The famous American author and poet (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was the author of the well known novel Little Women. She was born in New England and she was grew up and influenced by many famous intellectuals of the days, such as Henry David Thoreau and R. W. Emerson, who were friends of her family. Louis May Alcott had difficult early years, because her family had severe financial problems and she had to work in order to support her family.
Louisa May Alcott began writing when she was very young and she began to receive critical success in the 1860s for her writing. Even though many people don't know it, she has also published a number of poems, thrillers, short stories and a number of juvenile tales through her career, with the pseudonyn Flora Fairfield. In 1862, she adopted another pen name, A.M. Barnard and only began to use her real name when she was ready to commit her life to writing. Moreover, she was an abolitionist and a feminish and remained unmariied throughout her life. In 1860 she starter writing for the 'Atlantic Monthly'. In her life she even was a nurse for six weeks for the American Civl War at Georgetown DC in the Union Hospital.
Her novel Little Women was published on April 6th, 2004, by Signet Classic. The heartwarming story is set in the home of Alcott family, the Orchard House, in Massachusetts, Concord. The story of the book is about 4 sisters (Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy), who had enough of courage and ingenuity, as well as some humor and managed to survive poverty, as well as the absence of their loving father during the years of the Civil War in America. The novel begins with the four girls of the March family, sitting in the living room, when they decide to buy themselve a present for Christmas time, in order to brightern their harsh economic problems. At this time they also receive a letter from their dad, which inspires them. Their mum also is very supportive to them and ecourages her girls to give their breakfast to another poor family. Despite their poverty the four girls of the family have a number of adventures in their life. Amy trades limes in ther school and receives a punishment from her teacher and as a consequence Mrs. March decided to withdraw her daughter from school. Jo denies to go together with Amy to the theater. In general the girls have a number of difficult situations in their life, but they try to humorize the situation as they can, in order to be able to move on with their lives. This nove gave the author the financial independence she wanted, as well as a very promising lifetime writing career.
The second book of May Alcot the author, was published for the first time in January 1st 1871 depicts the life of Jo March, who with her two sons and 12 rescued orphan boys at Plumfies. Actually, it is about the life and events of Jo Bhaer and the local children, that attend the Plumfield Estate School. In fact, in order to write this book, the author took the idea from the death of her brother in law, which even is depicted in one of the last chapters of the book. The story of this second book of the author starts when Nat Blake arrives in town,, who was a young orphan, but very shy and used to earn some money in order to live by playing the violin. This story was also adapted to a film in 1934 and in 1940 and in 1998, as well for TV series and even an animated series for the Japanese television. The tantrums caused by the boys and Nan seem very real. The parents( worried about their children, Mrs.Bhaer trying out ways to disuade Dan from his bad habits and to keep Daisy cheerful by inventing for her different new games. There are a lot of personal relationships that take place in the town and they are focused around the school. For example, Daisy is very attached to her brother, Nat, who is her twin. Frana, Daisy and Emil, as well as John are related to the bhaers family and are treated better and are also encouraged to overcome any faults they might have as all the other students in the class.
Now Jo Bhaer is much happier than ever befro. Even though they have the warm help of the March family, the boys are getting involved in quite a few troubles and adventures. The greatest American classics, "Little Women" continues with the story started in the 'little women'. The March family has got separated to several families like the Brookes, the Lawrences and the Bhaers. The main story is based on the Bhaers, who now live in Plumfield (which Jo has inherited from her old Aunt March) and where Mrs. Bhaer (Jo) now runs a boarding schooll, that only boys attend. The plot is the same as was in 'Little Women' : a sweet family story with all the tragedies and comedies that occur at plumfield. The Bhaers are doing a great job as both teachers and parents. They are respected, as well as loved by all the student at Plumfield. While Meg and John (the Brookes) live at their 'cottage' with Josie, their youngest child, while Daisy and Demi stay with their aunt Jo. Demi is a bookworm and Daisy as sweet and jolly as ever.Amy and Laurie (the lawrences) live in their palace"parnasus" with their little daughter Bess, who some times comes to Plumfield as a visiting fairy.
The American famous author Louisa Alcott suffered from a number of chronic health problems in her later years including vertigo. Shedied when she was 55 years old from a stroke, on March 6, 1888 – that was exactly two days after the death of her father. She was iburied in the Cemetery in Concord, near Emerson.By 1858 the Alcott family was living on Lexington road, at the Orchard House, which is now a historic landmark in the area. Surrounded by apple trees, the home would also be the setting for some of her future novels.


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Report: Knicks to target younger free agents this summer
By Sean HighkinApr 2, 2015, 6:45 PM EDT
The Knicks will finally be able to hit the reset button this summer. With a likely top-three draft pick and a ton of cap space, they'll not only have a premier young talent coming in to join a (theoretically) healthy Carmelo Anthony next season, but also plenty of space to add more pieces.
It's highly unlikely that Marc Gasol and LaMarcus Aldridge, the two biggest stars on the market, leave their current, favorable situations to join the Knicks, but there are plenty of other options that might actually make more sense, in addition to being more realistic.
From The Sporting News' Sean Deveney:
The Knicks will make their pass at Marc Gasol and LaMarcus Aldridge, and likely at Rajon Rondo and/or Goran Dragic, too, but expect them to be aggressive in pursuing as many young free agents as possible. Jackson does not want to build a team around players in their early 30s. That means Reggie Jackson, Greg Monroe and Brandon Knight will factor prominently on the Knicks' radar as the team looks to avoid its long-standing habit of indulging in short-term fixes that set the franchise back in the long term.
Some of these players will be easier to pry away from their current teams than the likes of Gasol and Aldridge — especially Monroe, who's unrestricted and went through an ugly, highly publicized negotiation with the Pistons last summer. Going after a player like Monroe or Knight, coming off their rookie contract, will also provide a middle ground in the age of the team's core between the 19-year-old they're going to draft and the 30-year-old Anthony.
It's going to take time for the Knicks to rebuild properly, and who knows whether they'll actually get there. But going after younger, middle-tier stars and holding onto their draft picks is going to be a better strategy going forward than the "clear out cap space and hope we can lure LeBron James or Kevin Durant with New York's appeal as a media market" roster-construction method that's been in place for a while.
