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Project management triangle
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The Project Management Triangle (called also Triple Constraint or the Iron Triangle) is a model of the constraints of project management. It is a graphic aid where the three attributes show on the corners of the triangle to show opposition. It is useful to help with intentionally choosing project biases, or analyzing the goals of a project.[1] It is used to illustrate that project management success is measured by the project team's ability to manage the project, so that the expected results are produced while managing time and cost.[2][3][4]
Like any human undertaking, projects need to be performed and delivered under certain constraints. Traditionally, these constraints have been listed as "scope" (features and quality), "time", and "cost".[5] These are also referred to as the "Project Management Triangle," where each side represents a constraint. One side of the triangle cannot be changed without affecting the others. A further refinement of the constraints separates product "quality" or "performance" from scope, and turns quality into a fourth constraint.
- 1 Overview
- 2 "Pick any two"
- 3 STR Model
- 4 Project management triangle topics
- 5 Evolution of the Project Constraint Model
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
The time constraint refers to the amount of time available to complete a project. The cost constraint refers to the budgeted amount available for the project. The scope constraint refers to what must be done to produce the project's end result. These three constraints are often competing constraints: increased scope typically means increased time and increased cost, a tight time constraint could mean increased costs and reduced scope, and a tight budget could mean increased time and reduced scope.
The discipline of project management is about providing the tools and techniques that enable the project team (not just the project manager) to organize their work to meet these constraints.
Another approach to project management is to consider the three constraints as finance, time and human resources. If you need to finish a job in a shorter time, you can throw more people at the problem, which in turn will raise the cost of the project, unless by doing this task quicker we will reduce costs elsewhere in the project by an equal amount.
As a project management graphic aid, a triangle can show time, resources, and technical objective as the sides of a triangle, instead of the corners.[6] John Storck, a former instructor of the American Management Association's "Basic Project Management" course, used a pair of triangles called triangle outer and triangle inner to represent the concept that the intent of a project is to complete on or before the allowed time, on or under budget, and to meet or exceed the required scope. The distance between the inner and outer triangles illustrated the hedge or contingency for each of the three elements. Bias could be shown by the distance. His example of a project with a strong time bias was the Alaska pipeline which essentially had to be done on time no matter the cost. After years of development, oil flowed out the end of the pipe within four minutes of schedule. In this illustration, the time side of triangle inner was effectively on top of the triangle outer line. This was true of the technical objective line also. The cost line of triangle inner, however, was outside since the project ran significantly over budget.
James P. Lewis [7] suggests that project scope represents the area of the triangle, and can be chosen as a variable to achieve project success. He calls this relationship PCTS (Performance, Cost, Time, Scope), and suggests that a project can pick any three.
The real value of the project triangle is to show the complexity that is present in any project. The plane area of the triangle represents the near infinite variations of priorities that could exist between the three competing values. By acknowledging the limitless variety, possible within the triangle, using this graphic aid can facilitate better project decisions and planning and ensure alignment among team members and the project owners.
"Pick any two"[edit]
You are given the options of Fast, Good, and Cheap, and told to pick any two. Here Fast refers to the time required to deliver the product, Good is the quality of the final product, and Cheap refers to the total cost of designing and building the product. This triangle reflects the fact that the three properties of a project are interrelated, and it is not possible to optimize all three – one will always suffer. In other words, you have three options:
- Design something quickly and to a high standard, but then it will not be cheap.
- Design something quickly and cheaply, but it will not be of high quality.
- Design something with high quality and cheaply, but it will take a relatively longer time.
STR Model[edit]
The STR model is a mathematical model which views the "triangle model" as a graphic abstraction of the relationship:
Scope refers to complexity (which can also mean quality). Resources includes humans (workers), financial, and physical. Note that these values are not considered unbounded. For instance, if one baker can make a loaf of bread in an hour, that doesn't mean ten bakers could make a loaf in six minutes.
Project management triangle topics[edit]
For analytical purposes, the time required to produce a deliverable is estimated using several techniques. One method is to identify tasks needed to produce the deliverables documented in a work breakdown structure or WBS. The work effort for each task is estimated and those estimates are rolled up into the final deliverable estimate.
The tasks are also prioritized, dependencies between tasks are identified, and this information is documented in a project schedule. The dependencies between the tasks can affect the length of the overall project (dependency constrained), as can the availability of resources (resource constrained). Time is different from all other resources and cost categories.
Using actual cost of previous, similar projects as the basis for estimating the cost of current project.
According to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) the Project Time Management processes include:
- Plan Schedule Management
- Define Activities
- Sequence Activities
- Estimate Activity Resources
- Estimate Activity Durations
- Develop Schedule
- Control Schedule
Define Activities[edit]
- Inputs: Management Plan, Scope Baseline, Enterprise environmental factors, Organizational process assets
- Tools: Decomposition, Rolling Wave Planning, Expert Judgment
- Outputs: Activity list, Activity attributes, Milestone list
Activity sequencing[edit]
- Inputs: Project Scope Statement, Activity List, Activity Attributes, Milestones List, Approved change requests
- Tools: Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM), Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM), Schedule Network templates, dependency degeneration, applying leads and lags
- Outputs: Project Schedule Network diagrams, Activity List Updates, Activity Attributes updates, Request Changes
Activity resource estimating[edit]
- Inputs: Enterprise Environmental factoring, Organizational process assets, Activity list, Activity attributes, Resources Availability, Project Management Plan
- Tools: Expert Judgment Collections, Alternative Analysis, Publishing estimating data, Project management software implementation, Bottom up estimating
- Outputs: Activity resource requirements, Activity attributes, Resource breakdown structure, resource calendars, request change updates.
Activity duration estimating[edit]
- Inputs: Enterprise environmental factors, organization process assets, Project scope statement, activity list, activity attributes, activity resource requirements, resource calendars, project management plan, risk register, activity cost estimates
- Tools: Expert judgment collection, analogous estimating, parametric estimating, Bottom up Estimation, Two-Point estimation, Three-point estimation, reserve analysis
- Outputs: Activity duration estimates, activity attribute updates and estimates
Schedule development[edit]
- Inputs: Organizational process assets, Project scope Statement, Activity list, Activity attributes, project Schedule Network diagrams, Activity resource requirements, Resource calendars, Activity duration estimates, project management plan, risk register
- Tools: Schedule Network Analysis, Critical path method, schedule compression, what if scenario analysis, resources leveling, critical chain method, project management software, applying calendars, adjusting leads and lags, schedule model
- Outputs: Project schedule, Schedule model data, schedule baseline, resource requirements update, activity attributes, project calendar updates, request changes, project management plan updates, schedule management plan updates
Schedule control[edit]
- Inputs: Schedule management plan, schedule baseline, performance reports, approved change requests
- Tools: Progressive elaboration reporting, schedule change control system, performance measurement, project management software, variance, analysis, schedule comparison bar charts
- Outputs: Schedule model data updates, schedule baseline. performance measurement, requested changes, recommended corrective actions, organizational process assets, activity list updates, activity attribute updates, project management plan updates
Due to the complex nature of the 'Time' process group the project management credential PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) was created.
