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Marketing Questions to Ask
Arch Communications director Matt Youdale was speaking at a business event in Lincoln this week, when he was asked for the best questions to put to a marketing company when considering whether to use their services or not. Now he's had time to think about it, here's Matt's response…
It was an excellent query! Let's face it – because it's their day job, marketing agencies should be pretty good at promoting themselves. So probing their credentials with a few carefully chosen questions is important. Here are a few suggestions:
What do you specialise in? It's hard to be an expert in everything, especially when marketing covers so many different disciplines. Asking this question can help you find the support that is right for you. At Arch Communications, our particular expertise is in wordcraft and storytelling – helping organisations to develop a narrative that will make them stand out, writing that narrative to make it as compelling as possible, and persuading the news media that the story is worth using.
What are your weaknesses? This is a pretty cheeky question, but will help to tease out whether an agency is being honest about their abilities. Anyone who claims not to have a weakness is probably not to be believed! At Arch, we don't claim to be experts in online marketing (search engine optimisation, pay per click etc) or graphic design. We're happy to recommend other companies with the right skills to meet your specific needs.
Can you provide examples of similar work? If you're seeking a particular type of marketing service, then it's useful to see evidence that the agency you're talking to has done work which is relevant and of the right quality. If it helps to reassure them, we're even happy to put potential customers in touch with previous clients.
What's your big idea? It's always worth testing an agency's potential creativity in tackling your marketing challenge. You can't expect them to reveal too much until you've committed to giving them the work, but you do need to be assured that they're not just going to revive something they've used before which may not exactly match your need. We find this one tricky, because we get so excited by possible new projects, that we tend to give away far too many of our ideas!
Will you offer a discount in return for a testimonial? This can be asked of a company offering any type of service, not just marketing. It helps to test a business's commitment to keeping their customers happy. It's something we offer quite regularly – but discount or no discount, we only expect a testimonial if the client is completely satisfied.
How will you prove the impact of what you're offering to do for me? This is the killer question! Anyone can make boasts or claims to secure a bit of business. But how can a piece of marketing be shown to have produced a direct benefit? Good marketing companies won't promise the earth, but they will suggest very practical ways of assessing impact. For example, a lot of our work at Arch Communications is about raising awareness. So we can assess the amount of media coverage achieved, and how that translates into more phone enquiries, more hits on a website or a growth in reach on social media.
After all, it's important to realise that marketers don't actually sell a client's product. Our job is to tell people about it so that they're interested and actively seek it out. The rest is up to you!


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What made the US such a formidable factor in WWII was the size of its economy, its underutilized assets, and the ability of government to effectively organize it. It was a war not won by valour or brilliant tactics or clever code-breaking, as glamorous, inspiring, or important as those things were. The war in Europe, especially, was a war of attrition, with the Soviet Union slowly grinding up half of Germany's military might in the east, while the US relentlessly chipped away from the west. Germany fought on, enduring inconceivable punishment without surrender, until she had nothing left to fight with, until the Allies could finally claim victory over a wasteland of burnt-out cities and a defeated population.
This is not a story always welcome to the ears of people who fondly believe that the good guys (i.e., us) must always enjoy inevitable victories. God delivers them, in popular belief, so long as we keep up the faith and rally when called.
We can't really conceive today of a war like the one that devastated Europe, in part because we have no national memory of such a thing. Our soldiers liberated prison camps in foreign lands. They weren't being mown down to slow an invasion of our own burnt-out cities and terrified population.
We have today a technology-heavy military capable of quickly smashing things in far-away places. But, as were forced to see during the Bush-Cheny wars, we have an extremely limited capacity to hold ground. The belief stubbornly persists that we no longer have need for that sort of thing, despite thousands of American lives lost to tenacious insurgencies, and broad swaths of allegedly defeated territory in the hands of the adversary.
These wars threw an unforgiving light on something that normally operates out of sight, in the shadows of diffused responsibility and missing accountability: willful ignorance. If the Bush-Cheny "deciders" seemed to be guided by a laughably inadequate understanding of the countries they proposed to liberate, the reason was not that the requisite knowledge of Afghanistan and the Middle East was nowhere to be found. The knowledge and informed judgement were simply rejected out of hand, as being inconsistent with decided policy.
The risks posed by these weaknesses grow yearly, because they remain unappreciated and neglected, and because our position in the world is changing in ways that are beyond our control. The case in point, if you will bear with me, is China's new Air Defense Identification Zone.
China announced this unilaterally, without consultation, and demanded that all airlines traversing the area file flight plans with Chinese authorities. The fact that the ADIZ extends over territory disputed with Japan and abuts Taiwan signals China's intent to isolate those states from their western allies, primarily the United States.
As a strategic move, the ADIZ now stands as an unqualified success. Japan angrily reacted to the announcement by ordering its airlines not to comply, to continue operations as though the ADIZ were nonexistent. The US, apparently testing whether the ADIZ signified nothing more than provocation by a restive military, flew unarmed B52s through the area. A showdown would have allowed the US to deliver a slap on the wrist and perhaps negotiate a face-saving withdrawal for the Chinese, but China did not take the bait, presumably waiting to choose its own time to rattle the passengers of a civilian airliner with fighter escort. The US then 'recommended' that all American airlines comply with Chinese instructions. Japan has been left to plead its case to the UN, but will certainly cave in when it is politic to do so.
Behind the scenes, it is a good bet that debates are being rekindled regarding US security commitments to Japan and, most importantly, Taiwan. These are commitments that were entered into when China was an economic basket case, and when the US could deliver military punishment with impunity.
That impunity is becoming questionable. China recently accomplished the soft landing of a scientific rover on the surface of the moon. While certainly gratifying to national pride, the greater significance is to demonstrate that China's ability to accurately and reliably deliver heavy loads to any point on the surface of the earth must be reckoned with. China's nuclear arsenal is variously estimated to contain from a few hundred to a few.thousand warheads. China has had ICBM capability for many years, and is known to be developing the long-range, solid-fueled (for rapid launch) DF-41, which has been test fired and may be nearing deployment.
The question of whether the United States would continue to consider an attack on Taiwan as an attack on the US, were the slightest risk of nuclear, chemical, or biological conflagration presented to a US city, can be answered in the negative, hands-down, treaty or no. In a hypothetical confrontation, this will be a new factor for any US president to consider, materially weakening the US hand. It will be an ongoing factor in Taiwanese calculations as well.
China is patiently directing its own war of attrition, chipping away at alliances and treaties, while guiding its own economy toward becoming the world's largest. With its enormous land area and immense population, it will arguably be able to stand up to threats of military punishment as well as any nation can. Certainly, that will be its own perception.
