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1 Feasibility of Using Online Fundraising Tools for Funding College Students Music Tour An Interactive Qualifying Project submitted to the faculty of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science. By Yilan Liu, Computer Science and Mathematics Yang Yang, Industrial Engineering Submitted to: John F. Delorey, Advisor April 23, 2013 This report represents work of WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its web site without editorial or peer review. For more information about the projects program at WPI, see
2 Abstract The goal of this project is to assess the feasibility of using online fundraising tools, such as fundraising and crowd raising websites, to fund music tours of college students. Major objectives included evaluating existing fundraising websites, selecting a set of candidate websites by both personal experience and opinions from other college students, and analyzing their feasibility to use for funding. The results gathered in this study will be considered by the Glee Club and the Alden Voice of WPI when they determining the way they should adopt for fundraising.
3 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the following people for their guidance and assistance during the course of this project: Professor John Delorey, WPI WPI Glee Club WPI Alden Voices We would like to thank you all so much for your patience and support throughout our project.
4 Table of Authorship Primary Author Primary Editor Abstract Yilan Both Acknowledgement Yang Both Introduction Both Both Background and Research Yilan Both Methodology Yang Both Conclusion and Result Both Both References Yilan Both
5 Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction.. 1 Chapter 2. Background and Research 3 Chapter 3. Methodology... 6 Chapter 4. Conclusion and Result 10 References 21
6 Chapter 1. Introduction Fundraising has always been a hot topic among college students while organizing activities. There is always the hope to make the event as successful as possible, but the funding from school can be limited a lot of times. 140 Anniversary of WPI Glee Club is approaching, so th an efficient way is needed for funding its great 140 Anniversary tour. They want to make th the funding process easier with some help from modern technologies such as Internet. Hosting events can be a great way for clubs and organizations to promote awareness for their cause. They are also a good tool for club members to get to know one another and bond as a group. In most cases, funding is required for various aspects of the event. The funding can come from a number of sources including sponsors, benefactors, savings or the university that they are affiliated with. In some cases however, the funds gained through these channels might not be enough. Fundraising is a great way for college clubs to secure donations needed to support their activities and host events. Fundraising equals money, which makes clubs expand and become more appealing to potential members, as well as encourage current members to stay. With more money the clubs can provide more opportunities for their members. Fundraising also allows current members to become closer with each other, as they work together raising the money. When fundraising as a group or a team it is often easier for new members to transition into the club. 1 However, traditional ways of fundraising, such as face- to- face fundraising, can suffer from the lack of good fundraising ideas and the lack of audience a lot of times. All these can contribute to the insufficient amount of fund raised. A new concept called crowdfunding emerged in recent years. Fundraising and crowdfunding are similar in a lot of ways, but nuances do exist between them. Unlike fundraising relies heavily on others willing to make a donation, crowdfunding relies more on the attractiveness of the prizes that the ones who funded the projects or events get in return. In the case of music tours, a concert ticket could be a very idea. In this way, the fundraisers do not have to worry about not having an appealing enough fundraising idea to attract the others to donate, since they simply have to think of a good enough prize. Moreover, crowdfunding always utilize modern technologies 1
7 like Internet. The large population of Internet users ensured the large number of audience and easy accessibility for them to raise fund. This project focuses on the utilization of internet to raise fund for music tours among college students. The IQP team researched various crowdfunding websites and conducted evaluation for each of them. The team also created online surveys for potential Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) users of these websites to gain accurate evaluations. The goal of this project is to find the possibility of using online fundraising systems for music tours by college students, especially for the Glee Club and the Alden Voice at WPI so that they can use the result as reference when they decide their funding approaches for their upcoming 140 Anniversary tour. th 2
8 Chapter 2. Background and Research i. History of Fundraising Accordingly to historian Scott M. Cutlip s excellent book 'Fundraising in the United States: Its Role in America s Philanthropy', organized philanthropy supported by systematic fundraising was very much a twentieth- century phenomena. Before then, philanthropy was conducted on a much smaller scale, largely financed by a very few very wealthy individuals in response to personal appeals. Most individual giving was directed to the churches, to the pitifully poor, and to found schools and colleges. No organized or formal fundraising efforts were recorded for the giving of these gifts. 2 Though many people seem to think that large- scale face to face fundraising was first developed by Greenpeace in the 1990s, it has actually been around much longer than that. In the beginning of the twentieth century, new YMCAs were built with money raised through what became known as the Lightning Canvass around the world. The idea was simply to get a group of young men, divide them into teams and send them out on the streets for two weeks to recruit donors who would give on the 'Installment System'. This plan came from Charles S. Ward, the General Secretary of Grand Rapids YMCA in Michigan, who could well be described as the godfather of modern fundraising. The plan worked brilliantly. Together with a group of volunteers, they raised the year's budget within a few days. For the next five years, Ward repeated the exercise with similar results. 3 ii. Today s Fundraising It has been over a hundred years since 1910, so fundraisers have gained much experience and learnt many lessons along their way through practice. One thing they are paying more and more attention to nowadays is the need of donors. Donors have needs, too. In order to attract more donors to donate for your projects or events, it is important to tell them that 3
