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Are You Joining An Affiliate Program? Here’s Something You Must Know!

Nowadays affiliate marketing is a common term in the blogosphere. The people who want to make a career in blogging or already doing it are fully aware of what affiliate marketing is.

Apart from the ads networks and selling own products, an affiliate marketing is a lucrative way to start making money online as the commission by promoting someone else’s products.

But, before signing up for any affiliate program, you must check the following points so that you can decide whether joining that affiliate program is really beneficial or not.

Will Affiliate Programs Help You Making Money Online?

The internet has evolved in the last few years, and many businesses are going online. When compared to the offline businesses, the rests which are powered digitally have more reach and potential to grow rapidly.

The affiliate promotion is good way advertising where merchant needs to pay only when lead or sale is generated. The publishers also get awesome benefits depending on performance.

But it’s not an easy task to succeed as an affiliate marketer. You must have knowledge of the products that you are promoting; you need to work on not only contents but promotion also.

Your promotion strategy must include the list of the targeted people who are interested in your products and services and want to buy or subscribe them.

Random advertising doesn’t work fine, and eventually, you’ll end up with nothing in your pocket.

As a blogger, I have learned a little that I want to share with you. Though many people are earning $1K-10K or even more like $20-100K from an affiliate marketing business, you must be aware of few things in affiliate marketing.

In this article, I have shared some of the loopholes in the affiliate marketing business.

Finding A Profitable Niche

If you are seriously thinking about starting an affiliate marketing business, then it would be better that you do some research before taking the initial step.

Many niches like SEO, web hosting, tech, blogging, weight loss, etc. have become saturated and competitive so that you’ll need to put more efforts and indefinite time to survive there.

If you a good referral network and only want to make a part-time income, then it seems fine continuing with competitive niches. But, to achieve the dream of multimillion dollar business, you must find something profitable where you can make adequate income and scale it over the time.

If you are unable to select the best one, you can take help from the article- How To Choose A Profitable Niche.

You can select a successful affiliate model from a less competitive niche and make it better for making money from it.

Otherwise, hiring a mentor is a good thing but consider the expenses involved in training. Many people who are just starting out have not enough money to spend on such things.

These people can avail free training through the web (consider us also) and some essential tools also. Still, a small investment in polishing your skills is not a big deal.

Here’s a practical oriented course to be a master in affiliate marketing.

Needs A Platform To Promote The Affiliate Products

What’s the stupid point? You might think so.

Every affiliate marketer needs a platform to promote the affiliate products and services. It may be a blog, social media page, a forum or a mobile app.

But, owning a website or blog is the best option when you think about affiliate marketing seriously. Unlike other platforms,  creating a website or blog is an easy way for affiliate promotion.

As most of the affiliate networks want the publisher should have his web property especially website (or an app which is not easy to maintain as a site).

You can use contextual links, affiliate banners or widgets as per your preference and have full control over them if you have a self-hosted website.

So, why not to create one?

It’s simple. Just buy domain + hosting,  install CMS (I prefer WordPress), build a full featured blog or website and start promoting the products and services.

You can create a free website with Blogger,, and Wix, etc. but self-hosted WordPress site has the edge over all of them.

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Sources Of Traffic

Affiliate marketing is all about traffic. If you have the decent traffic and proper strategies or business model, then there are maximum chances of conversions.

It does not mean only the sites that have tons of traffic make more money. The quality of traffic is also similarly important.

You will need targeted traffic that wants to buy the particular product you are promoting. You should be a person (middle man) who helps them to find the right product or service.

SEO, SEM, SMM, etc. are few techniques in digital marketing will help you a lot in driving targeted traffic to your site. But, the search engine optimization (SEO) is the ultimate way to drive traffic to your site because it’s free method.

You need to work on some of the on-page SEO factors like keyword research and optimization, design, site speed, contents as well as the off-page SEO factors like link building, social bookmarking, etc.

Still, you can opt for PPC models at the beginning of your career to boost your site but not the compulsory if you don’t mind working on your site’s SEO and time involved in that.

Reputation Of The Affiliate Platform

You will find multiple ways to get into an affiliate business. You can join the in-house affiliate program or sign up for the affiliate marketplaces like Shareasale, CJ, Cuelinks, etc.

If you ask your fellow bloggers or dig more into this, you will get several mixed reactions about affiliate marketing and the particular product or service. Every person interprets the quality of the product from his angles like the USP of that product or service, value for money, reliability, usability and overall experience about it.

Many people either do some fake positive reviews to achieve quick money through maximum sales or write only negatives to downgrade the reputation of competitors. They may be getting paid for that.

I’m not telling you to ignore this but at least keep such things out of your mind like making quick money by black hat methods.

What Should You Check?

Now from publisher’s side, you will find many people who are earning millions while others are not getting even $100 in their bank account. Some publishers may feel like the affiliate companies have cheated them.

I also know that more than 90% people don’t read affiliate terms and conditions completely facing troubles in the future like account suspension or termination, not getting paid, etc.

To avoid all these things, you must check the reputation of the affiliate programs before joining them.

You will find many affiliate programs especially new ones who only want to make money don’t mind few bad reviews.

Some quick rich schemes of MLM are promoted through independent affiliate marketing channels where they show incredibly luxurious lifestyle and tons of money within a very short time.

These things are not possible without using illegal ways or scamming. So, don’t get involved in such things or unfortunately you may end up with not getting paid.

Though you can join affiliate programs for free of cost, you need to push things harder to promote them. There is always a risk of getting paid for your efforts by such independent programs so that avoiding them is a better solution.

If you want to make money as an affiliate marketer, then play things safe by joining the reputed and trusted affiliate program or an affiliate marketplace. I’m saying this because as a beginner, $100 per month play a major role in continuing this career.

I have mentioned a few reputed affiliate marketplaces below that you can trust. You need not worry about your payments unless you are playing with the system against its guideline.

The affiliate programs/marketplaces You can Join

  • Amazon
  • ShareaSale
  • CJ Affiliates
  • Cuelinks
  • Flipkart
  • Rakuten Linkshare

The bottom line,

Join only those affiliate programs or marketplaces which are trusted for years and paying their publishers on time. The product or service quality, support are other few things you should take into consideration while selecting an affiliate program.

Don’t hesitate to ask the influencers in your niche, if you are not confident about a particular affiliate network.

Payout Method

You may think it’s not a big issue still you should check it by priority. Many companies give money or other things like gift vouchers, coupons, subscriptions, etc. as the commission for promoting their products and services.

There are many payment methods to redeem the affiliate commission, but online payment gateways and direct deposit are mostly used to receive the money in your bank account.

Using paper checks has now become an old fashion in this internet era.

It’s simple to understand, where is the real problem?

Yes, here’s the getting paid is a vital part of the affiliate business. If you have selected a payment mode which is not supported by your country or bank, then probably you will lose all your money made through the affiliate promotion.

