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		<title>Tents and Marquees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Event Tents, such as wedding tents are for when you want to make a daring outdoor scene. They are generally structures installed at a location for a period of time.
Why A Tent?Commercial Tents are used as protection from the sun, rain or a gathering place. They can make a stunning and creative atmosphere for any [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="205" alt="marquees-pavillion-3" hspace="8" src="http://23sqn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/marquees-pavillion-3-1.jpg" width="229" align="right" vspace="8" />Event Tents, such as wedding tents are for when you want to make a splendid outdoor scene. They are generally structures installed at a location for a period of time.</p>
<p><strong>Why A Tent?<br /></strong>Commercial Tents are used as protection from the sun, rain or a gathering place. They can make a stunning and creative atmosphere for any event.</p>
<p><strong>Tent Rentals<br /></strong>Tents can be rented or leased for a day, a weekend, weeks, months, etc. For one or two day events, the Tents are usually installed a few days before the event, depending on scheduling and weather, and remain until a few days after the event. Many rentals are quoted for the entire week, allowing for time to set up and design the interior and exterior. Some Tents are built for exceedingly long-term events and have been installed and remain installed for years.</p>
<p><strong>What Kind of Tent Should I Rent?<br /></strong>Tent rental companies come in all sizes &#8211; from small-sized companies with just a few Tents to exceedingly large-sized companies &#8211; carrying dozens of several sizes and styles of Tents. Some general rental companies rent from tent rental companies to accommodate their client&#8217;s needs.</p>
<p>You may know you want to use a standard Tent for your event, or your event planner may already have in mind to use a Tent. You have options! There are lots of other splendid<br />
structures and Tent styles out there. Some are unique and make a statement of their own. Ask the rental company you&#8217;re working with for a list of the type styles they have on hand.</p>
<p>Usually, the different types of Tents available in most companies are (the names vary depending of the company):</p>
<p>Folding Tents Easy and fast to use and always in demand. Very popular, because usually is the less expensive tent. Fast, flexible, cost effective and long lasting.</p>
<p>They are used by:</p>
<ul>
<li>Corporate brands across most industries</li>
<li>Government &amp; Council buyers</li>
<li>SME business marketers</li>
<li>Franchisees</li>
<li>Agricultural exhibitors</li>
<li>Emergency services &amp; community groups</li>
<li>Folding Tents create brand exposure opportunities.</li>
<li>You can reach your audience at the right time, in the right place with the right message.</li>
</ul>
<p>Inflatable Tents An exciting and fun alternative Tent. Easy &amp; fast to set up. Be sure they have removable printed roof because in that way you can share the investment with other licences.</p>
<p><strong>What Size Tent Will I Need?</strong></p>
<p>The size of Tent depends on a few factors:</p>
<p>1. The number of guests you expect<br />
2. Layout or seating arrangements or the style of event:</p>
<p>* Reception with what type of tables?<br />
* Speaker engagement with what type of seating?<br />
* Will you need a dance floor?<br />
* Will you need display areas for your products?</p>
<p>If you are interested in a Tent, you can expect to need about 2,000 &#8211; 2,500 square feet for 200-seated guests. That could mean a 40 x 60 size Tent (Always ask the Tent rental vendor directly and they&#8217;ll give you the best informationabout the size of Tent you&#8217;ll need).</p>
<p>Therefore, the key rule is; know what you are going to use your tent for. The choice of tents is astounding, almost on par with the choice of cars that you can buy.</p>
<p>So if you need a tent for the family BBQ, for example, your needs are fairly rudimentry<br />
and your budget may be low. Look for cheap tents that offers a waterproof Polyester roof and a decent warranty for under $600.</p>
<p>If you need a tent for a school or sports club you will need a selection of sizes, and colours. Most plain colour Tents s range between $995- $2900. If you are keen to advertise yourself, you can have your names printed for around $150-$300. Printing logos usually be a little more expensive.</p>
<p>In the last 5 years, portable Tents have become important to businesses for their marketing. The key need for these buyers is a prominent and exact reproduction of their logo. Sign written or printed Tents can be as dull as a website address or they can be a design masterpiece.</p>
<p>Remember, if it is for commercial purposes, the aim is to build awareness of your company with your printed Tent. Printed corporate Tents range in price from $1500- $4000. Good ones will really catch your eye.</p>
<p>Once you have decided on what sort of buyer you are and how you are going to use your Tents, a good Tents company will offer you a choice of frames, a warranty of between 3-5 years and help with formulating the printing-if you need it.</p>
<p>For more information about tents, contact Extreme <a href="http://www.extrememarquees.com.au/">Marquees</a>. We have a range of cheap <a href="http://www.extrememarquees.com.au/">tents</a>, for all sorts of home and business applications.</p>
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		<title>New Zealand&#8217;s Top Holiday Cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand has a brilliant array of amazing landscapes. Like enormous mountain ranges, endless coastlines, abundant rainforests, deep fiords, snow capped mountains and steaming volcanoes. These panoramic wonders have all made New Zealand an attractive destination for all kinds of holidays.
