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Jacob Aldridge
- From Brisbane, Australia
International Business Advisor, Speaker & Author at JacobAldridge.com
- Business Model: Freelance
- $14,000+monthly revenue
- $10,000+monthly profit
- All info self-reported by interviewee
- Published February 6, 2020
- Reviewed and edited by Rita Epps
Who are you and how do you make money online?
I'm Jacob Aldridge. I'm an international business advisor, keynote speaker, Guinness World Record holder, published author, TV show host, start-up investor, loving father, and an amazing husband.
Crunch Accounting in the UK called me "the ultimate remote worker". I'm also really modest.
My primary income is Business Coaching & Advisory.
I work directly with business owners, usually 1-on-1 via Zoom, when they find themselves stuck and need a trusted advisor who understands all the different aspects of the business (Wealth, Growth, Revenue, Productivity) in a practical way.
My business model isn't unique, but in a world where the average business coach lasts less than three years…
…I've been doing this successfully since 2006 and actually still work with my first ever client.
So I practice what I preach, including having my own coach, and offer clients a comprehensive business methodology from Start-Up to Sell-Up.
Last year I earned just over $200,000 AUS, which is all Gross Profit and works out at about $10,000 per month after expenses and taxes.
That was working part-time because we had our first baby and visited 21 different countries.
(All the figures I'm sharing are in Australian Dollars, since that's where I pay my taxes. It basically converts 1:1 into US Dollars – the exchange rate is weak right now, but when I've worked in the US or with US peers we charge the same number of USD as we do AUD and the market accepts that.)
💻 Editor's note: see our full list of ways to make money online.
What does a typical workday look like for you?
My business is online, and our lifestyle is semi-nomadic (we're working on that).
Most of my dollar-productive activity is in face-to-face conversations with my clients. These are usually done through Zoom wherever I am in the world.
I also aim to spend some time each year near my larger clients in Australia and the UK so they receive some in-person love. And I speak at many conferences each year, so my income isn't totally online (but could be).
I like to book my client sessions in the mornings. I'm a slow-paced "Maker", so afternoon meetings mess with my energy.
I'll either have meetings all day, or aim to have them only before lunchtime. Time-zones mess with this, as I have clients around the world so often end up with early evening calls as well.
I love working evenings, but on my more creative endeavors – whether that's writing blogs or preparing strategic recommendations.
Afternoons are for Admin or Business Development activity.
I aim to keep a few days every month clear from any phone calls so I can work on my strategic priorities.
Lately, that's been finalizing The Start-up Business Guide which went on sale this January.
Next week I do the test recordings for a co-hosted podcast on experiencing IVF from the man's side.
Before I went location-independent, my average client was larger and I would normally spend a half-day or a full-day in their office, designing strategy with the leadership team.
That's hard to do remotely, so now most of my clients are 1-on-1 or 1-on-2 with the business owners, CEO, or key individuals. Less contact = smaller fees = more clients, or at least more meetings each month.
It's not ideal for me, but it's a trade-off for the travel.
The biggest shift in the past year hasn't been truly taking the business "on the road" to try the Digital Nomad life…it was welcoming our first child.
And to be honest, I'm still learning the new routines and how work will fit into the new normal. For instance, a lot of my 'Afternoon' tasks have been shifted to 'After Bed' tasks, which probably isn't sustainable.
There's no doubt I would be earning more money if I was based in one location.
Some clients want me in-person only, and some services I offer – like the leadership teamwork or off-site Retreat facilitation – can't be done properly online.
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea for your business?
I fell into business coaching by accident, and I am still surprised it worked out so well.
Even though my business today is an evolution of the one I started in 2006, it helps to think about them as two separate enterprises: before I went online, and the current business.
The first business is where I learned my business skills.
After university, I struggled to find a decent job.
Mostly because I was a deep generalist with no desire (or need) to focus on one industry or career.
I landed a job as the State Operations Manager for a real estate franchise, because they needed someone with a broad range of experience across things like training, auditing, and IT.
That was the first time I had a job that had time out of the office, on the road – I was helping offices all over Queensland, which for context is the distance between London and Istanbul.
I really, really liked not having to clock into an office and sit at a desk all day.
But wearing a tie and earning not much – both sucked.
So I went looking for a similar career that paid a little better.
Luckily for me, I met some 'business coaches' who were expanding into Queensland and were willing to underwrite my business and training while I got started.
That was April 2006, although in many ways I didn't take my business seriously until 2010 when my beautiful wife and I decided to move from Australia to London in the middle of the global financial crisis.
I arrived in London with limited savings or contacts…
…and had to get hustling in the Wintertime (there's a longer story behind that!)
Making that situation work for us – both financially and for the travel lifestyle we wanted – wasn't easy. I'm still really proud of how I dealt with that.
We returned to Australia at the end of 2012 to start a family. Little did we know that 6 years and 9 rounds of IVF were going to be required.
But as those years dragged on, the concept for our current business model – international business advisor, traveling the world working while also building wealth for our financial independence goals – began to form.
Travel is a huge focus for my family.
Living in Australia we were a long way from everywhere, so we decided to build a business that would allow us to base ourselves elsewhere for chunks of time.
We committed to this course with a new Business Vision and Strategy in January 2016, so when our daughter was born in March 2019 we were ready.
There were two key moments that helped us agree on a location-independent coaching business.
The first was sitting in Manarola, on Italy's Cinque Terre, in 2012. We were halfway through a three-month holiday moving back to Australia, and I was going stir crazy not working.
I had to stop for a day and work on a business idea – just to stay sane.
