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While the Wedge Tailed Eagle series of coins is struck by the Perth Mint in Australia, this design was created by John Mercanti. The 2016 design shows a perched wedge tailed eagle. The Perth Mint's mintmark can be seen below the eagle. This coin is made of .999 fine silver and weighs 1 Troy oz. In addition to the new design, it has high relief to add even more eye appeal. Mintage of the stunning 2016 high relief silver Wedge Tailed Eagle is limited to 20,000 coins.
One of the world's most respected third-party grading services, the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), was selected to grade this 2016 1 oz. silver high relief Wedge Tailed Eagle. The experts at NGC carefully examined this coin before assigning it a grade. This 2016 high relief Wedge Tailed Eagle received the highest grade possible, PF70. The grade of PF70 is reserved for proof coins that have no post-production imperfections at 5x magnification.
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The Bennett Hooded Jacket is the perfect lightweight style for running in any conditions. The jacket is constructed with a water resistant exterior that keeps the rain out, and the hood with adjustable drawstring adds extra protection from the elements.
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Producer Scott Storch Robbed at Gunpoint in New York City
Scott Storch's string of bad luck continues as he was apparently robbed at gunpoint today (Aug. 20) in New York City.
The 39-year-old producer, who has worked with Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent, filed a police report stating that two armed men approached his SUV outside of the New York Palace hotel, according to TMZ. Storch said they threatened to kill him if he didn't hand over everything he had, which ended up being some jewelry and a brief case containing around $5,000.
The men then allegedly demanded the keys to the SUV, which they also received, and ran away. Storch said he tried to follow after them on foot but was unsuccessful.
TMZ reported that Storch was in New York City to attend the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend. When we previously heard from the producer, he was busted for cocaine possession in early 2012.


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The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has urged ship owners to employ Nigerian seafarers and give their welfare a priority attention to further develop the nation's shipping sector.
Peterside said the National Joint Industrial Council (NJIC) comprising tripartite stakeholders would work out a decent wage and improved working conditions for seafarers.
He said at the Day of the Seafarers in Onne, Rivers, that on the part of the agency all International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on welfare of the seafarers would be implemented.
The theme of this year's celebration is Seafarers Matter".
Peterside promised that such working conditions would be in line with the provisions of the IMO and ILO Conventions and comparable to what obtained internationally.
It is, therefore, expected that once the collective bargaining agreement is signed, ship owners will commence its full implementation, the NIMASA DG said in a statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications , Mr Isichei Osamgbi, in Lagos.
The director-general said that NIMASA was committed toward engaging ship owners on gainful employment for qualified Nigerian seafarers.
Peterside urged ship owners to give preference to indigenous seafarers, especially in the Cabotage trad as against the practice of engaging foreign seafarers.
As Nigerians and maritime operators, we should be proud of our seafarers and also encourage them to develop their careers like their foreign counterparts.
On the Cabotage Act, he promised that the agency would ensure its full implementation for the benefit of Nigerians.
Cabotage Act is undergoing a review and it is the agency's position that the review will take care of all the grey areas in the application, processing and granting of waivers.
This is to give some advantage to Nigerian seafarers, especially in the areas of employment and specialised training," he said.
Peterside said NIMASA would continue to give priority to capacity building initiatives with the agency developing a multi-strategy approach toward encouraging young school leavers to take up career in seafaring through the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP).
The NSDP initiative of NIMASA was conceived in 2008 to address dearth of seafarers in the country.
The programme has so far facilitated the training of 2,259 young Nigerians in various fields of maritime studies in reputable maritime institutions in the UK, Egypt, Romania, India and the Philippines.
A total of 943 cadets of the NSDP will soon be placed on board ocean- going vessels for their mandatory sea time as facilitated by NIMASA with institutions in Egypt, UK and Turkey.
In March 2017, NIMASA facilitated the training of 428 seafarers in mandatory courses and other specific areas of specialisation for career progression.
These include Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW), Oil Tanker Familiarisation (OTF), Efficient Deck Hand (EDH), ISPS awareness training and specialised training on Dynamic Positioning .
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This timeless Adidas Stan Smith Low Top sneaker has a hand-painted'Chinese Dragon' design on the outside. The shoe is made of leather and combines a sporty and elegant silhouette. It is refined by hand with the utmost care and quality by Born Originals® in Germany. The shoes are delivered in an exclusive Born Originals® sneaker box with certificate of authenticity. Every pair is hand-painted to order. This is a customization SERVICE. This cost includes a sourcing fee, for the base pair Air Force in size ordered. Please note the processing time, as this sneaker is finished to order and is not delivered immediately. The product is made for casual wearing and should not be scratched. Care and cleaning instructions can be found in our FAQ. The sale of this product is final and excluded from refunds and exchanges.
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Discover the latest news on the European Space Agency's Earth Observation activities. Learn all about new data availability and how ESA's missions are performing.
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Thales Alenia Space leads the build of photosynthesis mission
A new contract seals the deal for Thales Alenia Space to lead the consortium that is building ESA's photosynthesis mission: FLEX.
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Handing over Metop-C
Mission teams at ESA's ESOC operations centre in Germany handed control of the recently launched Metop-C satellite to EUMETSAT.
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Europe's third polar-orbiting weather satellite lofted into orbit
The third Metop satellite, Metop-C, has been launched on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Metop-C ready for big day
With liftoff set for 7 November, the latest Metop weather satellite has been rolled out to the launch pad and positioned on the Soyuz rocket.
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Metop: The power of three
Metop-A was launched in 2006 and Metop-B in 2012, and now it is time for Metop-C.
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Counting down to Metop-C
Teams at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Germany have been training for months in preparation for next week's launch of Metop-C.
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You can add an email address element to your survey that can be used to add respondents as new contacts to your address books, and this can allow any other information captured to be added to contact data fields.
Configuring an email address element
If your template doesn't already feature an email address field, you can select the Email address element from the 'Build' side panel and drag it in. Click on Type question here to then enter your text for it.
In the side panel, you'll notice that email validation is automatically configured for the element. However, you do have the choice to write your own validation error message if you wish.
Assigning to contact data fields
If you're assigning questions to contact data fields throughout your survey or form, then you'll need to have this element assigned to your email address contact data field. This will ensure you're successfully collecting and assigning all the data you require to your address books. You can find out more about this in Assigning questions to your contact data fields.


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Palace and focused on a penthouse in Jerusalem, it will be released during
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GREG COX is originally from Natal, South Africa, where he studied
photography. He now lives in Cape Town and photographs a variety of
design and lifestyle stories.
ROGER DAVIES was born in England and moved to New York in the early
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New 3.2m Mimaki UJV55-320 to be put through its paces at exhibition launch.
UK based, Hybrid Services Ltd is preparing to debut the new Mimaki UJV55-320 roll-to-roll LED UV printer at Sign & Digital UK after an impressive European launch at FESPA Digital in Amsterdam. The company announced that forward orders for the new machine had created unprecedented demand.
"We've not seen such interest in a grand format machine since the launch of the hugely popular JFX200 flatbed," stated Stuart Cole; the company's National Sales Manager – Industrial Products. "The response to the new printer at FESPA was spectacular with Mimaki reporting significant orders during the exhibition and we expect a similarly impressive reaction when the machine shows for the first time in the UK."
