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Lake Ontario Salmon and Trout Fishing…, ABU Garcia 7000i SYNCHRO Field Test Report, 5/30/11Posted on May 30th, 2011 No comments
Finally…, a line counter reel specifically designed for Great Lakes trout and salmon trolling. I've been fishing the ABU Garcia 7000i Synchro line counter reel for several weeks now and all I can say is…, NICE! The 7000 has always been a great reel, popular with Great Lakes charter captains especially. But, now Abu Garcia has taken this classic trout and salmon reel several steps further.
ABU Garcia has added a line counter and Penn Reel's famous, silk-smooth HT100 drag washers to their Carbon Matrix drag system. The reel handle knob is super comfortable. But, the best part is the Synchro system, a feature that every Great Lakes troller will appreciate when trolling riggers deep for trout and salmon, Fishing mono, braided, or wire Dipsy rods, or using thumper(wire) rods off the stern of the boat.
No more flipping the free spool lever and thumbing a reel or changing the setting on the star or lever drag to lower your downrigger into the depths. No more wearing the skin off your thumb as you drop a Dipsy back on wire. If you want to drop a rigger, let out a Dipsy, or lower a 1 lb. "meatball" into the depths, you never have to take your hand off the reel handle or change the drag setting. All you do is crank the reel handle backward a ¼ of a turn and the drag automatically loosens up slightly, maintaining enough tension to keep a bend in a downrigger rod as a rigger weight drops or allow a Dipsy to drop back slowly.
When you crank the reel handle back a ¼ turn, if the drag tension is too loose to suit you, you simple advance the reel handle forward slightly to increase the drag tension to whatever you like. If the tension is a little too heavy when the Synchro is backed off a ¼ turn, you'll need to loosen the star drag a touch to achieve the desired release tension.
I absolutely love the Synchro feature of this reel and everything else about it for the lake trout and salmon fishing my crews have been doing in late May. What a time saver the Synchro system is! Now, when I'm dropping a rigger to 140 feet for lakers, which takes a while, I no longer have to "stand at attention" with a reel in free spool and thumb the spool until the rigger reaches the right depth. All I do is crank the 7000i's handle back a ¼ of a turn, walk away, listen for the beep on my Penn rigger signaling the rigger has stopped 140' down, return to the rigger and crank the Synchro handle forward ¼ of a turn to the original drag setting and I'm good to go. Meanwhile, I can be netting fish, setting another rod or whatever.
What a reel!!! The only thing I don't know after fishing this reel for only three weeks is how it will hold up, and I'll report later about this. Meanwhile, my Fish Doctor anglers and I are really enjoying using Abu Garcia's 7000i SYNCHRO line counter reel, fishing more efficiently with it, and catching more fish because of it!
Lake Ontario Salmon and Trout Fishing, 5/16/11…, Weather Extends Spring Brown Trout FishingPosted on May 16th, 2011 No comments
Ask Sal Furnare about the spring, 2011, brown trout fishing, and he'll tell you it's the best he's ever seen. Sal boated a 20.3 lb. brown aboard the Fish Doctor on 5/6/11…, no wonder he's psyched about the brown trout fishing.
He's not the only one. All but one of the Fish Doctor charters has limited out on a combination of predominantly browns, but also cohos, lake trout, and a few rainbows and Atlantics. On those trips, I have seen more 8 lb.and larger browns caught than we've boated since 1994. What brown trout fishing!
Even better news for the anglers who enjoy catching shallow water browns on ultralight Fish Doctor tackle…,
First, the weather that we've had so far, with cool air temps and higher than normal rainfall, has produced the best spring brown trout fishing in the Oswego area that I've ever seen. It is so good that several charter captains from ports west of Oswego have temporarily moved their boats to Oswego. Lake water temperature outside Oswego Harbor is still in the low to mid 50's…, optimum for browns. The plume of Oswego River water has extended slightly colored water for miles outside the harbor producing perfect fishing conditions and a situation where browns bite all day.
Secondly, the weather forecast for the next 10 days thru May 25 calls for rain 8 out of 10 days, nightly air temps in the 50's and highs no more than 70 degrees. The water temperature in the Oswego River has actually dropped from 61 to 59 degrees from May 14 to May 16, and the flow has increased slightly from about 20,000 cfs. to 20,400 cfs. Normal flow of the Oswego River at this date is around 7,000 cfs.
This kind of weather and water conditions will extend this year's fantastic spring brown trout fishing well into June.
Third, with the abundance of alewives we're seeing in shallow right now and the numbers increasing until peak spawn around June 15, browns are really putting on the feed bag, and I expect to see some real lunkers in the next few weeks.
Lake Ontario Trout and Salmon Fishing…, Long Rigger Rods for Brown Trout…, Why?Posted on May 15th, 2011 No comments
Step aboard the Fish Doctor at 4:45 AM, 15 minutes before I head out of Oswego Marina to fish for brown trout, and you'll see 10 rods rigged and ready. Six of them are 9' noodle rods built on 5-weight fly rod blanks that are used on my planer boards. The other four are 6 and 7 foot lightweight rigger rods, the 6-footers for the corner riggers and the 7-footer for the boom riggers. If I didn't already have somewhere in the neighborhood of a dozen 9-foot noodle rods on hand, I'd be using 7-foot rods on the planer boards as well. Every rod is rigged with a Penn 855 digital line counter reel, 10 lb. main line, and 8 lb. Maxima Ultragreen leader.
Step on most other charter boats during the spring brown trout season and you'll see mostly 8 ½-foot or 9-foot rods all around.
I'm often asked, including by other captains, why I use the short rods on the riggers. The answer is performance and efficiency. The short 6-foot rods, nicknamed "KidSticks" that I use on the stern riggers land fish just as well as the long rods. Question that, and I can show you a photo of a 23 lb. 8 oz. chinook salmon taken on one of them. Just two days ago, on an afternoon trip, Steve Alex boated a 14 pound brown on one, and we've taken many other 6-12 pound browns on them already this spring.
Another benefit is easy rigging. I don't care how long your arms are, you cannot hold a 9' rod by the grip and reach out easily, without bending the rod, and grab the line in your hand to clamp it into a rigger release as you're setting up. Even with my short arms, I can easily reach the line while holding the fore grip of a 6 or 7 Shortstick. Not only that, if I need to, I can swap ends with the rod inside the enclosed cabin of the boat. Not a bad thing when you're rigging a leader, or whatever, on a rod in pouring rain and wind like we've been having almost every day lately.
Another benefit is easy storage. The 6-foot and 7-foot rods store neatly in the rod racks on the ceiling of the cabin of my 28-foot Baha…, nice! If I need to store them downstairs in my cabin, I don't have to fight the rod to get it thru the cabin door, and it stores neatly out of the way.
Each to their own, but if you haven't tried fishing shorter rigger rods, you might want to think about it. I use them throughout the season for browns and kings, along with 7-foot CopperSticks and Roller Dipsy rods. This year, I'll be testing a 6' CopperStick.
See you on the water.
Lake Ontario Salmon Fishing…, Crazy Spring CohosPosted on May 3rd, 2011 No comments
We watched my 16" flat screen in amazement as not one, but four cohos darted around behind the red #00 dodger and green hummer fly trailing 5' behind my underwater camera on the center rigger set 15' below the surface. As all four fish swirled around in full view of the camera, a silvery torpedoe shot forward and nailed the fly, pulling the line from the downrigger release. The 7' Shortstick sprang upward and a quick hand snatched the ultralight rod from the rod holder.
Before the excited angler could say, "Fish on!", the mint silver coho was already airborne.
There are lots of brown trout being caught this spring in the Oswego area of Lake Ontario, but not many cohos, unless you're fishing specifically for them. Sure, you'll catch an occasional coho while fishing for browns, but the best locations and techniques for each differ.