Awesome travel packages and holiday specials are available on quality accommodation in modern city hotels [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New Zealand has a wonderful array of amazing landscapes. Like imposing mountain ranges, sweeping coastlines, abundant rainforests, deep fiords, snow capped mountains and steaming volcanoes. These panoramic wonders have all made New Zealand an attractive destination for all kinds of holidays.</p>
<p>Fantastic travel packages and holiday specials are available on quality accommodation in modern city hotels and luxurious wilderness lodges at discounted prices. Among the top holiday destinations in New Zealand, Queenstown, Christchurch and Auckland would definitely be there. Travel Online is a celebrated online specialist travel operator and provides fantastic tourist services for New Zealand. Travel Online provides an instant quote and booking service for accommodation in cities right across the country.</p>
<p><strong>Queenstown<br /></strong>The international resort town of Queenstown is situated on the shoreline of Wakatipu Lake. This beautiful region is among the most picturesque locations on the globe. Throughout the year adventurous and exciting sports like jet boating, bungy jumping, and white water rafting take place. This town is the epicentre of the entire world&#8217;s bungy jumping activities too. With the advent of winter, the town gets transformed to an alpine wonderland with snowboarders and skiers from all corners of the world assembling at the annual Winter Festival.</p>
<p>There is constant request for Queenstown Accommodation all round the year and Travel Online offers a select group of hotels best suited for New Zealand holidays. 1, 2, 3 or 4 bedroom apartments, with luxurious facilities, gyms, spas and fantastic views are available at various holiday retreats across the city. Bigger apartments with more bedrooms, tennis courts, private jetties and fitness centres are also available at a higher price. Luxury complexes with studio rooms in the vicinity of cafes, bars, and restaurants are also found in Travel Online&#8217; Queenstown Accommodation selection.</p>
<p><strong>Christchurch</strong><br />
When choosing a place to stay in Christchurch look for hotels that give views over the wonderful Victoria Square, across the transfixing Avon River or towards the epochal Anglican Cathedral. Situated on New Zealand&#8217;s South Island, this cosmopolitan city is always abuzz with great festivals, shopping spots, theaters and art galleries. Hotels overlooking Victoria Square provide visitors with an insight in to the city&#8217;s English history.</p>
<p>Individuals staying in the vicinity of the Christchurch Cathedral will find hotel rooms with a Manhattan-style feel. Tradition and elegance are everywhere in these hotels along with a keen eye on service excellence. Luxurious bedrooms with full-fledged kitchen facilities are common, along with hi-tech conference facilities, resort-like leisure features like spas, saunas, gyms, and swimming pools. Many of these hotels provided by Travel Online are located in the vicinity of the Technology Park, the International Antarctic Centre, and the airport. Travelers who want to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the cosmopolitan life will find suitable accommodation in the wonderfulcountryside surrounding the city.</p>
<p><strong>Auckland</strong><br />
Auckland, also known as the City of Sails, is situated in between 2 harbors and has more boats per person than anywhere on the planet. Within minutes a person has the choice of sailing away on yachts to isolated nearby islands, living the high life in the casino, surfing at winding beaches or tasting the exotic wines at local vineyards. Hotels come in stylish and comfortable studios, and luxurious executive / marina suites. Travel Online caters to the tastes of corporate and business tourists and can beat any price seen on Auckland accommodation advertised. Auckland harbor is radiant, and is seen perfectly from atop Sky City and the surrounding accommodation.</p>
<p>Affordable and comfortable apartments are available for casual tourists, equipped with kitchens, laundries, and balconies to provide a wonderful holidaying experience. Visitors to Auckland adore visiting the Antarctic Encounter, which showcases the only penguins present in the sub-Antarctic region. More encounters include cage-bereft shark dives, scuba expeditions and snorkel safaris. New Zealand is waiting.</p>
<p>Travel Online has a wide range of <a href="http://www.newzealand-holidays.com/accommodation/queenstown/queenstown_accommodation.html">Queenstown accommodation</a> close to all the snow action and cosmopolitan <a href="http://www.newzealand-holidays.com/accommodation/christchurch/ac_christchurch.html">Christchurch accommodation</a> surrounded by all that theatre and art. For holidays in and around the water, <a href="http://www.newzealand-holidays.com/accommodation/auckland/ac_auckland_cbd.html">Auckland accommodation</a> is as good as anywhere in the world.</p>
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		<title>Repairing Flooded Carpet: A cheap job is a good job right? Wrong&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>squadron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t let an amateur 24 hour carpet cleaner attempt to repair your carpets damaged by water. These are the signs you must be wary of:
Overcharging. An amateur water restoration cleaner may load the job up with extra steps. E.g. using dehumidification for the damaged carpets when it is not needed.