I’m from India promoting an individual affiliate program based in the UK. The payment gateway they are providing supports only Euro, not INR (Rupees). It does not support the currency conversion too.

How would I get paid for my affiliate promotion?

This is just an example, and such things have happened to many publishers.

How To Keep Yourself Out Of This

If you don’t want to put yourself into trouble, then make sure the payment method supports your country and currency. Most of the companies are clear with their payment terms at least the reputed.

Still, you are facing the problem, then take help from your affiliate manager asking whether there is any alternative or not. Use the contact form or any other means like a phone call or email to get into helpdesk.

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There are many payment methods popular among the affiliate marketers. Here, I have mentioned a few of them.

  • PayPal
  • Payoneer (Get $25 on sign up)
  • Direct Deposit/Bank Transfer (Get ready with the bank name, account number, IFSC/SWIFT code, etc.)
  • Paper Checks (Old method for online businesses still in use)

Minimum Payout

If you are a beginner and starting out the affiliate marketing business with a fewer traffic, then this point is important for you.

Most of the affiliate programs have set the minimum payment threshold like you will get paid once you reach $50.

Very few affiliate networks have minimum threshold less than $50. Cuelinks (INR 500) and (INR 1000) are the few examples here.

The rest affiliate networks pay only when you reach the minimum limit. So, it’s necessary to check the performance of affiliate publisher because many people having a blog or online publication join the affiliate programs and forget them after one or two sales.

If you haven’t reached the minimum threshold, then you will not get paid. It seems frustrating, and many people feel like cheated even after a few months they don’t reach the payout thresholds.

It’s marketer’s mistake that they forget to check minimum payout for an affiliate program they sign up.

It’s also important to focus on fewer things because you can give quality time to create more useful contents and promotional purpose. It will help you to reach that threshold quickly compared to random promotion for multiple programs in the same niche.

Total Affiliate Commission Value

You should consider this point when you join an affiliate program. The commission rates are different for every merchant or affiliate marketplace.

Generally, the digital products offer more commission than the physical products. You will get 1-15% of affiliate commission for promoting physical products while digital products pay well like 20-70% of final selling price.

Some of the companies will also pay you depending on the sales volume. You will find this section mostly on affiliate sign up page of the merchant site or in payment options.

Consider the taxes and fees are deducted from your income, and the remaining income is added to your account.

Some companies offer the two-tier affiliate program where you can get paid for the leads/sales generated by your referral affiliate publisher.

Some hosting companies like WP Engine, InMotion use this technique to lure more publishers promoting their products.

Remember, for the high-selling products; you will get very less percentage of commission (up to 1-4%) while others may have better commission rates.

It’s better to know, what you will get by promoting that particular business and its products or services. Many legit companies have clear mention about commission percentage.

There are some other modules where you will get flat per sale and no matter what the sales volume or package is.

Affiliate Program Payment Withhold Period

Who would like to wait getting paid for the sleepless efforts involved in affiliate promotion?

Withhold period is the time interval to get paid after a successful conversion where you have involved in a promotion that generates the leads or sales.

It’s used to avoid scams, or fake affiliates who make benefit from the promotional sales features like 30-days money back guarantee or trials only, etc.

Generally, most of the companies have 30 days withhold period where some of them hold your payments for 90 days or even more.

Waiting for three months may be annoying especially when you are earning very less. The individual companies providing services have more withhold period compared to affiliate marketplaces and businesses selling physical products.

I have mentioned it because you may get in frustrated situation after the month end seeing nothing has credited in your account.

Cookie Length

To make money from your affiliate promotion, you promote a product or service on your blog or other allowed platforms.

When a visitor goes to the product page (landing page) of your affiliate merchant through your link and makes a purchase, then that visitor is tracked, and you get paid.

What about if the person only visited the landing page of your affiliate merchant but does not take action?

Here’s cookie length will help you a lot. But, before that understand what the cookie is.

It’s not something that we eat as snacks in free time. In the digital world, a cookie is a randomly generated unique identifier code associated with a particular user.

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Most of the sites place a cookie in the user’s browser to track the behavior. The expiry duration of the cookie is set by the website owner like one day to 30 days or even more.

Are Cookies Really Helpful In Affiliate Marketing?

Now, what is the benefit of the cookie length in an affiliate marketing business?

When a visitor lands on product page through your link, his behavior is tracked in the cookie. And, if this person makes a purchase before the cookie expires, he is still supposed as a customer referred by you after a successful sale.

You will get maximum chances of getting paid with larger cookie duration. Still, consider factors like a last-click play that affect your affiliate commission.

Most of the times, people don’t make a purchase at the first time, and entire sales process takes around a few days after lead nurturing and proper follow up.

At that time, the cookie length plays an important role to get paid for your promotional efforts.

Isn’t it cool?

Well, it quite good to know that you will get paid even the sale is happening after several days later. But, all affiliate programs don’t offer the same cookie length.

Generally, the cookie expires after 30 days where some websites offer 45-180 days of cookie duration.

Hidden policies about all of this may lead to not getting paid even your referred person make a successful purchase.

Be aware of such networks which don’t have clear affiliate policies.

The another important thing,

You can also get paid for the cross-sales, up-sells and down sales for the people going through your referral links. Refer the guidelines or TOS of the particular affiliate program before signing up.

For the retail products, Amazon pays well for not only the direct sales but cross-sales, up-sells, and down sales also. You will get the commission for all the successful purchase your referral make that fit under Amazon’s TOS.

Content Creation

Crafting an engaging copy for an affiliate site seems a challenging task. These sites need to write mostly informative posts and reviews so that they can get more sales.

You’ll find a ton of sites reviewing the bestselling products. The information you want to use in your copy may be used by other people or very less (like description and features).

In such conditions, you need either buy that product or service or write by digging information on the web from other authority sources. (Some people may prefer writing fake or misleading people, but I don’t recommend that).

It’s also not possible to buy each product particularly when you are starting out. At that time you need to find the legit alternatives to get the product to write on it.

If you already master in a particular niche, then it may not be a problem for you. Otherwise, you can check following resources to create something out of the box.

Time Required To Make The First Sale And Start Earning Consistently

It’s something many people forget who start affiliate marketing by keeping only money in their mind.

Though money is a major factor and almost every affiliate marketer wants to make more money, it should not be your priority when you are at the beginning stage.

The affiliate marketing is not a quick-rich scheme; you should focus on building traffic and more than that the relationship and trust with them.

To get more traffic, you need to learn SEO, link building, SMM, etc. and evolve as a successful affiliate marketer; it takes around six months to 1 year.

Some people are lucky who get instant success, especially who already have huge fans following. But, it’s rare, and rest should focus on the specific strategies to reduce this time before starting to get paid.

The coaching from the influencers who dominate this industry can unlock the doors of success if you are dedicated to your goal.

Summing Up

Yeah! These are some of the critical points where you must look before joining any affiliate program.