The West's strategy will most likely be one of accommodation, to all intents and purposes, and regardless of expressions of moral sentiment, with the ever-present danger of miscalculation due to willful blindness, a danger that seems to afflict democracies especially. China's first big prize in the coming years will be to bring Taiwan under political control of the mainland. With luck, they will accomplish this without anyone firing a shot. Where they may go from there is anyone's guess.
Writing these words is somewhat painful, which serves to illustrate my final point. As I have argued elsewhere, war is not a morality play. Diplomacy and negotiation should never be entrusted to moralists, jingoists, or other faith-based, emotional actors. There is far too much at stake.
The burnt-out cities of Europe were cleared and rebuilt. Perhaps one should have been left as it was, with a few spartan accommodations made available for world leaders who wish to come and ponder the mortality of nations.

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You guys. YOU GUYS. Is this really happening? MTV Movie Awards star Rebel Wilson is maybe possibly in talks for a role in "The Hunger Games" franchise? Are all the most wonderful pop cultural things in the world colliding at once?! OH MY GOD WHAT IS AIR.
Okay, backtracking a bit: Basically, Rebel had a long chat with BuzzFeed—which is fabulous, you should read the whole thing, and not just because she spends all kinds of time talking about her upcoming gig at the MTV Movie Awards. (Did you know that she's besties with the Zefron and he's got amazing rap skills?) But the part that made us go "Whaaaaaat?!" comes about halfway through, where Rebel mentions having met Jennifer Lawrence and loving "The Hunger Games," and BuzzFeed is all, "Hey, would we ever see you in 'The Hunger Games'?"
Rebel's reply:
"Um, seriously, I have had a meeting about being in 'The Hunger Games.' Yes... It was one of the people in the Capitol. That's all I'll say."
That's all? Dude. That's enough. We're flipping out. And mentally making our way through every Capitol moment in "Mockingjay" to try and figure out where Rebel might fit in. Is there any role that could use her comic talents? Could she be a co-anchor alongside Caesar Flickerman? Let's talk about this for the rest of the day.
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The AFCON-winning coach in a chat with africanFootball.com from his base in the United States said:"Yes, I met with Deji Tinubu in Lagos before heading out for America to see my family.
"It's my country, I am ready to serve. I have started something I would love to finish."
However, Keshi quickly added the working conditions for his new deal have to be better than what he had previously.
"But I cannot work the way I worked last time. It's not possible! All my staff, no!no!!no!! We have to be professional, everybody has to do what they are supposed to do," he stated.
"I cannot be paying another staff salary, when I am not the Nigeria Football Federation. We will see how it goes. If the conditions are met, we will be there, no wahala."
In the meantime, the NFF has disclosed to africanFootball.com that it will forward a letter of intent for contract renewal this week to the former Super Eagles captain.
Tinubu, the Head of a three-man committee for Keshi's contract renewal, said: "We have made tremendous progress.
"We will first send a letter of our intent for a renewal of his contract and expect a reply from him as quickly as possible.
"This would allow us to start working on the terms of contract. We would have our terms and we know he would have his terms. But we would be working in such a way that we would arrive at an agreeable term that would suit both parties and then hopefully he signs.
"We can't put a time limit on this, but we hope we are done with it as quick as possible considering that we have a game in September," Tinubu stated.


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I'm 7 months pregnant.
Who can believe?
There are lots of things I've learned in the past 7 months of this pregnancy. Some of it I learned on my own (and some of it the "hard" way). For example: how much you take simple things about your body for granted, how calm your life was before (despite what you thought), how much small things don't matter, who your true friends are, what family REALLY means...
Other things I've learned have come from other sources - the Internet, literature, and a little email I get each day called The Daily Kick (clever, right?) from Parenting.com.
A few days ago, they had a feature on making yourself a birthing room CD. Um...hellllloooo?!? People ACTUALLY have time to do this?!?!? I haven't even made a nursery or taken a parenting class. Now I'm supposed to fit in MAKING A BIRTHING ROOM CD ALSO?!?
Anyway, I thought I would share with you their suggested playlists, because HELLLOOOO, SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT IT.
To keep you calm and focused...
"Don't Panic", by Coldplay"Playground Love", by Air "Come Rain or Come Shine", by Frank Sinatra
"Wild Horses", by Mazzy Star"Into the Mystic", Van Morrison "Try a Little Tenderness", by Otis Redding "Kind of Blue," by Miles Davis"Carolina On My Mind," by James Taylor"Destiny," by Zero 7"Gettin' in the Way," by Jill Scott"2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten," by Lucinda Williams
OK, honestly? There is not one song on here that I would find soothing to keep me "calm and focused". If someone plays "Don't Panic" by Coldplay and tells me to calm down? I'm kicking them in head.
To get you psyched to push...
"Push It (Ooh, baby, baby)", by Salt 'n' Pepa ("All you fly mothers, get on out there and dance!")"Wind It Up" and "Hollaback Girl", by Gwen Stefani (Damn, she's cool! She had Kingston – you can do this, too!) "I'm Every Woman", by Whitney Houston"Take Your Mama", by Scissor Sisters"Harder to Breathe", Maroon 5"Rock and Roll", by Led Zeppelin "Rock Your Body", by Justin Timberlake"I Will Survive", by Gloria Gaynor"Born to Run," by Bruce Springsteen "Ain't No Other Man," by Christina Aguilera"Shining Star," by Earth Wind & Fire"Kids in America," by Kim Wilde
Alright, I've not made my Salt-n-Pepper love a secret. HOWEVER, PUSH IT?!?! Wow. I don't think so. There are no words to cover this suggestion. I think Gwen Stefani is FINE, but belting out HOLLABACK GIRL in between pushing and screaming is not my idea of psyching me up. And, Rock Your Body by JT? Just may make me shoot my husband.
To keep you feeling happy despite, you know, the circumstances..."Love and Happiness", by Al Green"Here Comes the Sun", by the Beatles"Grace", by Jeff Buckley"Dream a Little Dream of Me", by the Mamas and the Papas "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", by the Police"You Can't Hurry Love", by Diana Ross"It's the End of the World", by REM "Good Vibrations" Beach Boys "Raspberry Beret," by Prince "Listen to the Music," by the Doobie Brothers
OK. So this list? I don't get AT ALL. Prince's "Raspberry Beret"?!? WTF?!?!
Beach Boys "Good Vibrations"?!? UH. NO.
