I still remember the days of traditional media, when a lot of money is spent to gain popularity through billboards and TV advertising.
At the time, you have to pay through your nose.
But it's a different story today. Social media has changed everything, and small businesses have been placed on the same pedestal as the big companies.
As a small business owner, you don't have to run helter skelter looking for thousands of dollars – before you can reach the target audience with your offers. There's no need for that again.
The need to build a strong brand has drifted from traditional to social media. It's high time you capitalize on this new trend.
Well, your ideal customers live there presently. They don't just live there, they're active social media users, and making purchases as they interact on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and more.
You've got to reach your ideal customers wherever they are.
Social media has become the main driver of internet activities and every online business revolves around it. Therefore, it's important to learn how you can grow your brand through it.
If millions people are active on Facebook alone, then there's no doubt that social media has become the fulcrum of digital marketing.
According to Mashable, social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites.
In a nutshell, it's the process of using social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more to promote your brand and increase revenue.
When you start generating traffic from social media sites, you can redirect the leads into your funnel and build relationship with them.
Apart from generating leads, you can use social media for several other objectives. For example, Cadbury's leveraged its Facebook page to gain 40,000 new fans and 350,000 motivated people who participated in its campaign.
L'Oreal uses social media for recruitment purposes, and got 153 applicants.
As you know, if your customers don't come in contact with your products and services, they will never have interest in it. Or do you expect your customers to fall for a brand they no nothing about?
Did you know that out of 2.4 billion people accessing the internet, 74% of them use social media networking sites?
You can build online community by capitalizing on social media networks. With this community, more people can become aware of your products.
So many brands have benefitted from social media marketing. For example, Tchibo company invested in social media and had 1.3 times ROI.
Do you really need social media to grow your small business?
The ideal customers you're looking for are already interacting with their friends, colleagues, and family members on social media sites.
According to Cloudswave, almost 50% Facebook users are friends with their parents.
When it comes to social media marketing, remember that your audience wants to be entertained and engaged.
Social media gives you direct access and communication with these potential customers to grow your brand with little cost.
Social Media is the fastest way to create awareness. It's only through social media that a post can go viral within minutes, with no restrictions.
You have to leverage on the benefits of social media to grow your brand. If you neglect it, I guess you're still comfortable where you are, and you will still remain there much longer until you change.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could predict your small business' social media success?
As it is with financial matters, so it is with social media marketing and building an online business in general.
Through marketing automation, you can collect user data and use them to make smart decisions. Truly, automation is almost everything these days.
Funny enough, 54% of big brands surveyed by KiteWheel in 2014 said they would like to detect and reply automatically to consumers on social media, while 34% are currently working to automate their social media.
As a marketer who wants to generate quality leads, you need to measure and understand your key performance indicators (KPIs).
As you collect intelligent user data, you're well-positioned to improve and effectively manage your social media campaigns online.
Striving to collect and analyze data manually is almost impossible these days. I said "almost" because it can be done. But you don't want to waste your precious time cutting an iron with a wooden saw.
The good news is, there are specific tools for measuring social media performance. In particular, Twitter has a lot of analytics tools.
Twitter Archivist is an analytics tool that helps track a hashtag campaign, monitor your brand on Twitter, capture a tweet during conferences, concerts or sports events, and more.
On the dashboard, you'll see the statistics of Twitter followers per week, and those who unfollowed your brand. You also get to see tags that people are reacting to and why. Isn't that wonderful?
Twitter Archivist allows beginners understand what's really engaging followers, particularly on Twitter.
Learning how social users behave is critical to your success. If you're going to reap the rewards of social media for your small business, then you must not ignore these user behavioral data.
For one, the data you collect and use when people like your page on Facebook is something to shout about.
For example, users submit their full names, locations, likes and dislikes, academic status, and more.
These are vital information; which in turn becomes an an asset for marketers to use in reaching and engaging potential customers. The more engagement you create, the more customers you'll send to your business.
You can actually acquire paying customers from social media. Several case studies have proven this to be true. Social media networks aren't for meeting people and leaving them the way you met them. Far from it.
According to HubSpot, 67% of B2C companies have acquiring a customer through Facebook.
What differentiates traditional media from social media is the ability that businesses have to use customer's data to reach and communicate with them in a language they understand, rather than using billboards, TV commercials, Radio jingles, and more to advertise. Social media marketing pulls people in, traditional media interrupts and has the tendency of annoying viewers.
With powerful tools like Twitter Archivist, you get insights into users' behaviors, their level of passion on your brand, mode of interaction, and the potentials that these users will become influencers in the nearest future.
There's no alternative to knowing your audience. Science and Technology can't replace it. Ideally, define your audience by gender, age, interest, profession, and so forth.
Conduct exclusive research to know your audience's pain points. And device means to solve their problems in an interesting manner. Remember, it's still "social" media.
If you want to drive targeted traffic and acquire customers through social media marketing, you need to eliminate uncertainty.
Once you've identified a group of ideal customers on social media networks, you're ready to take the plunge and adopt them. To successfully seal the deal, you've got to ensure that you eliminate every trace of uncertainty from your buyer's mind. How?
Anyways, the simple way to do it is by answering their questions. There are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that you should answer about your brand, culture, products, team, and everything in between.
In a recent post that appeared on The New York Times, the author Mark Cohen shared an inspiring case study of how Marcus Sheridan, founder of River Pools and Spas spent $250,000 a year on radio, Television, and pay per click advertising – but got no tangible results to show for it.
But it didn't end there. Because when Sheridan started answering prospect's questions via his blog, social media channels, and other platforms, his company's revenue went through the roof.
Interestingly, a single blog post he wrote that answered an important question netted the company a $2,000,000 contract.
Note that you can answer questions, not only on Twitter or Facebook, but also on your own website.
Most ecommerce websites have a FAQs section on their websites. It usually appears at the top-level navigation, where site users and customers can easily find it.
All the questions that you'll ever ask when planning to use Shopify shopping cart software has been answered.
When you click on any of the topics, you'll find an answer to the question of how to use shopify (e.g., for Reports and analytics, Payment settings).
The last time I checked, my question was clearly answered, and I browsed the knowledge base hoping to find a bunch of other questions I didn't even know I had.
One of the major reasons why knowing your audience is an all-important social media strategy is because it helps you during segmentation. And of course, it's a lot easier to segment email subscribers than Twitter followers.
That means you should endeavor to send your social media fans to your landing page. Once you've them on your email list, you can start building relationship with them.
So why do you need to segment your audience?
It's because sending the same content to every email subscriber is a mistake of the century. But sending custom content based on subscriber history, persona, stage of the buying cycle, and purchase history will get you more conversions.
Why would people follow you on Twitter or like your Facebook page?
Do you've the expert power to prove your expertise, help others, and more importantly, stay humble?
Are you sure you're an expert in your field? If you claim you're, then you need to show it – and not necessarily talk about it.
You can to prove your expertise, especially if you're new to your niche. Doing this will give ideal customers a firm grip of your brand and they'll go the extra mile with you.
Following you on Twitter is just a small part of what credibility can give to you.
In case you're not aware, your audience likes to associate with unique and famous brands.
Additionally, post free and helpful content that answers people's questions. This would inspire more people to follow you. Who doesn't want to associate with a marketer or brand that can solve their problems?
Coin a content that will be celebrated and shared. Why the celebration?
Your content should be engaging and entertaining. Do not bore your followers with generic content. Create variety of content to lure Twitter users.
Give away valuable freebies like, ebooks, software, apps…, with these, you are motivating users to follow you, stick to your brand and refer others.
i). Create compelling Twitter description: How do you recognise a good description? It's got to have the target keyword and power words in it. When people visit your Twitter page, they should know what you're all about.
Since the goal is to attract the right followers, mention the keyword that you're after and if possible the group of people that will benefit from it. Also, keep your description simple and clear.
ii). Use hashtags approach: You simply have to subscribe to a few relevant hashtags. This enables you to find the right people to follow, and those who will follow you.
You'll notice that some influencers – Twitter users who get retweeted a lot and cover similar topics will likely follow you and amplify your reach.
iii). Retweet useful posts: Social media marketing, especially on Twitter is all about reciprocating kind gestures. For example, if people follow you, you should follow them as well.
Retweeting useful and interesting posts can equally bring new followers to you.
How do you feel when someone retweets your content? You're excited right? Well, it's time to spread the news.
Deliberately find useful content and share it. Social media was created for this after all. The users you want to attract will notice you quickly and follow you.
Most brands are scared of retweeting their competitors, but you shouldn't be. In fact, you should do it more often. When sharing posts, be sure to @ mention the source of the content if it's not your own, it's the right thing to do and a good social strategy, too.
Once you've generated the followers, don't stop there. You've got to sustain them. To sustain customers, you must be good at what you do.
A lot of small businesses have benefitted from social media marketing. For example, Brafton used content and social media to build brand awareness for 200% more organic visits.
When the audience clicks "like" to follow you, they are expecting a lot of value from your brand. If you fail to deliver, they will opt out.
One statistics shows that 51% of social users sometimes get bored on social media after accessing their account.
To really excite your Twitter followers and build relationship with them. Learn to curate and share useful content. I'm talking about content you didn't create yourself.
When you visit industry blogs and discussion boards and find a helpful content, share it with your fans. They'll love it and deliberately choose to be with your brand.
The truth is, you don't want to communicate or share off-topic content.
That would drive your social media fans away. Yes, we're advised to niche down and focus on a particular group of market, and it's good.
But don't make the mistake of communicating with people when you have not listened to them.
Have you heard of the term "social listening" before?
Social listening, also referred to as media monitoring is the process of searching the web and social platforms to know what people are saying and how to get into the conversation.
