, get a couple autographs.
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The Baltimore Ravens helped longtime veteran Ray Lewis go into retirement in style by defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII Sunday (February 3) night in New Orleans.
Despite a strong Niners comeback late in the game, the Ravens were victorious in a hard fought match-up.
The Baltimore Ravens held off a furious second-half charge by the San Francisco 49ers en route to a 34-31 triumph in Super Bowl XLVII. It marked the Ravens' first title since the 2000 season, when they defeated the New York Giants, 34-7. Coach John Harbaugh squeezed out a win over his younger brother, Jim Harbaugh, while the Ravens sent star linebacker Ray Lewis into retirement with another Super Bowl ring. The game wasn't decided until 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sailed a pass incomplete toward Michael Crabtree on fourth-and-goal deep in Ravens' territory. Jim Harbaugh was animated in his disgust with the call, pleading for a pass interference penalty. (Chicago Tribune)
The game suffered an extensive setback when power issues occured in the third quarter.
Lights in the New Orleans stadium's upper tier went dark with the Baltimore Ravens leading the San Francisco 49ers 28-6, minutes after the Ravens' Jacoby Jones ran back the kickoff that opened the second half a record 108 yards for a touchdown. About 10 minutes later, an announcement inside the Superdome indicated that the lights would be restored "momentarily." A short time later, lights began coming back on incrementally. During the outage and the slow restoration of lights, players stayed on the field, talking to one another and stretching, waiting for play to resume. Spectators largely followed requests to remain in their seats. (CNN)
The game sparked endless reactions from hip-hop artists like Game.
"Dont get too excited. Here we come !!!! #49ers," Game tweeted.
"Helluva game." (Game's Twitter)
Houston rapper Slim Thug congratulated a few key Ravens players.
"And the Ravens win the Super Bowl"
"Congrats to Ray Lewis"
"Congrats to Jacoby Jones" (Slim Thug's Twitter)
Tennis superstar Serena Williams sent words of encouragement to Niners tight end Vernon Davis after the close loss.
"Next time @VernonDavis85 next time!," she tweeted. (Serena Williams' Twitter)


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MANCHESTER Jane Elizabeth Cruthers, 94, formerly of Landgrove, and more recently of Manchester, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, at her residence at Equinox Terrace in Manchester following a brief illness
She was born June 24, 1918, in Orange, N.J., the daughter of August Frederick and Edith (Vance) Bauer.
She received her education in West Orange, N.J., and was a graduate of West Orange High School. She later graduated from Columbia Presbyterian School of Nursing.
On Oct. 18, 1941, she married Thomas Cruthers.
For many years she was employed as a nurse at the Orange Memorial Hospital in Orange, N.J., and later at the Springfield Hospital in Springfield, Vt.
She enjoyed golf, traveling, gardening, reading, crossword puzzles, bridge and volunteering at Equinox Terrace, Manchester Health Services, and Hildene.
Survivors include her children, Thomas Cruthers of Manchester, Andrew Frederick Cruthers of Milford, N.J., and Christina Jane McCaffery of Plymouth, Mich.; two grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother, August Frederick Bauer, Jr.
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1.1 Zoology The juvenile stage of a newt.
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Pack-away Kettle Collapses for Tight Spaces, Expands for Heat
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The Pack-away Kettle is fully collapsible and as a result can fit into the tiniest of spaces. The bottom is made of stainless steel so it shouldn't wear over time, though we do have our concerns about the flexible portion since it looks like it could melt if placed into an overzealous fire.
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A few days back I shared
OpenGL benchmarks of Fedora 19, Fedora 20, Ubuntu 13.04, and Ubuntu 13.10
. For those not interested in the CPU performance of these four Linux distributions, those results are now available.
The CPU-based benchmarks comparing the latest stable and development releases of Ubuntu and Fedora Linux are much less interesting than the OpenGL results with the constantly-evolving open-source graphics drivers. However, thanks to the kernel differences and compiler updates, there are some differences.
All of the compute benchmarks to the recent Fedora 19/20 vs. Ubuntu 13.04/13.10 testing can be found on
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DG Open Week
DG open week is coming up soon from the 25th till the 31st of August.