Having the correct equipment. They sometimes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don’t have an inexperienced 24 hour carpet cleaner come to repair your carpets with water damage. These are the signs you have to be aware of:</p>
<p><strong>Overcharging.</strong> An inexperienced water restoration cleaner may build the job up with unnecessary inclusions. E.g. using dehumidification to dry the damaged carpets unnecessarily.</p>
<p><strong>Correct equipment.</strong> They may borrow equipment from hire businesses for the carpet. This is ok to do, but an experienced water damage technician will possess all their equipment so they provide a faster response and hopefully a better value job.</p>
<p><strong>Moisture metre.</strong> If they don’t have the proper moisture meter, they cannot tell whether the carpet is fixed. This enhances the potential of future mould growth. Removal of the mould would then be required.</p>
<p><strong>Specialisation.</strong> There are a whole lot of “Carpet Cleaners” in this industry who do water damage jobs on the “side.” i.e. they do not take on this sort of task each day. Be aware of it. Repairing a carpet is an art. Taking carpet off the gripper strips then reinstalling them has to be completed by a professional, otherwise they can be permanently damaged.</p>
<p>You may be asking, how do I pick a professional Flood Restoration techinician? Below I have listed some things to look for when you call around for a carpet flood damage business:</p>
<p><strong>What size is their Yellow Pages ad:</strong> This can signify how much work they get already. A full-size Yellow Pages advertisement can cost more than $50 000. If they have invested in a larger ad, you can have some assurance that they are established.</p>
<p><strong>Where do they show in Google?</strong> The higher they rate in Google, the more webpage views there are for that business.</p>
<p><strong>What Qualifications do they have?</strong> The base qualification required is a IICRC qualification of Applied Structural Drying and Water Damage Restoration.</p>
<p><strong>Do Insurance companies source them for their carpet damage jobs?</strong> This is a better indicator. If insurance companies hire them, the business is likely to be good at their job. Insurance companies will use the businesses that offer them the better value for the fee.</p>
<p><strong>How much Equipment do they have?</strong> They should own at minimum 100 Air movers. If they have this many, this shows they have been running for some time. It took our business 8 years to build up that many wet carpet drying air movers.</p>
<p><strong>What sort of commitment can you get out of them on the phone?</strong> Ask if you can pin them down to a fee for water extraction, water removal and initial inspection. If they won’t give you a price for just this, you know they are not interested in serving you, so look elsewhere.</p>
<p><strong>Response Time</strong> – Our Water Damage business in Brisbane commits to a 59 minute response time for a water damage emergency. The business needs to be responded to ASAP. Mould can come inside a 24 hour period.</p>
<p>If you go by these tips you are sure to locate a Flood Damage Restoration company who can get the job done right.</p>
<p>If you have <a href="http://newlife.net.au/">carpet water damage Brisbane</a>, call us for <a href="http://newlife.net.au/wet_carpet_emergency.htm">flooded wet carpet drying. Brisbane</a> storm season is approaching and you may need <a href="http://newlife.net.au/storm_damage_emergency.htm">storm damage carpet cleaning. Brisbane</a> and surrounding areas serviced.</p>
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		<title>Podiatry as a Career in Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a practicing podiatrist in Brisbane, Australia, I am often  asked  by patients  if podiatry would be a good career for a school leaver to consider . There are many things to recommend a career in podiatry including:

You can be self employed: This is a  prospect that is increasingly being denied [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a practicing podiatrist in Brisbane, Australia, I am often  asked by parents  if podiatry would be a good career for a school leaver to consider . There are many things to recommend a career in podiatry including:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>You can be self employed:</strong> This is a choice  that is increasingly being denied to other health care providers such as optometrists and even  Family Doctors. Big Business controls a lot of health practices. Consider how often you see an independent optometrist these days – can they compete on price with the multinational chains?</li>
<li><strong>Legal Issues:</strong> In Australia (unlike the USA where things are very different), podiatrists very, very rarely  face malpractice suits. The nature of podiatry practice does not lend itself to accidentally harming one’s patients. Also, you never have to give your patients  the bad news that their condition will be terminal.</li>
<li><strong>Working Hours:</strong> Emergency call outs are very unlikely. This is  a desirable fact for those among us who like their sleep uninterrupted.</li>
<li><strong>Financial Reward:</strong> Whilst it is true that podiatry doesn’t pay as well as being a  medical practitioner or dentist , the remuneration  is generally commensurate with other allied health providers.</li>
<li><strong>Instant Gratification:</strong> One of the  most fulfilling things about  working as  podiatrist is the instant gratification! People come in with pain and leave happy. You will  experience  a plethora of bite-sized jobs each day, many with a cure you can provide immediately. From someone that has worked with unanimously grumpy customers in a past career, believe me when I tell you, it makes the day much  less stressful  when people leave you smiling.</li>
<li><strong>Philanthropy:</strong> Podiatry will  provide you  plenty of opportunity to help  resolve the suffering of your fellow human beings.</li>
<li><strong>Self – Determination:</strong> Podiatry provides  a practitioner  the power to determine their own course of action for the benefit of their patients. This is unlike a career in nursing for instance  where one acts  under the direction  of a doctor.</li>
<li><strong>Clear Job roles:</strong> The only people who can work as a  podiatrist are those with a podiatry  qualification. The clear roles that this defines  relieves the requirement  to find your ‘niche’ after university &#8211; as someone with a more generic Bachelor of Science degree might need to do.</li>