9 they will indeed benefit somehow from their act of kindness, or that they will get something in return. This contributed to the emerging of crowdfunding, which donors will receive a prize or a share for the amount they donated. This act motivates more donors to participate and take on a more active role in the events or projects they funded. Crowdfunding is a rather popular concept today for its effectiveness in terms of raising funds and its popularity among people. Also, technology has changed our life significantly in the past century. We have invented Internet, which has a wide range of users all over the world today. Internet is an essential part of many people s daily life, and has a huge impact among the public. So in addition to the old- fashion face- to- face approach, modern fundraising wouldn t want waste the chance of benefiting from the goodness of modern technology. They are many fundraising and crowdraising websites for people who want to raise fund over the Internet. In this way, they can raise fund without worrying about not having picked the best place and the best time for fundraising. These sites often link to social networks like Facebook, so that a large number of audience is guaranteed with only a little advertisement among people close to you. These websites are getting more and more popular today. iii. Fundraising Websites Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Glee Club will celebrate its 140th anniversary with a concert tour. They would like to raise enough fund to guarantee the quality of the tour. Fundraising website is a getting popular nowadays because of its convenience and flexibility, so the IQP team was assigned to research on different fundraising websites and identify if it is practical to rely on website for raising fund. Among the innumerable fundraising websites online, we selected nine best ones as examples to analyze after thoroughly looking into and evaluating many of them. We got the 4
10 initial set of websites to choose from by Googling keywords like fundraising, crowfunding and music fundraising, and also by looking at some reviews on the Internet about these websites. Then, we evaluated them under the following criteria: 1. Ease of Use website (not the actual program) (user friendly can young and old use it easily) 2. Ease of Use for the program 3. Safety reliability how old and established is the site 4. Ratings? 5. Profitability what is the average funds raised? 6. Popularity young/old 7. Scheme what do you get in return for you money? 8. Realistic prizes and goals. We will talk more about the nines websites we selected in the next chapters. 5
11 Chapter 3. Methodology Week 1 We researched and evaluated a variety of fundraising websites, as well as analyzed them under the given criteria. Based on the findings from research and analysis, we composed an evaluation report and presentation slides. We divided the sites we picked into two categories: The first one is fundraising sites targeted on music- related activities: These sites are more relevant to our purpose of funding concert or music tours. We know people who go there are interested in funding for music related activities. The second one is fundraising sites serving general purpose activities. Compared to the fundraising sites targeted for music related activities, these sites serve general purpose, but they are way more well- known and popular. They are big, well- established fundraising sites. Here are the nine websites we selected: Musicians Benevolent Fund 4 Oocto 5 PledgeMusic 6 Feed the Muse 7 Rupee.US 8 GoFundMe.com 9 Crowdrise 10 ifundy 11 Kickstarter.com 12 At 12:00pm on 3/14/2013, we met with advisor Prof. John F Delorey in Alden Hall. During the meeting, our IQP team presented and discussed the research results as well as reviewed PowerPoint slides. Week 2 6
12 We read IQP papers online. We also edited and reformatted our paper based on discussion. In order to generate a better evaluation result, we designed a survey for potential users to evaluate the sites under different categories. At 12:00pm on 3/21/2013, we met with advisor Prof. John F Delorey in Alden Hall. During the meeting, we reviewed and revised the survey questions. We also discussed about how to distribute the survey to potential users. Week 3 We revised the evaluation survey based on discussion. In addition to paper handouts, we created an online survey for users convenience. Both of our team members also registered and experienced the nine chosen websites. We also edited the content of the paper based on research and discussion. At 12:00pm on 3/28/2013, we met with advisor Prof. John F Delorey in Alden Hall. During the meeting, we reviewed and improved the survey before sending out to users. Again we discussed how to distribute the survey efficiently. Week 4 We made minor changes to the survey based on the advice Professor Delorey gave us during the last meeting, so our survey was completely done. Here is a screenshot of our survey: 7
13 We also composed the instructions for the survey taker, and kept editing and adding more contents to the final paper. At 12:00pm on 4/4/2013, we met with advisor Prof. John F Delorey in Alden Hall. During the meeting, we reviewed the instructions for the survey as well as discussed how to distribute the survey to potential users. Week 5 We completed surveys on our own and gave out the survey to potential users. We summarized the survey results and finished ratings for the sites. Based on the results, we selected four best sites out of the nine sites. At 12:00pm on 4/11/2013, we met with advisor Prof. John F Delorey 8
14 in Alden Hall. During the meeting, we review the survey results with advisor. Our team also presented the selected four sites. In order to achieve better survey results, we discussed how to encourage more potential users to complete the surveys. Week 6 We invited friends and classmates to take the surveys and generated the updated survey results. We created a score table and calculated the score each website earned. We chose the top four websites with the highest scores as our results. We also finished the first draft of our final paper and we would send it to our advisor for advice. 9
15 Chapter 4. Conclusion and Result At the end, we have got thirteen survey takers to participate. Then we computed an overall score for each websites based on the survey result: Musicians Benevolent Fund Oocto PledgeMusic Feed the Muse Rupee.US GoFundMe Crowdrise ifundy Kickstarter
16 Musicians Benevolent Fund Overall Score: This website is very easy to use for everyone. Users can simply click the Donate button on the homepage to access to the payment page. Users may choose regular donation or one off donation. The online transaction is safe and secured by Thawte. The goal of the website is to support musicians at the start of their careers who need support as they join the profession, who hit a crisis, such as an illness or accident, during their working lives and who are thinking about retirement, as well as those later on in their lives. This website is relatively popular. In 2012, 950 musicians benefitted from its support. One disadvantage for this website is the currency option, which is British pound only. If you hold a non- pound card, you will be charged for currency conversion fees. Another suggestion is they may link their website to Facebook, Twitter or other social networking sites to gain popularity. 11