By ensuring you have followed this simple guideline, you won’t get scammed or cheated.

You can receive your commission on time and if it’s not happening contact your affiliate manager immediately for further interactions. However, the chances are less as you know some valuable insights or loopholes in the affiliate marketing.

Are you an affiliate marketer? What are the other things you usually check when signing up an individual affiliate program or the marketplace?

Have you ever fallen in a scam or cheated by an affiliate company? Which one is that?

Or, anything specific to mention here you can share with us. It will help other people not get fooled by the affiliate networks in the future.

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The Bronson Centre is a charitable organization which has provided invaluable services to the community since 1996. Besides being a noted organization, the Center also has spaces for rent that accommodate cultural and artistic events and activities. The Bronson Center event space consists of The Bronson Centre Theatre, Mac Hall, Meeting Rooms and Office Spaces. This venue is known for hosting a wide range of music concerts and is well-equipped with lighting and acoustic technology for the same.

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Asset and wealth managers must be ‘fit for growth’, says PwC

Global asset management AUM will almost double to $145.4trn by 2025, with passive funds expected to rapidly boost their market share to around 25%, but firms must become business revolutionaries if they are to prosper, according to a new report from PwC.

Entitled Asset & Wealth Management Revolution: Embracing Exponential Change, the report predicts total AUM will grow by over 6.2% a year, from $84.9trn as of 2016, to $111.2trn by 2020 and then again to $145.4trn by 2025.

According to the report, active management will continue to grow, reaching $87.6trn by 2025. This will be around 60% of global AUM, down from 71% in 2016.

However, passive strategies are expected to hit 25% of global AUM over the same period, compared to a current market share of 17%.

The report said another key beneficiary of the changing environment will be alternatives funds, such as real assets, private equity and private debt, which will see AUM more than double in size, growing to $21.1trn and accounting for 15% of global AUM.

Meanwhile, retail funds, including ETFs, will see their assets almost double.

Elizabeth Stone, UK asset and wealth manager at PwC, explained that while the Big Four firm anticipates a faster rate of growth for passive vehicles, active investment is still growing and “retaining a dominant share of the market”.

She said: “It is important to remember that passive returns at a low cost are very attractive in a rising market but this industry has not yet been truly tested by the market.

“When it occurs, an inevitable market correction will underline a continued appreciation for the value of active investments.

“We are optimistic about active and passive investing and both will be key building blocks as the industry looks to achieve the best outcomes for its customers through tailored investments.

“Future success will lie in the way they work together to achieve this.”

In this environment, as low-cost products gain market share and larger players benefit from scale economies, there will be further industry consolidation and new forms of collaboration, according to PwC.

“Asset and wealth managers must be ‘fit for growth’ or they can expect either to fail or to become acquisition targets.  They must act now,” the report said.

It noted challenges for firms facing uncertainty and a margin squeeze at a time when they need to invest in developing new products, new technology and new skills to compete in a new age.

In particular, the “heydays of 30%+ profit margins will not be sustainable in the new world order”, the report said.

PwC predicts this asset growth will be driven by the “burgeoning wealth” of high-net-worth individuals and, on the institutional side, a shift to defined contribution retirement saving

PwC’s global asset & wealth management leader, Olwyn Alexander said: “Asset managers can take advantage of this massive global growth opportunity if they are innovative.

“But it’s do or die, and there will be a ‘great divide’ between few haves and many have nots.

“As a result, things will look very different in five to ten years’ time and we expect to see fewer firms managing far more assets significantly more cheaply.”

Uneven growth

PwC’s report also expects asset growth on a global basis to be uneven, with the slowest growth in developed markets and the fastest in developing regions.

The firm anticipates assets in North America to grow at 5.7% a year until 2020, at which point growth will slow to 4% until 2025, lifting assets from $46.9trn to $71.2trn over the nine years.

Meanwhile, the Asia-Pacific region is set to see growth of 8.7% a year from 2016 to 2020, accelerating to 11.8% from 2020 to 2025, bringing assets to $29.6trn over the period.

Europe’s share of global assets will grow at 8.4% a year until 2020, slowing to 3.4% between 2020 and 2025, bringing total assets to $35.7trn.

Stone said: “The UK market is facing its own set of headwinds, including uncertainty around Brexit and the upcoming implementation of MiFID II regulation.

“Nonetheless, the UK remains the largest  asset and wealth management centre in Europe  and will continue to flourish as a key part of this global growth across the industry.

“The predicted growth in North America, Asia and Latin America will be of utmost importance to the UK industry as it seeks to strengthen its global relationships with emerging markets in a post-Brexit world.

“This will require an open business environment to be maintained post-Brexit in order to ensure the future success of the global industry – of which the UK is a key player.”

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* Knowledgeable sales and support staff, with an average ofÂ 20 years industry experience * Extensive in-stock product line * Low quantity minimums for in-stock items * In-house traffic department, ensuring prompt and cost-effective delivery * Complete decorating services including screenÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â  printing, pad printing, and etchingÂ  * Custom designs and molds * Light assembly, cutting, attaching, repacking * Flame treating (limited to size of container) * Truckload pricing and blanket order releases available * Multiple location shipments available * Strong alliances with top manufacturers

WB Bottle Supply has been a complete packaging provider since 1932. However, the services we offer extend well beyond simply providing our customer with a product. Listed below are some of the additional advantages of choosing WB Bottle as your packaging supplier.

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WB Bottle is excited to announce that we were the recipient of a Gold award in the Pet & Vet category at this year’s 2015 Annual NACD Package Awards Competition. Judging is based on packaging innovation, sustainability, graphics, decoration, shape, closure, texture, ease-of-use, consumer appeal and technical merit. Contact WB Bottle Supply and find out how we can make your package award winning!

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Congratulations to our owner, Jim Wing, for receiving the 2014 Civic Award by the Inter-Organizational Council of Bay View as well as a Citation of Commendation issued by the state of Wisconsin and presented by State Senator Larson!

We are proud to be a sponsor of the 2014 South Shore Water Frolics and look forward to Blowing Up The Beach again this year!

On Saturday, April 22nd, it will be 82 years since Wilfred Wing, Jr. star, ted WB Bottle Supply with his partner Ed Bergar. It would only be 5 months before he bought Bergar out of the business at the whopping price of $50.00! Here’s to another 82 years! The Wing Family

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Welcome to the White Lake Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau.

Area History

Twenty thousand years ago the glaciers formed the Great Lakes, and with them, another “great” lake, White Lake.

A natural harbor lake along, the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, White Lake is approximately seven miles long, one mile across and flows into Lake Michigan through a deep water channel. Such an ideal waterfront location brought the first Native American tribes to the region, followed by fur trappers, traders and eventually settlers.

When the lumber era began in the mid 1800’s, the White Lake area enjoyed tremendous growth. In the lumbering heyday, thirteen mills operated along the White Lake shoreline. Boats loaded with lumber were shipped from White Lake to build other Lake Michigan communities.