<li><strong> Like  to travel?</strong> There are many places  around the world that do not  train  their own podiatrists including Tasmania, the Northern Territory, all of Asia and all of the Middle East. If you want to  travel  the world, Australian podiatrists can  be registered  in any Commonwealth country and are  especially in demand in Singapore, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and other far flung fields.</li>
<li><strong>Variety:</strong> In any given day, a podiatrist will see a  big  range of complaints. There may  be an ingrown toenail or two,  an excruciating corn, a sports  injury, some back  pain and at least a couple of painful  arches . The  essence of  being a good podiatrist is to bea good  problem solver. Every  patient is an individual with a unique  problem  requiring a well considered solution.</li>
</ul>
<p>How do you  train as  a podiatrist ?</p>
<p>To qualify as a podiatrist  which can be studied at available fromsix Australian Universities:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<div style="LIST-STYLE-TYPE: none">Curtin University</div>
</li>
<li>La Trobe University</li>
<li>Charles Sturt University</li>
<li>Queensland University of Technology</li>
<li>University of South Australia</li>
<li>University of Western Sydney.</li>
</ul>
<p>Last year, the entry score for the QUT was OP 8.</p>
<p>Stephanie Cosgrove graduated as a podiatrist from QUT in 1990 and with a Master’s degree in Applied Science (Podiatry) in 1996. Since 1991, she has worked in private practice as a <a href="http://www.walkwithoutpain.com.au">Podiatrist Brisbane</a>. She received three university prizes during her studies, including the award for excellence in design and manufacture of <a href="http://walkwithoutpain.com.au/orthotics-brisbane/">orthotics. Brisbane</a> has been the site of her private practice since 1991 which has grown to four locations and eleven staff. If you want to <a href="http://www.walkwithoutpain.com.au">Walk Without Pain</a> consider a visit to Brisbane’s most innovative podiatry practice today. Call for an appointment now on 1300 A1 Feet.</p>
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		<title>Eight Steps to Great Web Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take charge of getting your site actualized by a developer and comprehend the process it will save you money and get you a site that actually works the intended purpose!
1. Comprehending your business and how you are currently established in your market.In order to establish a site that truly meets your requirements; you first need [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Take control of getting your site produced by a developer and know the process it will save you money and aquire you a site that actually works the intended purpose!</p>
<p><strong>1. Understanding your business and how you are currently established in your market.<br /></strong>In order to create a site that truly meets your requirements; you first need to have a full knowledge of your business including your products, and/or services and more importantly their market position. You then have to consider how you want to explain your business and what it offers in 7 seconds or less. Sounds impossible? Well that is the average time that a user will consider the point “is this site I searched for?”.</p>
<p><strong>2. Budget and estimation<br /></strong>Have a budget in mind and don’t be afraid to let the developers know what it is. In saying this: BE REALISTIC, $500 will never see a great web site created, nor will they be anything left in the bank to market it.</p>
<p><strong>3. The creative process<br /></strong>Be furnished with example sites and more importantly the elements of the site you like so they can achieve an understanding of what you would like to see on your site and also what you find frustrating about other sites. This will build a good profile and identify not only what type of site to actualize for you but your tolerance to colours, animations, layouts etc. for your requirements which will allow for efficient development. The more interaction and information you confer them in the beginning the more time you will save everybody in the long run by becoming what you want 1st time round. Check with the designers on how many rounds of changes come with the contract, most will allow for a total conceptual redesign only once and 2 rounds of changes after that.</p>
<p><strong>4. Production and Content<br /></strong>After the home page design is made, the developers will more than likely take the general layout of this concept and then construct the inner page template. It is this template that will be duplicated for most of your pages for your site.<br />
Provide your content in a pre-proofed word processed document; don’t become too creative with the document fonts etc. as these will not be preserved when the content is copied into the code of the site. It is suggested that you do use bolding, underlining, headings and sub heading though ,as these highlights are transferred into the site and are essential later on in not only interacting with the reader but for Search Engine Optimisation.<br />
One last tip for content; formulate a decent amount of content but provide it in a way that a reader may get a summary of what you are trying to present across in the 1st couple of paragraphs and an image or to. The rest of the paragraphs that get into finer details ARE FOR GOOGLE !</p>
<p><strong>5. Development Programming and CMS<br /></strong>If your website contains Content Managed Areas (CMS) or has any other dynamic sections the developers will wrap your design around a content management program such as Joomla or Drupal or they may have a custom built system. Make sure that you get to see how the CMS system operate on another site they have developed or an example site they may have. it is essential that you know that you can use and comprehend the system when your site is complete.</p>
<p><strong>6. Testing and training<br /></strong>We work closely with the developers to test your site especially if there are any CMS or special programs that have been made for you. You can guarantee if it is has just been written for you then it will not work 100% first time round. This is a where things can get ugly in the process you must understand the way the program works and test it as if you were normal website user. If it doesn’t make sense to you, odds are it won’t make sense to your audience. Make sure you test your website on more than just your browser, try to test it on Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. All of these browsers are on the internet for free!</p>