17 PledgeMusic Overall Rating: 2.7 PledgeMusic is one of the more popular fundraising sites for musicians. It was established in It is very easy for musicians to raise fund. Users can simply sign up an account to raise desired amount of money for their music projects. It is inked to Facebook, which makes it easy to sign up and draw attention. PledgeMusic is also a safe website for online transaction. It also does not retain any ownership or rights to any music created through the platform. It encourages artists to include contributions to charity as part of their fundraising project. It does not process any funding transactions until the funding target is reached It is an international website. Its goal is to help musicians take control of their career by providing a platform which helps them get the funds they need to produce your record. 12
18 GoFundMe Overall Rating: Oocto is is an all or nothing funding portal which connects investors with musicians. They are both a crowdfunding as well as crowdsourcing website. Its user- friendly design is a big advantage. Users can easily access to the donation page or the signing up page. The transaction is under protection so it is also safe. It has connection with Facebook directly. Musicians can start fundraising campaigns but at Oocto they can also find highly skilled professionals in the music industry who provide services they need to help get started. Disadvantage is this website is targeted on the Europe, especially France. It will be better if it can stretch out to the international market. It might also need to take more currency type besides Euro. 13
19 KickStarter Overall Rating: 2.7 This is definitely one of the most popular and well- known fundraising websites. The process to start a project is relatively a bit harder than many other fundraising sites, but is still easy to use. The website looks nicely organized and aesthetically good to view. The process the users need to go through and donate is pretty simple and straight forward. The fact that it requires information such as SSN from the project starter and it uses Amazon s Payment service contributes to its safety and reliability. According to the comments given by the reviewers online, this site is not only extremely trustworthy, but also very popular. Lots of people of different ages visit this site daily, and many fund raisers have raised a substantial amount of funds. For example, Worcester State Chorale is rising for their 2013 Italy Concert Tour. Their goal is 2500 dollars, and 140 dollars has already been collected in within only two days. There is even a project in Boston which aimed for 3,000 dollars but got 2,222,759 dollars raised. The goals for fundraising and prizes for the donators is to be set flexibly by the project starter. 14
20 Oocto Overall Rating: 2.15 https://www.oocto.com/ Oocto is is an all or nothing funding portal which connects investors with musicians. They are both a crowdfunding as well as crowdsourcing website. Its user- friendly design is a big advantage. Users can easily access to the donation page or the signing up page. The transaction is under protection so it is also safe. It has connection with Facebook directly. Musicians can start fundraising campaigns but at Oocto they can also find highly skilled professionals in the music industry who provide services they need to help get started. Disadvantage is this website is targeted on the Europe, especially France. It will be better if it can stretch out to the international market. It might also need to take more currency type besides Euro. 15
21 Feed the Muse Overall Rating: Feed The Muse is a simple and safe way for fans, friends and family to support your creative ideas online. It is very beautifully designed. With the online tutoring, the signing up process and raising funds can be very easy. The website is also linked to Twitter and Facebook in order to increase its popularity. The transaction is protected as well so users don t need to worry about any safety issue. The 10% transaction fee is relatively lower than other sites. The website also supplies users with all the tools they need to effectively reach out to their community and raise funds to accomplish their projects. Users can even raise money for their film works. Disadvantage is that this site lack popularity. It should focus on attracting more users. 16
22 Rupee.US Overall Rating: 2 This website is easy for the program to register and to start a project. It is easy for the donators to use as well. They just need to click on the I want to contribute! button. The site seems very stable and many reviewers have given them good ratings. However, the site is not so popular compared to some other fundraising sites, resulting in no fund raised for many projects. 17
23 Crowdrise Overall Rating: 2.4 They claim It takes less than 21 seconds to create a Fundraiser. However, from our personal experience, the project starting process is more complicated than other sites. This website is stable and it receives many positive reviews online. It can also be connected to Facebook and Twitter, which will help gain popularity. Many projects on this site have raised a great amount of funds (more than 10,000 dollars). But one identifying problem is that most successful fundraising projects are related to sports, which indicates music projects might lack popularity here. 18
24 ifundy Overall Rating: This website s interface looks complicated, but both the process to start a program and the process to donate are actually quite simple. Its functionality and look are just as good as the other fundraising sites. However, just like Rupee.US, it is not very popular; even the most popular projects displayed on the index page got 0 dollars raised. 19
25 Based on the survey results and our own experience, we selected four sites out of nine. They are: Musicians Benevolent Fund PledgeMusic GoFundMe KickStarter In all, according to our study and the survey results, we think the utilization of fundraising website is practical and suitable for raising fund for music tours of college students. The good fundraising websites are considered popular, easy to use, safe and reliable for potential donors, so they are a very good choice for fundraising in general. 20
26 References 1. Western Washington University. "Effective Student Organization/Fundraising." - Wikibooks, Open Books for an Open World. N.p., 13 Nov Web. 23 Apr "The Profession of Fundraising." Study Fundraising. Adrian Sargeant and Jen Shang, n.d. Web. 23 Apr Phillips, Mark. "Face to Face Fundraising from 1910." Web log post. Queer Ideas. N.p., 10 July Web. 23 Apr to- face- fundraising- from html. 4. Musicians Benevolent Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr Oocto. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr https://www.oocto.com/. 6. PledgeMusic. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr Feedthemuse.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr RUPEE US. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr Gofundme. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr Crowdrise. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr IFundy. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr Kickstarter. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr
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Top Tips for Music Teachers
Here are some Top Tips for Music Teachers.
Let us know what you want Top Tips on!
5 Top Tips on how to raise the Profile of the Arts in your School
Cultural Education is seeing increasing investment and acknowledgement within the curriculum. In London, the Arts Council, England, (ACE) is funding the Cultural Education Challenge, a £900,000 programme designed to bring about an improvement in the engagement of young people in the Arts over the next three years.
