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Last summer I wrote an article about the value of association membership. My point was that associations support you, your business and its bottom line. The main example I gave was the Risky Clauses program, a joint endeavor of MCABC and ECABC (Electrical Contractors Association of BC). I wrote of the program's purpose: To provide members with an inventory of legally reviewed risky contract language that the trades often encounter these days. I highlighted the fact that resources like this program become the reason our members support the association with their membership dues.
Today I direct some praise to a sister association – BCCA (BC Construction Association) – and its efforts to combat the same issues through project alert notices recently issued on BC Housing projects tendered in Prince George. We keep BC Housing contracts in the Risky Clauses library for the very same reason BCCA felt it necessary to issue these alerts: BC Housing seems to have strayed from its guiding principles and founding policy requirements provided by BC Capital Asset Management Framework (CAMF), and produced tendering terms that place severe conditions on bidders. BCCA issued alerts on two BC Housing projects in February which include details of variations to accepted policy and practice.
Part of the role of associations is to hold government and its agencies to account and to provide them with guidance to set and adhere to generally accepted practices. The fundamental principle at stake is fairness. Whether it is BCCA challenging tendering terms or the Risky Clauses oversight committee vetting sub-contract agreements between general contractors and trades, the objective is the same: to create a place where risk and responsibility are fairly distributed, in order that the client – the purchaser – can take delivery of a structure built to specified standards at a fair market price without overburdening any of the contracting partners with unfair risk.
Regarding the BC Housing projects in Prince George, BCCA met with the key procurement folks at BC Housing about these alerts. Apparently, BC Housing resisted a suggestion to engage an independent third-party expert to work on their procurement conditions. However, the parties have begun a review and hope to meet soon to discuss their findings. The reaction of local general contractors to the alerts has been to NOT bid on BC Housing projects given the conditions of the bid documents. Needless to say, contractors were pleased with the alerts.
With such similar objectives, there is an opportunity here for BCCA, MCABC, ECA, and others impacted by BC Housing projects to leverage their collective strength and collaborate in order to solve an industry problem.
Meanwhile, our Risky Clauses program continues to collect, review and provide legal interpretations of contracts to help our trades contractors administer their contract documents. Use of the program is increasing as demonstrated by some recent statistics below:
- Last 90 days – Total page views: 171
- January 2019 page views: 145
- Total downloads of contracts and appendices since documents were made available: 295
Stay vigilant – the contracts you sign depend on it.
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Has helped raise more than $500 million in private equity funds within Riley portfolio companies since co-founding Riley Exploration in 2007. Served as CFO of Riley Exploration Group from its inception in 2012 until mid-2015, acquiring a majority equity interest in Cinco Resources.
Entrée to the industry: Entered oil and gas as a business operations manager with Tuleta Energy Partners; sold the company to a publicly traded energy company, yielding a 4:1 ROI for shareholders.
True grit: Consistently inspired by Riley Exploration's persevering and cohesive management team. "Historically, there is an overture of grit and determination that is synonymous with our industry. I see this play out with our team every day."
Proudest achievement: Motivated by Tuleta's 2004 acquisition of the OSR Halliday Field in Madison, Texas, from Forest Oil. Transaction laid the foundation for Riley Exploration. "For me, every aspect was a new and exciting experience as I was cutting my teeth in the industry."
Personal and professional: Works positively and effectively alongside father, brother and some of his closest friends despite disagreements over the years. "There have been many great family and friends moments that have taught me that relationships can come first, and you can still be successful in business."
Pioneering pattern: Always aspired to start a company; has been "fortunate enough to have achieved this more than once and am currently on the third iteration of Riley Exploration. Along with good fortune, I believe a critical factor has been having an entrepreneurial spirit that is supported by a strong technical team."
Now and then: Short-term goals include leading the company's focus around Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale assets and becoming the lowest cost producer possible. Long term, plans to "introduce and successfully lead Riley Exploration to become a publicly traded company."


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Just after writing last time, I had the friendliest welcoming to date. Another cyclist, Jeff, had told me where to find the "Buga Embassy," but he just said to go to a certain gas station – "they'll know what to do." So I felt a bit silly as I rolled up, but a knowing smile came over the bomberos face. Soon a couple kids came along to lead me to a nearby house. I was ushered inside, shown to a bedroom, and given a towel and soap. Refreshed (and I had been dirty, even for me, on this trip), I went back downstairs. In addition to taking in all the backpackers and bikers they can find, the family runs a restaurant, so I was inundated with delicious food for the duration of my stay. More and more family showed up, and a bottle of alcohol distilled from the ubiquitous caña was produced. They're used to meeting travellers, so unlike usually I was immediately accepted for what I am and not treated like an interesting but alien outsider. They were all lovely and amazing, and it was hard to resist their entreaties to stay longer. But I'd told another cyclist, Steve, that I'd meet him in Cali the next day, so I was resolute. I put off leaving as long as possible, then cruised to Cali in record time, powered by their last minute gift of a giant chocolate bar.
Steve is an Englishman who has been living in Cali for ten years and planning a long bike trip even longer. He stumbled on the blog some months ago, and it happens the timing worked out perfectly, as he was leaving on a trial run. I spent the night at his house in Cali (two beds in two nights!) then rode out with him in the morning. He had no tent, and planned on covering less ground than I, so we rode together for the day then split up in Mondomo, as he headed into town to find a room and I headed out of town to finda spot to camp. From there I rode to Popayan, the White City. I very much wanted to split from the main route, but the FARC had been acting up in recent days, and I'd received numerous warnings. So I asked at the bus terminal – the buses were still running, so I figured it was safe enough for me. That night I was rescued by yet another angel from camping in a bad neighborhood, given a place to camp, coffee that was grown, dried, roasted, and brewed within 20 feet of where I slept, dinner, breakfast, and a warm sendoff in the morning. Then off to adventure!
It started off as a gentle climb along a river that dwindled to a stream as the pavement petered out. Then a stiff climb brought me to the paramo – the high, cold, treeless Andean plain. I hit 11,500 feet, the highest I've been yet. On a clear day, this probably would have been my favorite day of the trip; with the wind and the cold and the view-obstructing clouds it was still up there. I went some 5 hours between towns – when I finally arrived my hands were so cold I couldn't peel my gloves off. Half the soup would spill from the spoon between the bowl and my mouth, and the way I had to resort to clutching the cutlery to cut my slice of meat would have made my father shudder. Or just remind him of watching James eat.