You need to have an open mind if you truly want to know what's happening in the social space.
Yes, every feedback (whether positive or negative is important).
Sadly, most marketers were excited and happy to generate followers, but occasionally they get negative tweets from these followers – and this made them unhappy. They forget that over 80% of customers related tweets are negative.
And 93% of customers expect a response within an hour. Imagine the type of response they expect after leaving a negative tweet.
But as a small business owner, it's your responsibility to respond in a thoughtful manner nonetheless.
You should care about users and what they think of your brand.
Do you have a feedback channel or tool for monitoring what's going on with your brand; what people dislike about your product?
Or you just don't care?
Spend time listening to your followers. If you're too bored and irritated about complaint, you'll find it hard to make much progress via social media. Worse, it leads to epic social media fails.
What do you expect when your followers aren't satisfied?
The insights you'll gain from a customer's complaint and feedback are priceless. They are your tool for work, these information are your assets. If properly utilized, you will grow your small business faster.
i). Search for keywords your audience is using: Use Google Keywords Planner to know exactly what your target audience is entering into Google search, what they're interested in, and what they're complaining about.
When you don't research your keyword before writing, you will be like a medical doctor treating infertility on a patient with a bone fracture.
Compete tracked success story of marketers that listened, researched and were on track to get keywords that represents the customer's pain points.
Through content marketing, Compete recorded dramatic customer engagement – all because the social media team listened to the audience.
ii). Through conversation, get to know your customers pain: When you chat with your customers, enquire about their lives, businesses, and lifestyle. Interestingly, their responses will serve as clues of what you'll write next.
iii). Identify your key influencers and advocates: Encourage your key influencers by sharing their posts, retweeting their links, leaving a useful comment on their blogs and supporting them.
Reward your brand advocates with gifts, you'll build strong engagement at the end of day.
iv). Know where your social community is located: Whether they're on Twitter or Facebook you should know the particular social media channel that gets your ideal customers excited and interested.
v). Improve on your customer service: Be timely and polite in your response. Train your staff to be polite, too. Deliver on your promises. Don't be too hard to reach.
Because there are so much to do with little time, you need to develop the right plan for effective social media marketing. Do your small business this favor, so you don't get overwhelmed with the daily tasks ahead.
Tweeting alone is demanding. For example, Tristan Barnum went from 0 to 100 Twitter followers in just 7 days by tweeting no less than 11 times per day, not including stuff he's retweeting.
Don't just share posts on social media platforms anytime you like.
You'll never be effective that way.
Interestingly, you could use a social media strategy template.
It's simple. When you're armed with a social media strategy, you're ready to bridge the gap between where you currently are with your social media goals and where you want to be. With this strategy, you'll succeed.
You can use a template to develop a social media strategy. Of course, this will help you in social sharing and other activities.
Ideally, you need to respond to important questions in each step to establish what your core goals are, how you will achieve them, and how you will measure success.
Don't forget a particular task that you need to execute. Hence the need for planning.
For instance, you can tweet and retweet 3x per day, schedule the times for each tweet, to which category of your audience. To a large extent, the more tweets you send, the more engagement you'll create.
Schedule a single post for your different social media accounts, share links and "like" other people's links. Remember, it's a social network, you have to create time to socialise.
Create an action. Initiate conversation, ask trending questions, be controversial sometimes (but have a back up), engage your followers, comment on postings and lots more.
In social media, no room for idleness, everybody need to be busy.
Learn to appreciate users who share your posts and retweeted. They're the future of your digital marketing. Call them if possible, make them feel homely, so that they will do more.
Remember that traffic never happens except you work for it deliberately. You've to be on top of your game to grow your small business online presence.
If you want to drive visitors to your small business website, you can't continue with the free social media marketing strategy. Sure it works, but it can take years to produce enviable results.
You need paid social advertising. Why?
Because this ROI is encouraging. In fact, 96% of CMOs are beginning to look beyond sales goals and web metrics to identify the value of social marketing efforts.
At some point, you have to set some money aside for social media paid advertising.
If your brand hasn't gained much traction online, it doesn't matter how useful your product or service might be, the right people may not be interested.
You can set up a Facebook ads campaign and drive tens of thousands of visitors to your websites and make more money.
For example, Lange Financial Group spent $181.93 targeted content to local audience on Facebook and generated 594 people to their page.
Facebook advertising works if done correctly.
Navid Moazzez spent $4,159 on ads and generated $36,449 in revenue from his Virtual Summit Mastery course.
Are you taking advantage of social media PPC advertising?
Take for instance, Linkedin offers opportunities for small businesses to reach a specific audience and increase your brand visibility.
Don't ignore social media advertising. Use it now before the competition gets off the hook.
This should be on your to-do list as a small business owner.
We mentioned developing a social media strategy earlier. It's worth mentioning again because of its importance.
Social media plan is the step-by-step approach you take when developing a strategy. It shows you what comes first, and the sequence.
If you start integrating social media to grow your online presence, it might seem like a trial and error at first. Because you don't know what you stand to gain from it.
I mean, it's hard to predict what the future holds.
However, with a good strategy, though you may not predict accurately (and you're not required to) how much revenue you'll generate, but you surely will know that you can't fail. It'll only get better.
Sharpie, a permanent marketer company based in the US developed a social media strategy that puts spotlight on the customers.
This helped the company increase customer loyalty and retention. How does Sharpie achieve this?
By sharing samples of customer's artworks and featuring case studies.
You can use social media in virtually every aspect of your business. You can use it in marketing, sales, customer support, customer engagement and retention, and more.
A recent article that appeared on Forbes revealed that 78% of salespeople using social media sell more than others that aren't using it.
Of course, you don't expect to get overnight results with social media marketing. Smart marketers stick to it, and learn along the way.
The first time I dived into a swimming pool, I tried to imitate the professional swimmers there. I had never been to the swimming pool before, because I couldn't swim.
Funny enough, it appeared very easy until I made my way into the water, then I realized how difficult it's to float on the water without sinking. That was when I came to understand what differentiates a newbie, from an already practicing fellow.
That's just how it is with developing a good social media strategy.
Though you might have a clue on how to get there, but it would be perfect if you have a plan.
Because according to a Survey result by TMS, it was clear that corporate strategy (in this sense, plans that are no longer favorable to the company) contributed 45.41% to company failures.
If that's the case, then you can imagine how critical it would be to start social media marketing without a proper plan or no plan at all. That would be disaster.
Therefore, before you begin posting on Facebook, Twitter and so on, you need to have a plan of action.
i). Decide your social platform: Despite the relevance of social media to your business, you need to use your time well. All social sites are not created equal.
In like manner, your results will differ.
To get better at social media marketing and eventually get results, save your time and pick a handful social platforms that are relevant brand and products.
In my own experience, Instagram and Pinterest are best for fashion, lifestyle, and niches where marketing is effectively delivered through visual content.
ii). Complete your social data: By completing your social profile and filling in all the required data, it gives the impression that you're fully out for business, more especially your bio/info and brand culture.
Share a glimpse of what people stand to gain by following your brand on social media.
iii). Develop your brand voice: You need to relate with people personally. Sometimes, it's not the authenticity of the message or content that counts, but how you say it. That's your brand voice.
Your brand voice has to be unique and useful, and your audience won't get tired of revisiting your social pages.
iv). Choose post type and when to post: The type of content you publish determines how engaged your audience will be – and whether or not they'll abandon your brand.
That being said, consistent posting will keep your audience engaged, but you need to know how frequently to publish on each of your social platforms.
Brands that tweet multiple times per day see great results. For example, this case study shows that posting once every six hours during work hours, will gain more visibility for your post.
v). Analyse your posting strategy: You'll never know what works best for you, until you try it out. Because what works for me might not work for your business.
With consistency, you'll definitely know what's working, when not to post and the type of content that your social fans prefer. Judging on which content, frequency, and timing that works most for you will further improve your social media strategy.
No matter the size of your small business, organization will bring you before Kings.
We can't deny the power that social media has to connect and and grow businesses of all sizes, and how strong the medium is with influencing purchase decisions.
Did you know that social media marketing has a 100% higher lead-to-close rate, and 84% of B2B brands use social media to grow their brand?
In fact, 17% of sales leads come from social media, according to a study by Aberdeen Group in 2011.
Having several social media accounts can pose a big problem. This can complicate the entire process.
Therefore, organizing your social channels is critical. You can't afford to log in to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more, separately.
There are social media management tools that can handle this organization seamlessly. Buffer is my favorite. But you can use Hootsuite, Sproutsocial, and more.
A great social media CRM tool makes it easier for you to maintain a consistent audience engagement across multiple social accounts. You can post to multiple social accounts from a single interface.
Take a closer look at the screenshot below. It shows a post made on different platforms.
Sure they all appeared differently in relation to the platforms. But despite the difference in structure, they're all aimed at one goal/keyword 'pee'.
Apart from being on different social platforms, you need to have your own personal account too. If that's the case, then all you have to do is to separate your business accounts from your personal accounts.
Having done that, pull together all your business social accounts in one list, and your personal social accounts in another.
Add social sharing button on your single blog posts. Then encourage your visitors and readers to share your posts.
In addition to that, you can add live social media feed to your WordPress blog, so that your audience can see your recent posts, and share it with others at the click on a button.
I've shared a lot of really good advice here on what works and what doesn't in terms of using social media to grow your small business.
These strategies are great if you want to see consistent growth of your Twitter followers, Facebook fans, and acquire loyal customers to your brand.
If you look in-between the lines, you'll notice that I didn't share a single powerful hack for getting your small business off the ground via social media.
I'm afraid there's no switch to flip as you leverage social media for small business. It takes time. In my own personal experience, the above tactics have been proven – but you MUST be patient, determined, and consistent.
Overall, starting a small business is easy – growing the same business is hard!
In social media marketing, there's no one-size-fits-all approach. You have to take one step and master it before proceeding with another. Did I tell you that you'll get better results if you take baby steps?


