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7 Things to Think About Before Making the Move Into Fitness Club Management
on Thursday, May 11, 2017
At some point in almost every health and fitness professional's career, there will be the consideration about whether or not to apply for a promotion to club management. While moving into club management can be a great step for your career, it is a big change from training clients or teaching classes full-time. Here are some factors worth carefully considering if you are interested in testing yourself with the challenge of managing others.
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How to Create an Inclusive Group Fitness Environment
on Friday, May 5, 2017
Our goal as fitness instructors is to create a welcoming and inclusive environment that fosters success and positive energy around movement for people of all abilities. Here are some things you can do to help make your classes more inviting and make everyone feel at home, regardless of experience, fitness level or identity.
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A Step-by-step Approach to a Thriving Health Coach Career
on Friday, April 28, 2017
If you've been thinking about becoming a health coach, it can be hugely helpful to learn from those who have walked this path before you. Learn about the step-by-step approach one successful health coach took to build a thriving business and career, and why the support she has received from ACE has made all the difference in the world.
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How to Find a Job as an ACE Certified Personal Trainer
on Friday, April 21, 2017
You've passed your exam and it's time to create a plan for the next steps of your journey. Much like fitness, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to creating a career, so this is your opportunity to choose what's best for you. Here are a few things to consider that will help ensure your success.
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Certifications, Certificates and CECs—What's the Difference?
on Friday, April 14, 2017
As a health and fitness professional, education is an essential component of growing and expanding your skill set and knowledge base. But it can be a challenge to know if you need to get a certification or a certificate, which organization to choose, and how to maintain those credentials. Here's what you need to know to get credentialed, stay credentialed and, most importantly, become and remain a well-rounded health and fitness professional.
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Handling the Dietary Supplement Conversation with Clients
on Thursday, April 6, 2017
The next time one of your clients asks about a pill, potion or powder, use this three-step model to quash misconceptions and help your clients become informed consumers.
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Track Money Like Your Clients Track Calories
on Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Keeping track of money is a powerful habit that's beneficial for setting goals for your business and yourself. Much like a food journal can reveal a bigger picture of what a person is eating, tracking your money makes it possible to make the necessary changes to reach your financial goals. These healthy money habits will go a long way toward improving your bottom line.
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Why More Personal Trainers are Becoming Health Coaches
on Monday, March 20, 2017
As a personal trainer, adding health coaching to your offerings and being able to discuss nutritional habits and the psychological aspects of behavior change with your clients would undoubtedly increase your effectiveness and put you on a much higher playing field. Here are just a few reasons why more personal trainers are becoming health coaches.
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9 Benefits of Working as a Club-based Personal Trainer
on Thursday, March 16, 2017
Are you a newly certified personal trainer who dreams of opening a fitness studio or helping clients directly in their homes? While these are certainly viable career options, it can take considerable resources and time to develop an extensive list of clients who can provide you with a steady source of income. If you want to start your new fitness career with a successful foundation, here are nine reasons you should seriously consider working in a health club.
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The Power of a Referral Network – Benefits of Networking
on Wednesday, March 15, 2017
As a health and fitness professional, your clients expect you to possess a wide range of skills and knowledge. When your clients require something outside your skill set or scope of practice, however, you need an established quality referral network. Learn about the many and varied benefits of establishing a referral network, which makes it possible to better serve your clients and to elevate your own level of performance as well.
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See, Hear and Do: The Benefits of ACE Live Workshops
on Monday, March 13, 2017
Continuing education is vital to your success as a health and fitness professional, as the fitness industry is constantly changing and evolving. Learn why ACE Live Workshops are an effective and enjoyable way to learn and immediately apply new knowledge, while you earn the necessary continuing education credits to maintain your ACE certification.
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Mission to Move
on Monday, March 13, 2017
Here at ACE, we're on a mission to get people moving. And it all starts with our talented and dedicated health and fitness professionals, who are out there every day, putting their heart and soul into training, coaching and teaching others how to create meaningful transformations in their lives.
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Why It's Important to Work On Your Business, Not just In Your Business
on Monday, March 6, 2017
As a health and fitness professional, much of your business relies on showing up and trading time for money, but it's the work you put in outside of class or training sessions that ultimately serve to ensure your success. ACE Pro Shannon Fable explains why it's so important to set aside dedicated office hours in your weekly schedule for self-promotion, improving your skills and identifying new streams of revenue to create, sustain and grow your fitness business.
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Beyond the Class: How to Connect with Participants and Expand Your Reach as a Health and Fitness Pro
on Monday, February 27, 2017
As a health and fitness pro, your exercise selection, in-class persona and music choices are all important, but what you do before and after class matters, too. Here are 10 ways to connect with your participants before and after class.
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How to Manage a Difficult Client
on Monday, February 20, 2017
As health and fitness professionals, we work with real people who have their own unique personalities and life circumstances. Here are three types of challenging clients you're likely to encounter in your career, along with tips on how to overcome their resistance and help them reach their goals.
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Using MyFitnessPal to Help Your Clients
on Thursday, February 9, 2017
When it comes to losing weight or achieving fitness goals, research confirms the benefits of tracking both food intake and fitness activity. MyFitnessPal makes the process a lot easier than it used to be. Learn about some of the features of this app and tips for using it most effectively with your clients.
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Why Group Fitness Instructors Can Benefit From a Health Coach Education
on Monday, January 23, 2017
If you're a group fitness instructor who's been teaching for a while, you may be wondering what other things you can do to increase your value or perhaps diversify your income. Perhaps you are looking for a way to reach more people and have a larger impact on those who need your help the most. If this sounds like you, it may be the right time to add health coaching to your professional credentials.
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Nutrition Scope of Practice – What You Can Do as a Personal Trainer
on Wednesday, January 18, 2017
When it comes to educating clients about nutrition, it can be a challenge to make sure you're staying within your scope of practice as a health and fitness professional. Of course, you can't avoid the topic altogether—clients need to be educated about proper nutrition. With that in mind, here's what you can do to reduce your liability and still provide this necessary education to your clients.
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Targeting 4 Dimensions of Health in your Group Fitness Class
on Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Health is holistic, and an excessive focus on the physical can discount or disrupt other areas. As a group fitness instructor, you can have a deeper impact on your participants' lives by incorporating the following strategies, which target multiple components of health.
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Your Career Roadmap as a Personal Trainer: Where Are You Now?
on Monday, January 9, 2017
With more than 20 years as a health and fitness professional, Brett Klika knows a thing or two about building a career and creating success in the fitness industry. Drawing on his own experience and that of countless others in the industry, Klika shares his career roadmap for creating a long and successful career in fitness.
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Four Free or Low-cost Tools For Creating Eye-catching Social Media Videos
on Friday, December 30, 2016
Wondering how you can take your videos to the next level so they really stand out? Check out these video-making tools—all free or just a couple of bucks—for mobile and/or desktop. They can help you quickly and easily turn your photos and video into marketing pieces that will command attention on social media.
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6 Strategies to Keep Your Members Coming Back to the Gym During the Holidays
on Saturday, December 24, 2016
If your health club or gym is feeling a little empty this time of year, use these six strategies to keep your members in the gym and drive business throughout the holiday season.
