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Rich is an international corporate lawyer with more than thirty years of experience assisting companies and individuals with their foreign commercial transactions.
Rich is chair of the International Group at Fredrikson & Byron and assists clients in international business transactions. His practice focuses on international joint ventures, partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, distributorships, licensing, franchising, contract matters, customs regulations and anti-corruption laws. He is fluent in French, Spanish, and Italian and reads Portuguese.
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New EU Sanctions Against Russia Impact European Biofuels Companies
October 20, 2014
The Council of the European Union has recently enacted regulations which require the Member States of the European Union to impose sanctions against Russian individuals and companies in response to Russia's military action in Ukraine. These new sanctions may have adverse consequences for European biofuels companies that wish to transact business in Russia. This article will describe these sanctions and will explain how European biofuels companies can determine whether these sanctions affect their business dealings in Russia or with Russian counterparties.Read More
New U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Impact U.S. Biofuels Companies
October 8, 2014
By Richard E. Weiner & Sharon K. Freier
The U.S. federal government has recently imposed sanctions against Russian individuals and companies in response to Russia's military action in Ukraine. These new sanctions may have adverse consequences for U.S. biofuels companies that wish to transact business in Russia or with Russian companies in various industry sectors. This article will describe these sanctions and will explain how U.S. biofuels companies can determine whether these sanctions affect their business dealings in Russia or with Russian counterparties.Read More
- Co-Presenter, "Contingency Planning for Businesses Impacted by Brexit," Fredrikson & Byron International Seminar, May 1, 2018
- Co-Presenter, "Conducting Business in Canada," Fredrikson & Byron International Seminar, June 22, 2017
- Co-Presenter, "Key Issues in Cross-Border M&A," Fredrikson & Byron Cross-Border M&A Seminar, April 11, 2017
- "Bright Future Ahead for Ethanol Exports," Ethanol Producer Magazine, January 2017
- Co-Presenter, "Trends in Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management," Fredrikson & Byron Foreign Manufacturing Seminar, January 19, 2017
- "New Mandatory Reporting Requirements Impact Biofuel Companies," co-authored with Barbara Müller, Biodiesel Magazine, February 2, 2015
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Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine
- 1 Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine
- 1.1 The traditional Pasta Maker
- 1.2 Job of the Maker
- 1.3 Types of Pasta
- 1.4 Features
- 1.5 Structure and Attachments
- 1.6 From there, where Pasta Belongs
- 1.7 Manual to Motorize
- 1.8 Fast and Perfect Maker
- 1.9 Durability and Performance
- 1.10 Pros
- 1.11 Cons
- 1.12 Cleaning
- 1.13 Comparison
- 1.14 Warranty
- 1.15 Conclusion
Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine
Nothing can taste better than the bona fide and authentic homemade Italian pasta, and so Marcato brings you to the planet of pasta appetizer that is real scrumptious and full of flavor. Traditional Italian pasta can never be compared with any pasta dish, because the flavor it bears can never be evaluated. If you are a genuine taste bud, only you will know the difference of experiencing the authentic pasta in your meal.Marcato, the brand's original and unique world famous Pasta machine, Atlas Pasta Maker can roll and cut the dough of pasta to make the traditional Italian pasta in your own home. Make your food healthier than ever by the best homemade pasta platters only with Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine and surprise your family with startling food item.
The traditional Pasta Maker
The traditional pasta dishes bear the real taste of pasta and now it is your time to make the conventional pasta to make a hectic day beautiful. You can make 3 kinds of pasta by this pasta machine. If you love to eat Lasagna, you are welcome to create the shape of lasagna by this maker. If you want to make Fettuccine then also you can easily make the figure of it. And if you desire for the best Tagliolini even then you can form its shape by your very own Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine. So it is undoubtedly easy for you to have the restaurant's taste in your own kitchen.
Job of the Maker
This pasta maker is easy to use and no matter if you are new in kitchen then also you will not face any difficulty in using it. The material used in this Marcato Atlas Pasta Machine is Stainless steel. So it is durable and water does not harm the body of the maker. The pasta maker is proficient to do two works.
- Rolls the dough to make pasta
- Cuts the pasta dough
Types of Pasta
You get pasta cutter with this pasta maker kit. You also get 3 different shapes of discs for making 3 different pastas in your home. With this pasta maker you can make
- Lasagna
- Fettuccine
- Tagliolini
- The Marcato World famous Atlas Pasta Machine can roll and cut pasta dough.
- It is made in Italy so it brings you the authentic Italian taste
- The material is stainless steel including the pasta machine, cutter, complete instruction, hand crank, clamp and 10 years manufacturer's warranty
- It can easily make 3 shapes of pasta and you can easily attach other accessories or motor that are sold separately
- Can roll the dough up to 150 mm wide and has 10 different thicknesses
Structure and Attachments
The 3 shapes are equipped to simply attach any Pasta Drive motor or else any of the 12 pasta cutters and accessories that are sold separately. We are providing you with a hand crank. The clamp that is given with the pasta maker helps you to roll the dough. You get this pasta maker with the complete instruction. So you do not get confused about what to do and what to not with this maker. People often do not know how to use a pasta maker and create mess. And for this reason, very often the quality pasta makers also fail to attain the anticipated durability and become a useless device. But for the instruction book we let you know about the correct way to use it and so this maker stays in your kitchen year after year.
You can also adjust the thickness of the pasta dough. You can roll up the dough to 150 millimeters wide. It has 10 different thickness settings. You can make pasta which is 0.6 mm thin just like a paper and you can also roll the pasta up to 4.8 mm thick. The rolled up dough guarantees more consistent texture, quality, cooking time, flavor and taste.
From there, where Pasta Belongs
Which pasta maker can make better traditional pasta than Marcato Original Atlas Pasta Machine? Pasta, the pure Italian dish can never be compared with any other dishes of any part of the world. And Marcato Original Atlas Pasta Machine belongs from the real pasta region, Italy. Now you can visualize easily that why this maker offers you with the authentic taste of traditional pasta.
Manual to Motorize
If you get a motor to attach with the machine then it already becomes fast, and you can also use the clamp for fastening the pasta machine. Marcato's original Atlas Pasta maker has already made numerous kinds of different pasta makers within a short era. But still, the best pasta makers of the world believe and consider that Marcato has never been careless about their quality.
Though there are a lot of motorized and electric pasta makers in the market, but we will still agree with the term that "no competition in tradition." Yes, electric pasta maker is still incapable of inducing and convincing us. It is because; we still consider that Pasta with the manual clamp can make pasta with love and affection, which an electric pasta maker cannot do. But if you desire to get a motorized pasta maker which will save your time and energy, then for you, Marcato is providing the opportunity to attach motor to this pasta machine and to make it motorized.
Fast and Perfect Maker
With this maker, you get your pasta dough turning into sheets in few minutes. Do not worry about if the pasta sheet is tearing or not, because for the machine's structure, you get the long pasta unbroken pasta sheet.