We mentioned the ACE Challenge in our July newsletter, where we included a downloadable activity sheet to inspire summer activities. It is a push towards inclusive Arts education, described on the ACE website as a mechanism "to make sure that more children and young people can create, compose, and perform; visit, experience and participate in extraordinary work, and be able to know more, understand more, and review the experiences they've had." Follow this link for further information.
In line with these exciting steps to engage young people in the Arts, the Music Workshop Company team have put together these Top Tips on raising the profile of the Arts in your school:
Invite a local musician to introduce your school concert or appear as a soloist. Involving a well-known personality will not only inspire students, it will help bring in interest from local media and raise the profile of your event. You could also invite a local dignitary or local artist or musician to open an art exhibition or to attend the first night of a show.
Organise for students to do interviews on local radio about concerts, shows, plays, dance performance or art exhibitions. The experience and excitement of appearing on radio will be a great motivator for young people and add confidence and commitment to the project. Links to local BBC Radio channels are listed here.
Ensure you get listings on local websites and in local newspapers for all Arts events. As soon as students can see that their work has a wider reach than the confines of the school, they will get added satisfaction and excitement.
Interview a past student who has been successful in the Arts for the school magazine or website
Additional resources:
An excellent resource for every aspect of raising the profile of the Arts – the Teacher's Toolkit by A New Direction and have a look at this great video by St Marylebone School which vividly puts the case for the importance and validity of Arts in the curriculum.
8 Top Resources for Black History Month (October UK, February US)
October is Black History Month. It's a fantastic opportunity to explore a range of cultures, music and tradition. We've put together some top tips on activities and resources to get you started…
The first place to look is on the Black History Month 2015 websites: Black History Month 2015 and Official Black History Month UK. There is lots of information on events and plenty of ideas for lives to celebrate.
Why not explore the music of Scott Joplin or listen to the music here.
Learn about the Blues here and at our blog.
Explore the Jazz n' Blues You Tube channel
Explore Reggae through the life and music of Bob Marley and listen here
Celebrate the life of those behind the music. Explore the life and work of Quincy Jones
Celebrate Music of Black Origin through the MOBO Awards
Explore British Soul through the work of these women
If you'd like to read more about our ideas for Black History Month here at MWC, visit our Early Years and Primary Schools page and our Secondary Schools page.
8 Top Tips on how to create your own Festival
A festival doesn't have to be a multi-million pound event full of mud, music and wellies; it can be a great way to engage with the local community and to give students a focus to their work. So how do you go about hosting your own festival?
MWC's Maria has worked extensively in music management. She has organised events in a range of venues such as the Royal Opera House, Hatfield House, St Albans Abbey and even the Louvre! She has put together some top tips on how to create a fun festival in your school or club, all with minimum budget and planning!
Consider whether your festival will take place on one day or whether it should last for several days or even a whole week. What else is going on that week? Is the venue or hall you need available?
Find out what skills and experience you have access to. Members of your team, students, the PTA, and people in the local community often have expertise to offer and are happy to help out. Try to think outside the box. You may be surprised how much help you can get
Think about the resources you'll need. What musical instruments, sports equipment, arts and crafts materials do you already have? Do you have access to other equipment you can borrow? What instruments or sports equipment do the students have?
Think of a theme for your event - arts, music, sports, a multi-cultural event, or a combination of topics. Or is there a local festival or World event you want to observe? Remember the Olympics had a Cultural Olympiad as well as the sports events
Will the festival celebrate activities that you already do well, or will it be an opportunity to introduce new activities?
Will there be prizes, or is the focus on taking part?
What will be the Grand Finale? Will you hold an art exhibition or a concert or a play open to parents? A sports day? A party?
Encourage support and involvement from the local community. Will local restaurants or caterers donate food? Will a local art shop donate art and craft supplies? Could a parent or local artist give a talk or a demonstration?
Inspiration for creating your own Festival
An Arts Festival
Create a play. This involves creative writing, composition (writing a sound track), creating costumes, scenery and marketing materials such as flyers and posters
A Music Festival. Ask students and other participants to prepare a piece of music to perform or dance to. Create visual art to show while the music is being performed or create costumes for dancing
A Multi-Cultural Festival
Encourage students and other participants to bring in items from cultures around the World, whether these reflect their own background, a neighbour's background or somewhere they have visited. Items don't have to be things; they could include art, music, food, clothes, films, dance, photos, souvenirs, and each classroom could represent a different place in the World
Each class could choose a country or part of the World to explore, creating dances, music and designs influenced by the traditional cultures of that country
Have a look at these useful resources for more ideas…
Scrapstores - www.scrapstoresuk.org
Museums & Art - www.culture24.org.uk/home
Contact us now to discuss workshops for your Festival or Arts week.
8 Top Tips for Supporting Young Musicians
Encourage students through performance opportunities; school concerts, assemblies, parents evenings, class recitals, music competitions in and out of school.
Find out about funding bodies such as Future Talent who offer funding to help Young Musicians as well as performance opportunities and mentoring.
Find out about performance opportunities locally. Music hubs, youth orchestras and bands, amateur orchestras, bands, choirs, dramatic or operatic societies, music clubs or societies are always keen for new members and young people are often extremely welcome.
Find out about national performance opportunities. The National Youth Orchestra, National Youth Wind Orchestra, CBSO Youth Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Hallé Youth Orchestra and Young Sinfonia at the Sage, Gateshead are just some of the high level ensembles available to talented students.
