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Event Tents, such as wedding tents are for when you want to make a fantastic 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 event.

Tent Rentals
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.

What Kind of Tent Should I Rent?
Tent rental companies come in all sizes - from small-sized companies with just a few Tents to exceedingly large-sized companies - carrying dozens of several sizes and styles of Tents. Some general rental companies rent from tent rental companies to accommodate their client’s needs.

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 remarkable
structures and Tent styles out there. Some are unique and make a statement of their own. Ask the rental company you’re working with for a list of the type styles they have on hand.

Usually, the different types of Tents available in most companies are (the names vary depending of the company):

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.

They are used by:

• Corporate brands across most industries
• Government & Council buyers
• SME business marketers
• Franchisees
• Agricultural exhibitors
• Emergency services & community groups
• Folding Tents create brand exposure opportunities.
• You can reach your audience at the right time, in the right place with the right message.

Inflatable Tents An exciting and entertaining alternative Tent. Easy & fast to set up. Be sure they have removable printed roof because in that way you can share the investment with other licences.

What Size Tent Will I Need?

The size of Tent depends on a few factors:

1. The number of guests you expect
2. Layout or seating arrangements or the style of event:

* Reception with what type of tables?
* Speaker engagement with what type of seating?
* Will you need a dance floor?
* Will you need display areas for your products?

If you are interested in a Tent, you can expect to need about 2,000 - 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’ll give you the best informationabout the size of Tent you’ll need).

Therefore, the key rule is; know what you are going to use your tent for. The choice of tents is amazing, almost on par with the choice of cars that you can buy.

So if you need a tent for the family BBQ, for example, your needs are fairly rudimentry
and your budget may be low. Look for cheap tents that offers a waterproof Polyester roof and a solid warranty for under $600.

If you need a tent for a school or sports club you will need a diverse range 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 cost a little more.

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 quality reproduction of their logo. Sign written or printed Tents can be as boring as a website address or they can be a design masterpiece.

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.

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.

For more information about tents, contact Extreme Marquees. We have a range of cheap tents, for all sorts of home and business applications.

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New Zealand has a majestic array of astounding landscapes. Like enormous mountain ranges, sweeping coastlines, dense rainforests, deep fiords, snow capped mountains and steaming volcanoes. These scenic wonders have all made New Zealand an inspired destination for all kinds of holidays.

Amazing 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 distinguished online specialist travel operator and provides wonderful tourist services for New Zealand. Travel Online provides an instant quote and booking service for accommodation in cities right across the country.

Queenstown
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 stimulating sports like jet boating, bungy jumping, and white water rafting take place. This town is the epicentre of the entire world’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.

There is constant demand 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 modern 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’ Queenstown Accommodation selection.

Christchurch
When choosing a place to stay in Christchurch look for hotels that give views over the attractive Victoria Square, across the transfixing Avon River or towards the historic Anglican Cathedral. Situated on New Zealand’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’s English history.

Individuals accommodated 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 radiantcountryside surrounding the city.

Auckland
Auckland, also known as the City of Sails, is located in between 2 harbors and has more boats per person than anywhere on the planet. Within minutes a person has the chance of sailing away on yachts to isolated nearby islands, living the sweet 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 breathtaking, and is seen perfectly from atop Sky City and the surrounding accommodation.

Affordable and comfortable apartments are available for casual tourists, equipped with kitchens, laundries, and balconies to provide a fantastic 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.

Travel Online has a wide range of Queenstown accommodation close to all the snow action and cosmopolitan Christchurch accommodation surrounded by all that theatre and art. For holidays in and around the water, Auckland accommodation is as good as anywhere in the world.

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Don’t allow an unprofessional 24 hour carpet cleaner attempt to repair your carpets damaged by water. These are the worries you need to be wary of:

Overcharging. An unprofessional water restoration technician may fill the job up with superfluous extras. E.g. using dehumidification on the damaged carpets when it is not needed.

Having the correct equipment. They can borrow equipment from hire businesses for drying the carpet. This is permissible, but an experienced water damage professional will own all their equipment enabling a speedy response and hopefully a better value job.

The right moisture metre. If they don’t have the right moisture meter, they can’t see when the carpet is fixed. This furthers the risk of future mould growth. Removal of this would then be required in the future.

Specialisation. There are a whole lot of “Carpet Cleaners” in this industry who do restoration jobs on the “side.” i.e. they aren’t the ones who do this type of job each day. Be careful of them. Drying water damage to carpets is an art. Taking carpet off the gripper strips then reinstalling them should be taken on by a professional, otherwise they can be damaged beyond repair.