The rollers of this Marcato Atlas Pasta machine are not made of heavier metal, so you get the healthy sheets that pass through the light rollers.
Because of the surface of the pasta maker, the rollers can grab the dough better than any other pasta machine. And this leads to more exact results such as it supplies even thickness across the whole dough sheet and perfectly cut the pieces of the pasta.
Durability and Performance
The machine is enough durable and quite strong. The arm is effortless to turn when the maker is steadily placed on the counter top. You do not need to confer much effort for turning it. You will not have any trouble in holding the clamp firmly with your hand as long as necessary. Marcato never crave for look, we believe in the betterment of our product.
When it comes up to performance, this pasta maker does super job. It can cut the sheets with accuracy and precision. As long as you have arranged the proper dough, you should not be expecting simply puncture or perforation.
- Makes consistent dough
- Durable that any other pasta makers
- You can adjust thickness settings from the exactly as thin as paper to the as thick as 4.8 mm
- For the newbie it is so easy to use
- If you are a seasoned pasta maker and you keep this maker unused for months then it may not work properly and you might face difficulties to get your desired dough
- Sticky dough may not result as good as you want
- Water can harm the engine of the machine
This is no doubt a versatile pasta maker, but you have to be solemn about the cleaning and maintenance. Let us come to the cleaning part. Making pasta may seem enjoyable and eating them might be more pleasant, but when it comes to cleaning it up? That is the most lackluster task a pasta maker can do ever but this Marcato Atlas Pasta maker is so easy to clean. You just need to wipe it for cleaning. You have to use a dry brush or any dry cloth. It is that simple! Read the instruction book for the maintenance required, with the proper maintenance you can hold the Marcato Atlas Pasta Maker for so many years.
Many brands will provide you so many cutters for different shapes of pasta; here we are providing only 3 shapes. Because we do not believe in quantity, we go for quality. If you want you can separately buy the cutters for cutting other kind of pastas and can attach them with this pasta maker. It will definitely do the work of having several shapes of homemade pasta in one machine.
The best part of this pasta maker is yet to come! If you are having this pasta maker then you are getting 10 years manufacturer's warranty! That would definitely make you flabbergasted, isn't it? Yes, believe what you are reading, you are certainly getting 10 years manufacturer's warranty. And this will indubitably show you the quality we carry.
A healthy homemade conventional pasta dish can help your mood swing form monotonous work and can make your day beautiful. And when you get the authentic Italian traditional pasta dish with the Marcato Original Pasta Machine from the same state, can you ask for anything more? Get this pasta maker today and change the picture of your dinner table with luscious pasta platters.


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Why is the snow not melting - and why are there scorch marks on it where the lighter flame was applied?
There are numerous videos of this type floating around and conspiracy theories abound. What is the real explanation?
First of all, the snow IS melting. The reason you don't see any water dripping is that the snow (being porous) reabsorbs the melting water. If you continued to heat the snow long enough, it would become like a slushy and collapse.
What about the scorch marks? The chemical in the lighter is butane - a hydrocarbon (which consists of hydrogen and carbon). When anything burns, it reacts with oxygen in the air. The burning process breaks bonds in the atoms and creates new molecules.
If this process were perfect, all you would get would be carbon dioxide and water. Because it isn't perfect, however, some of the carbon reforms into long chains - creating what we call soot.
This is an experiment you can try at home - with due caution...
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Nog Cavanagh is an independent musician from North Yorkshire, England. After years of playing in a variety of bands, like Liquid Hedgehog, Satori, Secret Garden, and Caustic Soup, he has released his debut solo album, which is guaranteed to appeal to fans of spacerock.
NOG CAVANAGH:Everything Leads to Here (CD on Angry Robot Records)
This release from 2004 offers 55 minutes of stunning space rock.
Multi-instrumentalist Cavanagh is joined on this release by Mike Briggs (from the Futurists) on drum sequence on one track.
Hard percussion and searing guitar plunge the audience into a spacey realm of dazzling astral rock compositions. Electronics spin and explode, propelling the music to the outer regions of galactic space. Thunderous basslines provide a luscious foundation for this tuneage.
But the strongest attraction here are Cavanagh's guitar pyrotechnics. Manifesting a gritty brilliance with slick ease, the riffs blaze with a unique fervor, glistening like shooting stars crossing a purple twilight sky.
Even when displaying a more soothing approach, the guitar shines with tremendous allure, intertwining with dreamy electronics to achieve an edgy calm that transports the listener into hypnotic territory.
But the music is mostly hard and driving, erupting from Cavanagh's fingers to captivate and invigorate with relentless stamina. You'd expect tuneage like this to exhaust the audience, but it accomplishes quite the opposite, recharging the soul and body with electric tension.
This music features no vocals, leaving specific interpretations to the individual listener, literally urging each person to generate lavish alien landscapes inspired by these cosmic excursions.
A thoroughly rewarding sonic experience.
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Welcome. I'm Mary Cushen, Owner and Wedding Planner.
Luxury Love Story Weddings.
Mother of twin girls, married my husband after 18 years together and love my job. My favourite colour is green, favourite food is pasta and I'm a bit of a workaholic. On the opposite side, I'm not a big fan of pink or girlie things, not a handbag or shoe hoarder and dislike too many foods to list.
I take pride in the celebrations I have the pleasure to work on. My creativity, discretion, high standards and attention to detail, is coupled with an approachable nature. I believe that all clients should enjoy the process, whilst working with an experienced professional who is as excited about your celebration as you are.
You are not hiring a company or business. You are investing in someone to understand your needs, bring them to life and execute them to perfection.
Being part of someone's special day is amazing. Yes, it is a huge responsibility, but I love every second. My experience in project management, bookkeeping, business analysis (just to name a few), all help me give you the best possible experience and support.
In terms of wedding planning, I have completed a modern, hands-on wedding course – Planning Redefined and a marquee workshop. Both are run by two wedding planners who have numerous years' experience in the industry and excellent reputations. I have completed a marquee webinar and course with UKAWP (UK Alliance of Wedding Planners), as well as being an Associate Member of the UKAWP.
I was named 'Wedding Planner of the Year' for The Wedding Industry Awards (TWIA) 2018 for West Midlands. TWIA is one of the only wedding awards that is based on your previous clients' feedback, making the award even more of an achievement. Ensuring my clients have an exceptional level of service at all times, no matter the service or budget, is number one priority for me. 2018 came with more nominations, with the two most notable being TWIA 2019 Regional finalist and the 3rd English Wedding Awards finalist (winners to be announced later in the year).
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This article has been updated with new information.
The New York City fire and police departments were called to the site of a possible explosion in New York City's Chelsea area at around 9pm Saturday, September 17. According to multiple sources, the explosion occurred in a dumpster located on West 23rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, right outside a housing facility for the blind. The New York Post is reporting that the lower windows of the building were blown out, and that more than a dozen people have suffered injuries. ABC's Eyewitness News also reported that NYPD's bomb squad is searching the area, and that the MTA has rerouted its E and F trains to avoid the 23rd Street stop.