For those in the know who select for coho salmon in early spring they are a great bonus, especially when conditions aren't right for browns. Nothing compares to their wild and wooly antics. Absolutely fearless of boats, and very surface oriented, I've seen them hit in full view, less than 6' behind a down rigger weight and not more than one foot below the surface. The wilder and noisier the action of a lure and the gaudier the color, the more cohos like it. As they say, cohos like any colored lure as long as it has fluorescent red or orange in it. When you find a "wolf pack" of marauding spring cohos, prepare for action, because it's not unusual for every single rod you have in the water to double over with a fish on it.
Cohos are hyper fish. Everything they do is fast including the rate at which they grow. The cohos that make up Lake Ontario's spring fishery are 2-year old fish that weigh 3-5 lbs. By late August of the same year, when they stage before returning to the hatchery in the headwaters of the Big Salmon river in northern Oswego Co., they will weigh 6-12 lbs. and more. After spawning, adult cohos die as do all Pacific salmon.
One of the favorite rigs for spring cohos is a fluorescent red #00 dodger trailed 12" – 14" back by a small 1" – 2 ½" green mylar fly. Dodgers are effective trolled shallow on downriggers and Lite Bite Slide Divers(www.slidediver.com), but #00 dodgers and coho flies really shine fished behind inline planer boards like the Church TX-12 Mini Planer(www.churchtackle.com).
To rig dodgers and flies for trolling behind inline planers, use 6' of 20# test leader ahead of the dodger. Between the leader and the main line snap in a 5/8 to 7/8 ounce bead chain keel sinker. This weighted keel sinker helps keep the dodger from planing to the surface. Set the dodger/fly back 25 to70 feet behind the inline planer board, and let the planer board out to the side of the boat the desired distance. Multiple inline planers can be used off each side of the boat. High action jointed plugs like the J-9 orange and gold Rapala are favorites, along with standard size Michigan Stingers in hot colors, especially in a combination of fluorescent red and silver or brass.
Riggers are normally set in the top 10 feet of water when surface temperatures are cold in late March, and April, then set deeper as temperatures warm and cohos move offshore. Much like landlocked salmon, cohos are attracted to the boat, and downrigger setbacks of 6 to 20 feet are common. My side riggers are set 3 to 5 feet down and 10 to 12 feet back with the dodger fly clearly visible from the boat as it wobbles back and forth. Diving planers are set on 15 to 25 feet of line. A trolling speed of 2.0 to 3.0 mph is about right depending on water temperature. When a coho hits close to the boat, you usually see the fish in the air before you see the rod go!


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As the year comes to a close, there are many out there who are more than happy to say goodbye to 2014. We totally get it. Maybe you just had a bad year, or maybe the winter months are finally taking a toll on you. Either way, that"s what makes the New Year so alluring, with its promise of a brand new outlook and the opportunity for a fresh start.
These animals definitely feel your pain. Their counting down the days until the big ball drops at midnight. Their resolution: forget this year ever happened.
1. Why. Is. It. So. COLD.
2. Wake me up when it"s 2015.
3. Someone won"t be trying to make new friends next year, that"s for sure.
4. This little guy"s New Year"s resolution: stay away from bees.
5. "Why didn"t I think ahead?"
6. "There better be more tuna in 2015."
7. He"s been plotting his revenge all year.
8. "The fetch fake-out stuff will NOT fly in 2015."
9. The cutest, tiniest, angriest of them all.
10. This was his reaction to the Kim Kardashian photos.
11. "Is it 2015 yet?" "Nope." "Ugh."
12. Here"s hoping he finds something to smile about in the new year.
13. Someone had trouble keeping the weight off for last year"s resolution.
14. "Do I look like I want to go to your party?"
15. "I"d like to have a word with you about your seed choice in the bird feeder."
16. He"s clearly not feeling the love.
17. Who"s ready for Secret Santa??
18. "I… I"m surrounded by idiots."
19. He"s using this as his litter box until 2015.
20. This sink used to be dad"s personal relaxation zone.
21. His whole life is flashing before his eyes.
22. That stocking had better be chock full of catnip.
At least they"ll always have their adorable looks going for them. Here"s to a happy 2015 for all the fluffy friends in your life!

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Choosing The Right Conference Giveaways
One of the basic jobs of a company is to find a way to increases the awareness of people regarding the brand. The ideas of how to reach the customers are always there in mind. This idea should be a strong one and it should be a professional one in approach.
One of the most effective ways in today's modern times is giving promotional merchandise. There are many places and occasions where these merchandises can be distributed to people and they will bring effective results. Business conferences are of help every now and then by various companies. These conferences are also gatherings where various customers and clients come together to discuss about a very common problem. Conference giveaways are also one of the best ways to distribute promotional merchandise among people to increase the awareness of the company.
There are many marketing strategies that can be implied to bring profits and customers together and conference giveaways is one of the best strategies that can be utilized to achieve this. A company should not leave any stone unturned to achieve valuable long term customers. Correct conference giveaways are the best option to give the company an opportunity to earn not only long term potential customers but also very good reputation.
There are many things that one can select as promotional gifts, these things can include from the very smallest of things to the things that you require to use daily. The more the thing is used in future the more it is reflect to people using and present in the same place, thus giving the company more scope to get the desired result. Personalized merchandise is indeed and cost efficient as well effective way to gain both clients and customers. Nearly all companies have adopted this technique, why should you lag behind?


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The Science of the Male Body Types: Endomorph, Mesomorph, & Ectomorph
The three male body types are the endomorph, the mesomorph, and the ectomorph. Endomorphs are stockier and chubbier, mesomorphs are broader and more muscular, and ectomorphs are thinner and leaner.
Or that's what people say, anyway. Is it true that men can be split into those three body types? Men do have varying heights and bone structures. That's an uncontroversial fact. But do these traits combine together to form distinct body types?
And do the different body types benefit from different diets and workouts? For example, is there such a thing as an ectomorph workout or an ectomorph diet? Or do all body types benefit from the same types of exercise and diets?
The History & Controversy of Male Body Types
In the 1940's a psychologist named William Herbert Sheldon began his body type research by sorting men into three body type categories that he called somatotypes:
- Endomorph: Men with a sturdy, rounder bone structure: wider hips, stocky limbs, and a barrel-shaped ribcage.
- Mesomorph: Men with a broader, more triangular bone structure: narrower hips and broader shoulders.
- Ectomorph: Men with a slighter, more rectangular bone structure: longer limbs, thinner bones, and a flatter ribcage.
So far, these body types probably don't sound too radical. You've surely noticed that different people are, well, different. People have different muscle shapes, insertions, bone lengths, bone shapes, types of hips, they came in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and can be different in a million different ways. That's not in dispute.
However, Sheldon went behind that. He organized men into these three body types so that he could then make assumptions about their personality types. For example, he thought that:
- An athletic mesomorph body type made men more adventurous
- A skinny ectomorph body type made men more intellectual
- A stocky endomorphic body type made men more affectionate
Not surprisingly, Sheldon was then accused of just rattling off common stereotypes. A 1989 study by Ryckman et al found that we have a natural inclination to assume that fat people spend too much time eating and too little time moving, that fit people are more confident and capable, and that skinny people must be intellectuals who get lost in their heads and forget to eat.
Or perhaps Sheldon was just noticing the differing fitness levels are associated with different interests. It's not that farfetched to think that people who get lost in deep intellectual activities may sometimes forget to eat, giving them a thin ectomorph body type. That's not why most ectomorphs are skinny, but I can see how someone might think that.
Regardless of his reasoning, though, the psychology side of his somatotypes didn't pan out. His theory was refuted. Nowadays, somatotypes are just used to describe someone's physical characteristics—especially those that are genetic.
And for that, they three body types are surprisingly good.
Certain clusters of characteristics do go together.
For example, ectomorphs will often be told to "just eat more" if they want to bulk up, but they struggle with it. Endomorphs, on the other hand, tend to be overweight. They'll often be told to "just eat less" if they want to lose weight, but they find it incredibly difficult. If you tried to put those same body types on the same diet, they'd both hate you for totally different reasons.
