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The IRPF deduction.
NB. I'm not an HR specialist. Everything I write here is from experience and many calls to our legal advisors. So take this article as what it is, an opinion and no legal fact. Please check with your advisors too.
We said, in our previous article about IRPF, that self employed workers can deduct (in Madrid) a 7% during the first three years. But this is not exact. The law is a bit confusing as it states autonomos can deduct the 7% during 2+1 years. Is that really three, or two?
Solution: I think it would be more precise to say 1+2 years. What they mean with this is that you have whatever remains of the year you register (alta) plus two whole years more.
So, if someone registers in January 2018, he has 3 full years (1+2), until December 2020. BUT, if someone does the "alta" in November of 2018, his deduction period will also finish on December 2020 and we will have had 2 months+2 years.
Do not, I repeat, do not change in the middle of a year. They count whole years, and that's where most problems arise.
What can happen if I've done it incorrectly?
Well this is why the title reads academies beware. Because we've had two issues about this now, and Hacienda has fined us, the academy, for 2000€ (two years ago) and 1000€ (last week).
Why the academy? You'd think it would be the self employed worker's responsibility, wouldn't you? After all he/she is "a company" on it's own?
Yes, but, when self employed workers only work for companies, as we mentioned in the previous article, they don't have to fill in the IRPF form (model 130). It is the companies that deduct the IRPF for them and send it to Hacienda. So the Tax Office's first point of contact about this tax is the company. And they can't be bothered to go further than that. They'll just fine whoever sent them the "false" information, their first of contact, the academy (company) .
They don't care if the informationan was wrongly sent by the autonomo. For them it's easier to blame the company and let them solve it from there on. Which many times isn't easy… as this might have happened 1 or 2 years ago and, in teaching, the autonomo might be on the other side of the world (and no longer self employed).
What can academies do?
We've decided not to trust self employed workers to do their deduction correctly, as it's us who get the fine. And we ask every autonomo for their "alta" and check ourselves if they are doing things correctly and up until when they have the right to deduct the 7%. This serves as a safe guard for us, and an extra help for teachers (who normally make these mistakes out of ignorance, not malice).

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What strategies have you seen work effectively to maximise online exposure for venues?
There are so many strategies and they all work effectively in their own way depending on their objective and target audience. B2C audiences will be driven by competitions. I've seen some campaigns where venues have encouraged followers to share their post with a chance to win a free night stay (or equivalent). This is a fantastic initiative to build up a follower base and engagement with your social channels as they'll be wanting as many followers as possible as it's of interest to a wide audience.
However, for their B2B audience this isn't as an effective initiative as their messaging should be different to attract corporate meeting and event planners. They won't be driven by competitions (where more often than not company policy won't allow them to accept prizes), they'll be more driven by business messaging including venue updates that's going to make their day-to-day job easier in sourcing venues for their next meeting or event.
Which platforms do you feel benefit venues the most?
Different platforms benefit different venues depending on their overall objectives and their target audience. Social media is used very differently depending on whether you're targeting a B2B or B2C audience. Instagram and Facebook are effective for a B2C market and is a great way of promoting special offers and competitions. On the other hand, if venues are wanting to promote their corporate meeting space, their target audience is more likely to be found on LinkedIn or Twitter where they'll be doing their research and seeking advice.
Corporate meeting and event organisers will be connected with a professional network through LinkedIn as opposed to their 'friends' on Facebook. This network is a trusted community with similar interests and where they can support in meeting their business objectives.
From your experience which social media channel do you find the most useful in attracting new clients?
As an agent, our preferred channel for attracting new clients is LinkedIn. As individuals and as a business we're able to connect with our existing clients and suppliers to build our own community. By sharing regular and relevant updates to our community will not only keep existing clients informed on our latest activity and if they comment or share on these updates, will reach a wider audience outside of our network.
This is not only a fantastic way in building brand awareness of the company, but also builds a strong reputation for our employees who share our content by demonstrating their knowledge and expertise within the industry.
LinkedIn groups is also an effective tool in building your brand awareness. By being able to post content directly into groups with a similar interest means your messages are targeted to a specific audience. The content in these groups shouldn't be of a 'sales' message as that tends to put people off, people are interested more in advice/trends/human interest related articles. We recently published a post on 'Life of an Event Manager' into various LinkedIn groups and in one group received over 400 likes and comments. Because the nature of the article was of human interest, our audience related to it and therefore more inclined to engage with the post.
What can larger companies do to best support their venues at a national level?
You need to build confidence with your employees to be able to share their own updates effectively. We will always send a business message through our social channels and then encourage our employees to share this post with their own personal message to their own networks. As a relatively small company with all employees based in one office, it's easier to control what individuals are posting, and support and guide them in what they should/shouldn't be posting. We've built this confidence with our employees by providing social media training sessions and ongoing support from our marketing consultant to ensure our messaging supports the tone and language of the company but allowing their personality to come through.
However, Venues and Events International is not a national brand with multiple offices so easier to manage centrally. For venues with multiple properties I imagine this is much harder to control and will have a different approach to their social media messaging. At a group level they'll want to ensure consistency in their messaging between their different hotels so to have group-controlled accounts will allow for this uniformity however this does limit the personality of the individual hotels to come through.
Personality is key to venues though, and they should be given the authority to manage their own accounts and I believe this can be achieved on a national level by having 'social media champions' in each of the locations. These champions can be given sufficient training and then the authority to manage their individual hotel/venue accounts. Social media should be used as a channel to promote the 'here and now'. By having to send photos and content via their head office can delay in the speed of content going out and may miss opportunities engaging with their audience effectively.
What can venues do themselves to improve local exposure?
If given the authority to manage their own social accounts, venues can run local competitions and get involved with community events to show their support to the local area. They'll also be able to promote special delegate rates for the B2B audience that are bespoke to them and target specific local agents or companies that will be interested in their offering.
What are the common mistakes you see regularly?
It's not necessarily a mistake, more 'missing a trick'. I've spoken a lot about importance of portraying the personality and individuality of venues and where they're not given this authority does restrict what we as agents can do to promote them. We're regularly holding events, going out on site inspections to hundreds of properties a year and we love to tweet about our experiences. When we can't tag a particular property into our tweet, we feel we're not able to give them the recognition they deserve and harder to promote to our own follower base as they can't link straight through to the property to find out more themselves.
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Los Peñasquitos Lagoon
Los Peñasquitos Marsh Natural Preserve and Lagoon is a coastal marsh in San Diego County, California, United States situated at the northern edge of the City of San Diego, forming the natural border with Del Mar, California.[1] The lagoon, previously called The Soledad Lagoon, divides a colony of the endangered Pinus torreyana on a narrow coastal strip.[2] The name "Los Peñasquitos" is Spanish for "The Little Cliffs".[3]
Human impact[edit]
For many years, the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon had evolved from a tidal estuary to a lagoon that was closed to tidal action for long periods of time. Since becoming a part of the State Park System, there have been a number of changes that have increased the tidal action within the lagoon.
