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Geilsland Estate welcomed an exciting guest today! Emma Roddick, the Minister for Equality at the Scottish Government, paid a visit to us today. The purpose of her visit was to meet with Alison Berry, the lead of the Lend an Ear Befriending service, and to celebrate the successful renewal of funding for the Lend an Ear project. This three-year funding extension comes from the Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund 2023-26. During her visit, Emma met with Alison, lend an ear volunteers and service users, delving into the fundamental impact of our Lend an Ear project on our local community's battle against isolation and loneliness.
Our Lend an Ear Befriending service has been a beacon of hope for the isolated and lonely community members of North Ayrshire for several years now. Founded with the vision of connecting people who often find themselves sidelined by social isolation, the project has flourished under Alison Berry's guidance. The project aims to
foster a sense of belonging and safety among individuals who might otherwise be grappling with feelings of solitude.
The renewal of funding for the Lend an Ear project via the Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund 2023-26 underscores the significant impact it has had on the community. This funding is a testament to the dedication and effectiveness of the Lend an Ear team in making a positive change to the lives of those who struggle with isolation and loneliness. With this support, the project can continue its crucial work, expanding its reach and making a lasting difference.
Emma Roddick's visit to Geilsland emphasized the importance of initiatives like Lend an Ear in promoting inclusivity and addressing isolation. As the Minister for Diversity, Emma recognized the value of such efforts. One of the highlights of the visit was the opportunity for Emma to interact with the volunteers and service users who form the heart of the Lend an Ear project. Volunteers shared their experiences of making connections, offering companionship, and witnessing the transformative power of empathy. Service users, on the other hand, expressed their gratitude for the helping hand that Lend an Ear had provided them.
During Emma Roddick's visit participants engaged in conversations about the positive impact of the Lend an Ear project, how they became involved and their hopes for the future of the project and it's reach. These discussions reinforced the notion that addressing loneliness requires not only financial investment but also genuine human connection and support.
The Lend an Ear project's success story, coupled with the renewed funding support from the Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund, demonstrates the profound impact that community-driven initiatives can have. As we move forward, inspired by Emma and her team's visit, let us remember that a simple act of lending an ear can bridge the gap between loneliness and connection, one conversation at a time.
If you're interested in reading more about our Lend an Ear project, volunteering with our team, or making a referral, please complete this form or give us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"Should I cover my AC unit in the winter?"
This is quite a frequent question we get in the fall and early winter. Covering an air conditioner in the winter (we are talking about the outdoor unit window AC and heat pumps) does protect the unit but not as most people imagine. We are going to check when it makes sense to cover your AC in the winter and, even more importantly, when you don't have to cover your AC unit.
In the US Department Of Energy guide for AC maintenance, we have quite a clear-cut answer (but it's not that simple as we will see):
"Covering the outdoor unit of a central air conditioner will protect the unit from winter weather and debris." (DOE on covering outdoor AC unit in the winter)
As you might imagine, a covered or uncovered outdoor AC unit faces quite a lot of threats in the winter. Some of these, the AC can handle by itself or the cover won't help, for others, it is useful to protect your air conditioner by covering it in the winter. The threats include:
- Snow is gathering on the air conditioner.
- Extremely low temperatures in the winter (or extremely high temperatures in the summer).
- Dirt accumulation in the AC unit. This includes small particulates like dust particles, smoke particles, and so on.
- Bigger pollutants get stuck in your air conditioners, including leaves, small twigs, grass, berries, and so on.
- Higher moisture levels can nurture mold growth.
- Icicles falling on the air conditioner from your roof.
- Small rodents like mice, rats, and small birds infest your outdoor ac unit.
Covering an air conditioner during the winter months will help with some of these threats (but not all).
Example: You want to protect your AC from moisture. Should you cover it in the winter to fight moisture? Actually, no. You will do more harm than good to your AC if you cover it in the winter (moisture-wise) because the cover will trap the moisture and increase the likelihood of mold growing in your AC during the winter.
In fact, out of these 7 threats outdoor air conditioner is exposed to, only 4 can be helped by covering your air conditioner in the winter. 2 of them will get even worse if you use a cover on your air conditioner during the winter months.
Let's break down when you need to cover your AC unit and, essentially, when you should absolutely not use an outdoor AC cover in the winter:
When You Don't Have To Cover Your AC In The Winter
You probably see many air conditioners covered in the winter. Many air conditioners that are covered actually don't need to be covered. Namely, homeowners are not getting any significant benefit from covering their AC units.
Here are examples of when it just doesn't make sense to cover your AC:
- AC cover doesn't protect your AC against cold temperatures. In the winter, we can experience very cold temperatures (even below -15°F. Covering the air conditioner in below-zero temperatures doesn't warm it up at all. It is important to note that AC units are built to withstand very low winter temperatures by themselves. Covering it won't help one bit here.
- AC cover doesn't help against moisture or mold (quite the opposite is true). High humidity in the outdoor AC unit can cause the mold to grow and damage your air conditioner. There is little we can do to protect against moisture. However, one of the worst things that we can do is cover the AC unit in the winter. That will only help to capture the moisture inside the unit (you will see higher relative humidity levels) and will increase the likelihood of mold growth.
- AC cover doesn't help again mice, rats, and so on. We might think that covering the AC will prevent rodents from getting inside the unit. The opposite is actually true. In the winter, these rodents are looking for nice cozy spaces. An uncovered AC unit can be a nice retreat. However, a covered outdoor AC can be a little warm heaven to these rodents in the winter. If you cover the AC, you will likely see more mice and rats finding refuge in your outdoor AC unit.
In short, covering the AC in the winter doesn't help against moisture, rodents, and AC units don't really need a warming blanket because they are made to endure Eskimo low temperatures.
On the other hand, covering the AC can be very useful if your unit is facing these kinds of threats in the winter:
When You Should Cover Your AC Unit In the Winter
If you face a lot of snow and icing (below freezing temperatures) in your area, it makes sense to cover your AC unit. On top of that, it is also smart to cover your air conditioner in the fall because of all the falling leaves and grass.
Here are the treats to your AC unit that a cover can protect it from:
- Covering AC protects it from freezing (expansion). Snow will gather on the AC unit regardless of whether the AC is covered or not. However, if the snow penetrates the AC and freezes over, that ice will expand and potentially damage your AC unit. There is nothing wrong with snow on top of your AC; all the problems originate from the snow turning into ice and expanding inside the AC unit. If you cover the AC in the winter, you prevent the snow from penetrating inside the AC and protect it from that harmful ice expansion.
- Covering AC protects it from dirt (small particulates). Small dirt particles like dust and small particles (from wildfires) can be partially stopped by a protective AC cover. That's why it makes sense to cover the AC in the fall (wildfire season) and the winter as well. The less dirt your outdoor AC will accumulate during the winter (especially on the outdoor condensation coils and near the AC compressor), the better.
- AC cover protects your unit from falling leaves, twigs, and grass in the fall. The fall season can be quite dangerous to our outdoor AC units. There are a lot of bigger things that can accumulate inside the AC unit, including leaves, twigs, grass, and so on. If you are cutting grass, for example, the wind can easily carry it to your AC where it accumulates and can cause AC problems in the next cooling season. Covering the AC will not eliminate this problem completely; it will, nevertheless, minimize the accumulation of leaves, twigs, and grass inside your outdoor AC.