<p><strong>7. Launch – going live<br /></strong>When the developers are ready to make your site live make sure you have completed the above testing step until you are pleased that this website is the best representation of your business / product it can be. Remember even though you can change things after going live it is still a poor reflection on your business if there are spelling mistakes or broken images when you launch.</p>
<p><strong>8. Marketing<br /></strong>There is little point in having a website if nobody visits it, make sure as part of you contract you have discussed search engine optimisation and or search engine marketing as part of your website build. This is the absolute most important factor of the whole process. If you are the only one looking at your site then you are in trouble.</p>
<p>Remember Search Engine Optimisation is about 30% Onsite (getting your site correct for Search Engine to index correctly) and 70% Promotion. Any developer who tells you otherwise hasn’t been in the industry too long.</p>
<p>For more information about <a href="http://www.websiteblue.com">web design Brisbane</a>, contact Web Site Blue. Our <a href="http://www.websiteblue.com/services.php">web designers</a> understand marketing as well as design.</p>
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		<title>Tips to Creating a New Business Logo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A logo is a very important step to creating a business. It is the face of your business. And like your face conveys the tone of your business, indicates the service and displays the professionalism or lack there of.
People spend a lot of money on the creation of their logo and walk away with no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A logo is a central step to building a business. It is the face of your business. And like your face conveys the tone of your business, gestures the service and reveals the professionalism or lack there of.</p>
<p>People spend a lot of money on the creation of their logo and walk away with no artwork files. Then a couple months down the track when they require to put signage on their new building they cannot track the design studio down that formulated the original logo for them and so incur costs to have it recreated. This is unnecessary and may cause difficulties when trying to replecate the logo exactly as done originally.</p>
<p>We have created some basic tips you for to think about when creating a logo. Hopefully these will help you from experiencing any future obstacles.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 1<br /></strong>First things first &#8211; you need to decide if you would like your logo to have an accompanying icon. It is desired that if your service or product name is not in your business name then perhaps an icon will assist in getting a clear message across to your target audience.</p>
<p>An icon can add an extra element to your branding in that you could use the icon on its own on collateral where perhaps you are searching for a more illustrative finish without losing recognition.</p>
<p>A perfect example of this is the well-known and executed Nike logo.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 2<br /></strong>Colour can be an essential decision as it not only could change the output costs but can also hinder your output use. Think about the end result and what you will be bringing your branding onto in the future. Make sure your designer is aware of this as they should design accordingly.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 3<br /></strong>Insure you get a back up disk of your logo as a master file and insure that it includes all the files required for the different printing formats.</p>
<p>Creative software updates frequently and some programmes become obsolete. Confirm you have a copy of your logo as a PDF &#8211; with the text converted to curves.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 4<br /></strong>Using images in your logo is not very easy to arrange. For example it is troublesome to reverse into black and white. Images also have limitations when it comes to size &#8211; they can only be reproduced to a certain size before they start pixilation.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 5<br /></strong>Using gradients in your logo is not recommended. This too can have limitations when it comes to output for ie: gradients are hard to reproduce when embroidering fabrics.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 6<br /></strong>Make sure sure the font is legible. Some logos need to be reproduced on small pieces of collateral ie: post stamps. It is important that in this case the text is<br />
readable</p>
<p><strong>Tip 7<br /></strong>Assure that you get a copy of your logo in CMYK high resolution 300 dpi (for printing use) and RGB 72 dpi(for web use).</p>
<p><strong>Tip 8<br /></strong>It is important to have a style guide of your logo. It will clearly show you how to use your logo so it looks exactly the same every time it is reproduced. This allows you to keep your corporate image consistent.</p>
<p><strong>Tip 9<br /></strong>Make sure that you get a letter from the design studio declaring that you own the copyright to your logo.</p>
<p>If you follow these tips then not only will you acquire a well-designed logo but you will also own the artwork. And when it comes to reproducing your collateral you will be doing it the most cost effective way.</p>
<p>For <a href="http://www.bydaughters.com/logo-design-brisbane">logo design Brisbane</a> and <a href="http://www.bydaughters.com/web-design-brisbane">web design Brisbane</a>, contact <a href="http://maps.google.com.au/maps/place?cid=4580562874240004737&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=au">Bydaughters</a> today for a free two hour consultation.</p>
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		<title>How to Create a Style Guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>squadron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you commissioned business cards to print and procured yet another version of your corporate colour? Ever been thrilled to see your advert in the latest newspaper and then caught that the crucial tag line is not present or your logo has been ruined.