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Interested in becoming eligible for the ICHWC Exam?
on Monday, December 19, 2016
The International Consortium for Health & Wellness Coaching (ICHWC) is a collaboration of leaders representing many health and wellness coach training and education programs in the United States. If you are an ACE Certified Health Coach, you can become eligible to sit for the national examination by taking the approved transition course.
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Getting Clients To and Through the Doors
on Monday, November 28, 2016
Do you have clients who struggle to commit and remain engaged with their training programs? If so, how do you keep these individuals from slipping through the proverbial crack? As a health and fitness professional, you must seek innovative ways to keep your interactions and experiences with clients fresh, rewarding and engaging. Try some of these "hacks" for getting your clients to consistently attend scheduled sessions with you.
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What Health Coaches Wish They Knew Earlier in Their Careers
on Tuesday, November 1, 2016
To help you set yourself up for career success and longevity as a health coach, certified health and wellness coaches from around the country offer words of wisdom and practical advice they wish they had received earlier in their coaching careers.
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Instagram Accounts to Motivate You and Your Clients
Kari Luu
on Thursday, October 13, 2016
Looking to fill your Instagram feed with real-life, motivating health and fitness pros and brands? From ACE Certified Personal Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors to fitness influencers with something smart to say and companies making a positive difference in the industry, here's a shortlist of folks who post eye-catching Insta-pics, motivational messages and inspiring exercises you won't want to miss.
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The Value of Being a Versatile Health and Fitness Professional
Kari Luu
on Friday, October 7, 2016
If you're new to the fitness industry, it can be easy to feel as though you want to specialize in one type of training, client or class. Learn why diversifying your skill set and being open to a wide range of educational and vocational opportunities will increase your versatility and usefulness, both to employers and potential clients.
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Personal Trainer Salary Considerations
Kari Luu
on Wednesday, September 14, 2016
If you are passionate about helping people create happier and healthier lives, you've undoubtedly considered a career as a personal trainer. There are many ways to enter this profession, but starting with education and certification is key. Certification is required for working in any established gym, but it will also give you instant credibility with potential clients and the tools you need to safely train your clients.
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How to Lose a Client in 10 Days
Matt Gossman
on Tuesday, April 26, 2016
As a health and fitness professional, knowledge of exercise science is important, but being able to build a relationship is crucial. It's what gives clients the confidence that you can effectively help them reach their goals and also care about them as a person. If you are interested in building better rapport and maintaining a consistent client base, avoid the following actions, as they will certainly help you lose a client, likely in 10 days or less.
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Three Signs It's Time to Fire a Fitness Client
Matt Gossman
on Monday, April 4, 2016
Your time is valuable, so it's important to recognize when you might be better off freeing yourself from problem clients who might be holding you back from progressing your fitness career to its fullest potential. Here are three telltale signs that it's time to cast off clients who are bringing you down.
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4 Old-school Marketing Strategies For Health and Fitness Pros
Matt Gossman
on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Whether you're marketing online or in person, the key is to build relationships and make people feel important. Here are four time-tested marketing strategies that are grounded in relationship-building, which has proven to be a simple and effective path to success in the fitness industry.
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What's New in the ACE Group Fitness Instructor Study Experience
Matt Gossman
on Thursday, March 17, 2016
The American Council on Exercise is proud to announce the release of an all-new ACE Group Fitness Instructor study experience—the definitive resource for health and fitness professionals who want to design and deliver memorable movement experiences in any modality of group exercise. Find out what's new.
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10 Reasons I Love Being a Group Fitness Instructor
Matt Gossman
on Thursday, March 17, 2016
As a group fitness instructor (GFI) for the past 16 years, I can personally attest to the unparalleled and pivotal role that instructors play in the world of health and fitness. Here are the top 10 reasons why I love being a GFI, and why you will, too.
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How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck With Continuing Education Options
Matt Gossman
on Friday, March 11, 2016
As a health and fitness professional, continuing education is essential to keeping your certifications current, but it can be a challenge to choose from the endless continuing-education options available. Learn why earning additional certifications, such as a specialty or another core certification, can increase your credibility in the health and fitness industry and enhance your resume or professional bio.
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How to Change Others' Lives Without Ruining Your Own
Matt Gossman
on Friday, February 26, 2016
As a health and fitness professional, you give so much of yourself to your clients that you may often feel as though you're running on empty. And without a strategy to refill your tank, the way you make a living can suck the life right out of you. Here are some great tips for creating a better balance of training and recovery, so you can live an extraordinary life while you help others do the same.
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Better Body Language for Health and Fitness Professionals
Matt Gossman
on Saturday, February 20, 2016
Positive body language is a simple way to engage more fully in any relationship in your life. Use these five tips, both in and out of the gym, to build better communication, trust and rapport.
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How to Start a Fitness Studio That Creates a Lasting Member Experience
on Friday, June 26, 2015
If you're thinking about opening your own fitness studio, there are several crucial factors to consider to ensure you're ready to make the leap. Get the best tips from the Association of Fitness Studios (AFS) to help you offer your clients and members the best possible experience, while successfully launching your new fitness business.
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How to Coach the Vegetarian and Vegan Client
Elizabeth Kovar
on Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Trainers who are neither vegans or vegetarians—but train clients who are—may be concerned about their clients' dietary choices and whether these will affect how they respond to exercise. Here is a basic primer on plant-based eating that can help you understand the specific needs of your vegan and vegetarian clients—and better help them reach their health and fitness goals.
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8 Things Group Fitness Instructors Should Carry in Their Gym Bags
Amber Long
on Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Teaching group fitness means making adjustments to your plans on the fly, especially when stereo equipment malfunctions or you don't have time to eat a meal between classes. Fill your backpack or duffel with these 8 essential back-up tools and you will be better prepared to adapt to any situation.
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ACE Pros Share Tips on How to be a Successful Studio Owner
on Thursday, May 21, 2015
Starting a business in the fitness industry requires a lot of time, planning, and support from others who have been there. In a new video series created in partnership with the Association of Fitness Studios, experienced ACE Certified Pros share tips and stories about their personal entrepreneurial paths. Whether you are a new or experienced business owner, or you're debating whether to embark on your own, these videos provide some great insight.
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3 Ways to Help Your Clients Celebrate Small Victories
Shannon Fable
on Thursday, May 14, 2015
What is the secret to helping clients stay motivated and on track to achieve their goals? ACE pro Shannon Fable believes that helping clients celebrate small victories while working toward larger goals is key to helping clients believe those goals are within reach. Whether your clients want to lose weight or simply increase their fitness, these secrets to perpetual motivation will help your clients build the intrinsic motivation that only comes through increased self-confidence.
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The Best Social Networks for Health and Fitness Professionals
Ted Vickey
on Tuesday, May 5, 2015
As a health and fitness professional, social networks can be a great way to keep in touch with your clients between training sessions. But did you know you have more options than just Facebook and Twitter? Tech expert Ted Vickey describes three fitness-focused social networks worth checking out.
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The Role of a Health Coach and Behavior Change Specialist
Natalie Digate Muth
on Thursday, April 30, 2015
The demand for health coaching and behavior-change coaching has never been greater, with research demonstrating the value of coaching in helping people improve health behaviors and, as a result, quality of life. ACE has developed a general consensus and position on what it means to be a certified health coach versus a specialist in behavior change. Here's what you need to know about this new and evolving field, and how it can enhance and expand your career as a health and fitness professional.