We had a healthy conversation about how to combine our love of travel with my need to work…Seed planted!
The second key moment was about half-way through 2013. I was back home building my practice in Australia, and found that after the global financial crisis the market was flooded with "business coaches" – it had basically become a euphemism for "I got laid off by a bank and needed to do something".
To help position myself above the fray, I retitled myself on LinkedIn as an "International Business Coach" (because I had worked in multiple countries by that point).
The very next day another coach I knew called me to ask if I could help him run some training programs with HSBC in Hong Kong.
How did you prepare to launch the business?
Launching the current online business was a gradual and deliberate process.
In 2017, one of my top business priorities was learning to coach through Zoom / Skype etc, and finding more remote clients who didn't want or expect me to work with them in person.
Because I already had a long history of business coaching, the skills, profile, and networks already existed.
I just needed to re-position myself towards remote coaching…
…rather than the larger in-person projects.
Remote coaching differs from doing it in person, as it's much harder to hold the energy of the room your client is in.
Pauses risk becoming distractions, and there's always the temptation for the client to check some emails thinking I won't notice.
I quickly realized that 1-on-1 or at most 2-3 clients on a call at once was the maximum that I could achieve in a coaching space, and that requests to work with a bigger group required a training solution.
I kept my prices high.
At first, it was a minimum of $800 for a monthly, two-hour coaching call.
Now I charge $1,000, with no ongoing commitments or lock-in contracts.
My coach for comparison, charges $1,200 with a minimum 12-month commitment (and is worth it).
Of course, I was flexible when it comes to enterprise-pricing, especially when it helped me build the story of working internationally and remotely.
So my largest (by headcount) client has me coaching about a dozen of their international leaders each month, directly or in small groups, and we do shorter sessions with them at a much lower per-person investment.
They were a great client when launching – it allowed me to legitimately say, 'I'm currently working with clients in 5 different countries, and most Australian States'.
For a high-risk purchase like Business Coaching, experience brings credibility which makes the next client more confident to invest.
By mid-2019 I had wrapped up most of my local commitments in Australia.
There are definitely some teething issues still to overcome, but on July 25th that year I hopped on a plane to the USA and had 23 flights in the subsequent 20 weeks to really road test the new business.
And it worked!
How much money did you have to spend to get started?
Since it was an evolution of my existing business, startup costs were minimal. However, it's worth breaking down some of the key investments:
- Laptop, Phone, etc. You don't need to be state-of-the-art here. I'll be replacing both of these this year and have budgeted around $1,000 for each because I want some specific video-editing capabilities.
- Training to be a Business Coach. The awesome Shirlaws induction program I did in 2006 is sadly no longer available. It took 18 months, included loads of time on the road – including time earning money working as a coach – and cost about $15,000. There are way cheaper courses, but most of them are on 'how to be a coach' not 'how to start a successful coaching business'.
- Marketing. You don't have to spend much on marketing, if you have an existing network to work with. This is where building the business before traveling the world or going exclusively online really helps.
From my experience coaching other coaches over the years: conversion rates from AdWords, buying mailing lists, cold calling and so on are fairly low. If the LifeTime Value (LTV) of a client is $10,000 – of course, they may pay off, but it's a fine line between winning 1 client and winning 0 clients.
- Ongoing Coaching. I work as a coach because I know good coaching works, and it helps business owners. I'd be a hypocrite not to put my money where my mouth is.
Once you feel comfortably trained, go and find a coach you can afford – a rule of thumb is working with someone who charges 20% more than you do, though I also swap in specific coaches for areas I want to focus on.
- Software. I spend a little on things like Dropbox, Zoom, Private VPN, WordPress hosting, plus some one-off purchases (I invested in Camtasia a few years back; this week I subscribed to SalesQL to export all my LinkedIn Contacts's email addresses). $100/month is a reasonable budget, but if you have more time than money you can get by on less.
- An Office. A good home office is great. When traveling, I pay extra for accommodation that has space for me to make coaching calls without disturbing the family.
It seems most co-working spaces are open plan, maybe have a small, uncomfortable space for quick phone calls, or offer private offices on larger membership fees (which works if you're not nomadic). You can't be a coach in an open plan environment.
Just make sure wherever you do the calls, it doesn't look like an unmade bed – I've worked from courtyards in Paris, balconies over Lake Como, and squished into a spare bedroom in Salzburg. In every case, I did the legwork to find a spot where the background matched my fees.
The biggest expense is going to be time.
Especially time not earning as much money as you did before.
Coaching is a good career to start as a part-time side-hustle, as long as you put in the business development time – sales and marketing – every week.
Talk us through your first few months (or first year) in business.
I remember in my original business having a particularly bad day in early 2009, right when the global economy was bottoming out.
I had 5 sales meetings booked for that day…and every single one of them canceled.
At the time I was part of a national coaching group (I paid them a percentage of my income, and they provided a lot of Branding and Admin support) so I sent out a group email to the whole country sharing what had happened.
Over the rest of the afternoon, I received about a dozen replies all sending love and sharing what was going on for them. Why do I tell that story?
Business coaching is an emotionally intense career.
Owning a business is an emotional roller-coaster, and you're not only riding that yourself, but you are also helping every one of your clients do the same.
You're charging them for the privilege, so there are no "off days", or more specifically, any off days you have can be quite expensive. I've fortunately only had two sick days that have impacted clients in the past five years, but each of them lost me $2,000 in revenue.
Some client sessions are intense, and you will be exhausted afterwards.
Early on, when you're doing more sales activity than actual work, you'll have super exciting wins and some super disappointing losses. