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One of your most precious resources is time and, as a busy real estate professional, you need to make the most of it. Luckily, you are a smart real estate pro, so you know that you can automate various aspects of your lead / client communication to save valuable time throughout the day and spare yourself redundant tasks on a daily or weekly basis.
Wait...you haven't automated your lead outreach yet? And you're not sure where to start? No worries, we're here to help! Here's four easy time-saving steps to put into place:
1. Identify your lead sources & contact types & their needs
Start by sorting your leads into groups & lists that make sense based on their needs (ie. Active Buyers, Active Sellers, Past Clients, etc.). This is an important 1st step because nothing reeks of an impersonal touch like sending someone communication that doesn't connect with them.
2. Create one-shot auto responders for past, present & future clients
Start off small with simple, thoughtful annual email auto-responders like 'Happy Birthday' or 'Move-In Anniversary'. These are easy to implement inside of your Elevate marketing platform and make past clients feel special.
Next, set up emails designed to engage new, incoming leads. Every time a new lead enters your Elevate marketing account, you should have a 'Welcome' or 'Introduction' email and / or text that is sent to the lead.
One of our favorite, easy auto-responders is a 'Referral Ask' that can be automatically sent to past clients at a specified date post transaction. Remember - referrals are a top lead source, so putting an outreach plan in place that you don't have to worry about is a big bonus (to your bank account!).
3. Think BIGGER with a campaign and / or workflow
Once the quick & easy auto-responders are in place, think bigger by creating a multi-drip campaign with content designed to move your leads through the conversion process for you. Each level of outreach you automate should serve a different purpose, but ultimately work toward the same goal - creating a happy customer.
How do you do this? Think about the resources that you can provide to each of your groups / lists and what their immediate and longer term needs are and then develop a 'workflow' with content that can be automated to help each step of the way.
Next, think through each piece of communication in your workflow and what should happen next: IF a person takes this action, THEN send this follow-up. This may be triggering a follow-up email for people who click through to your website listings, perhaps linking to an online market snapshot; or perhaps you want to provide some helpful staging resources for active sellers once they are ready to list.
The process may sound a little overwhelming, but chances are you have a manual process in place already, so just tap into it and think about the parts & pieces that can easily be moved into a, automated, digital medium.
4. Do NOT "set-and-forget"
One of the most common misconceptions about automating your outreach is that once you start it, you never have to pay attention to it again. While this is true for more general outreach like anniversaries or welcome emails, it is not the case for your more involved campaigns / workflows. These require paying attention to how users are engaging with the campaign and what kind of follow-up you are receiving. By logging into your Reports, you can get a good idea of how the campaign is performing by looking at opens, clicks, unsubscribes, etc. and then adjust timelines, content, etc. Make sure to regularly evaluate your campaigns for performance, and pay attention to the evolving needs of your clients.


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Summer and Winter Family Experience
We know when you're planning a vacation to the mountains you want something for every member of the family - not just mom and dad. That's why we are so proud of all the on- and off-mountain activities available to kids and their parents at Aspen Snowmass during both the summer and winter. Several national magazines place Aspen Snowmass on their Top 10 Family Ski Resort lists because of our great ski schools and family-friendly terrain. And when the lifts close there's even more to do! However, Aspen Snowmass is not only a great ski resort though. In the summer it is bustling with a multitude of exciting activities for the entire family. Check out these great family options:
- Hike through the Elk Mountain Range
- Bike in the Roaring Fork Valley
- Take a real western Horseback ride
- Enjoy a BBQ with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains
- Learn how to surf the dirt on a mountainboard
- Enjoy a guided nature hike
- Take a scenic ride on a lift
- Learn more about music and art work
- Enjoy a sing-a-long by the campfire
- Listen to storytelling by the campfire
- Create fun new decorations
- Check out the heated indoor pool at the Aspen Recreation Center
- Enjoy a Western-themed night and great BBQ
Gather the entire family together for an Aspen Snowmass summer vacation, and spend some quality time with one another in the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Description of Activities
Immerse yourself in nature as you explore the High Country's breathtaking beauty. Whether you are a novice, intermediate or advanced hiker, your adventure will give you a greater appreciation for this unforgettable place!
More information on Aspen Snowmass Hiking Tours
Experience the majesty of the Rocky Mountains with a Bicycle Tour. Enjoy a scenic ride on one of the many trails in Aspen Snowmass. There is something for every ability. Take an unforgettable ride!
More information on Aspen Snowmass Mountain Biking
Horseback Riding
Enjoy a guided Colorado horseback riding tour in picturesque Aspen Snowmass and take in beautiful views.
Every Wednesday there is an authentic rodeo includes bull-riding, calf roping, barrel racing, bronco riding, children's calf scramble and more. Come early for the full Western barbecue and enjoy all the great entertainment and kids' activities, including petting zoo, pony rides, horseback photos, roping arena and mechanical bull riding.
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Sunset Dinner Tour
Take a jeep up to a secluded area with majestic views of Mount Daly. Enjoy a fabulous gourmet BBQ while you sit around a campfire singing songs and telling stories.
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Camp Aspen/Snowmass
Fun, dynamic environment and offers combinations of activities with daily and weekly programs available for ages 3 through teens. Activities include mountainboarding, skateboarding, paintball, camping and mountain biking. Weekend privates, indoor skate ramp, theme and nature days, horseback riding, swimming, and a variety of activity combinations make this a must-do summer adventure camp.
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Aspen Mountain Activities
Ride the Silver Queen Gondola for spectacular views and once on top dine at the Sundeck and partake in the on-mountain adventure. Activities include FREE ACES Guided Nature Tours, FREE Kids' Activities, FREE Music Concerts, Climbing Wall, Bungee Trampoline, Yoga Hikes, FREE Disc Golf, and much more.
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Snowmass Mountain Activities
Take a scenic route on the Burlingame lift from the Snowmass Village Mall to mid-mountain. At the top there are great views, a free disc golf course and access to many trails for hiking and biking. Bicycles may be taken on the lift at no additional charge. On the Snowmass Mall there are also a variety of activities such as FREE concerts, Climbing Wall, Bungee Trampoline and much more.