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Making the Transition from "Expert"-centered Programs to Client-Centered Programs
Natalie Digate Muth
on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
As a health and fitness professional, you can maximize client-behavior change through the use of coaching techniques such as open-ended questions and reflective listening to help a client explore his or her own motivations, strengths and benefits from making the change. By doing so, you shift your approach from "expert"-centered programs to client-centered programs, and set the stage for increased client success.
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5 Steps to Build Behavior Change Principles Into Your Work
Natalie Digate Muth
on Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Are you tired of spending inordinate amounts of time developing tailored exercise programs only to have a client drop off after a few sessions? You can increase your impact and efficiency by incorporating a few key behavior-change principles into your personal-training program. Here are five ways to help incorporate behavior-change principles into your daily client interactions.
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6 Reflection Questions To Help You Find Your Niche
on Monday, April 13, 2015
If you're a newly certified health and fitness professional, it can be a challenge to find your personal fitness niche—your area of expertise that makes you stand out from the crowd. Clarifying your target market is important so you can connect with clients who are a good fit for your services. Here are six questions that will help you find your fitness niche.
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10 Career Growth Tips for Group Fitness Instructors
Lawrence Biscontini
on Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Interested in picking up more classes and increasing your group fitness income? ACE Gold Certified Group Fitness Instructor Lawrence Biscontini shares his top 10 career growth tips for today's group fitness professional.
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6 Words to Avoid When Working with Clients
Lawrence Biscontini
on Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Words matter, especially when it comes to forming relationships and communicating effectively with your clients. To help you become more aware of the power of your words, here are some of the most common verbal phrases that trainers and teachers use, along with some psychologically more functional alternatives.
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7 Characteristics of Successful Personal Trainers
on Friday, February 6, 2015
What separates the great personal trainers from the merely good ones? If you've made it your goal to be among the best in your field, you'll want to check out these seven habits of highly successful personal trainers.
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7 Strategies for Helping Clients Train Smarter—NOT Harder
Pete McCall
on Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Whether you're working one on one or with a group, your most important role as a health and fitness professional is to teach your clients how to exercise smarter before working harder. Here are seven strategies that can help your clients and students achieve results by promoting safety before intensity.
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4 Steps to Calculating ROI When Starting a Personal Training Business
on Friday, January 2, 2015
Are you thinking about starting a personal training business in 2015? Or do you have plans to grow your existing business? Either way, it is important to know how to determine the return on investment (ROI) of any investments you make in your business. Here's what you need to know when calculating ROI.
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3 Things Health and Fitness Pros Can Do to Prepare for January
Jonathan Ross
on Thursday, December 25, 2014
Do you have a tendency to take on too many obligations and clients, to the point where you end up running on empty? This is a common occurrence among health and fitness professionals, especially at the start of a New Year. ACE Certified pro Jonathan Ross explains how you can avoid burnout and set up both yourself and your clients for success—not just for January, but for every month of the new year.
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7 Signs You're Meant to Be a Group Fitness Instructor
Chris Freytag
on Monday, November 17, 2014
If you've been thinking a lot about how fun it might be to teach your own fitness classes, ACE Certified pro Chris Freytag outlines seven signs you should look for before you make the fitness jump.
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5 Reasons to Grow Your Business With Online Training
on Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Have you considered adding online training to your list of services? Creating additional sources of income is essential for the savvy fitness professional and online training is a great way to do just that. Here are five great reasons why online training may be the future of fitness training.
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8 Signs You're Meant to Be a Health Coach
Kelley Vargo
on Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Have you been considering expanding your career or starting a new one altogether? If you find yourself drawn to the health coaching profession, chances are you possess certain characteristics that inspire you to want to help other live their most fit lives. Here are eight signs that you were meant to be a great health coach.
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4 Ways to Tell You're Ready for a Management Role
Andrea Wardinsky
on Thursday, September 11, 2014
Are you thinking about transitioning into management? While the title of fitness manager or director may sound appealing, the unique tasks and challenges you will face are very different from the responsibilities you have as a personal trainer or group fitness instructor. Here's how you can know if you are ready to make the move into management and lead a team.
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Apple's iWatch and HealthKit: What They Mean for Health and Fitness Pros and Their Clients
Ted Vickey
on Monday, September 8, 2014
The technology and fitness worlds are buzzing as Apple gears up for a new announcement regarding the iPhone 6, iOS8 and the closely guarded Apple iWatch. Combined with Apple's previously announced HealthKit, these products are poised to have a major impact on the health and fitness industries. Fitness technology expert Ted Vickey explains how personal trainers and health coaches can reap huge benefits from these new technologies.
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Four Signs You're Meant to Be a Personal Trainer
Sabrena Jo
on Friday, August 22, 2014
Do you have what it takes to be a personal trainer? ACE Certified Pro Sabrena Merrill explains the four signs that could mean you're ready to take on the challenge of helping others achieve their fitness goals.
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Are You Meant to Be An Infopreneur?
Jonathan Ross
on Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Have you wondered how you can expand your impact and your business through writing or presenting on health and fitness topics? ACE Certified pro Jonathan Ross explains how he made this leap, including
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Customer Retention Tips for Personal Trainers and Fitness Studios
Kyle Bangen
on Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Customers are the lifeblood of any fitness business and attaining them is an important process. However, even more essential is retaining existing clientele as this process is more cost- and time-effective. When times get tough, maintaining a steady relationship with current customers increases exponentially in its importance. Here are four effective approaches you can use to retain customers.
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Why Fitness Pros Should Focus on Helping Each Other Instead of Competing with Each Other
Shannon Fable
on Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Did you hear about the fitness pro who was kicked out of a SoulCycle studio and banned from attending future classes? The news caused quite a stir, to the say the least. Shannon Fable weighs in on the controversy and offers some incredibly insightful principles to guide you in your life and work as a fitness professional.
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ACE Partnership Brings Mobile Credit Card Payment Technology to ACE-certified Professionals
on Wednesday, April 2, 2014
ACE recently partnered with Square, a leader in mobile credit card payment technology, to make it easier for trainers and coaches to accept credit-card payments for their products and services using a device they already carry with them—their cell phone. Tech guru Ted Vickey chatted with Square spokeswoman Faryl Ury to learn more about this useful technology.
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ACE CEO Scott Goudeseune Discusses How ACE Is Elevating Pros
on Friday, February 28, 2014
Taking a leadership role in the fitness industry has inspired ACE to do more when it comes to elevating the perception of health and fitness professionals. ACE President and CEO Scott Goudeseune discusses a few new initiatives designed to create opportunities for certified professionals that go beyond the four walls of a club.
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How to Break Into the Fitness Industry
on Thursday, February 27, 2014
If you've been dreaming about a career in the fitness industry, you may be wondering exactly how you can get started. Some of the most successful pros in the industry share their best tips on how to launch your fitness career.
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What Is CREP and How Will It Affect You?
on Tuesday, February 25, 2014
With more and more discussions within statehouses about regulating health and fitness professionals, ACE and other like-minded leaders in our industry have recognized the opportunity to advocate for the recognition of these professionals as health providers. In this article, ACE CEO Scott Goudeseune discusses our participation in the Coalition for the Registration of Exercise Professionals (CREP), a nonprofit, 501(c)(6) corporation composed of organizations that offer NCCA-accredited exercise ce
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Fitness Leadership: Which Side of the Fence Are You On?
Christopher McGrath
on Wednesday, February 12, 2014
As a fitness professional, you are leading your clients toward greater health and fitness. But what do you do when what your client wants and what he or she needs are in conflict with one another? This is when your role as a fitness leader comes into play. Fitness pro Chris McGrath explains why it is your professional responsibility to give your clients what they need so they can achieve the results they want.
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How Not to Impress Your Clients: Top 5 Things Trainers Do that Backfire
Jonathan Ross
on Thursday, February 6, 2014
Could some of your training choices and approaches inadvertently turn your clients off from you—or even exercise altogether? Fitness pro Jonathan Ross explains five common mistakes many trainers do—often in a sincere desire to motivate and push their clients—that ultimately may do more harm than good.
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8 Reasons to Start a Career in the Fitness Industry
Pete McCall
on Tuesday, January 21, 2014
With the start of a New Year, have you been considering a new career? If you have a strong desire to help others achieve their health and fitness goals and teach them how to love and appreciate fitness as much as you do, it might be time to start seriously considering becoming a personal trainer.
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3 Ways to Build Client Relationships via Social Media
Michael Piermont
on Monday, January 13, 2014
Social media has completely changed the rules when it comes to reaching new clients and communicating with existing ones. Today, you have the opportunity to reach huge numbers of people—if you do it right. Here are three essential tips for building effective, lasting relationships with your clients through social media.
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7 Legal Mistakes of Fitness Professionals
Steven Mashal
on Sunday, December 22, 2013
When it comes to being a fitness professional, it can often be difficult to know what you can and can't do. For example, do you really need insurance? What about playing downloaded music in your classes? ACE Corporate Counsel Steven Mashal explains the seven most common legal mistakes fitness professionals make--and how you can avoid them.
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5 Reasons Why Personal Trainers Should Consider Sharing Clients
Pete McCall
on Monday, December 16, 2013
Are you struggling with meeting the demands of a wide range of clientele, and wondering how you can be available to them at all hours of the day without giving up your own personal time? ACE-certified Fitness Professional Pete McCall has a solution for trainers facing this dilemma: client sharing. In fact, you may even be able to increase your income AND reduce your working hours by teaming up with other personal trainers and sharing clients.
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Association of Fitness Studios (AFS): A New Resource for Fitness Professionals
on Monday, October 21, 2013
Small studio owners, as well as fitness professionals who are thinking about opening their own studios, have a new source of support in the industry—the Association of Fitness Studios (AFS). As Brad Elson, co-founder and CEO, explains in this interview, AFS was created to "help fitness professionals become even greater business owners." Read on to learn how you can tap the resources of this exciting new organization.
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How a Family Nurse Practitioner Made the Decision to Become a Health Coach
on Wednesday, September 25, 2013
This is the fourth installment of an ongoing series highlighting how people in a wide range of industries are using their ACE Health Coach certification to expand their careers. Here, Beth Read explains why she was inspired to become an ACE Health Coach, and how the certification has increased her ability to help patients in her work as a family nurse practitioner.
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10 Reasons to Come to ACE East
on Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Thinking about making the trip to ACE East in Orlando next month, but still can't quite make up your mind? Here are 10 reasons why you don't want to miss such a great event that will not only benefit your career, but is sure be a ton of fun as well.
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How To Open Your Own Gym (Part 2)
on Thursday, August 29, 2013
Fitness is booming and with the ever increasing number of corporate wellness programs and health insurance incentives, opening a gym appears to be a great opportunity. However, with all of the different options, taking that first step in opening up a gym can be quite daunting. In the second installment of this series on how to open your own gym, we'll delve into the world of finding a property, floor planning and equipment purchasing.
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How a College Student Made the Decision to Become a Health Coach
on Monday, August 26, 2013
This is the third installment of an ongoing series highlighting how people in a wide range of industries are using their ACE Health Coach certification to expand their careers. Here, Allison Becker explains why she was inspired to become an ACE Health Coach, and how the certification allowed her to blend her dietetics coursework with her fitness knowledge to help others develop healthy habits that worked with their lifestyles.
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Corporate Wellness: How to Find the Organizations That Need Your Services
Angel Chelik
on Tuesday, August 20, 2013
If you're interested in taking advantage of the career-growth opportunities of corporate wellness, you need to know how to locate the companies that are most likely to benefit from your services. In this second of a three-part series, corporate wellness expert Angel Chelik explains how to find the companies that are most likely to value and hire you for your services in this booming fitness niche.
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IDEA: Inspiration, Development, Education and Awareness
Michael Mantell
on Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Didn't get a chance to attend this year's 2013 IDEA World Fitness Convention? Here is a quick summary of some of the highlights, which included top-notch education and high-energy workouts. Dr. Michael Mantell also explains why this year, information was clearly king.
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How To Open Your Own Gym (Part 1)
on Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Fitness is booming and with the ever increasing number of corporate wellness programs and health insurance incentives, opening a gym appears to be a great opportunity. However, with all of the different options, taking that first step in opening up a gym can be quite daunting. This series will shed some light on where to begin and provide resources for learning more about the gym business.
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How to Keep Your Clients Coming Back Every Week
on Friday, August 2, 2013
It's one thing to gain new clients—and an entirely different task to hang on to them over the long-term. Client retention is, as many will tell you, more of an art than a science—and some trainers are definitely masters. Here, several top pros share their secrets for ensuring their clients keep coming back, week after week.
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ACE Fit Tools for Health and Fitness Pros
on Saturday, July 27, 2013
Whether you're a seasoned veteran or just starting your career as a fitness professional, you're probably on the lookout for new products and tools that can help you do your job better. Did you know that ACE recently created an entire website packed with information and services that can help you educate and provide much-needed support for your clients? Here is a sampling of some of the great free tools offered on ACEfit.com.
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How a Personal Trainer is Using Her Health Coach Certification
on Monday, July 22, 2013
ACE-certified Personal Trainer Nicole Copare shares her story of why she decided to become an ACE Health Coach and how this one decision has had a huge impact on both her career and her ability to help improve the health and well-being of her clients.
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Turning Newbies into Groupies
Shannon Fable
on Wednesday, July 17, 2013
It's nearly back-to-school time, which also happens to be back-to-the-gym time for many people, especially busy moms who finally get some time to focus on their fitness. Creating a welcoming environment in your classes for new participants is essential to keeping them coming back for more. Fitness expert Shannon Fable shares her best tips for helping newbies feel successful and have fun in your group fitness classes.
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Corporate Wellness: How to Start a Program From Scratch
Angel Chelik
on Thursday, July 11, 2013
You've likely been hearing a lot about how corporate wellness offers great opportunities for fitness professionals looking to expand their careers. But how do you even get started? In this first of a three-part series, corporate wellness expert Angel Chelik explains the first steps you need to take to determine your vision and identify potential collaborators in this booming fitness niche.