And WHAT does REM's "End of the World" have to do with keeping me HAPPY?!?! I'm just guessing, but "It's the end of the world as we know it" is probably NOT a lyric I want running through my head during childbirth. (Not to mention, do I really need fun memories like singing this song in college while moshing around bars to remind me of what will NEVER. BE. AGAIN?!?! I think not...)
I'm thinkin' I won't be making a birthing room CD. But, I'll keep you posted...
PS-The funny part about the title of this post is that every year I tell people I'm 28 on my birthday. I don't know why. I don't have "issues" with my age, or getting older (er, I don't think...). But anyway....
I'm 7 months pregnant.
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- Cara said... @ 10:11 AM
Believe me you are not going to want to listen to music when you are in labor. Take the time to get you nails and toes done intstead. I had no intrest in music when in labor and just keept thinking, I should have gotten a pedicure.
- Michelle said... @ 5:56 PM
Duuuuude. . . .
If someone tried to script my labor with music, there would be some serious death and destruction. When I have a contraction, you better shut the hell up, and that goes for those nurses who think they need to count you through everything. Shut. Up.
Congratulations! You're almost there. Don't stress the classes or the nursery. The baby will sleep anywhere, and classes will just tell you stupid stuff like "breath" or "play some 'push it.'"
I say just eat ice cream while you still can without having to fight a little one off of your spoon begging for a bite.


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Friday, April 24, 2015
Snow Days
What's the old saying? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me! In this case, I'm not referring to a person, but to the weather. After sailing all the way through January with only one snow day (in early November, at that), I thought maybe, just maybe we'd get through this school year without having to make up snow days. Oh February, you are a cruel, cruel month. I think there were seven snow days total during the month. Evan, of course, loved this. But five of those days occurred in one week (a very busy one at work, just to make travel more adventurous). It was a looooong week. Playing in the snow was fun for a few of those days. And playing with some neighbor friends (cell photos): Connor didn't go out and play in the snow but I did bring some buckets of it inside for him to make a mess with while I was on a work conference call. Necessity is the mother of invention, right? I'll need to upgrade his Colombia fleece to some snow bibs for next year.
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The one doing the heckling ought to know. In March, 2000, there was a similar exercise. The House had to vote for 36 consecutive hours on 411 motions. Worse, in December, 2000, the House faced the prospect of having to deal with 3,133 motions, which would, in theory, have taken more than two weeks of non-stop sittings to be voted upon.
What a member decided to do in September, 2000, was to latch onto a sort of personal veto over the 300 other members of the House, since it is, of course, all but impossible to vote on 3,133 motions, unless we were to sit for months on end solely to deal with report stage of one bill.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Jean Todt- RM 1 M as Tourism Ambassador
I thought Jean Todt volunteer himself for FREE as tourism ambassador of Malaysia but I was DEAD WRONG. I was thinking that for all the kind hospitalities Malaysia have given to him, in return he help to promote Malaysia overseas for free. According to PKR Azmin Ali, tourism Malaysia paid RM 981,400 on expenses incurred by Jean Todt as tourism ambassador. As far as I know,I have not seen any kind of tourism promotion carry out by Todt to promote the country in Malaysia.If his terms of engagement is to carry out promotion in Malaysia to help the tourism industry,he did not carry out his duties and this is tantamount to BUTA GAJI as a result of being paid for doing nothing. I urge our PM Najib to investigate the claim made by Azmin and to carry out the necessary remedial action. All this happened when a LESBIAN was the tourism Minister. I also urge Najib to investigate the sponsorship by the Ministry of Sports for the ASTRO Sports Center Program which started during the time when the above lesbian was the sports minister. I also urge Najib to investigate whether Jean Todt receive FREE LAND in Pulau Besar from Trengganu when Pak Lah was PM. I am very disappointed as I belief Jean Todt is a very ungrateful to all malaysian who have given him the hospitalities that we are known for.
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One of eeko studio's policies is to work with companies and organizations who are hell bent on having a positive impact on the community.
We give you, Fresh Express by Discovery Triangle, one of the most fun and most heart-warming projects we've ever had the privilege to be a part of. eeko studio is one of the sponsors of Phoenix's new mobile market program, which will bring fresh produce and nutrition education resources to low-income areas of Phoenix that have been designated as a "food desert."
eeko studio came up with the name Fresh Express and designed the logo, website and the mobile market's bus wrap! We were more than elated to have worked with Discovery Triangle on this program.
And having our logo on the bus (lower right in the photo above) is also a proud point.
The Fresh Express press conference announcement earlier this month was something to behold. The Discovery Triangle Development Corporation (a fantastic team that spearheaded and runs the program), Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell was there as well as several other sponsors, media, people in the community and some young students from Balsz Elementary School attended the event.
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My first novel, The James Version, has just been re-published. Very excited to see the listing on Amazon today! Here`s the blurb:
'The airless cottage stifles me, and I cannot breathe. The glass reveals another world, but it entombs me. I am captive, but I have seen the outside. It is November 1826 and I am thirty-one years old... There is a storm brewing'
New Year 1851
Rector James Coyte arrives at his bleak Suffolk destination. Full of apprehension, he expects his first post to be provincial and unchallenging. But Polstead is a village with a secret.
A young woman murdered in a frenzied attack, then buried in a shallow grave in The Red Barn. She was just twenty-seven, and only six weeks before birthed an illegitimate baby.
Based on true events which shocked nineteenth century Britain, The James Version is set in 1851 when Ann Marten, nearing the end of her life, reveals the story to the novice Rector. Through their meetings, the truth of the murder is gradually uncovered to its shocking climax.
Ruth Dugdall was inspired to write by her experiences working as a probation officer. The James Version, her first novel, was an award- winner at the Winchester Writers` Conference. Her second novel, The Woman Before Me (published by Legend Press), won the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger, and her third, The Sacrificial Man will be published by Solidus in late 2010.
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TRAVEL NEWS: Albania is Booming
World Renown actor Jim Belushi – a descendant of Albanian ancestors – is featured in this video promoting tourism in Albania.
Once the butt of many jokes, Albania is emerging as one of Europe's hottest new destinations, and its ambassadors are taking the message from Tel Aviv to Berlin.
Lonely Planet named Albania as its number one destination for 2011. The country has an almost unspoilt coastline of 350km of stunning sandy beaches, great Mediterranean cuisine, a warm welcome, thousands of years of history, and UNESCO sites such as Butrint. Albania is cheap and a tremendous amount to offer the tourist wanting to get great value in one of the few undiscovered places left in Europe.
Cox and Kings recently described Albania as "Landscape of almost heart wrenching beauty, rugged mountains, snow-capped for much of the year, towering above unspoilt white sand beaches and green mysterious valleys."