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Rep. Ruben Gallego Ruben GallegoGallego tapped as national campaign chairman for Swalwell presidential bid Hispanic Caucus asks for meeting with top immigration official Mark Kelly raises eye-popping million in Arizona Senate race MORE (D-Ariz.) is calling for answers on whether shifts in funding under President Trump Donald John TrumpHouse Dems demand Barr cancel 'inappropriate' press conference on Mueller report DOJ plans to release 'lightly redacted' version of Mueller report Thursday: WaPo Nadler accuses Barr of 'unprecedented steps' to 'spin' Mueller report MORE's national emergency declaration and deployments to the southern border will compromise military readiness.
In a letter sent to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson on Friday, the Arizona Democrat cited Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller's recent warning that the unplanned expenditures related to the emergency declaration in conjunction with other costs, including hurricane recovery expenditures, have forced them to postpone base repairs and cancel or roll back military training.
"It has come to my attention that your Marine counterpart, General Robert B. Neller, has communicated to the Acting Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy that the Marines' readiness and ability to meet core missions is being negatively and decisively affected by unfunded mandates, including southwest border operations," Gallego wrote.
"General Neller notes that Marines are working in structures compromised by natural disasters. He notes that numerous exercises and engagements around the world – critical for Marines to train to advance to contact, engage the enemy, and destroy him in the field – are being cancelled or reduced. He notes that the Marines will be forced 'to stop hurricane work in May which is unacceptable.' All of these things are, indeed, unacceptable," Gallego continued.
The Democratic congressman has been a vocal critic of the national emergency declaration, arguing the administration has fabricated a crisis at the border.