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How a Physical Therapy Assistant is Using Her Health Coach Certification
on Thursday, June 13, 2013
This is the first installment of an ongoing series highlighting how people in a wide range of industries are using their ACE Health Coach certification to expand their careers. Here, physical therapy assistant Stephanie Longson explains why she was inspired to become an ACE Health Coach, and how the tools and knowledge she gained has enabled her to assist her clients in making positive, lasting lifestyle changes.
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Are You Over-certified?
Jonathan Ross
on Wednesday, May 29, 2013
It can be tempting to accumulate a stack of certifications to serve as proof of your qualifications, but is that really the best use of your education dollars? The truth is, many so-called certifications are really just continuing education courses and not necessarily worth the higher price tag. Jonathan Ross explains how to invest wisely by putting your funds into education that can actually help advance your career.
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5 Things Successful Trainers Are Doing That You're Not
Jonathan Ross
on Monday, January 14, 2013
What does it really take to be a successful trainer in the fitness industry? Jonathan Ross' outlines five keys to being a successful trainer, which will not only help guide you in your career, but make it possible to help clients find true health and happiness, which arguably could be the ultimate measure of lasting success.
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ACE CEO Scott Goudeseune Discusses Specialty Certifications
on Friday, December 7, 2012
In an industry where word-of-mouth can be the difference between success and failure, it's your expertise that should do the talking. ACE CEO Scott Goudeseune introduces ACE Specialty Certifications and discusses how they will help you market yourselves and stand out among your peers.
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Changing Lives: The ACE Health Coach Certification
Todd Galati
on Friday, October 19, 2012
If you're a fitness or health professional looking to take the next step in your career, the ACE Health Coach Certification may be right for you. ACE Director of Credentialing Todd Galati discusses the importance of the certification, what topic areas it emphasizes, who it is intended for, and how becoming an ACE Health Coach will allow you make long-term changes in people's lives.
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How to Land a Job in Corporate Wellness
Mark Kelly
on Friday, August 31, 2012
If you're looking for a career where your knowledge will impact hundreds of individuals both physically and financially, corporate wellness may be the right path for you. While many fitness professionals tend shy away from this industry, the reality is that it can be a very rewarding place to work. In this article, Dr. Mark Kelly discusses the necessary steps to land a job as a wellness consultant.
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Rapport: The Secret Ingredient to Career Success
Michael Mantell
on Friday, August 24, 2012
Knowing how to connect with your clients in a way that caters to their personal styles can build the foundation for a healthy, lifelong relationship. Learn from ACE Senior Fitness Consultant Dr. Michael Mantell as he discusses the importance of rapport and the role it plays in career success.
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Avoid Burnout By Learning Anatomy and Movement Mechanics
Pete McCall
on Friday, April 6, 2012
In my career, I have definitely had bouts of staleness and burnout. What I learned is that once I started feeling that way, then it was time to look for a continuing education workshop to stimulate my gray matter and break me out of the rut. Taking the time to learn anatomy and movement mechanics will help you to add variety and excitement to your exercise programs, creating more enjoyment for both you and your clients.
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Why Business Savvy Is an Important Part of a Complete, Successful Personal Trainer Profile
Anthony Wall
on Friday, March 9, 2012
Like so many other ACE-certified personal trainers, there's no doubt you wanted to become a personal trainer because you had a passion for fitness, wanted to stay on top of cutting-edge exercise information and — possibly most importantly — desired to positively transform lives. A passion for business and marketing strategies probably wasn't what got you started in the industry. But having business savvy is important and can help fuel your career. Find out why.
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Small Group Training: The Future of the Workout Experience and the Missing Link to Your Personal Training Career's Success
Jonathan Ross
on Friday, February 24, 2012
Small group training has been gaining popularity because it's an affordable, fun way for clients to take advantage of a trainer's expertise at a lower financial investment — all while keeping the fun and competitiveness of a group dynamic. How does it differ from one-on-one personal training, and how can you effectively design programs? Find out.
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5 Keys to Unlocking Your Business Potential as a Yoga Teacher (Part 1 of 2)
Stacy McCarthy
on Monday, February 20, 2012
Are you ready to take your yoga practice and profession to the next level? Do you want to thrive from your practice in every way possible – from managing and growing finances to ensuring your practice supports your lifestyle? Become empowered to grow your yoga business potential with these strategies for success!
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Position Yourself for Success: Offer Results-oriented Training Packages
Pete McCall
on Friday, December 23, 2011
If you find yourself looking for fresh and successful ways to get new clients or are just looking to become a better professional, this post is for you. See why Pete McCall says the business model in the fitness industry is flawed and how personal trainers can have success by offering results-oriented training packages.
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How to Advance Your Fitness Career to the Next Level
Pete McCall
on Friday, November 4, 2011
Congratulations! You've worked hard, studied, and have finally passed your ACE Personal Trainer certification. Now what? Pete McCall shows what options are available for advancing your career, and shares his experience of going from club management to becoming a full-time personal trainer and group fitness instructor to a fitness educator. Get his tips on securing positions to advance your career as a fitness professional.
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7 Fitness Products for Personal Trainers to Watch
Pete McCall
on Friday, August 12, 2011
After scoping out all of the latest equipment from recent trade shows, here are some of my favorite pieces. The biggest trends I've seen are the use of non-traditional strength-training equipment and the use of technology to enhance the exercise experience.
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On the morning of Tuesday, October 22, 2013, Somali television journalist Mohamed Mohamud, nicknamed "Tima'ade," was seriously wounded when unknown armed men attacked him on his way home from work. He was shot more than five times. Colleagues and local residents in Wadajir district, where the attack took place, immediately rushed him to Madina Hospital in Mogadishu.

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Welcome to Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) at the University of Calgary.
The Office of PGME provides the infrastructure ensuring the support, development and review of all residency training and education in the Cumming School of Medicine. It is the focal point for the vast network of inter-related partnerships, policies and agreements in place to ensure that Residents move through their years of training successfully.
Our recent growth in both accredited Residency Training Programs and Residents is due to increases in the undergraduate (UME) class size and the Alberta International Medical Graduate (AIMG) Program. Our vision is to build for the future. Expansion will continue to accommodate increasing UME numbers until at least 2015.
To educate today's residents to become tomorrow's physicians, our five-year plan is to concentrate our resources to support and recognize clinical teaching, increase our Programs' research capabilities, integrate competency-based curricula in postgraduate medical education, and foster leadership development.
On behalf of our PGME Office Team, Program Directors and Administrators I want to recognize our partnerships with the Alberta Ministry of Health, Alberta Health Services, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, and the Professional Association of Resident Physicians of Alberta, who continue to provide us with the supports needed to realize our goals. Together we can build healthy communities through high quality, innovative postgraduate medical education.


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In the course of surfing around, looking for ways to get infected, I stumbled upon a site that offers visitors downloads of key generators, cracks, and other ways to circumvent the process used by most legitimate software companies to prevent people who didn't pay for the software from registering or using it.
And of course, I stumbled into a morass of malware.
Well, "stumbled" isn't entirely accurate. The site is well-known to us as a host of drive-by downloads — it's a site that uses browser exploits to infect your computer. But I went there anyway just to see what they're driving-by with these days. Technically, the site didn't burn us — it came from an advertising network, which loaded a script that bounced to three separate machines before landing my test PC in the hot seat. Cold comfort if your PC happens to get slammed with this junk.