Have a look at the new timetable because we have loads of new classes and a lot more styles for you to try!
4pm Liss Basic Urban Hip Hop
5pm Jess Basic Hip Hop
6pm Jess Beginners Hip hop
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8pm Sam Beginners Breaking
9pm bboy jam
5pm Karen Basic Hip Hop
6pm Lisa Basic JFH
7pm Karen Street Jazz / Waacking
8pm Pandi Open Urban Contemporary
9pm Pandi Intermediate/Open Jazz Funk Hip Hop
4pm Tania Basic Jazz
5pm Tania Beginners JFH
6pm Lisa Beginners Girls hip hop
7pm Lenny
8pm crew training
4pm konxy Basic Breaking
5pm Gracie Basic KPop
6pm Mel Beginners Hip hop grooves
7pm Mel Beginners House Grooves
8pm Almerick hip hop
4pm Tania Basic JFH
5pm Tania Basic Hip Hop
6pm Andrew Lais Beginners Urban Hip Hop
7pm Hideboo Beginners breaking
12-2pm chinese hire
2pm Tania Basic JFH
3pm Nat Zumba
4pm Nat Salsa
5pm Chong Basic Hip Hop
10-3pm Booking
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Fear not friends, the time has come and we have some new classes for you to try in June!
(and yes, I'm announcing them a couple days early)
On Thursday night we now have Michael 'Sisqo' Francisco teaching at 6:45 till 8pm. Definitely come and see what his open class is like and share some dance with us.
This means that Almerick's class is now at 8-9:15pm!!
Just a reminder for those who dance on Tuesdays, Andy's may 27th class is cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience but would love to see you earlier at Meeks' 6:45 class!!
We hope you enjoy the last moments of May.
Say, it's already May
It's ALREADY May and do we have some exciting things lined up!
Just to kick start this month on Tuesday 6th of May we have a guest teaching a class at 6:45pm and it's none the less than Lanie de Castro from Melbourne!
The following tuesday after, we have a special collaboration class between our two Tuesday night teachers ~ Andy and Lauren. This is going to be Lauren's last class for the time being, so come down and share with her some love!
New Month, new teacher announcement! If you haven't already heard about it, I'm telling you now. We have an awesome new teach James Deane who hails from the sunshine coast. Come for class on Mondays at 4:15 for a fun-filled beginners hip hop class, and maybe catch a ray of sunshine coast sun.
Keep your eyes peeled and we'll keep you posted on what's happening,
Have a lovely Sunday night everyone.
Krump + Freestyle Workshop
If you haven't heard about it, we have a FEMALE ONLY workshop coming this Saturday!
Yes, we invite all female dancers who want to learn to freestyle and krump to come down and join Darrio Phillips & Melanie Louise on Saturday the 5th of April at 5:30pm.
Pre-register by contacting Darrio on 0409 772 143
For only TEN Dollars you'll be learning Basics/Foundations, Krump Culture, Techniques, Freestyles and Grooves.
We look forward to seeing all you ladies getting in on the action!
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March Madness
March madness is an obsolete term meaning 'being mad as a March hare' since during March hares are wilder than at other times (because it's their breeding season); hence the proverbial saying.
Well, we don't breed hares at DG but we do dance.
Come into DG any time during the month of March and you can purchase a 20 CLASS PASS for just $160! (Usually $200 – $220)*
Let your friends know and maybe bring your family along as well – for if March is the month of breeding, we welcome you to help grow our family.
*As per usual, the class pass is valid for one month.
Valentine's Week and Update
Hey, hope you're all enjoying Valentine's week!!
Please remember that if you bring a partner or a friend to class it's only $5 for them to join the fun! As the week comes to a close and Valentine's day draws closer, this window is slowly getting smaller. So squeeze a class in and share about some love with our faculty and your friends!
Another quick update is that on the 17th of February Jess' class is cancelled. I recommend taking the opportunity to check out some different classes otherwise, we will see you back the week after
Have a lovely mid-week everyone.
It feels like it's been such a long time but we are finally OPEN AGAIN FOR 2014!!!!!