To develop an approximation of a project cost depends on several variables including: resources, work packages such as labor rates and mitigating or controlling influencing factors that create cost variances. Tools used in cost are, risk management, cost contingency, cost escalation, and indirect costs . But beyond this basic accounting approach to fixed and variable costs, the economic cost that must be considered includes worker skill and productivity which is calculated using various project cost estimate tools. This is important when companies hire temporary or contract employees or outsource work.
Cost Process Areas[edit]
- Cost Estimating is an approximation of the cost of all resources needed to complete activities.
- Cost budgeting aggregating the estimated costs of resources, work packages and activities to establish a cost baseline.
- Cost Control – factors that create cost fluctuation and variance can be influenced and controlled using various cost management tools.
Project Management Cost Estimating Tools[8][edit]
- Analogous Estimating: Using the cost of similar project to determine the cost of the current project
- Determining Resource Cost rates: The cost of goods and labor by unit gathered through estimates or estimation.
- Bottom Up estimating: Using the lowest level of work package detail and summarizing the cost associated with it. Then rolling it up to a higher level aimed and calculating the entire cost of the project.
- Parametric Estimating: Measuring the statistical relationship between historical data and other variable or flow.
- Vendor Bid Analysis: taking the average of several bids given by vendors for the project.
- Reserve Analysis: Aggregate the cost of each activity on the network path then add a contingency or reserve to the end result of the analysis by a factor determined by the project manager.
- Cost of Quality Analysis: Estimating the cost at the highest quality for each activity.
Project management software can be used to calculate the cost variances for a project.
Requirements specified to achieve the end result. The overall definition of what the project is supposed to accomplish, and a specific description of what the end result should be or accomplish. A major component of scope is the quality of the final product. The amount of time put into individual tasks determines the overall quality of the project. Some tasks may require a given amount of time to complete adequately, but given more time could be completed exceptionally. Over the course of a large project, quality can have a significant impact on time and cost (or vice versa).
Together, these three constraints have given rise to the phrase "On Time, On Spec, On Budget." In this case, the term "scope" is substituted with "spec(ification)."
Evolution of the Project Constraint Model[edit]
Traditionally the Project Constraint Model recognised three key constraints; "Cost", "Time" and "Scope". These constraints construct a triangle with geometric proportions illustrating the strong interdependent relationship between these factors. If there is a requirement to shift any one of these factors then at least one of the other factors must also be manipulated.[5]
With mainstream acceptance of the Triangle Model, "Cost" and "Time" appear to be represented consistently. "Scope" however is often used interchangeably given the context of the triangle's illustration or the perception of the respective project. Scope / Goal / Product / Deliverable / Quality are all relatively similar and generic variation examples of this, while the above suggestion of 'People Resources' offers a more specialised interpretation.
This widespread use of variations implies a level of ambiguity carried by the nuance of the third constraint term and of course a level of value in the flexibility of the Triangle Model. This ambiguity allows blurred focus between a project's output and project's process, with the example terms above having potentially different impetus in the two contexts. Both "Cost" and "Time" represent the top level project's inputs.
The 'Project Diamond' model [9] engenders this blurred focus through the inclusion of "Scope" and "Quality" separately as the 'third' constraint. While there is merit in the addition of "Quality" as a key constraining factor, acknowledging the increasing maturity of project management, this model still lacks clarity between output and process. The Diamond Model does not capture the analogy of the strong interrelation between points of the triangles however.
PMBOK 4.0 offered an evolved model based on the triple constraint with 6 factors to be monitored and managed.[10] This is illustrated as a 6 pointed Star that maintains the strength of the triangle analogy (two overlaid triangles), while at the same time represents the separation and relationship between project inputs/outputs factors on one triangle and the project processes factors on the other. The star variables are:
- Triangle
- Scope
- Cost
- Time
- Triangle
- Risk
- Quality
- Resources
When considering the ambiguity of the third constraint and the suggestions of the "Project Diamond"; it is possible to consider instead the Goal or Product of the project as the third constraint, being made up of the sub factors "Scope" and "Quality". In terms of a project's output both "Scope" and "Quality" can be adjusted resulting in an overall manipulation of the Goal/Product. This interpretation includes the four key factors in the original triangle inputs/outputs form. This can even be incorporated into the PMBOK Star illustrating that "Quality" in particular may be monitored separately in terms of project outputs and process. Further to this suggestion, the use of term "Goal" may best represent change initiative outputs, while Product may best represent more tangible outputs.[11]
See also[edit]
- ^ Erik Bethke (2003). Game Development and Production. p.65.
- ^ Michael W. Newell, Marina N. Grashina (2004). The Project Management Question and Answer Book. p.8
- ^ Pamela McGhee, Peter McAliney (2007). Painless Project Management. p.74.
- ^ Michael Gentile, Ronald D. Collette, Thomas D. August (2005). The CISO Handbook. p.172
- ^ a b (Chatfield, Carl. "A short course in project management". Microsoft.)
- ^ Carl S. Chatfield, Timothy D. Johnson (2003). Microsoft Office Project 2003 Step by Step: Step by Step. P. 476
- ^ Lewis, James P. (2005). Project Planning, Scheduling & Control, 4E. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-146037-8.
- ^ PMBOK Third Edition 2004 p.165
- ^ (Brown, Craig. "It used to be the Iron Triangle". Better Project.)
- ^ Project Management Institute (2009) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: PMBOK Guide. Chapter 1
- ^ Brem (2011) T214 Understanding Complex Systems – TMA02. Q4
External links[edit]
- Media related to Project Management Triangle at Wikimedia Commons


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This Wednesday, October 18, an event unique in recent nightlife goes off at the Chez Vous Roller Rink in Dorchester. ALL SKATE is a benefit for Boston's beloved roller rink, which is looking at closing its doors unless the community comes to its side — that'd be you. So head down to the rink (11 Rhoades Street, Dorchester) and boogie as performer and DJ SAN SERAC, Plunge into Death member and heralded 440R DJ MARK E MOON, DJ and disco-music producer BRENDAN WESLEY, and Love During Wartime DJ and Italo king JOSEPH COLBOURNE all spin from 8 pm till midnight. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door; that includes skate rental, and every last dime goes to Chez Vous.