He continued, "The JFX200 rewrote the rule books for 8' x 4' flatbed printers and we're fully anticipating the UJV55 to do the same for roll-to-roll machines. Announcing a retail price of just £59,995 married to its impressive feature set, we're already appreciating how attractive it is to a large section of our existing and potential customer base. Mimaki has an excellent reputation for listening to its customers and delivering the machines they're asking for results in products like the UJV55 coming to market."
With a number of intuitive features that enable high quality output at production volumes, the UJV55-320 uses Mimaki's latest flexible LED UV inkset to produce banners, backlit and point of sale graphics at up to 3.2m wide. With all the benefits of LED curing, including low running costs, the printer also features the option to run two narrower rolls concurrently, an inline lightbox for checking backlit output on the machine and the capability to run roll media up to 100kg in weight.
"The UJV55-320 offers a cost effective, flexible and powerful solution," added Cole. "Sign & Digital UK will be a great opportunity for the UK and Irish market to put the new printer through its paces and following its successful showing in Amsterdam, we're anticipating an equally enthusiastic response here too."
Full details of the Mimaki UJV55-320 can be found by visiting www.hybridservices.co.uk/ujv55 or by speaking with the Hybrid team in advance of the exhibition on 0044 (0) 1270 501900.
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The chance for a chromosome abnormality to happen in a subsequent pregnancy depends on the type of chromosome abnormality. In general, the chance for a numerical chromosome abnormality (where the number of chromosomes is more or less than 46 total in each cell) to happen again, is rare (beyond the maternal age-related risks). This means that this particular type of chromosome problem will most likely not happen again in a future pregnancy.
The chance for a structural chromosome abnormality to happen again depends upon whether the structural chromosome abnormality was inherited from a parent. If one of the parents has the same structural chromosome problem, then there is an increased chance (up to 100%, depending upon the chromosome finding) for the chromosome abnormality to be seen in a future pregnancy.
If the structural chromosome abnormality is not present in one of the parents, but is only seen in the child born with the abnormality, the chance for the structural chromosome abnormality to be seen again in a future pregnancy is usually very low. Since the chromosome problem was not inherited, it is sometimes called de novo (meaning new). Rarely, a de novo structural chromosome problem is seen more than once in a family. The explanation for this recurrence is that one of the parents has a mixture of cell types in their eggs (if it is the mother) or the sperm (if it is the father) only. In other words, although the chromosome study performed from a blood sample on the parent was normal, the germ cells (eggs and sperm) are actually a mixture of some normal cells and some cells with the structural chromosome abnormality. This is also known as "germline mosaicism."
When a child is born with a mosaic chromosome abnormality, the chance for a mosaic chromosome problem to happen again depends on how the mosaicism originated. If the mosaicism resulted from a cell division error in both meiosis and mitosis, the chance is very low for the same problem to reoccur in a future pregnancy. If the mosaicism resulted from a cell division after fertilization, the chance for recurrence is even less.
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Why Choose PHB for Precision Aluminum Die Casting?
- From design concept to production and packaging PHB is a world leader in die casting, with clients ranging from automobile manufacturers to the U.S. military.
- PHB solves problems. Our clients value our ability to turn complex design specifications into reality.
- PHB handles all aspects of aluminum die casting from mold design and testing, to aluminum component manufacturing, finishing, and packaging.
Aluminum Die Casting Capabilities
MagmaSoft® Aluminum Mold Flow Testing
PHB uses the internationally recognized MAGMAsoft® simulation technology to optimize tool design and aluminum casting quality. MAGMAsoft® simulation capabilities provide a better understanding of aluminum injection mold filling, high pressure aluminum die casting, solidification, mechanical properties, thermal stresses and distortions, and much more. Fully menu-driven with an integrated solid modeler, CASD interfaces, and extensive databases, MAGMAsoft® provides a complete solution for design, production, and quality departments. Read more on MAGMAsoft® and the aluminum die casting process.
Prototyping of Aluminum Parts
PHB can provide components and assemblies in prototyping and low-volume production quantities using a multitude of methods including but not limited to:
- Plaster Injection Mold Castings
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Aluminum Casting Alloys
Aluminum die casting alloys are lightweight and posses high dimensional stability for complex part geometries and thin walls. Aluminum has good corrosion resistance and mechanical properties as well as high thermal and electrical conductivity, making it a good alloy for die casting.
- Aluminum: 360, 380, 383, 413 and A304 K-Alloy
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PHB will manage customer finishing requirements to ensure parts meet specifications in both a timely and cost effective manner.
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PHB offers close-tolerance CNC machining including turning, milling, drilling, boring, and tapping capabilities. With the ability to produce both high-quality aluminum die castings and CNC machining services, PHB is your one-stop-shop for your casting and machining needs. Additionally, PHB also provides a number of value-added services for our customers, saving our customers the time it takes both to obtain multiple quotes and manage multiple suppliers. Our large facility and knowledgeable staff allow for high volume production and quick turnaround. With our testing and quality assurance processes, we ensure the highest quality products with the most cost-effective solutions to short-run production.
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PHB offers a variety of packaging options for our customers. We can provide packaging layered or by cell. We cater to each individual market all across the globe, and understand that we may have to create something just for you. That's why we also offer custom designed returnable cardboard or plastic packaging.
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A global leader in automotive lighting came to PHB with the challenge of creating two castings – one for low beams and one for high beams. Because of the complexity in aligning the fixtures (die cast heat sink pads) for the LEDs, prior designs had only allowed them to have three heat-sink pads per casting. Since both the low beams and high beams required six heat sinks, each headlight required four castings. The problem compounded when the mirror design was required for left or right headlights. With the added expense of creating separate tooling for all of the castings, and the additional time and expense involved in aiming these eight castings, our customer realized it was time for a new solution.
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The challenge in producing the six heatsink pads was to maintain the profile tolerance to the 6 pads to within .4mm to the datum structure. There are 17 individual features at each pad location, or 102 total features per casting that are critical to function. Any missing feature results in a part that our customer cannot fully assemble. PHB utilized the MAGMA process simulation and other camera quality inspection, close tolerance machining, and precision quality control to develop and produce a two-casting headlight assembly for our customer.


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The Natick troops, as an Eagle Scout project for one of its members, cleaned up Pegan Cove Park in a big way.
Source: Natick Boy Scouts Clean Up Pegan Cove Park | Natick, MA Patch
The Natick troops, as an Eagle Scout project for one of its members, cleaned up Pegan Cove Park in a big way.
Source: Natick Boy Scouts Clean Up Pegan Cove Park | Natick, MA Patch
CHARLESTOWN — Leaves droop in the windless, sticky summer air at Forest Hill Cemetery, the mystic aura of a centuries-old resting ground pierced only briefly by the noontime whistle of a southbound train.
Source: Cemetery's history comes alive through Eagle Scout project, by Steve Gilbert – SentinelSource.com: Steve Gilbert
PALO PINTO – Boy Scout Troop 90 might be small in number, but they do big things.