The next question is why? Why do these characteristics so often cluster together?
What Makes the 3 Male Body Types Distinct?
Imagine a man with a stockier torso. That roomier torso allows for a bigger stomach. That bigger stomach mean that they can eat more food before becoming full. This describes the thicker endomorph body type, and it explains why endomorphs tend to be overweight. The characteristics cluster together.
Now imagine a man with a thinner torso. That thinner torso still needs to house all the same vital organs, which leaves less room for his stomach, making it harder to eat big meals. Their thinner torso also radiates more body heat, giving him a higher metabolism. This makes him naturally leaner, meaning that he gets less insulation from body fat, which raises his metabolism even higher. This guy's thinner build is going to mean that he has a harder time eating enough to gain weight. This cluster of characteristics describes the stereotypical ectomorph body type.
The clusters of body-type characteristics go deeper, too.
For example, as someone grows taller, you would expect our mass to scale with the cube of our height, but Adolphe Quetelet, a renowned statistician, defined our body mass index (BMI) as our weight divided by the square of our height. This reflected his observation that taller guys are often more slim than average, whereas shorter guys are often stockier. We've since discovered that neither the cube nor the square of our height predicts how our mass changes as we grow taller. It's probably something in the middle (study).
This means that shorter guys tend to be stockier, and with proportionally larger heads. This describes the short and stocky endomorph body type. Taller guys, on the other hand, tend to get their extra height from their lanky arms and legs, and their long torsos. This describes the long and lanky ectomorph body type.
You can see how proportions can differ here, comparing 5'6 endomorph Ed Coan with the 6'6 ectomorph Michael Jordan:
As you can imagine, both of these guys have very different strengths and weaknesses due to their opposite body types. Ed Coan's stocky body type helped him become one of the best powerlifters in the history of powerlifting. Michael Jordan's lankier body type helped him become one of the best basketball players of all time.
The Heath-Carter version of Sheldon's somatotypes, which just uses someone's physical characteristics, is now the most respected way of classifying body shape. Moreover, it's been 70 years since Sheldon coined the terms endomorph, mesomorph and ectomorph, and they're still widely regarded as one of the key things every guy needs to know before attempting to build muscle or lose fat.
The better we understand our differences and similarities, the easier it will be for us to become strong, fit and healthy.
Going through these categories, keep in mind that most people are a combination of a couple different body types, if not all three. 7,0,0 refers to a pure endomorph. 0,7,0 refers to a pure mesomorph. 0,0,7 refers to a pure ectomorph.
Exercise and Diet for the Endomorph Body Type
Endomorphs are stocky, heavy guys with wider hips, shorter limbs, thicker bones and rounder body shapes. Their shorter limbs often put them on the shorter side, but not always. It also seems like being proportionally heavier causes the body to develop thicker bones in order to support the extra weight, especially in the lower body (study). This is a possible explanation for why endomorphs have stockier, more bottom-heavy physiques.
What's the best workout for an endomorph?
Cardio is popular for a reason. It's an effective way to burn calories, and calories are the mortal enemy of endomorphs. But being proportionally heavier can make many cardio activities rougher on endomorphs. If an endomorph goes out for a jog, there's a lot of weight landing on their joints with every footfall. Moreover, when measuring their fitness levels (VO2 max), the endomorph's heavier body weight lowers their scores, perhaps unfairly (study).
However, being sturdily built allows endomorphs to excel at strength sports, like powerlifting. Their crocodile-like proportions make for great lifting leverages and reduce the range of motion of most lifts, such as the bench press and squat. Their thicker, denser bones are also able to safely support heavy loads.
An endomorph's muscles respond well to lifting too. According to the research of Dr. Casey Butts, guys with thicker bones are able to build muscle far more easily than those with narrower bones, and ultimately become far more muscular.
You could argue that having naturally thicker, denser bones and larger muscles removes the need for lifting weights. After all, some of the main benefits of weightlifting have to do with improving bone density and muscle strength—something that endomorphs don't tend to struggle with.
However, lifting helps with the endomorph's calorie problem as well. Even a pound of fat burns around 2 calories per day, so with every pound lost, their metabolism slows, and their diet must become more strict. This can lead to yo-yoing in and out of leanness.
This is where weightlifting comes in. A pound of muscle burns approximately 6 calories per day, giving a muscular endomorph the opportunity to keep his metabolism high by building a pound of muscle for every pound of fat lost.
Moreover, endomorphs are often able to build muscle even while losing weight because of their great muscle-building genetics and higher body fat percentage. If they can do that, there's another benefit they can take advantage of. It takes over 2,000 calories to build a pound of muscle, speeding up fat loss or giving their diet some wiggle room.
Lifting is also good for the brain, and is associated with a host of other benefits. Same with cardio.
A combined lifting and cardio approach to exercise often works well (study, study).
What's the best diet for an endomorph?
Endomorphs tend to have lower insulin sensitivity and slower metabolisms, meaning they don't handle high-carb or high-calorie diets very well.*
The endomorph's lower insulin sensitivity might be due to their naturally higher fat mass, meaning that becoming leaner could help a great deal. Muscle development will help as well. Still, there may be a genetic component that can't be changed via lifestyle.
A possible reason for their slower metabolisms is how efficient this body type can be. It takes less energy to move a shorter limb than a longer one, even if the shorter limb is proportionally heavier—both a blessing and a curse courtesy of physics.
It seems like endomorphs have proportionally larger stomachs as well, since their stockiness comes from shorter limbs, not narrower torsos. If a 5'7 guy has the stomach size of the average 5'10 guy, this can create challenges.
To make things easier, endomorphs may want to primarily eat foods that are filling, rich in micronutrients and low in calories. Minimally processed foods that are higher in protein, fibre and water are good for that. Chicken breast is an example of a food that's filling because it's rich in protein and water. Broccoli is an example of a food that's filling because it's rich in fibre and water. Sugar is an example of a food that isn't filling because all the fibre and water is processed out. But a fruit, with it's sugar bundled up in plant cells alongside fibre and water, is just perfect (study).
And here lies the secret to every pop-culture diet. Cupcakes, french fries, and chips are very high in calories for how filling they are, so they're shunned. Apples, carrots, and white fish, on the other hand, all contain a lot of micronutrients and hardly any calories at all—far better.
This allows endomorphs to feel fuller on fewer calories while still getting all the vitamins, minerals and fibre that they need.
Another approach is reducing the amount of meals per day (aka intermittent fasting). If an endomorph normally eats 500 calories for breakfast, skipping breakfast for a week would lead to about a pound of fat loss. (A pound of fat contains around 3,500 calories.)
*Some experts, like renowned sports nutritionist Dr. John Berardi, recommend keeping carb intake as low as 25% of total calories. Most research shows that keeping protein intake higher is a more important factor, but experimenting with a lower carb approach is helpful for a lot of guys.
Exercise and Diet for the Mesomorph Body Type
Mesomorphs are athletically built men with broad shoulders, narrow hips, and triangular body shapes, perhaps from having more testosterone shaping them as they go through puberty. They're known for being naturally leaner and more muscular than the other body types, again possibly due to having naturally higher testosterone levels shaping them.
The mesomorph is also defined by being neither as stocky as an endomorph nor as slender as an ectomorph. This gives them some of the strengths and weaknesses of both body types. There may even be something magical about being a man of middling height and proportions. For example, a 2015 study by Li Xiaoxin found that men of average height (5'9–5'11) had better coordination than guys who were shorter or taller (study).
What's the best workout for mesomorphs?
Mesomorphs are known for having thick enough bones to support quite a lot of muscle growth, but another advantage comes from having a good balance between muscle bellies and tendons—which are both important. This makes them well suited for a variety of types of exercise. They particularly excel at Olympic weightlifting, where having a huge shoulder-to-waist ratio is a very strong predictor of success (study).