Several residents have taken to social media to share pictures and video of the scene.
Update as of Sunday, September 18, 9AM EST
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke to reporters last night. He explained that first responders believed the explosion to be "intentional." He also stated that there was "no specific or credible threat" to New York City that should lead them to think that it was an act of terror. According to The New York Times, officials have concluded that the explosion in the dumpster was caused by a homemade bomb.
CNN is reporting that a second device – a pressure cooker – was found at 27th Street, just a few blocks away from the initial explosion. None of the officials would comment at the time on what was inside the pressure cooker, and the object has been safely taken away from the scene for further investigation. However, officials were describing the second device as a similar object to what was used in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.
At the time of writing, there have been 29 reported injuries, many of which were due to shrapnel from the explosion. Police are currently investigating new footage, including a surveillance video, to gather further evidence.
The NYPD has been making use of social media to keep NYC residents updated on the situation. They have shut down eastbound and westbound traffic from West 14th Street to West 32nd Street, from 5th to 8th Avenues.
Additionally, the NYPD tweeted out a call to the public for information as they continue their investigation.
This is a developing story. We will continue to update as more information becomes available.


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If you want to make your wedding latest and according to the current trend, here are few latest wedding trends for you!
Every year, a wide variety of colors, themes and trends emerge for weddings.
Planning your wedding according to latest trend can become a tough task for you.
Here are certain tips for you on latest trends that can possibly make your wedding fresh and exciting.
Green weddings!
Many couples are realizing the importance of nature and greenness on our planet. To take better care of our planet, they are taking the opportunity of wedding day in their life.
Even if you feel the same, consider using organic flowers in your bouquet, organic fruits and vegetables in preparing food on your wedding day.
Recycling paper invitations, bio-degradable plates and forks are also useful. So, each single step that you take will possibly make great difference in this world.
Diamond or rhinestone hair accessories!
All brides can simply adopt this trend to get simple and elegant look on their wedding. Using this kind of hair accessories can certainly add shimmering beauty to you. Even, using these accessories to bridal bouquet can give a striking look to bride.
Your color palette is one of the major things that can impact your overall look and also feel of your wedding.
The usual trend of having colored trim on your wedding dress continues, but you can also find new ways of incorporating different colors into your look.
Some of the hottest colors that are in trend mainly include decadent chocolate brown, cool cobalt blue, sizzling citrus yellow and also fruit punchy orange.
Now-a-days, many couples are creating their own wedding websites. They make these websites a great place to share their information and also updates for family and friends.
You can enjoy blogging about your wedding plan and also your experiences in planning weddings with other members. So, overall it is a great way to improve excitement about your wedding.
Metallic fabrics and embroidery!
These metallic fabrics and embroidery are most popular these days. Even two years before, these two trends of metallics were on the go. So, you can try metal colored fabrics and embroidery for your wedding dress and other wedding decoration purposes.
These are some of the latest wedding trends. If you want to make your wedding day wonderful, refreshing and excited, you can use these latest trends in your wedding plan.


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Aircraft cabin lighting specialist STG Aerospace has opened a new facility in Shanghai which will provide services for its emergency floorpath safTglo and safTsign products.
STG Aerospace said the Shanghai subsidiary will provide a base for ongoing development of cabin lighting for the Chinese market and will offer a higher level of service to its customers including China Eastern, Shenzhen and China Southern Airlines.
Nigel Duncan CEO of STG Aerospace, said: "This new subsidiary will not only help us to enhance the service we provide for our Chinese customers, but also enable us to involve local companies and local people in the delivery of innovative, research-based cabin lighting solutions."
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Here is a love of a good read. Life is too short to waste time and money on bad books.
Blair Babylon's newest, can't wait for Runaway Princess.
Once Upon A Time — Apr 03, 2018
In Shining Armor — May 8, 2018
In A Faraway Land — Jun 12, 2018
At Midnight — Jul 31, 2018
Happily Ever After — Sept 18, 2018
When a real princess falls in love with a man who is definitely not a prince, a royal fairy tale turns dangerous.
ONCE UPON A TIME, there was a beautiful princess. Flicka von Hannover lived an enchanted life. She jetted around Europe staging charity events with friends, had married a handsome prince in the most spectacular royal wedding of the 21st century, and should have lived happily ever after.
But then she found the handsome prince in bed with a duchess. And then a coffee shop barista. And then her own goddamn secretary.
Finally, the beautiful princess had had enough of the cheating prince, and she ran away.
Once she had stepped out of the royal fairy tale, life became grayer, grittier, and rougher. The prince didn't like that she had left and sent henchmen to take her back to the castle. Her worried royal brother sent people to look for her, too.
But the princess didn't want to be found. The princess got a job as a waitress and made her own way in the world. Even cut off from everyone she knew, she was more resourceful than she had thought she might be. She did okay. From hiding, she sent legal separation papers and then divorce documents, but the prince wouldn't sign them. He said he wouldn't let her go. Even in these modern times, the prince could lock the princess up in a dungeon of legal forms and provisions that she wouldn't be able to break out of. The prince wanted his princess back because he couldn't take his throne without her.
Until a man walked into her bar one day, one who was frankly not a handsome prince.
He was the last man on Earth the princess should have fallen in love with.


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When you dropped that weight, you probably dreamed of a flatter belly. What you didn't realize was that you'd get flatter breasts too. If you've lost breast volume or developed sagging after weight loss, come see us. A breast lift (mastopexy) may be just what you need to restore fullness and perkiness to your breasts…. Read More »3:09 pm
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A few weeks back, I took on my first Memorial Day Murph. This WOD is dedicated to Navy Seal Lt. Michael Murphy, who was killed in action on June 28th, 2005. For those of you who have seen/read Lone Survivor, it's the Lt. Murphy from that movie.
Our box did ONE class on Memorial Day and we had 25-30 people show up. We started the class off by watching a video about Lt. Murphy. You could feel the mood in the room change from our usual lighthearted, fun style of workout to a very serious and somber mood. This was a big deal.
Murph is a Hero WOD, a signature WOD in Crossfit. It's a book-end WOD. A mile at the front and then finish it off with another mile, but in between we got the privilege to do 100 pull-ups, 200 pushups and 300 air squats. Less than a year ago I couldn't do one pull up. Could I do 100 pullups? Not too sure.
It was my wife's first workout back after her injury and she picked a heck of one to jump back in on. She did a half Murph, and she KILLED it. Was she sore for a week? Yes, but she finished and even jumped in with one of her girls for their last mile to make sure they finished. Beast.
3,2,1… Go. The first mile wasn't bad. I got into the box and started scaling the mountain ahead of me. Could I do 100 pull ups? I would find out 10 at a time. During the Regional events, Rich Froning claimed one of the events took him "to a dark place he never likes going, and he has to fight hard to get out"… Murph took me there. FAST. I broke the workout up into 10,15,20 of the PUs, Push-Ups and Squats. Excuses could easily fill this area… We just got home from a weekend at Regionals where the food wasn't healthy and the beer was good, the box felt like a sweatshop, but none of those really would make this not SUCK as bad as it was sucking.