Railroad causeway[edit]
Originally, the railroad tracks travelled straight from Sorrento Valley on the eastern side of the Lagoon and ran parallel north of what is now Carmel Valley Road. However, in 1925, the Santa Fe Railroad built a single-track roadbed causeway embankment down the center of the lagoon for its Surf Line, which still is in use today on a daily basis by the San Diego Coaster and Pacific Surfliner as well as BNSF freight trains. This embankment severely restricted the normal historical lagoon drainage for the first time, and changed the tidal flow and current pattern.[1] The four original wooden trestle bridges crossing the lagoon were replaced between 2015-2017 with new concrete bridges to help modernize the railroad traffic to and from San Diego. Even though the bridges were replaced, this area was not double-tracked because it is possible that these tracks will eventually be bypassed by a two-track tunnel underneath Del Mar.[4]
Highway 101[edit]
When the Pacific Coast Highway (U.S. Route 101 in California) was expanded in the 1930s, the roadbed along the beach was heightened, and a bridge was built over the mouth the lagoon. This bridge had many wooden pilings that easily got clogged with sand and debris, impacting the water transfer between the ocean and lagoon.
Sewage treatment effluent[edit]
Over the years, at least three different waste water treatment plants have pumped their treating effluent into the lagoon. The Callan Treatment plant pumped 50,000 US gallons (190,000 L) per day during the 1950s; the Sorrento plant produced 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L) per day starting in 1962; and the Pomerado Waste Water Treatment Plant pumped treated sewage into the lagoon from 1962 to 1972.[5]
North Beach Parking Lot[edit]
The triangular North Beach Parking Lot was built in 1968. It is accessible via Carmel Valley Road at McGonigle Road / Del Mar Scenic Parkway, and is bounded on three sides by the arch bridge at North Torrey Pines Road, the railroad causeway, and the lagoon's ocean inlet. Previous to the State Park, there had been a number of tourist beach houses in the area, called Sunken City, that had been moved from the open beach during the 1932 construction of the large causeway for North Torrey Pines Bridge.[6]
According to LPL Foundation and the State Coastal Conservancy, this fully paved parking lot significantly altered the lagoon's hydrology.[7]
Sediment deposition[edit]
Due to the high rate of sediment deposition that surpasses the federally-mandated total maximum daily load, Los Peñasquitos Lagoon is listed as a category 5 impaired body of water under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.[8] This is primarily due to the adverse effects of sedimentation in the lagoon itself and also within its vast watershed. These effects include drops in photosynthetic productivity, higher concentrations of heavy metals, and overall loss of ecosystem biodiversity within the estuary.[9][10] In addition to ecological impacts, sedimentation in the Los Peñasquitos watershed has led to significant issues within its storm water infrastructure. Specifically, sediment accumulation in flood control channels has greatly reduced original storm water conveyance capacity. This is primarily due to the vegetation that grows within the channels as a result of siltation.[11] Regular maintenance of these channels by the Storm Water Division is therefore a necessity to ensure proper flood control.[12][13] Despite the need for sufficient flood control through regular channel maintenance, the extensive permitting process involved requires selection and planning that extends nearly two years before any service activities.[14]
Restoration and preservation[edit]
California State Parks[edit]
The California Division of Parks and Recreation has designated the status of Los Peñasquitos Lagoon as a State Preserve, which has much more restricted access than the State Park designation. There is very limited public use of Los Peñasquitos Marsh Natural Preserve, with most of the area signed as "Do Not Enter". The California State Preserve status is granted to only the rarest and most fragile of the state owned lands.[1]
The State Preserve covers the saltwater lagoon area of over 630 acres (2.5 km2) adjacent to Torrey Pines State Beach and Torrey Pines State Reserve. An additional 240 acres (0.97 km2) of marshland was added to this California State Parkland in 1987, when it was purchased from SDG&E for $2.25 million. SDG&E has originally purchased the land in 1966 as a possible site for a new nuclear power plant that was never built.[15]
Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Enhancement Plan[edit]
In 1985, the California Coastal Conservancy created the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Enhancement Plan to deal with a number of human-caused problems. A lagoon management program is now in place to monitor water quality, manage the manual removal of sand and debris upon lagoon mouth closures, give oversight and recommendations for improved usage, and coordinate with other agencies to protect and restore the lagoon.[16] The Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Foundation, formed in 1983, is 501 3(c) non-profit and is the management entity charged with implementing the enhancement plan in coordination with State Parks and the State Coastal Conservancy. More information on Los Peñasquitos Lagoon and its watershed, the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Foundation (LPLF) and resource management within the lagoon and its watershed can be found at the following website: lospenasquitos.org
New bridge over lagoon mouth[edit]
In 2005 a new bridge was built over the mouth of the lagoon. The new bridge replaced the existing bridge's 72 pilings with just four that support a much longer span across a larger mouth opening.
This new bridge is sometimes called North Torrey Pines Bridge,[17][18] although that same name is sometimes applied to the taller arch bridge immediately to its north.[19][20] This lower bridge over the lagoon inlet was built by Flatiron and cost $9,628,750.[17]
Pump Station 64[edit]
The City of San Diego's waste water treatment and pumping stations have been improved and replaced over the years so that they do not pump treated effluent directly into the lagoon any more. Pump Station 64 is located in an industrial area at the very far upstream end of the lagoon, near the Sorrento Valley Coaster Station. Pump Station 64[21] has often malfunctioned and spilled millions of gallons of raw sewage directly into Los Penasquitos Lagoon, in fact between 1977 and 1986 there were 60 such spills.[22] There were a number of improvements and fixes made, with a new $23 million facility being completed in 1988.[23] This helped considerably in keeping the lagoon much cleaner once the new station came on-line, however there are still spills, with the most recent being on September 9, 2011 when an estimated 1.9 million US gallons (7,200 m3) of raw sewage was released due to a county-wide power outage.[24]
Pump Station 64 is located at 10745 Roselle Street, San Diego, California, just east of Interstate 5.[25]
Pump Station 65[edit]
Pump Station 65 was rebuilt and relocated in 1996 to sit on the edge of the lagoon next to a now-closed portion of Sorrento Valley Road. Pump Station 65 is a modern building, and pumps an estimated 19 million US gallons (72,000 m3) per day south to Pump Station 64. The sewage lines and pumping station located in the lagoon area are slated for retirement. Pump Station 65 is planned to be relocated out of Los Peñasquitos Lagoon along with associated relocation and upgrading of major trunk sewers.[26]
Pump Station 65 is located at 12112 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, California.[27]
Closure of Sorrento Valley Road[edit]
In 1996, the northernmost portion of Sorrento Valley Road skirting the very edge of the lagoon between Carmel Valley Road and Carmel Mountain Road was closed in order to build Pump Station 65. The road remained closed during the Interstate 5/805/56 interchange improvements, and on February 25, 2003, the San Diego City Council voted to permanently close it and convert the corridor to a bike path/multi-use trail. Closing the road has improved access to a wildlife corridor for deer, fox, coyote, bobcat and spotted skunk to enter and exit the Preserve.[28]
West Nile Virus[edit]
Los Peñasquitos Lagoon is one of the known breeding grounds in California of mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus (WNV),[29][30] a virus that originated in Uganda and arrived in California in 2003.[30] The number of yearly incidents of WNV infection in San Diego County has been rising since 2008.[29] The virus is often fatal to birds, which is the primary animal affected, but horses and humans have also died from it.[31] One in five infected humans will show flu-like symptoms, and will sometimes require hospitalization for meningitis.[30] In 2009 one boy developed flu-like symptoms and became delirious a few days after having had a picnic near Los Peñasquitos Lagoon, and needed to be hospitalized for WNV infection, presumably acquired by mosquito bite.[29] Pickup trucks can sometimes be seen around the lagoon spraying for mosquitoes to prevent the spread of WNV.