Recommend recordings on Spotify or You Tube.
Recommend performances they might like. Live concerts such as the BBC Proms often have tickets available from £5, and orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic have a wonderful series of webcasts. You can sometimes even watch the Berlin Philharmonic, the New York Metropolitan Opera or performances from the Royal Opera House at the cinema.
Encourage students to attend events such as Rhinegold's Music Education Expo, an annual opportunity to explore the options in music education, workshops and masterclasses with visiting tutors, or any other music-related events they can get to.
Online resources can be very helpful. ViolinSchool is a great place to find violin-specific tuition support and information, YouTube has a wealth of masterclasses with top instrumentalists, often in manageable chunks, but sometimes full-length videos of an hour or more, and websites for music radio stations and magazines such as Classic FM and the BBC have a huge amount of musical information for enthusiastic learners.
Be wary of recommending online instrumental tutorials until you have checked out the quality though. There is a lot of bad teaching online and you have to sift a bit to find the most valuable output.
5 Top Tips for putting on a concert
The team at MWC have lots of experience of organising concerts both in schools and at other venues and have noticed that there are certain things that need to be considered to get the most out of a school or community group concert. As organising concerts is often a job for the Music Teacher, we wanted to share our checklist of ideas:
Consider the dates of other local events such as other school or music centre concerts or concerts by local amateur groups. Many musical children may be involved in more than one music group, and your audience can't be in two places at once.
Think about how parents, friends and supporters will book tickets. Will they buy them in person at the school office, through a printed booking form, a contact form on the school website or through an event website? The easier you can make it for people to get their tickets, the more likely they are to come.
Think about refreshments for the event. Can you get sponsorship from a local business for drinks and snacks, or will a local café or pub come in and run the catering for you? Perhaps you can ask for volunteers to help run a drinks table or add a small cost onto the ticket to include a glass of wine.
Will you use the event as a chance to fundraise for the school or community group? Fundraising can be done through selling tickets, asking for donations, selling programmes, selling advertising space in the programme or even selling school merchandise. If you're asking for donations or sponsorship, make sure the fundraising clearly benefits the performers. You could use the money raised to buy new equipment for the music or performing arts department, or even to cover the costs of a tour.
Do you have enough parking for all the audience members? If not, could you encourage car sharing, check with local residents if people can park across their drives for the evening, use the school mini bus to collect people, or see if a local taxi firm or mini bus company will provide transport as a form of sponsorship?
Read our blog for more ideas about how to organise a Christmas or End of Year concert.
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A play in the River...
Ok so starting off from where we left off about the Surfboard, considering it doesn't look as aerodynamic as the Boomerang, Katherine is actually able to throw it almost the same distance and it nearly reached the other side of the river. One of the local seagulls wasn't so impressed with our new dog toy though – Katherine threw the Surfboard as the gull was flying overhead and there was nearly a mid-air collision between gull and Surfboard!
Fortunately though the gull was on the ball and managed to do some quick aerial manoeuvres to avoid becoming a casualty of dangerous surfboarding, and circled round then flew back over us as if to see what on earth had tried to assault it in mid-air.
We are joined by quite a few wild members of the river community when we are playing in the river. The dippers are usually around, they are very noisy and arguing between themselves a lot at the moment, as are the grey wagtails, and every now and then the kingfisher will dart by. The mergansers are starting to increase in number too, they are a sure sign that autumn has returned to the river and the goldeneye ducks may return to the river soon too.
Our swimming session wasn't as long as we have been used to of late. With the lovely summer we have had, many of our walks were switched to playtime in the river, or what was left of it as it did start to become very shallow and even now the water isn't that deep. It is starting to get nippy now though so swimming sessions will become less frequent and much shorter, but swimming will be replaced by a different winter activity with our two-wheeled friend... the Wheelybug (see video below). Can you guess what the Wheelybug is? ;-)
As soon as our water games with the Surfboard were done there was no playing in the park like we can do in the summer, it was straight back home and into our doggy bathrobes to get warmed up and dry off, followed by a spot of dog grooming to get rid of some of our loose fur.
Our doggy bathrobes are great, we love putting them on when we get in after a cold, soggy walk and Katherine loves how we don't soak the entire house as we just shake into our bathrobes which absorb all the water! Great invention!
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The Palm Islands are two man-made islands built off the coast of Dubai, fanning out in the shapes of palm leaves. Booking a stay at Dubai hotels in the Palm Islands gives you the exotic beach experience straight out of the glossy brochures. Enjoy nearby attractions such as The Lost Chambers Aquarium with the entire family, or take a day for yourself to relax at 5-star spas inside hotels like Atlantis The Palm: this is luxury most people have hardly seen.
The world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, dwarfs the surrounding skyscrapers. This marvel of modern architecture has the highest viewing platform in the world at an appropriately named venue, "At the Top". Learn the history of the building during the elevator ride up the 124 floors, before being confronted with truly unrivaled views of the city and ocean. Spend the rest of the afternoon perusing souvenirs at the mall located at the base of the Burj and your day is complete.
For a day exploring the urban atmosphere of Dubai, visit the Global Village shopping center. Serving as the city hub for entertainment and cuisine, it's open from November to March every year, and many vendors bring their handicrafts here. Surrounding countries bring their goods to the Global Village market and you can also find rollercoasters, fireworks, concerts and fashion shows through the winter months, which makes it a popular escape for those suffering the colder weather of the Northern Hemisphere.