Albanians do things differently. While the rest of Europe shunned George Bush's farewell tour, the Albanians embraced him and even built a statue in George Bush Square in Fushe Kruje. During the Communist era, the only permitted Western films where the slapstick comedies of 1950s of Norman Wisdom, who was subsequently awarded the freedom of Tirana. And while what was once Europe's most isolated country has been the butt of many jokes in the past, things are changing – fast – and Albania is emerging as one of Europe's hottest destinations.
Digital Journal caught up with one of the people at the forefront of the Albanian tourism revolution on the Tivat ferry crossing in Montenegro on March 1, 2012.
Albania had more than 3 million tourists last year, according to official statistics, and while perhaps a quarter of that figure was people passing in transit from Kosovo to Montenegro, it is a significant increase, reports Digital Journal online.
THE LONELY PLANET'S #1 in 2011
Isolated for decades under a dictatorship that was harsh even by Communist standards, Albania opened up in the 1990s and has since been hustling to catch up to the rest of Europe. On a recent visit, many locals complained that their country might be catching up too fast. For travelers that's all the more reason to visit soon, before busloads of tourists convert secret spots into more crowded destinations.
Below are the 10 good reasons you should visit Albania in 2013. If you go, you'll undoubtedly come up with more.
This said, Albania's headlong rush into the future has not been painless. The country remains poorly-equipped for mass tourism: waste treatment is inadequate, the litter problem is severe and some roads are poor. It is a delightful country for travelers, but requires patience.
To read more from the Huffington Post article, click here.
Albania, sealed off for decades, and only open to visitors for the last 20 years, is trying to promote itself as a tourist destination. But it is not well known, and is by no means a tourist hotspot, even if visitor numbers are climbing.
"Albania is not yet on the radar, but with its stunning coast, its history, its ancient ruins, his mountains and its unspoiled nature mean that it has a lot of potential," says Alexander Wittwer, since January 2013 the Swiss ambassador in Tirana.
Some say there is little demand for more tourism infrastructure. Most visitors go on special hiking, cultural or educational tours. Nevertheless, the number of Swiss visiting Albania has risen from about 6,000 in 2005 to more than 40,000 last year.
The biggest rise in visitors are those from its neighbours, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro. But tourists from Greece, Italy, Germany, Poland and other countries can also be seen, usually in tour groups. Occasionally a cruise liner anchors on the Albanian Riviera. But individual travellers are few and far between, even if the Lonely Planet guidebook company named Albania as a top tourist destination in 2011.
Editor's note: Original World offers annual tours to Albania along with other countries that comprise The Balkans. Tours include "Undiscovered Albania" (which is a 10-day tour), Undiscovered Albania with Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia (16 Days), and the Balkans Explorer: Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia (21 days).


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The new GCCF Steering Committee
The new GCCF Steering Committee was elected at the AGM on February 18th. They are:
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Remaining on
- Tommy Flaherty, Ballybane Community Resource Centre
- Margaret Ó Riada, Action for Equality
- Eleanor Hough, Grattan Court Residents Association
- Nichola Tierney, Westside Age Inclusion
- Marian Maloney Nolan, Women with Disability
- Shane Foran, Galway Cycling Campaign
- Derrick Hambleton, An Táisce
- Deirdre Dooley, ALa
- Deirdre Dooley, ALa
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New members
- Ena Norris, COPE, Galway
- Bettie Delaney, Lower Salthill Resident's Association
- Tom Roddy, ALa
- Imelda Gormally, Galway City Partnership, Ballybane
- Sharon Bennis, Galway Centre for Independent Living
Thanks to Jim Aherne, Sybilla Snake, Bridget Marie Ward, Paul O'Donnell and Vernice Murray who are stepping down.
Date for your Diary – March 21st International Day against Racism
A consortium of organisations and groups in Galway are working on issues such as integration, anti-racism and interculturalism. To mark the International Day against Racism the consortium are organising an awareness raising session on what it is like to live in direct provision. Additional info will follow but mark the date in your diary now.
Bealtaine Festival 2014
Submit your Event for the Bealtaine Festival 2014
The month of May belongs to the Bealtaine festival, celebrating creativity in older age! From dance to cinema, painting to theatre, Bealtaine showcases the talents and creativity of older people.
This year Galway County Council & Galway City Council as part of its Age Friendly Cultural Programme has again decided to produce a Galway Bealtaine Brochure to highlight and create awareness of the many wonderful events and activities taking place throughout Galway.
Once again they are inviting groups and organisations to host an event during May to celebrate Bealtaine. All events will be included in the Bealtaine Brochure. Additional information and the application form can be found here – http://www.galwaycity.ie/GeneralNews/200214_01.html


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65 Thompson Street, 5
LOCATION, CONDO, BALCONY, LIGHT & CHARM IN THE HEART OF SOHO!!! ONLY TRUE 2 Bd Rm 2 Full BTH CONDO UNIT AVAILABLE IN PRIME SOHO UNDER $2 MILLION!!!ACT FAST! WILL NOT LAST! GREAT SPACE + BALCONY! PRIVATE ELEVATOR ACCESS DIRECTLY TO THE UNIT, DESIRABLE FLOOR-THRU LAYOUT, WASHER/DRYER IN APT.This is a very rare opportunity. Best Soho block, across the street from THE THOMPSON HOTEL Gorgeous spacious two bedroom / two baths condominium on Thompson Street between Broome & Spring Streets. This is a fifth floor apartment unit in a very private 6 unit keyed elevator building. This full floor apartment features a spacious living room (facing Thompson Street) with fire place (gas), modern designed kitchen, excellent closet space, washer/dryer, an large master bedroom suite with large dressing area and large bathroom and a balcony facing west, a very spacious second bedroom also facing west. Both bedrooms get a lot of light.This home is in excellent condition. Apartment Features: East exposure, West exposure, Wood-burning fireplace, Balcony, Partial city view, Floors - hardwood, Light - excellent, Windows - new, Modern kitchen, Renovated bathroom, Storage space, Walk in closets, Great closet space, Washer/dryer, Dishwasher . GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A CONDO IN SOHO!!!!