Tick diseases[edit]
Deer are found in the marsh area, such as along closed Sorrento Valley Road, and often carry ticks that are left behind on vegetation that can brush against hikers, whereupon the ticks are often inadvertently transferred to hikers. Ticks can carry Lyme disease[32] or Tularemia (rabbit fever).[33] Lyme disease, if left untreated, can cause heart and brain disorders, including paraplegia in severe cases,[34] and Tularemia can lead to incapacitating fever and in rare cases death. The canyon on the west side of Interstate 5 between Genesee Avenue and Sorrento Valley Road is particularly abundant with ticks, and a sign on the Del Mar trail near Carmel Valley Road warns hikers that ticks are found along that trail. Fortunately, Lyme disease happens to be "quite rare" in San Diego County, unlike most other counties in California,[35] and Lyme disease is usually treatable, especially if detected early.
Rattlesnakes are found throughout San Diego County, and a warning sign along the Marsh Trail reminds hikers that rattlesnakes are also found in the marsh area.
Mountain Lions[edit]
Although mountain lions (Felis concolor) are now rare in the Torrey Pines and Los Peñasquitos Lagoon area, likely as a result of habitat fragmentation,[36] mountain lion tracks and scat were reported between Interstate 5's bridge and Los Peñasquitos Lagoon in 2000 by the Conservation Biology Institute in Encinitas.[37] Mountain lions are relatively common in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve ,[38] which is only a few miles away and connected to Los Peñasquitos Lagoon by Los Peñasquitos Creek. Mountain lion attacks have occurred on dogs[39] and humans[40] in San Diego County, and have sometimes resulted in human fatalities.[40]
Although public access is forbidden in the central parts of the lagoon and marsh, there are about four trails that are near the marsh area that do not explicitly bar public use.
Marsh Trail[edit]
The official name of this trail is simply Marsh Trail.[41] It is unpaved on its west end and paved on its east end. It is shown on Google maps. Dogs and bicycles are prohibited. It skirts the southern edge of the wetland for 1.5 miles from North Torrey Pines Road and becomes Flintkote Avenue in Sorrento Valley, San Diego. The trailhead is across from the South Beach parking lot at Torrey Pines State Beach.
Closed section of Sorrento Valley Road[edit]
Paved. Motor vehicles are prohibited, but bicycles and pedestrians are permitted. Bicycles are very common. It skirts the eastern edge of the wetland from near the Park & Ride parking lot to near Pump Station 65. Both ends outside of the closed section are regularly used by motor vehicles.
Del Mar trail[edit]
Unpaved. Dogs are prohibited. Both trailheads are on Carmel Valley Road, one at the corner of McGonigle Road, and the other immediately west of Del Mar Car Service. The trail is relatively short, in a fairly dry area, and roughly follows the railroad causeway.
SR-56 Bike Route[edit]
Paved. It is shown on Google maps as "56 Bike Trail". This lies on the east side of Interstate 5. It follows Carmel Creek and California State Route 56. Bicycles, horses, and pedestrians are permitted, but not motor vehicles. Bicycles are very common.
See also[edit]
- Del Mar, California
- Soledad Valley
- Sorrento Valley, San Diego
- Torrey Pines State Reserve
- Torrey Pines State Beach
- ^ a b c Torrey Pines State Preserve [1], 2008
- ^ C.Michael Hogan (2008) Torrey Pine: Pinus torreyana, Globaltwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg [2]
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- ^ http://www.keepsandiegomoving.com/Lossan/los_pena_lagoon_intro.aspx
- ^ San Diego Earth Times (February 1998)
- ^ http://torrey-pines.blogspot.com/2014/05/sunken-city-at-torrey-pines-beach.html
- ^ http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sandiego/water_issues/programs/tmdls/docs/los_penasquitos_lagoon/updates042211/att1.pdf
- ^ "Final California 2010 Integrated Report( 303(d) List/305(b) Report) Supporting Information". State Water Resources Control Board. California Environmental Protection Agency. 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Isla, Federico Ignacio (2009-06-30). Coastal Zones and Estuaries. EOLSS Publications. ISBN 9781848260160.
- ^ "Sedimentation and Erosion — Caribbean Environment Programme". www.cep.unep.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ^ "10C-052" (PDF). State Water Resources Control Board. California Environmental Protection Agency. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Jarque, Anne (1 November 2010). "Maintenance Activity Report" (PDF). The City of San Diego. The City of San Diego. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Maintenance Plans for: Sorrento Channels Reach 3 & 7" (PDF). City of San Diego. City of San Diego. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Environmental Committee - October 12th, 2016". City of San Diego. City of San Diego. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Marsh Becomes State Parkland (March 21, 1987) Los Angeles Times
- ^ Annual Report for Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Foundation (2001) Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b http://www.flatironcorp.com/index.asp?w=pages&r=5&pid=26&project=15
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070128/news_1mi28bridge.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2011-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Notorious Pump Station Spilling Sewage Again (March 6, 1987) Los Angeles Times
- ^ San Diego Fined at Least $300,000 for Sewage Spills (January 4, 1987) Los Angeles Times
- ^ $23-Million Big Fix Is in at Infamous Sewer Pump Station (Feb 6, 1988) Los Angeles Times
- ^ 1.9 million gallon sewage spill closes beaches (September 9, 2011) Sign on San Diego
- ^ http://www.sdgln.com/news/2011/09/09/breaking-news-sewage-spill-prompts-extensive-beach-closures-san-diego
- ^ Torrey Pines Community Plan (adopted 1995, updated 2011) City of San Diego
- ^ http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-waters/polluters/facility/260798
- ^ California Coastal Commission Report (September 18, 2003)
- ^ a b c http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/jan/21/cover/
- ^ a b c http://www.sanpacifico.org/PDF/Breeze0908.pdf
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.san-diego-travels.com/torrey-pines.html
- ^ http://www.lymedisease.org/news/lyme_disease_views/647.html
- ^ Lyme disease
- ^ http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/deh/pests/lyme_disease.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2011-10-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=25101
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2011-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External sources[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Los Peñasquitos Lagoon.