- Covers protect AC from falling icicles. In some cases, the outdoor AC unit is positioned directly under the edge of the roof. That's where icicles can grow in the winter and fall directly on your AC unit, potentially harming it. You cannot stop those icicles from smashing into the AC unit. However, with the AC cover, you are at least limiting their destructive impact (the force is dispersed across the AC over and not all focused on the icicles point).
As you can see, there are quite a lot of benefits of using an AC cover. You will get much of the same benefits if you cover the window air conditioner in the winter as well.
Bottom Line On Using AC Cover Or Not
As we can see, it doesn't always make sense to use an AC cover. It won't shield your AC unit from excess moisture or rodents. You don't really need to use it as a warm blanket around the AC unit in the winter.
However, if you live in an area where you have snow, falling leaves, a lot of grass, and even icicles on the edge of the room, it makes quite a lot of sense to use an AC cover for the outdoor unit.
In short, should you cover your AC in the winter depends a bit on what the AC is surrounded by and the climate (snow, icicles). If you are not completely sure if you should cover your AC in the summer, it is better to do it than not (these covers only cost about $25).

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Border situation with India stable and controllable: China
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external affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said: 'We are engaged with the Chinese side to peacefully resolve it'
Amid the China-India standoff along the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Ladakh, China's foreign ministry said the situation at the border is "stable".
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"Currently the overall situation along the China-India border is stable and controllable. Both diplomatic and military communication channels between China and India on the border issue are open," foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said.
Amid the standoff, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said, "The Chinese Communist Party has been on this effort, on this march, for an awfully long time. They'll certainly use a tactical situation on the ground to their advantage. But each of the problems identified there are threats that they have been making for an awfully long time, adding, "threats like the one that is happening on its border with India, they have been making for an awfully long time," Pompeo said.
"China has been implementing the consensus between the two countries' leaders. We have been committed to upholding our national sovereignty, security as well as stability along the border," Zhao said.
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Hot Job: Pediatric SLP – Fayetteville, AR
We are currently recruiting for a Pediatric SLP who has some clinical Peds experience to join a growing team in Northwest Arkansas. Northwest Arkansas was rated as the Third Best Place to Live in America by a recent national publication! So…why wouldn't consider living in the Ozark Mountains where the air is clean…the people friendly and outdoor activities abound. You would be in a community that boasts a major university…The University of Arkansas, major business headquarters…like Walmart and others….but most of all a very affordable cost of living with many options for housing.
The ideal candidate for this job opportunity with have had some experience in a pediatric setting…have a desire to work independently (but on a team)….and have some flexibility in their schedule. This opportunity can be full-time or part-time…your choice! You would be working with kiddos in the clinic, pediatric daycare, Head Start, homes and other settings…so a variety of setting awaits! Age ranges are from Early Intervention through high school age…with most being in the Pre-School through elementary school ages. You will be provided the referrals so that you would complete the Initial Evaluation…set up the Treatment Plan…then carry that plan out.
Pay is very competitive and you can elect to be an employee or be reimbursed on a "unit of treatment" method. Benefits will be provided for full-time therapists.
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Mary "Marcie" Oestermyer, 83, of Amarillo, TX died Friday, June 23, 2023.
Services will be at 11:00 AM, Thursday, July 6, 2023 at Highland Baptist Church, 4316 34th St., Lubbock, Texas. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors.
Marcie was born August 22, 1939 to Leonard Lawrence Trichel and Buela Edna (Singleterry) Trichel.
She married Gene Oestermyer on June 16, 1956. They were married for 65 years before he preceded her in death.
Marcie was a good friend to many throughout her life and a long-standing member of Highland Baptist Church in Lubbock where she had many, many close friends. She was always a supporter, encourager, and faithful to her husband, her children, and many friends.
Marcie is survived by two daughters, Valerie Gooch and husband Royce, and Cindy Willis and husband Mark; two grandchildren, Trichelle Webb and husband Casey, and Evan Gooch and wife Nicole; five great-grandchildren, Parker and Max Webb, and Audrey, Harper, and Gable Gooch.


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The 2 Johnnies are back with an exciting new show heading for RTE next week. On September 27th at 9:30pm, the comedy duo will be appearing on our TV screens as part of a four part series diving deep into the worlds of Tik Tok, Urban Art, Online Gaming and Niche Sports. Seems like a strange collection of subjects, but lets hear the boys out!
Read more →There are some great events lined up in Pembroke Cricket Club this August! This weekend will see the club hold a Comedy & Cocktails Night, featuring 2014 Funny Women Award finalist Áine Gallagher amongst others.
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'A Star Is Born' Honest Trailer: Didn't Jeff Bridges Already Do This In 'Crazy Heart'?
A Star Is Born didn't take home as many Oscars as pundits thought it would when it was all the rage last fall. But Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga certainly stole the ceremony with their intimate and passionate performance of the remake's signature tune "Shallow." However, the folks at Honest Trailers can't help but notice that this movie is pretty much Crazy Heart all over again, which is also kind of a remake of A Star Is Born. And now we have a nosebleed. Watch the A Star Is Born Honest Trailer below.
A Star Is Born Honest Trailer
We already knew we weren't getting away from this Honest Trailer without a Rocket Raccoon joke, but there are actually two in this skewering of A Star Is Born. What we didn't expect was a reference to The Fifth Element, even though it should have occurred to us that Ally is just like a cross between Jennifer Lopez and Leeloo Dallas (Multi-Pass).
However, the best part of the A Star Is Born Honest Trailer is when we get a new rendition of "Shallow," complete with all the Lady Gaga noises you could ask for and even some shade thrown at Bohemian Rhapsody. A close second is the name given to Bradley Cooper's tragic suicide reveal, which is unbelievably dark, but also viciously hilarious.
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Sign X Here - carrying on your conversations to re-write the signs of East Greenwich
Sign X Here is an exciting digital arts project by Kyp Kyprianou and Tom Keene, commissioned by Stream Arts. It continues the conversations begun in the earlier Peninsula Voices projects which invited residents of East Greenwich to comment on the issues they cared about through a variety of art genres and platforms. The results are archived on the Stream website and offer a real picture of a community captured online.
Using quotes and inspiration from the archives, and conversations with previous participants, Tom and Kyp will now engage various groups, including the Greenwich youth radio station Fresh FM, local businesses and even the local police in a range of unusual and exciting activities. These will include a special guided activity walk with the local Bobby's, a live flickr stream photo display created by local residents, tea parties and a chance for participants to create their own signs. A final publication will bring together images of the signs installed with their location expanded by the thoughts and imaginations of participants and the general public, collected via SMS, handwritten post-its and online comment.
All of the results are being archived and curated on a special web-site with live Twitter and Facebook streams, as the artists explore how a community in real time can be presented and even (re-) created on-line. A unique exploration of how digital art can intersect with and even inspire, community integration, this Stream project will provide a new model for community arts in the 21st century.