I took off on my last mile, that looked alot like a guy walking home in shame after getting his butt kicked, and crossed the finish line in 60 minutes and 58 seconds. My goal was under an hour. Was I mad? Not really.
It really was an honor to get to do this workout with my wife and tons of my friends in honor of a REAL Hero. One of the toughest hours of my life, but can't really compare to the life of a soldier.
Can I do 100 pull ups? Hell Yes I can.
Crossfit Open 2014 – 14.2
5 Weeks. 5 WODs.
Disclaimer: I am not an elite Crossfit athlete, there was never a time in this competition that a shot a regionals was even remotely on my radar, but I did have goals set for myself for where I wanted to fall in our box and nationally (basically not last like that one competition I talked about).
The Crossfit Open is a chance for everyone to compete in the same competition and see where they rank in the world. I paid my $20 Dollars and I build a profile on Crossfit.com. I want to take you through the journey of each WOD over the next week or so and then sum up where I ended up and more importantly what I learned about myself in this competition.
Quote my wife on the release of this WOD. Be home, I am watching this one, Camille is my favorite! So when they released the WOD, they have two elite athletes go one on one to show what the workout looks like and to show what the elite are going to do. Wifey is a fan of one of the women on this release, so we watched it while we ate dinner.
First thoughts when I saw the scheme… 3 minutes of hard work. I MAY get to the second 3-minute period… a BIG maybe. When I started CF I couldn't do a single pull-up, now I can string some together pretty solid. So there was a little hope of a successful run through this one. The squats weren't a worry, I love the lifting side of CF.
WOD starts and I am through 10 OHS with no worries in 12-15 seconds. I jump on the bar and launch myself into my first attempt at an "In-WOD" Chest to Bar pullup. NAILED IT. Got it easy. Time for my first mistake. I decided to try to string some together and lost my momentum on the second and third try. Dropped off the bar, Got back on… Missed by an inch, then missed by two inches, and then three. Just couldn't get back up there. I dropped off the bar with about 45 seconds left in the first 3 minute time period. I laughed at how hard this was. A few more failed attempts and I was out of time. I finished with a score of 11 reps. I was done with 10 of them in 15 seconds.
Frustrated would be an understatement.
This WOD reassured me again that I get too frustrated and get into my head sometimes, I also realized another weakness that needs some attention. STRICT pullups. If I can build that core skill up C2B will become quite a bit easier.
Two Weeks in and even though my scores weren't where I want them to be… I felt like an athlete. I felt like there was so much progress from 9 months earlier when I started. The following Thursday, 14.3 was released and I was more than a little stoked. Things got HEAVY.
Sweetheart Scuffle
Things got a little crazy there for a bit.. Work, family and other random things, I didn't follow through on #30days hustle of 15 posts last month but I am back!
Today, I want to talk about the opportunity I got a few weekends back to do something that I didn't think I would have do. When I started this Crossfit thing, I wasn't doing it to compete in any competitions. I wasn't doing it to have any sort of medal hanging on my wall or anything like that. I started it to be a healthy dad. My wife started it to be a strong healthy mom.
Fast forward almost a year, we are walking up to my second competition and my wife's first. We are Team DearSkin and we are competing in the "Sweetheart Scuffle" together as a couple. Everyone we work out with suggested we not work out on the same team but we did it anyways. The first WOD wasn't as bad as we expected, we came out and did better than a few teams. We didn't go into this looking for a medal, we wanted to finish. We didn't want to come in last. That was the goal.
The second WOD was a powerlifting meet basically, and I was excited. I knew we were a strong couple but this WOD proved we were physically stronger than most. Caty stepped up to the bar and did something she didn't think she could do, she snatched 85 pounds from the ground to overhead in one move. She was one of the top girls in the scaled division. I stepped up and Caty decided it was time to dance and be goofy. According to her, I turn into a psycho when I lift heavy, so she wasn't surprised when I politely asked her to dance a little to the left so I could death stare at the wall. This picture came from that even and I think it is an amazing depiction of our relationship. Caty is intensely watching as I am trying to do something I haven't ever done before. She came unglued when the weight hit my shoulders and I stood up. Hello, new PR. Hello 230 pound Clean and Jerk. We finished 5th in the competition in the second WOD because we are physically strong.
Then the third WOD showed up and showed us that we seriously are a strong couple. The wait time between the second and third workout was pushing 2 hours and I was getting anxious and worried and overly nauseous because I wanted to finish this workout, and it definitely looked like the workout was going to be brutal. Finally the workout gets moving and we are knocking the first part out like its the easiest thing we have ever done. That feeling immediately stopped when we moved into the next part of the workout. Partner Fran. My wife had never done a thruster over about 55 pounds and her shoulder was acting up… So that first thruster scared the hell out of her and I could tell the first thought of "We aren't finishing" clicked in. We got through those 21 as quick as we could and moved to the pull-ups, which were scaled to jumping pull-ups. I can do traditional but I figured, for times sake, I would jump. Got rolling into them and then snap… rolled my ankle off the 45 pound weight I was jumping off. That sucked. We got thru Fran and went into Grace. Another ball of suck, Caty was struggling, my ankle was throbbing and we were running up on our 15 minute cut off. We finished though. 14 minutes and 15 seconds. We finished and we kinda made out… and I slapped her butt before I went and laid down on the floor.
This event proved to me that my wife and I can do just about anything we try. We are both physically and emotionally strong. Now it's time for the Open… and let's just say 14.1 kicked my ass.
Day 1
I have mentioned before that I am a strong believer in the Advocare product line. We are distributors and we are most definitely 'users' of the products. With that being said today I begin my 5th Advocare 24 day. My previous results have been awesome, but with work, a young kid and just general laziness old habits creep back into play on a daily basis. I begin this journey at almost 280 pounds and I have gotten as low as 237. I am starting this challenge 10 pounds heavier than my lowest weight, and 5 pounds over where I was when I had to finished my last challenge.
My stats going into this challenge are:
Weight: 246.2
Measurements: Chest: 48 in – Waist:44 in – Hips: 43 in – Thigh: 24 in
This will be my first full challenge (we ended the last one early because of illness) while doing Crossfit and running this blog. I plan on posting occasionally about how it is going. I have an intense plan for this challenge. This will be the best results I have gotten. I will be getting 4-5 workouts in a week, doing extra ab work after each workout (unless the workout was an ab wrecker already, cough cough Annie), I am going to start running a few times a week as well, whether it is to and from the gym or a planned run/5k, I will be dominating this challenge.
Anyone want to jump on this with my wife and I? I know a guy that can get you the hook up. Ha.
P.S – Sorry about the topless pictures of myself. Gotta start somewhere.