WELCOME TO ANY AND ALL.
This web page is the result of over 45 years of study in the Bible, and ten years of writing about those studies. First I want to thank our friend, Glenn and his beautiful wife Susan, for making this dream come true. Without their help, unless God worked another miracle, we would never had this web page. I say "we" because my loving husband has always encouraged and helped in whatever I have, in my limited efforts, struggled to accomplish.
I want to make clear that I am not sharing these studies to generate money, nor for popularity, or to build a following. By sharing these studies I hope to stir your interest in God's love. I wish I could share the love with my readers that I have been shown, from a loving heavenly Father, loving husband, a loving family and loving friends.


Nothing gets people more excited than the prospect of a warm, sunny summer day!
What many pet owners don't realize is that the summer sun can turn a car, even with the windows cracked, into a deadly situation for their pet.
It's easy for you to grab a glass of water or stash a water bottle in the car, but it's not as easy for your pet. Fresh, clean water is important to keep them hydrated especially in the summer. If your pet is a short-nosed breed, or elderly, owners must be particularly vigilant to ensure the heat and humidity doesn't impact their breathing.
Plan to exercise your dog during early mornings and later in the evenings when it is not as hot.
During the middle of the day, hot asphalt can burn your pet's paws, so stick to grass or the sidewalk when out for walks.
Cooling down your pet can involve allowing them access to shade, hosing them down with cool water or creating a shallow area (such as a plastic children's pool) with fresh water where they can splash if they like.
The summer is a great time to enjoy with your family and pets. If you take the appropriate precautions, you will have a wonderful and safe summer with your furry friends!


[related|post]Keep it sweet. Filipinos have a sweet tooth, and Ric Pinca of the Philippine Association of Flour Millers suggests that if you're planning to set up a bakery, make sure that you prepare sweet and soft breads. This is why cakes and donuts are popular in the Philippines.
The secret is in the recipe. It's not enough that you know how to bake; you must also come up with your own formulation and keep it a secret, says Rolando Dorado of the Asian Baking Institute. Otherwise, one of your bakers might steal your recipe and use it to set up his own bakeshop. Having your own formula also means you'll always come up with good products no matter what. Bakeshops that close down are the ones that depend on their experienced bakers. When the bakers leave, the taste of the product changes, the business loses its regular customers, and later, the bakery closes down.
Look for a good location. The best place to set up is where there's a lot of foot traffic. Pinca says it's good to set up a store near a school, a commercial building, and at bus terminals. A good location doesn't only ensure that your bakeshop will be profitable, but you could also easily sell the business when you're tired of running it. "What will make your business saleable is your good location. In fact, people might wonder why you're selling your shop when you're in a good location," Pinca says.
Keep on learning. Consumer trends are always changing, so bakeries have to constantly adapt and innovate. "You don't stop learning in this business.  You have to keep studying to stay on top," says Aggy Villabona of Aggy's Cakes & Sweets. Both Aggy and Meo take seminars regularly – from baking to food styling to designing packages – to keep abreast of new developments in the business. They also read a lot of books and magazines.