Visit the Sign X Here website for more information: http://signxhere.streamarts.org.uk/
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Do you know what the sole purpose of your website should be?
In my opinion, assuming that your site is not a full-blown ecommerce site, the main aim of your site is to generate leads. And, that means getting email subscribers.
Full stop.
In fact, I don't think it matters whether visitors spend time on your site and consume your content if they don't become a known lead.
Because without their email address you don't know who they were or what they wanted or why they stopped by. So everything you do on your site should be done with an aim to get the lead so you can to market to them.
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Why Should You Make A Course?
It's a fact: You know stuff.
Whether you're a carpenter, a boat builder, a mechanic – you do that professionally which means you know how to do something rather well, right?
Well, people want to know how to do what you're good at. So teach them!
Share your knowledge!
This is the best way to position yourself as the 'expert' – the 'go to guy' or 'gal'. It's a great way to establish credibility and trust. And when people see you as an expert that they trust, they buy from you. Simple as that.
If you put yourself out there and show people how to do the things you're good at, they'll see you as an expert.
What's more, once prospects have subscribed to your course, you can keep building your credibility by showing them to do other things. The more up the ladder you establish yourself as 'the expert', and the more people trust you in that area, the more you can charge.
That's a rather nice upside, right? 😉
Free Or Premium?
Generally, you should have two versions of a course.
- One should be a 'free version' that covers the basics.
- The other should be a premium version – a more enhanced version that you can charge for and that goes into more depth.
There are 'levels of in between' that are meant to 'nurture' prospects into customers. But in this article, we'll talk about how you can create a free course to get email subscribers (your web site's ultimate goal).
Offering a high quality course for free will get you results fast.
In our Five Ps of Modern Marketing, the third P is Permission: We want to get people's permission to market to them.
So how do you get permission?
That's where 'lead magnets' come in. Offer something of value, something that your prospects would be willing to pay for. Give it to them for free in exchange for their name and email address (and in fact, some marketers might even go so far as insisting that only an email address is enough).
Now here's the thing…
Some people will do your free course and still want someone else to do it for them. That's where your services come in!
So now you've got two potential avenues of income, all stemming from one free course:
- A premium, more in-depth course about the things your subscribers want to know more about
- Your services, for those of your subscribers who would prefer the 'done for them' version
But I'm Not A Teacher! My Writing Skills Are Terrible!
Woah, there, tiger! Listen. Have you ever employed anyone? Did you show them how to do something related to your expertise?
OK, let's forget about teaching full stop.
Have you learned anything about your area of expertise? Of course, you have! Otherwise, you wouldn't be a professional, right?
So don't worry so much about whether you're a good teacher or not. The aim is that you demonstrate or somehow convey to your prospects what you've learned.
If you're freaking out right now, thinking that you have poor grammar or spelling, don't worry! You can offer your course in different formats. It doesn't necessarily need to be written. You can offer an audio or video version, for example.
If you've come over all shy, remember that you can just write your course in text format, do an audio or even do a powerpoint presentation as a video and speak over it. Or outsource the voiceover.
No need to show your face. And if you think you'll freeze up, then write out some interview questions and ask a friend to ask you the questions as a form of an 'interview' style.
If you do need to write but really are hesitant about releasing it to the public you can hire an editor or proof-reader for as little as $5 dollars. Yes. Only five dollars. Just do a search for 'Editors' on Fiverr and see.
So there are ways around everything. Don't worry so much about the 'how'. Let's think about the 'what'…
What Should Your Course Be About?
What do you know about? What's your area of expertise?
These are the types of questions that you should brainstorm the answers to. You know a lot about something. You just need to figure out what that 'something' is.
Say you're a cleaner and you want more email subscribers so that you can turn them into customers. Demonstrate your expertise! People want to know how to clean difficult stuff. So show them! For example:
- How to clean the limescale out of a toilet bowl
- How to clean and deodorize a fridge
- How to get the smell out of a wardrobe
- How to choose the best washing machine, carpet washer, and so forth
Maybe even do product reviews of your favorites. Do an actual demonstration, showing subscribers exactly how to use it.
There may be things you can think of that people might want to know that you don't know yourself. That's fine. That's what's Google's there for. Just look it up! 😉
For ideas, brainstorm the following:
- What do you know about in your field of expertise?
- What does your ideal customer want to know about?
- What do your customers ask you time and time again?
- What sells the best?
- If it sells well then whatever 'it' provides the solution to, is probably something people want to know about.
- Use your keyword research for course topic ideas too.
- See what other people are offering.
- Look at Podcast topics.
- Ehow, Udemy, Lynda.com and Open University are a few more potential resources.
- Search on Google and YouTube for 'course', 'how to', or 'tutorial' (plus your area of expertise) for more ideas.See what's on offer.
See if there's anything that you could teach in your own course (with your own personal spin on it of course).
And if that's not enough, here are a couple of free courses as examples:
Note: not only are these good examples of lead magnets, the actual course material is good so sign up and see what they send you.
How Will You Structure And Deliver Your Course?
Exercise time! Grab your pen and paper and let's start brainstorming:
Step 1
- Have you learned anything new in the past two years?
- Maybe you've been on a course? Online? College?
- Listened to podcasts?
- Been on email lists related to your area of expertize?
Step 2
How were these delivered? List the formats they were in:
- Short videos of them talking or demonstrating something?
- Membership site?
- Audio MP3 files
- Emails?
- ebook?
- Face-to-face course in an actual classroom
- Voice over powerpoint videos?
Step 3
How long was each one? For example:
- Two minute, thirty, hour-long video
- Hour-long face-to-face course in an actual classroom
- 145 page ebook
- Short 3 paragraph emails that link to an article on a web site
Step 4
What did you like and dislike about the delivery and length of each?
E.g. what did you like about the 2 minute video? What did you like about the hour-long face-to-face class?
Step 5
See where we're going here? If you've been following along, you're essentially putting together a list of the training and learning that you've taken.
I've already mentioned a few of different formats in which your course can be in. Here's a more in-depth list of more formats:
- Videos
- Powerpoint recording with you narrating over it
- Screen recording of your computer
- You talking to the camera and demonstrating
- Powerpoint slide handouts
- Text
- Email course
- Downloadable report (pdf is best)
- eBook
- A report
- A white paper
- Audio
- An audio recording
- Podcast
You can also choose the method in which you'd like to 'deliver' your course and the length. I recommend a 7-day course, drip fed, one lesson per day or every other day (I wouldn't recommend any longer, e.g. one lesson per week, as you would lose the momentum).
Content can be delivered via:
- A post or page on your web site
- If your lessons are in video format, I recommend hosting videos on YouTube and pasting the simple 'embed code' they provide into your post on your web site.
- A free membership site
- Inside the email themselves
And what about the length?
- They can be short bursts – just two to ten minutes long.
- They could be longer, say an hour long (although if it's that long, I'd recommend that you save that for the paid version of your course).
So, now you're armed to decide which learning style you like best.
Make that the format and style for your first free course!
Assure Them That You Won't Be Annoying
Let's face it, many people are hesitant to had over their email address. Even if you're offering the crown jewels on a platter… it's free so what's the catch?
Are you going to be blasting them with emails several times a day?