More information on Snowmass Mountain Summer Activities
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES)
During the summer ACES offers daily programs which include naturalist-guided walks; eagles, hawks and owls demonstrations: one- and two-hour programs for children; sunset beaver walks and interpretive campground programs.
More information on Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.
Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen Music Festival and School wants to encourage families to expose their young ones to music in a child friendly environment by participating in the The Young Person's Guide to the Music Festival. It is composed of four different programs tailored to different aged children, activities present age-appropriate musical experiences for every member of the family.
More information on Aspen Music Festival and School.
Aspen Recreation Center
The Aspen Recreation Center also known as the ARC, is outfitted with state of the art equipment and amenities for you and your family to enjoy. They have a a climbing tower, an ice rink and two pools. One pool is a 25-yard, six lane, 4 to 12- foot deep competitive pool with a one meter diving board. The second pool is a zero to 4-foot deep recreation pool, complete with a two-story slide, lazy river and spray features to keep even the youngest child entertained.
More information on Aspen Recreation Center.
Kids Krafts
After a great day in the mountains, kids of all ages can challenge their creative skills as well. Projects range from felt animals to beaded bracelets and bird feeders.
|Minimum Age:
|Meet at the Ticket Pavilion in the Snowmass Village Mall
|Thursdays, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Storytelling & Sing-a-Long Under the Stars
Bring the whole family to the Nature Trail for a group sing-a-long as our warbling Cowboy Tom leads you in singing well-known camp songs. Snuggle up while our storyteller leads you through an hour of interactive enchanting tales. Shell tends the fire and serves up hot chocolate and s'mores.
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|Nature Trail adjacent to Lot 6 in Snowmass Village, CO
|Wednesday, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Aspen Art Museum Art Classes
The education department of the Aspen Art Museum offers a wide variety of art workshops, lectures and tours to visitors of all ages. For more information on all the programs, contact Kat Townsend, Head of Education Programs, at 970.920.2623
- Snowmobile to the scenic Maroon Bells
- Race on a NASTAR course
- Take a guided ski/snowboard nature tour
- Snowshoe up the mountain
- Enjoy a sing-a-long by the campfire
- Listen to storytelling by the campfire
- Create fun new decorations at Kidscrafts
- Snap a funny picture onto the mountain with Mountain Photo
- Check out the heated indoor pool at the Aspen Recreation Center
- Go ice skating at the Aspen Ice Garden
- Enjoy a Western-themed night with a SnowCat ride, sing-a-longs, and great BBQ
- Go to an Aspen Music Festival children's concert
- Cruise down Buttermilk on Snow Bikes
Aspen Snowmass is where the action is! View our Aspen Snowmass family spring break ski vacation experience to discover how much fun a family getaway to the Colorado Rocky Mountains can truly be.
Description of Activities
Ride a snowmobile all the way to the lake at the base of the world famous Maroon Bells - North America's most photographed mountains. Warm up with a cup of hot cocoa at Maroon Lake then explore our miles of groomed trails through thick aspen groves and cruise over wide-open meadows. Call 970.925.4614 or 970.923.3337 for more information.
NASTAR Racing
NASTAR is the acronym for the National Standard Race and is the largest public recreational grassroots ski racing program in the world. Allow skiers of all ages and abilities to compare themselves against their friends, family members and the U.S. Ski Team regardless of when and where they race.
More information on NASTAR Racing in Aspen/Snowmass
Guided Nature Tour
At Snowmass, take a FREE guided skiing/riding nature tour with a naturalist and get to know our high-alpine environment. Aspen Center for Environmental Studies' (ACES) naturalists lead the 45-minute skiing explorations every day.
More information on the Guided Nature Tour
Weave in and out of spruce-fir forest along a babbling creek and learn about the animals that inhabit the Rocky Mountains in winter. Naturalists from Aspen Center for Environmental Studies are offered daily.
More information on Snowshoeing
Kid's Krafts
After a great day on the mountain, kids of all ages can challenge their creative skills. Projects range from snow sculpting to making an ornament.
|Minimum Age:
|Snowmass Ticket Pavilion
|Tuesdays & Thursdays 4:00 pm
More information on Kids Kraft
Sing-a-Long by the Campfire
Bring the whole family for a group sing-a-long around the campfire. Our warbling cowboy will lead you in well-known camp songs and serve up hot chocolate and marshmallows for roasting.
|Minimum Age:
|Meet at the fire pit at the new Base Village Area.
|Mondays 4:00 pm
|FREE! All ages welcomed
More information on Sing-a-Long by the Campfire
Storytelling by the Campfire
Roast marshmallows and snuggle up by the campfire while our storyteller leads you through an evening of exciting tales by the fire.
|Minimum Age:
|Meet at the fire pit at the new Base Village Area.
|Wednesdays 4:00 pm
|FREE! All ages welcomed
More information on Storytelling by the Campfire
Photos on top the Mountain
Your photo album starts here. Take home the adventure with a lasting memory of your trip and HAVE YOUR PORTRAIT OR ACTION PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN by the professional photographers at Mountain Photo, 800-525-6200, ext. 3702.
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|Aspen: Base of the Gondola Snowmass: Snowmass Village Mall
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Pool Facility
End a perfect day on the slopes with a trip to the Aspen Recreation Center's pool facility. There are two pools. One pool is a 25-yard, six lanes, 4 to 12 foot deep competitive pool with a one meter diving board. The second pool is a zero to 4-foot deep recreation pool, complete with a two-story slide, lazy river and spray features to keep even the youngest child entertained. Call 970.544.4100 for more information. More information on Aspen Recreation Center
Silver Circle Ice Arena
Located in the center of town with the mountains as a backdrop ice skating at the Silver Circle is an awe inspiring, fun activity for your winter vacation. For more information call 970.920.5141.
|Minimum Age:
|433 East Durant Ave. Aspen, CO
|Daily 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Family Twilight Snowcat Dinner Ride
Enjoy a FAMILY TWILIGHT SNOWCAT RIDE AND DINNER at the Burlingame Cabin on Snowmass for an evening filled with sing-a-longs and a great BBQ dinner. Reservations are required, 800-525-6200, ext. 4460.