Last Saturday a reception was held at Palo Pinto Elementary School for twin Eagle Scouts Bradford and Crit Connelly and Micah Holt.
Source: SCOUTING HEIGHTS: A place where Eagles are born – Mineral Wells Index: News
Chubb Cemetery cleanup helps scouts soar to Eagle rank
Sam Berhardt and Jacob McNally took on the task of fixing up the cemetery as projects for their Eagle Scout award. Last week, a small group of people gathered at the cemetery to see the results of their work and to rededicate the burial site.
Andrew Boyle, a member of Boy Scout Troop 165 in Fredericksburg, has earned the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout.
Source: Spotsylvania Scout earns Eagle rank – Fredericksburg.com: Local
Noe Martinez Jr., who graduated from Harlingen High School South in May, earned his Eagle Scout rank by making improvements to Hugh Ramsey Nature Park in Harlingen. He will be attending Texas A&M University – Kingsville Honors College in the fall. He will study physics and plans to major in aerospace engineering
Source: Focused road: HHSS graduate earns Eagle Scout rank – Valley Morning Star : Slice Of Life
Cañon City High School senior Walter Potter about to achieve Eagle Scout rank
Canon City Daily Record, on Wed, 08 Apr 2015 05:56:15 -0700
Eagle Scout is the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting. In 2013, about 56,841 Scouts — or about six percent of all Boy Scouts — earned the Eagle Scout rank. Cañon City High School senior Walter Potter soon will be a member of the elite group …
Largo 16-year-old earns Eagle Scout rank
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Mazza first learned how rare it is to become an Eagle Scout when he first entered Cub Scouts at age 7, joining Pack 400 at St. John's Episcopal Church. He was determined to become the first Eagle Scout of his family. When he was 11, he completed Cub …
Bothell senior named Washington Eagle Scout of the Year
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Jeremy Butz, a senior at Bothell High School, has been named The American Legion Department of Washington Eagle Scout of the Year. Butz, the son of Joel and Heidi Butz, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 356 which is sponsored by Bothell American …


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Creating your online course is only half of the battle. Once you're ready to sell you need a way to promote. We all know the drill: grow a list and use strategic email marketing. But email marketing isn't the only way to market your online course.
Social media is for more than just selfies and viral video sharing—you can actually use it as a powerful marketing tool to sell your online course.
Different social media sites are going to work better for different businesses and different goals, but at the end of the day, there is a social media site perfectly suited for every business. It's up to you to find which will be the most effective.
Facebook is the classic and has been around longer than the others on this list. But, it's one of the most finicky, too.
Facebook runs on a "Pay to Play" model, and if you want your posts to be seen by a wide audience, Facebook will make you boost your posts or run ads.
More frustrating, though, is the fact that Facebook's algorithm is always changing. The moment you think you've gotten it figured out is the moment they throw you a curveball. For example, now Facebook gives more clout to sites that load quickly and will penalize pages that share the same links over and over again. And those are just two factors to consider.
If you're using Facebook to promote your biz, I recommend keeping up with this page that will keep you up to date on Facebook's algorithm changes.
Growing your audience with Facebook
Growing your audience is always going to be more difficult than promoting a business to your current audience, but the struggle is magnified tenfold on Facebook.
The only way people can find your Facebook page is if they click your link directly from somewhere else, or you show up in their newsfeed.
If you have a following on any other platform, give your Facebook page a shout-out if you're trying to grow there. You can change the link in your Instagram bio to your Facebook page, or let your Twitter audience know that you'll be sharing exclusive content there. Anything to draw people in.
To show up in people's newsfeeds, you'll either need your current audience to share your posts or put money into boosting a post.
Getting people to share your posts
Getting people to share with giveaways
Getting people to take action for no reward can be difficult, but, depending on your business, a giveaway might be a great option for getting people to share.
For example, if you're a business coach post a picture of yourself and caption it with, "GIVEAWAY TIME! I've heard from so many of you that you'd love to hire a business coach, but it's just not in the budget. Well, I want to give one of your 30 days of FREE business coaching. All you have to do is like my page, comment and let me know what kind of business your run, and share this post to your timeline. Good luck!"
With any luck, the people who are sharing your page will be friends with other people who are interested in hiring a business coach, so they'll like your page and enter the giveaway and voila, your audience has grown.
Getting people to share with fantastic content
When I was focused on growing my Facebook page, I'd share viral videos and funny gifs that I thought other people would want to share. It was great for boosting my numbers, but I quickly realized I wasn't drawing in the kind of people I actually wanted to attract.
Instead, I started sharing super specific content that people outside of my target audience wouldn't be all that interested in.
At the time, I was a college blogger, so this meant I was sharing Buzzfeed-y posts about the "Top 50 Dorm Room Trends of 2013" or "The Complete Guide to Passing Midterms." They were posts that I knew nearly everyone in my audience would be interested in, and that I knew their friends would be interested in, too.
If you're in the design niche, you might find yourself sharing content that looks something like, "10 Emerging Design Trends You'll See Everywhere in 2018" or "25 Things that Annoy All Designers."
It doesn't have to even be your own content, you just want it to be content that your audience will be interested in so you can gain their trust and become a resource.
Boosting your posts
Boosting your posts comes with its own set of pros and cons. There are plenty of people who believe it's all a scam and Facebook is artificially inflating your numbers (even though they're not actually showing people your content), and then others swear by boosting posts.
If you're a Facebook believer (personally, I've had success) then you might be interested in boosting your posts.
Boosting posts is great because you're able to hand pick your demographics to make sure you're reaching your perfect audience.
If you've never researched your audience, this might be a bit tricky. Personally, I always like to tell people that they are probably a part of their own target audience, so they just need to target people like them.
For me, that means targeting women in their early twenties who live in the midwest and are interested in fashion, travel, and food.
Someone else might look introspectively and decide they should be targeting men in their late thirties who are interested in camping, cars, and personal finance.
Once you've defined your audience you can set a budget and choose a timeframe and start boosting! Check out this post for more information on specific boosting strategy.
Now, we go into the audience growing portion of boosting posts. At the end of your campaign, go into your analytics and see every person who liked your post. When you're looking at the list, you'll see you have the option to invite anyone who doesn't already "like" your page to do so. Inviting them will simply send them a notification that says, "So and so invited you to like their page." Some will ignore it, but others will go through and like it.
Growing your audience with Twitter
A common method that a lot of people fall into while trying to grow their following super quickly is following as many people as possible, unfollowing those who don't follow back, and repeating the process over and over again.
I don't recommend this method because it looks spammy, it's inefficient, and it can result in an unengaged audience.
The best way to grow your audience is by following people who will be interested in your tweets and continue to post quality tweets throughout the day (we'll talk about automating this later!)
Ultimately, you want to be creating a community of like-minded individuals who you can learn from and who can learn from you. It's a longer game but it is well worth it in the long run.
Another way to promote your Twitter and gain followers is by adding click-to-tweets on your website or newsletters. Click-to-Tweets make social sharing on your site simple by doing what the name implies: allowing your audience to click and be taken to a pre written tweet ready to send on twitter.
If you are hosted on Wordpress you can download the nifty 'Click to Tweet' plug-in. Otherwise, you can pull the code that Blog Tyrant shares here.