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Continue reading "All got the blues"
My passion for "modern" music was probably aroused between 1958 and 1964 at the "Jahrmarkt" and the "Ziegenbrink-Schützenfest" in Osnabrück. The opportunity to listen to hip rock'n'roll and beat music on "der Raupe" and to escape from the German Schlager world of the early sixties was certainly great and was connected with a lot of anticipation for all the coming fairs. That's why I went straight into the Swiss Casino Online!
As far as I know, there were no discotheques, youth centres or the like for kids at that time: certainly not for pubescent little boys like me. If you want to see the Blues Billboard-charts, just click here: https://www.billboard.com/charts/blues-albums
The hits of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who and the Small Faces were in a way my ROOTS, i.e. my first access to styles like beat, rock, soul, blues, jazz etc., just to name a few bands and music forms at this point. At that time, classical music and opera embodied something like the forced music culture at Sunday family lunches. One simply let it pass over oneself. Hope for "growing bigger and older" was in any case the order of the day from now on.
This article from the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones' first German tour "September 11, 1965: The first Rolling Stones concert in Germany", aptly describes the situation of many young Beat fans at that time.
German rock music of the early 1970s
More or less I am concerned with the subject of Krautrock (not to be confused with German rock), or the status of some German rock groups from the late 1960s, early 1970s.
Since my, our family's visit to New York, Easter 2017 and the personal aha-experience in the hip district of Brooklyn-Greenpoint, where the piece Halleluwah from the album Tag Mago by the German avant-garde band CAN was played as background music in a big record store, I have been thinking about the international status of some German bands from the above mentioned time in the present!
Maybe in retrospect there was much more musical creativity involved than many music freaks at the time thought: Krautrock mostly sounded different than the most progressive mix of hip British and Anglo-American bands.
From the end of the sixties blues-rock was quite popular with me. That hasn't changed much until today. Based on the so-called British Blues, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac and Ten Years After were the first stars of this symbiosis of the 12 bars of the Blues, a groovy rhythm section and a dominant solo guitar and vocals. Jimi Hendrix also started his career in London and the time of the guitar heroes took its course.
Today, the internet provides information and You-Tube videos about them, which in the earlier analog era one could only dream of. The music show "Beat Club" or the later Rockpalast were in my "TEENIE, TWEN-and YOUNG_Adults_Time" the only possibility to get national and international, bands on the then still analog tube monitors – i.e. TV sets. Until the invention of the video recorder, however, this could only be viewed once.
American rock music and the soul era from 1965
The hippie culture that developed, especially in San Francisco from the mid-1960s onward, in turn brought forth very individual musical styles. Westcoast Rock, Psychedelic Rock or Latin Rock were also characterized by new, experimental sounds that had not existed before. This is what group names like Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Doors or Santana stand for. And of course one of my absolute favourite bands: the Doobie Brothers!
With soul music, which was also very popular from the mid-1960s onwards, I naturally associate names like Artetha Franklin, Otis Redding, Wilson Picket or Sly and the Family Stone. James Brown and Ray Charles must also be mentioned here.
In Osnabrück in the second half of the 1960s there was, among other things, a rather hip discotheque with the beautiful name Drehorgel. From the end of 1968, when I was sixteen and in the second year of my toolmaker apprenticeship at Karmann, people often met there with friends and listened to the good soul music that was played there. There was also close dancing. I only say: when a man loves a woman or je t'aime. The DJ was sitting in a hollowed out piano frame. But at 10 o'clock the fun was over for us, because we were not yet "eighteen". In retrospect, it was a relatively carefree time, marked by a spirit of optimism. I would not like to miss it.
Passion for collecting
I have finally managed to collect a currently incomplete list of my vinyl collection. In a way, this is my answer to the 500 best albums of all times from the magazine "Rolling Stone" from 2003.
Here is my answer. My vinyl records for the desert island!
As is well known, pictures say more than a thousand words. That is why there is always something to see and hear.
Author ClaudiaPosted on June 13, 2020 December 3, 2020 Categories Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues and more
The tops of blues music you have to have heard!
With musicians like King, Clapton, Waters or Vaughan, listen in!
Blues music is influenced by guitar greats like King, Clapton, Waters or Vaughan. But you should also have heard the other 16 albums in our list!
Continue reading "The tops of blues music you have to have heard!"
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Martin Ganzglass (Somalia) publishes THE PRICE OF FREEDOM — #6 of a series
A Writer Writes — "Punch" a Short Story by Chris Honore' (Colombia)
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About The Price of Freedom Number 6 in the series of novels about the American Revolution by Martin R. Ganzglass (Somalia 1966–68) The Price of Freedom is my sixth and final novel in a series on the American Revolution. The first book, Cannons for the Cause, begins in the brutal winter of 1775 when the principal character, fifteen-year-old Will Stoner and his teamster father, are engaged to haul heavy cannons from Lake George, New York to Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of Colonel Henry Knox's "Noble Train of Artillery." This last novel begins after the crucial victory at Yorktown in October 1781, and ends in the summer of 1784 in liberated New York City when Patriots and former Loyalists begin to overcome their wartime differences. The underlying theme throughout the series is the important role ordinary people, including the "invisible minorities" — African Americans, women and Native Americans — played . . .
Dan Douglas (Botswana 1968-70)
A story about a sadist who drives his younger brother to near-suicide. It's hard to find much redeeming value…
PUNCH by Chris Honore' (Colombia 1967-69) For a time, my family and I lived in Watson, a small farming town in California's Central Valley – flat, nondescript, a sepia photograph slightly out of focus. Everyday I walked to school and back along dusty, rutted roads bordered by wide irrigation ditches usually filled with green-brown water. The water was controlled by a series of concrete locks that could be opened by turning upright, wire-spoked wheels allowing the water to flood out into the fields, sluicing along parched rows of cotton. In late spring and all through the relentless summer, we swam in the water nearest the locks where it was deepest, diving off the concrete abutments, splashing one another, whooping and hollering, playing like young seals. One hot day in late May, I was walking home with Ben and his younger brother, Marshall, who everyone called Punch. Except . . .