This listing courtesy of Douglas Elliman


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Alan Lelchuk
Alan Lelchuk, born in Brooklyn, educated at Brooklyn college and Stanford University, is the author of seven highly acclaimed novels, including the best-selling American Mischief, Miriam at Thirty-four, Shrinking, Miriam in her forties, Playing the Game, Brooklyn Boy, Ziff: a Life?
successful paperback reprints were published by nal (signet) and McGraw hill, and translations have included Danish, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Dutch, and Spanish editions of Lelchuk's fiction. He has also written a prize winning adult novel, On Home Ground, and co-edited, in english, an anthology, 8 Great Short Hebrew Novels. He has won Guggenheim and Fulbright awards, and his work has been praised by Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Benjamin Demott, William Pritchard, and Wilfred Sheed. He is an editor at Steerforth Press and teaches at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Review Links:
FORBES, April 30, 2015
Foreword Reviews, May 18, 2015
Valley News, April 24, 2015
Jewish Book Council Review, May 16, 2015
New York Journal of Books, May 10, 2015
The Jewish Book Council Visiting Scribe Series, "Meeting Pagliansky in Moscow", May 4, 2015
The Jewish Book Council Visiting Scribe Series, "My Wallenberg Education in Budapest, Stockholm, and Moscow", May 6, 2015
The Jewish Book Council Visiting Scribe Series, "The "Docu-Novel " and My Wallenberg Hybrid-Novel", May 8. 2015


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Monday, May 20, 2013
This morning on the trail
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June 23-July 9, I will be in the Philippines with my friends Devon Morris and Edith Colon, ministering with Coastland Mission Philippines. Back in 2005-2006, I lived over in the Philippines working with the same organization.
This trip will undoubtedly be life-changing for me, my team members, and the precious people of the Philippines. I'm so privileged to return to team up with Vincent and Delia Padupad, powerful Filipino missionaries who travel to the unreached tribes in the Philippines. While we're there, we'll be working in medical clinics, conducting church services in villages, playing with kids, and more.
Please keep us in your prayers! God is going to move in a mighty way!


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Philosophy of Care
– Jim Britts
When it comes to your health, it's not a cookie-cutter 10 step approach. And it definitely isn't a one-fits all either. It's a unique journey that's specific to you and only you. A process that starts by achieving a alignment on the inside.
Because when your emotions, hormones and digestion are out of whack, and your body isn't getting the nutrients it needs, it can really impact how you look and feel. And not for the better. How that shows up varies for everyone, but it can look a little something like this. You:
But when things are in alignment on the inside, you shift on the outside. Your body becomes leaner. Your clothes fit better. Your skin has a glow that no potion or lotion could ever deliver. Your hair and nails are healthier and stronger. You carry yourself with more confidence. You can finally sleep at night. You're a healthy "washroom regular."
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I call it being in Alignment. Accessing your inner badass and full potential. Not just in how you look and feel, but staying true to you and living the life you want. One without pain in the butt fear, worry, or doubt holding you back. And if this is something you truly want, I'm here to show you the way…
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However, despite the potential ramifications, the study was quickly dismissed by manufacturers of real-time location systems (RTLS) and RFID-based equipment. In the days after the results were made public, dozens of vendors posted open letters on their Web sites and distributed messages either defending their particular brand of technology, discounting the findings, or in some cases, both.
With the RFID market experiencing such rapid growth, it is certainly understandable that companies would want to defend their turf. According to an end-user study by Spyglass Consulting Group (Menlo Park, Calif.), 76 percent of larger healthcare organizations in the United States have adopted RFID solutions, primarily to track assets, patients and staff. These numbers, says Spyglass Founder and Managing Director Gregg Malkary, represent an increase of 204 percent from three years ago.
Clearly there is significant interest in the technology, and with millions of dollars at stake, the desire for vendors to clear their products' names is understandable, says Fran Turisco, a principal in the Waltham, Mass.-based Emerging Practices area of CSC Corporation (Falls Church, Va.). However, she says, the fact remains that the study results are indeed relevant, and even if the data doesn't apply specifically to every RFID user, she still hopes the results will serve as a wake-up call to the wireless industry, acting as a catalyst to improve safety.
"This is real — this is not a fluke," says Turisco. "I read the study and then I read the responses from some of the clinical engineering folks who claimed that there was no interference, but it happened. It does happen. And there are probably other studies that show it."
What's most important, she says, is how hospitals and health systems — even those that aren't deploying RFID — react to the findings. One important way is enacting policies and procedures to deal with a potentially hazardous incident. The study, she says, can also prompt important discussions about best practices for conducting assessments, the importance of CIOs being proactive rather than reactive in terms of testing, and the need for improved standards across the industry.
"We conducted our own detailed testing and risk assessment on our high acuity equipment, including ventilators and other equipment in the ICUs based on the technologies that we're piloting," he says. O'Hare's staff placed RFID tags in close proximity to different medical devices at varying levels of power and frequency and monitored the output of the equipment over a period of time to assess the relative interference and risk. "I don't think it's a perfect science by any stretch, but as long as you have vendors that are willing to stand behind and do the testing on their part, making sure that they're doing their level of diligence, and have a fairly consistent risk management program in place, you're at least putting yourself in a better position," he says.
At Spectrum, assessments start long before the implementation — or even the pilot, for that matter. According to O'Hare, technologies are meticulously monitored and evaluated prior to the start of any trial period. With RFID, for example, O'Hare and his staff studied the Hype cycle from Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner (see sidebar below), and researched its track record in the industry long before making any moves.
According to Turisco, this kind of planning is critical when it comes to wireless solutions. "A lot of places say they don't do a 'big bang' implementation. Instead, they try it in one unit or several units and then roll it out. That's the time you would have to do the testing," she says, adding that a technology as diverse as RFID comes with a host of different variables.
Not only can it come in the form of either active or passive, but RFID can be utilized for various functions and paired with different medical devices. Add to all this the fact that there are so many models available from such a large number of vendors, and it becomes even more crucial that the needs of each facility are addressed individually. "The onus has got to be on the hospital. You can't put it on a vendor," she says. "You can ask your vendor what they've done for testing and what the risk is with their technology, but ultimately, it needs to be the hospital's responsibility."
For 'wired' hospitals, running the types of comprehensive risk assessments suggested by Turisco isn't just a precautionary measure; it's a best practice. At Spectrum, as soon as the staff starts to discuss implementing wireless technologies, a thorough spectrum analysis is performed, along with RF frequency distribution studies. These studies determine the appropriate levels of access points and wireless technology needed to support the infrastructure, according to Scott Drazen, director of enterprise technology services. "We have to physically account for all the interference that might exist within a space from high-end magnets as part of the MRIs or cellular devices," he says. "So we have a fairly good and strong methodology for approaching those situations to mitigate that risk."
The importance of conducting thorough assessments and launching a proper response in the event of an incident is something the staff at Spectrum learned firsthand. Strangely enough, the experience also taught the staff that interference doesn't always stem from internal issues. A few years ago, unusual activity levels were detected in one of Spectrum's facilities. According to O'Hare, an in-house investigation revealed that the source was a signal being emitted from a nearby building that was interfering with the hospital's connections and causing drops in wireless coverage. Upon this discovery, the staff immediately took action and began negotiating with the other party to devise a solution.