Hope you've all had a Merry Christmas and a bright New Year!
Why not welcome yourself to a bit of dancing fun and adventure with us at the studio. Remember that the summer holiday deal is still on!
We hope to see you soon
- Dance Generation
Closed for Christmas and New Years
Time to go do what the holiday season beckons!
We will be closed for one week from Monday 23/12/13 to Sunday 5/1/14
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance ~ We'll see you on the new side of 2014!!


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A company is not successful if it makes no money - regardless of how much imaginary value the investors tell you it's worth.
For the last couple of weeks, I have been writing and commenting on the social bubble. We all know that it's here. The signs are as clear as day. But there is something wrong with this bubble. It isn't actually a bubble for anyone who is in it. It is only a bubble for the rest of us, and the market as a whole.
What we are experiencing is the what I will call the Silicon Valley Dance, and here is how it goes.
First a bunch of startups all try to do something spectacular, and they pitch their ideas to angel investors hoping to get funding to get it going.
Most of these startups don't make it and are not invited to the dance - but the few that do are invited into a strange world of tech investments.
The first few steps are simple. The startup, now monetized by their angel investments, set out to create this amazing new thing involving new technology, new ideas, and new social doohickeys. In order to attract attention, they decide to give it all away for free. They do not even put ads on it. We see statements like. "This will be free, forever". And the founders say things like, "We don't like advertising, so we won't do that, ever!"
People, of course, are very excited by this free gimmick. It's new and exciting (and everyone loves that), and it is totally free - made by people who wants to keep it free forever.
The result is an incredibly initial growth curve. And since it is build around social sharing, it very quickly explodes in size.
Soon the journalists notice this new thing and write amazing articles proclaiming that this startup grew 4,000% the last 3 months alone (which is really easy to do when you start from zero).
The startup now needs to scale. They need bigger servers, support crew, and a bunch of other things in order to support this new 'social comet'. In short, they need to raise more money.
This, however, is easy. Because with a grow curve showing a 4,000% growth, the investors see billion dollars signs falling from the skies. Based on their initial numbers, it is decided that the company will grow by some even larger number, and base on that they set a completely made-up market valuation of something in the area of a billion dollars.
They then invest $100 million into the company (10 times lower)
The result is that the investors can invest in a company at a fraction of the price that they tell the world that it is worth. What a brilliant deal, especially since all the numbers are made up.
It's like buying a car for $10,000, and then telling people it is worth $100,000.
The startup continues to focus on growth and deliberately implement things that will boost traffic even higher, while neglecting to consider anything that could produce real money.
A while later, the small startup has tens of millions of free users, and it is now ready to be sold to some big clueless company who themselves have failed to embrace whatever the startup had invented.
The investors sit down to have a meeting with a big investment bank, and they decide that the company is now worth 50 billion imaginary dollars - and they base it all on its amazing growth as well as its track record of being valuated at an ever higher price at each investment cycle.
Just look how amazing it is growing. The first investors invested just a couple of thousand, then it was valuated at $100 million, which attracted even more investors, who invested $10 million, and now it is worth $1 billion! All imaginary valuations based on a company that makes no money at all.
The next day, the company is sold for a staggering amount of billions to some big company, and the founders become billionaires - and so do the initial angel investors and early investors.
Everyone is happy. The founders turn into venture capital investors themselves, and start looking for the next free-for-all-new-amazing-social-startup-with-no-revenue to invest in.
And the cycle repeats.
As you can see. Without actually making any money, at any point, a company was formed and later sold for billions of dollars - making both the founders and the investors filthy rich. And they can keep doing this as long as there are new startups coming out with new ideas. There is no bubble here. It actually works.
Being a venture capitalist is a tremendously successful business model.
But what about the big company who just paid several billion dollars for a startup with no revenue? Well ...this is where things start to go horribly wrong. The only way to somehow get this money back is to find a way to monetized all this free traffic.
They start with advertising, which results in a massive backlash from the people using the service, who say that this big company doesn't care about them and are only in it to make money - and many other arguments like, "they are breaking with the culture that the startup was founded on".