I was surprised to get infected with a copy of the Koobface worm, which spreads to users of Facebook like acne on chocoholic teenagers. Koobface hasn't changed its M.O. since its inception, and this one was no different: I was shown a "video" for which I needed "Adobe Flash Player 10.37" — helpfully hosted on the IP address belonging to another hapless Koobface-infected PC somewhere.
The installer pulls down additional payloads (presumably from schlubs who had the misfortune to get themselves infected), sets up my infected machine as a proxy server, and loads a backdoor so other suckers can be victimized by the files hosted on my computer (in theory, anyway — my machine isn't really reachable from the Internet).
I also got a copy of a Rogue Security Product, a fake antivirus tool. Like all of them, it was a derivative of a derivative. This one is called Antivirus Plus — the "plus" being the stupid tricks it uses. Just look at the insane number of "detections" it made on a clean system.
One of the tricks is that it hijacks all searches on many different national versions of Google, redirecting them through a computer in Berlin by modifying the Hosts file.
It also opens up ports in the Windows Firewall so it can communicate freely, and tosses fake warning dialog boxes all over the desktop, including the now-commonplace bogus Security Center control panel.
But the stupidest trick is that it watches for when you open a folder on your hard drive in Windows Explorer, and periodically throw up a dialog box "warning" you of an "infection." What was kind of nifty was that the dialog actually pulls the filenames from the files within the folder.
The stupid part is how it claimed every file in the folder (including its own component — circled in the screenshot above) is infected — this on a totally clean test system. I'm pretty sure my entire system32 folder isn't infected with something called Spyware.IEmonster.D.
The third and final payload was a downloader called Trojan-Downloader-Suurch. This spy profiles your computer and sets itself up as a Browser Helper Object (BHO) — an Internet Explorer plugin. In the guise of a BHO, this spy can download anything. In this case, it engages in clickfraud — actively "clicking" through online advertisements. Most clickers do this in order to either (a) deplete the target's advertising budget, or (b) earn money for someone. But its random and uncontrolled wanderings through the Internet can also lead to additional infections if it follows the wrong link.
Oddly enough, none of these drive-by infections installed themselves. They all relied on variations of the "you need to install this missing codec" social engineering trick — and a user's action, double-clicking the application — to get their malcode onto the target machine. Which means that, for now at least, you are potentially your own worst enemy, or your own best defense: Don't double-click that codec!


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Hello Everyone,
I'm Justin Davis
from Hatteras Island, Dare County, NC.
I'm just starting my experience with Beekeeping this coming spring. As usual I have been reading as many books
and magazines as possible. As well as internet articles and now this forum. I'm always drawn to learning things
that take a lot of studying. After all, that's what makes life so fun. People keep asking me why Bees? They think
I'm nuts. I just say, to learn about nature and experience working with it. So proceeding up to this event we have
cleared a nice qtr acre for our bees and garden.
Read a few books: Accidental BeeKeeper, Beekeeping for Dummies
Magazines: American Bee Journal, GRIT, Bee Culture Magazine
Catalogs: Brushy Mountain, and various others
Mother Earth News Fair, PA - Attended Top bar Hive Talks and met with an Urban Beekeeeper, and Carolina Bees.
I went to Mother Earth News Fair in PA last weekend and my girlfriend and I soaked up as much info as we could on
bees and the companies involved in the industry. Brushy Mountain was there and had a small booth. I was pretty
excited to see even a smoker and a few top feeders. As expected I made some purchases for the coming spring.
Everyone I met who were into beekeeping at the fair, I asked the same question... "how many hives?, one or two?"
They all said, Two. I'm going to be honest, I'm a little intimidated to be starting with two hives, but they say you
will learn more and you will be able to swap honey or brood frames to help a slower colony. At the fair I went
ahead and ordered 2 of the brushy mountain 8 frame hives, wax frames, smoker, goat skin gloves, bee brush,
and 2 top feeders.
I bought a bee suit a while back. The Ultra Breeze suit. I got that one due to the voting on this forum saying it
was the best one. Now I'm not a big sissy but I am scared of getting that first sting.
Now... we are in deep! Shaking in our boots a little but better to respect the girls than not.
If any of you keep bees within a few hours of us, we would love to be able to make friends.
This is a daunting hobby for the beginner. My grandfather has been beekeeping for 30 years
so I will have some help. But if I can get info on a local Dare County or Currituck County Club
we would love to join up! Also if you know a good bee supplier for our order... help!
Thanks for reading. We are delighted by the thought
of having our own honey.
Excited and ready for spring!
Justin and Sara
Soggy Island Farm, OBX.


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Marais Apartment + Air Conditioning
Size45 m²
Floor No.2
- Family/child friendly
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The bright apartment offers exposed brickwork, wooden floors and contemporary artwork. It features a double bedroom, and an open-plan living room/kitchen with a double sofa bed, and office area, and a breakfast bar. The fitted kitchen includes a kettle, a microwave and an oven.
Place de la République Square is just a 5-minute walk away. A Vélib Bike Rental Station is just 100 metres away and Notre Dame Cathedral is just a 10-minute journey by bike.
Le Marais is a vibrant neighbourhood with boutiques, supermarkets, street markets and excellent public transport links around Paris.
House rulesA €150 security deposit is required on check-in (cash only) and is refundable on successful check-out.
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|$ 28 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
I haven't been in a more clean apartement ever, it was just spotless!! The apartement is exactly like in the pictures and although the interior is not my style, it did give me a feel of home away from home, because of the warm colors, there is a really good energy in this flat. It has everything you need for a comfortable stay, including all the kitchen supplies. The host is very accomodating and nice, a gentleman. I can not think of anything bad to say about this flat. I highly recommend it to everybody! So douze points from The Netherlands!
Good appartement in a very nice part of Paris, le Marais. Very quiet. The contact with Stephane was very good.
My mom and I had the pleasure of staying in this lovely apartment in Le Marais and, I've got to say, we thoroughly enjoyed it. The location is ideal within walking distance to two tube stations, lots of great small restaurants, shops and you can also take a leisurely stroll to the Seine and Notre Dame. Very quiet apartment as it looks over a courtyard instead of a street (so no traffic noise!). Across the street is a great little place to have breakfast or dinner. Always full. The apartment itself is clean, comfortable and warm - went in mid-October. Shower is also ace. Runs like ours at home which is always hard to get when I travel. Bed - super comfortable - king size! With a pull out queen size in the living room. Only two of us stayed here but the apartment is ample enough for four to be comfortable. I really recommend this place and hopefully will be returning in the not too distant future. Thank you Stephane for being such a great host.
This apartment was great, very well located and it has all the necessary amenities for a short stay. The host was great and very friendly.
It is surrounded by a lot of cafes and bistros right in the center of the lightly and fun Marais.
I would recommend this property 100 %
Some difficulty attempting to figure out when we could get the deposit back - but it worked out eventually. Otherwise the stay way nice and the neighborhood was great!
Nice contact, very helpful and flexible. The apartment was as described and quite clean. We liked that it had many small things you need: water boiler, coffee, sugar, salt, dish liquid...
The location is close to public transport, very pretty and safe.
Unfortunately Stephane wasn't there himself and it was hard and stressful to get our deposit back from his colleage - several phone calls and waiting on different meeting points!