"We've had some spectrum graphic analyzers looking at the signal patterns trying to understand what might be the source and where it might be coming from, because it seems to be inconsistent in distribution in terms of the facility that's experiencing the problem," says Drazen. "It's not our internal services or technologies that are causing the problem." Spectrum's executives are consulting with the FCC for assistance in determining the source of the interference, which has resulted in intermittent activity with various wireless devices, including laptops and tablets, phones, voiceover IP, and nurse call technology.
While knowing how to manage an incident is crucial, having the foresight to conduct vigorous analysis at all stages of implementation and remain vigilant is just as important, says Tim Zoph.
"It's a very active environment, and it takes very active management," says Zoph, vice president and CIO at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 897-bed system that utilizes a wireless antenna infrastructure from MobileAccess (Vienna, Va.) in all its patient care facilities. As someone who monitors an infrastructure that can support several robust applications — including wireless fetal monitoring, telemetry, X-ray transmission and more — Zoph can attest to the importance of conducting signal strength analysis before, during, and after technologies are installed.
Contrary to what some may believe, the latter part is just as critical as the first two steps. "Once you put equipment and people in a physical environment, it certainly does impact your coverage," says Zoph. "We did a lot of signal strength analysis after we opened to make sure that our coverage maps were current, and that we were not seeing any dead spots in the building."
This brings up another critical point, says Zoph, stressing that facilities need to guard against oversaturating the wireless environment. This crowding, he says, can inadvertently create interference, particularly with technologies like voice communications that are more susceptible to disruption.
Another key advantage in analysis is being able to monitor the source of interference, which can have a very unlikely culprit, he says. After running a routine test, Northwestern's staff found that the microwave ovens installed in the kitchen were impacting the facility's wireless signal. Thanks to constant monitoring, a crisis was averted. "It's a sensitive environment that takes proactive management and monitoring," says Zoph. "You've got to be receptive to what your users are telling you about their experience, and then respond to it."
The wireless environment, he says, needs to be constantly reanalyzed, both for its coverage capabilities and to check interference levels. "The environment, especially with people, process and technology inside of it, behaves differently from a wireless perspective than it does on its own, just in an isolated environment," he says. "You need to come back and verify, once the environment is fully built up and operational, that the system is performing as planned. And be prepared that you've got some adjusting to do."
Perhaps most importantly, CIOs need to judge what type of situation requires a yellow flag — meaning an implementation continues while the technology is closely monitored — and what type of situation merits red. Even the most wired hospitals can experience difficulties or fall victim to an incident such as interference, and in these cases, it's important to have a plan. Says Spectrum's O'Hare, "We have various practices now where if we think we're under a certain level of threat that puts an implementation at risk, we take action and mitigate those risks, including, if necessary, cutting ourselves off."
While these types of incidents are rare, they do exist, and it's much better to be ready than to attempt to devise a response on the fly. "We haven't had to do this in years, but if we perceived a particular threat, we'd bring down our connections if we needed to," says O'Hare.
While the findings from the JAMA study have prompted important discussions from both vendors and hospital executives, one group Turisco wants to see more response from is industry associations.
According to Turisco, the Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM Global, Warrendale, Pa.) has issued a call to arms to the vendors encouraging them to collaborate with industry associations to devise better methods of testing. This, she says, could go a long way in providing hospital executives with some piece of mind. But while the statements issued by AIM Global and other associations are certainly a step in the right direction, she wants to see less talking and more action.
"They need to take it up a notch," says Turisco. "There has to be an industry-wide response to this, as opposed to letting individual hospitals figure it out. These results raise important questions that need to be answered."


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Rolling Meadows Australian Labradoodles LLC is located in farm country of the fertile fields of Mid-West Ohio, 5 acres in all. Owner/Breeder, Teresa Perry along with family members has started a second family – labradoodles. We missed our poodle of 17 years. Our search for a puppy that was allergy/asthma friendly and low shedding led us to the breed of Labradoodles; in researching further we found that the breed of Australian Labradoodles would be an even better fit for our family. A trip to the state of Washington to adopt from Whispering Winds Australian Labradoodles brought home our Matriarch—Lady Isabelle. She has proven true to the attributes of her breed—intelligent, mild temperament, body structure and socialization skills. She is considered chocolate with a tuxedo white marking on her chest. The chocolate has highlights of caramel. The hair texture feels like human hair. It's just my husband—Jim and I who live at Rolling Meadows. Isabelle loves our extended family. She enjoys playing with our granddaughter. Their favorite game is chasing bubbles in the back yard. What has amazed me as we watched Isabelle grow was her ability to learn our personalities and interact with each of us differently. I have to admit that I have underestimated her intelligence and how well she remembers. We have made a commitment to raise the authentic breed of Australian Labradoodles. We truly believe that the Australian Labradoodles are the best choice for companionship that will bring joy to other families. Our future goals include training selected puppies for Autistic children. Whispering Winds Lady...Read More
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|13 Sep 2010
Help: 2 VMplayer images on 2 different NIC cards
I need some help connecting 2 images running on vmplayer to the an outside network on 2 different independent NICs. Has anyone been able to achieve this?
Bridging: I can bridge 1 image on 1st physical NIC, the system allows me to bridge the 2nd image as well on the 2nd NIC but this defaults back to the network on the first interface card. This is not working for me.
Host networks: This only point to the virtual vmnets and I am unable to have them point to the physical NIC
NAT: I can only have 1 NAT interface which I can point to an IP on the 1st NIC, can't use the second NIC.
Thank you in advance for your ideas
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|14 Sep 2010
I tried and unfortunately, it doesn't seem you'd be able to accomplish this with VMware Player. If you get a copy of either VMware Workstation or VMware Server however, you should be able to accomplish this by using the Virtual Network Editor and settings one of the empty VMNets such as VMNet2 or VMNet3 to specifically bridge from the second NIC and set VMNet0, which is the auto-bridging one to specifically bridge from the first NIC.
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|14 Sep 2010
Thanks Darician for taking a look.
With the VMplayer, I was able to use vmnetcfg utility to associate the interfaces.
I have VMware workstation and I get similar setting to what I get with vmnetcfg on the VMplayer.
On the VMplayer, I can actually setup a bridge on the 2nd NIC to vmnet 2, but when all is done; I end up with the same IP address of physical NIC 1 (bridged on vmnet0) on physical NIC 2 (bridged on vmnet2) as well (essentially bridging my both physical cards) like short-circuit.