You could be asking, how do I find a credible Flood Restoration Business? Below I have selected some pointers to look out for when you are calling around for a carpet flood damage business:

The size of their Yellow Pages advertisement: This can indicate how much business they are getting already. A full-size Yellow Pages advertisement can cost around $50 000. So if they have got a big ad, you have some indication that they will deliver the goods.

Where do they show in Google? The higher their rank in Google, the more “online votes” there are for this business.

What Qualifications do they have? The base qualification they need is a IICRC qualification for Applied Structural Drying and Water Damage Restoration.

Do Insurance companies hire them for water damage jobs? This is a very good indicator. If insurance companies hire them, the business is likely to be efficient at their job. Insurance companies will use the providers that give them the best value for the fee.

What kind of Equipment do they have? They should at least own 100 Air movers. If they have this many, this probably means they have been going for a good time. Our business took 8 years to accumulate that many wet carpet drying air movers.

What level of commitment can you get out of them by calling over the phone? Try to pin them down to a set rate for water extraction, water removal and initial inspection. If they don’t give you a price for this in the least, you know they are not interested in serving you, so move on.

Response Time – Our Water Damage Brisbane business is premised to a 59 minute response time to a water damage emergency. The restoration needs to be completed ASAP. Mould can grow after a 24 hour period.

If you stick to these tips you are sure to get a Flood Damage Restoration professional who can get the job done right.

If you have carpet water damage Brisbane, call us for flooded wet carpet drying. Brisbane storm season is approaching and you may need storm damage carpet cleaning. Brisbane and surrounding areas serviced.

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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:

• You can be self employed: This is a choice that is increasingly being denied to other health care providers such as optometrists and even General Practitioners . 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?
• Legal Issues: In Australia (unlike the USA where things are very different), podiatrists very, very rarely face litigation . 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.
• Working Hours: Emergency call outs are very unlikely. This is good news for those among us who like their sleep uninterrupted.
• Financial Reward: Whilst it is true that podiatry doesn’t pay as well as being a dentist or medical practitioner, the remuneration is generally commensurate with other allied health providers.
• Instant Gratification: One of the best facets of a career as a podiatrist is the instant gratification! People come in with pain and leave happy. You will see 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.
• Philanthropy: Podiatry will allow you an abundance of opportunity to help relieve the suffering of your fellow human beings.
• Self – Determination: Podiatry provides a professional 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 works under the direction of a doctor.
• Clear Job roles: The only people who can work as a podiatrist are those with a podiatry degree . The clear roles that this delineates relieves the need to find your ‘niche’ after university - as someone with a more generic Bachelor of Science degree might need to do.
• Do you like to travel? There are many places across the world that do not make their own podiatrists including Tasmania, the Northern Territory, all of Asia and all of the Middle East. If you want to work your way around the world, Australian podiatrists can work in any Commonwealth country and are particularly in demand in Singapore, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and other far flung fields.
• Variety: In any given day, a podiatrist will see a huge range of complaints. There may be an ingrown toenail or two, a painful corn, a sports injury, some sacroiliac pain and at least a couple of painful arches . The essence of being a good podiatrist is to be an effective problem solver. Each patient is an individual with a unique condition requiring a well considered solution.

How do you qualify as a podiatrist ?

To qualify as a podiatrist provided by six Australian Universities:

• Curtin University
• La Trobe University
• Charles Sturt University
• Queensland University of Technology
• University of South Australia
• University of Western Sydney.

Last year, the entry score for the QUT was OP 8.

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 Podiatrist Brisbane. She received three university prizes during her studies, including the award for excellence in design and manufacture of orthotics. Brisbane has been the site of her private practice since 1991 which has grown to four locations and eleven staff. If you want to Walk Without Pain consider a visit to Brisbane’s most innovative podiatry practice today. Call for an appointment now on 1300 A1 Feet.

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Take control of getting your site actualized by a developer and understand the process it will save you money and gain you a site that actually works the intended purpose!

1. Knowing your business and how you are currently positioned in your market.
In order to author a site that truly meets your requirements; you first need to have a full understanding of your business including your products, and/or services and more importantly their market position. You then have to examine 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?”.