What's the best diet for mesomorphs?
Mesomorphs respond best to a fairly balanced diet with around 40% of calories coming from carbs, 30% from protein, 30% from fat. No need for precision there, though.
If they want to get leaner, they'll want to eat more like an endomorph, but may need to be more wary of losing muscle mass. If they want to get stronger, they'll want to eat more like an ectomorph, but may need to be more wary of gaining fat.
Exercise and Diet for the Ectomorph Body Type
Ectomorphs are taller, lighter men with proportionally thinner bone structures and rectangular body shapes. Most skinny guys are ectomorphs, but not all ectomorphs are skinny. Being an ectomorph has more to do with our bone structures and proportions than our muscularity. This is where things get interesting.
It seems that as people grow taller, our limbs grow in length a little more quickly than they grow in circumference (study). This could at least partially explain why taller ectomorphs have thinner, longer bones. For example, I'm 6'2 but have the wrist size of a 5'4 man. A less extreme ectomorph might be 6′ and have the wrist size of a 5'8 man. Or a short ectomorph might be 5'6 but have the wrist size of a 5'2 man. This makes us "hardgainers," as having narrower bones limits how muscular we can become. (Although even the strong ectomorph pictured above shouldn't have too much trouble naturally building another 20 pounds of muscle without hitting his genetic ceiling.)
What's the best workout for ectomorphs?
Ectomorphs excel at cardio. Not because of our height—most marathon runner are actually pretty short—but because our frames are proportionally lighter. It takes little energy for a light person to travel long distances.
Our cardiovascular health is often fairly good as well. Our metabolisms are usually quite high, helping us resist fat gains and ward off heart disease, and we're often more active than the other body types, even when we aren't trying to be, because of something called non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT). More colloquially, you could say that we're often fidgety or restless, causing us to burn a startling amount of calories without ever realizing.
However, while our hearts are strong, our bones and muscles are not.
While we can quite literally run a wildebeest into the ground, we may have quite a lot of trouble picking it up afterwards.
Fortunately, this can be remedied with some time under the bar, some time under the sun, and some time under the sheets. Lifting will make our muscles far bigger and our bones far denser.
We do need a bit of a different approach, though. Lifting is not a form of exercise designed for us, even though we're the ones who benefit from it the most. Our narrower, hardgainer bone structures don't start us off with as much muscle mass as the other body types, and our postures often crumble if we don't take the time to strengthen the muscles that hold us in a proper position.
Some lifts will be harder because of our proportions. Having long limbs makes it harder to squat and bench competitively, and while the larger range of motion stimulates greater muscle growth, it can make it harder for a beginner to do the lifts safely—especially if he hasn't strengthened his postural muscles yet. This makes progression more important. It also makes loaded carries important, which are one of the best things for improving an ectomorph's posture and strength.
But we also have other lifts, like the deadlift (especially the sumo variant), that favour our longer reach and relative lightness. There are even lifting techniques, like the hook grip, that don't work for guys with stubbier fingers.
Here's our article about which workouts are best for the ectomorph body type
Here's our article about how to lift weights safely with ectomorph proportions
What's the best diet for ectomorphs?
Ectomorphs have higher metabolisms and better insulin sensitivity than the other body types, allowing us to eat more calories and carbs than the other body types. We can benefit from getting as much as 50–60% of our daily calories from carbs.
Having a higher metabolism doesn't just mean that we can eat more food, it also means that even while eating more food, we're more likely to remain lean (study). Being able to eat more calories also means that we can often eat foods that are proportionally lower in micronutrients while still getting enough to be optimally healthy.
For example, consider an endomorph who burns 2,000 calories per day and needs 10 grams of vitamin X for optimal health. He needs 1 gram of vitamin X in every 200 calories that he eats. Then consider an ectomorph who burns 3,000 calories per day and needs 10 grams of vitamin X for optimal health. He only needs 1 gram of vitamin X in every 300 calories that he eats.
Because of our smaller appetites, rampaging metabolisms, higher carb tolerance, and higher calorie tolerance, we don't need to focus as much on restricting junk food as the other body types. It helps to think about eating more good stuff, not less bad stuff. Otherwise, it's going to be too hard eat enough to grow bigger, stronger muscles and denser, sturdier bones.
The ectomorph's problem is that eating enough food to be strong and healthy can be incredibly hard, especially if we try to eat like an endomorph. After all, it seems like our stomachs don't scale up proportionally along with our height.
The same goes for meal scheduling. While a lot of endomorphs have success with skipping breakfast, we often benefit from taking the opposite approach. Instead of breakfast, lunch and dinner, ectomorphs may want to eat more like a hobbit—breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, second lunch, etc. These in-betweener meals don't need to be fancy or schedule-breaking, though. A handful of trail mix, a protein shake, or a pint of milk is perfectly fine.
On that note, while the other body types might benefit from foods that are low in calories, we do not. We thrive on higher-calorie foods like: dried fruit, nuts, bananas, rice, cheese, dark chocolate, muesli, and trail mix.
We do well with liquid calories too, which don't create as much fullness as solid food, and are more quickly digested. Smoothies, milk and even juice are great when trying to bulk up leanly.
Here's our article about why it's so hard to gain weight as an ectomorph
Here's our article about the Ectomorph Bulking Diet and how to eat more calories
Bony to Beastly Plug: If you want a full workout routine and bulking diet for ectomorphs, check out our Bony to Beastly Bulking Program.
Common Questions About the Male Body Types
Does being skinny-fat mean that I'm part endomorph?
Probably not. While it's easier for some than others, any body type can gain fat. Endomorphs, with their shorter, thicker bones, wouldn't be calling themselves skinny-fat, just fat. If you're describing yourself as skinny-fat, it doesn't sound like you have a naturally thicker, endomorph body. Sounds more like you're an out-of-shape ectomorph. (We've got an article for you here.)
Does being short make me an endomorph? Or being tall make me an ectomorph?
No, not always. In the Bony to Beastly community, for example, we noticed that a lot of our members seemed fairly tall. One of our members started up a poll, and it turns out that the average height of a b2B member is around 6′ tall. Still, though, that's just an average. We have ectomorphs who are 5'2 all the way up to 6'10.
For another example, most elite marathon runners are very short ectomorphs, averaging 5'7 or so. It's just that their bone thickness might be similar to men who are shorter still. They're taller than their bone size would have you think, you could say.
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (The Mountain on Game of Thrones) is an incredibly strong 6'9 endomorph. Here he is next to Pedro Pascal (Oberyn Martel on Game of Thrones), who is of fairly average ectomorph height—5'11.
You can see how Björnsson, even though he's incredibly tall, still has proportionally thicker bones, longer muscle bellies, a thicker neck, and even a proportionally bigger head. He's like a giant Ed Coan.
As an ectomorph, is there anything I can do to change the thickness of my bones? For example, can I make my wrists thicker?
There are no muscle bellies around your wrists, just tendons. They have no muscular growth potential. Looking at your wrists is a great way to tell what body type you are because they cannot be changed with exercise—at least not in any significant way. The more interesting question is whether you can make your bones thicker by progressively preparing them to lift heavier and heavier things. Unfortunately, assuming you're past puberty, the main way your bones will respond to weightlifting is by growing denser, not thicker. They'll probably grow a little thicker as you lift heavier and heavier weights over the course of several years, but by the time you get that strong, you'll be so muscular that you won't be worried about your wrist thickness anyway. It will come too late.
Are ectomorphs and hardgainers the same thing?
Usually yes. The word hardgainer is used to describe someone who struggles to build muscle for whatever reason. This describes most ectomorphs, as most of us will struggle to eat enough to gain weight. Calling ourselves hardgainers is a little misleading, though. While we might not be able to get the extremely muscular appearance of a fully developed endomorph, ectomorphs are the body type that can build muscle the most quickly. It's not uncommon for an ectomorph to gain 30+ pounds in just their first year of lifting—something that the other body types wouldn't be able to do (or at least not leanly).