I got similar results with vmware-server as well as vmware-workstation (have tried these as well). Unless I am making an ugly mistake somewhere!!
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|14 Sep 2010
With the player, I didn't see the option but in Workstation, ensure that the one you want to go to the second NIC has the option of vmnet2 set for its network card in the options.
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|14 Sep 2010
If your nics are usb based you can completely control the hardware from within the vm. You can do pretty much whatever you could do with them on a host..
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|14 Sep 2010
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|14 Sep 2010
Here is the screenshot of the network editor, I am sure someone out there has solved this - thanks
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|16 Sep 2010
Problem solved, pls check details on this link:
VMware Communities: Help connect 2 linux clients on windows ...
Thanks everyone who took a look.
In a nutshell, I was unable to have 2 bridged networks on VMplayer, only one worked at a given time.
Vmwareworkstation: I was able to define (correctly) 2 bridged networks and these worked and solved my problem.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
American Nudist in Post Production
Micky's Summer Resort's sister film, "American Nudist" is currently in post. Here's a few thousand words on the film.
Taylor Kong (played by T. L. Young) is an artist, photographer and screenwriter working in the heart of Hollywood. Yearning for the simpler days when he used to run a nudist club in Hawaii, he feels as though he lost his muse. Lacking inspiration, he spends his spare time watching his old nudist films, while entertaining a parade of former and current models and lovers: a nude model (Nicole D'Angelo), a naturist colleague (Alicia Arden) and Playboy Cybergirl (Josie Goldberg.)
Then one day, he falls for an aspiring actress (Magda Marcella) whom he takes under his wing and takes her on a journey through the history of American Naturism.
Also starring Tiffany Bowyer ("Playback,") Simmin Yu, Leigh Davis, Arielle Brachfeld (both from "The Obsession," Sandy Colindres and Megan Cordero.
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If I said the words 'rebellious wisdom' to you, what would come to mind?
As soon as I heard those words they impacted me firstly with feminine energy. Sorry guys, but there's nothing masculine about it. This is a girl thing. I know it'll mean different things and have a different vibration to the reader depending on where you're at in your life. To me they speak to the sacred strong, 'out there' woman who has experienced a lot of what life has thrown at her, refuses to give into any conditions, controls or norms but has come out stronger, wiser and more visible with an aura of 'time to be truly myself and be darned if I'll conform to another's expectation' kind of vibe.
Does anyone come to mind when you think of those words? To me it's women like Lisa Wilkinson, Julie Bishop, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Verend Mercer, Hilary Clinton, Christiane Northrup (check out her latest book about this subject)
and of course Helen Mirren and Tina Turner – ageless not only with how they've cared for their bodies but their complete attitude and defiance of the norm or other people's expectations. Every one of the women I've just quoted have their own story of struggle, survival and success.
Now I hear you all saying 'what about this one, that one, someone more worthy, someone not so 'Hollywood', someone who does great charity work, someone who's gone through hell and back, why should you pick women who would have their own stylist, makeup artist and private chef, private trainer ….. etc'. I know – there's plenty out there when we get thinking. So many more worthy of mention. Trust me, I'm a trained makeup artist and stylist who has respect for moving my body, honouring it with good food and breathing – it's not rocket science, it's an easily learned skill so we can't fall back on that as an excuse. And I'm hearing the opinions already – bare with me, I'm about to make a point.
For the sake of bringing commonly known faces to mind so that most of us know who I'm talking about, these are the immediate personalities that I felt you'd all know. I could mention some brilliant personal friends of mine or some obscure women who remain behind the scenes who sit right in this category – you wouldn't know them – so what's the point. I'm bringing these women up as an example.
It's more than just the outer veneer – but that helps.
Besides the immediate outer image, which admittedly says confidence with an 'I don't care what you think' vibe, I believe there's a 'rebellious wisdom' about each one of them. They're strong with what they stand for, they've defied the common 'ageist' expectations that are rife among women no matter if you're a Hollywood actress, business owner, corporate woman smashing her head against the glass ceiling, or a mum who looks in the mirror and looks back at her own mother. Not that that's a bad thing for some.
They've refused to take on the typical beliefs and expectations of the woman facing her second half of life and if anything are stepping into their natural selves and thumbing their noses at the world and all of its opinions on social media, TV, magazines and blog sites. And they're doing great things. Some are more visible than others and that's ok.
Should this be of concern to you? Should you even care? I think you should and here's why.
If you're a 40 or 50 + (and even if you're not) reading this right now – know that you have so much in you that's not even come to the surface yet. Your greatness hasn't yet surfaced. You 30 somethings think you're doing awesome work? Good for you! Just wait! It's only just begun.
There's wisdom and power beyond measure in the older woman that only emerges when she's realised she has life's experiences, heartbreaks, triumphs, lessons learned, pain and memories behind her.
Remember that piece written by Marianne Williamson? If you've not read it – hook into it here.
How do we get a little 'rebellious wisdom'?
I think today's 40 and 50+ women are ageing completely differently to their mothers and grandmothers. Even though we're faced with a much more toxic environment than 50 years ago we have so much more option and choice available to us to travel this path of ageing and head toward the twilight of our years and still be purposeful educators, leaders, motivators and speakers with mountains of wisdom to share. And why should we not be strong, fit, wear our wrinkles with pride, be disease free, be able to move with ease and freedom, earn a decent income and share our wisdom with those who'd care to listen?
My story. Tough stuff and lessons.
I spent too many years being the good girl, being told what to do and how to do it. That's how a lot of young girls were raised in the 60's and 70's. And I accepted it as the norm and didn't argue. Around the age of 19 I moved into a corporate role and stayed there for the next 25 years, where I, as a young impressionable woman and single parent, was feeling very dominated while watching the older women in the office being afraid to speak up. I watched them 'putting up' with their lot and going through stress related issues. It would make me angry to see this right throughout the workforce and I knew then I was called to work with women to help them to feel better about themselves and give them the tools to step up their self esteem, their health and their personal vitality.
It's one thing to learn assertiveness skills – it's another to have a sense of health, vitality and deal with stress.
Because when you're standing in that space, you're capable of taking so much more control of your life.
Later I tried a few years in a fashion business feeling like I need to be quietly invisible and simply follow the rules. I even worked as a Personal Stylist for years. I loved working with women boosting their self esteem around teaching them about colour and style. But underneath a lot of that outer veneer work, were health issues that needed more attention than their fashion, makeup and colour. I soon noticed that I started developing health issues too. After a few years of dealing with varying symptoms and preferring not to be 'told' what to do by 'well meaning but overworked' GPs, it all came to a crashing head and I decided to get a bit rebellious and I wised up. I've now taken my health, stress levels, my life and my business into my own hands and I'm looking for a few people who might like to work with me. I know rebellion is not something all of you align with – but for those of you who are fist pumping right now saying 'tell it sista' this post is for you.