The Rollercoaster Pt. 1
There I was standing on the podium getting my third place metal for a Crossfit competition. Crossfit, a workout that I swore I would never do before I was introduced to it 7 or 8 months before the competition. The picture hit Facebook, Instagram, and twitter… I posted it. I was proud, I had gotten third place in a competition that forced me to do some things that I never thought I would be able to do… A PULL UP!
Here's the truth: There were three people in my division. I knew that going in and I was OK with it. I told people that asked me about it that there were only three in the division, it wasn't about that. It was about being able to do three workouts without scaling ONE movement during the day. If we were told to do pull-ups, I was doing full blown pull-ups. If it asked for double-unders… GOT IT. I was ready.
The emotions that went through my head that day, I think resemble the emotions everyone goes through during tough times or tough workouts. The first being excitement. I was excited when we were getting ready to start, and then once the timer started and I blasted through the first exercise in about 30 seconds and knocked out 12 straight pull-ups like someone who had been doing them since high school (I couldn't do one 9 months ago)… I was on fire. I was about to make this 12 minute workout look easy.
Back Story: I knew going in that jumping rope was apart of the workout and it would be the part that would kill me. I practiced everyday I went to the gym for 10 minutes before we would start. I got better. I did 37 double jumps in a row without screwing up…
Back to the competition, time to jump rope… I am stud at these now, or so I thought. Started my first series of jumps and nailed 25 of the hundred I had to do. Then everything came to a screeching halt. One. Jump. At. A. Time. The second emotion popped up… Major Frustration.
Frustration followed by exasperation… It got comical. After a few choice words that I won't type on here, I finally just had to laugh. After 5 minutes of trying to 100 double unders finished, my judge said I could move on. So, back to the beginning. Clear your mind, start at the beginning, second chance. I told myself, out loud, and I am sure everyone heard it to MAN UP and get done. Quick through the first exercise, fly through the pull-ups. Back to my friend the jumprope. Same result. Didn't finish the workout, ran out of time.
Welcome anger to the emotions. I walked out of the box pretty pissed off and not happy with myself. My support group (wife, kid and father in law) came over and my father in laws first word were "DUDE, you murdered those pull-ups. I am proud of you". That helped some.
All this was during the first hour. The first workout of the day, I had two more to go.
I started this workout so excited and probably overly confident and that was shattered about one minute into the workout. Where I went wrong was letting the emotion take me over and shut me down. Once my head was gone, the workout was over. Three steps to prevent this from happening again:
- Stop for a second, take a deep breathe and laugh.
- Think about why you are doing what you are doing, whether its a workout, extra shift at work, or anything that even remotely adds stress to your every day life. My kid was right there on the ropes watching and even yelling GO GO GO as I worked. I was too busy complaining in my head to look over and see the best cheerleader in the world yelling for her daddy.
- Cheesy as it is: Go Finding Nemo on whatever it is and JUST KEEP SWIMMING. Once you remember why you are doing what you are doing, keep your mind right and GO.
The first workout threw me off, the second workout wore me out, but the third workout lifted me up and made me feel like Thor again. The last workout was one that I had done before and it literally left me on the floor in a pool of sweat and pain. This time it killed me, but I killed it 45 seconds faster than I did last time. I was back to that first emotion of excitement when I threw the bar down and yelled really loud.
I got my medal, I went to lunch with friends, and then I checked my world ranking to see where I ranked against all the other 30-40 males in the country… Tomorrow I will tell you about the emotions of realizing you were ranked DEAD LAST in the country.
The Other 23 Hours… Part 3
So I have talked about the Fitbit Flex and MyFitnessPal and how I use it to keep me on track for the hours I am not in the gym. Today I want to go ahead and open myself up for ridicule and mockery, but today I will be talking about how I use Pinterest to help me do right during my day.
Pinterest, even though it is thought by many to be a girly website is a VITAL part of my daily/weekly/monthly routine. There are days I can not get into the gym and I use a home workout that I can find on the site. When the routine of Chicken and veggies, or fish and asparagus gets old, I can go to Pinterest and search for healthy options to keep us from burning out on the basics. Some of the recipes that are labeled healthy on that site are FAR from healthy, so be aware of your ingredients and fats that are being used to cook with when you jump on a Pinterest recipe.
I also use Pinterest for basic motivation. There are links to some impressive transformation stories, quotes with cool pictures, and just overall motivating links about fitness, food, and faith.
Pros: Tons of Recipes, Motivational Articles/Quotes, Workouts for when you can't get to the gym
Cons: "Girly Website", Some recipes aren't what they say they are, and after awhile you see the same things over and over again.
Here is a link to a recipe I found on there last week that was a perfect example of a recipe we needed at the right time, we were getting burnt out on our routine lunch and we worked this into the weekly prep list and BOOM. Loved it.
Crossfit Apology
Before we even start, let me say that before I even went to a Crossfit workout, I had a serious dislike of everything CrossFit. I saw the videos, I saw the "games", I heard about serious injury and horrible form, and I just didn't get it. I was alright with staying in the gym or doing the boot camps I was doing, and I said I would NEVER do CrossFit. I didn't think you could do a "WOD" as fast as humanly possible with proper form, proper intensity, and still actually get a good workout in that could make a difference.
Now that you know where I was, let me do something else.
I am sorry, I was wrong.
Last year, while hanging with some of our friends, we started hearing rumblings of them joining a Crossfit Box in Waxahachie. They were so pumped to be doing these workouts, sweating like crazy, and RX'in (no clue what that meant) daily workouts. I listened and was genuinely excited for them, but it still wasn't something I wanted to even check into. Something changed, my wife got the itch. She had been doing so well with her dieting and had just wrapped up another one of our 24 day challenges, she decided it was time to step it up in the workout department in order to really reach her goals. I researched some CrossFit Gyms for her and even went to a free workout with her.
The workout was ROUGH, and the box was nice, but we weren't sure it was for us. We stopped at another Box here in Mansfield that I had looked up and took a tour, set up a workout, and asked about pricing. The "Box" was cool, loud music, bright colors, and a wall to sign when you puke… It reminded me of back in the day when I used to workout at Metroflex in North Arlington. It was a room for working and lifting. No machines, No mirrors. Just weights, racks, and other things that would eventually be used as torture devices on me I was sure. The selling point for my wife was the owners, they had a story. They had been on a journey. They were real people that seriously just love helping others get healthy. So we did the free workout. The warmup was jumping rope, instant flashbacks to jumprope for heart at Charlotte Anderson in Mansfield (I suck at jumping rope). The WOD (main workout of the day) was a combination of Burpees, Wall Balls, and Pushups for a certain number of reps and rounds. I finished in 3:41 seconds. I laid on the floor for longer than the workout when I finished. Dead. Nauseous. Fat. Then we wrapped up the day with a foam rolling session. I have had a foam roller in my house for a year and never touched it. That thing has been worn out now that I know how to use it.