There is even a website called Click to Tweet where you can enter your desired tweet and a code will be generated for you to stick in the HTML of your site.
Another way you can promote your Twitter profile is by adding follow links and icons within your blog posts and author bios on sites you're posting to.
Getting people to retweet
Like Facebook, you can become findable by sharing high-quality content that people are likely to retweet to their audience. Packing value into tweets on Twitter is hard. I'm long winded, so getting my ideas into 140 characters can be painful, but in the end, it's doable.
Given the limited space you have to express yourself always convert your links into bit.ly format to shorten them.
Another benefit of bit.ly is that they provide analytics that are powerful for figuring out what is and isn't working on your Twitter page.How to grow your Twitter and market your online course. You can also save space is by limiting your hashtags. Yes, hashtags increase visibility, but it's at the cost of being able to properly express yourself.
One hashtag is fine, two is pushing it. Three, and you won't have room for actual content.
Given the forced brevity, it's far easier to tease what your link is about rather than trying to use the limited space to describe exactly what your audience will get from clicking your link.
The biggest problem with marketing on Twitter is how quickly it moves, and the tweets in your timeline all seem to blend together.
It's easy to get caught in the noise and have your tweets skimmed over. To prevent this I recommend adding media to some of your tweets to help you stand out. Another great time to use media is if what you have to say won't fit in the 140 characters.
Adding text to your image gives you the freedom to write to your heart's content without worrying about character constraints.
The ideal size for a Twitter image is at least 440 x 220 pixels, and if you go larger be sure to keep the 2-to-1 scale. If you use different dimensions your image will be cut off and the impact of your image will be reduced.
How often to Tweet
Even if you are writing the best tweets with the most hilarious gifs, it's likely that a good number of your followers will be missing most of your tweets because Twitter moves so quickly.
Tweeting at least every two hours (or more!) will keep your profile active and compensate for the fact that most people don't catch up on every single tweet that they missed since they last logged on.
Make note that posting every 2 hours on any other social media site would be considered spammy, but because Twitter moves as quickly as it does you should be safe. Here at Teachable, we tweet at least once an hour during the day!
Promoting your course on Twitter
When it comes to finding your target audience and promoting your online course to them, the advanced search is your secret weapon.
You can use it to pinpoint users who would love what you're teaching by typing in your course topic and selecting the question option. There are a ton of other fields that you can fill out, too, but in my experience, they aren't necessary.
The advanced search will bring up a ton of tweets that meet your criteria and usually about ⅓ of them will be relevant users who might be interested in buying your course.
I recommend following those users and answering their question while mentioning that you teach a course on that topic.
Sending out general tweets is another way to promote your course and it allows you to cast a wider net, but as we mentioned before Twitter moves super quickly so a large percentage of your followers may miss it.
To combat that, you can use a 'pinned tweet' on your profile. This will be the first tweet that anyone sees when they check you out on Twitter.
Instagram is my social media of choice, but can be hit or miss depending on your niche. If you run a visual business where you're producing a lot of beautiful imagery, Instagram might be for you.
Growing your audience with Instagram
Growing your Instagram audience by engaging
Out of all the social media sites, Instagram seems to be the most viral. You'll see people getting thousands of likes and hundreds of comments on a single picture. Given the social nature of the platform, you'll find the most success if you're social, too.
What this means is you need to engage with your followers and your target audience. Hashtags categorize your content and make it searchable. If someone is interested in fashion, they can look up #fashionblogger and see content from anyone who uses that hashtag whether they follow them or not.
Going through hashtags relevant to your niche and leaving genuine and authentic comments will count for a lot. Don't leave a heart eye emoji or just say, "Great pic!" because people will assume you're a bot. Actually engage if you want people to go look at your profile and engage back.
Growing your Instagram audience with hashtags
Instagram is great because it's the one platform where most people actually actively scroll through their favorite hashtags on a regular basis, giving you great opportunity for exposure.
Post regularly and use targeted hashtags to cast a wide net and reach a large audience. A little hashtag trick we use here at Teachable is formatting them with five dots above and posting them as a comment to keep them from looking spammy on the feed.
Growing your audience with beautiful imagery
Like I said, Instagram is a visual platform and the number one way you're going to grow your account is by posting beautiful pictures. A sneaky trick you can use is finding free stock images to populate your account if you're unable to shoot custom imagery yourself.
Some people (*raises hand*) go as far as theming their Instagram accounts to create a beautifully curated profile to act as a first impression when people click through. This is a great way to highlight your brand and begin creating brand recognition.
Check out this example of a neutral Instagram Theme by Mary Seng:
Quora is like Yahoo Answers' cooler older sister. It's better looking, better monitored, and the questions are less cringey. Other than that, it's nearly identical to the question and answers website we were all so familiar with in the mid-2000's, and it's massively powerful in establishing your as an authority and growing your audience.
Growing your audience with Quora
Quora is great because you can search for questions regarding any niche imaginable, and then begin imparting your wisdom.
The most important thing to consider with Quora is that every answer you post might be someone's first impression of you, so craft each one with love and care. Link to sources, add imagery, and be super thorough.
Time saving trick: Copy and paste all of your answers into a Google Doc. People ask the same questions over and over again, in slightly different ways. More often than not, the same answers will apply.
Avoid just copying and pasting your answer into Quora—instead Frankenstein a few of your old answers together. It gets the job done and is just as thorough, but it's going to save you a lot of time.
Growing your audience with a Quora Blog
The main reason to blog on Quora is because it eliminates the legwork of finding an engaged audience for your own blog. Your audience is already on Quora, and through a simple search, they will be able to find your blog if you're writing about things that interest them.
If you already have a blog copy and paste the first few paragraphs of your newest posts over to your Quora blog and adding a "read more" link directing people to the full blog post at the bottom. Now you're going to be funneling traffic to your website so you can hopefully then funnel them to your paid products.
You can also earn a lot of favor with Google this way, as they already look favorably on Quora and rank it high in their algorithm.
Interested in learning more about growing your influence using Quora? We have an entire blog post walking you through how to get started!
Pinterest is my favorite platform for driving traffic. It was my number one source of traffic for years before Google took over, but even now it refers a large percentage of my monthly traffic.
Growing your audience with Pinterest
Pinterest is great because as long as you're pinning content, your account will begin to grow. There are no sneaky hacks or strategies you have to slave over for hours, you just have to be active.
Of course, there are some things that will help speed the process along, and here are a few tips:
Your pin description
Pinterest has a Smart Feed meaning that people will see the best pins first rather than seeing their feed in chronological order. This also means that it's important for Pinterest to think your pins are great.
That means they should link to a reputable site (a.k.a., yours) and have a detailed description that includes:
- Keywords that your audience is searching for
- Several sentences to stand out, entice, and be found more easily in the search
- A call to action, such "click through to read the full post!"
- You can increase your SEO in your board descriptions by using the words your audience is searching for.
Branded boards
Create anywhere from 5–15 on-brand boards (don't use cutesy names—be straightforward for SEO purposes) and pin at least twenty high-quality pins to each.