I was told summer was just 10 km farther along the road, but I couldn't face more riding in that cold, so I got a room at a nearby residencia, crawled under the seven blankets, and shivered myself warm. (This is very typical of Colombia – as I travel the climate changes daily with the altitude, and a change in season is often a half hour's ride away. Invierno, winter, refers not to a period of the year, but rather cold and rainy weather.) Sure enough, it was warm by 9 the next morning, when I arrived in San Jose de Isnos. I spent a couple days riding around, exploring the ancient ruins of San Agustin. Lots of well-preserved and quirky funerary statues, but I enjoyed biking through the beautiful countryside separating the various sites more than following the tourist herd among the tombs.
From San Agustin to the jungles of Mocoa, the doorway to the Amazon. When I arrived, I learned that the road on to Pasto was blocked by a massive landslide, so I spent a couple days exploring nearby waterfalls of crystal clear and gloriously cold water. Then I had the opportunity to camp on an indigenous reserve and take part in a yagé or ayahuasca ceremony. I'd heard a lot about this plant on the trip. It is cited by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon as the source for their encyclpaedic knowledge of the medicinal properties of countless plants, and as such is regarded as sacred. It produces vomiting and leads to visions – calling them ´hallucinations´ suggests they aren't real. I asked Christian, a 12-year-old member of the tribe who has been participating in the ceremonies since he was 7, what he had learned. "I've learned to respect myself and believe in myself, and love and understand others." So it was to be with me. I spent the day harvesting yagé (which has to undergo a lengthy process to yield the final concoction), then napped to ready myself for the 11 pm ceremony. The yagé was a thick sludge, tasting a bit like Marmite – everyone else had a hard time getting it down. After half an hour, the vomiting set in, though I was uneffected. Well, uneffected by nausea. I abruptly lost touch with reality, as my mind went swirling through unchartered territory. I could see but could make no sense of what I saw – an attempt to check the time, or to see my watch, proved abortive. I was truly terrified and believed that death was forthcoming. (As it happens, yagé's effect is due to DMT, the compund released by your brain when you dream and immediately before dying.) but gradually a great feeling of peace set in, a firm belief that everything happens as it should. First, this made me come to terms with my imminent demise, bus as I calmed I realized that I wasn't going to die. What followed was an incredibly beautiful experience – I felt much more a part of nature and of humanity, as well as a deep sense that everything was right with my life. It's very hard to put into words what I came away with, but it was definitely a mind-opening experience.
After several days in Mocoa, I learned that motos were crossing the landslide, so I set out to try my luck. I loved my jungle getaway, but as always I felt the urge to move on. It rained hard the day I set out, and I was detained for a couple hours by police who said the way was blocked by a river. Eventually, they admitted I could probably get through, they just wanted to talk to me. And I was none to keen to get back to biking in the rain. When I got to the river (10 km and 2 hours up an extremely rocky road) I spent an embarrassingly long time hemming and hawing on the bank. A couple feet in it was 15″ already, but I knew motos had gotten through. I finally worked up the nerve and crossed, it never got any deeper. After that, there were countless more river crossings, but as I got higher they dwindled in size so I could (gingerly) bike across. I arrived at the top, at a mirador with amazing views back down to Mocoa and out across the endless plains of Amazonia, just as they received news that the road was opened again. The villagers were abuzz with excitement as they gathered to watch the train of trucks crawl along far below. it had been closed for 15 days and now the floodgates were open. I was selfishly disapointed – it had been great to have the road to myself.
From there, I had to contend with an extremely bumpy descent, another pass, and non-stop rain. Who knew Colombia could be so cold? Then I arrived at the blissfully flat and beautiful Valley of Sibundoy, and the town of Santiago at the foot of another monster climb. There I was accosted by two drunks on a moto. One was trying to convince me that Colombia is a beautiful country filled with wonderful and hard-working people (not that I needed the convincing). He gave me a nice wooden rosary as a keepsake, and bade me take that message back to my country. Meanwhile, the other was trying to convince me to pay him off, as I was illegally crossing indigenous land. He claimed to be an authority, and said I would be held 15 days in custody if he gave the word. It was quite comic – they both agreed with everything the other said as they pursued very different agendas. Finally I separated myself and rode out of town. But they caught me up once more on the outskirts of town. More to the point this time, the second one assumed a goos imitation of a policeman's stance and demanded, "Papeles! (Papers!)" At this point I was fed up and looking to find a place to camp, so I refused and kept biking. The shocked, crest-fallen look on his face when he realized I wasn't falling for his ruse was priceless. As I biked away, he bawled, "Patrulla, patrulla," summoning an imaginary patrol to stop me. Drunken but endearing fool.
Today, I had a beautiful ride, twice crossing 11,000 foot passes and stretches of páramo, before dropping into the (relatively) warm valley of the Rio Pasto. Here I have high hopes of sleeping at the local firehouse and going to the theater to watch the new Batman movie.
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Meti, who also captured the title in 2006 and 2016, beat South African Chloe Garner with a 313 yard (286 metre) effort in the final in Oklahoma.
Meti also beat Garner in a dramatic showdown in 2016 when she won with her last eligible drive of the match.
Meti was just 19 when she won the title for the first time in 2006 and in the 12 years since has also pursued a career on Tour.
But her prodigious hitting has always been the strength of her game and in 2016 she returned to the World Long Drive circuit and claimed her second belt.
She and Garner are among the format's most consistent performers and it was no surprise to see them duel for the title this year.
Meti joins Sandra Carlborg (five) and Stacey Shinnick (three) as the only players to capture the belt three or more times.
LPGA Tour player Emily Tubert, who made headlines last month when she won the first World Long Drive event she entered, made it to the semi-finals in Oklahoma but lost to Garner who produced a 319 yard effort to Tubert's 305 yard shot.