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|Dinners are every Tuesday night from 5 -7.45 p.m
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SeaChanger's Light Emitting Plasma Technology Featured in Historic Paris Museum
11 Jan, 2013, 10:30 GMT
MUMBAI, January 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Vibrant Coloured Lighting Minimizes Energy Consumption, Heat Load on Fragile Artefacts
France's natural history museum has renovated its lighting system to include SeaChanger's Light Emitting Plasma (LEP) Colour Engines, citing the product's incredible colour palette and high-energy efficiency.
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The Grande Galerie de l'Evolution of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris has origins dating back more than 375 years. Its previous lighting system had extremely high maintenance and daily use costs, said Pierre de Cazenove, the museum's head of operations and planning for exhibits. The move to SeaChanger LEP is part of the museum's effort to conserve energy and use long-lasting light sources that won't harm delicate museum pieces.
SeaChanger's colour engine, designed to be utilized with ETC Source Four optical components, provides professional lighting for theatres, museums and architectural installations around the world. The LEP can crisply illuminate the museum's artefacts from throw distances of 35 meters, a range not reachable by LED products without significant loss of illumination. The SeaChanger Plasma's light source puts out low ultraviolet and infrared light that does not damage the displays, and its energy-efficient plasma source reduces energy consumption and heat load, a necessity when displaying artefacts dating back to the late 1600s.
"Light Emitting Plasma is a real alternative to conventional light sources: halogen, LED or discharge lamps," said Jean Louis Pernette, Managing Director of AVAB, a SeaChanger and ETC distributor. "The compromise between light output, power used and lamp life is unique and perfectly meets the museum's specifications."
The museum illuminates some of its biggest attractions with SeaChanger LEP such as its large caravan of African animals; desert, marine and polar spaces; and a whale skeleton. The museum is continuing to convert its lighting to SeaChanger units. When complete, savings will total more than $38,000 per year because of infrequent re-lamping and reduction of electricity consumption.
SeaChanger's Light Emitting Plasma 320-watt lamp produces 10,000 lumens of light performing at more than 31 lumens per watt with a lamp lifespan of 15,000 hours. It is convection-cooled and silent, with smooth, swipe-free colour transitions and a colour rendering index of 92. The dichroic filters provide better colour re-creation than coloured LEDs that will colour degrade over time, and their resistance to temperature and humidity assures colour consistency for the life of the fixture.
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"To be honest with you, we haven't tinkered a lot," said Walker. "He had a little lay off with the bat. When he put the foot down, he got the bat more horizontal and kind of got loopy with it a little bit. That was a minor thing. Short of that, the kid is really talented and he's really good and he's playing with a lot of confidence right now.
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FORT WALTON BEACH � Teacher pay issues in Okaloosa County are one vote closer to being finalized.
FORT WALTON BEACH � Teacher pay issues in Okaloosa County are one vote closer to being finalized.
The Okaloosa County School Board unanimously voted to approve a proposed pay schedule for teachers that would guarantee at least a three percent pay increase for all teachers except those at the top of the pay scale. Teachers at the top would see about a two percent increase.
With the board�s green light, the only step left is a ratification vote by all teachers on Dec. 18.
In addition to the teacher salaries, the board also approved new salary schedules for all the other employees in the district including support staff and administrators. Those schedules were finalized with the board�s approval Monday.
See the approved salary schedules �
See the proposed teacher salary schedule �
After the meeting ended, both the Okaloosa County Education Association and the Okaloosa County Educational Support Professionals Association expressed gratitude to the board for approving the pay increases.
Exact amounts of the raises will vary, but employees overall will see about a 3.33 percent increase in pay for the current school year. The increase will be reflected in the first January paycheck, said Rita Scallan, the chief financial officer for the district.
Employees also will receive a back-pay check mid-month for the increase not included in prior checks this school year.
The board did not discuss the pay schedules before voting at the meeting.
During Monday�s meeting the board agreed to settle another pay issue with OCEA as well.
Under the settlement, which became official Tuesday morning, OCEA will drop the unfair labor practice (ULP) complaint it filed against the district at the beginning of the year as long as the district will remedy a problem with first year teacher pay from the 2011-2012 school year, according to Greg Butler, the executive director of OCEA.
Under the agreement the affected teachers will all receive an additional $4.82 per day from the beginning of their employment through January 2012.
OCEA filed the initial complaint against the district shortly after the school board ruled to uphold the district�s decision not to pay teachers a step increase during the 2011-2012 school year. At the time, the district asserted they didn�t have the funding for it and OCEA asserted the district was contractually obligated to pay it.
This agreement resolves all issues in the ULP and hopefully the strained relationship created when the district refused to pay a step increase for the first time in recent history, Butler said.
�We want the olive branch out there,� he said. �We want to move on � give the new administration and school board all of our support, and hope they do the same.�
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Katie Tammen at 850-315-4440 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @KatieTnwfdn.


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Berkeley City Council Rejects "Full Build" BRT for EIR, Endorses "Reduced Impact"
Last Thursday night the Berkeley City Council unanimously approved the "Reduced Impact Alternative" BRT that is similar to "Rapid Bus Plus" as the "Locally Preferred Alternative." It rejected the "Build Alternative" which would have removed traffic lanes and placed boarding stations in the middle of the street even though AC Transit sent a letter saying, more or less, that it was obliged to choose that alternative. This meeting with Bus Rapid Transit the only agenda item ended after 11:00 pm. Sixty-six members of the public were against the "Build Alternative," twenty-three in favor and five asked all alternatives to be studied. Here are the alternatives.
Since the draft EIR/EIS only studied the No-Build and the Full-Build, there was discussion between the AC Transit representative, Cory LaVigne, and the city's attorney about whether a different alternative could now be studied. LaVigne said since it was not in the draft, it could not be studied in the final. It would have to be a special study, perhaps a supplemental EIR. So after the deed is done, AC Transit comes to the cities to ask them for their preferred alternative. But as the attorney assured the city council, the city itself, not AC Transit, determines changes to their streets.