Tags: Brandon Knight, Carmelo Anthony, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Goran Dragic, Greg Monroe, Kevin Durant, LaMarcus Aldridge, LeBron James, Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Rajon Rondo, Reggie Jackson

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My dad worked in fertilizer manufacturing plants his whole life. Do you know where fertilizer plants are located? In tiny towns no one ever head of with names like Marseilles. Depue. Soda Springs.
Have you ever visited a fertilizer plant? They are desolate, barren places where gypsum dust is inhaled with every breath and the scent of sulphur hangs in the air.
The dust and the smell permeates everything, including the car you drive to work. So it must have been a very big deal when my father could finally afford a second second-hand car to drive to work.
I don't have a picture of Old Blue but she probably looked something like this. Except she was baby blue.
It was a 1961 Ford Falcon purchased in 1968. I don't recall how Old Blue got her name, but even today my brothers and I remember that car.
My dad always bought Fords. We had a Galaxy 500 at the time Old Blue joined the family. My mother didn't drive, so that car was reserved for weekend errand running and the Sunday morning drive to church.
One Saturday night when my parents went out, my oldest brother Steve paid me and my youngest brother fifty cents apiece to wash Old Blue. We innocently agreed not realizing Steve and our other brother Kevin would be driving into town. Steve, of course, did not have a driver's license and we were sworn to secrecy.
One time my dad was late getting home and I had to be at school for a bus trip to a basketball game. My dad drove me there in Old Blue and because we were late, everyone saw that ancient beat-up car. I was so embarrassed. It never occurred to my dad that I would be. He also never realized, until we told him years later, that Steve and Kevin went joyriding in Old Blue.
The longer my dad drove Old Blue, the more faded and decrepit she became. There was a fine coating of whitish dust on her that never went away. She creaked and groaned like an old woman. The back doors would no long stay shut so my dad tied them together from the inside. I don't recall now whatever happened to Old Blue. I suspect, when her odometer flipped over for the third time, she had to be put down.
Old Blue breaks down just as nearly broke Kaylee's on her way to start her new life in Miami. Rick's a single dad and a mechanic who needs a babysitter. Just for a month.
Beach read anyone? Enjoy the eBook which is on sale at Amazon and everywhere else right now for $1.99.
fertilizer, Ford Falcon, joyriding, Miami. Bookmark.


The new Director of Central Campus: Tascha Brown.
Des Moines Public Schools is pleased to welcome Tascha Brown as the new director of Central Campus. She is transitioning from her school leadership role at Roosevelt High School to take over for Aiddy Phomvisay, who left Central Campus to pursue graduate work full time.
Brown is a DMPS graduate and has been working in secondary education for 15 years — beginning in Ankeny, where she worked in speech, debate, literacy, and with at-risk students. She joined DMPS in 2011 as a literacy leader at Harding Middle School, and has served as school improvement leader at Roosevelt High School for the past five years. Brown earned a bachelor's degree in secondary education from Northwest Missouri State University and a master's degree in educational leadership from Drake University. She was named 2011 Iowa Alternative Educator of the Year by the Iowa Alternative Education Association for her contributions to the field of alternative education in the state.
Central Campus offers unique academic and career opportunities that direct, inspire, and motivate a diverse group of students. The regional academy provides students an integrated academic curriculum with career exploration and preparation in more than 30 college career programs.
Brown begins work as Director of Central Campus on July 1.


A great resource is the MDC publication Missouri Raptors.
A raptor is a special type of bird which captures live prey. The word "raptor" means "to seize or grasp" in Latin. Raptors use their powerful, sharp talons to capture their prey and to defend themselves. Several bird species are considered raptors. Eagles, hawks, kites, falcons, and owls are all considered raptors. Vultures are often considered raptors as well, though they eat carrion and are more closely related to storks.
Raptors have acute hearing and vision, which is estimated to be eight to ten times that of humans. The ears of a raptor are an important tool in locating prey. Their ears are located behind their eyes on the edge of the facial disk and are concealed by feathers. They are vertically offset (one is higher and one is lower) to help locate the source of a sound more precisely. Raptors have a keen sense of vision, which helps them locate and track their prey. A raptor's eyes are very large in relation to the size of their skull. But raptors are not able to move their eyes around like humans can. Instead they have extra bones in their neck which allow them to move their whole head around. Some raptors, like owls, can rotate their heads 270 degrees!
Though it's difficult to estimate the lifespan of raptors in the wild, many birds can live up to five or six years. However, most birds do not make it past their first winter. This is usually due to predation or starvation. If a bird makes it past their first winter, then locating food becomes their biggest concern. Most raptors have varied diets, which can include: small mammals (such as mice and rabbits), reptiles (like snakes, lizards and frogs), large insects (grasshoppers and cicadas for instance) and other birds.
Though owls are raptors, they have some interesting features that set them apart from other raptors. First of all, you are far more likely to see a hawk or a falcon than you are an owl. This is because owls are usually nocturnal (meaning they hunt at night), while other raptors are diurnal (meaning they hunt during the day.) Owls may seem "fluffier" than other raptors. This is because owls have special feathers that make their flight virtually silent. Owls also appear more bulky and less streamlined than most raptors. This is because they are built for short and strong bursts of flight; rather than the soaring flight of hawks or eagles. This bulky build also helps owls carry larger prey than many other raptors. Hawks can carry prey that weighs about half their weight. But owls can carry prey that weighs as much as two to three times their body weight!


The Composite proteins for clinical applications (CPCA) identify genetically engineered proteins proteins that include fusion proteins other than FPIA and result from the fusion of peptide, region and/or domain of protein(s) of different sources, synthetic proteins, and engineered peptide, region and/or domain of protein(s) of different sources linked covalently by disulfide bridges or by short chemical linkers. The Fc may be present and used as a transporter or to increase the product half-life but, not for its effector properties that are rather avoided. CPCA do not have a special suffix (stem) in INN but are designated by a name related to their mode of action (MOA) or biological property.


Every now and then I get some sort of statement of my benefits from Social Security that says how much I would receive once I retire. Typically, I throw these away and do not pay much attention to them. I am like a lot of folks in my generation who don't think Social Security will be around by the time I get to retirement. I once read a study where younger folks believed that there is more of a chance in getting abducted by aliens than ever collecting a Social Security (SS) check?