Otherwise known as DSS, this is a family extravaganza during August that sees the city's renowned shopping complexes like the Dubai Mall taken over by children's performances, specialty foods and activities, as well as big shopping discounts that draw the retail-hungry crowds.
This is the best location for those traveling with their families. Featuring a playground and safe swimming pools, your children can splash away while you savor a few long drinks by the poolside bar. With tennis courts and a gym located on the premises, even your daily workout routine doesn't get interrupted.
This is the best beach to stay at if you're vacationing solo or as a couple. Complimentary water, towels and lounge chairs are available to those who make reservations at this private beach. Rent a pair of jet skis or kick back, James Bond-style, on the deck of your rented speedboat.
In Dubai, the summers are what you would expect from a desert climate, but because of the Persian Gulf, the air is also humid. The highs during the day hit about 106 degrees Fahrenheit on average, with nights cooling down to about 80 degrees. The humidity is not as strong during the winter, and the temperature can reduce to the 50s and 60s in December through March, as well as being the time to come for the Dubai Shopping Festival and Global Village.
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With the rapid evolution of televisions over the past few years, we've seen new technologies from Smart content to 4K Ultra HD resolution to HDR all become established features. OLED has managed to work its way on to the long list of TV jargon too, with its main selling point being ultra-dark blacks and super-bright whites.
The first OLED TVs started to hit the shelves in 2013 but they were both few and far between, and expensive. These sets gave us a glimpse at what all the fuss was about, with a revolution in picture quality and slimline design promised - a 4K OLED TV became the holy grail in many AV enthusiasts' minds.
But that promise appeared to wane somewhat during 2014. First there was news that Sony and Panasonic had ended an OLED TV production partnership in order to focus on 4K Ultra HD TV production, and at CES that year LG was the sole manufacturer to show off a new range of OLED models.
LG was once again the only manufacturer to produce OLED TVs in 2015 as Samsung said it would rather concentrate on 4K LCD screens. The first curved 4K OLED TV passed through our doors and exited with a glowing five-star review.
But now, finally, we have not one but five OLED TV manufacturers in the UK: LG, Panasonic, Sony, Philips and Loewe. Samsung, meanwhile, is backing a different horse: QLED. Don't confuse QLED with OLED, though - they're two completely different TV technologies (for more, read our complete guide to QLED).
The initial problems with OLED - cost and yield rate - have started to improve, so now is a better time than ever to buy an OLED TV. But how does OLED technology work, what's so good about it and which are the best OLED TVs to buy? Let us explain.
What is OLED TV?
OLED – or Organic Light-Emitting Diode – is a type of display technology that makes it possible to create even slimmer TV sets than LCD or plasma, while at the same time making them more efficient and eco-friendly. To give you an example of just how slim, there's this LG wallpaper OLED that is just 0.97mm thin.
Here's how the technology works: an organic, carbon-based film is placed between two conductors and an electrical current is passed through, which causes it to emit light. This differs from LCD TVs, which require a backlight to create their brightness. OLED pixels are self-emissive and generate their own light.
There are two types of OLED technology: Passive-Matrix (PMOLED) and Active-Matrix (AMOLED). Active-Matrix requires electronics to switch each pixel on or off individually, which is better for displaying motion and therefore the type used for OLED TVs.
Initially, only two manufacturers launched OLED TVs in the UK – LG and Samsung (the latter back in 2013). Samsung later bowed out of OLED production, leaving the market to LG.
Panasonic, Sony, Philips and Loewe have all since entered the fray. Sony's A1 range of 4K OLED TVs was announced in January, while Panasonic recently announced two new ranges of OLED TV for 2017.
Hisense has created its own alternative ULED technology, and Samsung has also gone its own way with QLED. They might sound quite similar to OLED, but they're completely different beasts.
MORE: TV tech explained: Quantum Dot, SUHD, HDR, Dolby Vision
What are the advantages of OLED TV?
OLED technology has several advantages over LCD and plasma technology. First there are the physical benefits – OLED sets are lighter and thinner than LCD due to the lack of a backlight.
But of greater interest is the picture quality. Because OLED pixels emit light directly, viewing angles tend to be much wider, plus colour and contrast stay the same from as far as 90 degrees off centre.
And because each pixel can be turned off individually, OLED TVs can do their best to deliver an absolute black and infinite contrast ratio – the Holy Grail for purists. OLED pictures should also be brighter and can achieve response times of less than 0.01ms, which practically eliminates motion blur.
MORE: Panasonic EZ952 is firm's second 4K OLED TV, arrives in June
What are the disadvantages of OLED TV?
OLED is extremely expensive to produce, and therefore to buy - LG's first 55in set, the 55EM970V cost £10,000 at launch and its 55EA980W sold for £8,000. Samsung's first set, the KE55S9C, sold for £7,000. Prices have thankfully come down, though - witness the LG OLED55B6V for under £2,000.
In its infancy, OLED production had a relatively low yield, which meant that for every set fit for sale, a high number were consigned to the scrapheap. This made the technology expensive - it's improving this aspect of the production, which helps to bring costs down.
Of course, there are still some mega-expensive sets around. The LG OLED65G6V is an anomaly at £6000, while Loewe's first OLED screen is targeted at the very wealthy.
Another of OLED's problems concerns the pesky blue pixel. Because the OLED material used to make blue light deteriorates more quickly than red and green, its lifespan is shorter and, over time, the colour balance could be affected.
Thankfully, based on recent OLED TVs, the sets are definitely getting better - and more affordable.
More after the break
What about curved OLED TVs?
The first OLED TVs launched in the UK by Samsung and LG featured curved screens. There has been much scepticism over this – indeed we saw it as both a plus and a minus in our review of the first Samsung curved OLED TV.