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On Thursday, March 7, Forestburg School had an Science Fair. The students each created a project for display and the Food Science class provided snacks. Judging took place after school in the fair was open to the public at 6:00 pm. The fair was well attended and a great success! On Friday the students were able to go to different stations to participate in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities.
The Science Fair winners are:
Best in Show - Shelby Pitts with "Crickets Chirping in Different Temperatures"
3rd Place - Tristan Cumby with "How pH Affects Eggs"
2nd Place - Nikolas Clure with "Tin Foil Boats"
1st Place - Hailey Schnell with "Relationships of Different Citrus Fruit Acidity and Voltage Output"
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3rd Place - Jaden Meek with "Bristle Bots"
2nd Place - Brandi Caporale with "Which Brand of Popcorn Pops Bests?"
1st Place - KK Willett with "How Baking Soda Affects Cookies"
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WW Wednesday
Well only a few short weeks ago I wrote this post promising that this go around with Weight Watchers will be different. Of course, I find myself staring at my weight tracker realizing that I haven't gotten to a meeting in over a month.
I thought wanting to lose weight would be enough of an incentive but am finding that it isn't. I decided to resort back to a few of the things that helped me lose almost 50 lbs last time.
The first, is to have a set date in mind with a certain weight goal. I chose February 28th which I will explain why in a moment. I also chose 140 lbs as my goal weight. This means I need to lose 60 lbs in 6 months. That is a high ambition but between breast feeding, being home and the ability to challenge myself, I think I can make it happen. The key will be not to cut out tons of food, but eat tons of food that are healthy and low in WW points. I certainly don't want my supply to tank!
The second, have an event or something important to look forward to. This is why I chose February 28th. I recently purchased a Living Social Deal for Glamour Shots. The voucher expires February 28th so I have exactly 6 months to get my butt in gear! I wanted to have some pictures taken before Rob and I are ready to grow our family even more.
The third, is to make a calendar countdown so I can see my progress and how much time I have left. I take poster board and after a little math, drawing tons of straight lines with a ruler and some old photos of me at my goal weight, I have visual inspiration every time I wake up in the morning.
I am hoping that I can finally get myself focused. I am finding that I don't have a lot of pictures with P because I am so unhappy with the way I look. I will never forgive myself if I look back 10, 20 even 30 years from now and regret that over something I HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER!
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Dani September 6, 2012 at 5:12 am
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog hop! 🙂 I can't wait to see how you do every wednesday! I love the idea of setting goals for yourself!
Goodluck 🙂
Tami September 6, 2012 at 9:59 am
I LOVE that great visual!
Tara September 6, 2012 at 2:15 pm
you can do it Mar Mar – I have been like really serious since November with WW and as of Tuesday night i have lost 43.4 – so you can do it – just remember it may be a slow and steady loss but you can get their!!! ~ Tara


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Use this fun Christmas Sunday school lesson that'll help children celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Find more great Sunday school lessons to help kids grow in their faith.
1. Surprise Packages
Before class, gift-wrap one small and one large box. Fill a grocery bag with newspaper and put a baby Jesus figurine or picture in it. Staple the bag shut. When children arrive, show them the packages.
Say: Part of the fun of getting presents is not knowing what's inside.
Have children guess what might be in the packages. Place the packages around the room. Have children sit by the gift they want to open. When everyone is seated, ask why they chose the package they chose. Don't open the packages yet.
Say: Sometimes the wrapping can surprise us. A plain package might hold something very valuable. Today, our story is about a gift from God that came in a plain wrapper.
Have the children remain where they are for the story.
2. A Surprise Story
Tell the children to listen carefully for surprises in the story as you read aloud Luke 1:26-38 and Luke 2:1-20.
Afterward, ask:
- What unexpected events happened?
- Who was surprised?
- Who did the surprising?
- How did the people respond?
Have the children do a thumbs-up or thumbs-down sign to indicate happy or unhappy surprises as you review these events from the story. Say: An angel told Mary she would have a baby; Joseph and Mary had an unexpected trip right when the baby was due; the inn was full when they got to Bethlehem; they found room in a stable; angels announced Jesus' birth to the shepherds; God's Son came to earth as an ordinary baby.
Let the children open the packages. Hold up the Jesus figurine or picture.
Say: Sometimes, great things come in plain wrappers. Jesus was God's happy surprise for the world.
3. Surprise Prayer
Have children form a circle and hold hands. Pray: Thank you, God, for surprising us with your love.
Go around the circle, allowing everyone to say thanks for something. Then have children raise their hands high and shout "Amen!"
4. Gift Bags
You'll need:
- paper lunch bags,
- cotton balls,
- paper doilies,
- glitter,
- foil,
- scissors,
- ribbon or yarn,
- glue,
- and assorted fabric and paper scraps.
Have children each cut and glue scraps to the outside of their bag to make a manger scene. Use cotton balls for sheep, paper doilies for angel wings, and glitter or foil for stars. When children are finished, have them each fold over an inch at the top of their bag and punch two holes. Thread ribbon or yarn through the holes and tie a bow. Encourage children to use the bags to wrap a surprise gift for someone special.
5. Snack—Food for Thought:
You'll need:
- Plain sugar cookies cut in a variety of Christmas shapes,
- ready-to-spread icing,
- decorator sprinkles,
- and blunt knives.
Let children frost and decorate a cookie in whatever way they wish. As they spread the icing, talk about spreading the news of Jesus' birth. As they add the sprinkles, talk about the joyful celebration of Christmas. Before they eat, encourage them to exchange cookies. Talk about sharing gifts of love.
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Northridge golfer among top 20 at state
September 30, 2003
ALAMOSA – Josh Berrelez knew if he could get his tee shot in the air on the first hole, he'd shoot a good round.
The Northridge High School senior did just that Monday during
the opening round of the Colorado Class 4A State Golf Championships. Berrelez got off the No. 1 tee at Cattails Golf Course, carded a four-over-par 75 and is among the top 20 entering today's second and final round at the par-71, 6,530-yard layout.