Are you going to be doing the 'hard sell' every time they hear from you?
Are you going to go sell their name and email address to the highest bidder?
Oh and by the way, in case you're wondering what we recommend in answer to these questions, the answer should be a resounding, no!
But back to the point I'm trying to make…
You will want to make them offers eventually. But just not right at the start. The purpose at the start is to let them get to know and trust you. But you do want to set the scene so they know what to expect.
So when you market your free course, make sure tell your prospects that you'll be emailing them more information in addition to the course.
Make sure you also assure them that you won't be spamming them or annoying them and that you'll keep their information private.
This is really important!
In fact, many split tests over the years by thousands of marketers, show that having a small 'We value your privacy and won't spam you' -type message will increase the the likelihood that prospects will subscribe.
Below you'll see an example. It's simple and unobtrusive but people see it and take note. And it definitely affects many peoples' decision as to whether they'll take action or not.
You may also wish to emphasis that they can unsubscribe any time they wish.
That brings me to how you should deliver your the email notifications for your course…
Use A Proper Email Autoresponder Service
Never use your own personal email software to deliver your automated emails. It's just not a good idea.
Instead, make sure you use a proper email autoresponder service.
There are many reasons why you should do this but three main reasons are:
It automates the email marketing process for you…
An email autoresponder service lets you load up 'evergreen' emails and then sends them out at set intervals (that you set). So every prospect will always get say, email 1 on day one, and email 2 on day 4, and email 3 on day 10 and so on.
No matter when they sign up. In a nutshell, it's an automated marketing machine that works even while you're sleeping.
It automates the 'unsubscribe' process for you…
Unsubscribe links are automatically included at the bottom of each automated email that goes out. That means that your subscriber can unsubscribe with just one click of a button.
That frees up your time. Who wants to waste time removing people who don't want to hear from you anymore?
The automated 'unsubscribe' process reduces spam complaints…
The other benefit is that you'll get less 'spam' complaints. If people have an easy way to unsubscribe, they'll be less likely to press the 'mark as spam' button.
Gmail, Hotmail and the other free webmail providers monitor those 'spam' complaints closely.
Go over their limit and all of a sudden you'll find that very little or even none of your emails get through to your prospects. They'll be directed straight to their spam box.
And then you'll really be in trouble. How can you put your message in front of your prospects if they never see your emails?
So make it easier on yourself and your business and just shell out the extra cash for a good email autoresponder service. If there's one thing you should regard as 'crucial' in your business it's that.
It will become the life-blood of your online marketing, so don't hesitate to dedicate some of your financial resources to this kind of service.
Be careful though!
Not all email autoresponder services are equal. You get what you pay for, especially in terms of functionality and email deliverability, so don't opt for the cheapest. We recommend Aweber.
The Aim Of Your Emails
The aim of your emails should always be to get them to your website to consume your course content, whatever form that will be. This is essentially because you want to to 'train' your prospect to get used to actively visiting your site.
Any active action on their part reinforces your brand as the 'go-to' brand in their minds eye, and that is always a good thing.
Wow, that was a long article!
Hopefully, I'll have moved you to give some serious thought to offering a free course as a way to capture your visitor's email details.
It's really time to rethink the whole purpose of your website. Get out of the mindset of trying to sell to your prospect as soon as they first visit your site.
Think of their first visit as a first date.
Would you ask someone to marry you on the first date?
No! You'd want to get to know them first, right?
Well the same thing applies here. Asking them to marry you straight away is equal to you trying to sell to them on first contact. It's likely that it just won't happen.
Instead, let them get to know how knowledgeable and helpful you are by providing them with stellar content via this free course of yours.
Give them great information so that when they do need something in the future, the first person they think of is you.
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At Stillman's Wethersfield Garden, the Legacy of an NYBG Trustee
Posted in History on October 21 2016, by Joyce Newman
Joyce H. Newman is an environmental journalist and teacher. She holds a Certificate in Horticulture from The New York Botanical Garden.
Considered one of the best examples of a classic Italian Renaissance garden in America, Wethersfield Garden was originally just 1,200 acres of sloping hills, woods, and pastureland in Amenia, New York. The late Chauncey Devereux Stillman (1907–1989), a long-time supporter of NYBG, visited the area on a fox hunt in 1937 and promptly purchased the land.
Educated at Harvard (Class of 1929), Stillman was heir to a family fortune in banking. He became an accomplished equestrian and garden enthusiast, eventually joining the NYBG Board of Trustees in 1946 after a stint in the Navy during World War II as an air combat intelligence officer. According to NYBG Research Librarian Samantha D'Acunto, records show that he served on the board in various roles for more than two decades, until June 1967.
Although he had an advanced architecture degree from Columbia, Stillman wasn't a practicing architect. One year after he joined the NYBG board, he went to work as a civilian for the federal government's newly created Defense Department under Secretary James Forrestal and soon was moved to work at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he stayed until 1951—doing exactly what, we don't know.
In the Harvard 25th Anniversary Report (from 1954), Stillman wrote that he was spending a lot of time with his children at Wethersfield. There he became a sort of Renaissance man—a connoisseur of paintings, sculpture, antiques, yachting, wildlife, horticulture, religion, horses, and especially 19th-century hackney carriages. After he bought the Wethersfield property, which he called a "run-down farm," one of the first things he built was the stable and carriage house. Visitors today can see his dazzling antique carriage collection, tack room, and dozens of prize ribbons.
A Wilderness Garden
Although it's just two hours north of New York City, a visitor to Wethersfield feels totally transported to a different time and place. There are two main gardens to explore. The seven-acre, wooded "Wilderness Garden" contains a network of carriage drives and trails featuring amazing deciduous trees and evergreen flowering shrubs, including mountain laurels and rhododendrons. A wonderful array of ferns waits to be discovered along the trails: Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), evergreen wood fern (Aspidium marginal), toothed wood fern (Aspidium spinulosum), hay scented fern (Dicksonia punctilobula), maidenhair (Adiatum pedatum), and lady fern (Asplenium felix-foemina).
Limestone and marble statuary punctuates many of the pathways with motifs taken from Greek and Roman mythology. The statues were created during the late 1960s and '70s by English sculptor Peter Watts (1916–2002) and Pittsburgh sculptor Jozef Stachura, born in Poland (1923–2001).
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A large Palladian arch flanked by marble pillars marks the perimeter of Wethersfield's second main garden: three formally designed acres of gorgeous greenery, with views from every angle. The arch is a focal point when viewed at a distance from the red-brick house, which was built by Stillman in 1938 in Georgian Revival style. The house was carefully situated on the east-west axis of the garden and from its windows there also are "framed views" of a lovely inner garden, terraces, and lawns—all planned and intimately integrated.
The inner garden near the house was landscaped in 1940–41 by Bryan J. Lynch and includes terraces, hedges, and flower borders that can be viewed from the house. A giant white pine stands in the center of a lower terrace, and at its base are pots filled with Fuchsia 'Black Prince.' A small goldfish pool filled with lily pads and dozens of tiny green frogs is a charming resting spot.