2. Budget and estimation
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.

3. The creative process
Be loaded with example sites and more importantly the elements of the site you like so they can acquire 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 realise not only what type of site to construct for you but your tolerance to colours, animations, layouts etc. for your requirements which will allow for fast development. The more interaction and information you accord them in the beginning the more time you will save everybody in the long run by achieving 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.

4. Production and Content
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.
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 preferred that you do use bolding, underlining, headings and sub heading though ,as these highlights are transferred into the site and are crucial later on in not only establishing with the reader but for Search Engine Optimisation.
One last tip for content; provide a decent amount of content but present it in a way that a reader may achieve a summary of what you are trying to get 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 !

5. Development Programming and CMS
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 works on another site they have developed or an example site they may have. You need to know that you can utilize and understand the system when your site is complete.

6. Testing and training
We work closely with the developers to test your site especially if there are any CMS or special programs that have been created 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 operates and test it as if you were normal website user. If it doesn’t make sense to you, chances 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 available to download on the internet for free!

7. Launch – going live
When the developers are ready to make your site onlive 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.

8. Marketing
There is little point in having a website if nobody visits it, make sure as part of you contract you have considered 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.

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.

For more information about web design Brisbane, contact Web Site Blue. Our web designers understand marketing as well as design.

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A logo is a crucial step to forming a business. It is the face of your business. And like your face conveys the tone of your business, gestures the service and displays the professionalism or lack there of.

People spend a lot of money on the formation 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 redone. This is redundant and may cause complications when trying to recreate the logo exactly as determined originally.

We have created some basic tips you for to think about when creating a logo. Hopefully these will help you from experiencing any future difficulties.

Tip 1
First things first - 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 help in conveying a clear message across to your target audience.

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 looking for a more illustrative finish without losing recognition.

A good example of this is the well-known and executed Nike logo.

Tip 2
Colour can be an extremely important decision as it not only could alter the output costs but can also margin your output use. Consider the end result and what you will be commiting your branding onto in the future. Make sure your designer is aware of this as they should design accordingly.

Tip 3
Ensure you get a back up disk of your logo as a master file and make sure that it includes all the files needed for the different printing formats.

Creative software updates frequently and some programmes become obsolete. Make certain you have a copy of your logo as a PDF - with the text converted to curves.

Tip 4
Using images in your logo is not very easy to manage. For example it is difficult to reverse into black and white. Images also have limitations when it comes to size - they can only be reproduced to a certain size before they start pixilation.

Tip 5
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.

Tip 6
Insure 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
legible.

Tip 7
Confirm that you collect a copy of your logo in CMYK high resolution 300 dpi (for printing use) and RGB 72 dpi(for web use).

Tip 8
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.

Tip 9
Make sure that you get a letter from the design studio declaring that you own the copyright to your logo.

If you follow these tips then not only will you collect 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.

For logo design Brisbane and web design Brisbane, contact graphic design Brisbane today for a free two hour consultation.

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How many times have you mailed business cards to print and received yet another version of your corporate colour? Ever been excited to see your advert in the latest newspaper and then spotted that the crucial tag line is missing or your logo has been squashed.

There is only one way to avoid this from happening and that is to create a style guide. Not only will a style guide assist you oversee the reproduction of your logo - it will also help you sustain your brand recognition – which many argue is one of the strongest selling tools.

We have placed the below steps together for you as a starting point.

Step 1 : Define the audience for your Style Guide. Is this for staff to put to work in-house or is this for suppliers and contractors to refer to?

Step 2 : Define what your output uses are. This is important because you will want different logos and file formats for example, black and white publication adverts in comparison to vehicle graphics.

Step 3 : Define the tone for the copy and content required. For example you may requirecopy rules for printed content and then copy rules for website content.

Content rules cover all punctuation rules and how to attribute to the business and team.

Step 4 : Make certain 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 reproduced.

Step 5 : Confirm to include any contributing logos or logos of business that are associated with you. It’s also important that you send a copy of the layout to these companies to insure they approve the layout of their logo as they too may have their own Style Guide and hierarchy layout rules.

Step 6 : Ensure that grammar, spelling and contact details are correct.

Step 7 : Make sure 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.

Have your Style Guide completed and as secure as possible. Then have it saved in an email friendly file format and have a couple printed. Once this is done we strongly advise a training session – whereby your design studio comes in and trains your staff on how to use the Style Guide and most importantly your brand.

For graphic design Brisbane, logo design Brisbane and web design Brisbane, contact Bydaughters today. We help your brand build business.