Speaking of Mr. Colbourne: it was excellent to come across his mug in the contributors' section of VIVA-RADIO.COM, a new audio Web site that's easy to use and requires little more than a browser and some speakers. Colbourne is streaming all his Italo, boogie, and disco sounds to a worldwide audience alongside dance-music visionaries like DAN SELZER (Acute Records), JAMESF!@#$%^ FRIEDMAN (Defend Music), and the ELECTRIC CHAIR CLUB (UK).
Circuits was out of town when we got the e-mail "FINAL PARTY IN THE COMBAT ZONE" from the robot at ROBOTLOVESONGS. It seems Loft 808, our beloved underground techno space, is finally being gutted for renovation. It's a shame, because the community of techno heads and DJs was just starting to warm up, with three events in October that were slated to blow the roof off. Visitors from Berlin (DAN BELL), New York City (DAVID FINE), and the Netherlands (UNIT 4!) were all en route to our dance-averse town to shake it down. The promoters are still planning on bringing the events through town and are just looking for a new venue. As Bleep said in his e-mail, "There's a long way to go, but we feel a sustainable, high-quality and cutting-edge techno culture is within reach." Visit www.robotlovesongs.com for more information.
RobotLoveSongs' 808 partner, UNLOCKEDGROOVE, have secured a monthly residency at Enormous Room. Taking on the last Saturday of each month, Circuits' favorite techno collective will bring in guests and cycle through their residents. This month, Middlesex Lounge resident ALAN MANZI and architect and DJ BALAZS BOGNAR join our buddy and once-constant fixture MIKE UZZI as he returns to Boston to spin the way you know he can. . . . Back to Boston hip-hop: AKROBATIK will return to town this month after a huge 30-date US tour. Everyone's favorite ill spitter has signed a deal with Raptivism Records and the EMI-owned Caroline Records to distribute his label, PLAYAKTION RECORDINGS, that'll allow him to represent his back catalogue as well as let loose some of those demos he's been saving up. His new solo album, already titled Absolute Value, is set for release on NYC's Fat Beats label in 2007. It includes guest spots from BUMPY KNUCKELS, LITTLE BROTHER, MR. LIF, and the one and only CHUCK D.
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Give her big hugs from me
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Give her big hugs from me
Awww ... all three are keepers (the hubby, the kitty and name (in that order
And I agree with above poster ... she looks like a polydactyl (extra digit on front left foot).
May your stitches always be straight, your seams always lie flat, and your grain never be biased against you.
Cute kitty and I love that name for her.
Love calico kittens.....lovely name.....great husband!
So sweet of your good husband to adopt this kitten. Hope he took the others to a shelter or something.
how wonderful another furbaby saved ! woo hooo .. Hope the vet check comes back good and you enjoy a long life with Katniss and your other kittys !
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What a pretty little girl. You are married to wonderful man.
As an added note - he just wasn't able to get near or catch the others - they were already fairly feral even at so young an age. For some reason, this little one proved the old saying "you don't pick a cat, a cat picks you". Camp is in the hill country - in the midst of a cattle / sheep ranch - so lots of "natural" food around. Mom seemed to be doing fairly well taking care of them - so hopefully - even if they are wild kitties, they will be ok. We both have to accept that he did what he could do. Vet check was good - waiting for FIV and leukemia test results today.
Of all the things i've lost, i miss my mind the most.
OOOOOOOh I love her. so cute
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(VNA - 26/09/2011) - Addressing the opening ceremony, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said the second session of the 13th NA Standing Committee has the key task of preparation for the second session of the 13th legislature.
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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by roscoe36, Oct 18, 2008.
whatever it is, nothing works so far for my Yahoo account....
Are you going to create a new account or what?
Story of my life brother! I had big plans of drafting an entire lineup of guys with the last name "Williams": Williams, Deron Williams, Jerome Wiiliams, Jason Williams, Jay Williams, Louis Williams, Marcus Williams, Maurice Williams, Marvin Williams, Sean Williams, Shawne Williams, Shelden ...oh, and also - Ime Udoka This probably wouldn't have been that good of a strategy anyway... You guys have fun this season! If anyone flakes out and you need someone to "take-over" a franchise, keep me in mind.
I did it and it said that league is full... my team's name was camel-something ( do not remember exactly ) Btw, for all this mess you can blame this:
You can try now. I removed your old team.
I'm back! I'll come in peace.
Might not be there, but I'll set pre ranking incase.
Will do.
LOL. After drafting Heatley and Alfredson 1st and 2nd in my hockey draft, I started thinking about only drafting guys named "Dan". Perhaps I should have went with that idea....
Lineups changed to weekly! This means you have to set your lineup for the following week (beginning Monday) no later than Sunday at 11:59:59 PM. Please login to Yahoo and test the draft engine! If Firefox or another browser fails, I recommend Internet Explorer. Sometimes Yahoo doesn't properly test their UI which is why they advise demo'ing the draft engine. Also, if you are preranking, you better get on your horses. Time is running out.
yahoo says that league is full...maybe for yahoo my previous account counts?
So you're not in? Geezus man. raxrets is in. Is that who you are now?
funny now it lets me in...I'm 100% raxrets there
Ok, now go sleep for a few hours, ok?
not sure i'm gonna make it....out of town guests, about to go go to dinner....hmmm
Well, we're pretty close disco. You're welcome to come and draft! :D You've got the 2nd overall pick!
WOW! Novice draft done in under 30 minutes!
Wow. Must have been a lot of players on auto pick.
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Measuring Measure WW
Original post made on Sep 30, 2008
On the Nov. 4 ballot will be Measure WW, a $500-million bond measure that seeks to extend Measure AA, which was passed in 1988 and runs out this year. Measure AA raised a total of $225 million for the parks district to connect trails, purchase open space, restore creeks and build recreation areas and parks. But the money from AA has been spent or is already allocated for future projects.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, September 29, 2008, 12:31 PM
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a resident of another community
on Sep 30, 2008 at 8:55 am
From the article: " 'Some of the older trails . . . are used by horses and the hikers and when we mix up the bicycles with it, you get issues--the horses panic, the bike coming down the road fast,' [EBRPD General Manager Pat] O'Brien said. 'It's something we have to balance. It's not that they're prohibited from access, it's a question of where.' "
If the horses are panicking, why doesn't EBRPD ban them from the trails? Are they also panicking when they encounter a snake, an off-leash dog, a coyote, or any sudden movement? Judging by EBRPD's horse-involved accident statistics, it appears they are.
Actually, competent equestrians with well-trained horses don't have these problems. The problem is the dilettantes who don't know how to ride a horse on a trail and whose horses aren't properly trained. They're a relative handful these days anyway, yet EBRPD caters to them as though the parks would lose their character without their presence.