The council's decision does not affect AC Transit's ability to receive federal Small-Start funds because dedicated lanes are not one of the required criteria for BRT. But AC Transit's fiscal condition may make them ineligible. See BRT Small Starts Fact Sheet.
Councilmembers discussed the "environmental justice" of removing local service because it would impact the elderly and disabled. But retaining local service did not seem to be included in the "Reduced Impact Alternative." It was part of the "Rapid Bus Plus" alternative. Also included in that alternative was splitting the line in downtown Oakland to avoid the bunching that occurs on very long lines like the #51.
Some council members wanted to extend the BRT down University Ave. to Amtrak, which would mean it would connect to the San Pablo Rapid Bus, but AC Transit claimed it could not be studied now.
Mayor Bates asked how Berkeley would connect to Oakland if they have dedicated lanes. The short answer was "awkwardly." But Temescal residents are not likely to accept dedicated lanes:See this week's article in the East Bay Express.
Joyce Roy is a semi-retired architect and long-time Oakland transit activist. Partisan Position writers are not guaranteed to be impartial, although they are knowledgeable and hope to provide accurate factual information.


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This was the best fall colors I found all weekend
Convict Lake.
Mount Morrison… named after a Sheriff who died in a shootout with convicts nearby.
Sigh … everywhere I go….
Fantastic Fishing in this Lake
Wow francois!!! Thank you for sharing those very nice and artistic picture. Really nice.
Ahhhhh…. The Eastern Sierras. A stone's throw away from Los Angeles, yet it's been a too many years since I've been out there. Forever they will be my favorite. Thanks for the reminder.
It's really too bad that GM and Hummer had to go and make up a story. This is really a missed marketing opportunity for Hummer to project a good feeling amount the mountain bike community. If they really had found/built some undiscovered trail that was really out there, they could have made it some fun internet hunt that went from the National Geographic Ad hints to searching on Google to finding a buried Google Map with coordinates to the location of the trail head. Then you'd get serious mountain bikers seeking it out, telling their friends, and indirectly… promoting Hummer! GM! What were you thinking!?
as a local to the east side, none of these photos are near benton… the craggy one is in the alabama hills of lone pine.. you can see lone pine peak in the far background… the other pics are in the june lake loop 14 miles north of mammoth lakes… advertisers suck and never believe what you see in print, photo shop is everywhere…
Just curious, what kind of car did you drive out there? Looks like my little Chevy Prism could have handled those roads. Who needs a Hummer!
Wow — Fantastic and beautiful journey. Thank you for taking me along.
But you can't REALLY be all that non-plussed, can you? That GM made it all up?
The company that built the EV-1, had the jump on Toyota — then decided to sell the patent for the battery to Exxon-Mobile, crush ALL the EV-1's and bury them in the desert and build Hummers and Escalades?
I HOPE you're not really that naive — I really, really do……
Happy Trails,
Fantastic pictures, regardless of GM pulling a fast one on us!
Thanks for sharing the trip. 🙂


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Sure, there are plenty of fish in the sea. But for many Americans, the word �seafood� means just one thing: shrimp.
Sure, there are plenty of fish in the sea. But for many Americans, the word �seafood� means just one thing: shrimp.
A complete schedule is available at the end of this article.
As a nation, our consumption of the crustaceans has averaged an annual 4.08 pounds per person from 2002-2010 according to National Marine Fisheries Service numbers, well ahead of the 2.8 pounds for canned tuna, which ranks in second place.
If Onslow County couple Matt and Theresa Mitchell have their way, they�ll put a noticeable dent in that statistic. The owners of T�s Cafe and Mitchell Seafood plan to serve up as much as 5,600 pounds of shrimp this weekend at the 44th annual Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival.
In 2013, the Mitchells, whose businesses are Snead Ferry proper, won a three-year contract to cater the festival after the event had earned grumbles from both organizers and attendees in past years over questions of seafood origin.
�It was a big complaint around the community. Last year was the first time it�s been local people for years and years,� food vendor coordinator Howard Orr said. �It�s made a big improvement in the quality of the meal, and the fact that Matt has two shrimp boats, we know that these shrimp are local. If people haven�t been there in a couple years, it would behoove them to come and take a look.�
It�s no wonder the Mitchells landed the deal. In launching their restaurant seven years ago, the two made a commitment to honor area waterways.
�When my husband and I opened the cafe, that was our main goal,� Theresa Mitchell said. �Come hell or high water, we were only going to sell local shrimp.�
The festival is a major affair for the town of about 2,600 residents. Drawing roughly 10,000 visitors, the festival�s main attraction � for the grown-ups, anyway � is the shrimp plates, prepared fried, grilled or boiled.
�The shrimp dinner is served inside the community center where it�s air conditioned, so they can enjoy a nice meal,� Orr said.
Vendors on the grounds will provide barbecue, turkey legs, funnel cakes and other fair favorites, while kids can enjoy a parade, inflatables, carnival rides and, perhaps the festival�s entertainment highlight, alligator wrestling with Jimmy Riffle of Discovery Channel�s �Gator Boys.�
For those with a competitive streak, a shrimp-heading contest offers a unique shot at glory, as well as gift certificates to area seafood houses. Beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, the competition pits participants grouped by age against mounds of freshly caught specimens, which they must strip of heads and legs before a whistle blows. An entry form and rules are available at the festival�s website. (It spells out in all caps that �NO MECHANICAL DEVICES OR TOOLS� will be allowed.)
The town makes a compelling argument for hosting what was declared the �official shrimp festival of the State of North Carolina� by state legislators in 2011. Roughly 385 tons of shrimp pass through the community�s seafood houses annually, a significant part of the statewide haul of roughly 4,200 tons in 2013.