@PhillisMeti becomes the 3rd woman in history to win 3 or more #Volvik @WorldLongDrive Championships! pic.twitter.com/w7UFQ8QYW3— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) September 6, 2018
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YOUAccess is a fund that supports youth-led organizations to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Global South. Adolescent and youth participation is critical to improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes and realizing global initiatives such as Family Planning 2020 (FP2020)—in particular, goals and commitments that relate specifically to adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH). To support the achievement of FP2020 country commitments, PAI will support youth-led organizations to hold their governments accountable for youth and adolescent-related FP2020 commitments. PAI is seeking proposals from youth-led organizations and coalitions in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Nepal to identify advocacy activities to hold their government accountable. Organizations that are not youth-led but that have youth and adolescent work that is led by a youth or adolescent employee will also be considered.
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"So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king's table. And he was lame in both his feet." 2 Samuel 9:13
Whew! King David could finally catch his breath. He survived the attacks of the lion and the bear. He won the dust-up against Goliath. He managed to outmaneuver the murderous persistence of King Saul. He tight-roped through one adventure and misadventure after another. David prevailed in battles and more battles. He deeply grieved the loss of Jonathan, his BFF, the son of King Saul. He witnessed intrigue, betrayal and murder within his administration. But finally, "David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people." (2 Sam 8:15)
Now David said, "Is there still anyone who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?" (2 Sam 9:1) Upon investigation, the king found a son of Jonathan in Lo Debar. His name was Mephibosheth, who was lame in his feet. A brief look into his back-story revealed when this young man was five years old news of Saul and Jonathan's death came, and his nurse picked him up and fled. But she dropped the boy, and he became lame in both feet. She took flight to protect the child because she thought the new king – David – would seek to kill him. (2 Sam 4:4)
For the same reason, Mephibosheth had remained in hiding for years. Now Mephibosheth had to appear before the great King of Israel, no doubt sure of his imminent demise. He lay prostrate, trembling in fear. So David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually." (9:7) The lame man then asked the mighty king before him, "Why should you look upon such a dead dog as I?"
Our pastor reminds us when reading scripture to identify the author and audience, and the overview and background of the text. We also must adhere to contextual accuracy and proper exegesis. He will often encourage us to inquire as to why God included a particular portion or verse or even a word within His great revelation to us. "Why is this here?" he asks.
When I inject "Why is this here?" to this story, one answer is it's historical. There is a lot of history incorporated in the Bible's pages. God wants us to know certain events on His timeline. Another would be this episode gives evidence to the kind of heart David possessed. Remember "I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will." (Acts 13:22; cf. 1 Sam 13:13-14) That is quite a compliment, and a characteristic we should all seek to emulate. God is saying in this story of David and Mephibosheth; this is a picture of My Grace, My Heart.
Might there possibly be another portrait here? Are we not Mephibosheth? Lame from the Fall, hiding from the King; sought out by Him, found by Him. Provided with a continual place at His table, not because of anything we have done for Him, but because of what He has done for us in the Son. Will we accept His generous offer? Those who do are seated as sons and daughters at the King's table. We have access to the King and fellowship with the King now and forever.
Mephibosheth asked, "Why should you look upon such a dead dog as I?" Perhaps we are most like Mephibosheth right there. Nevertheless, the King pulls out a chair for us. I marvel at that. I just marvel.


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The next TT will arrive first as a coupe sometime in 2014, with a convertible following a year after.
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Ducks or Beavers? All Welcome at McMenamins East 19th Street Café
This Friday, 11/29/13, the Civil War between the Ducks and the Beavers rages ever onward, with fur and feathers flying.*
Although it was first played in 1894, it isn't officially the 119th annual event – there were several years during which the game wasn't played at all and two years in which the game was played twice. Games have ended in joyful parades and have ended in violent riots. It is a longstanding rivalry, with victory changing hands time and time again through the decades.
At McMenamins East 19th Street Café in Eugene, Ore., there is a message for all who pass through its doors, be ye a Duck or be ye a Beaver…. Maybe you've noticed it or maybe you've passed right on by, en route to get your passport stamped or have a beer. It's worth a moment to stop and have a look.
* I have no horse in this race between ducks and beavers. All reports are 100% without bias.Read More
Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla [a.k.a. Rudy Valentino]
We are well into the 100 Nights at the Crystal Ballroom, leading up to its 100th birthday on January 21, 2014. Until then, the joint will be lit up with nightly entertainment, from national acts to the return of longtime Portland favorites, from showcases of up-and-comers to themed events inspired by the Crystal's past.
We're taking a look back at some of the acts to have come through this gorgeous space. For example, this gorgeous man – Rudolph Valentino, the 1920s silent film star who was one of the biggest box-office draws after WWI, with such motion pictures as The Sheik, Blood and Sand and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Read More
New Artwork at Oregon City
The building that today houses McMenamins Oregon City was constructed in 1930 as the parish hall for the town's pioneering 1851 St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Years of church functions, wedding receptions and community events still resonate here. Meanwhile, the lots surrounding St. Paul's property became populated with a diverse assortment of neighbors – the Oregon City Brewery, the Clackamas County Courthouse, the Liberty Theater, along with the constant waterlife playing out just down the bank to the north, where the Willamette River flows.
It was an adventureland for children, and in the 1930s, the five Mockford kids – whose father, the Rev. A.J. Mockford, was rector for St. Paul's – enjoyed the spectacle, curiosities and attractions of their surroundings. Many of their recollections, and in particular, those of eldest sibling Stuart Mockford, are depicted in the artwork that adorns the walls of their old parish hall. In 1994, McMenamins initiated a new chapter, by transforming the longtime church building into the Oregon City Pub, while nurturing its tradition of being a place for special gatherings and an observation point for life as it flows around us.Read More
Connections to the Kennedys
This Friday, November 22, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Today, we recall our connections to the Kennedy family.
Maurine Brown Neuberger (left) was born and raised in Wilsonville, Oregon. She married Richard Neuberger, who became a U.S. Senator from Oregon. When Richard died while in office, Maurine finished out his term and then was re-elected, serving for much of the 1960s, during which time she came to know and work with JFK. She was the fourth woman elected to the U.S. Senate, and to date, she is the only woman elected to the Senate from Oregon. You can learn more about Maurine Neuberger in some wonderful artwork at the Wilsonville Pub.Read More
Bali Ram
History isn't all about black-and-white photos, old-timey characters and buildings long since gone. Sometimes you can discover history simply by talking to the people around you.