The truth is that EBRPD bans bicycles from almost all of its nice narrow trails. It doesn't even have many such trails to begin with, which is another disgrace. Cyclists are stuck on antiquated ranch roads that aren't suitable for human-powered recreation. EBRPD generally can't manage to build new narrow trails either (although it did build one at Brushy Peak, near Livermore, recently). There's always some purported obstacle.
Believe it or not, cyclists are EBRPD's largest trail user group by mileage covered. We deserve better.
a resident of another community
on Sep 30, 2008 at 10:43 am
Personally, I think the pictures of grazing and heavy equipment damage on Web Link are much more damning to the EBRPD and Measure WW than the bicycling arguments.
This isn't really about bicycles or horses. It's about a small minority of people who think they have a right to live in an urban area with 7 million people but never see anyone else in "their" parks. Mountain biking has become very popular, and it makes this minority grumpy to see more people in our public lands...especially when those people look like they're having a lot of fun.
Maybe if they want people to vote for more public parks, they shouldn't be working so hard to keep the public out of them.
a resident of Amador Estates
on Sep 30, 2008 at 12:07 pm
With the state of our current economy, I'd rather see tax dollars being spent on something more important. I'm all for parks & recreation but this just doesn't seem like a high priority right now.
a resident of Country Fair
on Sep 30, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Can anyone comment. . .I heard that the Measure PP supporters want Measure WW to pass. Their plan is that with approval of PP, property such as Oak Grove will be devalued such that funds from WW could be used to purchase to the Oak Grove property. If that's true, what a crummy strategy and what happened to property rights of the owner?
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Sep 30, 2008 at 9:37 pm
I haven't heard anything like that regarding the supporters of PP. Oak Grove won't be affected by PP unless the appeal on the referendum lawsuit reverses the lower court's finding, which was the whole purpose behind creating PP. But I always wondered why Save Pleasanton Hills decided to use clipboard politics instead of trying to purchase the Oak Grove land from the Lins. Mary Roberts, a supporter of the Oak Grove referendum and PP, sits on the board of the Tri-Valley Conservancy, which does raise funds to purchase land or work in other ways with property owners to preserve open space. Things that make you go "Hrm?"
a resident of Happy Valley
on Sep 30, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I agree with Just Another Outdoorsman about the bikers, but I have to take issue with the website mentioned & his comment about keeping the public out of the parks. From what I can tell, the EBRPD is trying to open parks up, but lacks the funds to do so (as a professional land planner myself I know it sounds crazy to non-planners but you really can't just "open up" property and let folks at it). As for that website - the pictures are actually not that damning if you're familiar with the area. They bulldozer shots look like they were taken during construction of a paved trail or fire trail, and the "after" shots actually look like they were taken somewhere else. I'd also say the comparison to Joaquin Miller park is bad - those trails are even worse! Too bad there's no way to comment on that site and get a real discussion going!
a resident of Canyon Oaks
on Oct 1, 2008 at 3:43 am
sure, EBRPD, isnt perfect. I for one would love to see an end to private cattle grazing on public land.
that being said, i would much rather have a park that isnt perfect, from no park at all. I will vote for WW, but will also write to the park district to let them know my concerns about things such as cattle grazing.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Oct 1, 2008 at 12:48 pm
How do you keep fire danger in check on vast open spaces - Cattle grazing. This is a long standing practice that's proven to be effective. Yep, cattle do poop - just step around it...It's fertilizer...:)
Why not place a "user fee" on those using these open spaces and use the fees to purchase more open space for those desiring to use it. Why expect those that will never use this land/park to subsidize those that do.
Pay your own way...
This is so funny. It didn't take long for "Save Pleasanton Hills" and "PP" to enter this conversation...:) Take advantage of every opportunity!!!
a resident of Foxborough Estates
on Oct 1, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Dear Concerned,
Regarding your comments:
"Can anyone comment. . .I heard that the Measure PP supporters want Measure WW to pass. Their plan is that with approval of PP, property such as Oak Grove will be devalued such that funds from WW could be used to purchase to the Oak Grove property. If that's true, what a crummy strategy and what happened to property rights of the owner?
Posted by concerned, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood, 19 hours ago "
First, I hope everyone votes for the EBRPD's Measure WW.
Regarding WW funding the purchase of the Oak Grove property, the EBRPD always identifies where and for what they will spend taxpayers money before they place a bond measure on the ballot. Oak Grove is not on the WW project list. It could never be part of the EBRPD WW plan because of its location inside the Pleasanton city limits and inside the Pleasanton's Urban Growth Boundary. Thus, no WW bond money can be used to buy that property. It is planned as a city park in Pleasnton's park plan.
Regarding the devaluing effect of Measure PP on the Lin's Oak Grove property, I have heard PP's proponents state a number of times that this is their intention. Nonetheless, the property, which is designated rural residential in our General Plan, retains its current development entitlements for nearly 100 residential units. It is the EBRPD's policy to always pay fair market value, which is why they stick to the purchase of agricultural land from willing sellers. The City, and government in general, cannot by law, downzone and devalue the land to make it cheap enough for the Park District or the City to purchase.
The only way to ensure that there is a park in the southeast hills is to support the Council's approval of the dedication of 500 acres of open space to Pleasanton that is part of the Oak Grove plan. You would also want to vote no on PP to prevent that proposed park from being carved up into 50+ acre private luxury view estates, which is the only alternative PP leaves to southeast hills property owners who are currently entitled to develop their land.
Becky Dennis
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Oct 7, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Mountain bikes are banned from a large portion of EBRPD land. Until that changes, they can forget about my vote to give them more money. Cyclists need to remember to yield the right of way on trails, but maybe if you actually let us use more of the open space there would be fewer encounters between bikes and horses.
a resident of Foxborough Estates
on Oct 8, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hi, Jason -
I hope you will vote YES on Measure QQ so that you will be able to ride your bike on trails in a new 2000 acre greenbelt in Pleasanton's southeast hills! Eventually you should be able to ride from Shadow Cliffs to the Calippe golf course, and on to Pleasanton Ridge, where you can also ride all the way to 580.
a resident of Siena
on Oct 8, 2008 at 9:23 pm
First of all, denying the EBRPD continued funds (that's right, not NEW funds) won't make life any better for bikers. Even if you are upset, and even if you ARE right, why take away from a system that provides hundreds of opportunities for recreation, special events and classes, and countless ways for children to interact with nature? Plus, the EBRPD will be celebrating its 75th anniversary in the coming year, and it will be hosting tons and tons of events to foster closer ties to the community. Also, the anti-WW site is nice, but misses lots of key points. For example, it points out how little money was spent on acquiring new land. That's just silly: its 2008, the land of the East Bay has long been divided up among cities, the state, various special jurisdictions like EBRPD and EBMUD, and others. It is obviously very difficult to acquire new land. EBRPD does waste some money as does any organization, but you likely underestimate the vast scope of the organization. It's employees acquire land, build and maintain trails, operate attractions, study and protect land and wildlife, manage garbage disposal and sewage, build buildings, and maintain the EBRPD's own police and fire services (which DO respond to emergencies beyond park lines). The list goes on and on. This is an organization with lots of responsibilities that they fulfill very well.