"There was no pressure except on the first hole, my first shot," said Berrelez, who tied with Tyler Bishop of Skyline at the Northern Regionals, but finished second after a playoff. "I played a solid round; I only had a couple of bad holes."
Berrelez had the best score of the eight Greeley-area golfers competing in the 86-man, 12-team field. His three teammates all shot over 80 -Nick Flaa shot 81 and Craig Corban and Brett Herring each fired 84s. Northridge's three-man total of 240 is tied for 10th.
Greeley Central is eighth (239) as a team with Kyle Robinson leading the way with a 78. The other scores included an 80 from Robert Jaccaud and a pair of 81s from Derek Hofmeister and Grant Suggs.
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Montrose leads the team chase with a 215 followed by Broomfield (226) and four-time defending champion Mullen (228).
"I really didn't come into the tournament with a number in mind," Berrelez said. "I thought I might be able to get under par or near par.
Then, I might be able to make a move."
As it is, Berrelez trails the leaders by eight strokes. Cheyenne Mountain's Tom Glissmeyer and Montrose's Erik Lundberg shot sizzling four-under-par 67s. Two other players, defending
champion Shea Sena of Cortez and Liberty's Kurtis Lucas, are three shots off the pace at 70.
Berrelez's lone blip came on No. 9, a 169-yard par-3. He missed the green with his tee shot, three-putted and took a double-bogey 5.
"It was a pretty good opening day," said Berrelez, who is making his first state appearance after missing a berth as a junior. "My average this year has been 74, so I'm about where I've been all year."


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In 2016, British authorities sentenced pro-ISIS propagandist Anjem Choudary to five-and-a-half years in prison for his public declarations in support of the terror group. Choudary previously led the now-banned British group al-Muhajiroun, which included several notable extremists among its membership and was outlawed in the United Kingdom for its links to terrorism.
Choudary is expected to walk free this month after serving only half of his sentence. The bewildering reason is British probationary law, which blanketly allows prisoners with fixed-term (non-life) sentences to be released on probation after completing 50 percent of their sentences.
Police arrested Choudary, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, and several others in 2014 for public support of ISIS after Choudary pledged allegiance to ISIS and encouraged others to do the same. Even beyond his support for ISIS, Choudary has been linked to more than 600 extremists and, through them, dozens of terror plots, including the 2017 London Bridge attack and the 2013 murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.
Among the hundreds of extremists to whom Choudary is linked are:
- Abu Rumaysah (Siddhartha Dhar): A Choudary associate who was arrested alongside the preacher in 2014 for encouraging terrorism. He fled for Syria while out on bail and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
- Khuram Butt: One of the June 2017 London Bridge attackers who belonged to Choudary's al-Muhajiroun organization.
- Michael Adebolajo: One of two murderers of British fusilier Lee Rigby. He reportedly attended al-Muhajiroun events. Adebolajo was sentenced to life in prison.
- Michael Adebowale: One of two murderers of British fusilier Lee Rigby. He reportedly attended al-Muhajiroun events. Adebowale was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
- Mohammed Mizanur Rahman: Rahman was arrested alongside Choudary in 2014 and also sentenced to five-and-half years in prison. Rahman is also expected to be released by the end of 2018, and some authorities have warned that he is more dangerous than Choudary because of his youth.
- Omar Bakri Muhammed: The Syrian Islamist cleric who created the al-Muhajiroun network in the United Kingdom and recruited Choudary. He is currently serving a prison sentence in Lebanon for organizing jihadist training camps there.
- Ubaydullah Hussain: A Norwegian-Pakistani national and incarcerated ISIS supporter. Hussain visited Choudary in England in 2014 just three months before Choudary's arrest.
Terror plots to which Choudary is linked include:
- A 2018 failed car ramming plot by former al-Muhajiroun member Lewis Ludlow
- The May 3, 2015, attack on a "Draw Muhammad" contest in Garland, Texas. After the attack, Choudary publicly told contest organizer Pamela Gellar she should have anticipated a violent response.
- A 2012 failed plot to blow up the London stock exchange. Four of the perpetrators were former students of Choudary's. He reportedly claimed the plans were "taken out of context."
- A 2012 failed terror plot by al-Muhajiroun member Mohammed Benares, who was arrested that March for downloading al-Qaeda bomb-making plans. He was found guilty and jailed the following year.
British authorities say they will take steps to prevent Choudary's resumption of his cheerleading for ISIS and terror. Officials have announced more than 20 restrictions they intend to place on Choudary, including barring him from Internet access or meeting with former al-Muhajiroun colleagues, including Rahman. Additionally, MI5 has pledged it will keep close surveillance on Choudary.
The British Parliament last month began discussing the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill 2017-19, which would increase maximum sentences for terror offenses and curb early releases for terror convicts like Choudary. These steps are encouraging, but Choudary—a trained lawyer—is likely to control his speech and actions just enough to remain technically within the law, while continuing his advocacy for and encouragement of extremist ideologies and actions. He and his followers unfortunately pose as great a threat now as they did at the time of Choudary's sentencing.


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public interface ILanguageCssZone : IPsiLanguageZone, IRequire<ILanguageHtmlZone>
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Bradford charity supports Imran Khan's battle against poverty … reports Asian Lite News
A Bradford charity that played a key role in supporting the newly elected prime minister of Pakistan's philanthropic work is stepping up its efforts to tackle poverty.
The PTI party led by Imran Khan has pledged to create 10 million jobs, with a focus on building skills through providing technical, vocational and educational training.
Now QED Foundation, which helped the former international cricket captain to set up Namal College in Mianwali, has set itself the target of enabling 100,000 poor people to earn a living and support their families. It is appealing to British Pakistanis to play a part by donating money to pay for needy men and women to access places on vocational training courses.
'One-off gifts and handouts can help people survive an immediate crisis but they won't lift the most disadvantaged members of society out of the vicious cycle of poverty and lack of opportunity for good,' says QED Foundation chief executive Dr Mohammed Ali OBE. 'So we are offering them the opportunity to gain nationally and internationally recognised qualifications, together with support to find jobs or set up businesses and social enterprises.
'Around 60% of Pakistan's population lives below the poverty line. Yet the average cost of a vocational training course in industrial sectors such as construction, hair and beauty or information technology is just £200. We have set up Poverty Alleviation Scholarships Foundation to bridge that gap and transform lives.'
In 2005 Dr Ali encouraged a reluctant Imran Khan to become chancellor of Bradford University.
'I refused initially, but he was persistent and persuasive,' says the new prime minister. 'I am glad he was. The role was a landmark one in my life. It was also a position that assisted my work in establishing the Namal College in Pakistan. As someone committed to the power of education to transform lives, and society at large, I am indebted to QED Foundation for this opportunity.'