Read to the very end, to learn the incredible McMenamins connection here….
This is Bali Ram, a world-renowned classical Indian dancer. Born in Nepal in 1935, Ram today calls Bend, Ore., his home. Over the course of his lengthy career as a dancer, he has performed for kings and princes, presidents and emperors, celebrities and artists.
As a child in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, Ram was found to have an innate sense of rhythm, so he was sent to a rigorous dance academy in New Delhi, India. He trained for hours on end. He became highly skilled at this intricate form of dance in which the slightest movement has great meaning.Read More


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Many Beavers Still Locked Under Ice
Although there have been sightings of beavers this spring, precious few beaver ponds have openings or ice thin enough for beavers to break through in order to procure fresh food. This photograph was taken one year ago, and one can only hope, for the beavers' sake as well as our own, that temperatures rise soon. The winter supply of food beavers store under the ice in the fall may well be as low as many people's wood piles are this spring, in which case, many beavers' lives depend on the ice thinning soon.
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Let's go break some ice!
March 26, 2014 at 11:45 am
In our area, the sides of the lakes/ponds melt first, I guess because of their contact with the dark shore. I'm hoping they can get out at the edges long before the deep ice is gone. On the lake right near my house they have somehow gotten through the ice right in their food storage area. Maybe they gnaw from below, or the bubbles from their breath create a thinner ice zone? Anyhow, though the lake ice where we are is more than a foot thick, the beavers are out.
March 26, 2014 at 11:55 am
A new beaver lodge I have been watching all winter had two chewed ice holes in the stream bed leaving the lodge. Flattened tracks from each hole led directly to high bush blueberries 35 feet from the water. This poor hungry fellow had dragged fresh-cut brush back to his stream and submerged it in the opening! As I approached the site yesterday, a turkey vulture was perched on a nearby snag, causing me momentary alarm, fearing that the beaver had met a predator during his daring, nighttime sojourn for food!
March 26, 2014 at 6:29 pm
dear Mary Holland, I am concerned because a beaver lodge, which was downstream behind my house for several years and where I saw (and swam with) some beaver offspring, has disappeared completely. As thick ice floes were thrown up on the bank where it used to be, I assume the flooding/ice has destroyed it. Can beavers create a new lodge during winter, or could they survive without their lodge? I have seen fresh signs of beavers along the stream (gnawed-down saplings). hope you are well, best, Leslie English
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Rudy Gelnett Passes Away at 95 -leaves over $6M to his community
Dec 10, 2010 02:36PM
By Erica Shames
If it's as lucky as Selinsgrove, every small town in America has one - a man or woman, a long-time citizen, who becomes part of the very fabric of the community. Their knowledge, their caring, their interest, is what makes the small town truly a community.
Francis Rine "Rudy" Gelnett was just that person for Selinsgrove, a Central Pennsylvania town of about 5,000 souls hard by the Susquehanna River. There's hardly any who remembers Selinsgrove without Rudy. His vast knowledge of the town and its citizenry was nonpareil, and he shared it willingly with those on historical quests.
Rudy's early life was difficult. He was born on September 12, 1915, to Ella and Francis Gelnett. Rudy hardly knew his father, Francis, who died in his mid- 20s in the 1918 influenza pandemic. The senior Gelnett left Rudy, an infant son, an older son, and a pregnant wife in her mid-20s—with an uncertain future. Thanks to the support of his maternal grandmother, the proverbial wolf was kept away from the door. His mother not only had to endure the loss of her husband, the son born after his father's death lived only a few weeks. The other brother died of pneumonia while still a child.
Rudy (still known as Francis) did well in school. Like many youngsters of his era, he was given piano lessons. He took only a few. Unlike many who simply stopped, Rudy progressed as a self-taught musician. Confirming your faithful correspondent's theory that "you either have the music gene or you don't," Rudy also taught himself the guitar, banjo, and several brass instruments. Music would become a major part of his life.
Well-rounded, Rudy took part in debating and athletics. He lettered multiple times in basketball and track & field. In track & field—long before the slingshot fiberglass poles—Rudy cleared over 12', when the world record was under 14'. He continued pole vaulting at Susquehanna University, where he matriculated in 1933. So highly thought of was Rudy at SU that he was elected class president multiple times, student body president, fraternity president, and editor of the college newspaper.
Continuing his musical proclivity (he had formed an orchestra while still in high school) he organized Rudy Gelnett & His Collegians. By then, he was known to most as "Rudy." Like many I assumed, since his middle initial was R that his middle name was Rudolph, or something close. Not so. While in high school, Rudy—like much of the rest of the nation—was taken by crooner Rudy Vallee. He raved about Vallee to the extent that people started calling him Rudy. It stayed with him the rest of his life.
He was very proud of the fact that in the summers of 1936 and 1937 his "combo" was the first Pennsylvania college band to play on trans-Atlantic liners, the H.M.S Georgic and U.S.S. Aquitania—"we played two sets a day, over and back, both times."
After graduation, he taught in the Union City schools, near Erie, PA. While there, he played in area bands—"usually rhythm guitar, some piano."
World War II came along and found Rudy as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He trained in England as a communications officer on a beach landing craft (LST). In the summer of 1944, he landed on the south of France. It was a combat zone, but Rudy always downplayed the situation. However, anytime Nazi troops are shooting at you, it is serious. He was also "called back" during the Korean War for a total of seven years active duty— and remained in the naval reserves.
In 1947—after taking a master's from Bucknell, Rudy secured a position teaching business subjects at Shillington High, near Reading, PA. It was here that one of his students was a young man with a knack for cartooning—John Updike, later a writer of the stature of Hemmingway, Fitzgerald, O'Hara, and Roth. With the dry sense of humor that endeared Rudy to all of us, he would say— hand to his mouth, head turned to the side—"I taught Updike writing; TYPEwriting, that is." Rudy and Updike continued a life-long friendship. Updike always made sure Rudy attended reunions of the Shillington Class of '50.
He retired from teaching in 1959 and devoted fulltime to his orchestra, which seemingly played somewhere every night of the week—Penn State, Bucknell, and Susquehanna proms and fraternity parties, high school proms, country club dances, weekends at fraternal organizations and veterans posts—anywhere there was a call for good, danceable music. He played solo piano at Susquehanna Homecoming and Alumni Day luncheons for fortysomething consecutive years.