"It's an outlandish idea," we said, "not unlike a concept car: it's very cool, even if it might not be entirely practical". The curve also means Samsung's set can't be wall-mounted.
The argument in favour said that a curved set enhanced the viewing experience. Samsung said it provides "depth to the content displayed for a more life-like viewing experience", and delivers an "immersive panorama effect". LG has said the curve is there to "remove the problem of screen-edge visual distortion and detail loss".
But that was then. Since, manufacturers' enthusiasm for curved OLED TVs has cooled somewhat. At the start of 2017, LG and Sony announced they won't make any curved TVs this year, OLED or otherwise. So it seems curved TVs, like 3D TVs before them, have been consigned to the dustbin of history.
Fortunately, there's no shortage of non-curved OLED sets around. Those who prefer their telly flat would be advised to check out the LG OLED65E6V, Panasonic TX-65CZ952B or one of the other recommended sets at the end of this article.
For our money, a curved screen makes more sense on a phone - like the LG G Flex, G Flex 2 or Galaxy S6 Edge - than on a TV. Find out why we think so here.
What about flexible OLED TVs?
And if that wasn't enough from LG, the company has also developed bendable OLED screens, one of which it showed off recently. Known as the Wallpaper TV, due to its ultra-thin design and the fact that it sticks to your wall using magnets, the LG Signature OLED W7 is a veritable wobble board of a set.
What's the point? We're not entirely sure. You could move the TV from wall to wall very easily, though most people will opt to leave it in the same place. But you can't deny that it's a technological marvel, standing just 0.5cm thick and weighing only 12kg.
LG has also unveiled similar technology on a much bigger scale for advertising screens. And it's doubling its production of OLED and flexible OLED panels, which should hopefully bring the price down for us punters. So while the Wallpaper TV might be a spectacle, it probably won't be a novelty one-off...
MORE: LG predicts bright future for OLED TVs as plasma faces final curtain
What about 4K HDR OLED TVs?
Not content with the introduction of OLED as a standalone option, LG introduced the first 4K OLED TV. The combination of 4K resolution and OLED screen technology was seen by many to be the ultimate TV. And going by the first sets we saw, that was certainly true.
But now there's a new abbreviation to make picture performance even better. High Dynamic Range, or HDR, isn't exclusive to OLED TVs, but it can improve and enhances the detail in whatever you're watching. 4K OLED TVs with HDR include the stellar LG OLED65E6V, Panasonic EZ1002 and its follow-up EZ952 (due to arrive in June), and the upcoming Sony A1 Series.
We'll bring you reviews of these as soon as we can. But from our demos, they look stunning.
MORE: 4K Ultra HD: everything you need to know
What about alternatives to OLED TVs?
While it's true that OLED TVs produce some of the best pictures we've seen, there are other TV technologies that lay claim to equally impressive results.
One such is Quantum Dot. It's not a new technology, but it's finally being adopted by the big manufacturers. It uses nano-crystals that each emit different colours depending on their size. The technology is supposedly easier and cheaper to manufacture than OLED and claims to improve the reproduction rate of colour of conventional LCD/LED sets by up to 30 per cent.
Samsung used Quantum Dot in its 2016 range of SUHD screens - both the UE55KS7000 and UE55KS9000 proved excellent in our tests. However, it has also put the technology to a new and interesting use in the form of QLED TVs, which promise all the benefits of OLED for a fraction of the price. For more, read our in-depth feature on QLED TV.
LG previously promised a 4K Quantum Dot TV, although we're yet to see it, and TCL released one in the US, adding it would be coming to Europe.
But Quantum Dot isn't the only rival to OLED. Chinese manufacurer Hisense has introduced its own ULED (Ultra LED) technology, which it claims can produce a picture quality as good as OLED but again for much cheaper. The 65XT910 is subsequently the world's first ULED available to buy for £2200. Although it didn't get the greatest review when it passed through our doors...
Best OLED TVs
Tested at £2700 / Now £2000 at Sevenoaks and Amazon
This is one of the most affordable 4K OLED TVs around - it's still not cheap, but you get a lot for your money.
Tested at £6000 / Now £4400 at various retailers
The G6V is the flagship LG 4K OLED TV for 2016. It combines a stunning picture with an impressive built-in soundbase. But all that TV comes at a very high price...
Tested at £5000 / Now £3500 at various retailers
...so you could save yourself a bundle on what is essentially the same screen as the G6, but with a slightly smaller soundbase. It would be our pick for sure.
MORE: LG OLED65E6V review
Panasonic TX-65CZ952B
Tested at £8000
This Pansonic set is incredibly expensive and you'll need a very wide rack, but the picture quality is quite simply jaw-dropping.