The charity has been working to strengthen the links between the UK and Pakistan and improve the quality of life of disadvantaged communities since 1990. Previous fundraising initiatives have equipped a resource centre at Chhachh Public School and College and provided beds for Hazro Hospital in Attock district.
To find out more about how you can help Poverty Alleviation Scholarships Foundation visit www.pasfoundationuk.org


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AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALPosted: April 16th, 2010 | Author: Anna Sarazhina | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: nice to know | No Comments »
1. A television program airing in the hours immediately after most kids arrive home from school. These programs mostly attempt to teach youngsters about the dangers of premature sex and illegal drug use. These programs also tend to make kids and adults feel guilty about sexual feelings and perpetuate erectile disfuntion and other sexual problems which ultimatelly manifest into lower self-esteem and other psychological disorders.
2. The act of using a mind altering substance immediatly after a long day at work or school.


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- There is no control over search engine optimization configurations on Web pages — e.g., you can't define the title tags or meta descriptions. You , however, do this on course landing pages, which is possibly more important for the typical edupreneur.
- Thinkific lacks the abundance of plug-ins along with the broad network of experienced contractors that are available to encourage platforms such as WordPress.
In spite of these Limitations, Site Builder is very likely to do the job well for many edupreneurs and is a bit better than what most online class platforms provide.
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To start with, the Platform provides a range of pre-configured templates that can be quite useful to track builders looking for help with how to organize their content. The templates cover the assortment of standard scenarios you'd be prone to consider for supplying an educational product. These are:
- Blank — Start new and build your own course to meet your particular curriculum needs.
- Mini-course — Utilize a low-cost or free mini-course to create prospects for a complete flagship course or service.
- Flagship Course — Construct a complete online course employing a robust curriculum outline made with best practices in mind.
- Pre-sell — Produce a pre-sell landing page and start constructing a waitlist to judge interest on your program.
- Digital Download — Host downloadable documents in an online course to generate earnings or collect email addresses.
- Membership Resource Library — Host downloadable tools to be included in a membership bundle for this template.
- Webinar Replay — Host your webinar replay video to allow registrants to assess your presentation and provide.
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If you have zero Experience working with Internet content, there will inevitably be a small learning curve, but my opinion is that Thinkific has done a good job making that curve as manageable as possible. Invest in making your way up it, and you will reap the benefits.
And You're Already comfortable with other Internet content programs — such as, for a different program platform, WordPress or instance — I believe that you will find working in Thinkific for a breeze.
Overall Of putting together a course at Thinkific makes sense in my perspective. After choosing"New Course," choosing your course type, naming it (which you can change at any point), and saving it, you add"Chapters" (or change ones already in the template) to produce the structure of the course. As noted above, if you don't like the term"Chapters," you can change it to anything you prefer.
You fill the Chapters with content in a way similar to the way I described using Site Builder over. There are 11 choices:
- Video classes — Upload a movie file. (This gets stored in a movie library for re-use in different courses. Videos stored in this library are protected from access by anyone who isn't a registered user of your site.)
- Quiz lessons — Create a quiz for your students. (More information on quizzes below)
- Multimedia classes — This is a way to link out to articles not hosted on Thinkific and also make it an integrated part of your program. Some of the possibilities include:
- Webinar tools (supply the URL to a live Zoom session, for example)
- Surveys (e.g. Typeform)
- Appointment booking tools (e.g. Calendly)
- Presentations (e.g. Prezi)
- Google Docs
- Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate files (Requires Professional or Enterprise license. More on this below)
- Text lessons — Combine text, images, videos, etc. into a single lesson. This is essentially the equivalent to"Text & Media" Website Builder alternative discussed previously.
- Survey lessons — Collect by building a short survey in Thinkific.
- PDF classes.
- Disqus classes — Add Disqus discussion boards into your course. (Note: there's also a discussion option built into Thinkific that you can turn off or on beneath Support Your Students > Discussions.)
- Audio classes — Upload an audio file.
- Downloads — Include resources available for downloading from inside the course participant.
- Demo lessons — Upload a demonstration as a PDF document and record audio for each slide.
- Lessons — Contain a Brillium exam on your course. (A Brillium permit is separate from Thinkific and starts at $49 a month. More on this below.)
The above options Will get the job completed for all but the edupreneurs. The primary places they fall short is in
- Providing for branching scenarios — i.e., allowing learners to move down different paths based on their performances in the course or information you gather about them — and
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Use of Articulate and Captivate in Thinkific
Many course Creators will be perfectly content with using the resources in Thinkific to create classes, but some may prefer the option of producing their courses with third party e-learning course creation software such as Articulate Storyline or even Adobe Captivate.
Basically, using a Third-party tool is an option to seriously consider if you (a) already have a significant number of courses built out in one of these tools (in which you case you probably don't want to have to re-create them using Thinkific course creation tools), or (b) you expect developing a significant catalogue of courses with a comparatively long"shelf life" — in which case you might not wish your courses locked to a particular shipping stage.
These can be used by you Kinds of tools with Thinkific — Articulate Storyline and Captivate are supported — but there are a few limitations you should be aware of if you go this path.
First, Thinkific (like all other platforms in its own class) hasn't implemented SCORM, which stands to the Shareable Content Object Reference Model. There's a lot to SCORM, but the main thing for edupreneurs to know is that it provides standards for how an internet course can communicate using a learning platform to deliver it information like how long a student has spent in a course, or whether particular areas of the course have been finished successfully. Thinkific tracks this type of information. (More about SCORM here.)
Secondly, you cannot Import an Articulate or Captivate course into Thinkific all on your own. These courses are made up of over one file (like, for example, a video file), and to get them inside the platform, you have to zip up the files and send them into Thinkific customer support.
The Features and How They Benefit You
A great Online course building platform offers the features you want from start to finish to you. Including the marketing, the training course building, the promotion, and also also the teacher/student management.
Systems like Thinkific do not host courses . Your articles is actually hosted with Thinkific (so you do not need to go out and find your own hosting,) but it still gives you total control on what your website looks like.
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Excellent Student Management and Communication Modules
During my Thinkific review, I noticed the smoothness of the pupil communication tools. It's a visual student management area, together with images of your students, titles, contact information, and information for how far they're on your course.
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Incentives are Also a part of this learning environment since Thinkific offers completion certificates, report cards, and of course, the emails for sending out just about whatever you want throughout courses.
In addition to Infinite replays of language controls, course material, students, and cellular optimisation working with the Thinkific platform should feel.
A Mostly Drag and Drop Editor for Quick Course Design
Section of this Motive Thinkific looks so great compared to the competition is that of its course designer. In case you don't need to, you don't need to mess with any code.
In Reality, all of Your content is organized using an easy drag and drop editor, in which you stack the class content and move it around .