The big company is identified as the ultimate villain. Employees drop out and post negative articles telling the world that the reason they left was because of how 'corporate development' changed everything - and that sucked, so goodbye!
A few years go by, until finally the big company simply decides to write that 'experiment' off as a failure. They never succeeded in monetizing the traffic.
Why did it fail? Part of the reason is that the big company completely failed to understand the mechanisms behind it. If they did, they would never have bought the startup at that price to begin with. But the biggest reason is that it was based on imaginary value. It made no money, and its users have been taught to expect everything for free. That is not an audience or a product that can be turned into something that will ever be profitable.
The initial founders and investors don't care about that. They already earned their billion dollars. They are currently building up new startups with, no revenue and promises something new for free, only to pitch the idea other big clueless companies for imaginary market valuations far above the amount of money the investors have actually put into it.
The cycle continues endlessly. The bubble never burst as long as there are more clueless corporations waiting inline to buy the next innovative idea.
Nevertheless, the bubble will burst the day the big clueless companies start to use their brain. That's when this whole industry will come tumbling down. The day investors can no longer make up imaginary value is when it will all fall to pieces.
Personally, I cannot wait for this to happen. Just imagine a world where startups where based on creating something people would pay real money for, generate real revenue and produce real profit. These startups would have to build something that was far better to begin with. Something far more useful, and far more valuable.
Imagine a social network that had to be so good that you would pay real money for it. We used to do that in the past, but then came the Silicon Valley Dance.
The Silicon Valley Dance is also largely responsible for the culture of free. It is astonishing how many 'ordinary' people who believe that sites like Pinterest is worth their new $1.5 billion market valuation.
Ordinary people point to the fact that billions of dollars are exchanging hands, and the constant stories of founders getting filthy rich. But they didn't do it because they made something valuable. They did it because they fooled some big company into believing that their free traffic was worth something it wasn't.
The problem is that, in this kind of environment, it is almost impossible to create a real startup that makes real money. You have to compete with a bunch of startups with fictional financial valuations who gives everything away for free.
It's time for the big companies to wake up. While I wouldn't mind having a billion dollars in my bank account (which I don't), I would much rather spend my time building something of real value. Something that generates real money because it is really worth the price!
A company is not successful if it makes no money - regardless of how much imaginary value the investors tell you it is worth. It is a simple scam, although a highly profitable one for the investors.
It's the Silicon Valley Dance.
1...2...free...grow it some more...4...5...6...valuate the floor
1...2...free...grow it some more...4...5...6...valuate the floor
Sell it to a big fool, because that's really cool.
1...2...free...grow it some more...4...5...6...valuate the floor
1...2...free...grow it some more...4...5...6...valuate the floor
Sell it to a big fool, because that's really cool.
...and repeat
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Red Sox Activity Book
from Hawk's Nest Publishing
This activity book includes classic coloring pages, word searches, mazes, and more with a Red Sox theme.
Make-Your-Own Glitter Sticker Cards
from Peaceable Kingdom
Kids can make, send, and share notes with friends and family with this sticker activity book.
Play-Doh Let's Create: Shapes
from Silver Dolphin Books
This Play-Doh activity book is an interactive way to introduce preschoolers to shapes and help them with color and shape recognition.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magnet Book
from Golden Books
This magnetic book lets kids 3–8 create their own Turtles adventures with four magnets that cling to some of the book's pages.
Bubble Guppies Magnet Book
from Golden Books
This magnetic book lets kids 3+ tell their own Bubble Guppies stories with four character magnets.
Dry Erase Tangrams Activity Book
from Mead
The Dry Erase Tangrams Activity Book from Mead is an activity book that uses seven basic geometric shapes to help kids 6+ practice basic math concepts.
Play-Doh Let's Create: Letters
from Silver Dolphin Books
This activity book introduces preschoolers to the alphabet and lets them make letters and words out of Play-Doh.
Play-Doh Christmas Craft Fun Book
from Silver Dolphin Books
Kids 3+ can get crafty with Play-Doh and make 15 different Christmas-themed creations.
Team Umizoomi Count With Us!
from Random House
Kids 2–5 can count along with the characters from Team Umizoomi in this board book.