Eight months into my first year with Crossfit, and I can say that it is a life-changing decision for me. I have made new friends that pick us up when we are down, who give us popsicles for my sick wife when I can't get away from the house, and who support us when we are doing something we never thought we could do half a year ago. I have seen my body and more importantly my mind change. I see myself as an athlete now, I can do some cool stuff. I competed in a competition this past weekend and while I may not have performed as well I thought I could, I "RX'd" ( I know what that means now) the whole competition. I couldn't do a pull up 9 months ago, and easily knocked out the prescribed number for the competition.
Don't knock a fitness method until you try it. I learned this first hand.


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- I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
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If you haven't heard the word on the street, then you must have been hiding under a rock, because we haven't been shy about letting you all know…
Links property is teeing off out of The Sands, Torquay and expanding into Torquay and Jan Juc.
And, we've been telling anyone who will listen…
We love our local area so much, that we thought it foolish to confine ourselves to one pocket of Torquay. We've been telling people that (a lot) too!
So look out for us, as we move into your neighbourhood!
Why the big move into Torquay and Jan Juc, I hear you ask?
As many of you would appreciate, Torquay has seen a substantial amount of change in the 15 years we've been selling Property here. We remember the days when the only petrol bowser was situated across the road from the current Caltex, and it would run out of petrol. Yes, run out!
We know Torquay & Jan Juc as a place to live, in as much detail as we know and understand the local real estate market.
With over $90m in real estate sales, we have built a reputation we're very proud of. If asked to describe our approach, I would say we are a fresh, approachable and driven female team… coupled with the cold hard fact that we are exceptionally knowledgeable of the local area – because we live here!
Being an all-female team is quite unique for the area. I would like to think it makes us even more dedicated to helping clients achieve their property goals – perhaps it's because we're good listeners? We'll let you be the judge of that!
We know the reasons people work with Links will be varied. It might be:
- helping you find a quality investment property,
- Selling your cherished a family home,
- buying your first apartment, or
- leasing ready for your next move,
Regardless of your goal, we're here to hold your hand through the process; provide guidance, advice or even an ear over a good cup of coffee (we never say no to a cup of coffee!).
Oh, and did we mention that this is the new 'hub' for the latest info on all things Torquay and Jan Juc, and surrounding regions… with some Real Estate updates thrown in as well. To stay in the loop, make sure you like our Facebook Page or follow us on twitter
So, the big message I want you to take away from all this is…
Links property will continue linking people with property… we are just going to start doing it in Torquay, Jan Juc and The Sands.
On the subject of coffee again, feel free to call us up for a chat (and a coffee) if you would like to talk about your future real estate move.
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Less than a month before the Nov. 15 civic elections and it's quiet, too quiet. At least in Whistler.
The state of bliss on the local political front is at once a testament to the job the council of the last three years has done and a warning that apathy is setting in amongst voters. Consider the signs:
Even though three councillors chose not to seek re-election the final list of candidates shows just nine people vying for six councillor seats. There are two candidates for mayor, although Shane Bennett's odds of winning would charitably be described as "long." Whistler's two school trustees were acclaimed.
So of the 13 people who submitted nomination papers for political offices in Whistler only four will not win seats.
These numbers contrast with the 2011 civic elections, when there were 25 candidates for the six council seats and six candidates for mayor. There were also four candidates for Whistler's two school trustee positions.
Not only are there few candidates, it wasn't until mid-September that anyone other than the incumbents — Jen Ford being the first — announced they would be seeking election. In previous years candidates have publicly launched campaigns as early as July.
There is also a distinct lack of physical evidence of an election in Whistler, at least so far. While campaign signs have popped up in most municipalities across B.C., in Whistler they have been conspicuously absent. It is a part of the Whistler way that permits are required before candidates for office can post signs. And there have been some mild attempts in the past to discourage candidates from cluttering the highway with images of themselves and their names.
But it's not just the candidates who can put up signs. In other jurisdictions, particularly in the United States, many voters want to tell the world of their support for a candidate and do so by erecting a sign in their yard, though in most places they don't require a permit. And if someone on the same street puts up a sign to support a rival candidate it may trigger a sign war that escalates continually until the day of voting.
But we don't seem to do that in Whistler. We don't even have bumper stickers any more — remember "Village Arena, Yes!"?
The lack of bumper stickers reflects the lack of issues, or at least the lack of simple yes-no issues, at the moment. There are no Olympics to focus on, no major gaffs to undo and little to be outraged about. Which is a recipe for a low voter turnout, apathy by another name.
In the 2011 election there were 3,952 total votes. That translated to 54.8 per cent voter turnout. In 2008 the turnout of eligible voters was 43.3 per cent. Both percentages are high when compared to other Canadian municipalities. In Vancouver the 2011 turnout was 34.5 per cent; in Squamish 41.2 per cent; in West Vancouver 23.7 per cent.
All kinds of efforts have been made to convince more people of the importance of elections and voting. The most successful efforts — to get people to vote, though not necessarily convince them of the importance of voting — are those that institute voting as a requirement by law. But that's not going to happen here.
What we need to do is to engage voters. Not just when they are angry, as they were during the 2011 election. As Ann Patchet wrote in last weekend's New York Times, "Voting is like brickwork — the trick is to keep at it every election season, laying brick after brick."
In fact, it's even more than every election; it's every year voters need to be engaged.
It's not as though Whistler councils through the years haven't tried. One year there was a meeting where free beer was offered to try and get young people interested. Annually there are calls to provide input on the municipal budget. And public hearings are, by law, advertised twice to try and ensure everyone possibly affected by a proposed bylaw has a chance to comment on it.
But it's never enough. There is always someone who didn't see the ads or receive the notice attached to their door. It's only when their taxes go up or a rezoning is perceived to impinge on their enjoyment of their property that they take notice and become engaged.
Council has held the line on taxes for the last three years and there haven't been many significant development applications in that time, so most people are happy.
But that doesn't mean we shouldn't all be engaged. The most important job council has is managing revenue and spending. It defines what services the municipality provides and it goes to the heart of the issue that Whistler voters seem to care most about: their taxes.
After three straight years with no tax increases, with RMI money in question, with infrastructure aging and in a global economy teetering on the edge of another precipice, the next Whistler council is going to have to manage money and services very astutely over the next four years. Now is the time to become engaged in deciding who will make those management decisions.
Bob Barnett, Pique's founding publisher and editor, is re-joining the editorial pages to cover election issues.
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It was not easy for Delhi resident Jagtej Singh. In his seventies, Singh was suffering from dementia and was unable to process speech or be self-reliant. However, he was cured after undergoing a stem cell therapy, a video shared by Advancells, a Delhi-based stem cell therapy centre, revealed.
Like Singh, people across the country have visited several stem cell centres to get cured of diabetes, autism, spinal injuries, and Parkinson's disease, just to name a few conditions. Speaking to DNA, Vipul Jain, CEO of Advancells, said that the technology behind stem cell therapy involves aspirating the cells from either the embryo or adult tissue and growing them in a way that they can replace, repair or rejuvenate the target organ. "We can use undifferentiated cells, which we hope will convert into the targeted cells once they reach that environment. As technology will evolve, we can hope to convert primary cells to differentiated organ specific cells before we implant them in the body, thus producing better results," he said.