The towns of Montague and Whitehall grew rapidly and reached population numbers similar to today. By the end of the nineteenth century, the vast tracks of white pine were gone and White Lakers looked to the coming industrial era and fruit farming to survive.

Industry developed slowly in the twin cities along the White Lake shoreline. However the Goodrich Steamship Line sailing with passengers from Chicago brought families to White Lake to “camp” and enjoys the natural beauty of West Michigan. And a new “industry” was born. Soon resorts were springing up along the lakes, beaches and millponds. The railroads were so popular with travelers who used the Pere Marquette Line to reach White Lake.

Through the early twentieth century, the shoreline resort area grew in popularity as thousands of Chicagoans spent summers at White Lake. Following the Second World War, industry made a comeback. The Tannery in Whitehall and the Foundry in Montague were the only industries remaining. Then, Misco opened a facility in 1946 and became Howmet, which is still the county’s largest employer. Hooker, Dupont, and Union Carbide all opened manufacturing facilities in the 1950’s. Currently the area includes a wide variety of smaller manufacturing and light industrial businesses. Producing everything from weathervanes to plastic plant tags, both the Whitehall and Montague Industrial Parks are booming.

With the addition of service-oriented businesses serving the White Lake area and the surrounding townships and counties, there is a balance of employers that is the envy of larger communities. Retail areas offer White Lakers a wide variety of products and services and enjoy moderate growth each year.

The resorts and recreational businesses continue to be recognized as vacation destinations. With golf courses, marinas, boat launches, lodging facilities and restaurants, the White Lake Area captures the imagination of the traveling public. Winter sports and recreational activities are becoming more popular and round out the regions appeal for year round visitors.

The White Lake area enjoys a reputation as a relaxing vacation destination. Montague and Whitehall and the surrounding townships are experiencing planned and reasonable growth. Increasing cooperation among governmental agencies and the business community creates a region that is “Proud of the past and confident of the future.”

For more information, visit our local White Lake Area Historical Society website.


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WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Whitman College women's volleyball team will have its hands full when NAIA powerhouse Lewis-Clark State rolls into town Tuesday for a non-conference match at 6 p.m. in Sherwood Center.

The Warriors, 16-7 on the season, are 8-3 in the Frontier Conference, just a half-game out of first place.

Lewis-Clark State, ranked No. 21 nationally in the latest NAIA poll, handed Whitman a three-game loss (25-19, 25-16, 25-20) earlier this season in Lewiston, Idaho.

Volleyball fans not watching the match in person can follow the action on a live video stream. Please click here as the match start times approaches.

After Tuesday night, Whitman plays its next three Northwest Conference matches on the road.

The Missionaries then conclude their season at home on Saturday, Nov. 7, against Pacific.

Alex Graves, one of Whitman's captains, continues to power the Missionaries as her senior season hits the stretch run.

In NWC matches only this fall, Graves leads the conference in kills, averaging 4.0 per game. In season-long stats, she is No. 2 in kills (3.53 kpg) and No. 4 in both digs (3.99 dpg) and service aces (0.34 aces per game).

With 29 service aces in 70 games this season, sophomore Katie Miller is No. 2 in the conference in that statistical category.

Junior Katie Richards is fourth in assists, averaging 8.91 per game for the season and 9.66 per game in NWC matches.

Courtney Brewer, a first-year middle blocker, is hitting .265 on the season, which ranks her sixth in the conference.

Olivia Nielson, another first-year middle blocker, leads the Missionaries in total blocks with 44. Brewer has 41, including a team-high nine solo blocks.

Carrie Cecil, a first-year right-side hitter, has 29 blocks.

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WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Whitman College basketball teams play their Northwest Conference home openers this weekend on George Ball Court in Sherwood Center.

George Fox University comes to town on Friday with Pacific University set to provide Saturday's opposition.

The women's games start both nights at 6 p.m. The men's games will follow at 8 p.m.

Admission to Whitman athletic events is always free for Whitman community (students, staff, faculty), but because most students are still away from campus on semester break, this weekend's games are also free to the local community.

Fans not in Sherwood Center for the games can follow the action online. Click here for live stats, or click here for a live video stream.

Both Whitman teams got off to a good NWC start last weekend, splitting their first two conference games on the road. Both Missionary squads lost on Saturday (the men falling in overtime) but bounced back with big wins on Sunday.

More information about this weekend's games follow below:

Women's Games

The Whitman women, 6-5 on the season despite a rash of injuries, are leading the NWC in 3-point shooting (32.3 percent), assists (14.64 per game) and assists-to-turnover ratio (.87 percent). The Missionaries are second in field goal shooting (40.3 percent) and field goal defense (36.7 percent).

Senior Hilary White tops Whitman in scoring at 11.5 points per game. She also averages 4.9 rebounds and is tied for fourth in the NWC in 3-point baskets with 19.

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Senior Michelle Krall and junior Rebecca Sexton both average 8.1 points per game. Sexton, who also grabs 5.1 rebounds a night, is shooting 54.5 percent from the floor for the season. That is the third best field goal mark in the conference.

Other key contributors for the Missionaries include first-year players Kelly Peterson (7.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg) and Mary Madden (6.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg).

Jennifer Keyes, a sophomore guard, sparked Sunday's victory by hitting five of seven 3-pointers en route to a 17 points in just 17 minutes on the floor. Keyes has played sparingly this season because of injury

Whitman faces its biggest challenge Friday against George Fox, the defending NCAA DIII national champion. The Bruins are off to a 9-2 start (2-0 in conference) this season and ranked No. 10 in the latest USA Today/ESPN national poll.

Keisha Gordon, a 5-foot-10 sophomore guard, averages 15.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and an NWC-best 3.09 steals per game. Hannah Munger, a 6-foot-5 first-year post, leads the conference in blocked shots (3.09 per game) and field goal shooting (55.3 percent). Munger averages 10.8 points and 7.4 rebounds.

The Pacific women, who lost 67-46 at George Fox on Monday, take records of 4-5 and 1-1 to a Friday night game at Whitworth.

Rochelle Reeves-Howe, a 5-foot-7 guard, averages 15.7 points and 3.8 rebounds to pace the Boxers. Julianne Erbe, a 5-foot-11 sophomore forward, adds 14.3 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

Men's Games

The Whitman is off to a fine start at 7-4, a record that includes last Saturday's overtime loss as well as a two-point setback to nationally-ranked Wisconsin Whitewater.

The Missionaries lead the NWC in scoring (88.2 ppg), steals (12.36 spg), offensive rebounds (17.09 rpg) and 3-point field goal defense (25.4 percent). They rank second in scoring margin (+8.6 points), turnover margin (+7.55) and 3-point field goals (8.27 per game).

Sophomore Brandon Shaw leads a balanced attack with 13.9 points per game. He also averages 3.3 rebounds and a conference-best 2.82 steals per game.