My best advice is to follow a handful of leaders in your niche so that your home feed will be populated with high-quality pins. As tempting as it might be to follow your favorite Aunt Hilda, you don't need her natural allergy remedies clogging your feed.
When you're initially populating your boards make sure that you're pinning a healthy mix of your own content and content from other sources. You'll want to make sure every single pin that makes it onto your boards is beautiful and leads to high-quality content. Anything less and people may unfollow your account and you'll be penalized by the Smart Feed (unless you have a course on natural remedies!).
People have all sorts of ratios they swear by as far as how many other peoples' pins you should pin for every pin of yours, but I wouldn't waste time over thinking that so long as you're not only posting your own content or not only posting other people's content.
Grow quickly with group boards
If you're looking for massive growth quickly, this is the option for you. Open up your popular boards as group boards and they'll populate themselves with a ton of great content and you won't have to think about them.
To open them up as group boards, first invite friends in your niche who you know will only pin quality content and then you can edit the board description with group rules and how to apply. Include your email and instruct people to make the subject line "Pinterest Group Board Request."
From there? Watch your boards populate themselves with great content. I do a sweep maybe once a month to make sure everyone is following the rules, I've put in place for my group boards and I'll remove anyone who isn't. But otherwise, they run themselves and grow exponentially quicker than my other boards.
Pinning your content
Now, you can have a massive following on Pinterest, but it means nothing if you're not directing that following to you and your business. What this means is you need to be intentional about pinning a healthy mix of your own content to your boards.
Different influencers will swear by different ratios to follow, but so long as you're getting all of your content onto Pinterest and pinning whenever you post something new, you should be golden.
When you're creating your pins, one thing to be conscious of is how visually appealing they are. You want clear, bright images with bold and easily readable text. Here's what our pins look like here at Teachable:
Which social media sites do you find work best for you and your online business? Any questions? Let me know in the comments and I'll get back to you!


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As I mentioned at our last wine education event, we have the opportunity to purchase Riedel glassware at a deep discount. Many of you know Natalie from the AWS Hudson group or met her at the summer BBQ at Diane's house in Northborough. Nat is working directly with the local Riedel glass rep. Please see the information below. If you would like to place an order, please contact Nat before October 24th. The more orders we have, the better the discount.
Enclosed is the Riedel catalog to send out to AWS. Here is the scoop and I am happy to help/explain any of this to anyone who needs help. Just give them my email and cell .
We are an existing account so they may have to reactivate us but our minimum that we need to spend is $500 (retail). I think last time our order was somewhere over $2500 retail. However, we want to be over $1000 or $2500 to get better discounts.
If we are over $2500 retail then our discount is 40%/15% versus 40%/10% if we are over $1000. When you look at the discount table on the catalog ignore anything in red. That was for the promo that ends today so we will not be eligible for that. They will not run any end of the year promos so we are not under a time crunch but should do this before the end of the year. We should probably give people a date that we need to have the order info so it can be placed before the holiday rush…maybe 10/31/??
So here is how it works. People should go to this website and look at the glass collections or decanters. Only Riedel products so no Spiegelau. Wine glasses, decanters, beer and spirits glasses are all included…but it must be a Riedel product.
View The Riedel Glass Collection : RIEDEL
Once you know what you want then look at the catalog for pricing. You will need to look at the yellow highlighted column where it says Retail US $ per bill unit. This will give you the price. All bill units are 2 packs unless it is the som series (those are singles). There is a case minimum for each (case of 4 for som series, case of 8 for everything else).
Here is an example:
Let's say I want the Vinum XL cab glasses, part 6416/00. The retail price on the bill unit (2 glasses) is $69.00. But I have to buy a case which is 8 glasses so I actually have to order (or split an order with someone else) 4 bill units. 4 bill units at $69 each is $276.00 before the discount. If we are over $2500 retail then the discount is 40/15 so it works like this: $276 less 40% is $165.60. Then $165.60 less the additional 15% is $140.76. So for 8 glasses the total without shipping would be $140.76 which makes it $17.60 per glass.
Last time we did have some people split the cases but most people were happy to buy the case. Shipping is additional. I can't recall how much it was last time but it was minimal. It generally is between 7-10% of the total order and then we would divide this by the number of people who ordered.
It worked really well last time. People sent their order info to me and I created a spreadsheet for it so I could calculate their total. We shipped everything to Noel and he and I sorted it. I put the whole order on my credit card and then people sent me money via Paypal or check. We can discuss where might the most convenient place to ship it based on who might be centrally located for people to pick up their items. Probably since the account is tied to me it would be easiest if I used my card for the order. If someone else really wants to use their card I can explore that.
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A Bridge Over The River Kwai
A bridge needed to be built over the River Kwai, connecting Bangkok to Rangoon along the Burma-Siam Railway. The task needed to be accomplished in 1943 by a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma. This camp was run by Colonel Saito. The prisoners of war at this camp were mainly British soldiers led by Colonel Nicholson. The prisoners had to work from dawn to dusk in jungle heat and contend with malaria, dysentery, beri-beri and jungle soars. They only had six months to complete the bridge.
Colonel Saito uses the British soldiers because they are very skilled at building bridges and allows their colonel, Colonel Nicholson, to command them. Colonel Nicholson becomes very obsessed in building the bridge and doesn't want any interference.
While the bridge was being built, Force 316 (an envoy of American and British soldiers) were hiding in the jungle near the bridge planning to blow it up upon completion.
They couldn't get word to Colonel Nicholson in fear they would be discovered.
The bridge gets completed in six months. On the day the first train is to go over it, Force 316 has it rigged to be blown up. Colonel Nicholson discovers the plot to blow up the bridge minutes before the train arrives. The British men of Force 316 try to tell Colonel Nicholson that they are British soldiers, just like him, and have orders to blow up the bridge but he would not listen.
He calls to Japanese guards for help and the bridge never blows up. However, Colonel Saito, Colonel Nicholson and two Force 316 soldiers die.
The Bridge Over The River Kwai was a very interesting book. It pitted two colonels against each other, one British - one Japanese, and both out to do their...


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Driver in fatal accident was six times over limit
The driver of the car involved in a collision that killed both him and three young brothers from Portarlington, had a blood alcohol level more than six times the legal limit.
Three brothers Darren Doyle (27), David Doyle (24) and Ryan Doyle (17) and their friend and driver Lee Bryan (24) were killed instantly when their Honda Civic crashed into a townlink bus on the Tullamore to Geashill road on the evening of Friday, August 10 2012.
At today's inquest, the pathologist in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore Dr Margaret Lynch warned family members that the evidence was "quite upsetting".
She described the crash injuries as being more akin to those expected in a plane crash and some of the most horrific she had ever seen.
Toxicology reports revealed that all four had alcohol in their systems at the time. Lee Bryan had a blood alcohol reading of 314mgs. The limit is 50 mgs.
However, there was no evidence given of the four men consuming alcohol before the crash. The inquest found all four men had died as a result of injuries consistent with a road traffic collision.
The men had been attending a soccer match in Tullamore. At around 5.10pm they decided to return to Portarlington, in Mr Bryan's purple 97KE reg Honda Civic.