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2008 at 1:21 am
It's sad to see a few disgruntled mountain bikers (an activity in which I occasionally participate), tightwads and farmers want to block what would benefit so many. The population of the East Bay is growing and the amount of trails and greenspace needs to be expanded and improved to accomodate this growing population. Also the trails in existence would benefit from connections. The current access to Pleasanton Ridge is limited to the southern end. LIkewise it would be nice to have access those lovely hills overlooking Dublin you see looking west from the Tri Valley.
Without a similar bond 20 years ago, there would be much fewer parks and recreational opportunities. If people are worried about costs, I'd bet the enhancement of property values would more than make up for such a small increase in property taxes (and no new taxes, technically).
I have some sympathy to small farmes, but it's not like they are going to be forced off them. I'm sick of seeing all this beauty (especially in the hills) and not having public access to it.
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2008 at 1:25 am
The website with all the ugly shots is as stupid as the shots are ugly. Most of the current parks are filled with gorgeous views. I frequent many of them and even do volunteer trail maintenance. Maybe the website owner could do something to make the area more beautiful rather than try to trash a measure that would inevitably result in more pavement and less green.
a resident of Castlewood
on Oct 29, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Please let our wide open spaces be for now. What could be the hurry? Let it be. We have so much available already. Our wildlife needs a break from the development and I'm not willing to pay for something I can not see a need for. I'm an avid hiker and biker and I'm okay with as is...
a resident of Castlewood
on Oct 29, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Please let our wide open spaces be for now. What could be the hurry? Let it be. We have so much available already. Our wildlife needs a break from the development and I'm not willing to pay for something I can not see a need for. I'm an avid hiker and biker and I'm okay with as is...
a resident of Castlewood
on Oct 29, 2008 at 10:24 pm
By the way, the reason we need to protect these areas from development is because of the pristine beauty, not in spite of it.
Buy your own piece of land with a view or frequent so many other of our public lands easily accessed locally. How can you justify otherwise? Not yours get over it. Sorry to disagree, but I do. Please leave some of our land wild.
a resident of San Ramon
on Nov 3, 2008 at 2:44 pm
As someone who used to work for the Park District as an Accountant, I can attest to the fact that there is EXCESSIVE waste of money, far worse than anywhere else I have ever worked. Who pays an Admin Asst. $100,000 per year? I had dealings with these ladies, and I can assure you they are not doing anything exteraordinary enough to justify their salaries. I'm afraid most of the employees, at least below management level, don't even have a Bachelor's Degree or even an AA! The problem runs district-wide.
The Parks in San Ramon & in Danville are ugly, just as depicted. I took one trail that connected to a lower trail from Mt. Diablo, and I had to literally wade my way through cow patties and horse s**t. Disgusting. Only dogged persistance got me through to the other trail, which was lovely and is tended by Mt. Diablo Park!
Your perspective is skewed if you only look to Sunol and Pleasanton Ridge for examples of the Parks. Remember, they haven't had enough time yet to ruin the Ridge, they only acquired it a little over 10 years ago. Wait till they bring in the cattle! Hope you like horse flies and dung. Don't give them too much credit for the natural beauty, it was there before the District existed!
What we are paying is not justified! Those of you who perhaps bought 10+ years ago and perhaps aren't looking at $11,000 property tax bills may think it's a nominal fee, but I'm here to tell you that the rest of us who payed inflated home prices are probably paying triple or more what the rest of you are, imagine people who bought before Prop 13?
There is no reason why the District can't hold more events, classes, etc. to raise money, rather than adding to the taxpayer's burden!
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How to Find a Leading Digital Billboards Supplier
Too Many Digital Billboards Leaders
Recently I find a lot of new companies claiming on their websites to be "Leader in Digital Billboards Manufacturing, or to be a "Leading Digital Billboards Supplier".
I don't exaclty know how to define a leading company, but I know that they are not: the leader is only one, while here too many companies are claiming the title. And most of them didn't even existed a year ago.
So I started to ask myself, what really makes a company a leader in its own field? I tried to learn more about the different definitions of "leading Company" and "Leadership" and this is what I found:
Forbes Magazine
"The World's Leading Companies, is the new comprehensive ranking of the world's biggest companies, measured by a composite of sales, profits, assets and market value."
So for Forbes Magazine, a leading company in any market is a company which has the highest averaged performance when considering 4 precise indicators: (1) Sales, (2) Profits, (3) Assets and (4) Market Value
According to this definition, the World Leader in LED billboards Manufacturing is Daktronics. Infact, since 2001, independent market research from iSuppli Corp has consistently ranked Daktronics number one with approximately 30 percent of the entire worldwide LED video display market share.
"Leadership has been written as the process of social influence in which one person (or Company?) can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task."
This description is more vague and it doesn't list any precise indicator or measure. So in my interpretation of the Wikipedia definition, a leading company in a market is the one which provide most tools and support to its Customers to accomplish their goals.
According to this interpretation, the World Leader in Digital Billboards Manufacturing is Barco. Infact, since 1934 (!) Barco designs and develops visualization solutions for a variety of selected professional markets: medical imaging, media & entertainment, infrastructure & utilities, traffic & transportation, defense & security, education & training and corporate AV.
Business Week Magazine
"Here's our list of the top 100 global technology outfits -- on a price-performance basis"
For Business Week Magazine, a leading company is the one that is either (1) The Biggest, in terms of sales, (2) The Fastest Growing, in terms of revenue growth or (3) The Most Profitable, in terms of return on equity
According to this definition, a company can be a "leader" from 3 different points of view. But again the fist indicator is Sales/Revenue.
In this case, Barco seems to be the leader with revenue with EUR 638 million (in 2009). But we must consider that Barco has a widest range of visualization products, while Daktronics even if smaller (with revenues of EUR 461 million in 2009) is focused on LED video walls only. So I would say Daktronics is the winner again here.
Leading What?
So far, whichever definition you look at, there is no one that fits those new companies:
- Sales: They are not the biggest in sales, since Barco and Daktronics lead the way and the battle for the "leader" title is basically a private matter between them
- Profits: These new companies often claim to have competitive prices, so I can safely assume that they are not leader in terms of profits either
- Growth: Since the number of these companies reselling Digital Billboards is doubled in the past 2 years, they also can not be the leader in terms of revenue growth: it would be impossibile with so many other competing companies flooding the market and offering the exact same product, features and services
- Assets: They can not be leaders in terms of assets since they are Partnerships and not Corporations, therefore without deposited capital or assets by definition. All liabilities are covered with the personal assets of the partners. Well, if they have any.