I had a friend who received his statement and noticed an asterisk. When you followed down to the bottom of the page, it mentions the actuaries' current projections of income and expenses for the program would only generate benefits of 70% of the projected amount as stated above. Well that really is a kick in the rear!
When the program was started in the 1935, there were nearly 13 workers for each retiree. Now we are closer to a ratio of 3 workers for each retiree. That ratio has to be dropping quickly with a combination of the baby boomers starting to retire and a labor force participation rate in free fall and in the low 60% range with over 94 million Americans out of work. That means a lot less people there to pay into the plan.
So statistically, the program can't work unless you bring in a lot more workers to pay into the system, cut the benefits paid, increase SS taxes, or a combination thereof.
Wow, that is another 8 years before the trustees' estimate that the fund will run dry! The difference is the actuaries' project nominal GDP grows at a 5.1% annual rate in the next 12 years. Yet we have come anywhere close to half that amount.
Of course for this to run out of money assumes there are funds inside there to begin with. The problem here is Congress began borrowing from the trust fund in the 1980s to pay for many things that are not dealing with retirement. So the trust fund is filled with a bunch of IOUs from the US Government. That is not something to give one any warm fuzzies for anyone who will be relying on SSI funds for part of their retirement.
So at the end of the day, I suppose I will be working as long as possible, relying on my own savings for retirement, and looking forward to meeting E.T. before I collect any SSI. I suppose this is the same approach most folks in my age group have. Unless something different changes, imagine how this can impact your members.


"Despite the low oil and gas prices, once again we proved in a challenging year that we are competitive and robust. In a difficult environment we performed very well," the Wintershall CEO said. Furthermore, the company was able to further increase oil and gas production in 2016 by 12 million BOE to 165 million BOE (2015: 153 million BOE), which equals growth of almost 8 percent.
1 At the end of September 2015, Wintershall swapped its gas trading and storage business as well as a share in Wintershall Noordzee B.V. for more upstream shares in natural gas fields in Siberia with Russia's Gazprom.


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Leptathamas paradoxus is een spinnensoort in de taxonomische indeling van de springspinnen (Salticidae).

Het dier behoort tot het geslacht Leptathamas. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1980 door Balogh.

Springspinnen

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Manchester Victoria station
(Redirected from Victoria tram stop)
"Manchester Victoria" redirects here. For other uses, see Manchester Victoria (disambiguation).
Manchester Victoria
Station frontage of Manchester Victoria, constructed in 1909
City of Manchester
53°29′14″N 2°14′33″W / 53.4872°N 2.2424°W / 53.4872; -2.2424Coordinates: 53°29′14″N 2°14′33″W / 53.4872°N 2.2424°W / 53.4872; -2.2424
Number of platforms
DfT category
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
7.241 million
Passenger Transport Executive
City (D)
Northern portion reconstructed
Listed status
Listed feature
Victoria Station including concourse to rear with restaurant and booking hall
Listing grade
Grade II listed
Entry number
Added to list
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Manchester Victoria from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
Manchester Victoria station in Manchester, England is a combined mainline railway station and Metrolink tram stop. Situated to the north of the city centre on Hunts Bank, close to Manchester Cathedral, it adjoins Manchester Arena which was constructed on part of the former station site in the 1990s. Opened in 1844 and part of the Manchester station group, Victoria is Manchester's busiest railway station after Piccadilly and Oxford Road and the busiest station managed by Northern after Oxford Road.
The station hosts local and regional services to destinations in Northern England, such as Blackburn, Rochdale, Bradford, Leeds, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Halifax, Wigan, Southport, Blackpool and Liverpool using the original Liverpool to Manchester line. Most trains calling at Victoria are operated by Northern. TransPennine Express services call at the station from Liverpool to Newcastle /Scarborough and services towards Manchester Airport (via Ordsall Chord) from Middlesbrough/Newcastle.
Manchester Victoria is a major interchange for the Metrolink light rail system. Several former railway lines into the station have been converted to tram operation. The line to Bury was converted in the early 1990s in the first phase of Metrolink construction and the line through Oldham to Rochdale was converted during 2009–2014. Trams switch to on-street running when they emerge from Victoria Station and continue southwards through the city centre to Piccadilly or Deansgate-Castlefield.
In 2009, Victoria was voted the worst category B interchange station in the United Kingdom.[2] The station underwent a two-year £44 million modernisation programme which was completed in August 2015.[3][4] Renovation entailed electrification of lines through the station, renewed Metrolink stop with an additional platform, restoration of listed features, upgraded retail units, and a new roof.[5][6] The Ordsall Chord directly linking Victoria to Oxford Road and Piccadilly was completed in December 2017. In the Northern Hub proposals, Victoria will become the rail hub for TransPennine Express and Northern Connect services by the end of 2020 with passenger numbers expected to rise to 12 million as a result.[7]
1.1 Origins
1.2 Expansion
1.3 Picc-Vic tunnel and Metrolink
1.4 Downsizing
1.5 Renovation and Electrification
2 Layout
3 Architecture and features
4 National Rail services
4.1 Service summary
4.1.1 Westbound services
4.1.2 Eastbound services
5 Victoria tram stop
5.1 Metrolink services
6 Accidents and incidents
Railway Clearing House map of central Manchester railways in 1910
Part of the original 1844 station building, photographed in 1989, originally it had a single storey, the second storey was added in the 1860s.