At the inquest, bus driver John Keyes recalled driving along the R420 Portarlington to Tullamore Road on the sunny day. He saw the oncoming car swerve over the white line before correcting and almost hitting a ditch.
As the car approached it again swerved in his direction and collided with the bus. "I did everything I could to avoid it," he said.
Last year Garda Inspector Kieran Keyes who attended the scene described it as "the most horrendous crash scene I've ever witnessed during my 28 years with the force."
"For everyone involved, the ambulance and fire service crews, the scene was very harrowing," he said.
The Doyles had moved to Portarlington from Dublin in the past four years. Darren and David both had two children each, and Lee Bryan, a trainer with the local soccer club, had one daughter.


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Robert Kelley Raymond, B.M.,M.M. (Piano and organ), earned a B.M. in Piano Performance from Webster University, a Master's Degree in piano and organ performance, and a degree in Education from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Mr. Raymond is a recognized Permanent Professional Certified Teacher of Music in Piano and Organ from the Music Teachers National Association, and has served as Dean of The American Guild of Organists in Illinois.
Mr. Raymond teaches organ on the University's 18 rank 15 stop Bosch Tracker Organ, and teaches piano students in the Keyboard Development Program. He serves as organist at First Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville, where he coordinates and performs in an active recital series, giving solo recitals as well as accompanying instrumentalists.
Mr. Raymond is a frequent adjudicator at area competitions and festivals, and is director of the Southern Illinois Young Artist Organization, designed to promote and encourage excellence in the arts through annual competitions. Some of Mr. Raymond's teachers have included pianists Joanna Lange, Gail Delante, Daniel Schene, Jane Allen, Ruth Sleczynska, Linda Perry, and organists William Partridge, Kathleen Thomerson, Nancy Ypma and John Near.


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- Christopher A. Brochu
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Affiliations Human Evolution Research Center, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, National Natural History Museum, Arusha, Tanzania
- Robert J. Blumenschine
Affiliation Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Llewellyn D. Densmore
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CB LD. Analyzed the data: CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN RB LD. Wrote the paper: CB JN RB.


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AT THE END OF THE DAY | The knock, knock joke we fall for over and over again
Bush footy's on death's door.
It's up the stairs, shoes are off and it's there knocking away louder than ever in 2019.
Or so we're told.
The only way we're going to save the game in regional NSW? Bring more NRL to the bush; Dubbo, Bathurst, Mudgee, Menindee ... wherever they kick a ball, let's take a game there. That'll solve the problems.
Or so we're told.
The narrative around Country Rugby League, especially pedaled by those in the city, has been the same for a decade, perhaps longer: rugby league is dying in the bush.
Numbers are down, crowds are down, interest dwindling, prepare the tombstone. Bush footy's not just knocking on death's door, it's kicking it in.
Or so we're told.
Rugby league in the bush isn't the same as it once was, no one is debating that.
But rugby league in the big smoke isn't the same as it once was either. Remember when Tina Turner was belting out Simply The Best and the Balmain Tigers existed ... and were decent. Yep, still hurts to punch that out.
But things change.
And certainly bush footy has evolved a lot since I had a Gameboy and Thomas Keneally was urging the men out in the middle to 'blow that whistle ref'.
Rugby league in the country isn't dying, it's changing. For the better.
Women's participation rates have exploded.
Long the backbone of any club, women now have an abundance of choice on the playing field as well with league tag, women's tackle and nines competitions run across the region.
Just last week the Western Women's Rugby League announced its next competition will kick-off in October.
While a lot of clubs in the bush will credit their league tag ladies with reinvigorating the game in their towns. Not a bad change, that one.
It's the major reason this year Country Rugby League recorded increased participation for the second successive year.
ONE FOR THE BOOKS— Nick McGrath (@nickmcgrath4) June 9, 2019
'It's always bloody good to get one over Forbes', Parkes skipper Chad Porter couldn't put it any other way after Sunday's memorable 14-point win over the defending champions.#Group11#bushfooty#parkes#forbes@westernramshttps://t.co/a1RnZE1Ros
Registrations for the 2019 junior league season have reached 60,092, surpassing last year's total of 59,405.
But the most remarkable change the CRL was quick to spruik surprised even them.
"The most pleasing part about it is the increase in the 13-18 year-old male age bracket, because an increase there hasn't happened for quite some time," CRL operations manager Bert Lowrie said.
Certainly the challenge there remains keeping those players beyond the age of 18 - any club would know that battle well.
But the positive thing is there's players on the production line.
The most pleasing part about it is the increase in the 13-18 year-old male age bracket.CRL operations manager Bert Lowrie.
A production line that's producing plenty of quality - Western's run in the Johns and Daley Cup competitions is evidence of that.
But so too is the quality of footy we're seeing in grade at the moment.
Both Group 10 and Group 11 competitions are the closest they've been in a long time, as long as I can remember in the 15 years I've been involved in the Western region.
We saw the competitive nature of both premierships on Sunday.
Forbes had every right to feel supremely confident of travelling over to Parkes and doing a number of a Spacemen side down arguably its best player in Sam Dwyer.
But the 2019 race is just too close to call.
And while the swoopers were brilliant in patches the Spacemen proved irrepressible in a 14-point win in front of a record regular season crowd for Group 11 - $11,180 was taken at the gate.
That June long weekend Group 11 derby is just about a bucket list item - the two clubs turn it on, every year.
Records smashed, competitive footy on offer, women's games in the mix; are we sure bush footy isn't just playing knock and run on death's door?
Because over at Wade Park, Hawks and CYMS went toe-to-toe in five senior grades, with the long-running women's league tag joined by an under 18s premiership now as well.
I don't think there's been five senior games on a derby card in Orange for, well, a seriously long time.
A healthy crowd on hand there as well, part of which was there to celebrate the 1999 title winning two blues side, arguably the best in the competition's rich history.
Ah, nostalgia and rugby league, name me a more iconic duo ...
Hang on ... Molong and Manildra, anyone?
The two fought out a belter of a derby in the Woodbridge Cup just prior to the long weekend, the first time the two have faced off in a decade, and the Cabonne faithful flocked to Molong to witness it.
A 12-10 result in favour of Simon Osborne's Rhinos ensuring the bumper crowd got their grandstand finish, too.
"Local derbies are great and it shows by the crowd," Osborne said before adding in the kicker. "Footy is well and truly alive in these parts."
Alive, changing and, in some cases, thriving. Almost anything but dying.
Sure, NRL games in the bush would be a wonderful benefit for any region lucky enough to land one - just ask Bathurst, or Mudgee - and any injection of cash a governing body wants to distributed would be met with open arms from club land, that's for certain.
But next time you hear someone mention 'bush footy' and 'dying', you better get down to a game. Because there's a band of club officials, league tag ladies and grade players all working tirelessly, on and off the field, to ensure the exact opposite.
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Stamford upends Greenwich for Sharkey Laureno Tournament title
STAMFORD -- The Stamford Warriors exploded for five runs in the third inning and three more in the fourth on their way to an 8-4 triumph over the Greenwich Reds in the 14-year-old championship game of the Sharkey Laureno Baseball Tournament Tuesday night at Cubeta Stadium.