Speaking of Content, Thinkific supports uploads of almost all media types. From PDFs to audio files, and polls to quizzes, the platform is great for offering up a wide assortment of learning tools for the students.
As we mentioned Before, every one of these documents are hosted on the Thinkific servers. You should not have to worry running on your own servers that are shared or being too big.
When you personalize Your course site it features some handy editing tools for the beginners out there. You can correct items such as colour schemes banners, and logos, without touching any code.
However, the further Advanced developers have complete control over the HTML and CSS. So, if you would like to make your site unique, the alternative is there for you.
Promotions on Autopilot
Some online course Platforms fail in the promotions arena. This is unfortunate since there's no way unless people understand that your path exists to start making money.
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Furthermore, you Have the ability and send out emails that are automatic based on a program. Pricing can be also done through Thinkific, along with the choice to become paid instantly when somebody signs up on your course.
In Terms of becoming It is tried by people beyond your website to come out, Thinkific includes an affiliate marketing program to benefit bloggers. Coupons can also be provided through Thinkific, giving a opportunity convince newcomers that your course is worth investing in and to create ads to you.
Everything from Vouchers to affiliates is monitored in the dashboard, and you can also link your Adwords, Facebook, and other social accounts where students are coming from to determine.
Handling, Engaging, and Supporting Students
Aside from Enabling you to deliver your classes, one of the reasons for using a online course platform is that it makes tracking and handling your customers and their data a lot more easy.
Communicating with Learners
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As already noted, For instance, you can empower discussion to your classes and manage your pupils contributions under Service Your Students Discussions, where you can sort discussions by course, respond to students, and — if desired –"Disapprove" contributions which you don't want to show up in the program. (Note: Enabling talks is now a nothing choice in Thinkific — i.e., either all courses have it or no classes have it. The workaround for this is to utilize the Disqus alternative on a course-by-course basis.)
You can also Allow your student. Then you have the ability to approve these testimonials (they are not published automatically) and use them as social evidence on your earnings page for the course. Unlike talks, this attribute can be enabled on a course-by-course basis.
There are Numerous notifications that could be enabled or disabled at the Thinkific platform, some of which can be customized. You can send a message if they register for your site to pupils, enroll in a specific course, or complete a course. You can also send out weekly reminder messages. (Note: Reminders are site-wide, not course-specific.)
Managing and Organizing Learners
To Begin with, When an individual signs up at your site, Thinkific captures all of their key contact information (e.g., first name, last name, email ) and using custom sign-up fields (under Preferences > Orders & accounts) you can easily add fields to capture whatever specific information you desire from your users. (Notice that, unlike programs such as Udemy, you get full access to the user information you collect.)
You can also Organize users. This simple feature can have a big effect on your business model by making it possible for you to market classes in bulk one of the best ways for course vendors to drive revenue growth that is significant .
Using classes Can also arrange your students by business, or cohort, time, enrollment, job-type, or other variables, making it feasible to monitor the efficacy of your own offerings with each group and to refine your marketing. (Note: use of the Groups feature requires a Pro plan license with the Growth Add-on.) Find out more about the Thinkific Groups functionality Buy Woocommerce Based Solutions For Sell Online Courses
Tracking and Reporting
A key motive to Have a specialized online class platform — to posting articles supporting a password on a Web site, instead, by way of example — is it will monitor quiz and survey information as well as things like course progress and completion.
Thinkific's Progress tracking (under Support Your Students > Progress) enables you to pick a particular student and track a number of variables for each course in which the student is registered. For each course you may see:
- Percentage of Course of Viewed
- Percentage of Course Completed
- Student Name
- Student Email
- Course Completed at (date)
- Course Started at (date)
- Course Activated at (date)
- Last sign in (date)
- Company
I like this you May also choose to reset a student's completion percentage at any moment, for instance, if you are adding new lessons.
Overall, the Course reporting is fairly basic, but I guess it will serve the demands of the huge majority of course entrepreneurs.
Contrary to the Program Reporting, the quiz and survey reporting is exported to a .CSV file (instead of displayed on screen) and emailed to you. The .csv document includes the answers from all students who've taken a questionnaire a quiz email address, together with their title, and if they shot it. For quizzes, in addition, it provides the amount and percent of questions the student got correct.
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What Thinkific is currently Missing
Anyone who has Been operating in the e-learning sector for the last few years (as I have) will understand that Thinkific provides a remarkable selection of features at a really affordable price. It wasn't long ago that a system with these capacities may have easily cost tens of thousands of dollars.
With that in mind, It is really hard to assert that Thinkific is"missing" much. Nonetheless, there are gaps which can rule out it and these tend to be. The main ones I see are:
No support for xAPI/TinCan or SCORM
As mentioned previously, While Thinkific may host and deliver courses created in shared authoring tools such as Articulate and Captivate, it does not really take advantage of the SCORM (or xAPI/TInCan) packaging capacities of these programs. In case you have a robust and valid reason for using one of the major e-learning standards, Thinkific would not be the thing to do.
As I Are areas that, for the most part, are not served well by platforms which are in Thinkific's course. To acquire a platform which supports all three generally means a price point three to four times greater than Thinkific — and it could go far from there up. Be sure these truly are openings for you before judgment out Thinkific.
No continuing education credit capabilities
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No multi-tenancy option
Multi-tenancy Means that you can create and manage a number of instances of a platform. This can be handy if you're a training company that has many clients and those clients want their branded example of the platform for managing and serving their own customers. While the Group functionality in Thinkific makes you part of the way there, it is not the exact same thing as multi-tenancy.
Although I To discover an internet course platform which has hidden charges, Thinkific advertises that it too has no hidden charges or contracts. That is good to know, but nothing special.
However, Thinkific Does offer a plan for people who wish to test out the stage but not get bogged down by limitations. In theory, it makes it possible to start building a student base without having to pay a dime and launch your shop. If you give a whirl to one of the more advanced plans there's also a free trial.
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Business — For $99 per month you receive the attributes from all previous plans, no transaction fees, completion certificates, personal and concealed classes, website white labeling, a host storyline, intermediate Zapier, webhooks, three-course admin accounts, innovative HTML/CSS editing, priority support, teacher payout coverage, an onboarding call, payment strategies, and a direct Infusionsoft integration.
Advanced — For $279 a month you receive all features from prior programs, no transaction fees, a single sign-on (SSO), three site admin accounts, 10-course admin accounts, an onboarding professional, onboarding bundle, public API, innovative integrations, and innovative Zapier.
Thinkific has some Advantages to its pricing design. Not only can you begin your course for free (something that's not offered with competitors like Teachable,) but the additional three programs are broken down into a reasonable manner.
After all Most probably don't need API accessibility until you really start getting advanced with your course selling.