In 1947, Stillman hired Evelyn N. Poehler, a Sharon, Connecticut-based landscape architect, to design a swimming pool. Poehler wound up planning, designing, and maintaining both the formal garden and wilderness garden, working closely with Stillman to develop their features over a 25-year period.
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In a 1984 New York Times article about her work, Poehler was asked how she planned the classical Italian garden and replied that it was like building an extension of the house. Her design moves the visitor along many different green corridors with walls made of massive clipped hedges, corners with tall trees, and lawn steps that reveal smaller enclosed "rooms" with arches, sculpture, and fountains.
She also created two dramatic, elevated signature features: a sweeping allée of arborvitae (recently replanted) and a stunning stone walk leading to a circular temple of six columns called the Belvedere, providing a panoramic view of the Taconic hills.
There were four different kinds of stone in her design—granite, bluestone, shale, and "red dog," which is a pink-colored slag that is a by-product of coal mining. Stone balustrades, urns, obelisks, and various animal sculptures introduce passages to different rooms throughout the garden and help to unify it. The eastern-most entrance is guarded by two crouching gray lions and is paved by Belgian blocks recovered from the streets of New York City.
Along one path is a fabulous cutting garden filled with annual and perennial beds, including zinnias, phlox, and dahlias. A small knot garden on an upper terrace contains four geometric flower beds filled with wax begonias in a colorful design. At one end is a small brick "Grasshopper House" so named for a whimsical grasshopper weather vane. Inside are murals of Wethersfield scenes painted by American artist Hight Moore.
In a definitive study of 17th-century Italian villas and their gardens, one of America's greatest writers, Edith Wharton, notes that these gardens blended elaborate use of evergreen hedges and green walls with water and stone features, as well as flowers, so that the whole garden composition, like "garden-magic," transcends the seasons.
And so it is with Wethersfield. Though it was created in the 20th century in America, it borrows from the best Italian classical traditions and so achieves a timeless beauty.
Photograph of Mr. Stillman courtesy the Homeland Foundation, Inc.


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Career Fair Prep Panel
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She also revealed that she wrestled her return match with impacted wisdom teeth.
At AEW Full Gear 2022, Saraya wrestled in a sanctioned match for the first time since December 2017. She's documented her journey to being cleared and further spoke about that journey while chatting with Inside The Ropes.
She said there was a point when she was inactive and wanted to get a checkup on her neck. She felt that WWE medical was being a bit unfair when it came to getting that done.
The three-time WWE Women's Champion name dropped Stacy DePolo, WWE's Senior Director Talent Medical, as the person who told her the 'book was closed' on getting neck checkups and if she wanted it done, Saraya would have to come out of pocket.
WWE, I asked to see my neck a few times and the medical said that the book was closed on that and that they weren't gonna keep checking on it which was really disappointing so if I wanted to check on my neck, it would have to come out of my own pocket. Her name was Stacy (DePolo). That was her who said that by the way so it wasn't anything to do with Hunter or anything. It was just that medical department which I thought was a little unfair but it's okay.
Looking back on her return match against Britt Baker, Saraya revealed that she wrestled with impacted wisdom teeth. There was an infection that developed but she got it taken care of. She said that's why she was not at TV the week after her in-ring return.
It's really ironic because I was wrestling a dentist (at AEW Full Gear 2022) but, my wisdom teeth got really badly impacted and so I was in pain all that week but the next day after I wrestled, my face had swollen up and then I got on a plane and I had thrown up on the plane because of this infection as well so there was a lot going on and a lot of stress and again, Tony (Khan) was so wonderful. That's why the week after my match, that's why I wasn't on TV or appearing on TVs because I was at the dentist getting this sh*t taken out, you know? And so, again, they were really helpful. It was a really good company to be in when you're under stress, because they have a lot of empathy and the lawyers there have a lot of empathy and so, it was a very, very, very stressful time. Like very stressful.
Saraya was most recently in action on the May 31st edition of Dynamite. She tagged with Chris Jericho to face Britt Baker and Adam Cole.
She's been present on TV alongside her groupmates in The Outcasts, Ruby Soho and AEW Women's World Champion Toni Storm.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Inside The Ropes with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.


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The result of our CasualClub.com review: Our test on CasualClub.com turned out to be an insufficient dating website.
- Fake Operator
Fake Profiles
Unlikely to meet
Negative comments
Very expensive
Report for CasualClub.com review
CasualClub.com advertises with erotic content and free registration. But we did some research on the internet and found a few negative reports about the site. It turns out that this platform is a scam with a fake chat. The operator of the online dating portal is SKIB SAGL.
In the members´ pool of CasualClub.com are fake profiles. Those fake profiles are controlled by operators who entice the user into a conversation. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but the user does not know about moderation. So, the user gets tricked and the customer will pay money for sending messages. Costs will occur right after the registration for a VIP-membership with high rates.
Scroll down to read the details of our CasualClub.com review.
Details on the CasualClub.com review
The online dating website CasualClub.com may appear good on the first view. On the landing page we read about free registration plus great chances to find a date in the UK. We did some research about the portal and its operator on the internet. We found out that the website uses fake profiles. Those fake profiles are created to entertain the user. But, the user does not want entertainment. A user of a dating website is looking for a service that connects potential matches with the goal of having a date. In this case, the only purpose of the fake profiles is to rip-off the customer. The fake profiles are controlled by operators. Those operators will get in touch with a new member and animate the unknowing user into a chat.
We found a note in the terms and conditions
"The portal may contain fake profiles created and controlled by the website with which it is not possible to arrange real encounters. The reason for such profiles being on the portal is therefore that of entertaining the user for promotional purposes and other reasons."
This site is a fake chat
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The online dating platform CasualClub.com is a rip-off with a fake chat. In the members´ pool are fake profiles that are managed by operators. It is not possible to find a real person on this portal. A fake profile shows a fictional person with whom a date is not possible. The user will pay for a VIP-membership to chat with a fictitious profile.
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Charles E. (Buddy) Smithson
Charles E. (Buddy) Smithson, 89, of Benton departed this life into eternal bliss on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. He was born July 29, 1925 in Malvern, Ark. to Jasper and Georgia Smithson. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Buddy loved his family and enjoyed countless hours eating and hanging out with them. He loved his truck and his "black dog" and would drive through town daily checking things out, this tradition continued after the death of his beloved "black dog." Buddy was a well-respected house mover and was in the business until retirement with his beloved brother, Jack Smithson, who survives him. He enjoyed the car business after his retirement. Daddy's strong work ethics and love for his family has been passed on to his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Jackie Smithson; daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Freddy Burton, Charlene and Robin James; granddaughters, Stephanie Hopkins, (Nathan); grandsons, Christian James, (Toni) and Ashley James, (Leanne); great-grandchildren, Bliss Burton, Jaci James, Jax and Paisley Hopkins, Preslie, Hudson and Harper James.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Ashby's Chapel.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Ashby Funeral Home Chapel with burial at New Rosemont Cemetery. Minister will be Dr. Rick Grant.
Online guestbook at www.ashbyfuneralhome.com.