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Fifty tonnes of fly-tipped waste cleared from Cleethorpes grot spot
Check the credentials of those disposing of your waste or face possible fines
Before and after photos of the previously rubbish-filled Cleethorpes lay-by. Photo: North East Lincolnshire Council
By Joseph Verney Local News Reporter
Around 50 tonnes of waste was removed from a central Cleethorpes lay-by, transforming it from a rubbish-filled grot spot into a clean and clear site.
As previously reported, North East Lincolnshire Council are continuing to investigate continued rubbish dumps and want locals to report illegal activity.
The council have now completed the work, which was started on April 19, in the Hewitt's Circus retail park area of Cleethorpes.
The waste removed at the site included six tonnes of hazardous waste (asbestos, chemical containers and paint).
Temporary barriers erected at the entrance and exit will remain in place until the site is secured with fixed barriers.
This is to prevent unauthorised vehicle access and future instances of fly-tipping, which could lead to fines.
A council spokesperson said: "We find time and again that people are being paid to get rid of waste such as furniture, old bathroom fittings, fridges and freezes, building products or garden clippings, and then dumping it illegally.
"This could be avoided if householders and businesses checked the credentials of those disposing of waste on their behalf.
"The simplest way to check whether a business is licensed to take waste, is to ask them for their carrier licence number and then visit the Environment Agency's waste carrier register and enter the details.
"If you don't, and the waste if fly-tipped, you could be fined along with the person who dumps it."
Anyone with any information about fly-tipping should report it here or by calling 01472 326300.
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Cecelia Swick – President
Cecelia worked in the Medical Field as management and support for Clinicians and care centers for more than 35 years. She retired from Sutter Medical Foundations in Sacramento CA and moved to Brookings in December 2014. Cecelia worked as Secretary to the Original Board of Directors in the early phase of development of Sacramento Sierra Medical Group which later became the model for Sutter Medical Group. She has further experience including Bookkeeping, clinician credentialing, contracting, acting as patient advocate, Electronic Medical Records applications and software applications such as EPIC, Allscripts, Kronos, Excel, and Outlook.
Ruth Daniels – Director
Ruth is a retired RN who gives back to her community by serving as a volunteer with organizations including the Curry General Hospital Auxiliary (current President) and the California Nurses Association. She worked with the Contra Costa A/N Home Support Services and the Public Health Board. Ruth also has her Masters in Business and Public Administration from JFK University in Concord CA.. She received her BSN from Holy Names in Oakland CA and her RN from Contra Costa College. Ruth is a "big picture person" and a welcome addition to the board!
Cam Lynn –
Cam moved to Brookings in 1973 after graduating from Washington State University with a degree in Environmental Science. He retired from the City of Brookings in 2011 after having served for 31 years as an emergency service dispatcher. Cam served for more than 20 years as a member of the Curry County Citizen Review Board, reviewing cases of children in out-of-home placements for the Oregon Department of Justice. He has been a hospice patient volunteer since 2002. His commitment to hospice is further represented by serving on the Board of Directors for Coastal Home Health and Hospice. He has been a member of Curry County Search and Rescue for many years. He is currently also on the board of directors for Curry Wildfire Prevention. He likes to garden on his half acre of property near Brookings, ride his motorcycle, kayak, and hike. Cam believes that patient care should be the primary focus of Coastal Home Health & Hospice. Therefore he works along side the the board to work diligently to ensure that our staff continue to have the tools they need to serve our patients and their family.
Thomas Long – Director
Thom was born, raised and graduated from college in South Dakota and has lived on the Oregon Coast since 1979. Thom had the pleasure of working and serving parents, patients, clients and families in a multitude of ways since then. As a licensed Medical Technologist, Thom has worked in varied medical laboratories for over 20 years, including current part time employment at Curry Health Network. Thom has done social service work in both Coos and Curry counties for over 20 years. Agencies include Belloni Boy's Ranch where he worked with teen sex offenders and law violators, South Coast Head Start where he was working with parents regarding drug and alcohol education/prevention, parenting and fathering. He also worked with The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians---as their Family Services and Indian Child Welfare Coordinator. Thom has always had a passion for end of life services and enjoys serving on the board of Coastal Home Health & Hospice. Thom desires to bring a vision to Coastal Home Health & Hospice that will ensure continued success, growth and innovation of services to the families of Southern Oregon and Northern California.
Doug Bunn –
We are excited to have Doug on the board. We will have a bio soon.
Charlie Page – Director
Bio to follow soon.
Jamie Daugherty, BSN, RN
After graduating from her Washington nursing school in 2004, Jamie began her nursing career working within a hospital and home health setting. Her many years of nursing experience helped to fuel a sincere passion for delivering quality home care services. She is committed to working with local health providers to help adults remain in their homes for as long as possible. She recently settled in Brookings from Medford, Oregon with her husband and two young children. Aside from our spectacular beaches, Jamie enjoys hobbies which include sewing, crochet, cooking and baking. Her young family keeps her busy with sports and scouts.


A new direct route will change traveler habits on Australia's west coast and may deliver more market share to Qantas. But, more importantly, it looks set to herald more ultra-long-distance connections between Australia and Europe.
Four months from the first departure, there is already strong support for Qantas' nonstop flights between Perth and London — Australia's first-ever direct link to Europe.
The service begins in March 2018, and already there are indications of good passenger loads in both directions. In fact, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce hinted demand has exceeded the airline's expectations, although he wouldn't release booking figures.
Kelly Weinbauer, Western Australia product leader for Australia's largest travel group, Flight Centre, noted that "there has been plenty of interest in the new non-stop flight … which was noticeable at our recent World Travel and Cruise Expo".
Weinbauer said she expects strong demand both outbound and inbound travelers. "Particularly, we expect business class fares to be popular for this non-stop service," she told Skift.
Currently, Qantas flies to London via Singapore or Dubai, though it will drop Dubai next year when it adds Perth. The new 17-hour service will shave about three hours off the travel time for passengers flying from Perth to London via current routes. Passengers starting in Melbourne still have to make a stop, but they'll save 90 minutes by making it in Perth.
The Perth-London service became a reality with the recent delivery of Qantas' latest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
A Qantas spokeswoman told Skift the airline is seeing strong interest for the direct Perth to London service from travelers on both ends of the route.
"Perth is perfectly placed for customers traveling to the UK connecting from other parts of Australia and is also a fantastic tourism destination in its own right for people traveling from London," she said.
The new service has been welcomed by business travelers, with travel management companies reporting strong interest from corporate clients, especially those based on Australia's west coast.
Demand likely has been stimulated by keen fares, with the direct service priced at or below the one-stop alternatives. Some corporate fares are more than A$500 ($380 U.S.) cheaper on the new service. However, since corporates booking an average of 21 days before travel, the success of the route among business people won't be known until at least February.
According to aviation analyst and former Qantas executive Tony Webber, now CEO at Airline Intelligence and Research, the new service may provide a brief stimulus, but it won't create new demand.
"You would have to argue that demand is a function of the total travel time, and that reducing the travel time by two to three hours will expand the market. It may expand the market but I think it will be trivial," he explained, adding that a large part of the Perth-London market is travelers visiting friends and relatives, and these travelers are not influenced by travel time.
While the industry will be watching the route closely, Webber said he doesn't anticipate much direct competition for Qantas. Only Australian and UK airlines can operate this city pair and with British Airways reducing its services to Australia, Virgin Australia would be the only likely contender. But, as Webber explained, "Virgin (Australia) would have to invest in new aircraft and the aircraft would have to have the range to fly the route".
Looking ahead, the bigger possible impact will be on more services between Australia and other European destinations, overcoming the need for an Asian or Gulf stopover. The airline is no doubt also monitoring the performance of the 787-9 Dreamliner with a view to future services from Perth to other European gateways like Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
Qantas also is looking to aircraft manufacturers to produce jets capable of London services from its East Coast hubs of Sydney and Melbourne.