There is only one way to thwart this from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many times have you sent business cards to print and procured yet another version of your corporate colour? Ever been excited to see your advert in the latest newspaper and then recognized that the crucial tag line is nowhere to be found or your logo has been wrecked.</p>
<p>There is only one way to avoid this from happening and that is to use a style guide. Not only will a style guide help you control the reproduction of your logo &#8211; it will also help you bolster your brand recognition – which many argue is one of the strongest selling tools.</p>
<p>We have placed the below steps together for you as a starting point.</p>
<p><strong>Step 1</strong> : Define the audience for your Style Guide. Is this for staff to work in-house or is this for suppliers and contractors to refer to?</p>
<p><strong>Step 2</strong> : Define what your output uses are. This is important because you will need different logos and file formats for example, black and white publication adverts in comparison to vehicle graphics.</p>
<p><strong>Step 3</strong> : Define the tone for the copy and content required. For example you may needcopy rules for printed content and then copy rules for website content.</p>
<p>Content rules cover all punctuation rules and how to refer to the business and team.</p>
<p><strong>Step 4</strong> : Insure you layout all the design templates so it is clear how and where the logo and branding sits on all the different pieces of collateral that may be reprinted.</p>
<p><strong>Step 5</strong> : Insure to take into account any contributing logos or logos of business that are affiliated with you. It’s also important that you mail a copy of the layout to these companies to ensure they accept the layout of their logo as they too may have their own Style Guide and hierarchy layout rules.</p>
<p><strong>Step 6</strong> : Insure that grammar, spelling and contact details are correct.</p>
<p><strong>Step 7</strong> : Make certain that when suppliers are using the Style Guide they understand~know~discern~apprehend} that a proof needs to be dispatched~sent~mailed~commissioned}to you to be approved as correct.</p>
<p>Get your Style Guide finished and as tight as possible. Then have it saved in an email friendly file format and have a couple printed. Once this is done we strongly advocate a training session – whereby your design studio arrives and trains your staff on how to put to work the Style Guide and most importantly your brand.</p>
<p>For <a href="http://bydaughters.com/">graphic design Brisbane</a>, <a href="http://bydaughters.com/logo-design-brisbane">logo design Brisbane</a> and <a href="http://bydaughters.com/web-design-brisbane">web design Brisbane</a>, contact Bydaughters today. We help your brand build business.</p>
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		<title>Projectors: LCD Verses DLP (The downfall of DLP technology)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The common question that is asked when acquiring a new projector for the home, office, or classroom is: will I get an LCD projector or a DLP projector? LCD, an acronym for ‘liquid crystal device’ and DLP, an acronym for ‘digital light processing’ are the two most popular projector imaging technologies. With so many different [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The most typical question customers ask when buying a new projector for the home, office, or classroom is: should I buy an LCD projector or a DLP projector? LCD, short for ‘liquid crystal device’ and DLP, short for ‘digital light processing’ are the two most common projector imaging technologies. With so many business brands and different models available, it can be challenging for customers to choose between these technologies. Ultimately LCD projectors have superior image quality and colour accuracy. The following article will tell you why DLP projectors struggle with reproducing an equal standard of image quality.</p>
<p>Think of a set of blinds in your room for your bedroom window. By twisting a rod you can turn the shutters open or closed, depending on if you want to let light in or not. That is exactly how an LCD projector functions. Each pixel functions like an individual shutter on a set of blinds to either shine light through or to block it. DLP on the other hand is formed of millions of microscopic mirrors or ‘pixel elements’ as experts like to call them. Each pixel element works to either reflect light or block it.</p>
<p>How the light source is processed from the point at which the projector is turned on to when the picture reaches your screen is ultimately important to image quality, brightness and colour accuracy. LCD projectors process white light from the lamp by splitting it into red, blue and green components, by three mirrors which direct the coloured light to 3 individual LCD panels. The 3 LCD panels make the elements of the image by switching each pixel on and off. The pixels are then simultaneously processed in a glass prism to form the projector image. Something to understad about LCD projectors is that all three colours are projected onto your projector screen at the same time. The way a DLP projector functions is vastly different and even the final product of how an image appears is not the same. With DLP, white light from the lamp is processed through a spinning colour wheel with transparent red, blue and green segments, at speeds up to 11,000 rpm/s. This way of forming an image creates a sequence of red, blue and green light. The millions of micro mirrors as mentioned above reflect the coloured light on the pixels to create the image elements. The elements of the image are sent in sequence on the screen, one colour at a time. The viewer&#8217;s eye will then put together each coloured element of the image into the total image. Using LCD projectors, all colours are available all the time to offer the top level of brightness and fantastic colour accuracy. In DLP, only one colour is available at once, resulting in lower colour brightness and accuracy. Some manufacturers have included a white segment into the colour wheel to improve general brightness, but this also detracts from colour accuracy.</p>