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The 3 Male Body Types: Summary
Whichever body you happen to have been born with, all of them can be perfectly strong, healthy, and attractive. The path there is just a little different for everyone. While trying to transform themselves, endomorphs will have to fight to become fitter while trying to curb their appetite. Ectomorphs will need to focus on getting stronger while scheming up ways to eat more, which means bulking. Mesomorphs tend to have more freedom with their diet and workouts, but they still need to exercise and eat well, just like the other body types.
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I am an ecto/mesomorph, due to myself being fairly thin but with very low amount of fat compared to muscle. I am having a difficult time trying to increase my forearm muscle (so my lower arm doesn't look like a twig). Is there any way to improve your forearm muscle size/lenth?
So is the guarantee 20 lbs in 3 months or 5 months? I'm very interested since there's a guarantee, but if you can't cancel past 60 days (I think I saw that) I'm wondering how I'll have time to know if it's working
Great articles guys, really looking forward to reading 2 articles a month.
This is pretty unrelated but I was wondering what you guys think about scales that measure body fat percentage?
I have a set of scales that use electrical impulses that are used to estimate body fat and I was wondering if I should pay attention to the increase in body fat shown on the scales, e.g they say my bf% has increased from 5 to 10% when putting on 15lb and my waist measurement has only increased by half an inch.
Could this % change be caused by other things e.g glycogen storage?
Thanks my beastly dudes.
Here's a weird perspective. When I joined b2b I thought I was an ectomorph because I always thought I had a tiny appetite, didn't eat many meals growing up, and never did sports. But then after I started working out, and saw my body proportions, I realized I was an endomorph, at just 5'3″. So I'm not really sure if my small appetite just fits my small size, and it was just the plates that were too big for me all along. Or maybe some endomorphs just don't have big appetites… I feel like I don't have to go overboard on calories to gain weight.
My left arm has always lagged behind my right arm and the picture with the tendons made me think that perhaps my left arm has a long tendon whereas my right arm a short one.
Is this possible?
Hi Shane Duquette,my name is Craig.I've always wanted bulk up,and I've always tired to work out at home but I always fall off doing it.I'm an Ectomorph Mesomorph too,and I want to bulk up by the summer time.I have 2 15 pound handheld weights at home,a pull up bar/push up that I can attach to the door and that's it.Is there any way I can bulk up ? And as this article seems to kind of bring out,I kind of hate having to eat a ton of stuff to pack on calories.S o is there any help you could give ? And I love this webstite,I'm going to check out more stuff to help.
Is this information generally the same for ladies?
Guys I love the site and this is all really interesting. I have a question which I think is going to seem daft, but, it's a major hang up of mine. I'm 6ft 2, out of shape ectomorph and my wrists and particularly hands are so boney and fragile it kills me. I'm super conscious of it. Wrist is 6.5 inches, my hands are the main issue, so skinny, I think I read the hand circumference of mayweather and it's a similar size. It just looks awkward as hell with my height. So, whilst I know you can't 'grow' your hands, fingers or wrist bones did you guys see any beefier / thicker hands / wrists from intense training?
I understand your stance on IF for skinny guys, it's really unnecessary and won't do much for an ectomorph bulking. But nonetheless, I have a question concerning IF for hardgainers. So say I do the classic IF scheme, with an 8 hour feeding window, from noon -8pm. Fasting otherwise.
I totally understand the concept behind 1g pro per lb of bodyweight, eating sufficient calories, and progressing in the gym. So say all of these factors are on point. And in my case, they are. But as a hardgainer, here's where the dilemma lies…
There are some who make a big deal of one's body going into catabolic phases, specifically muscle breakdown throughout the night, unless fed properly. Especially for ectomorphs, it's frequently recommended to eat a slow digesting meal before bed, and upon rising the next morning, to shuttle in some calories and fast protein to combat muscle breakdown ASAP.
In my opinion, this is a false claim perpetuated by the supplement industry OR it's a true claim that a hardgainer should implement. But which?
Assuming total calories, sufficient protein (3x daily in feeding window), and gym progression are all on point, is letting my body go without food/energy for 16 HOURS every single day really a good idea for an ectomorph that wants to build MAXIMAL muscle each week? Or would this negatively impact muscle growth? I can see how it'd make sense for a meso/endo or someone trying to lose some fat, but what about a lean ecto trying to gain muscle?
Sidenote: Another reason I ask is because not eating breakfast actually helps me feel hyperfocused getting work done in the morning, AND I don't mind training fasted at all, actually prefer it sometimes.
The main point is if it's detrimental in a bulking ectomorph's case, if it would impede maximum muscle synthesis? Is there any truth to the body needing protein/calories quickly in the morning to halt catabolism?
[…] Keep in mind that these are just generalizations. Someone like Shane is still quite ectomorphic (long limbs, tiny stomach, thin bones, etc.) but can also end up with long clavicles. If you're curious about different body types, we have an article here on the differences between somatotypes. […]
I used to be skinny…then skinny fat in my late teens….and now I'm chubby.. (and 28) ..how can you explain this…..
I know a ton of skinny guys who became skinny-fat and then chubby and fat..
I'm all over this chart. I used to be fat, so my lower body is thick and I have 34″ hips, but I also have 44″ girl shoulders and 9″ forearms. And my chest is 40″. I'm 5'7″ and 170lbs right now, haven't touched weights in years, always felt shitty about my body.
So that settles it! I'm a mesomorph, despite thinking I was an ectomorph for years (I was a skinny soccer player with no upper body). I'm 5'7″ with wrists at about 6.75-7 inches (which is fairly average at my size), 2 fingers for arm muscle belly insertions, 157 pounds with 13.5% body fat, with a slim 29 inch waist and 44 inch shoulders, putting me at about a 1.5 ratio (in circumferences), but I'm only 7 months into training, so that will change. Overall, I'm pretty happy with my genetics. I once despaired at being short, but I've realized it's a boon for bodybuilding. And I'm glad I'm not a short endomorph either, like my 5'9 (not really short) brother, though he has wide shoulders to go with those wide hips, so win some lose some. I heard somewhere that the shorter you are the more naturally coordinated you are, and as a mesomorph (good shape and not under-muscled or chubby), maybe I'm in the best genetic condition for this. This is is really motivating. I follow Jeff Nippard because he's a great example for my (possible?) genetic potential as a short mesomorph. All this to say, I don't intend anything bad to ectomorphs. I have a 6'1 ectomorph friend who struggles to put muscle on his frame, and requires a hefty 3500 calories daily whereas I'm only needing 2200. However, he gets to stay at a cut 5% bodyfat ALL THE TIME which I could never dream of achieving. It finally makes sense why all Abercrombie models are all like 6'2 shredded ectomorphs because that's an ectomorph's specialty, and their secret weapon no doubt. You guys are basically doing cardio 24/7, just on a biological level. I just don't have time for that.
By the way, in some other article of yours you said Brock Lesnar was a mesomorph, and I don't think that at all. He strikes me as a classic endomorph. The wide hips give it away (which usually gives away any endomorph). I like all your stuff and already have directly my ectomorph friend here. He's very attentive nutritionally speaking (as am I) and loves the science.
I found this article funny because my siblings are nothing like me. My brother is a 5'9 endomorph at 200 pounds who can't lose weight and my 5'4 soccer player sister is an ectomorph with a very rectangular body and, despite being the fastest and most athletic in our family (runner's build I suppose) has trouble gaining muscle and has always weighed very little (15% body fat for a woman!!). I'll redirect her to your bony to bombshell website, which is really cool. Have a wonderful day.
I think I'd best best described as an ectomorph, who through good diet and weight training is slowly transitioning towards being a mesomorph.