Rudy and his sturdy Columbia bicycle, which he continued to ride until a few weeks before his death, were ubiquitous in town. In fact, because of his generosity toward the community, there is talk of having it "bronzed" to be displayed at "the commons." A fitting and welldeserved tribute…
Rudy never married, probably at the insistence of his mother. But he did have a companion for more than 30 years, and they traveled extensively. He and Mona saw much of the world—British Isles, continental Europe, South America, Hawaii, and many of the "lower 48."
When he moved to Grayson View assisted living facility a few years ago, he played piano every evening— more than 800 consecutive. For many residents, it was the best hour of their day. His repertoire was endless. This is attested to by the notebook fellow Grayson View resident Carolyn Burns kept of the songs he played nightly. There was page-after-page of song titles. And seldom was there a "repeat." Carolyn especially enjoyed "The Red River Valley," a request she made occasionally. Rudy, nor anyone else, knew the significance of the cowboy opus until Carolyn's passing, when it was revealed that for Carolyn and Bob it was "our song."
Rudy's effect on and legacy to Selinsgrove will be long remembered—as it should be.
God speed, old friend!
- by Jim Campbell, December 8th, 2010, courtesy of www.tinytowngazette.com
Jim Campbell can be reached for comment at cmpbellj@ bucknell.edu.


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France Telecom (FT) board member Olaf Swantee is quoted as saying the telecoms behemoth will look to secure more mobile network sharing deals in 2011. The Paris-based group concluded a major deal with Deutsche Telekom last September to merge their respective UK networks in a plan designed to shave EUR4 billion (USD5.5 billion) off their network maintenance and admin costs. 'In 2011, I expect us to start new network share programmes outside … the UK,' Swantee said yesterday in London.
TeleGeography's GlobalComms Database writes that in October this year Everything Everywhere (EE), the joint venture between Orange UK and T-Mobile UK, announced that it had opened access to their respective networks to customers of either operator. The previous month EE revealed it would allow Orange and T-Mobile customers to roam without additional charges on each other's networks. The company also announced at the time that it will undertake an advertising campaign costing around USD6.38 million to inform customers of both Orange and T-Mobile that the roaming option is available to them.


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NYC Green Drinks is the largest of 488 chapters in the world, with a mailing list of over 12,000 people! As part of my writing the fist Green Drinks blog entry, I was compelled to find out how it all began.
Margaret Lydecker, the driving force of this incredible networking group, moved to NYC on September 9, 2001- two days before 9/11. After a six year stint in San Francisco (the city she had arrived to via a very green 4500 mile bike ride from her home in the east coast), Margaret had acquired a degree in environmental law from Vermont Law School and was then ready to be a city dweller.
"It was a sad time post 9/11. I was depressed, jobless and looking to connect with environmentally-minded people" Margaret told me as she explained that her next step was an appointment with a life coach who suggested she network with women. "But I felt that I couldn't relate to traditional business women. I wanted to meet like minded people with the conscience of a social slant- people who cared about something beyond themselves."
Margaret then started "The Green Mixer" (which was in concept with Green Drinks). "I thought… there has to be someone else doing this out there, somewhere" she said. Her search online led to Green Drinks in London. Edwin Dashefski talked to Margaret about Green Drinks as an easy, organic, self -organizing network. So seven years ago, Margaret launched Green Drinks NYC! Over these years, she worked to encourage scores of people to join the network with the belief that "if they care about the environment, it is important for them to congregate and be able to have a dialog- in a fun setting."
On April 14, Green Drinks was at the gorgeous Hiro Ballroom. Each month, Green Drinks has various Green folks pitch 2 ½ minute shpiels to inform all those who attend about their organization, business or project. This month they were [insert individuals' names + their organization or business name + phrase summarizing pitch + their website. Example: Marielle Anzelone, botanist and founder of Wildflower Week spoke about this series of free events May 2-9, celebrating the importance of native local plants. nycwildflowerweek.org]
After these announcements I wanted to get a scope of the evening's guests, and proceeded to my Greenradar powers lead the way.
First random guest: Gavin – BINGO!!
Title/Work: Climate Scientist at N.A.S.A. and adjunct faculty at Colombia
Green Drinks attendance: 3rd visit
What brought him to Green Drinks: "It's nice to meet people that share your interests. And, it's not the worst thing in the world to show off a bit."
Fun facts about Gavin: On April 15th he launched a book that he collaborated on called "[I'll email you the book's name]". It's a group effort between scientists and photographers capturing the scientific process that looks at how the earth's climate is changing. Photographs from the book may be seen at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 42nd St. and 8th Avenue. Gavin was also a consultant for the Climate Change exhibit that's on at the Natural History Museum 10/08-8/09.
Second Random Guest: Yale Klatt
Title/Work: Practices environmental law for the government
Green Drinks attendance: 5th visit
What brought him to Green Drinks: "I'm personally interested in the environment and don't get to play an advocacy role at work. So Green Drinks gives me a chance to become involved in my personal life. It's my time to vent! I like interacting with different people who have professions concerning the environment. They give you a pulse of environmental ventures and how people are able to incorporate environmental ideals into their professions.
Third random guest: Anita Dawn Fee
Title/Work: Corporate Partnership Developer, Workforce Development CAMBA
Green Drinks attendance: First visit
What brought her to Green Drinks: "I have always considered myself an environmentalist, so I've wanted to go to Green Drinks for a while. I went to this particular event because I have been researching the green energy sector, and I have been looking for companies who would like to partner with my organization, CAMBA, which provides free recruitment and prescreening, customized training, and retention services for employers. It was a great way to meet so many people from various walks of life who shared green interests.
Constructive criticism: Some Green food at Green Drinks might be nice.
There were so many interesting visitors at Green Drinks on April 14- I couldn't possibly describe them all. My favorite was a woman who works at a large hospital in Manhattan. A Green architect friend had invited her to the event. She was quite disgruntled about the hospital not recycling!
View Pictures from that event here : http://jonvachon.smugmug.com/Greendrinksnyc/Hiro-Room/7092621_pQyXK#454641060_6D3en
Now with our new blog, you can us know about your experience at Green Drinks! We welcome your thoughts.