<p>I see in forums all the time that DLP offers a higher contrast ratio and as such must be superior quality. For those who are unsure, the contrast ratio is a measure of a display system defined as the ratio of the luminance of the brightest white to that of the darkest black that the technology is capable of producing. DLP projectors do offer high contrast specifications when compared to the majority of LCD projectors. At first glance, this can seem to be a plus, however, in real life, the true black level is determined by the ambient light in the room where the projector is being used. Do not be tricked by contrast specifications on websites and in brochures.</p>
<p>When the content you wish to view requires moving images, DLP projection technology can also create image errors, or ‘artifacts’. The most common artifact that a DLP projector creates with moving images is colour break up. Colour break up is to be expected in DLP systems because moving images change up between the time red, blue and green colours are pulled up. LCD projectors do not have this characteristic because the colours are processed at once. DLP builders have come up with 3DLP solutions using 3 chips to answer the colour break up issue, but the price tag of these projectors make them not practical for the majority of businesses and consumers.</p>
<p>Another point of difference between LCD and DLP is how they balance for the refractive qualities of light. Remember back to high school science, and remember when they taught you how different colours of light refract varied amounts when projected through the same lens. The disadvantage with DLP projectors is that they utilise the one same panel and the same lens to project Red, Blue and Green. All 3 colours are not the same and refract light at different levels. Often with a DLP projector, some yellow colour will appear above and some blue will appear below an image of something as simple as a straight black line. In manufacturing LCD projectors can be adapted to take away these effects on the projected image, as each colour is refracted on its own LCD panels.</p>
<p>The isolated actual benefit (excluding price) with choosing a DLP projector is its smaller size and weight. However, this is only relevant with regard to mobility and needs to be traded off against the image superiority of LCD projectors. If the result of the picture quality is important to you, then the answer is a no-brainer. Go for an LCD projector! LCD projectors will consistently show bright, colourful images with fewer image errors. If you want to learn more about LCD technology in more detail, have a gander at this spectacular resource website: Explore 3LCD. If you have any other questions, visit Projector Central and send me an email.</p>
<p>Jonathan King is the sales and marketing manager at Projector Central, Australia’s leading online shop for projectors. Brisbane based, Projector Central has been serving Australia for 15 years. For <a href="http://www.projectorcentral.com.au/">data projectors in Brisbane</a> and <a href="http://www.projectorcentral.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=blogcategory&amp;id=8&amp;Itemid=289">Interactive Whiteboards</a>, contact Projector Central today.</p>
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		<title>Proportional, Progressive, and Regressive taxes</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxes are differentiated by the impact they have on the distribution of income and wealth. A proportional tax is a kind that imposes the same relative burden on every taxpayer—i.e., when tax liability and income increase in equal proportion. A progressive tax is characterized by a more than proportional increase in the tax onus in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taxes can be distinguished by the impact they have on the placement of income and wealth. A proportional tax is one that puts the same relative burden on all the taxpayers—i.e., in the case where tax liability and income grow in equal levels. A progressive tax is characterized by a higher than proportional growth in the tax liability in relation to the growth in income, and a regressive tax is recognised by a less than proportional increase in the comparative onus. Thus, progressive taxes are viewed as removing the lack of equality in income distribution, whereas regressive taxes might have the result of increasing these inequalities.</p>
<p>The taxes that are generally regarded as progressive include individual income taxes and estate taxes. Income taxes that are nominally progressive, however, could become less so for the upper-income class—particularly if a taxpayer is permitted to reduce his tax base by nominating deductions or by removing some certain income parts from his taxable income. Proportional tax rates that are applied to lower-income classes can also be more progressive if such exemptions of a personal nature are declared.</p>
<p>Income measured over a given period may not absolutely provide the most suitable measure of taxpaying requirements. For example, transitory rises in income may be saved, and in temporary declines in income a taxpayer might elect to pay for consumption by reducing savings. Therefore, if taxation is regarded along with “permanent income,” it would be less regressive (or more progressive) than when it is held in comparison with annual income.</p>