I'm 6'1″ and before deciding to get in shape I was 170lb with 19% body fat according to the scale at my gym. I had a small belly and love handles and was definitely in the category of skinny-fat. I'm a bit broader than Shane, though – looking at the bone breadth test, I'm 17.5 inches at the shoulders and 13.5 inches at the hips (one of my fitter mates once kindly told me I have 'child bearing hips'!). I also have long legs, long arms and a proportionally short torso.
Now after improving my diet and starting weight training, my weight went below 155lb, so I've been on a bulk these past few weeks. I'm a little over 160lb at the moment and significantly more muscular than I used to be, I've completely lost sight of my abs, so I'm going to try to cut a bit lower before bulking next time.
[…] to the trio at Bony to Beastly, short guys are built to throw weights around: lift them above your head, push them away from you, […]
You are overrating endomorphs and underrating ectomorphs and mesomrphs, endomorphs are crap fatasses and no noe likes them, they are weak, ectomorphs and mesomorphs are way stronger and more athletic.
[…] lean waist, then your bone structure won't matter very much. Women don't care about our body type, they care about whether we're in shape or […]


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My last post's title is wrong. Though to be fair, I did qualify what I meant later on in the post, I feel a little silly about it now.
First off, I have an iPhone 3GS, and I really like it so far. Secondly, I didn't even pay the discounted retail price for it, so my sentiment about the price not justifying the features still stands. However, for what I paid for it, it's definitely worth it.
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When the mutated scientist Megelen (known to the people simply as the Borad, this being the title used for the main governor) took control of the planet Karfel he actively declared war on the Bandrils, well aware that Karfel was hopeless against a far more powerful opponent and that the Bandrils had weapons that would clean the planet of all intelligent life. The Borad planned to have the Karfelon species extinct so he could repopulate the world with mutants like him, created from genetic material from the native Morlox beasts. As expected, the Bandrils launched the apocalyptic missiles at the planet, having no other option as without the grains from Karfel their population would risk starvation. After the Doctor defeated the Borad, the Karfelons attempted to contact the Bandril fleet to cancel the attack, but with no success. After witnessing the Doctor's apparent self-sacrifice to save the Karfelons and Peri, as he used his own TARDIS as a deflector shield, the Bandrils were moved by the heroic act and agreed to call off the war.
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I posted about the early chapters of this previously, and you can see my early assessment of this ludicrously popular fanfic here.
In the interim, there was a discussion on Usenet which culminated in this posting.
Because of that I was duty-bound to read at least the part completed up until that point.
I found a very nicely edited/typeset version of chapters 1-72 in a PDF (made by "some random fan of a fan") and during this vacation finally had the time to read it and discharge my obligation.
I'm rather perplexed by the people who talk about laughing often in the story; I found very few moments I found very funny, after Potter's initial reaction to McGonagall turning into a cat. It is, as I said previously, extremely well-written; there's some portions which genuinely sound like Rowling's work, despite the events departing farther and farther from the original. There's also a lot of thought that's going into it as a plot, and as a nod to various fandoms -- and I enjoy a number of the in-jokes which range from the absolutely modern
(Death Note) to golden-age pulp.
I find, however, that I still don't like Harry much. The original Harry was likeable (or, during his middle teen years, tolerable) partially because he WASN'T a prodigy of everything, though clearly highly talented in several areas. His tremendous capabilities combined with twittish arrogance (sometimes justified, sometimes not) and sometimes STUNNING stupidity or blindness does get annoying after a while.
I *really* like this version of Hermione, though, and it fits with much of my own interpretation of the character.
The fic has certainly given me some additional ideas to slide into my Harry Potter RPG; and I was particularly pleased to see the comments
about how normal first years aren't at all what you get if you actually give them a chance to learn in a combat environment. (In my campaign,
the DADA teacher the first year was SUPPOSED to be Quirrel, but Something Happened and he was substituted at the last minute with...
Lucious, er, LUCIUS Malfoy. Who has -- to his own utter astonishment -- turned out to be both a capable and popular teacher after the first
month or so.
I do, however, feel tricked. When I said "Sailor Gryffindor", I mean SAILOR GRYFFINDOR. Or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof, not some stupid girl dressing up in a sideways reference to the original. I was willing to accept that it wasn't going to be Hermione, but not that it
was in fact just a cosplayer, so to speak. It's as though I promised that Batman would show up in the next Jason Wood story, and what you got was Jason Wood donning a Batman costume for a couple minutes.
Which reminds me of one really niggling bit of annoyance at Harry in one scene. A boy who AT LEAST THREE TIMES brings up Kimball Kinnison as an ideal in his own words or thoughts would never, under any conceivable circumstances possible in this or any other Visualization of the Cosmic All, look upon an actual Lens -- or even a really good fake -- without remarking upon it -- and most likely doing a double-take or facefault. The fact that Harry doesn't even react when exactly such an object is described to be present in the room he has just entered indicated that he must have no idea what that bracelet and its crystal signified, yet other incidents showed that not only did he HAVE to know, it was something with which he identified strongly and thus should IMMEDIATELY notice and react to.
This is a personal reaction based on the fact that at the age of 11 *I* was a Doc Smith fanboy; my first online handle was "Kimball Kinnison", I went to my first convention with "Kimball Kinnison" as my nickname, and if I had ever seen anything that even VAGUELY resembled a Lens I
would've done what is in modern parlance referred to as "squee".
I am still fairly well convinced that Harry's "dark side" is Voldemort, or a piece of his soul (i.e., in this as in the prior books he is a Horcrux of Voldemort), which explains the ludicrous competence and adult dangerousness that he seems to exhibit when he lets that side out. However it's also pretty obvious that Quirrel is either a vessel of Voldemort or is working directly for him. This is one of the things that ALSO annoyed me. I'm sorry, Harry's mistrust of Authority has been carried to ludicrous extremes, to the point that a character he has -- explicitly and directly stated -- feelings of doom and danger associated with, every time he approaches that character, a character who also exhibits bizarre and suspicious behavior, becomes Harry's mentor -- a mentor he follows to the point of committing a crime of treasonous proportions.
One would THINK that a super-genius rationalist would take all the known factors as input and decide that trusting this guy with anything in private is like testing the voltage in some wires by grabbing the wires with your soggy hands.
Alas, much of the time this version of Harry sounds like a pint-sized Randite of the more fanatical stripe, the sort that (like Rand herself) is mostly confounded by the fact that human beings don't actually behave, for the most part, the way the theory declares, because they evolved from fundamentally NONrational beings, and that nonrational part is equally part and parcel of humanity. When he DOES react from emotions, he does so in a manner that is often directly at odds with his own declared rationality.
Still, these are character-based objections, and as I have often observed, a person's reaction to character behavior is, well, PERSONAL. These things make Harry at best unlikable and at worst unbelievable TO ME, but may be very likable and realistic to other readers. As I've said before, overall the fic is exceedingly well written, clearly carefully plotted, and cleverly made.
One other thing HP&tMoR can mark to its credit is that it's a fanfic I have actually read to the end, or at least the end of the amount available when I downloaded it. I have written a lot of fics, but I almost never read them.


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A E Kiddy & Son
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Contact: Geoffrey Kiddy
Telephone: 01986 873173
Mobile: 07881 501858
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Mobile: 07525 163349
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A W D Hammond Ltd
Norwich Road, Halesworth
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Angel Podiatry
Unit 2 The Creamery, Angel Link, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8SW
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Professional Services
Anglia Survey & Design
16a Bridge Street, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8AQ
Telephone: 01986 872250
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Retail Business
Anne Gray trading in Halesworth & Debenham
The Barn, 9 Rectory Street, Halesworth, Suffolk
Telephone: 01986 874973
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Antiques and old books
Banking and Financial Services
Barclays Bank
23C New Market, Beccles, NR34 9HD
Telephone: 07775 553181
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Business banker
C A Palmer & Son Ltd
Telephone: 01986 872108
Cecil Amey Limited
43 The Thoroughfare, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8AR
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Telephone: 01986 872122
Mobile: 07775 728864
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.cecilameyopticians.co.uk
Champain Landscapes
Service Business
Chinny's Cue Club
27 Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8BX
Telephone: 01986 872651
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Snooker hall
Charity & Voluntary
Churches Together in Blyth Valley
Telephone: 01986 872602
Email: email@example.com
Halesworth & District group of churches
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Classic Beauty
Rusacks, Narrow Way, Wenhaston
Telephone: 01502 478720
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
A range of Beauty Treatments & Therapies.