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Last week, our sixth grade classes were able to attend the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens to go over some of the rules and regulations associated with tennis and the U.S. Open. Many of these rules will be incorporated into the students' upcoming Physical Education unit…BADMINTON!
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L. Mahadevan and Harvard colleagues have used 3D printing to replicate a folding human brain. The goal is to understand how brain folds are related to disease. While many molecular processes determine cellular events, the study shows that what ultimately causes the brain to fold is a mechanical instability associated with buckling.
A 3D gel model of a smooth fetal brain was created based on MRI images. To mimic cortical expansion, the gel brain was immersed in a solvent that is absorbed by the outer layer, causing it to swell relative to the deeper regions. The resulting compression led to the formation of folds similar in size and shape to real brains.
In humans, folding begins in fetal brains at the 20th week of gestation, and is completed at a year and a half. The number, size, shape and position of neuronal cells during brain growth lead to the expansion of the cortex (gray matter), relative to the underlying white matter. The scientists said that this puts the cortex under compression, leading to a mechanical instability that causes it to crease locally. They believe that if a part of the brain does not grow properly, or if the global geometry is disrupted, the major folds may not be in the right place, which may cause dysfunction.
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The chief executive of Swiss-Anglo mining giant Xstrata Coal has weighed into the carbon tax debate, urging the Federal Government to begin negotiations.
Peter Freyberg has called on the Federal Government to initiate a proper consultation process on how a price on carbon dioxide emissions would be administered.
"There are certain principles we need to think around in terms of whether carbon should be priced and how it is priced in term of how a scheme is introduced and so forth," he told reporters.
"One of the issues we have a problem with is uncertainty.
"That uncertainty actually does effect investment decisions.
"So we would like the debate to start so that we can move forward."
The statement echoes the sentiments of both Coal and Allied and BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers, who recently said a price on carbon should be part of any response to climate change.
However, not all miners are in agreement.
Macarthur Coal chairman Keith DeLacy told ABC TV that most of the industry did not share Kloppers' opinions.
"[It is] a pretty lonely view in the resources industry," he said.
"We have got one percent of world emissions – the rest of the world could not care less what Australia did.
"Why would we be committing economic suicide in Australia when it is not going to help the rest of the world?
"Most of us cannot see why we would have a carbon tax in Australia in advance of the rest of the world.
"In fact, there's a good argument to say that it would actually increase global emissions."
He qualified these remarks by saying although he would find a carbon tax easier to support than the Emissions Trading Scheme, he wanted "whole of the world working together on this" first.


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Story Prompt: It sounded like violin music, and it was coming from the basement…
Tamoor's Story (451 words)
It sounded like violin music, and it was coming from the basement. Susan wrinkled her brow and spoke from the page
"Oh, so you want me to go to the basement, obviously so you can slowly build atmosphere, as you slowly reveal the dark secrets in the dreary basement, why is it always the basement with you people?"
The omniscient narrator is stunned yet his fingers keep tapping.
"Now look here you. I am not going in that bloody basement you hear me?"
The narrator pauses for a second ………………
This character is becoming a bit of an issue, she should move on my orders like the obedient pawns in a chess game.
"Hey, I want out of this story or novel or whatever you're trying to write."
The narrator does not speak, he can do whatever he wants there is no need to discuss anything with his creation, and she can't do anything without my consent. I created her, I created this world.
"You are missing some details in the kitchen though, you have the basic structures right , cabinets , appliances. But see the cabinets are empty , there is nothing in there , of course not the kind of detail anyone wants, but still you should at least think about me after all I have to live in this world , a bit of detail wouldn't go amiss."
Should she use that word? thought the narrator. She was supposed to be a high school dropout turned Midwestern house wife. She's getting out of hand. There is only one way of this world for her, for anyone really. She must be killed.
"What! You bloody bastard!"
There was a knock at the door; Susan felt a powerful urge to answer it
"Oh no, I do not; don't think I don't know what you're doing."
The door was knocked down and in came this creature with tentacles for a face and legs the size of boulders……
"That's Cthulu , what is he doing in this story, could you at least kill me with something more original?"
"That's it; I'm out of this hackneyed nonsense."
Wait Susan, you can't go, this is my world, mine, mine, mine…………..
Susan began to walk out of the door as the details fell away, the streets, lamp posts and the dogs on the side walk. They all slowly disappeared. Hey I can narrate my own tale. Susan realized. She was surrounded on all sides by the void. A blank page for her story, a new beginning to write her own destiny and she sat down in the place with no up, down, beginning, middle or end and though
This is a good place to start
My Story (498 words):
It sounded like violin music, and it was coming from the basement.
Eric thudded on the floor of the living room with his heel, then yelled "Shut up down there!"
The music stopped. Then after a while, it started again, quieter this time and sadder. Not that Eric had much of an ear for that kind of music. Grumbling, he glanced up at the clock. Time to go give the Thing its food.
He thudded down the stairs to the basement. Balancing the tray in one hand, he reached out to flip the switch for the bulb hanging from the basement ceiling. The tray had some grubby fruits. Not much but enough for the Thing to get by. It was only a matter of two more days…that was all the allowance he was going to give the fans of the Thing and it's grubby friend James to collect the ransom.
Light flooded the dark space, illuminating badly-stacked boxes and broken-down equipment. Dust particles slowly swirled in the yellow glow. The music was drifting from a dim corner, where a dark shape was huddled. It shifted and extended itself, coming into the light. The music stopped as it stretched it legs and stood up, as far as the restraints would allow it.
The Old Green Grasshopper blinked carefully in the light. His monocle was shattered, but the eyes that focused on Eric still shone with intelligence. With a soft sound he murmured, "Please let me go."
Eric grunted, gave no reply. He put the food on the floor and then slid the tray closer to the Grasshopper. A look of disdain passed over the green face, but then, as if realizing the severity of his situation, was replaced by resignation.
"How much longer are you going to keep me here?"
"Until your so-called friends cough up. Then I'll drive you out and release you. Pretty sure you can make your own way home."
"My friends don't have that kind of money."
Eric snorted. "The boy with the world famous peach, all those other giant bugs he calls his friends getting coverage and book releases and being paid to be studied and everything? And isn't one of your friends the owner of that nationwide shoe store? And isn't the City paying another to be Lady Liberty's torchlight? And you tell me they don't have money?"