However, many of these treatments administered are neurological treatments. According to the 2017 stem cell guidelines, written by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), any stem cell use in patients, other than that for hematopoietic stem cell reconstitution for approved indications, is investigational at present.
"Accordingly, any stem cell use in patients must only be done within the purview of an approved and monitored clinical trial with the intent to advance science and medicine, and not offering it as therapy. In accordance with this stringent definition, every use of stem cells in patients outside an approved clinical trial is unethical and shall be considered as malpractice," the guidelines state.
There have been debates over the use of stem cells in treating conditions such as dementia and autism in the past decade, which took a whole new turn last month when the Ministry of Health came out with a proposed amendment, stating that minimally manipulated autologous stem cells will be out of the purview of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
"All cultured stem cells, which are more than minimally manipulated, will follow the stringent rules of drugs and cosmetic law," the Ministry stated. However, the last date for giving any suggestions on this amendment was May 19.
Since then, ICMR has stated that it will have a look at the amendments and in due course take the necessary call of action.
Speaking to DNA, Jain said, "Stem Cell therapy, like any other medicine practice, needs to be regularised to be used commercially. ICMR is clear in its guidelines about the commercial usage but the clinics promoting it are using the loophole that there is no law about this in the country. Once the law is established, the centres will fall in line and will need to comply with the law. We are hopeful that the law will come to Parliament within this year."
Dr BS Rajput, Founder and Vice President of Stem Cell Society of India, too, has welcomed the Centre's move. "Regulation is a must, as is the doctor's skill. It's a sensitive procedure and therefore, can't afford to make any blunders," he said.
Dr Rajput was critical of those who weren't advocating the therapy in India. "We have patients coming from all around the world to India as part of medical tourism. People have given us testimonials about how well they have recovered after therapy," he said, adding that it added to the Make in India and Skill India programmes.
While addressing the debate over autism, Dr Rajput said that it is a foolproof therapy, but cautioned that of the 25 patients he had treated in the past 10 years, there was an 80 per cent rate of significant improvement. "For the remaining 20 per cent, there wasn't any deterioration," he added.
However, in an earlier interview with DNA, Dr Samir Dalwai, National Chairperson, Indian Academy of Paediatrics, said, "There is no evidence that stem cell therapy is beneficial for autism. What works is multi-disciplinary documented and programme-based developmental intervention."
Dr Jyoti Vora, a Mumbai-based biochemist and nutritional consultant, told DNA that while stem cell therapy will be an integral part of medical research in the days to come, there is a strict need in its regulation and administration.
"Today, the desperation of a patient means that certain parties can manipulate them. Patients should know their rights if they are undergoing stem cell therapy. Since stem cell therapy is projected as holistic and signature, patients need to divulge clinical history, dietary categorisation, lifestyle details, including anthropometric details and addictions (if any)," she explained.
"Proper patient counselling and contraindications are significant inclusions in the Practitioner-Patient interaction," she added.
Dr Vora added that there are 200 different types of cells in the human body. "We have cells such as liver cells that can fully regenerate in six months to neurons that do not reproduce," she said.
On April 29 this year, a Washington Post article showcased how a number of stem cell centres, which were not approved by Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), faced lawsuits because of the adverse effects of the treatment on certain patients. Citing the example of Doris Taylor, who had cells taken from her belly and injected into her eyes, only for her to lose her eyesight, the article stressed on the importance of regularisation of such centres and the necessary treatment.
While explaining that case, Dr Vora said that retinal cells are different from the other cells in the body. "We're in a place where people are advertising about stem cell therapy as if it's the final cure. However, people have the right to know about the cons as well," she asserted.
Rohan Kamat, CEO, Viravecs Labs, a Bengaluru-based company that focuses on gene therapy, said that the United States was able to mushroom such centres, primarily because people there were more 'desperate for stem cell therapy'. "In India, that level of desperation is not there, mainly because of the affordability factor. One in 1,000 or more can probably afford the treatment, so there is no desperate demand," he said.
Kamat also added that unlike the United States, India doesn't have the fast-paced science to conduct such research. "Human experimentation is still a topic researchers do not venture into," he explained.
Citing the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) 2017 Stem Cell guidelines, he also explained that the government has introduced strict guidelines while carrying out stem cell research. "There are two ways to conduct such research. First is removing the cells and genetically altering them. This is the riskier factor that is still in research phase," he adds.
The second method, Kamat said, is similar to a bone marrow transplant. "This method was used to treat spinal injuries in a hospital in Mumbai but still under the aegis of clinical trials and not an approved therapy. However, a private centre opened up later in Navi Mumbai where similar procedures were carried out even when they were not approved by the governing bodies. There were loopholes in the earlier guidelines that helped the concerned centre to carry on with such therapies without complete approvals," he added.
Kamat believes that clinical application of stem cells will take time in India due to stringent guidelines by the government and it is appropriate to make sure that therapies are safe.
Dr Nikhil Datar, a Mumbai-based gynaecologist, who collects stem cells from the umbilical cord, further added that the current practice of stem cell research in India, especially in clinical trials, is primitive. "In an ideal situation, stem cells that are collected in banks should be available to one and all. However, today's practice means that the person who donates his/her stem cells, hopes that those cells will be available to him/her in a decade. The way it is monetised today does very little for the cost- benefit ratio," he said.
Dr Deepak Chaturvedi, President of Being Doctors, has been a critic for the way stem cell treatment has been marketed in India. "Currently, there is no law, which is why these centres have made use of the loopholes in the ICMR guidelines for stem cell therapy," he explained.
While addressing the health ministry's call to amend the guidelines so that minimal manipulation takes place while doing stem cell therapy for treatments other than approved haematic therapies, he said that there are guidelines available in India, but nothing is law. "Several centres have taken advantages of this and have said that they can cure conditions such as diabetes, mental retardation and autism. Sometimes, the treatment may not work in the patient's favour, which means the centres are putting the patient's life at risk," he said.
Dr Chaturvedi also said that while the treatment is still questionable, clinical trials are necessary and that needs prior approval. "We are currently in a phase where desperate patients are getting exploited of lakhs of rupees because of these loopholes," he added.
Dr Chaturvedi, however, believes that the treatment, if properly regulated will be a blessing in future. "Theoretically, stem cells carry huge potential to be the futuristic medicine. The bigger fact is that we know stem cells can work. Its real mechanism of action, pharmacodynamics, clinical implications and most importantly adverse effects must be researched before offering this treatment to patients," he added.
Dr Chaturvedi alleges that several centres, in the name of curing people, add many medicines along with 'so-called' stem cells while infusing the patient. "These include hormones, anti-inflammatories, antioxidants, relaxants, growth factors etc. Patient feels that the improvement is because of stem cells.
They don't realize that even theoretically, stem cells can't offer instant improvements," he added.