Origins[edit]
The Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) was founded in 1836 and the company began building its line between Manchester and Leeds in 1837. Originally its line terminated at Manchester Oldham Road which opened on 3 July 1839. The company realised it would be advantageous to join its line to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) creating a through route from Liverpool to Yorkshire with a joint station serving the centre of Manchester.[8] In 1839 Samuel Brooks, vice-chairman of the M&LR, bought land at Hunt's Bank close to the cathedral and presented it to the company for the new station. The site was on the north bank of the River Irk, between the workhouse to the north which had opened in 1793 and Walker's Croft Cemetery to the south. After several years of negotiations between the companies, work started in 1842. The M&LR built an extension from Miles Platting to the station which opened on 1 January 1844. On this date, the Oldham Road terminus was closed to passenger services and became a goods station. The new station had a 852 ft (260 m) long single platform which handled M&LR trains to Leeds and elsewhere at its eastern end. The L&MR extended its line from Ordsall to Victoria and its trains operated from the western end from 4 May 1844, on which date its Liverpool Road station terminus became a goods station.[9][10]
The station was named Victoria in 1843. Its long, single-storey building designed by George Stephenson and completed by John Brogden was approached by a wooden footbridge over the River Irk before the river was culverted.[11][12] Most of the original 1844 station buildings are standing including part of the original façade on Hunt's Bank.[13]
The L&MR became part of the Grand Junction Railway in 1845, which in turn amalgamated with other railways to create the London and North Western Railway (LNWR) in 1846, and the M&LR amalgamated with other railways to create the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) the following year. The headquarters of the L&YR were based alongside Victoria.[14]
Platforms 11 (left) and 12 (right), looking west towards Manchester Exchange in 1964
Expansion[edit]
By the mid-1840s six railway companies operated from the station connecting Manchester to London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield. Victoria Station dominated the Long Millgate area and was one of the biggest passenger stations in Britain.
Victoria underwent several phases of expansion as traffic grew. In 1865, four bay platforms were built on the eastern side on land reclaimed from the cemetery, and another was built on the western side, a second through platform was built at the northern side, and the station's facilities were expanded by the construction of a new east wing of the station building.[15] Two decades later, the L&YR purchased the workhouse north of the station and its site was used to build another bay and five through platforms which came into use in 1884.[16] That same year, the LNWR opened its own station, Manchester Exchange immediately to the west on the opposite side of the River Irwell, and vacated Victoria.[17]
The station's bay platforms 6-10 in 1968, only the two on the right still exist.
Overlooking the station concourse in 2012 before re-development in 2014.
Victoria reached its maximum extent of 17 platforms in 1904 when the station was enlarged with extra bay platforms to the south. The present station façade, designed by William Dawes, was built in 1909.[18] The cast-iron train sheds behind the façade were 700 yards (640 m) long.
Because the station handled large amounts of parcel and newspaper traffic, an overhead parcels carrier system was constructed in 1895. It consisted of an electrically powered trolley suspended from an overhead track operated by an airborne attendant. A large basket could be raised and lowered from the trolley to distribute parcels and newspapers across the station. The system operated until 1940.[19][20]
The L&YR merged with the LNWR on 1 January 1922. A year later, the merged company became the largest constituent of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). From 16 April 1929, Victoria and Exchange station were linked by the westward extension of platform 11 over the Irwell bridge, known as platform "11 Middle", which joined to Exchange's platform 3 to create Europe's longest platform at 2,238 feet (682 m). Crossovers enabled it to accommodate three trains arriving and departing independently.[21][22] Exchange Station closed in 1969 and its services were transferred to Victoria.[23] The Exchange Station site opposite the cathedral was for many years used as a car park, until redevelopment of the site began in 2015.[24]
The station suffered bomb damage during the Manchester Blitz in World War II. On 23 December 1940, several bombs hit the station destroying the parcels office, and a large part of the roof over platforms 12 to 16. The parcels office was rebuilt, but the damaged parts of the roof were taken down and not replaced.[25] The station came into the ownership of British Railways in 1948.
Picc-Vic tunnel and Metrolink[edit]
Proposals to build an underground station, Victoria Low Level as part of the Picc-Vic tunnel project emerged in the early-1970s.[26] The scheme proposed creating a direct rail link between Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly via a tunnel and creating several underground stations in Manchester city centre. Platforms 1–4 at Victoria were taken out of use in 1973 in anticipation of the tunnel coming to the surface in that part of the station.[27]
The tunnel project was cancelled in the late 1970s because of high costs, and in the 1980s transport planners turned to light rail as a lower-cost option. As a result, the stations were linked by the Manchester Metrolink system which opened in 1992. A street-level tramway was built across the city centre linking the stations and two converted rail lines to Altrincham and Bury.[28] The tram stop at Victoria replaced the former Bury Line platforms and the tram line was extended into the streets through a new entrance in the side of the station.[29]
Downsizing[edit]
The station in 1988. Showing the former tracks, platforms and trainshed, which were removed to make way for the Manchester Arena
In the 1980s and 90s, British Rail adopted a policy of concentrating Manchester services into Manchester Piccadilly. In 1989, the Windsor Link chord in Salford opened, enabling many of Victoria's services from the north to be diverted to Piccadilly and in the same year, trans-Pennine services were also transferred.[30][31] Victoria was reduced to six platforms, and part was sold for development. Between 1992 and 1994, the Manchester Arena was built over the northern part of the station site. Three of the five through tracks between platforms 11 and 12 were removed, along with platforms 12-17. The station was reduced to four through tracks and four through platforms, three of which were built to replace the removed platforms 12-14. They are covered by the Arena which was joined to the station by means of a raft above them. The Arena is accessed via stairs on Hunts Bank and from the station concourse. Following reconstruction, the platforms were renumbered; platforms 1 and 2 are bay platforms facing east (formerly platforms 9 and 10), and the through platforms are 3 to 6 (platform 3 was formerly platform 11). The through platforms are used by mid-distance services.[23][32]
Renovation and Electrification[edit]
Completed new roof at Victoria in October 2015
Station concourse following completion of the new roof.
See also: Northern Hub
In 2009 Victoria was identified as the worst category B interchange station because of its dilapidated fabric and environment. The Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis, announced that, with nine others, it would receive a share of £50 million for a refurbishment programme.[33] Victoria's £5m share of the 'Better Stations' Network Rail funding for improvements was cancelled in the June 2010 budget cuts,[34] but replacement funding was arranged.[35] On 16 February 2010 Network Rail announced its intention to refurbish the station as part of the Northern Hub improvement proposals turning it into an interchange for local and regional services throughout north-west England.[citation needed] In August 2010, Network Rail announced the work would go ahead, despite the withdrawal of the £5 million funding.[36] Station improvements included an ETFE roof, restoration of its walls, exterior canopy and period features, new platforms for additional services, improved access to the Manchester Arena and improved retail and dining facilities.[37]
Work to refurbish the station began in April 2013.[38] The old roof was dismantled in autumn 2013.[39] Installation of the £17 million roof began in May 2014 and final roof beam was lifted into position on 13 October 2014. Installation of the ETFE sheeting was completed in spring 2015, and the station upgrade was completed in August 2015,[4] with the official reopening that October.[40]
The Ordsall Chord was finished in 2017 and links Victoria to Piccadilly.[41] It is anticipated that, after re-routing services, passenger numbers would increase to 12 million by 2019, compared with 6.6 million in 2011/12.[42] The chord allows trains to run directly between Piccadilly and Victoria, shortening journey times on TransPennine Express routes between Manchester Airport and Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Hull and Scarborough. An express service from Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle via Victoria is operated by TransPennine Express. Reinstatement of the south and west curve at Todmorden on the Caldervale Line facilitated a direct service between Victoria and Burnley Manchester Road Station for the first time in almost fifty years.