- Support: I also dare to say that they can not be the company which provide most tools and support to their Customers, as Wikipedia's definition would request. Based on the time they have been on the market (12-24 months) I doubt they developed more tools than Barco did in 76 years
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
"A first or principal performer of a group"
According to this definition, a leader is always defined in comparison to a group. I personally find this is a good definition because it puts things in perspective.
Maybe you are not a World Leader, but you still can be a leader if you take a group small enough. For example you could be a leader among your friends.
This is probably the same definition that the new self-proclaimed leaders in LED screens are using... they just failed to mention the group they belong to. Here's how a more accurate version should look like:
- Geographic Area Leadership
"We're leaders in Revenues, among companies in our neighborhood"
- Age Group Leadership
"We're leaders in Support, among start-ups with less than 12 months
- Company Size Leadership
"We're leaders in Assets, among businesses with 3 employees
What to Do Next Time
Next time you find a company claiming to be the "leader in digital billboards" (or in any other field for that matter), just ask them: "Leader according to what?"
- In terms of Sales / Revenue?
- Profits?
- Growth Rate?
- Assets?
- Support?
If They Don't Know
If they don't know what to answer right away, stop wasting your time. When people don't know why they claim to be "leader" it can not be a good sign.
If They Do Know
Instead, if they do know what to answer, there are two options:
- you are talking to Barco or Daktronics
- they read this article too, and they prepared a canned reply
If you want to discover how to recognize a real leading company from a hoax, don't miss the next post.
How to Choose a Digital Billboards Supplier
If you want to discover how to recognize a real digital billboards supplier from a hoax, you will find the following articles very interesting:
- How to Discover If Your LED Screens Supplier Is Reliable
- Are You a LED Screens Manufacturer or a Hoax?
- How to Recognize a Real LED Screen Manufacturer from a Hoax


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O'Keefe and Chiappe suggest that plesiosaurs gave birth to live young just like modern whales. Both the ancient plesiosaur and whales of today are large animals that produce large offspring.
University of Calgary professor Anthony Russell says the find is significant. "It would be hard to imagine these animals coming out onto land laying eggs somewhere."
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The uncovered fossil is now on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The fossil was originally discovered in 1987 in Logan County in Kansas. It had been stored in the basement of the museum until resources were available to separate the bones for display.
Unlike the typical plesiosaur image of a long neck poking out of the sea, Polycotylus had a short neck with a big head. The fossil is more than 15 feet long, and was dated to between 72 million and 78 million years ago.
Though O'Keefe had seen photos of the fossil before he started working on it, he was still surprised when he first saw it. "I wasn't prepared for the emotional response I had," O'Keefe said. "You don't very often walk up to one and say: 'That is a really cool fossil.'"


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Surely you trust the Auditors?
In the case of auditors, they need to seem validate and have access to some immensely critical and valuable company data, even to the point they have to access and review the crown jewels of your company.
Similar to penetration testing there are a set of rules put in place on what the auditors can and can't do. These are agreed before the work takes place.
Here's something to think on the next time auditors turn up at your company.
We have one of the big four auditing firms turn up to do the end of financial year checks. This is greeted with the normal groans and eye rolling as different departments have to stop what they are doing and spend quality time talking over check list and best practices.
Normally, I don't get involved, other than to my veiled comments on how pretty they managed to make a Nessus scans look of our external systems and gee wasn't that worth the money. This time I had a much more hands on role.
I received an alert that one of our systems had detected two rather nasty pieces of malware from a USB drive. What made this different was the machine wasn't on our regular asset list. A quick bit of checking pulled up this was a loan machine and was being used by the auditors and an auditing account was logged in. Then the same system alerted again with the same two pieces of malware. Now, we have a clean or kill policy on malicious software with the AV software, so the USB drive would have be cleaned, so the spider-sense alert jumped up by a factor of four. Either someone had a number of infected USB drives or something else was going on.
A quick jog up stairs, with the trusty incident response kit, to the location of the machine put me face to face with one of the financial system auditors. This happy chap was logged in to our major finance system doing "stuff".
"Have you just used a USB drive in this computer?" I politely questioned after noticing no USB drive anywhere in sight. "Not me" replied smiling auditor.
"Has anyone from your team plugged on here in the last few minutes?"
After contemplating the higher meaning of my question and possibly calculating Pi to 2000 digits, he slowly responded perhaps his colleague just did. I asked him to stop what he was doing, and take me to this colleague.
This group of auditors had been using one of the nearby meeting rooms, and fortunately they were all here at the same time. I found another nice, polite, smiling auditor with the USB drive that had just been used in our company PC plugged back in to his laptop.
I told him and the room of auditors that USB drive had a piece of financial data stealing malware on it, the smiles in the room suddenly vanished. I got a chorus of "but we have antivirus software on our machines so it can't be possible" and "I've never plugged this into anything other than our computers". A very quick demo to the room proved them all horribly wrong. On my response laptop, I inserted the USB drive (in read only mode) and showed them the obfuscated autorun.inf file plus the hidden folder containing the malware on the USB drive. Then I got one of them to plug in a clean formatted USB drive from my response kit in to his laptop. As if by magic an autorun.inf file appeared on the USB drive. Again on the response laptop I show them the hidden files and malware.
Whoops. This meant the malware had subverted their AV on all five laptops. Not a good sign, especially as one of the malware copied itself over via shares and they had VPN back to the home office.
This was the point when in to containment mode. I called in our internal audit team, confiscated all the auditors USB devices and asked them to contact their IT team. After a very brief conversation with management, I had to escort the auditors and their infected systems out of our offices.
Once they were out of the office, the pc the alerts can from was analysed as was any internet traffic from or to it. A quick report was then fired off to various audit and management teams. After a number of communications and with freshly built computers, the auditors came back on site to finish their work the next day.
Some of points from this worth mentioning:
• The AV on our systems clearly displayed a clear "You're infected!" alert each and every time an infected USB stick was plugged in. This was ignored and not reported.
• The auditors did not have permission to use USB devices in our system; however they had no statement from my company not to.
• We do have a policy of no USB drives, but it's a paper policy only, despite repeatedly issues.
• The auditors are all very smart people, but showed little tech/security knowledge savvy.
• I bagged up the USB drives in a custody bag, but they were still properly of the auditing company, so I couldn't do any forensics on the drives.
• The auditors were only allowed back on site after a written letter of assurity was provided to our company that they their systems and devices were clean and they were not to plug any devices into to our network. Data was to be transferred by only audited methods only.
• Kicking auditors out in mid audit has a large dollar amount assigned to it, so not done lightly or without management approval.