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The typical question heard when purchasing a new projector for the home, office, or classroom is: do I purchase an LCD projector or a DLP projector? LCD, standing 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 types available, it can be challenging for customers to pick between those technologies. It comes down to the fact that LCD projectors have far better image quality and colour accuracy. The following article explains why DLP projectors struggle with bringing up an equal grade of image quality.

Think of a set of blinds in your room on your bedroom window. By twisting a rod you can turn the shutters open or closed, according to if you want to let light in or not. This is exactly how an LCD projector behaves. Each pixel works like an individual shutter on a set of blinds to either allow light through or to block it. DLP on the other hand is constructed of millions of microscopic mirrors or ‘pixel elements’ as the experts like to call them. Each pixel element works to either reflect light or block it.

How the light source is processed from when the projector turns on to when the picture reaches your screen is absolutely significant in regard to image quality, brightness and colour accuracy. LCD projectors direct white light from the lamp by cutting it into red, blue and green components, by three mirrors which direct the coloured light to 3 stand alone 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 send the projector image. A significant point to remember about LCD projectors is that all three colours are directed onto your projector screen all at the same time. The way a DLP projector works is very different and even the final product of how an image looks is not the same. With DLP, white light from the lamp is sent through a rotating colour wheel with transparent red, blue and green segments, at speeds up to 11,000 rpm/s. This approach to making an image casts a sequence of red, blue and green light. The millions of micro mirrors as described above reflect the coloured light on the pixels to form the image elements. The elements of the image are cast in sequence on the screen, one colour at a time. The viewer’s eye will then combine each coloured element of the image into a single full image. In LCD projectors, all colours are available all the time to deliver top brightness and superb colour accuracy. In DLP, just one colour is available at any given time, causing lower colour brightness and accuracy. Some DLP manufacturers have put a white segment for the colour wheel to improve all over brightness, but this further lessens colour accuracy.

I see in forums all the time that DLP has a higher contrast ratio and therefore must be better. For those who don’t know, 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 machine is capable of. DLP projectors do provide high contrast specifications as compared to many LCD projectors. At first glance, this seems to be a plus, however, in reality, the true black level is determined by the ambient light in the room where the projector is being used. Do not be duped by contrast specifications on websites and in brochures.

When the content you wish to project has moving images, DLP projection technology can also have image imperfections, or ‘artifacts’. The most typical artifact that a DLP projector shows with moving images is colour break up. Colour break up is to be expected in DLP systems because moving images change between the time red, blue and green colours are displayed. LCD projectors do not have this characteristic because the colours are projected with the others. DLP builders have developed 3DLP solutions using 3 chips to resolve the colour break up problem, but the cost of these projectors make them impractical for many businesses and consumers.

Another differentiation between LCD and DLP is how they balance for the refractive qualities of light. Think back to high school science, and remember how different colours of light refract differing amounts when directed through the same lens. The disadvantage with DLP projectors is that they take the one same panel and the same lens to project Red, Blue and Green. All 3 colours are different and refract light at different levels. Generally with a DLP projector, some yellow colour will come through above and a spill of blue will come up below an image of something as simple as a lone black line. While being built LCD projectors can be set to remove these effects on the projected image, as each colour is directed on isolated LCD panels.

The isolated real plus (excluding price) with taking a DLP projector is its smaller size and weight. However, this is only relevant to mobility and cannot be traded off against the image benefits of LCD projectors. If the result of the picture quality is important to you, then the answer is simple. Take an LCD projector! LCD projectors will definitely create bright, colourful images with fewer image blips. If you desire to learn more about LCD technology in more detail, have a look at this spectacular resource website: Explore 3LCD. If you have any more questions, go to Projector Central and send me an email.

Jonathan King is the sales and marketing manager for Projector Central, Australia’s premier online store for projectors. Based in Brisbane, Projector Central has served Australia for 15 years. For data projectors in Brisbane and Interactive Whiteboards, contact Projector Central today.

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As the Dutch came to dominance in sea power during the 17th century, the early yacht was a leisure craft used first by royalty and later by the burghers in the canals and the protected and unprotected waters of the Low Countries. Yacht racing was incidental, coming out of private games. English yachting began with King Charles II of England during his exile in the Low Countries. On his restoration to the English monarchy in 1660, the city of Amsterdam presented him with a 20-metre (66-foot) pleasure boat with a beam (maximum width) of 5.6 m (18 feet), which he named Mary. Charles and his brother James, the duke of York (James II, reigned 1685–88), made more yachts and in 1662 raced two of them from the Thames, from Greenwich, to Gravesend, and returning, on a £100 wager. Yachting was found to be fashionable among the wealthy and aristocracy, but after that period the trend did not last.