As part of Network Rail's electrification strategy, overhead electric wires have been erected from Victoria to Piccadilly, Liverpool, Preston via Bolton, and Blackpool, allowing more services to be operated by electric traction.
Layout[edit]
Manchester Victoria has six railway platforms and the Metrolink stop has four (four platform faces on three tracks). Two railway platforms are bays numbered 1 & 2 for terminating trains arriving from the east, and four are through platforms numbered 3-6 at the northern side of the station. The Metrolink platforms are parallel to, and south of the bay platforms. Only the bay and Metrolink platforms are under the new roof, the through platforms 4, 5 and 6 are mostly covered by Manchester Arena.
Layout map of Manchester Victoria
Architecture and features[edit]
The original M&LR single-storey offices facing Hunt's Bank Approach were built in the Italianate style in sandstone ashlar with slate roofs in 1844. They were later enlarged and given a second storey. William Dawes built the station's larger extension for the L&YR in 1909. It is at right-angles to the north end of the old station giving the enlarged station an L-shaped plan. Facing Victoria Station Approach, its façade is in the Edwardian neo-Baroque style, four storeys high and 31 bays to the rounded corner at the south-east end. The ground floor windows have rounded heads and those on the floors above are square. The ornate glass and iron canopy along the façade displays the names of destinations that the station served in Art Nouveau lettering.[1] The canopy was damaged by the Provisional IRA's 1996 bomb and was restored four years later.[43]
Heritage features in the concourse were restored during the 2013-15 renovation, they include the café with its glass dome and mosaic lettering which was originally the first class dining room, the adjacent bookstall, and the original 1909 wood-panelled booking hall. In the entrance is a large, white glazed tiled map showing the former network of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.[1][44]
Underneath the map is a bronze World War I war memorial with effigies of Saint George and Saint Michael at each end which was installed in 1923.[44][45] At the south end of the concourse is the 'soldier's gate' which opened to the former fish docks from where thousands of soldiers departed for World War I and where a bronze plaque was erected to commemorate them. The gateway was restored in 2015 and a steel screen inserted featuring a map of World War I Commonwealth grave cemeteries in Northern France and Belgium.[46]
The station received Grade II listed building status in 1988.[1]
Station façade, and canopy with names of destinations
Restored former first class café and restaurant in the concourse
The restored interior of the café.
Bronze war memorial.
Soldiers' Gate.
National Rail services[edit]
Tiled Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway map
TransPennine Express train at platform 4.
Northern Class 158 unit at bay platform 1.
Manchester Victoria is served by two train operating companies, Northern and TransPennine Express. It is occasionally used by CrossCountry services during engineering works. The Chat Moss route to Liverpool is operated by TransPennine Express Class 185s DMUs and Northern Class 319 EMUs (peak time & early morning only). The Ribble Valley Line to Blackburn and Clitheroe is operated by Class 156, Class 150 with Class 153 strengthening services at peak times . Leeds Calder Valley services are usually operated by Class 158 Sprinter DMUs.
Since the May 2018 timetable change, all express services on the North TransPennine route call at the station. These services are run by TransPennine Express. Westbound, two trains an hour run express to Liverpool Lime Street (one calling at Lea Green and the other calling at Newton-le-Willows). The other pair of services run westbound to Manchester Airport via the Ordsall Chord and Manchester Piccadilly. Eastbound, there are 4 trains per hour running via Huddersfield, Leeds and York. After York, two trains an hour run to Newcastle, one to Middlesbrough and the other to Scarborough.
Also since the May 2018 timetable change, services along the Calder Valley line have been significantly sped up. Stations between Rochdale and Manchester are now served by Blackburn services. This means that Calder Valley services now run non-stop between Rochdale and Manchester. As a result, there are now 6 trains an hour to Rochdale.
Service summary[edit]
Westbound services[edit]
1 train per hour (tph) to Wigan North Western (via Bolton)
3tph to Wigan Wallgate via Atherton; two then continue to Southport
1tph to Preston (extended to Blackpool North on Sundays)
1tph to Chester
2tph to Blackburn via Bolton, 1tph continues to Clitheroe
2tph to Liverpool Lime Street
2tph to Manchester Airport
7tpd to Kirkby via Atherton
1tpd to Edinburgh Waverley (Sundays only)
Eastbound services[edit]
6tph to Rochdale, of which:
2tph call at all stations and then terminate at Rochdale.
3tph to Leeds (Calder Valley - 2 via Bradford Interchange & 1 via Brighouse)
1tph to Blackburn via Todmorden
2tph to Stalybridge (stopping)
1tph to Scarborough via Leeds
2tph to Newcastle via Leeds
1tph to Middlesbrough via Leeds
Preceding station
Following station
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Chester - Leeds
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Liverpool Lime Street - Leeds
Manchester Piccadilly Northern Connect
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Terminus L&YR
Caldervale Line
Miles Platting
L&YR
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Manchester Exchange
London and North Western Railway
Manchester-Liverpool Line
Victoria tram stop[edit]
Victoria tram stop in October 2015
Location of Victoria in Greater Manchester
Fare zone information
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In operation
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Manchester Victoria is an interchange with the city's Metrolink light rail system. The stop is at the northern edge of the system's Zone 1 and the start of the Bury and Oldham and Rochdale Lines.
A tram entering Victoria from the city-centre streets.