MORE: Best TVs 2017


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1. Xin Ding, Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Joint Sensing Matrix and Sparsifying Dictionary Optimization for Tensor Compressive Sensing," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, May 2017
2. Wei Chen, David Wipf, Yu Wang, Yang Liu, Ian Wassell, "Simultaneous Bayesian Sparse Approximation With Structured Sparse Models," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Dec 2016
3. Yang Liu, Wei Chen, Qingchao Chen, Ian Wassell, "Support Discrimination Dictionary Learning for Image Classification," European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Oct 2016
4. A. Hopper, J. McCanny, "Progress and Research in Cybersecurity," Royal Society Report, Royal Society, Jul 2016
5. Nikilesh Balakrishnan, Thomas Bytheway, Lucian Carata, Ripduman Sohan, Andy Hopper, "Towards Secure User-space Provenance Capture," 8th USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance (TaPP 16), Washington, D.C., USENIX Association, Jun 2016
6. Sherif Akoush, Ripduman Sohan, Andrew Rice, Andy Hopper, "Evaluating the viability of remote renewable energy in datacentre computing," Technical Report, UCAM-CL-TR-889, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory, May 2016
7. Sherif Akoush, Ripduman Sohan, Andy Hopper, "Recomputation-based data reliability for MapReduce using lineage," Technical Report, UCAM-CL-TR-888, University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory, May 2016
8. Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Bayesian Learning For The Type-3 Joint Sparse Signal Recovery," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2016
9. Xin Ding, Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Nonconvex Compressive Sensing Reconstruction For Tensor Using Structures In Modes," IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Mar 2016
10. S Herbert, I Wassell, T H Loh, "A Simple Recursively Computable Lower Bound on the Noncoherent Capacity of Highly Underspread Fading Channels," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. PP, no. 99, IEEE, Feb 2016
11. Wei Chen, Ian J. Wassell, "A Decentralized Bayesian Algorithm For Distributed Compressive Sensing in Networked Sensing Systems," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1282-1292, 2016
12. Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Cost-Aware Activity Scheduling for Compressive Sleeping Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2016
13. Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Optimized Node Selection for Compressive Sleeping Wireless Sensor Networks," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 827-836, 2016
14. Xin Ding, Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Compressive Sensing Reconstruction for Video: an Adaptive Approach Based on Motion Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2016
15. Martin Kleppmann, Conrad Irwin, "Strengthening public key authentication against key theft," 9th International Conference on Passwords, Cambridge, UK, Dec 2015
16. Martin Kleppmann, Jay Kreps, "Kafka, Samza and the Unix philosophy of distributed data," IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin, Dec 2015
17. Xin Ding, Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Block-Based Feature Adaptive Compressive Sensing for Video," The Third International Workshop on Multimedia Communications and Networking (MultiCom), held in conjunction with the 14th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC), Oct 2015
18. Daniel R. Thomas, Alastair R. Beresford, Andrew Rice, "Security metrics for the Android ecosystem," ACM CCS Workshop on Security and Privacy in Smartphones and Mobile Devices (SPSM), Denver, Colorado, USA, ACM, Oct 2015
19. Martin Kleppmann, "A critique of the CAP theorem," Technical Report, arXiv:1509.05393, Sep 2015
20. Yang Liu, Ian Wassell, "A New Face Recognition Algorithm based on Dictionary Learning for a Single Training Sample per Person," Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), pp. 69.1-69.11, BMVA Press, Sep 2015
21. James Snee, Lucian Carata, Oliver R. A. Chick, Ripduman Sohan, Ramsey M. Faragher, Andrew Rice, Andy Hopper, "Soroban: Attributing Latency in Virtualized Environments," 7th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud 15), Santa Clara, CA, USENIX Association, Jul 2015
22. Nikilesh Balakrishnan, Thomas Bytheway, Lucian Carata, Oliver R. A. Chick, James Snee, Sherif Akoush, Ripduman Sohan, Margo Seltzer, Andy Hopper, "Recent Advances in Computer Architecture: The Opportunities and Challenges for Provenance," 7th USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance (TaPP 15), Edinburgh, Scotland, USENIX Association, Jul 2015
23. Yu Wang, David Wipf, Jeong Min Yun, Wei Chen, Ian J. Wassell, "Clustered Sparse Bayesian Learning," The Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), Jul 2015
24. Yu Wang, David Wipf, Qing Ling, Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Multi-Task Learning for Subspace Segmentation," International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Jul 2015
25. Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Variational Bayesian Algorithm For Distributed Compressive Sensing," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Jun 2015
26. Xin Ding, Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, "Sparsity-fused Kalman Filtering for Reconstruction of Dynamic Sparse Signals," IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Jun 2015
27. [alphabetic] B. Adcock, A. Hansen, B. Roman, "Compressed sensing with local structure: Theory, applications and benefits," IEEE Sampling Theory and Applications, SampTA, Mar 2015
28. Daniel R. Thomas, Alastair R. Beresford, Thomas Coudray, Tom Sutcliffe, Adrian Taylor, "The lifetime of Android API vulnerabilities: case study on the JavaScript-to-Java interface," Security Protocols XXIII, Cambridge, UK, series LNCS, Springer, Mar 2015
29. Oliver RA Chick, Lucian Carata, James Snee, Nikilesh Balakrishnan, Ripduman Sohan, "Shadow Kernels: A General Mechanism For Kernel Specialization in Existing Operating Systems," Proceedings of the 6th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Systems, pp. 1, 2015
30. Wei Chen, Ian Wassell, Miguel Rodrigues, "Dictionary Design for Distributed Compressive Sensing," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 95-99, 2015


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Apple has invited the media to an event on 9 Sepetember, where it is expected to announce the iPhone 6 and the iWatch.
Dropping into journalists' inboxes this afternoon, the invite states the date and the phrase "Wish we could say more". The event will take place in the company's home town of Cupertino, California and kicks off at 10am local time, which is 6pm in the UK.
The company is widely expected to show off the new iPhone 6 in two sizes - one measuring 4.7 inches and the other 5.5 inches. Both are much larger than the iPhone 5s, which is four inches from corner to corner.
Apple is also expected to announce a public release date for iOS 8, which it has said will launch in the autumn, along with new health-tracking features in an app called Health. This is expected to tie in with the iWatch wearable.
Earlier this week it was claimed that the company would announce the iWatch at the same event.