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Joining Shaw in double figures are freshman LuQuam Thompson (11.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg), freshman Peter Clark (11.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg), junior Justin Artis (11.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg) and junior Daniel Davidson (11 ppg, 4.5 rpg).

Other key contributors include sophomore David Michaels (7.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg) and freshman Drew Raher (7.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg).

Freshman Brady Brent came off the bench last weekend to average 11.5 points in his first two NWC games.

Clark has 32 3-point baskets in his first 11 games, which tops the conference, while Davidson is 12 of 24 from the 3-point stripe, which is the third best accuracy mark in the NWC. Michaels is tied for third in offensive rebounding.

The George Fox men, who got past their Pacific counterparts 80-68 on Monday, are 2-0 to start the conference season and 5-6 overall.

Alex Stockner, a 6-foot-5 senior, and Rich Smith, a 6-foot-7 junior, give the Bruins a strong one-two punch in the post. Stockner is shooting 57.4 percent from the floor, including 11 of 19 from the 3-point line (57.9 percent), while averaging 15.3 points and 6.2 rebounds. Smith adds 13 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

The Pacific men, who have lost three straight, take records of 4-7 and 0-2 to Whitworth on Friday night.

The Boxers, who lead the loop in rebounding margin (+7.8 rpg), have anchors in 6-foot-6 senior post Ross Bartlett (16.1 ppg, 10.1 rpg) and 6-foot-6 forward LeMar Anglin (13.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg).

Bartlett already has double-doubles (points, rebounds) in six games this season.

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CONTACT: Dave Holden
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Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.
509 527-5902; holden@whitman.edu


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16 December 2013

Ali Al Habsi and Gary Caldwell feature in Development Squad friendly.

Ali Al Habsi and Gary Caldwell made returns to the pitch this afternoon as Wigan Athletic's Development Squad drew 1-1 at Christopher Park against a Southport side which included former Latics' favourite Nathan Ellington.

Caldwell played just over an hour, while Al Habsi played the full 90 minutes, in his first piece of action since the final game of last season against Aston Villa at the DW Stadium.

On loan Manchester United forward Will Keane also featured for 45 minutes, with first team squad members Danny Redmond and Fraser Fyvie in the starting XI.

Josh Langley gave Latics the lead with a well taken effort on 32 minutes as he turned quickly in the area to fire home from a Redmond free kick, but former York and Fleetwood Town forward Richard Brodie equalised five minutes before half time, despite a suspicion of handball as he controlled to finish.

Al Habsi was called into action on a couple of occasions with some smart saves, including clawing a chipped effort out of the air and into his grasp in the second half.

Club Captain Caldwell was also called upon during the afternoon, as he battled against the physicality of Ellington in the first half.

On an afternoon of returns at the training ground, midfielder Jack Phillips made his first appearance of the season following a tough time with injury as he replaced Patrick Antelmi on 72 minutes.

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Latics: Al Habsi, Buxton, Balogun, Langley, Caldwell (Wilson 60), Meadows, Fyvie, Redmond, Johnson, Antelmi (Phillips 72), Keane (Andres 45)

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Forward talks training and strike partnerships in catch up with LaticsPlayerHD.

  • Signing from Brentford discusses pre-season training.
  • Grigg believes there were positive signs of a partnership with Craig Davies at Partick Thistle.
  • 24-year-old set to feature against Dundee.
New Latics frontman Will Grigg has settled in well to life with the club and is now keen to get match minutes under his belt in the fixtures with Dundee and Blackburn Rovers prior to the club’s season opener at Coventry City on Saturday 8th August.

Grigg, who was signed for an undisclosed fee from Brentford prior to Latics’ first pre-season game with Altrincham, has featured from the bench against Southport and Partick Thistle and now he’s keen to get major time on the pitch in the final two pre-season games.

“I was a little bit rusty at times [against Partick] but I got in some good positions and probably could have had two or three goals in the end but it was nice to get on the field and play,” the Solihull-born striker explained to LaticsPlayerHD.

“I’m hoping to have a big involvement on Friday so I’ll get some good minutes there and then, with the sessions we’ve had, I hope to be bang at it against Blackburn.”

There was a brief glimpse of the future during the 1-1 draw at the Firhill Stadium as Grigg linked up with Craig Davies on the pitch for the first time.

And the former Walsall and MK Dons man believes there’s potential for a successful partnership with the Wales international.

“I think myself and Craig Davies will work well together; obviously he’s a big lad and can get hold of the ball whilst I’m a player who looks to get in behind so we could complement each other quite well,” he added.

“We’ve been linking up quite well in training too so it might be one for the future.”

Training itself has been high tempo and full of quality as Gary Caldwell runs the rule over his squad ahead of his first team selection in August and Grigg has enjoyed his first week with the group up in Scotland, staying in the picturesque St. Andrews.

“It’s been really good so far,” Grigg said. “It’s a good bunch of lads and that’s made it easier for me, especially with the staff, so I’m enjoying it.

“We’ve just missed the golf but the setup is still here and the hotel provides a great atmosphere so it’s a lovely place to be.

“The training has been tough; we had a tough session on Wednesday and another one on Thursday morning before going again in the evening but it’s been a lot of ball work and that’s what we want to do.

“The manager wants us to play, get the ball down and create opportunities in that manner and that’s good because most teams and most players want to do it that way also. We’re working hard to try and play some good attacking football.”

Watch the full interview with Will Grigg on LaticsPlayerHD here.

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Glendenning to Pemulwuy via Prospect Reservoir
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Glendenning to Pemulwuy via Prospect Reservoir using M7 and Western Sydney Parkland Cycleways - 9am start from BP/Hungry Jack's carpark on the corner of Richmond Rd and Stone St Glendenning.

Return 1.00 -1.30pm. 4 hours  including allowing abt 30 mins for morning tea and stops along the way. Easy pace.

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Ride M7 and exit Sugarloaf Ridge (approx. 17 km). A short break to check out the lookout. Toilet and water bubbler nearby. Ride past the Prospect Reservoir area on cycleway and through to Pemulwuy shops for morning tea about 11 at Granata’s. Tables outside. [Another 10 or 11 km]. Toilets there. Then ride back through Reservoir area and down Chandos Rd onto the M7 cycleway. Chandos Rd is the only section of road with no shoulder. Fortunately there is not much traffic on a Sunday and is only a 2 km stretch. From there back to Glendenning about 23 km. An easy/medium ride except for a short steep climb up to Sugarloaf ridge and a couple of reasonably long steady climbs in between.


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Peter Mondavi’s perspective

Peter Mondavi Jr. Peter Mondavi Jr., regardless of anything else (and there are a lot of anything elses with the Mondavi family), knows wine. He is the son of Peter and the nephew of Robert, two men who are among the handful who have helped California wine become some of the best in the world.