The tram platforms opened on 6 April 1992 for services to Bury which replaced the long-established heavy rail service. The tram platforms were built on the site of the former railway platforms 5 to 8, the terminus of the Bury line. The line was extended into the city-centre streets via a sharp curve south from the platform ends and out through a new entrance in the wall at the side of the station;[29][47] The system operates on some British Rail lines that have been converted to light rail operation and on-street tram tracks. In October 2009 the Oldham Loop Line was closed for conversion to a Metrolink line. It was completed in March 2014 after reopening in stages to Rochdale town centre.[48][49]
The 1992 Metrolink platforms consisted of an island platform containing platforms B and C, and a side platform for Bury bound trams lettered A, which was later taken out of use due to leaks in the station roof.[47]
The Metrolink platforms at Victoria closed on 21 February 2014 and were rebuilt in a different configuration to allow for increased services.[50] The rebuilt stop reopened on 18 February 2015. The new configuration has two island platforms serving three tracks, with platform faces lettered A, B, C and D; the outer platforms A and D are for through trams, south and northbound respectively, and the centre platforms B & C, which both serve the same track, accommodate terminating services.[51][52][53] The stop is one of the most used on the Metrolink network.[54]
Metrolink services[edit]
As of 2017, Metrolink services run through Victoria to Altrincham, Bury, East Didsbury, Manchester Airport, Oldham and Rochdale and Piccadilly. Services mostly run every six to twelve minutes on all routes.[55][56]
Manchester Metrolink
towards Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport – Victoria Line Terminus
towards Altrincham
Altrincham – Bury Line
Queens Road
towards Bury
towards Piccadilly
Bury – Piccadilly Line
towards East Didsbury
East Didsbury – Shaw and Crompton Line
Monsall
towards Shaw and Crompton
East Didsbury – Rochdale Town Centre Line
towards Rochdale Town Centre
Accidents and incidents[edit]
On 19 August 1918, an electric train collided with the buffers, injuring 29 people.[57][58]
On the early morning of 10 December 1947 a train of 20 tank wagons loaded with petrol ran out of control while descending the bank towards Victoria. To avoid a collision with another train, it was diverted into the empty bay platform 7, where it crashed through the buffers at 25 mph, mounted the concourse, and came to a rest just short of the booking office. Swift action was taken to prevent an outbreak of fire. The train driver was killed in the collision, the fireman was injured and the guard suffered from shock.[59][60]
On 25 April 1994, two vehicles of a freight train derailed while passing through new platform six, which had opened that day. The derailed vehicles damaged the platform edging stones along most of its length, putting it out of use until it was repaired.[61]
On 15 June 1996 a large truck bomb was detonated about 400 metres from the station by the Provisional IRA. The blast shattered many windows along the station's facade, and glass fell onto the glass canopy causing it serious damage. The station was closed for several days. The blast also damaged the glass and steel roof over the concourse and platforms, which resulted in the removal of much of the glasswork and cladding.[43][62]
On 18 October 2016, a panel of the roof, which had been built the year before, collapsed under the weight of rain water, causing minor injury to two people.[63] The damage was blamed on seagulls weakening the structure by pecking at the roof.[64]
On 22 May 2017, the station was evacuated and closed and services were cancelled following the bombing at Manchester Arena which is partially above the station.[65] The explosion took place in the public area linking the station to the Arena immediately above the station's through platforms,[66] causing structural damage to the station which was closed resulting in significant disruption to train and tram services.[67] The station reopened to traffic on 30 May 2017, following the police investigation and repairs to the fabric of the building.[68]
On 31 December 2018, three people, including a police officer were stabbed at around 20:50 GMT. A man was held on suspicion of attempted murder.[69]
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The Orlando Magic were right in the game with the Milwaukee Bucks with nine minutes remaining. Then the wheels came off.
Orlando had just pulled within 86-84 after an Aaron Gordon dunk attempt over Giannis Antetokounmpo that rolled around the rim and in. From there, the Magic — who had played catch-up most of the game — watched as the Bucks took control Monday to go on to win 121-99.
"I thought we had the game right there," Magic coach Steve Clifford said. "We played a good three quarters. ... The game was the first three-and-a-half minutes of the fourth quarter."
The Bucks went on an offensive roll with 16 straight points and the Magic had no answer,
"[We had] poor possessions on offense, lack of purpose and fouling at the other end of the floor and all of the sudden it's [a] nine[-point deficit] and then the turnovers hit," Clifford said of his team, which turned the ball over 18 times. "You can't give possessions away ... and that's what the fourth quarter was all about. We butchered every set ... there was no execution, no cohesion; totally different than the way we played the first three quarters.
"It's disappointing, frustrating ... We were right there where we needed to be and we played at a totally different mentality in the beginning of the fourth quarter than we had for the first three."
With star Giannis Antetokounmpo battling foul trouble, the Bucks showed they didn't always need their leader.
As Antetokounmpo sat on the bench midway through the fourth quarter, Milwaukee discarded a feisty effort by an under-manned Magic squad to go on a 16-0 run toward the end of the game to take a 22-point lead, which the Bucks rode to the victory.
The Magic's drought saw the home team go through a three-minute stretch in the fourth without a basket.
Despite his foul trouble, Antetokounmpo scored 22 points and Khris Middleton and Bobby Portis Jr. had 20 points apiece.
The way the Magic started, it looked like Monday night at Amway Center was going to be the Nikola Vucevic show. After Vucevic scored 10 of the Magic's first 12 points, however, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer had seen enough.
He called timeout and made some defensive adjustments that limited Vucevic's touches, and even though Vucevic did score 19 points by halftime and 28 for the game, the adjustments were just enough, although he also had 13 rebounds.
Other than Vucevic and Gordon, the Magic could not find any consistent offense. Gordon, playing in a rare role as the main Magic ballhandler in place of injured Markelle Fultz, closed with 21 points, eight assists and five rebounds.
"[I was] excited, very excited," said Gordon when asked what his reaction was when coaches approached him about playing the point, which he had not done since his high school days. "I appreciate the respect that they've given me in my ball-handling and playmaking ability, so now it's just on me to take that responsibility and help run the team smoothly."
Vucevic was a benefactor of Gordon's ability to find the open man and he was impressed by his teammate's distribution skills.
"He did very well and especially early in the game when he was trying to get a lot of people involved," Vucevic said Gordon, who usually plays a guard/forward role. "He can play different positions. It's also not easy for him to have to run point and be defended on by a guard like Jrue Holiday, who is one of the best defenders at that position."