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How do others garden together? What collective ideas for green production can be found? This community garden advocate is still travelling far and wide to find out.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Look out for Templeton!
We've been told that there could be a very plague of Templetons running backwards and forwards from the chook pen. They must be coming under cover of night, sinking their buck teeth into an undiscovered egg and racing home. Ms Tagalong started thinking along the lines of the following conversation. Dear readers, substitute chicken for goose and don't think that we have any eggs doing any hatching in the near future. That needs a rooster, I've been told, and Ms Mova and Mr Ideasman did their very best to ensure that those quarrelsome ones were moved on to a more receptive pen.
Templeton: [looking at a solitary unhatched egg] Why didn't, uh, this one hatch?
Goose: [gloomily] It's a dud, I guess.
Templeton: What are you going to do with it?
Goose: [sternly] You can have it! Throw it away and add it to that nasty collection of yours! Be careful - a rotten egg can be a regular stink bomb!
Templeton: [patting the egg] I know what I'm doing. I handle stuff like this all the time.
[Templeton rolls the egg away]
So lads and lasses on the chicken roster be sure of eliminating possible rat food please by searching high and low for the hidden ovoids. Ms Mova found a veritable farmer's market in the very small box on Sunday. The little darlings had fought their way through the undergrowth and happily laid and laid!
If you don't want the eggs or your chickens are laying better than ours just collect the eggs and place them in the egg boxes on Ms Mova's fuse box for others to take. Now where is that recipe for frittata?
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Claim It Live It with Amanda Breese
I recently sat down with Amanda Breese of Claim it Live it and talked with her about her business and how she's using conversation marketing to connect with her ideal client.
Amanda specializes in helping her clients connect with their personal value, heal their negative belief systems, connect with their own intuition, and start defining and attracting more of what they want. Additionally, she helps her business clients to uncover their calling, navigate, clarify, and authentically design and plan their businesses while staying aligned with their unique value.
Lesa: Listening is an important part of conversation marketing. How does your business listen to your clients?
Amanda: I've come to realize that whenever I'm connecting with a client one-on-one, doing a free consult, talking with them via Facebook message, connecting over email, or in person, I'm engaging in market research. If I'm able to listen, really listen, I can hear their pain points and where they're challenges are. I am then able to use this information in my marketing to connect with my ideal client.
Lesa: Have you always had this insight, or did you learn it along the way?
Amanda: I wish I could say I've always known it, but no, I learned it the hard way. I remember being very, very frustrated that I had over 44 one-on-one free sessions with potential clients in one month and only three of them ended up becoming clients. But ultimately I realized what I was really getting during these conversations.
While I was talking to those potential clients, I was taking notes and those notes contained a wealth of information that I couldn't have gotten any other way. After spending time looking over the information that I took from those sessions, I was able to see what my ideal clients were struggling with and what they really needed.
With that knowledge I was able to create more effective content on my website in my blogging, and in my overall marketing strategy. I'm creating trainings that help my clients in a much deeper way. I'm able to create inspirational talks that help my ideal clients see their own magnificence, have deeper insight into themselves, heal emotionally, and also provide them with better tools to solve the issues that they are facing.
After this personal discovery, I was able to see that having conversations with my market had value for my business regardless of whether someone signed up or not.
In fact, prior to this realization, and prior to reading your ebook, I didn't understand the value that market research really offered my business.
Lesa: That's "How to Create Surveys that People LOVE to Complete"?
Amanda: Yes, that's the one. I initially thought that creating a survey would be easy until I sat down to actually create one. I ended up spending days toiling over what questions to ask, what order to ask them in, and how to have everything that I needed answered in just one survey. After reading "How to Create Surveys that People LOVE to Complete," it was all very clear. Step-by-step, I learned how to lay out my survey and how to create questions that would clearly outline the information that I was looking for; questions that did not lead the survey taker in a preconceived way, allowed them to answer genuinely and honestly, and was also focused on one main outcome.
Once I knew how to make the survey work for me, creating it and getting people to fill it out was easy. The first survey that I completed and shared with one of my communities after reading your ebook received a 44% conversion rate. Out of 98 people I had 43 people successfully fill it out. This success was empowering and it also allowed me to tailor my offerings in a more strategic and focused way.
Lesa: Have there been any big shifts for you around how you see your business and your clients?
Amanda: Yes, there have been some big shifts.
By looking at the conversations that you have with your clients you're able to define the psycho-graphic aspect of your client, the psychological piece of who your ideal client really is and what they really need. You only can get that when you communicate with your clients, ask deeper questions and listen to the answers. Only then can begin to understand the emotional state of your ideal clients, know what they need, and begin to connect with them and serve them in a much deeper, more effective way.
Lesa: If you could go back in time and tell yourself something when you were just getting started, what would you tell yourself?
Amanda: I would tell myself that building a business is one of the biggest personal growth experiences that I will ever take on and that it will also be one of the most rewarding. Building a business will transform me, transform others, and teach me how to pave my own way. I would tell myself to be more patient with myself and to know that it's going to take time to build.
Each one of us has a unique path and there are lessons that each one of us has to learn to be successful.
We can't necessarily do it the way someone else does it, be given a system to implement into our business flawlessly, or bypass the lessons that we need to learn. You just have to live them, work through them and experience them. When you do, everything falls into place.
To have more acceptance of the process and to realize that all the ideas that come to you don't have to be distractions or implemented right away. Write them down, put them in a folder for later and know that you can always come back to them. Stay centered as much as you can on the vision that you have for your business, and know that many times those ideas will come back in later and be the exact idea or answer that you're looking for.
Really, to ultimately be in acceptance of the process and to not be so hard on myself. It takes time.
Lesa: Amanda, isn't this what you help your clients with now?
Amanda: Yes, building a business challenges you to grow. It brings out our insecurities, our personal value, our personal worth, whether we're deserving or not, any inability to receive, trust, and acknowledge ourselves. I help my clients connect with their personal value, recognize and heal the negative beliefs that they hold for themselves, uncover their personal mission for life, and start living it.
When working with my business clients, I help them to be in acceptance of their unique path, allow it to unfold and teach them what they're meant to learn. I help them to design and plan their businesses while staying aligned with their calling, the value that they provide, and the calling that they're meant to step into.
I've been told by my clients that I have a knack for getting very deep, very quickly. That I'm really good at helping my clients find the root causes that keep them from having all that they are truly wanting in their life and in their businesses. That I'm deep, persistent, but gentle, and that I'm able to hold that space for deep healing, clarity and powerful transformation. I love what I do, almost as much as I love my family and friends. It's my life blood, it's my passion and it's why I'm here.
Connect with Amanda at ClaimItLiveIt.com or on Facebook.


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Seaweeds and algae.
[Greek phukos, seaweed.]
Phycology is the branch of botany concerned with seaweeds and other algae; a phycobilin is one of a group of red or blue photosynthetic pigments present in some algae; phycomycetes are lower fungi, so named because of their supposed resemblance to algae; a phycobiont is the algal partner in a lichen.
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