So when Peter Jr. offers his perspective on the state of the wine business, as he did during a recent visit to Fort Worth, it ?s worth paying attention. Today, Peter runs the Charles Krug Winery in Napa Valley, which one part or another of the Mondavi family has owned since 1943. One of his goals? To make wine drinkers once again associate the family name with quality wine. This is something that hasn ?t happened much given the focus on the Mondavis ? various personal and financial woes ? mostly on uncle Robert ?s side of the family — over the past decade.

?It ?s incumbent upon our half of the family to show the Mondavis in as different a light as possible, ? he says. ?We want to continue the family name and heritage. ?

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Wine review: Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau 2007

32481 The Wine Curmudgeon likes Beaujolais nouveau. It’s cheap and food friendly, which covers a lot of territory.

But, over the last four years, it has been sadly inconsistent: Crummy vintages in 2004 and 2005, a good vintage in 2006, and now this mediocre 2007 entry from the Emperor of Nouveau, Georges Deboeuf ($10).

Nouveau should smell almost like grape juice, and taste fruity and refreshing without any tannins at all — all without being sweet. This Deboeuf smells grapey enough, but it tastes thin, with very little fruitiness. It’s as if the grapes were picked too soon, before the flavors had developed.

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Dessert wines

Yes, winemakers really do let the grapes freeze to make icewine. The Wine Curmudgeon has a deep, dark guilty  secret. It ?s dessert wine ? sweet, rich, luscious, and often pricey dessert wine.

In those respects, it is frequently everything that drives me crazy about the wine business. But dessert wine almost always gets the benefit of my doubt, because it is that much fun to drink. Pour a glass after a dinner, sniff it, swirl it around in the glass, and sip it. More often than not, it caps off the evening without recourse to over-chocolated desserts, the current chef-fusion-fruit concoction or whatever form of cheesecake is making the rounds.

Dessert wines come in a variety of flavors and styles. Some are made with fruit other than grapes, some are sparkling, and some use grapes that have frozen on the vines. (There are also cognacs, ports, sherries and Madeiras, but we’ll worry about those some other time.)

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Cheap wine and the weak U.S. dollar

$1 Ask foreign winemakers what their biggest problem is, and the answer is almost always the same: the historically weak U.S. dollar. ?We ?re getting absolutely slagged, ? says Hugh Hamilton, an Australian whose brands include Hugh Hamilton and Jim Jim.

How bad is it? The Australian dollar was worth more than 90 cents U.S. in November, its highest level since 1984. The euro, which French, Spanish, and Italian winemakers use, is at a record high of almost $1.50. It was worth $1.17 at the beginning of 2006. Even the Chilean wine industry is noticing the difference, as the peso continues to appreciate against the dollar. It is at levels it hasn ?t seen since 1999.

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All about the Wine Curmudgeon

Zix24cawx9p3zcae2p2iwcalz0v5ocatdt0Welcome to the Wine Curmudgeon, overseen by Jeff Siegel. I’m a nationally known wine writer whose work has appeared in a variety of newspapers and regional and national magazines. In everything I write, my philosophy is the same: The wine industry tries to intimidate consumers instead of educating them — and nuts to that.

Q. What does that mean?

A. You won’t see wine speak here, wine scores and ratings, or hoity-toity writing that implies that I’m better or cooler or neater than you are. Because I’m not. I just drink more wine.

Q. So what will you write?

A. Common sense articles about wine, written to help you understand what’s available and what it tastes like, as well as tips and advice about buying and drinking wine. My goal? Offer the information, and let you make the decision.

Q. Which means?

A. Reviews, national and Dallas-Fort Worth area news, a discussion of trends like cute labels and high alcohol levels, the occasional metaphysical speculation about wine (is $100 wine 10 times better than $10 wine?), and an eclectic assortment of tidbits, odds and ends, and miscellanea.

Q. Where can I find the wine you write about?

A. Most of it is generally available; check with your local liquor or wine store. If it isn’t, I’ll make sure to mention it.

Q. What if I disagree with you?

A. Then let me know. Your opinions are always welcome — either by commenting on a post by clicking the comments link at the bottom of the article or by sending me . Just keep in mind that the atmosphere here is cordial, which means we don’t use any of George Carlin’s Seven Dirty Words. It’s not only OK to disagree — agreeing to disagree is encouraged.

Thanksgiving wine suggestions

Actually, pairing wine with Thanksgiving dinner is a thankless task. There is sweet food, sweet and sour food, rich food, poultry, and whatever happens to be a tradition at that particular table.

So drink what you like. It will probably match something.

MarkWestCentralCoastPinotNo ? Pinot noir is the traditional wine, since it’s turkey-friendly. Mark West California 2006 ($15) is one of the few value pinots around, and it’s a pretty respectable effort. It’s fruity, but not overly so, with a touch of what wine types like to call rusticity. If you want to spend more, consider Orogeny Pinot Noir Green Valley 2005 ($30), full of red fruit and very easy to drink.

? Chardonnay, since it goes with almost anything. $8 will get you Baron Philippe deMacon-01 Rothschild Chardonnay 2006, which offers a fair amount of value. It’s not white Burgundy or Napa, but it’s more than sufficient. Even more value at $20 is the bright, crisp and green apple-y Maison Verget Macon-Villages 2005. It’s unoaked, which means it’s lighter than its California cousins.

image ? Sparkling, which is never out of place. Availability is limited, but I really like the Greg Norman Estates Sparkling Chardonnay/Pinot Noir ($11). It’s value bubbly the way it should be. The Zardetto Prosecco Brut ($18) is much drier than most Proseccos, and has a bit of chardonnay to give it some oomph. Surprisingly good.

Off-brand whites

Please, try something besides chardonnay. In 2006, almost one out of every four wine dollars was spent on chardonnay. That not only makes it the top-selling varietal in the U.S., according to The Nielsen Company, with almost twice the sales of cabernet sauvignon, but puts chardonnay so far ahead of every other white wine that it’s kind of spooky.

In the Nielsen report, consumers bought three times as much chardonnay as pinot grigio and pinot gris, and six times as much chardonnay as saugvinon blanc. Riesling was barely mentioned, and viognier and gewurtztraminer weren’t even counted. Now, the Wine Curmudgeon loves chardonnay as much as the next oenophile, but enough is enough. There is more white wine than chardonnay.

How has this happened? Some of it, certainly, has to do with pronunciation. Chardonnay is easier to say, which means it gets ordered more often in restaurants. Some of it is style. Not only is most chardonnay fruit-forward and easy to drink (with less citrusy flavors), but it’s consistent There are differences between producers and regions, but chardonnay is pretty much chardonnay regardless of who makes it and where it’s from. That isn’t true for pinot grigio and gris, for example, where it’s sometimes difficult to believe the Italians and Alsatians use the same grape.

But that doesn’t mean you need to drink chardonnay all the time. The next time you reach for the usual, think about one of these:

Gainey Riesling 2006 ($10). I was pleasantly surprised by this California label, which is just a touch sweet (or, as it’s called in the trade, off-dry). It has riesling’s characteristic floral aromas, with a bit of peach-like flavor. Serve this chilled with spicy Chinese or Thai food, and it should even work with roasted turkey.