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Jaipur parents feel no remorse in honour killing of Keralite son-in-law
The recent Supreme Court order cancelling the bail granted to Mukesh Chaudhary, the co-accused in the murder of a Kerala youth, Amit Nair, has once again triggered a debate on brutal honour killings in India.Amit's wife Mamta however has pledged to keep up her relentless battle to bring every one responsible for the brutal murder of her husband to justice.
The recent Supreme Court order cancelling the bail granted to Mukesh Chaudhary, the co-accused in the murder of a Kerala youth, Amit Nair, has once again triggered a debate on brutal honour killings in India.
Amit's wife, Mamta, however, has pledged to keep up her relentless battle to bring every one responsible for the brutal murder of her husband to justice.
The murder of her husband, a civil engineer who had started a construction business, was engineered by her parents and brother and was executed by hired killers right in front of Mamta and Amit's mother, Ramadevi.
The High Court of Rajasthan, however, had granted bail to Mukesh Chaudhary in December 2020 without reportedly considering the facts and circumstances of the case. An aggrieved Mamta approached the Supreme Court and an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana cancelled the bail, holding the lower court's order as "unsustainable."
Mamta's story is tragic and follows a predictable pattern seen in honour killings. On May 17, 2017, at 8 am, Mamta's life irrevocably changed. Her parents, Jeevan Ram Chaudhary and Bhagvani Devi, along with two strangers, entered her residence and asked to see her husband.
Also read: Honour killing: SC cancels bail to woman's brother who killed husband
While Amit walked into the living room, Mamta's parents started to force her to return home with them. They have been trying to persuade her since 2015, after they learnt of her marriage with Amit Nair. Jaipur-based Mamta and Amit from Kerala fell in love and married in 2011 and kept their marriage a secret from the former's parents for four years.
Her family was furious when they learnt she had married 'out of caste.' They kept trying to intimidate and emotionally blackmail her for a long time. Essentially, they wanted her to break the marriage and save the 'honour' of the family and the community. Mamta refused and continued to live with Amit and his family.
On the fateful day, Amit told Ram Chaudhary and Bhagvani Devi that he would not stop Mamta if she wanted to return home with them. The next moment, the stranger pulled out a gun and fired at him. He fired three or four times at Amit in front of Mamta, who was seven months pregnant then.
Meanwhile, her parents tried to drag Mamta towards a waiting car. Mamta's neighbours Sona Devi and her son Vikas Yadav, on hearing cries, rushed in. Due to this unexpected intervention, Mamta's parents and the hired killers fled the spot. They left Mamta and escaped in a Honda Amaze car, which was later recovered from the residence of Mukesh Chaudhary, Mamta's brother.
Amit succumbed to his wounds. Mamta's parents, her brother, and the hired killers were arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy. After the investigation was completed, the charge sheet was submitted in August 2017 and the trial started at the sessions court in Jaipur.
Also read: Court failed to deliver justice in Shankar honour killing case: activist Henri Tiphagne
Mamta's son is three-and-a-half years old now. Both live with Amit's parents. Mamta, a law graduate, who has also completed her Master's in Law from MJRP University Jaipur, told The Federal that she intended to 'fight caste killings.'
Mamta's case does not fall into the established framework of 'honour killing.' In fact, she comes from the Jat community which falls in the OBC category, while Amit belongs to the Nair community in Kerala which is considered to be an upper caste.
Mamta had tried to convince her family that Nairs belonged to the Savarna caste in Kerala. "I tried to tell them not because I have anything to do with this caste hierarchy, but I thought I could make them understand," said Mamta.
"They were clueless about south India, the people, the culture or the kind of caste system practised here. For them, south India is an alien world, very different from what they know and what they are," Mamta told The Federal.
Case records say Jeevan Ram Chaudhary, Bhagvani Devi, and Mukesh Chaudhary continued to threaten to kill Amit if Mamta stayed with him. They forced Mamta to sign a written agreement relinquishing all her rights over the ancestral property.
Unable to bear the torture from her parents, Mamta had filed a complaint at Karni Vihar police station in Jaipur on November 23, 2015. The complaint clearly mentioned how her family was constantly threatening to kill her husband.
The complaint was treated as a 'family dispute.' Mamta's parents had 'apologised' to her then and the complaint was withdrawn.
Also read: Maruthi Rao, prime suspect in Miryalaguda honour killing, found dead
What was even more unfortunate was that Amit was not a stranger to Mamta's family. Mukesh Chaudhary and Amit were friends. "They knew each other since class XI and they studied together. He was like a member of the family. A few years ago, Mukesh had an accident and it was Amit who nursed him back to health. Mamta's parents too knew Amit," said Smita Nair, Amit's sister.
"What 'honour' have they gained finally? The family is broken; their only son is in jail, and they have caused irreversible damage to the life of their only daughter. What do people gain from caste pride? I am unable to understand," said Smita in a conversation with The Federal.
Smita also pointed out that Mamta's parents have not shown any remorse after the killing. "Someone who visited them in jail told us that they still believe that what they have done is right. They believe they have upheld the caste pride and set an example to society," said Smita. According to Mamta's parents, they have restored their 'lost honour' by killing their own son-in-law.
Kavitha Sreevasthava, an activist associated with PUCL, who has strongly supported Mamta in her legal battle told The Federal that this was a clear case of honour killing. But an honour killing need not always be connected only to caste, she added.
"It is more about a woman exercising her choice over her body and sexuality," said Kavitha, adding that this crime had multiple layers of 'pride', which blinded them to commit such a heinous crime without a thought of the consequences.


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Workshops - Seasonality
Sarah Woodall
Locally-anchored season expansion in South Greenland
South Greenland has a vision to offer the most diverse range of experiences in the country, spanning at least three out of four seasons. The regional DMO Innovation South Greenland went all in and led a recognossiance project earlier this year to jump start the product portfolio for winter experiences. The entire program was rooted in the activities that local operators themselves want to promote, and this is the essence of what will make season expansion successful in the long run.
From the northern forests and farmlands to the extreme peaks of the southern fjords, four locally-owned and operated adventure companies - plus one expert partner from another region - cooperated to showcase what they can put together for winter travellers.
Sveinn Birkir Bjørnsson
In the last decade, Iceland has taken specific actions to counteract seasonality in tourism. Sveinn Birkir Björnsson will talk about how seasonality has changed in that time and what has been done to encourage that change.


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Republicans have won all five of the special elections that have been held since the November election and President Donald Trump's swearing in.
Rep. Karen Handel and Rep. Ralph Norman, in Georgia's 6th Congressional district and South Carolina 5th Congressional district respectively, were able to pull off substantial wins against their Democratic challengers. The race between Handel and Jon Ossoff was especially noteworthy in that it set the record for spending in a house race, with the campaigns spending a combined $36 million. It should be noted that the Ossoff campaign spent over $22 million on the race.
Handel has a strong record on being pro-life and against amnesty for illegal immigrants. She also is a supporter of the American Health Care Act, the House GOP's replacement for Obamacare.
Many Republicans across Minnesota have reacted positively to these results.
"Tonight was a victory for Republicans across the US. So glad @karenhandel won #GA06, excited to welcome her as a colleague in Congress @nrcc," Rep. Tom Emmer (MN 6-R) tweeted.