<p>Sales taxes and excises (save those on luxuries) tend to be regressive, because the share of one&#8217;s income consumed or spent for a specific good decreases as the level of personal income increases. Poll taxes (also known as head taxes), levied as a flat amount per capita, patently are regressive.</p>
<p>It is not easy to determine corporate income taxes and taxes on business as progressive, regressive, or proportionate, due to uncertainty surrounding the ability of businesses to shift their tax expenses (see below Shifting and incidence). This difficulty of nominating who bears the tax burden is dependant crucially on whether a national or a subnational (that is, provincial or state) tax is being decided.</p>
<p>In regarding the economic purpose of taxation, it is necessary to differentiate between differing ideas of tax rates. The statutory rates are those dictated in law; often these are marginal rates, but in some cases they are median rates. Marginal income tax rates indicate the fraction of incremental income demanded by taxation when income rises by one dollar. So, if tax liability rises by 45 cents when income rises by one dollar, the marginal tax rate is 45 percent. Income tax laws usually contain graduated marginal rates—i.e., rates that grow as income grows. Careful analysis of marginal tax rates need to regard provisions in addition to the formal statutory rate structure. If, for example, a particular tax credit (reduction in tax) lessens by 20 cents for each one-dollar increase in income, the marginal rate is 20 percentage points more than indicated within the statutory rates. Since marginal rates indicate how after-tax income moves in response to changes in before-tax income, they are the relevant ones for assessing incentive effects of taxation. It is even more complicated to nominate the marginal effective tax rate applicable to income from business and capital, since it may rely on factors including the structure of depreciation allowances, the deductibility of interest, and the provisions for inflation adjustment. A basic economic theorem determines that the marginal effective tax rate in income from capital is nothing under a consumption-based tax.</p>
<p>Average income tax rates signify the percentage of total income that is taken in taxation. The pattern of average rates is the one that is necessary for judging the distributional equity of taxation. Under a progressive income tax the average income tax rate grows with income. Average income tax rates usually rise with income, both because personal allowances are granted for the taxpayer and dependents and because marginal tax rates are graduated; conversely, preferential treatment of income received mostly by high-income households may dwarf these effects, producing regressivity, as shown by average tax rates that lessen as income rises.</p>
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		<title>Tangalooma Island Resort Holiday: One of the Best Holiday Destination in Australia</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tangalooma Island Resort is a haven that can be found in Tangalooma, Queensland in Australia. It was originally a whaling station and was changed into an island holiday destination because of its distinctive flora and fauna and its glorious views. Couples or families hunting down a good holiday destination can expect to definitely love a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="225" alt="beach-front-21-300x225" hspace="8" src="http://23sqn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/beach-front-21-300x225.jpg" width="300" align="right" vspace="8" />Tangalooma Island Resort is an earthly haven found in Tangalooma, Queensland in Australia. Formerly, it was a whaling station and was turned into an island holiday destination because of its precious flora and fauna and its spectacular views. Couples or families hunting down a good getaway destination will definitely love a Tangalooma Island Resort holiday.</p>
<p>This haven is found on the west side of Moreton Island, near Moreton Bay. It is famous for its spectacular white beaches and for having been a whale sanctuary since the year the whaling station closed, in 1962.</p>
<p>When experiencing a Tangalooma Island Resort holiday, you can expect to be met by friendly and accommodating staff whilst at the same time being left breathless by the glorious white sand beaches. You could also take on a lot of activities from wreck diving to feeding and playing with the dolphins. You cannot help but fully enjoy every moment of your break.</p>
<p>Tangalooma has a very small population of 300, but tourism has assisted this small township to blossom and keep the visual and majestic glory of the island. Over 3500 holidaymakers frequent the resort in every week, and even more during peak seasons. The local government has also created a Centre for Marine Education and Conservation, to inform and train the local population along with holidaymakers of the necessity of keeping up the marine life in the area. The centre has employed marine biologists to hold information awareness drives and programs, which is part of the nature tour package for holidaymakers.</p>
<p>With a Tangalooma Island Resort vacation, everyone is sure to love their holiday when they have over eighty activities to pick from &#8211; but perhaps the best moment of your vacation could be the possibility to see the beauty of nature. Tourists can go sight-seeing and enjoy the stunning sunrise and sunset on the beach, or play with the dolphins that frequent the resort.</p>
<p>Want to visit Tangalooma Island? For <a href="http://tangaloomavilla.net.au/">Tangalooma Island accommodation</a> or <a href="http://tangaloomavilla.net.au/">Moreton Island accommodation</a>, check out Moreton View.</p>
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