White Knight Viognier 2006 ($13). Viognier, a Rhone grape often used for blending, has had fair success as a varietal in the U.S. This California wine is dry, but very soft without any harsh tannins or oak. Look for the orange-ish bouquet and a peach pit kind of finish. Serve chilled with chicken braised in white wine, using this for the wine.

Mulderbosch Chenin Blanc 2006 ($17). This dry white from South Africa, which is fruitier (think tropical flavors) than its French counterpart and doesn’t have the earthy funkiness that plagues so many South African wines. Serve it chilled with roast pork loin and apples.

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Daily reporting format is used to estimate the psychological mindsets of potential candidates and to track the daily progress of the employees in an organization. Accounting for all progress of a project or a work for all tasks accomplished and finished within the day, a daily report is prepared by employees for submission to their managers. Generally, daily reporting format contains space for details on how they spent their day in work including the challenges they encountered and also about their achievements. Sometimes it also sketches out about the strategies they have for the following day.

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Daily reporting format helps the team manager to have a general idea about how the project is moving forward in terms of each individual team member’s tasks without having to communicate to each one on a regular basis. Daily reports are much more cost-effective than to have a daily discussion which may not be reliable. It’s also an efficient way of finding which tasks are done by their staff so they can distribute tasks accordingly. The well designed daily reporting format lets you plan a single day by the hour, view a week’s progress at a glance, and add important points. Maintain your work day prepared and plan ahead for important tasks, events, and deadlines. The note section in the Daily reporting format helps to keep track of important reminders and priority tasks.

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Our further education courses (Entry to Level 3) are usually free if you are 16-18 years old. Depending on your circumstances, you may be eligible for financial support to help with other costs associated with your course such as course materials and travel.

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The VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Make-up Artistry is a vocational qualification that will prepare you for a career as a make-up artist. This qualification is designed to support you to gain employment as a make-up artist, as the units contained in this qualification cover all the skills and knowledge required for this role. This is a vocational qualification that includes all the required elements to work effectively as a make-up artist. Throughout your studies you will develop your understanding of relevant anatomy and physiology, health and safety, client care and cosmetic products and equipment and develop your interpersonal skills which will assist you to communicate effectively with clients.

You will study units such as:

  • Monitor and maintain health and safety practice in the salon
  • Client care and communication in beauty related industries
  • Promote products and services to clients in a salon
  • Design and apply face and body art
  • Instruction on make-up application
  • Apply make-up
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You will need to purchase textbooks, salon uniform to wear whilst working in salon and an equipment kit to be able to carry out practical treatments. These must be purchased within the first 2 weeks of September or within 2 weeks of enrolling on the course. Uniform must be laundered, well maintained and worn in all practical lessons.

Learners will be required to practice all treatments/services on themselves and each other prior to assessment, to be able to do this learners will have to remove all of their own make-up including false eye lashes, no false nails, no jewellery during practical lessons, this is in order for everyone to gain the relevant practical experience throughout the course.

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This Childhood Picture Of Hrithik, Twinkle, Ekta & Others Is Too CUTE To Miss

By Palak Sharma

July 25, 2018

We love to see the childhood pictures of our favourite celebrities. And the guessing game that requires us to guess which celebrity’s baby picture it is is our most favourite. We get excited every time a celebrity posts a throwback picture from their childhood on social media.

One such picture is going viral recently. A throwback picture which has Hrithik Roshan, Sunaina Roshan, Twinkle Khanna, Rinky Khanna, Ekta Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor, Ahlam and Shadab Khan has been circulating on social media currently. The picture has all these celebrities in their childhood. The picture is too cute for words as all of them are smiling wide for the camera. The kids are all sitting surrounding veteran actress Reena Roy, who is also giving a big smile to the camera. The kids look too adorable in the picture and it will make you go: “aww”

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Isn’t it too precious?

On the work front, Hrithik Roshan is currently shooting for Vikas Bahl’s Super 30. This film will be based on the biopic of mathematician Anand Kumar. It is slated to release on 25 January 2019. After that, the actor will be shooting for Siddharth Anand’s untitled project. It will also star Tiger Shroff in lead role. The film will have a dance-off between the two actors.

Hrithik’s first look from the upcoming movie ‘Super 30’

Ekta Kapoor, on the other hand, is producing new films and TV shows left, right and centre. The upcoming film ‘Mental Hai Kya’, which stars Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao, is produced by Ekta.  She recently released the first teaser of the upcoming reboot of her popular show ‘Kasauti Zindagi Kay’. This reboot will be the second season of Kasauti Zindagi Kay and will star Erica Fernandes, Hina Khan and Abhimanyu Chaudhary in lead roles. Their roles in the original series were played by Shweta Tiwari, Urvashi Dholakia and Cezanne Khan, respectively.


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Discovering the pinnacle of Ecuador

Ecuador’s capital of Quito, high in the Andes mountains, is one of the world’s most breathtaking cities, as Tim Tatton-Brown explains.

Aerial view south over Ecuador’s capital, Quito.

Situated in the High Andes of Ecuador, at well over 9,000 feet above sea-level, Quito is the highest and one of the most extraordinary capital cities in the world. Added to this, its position close to the equator gives it a unique climate with no high- and low-pressure systems, which means that very hot sunny days (and much ultra-violet radiation!) alternate with colder, cloudy, and rainy days. If this were not enough of a natural onslaught, the city has been subject to many earthquakes, and is also quite often covered in layers of ash spewed out by its surrounding enormous volcanoes (most recently in 1999). Yet at the heart of the modern city of nearly three million people is a wonderful ‘historic’ colonial city laid out on a grid by the Spanish conquerors of the Inca in 1534. The city is probably South America’s best-preserved colonial city, and as such was one of the first places to be inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Encountering high societies

I came to Ecuador in January, primarily to study the country’s unique collection of high Andean volcanoes and the totally different ‘offshore’ volcanoes of the Galapagos. The latter form a group of islands in the Pacific 600 miles due west of Ecuador, and are now justly famous for Charles Darwin’s brief visit in 1834. They, and their unique tame wildlife, are also a World Heritage Site, and are simply spectacular. However, in many ways a much more interesting place for archaeologists (and vulcanologists) is the central north–south double-spine of mainland Ecuador, where pre-Columbian High Andean civilisations flourished in the great uplands of the sierras.

The Inca had finally conquered the area in 1462, just before the arrival of the Spaniards, making Quito the chief city of the northern part of their vast empire. Throughout this area, one finds many traces of the pre-Columbian peoples, both at archaeological sites and even more so in the surviving indigenous people and their colourful way of life. This is, of course, overlaid by Spanish things – particularly churches, but also by miniature bull-rings and so on – and by modernity – roads, cars, buses, and football pitches; in fact, both bull-fighting and football had pre-Columbian counterparts. It is, however, amazing to remember that there were no wheeled vehicles or horses before the Conquest, and the great Inca paved roads, which criss-crossed this area, were for people on foot, with their few pack animals.