I would not mind Seeing the HTML editing and the completion certificates but $99 per month still isn't that bad.
As you can see, The trade prices are 10% to the program that is free. That is high, but it creates an atmosphere for anyone with low quantity or people who do not have the capital. You can reduce that trade fee once you get started making money.
Finally, you can Also save money. The snowball strategy goes down to $39 a month if you cover it all upfront. The company program is $79 per month and the Advanced plan is 219. This makes the pricing plans rather similar to Teachable.
I will finish this Thinkific review at which I started: this is. Hopefully it is clear by now that it supplies your edupreneur to be supported by a full range of the most essential characteristics in selling classes.
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Introduction: Creating a Knife From a Lawnmower Blade
The shop I work at recently got a whole bunch of lawn mower blades so I have been trying to find things to make them into. One of the things that occurred to me was if lawn mower blades are strong enough to hit a rock then they might be a good candidate to make knives.
In addition to the instructions on making the knife I will include an explanation on how I replicate the knife design. (I ended up making 4 of the same ones)
These steps are not exhaustive and assume the maker has experience with some basic metal working tools.
Tools used
-Plasma Cutter
-Angle Grinder (with different grit flap disks)
-Bench Grinder
-Die Grinder
-Knife Template
-Lawn Mower Blade
Step 1: Safety
Remember when working with power tools to use the proper safety equipment.
In this case it would include:
Safety Glasses
Respirator (remember grinding disks are putting many nasty things in the air)
Gloves (although not necessary and not for use when working at a forge I like to use a good pair of leather gloves to lessen the vibrations when I am working with grinders.)
Step 2: Making/Tracing the Pattern
If you do not have a knife already created that you wanted to replicate then you need to design a knife outline.
To get an idea of what kind of designs work I would suggest first cutting different patterns out of cardboard and seeing how they fit in your hand. Then when you have prototype you like then you can transfer this by simply laying your template on the lawnmower blade and moving it until it fits. Now just trace your template with a sharpie and you are set to cut it.
Step 3: Cutting the Pattern
Now that you have the outline of the knife the next step is to cut it out.
I did this with a plasma cutter but there are other options for cutting it.....(Oxy Torch, Metal Saws)
This is where the process become more difficult. If you are not completely comfortable with the plasma cutter it is better to run some practice cuts on the ends of the material to get a feel for how the thick lawn mower blade cuts. When you are ready cut out the blade along the lines as smoothly as possible.
Remember the better your cut is the less grinding you have to do later!
In the final photo you can see how rough my cut was compared to the finished blade. (I should have practiced the next one I did was much smoother) The rest of the steps will be refining this blade to its final shape.
Step 4: Refining
So now we have the rough cut blade and need to refine it to its final shape. Its also during this step that we will grind the blade to clean steel.
To refine the blade place the template back on top of the blade and darken the areas that still need to be cut. Now you have an idea of what still needs to be ground away. To grind back the edges I prefer the bench grinder, it cuts fast and removes material on edge accurately.
This does not require a lot of precision but make sure not to cut too far!
Now using the angle grinder and either a flap disk or debris/paint removal disk get rid of the junk and paint to expose the bare metal. At this point the knife should look very close to the template. Remove any more material to get the exact shape desired. If nessary trace the outline off of the template again.
Now on to cutting an edge...
Step 5: Cutting an Edge
Now that the shaping is finished an edge needs to be ground onto the knife. The best way to do this is a combination of angle and bench grinder.
At this point the goal is a light touch. If to much pressure is applied or the angle is wrong the edge can quickly become ruined. Take your time and line up the angle and run the grinder along the length of the blade slowly and lightly taking extra care where the blade comes to a point..
If you have not done this kind of grinding before it would be a good plan to practice on scrap first. It will save trouble down the road.
Put the final edge on using a fine sanding disk. At the same time run around the edges of the blade to put a smoother edge on the areas you were grinding to shape.
The last step is finishing the surface of the blade.
Step 6: Finishing the Blade and Final Thoughts
The finishing process can be achieved in many ways. I chose a rough finish for my knives with a melted beeswax coating. I could have worked my way through slowly increasing grits and polishing compounds to achieve a mirror finish but I was not interested in that look.
This blade was not forged or tempered. It is durable but will not hold an edge as well as a tempered knife.
I constructed this knife at Combat Ready Arts in Kalamazoo MI
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This is a really cool design, but a shame it isn't heat treated. Here is how you can do it with a propane torch and a kitchen thermometer:
1) Heat the metal red-orange hot, until a magnet won't stick to it.
2) Quench it in some oil (including corn/canola) that is at about 280F.
3) Polish it to bright metal so you can see the colors.
4) Heat the spine (not the edge) of the blade with the torch.
5) As you heat, watch for the cutting edge to heat up to a straw-yellow, almost purple color. The spine should be a darker blue.
6) When you get to straw yellow, quench it in oil again.
7) Polish and sharpen.
There are other ways to accomplish this, but this is a basic DIY that I've tried and works.
a easy trick to get a good harden steal edge is to weld it with some chromium steel rods on the edge and temper it once you have the shape you want a solid bead will last a long time just my 2 cents
All lawn mower blades I know are mild steel, in order to diminish the risk of it breaks. Hence, the edge never will be a well sharp one. I reinforced the edge of mine with hard steel to avoid sharpening it so frequently.
I have been doing some research into lawn mower blades and it seems that they are made of tons of different kinds of steel. I ran across this forum where no one could decide what the majority of lawnmower blades are made of. I am going to put a nice edge on mine and see how it holds up, that should help me figure out what kind of steel I am working with.
Forum I was talking about URL: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/657675-lawn-mower-blade-steel
Well, while I was writing my comment I thought that possibility. I can't say I know the matter, I have seen only some blades, but all of them was mild steel. They lose the sharp edge very easily.
Very nice! I had to reharden my blade i made out of garden shears. I did it in a BBQ pit after grilling some steaks...quenched it in some cooking oil, so it would have that carboned finish.
I like what you have done here....
EXCELLENT! THANKS! (yes! I had to shout that!)
Lawn mower blades are never a tempered steel, because of risk of fracture caused by accidental rock that may hit it. If you want some good knife steel you want to use old lumber bandsaw blades, they are durable, but will also hold an edge much better than a lawn mower blade.
I have heard about those band saw blades working well. I just need to get my hands on some....
I did try tempering one of the blades I made a discovered that the lawn mower steel tempers much harder than mild steel.
That's a nice "fantasy" shape, but it doesn't look comfortable to hold - maybe wrap the handle end in strips of leather?
Its actually surprisingly comfortable, but I am designing a handle and sheath for it. Probably made of wood and leather.
Cool - next instructable?
yep probably in a week or so