Festival-goers can rejoice in the fact that most of this year�s offering will be the prized brown shrimp � often called �brownies� � beloved along the coast, with some white shrimp mixed in as well. But regardless of the species on the plate, the Mitchells are just honored to play a role in making sure those shrimp came from area waters.
�I can tell you, my husband is ecstatic. It was very sad, a lot of people had an issue with what was being served,� Mitchell said. �The pride in our community for being able to do that again, the chests are coming out.�
Shrimp festival on tap
The 44th Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival is about to get underway.
The event, held on the community center grounds at 126 Park Lane in Sneads Ferry, includes amusement park rides, vendors including local artists and nonprofit organizations, and a parade at 9 a.m. on Aug. 9, the first day of the festival. The festival will continue Aug. 10.
Parking will be offsite at Sneads Ferry Road, Old Folkstone Road and Clay Hill Road, and trolleys will be provided to shuttle people to the festival. No coolers, pets, alcohol, or golf carts are allowed on the festival grounds.
Admission is $5 for anyone over 13, and $2 for children 6 to 12 years old.
For information, visit sneadsferryshrimpfestival.org.
9 a.m. Shrimp Festival Parade
10 a.m. Gates open
11a.m.-8 p.m. Shrimparoo dinners are served ($12)
11 a.m. Gator wrestling with Jimmy Riffle
12:30 p.m. Band of Oz plays on the main stage
1 p.m. Shrimp-heading contest
3 p.m. Gator wrestling with Jimmy Riffle
6 p.m. North Tower plays the main stage
9 p.m. Fireworks
9:30 p.m. Dixie Drive plays on the main stage
10 a.m. Gates open
10 a.m. Pageant queens
10 a.m. Car, truck and bike show
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Shrimparoo dinners are served ($12)
11:30 a.m. The Carolina Band plays on the main stage
12:30 p.m. Gator wrestling with Jimmy Riffle
2 p.m. The Embers featuring Craig Woolard play on the main stage
2:30 p.m. Gator wrestling with Jimmy Riffle
3:30 p.m. Car, truck and bike show awards
4 p.m. Gator wrestling with Jimmy Riffle, followed by a meet and greet


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From the Allergic Living archives. First published in the magazine in 2009.
Wasp sting reactions in Alaska, wildfire pollution, unprecedented mold levels and robust ragweed simply everywhere. Our increasingly warm Earth is a giant hothouse for allergy and asthma triggers that are evolving and expanding. Acting on global warming will not only save our planet – it will spare human health.
In 2006, two men in Fairbanks, Alaska died of anaphylaxis after being stung by yellow jacket wasps. It was the first time anyone had died from an allergic reaction to an insect sting in Fairbanks, let alone two people. That year had already been a particularly bad one for yellow jackets: there were 10 times more wasps than normal, causing school outings to be canceled.
"The sudden abundance of wasps represented an increase in the survivability of the queens over the winter," explains Dr. Jeffrey Demain, the director of the Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Center of Alaska. He wondered: could global warming be responsible for all these wasps and ultimately, the deaths?
Demain began studying data from his own clinic, the local hospital's emergency room visits, and the state's Medicaid program database. He found increases in the number of people seeking medical attention for insect stings in all three databases. When he looked at the Medicaid database broken down by region, he found significant increases in the number of people seeking care for insect stings in all but one region: the gulf coast.
"We then started looking at climate-related variables. And what seemed to fit very closely with this puzzle was a change in temperature," says Demain.
The five regions that saw many more patients looking for medical attention for insect stings also had at least a 6.1 degree Fahrenheit increase in winter minimal temperature over the past 50 years; the gulf region only had a 1.5 degree increase. And it turns out the gulf coast also already had the highest number of stings per capita and the highest temperature. It was the proof he needed to put the blame squarely on his state's rising temperatures.
There are plenty of ways in which a warmer Earth can affect allergies and asthma. Allergenic insects move farther afield and thrive in suddenly hospitable climes; CO2, the gas primarily to blame for heating up the atmosphere, causes weeds to flourish and boosts pollen counts in longer growing seasons. Ground level pollution gets worse on hot days, making it difficult for asthmatics to breathe. Not to mention wild swings in weather patterns leading to drought and wildfires in some places, and floods and mold in others.
"All of these are going to affect air quality in ways that can be synergistic and may be contributing to this tremendous increase in allergies and asthma that we're seeing," says Dr. Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Dr. Gina Solomon, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a doctor of internal medicine in San Francisco, notes that "climate change is overall going to have a substantial adverse impact on allergies and asthma. But it will tend to be gradual, and affect different areas differently."
Evidence of that is already in. From Alaska to Europe, Louisiana to British Columbia, scientists are discovering ways in which climate change is giving our allergy-causing foes a boost. The question is: are we ready to confront these effects of climate change?
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Ragweed is thriving with longer growing seasons.
People who say they are feeling hay fever symptoms sooner in the year and sneezing longer than they used to may be feeling first-hand the effects of global warming. "In the U.S., we're seeing an early arrival [of spring] of about one week, and persistence of fall another week," says Epstein. "We see this measured in the flowering of plants and the arrival of birds, and how the trees are responding to the climate."
An early spring and a late autumn can affect when pollens peak. Dr. Donald Stark, a Vancouver allergist, has been monitoring the pollen counts of trees in his city for more than a decade. In spring, "there has been a two-week shift earlier over 13 years," he says.
Warmer temperatures in some areas also allow new plants and trees to flourish. Ragweed, which is a fairly recent arrival to Europe, is now a major health concern as it moves into more northern countries on that continent. A study from the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network, which was published in the journal Allergy in April, found that Hungarians are the most affected by ragweed, with about 60 per cent of people there sensitized to the weed. In Denmark, 20 per cent test positive to it.
But it is the north of the northern hemisphere where the consequences of climate change are most dramatic and apparent. "Our temperature change in Alaska is four times that of the global average," says Demain, who is an adviser to the governor's sub-cabinet on climate change. "We're seeing impacts now that others are predicted to see [in the future]."