I don't want to see women being stepped on, falling into the expected 'pit' of the ageing process, receiving unwanted diagnoses, watching their bodies give in on them, seeing their gorgeous muscles fade away, surviving on minimal wage, watching their core strength disappear and succumbing to anti depressants and thinking this is their lot. There's a way out. I want to see you step into your greatness, be the strong, vital woman you are, be happy with what you see look back at you in the mirror and embrace what you've been sent here to do. You can only do that when you're healthy and feeling good about yourself.
So here's my 'how to become a rebellious wisdom advocate' checklist:
- Check your beliefs about ageing at the door. What you expect will manifest. Your mind and attitude are all powerful and your cells will listen.
- There is no reason to think you'll 'age' in the typical sense. We can move into a stronger, fitter, younger looking, more assertive, healthier second half life. In fact you can look better as a 50 or 60 something than you ever imagined. Don't believe me? Go pick yourself up any book by Dr Christiane Northrup, Dr Karen Wolfe, Dr Oz, Dr Mercola, Dr Libby Weaver. Listen to podcasts of some of the latest nutrition gurus out there. The messages about ageing in a whole new way are thick and strong.
- Change up your habits with what you eat, drink, absorb,excrete and say to yourself.
- Sweat! Start moving your body – there's only two directions at this age, and it's growth or decay. I choose grow! I started to notice the decay in myself for a while there, got freaked out by it and decided to switch it. I've seen decay in women around me who can't shake off the ageist beliefs. It's sad – they're amazing women who have given up and are now in possession of a toneless, diseased, tired lethargic body which to me, is mistreating the gift you've been given. My 83 year old mum who's mind is still brilliant refuses to move, walk, do any kind of exercise or even listen about diet. I watch her getting larger, rounder, more puffed out, losing her balance, terrified of escalators for fear she'll fall straight off them and more frightened of every step. There's no way she could get up off the floor should she find herself on it – that is SUCH a worry.
- Yes, I can also hear you out there ' oh but I have this condition, and that illness, I can't move, I can't, I can't, I can't- you can start'. It starts within the mind and it starts with one step. So find something your body likes to do, can do, is willing to do, and make yourself do it regularly, put some grunt into it and start sweating. Is it dancing? walking? jumping on a rebounder? playing with the grandkids? Want some inspiration – head to the page of famous Diamond Dallas Page – there's some inspirational stories of change and saving of lives all through yoga.
- Detoxify your body and your thoughts – toxicity shows up in our relationships, our body, turns up in our HAIR (yes, our hair), on our skin, swirls around our mind, clouds our eyes and comes out of our mouth. It can work like a nasty nuclear reactive regurgitation all over everyone around us and we're soaking in it. Everyone – no matter how healthy you think you are – needs to take a look at a little detoxing from time to time.
Get a little rebellious and get out of a situation that's damaging you. Step up into your true self.
Here's a thought:
Why is it that most older women will say to me it's their core strength that seems to be the first thing that goes? Giving too much right from the core? Too much focus on everyone else around you rather than yourself and one day you wake up and see your entire core strength – your gut, your essence – has been depleted?
That was me! I've been healthy, I've been not so healthy – believe me, healthy is better.
People treat you differently, you can do stuff, you enjoy life more, your quality of relationships is so much better, you're productive, you're purposeful, you can help so many more people than you ever can when your health has depleted or you've given into ageist beliefs. When you're unhealthy – it's the lack of health that is the main focus. All our body wants to do is survive and so it becomes our primary thought pattern. Your life gets tied up in the next symptom, blood test, doctors visit, reason why you can't do what you dream of doing. I needed to change all that when it was starting to happen to me.
Before: Tired, overweight, one constant hot flush, looking down the barrel of diabetes, can't sleep, no self esteem, nothing fits, no energy whatsoever, sallow skin, totally fed up with myself – do I need to go on?
After: 10 years later, yoga instructor, 2 dress sizes down, way more energy, looking a lot younger, can do way more, can't quite stand on my head, but working on it, healthier skin, people respond differently now. No more diabetes concern, totally healthy. Took the time to learn.
Rebellious Wisdom in business
Let's face it, women are still striving for equal pay, equal opportunity, recognition, self confidence. One key factor that will influence decision makers and garner respect is seeing a sense of self in a female employee or business owner. The woman who stands up in her health, walks in her power with a fit, strong body and clear focussed mind holds more sway than she realises. I can guarantee you the majority of female CEO's in today's world might be busy, but they'll make time for their health, stress levels and mindset. They've learned that they have to to survive. Be the CEO of your own life and business, and think about your health maintenance routine.
Would you like make your second half of life brilliant?
Do you think it's even possible? Would you like to simply have a chat about it? I've gone through my own recovery, transformation and come out the other end a little more determined than when I started. And right now I'm determined to walk my talk. I've not reached the pinnacle, I'm still journeying but I'm determined to walk my talk til there's no more walk in me. And I want to share ALL this stuff that I've learned, tested and proven with you!! It's doable, affordable and delivers results.
I offer a program that's worth chatting about. Here's what it covers:
- Mindset, midlife symptoms and menopause
- Movement that's right for you
- What you eat and how to age backwards
- Self image
- Getting rid of inflammation first so that weight falls off.
- Tools to age backwards
- Projecting a stronger, fitter, healthier image in business.
Here's what you need to do next:
Call me on 0417761998 or email on firstname.lastname@example.com and let's have a totally obligation free strategy call or skype. Let's work out what works for you.
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Every year my husband, Hank, asks me to write a Christmas list. {After a few years of weird gifts he realized it was better to ask.} I have been so excited about buying for the kids. {I think I got them them best gifts every!} I had not put much thought into {MY} crafter's Christmas list 2009. So after a week of thinking a crafter's Christmas list 2009 would look like. I picked the a few things.
Here it goes a crafter's Christmas list 2009:
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2~ 8G USB Drive
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3~ Socks
{YES! I really want Socks.}
4~ Teapot with a lid I cant break!
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5~ DIY Snow~globe
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7~ Basic grey Paper
{$1.00 per sheet to $25.00 per pad}
8~ Puma Footwear
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So that was {MY} crafter's Christmas list 2009. I would love to hear what other crafter's Christmas list are looking like. What is on your list?
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