In the five-run third-inning uprising, Jeff Cortese and Bill Druehl laced RBI singles while Travis Docimo drew a bases-loaded walk off Greenwich starter Dylan Callahan.
Greenwich closed to 5-3 in the top of the fourth off Stamford starter Luis Lopez. Liam O'Neil ripped an RBI double while Taylor Olmstead crushed a two-run homer over the left field fence for Greenwich.
Stamford answered with three runs in the bottom of the fourth off Callahan. Cortese had a two-run single while Lopez aided his cause with an RBI double for Stamford. Greenwich pushed across its final run in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly to deep center by Olmstead.
Lopez hurled six innings and collected six strikeouts for the win. Sean Crowell relieved and pitched a perfect seventh inning for Stamford.
Greenwich's Callahan received the Laureno 14YO Sportsmanship Award. Stamford's Greg Delmazio (two hits, two runs scored) was named 14YO Most Valuable Player.
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Watch Heidi Klum Do the 'Thriller' Dance as Michael Jackson's Werewolf
November 2, 2017
By Scott T. Sterling If there was any question regarding Heidi Klum's status as the queen of Halloween, she shut them down with her amazing Michael Jackson costume this year. Related: Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel Go 'Toy Story' for Halloween Klum not only transformed into Michael Jackson's werewolf from the "Thriller" video, but the Project Runway host learned the iconic dance, running through the routine with a cast of dancers made up like zombies. Watch Klum and her zombies nail the "Thriller" dance in the video she shared on Instagram below.
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Richard Jones' Log: New camera
I've been wanting to get a Digital SLR for a very long time now. I even had one on my Amazon wishlist for a while there ;)
Thanks to a variety of factors - not the least of which was the price being AU$900 - I finally bought a Canon EOS 400D. And boy is it nice.
It's the third generation of their consumer digital SLR line, and it really does show. It has a bunch of "prosumer" features that I'd always thought would be nice to have some day, like the old 30D's 9-point AF, or the depth-of-field preview that the older non-digital prosumer models had. Unlike even my old film SLR this thing can shoot photos as quickly as I can focus them from power-on (under a second if I'm lucky). And the "basic" modes are so much more useful now than they were in the old SLR. For example, the Portrait mode doesn't just set a preference for wide aperature, it also isn't afraid to use fill-in flash (really, really well-exposed), sets the camera to continuous shot mode (to compensate for blinking ;) and tweaks the colour model slightly to emphasise flesh tones. And it can take 17 shots (3 per second) in continuous mode before it needs to push data to the memory card (presumably it can do more if I reduce resolution, but I've not tested).
I've got some new photos up on Flickr taken with the new camera.
Congratulations, you won't regret your purchase. If you haven't already get yourself an EF 50mm f/1.8 lens. It makes even my photos look great and is perfect for portraits (or just random shots of the kids).
Already had one from the old film SLR days :)
My 28-105 lens is also brilliant for portraits and the camera does a great job of filling in with flash when necessary.


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Metro Vancouver residents fear transit fare hike will lead to more cheating
By Kelly Sinoski, Vancouver Sun April 9, 2012
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Metro+Vancouver+residents+fear+transit+fare+hike+will+lead+more+cheating/6432358/story.html#ixzz1sXTwHW9O
METRO VANCOUVER -- Most Metro Vancouver residents are against a 12.5-per-cent boost in transit fares for 2013, arguing the move will force more people to drive or become fare evaders, according to a preliminary analysis by TransLink's commissioner.
Canada Line SkyTrain problems should be fixed by Tuesday morning: TransLink
By Andrea Woo, Vancouver Sun April 16, 2012
VANCOUVER – A "communication problem" that backlogged the Canada Line throughout its system on Monday is expected to be repaired by the Tuesday morning rush hour, says TransLink.
The SkyTrain skipped the Olympic Village station inbound (into downtown) throughout the day and the disruption was expected to continue until the end of the service day, said TransLink spokesman Drew Snider.
...a "modern" city, with very 'well' behaved citizens... ! else so-pena of...! you can find worse behaved "kinder-garden" kids...!
...you can find some real screwed up logic by governments of cities, etc...! you wonder sometimes if they have ever been anywhere else in the World !!!, and what their rules are inbred constants of no "reasoning" or of anything better...!
...I SOMETIMES WONDER IF THEY KNOW WORLD "HISTORY" AND what it is to be isolated or lost in time and history...!


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In writing, a cliche is to be avoided at all cost, yet sometimes a cliche must be given voice in making a point needing to be made. It is said those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, people, the larger group we call society and humanity ever amazed that their same wrong focused actions, prejudices and hates repeated over and over throughout history elicits much the same results. Human souls, people treated like chattel, their plight ignored, or worse taken advantage of are going to endeavor to escape their oppression, will rebel against the wrongful person(s) who enslave their bodies attempt to crush their souls and spirit.
"We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome some day …"
What then happens when the history we should remember is (perhaps callously and deliberately) buried, hidden away, or worse destroyed to make way for something far less valuable than a historical touchstone with our past shared history, and integral part of the fabled "Underground Railroad"? In Nyack where the homes of so many history making people are meticulously preserved, the most famous being the Hopper House on North Broadway, how is it that the home of Cynthia Hesdra was razed to the ground to put up a nondescript cinder-block building of questionable if any social value?
It would not be a far stretch to say the demolishing of this historical structure had a great deal to do with certain people of power wanting to forget a part of their own history that comes with more than a bit of shame, the powers that be convinced that out of site would be out of mind. Why is it that so much of the story of Cynthia Hesdra cannot be found, and what is found flawed in so many ways? Her Wikipedia page is not only woefully lacking, it is listed as an Orphan Page, devoid of even a picture of this noble woman. More than sad, this seems a tragic wrong that some noted historian should work to correct. Surely her story is one worthy of being told in its entirety?
Almost every American knows the bravery, and strength of character of Harriet Tubman, yet few people know who Cynthia Hesdra is, unaware of her contributions to history, her key piece of the story that is the "Underground Railroad" at best glossed over. Hers is a story that in some ways has been buried, destroyed in every way, the house she lived in, the house that was Nyack's Train Station along the route to a better life for men and women risking all, the house that hid hundreds of slaves who had a dream, a singular goal, had embarked on perilous journeys North in search of what we all search for, Freedom, demolished in the late 1970's in the name of progress. There is a certain blissful irony that Cynthia would probably appreciate in that use of the word progress…forward or onward toward a destination. In destroying the house that held so much history that had so many stories to tell, they give us a "Readers Digest" condensed version of her purpose…helping others forward or onward toward a destination.
Nyack Brook which played a part in thousands of journeys to Freedom and a better life is now mostly buried, it's path hidden under buildings, fed through culverts, as it makes its way down to Memorial Park where slaves would huddle waiting for boats that would carry them north on the Hudson River to their next stop as they moved toward their final destination, often times in Canada. If you are willing to hunt for it, there are still a few sections of this historic brook that can be seen, and if you get quiet, listen with your eyes closed and your mind open, you can almost hear voices whispering in the rushing waters, can visualize the stories of those who saw that brook as part of their own route to Freedom, their path to a life lived free of servitude. Again, the irony that such an important brook, an important part of the path that was/is the "Underground Railroad" now underground, hidden from view, much like the humans escaping slavery, risking all in a race toward Freedom.