"Please, just let me go."
Eric looked at the Thing with growing revulsion. It shouldn't even exist. It was a giant bug. An abomination. His hands itched to get the gun and just shoot it.
"You better hope they have the money, bud. Because if they don't, there's only one thing I can do. And I'd be pretty happy to do it too."
The coldness of his words and tone chilled the Grasshopper to the bone. Eric turned and went back up the basement stairs, closing the light and locking the door behind him, leaving the Grasshopper alone with his thoughts in the dusty darkness.
Some Points: my story is a fan fiction and uses characters from the children's book James and the Giant Peach, so if you haven't read the original I suggest you check out this so you can make sense of it. Tamoor's once again taken a very unique take on the topic and I absolutely love it ❤ coincidentally he borrowed a character too (from the great Lovecraft) but only briefly while mine was more central to the post.


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Background Course From Scratch Teachable
Making Cash with hobbies such as gardening, writing, Fitness, and artwork are not in the cards. You gather a online course to teach people all about it, unless of course. This Teachable review outlines one of the more impressive choices for presenting your classes for developing a site that is beautiful, from video classes to PDF training. Course From Scratch Teachable
We have taken a look Teachable's main Competitors: Udemy and Uscreen. Both of those mentioned have their pros and cons, but it's time to summarize Teachable, another company. Teachable has fantastic customization tools site interfaces, marketing choices and analytics.
Teachable's online class production module supplies Security and Hosting you need, from quizzes to blogs and discussion forums to movie courses. So read on to have a look at our comprehensive Teachable review and see whether it is the right online course builder for you.
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What's Teachable?
For those who are familiar with this stage, Teachable is an online course platform or Learning Management System (LMS). Why do you need one of these? Because they simplify the online course development and launch process worry about the engineering and design aspects. Yep, no need to worry over using WordPress and plugins for your classes.
I will not go on and on. I'll just say this: there are just A few LMS platforms I urge for online entrepreneurs, and Teachable is just one of them. Here is my breakdown:
Which Teachable Capabilities Stand Out?
Taking a look at the user layouts that are present, it is Evident that Teachable is doing something right. In addition to that, the pricing appears solid. So what are a few of the principal features you can look forward to?
Teachable's Drop and Drag Builder
Drag and drop builders are getting better and Better, and if you examine the user designs from Teachable it's clear they have done a good job in that region. Not every Teachable user has lots of knowledge in web development, and that's sort of the point.
You can move around courses, arrange pricing Packages, shed text and vision on the site, and immediately develop earnings pages (which we'll talk about below).
You have The choice to upload lecture and media files (such as sound and PDFs) straight from the PC.
What's also fascinating is that you can work with The course pages to be added by your website on the market. Or, you can begin a site with a special domain name by starting from scratch Teachable. Course From Scratch Teachable
Advanced edits
Among the advantages of Teachable is you simply Don't need to be a coder or programmer market and to make courses online. It enables you upload your content, to start with a template, and begin making money as long as your classes are great.
However, it makes sense that some people and Organizations might want to customization the Teachable interface. This would allow you to move around more advanced elements like button positioning, picture size, and the overall branding of your website.
Teachable has something called a Power Editor, Which provides more sophisticated users the opportunity to tap into the code and create those customizations if needed.
Upload a Variety of Files
Teachable supports the Vast Majority of files you Need for a decent online program. Including sound, picture, video, text, and PDFs. You can pull your content from a wide variety of resources like Google Drive or Dropbox, syncing your storage up spots with the web site.
Learning and Community Tools Like Forums, Websites, and Quizzes
The quizzes are there to provide information for Your users. I have not ever taken a course online where I haven't been excited to check my knowledge at the end. Teachable also offers a forum and website for your site, turning it into more of a neighborhood than anything. Should you nurture this community you're more inclined to find some VIP customers who urge you to other men and women.
Some of those Teachable plans provide Course completion certificates. This leads to the sense of community and provides pupils a feeling of accomplishment when they finish one of your classes. You can achieve this for all your courses or just a few of them. It allows you to customize each of the certifications and add your own personal flair to every and every one. Course From Scratch Teachable
Sales Pages
Landing pages are often crucial for promoting courses. The sales pages are designed by you, then buy some ads linking to these on Facebook and Google. Clients are more inclined to buy from sales pages, and you do not confuse people by sending them to the standard homepage.
In Teachable, sales pages have been provided for you. All of the templates have been analyzed to improve your conversions, therefore all you need to do is go in there and personalize the template to fit your own brand and courses.
What's also cool is that these earnings pages (and all Of the pages on your site) can be converted into a vast array of languages. This way, international clients have the opportunity to check out your courses and potentially sign up. It's not a promise that these people are going to have the ability to comprehend your videos, however, the text-based translations would permit you to open up your business to people all over the world.
Responsiveness for Viewing on All Devices
This ties to the design component of Teachable. In summary, Google wants to be certain your site is visible and user friendly all devices, from desktop computers to smaller smartphones and tablets. Therefore, you want to ensure that the text and media are viewable on these devices without any issues.
Your Teachable content snaps into Place dependent on the device detected. Consequently, if your student is viewing your lectures on a phone, they can see everything in the ideal dimensions. The exact same is said for computers and pills.
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Student Management
One of the more difficult parts of conducting an internet Students are being managed by course, making sure they take the classes, and giving them the assistance they need.
One Means to Do this is with the pupil feedback module in Teachable. Essentially, it allows you to create things like polls, Google Forms, and other feedback tools to get information from the students and determine what they dislike or what they'd like to see later on.
Teachable's service integrations help out with Student direction too. You can link to tools like Zendesk and Olark, recalling past conversations that you've had with pupils and bringing all sorts of alternatives for collecting customer information to you. Course From Scratch Teachable
Finally, student list segmentation is given to improve On your promotion and student-relationships. In short, the segmentation module has options for sending out targeted emails based on certain criteria. As an example, you may send a email when a pupil enrolls in your course . Or, you might think about having a code redemption for those students who haven't bought one of your courses.
Impressive Marketing Characteristics from Teachable
You don't always see marketing features with online Course production platforms. However, Teachable has coupons, promotions, affiliate programs, email marketing and more.