The first yacht club in the British Isles, the Water Club, was started at about 1720 at Cork, Ire., as a cruising and unofficial coast guard association, and had much naval panoply and rigour. The closest thing to racing boats was the “chase,” in which the “fleet” pursued a fictional enemy. The club persisted, largely as a social club, until 1765, and in 1828, after conglomerating with other societies, it was known as the Cork Yacht Club (later the Royal Cork Yacht Club).

Yacht racing was first seen in some ordered manner on the Thames around the mid-18th century. The duke of Cumberland instigated the Cumberland Fleet for Thames racing in 1775. When George IV ascended to sovereignty in 1820, it was named the Fleet to His Majesty’s Coronation Sailing Society. The Thames Yacht Club seceded following a racing argument, to become the Royal Thames Yacht Club in 1830. The first English yacht club had been initiated at Cowes on the Isle of Wight in 1815, and royal patronage made the Solent - the strait between the mainland and the Isle of Wight - the continued location of British yacht racing. The club at Cowes became the Royal Yachting Club, also at the accession of George IV. Every member was required to have boats of at least 20 tons (20,321 kg). Sailing matches for high bets were held, and the society life was lovely. Ultimately Royal Yachting Club boats increased in size to over 350 tons.

In North America, yachting started with the Dutch in New York in the 17th century and persisted when the English held dominance. Sailing was largely for leisure and rose to its high point in George Crowinshield’s Cleopatra’s Barge (1815), which cruised on the Mediterranean Sea and set a standard of luxury and elegance for the later yachts in the area from the late 19th century. The first continuing American yacht organisation, the Detroit Boat Club, was started in 1839. In 1844, John C. Stevens began the New York Yacht Club aboard his schooner Gimcrack.

Kinds of sailboats
Early sailing yachts followed the lines of such naval craft as brigantines, schooners, and cutters from the 17th century through to the second half of the 19th century. The design of large yachts was initially largely impacted by the win of America, which was created by George Steers for a association led by John C. Stevens, and it was the boat for which the America’s Cup (q.v.) was named after its win at Cowes in 1851. Early yachts were not designed and crafted in today’s sense, with merely a model being used. Not until the later half of the 19th century did what was labeled naval architecture come about. Not until the 1920s did the use of the science of aerodynamics do for the design of sails and rigging what such science had earlier done for hulls.

Because most of all sailboats had to be individually built, there came a requirement for handicapping boats previous to the one-design class boats were designed. Therefore, a rating rule was written, which resulted in the International Rule, taken on in 1906 and edited in 1919. In modern times, one of the rapidly blossoming areas in the field of sailing is that of one-design class boats. All boats in a one-design class are created to single dimensions in length, beam, sail area, and other areas (for an example of a two-person sailboat, see illustration). Racing those boats can be held on an even basis with no handicapping required. A perfect example is the standard International America’s Cup Class taken on for participants in the 1992 America’s Cup race.

So long as yachting was done largely for the royal and the wealthy, expense was no object, and the size of boats developed, in both length and weight. The ascendancy and preference of smaller craft happened in the second half of the 19th century out of the sailing of the Englishmen R.T. McMullen, a stockbroker, and E.F. Knight, a barrister and journalist. A voyage around the world (1895–98) led single-handedly by the naturalized American captain Joshua Slocum in the 11.3-metre Spray proved the seaworthiness of smaller yachts. Thereafter in the 20th century, for the larger part after World War II, smaller racing and leisure boats became more popular, down to the dinghy, a favoured training boat, of 3.7 m. In the late 20th century, boats of less than 3 m were traveled in single-handedly across the Atlantic Ocean.

Kinds of power yachts
After the decade 1840–50, when steam was set to take the place of sail power in public vessels, the steam engine, and later the internal-combustion engine, were increasingly employed in personal yachts. Sizeable power yachts were progressed to a high standard, and long-distance cruising became a preferred occupation of the rich. The early power yachts were paddle-wheel boats; they then gave way to yachts powered by the wholly submerged screw or propeller type of propulsion. As in the case of naval and merchant vessels, auxiliaries with both sail and power were the yacht archetype for a number of years. By the latter half of the 20th century, several yachts were still auxiliaries, but the larger part were solely power yachts with gasoline or diesel engines.