"Well, the Special Elections are over and those that want to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN are 5 and O! All the Fake News, all the money spent = 0," President Donald Trump stated in his address to a crowd in Iowa.
"They spent close to 30 million on this kid – who forgot to live in the community that he was [running] in," continued Trump
Minnesota Democrat, Rep. Keith Ellison (MN 5), talking about the defeats in an interview with Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress.
"Resistance summer is going awesome[….]The Democratic Party is on the move. We are getting across this country. We are fighting every single day," Ellison said.
Among the other recent victories by Republicans was Greg Gianforte in Montana's at large representative and Ron Estes in Kansas's 4th Congressional District. Trump was also counting the initial Georgia, 'jungle primary,' which allowed Handel to advance to the runoff.


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ASAP Pathway stands for "Airway, Sleep, and Pediatrics". We are here to make sure your child can get the right management for pediatric sleep disordered breathing. Pediatric sleep disordered breathing is a lot like adult sleep apnea and snoring but diagnosis and management for kids aren't always the same. When a child has sleep disordered breathing, they experience pauses in breathing while they sleep and are unable to get the oxygen they need to get a good night's rest, grow, and be healthy.
When we sleep our bodies do the essential job of restoration for the next day. Our brains store new information that we gained throughout the day and rid themselves of toxic waste. Nerve cells that support healthy brain function communicate and reorganize, and our bodies repair cells, restore energy and release molecules like hormones and proteins. Without sleep, our bodies and brain won't function properly.
This is especially important for our children. Sleeping at night sets them up for success the next day and every day. The importance of pediatric sleep disordered breathing is often overlooked and therefore goes untreated because sleep apnea is thought to be a disorder unique to adult men. This preconceived notion is absolutely false. More than a quarter of children suffer from sleep disordered breathing and up to 5% have the severe form—sleep apnea. There are a couple of different types of sleep disordered breathing.
Central Sleep Apnea (CSA): CSA is when the brain doesn't tell the body to breathe at night. This is common in premature babies whose brains have not fully formed yet. Brain injuries and certain types of brain abnormalities can cause central sleep apnea, too.
Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing: Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing is much more common than central sleep apnea. This occurs when there is a blockage in the child's airway making it more difficult or impossible for them to breathe. Blockages can be because of the tongue, enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids, and fat deposits on the neck. Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing can look like snoring, upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS), obstructive hypopnea, or its most severe form—obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Why Do Kids Need Pediatric Airway Management?
Breathing is an essential function of being alive. A child's brain needs oxygen to support its normal functions and healthy development. Your child learns new things every day that need optimal brainpower to perform, remember, and pay attention. When your child isn't getting enough sleep, they can't focus, can't follow instructions, can't learn, can't behave, can't stay awake, and are depressed and anxious. There are other, longer-term consequences, too, like dental problems, failure to thrive, obesity and diabetes, heart problems, and premature death.
As you can see, it is extremely important to treat pediatric sleep disordered breathing. Look for these common daytime and nighttime signs and take the quiz to find out if your child is at risk.
Daytime Symptoms
- Daytime sleepiness
- Low energy
- Difficulty focusing
- Poor memory or learning difficulties
- Behavioral problems, including aggression
- "Hyperactivity"—children might be diagnosed ADD/ADHD
- Depression or low mood
- Headaches
- Slow growth
- Obesity
Nighttime Symptoms
- Snoring
- Choking or gasping noises during sleep
- Mouth breathing
- Restless sleep
- Stoppages in breathing
- Wetting the bed or frequently getting up to use the bathroom
- Nighttime sweating
- Sleep terrors
How Does ASAP Pathway Work?
ASAP Pathway serves as a connection between worried and hopeless patients to the doctors that can help their children. ASAP Pathway provides education for doctors so they can diagnose and treat pediatric sleep disordered breathing, and networking with other doctors so you can get a plethora of knowledge from doctors around the world. Management for your child could be surgery, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), appliance therapy, myofunctional therapy, or orthodontics and/or orthopedics.
Take a look at our provider map and find an ASAP Pathway Doctor near you. You and your family can rest easy knowing that the doctor you choose is highly educated in your child's condition and can restore your child to the healthy, happy, little one that you always knew.
Does Your Child Have Sleep Disordered Breathing?
Are you a concerned parent of a child that could have sleep disordered breathing? We know how emotionally taxing concerns about your child can be and we understand the urgency you feel in finding someone to help your child. Childhood sleep disordered breathing can be extremely scary and stressful. Let one of our certified providers give your family peace of mind and give your child the opportunity at a healthy and happy life. With management from one of our ASAP Pathway Providers, your child will go from depression, anxiety, trouble at school and play, and tiredness (and more) to a child that is thriving and full of life.
Children can't wait, contact a provider today.


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How do you see yourself financially?
Do you think you earn reasonably well, but have very little to show for it?
One of the reasons a lot of us aren't where we want to be financially is because we don't budget, kid ourselves the money is there, and then overspend. If you've read my posts on this previously, you know that I am absolutely no stranger to this. I've overspent on everything, from clothes and shoes, to takeaways and wine. I've overspent on travelling, and I've overspent on Christmas presents. I've been there, done that, and probably bought the t-shirt on my Amex as well. Trust me – despite the personal development work I've been doing on this area of my life, I STILL need to watch myself so I don't go back there again.
Now I'm not saying you should suddenly stop spending money on anything and go the other way- that's miserable. I spent 6 months after getting back from travelling being really careful with money, to the point where I was generally pissed off with life because I felt guilty for spending any money on, well, anything really! It doesn't have to be this way. You CAN have it all. The difference is you can't necessarily have it all NOW.
Society entices us to spend
You don't have to deprive yourself of anything if you PLAN. Do you like buying £500 coats in the winter, and 5x £50 new bikinis in the summer? Do you do this every year? If yes, then plan for these expenditures. Put aside £50 every month from January, and by October you'll have enough put away for your coat! Start saving £100 per month from January and you'll have money for a coat, the bikinis and spending money for the holidays!
The problem is that we are instant gratification kind of people. We want everything now. That's why we buy on credit and sacrifice future wages for later. You'll absolutely resent those payments when the coat you bought is a year or two old and you're ready to replace it.
On the other hand, why do we need all this stuff anyway?
Why aren't some of us content with the same coat for 5 years before buying new? (also – do you even need 5 bikinis??) Why do we have to go on expensive trips and upgrade our cars every 3 years? Why do we buy properties that are a stretch for us financially?
Our income goes up, but then so do the expenses, keeping us in a trap that makes us feel broke. This is the so-called, "first world poor" cycle.
Now I'm not complaining per se – I'd still rather this than some of the shocking financial conditions that many people around the world live with – but then they have far more limited options than us. We choose to do this to ourselves.
How about the UK?
The average individual in the UK has roughly £26,300 post tax income to use per annum, according in the office of national statistics for figures compiled in 2015/2016. Obviously we are all different when compared to this, but if you are someone who earns £50,000 per year, and spends £49,000+ per year (without saving) than you will be in a worse off position financially than someone who earns £30,000 per year, but lives on £20,000 (so saves 30% of their income).