The high Sierras are now full of burgeoning urban centres, places like Riobamba and Cuenca, which like Quito began as new cities laid out on a 16th-century grid. All around them, and rising up to almost the highest levels of the Sierras, are signs of age-old agriculture – the growing of maize (sweetcorn), potatoes, tomatoes – all of them crops that, after the Spanish conquest, filtered out to the whole world. I was particularly surprised to see that, even on the edges of the highest open moorlands (here called the Paramó, and now the final haunts of the greatest of vultures, the condor), very poor people were trying to plough up the ground – at 13,000 feet – to plant potatoes. I was interested to note that among these sparse fields, one could see little huts set into hollows that reminded me of early Anglo-Saxon sunken post-built ‘grübenhauser’. Perhaps these marginal people will benefit from global warming, as did the marginal Bronze Age people on England’s Dartmoor in an earlier ‘warmer’ period.

Into the capital’s historic heart

Further on from Quito’s main square, the Plaza Grande, are two large open squares used for markets: this is the Market Place (Plaza), in front of San Francisco.

Let us now return to the Quito area, at the very heart of the northern sierras of Ecuador. Modern life is very difficult in this region, since it is hemmed in by huge volcanoes and vast deep gorges. Even driving along a brand-new road, from the equally new airport to the centre, one has to go up and down the deep hillside between about 9,000 and 10,000 feet several times. I was also amazed to discover that in this area of vast deposits of volcanic ash, thousands of Australian gumtrees are growing (they were introduced to Ecuador from France in the 1860s). Approaching the historic city, one is then struck by the enormous number of new houses that run up all the hillsides around the old centre. The largest recent expansions of the city now have to be, by the nature of the terrain, to the north and the south. This makes Quito one of the longest (22 miles north–south) and narrowest (3 miles east–west) great cities in the world.

The historic city of San Francisco de Quito (to give it its full name) was laid out with strings and measuring rods on 6 December 1534. An irregular grid was constructed (rather like a bigger version of the grid in my own home city of New Sarum in Salisbury, England) on the sloping hillside, with at its centre a large open square, the Plaza Grande. Around this were quickly built the most important buildings: the cathedral, archbishop’s palace, governor’s palace (now the presidential palace), and the municipal palace (city hall). West and south of this, on the edge of the original grid, are two further large open squares – used as markets – flanked, and dominated, by the vast (and still existing) Franciscan and Dominican friaries. These were constructed by the local indigenous population under the direction of friars who had been sent out from Spain to forcibly convert them to Christianity. On the other side of the world, at exactly this time, Henry VIII (and Thomas Cromwell) were dissolving all of the great English friaries and pulling them down.

The huge Franciscan friary here, with its large north-west-facing church surrounded by two cloisters and five other courtyards, was started in 1536, and is said to be the largest religious complex in South America. As well as the equally grand Dominican house, at least 20 other churches and convents were soon built in the city, which was created the centre of Real Audiencia of Spain in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Remarkably, almost all of these churches are still in regular use, and full of devout indigenous people, attending many masses. There has been even more of a revival of worship under ‘their’ new South American Franciscan Pope.

Quito’s most opulent church, ‘La Compañia’, with beyond it the Museo Numismatico in the old Central Bank of Ecuador.

In praise of Quito

The grandest and most opulent church of all in central Quito is the church known as ‘La Compañia’. This was built from 1605 by the Jesuits, and inside its Baroque interior it is almost entirely covered in (Inca?) gold. The most magnificent architectural feature, however, is the external south-eastern façade (the church also faces north-west), which was added between 1722 and 1765. It is covered in Jesuit symbolism, including sacred hearts, saints (especially Ignatius Loyola, of course), angels, and putti. Only two years after it was completed the Jesuits were expelled from South America by the King of Spain because they had become too powerful.

On the western edge of the city are the buildings of another magnificent institution, the great hospital of San Juan de Dios. This was founded for King Philip II of Spain (only a decade or so after his ill-fated marriage to Queen Mary in Winchester Cathedral), and it was in use as a hospital (in both ancient and modern usage of the term) until 1974. In 1998, it was reopened as the City Museum (Museo de la Cuidad), where one can see displays of both pre-industrial medicine (for example, blood-letting) and modern. The great church of the hospital is yet another fine ecclesiastical building, still in use, with an upper choir at the outer edge of the nave of the church (here the church faces south-west).

In addition to its archaeology, Ecuador is full of volcanoes, among them the active Tungurahua volcano shown here.

Despite the chaotic, and often very violent, political history of Ecuador since it broke loose from Spain in the early 19th century – and its eruptions and earthquakes – Quito is still a superb ‘colonial’ city that is very well worth visiting (for at least a week!). And that is without me having mentioned the many fine hotels and restaurants, nor the fact that since 2000 Ecuador’s currency has been the American dollar.

Tim Tatton-Brown is an architectural historian and archaeologist, and the former Director of the UK’s Canterbury Archaeological Trust. For over 50 years, he has been visiting and studying volcanoes, and even climbed mounts Ararat and Kilimanjaro in his youth.

All images: Tim Tatton-Brown

This article appeared in issue 77 of Current World Archaeology.


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Bobby Zamora. Picture: Angela Brinkhurst
Bobby Zamora. Picture: Angela Brinkhurst

ALBION dropped down to sixth in the Championship table following their 2-0 defeat at Rotherham on Tuesday.

That defeat stretched their winless league run to eight matches and the unbeaten run seems a distant memory now.

But if Seagulls’ fans were offered sixth spot in mid-January what would the reaction have been?

A good barometer of how a side have fared with regard to pre season expectations is our Handicap and Albion (+14) are actually second favourites at 5/2 behind Boro (+2) on the handicap where Derby County (now 33/1) were the only side on scratch.

Albion are at Ewood Park this weekend to take on a Blackburn Rovers side who themselves are struggling for form having picked up just two points from the last fifteen available.

The Seagulls are 2/1 to pick up maximum points with Rovers 8/5 and the draw at 9/4.

Albion have drifted to 50/1 at BetVictor for the title, 7/2 for promotion but are still odds on at 1/2 to end the campaign with a top six finish and a minimum of a play-off spot.

Chris Hughton’s side need a change of fortune but 2/1 does seem too big given their defeat in south Yorkshire was their first on the road in the Championship this season.

A 1-0 win for Albion is priced at 7/1 with BetVictor and that might be a shade too big; you would not expect to see a goal-fest at Ewood Park and under 1.5 goals is just 9/5 but Albion need to get back to winning ways and if they have to win ugly so be it.

Jordan Rhodes is the 19/4 favourite to score the opening goal with James Wilson at seven and Bobby Zamora, a late substitute midweek, eight the same price as Tomer Hemed.

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