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Writer Ram V and Artist Rafael Albuquerque Take the Stage in 'Detective Comics" #1062
– Posted on April 13, 2022Posted in: Comic News, COMICS
Gotham City Transforms into a Gothic Opera in 'Gotham Nocturne'
This July, a new ongoing creative team is taking over the storied Detective Comics, with writer Ram V (Catwoman, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr) and artist Rafael Albuquerque (American Vampire, Superman/Batman).
Starting with Detective Comics #1062, on sale July 26, Batman finds himself in a strange, dark Gotham City as he's pulled into a high Gothic story like nothing he's seen, or heard, before.
The story starts with "Gotham Nocturne" part 1 of 4: "Overture." Something is terribly wrong with Batman. No matter the tests Bruce takes, nor the numbers he counts, the greatest detective in the world can't pin down the source of this creeping dread—of his own inner demons and a looming mortality. He's not alone in the grips of this terror, as it seems real demons are creeping through the shadows of Gotham City, answering the clarion call of a strange melody that's haunting Gotham…and seems to be turning its denizens into something else.
The curtains are rising on a new, terrifying mystery as Batman tries to figure out what's happening to both the city he protects and his own mind in this lush, operatic mystery.
Writer Ram V said, of joining Detective Comics, "It's a thrill to be writing a title with the kind of history and pedigree that Detective Comics has. When the opportunity first came across my desk, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. For me, the draw of Batman as a character and that of the world around him had always been this blanket of tragedy that lay above it all. So, with that perspective, 'Gotham Nocturne' is a quintessentially Batman story, told with the aesthetics of a gothic opera."
He added, "I'm lucky to be working with a fantastic group of creatives and editors on the project. It is hard to envision a more perfect set of collaborators than Rafael Albuquerque and Dave Stewart. Both of them are already titans in their own right but I think they are great fits particularly for the aesthetic lens of the story. I cannot wait for readers to experience what we're creating. It is an ambitious story. One that is hopefully worthy of the title that puts the DC in DC!"
Artist Rafael Albuquerque also shared his excitement about telling this story. "Batman is a legend we all grew up with and most of us spent a lot of time just imagining what we would do if we were in this position. That's how serious Batman is to me and I have been lucky enough to do a little bit of it over my time as an artist. Ram V brings something special to the table. Unique. Ram's story not only matches my vision of this beloved character but also twists it, elevating it to another level, making me want to be part of this special new take, that I think is going to be as special to the fans as it's been for me."
Each issue of Detective Comics will also feature a back-up story by writer Si Spurrier (John Constantine: Hellblazer, Suicide Squad: Blaze) exploring other stories of Gotham City—starting with Jim Gordon's return as a private investigator. Artist Dani (Arkham City: Order of the World) joins Si to tell this noir-tinged story as Gordon's investigation weaves into Batman's.
Issue #1062 will have main cover drawn by Evan Cagle, with variant covers by Lee Bermejo and J.H. Williams III, as well as a 1:25 variant cover by InHyuk Lee, and 1:50 foil variant by J.H. Williams. Artist Ivan Reis will also return to the book in Issue #1066, as the story continues to wind through the shadowed back-alleys of Gotham City.
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As Special Advisor to the Chairman and the President of Japan Petroleum Exploration Company based in Tokyo since March 2014, Ajay Singh took the opportunity to visit The University of Manchester China Center on 2nd April to interact with our students while in Shanghai on business.
On 12th March, to connect students from different classes and with senior alumni, a breakfast social was held at the University of Manchester China Centre.
On 12th March, Mr. Allen Mao and Dr. Jian Li, both AMBS Global MBA alumni, delivered a talk on the topic of creative thinking: How to build your brilliant idea, attracting around 40 alumni in attendance.


A few people sent word about a big LAN coming up early next year - in fact, they aim to make it the biggest LAN ever in Australia with over 1000 players attending. It's called the Big Day In, it'll be in Melbourne's Colonial Stadium in January 2003 and there's some articles about it here and here.
Intel have announced a 90nm fabrication process, thanks Murray. More info here on SMH thanks Calindor and here on AnandTech, thanks Martin.
If the new Macs don't interest you, perhaps an iToilet might.. thanks brepro.
ExplosiveHardware have an 8-way i845E-based motherboard roundup.. P4 DDR mobos.
Interesting thing about artificial vision on Wired, thanks Ooroo.
Some timewasting games: rollercoaster from grimraeper and bug squashing from argent.
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Fears over a possible 10 percent import tax on iPhones pushed Apple stock lower Tuesday, and analysts say the stock could face further selling pressure this week ahead of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.
Up to this point, iPhones have been exempt from Trump's 10 percent trade war tariffs on $200 billion worth of imported Chinese goods. However, just four days before a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20, Trump said that he is open to the possibility of expanding U.S. tariffs to an additional $267 billion worth of goods if a trade deal is not reached. Those goods could include imported iPhones and laptops.
Trump also said he still plans to raise the rate of existing tariffs on China from 10 percent to 25 percent starting on Jan. 1.
AAPL shares are down 20.1 percent in the past month following a disappointing third-quarter earnings report and growing trade war concerns. If early Tuesday trading prices hold, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) could take over Apple's spot as the most valuable U.S. public company.
Unfortunately for Apple investors, Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives says there will likely be no relief for AAPL stock in the days leading up to Trump's meeting with Xi.


Informed thoughts on navigating this crazy digital world through the lens of the theater professional.
"Our theater company struggles to keep up with all of the different social media options."
You're here because you know that you are late to the game when it comes to social media - but you know that your company's viability depends on it. You don't know how the different platforms work. Except Facebook. You know that one. But not really how your theater company can use it.
You want a consistent voice whether an audience member is interacting with your company online on social media or in line at the box office.Here are a couple of options that will help.
The Straight Play - Have someone else take the reins on the social media for your theater. You'll have consistent posts along social media platforms that make sense for your audience. We'll analyze what's' working in monthly meetings and goal setting sessions. And with regular check ins, we'll make sure that your online presence meets your company's overall goals.
The One Act - This kick start helps to build your foundation then you take the reins from there. I'll optimize strategically chosen profiles on social media, help your newsletter cultivate an audience (instead of just being an email blast service), set up a blog or YouTube video series, and draw up a 60 day content calendar for your business. Once it's all taken care of, you can hand it over to an intern to implement what we've designed.
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Giocatore

Club
Dopo aver giocato per alcuni anni in patria, nel 1953 viene acquistato dalla squadra francese del Tolosa; dopo tre stagioni passa al Sochaux, con cui nel 1959 gioca e perde una finale di Coppa di Francia. Torna poi al Tolosa, dove gioca per altre tre stagioni, per tornare poi in patria a terminare la carriera.

Nazionale
Con la sua nazionale ha vinto una medaglia di bronzo ai Giochi Olimpici di Helsinki 1952.

Allenatore
Negli anni sessanta ha allenato per 3 stagioni consecutive l'IFK Göteborg, squadra della massima serie svedese.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Calciatori della Nazionale svedese
Vincitori di medaglia di bronzo olimpica per la Svezia

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I just started teaching a drawing workshop at PS372 in Brooklyn. These lucky 4th and 5th graders get to choose an elective studio taught by an outside expert and attend every Friday for 14 weeks. I am paired with a certified teacher who is in charge of the all-important kid-wrangling, but I get to develop all of the curriculum and teach the class. I have TEN BOYS (a total coincidence) and they were all so engaged the first session. Our first project is illustrated notes -- I can't wait to see how their creations turn out!! Here are some examples and worksheets I brought to the first session. Once we're finished, I'll publish the lessons here with PDFs you can download.