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I was talking to a Los Angeles dealer last week, and we recalled the European history for West Coast artists. So much has been forgotten, but the first wave of the West Coast to hit Europe was much stronger than you might imagine. It's amazing to recall that artist Larry Bell had, very early in his career, one-man shows in London, (at the Robert Fraser Gallery in 1966); in Paris at the legendary Ileana Sonnabend (1967) and the following year (1968) Larry was included in Documenta IV at the Museum Fridericianum, Kassel.
For Craig Kauffman, a remarkable series of shows is recorded. The first time Kauffman showed in Paris was at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, with a group that represented the United States for the Cinquième Biennale de Paris. Organized by James Demetrion (who would eventually become the Director of the Hirschhorn museum), it was a selection of just four artists: Llyn Foulkes, Craig Kauffman, John McCracken and Ed Ruscha. It's easy to see just how prescient those choices were, as each artist had a distinctive voice then, and each has become more significant in the present. Kauffman was represented by a series of 1967 vacuum-formed acrylic wall paintings, with a rounded double-lip protrusion in the center of a transparent colored relief.
Kauffman also had one-man shows with Galerie Darthea Speyer,
in 1973 and 1976. Darthea Speyer (the sister of legendary Art Institute of Chicago Director James Speyer) was an established dealer in Paris, and someone who Kauffman had met on his second trip to Paris in 1959 to 1961 (Kauffman also lived in Paris, on Rue Git le Couer, in an apartment near the famed Beat Hotel). Darthea Speyer was very supportive and responsive to Kauffman's work, and maintained an interest throughout her career. Works were placed in Parisian collections.
In 1977, Craig also showed at Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, for the Biennale de Paris, Une Anthologie 1957-67. We're researching this show, and will soon be including works exhibited in 1977 in our catalogue raisonne.
The more recent exhibits for Kauffman have both been at the Centre Pompidou. First, in 2006, was Los Angeles: 1955-1985, Birth of an Art Capital. Curated by Catherine Grenier, this was a large survey of the groundbreaking developments in Los Angeles during those 30 years, and the Pompidou reported that attendance broke all previous exhibition records. Kauffman attended the opening, along with many of the L. A. artists.
This year, Kauffman's work was included in the Pompidou's Beat Generation exhibit. Fittingly, the curators selected a 1962 painting on paper (and mounted on board) titled Git le Couer #3, bringing Kauffman's past history with the City of Lights to a full circle. When Craig and his second wife lived on that Parisian street, I wonder if he could have imagined that his work would hang in a Parisian museum?


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In China, Rumblings of an Ideological Campaign
By Russell Leigh Moses
In the wake of the dismissal of Politburo member Bo Xilai, is another political storm brewing?
Zhou Yongkang, China's security czar, burst back into prominence earlier this week, with a strident essay in the People's Daily on how the law must serve the Communist Party. The commentary showed that some in the Communist Party hierarchy are still pushing for more than just a simple smackdown of adversaries.
Speculation in the overseas press had Zhou soon suffering the same fate of Bo, given purported close ties between the two. But the supposition of the two being allies, like so many other claims in this political drama, is questionable. Zhou had praised some of the initiatives in Bo's city, but so had many other top Communist Party figures, and Zhou's view of the man and his methods remain mysterious.
Far more relevant is the signal Zhou's essay sends to cadres about what direction the party plans to pursue in the wake of the Bo crisis.
In his commentary, Zhou insisted that the primary purpose of law and its enforcers "is to strengthen and improve the Party's leadership in political and legal work, thereby consolidating the party's ruling status." Those are code words for the need to use the legal instruments to protect the Party's supremacy. The law, Zhou wrote, "should always adhere to the Party's cause first…and determinedly resist forces hostile to China's socialist political system, as well as erroneous political views in the West." This is a view of a system under siege, with law as the shield.
More remarkable is Zhou's emphasis in the essay on President Hu Jintao's recent directive "to talk about politics." For Zhou and his allies, getting the judiciary and law enforcement to focus on "political direction" and "political principles" is crucial. "Talking about politics," means that party purity and loyalty to the center is how Zhou and his allies want cadres to be judged—not by how well officials manage economic development.
Zhou's comments come amidst squalls in the party ranks about getting officials to clean up their acts.
Some essays in party media continue to push for tutoring better and more honest officials through tighter selection procedures. Others instead put the emphasis on cadres "avoiding the temptation of corruption" when that does arises.
A profusion of different messages indicates that cadres are receiving mixed signals, and some clearly do not know which way to run.
Reformers like Premier Wen Jiabao might be looking to use the current crisis push greater transparency in government as a means of keeping officials honest and governance good. But hardliners are campaigning for tightening controls, not loosening them. Transparency is a long-term proposal for an illness that Zhou and others in the center think requires immediate surgery.
The latter viewpoint was evident in comments made earlier this week by He Guoqiang, one the Communist Party's top nine leaders, who drew an explicit link between problems in society with corruption among cadre and called for "serious investigations" into everything from excessive school fees to fake medicines. Perhaps not coincidentally, coverage in the Party media has recently taken pains to highlight specific areas of temptation and transgression, from the acceptance of gift cards to the proliferation of private clubs.
Zhou's high-profile essay hints at where the party leadership is now leaning: away from administrative assessments of officials, or lessons in morality or other sorts of experiments, towards something far more draconian — an ideological campaign using law to strengthen the party's authority.
An anti-corruption campaign could proceed in tandem, designed to reign in renegade cadres whose actions are especially shady, or whose loyalty to the hardline Center is considered suspect.
The removal of Bo Xilai hasn't resolved the debates in the leadership about the best way to manage society. Cadres are still looking for someone to provide the proper direction for that—and Zhou Yongkang just provided his answer to the shouts of some.
We can expect others in the Party ranks to resist a renewed hardline—raising the very real possibility that the removal of Bo Xilai will turn out to be just a minor tempest compared to the political hurricane that could well be looming.
Russell Leigh Moses is a Beijing-based analyst and professor who writes on Chinese politics. He is writing a book on the changing role of power in the Chinese political system.