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Things looked good for the Magic early with Vucevic's hot start. Orlando jumped out to a 21-16 lead, but the Magic then watched Milwaukee go on an 8-2 run to take control. Milwaukee rallied to regain the lead, but Orlando wasn't going away easily. Rookie point guard Cole Anthony finally started giving the Magic an offensive lift and the Magic trailed just 86-82 after three quarters.
The late Milwaukee run, however, was just too much for the Magic, who were without Evan Fournier for the sixth straight game and fell to 6-5 overall.
The Magic will play their next six games on the road, with back-to-back scheduled contests against the Celtics Wednesday and Friday.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Chris Hays at chays@orlandosentinel.com.


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NEW PARIS, Ohio (WDTN) — Diving on one of the main drags in New Paris, you might catch a glimpse of a young artist at work.
"I do draw, but that was mainly all I did. I never really painted. All I did was draw, but I thought it would be nice to try something new," says artist Leah Jonas.
The 15-year-old has turned the sidewalk in front of her East Cherry Street home into her canvas.
"I have made chalk drawings on the sidewalk for the kids to basically take a break from all what's going on," describes Leah.
It started with a chalk rending of Stitch and grew.
"People were driving by, and she'd get some people commenting saying 'oh that looks great'," describes her mom, Shannon Sowder.
She's been free-handing Disney and other cartoon characters since April. Since then she's gained a lot of attention and even taken some special requests.
"She had a cop stop by, and he was looking at them and he put in his requests for her. He stopped by a couple times now and has talked to her," says her mom. "He said he really liked that character and so he asked her to do Toothless."
Children have also been stopping by to get their pictures taken.
"She's had a lot of donations too. People just randomly stop by and bring her chalk. She's had some people stop and give her some money to get some more chalk. She's had people offer to bring her snacks and drinks while she's out here," smiles Shannon.
Her work has even earned her some job offers.
"Some people want me to do paintings for their walls," beams Leah.
While she likes the new-found recognition, she chalks it up to a love of art and spreading a little happiness up and down the street.
"It used to be just my drawings for myself because it was something I liked to calm down, to just be able to do something for me; but now it feels really great to also do it for someone else," says Leah.
She's received such positive feedback on her drawings, she's looking at possibly making them a more permanent fixture on the sidewalks; however first she would have to go to the village council.
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Currently, if you're anything like me, you could be averse to particular funnels. For instance, I'm never an e-commerce man, but I do understand that free-plus-shipping funnels are absolutely squashing it. Actually, simply this past week, while participating in the Closing Table Mastermind with Perry Belcher and also Roland Frasier, I got much more insight into the appealing "tripwire" funnel, purportedly created by Perry Belcher.
However, Belcher didn't create the concept. He attracted that from an old Columbia House ad that marketed 13 CDs or tapes for the huge price of $1.00. Remember it? However all of us recognize that this tempting deal (aka tripwire) had means more to it than just the $1.00 cost. Behind-the-scenes, there was a continuity program at the workplace. In Columbia House's' design, this was called unfavorable choice payment. That implies, you automatically get normal month-to-month shipments (along with a costs) unless you specifically mention otherwise.
So why is this so effective and also what does it pertain to sales funnels? As a matter of fact, what you'll notice is that Columbia House's sales funnel was rather easy. You just selected the CDs or tapes you wanted for a dollar, then obtained a regular month-to-month delivery every month at a pre-defined rate. They would continuously bill you for those CDs or tapes every single month. There were variations of this offer also where you might get hold of 11 CDs or tapes for one cent then obtain the 12th complimentary.
In any case you take a look at it, these were all irresistible offers. This was also great to skip. But what Columbia House as well as various other firms understood was that, although they would lose money out of eviction, they would, generally, in time, generate income turn over first. Which is the power of the sales funnel. Before automation, this is how sales funnels functioned. As well as, if you contacted, you would certainly obtain an online person effectively walking you through the funnel.
The Columbia House example offers deep insight into the psychology of a deal that's tempting. By first figuring out the lifetime value of a client and also their retention rate, Columbia House figured out that it could invest a certain quantity of money getting customers and still be extremely successful. That's essentially what's performed with sales funnels today. And also what actually makes those sales funnels so powerful are tripwires.
Today, it's the tripwire that creates the alluring offer. Although Columbia House really did not quite have major up-sells or down-sells in their funnels, they produced an easy two step funnel that worked. It functioned because the tripwire was so attractive. It appealed deeply to the consumer. After all, exactly how can you withstand a deal like that for 12 or 13 CDs or tapes for $1 or 1 cent when they were retailing at around $10 each at the time.
Another powerful example of this was through Sports Illustrated. Actually, Sports Illustrated was effectively on the decline at the time it introduced its cutting edge tripwire. There's something regarding substantial items that individuals simply connect with. Even when you're offering a digital details item on the back end, by sweetening the deal with a substantial excellent, you can fairly literally send your conversions with the roof.
In the example of Sports Illustrated, take yourself back to 1990 when publication membership rates were beginning to hand over. Because period, Sports Illustrated suffered a 7% decrease in their flow in the initial half of the year. Now, whatever they did, they were incapable to obtain the subscription prices up. Even by supplying deep discount rates on subscriptions, consumers weren't ordering it. And also, if they discounted also outstanding, it would certainly impact their ability to obtain marketers paying costs prices without revealing that consumers were paying near to the full cover price of the magazine.
Sports Illustrated, had by Time, Inc., wasn't the only magazine that was experiencing under the business's umbrella. Individuals magazine had also experienced a severe decrease of 5%. Time, Inc., understood that it needed to do something fast. So it began to use a tripwire that consisted of sports bungles on VHS. Nevertheless, the price was exorbitant and there were only numerous bungles it might use. So, they resorted to the football phone as the new tripwire.
Why the football phone? Initially, it appealed to the target audience. As well as, it was unique as well as exciting. Even more interesting than a boring magazine membership. The football-shaped phone concept was conceived by Sports Illustrated's director of flow at the time, Michael Loeb. At that time, marketing on cable was likewise extremely inexpensive. Plus, the phone, which was sourced from China, only set you back a few dollars "landed". So all of it made good sense.