It's complicated, but I think part of it is because we want to look good in front of other people (unconsciously or consciously) – including our friends, our family, our colleagues and social media. Its an outward show of success. The rich people we see on TV are beautiful and successful, and have (supposedly) amazing, exciting lives, and part of our public psyche is to emanate this behaviour (but without the money to back the lifestyle up).
Where have I done this too?
To give you an example where I've done this – I once bought a massive round of drinks for my family because my uncle basically said in front of everyone "well Nikki is a doctor- she's got loads of money". So through pressure to conform with this facade, I agreed and paid the bill, even though I was very broke that particular month. I have no idea why I did that, but I certainly wouldn't do it now.
I think the effect is compounded for people in so-called higher earning professions. You're not just a lawyer/doctor/accountant/teacher/dentist- you're the person with the smart suit, shoes and bag you wear to work, and the expensive car you drive to show your colleagues and clients how well you're doing because you're so damn good, and the expensive house, because that's what people like you "do". You buy into the image that your profession stereotypically carries with it. Could you imagine Amal Clooney in a 5 year old Suzuki swift and Primarni for example? Ok so that's an extreme view, because she's a celebrity, and they have a completely different world of their own, but do you see my point? If she wasn't famous, you can bet she wouldn't be seen in "cheap". How would you feel if your airline pilot turned up in a crumpled, ill-fitting suit and scuffed up old shoes, or your financial adviser rocked up to your session in a bashed up banger? You'd be tempted to run in the other direction, right?
Image is everything
I'm being honest, I certainly would hesitate to trust them even though I KNOW that how you look has nothing to do with HOW YOU PERFORM – women especially are often subjected to this kind of bias.
I put to you therefore that in some professions and circles, image is everything. High income earners therefore take on more than a higher salary- they take on self-imposed higher living expenses too.
I'm clearly generalising, but I think you can understand my argument. Not only do we want stuff NOW, but we want to LOOK GOOD now too. This is disastrous for the health of our money if spending is not managed in a sustainable way.
The Millionaire Next Door
I've learnt this from reading "The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. It's a little old now, but the lessons in it still ring true today. Millionaires only became millionaires because they did two things:
- Spent less than they earned
- Invested and saved the rest religiously
They did this through strict planning and were disciplined to follow the plan. Many of them had very ordinary jobs – they weren't business moguls like Richard Branson. They lived within their means, and kept to a budget. Yes I know that's boring, and not as exciting as watching Kim Kardashian spending money on TV, but if you and I are to have any chance of saving and investing enough for a decent retirement (which lets face it, could be as long as 20 years or more depending on how long we live), then our generation need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Bottom line
Our finances need major CPR to revive them and put them back on the road to recovery. (I'm the Female Money Doctor- there had to be a medical reference in there somewhere! 🙂 )
So now what? Well, the answer is not what you want to hear. I wish I could say it was as easy as winning the lottery. But even this isn't a guarantee you'll be secure for life, because if you have some less than impressive money-spending habits, you'll end up back where you started (if not worse in a few years after your big win-fall). See here for an interesting article on this. This is because having more money will only exacerbate and speed up the spending you already do.
To learn these lessons properly, you have to create your own "lottery winnings" – through working, saving and investing. Expect no one to help you. You are better than needing to rely on handouts or windfalls.
You can do it!
So now I've bummed you out, let me finish with this. YOU are entirely capable of setting straight your finances. Isn't it reassuring to know that successful millionaires started with what they had to get to the financial security that they now enjoy? Yes there are ways to earn extra money on the side of your salary, but until you learn to manage and live off what you already have, you won't get to where you want to be financially EVEN IF you suddenly have a salary rise.
The first step in any change is AWARENESS. So lets get motivated to claim back our money TODAY, and start building some decent savings and investments for things we TRULY want!
As always, I value your comments and feedback below.
I also have a private Facebook group you can join if you'd like to talk about all things Money! See you in there!


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As the first phase of polling in the state takes place on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a mega road show in the city. The longest road show so far will cover all the 16 seats. Ahmedabad will have voting in the second phase on Monday. The 32-km road show will begin from Naroda in the east and end at Chandkheda in the west. The BJP is busy organising the event and party workers in all the seats have been asked to ensure that it becomes a mega show.
On Saturday, Modi held a road show in Surat where polling will take place on Thursday. The PM will be in the state on Friday also, last day for campaigning for the second phase, and address many public gatherings. Major parts of city to be covered The route of the road show will be Naroda Gam, Naroda Patiya circle, Krishnanagar Hirawadi -Bapunagar crossroads, Khodiyarnagar, BRTS route, Viratnagar, Soni-ni- Chawl, Rajendra crossroad, Rabari Colony, CTM, Hatkeshwar crossroads, Khokhra circle, Bhulabhai crossroad, Shah Alam crossroad, Danilimda, Khodiyarnagar, Chandrangar, Dharnidhar crossroad, Jivraj Park crossroad, Shyamal crossroad, Shivranjani crossroad, Helmet Circle, AEC crossroads, Pallav crossroad, Prabhat Chowk, Patidar Chowk, Akhbarnagar crossroad, RTO circle, Sabarmati, Visat crossroad and will end at IOC crossroad in Chandkheda. Before coming to the city, PM Modi will address public gatherings at Kalol, Chhota Udepur and Himmatnagar.


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'Hocus Pocus 2' Featurette Goes Behind the Scenes of Disney+ Return
Now less than a week from its debut, Disney Studios has released a new featurette for Hocus Pocus 2, which introduces the film's main trio as they take fans on a tour of the sequel's set. Throughout the video, Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker are interviewed before footage from the film's trailers is interspersed throughout.
Midler remarks in the clip, "As soon as we walked on the set, the dynamic between the three of us was exactly the same as it was 30 years ago. It's as if these characters lived with for those 30 years,"It's very unique to be a part of something so instrumental in another person's life."
"It was a real thrill to come back and play these characters."#HocusPocus2, an Original movie event, is streaming September 30 on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/0fh2Fmqujh
— Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) September 21, 2022
Despite the fact that the sequel is set about 30 years after the events of the original, it is based on a completely new narrative. It was crucial to them, as well as to those who created and produced the film, that they pay homage to its origins.
"It was very difficult to try to have them be a part of it, because we did talk about it — painstakingly. You're trying to stay on track with story, even if they came in as a cameo." said filmmaker Anne Fletcher to Entertainment Weekly earlier this year, "We wanted to weave in all of the people that the fans loved, and when you sat back with all the ingredients and story, you're like, how do we make this work?"
Fletcher continued, "People would say, 'They could be in the background!' and I'm like, really? You're going to put the leads of the first movie in the background and be satisfied? You're not going to be satisfied, you're going to be angry."
The Sanderson sisters (Midler, Najimy, and ParkeR) this time are after Becca (Gossip Girl's Whitney Peak), Cassie (Dirt's Lilia Buckingham), and Izzy (American Horror Stories' Belissa Escobedo). Others joining the cast include Tony Hale, Sam Richardson, Hannah Wadingham, Juju Brener, Froy Guiterrez , Taylor Henderson , and Nina Kitchen.
Hocus Pocus 2 will premiere on Disney+ on September 30th.
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