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Officials at the Vastmanland Central Hospital in Vasteras said the drill became loose and fell into the mouth of a 60-year-old woman, who was undergoing dental implant surgery last September, The Local.se reported Friday.
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This room combines the warmth of Stone and cave amd with its high ceiling and semi-private terrace and spacious bathroom is perfect for couples and solo travellers.Go To Details
The Fantasy Honeymoon Cave Suite is simply perfect for honeymooners, couples, or anyone who wants lots of space and atmosphere. The suite is like a troglodyte apartment, has four interconnected cave rooms with beautiful colored banding in the volcanic stone walls and ceiling, plus a hallway and cave closet, a private garden terrace, and a front terrace with good views of the garden and the Cappadocian countryside. It is restored as authentic as possible, like all other rooms and suites at Esbelli Evi.The master bedroom of the suite is large and has a king-size bed.The living room has comfortable armchairs, TV, Wi-Fi, small cave hole with a queen-size bed which we call "Rabbit's Bed", another sleeping area.The large cave bathroom has a free standing stylish centerpiece clawfoot tub plus a walk-in shower with twin rain fall shower heads. The bathroom has also a satellite radio system with many classical, jazz and pop music channels.The kitchen, for preparing drinks and snacks (not meals), has stone-carved shelves, kitchen sink, table and chairs, microwave oven, and electric kettle with plentiful supplies of coffee, hot chocolate, and black and herbal teas. The full-sized refrigerator is stocked with, beer, soft drinks and milk, yours to enjoy on the honor system at low prices. Bottled spring water is complimentary, and refreshed every day.Go To Details
The Family Cave Suite at Esbelli Evi Cave Inn is designed for a family with up to three children who want to live the fantasy of being cave-dwellers. The children's room is every kid's fantasy of what it must be like to be a young Flintstone, with a curvy "moonscape" cave ceiling, cave-niche bed, iron bedsteads, and nooks and crannies and shelves of stone already equipped with a selection of toys and stuffed animals.The suite's master bedroom, for the parents, is more traditional, with a king size bed and air-conditioning.The suite has a living room/salon with easy chairs, TV and Wi-Fi and a laptop.There's a kitchenette for preparing snacks (not meals), and a private walled garden terrace where the children can play and the parents need not worry that they'll wander off. Parents can sit out on the terrace beneath sun, shade or stars with something to sip from the full-sized honor-system refrigerator stocked with wine, beer, fruit juices, soft drinks and spring water at low prices. For hot drinks, there's a handy electric kettle with plentiful supplies of tea, coffee and other hot beverages - complimentary.Go To Details
A cave suite with a bed over an ancient Cappadocian winepress? Here's our Winepress Cave Suite: The cave bedroom has a king-size bed, plus a queen-size bed over the winepress, then there's a separate stone-cut sitting room with two sofas. The sofas in the sitting room can be converted to comfortable single beds and with the second bathroom adjoining it, allows this suite to be used comfortably by parents with one child or two children, or up to four friends traveling together, or two traveling companions who want to stay in separate rooms connected by a corridor and a lockable door. Both the master bedroom and the sitting room have their own private bathrooms, and their own entrances from the outside.A half-size fridge, microwave and an electric kettle, cups, glasses are handy for snacks and drinks, are set up in the sitting room. Semi-private sunny terrace to sit is just outside the doors.Go To Details
The Labyrinth Cave Suite has three rooms, two bathrooms, a kitchenette and two semi-private terraces. All of its rooms may be entered via a private corridor/ hallway, but the master bedroom and the sitting room have separate outside entrances as well.The master bedroom, with its own private bathroom, is perhaps the most perfect example of "cave room" in existence. It truly looks the part, with its freeform ceiling and walls boasting fine colored banding in the soft volcanic rock.The second arched, stone-cut single bedroom and neighboring living room share a second bathroom on the private corridor. The living room may be converted to a third bedroom with two single beds if desired.The kitchenette at the end of the corridor can be used to prepare snacks (not meals) for the entire suite with a microwave oven and an electric kettle with plentiful complimentary supplies of tea, coffee, hot chocolate and other hot beverages. Bottled spring water is also complimentary and refreshed every day. The full-size refrigerator is stocked with beer, milk and soft drinks yours to enjoy on the honor system at reasonable prices.The entire suite benefits from a southern exposure which brings in lots of light. Several sunny terraces are just outside the rooms.Go To Details
Twin Arches Cave Suite is designed for a couple, a family with one or two children, or three travelers wanting privacy, quiet, and adjoining rooms. In front of the twin arches is a private garden terrace with flower beds and an open area where children can play, and adults can sit and enjoy the sun or the stars.The suite has a master bedroom with king-size bed, an adjoining salon (through a lockable door) that can be converted to a second bedroom, two bathrooms, and a kitchenette for preparing drinks and snacks (not meals).Both the master bedroom and the salon have their own private bathrooms, and their own entrances from the outside. There is a queen size bed in the living room and a sofa that can also be converted to a single bed. if desired.The kitchenette has an electric kettle with plentiful complimentary supplies of tea, coffee and other hot beverages. The refrigerator is stocked with beer and soft drinks yours to enjoy on the honor system at reasonable prices. With sun pouring through the south-facing windows, it's difficult to think of the suite as a troglodyte dwelling, yet you'll appreciate the cool atmosphere and intense quiet provided by the stone walls and its private location away from the other guest suites.Go To Details
The Esbelli neighborhood of Ürgüp is known for the high quality of its stone, and in the Colorband Cave Suite, the stone seems to come to life in vibrant color: The sitting room, the spacious master bedroom, the two modern bathrooms with showers, even the cosy terrace have these dramatic bands of color in the natural rock.The master bedroom has a king size bed and a writing desk.The sitting room is also equipped with a single bed and with the second bathroom adjoining it, allows this suite to be used comfortably by parents with one child, or two traveling companions who want to stay in separate rooms joined by an open doorway, each with its own private bathroom.A small kitchenette with half-size fridge, microwave, electric kettle, cups, glasses and utensils, is useful for preparing your own drinks and snacks (not meals).Colorband Cave Suite has its own semi-private terrace just outside its entrance.Go To Details