• Our incident response plan ensured no data was leaked and we had the situation under control in less than 30 minutes after the first detection of malware.
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Apartment for 7 near Montmartre
Size130 m²
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- Smoking allowed
- Pets allowed
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- Family/child friendly
- Towels
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|Boulevard de Clichy, 75009 Paris, France
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This cheerfully decorated apartment features traditional wooden floorboards and a fully equipped kitchen. It includes a double bedroom, a bedroom with a bunk bed, and a room with a raised bunk and desk. The living room offers a sofa bed and a cable flat-screen TV.
Montmartre District and world-famous Galeries Lafayette Department Store are both just a 15-minute walk from the apartment. Pigalle Metro Station is 5 minutes' walk away offering direct access to tourist destinations on Paris' excellent metro system.
Bed linen and towels are provided and laundry facilities are available
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Gorgeous apartment! Pol was really kind and also assisted us to find a babysitter during our stay. The place is beautiful (the pictures speak by themselves), greatly equipped for large family (also with plenty of toys and DVDs for children), fully central, 3 min from 2 different subways. We spent our perfect week there.
We like the apartment very much, it fullfilled our needs, a large apartment with many beds. We had some nice support from the neighbour who gave us the key. Thankyou very much for the staying in your apartment.
Apartment was perfect for a family of five. Had a gorgeous family feel and even some toys for the kids to play with. Plenty of space, great sized bedrooms. Great location - very, very close to the metro, supermarket less than 100 m, restaurants downstairs. Very quiet. Double paned windows keeps outside noise out. Friendly neighbours happy to help. Pol lovely and great communicator. Apartment had everything. Kitchen was massive. We had such a lovely time. We will definitely stay there again.
We had a great stay in Paris. The apartment is huge and we had enough place for all 7 people. The are is really save, despite the fact that it is across the street from Moulin Rouge, but as mentioned, it is very safe. I personally think the area is great.
Very good experience - large and nice apartment right in the heart of Montmartre. We stayed 7 adults there for 5 days.
2 Metro stations within 200 meters, it does not come easier to get around Paris, plus 2 parking houses within the same distance, if you arrive by car.
Fam. Nissen from Denmark
Great apartment, well suited for 5 persons (best a family with three kids). Well located, close to many bars and restaurants, very close to metro station Blanche, close to Sacre Coeur. Good choice.
Apartment was wonderful! Very spacious, lots of room for our family of five. I loved the decor.
The apartment had everything we needed - dishwasher, washing machine and dryer. There wasn't a shower but we had baths and washed our hair using the hand held shower spray (you just couldn't hook it up to anything to have a proper shower).
The apartment was in the red light district but we didn't have any problems. It was really close to the metro, which we used all the time.
A great place to stay, I'd stay again.
Thanks Pol!
Lovely place located in the heart of Montmarte. Calm and cozy apartment with own, unique atmosphere. Pol is kind and helpful host, who serves precious tips about Paris. Thank you.
Lovely and large apartment right in the beautiful Paris. Fits a larger party with the opportunity to own household. Proximity to the Metro. We received a friendly reception by the host!
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Beat the credit crunch and the British weather by enjoying kids' free days out this summer! - Tuesday, 4 August 2009
A special event to mark the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's historic moon landing is just one of the free events at Fort Nelson this summer to keep the kids out of mischief.
With the Met Office finally admitting that it's unlikely to be a "barbecue summer", parents looking for free and stimulating events to entertain their children can be sure of a warm welcome at the Fort – come rain or shine!
Entrance to the Royal Armouries Museum is free and families can either eat in the Fort's café or enjoy a picnic, complete with spectacular views.
The programme – which runs every Tuesday and Thursday during the summer break – includes new events such as The Eagle has Landed on Thursday, August 13. To mark the 40th anniversary year of Neil Armstrong's historic moon landing, kids can meet an astronaut, fire water rockets and find out how Second World War missile artillery started the space race.
There's also a varied programme of children's favourites, including Commando Kids, Pirates Ahoy and Gladiator School. All the children's events include optional craft events where kids can get busy with paper, card, glitter and glue to create unique toys to take home. A nominal charge of £2 applies to cover the cost of materials.
The remaining summer programme runs as follows:
- Tuesday, August 11 – Knight School
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- The Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson also tells the story of the Palmerston Forts, built to protect Portsmouth from a feared French invasion in the 1860's.
- Every day, visitors can see one of the big guns fired in salute, watch our resident actors bring to life characters from 1,000 years of history, explore secret underground tunnels and enjoy incredible views from the ramparts. An extensive programme of special event spectaculars takes place throughout the year.
- Fort Nelson is open every day except 24-26 December. April to October 10am –5pm (Wed 11am-5pm), November – March 10.30am – 4pm (Wed 11.30-4pm).
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here's how one could create a bottleneck if they wanted to:
start with just one hive and build it up to a strong double deep and try to have a few drone frames. split the queen out of the hive and make a two frame nuc. let the hive raise 9 good queen cells, and make 9 more nucs up out of it, for a total of 10 hives deriving from that one queen. be sure and locate these far away from any other bees.
if the mating occurs mostly with the drones from the parent hive. all of the bees will be so inbred, or bottlenecked, that the diversity would be all but lost.
in this extreme, and anything that approximates it, you should get marked bottlenecking.
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Announcing the winners of the 2013 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers.
The following books were selected as the best of 2013 by readers who are members of the Goodreads community. (All of these titles are available in the SF section at Westlake Porter Public Library.)
Dust, Hugh Howey
Earth Afire, Orson Scott Card
Lexicon, Max Barry
The Human Division, John Scalzi
The Humans, Matt Haig
Great North Road, Peter F. Hamilton
Abaddon's Gate, James S.A. Corey
The Lives of Tao, Wesley Chu
The Lost Fleet, Jack Campbell
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The Long War, Terry Prachett and Stephen Baxter
Shadow of Freedom, David Weber
Perdition, Ann Aguirre
The Best of All Possible Worlds, Karen Lord
Brilliance, Marcus Sakey
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie
The 5th Wave, Rick Yancy
Maze Runner, James Dashner
Prodigy, Marie Lu
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Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman
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Promise of Blood, Brian McClellan
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I have recently finished my degree at the University of Birmingham in England, UK. For one reason or another I ended up with a lower classification than I was expecting (3) and although I am appealing, on medical grounds, to retake two exams I did particularly bad in, I am considering a career in TEFL.
I have had experience on my gap year volunteering in Thailand for a month and I found it very enjoyable. I have since done a weekend course in London to get a taste for TEFL courses, and would like to take this training further. I have been directed to various institutions and providers but I would like to know the best course of action if I am going to take this path as a career. The courses I have been told to look at are the CELTA, CertTESOL and INTESOL courses. My understanding is that any "online" course is not worth doing as a lot of countries and schools won't even bother considering your application, so with that in regard, I am leaning more towards the CELTA.