Professional Services
Coaching 4 Success Ltd
Anvil, Blacksmiths Corner, Ilketshall St Andrew, Beccles, NR34 8HS
Telephone: 01986 781564
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.coaching-4-success.co.uk
Individual and business coaching including bespoke executive and team development programmes. Performance improvements guaranteed.
Coastal Telecom Ltd
Telephone: 01728 635141
Professional Services
Cross Ram & Co
18 Thoroughfare, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8AJ
Fax: 01986 872224
Contact: Jonathan Margarson
Telephone: 01986 873636
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.crossram.co.uk
Web Design & IT Services
CSSCloud Ltd
Nimbus House, Marine Park, Gapton Hall Road, Great Yarmouth NR31 0NB
Telephone: 01493 801801
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: https://www.csscloud.co.uk
I T Support business
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1 School Bungalow, School Lane, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BW
Telephone: 01986 872630
Email: email@example.com
Retired but still available to give support to people changing jobs.
Estate Agents
Durrants Estate Agents
12 Thoroughfare, Halesworth IP19 8AH
Fax: 01986 874007
Contact: Teresa Walsh
Telephone: 01986 872553
Mobile: 07979 504617
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.durrants.com
Estate Agents
Professional Services
East Coast Administration Ltd
Telephone: 01986 872072
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.eastcoastadministration.co.uk
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East Coast Linen Hire & Laundry
Telephone: 01986 875896
Banking and Financial Services
Excel Mortgage Services Ltd
2 Bensle's Drift, Halesworth IP19 8RS
Mobile: 07872 971879
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Residential and Commercial mortgages, Buy to Let mortgages, Bridging and Development finance, Life Insurance.
First Data Merchant Solutions
Focus Organic
Telephone: 01986 872899
Professional Services
Gerald Burns
54 London Road, Halesworth IP19 8LS,
Telephone: 01986 874334
Email: email@example.com
Property surveyor/buyer's agent
Charity & Voluntary
Halesworth Area Community Transport
HACT, Railway Station, Station Road, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BZ
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Contact: Mrs Julia Howell, Administrator
Telephone: 01986 875900
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.hactbus.co.uk
Service Business
Halesworth Golf Club
Bramfield Road, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 9XA
Telephone: 01986 875567
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Golf course and function rooms
Public Sector
Halesworth Library
Bridge Street, Halesworth IP19 8AD
Telephone: 01986 875095
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk
Town Library
Retail Business
Halesworth Stationers
57 Thoroughfare, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8AR
Telephone: 01986 873742
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Personal & Business Stationery - Inkjet Cartridges, Art Materials, Greeting Cards and Quality Gifts, Office supplies/machines & furniture, Rubber stamps, Business cards, Letterheads and much more.
Retail Business
47 Thoroughfare, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8AR
Contact: Jane Dekker
Telephone: 01986 875944
Mobile: 07748 553044
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Retail / Lifestyle / Home accessories, gifts and furniture
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Telephone: 01986 873999
Charity & Voluntary
Ink Festival
INK Spot
Unit 10
The Cut
8 New Cut
Suffolk, IP19 8BY
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Email: email@example.com
Web: inkfestival.org
INK is a theatre company and registered charity, that sources, develops, and produces the best new short plays for stage, and radio, from writers with an East Anglian connection. In 4 years, we have produced over 100 new plays.
Banking and Financial Services
Ipswich Building Society, Halesworth
61 Thoroughfare, Halesworth
Telephone: 1986 875133
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: http://www.ibs.co.uk
Professional Services
Jane Held Consulting Ltd
Oak Cottage, The Street, Rumburgh, IP19 0JX
Telephone: 01986 781760
Mobile: 07771 556391
Email: email@example.com
Public Sector Consultancy
JST (UK) Ltd
Telephone: 01986 874131
Retail Business
Kings Landscaping Ltd
Unit 23, Halesworth Business Park, Halesworth IP19 8QJ
Telephone: 01986 875555
Mobile: 07863 182794
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.kings-landscaping.co.uk
Landscape suppliers
Lisa North Photography
Telephone: 01379 855129
Professional Services
Lovewell Blake
The Wherry, Quay Street, Halesworth
Telephone: 01986 873163
Email: email@example.com
Chartered Accountants
Banking and Financial Services
Lovewell Blake Financial Planning
Bankside 300, Peachman Way, Broadland Business Park, Norwich NR7 0LB
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Financial Advisor
Telephone: 01603 619620
Mobile: 07960 744330
Email: email@example.com
Financial Advice
Woottens of Wenhaston
Telephone: 01502 478258
Service Business
Maureen Took t/a Edwards Cafe
Archers Cottage, Broadway, Norwich Road, Halesworth IP19 8QW
Telephone: 01986 872371
Email: email@example.com
Cafe & catering
Melons Greengrocer
Telephone: 01986 874562
Manufacturing and Production
Micropress Printers Ltd.
Fountain Way, Reydon Business Park, Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6DH
Contact: Robert Cross
Telephone: 01502 725800
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.micropress.co.uk
Printing and Publishing including Halesworth Community News
New Cut Arts
8 New Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BY
Manager - Aafke Groenweld
Telephone: 01986 873285
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.newcut.org
Arts Centre and theatre
NFU Mutual
Telephone: 01986 872388
Professional Services
Norton Peskett
52 Thoroughfare, Halesworth IP19 8AR
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Telephone: 01986 872513
Email: email@example.com
Service Business
Pearce & Kemp Ltd
Unit 20, Halesworth Business Centre, Norwich Road, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8QJ
Telephone: 01986 872130
Email: email@example.com
Electrical & Lighting Contractors
Web Design & IT Services
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High Street, Ilketshall St Margaret, Suffolk, NR35 1NA
Telephone: 01986 888274
Email: email@example.com
At Red Dune we are passionate about designing great looking websites and providing IT Support for businesses. For all your website, computer and networking needs contact Red Dune.
Retail Business
Rehability (East Anglia) Ltd
7 Bridge Street, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8AB
Telephone: 01986 873803
Email: email@example.com
Web: http://www.rehability.co.uk
Mobility equipment retailer. For all your aids to daily living. Mobility scooter sales, repair, servicing, batteries. We offer a Gold Standard Customer Service.
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For servicing and repairs, contact: Jonathan Lankester on 01986 834151.
Service Business
Rosedale Funeral Home
Arcadia House, 19 Market Place, Halesworth IP19 8BB
Fax: 01986 874785
Contact: Rachel Chadbon - Funeral Administrator
Telephone: 01986 875588
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.rosedalefuneralhome.co.uk
Funeral Directors
Retail Business
Rumburgh Farm
Rumburgh Farm
Telephone: 01986 781351
Mobile: 07788 648187
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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We specialise in rearing free range bronze and Norfolk black turkeys for Christmas. Traditional methods and excellent eating quality.
Contact - Mick and Charlotte Binder
Service Business
Say Hello Hello
Halesworth IP19 8TT
Telephone: 01986 232 006
Mobile: 07867 533240
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sales calls, Marketing and Telephone Answering
Charity & Voluntary
Sign of the Fish Christian Bookshop
20A Market Place, Halesworth IP19 8BB
Buyer - Mrs Val Jennings
Treasurer - Mrs Pat Potts
Telephone: 01986 875750
Charitable Bookshop and "Tea Room"
SingTong Neeyom Thai Restaurant
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The Angel Hotel
The Thoroughfare , Halesworth,, Suffolk. IP19 8AH.