The sun occasionally peeking through steely slate gray clouds threatening rain at any moment, I took a walk along the likely path of Nyack Brook, my thoughts wondering hap hazard through history as I tried to imagine taking my own journey to Freedom, focusing in on the fear, risks and perils faced by people wanting nothing more than a better life. As my mind wondered, moving up and down a time line that started long before I was born, and pointing toward a future I will never see, it came to me that these journeys have always been, and probably will always be. In the depth of our souls, the flames of freedom burn hot, will never be extinguished by seeking to silence our hopes and dreams.
Political climates targeting certain minorities, wars and civil wars in far off lands such as Syria, never ending oppression of people by groups with names like "The Taliban" or "Isis" forcing people to abandon homes, flee countries, all of them looking for something we all are supposedly born with…Freedom. Safe Houses, train stations along the "Underground Railroad" for the most part gone, forgotten, now replaced with Churches, and Sanctuary Cities as people step up to lend a helping hand to those fleeing persecution, perhaps escaping a modern day version of servitude or even slavery, risking everything in the hopes of providing a better life for themselves and their family. Each of these people have a story to tell, own a small part of the puzzle that is history, yet most of those stories are not being shared, perhaps dooming us to continue repeating a shameful pattern of not learning from a history we have already lived over and over again.
Great migrations around the world, as oppressed individual humans within the larger group we call humanity (talk about an oxymoron) leave home and country to escape dictatorial leaders, or abject poverty, risking everything in hopes that their new destination will provide them a better life, or a freedom they have never known, their success to some degree dependent upon the kindness of strangers they meet along the way, a helping hand when they need it the most. When that moment arrives, in what camp will we each stand? That answer more than likely depends upon our understanding of history, our own journey, and most importantly, our own humanity, our love and respect of people who have walked a different journey from there to here, but who, like us are just human beings trying to get through this journey we call life.
Perhaps it is time we learn from our past, perhaps not only providing a platform for people to share their stories but choosing the task of both listening and hearing their stories. In that task of listening and hearing we as a society can add to the rich fabric of history give it more depth as various hues and colors that have gone unseen pop into focus and with that newfound focus on different threads in the warp and weave could we finally learn from our past, and in that learning dare we hope that mankind can stop its inhumanity, veer off the path that has been too often traveled, choosing instead that proverbial road less traveled? Could or would such a choice change our individual journeys, and if enough of us choose that road less traveled could it lead us not just to freedom, but global unity as well?
Black Lives Matter…a simple truth in three simple words. Accepting such a simple truth is not saying your life does not matter, but instead gives each of us individually, and collectively as humanity a chance to listen, an opportunity to hear a story that is not our own, one we are not familiar with and in that hearing perhaps in turn we can share our own story, and in the sharing of stories find a common ground that would allow us to walk down a shared path to dreams we all hold in common.
"We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand. We'll walk hand in hand some day…"
We should not have to demand validation to give it, and that which is freely given will usually come back to us tenfold as blessings find a way to say hello in the most unexpected of ways. Cynthia Hesdra's story, her part in the "Underground Railroad" has not been fully heard, and it deserves to be, just as your story, my story, and everyone's story should be fully heard with an open mind, and an open heart.
Ask yourselves, would the "Underground Railroad" even exist if 150 years ago a group of people had not embarked upon a journey, had not their own harrowing stories to tell, if people had not listened to the stories of slaves with an open heart, knowing instantly they had to do something to help, had to act, even if doing so risked their own lives, to give their fellow human beings the gift that each of us deserves? Helping slaves was a serious offense, "The Fugitive Slave Act" passed in 1793 made it illegal to aid slaves in the entire United States, and expansion of the law in 1850 allowed for Bounty Hunters (called Blackbirder's) to hunt down runaway slaves…it is noted here, that often times even Free Men and Women who were Black were kidnapped and forced into slavery.
Some antidotal information suggests Cynthia Hesdra was born into slavery, her father a rich and powerful businessman in the Rockland County community, her mother which little is known about a slave. Other sources suggest her mother and father, John and Jane Moore were married, making Cynthia a Freeborn from birth. Whichever is truth; all sources confirm that she spent a portion of her early life as a slave until her future husband was able to purchase her freedom. Another irrefutable fact is Cynthia was a smart business person who by today's standards would have been a multi-millionaire with real-estate and business holdings worth over three million dollars.
A woman of color in the 1800's, at one time a slave for life, who once free builds a fortune in business and real estate holdings, operates two small lending institutes, who dies by today's standards a millionaire is an incredible story, a story worthy of a documentary, or even a full blown epic movie made for the silver screen. Couple in the high drama of the court case surrounding her fortune after she died, and her story is the stuff worthy of a Oscar Nomination, yet over 100 years after her death so much of her own journey remains a secret, the majority of her life shrouded in mystery and intrigue.
We have but scratched the surface of this remarkable woman whose story includes far more than her time as a slave, far more than the wealth she accumulated over a life time of hard work. Her life experiences saw her willing to risk everything including her wealth to provide nurture, sustenance, safe harbor and assistance to slaves who themselves were willing to risk everything including their lives to find and know freedom, she was a Freedom Fighter and Civil Rights leader who like her peers down through the ages such as Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Andrew Goodman and others willing to lay her life on the line to do the right thing. That is a story worth an exhaustive historical search an investigation, a story that needs both told and preserved.
How do we do that?
A good start would be forming a group whose sole purpose was to reclaim the land that her home was on, doing the research necessary to construct a reasonably accurate replica of the home that was tragically torn down in the name of progress, turn that space/that lot into the "Cynthia Hesdra Underground Railroad Museum". Further, the now vacant commercial site across the street could be purchased, turned into an African Studies and Community Center bearing her name. A tall order, a huge dream, but as Martin Luther King said, "I have a dream" and this writer believes that dream is worth some serious pursuit as we collectively search for ways to find the missing pieces of the puzzle that represent the life story of a remarkable woman and human being.
A Mini Tour of Historical Sites Related to Cynthia Hesdra, Underground Railroad and Black History in Nyack Area
1.) Mount More Cemetery…located in the Shadow of Palisades Mall. A tour of this cemetery, the desecration of it will bring tears to your eyes.
2.) Historical Marker Identifying Former Site of Cynthia Hesdra home and Underground Railroad Station…can be found on North East Corner or Main St (Route 59) and Route 9 in Nyack.
3.) Small Accessible above ground section of Nyack Brook which was part of the Underground Railroad slaves followed in their quest for Freedom…Note, just across from this historical place is a singular street sign honoring another Icon in the Underground Railroad, "Harriet Tubman Way".
4.) Historical Black Church…still researching… 14 N Mill St, Nyack, NY 10960
5.) Cynthia Hesdra Street sign named in her honor…located at the corner of Depew Ave and Piermont in Nyack, New York. Directly across from the entrance to Memorial Park.
6.) The Honorary Cynthia Hesdra Park Bench overlooking Hudson River…Top section of Memorial Park on the far right side, just before the stone steps. Black wrought iron bench, only one of its type in the park.