The Stone-Arch Honeymoon Suite is perfect especially for honeymooners and couples wanting plenty of atmosphere. The suite has a salon/living room with TV, and wireless Internet is available throughout the suite. The bedroom has a stone arch ceiling, lots of nice carved-stone detail, a king-sized bed with soft sheets and feather pillows, antique wardrobe, vanity and reading lamps. The kitchenette, for preparing drinks and snacks (not meals), has a full-sized refrigerator filled with beverages (including beer, fruit juices, bottled spring water, and Cappadocian wines), a counter and sink of beautiful local travertine stone, microwave oven, and electric kettle with supplies for making coffee and tea. A stone-lined passage with more closet space leads to the large fancy bathroom with twin shower, big clawfoot bathtub, mood lighting, and two windows to let the sun stream in. Our Stonecutter's Suite has a semi-private terrace and garden just outside its entrance.Go To Details
The tunnel Cave Suite is highly recommended to the honeymoon couples and to those who are looking for privacy! From its private terrace and garden, you enter through the cave-kitchen of dramatic darkish volcanic stone flecked with white to a master bedroom with a high arched stone-cut ceiling and an adjoining cave sitting area. The room has a king-size bed.The suite has a spacious cave bathroom with twin rain fall shower heads. Behind a "mystery door" is the entrance to a 17th-century water tunnel carved through the volcanic rock for a distance of 16 km (10 miles)! (With a flashlight, you can penetrate the tunnel for a few dozen meters.)The suite has a TV with international channels, individual air-conditioning & heating, kitchenette with half-size refrigerator well-stocked with reasonably-priced drinks, complimentary coffee and tea, its own private terrace, wireless Internet.Go To Details
The Hillside Suite is a non-cave suite. The Esbelli neighborhood of Ürgüp is built on a hillside, which you realize in our interesting tri-level suite. Unlike any other suite at Esbelli Evi, the stone-carved Hillside Suite has its own private entry from the street, as well as an entry from its own private terrace with a fine view.The spacious bedroom, with a king-size bed and its own sitting area, is at the terrace level, and shares the terrace's sunny eastern exposure. The room has a mini-bar stocked with reasonably-priced drinks, lndividually-controlled air-conditioning, TV with international channels, and Wi-Fi.Up a short flight of stairs is the sunny spacious bathroom, and up another flight is a kitchenette and the street-level entrance.The kitchenette has a table and two chairs, a microwave oven, an electric kettle with plentiful complimentary supplies of tea, coffee and other hot beverages. The refrigerator is stocked with beer and soft drinks yours to enjoy on the honor system at reasonable prices.The odd layout of the Hillside Suite, dictated by the suite's hillside location, may appeal to anyone who enjoys architectural character, privacy, sun and light, quiet, and fine views. The private entrance from the street, as well as easy connection to the rest of Esbelli Evi, allows you solitude or society, as you wish.Go To Details


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Regular, progressive exercise and disease management can be extremely beneficial in recovery from illness or injury, in managing chronic health conditions, and as a goal in improving overall fitness and conditioning levels.
The HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department encompass a variety of therapeutic exercise programs for patients with chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and diabetes, as well as for individuals recovering from illness or injury. Our program is accredited through the American Association of Cardiovascular Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).
Cardiac rehabilitation is a specialty service designed to assist individuals to recover fully following a heart attack or other heart problem. The nationally certified program is based on standards established by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. It is offered in three phases to meet the needs of new cardiac patients as well as individuals maintaining their cardiac health on an outpatient basis. All phases are designed to help individuals lead productive, active and healthy lives. Fitness training, strengthening and cardiovascular risk factor modification are part of each phase. Cardiac rehabilitation is provided by a multidisciplinary team trained in cardiac care. The team includes registered nurses with advanced cardiac rehabilitation training and certification, a registered dietitian, exercise physiologists and members of the health care team.
The Lifetime Exercise Program is a maintenance-level program designed to provide exercise and education to help the patient continue on the road to recovery. Tailored to the needs of each individual, the goal of the program is to encourage the continual development of a healthy lifestyle. The program is staffed by Exercise Physiologists and registered nurses and includes blood pressure and heart rate monitoring, supervised exercise conditioning and strengthening, and health and medication counseling.
Patients with chronic lung disease (COPD) such as asthma, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis and bronchitis as well as individuals with other pulmonary diseases and conditions may be referred by their physician to the HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. This nationally certified program is based on standards from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. It features supervised exercise and education designed to help individuals with chronic lung disease break through the cycle of breathing difficulties, fatigue and depression.
A multidisciplinary group of pulmonary rehabilitation professionals, including a board-certified pulmonologist, nurses, respiratory therapists, dietitians and exercise physiologists, work together to help participants improve their quality of life and enhance their ability to perform daily living activities.
This exercise and education program is a unique opportunity for individuals with a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions to benefit from a medically supervised exercise regimen. RESTORE is designed for those who are weakened or deconditioned by a variety of conditions, including arthritis, congestive heart failure, diabetes, neuromuscular disease, obesity, metabolic syndrome and more. Participants follow an individualized treatment plan for exercise and education in a group setting, using exercise equipment specifically designed to meet the needs of patients with physical challenges. The program is safe and enjoyable with an abundance of emotional support, guidance and encouragement. It includes supervised exercise training to improve fitness, strength, stamina and flexibility; condition-specific education; home exercise and diet instruction; risk factor modification; instruction on proper use of medications; and smoking cessation assistance. Participants may be self-referred or physician referred. The program may be covered by insurance.
For more information and to register, please call (920) 459-4611.


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With dramatically beautiful rainforests, mountains and beaches, lovely cities and
very beautiful girls, Colombia should be a magnet. Unfortunately there is a lot of misunderstanding about Colombia. News of guerillas and cocaine are mostly the first thing you hear. Security do is a concern but with common sense it is very well possible to travel save to Colombia.
In the photo-album we are using translations of the original written texts in the Spanish or Portuguese language of the ladies.