Loeb worked on the logistics of this offer for numerous months. Nevertheless, that wasn't the only deal. They likewise concocted an offer that contained a tennis shoe phone. If you'll think back to 1990-1991, it was both uses that were running nearly concurrently. Discuss an early-on split-test, right?
So, what were the results of all this? Over 1 million brand-new subscribers. That's right. As well as those deals just competed a restricted time. Yet it properly saved the business. That's the power of a tripwire offer. It's a concrete product that gets people thrilled concerning whatever else the core deal is. Actually, some people will only buy what you're marketing entirely for the novelty of the concrete tripwire deal.
Sales funnels are just one of the single most powerful concepts in company today for an extremely certain reason. It's not just the example of the tripwire that's effective. It's the entire kitty cheat, in a manner of speaking. There are so many components as well as elements to what make a sales funnel work so well that I wanted to break it down and offer some more instances to offer a deeper understanding to just how you can use them to increase your revenue online.
Currently, if you're not using a sales funnel right now, or if you're just discovering what a sales funnel is, after that there are a few methods you can quickly utilize this effective concept in your organisation to produce explosive results. Primarily, if you don't have a ClickFunnels account, go here and register for the 14-day cost-free trial. When you've arrangement your account, get hold of a customized domain name and also begin developing your funnel. If you need aid, view a few of the on-boarding video clips consisted of with ClickFunnels.
No matter if you have an existing service or you're working to configuration a brand-new organisation, funnels are the trick to growing and scaling no matter where you're starting from. Nevertheless, there are 5 specific methods you can make use of sales funnels to enhance your revenue today. It matters not what service you're in or what you're marketing, you can leverage these today, today, to produce eruptive outcomes.
At the Inner Circle mastermind this week, Russell Brunson studied the hook-story-offer strategy that comes before developing the funnel. Can you develop a sales funnel before you have a hook as well as a tale? Yes. But you may have problem gaining grip, especially if you're contending in a red sea. Red oceans are entrepreneur-infested waters contending for the exact same pool of clients, whereas blue oceans are an area where couple of entrepreneurs are swimming in.
What does that tell you? Spend the time on the hook and the story. Yes, the deal is likewise vital. Yet it's the hook as well as the story that's going to reel leads in. For example, Brunson used the story of fit-to-fat-to-fat founder, Drew Manning. Manning, who was in fantastic shape, headed out there and acquired a number of weight over a 6 month period to better comprehend what it feels like to be fat. However then he headed out there and also shed all the weight.
That right there is an incredible hook as well as story. It's unique. And also, as a result of that, Manning has experienced a meteoric rise, even though his offer isn't that great. Yet when the hook and also the story is so good, the deal is almost unimportant. Successfully, you can market practically anything when the hook and the tale simply crush it. Another instance is the story of Robert Allen that would constantly claim he could be decreased in any kind of city in the country as well as get a home no money down within 60 days. Which's specifically what he did. His brand has actually corrected a billion dollars in sales because of it.
Those are all excellent hooks and tales. Without that, your offer will certainly battle. If you can come up with an unique method to create your hook as well as tale, the remainder will certainly fall into place. Considering that there is a lot red sea available, this is probably among one of the most crucial points to make before you introduce any type of sales funnel.
Tripwires are terrific low-barrier-of-entry products that make potential customers use their credit cards. Commonly, these are too-good-to-pass-up products that are offered at an amazing rate. Just think about the tripwire offered by Columbia House or Sports Illustrated, for example. Tripwires assist make it less complicated to acquire brand-new consumers, and then to rise them up your worth ladder.
Anything that makes client purchase more difficult, such as a high-priced product and services out of the gate, is going to make growing and scaling your company more difficult. The truth is that it sets you back 5 times as a lot to attract a new client as it does to keep an existing one. That's why tripwires are so effective. They lower the barrier-of-entry right into your company. And also anything that can reduce the obstacle of entrance is always excellent.
One more wonderful means to launch a sales funnel and quickly increase your earnings regardless of what organisation you remain in is via a lead magnet. The lead magnet needs to add real value. But it can be in different styles such as a PDF ebook, checklist, cheat sheet and more. After the download, you can supply a single deal. This suggests a three-step funnel. You might additionally develop an up-sell if they take the one-time offer and even a payment-plan down-sell if they decline it.
Why do a lead magnet with loads of value? First, you're setting on your own up as a specialist. If that web content is really workable, and also it adds a massive quantity of value to the possibility's life, then they're going to view you as the authority. But it does something even more than that. It's a matter of micro-commitments. The concept? Get someone to agree to do three small things for you and also the 4th one is quickly a yes.
Among one of the most powerful sales funnels you can develop is based around the webinar. In fact, it was the webinar that saved Brunson's business from bankruptcy a couple of times. It was a mix and conclusion of expertise that lead to the best webinar script, which develops the basis for the ultimate sales funnel. Some of it originated from Jason Fladlien, while various other items originated from somewhere else in Brunson's journey.
Nevertheless, all that info combined into the format of an excellent webinar as well as funnel, has actually changed business of countless business owners that have actually taken their knowledge and also monetized it through the rapid pressure of webinars. Developing a webinar is one of the surest courses to success with a sales funnel. Actually, the webinar funnel is quite possibly one of the most transformative funnel you might introduce for any type of service, brand-new or old.
Another way to raise your revenue with a sales funnel is to construct a high-ticket mentoring funnel that goes from application to telephone call to shut.
The application allows you to extract those that aren't serious. As well as, on the telephone call, you can seal the deal. Currently, this sort of sales funnel works if you have actually currently had results with customers. If not, work for totally free until you obtain outcomes for individuals. Then, collect testimonials and make use of those as component of the pitch for the training.
Possibly one of the largest as well as most prominent sales funnels these days is the free-plus-shipping deal funnel. It makes a great entrance point into any kind of funnel by producing a single deal or up-sell after the offer, comparable to a tripwire funnel. However, the difference right here is the power of the word free. Yes, tripwires, which are really low-priced product and services, work well. Yet there is actual power in the word free.
In fact, people will lift and also down for a totally free deal, also if they need to cover the shipping and also handling, instead of taking a deal that they also have to pay a tiny amount of cash for.


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