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Q: Combine two bytes to short using left-shift I have a high byte and a low byte I would like to convert to short.
I have implemented this, which seems to work, however I am a bit confused on why. Both high_byte and low_byte are cast as bytes.
short word = (short)(high_byte << 8 | low_byte);

In this code, should the high_byte << 8 be zero? Then I tried this:
(byte)1 << 8

which equals 256, which I thought should be 0. I guess I am clearly missing something.
Could someone please explain?

A: Why do you expect the last piece of code to be equal to 0? You can check the type in Immediate Window.
(1 << 8).GetType()

It returns System.Int32.

A: The result of << is minimally an int, so no, someByte << 8 doesn't yield 0, as the result fits in an int.
If you want (byte)1 << 8 to clamp the result to a byte, use (byte)((1 << 8) & 255). This will always result in 0, so why you'd want that...
See also Left bit shifting 255 (as a byte).

A: From the C# language specification, section 4.1.5:

The integral-type unary and binary operators always operate with signed 32-bit precision, unsigned 32-bit precision, signed 64-bit precision, or unsigned 64-bit precision:
...
For the binary << and >> operators, the left operand is converted to type T, where T is the first of int, uint, long, and ulong that can fully represent all possible values of the operand. The operation is then performed using the precision of type T, and the type of the result is T.

That is, whenever you apply any operators to integral types in C#, the result is always a minimum of 32-bits. There are other rules (given in the ...) for other operators, which define exactly how the final types are determined.

(As an aside, I'd have thought that this was important enough to mention in the C# Reference but I'm blowed if I can find it in there anywhere)

A: You could do it like this:
byte[] Bytes = new byte[2] { byte1, byte2 };
Convert.ToUInt16(Bytes);

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Fastrac  was a turbo pump-fed, liquid rocket engine. The engine was designed by NASA as part of the low cost X-34 Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) and as part of the Low Cost Booster Technology (LCBT, aka Bantam) project. This engine was later known as the MC-1 engine when it was merged into the X-34 project.

Design
The turbopump engine was designed to be used in an expendable booster in the LCBT project. As a result this led to the use of composite materials because of their significantly lower costs and production speed; this also reduced engine complexity since the fuel was not used for nozzle cooling. Based on knowledge and experience from the Space Shuttle's Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM) and the Solid Propulsion Integrity Program (SPIP), a Silica/phenolic material was chosen for the ablative liner with carbon/epoxy structural overlap.

The engine fuel was a mixture of liquid oxygen and kerosene (RP-1). These propellants are used by Saturn F1 rocket engine.  Kerosene does not have the same energy release as hydrogen, used with the Space Shuttle, but it is cheaper and easier to handle and store. Propellants were fed via a single shaft, dual impeller LOX/RP-1 turbo-pump.

The engine was started with a hypergolic igniter to maintain a simple design. Kerosene was injected and the engine was then running. The propellants were then fed into the gas generator for mixing and thrust chamber for burning.

The engine uses a gas generator cycle to drive the turbo-pump turbine, which then exhausts this small amount of spent fuel. This is the identical cycle used with the Saturn rockets, but much less complex than the Space Shuttle engine system.

The engine used an inexpensive, expendable, ablatively cooled carbon fiber composite nozzle and produced 60,000 lbf (285 kN) of thrust. After use nearly all of the engine's parts are reusable.

During the research phase in 1999 each Fastrac engine was costed at approximately $1.2 million. Production costs were expected to drop to $350,000 per engine.

History
Engine system level testing started in 1999 at the Stennis Space Center. Earlier tests were on individual components at the Marshall Space Flight Center. NASA started full-engine, hot-fire testing in March, 1999, with a 20 second test to demonstrate the complete engine system. The engine was tested at full power for 155 seconds on July 1, 1999. A total of 85 tests were scheduled for the rest of 1999. As of 2000, 48 tests had been conducted on three engines using three test stands.

The first engine was installed on the X-34 A1 vehicle that was unveiled at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on April 30, 1999.

The Fastrac program was cancelled in 2001. After FASTRAC, NASA tried to salvage this design for use in other rockets such as Rotary Rocket's Roton and Orbital's X-34 project. The designation of the rocket engine was changed from the Fastrac 60K to Marshall Centre - 1 (MC-1). The MC-1 project was closed by July, 2009, after the X-34 project was terminated in March, 2009.

Components
NASA collaborated with industry partners to meet the principal objective to use commercial, off-the-shelf components. Industry partners included Summa Technology Inc., Allied Signal Inc., Marotta Scientific Controls Inc., Barber-Nichols Inc., and Thiokol Propulsion.

Legacy

A similar set of technical solutions that reduce the cost of the engine was implemented in the SpaceX's Merlin 1A engine, which used a turbopump from the same subcontractor. The Merlin-1A was somewhat larger with a thrust of  versus  for Fastrac. The same basic design was capable of much higher thrust levels after upgrading the turbopump. Variants of the Merlin-1D achieve  of thrust as of May, 2018, though the combustion chamber is now regeneratively cooled.

Specifications

Vacuum thrust:
Vacuum specific impulse: 314 s (3.0 kN·s/kg)
Chamber pressure: 633 psi
Total mass flow: 91.90 kg/s
Gas generator pressure: 39.64 bar
Gas generator temperature: 888.89 K
Throat diameter: 0.22 m
Fuel: RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene)
Oxidizer: Liquid oxygen

See also
Merlin (rocket engine) SpaceX booster engine
Kestrel (rocket engine) SpaceX small upper stage engine for Falcon-1
RD-180 RP-1 engine currently used in the US
RS-27A RP-1 engine currently used in the US
RD-191 contemporary Russian RP-1 engine
NK-33 record setting RP-1 engine, Soyuz 2-1-v first stage and used by Orbital Sciences in the Antares 100-series launcher
F-1 (rocket engine)
Executor (rocket engine)

References

Note

 Ballard, R.O.; Olive, T.: Development Status of the NASA MC-1 (Fastrac) Engine; AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, 2000 Huntsville, AL, AIAA 2000-3898

External links
 NASA Fastrac Overview. 1999

Rocket engines using kerosene propellant
Rocket engines using the gas-generator cycle
Rocket engines of the United States


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