Eventually, I would like to move up into a DoS role or similar, so that I can settle down somewhere with a decent base salary, and I hear the DELTA course is the best way to go for this. Now I know this is years down the line as you need both experience and a previous accredited TEFL certificate to gain access to this course, but does this sound like a viable career path?
I've never been that bothered about making a lot of money, and teaching in the UK was my first choice of employment but due to my degree classification this is no longer possible without at least gaining some teaching experience/doing another degree.
I am looking for advice from/a discussion with people that are familiar with the field and could shed a bit more light onto my options.
Finally, and this may not be the best place to ask this question, has anyone used their TEFL qualifications to gain access to a PGCE or GTP in the UK? If at all possible I would still love to teach primary school children here in London but I'm not sure if that ship has already sailed.
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KEY LARGO -- Since 2001, Mr. C.'s has successfully scooped Key Largo's only homemade ice cream from its original location at Mile Marker 98.9.
But recent efforts by owner Robert Cangelosi to expand the Mr. C's brand into Islamorada and Tavernier have been less successful.
Now, Cangelosi is trying the expansion game again. Only this time, he's got his brand new bride, Ashley, in tow. The duo married on Nov. 9, just two weeks after they opened the newest Mr. C's location, this one at Mile Marker 103.1, bayside.
A smaller ice cream cart was also being primed for an opening last week next to the Tiki Bar at Postcard Inn.
"It's all homemade; all natural," said Ashley, who is managing the new Key Largo parlor. "No artificial colors or ingredients and we don't put any corn syrup in it."
Cangelosi made his first effort to expand the Mr. C's brand a couple years ago through a deal with the owners of an Islamorada shop. Under the arrangement, Cangelosi gave away naming rights in exchange for the operators' commitment to purchase his ice cream for resale. However, the shop recently switched to a different ice cream purveyor and has been renamed Mrs. G's.
A similar arrangement at Tavernier Towne shopping plaza location was also unsuccessful. The store owner closed after just a few months this summer, Cangelosi said.
The latest expansions are being pursued under a more traditional model, with the Cangelosis, husband and wife, remaining in ownership.
Robert said he wants to make it easier for his customers to reach him.
"The reason I do these things is so people will have access," he said. "I want to make it convenient for the neighborhood."
The Postcard Inn cart could prove to be a hit among the many vacationers who visit what has long been one of Islamorada's most famous spots for making merry.
The cart will feature two ice cream flavors, two gelatos and two sorbets. For those who are really in the mood, Mr. C's also plans to sell a Neapolitan or Oreo ice cream waffle sandwich.
Robert expects the cart to be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 11 a.m. to dark on weekends.
Up at Mile Marker 103.1, the new parlor sells Mr. C's full 24-flavor slate of frozen desserts, including 17 types of ice cream, four sorbets and three gelatos.
Milkshakes, banana splits and other ice cream treats are also available. Nathan's hot dogs, complete with homemade chili, are served as well, for those looking for a meal before their dessert.
The newlywed bride emphasized that the shop, which is far more spacious than the original Mr. C's, is also available for birthday parties and other special events. Mr. C's makes it own ice cream cakes as well as ice cream pies.
The new parlor, as well as the original Mr. C's creamery, is open noon to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and noon to 11 p.m. on weekends. Call 305-453-4256 for more information.


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"To be honest, with this record I wanted to go out there, musically, but I was scared," he says. "Scared that people would think that it was this weird vanity solo avant-garde-wanna-be thing. And I think that, actually, I was wrong."
Wrong or not, the resulting album is a bold, baroque masterstroke from a restless musician temporarily freed from the democratic constraints of bandhood. Within the Strokes, Casablancas always struck an odd pose between screaming abandon and shrinking discomfort. Now, he finds himself closely evaluating his musical moves so as not to repeat himself.
"I could have probably done something that sounds like the Strokes — that I could have done easily. And maybe I should have. I'm saying that somewhat sarcastically, but success-wise, it would have been the smart thing to do — if I were a businessman."
Better for us that he's not. If a typical Strokes song is a Tetris-like fit of guitar, bass, drums, and crooning vocals with nary an ounce of air to spare, then Phrazes is like a prolonged exhalation — an explosion of styles and textures that maintains an organic flow. "4 Chords of the Apocalypse" has a loping gentleness that tips its hat to Motown, but it also includes a piercing lead break that sounds like Brian May and Tom Scholz in a laser battle. "Glass" begins like a trip-hop tiptoe through the clouds, only to dive-bomb into a spiral of classical trills and fractal runs of guitar and organ. Lead single "11th Dimension" begins tidy and spry and lo-fi (imagine a Miami Sound Machine demo) before spinning into a vortex of triumphant guitars and clobbering drums. The constant is Casablancas's instantly recognizable voice, once buried beneath chugging garage chords and muffled in distortion, now clarion clear and gliding atop each track.
Casablancas was just as much in control of the Strokes' lauded 2001 debut, Is This It (RCA), as he is with Phrazes — he didn't just write all the songs, he wrote the solos, too. "I had a specific idea of how I wanted it to sound. I wanted the vocals to sound really messed-up. But with this record, the vocals are doubled and more confident, and I found a way to make them work with things like polyrhythmic drums and melodic keyboards."
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text: Ritzer scholarship fund accepting donations Hundreds of teachers lined the steps of St. Augustine Church in Andover for the Oct. 28 funeral of Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer. The Colleen Ritzer Memorial Scholarship Fund is currently accepting donations in memory of the slain Danvers High School math teacher. The Ritzer family established the fund to benefit students who are pursuing education degrees in college. Donations to the memorial fund can be made online at www.eccf.org or mailed to the Essex County Community Foundation, 175 Andover Street, Danvers, MA 01923.Ms. Ritzer taught math at Danvers High School and was pursuing a graduate degree at Salem State University. She was found slain on Oct. 23. A 14-year-old Danvers High School student has been charged in connection with her death. Following her graduation from Assumption College in Worcester, Ms. Ritzer taught at Hale Middle School in Stow. She was a graduate of Andover High School. In a letter to the Ritzer family, MTA President Paul Toner and MTA Vice President Tim Sullivan conveyed the sympathies of "all members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and all of our fellow educators." The MTA is making a $50,000 donation to the scholarship fund to continue Ms. Ritzer's legacy by "helping those who aspire to join our noble profession," the MTA leaders wrote. In the months ahead, they stated, the MTA "will continue to look for ways to honor Colleen's life of service to her students, her school, her community and her profession." The MTA website has resources for educators on coping with grief and discussing school violence with students and parents. For links, go to www.massteacher.org/crisisresources. A tribute page to Ms. Ritzer is available here.