You can also play around with pricing Options, with alternatives like payment programs, bundled subscriptions, and classes.
Customer Support
As you may have noticed at the pricing strategy area, Each plan has product support. The Professional and High Volume Plans provide priority product service, so I'm assuming when calling the corporation, you get bumped to the front of the line.
As for the Way of contact, Teachable provides a Live chat on the site along with a ticketing system for you to submit your queries. But they route you through the knowledge base until you send a message to them.
Teachable also offers a site with tips and Weekly live assignments for learning and an academy filled with classes and tutorials similar to the ones that you're trying to create and sell, Tips!
Overall, Teachable's support alternatives look great. It would be nice to see some phone support, but that doesn't appear to be in the cards. Course From Scratch Teachable
What I Enjoy
- Teachable is easy to use – that I will not deny itTeachable is pretty darn simple to use. Sign up, create a class that is new and upload your articles. Done.
- Teachable is focused on helping you build your new – Teachable isn't just setup that will assist you produce a program, it encourages you to build a school filled with classes. They would like you create courses part of your business model and to be effective.
- Teachable is designed for entrepreneurs – When you start working with Teachable, you realize that they know their audience very well. They are aware you don't just require a solution for constructing your course, you need assistance with marketing and selling your course. And they've built in features with your requirements in mind.
- Lots of built in advertising and sales tools – Earnings webpages. Promo videos. Plus webinars and articles .
- Flexible pricing alternatives – Multi-tier pricing, recurring subscriptions, bundle classes, and coupon/ promo codes
- Great alternative for free classes – They have a free plan. So if your classes are free, it will not cost you a dime.
Areas for Improvement
- Can Not Drip Content – This is really a characteristic a great deal of entrepreneurs use. It has to be an alternative.
- Course Builder is Unintuitive – The section of the course builder in which you produce your structure and content is called a Syllabus. Apart from being a misnomer, the Syllabus is simply not intuitive. You need to click around to find out things. To add content, you click "New Lecture," if you are adding a lecture. . .or even a discussion, or even a quiz . This can be confusing and unintuitive. It would be make more sense to have a dropdown with options to add activities, quizzes, jobs, etc..
- Lack of Focus on Learning Elements – I'd like to see more than just media, text and very basic quizzes. For example, synchronous workshops or office hours live,. Or the ability to express learning goals. How about projects or course portfolios? All of these are attributes that other platforms have.
- Integrations -There aren't enough of these. This is an area they must work on, although they've got the basics covered, for sure. At the moment, there are only six native integrations. For everything else, they all rely on Zapier. For example, want to incorporate the platform? If you don't utilize Mailchimp, you're out of luck. . .unless Zapier is used by you. I would specifically like to view integrations with Google and Dropbox Drive.
- Navigation menu – It seems weird. A sub-menu overlays the navigation menu when you click like Site or Courses. I'd much rather see a menu or drop down, such as in WordPress.
As you can see, most of the regions of progress have to do with learning elements. That's my biggest gripe with Teachable: you get the bare bones. You understand that they've put nearly all of the job after doing some digging.
One of the parts of Teachable is that you simply Do not need to go out to get and pay for your hosting. It's all included in the pricing package, which is nice for keeping up your website constantly and fast for users.
However, the best part is the amount of Classes and students encouraged by Teachable. It seems like more often than never stumble until you pay more money upon services which have maximums for courses and pupils. That is NOT the case with Teachable–since you can have boundless students and courses for many programs. Course From Scratch Teachable
In Terms of the pricing, here is what Teachable provides:
Basic — $29 per month for all base features, 5% transaction fees, immediate payouts, two admin customers, product service, course founder training, custom domain service, voucher codes, trickle class content, incorporated affiliate advertising, integrated email promotion, and third party integrations.
Professional — $79 per month to get everything in the Basic program, instant payouts, five admin customers, priority product support, graded quizzes, advanced theme customization, advanced reports, Teachable branding eliminated, and course completion certificates.
Business — $399 per month to get everything from the past two programs, no transaction fees, immediate payouts, 100 admin customers, priority product support, manual pupil importing, bulk pupil enrollments, customized user roles.
The reason I like this pricing plan set up Is because it allows you to test your classes out using the Basic Plan. The 5% transaction fees are not ideal, but you receive 95 percent of everything comes in to the classes.
Lately payouts have been added to all of Without having to wait for a few weeks or a month the plans you get your cash upfront.
Basic features:
We said that all base attributes are contained in The Basic program, so it makes sense to outline what some of those attributes are:
No fees should you give away courses for free.
Fundamental quizzes to test your students.
Discussion forums for developing a community around your classes on Teachable.
Student management applications.
A integrated payment processing system to collect all payments safely.
Teachable provides nlimited hosting, students, courses, and video. Course From Scratch Teachable
A few notes on pricing:
Within my Teachable review, I discovered that Teachable doesn't charge any setup fees or cancellation charges. This usually means that for is the program and transaction fees that are whatever you might be incurring. It's also wise to keep in mind that there are likely to additional transaction fees for payment processing, and this all depends on which option you go with.
There isn't a free trial, however you can configure an Accounts and play around with all the Teachable backend for as long as you want. Since it allows you to construct your course site and comprehend how it's going to function prior to launch in my eyes, this is much better than a free trial. Teachable then begins charging your credit card once you start the website.
The pricing programs are based On yearly payments. So, you need to pay to have that special pricing. Paying month-to-month for Teachable means that your monthly pricing will increase. If you don't pay for a year in advance, As an example, the Basic plan goes up to $39 a month.
Who Should Consider Teachable as a Means to Make Money on the Web?
Teachable is Fantastic for YouTubers, bloggers, Publishers, market experts, authors, and a whole lot more. My Teachable review revealed that as long as you have some sort of skill you can sell courses teaching that ability on Teachable.
You can try out Teachable without Punching so that is cool for people that are thinking about making classes. However, there's no reason to pay for a plan until you've got any of your courses made.
The sky's the limit, As soon as a program is made by you. I'd Recommend trying to get from Teachable's Fundamental Plan as you can take advantage of the zero transaction fees.
Any type of class can go on Teachable. For Example, Teachable supports everything to web designers from YouTubers to artists and writers. Course From Scratch Teachable
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