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Email: email@example.com
Web: www.angel-halesworth.co.uk
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The Halesworth Florist & Greengrocers
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The Morton Partnership Ltd
Telephone: 01986 875651
Professional Services
Utility Warehouse
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Mobile: 07900 350117
Email: email@example.com
Manufacturing and Production
Valley Farm Vinyards
The Vinery Valley Farm Vineyards Rumburgh Road Wissett Suffolk IP19 OJJ United Kingdom
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Web: https://www.valleyfarmvineyards.co.uk
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Professional Services
van Dijk Accountants Ltd
Georgian House, 34 Thoroughfare, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8AP
Director - Pieter van Dijk
Telephone: 01986 872706
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.vandijk.co
Veronica Downing Associates Ltd
Bridge Farm, Halesworth Road, Chediston, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 0AE
Telephone: 01986 875435
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.veronicadowning.co.uk
Occupational Therapy Assessments and Expert Witness Services
Charity & Voluntary
World Land Trust
Blyth House, Bridge Street, Halesworth
Telephone: 0845 054 4422
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.worldlandtrust.org.uk/
The World Land Trust is a conservation charity that has helped purchase and protect over 300,000 acres of rainforest and other threatened wildlife habitats worldwide.


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May 22, 2017
Gosh are these scrappy blocks ever fun! Kinda like ad-lib cooking ... "a little bit of this, a pinch of that, a handful of this ...stir it all together and voila!" Delicious eye candy :)
Original Block #23
Original Block #24
And we have another "freebie" this week - a single beautiful print to feature as a block all by itself. This sweet hatbox by Atsuko Matsuyama is one of my very favourites. I find it hard to use as patchwork, but this ... this is the perfect application!
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Join Nada for tea time
Friday, Nov 9
6 – 8pm
The bun shop, 239 W Read St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Send to a friend that should be here (especially if you can't come yourself!)
Nov 9
6 – 8pm
The bun shop, 239 W Read St, Baltimore, MD 21201
5 seats left!
What is Tea Time, exactly?
Tea Time is where five-ish strangers sit at a cafe with a Host to have a two hour conversation. It's not about anything in particular.
You're meant to know pretty much nothing about the people that come, aside from the fact that they all signed up for this — just like you. It's self-selecting in that sense.
However, it may bring you comfort to know a little something about your Host. If so, just keep reading
Meet your Host, Nada.
(It'll be helpful to know what they look like when you're looking for a group of confused strangers at the cafe.)
Hello! I am a grad student in Bmore - got here 2 months ago! Very excited to meet everyone and build a community in the city. Come come come! I promise will not put you through any awkward icebreakers!
What's your story?
I am absolutely obsessed with everything healthcare and if you get me started on health insurance I will not shut up. My free time goes to looking at optimization issues within healthcare, & I'm especially interested in developing countries.
What might we talk about?
Anything and everything! I am happy to listen, share or just drink coffee silently until one of us has to go. Company is nice too :)


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Salon Salon
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The Power of Digital Automation
A key goal for Sealed Air is improving the efficiency of our customers' operations and digital automation will help drive success in this area.
In a recent interview, Jerome Peribere and Marc Hamer discuss the importance of digital automation and how it will help to customize packaging and will change the game in terms of e-commerce and eliminating waste.
As stated in the article, one of the top challenges Marc sees for Sealed Air to execute its business transformation successfully is to increase and enhance the digital knowledge for our commercial teams. "I'm looking for ways to get our commercial teams to think outside of the box," Marc explains.
This includes having members of Sealed Air's commercial teams envision solutions for clients using the Internet of Things (IoT) and to approach client challenges and opportunities with an analytical perspective. "The more they're able to think this way, the more they'll be able to see different opportunities when they're out with customers," Marc adds.
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Violence will not be heard again in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. Isaiah 60:18
Monday, December 19, 2005
It's Always Advent
Can one blog their own blog? One entry for two blogs? Why not? Here's what I wrote today somewhere else....
I could not get warm today. Now don't think I'm going to write a depressing entry, but today was about Winter.
I have experienced real-time winter weather while living in New Jersey. Nothing in the world can compare with wind chill 40 below. Or two feet of snow on the ground from December to April. That kind of condition can effect the soul. Empty trees all around for six months.
You start wanting to lay green lettuce from the grocers out just for a change of sorts.
A book I'm reading lately tells of snowy Israel. Could Christ really have been born in winter? Well, whatever. It seems the right time for a Son of Man with no esteem. It seems the right time for a Savior of Sufferers. A pagan day, winter solstice for the marked life of a man cut short. And He changed everything. At least for me.
I know everything about Him from my mother. I cannot ever remember not knowing Jesus. She would tell me stories every night at bedtime about her childhood or mine. But often, she would tell me about Jesus. And there in the dark, usually as she rubbed my back, she would tell me wondreous miracles and mysteries. We would listen to choirs and classic recordings and I would wait for her as she sang for mass in the mission.
Later, I would go with her to choir. We attended at a large old church with a winding staircase to the choir loft and it's spindled railing. Every Sunday for six years we sang the latin words that repeated the Gospel. Up and above the people, out of sight, we stood over the organ and player as it pumped the broad sound to the pipes twenty yards at the ceiling of the alter. And Christ was there. He was in our words and in our grace. He was in our worship and in our questions as we viewed the creche every advent. He was born in the cold and the dark and we were just beginning to wonder. Where is He now? When will He come back? What is He saying to us?
We asked those things of Him together, my Mom and me. She went ahead of me, I miss her and I am still asking Him the questions while she is in the answer.
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Before we look at the various techniques of marketing, it is important that we first know what marketing is all about. Marketing is the process of making your product or services known to all peoples in a bid to convince them that the product you have is better than the ones that are already there. So, how do we go about making sure that people come for your products instead of going for the competitors? Well, below are some marketing techniques you can employ:
- Make sure that the benefit of the product is well known as opposed to the product itself. Truth be told, not so many people want your product or service. If you can convince them on the benefit of the product or service, they have no reason not to purchase it. Make sure that the advantages of the products and services are well prescribed. People are looking to make their lives easier and if you products can help them in this, they will have a reason to purchase them.
- Do what your competitor is not doing. Be outstanding! This is online casino spiele one of the most important marketing techniques that can give you leverage over your competitors. If you are doing the same services or selling the same products as your competitor, find a way to distinctly differentiate your products and services. For example, if your competitor is just selling cars, to be different from them, you could give a 6 month insurance cover as a special package. Always do something that endeavors to make you different.
- Keep adding something new to what you already have. Human beings will never be satisfied. This is for sure. You have to keep fulfilling their needs. So, on a regular basis, you will have to be giving out new information or even new products and services so as to keep your customers coming back.
- Be ready to change with the times. In this technological era, things change every so often. This means that you will have to keep abreast with what is happening within your scope of business and be updated with the new products or new services that are being provided. Change is inevitable.
- Last, but not least, look for ways in which you can assist your clients and customers. Be a dependable resource to them. If you have their contacts, keep them updated on new stock. Ask for their feedback to see what areas can be improved.
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(Question posted by participants in recent webinars)
To measure success with a competency model, you need a baseline. This is where employees in a role assess themselves against the competency model the first time. Then, they need to do some development – optimally self-directed, personalized learning that they own. Once they participate in these development opportunities (which they buy into, because they selected them based on gaps they themselves identified), they will re-assess. In a perfect world, this is quarterly, so that they are always thinking about their own development.
When you look at the assessment data over time, and you correlate that with business metrics, you can hopefully show improvement in both skills and results over time. What's more, you'll know which skills are drivers of business results.
For more, check out an ATD conference session: M314 - The Holy Grail: Using Competency Models to Establish Learning Program Impact. Mon, May 22 | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | B406
That's where we're teaming up with Jennifer Naughton from ATD, and Dr. Bill Rothwell from Penn State to show you how 3 different organizations, including ATD, applied this blueprint to measure success via competency models.