In responds to my booking Stephane was really helpful and quick in relpy! He provided good directions to the apartment (we followed directions from Gare du Nord, as we came by train).
From Gare du Nord to the appartment it took us only about 15 minutes by metro and a little walk, excellent!
After we called Stephane at arrival, a lady (sorry forget her name) welkomed us at the front door. She asked us for 15 minutes, so she could make sure the appartment ready.
When we stepped into the appartment it was all nice and clean. Good space for just the two of us. Clean bathroom, small but good equiped kitchen and good WiFi & TV reception.
As the appartment is located at the back (away from the street) it's nice and quit. The location is perfect to explore Paris and to stay for a few days. The area itself (The Marais) offers nice café's, a nice market (around the corner), nice (little) shops and really nice Streets.
I would highly recommend this appartment to everyone. I think its good price-value for the appartment and would like Stephane once again for our pleasant stay in his appartment!
The studio was small and cosy. We liked the quietness in the building and the neiborghood was fantastic and very close to public transportation. The service good exept I asked up front for two beds and we did not have enough bed sheets for the sofa even with me insisting when the studio got handed over to us. I can highly recommend it, c'est un bijou et Paris etait formidable! Merci Andreas and Long
Stephane's apartment was centrally located, clean, quiet and very well located. We stayed with a baby and the truth is that we are at home.
The stay was perfect!
El apartamento de Stephane estaba muy céntrico, limpio, tranquilo y muy bien ubicado. Nos alojamos con un bebé y la verdad es que nos encontramos como en casa.
La estancia fue perfecta!!
Very nice apartment in the Marais, the location is perfect for walking one, be it towards Place des Vosges or towards Centre Georges Pompidou, there is always something new to discover in the Marais.
The apartment itself is also very quiet as located in the backyard of the owner nice and helpful. Highly recommended!
Sehr schöne Wohnung im Marais, die Lage lädt zum Spazieren ein, sei es Richtung Place des Vosges oder Richtung Centre Georges Pompidou, es gibt immer etwas zu entdecken im Marais.
Die Wohnung selbst ist zudem sehr ruhig, da im Hinterhof gelegen, der Vermieter nett und hilfsbereit. Sehr empfehlenswert!
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This brought back real nice memories. Can we please go back ASAP? Please and thank you.
Weekend Getaway at the Beach
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My wonderful professor from IWU picked us up at the station in Durban and took us for coffee on the beach. He is from Durban and is spending the summer there with his family.
We were then dropped off at the Irie Lodge about 30 minutes south of Durban. We were greeted with Frank, an extremely helpful South African, and a bunch of monkeys
After a much needed nap, we found our way through the maze of the hills to a pizza place for lunch. We already began noticing major differences between Joburg and Durban (I'll mention them later). We laughed, ran, relaxed, napped, listened to music, and enjoyed life. Both nights we caught a taxi from a now good friend Reggie into Durban. The first night was spent with my professor and his wife at the BAT Centre with a life reggae band. The second was spent on Florida Road with two Israeli gentlemen we met at our hostel. Their story is an interesting one.
They recently finished the mandatory years of duty in the Israeli army as well as a few extra they signed up for. They spent their duty in the submarine unit so no actual combat. In Israel most people tend to travel and spend time abroad in order to figure out what they want to do with their lives before going on to college. They were enjoying a journey through Africa for as long as they could before starting their lives back in Israel. Their group started with 6 men but one of them broke his foot playing football on the beach a few weeks ago
We talked a lot about the conflict between Israel and Palestine and their perceptions of it. One of the first things they said to us was, "Don't believe the media. They change everything." Conversation continued on the side of promoting Israel's actions (a very awkward time for us to engage in such a deep issue with strangers)...then a shift happened. When it came down to living a life with a family and a career in Israel, it was apparent they wanted nothing else but the fighting to end. "If I could I would not have gone into the army. No one wants to live with violence. On both sides." They recognized that Palestinians are just like them with friends, family, and goals. The people of these nations don't want to live this way, but religious leaders and politicians rule certain actions. It was an important moment for them and for us. Their sentiments about the conflict really do reflect the idea of human rights: we are all human and just want to live a life of peace.
The whole weekend I looked for the ways in which I could prove we are all the same. From observing people on the beach to my encounters with the Israelis, I couldn't believe how much the world focuses on our differences
After dinner, the Israelis suggested we watch the American film Dodgeball. The other girls went to talk and I joined the Israelis and Frank in the living room. As the jokes started coming and a certain "American" humor was portrayed, I was actually concerned about whether or not the other three would "get it." Would they understand the jokes? Would they laugh? Would I be the only one laughing at something that they might find offensive? I tried not to focus on this and just enjoy the comedy. After a while I realized that they, too, were laughing at the exact same jokes. A South African, two Israelis, and an American were cracking up at Dodgeball. It was the perfect conclusion to the weekend. Three seemingly "different" types of people were actually the same. It probably seems insignificant to most but to me, it meant the world. Of course there are human rights. We are all humans. We are all inherently the same.
The next morning the Israelis made us breakfast and we ate together on the deck followed by an American card game they suggested. There were no reservations, judgments, or comparisons. We were just a bunch of people together at the Irie Lodge.


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We checked in around 3:30pm and were pleasantly surprised by the beautiful surroundings and the spacious chalet style cabina which also included a working fireplace. We explored the property and discovered a large strawberry field and saw many of the cows that roam the finca. It is so misty in this area that one often feels like they are in a dream. Tons of great plants and flowers can be found in this region including calla lilies, several varieties of roses & orchids, "poor man's umbrella", ferns & more. Unfortunately, we were not able to try the restaurant as it closes at 5pm, which was just when we arrived for dinner! Instead we went back to the room to light a fire and get to bed early so we could get a good start on the morning.
We left the hotel at 7:30am and took the short 15 minute drive to the entrance of the National Park. We were actually the first group to arrive that day, so we parked in front of the locked gate to wait for the park rangers to open the entrance at 8am. Poas is a great bargain for locals; the price is less than $2 to enter, less than $2 to park and small children are often free. The morning we arrived was sunny and clear, a good sign as it tends to be too cloudy at the top of the summit to actually see the crater. In fact, when I first visited this park two years ago I was only able to see white clouds everywhere I looked.
The main crater, which is one of the world's largest, most active volcanoes at over 1.3 kilometers wide, was partially visible when we arrived at the viewing platform a little past 8am. Surrounded by fumaroles and a layer of ash, the main crater has a lagoon inside that was bubbling and smoking the morning we visited. The weather was really warm this trip and we did not need the 4 layers of clothing I insisted we wear, so we quickly discarded the top two layers. ( The last time we visited it was literally below freezing and we were completely unprepared. Even though I am from Minnesota, I do not enjoy the cold and since moving to Costa Rica 7 years ago I have found that I am extra sensitive to the cold and completely freak out when I am even a little bit chilly!)
We stopped by to see the main crater one more time before leaving and found that the other side was now smoking. It was starting to cloud over completely and it was only 9am! I am glad we arrived early. In fact, I would love to see the crater at 7am, but the park does not open that early. We stopped in the cafe in the tourist center for some hot chocolate and a snack on the way out and passed a ton of people who were just arriving.