In the last decade of the 19th century there was a push in the design of large steam yachts. Notably within these was the Mayflower (1897) of 2,690 tons, that had triple-expansion engines, twin screws, and a compartmented iron hull, and was operated by a crew of over 150. The Mayflower, bought by the United States Navy in 1898, was the official yacht of the president of the United States until 1929 and gave active service in World War II.

As bigger and more reliable internal-combustion engines were developed, many big yachts were using them for power. The creation of the diesel engine, using heavy oil for fuel, progressed during World War I. During the decade after, large power-yacht building grew, reaching a climax in the Orion (1930) at 3,097 tons. In that point the biggest auxiliary yacht constructed was the four-masted, steel, barque-rigged Sea Cloud (1931) of 2,323 tons.

The construction of large power boats fell away from 1932, and the fashion after that was in preference of smaller, less pricey yachts. After World War II, lots of small naval craft were sold to private owners for conversion to yachts. At the late 20th century, yachting had become a widespread popular sport enjoyed by thousands of yachtsmen personally owning and maintaining their own small leisure yachts. The popularity of craft and yachtsmen has increased steadily, not only in the traditional locations on the beach but also on inland waterways and lakes.

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Taxes are distinguished by the effect they have on the allocation of income and wealth. A proportional tax is the kind that imposes the same relative liability on each taxpayer—i.e., where tax liability and income grow in relative scale. A progressive tax is recognised by a larger than proportional growth in the tax burden relative to the growth in income, and a regressive tax is characterized by a less than proportional increase in the comparable burden. Thus, progressive taxes are seen as removing a lack of equality in income distribution, while regressive taxes are seen to result in increasing these inequalities.

The taxes that are generally believed to be progressive include individual income taxes and estate taxes. Income taxes that are declarably progressive, however, might become less so within the upper-income group—especially if a taxpayer is able to lower his tax base by claiming deductions or by taking some income elements from his taxable income. Proportional tax rates when applied to lower-income classes can also be more progressive if exemptions of a personal nature are declared.

Income measured over the period of a year does not necessarily provide the best measure of taxpaying ability. For example, transitory increases in income could be saved, and during temporary declines in income a taxpayer could choose to pay for consumption by decreasing savings. Ergo, if taxation is made comparable alongside “permanent income,” it will be less regressive (or more progressive) than when it is made comparable with annual income.

Sales taxes and excises (save those on luxuries) are usually regressive, because the portion of individual income consumed or spent on a specific good lessens as the level of personal income is raised. Poll taxes (also known as head taxes), levied as a set amount per capita, obviously are regressive.

It is difficult to term corporate income taxes and taxes on business as progressive, regressive, or proportionate, principally because of uncertainty about the ability of businesses to shift their tax expenses (see below Shifting and incidence). This difficulty of dictating who bears the tax burden lays for the most part on whether a national or a subnational (that is, provincial or state) tax is being debated.

In regarding the economic effect of taxation, it is essential to differentiate between various concepts of tax rates. The statutory rates are specified in law; generally speaking these are marginal rates, but in some cases they are average rates. Marginal income tax rates denote the fraction of incremental income that is demanded by taxation when income grows by one dollar. Therefore, if tax onus rises by 45 cents when income rises by one dollar, the marginal tax rate is 45 percent. Income tax regulations often contain graduated marginal rates—i.e., rates that rise as income grows. Structured analysis of marginal tax rates should consider provisions other than the formal statutory rate structure. If, for example, a particular tax credit (reduction in tax) declines by 20 cents for each one-dollar increase in income, the marginal rate is 20 percentage points more than specified in the statutory rates. Since marginal rates signify how after-tax income increases or decreases in response to changes in before-tax income, they are the relevant ones for appraising incentive effects of taxation. It is even more complicated to know the marginal effective tax rate applied to income from business and capital, because it may be reliant on considerations such as 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 nil under a consumption-based tax.

Average income tax rates signify the part of total income that is required in taxation. The pattern of average rates is the one that is important for appraising the distributional equity of taxation. Under a progressive income tax the average income tax rate rises with income. Average income tax rates usually increase with income, both because personal allowances are permitted for the taxpayer and dependents and because marginal tax rates are graduated; on the other side of things, preferential treatment of income received for the most part by high-income households can dwarf these effects, allowing regressivity, as signified by average tax rates that lower as income increases.

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