Next to the cafe there is a really large gift shop and art gallery, but unless you are not going to visit any other part of Costa Rica I wouldn't buy anything here. They have the same stuff as everyone else at very high prices. The art gallery was an interesting walk through, but everything was over priced.
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ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. - A string of burglaries is plaguing downtown Rogersville and hurting some small businesses. We learned 12 small businesses have reported burglaries in the past two weeks.
Downtown Rogersville is full of small businesses giving their own unique qualities to the town.
Now some business owners are finding a surprise when they get to work. "When I went to make change for the first customer, I opened the cash drawer and there was nothing in there," says owner of Miss Bea's Perks and Pies, Connie Reeves.
Reeves tells us last week someone broke into the restaurant and took money. "I'm really angry. They stole nearly $500 from us," adds Reeves.
Reeves isn't the only one; just a few miles down the road Jamie's Barber Shop was also burglarized. "I finally got my door open and saw the striker plate had been pried open with a screw driver," says owner Jamie Rodgers.
Rodgers is the owner of the barber shop and he tells us nothing was damaged inside, but things were missing. "They took about $100 cash and I had five pocket knives on my back bar. They took those also," adds Rodgers.
Like Reeves, Rodgers is angry. "It's aggravating when you work hard for what you've got and somebody comes in and they just take it," says Rodgers.
We learned 12 small business owners have reported burglaries through the downtown area. "They wouldn't tear anything up, they would just get cash and things of that nature," says Rogersville detective Charlie Gibson.
Police say one important thing business owners can do is to make sure they lock their dead bolts that will make it harder for people to get inside. "Don't have any cash laying around. Try to take all of that out of the place of business," adds Gibson.
Both businesses we spoke to tell us they've got new deadbolts on the doors and they are keeping a closer eye out.
Police tell us they believe all the burglaries are connected. They tell us are trying to get DNA and fingerprints.
They've also interviewed some suspects and are hoping to make an arrest soon.
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Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic fell as worse-than-expected euro zone manufacturing data bolstered concern its economic recovery might take longer than feared.
The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index dropped to 46.5 in March, from 47.9 in February, according to the flash estimate. Flash Germany Manufacturing PMI dropped to 48.9 in March, a three-month low and down from 50.3 in February.
"The flash PMI data suggest that the euro-zone business environment deteriorated at a quickening rate in March," Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit, said in a statement. "The concern is that the downturn has gathered pace again."
Meanwhile, the European Central Bank told Cyprus it has until Monday to come up with a plan to raise its 5.8-billion-euro share of a 10-billion-euro bailout plan; failure means the end of the ECB's emergency lifeline for the country's bleeding banks.
"Europe is in desperate need for growth, but today's bad PMI numbers are signalling a worsening of growth prospects," Witold Bahrke, who helps oversee US$55 billion as senior strategist at PFA Pension in Copenhagen, told Bloomberg News. "This, combined with increasing political risk, is normally a recipe for renewed euro stress."
Also weighing on Wall Street were earnings that fell short of expectations. Shares of Oracle tanked, last down 8.8 per cent, after the company reported sales and profit that disappointed analysts and investors after yesterday's market close.
In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.54 per cent, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid 0.42 per cent, and the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0.77 per cent.
Europe's Stoxx 600 Index ended the day with a 0.7 per cent decline from the previous close.
Benchmark indexes in the UK, Germany and France also weakened, shedding 0.7 per cent, 0.9 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively.
While optimistic, the latest data on US housing and jobs failed to change the mood.
Existing home sales climbed 0.8 per cent to an annual rate of 4.98 million units in February, the highest level since November 2009, according to the National Association of Realtors.
"With buying conditions remaining very supportive to demand and overall economic fundamentals continuing to improve, we expect the momentum in housing activity to improve further, providing a supportive backdrop for the recovery more generally," Millan Mulraine, a senior economist at TD Securities in New York, told Reuters.
A separate report showed that US house prices climbed 6.5 per cent in the year through January, the largest increase since 2006, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.


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Brings back the old question. How much can injuries be used as an excuse for a teams' play?
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Main thing is to greatly decrease the surface of the water to minimize evaporation. The solid ones will be less effective... would hollow ones be worth 2x the cost... don't see it offhand. One may be able to find them even cheaper yet or hollow ones for the same price; that link was the 1st one I found when searching Google.


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It all started back in 2005, when APC provided travel support to one of the representatives from Bytes For All Pakistan to participate in the Tunis phase of World Summit on Information Society. It was such a great learning experience, providing us with the opportunity to meet and network with the APC staff and its members gathered in Tunis from all around the world. This interaction also helped build mutual trust between APC and Bytes For All, Pakistan for long term partnership.
In 2006, APC conceived and seeded a small but an extremely important initiative as part of which the Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor network was established. The network objectives outlined at its inception were:
to highlight and capture ICT and development related campaign issues in Pakistan and register civil society perspective to those issues.
- to work as a bridge in between ICT and development professionals, technologists, policy makers, academia, media and larger civil society.
- to launch policy advocacy campaigns around various ICT policy issues in the country.
- to work as an information gateway for ICT and development communities in Pakistan.
This was first time ever in the history of the country that civil right organizations got themselves connected to the ICT policy space in the country. This network not only helped CSOs but all other stakeholders to raise their voice on ICT policy issues, as the usual practice being policy making in isolation without any inclusive or participatory approaches. At that time, Pakistan already had a dormant policy document and unimplemented IT Action Plan. This state of affairs helped the network a great deal to build its advocacy campaigns and engage with the policy makers at highest level with collective voice on issues of concern. Since 2006, the network has covered a lot of ground and currently enjoys the reputation of being the only and most inclusive ICT Policy space in Pakistan. The discussion group has 252 members representing all different stakeholders throughout the country.
We can claim with pride that this small initiative helped a great deal to mainstream civil society perspective to ICT policy debate in the county. In addition, it also helped attract many different research projects including review of Pakistan ICT Policy, Internet Censorship and Surveillance issues, Gender mainstreaming in ICT Policy processes and Privacy issues in the cyberspace to mention a few. It was because of this network that .PK ccTLD included one of its members as civil society representative to its advisory board.- Shahzad Ahmad, Bytes For All Pakistan, Pakistan, May 2009


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The Gaining Early Awareness And Readiness For Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) was created in 1998 as part of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. As mandated by the legislation, GEAR UP grantees seek to increase postsecondary access and completion through information to students and parents, individualized academic and social support to students, parent involvement in education, educational excellence, school reform and student participation in rigorous courses.
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- What do the federal resources allocated to GEAR UP "buy?"
- What are the effects of GEAR UP on student preparation for college?
- What GEAR UP experiences and project strategies are most effective? Are certain program approaches or models more effective than others?
- What effect did GEAR UP have on partner schools?
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The first report to be released from the evaluation is the National Evaluation of GEAR UP: A Summary of the First Two Years. This report presents descriptive results from the evaluation regarding program implementation in the first two years of operation. Data for the report come from baseline surveys of GEAR UP participants and their parents, site visits to 20 GEAR UP partnership and 7 state grantees, and the Annual Performance Report submitted by all grantees. A future report will evaluate the effects of GEAR UP on a variety of middle-school student academic and behavioral outcomes and is expected to be released in 2004.
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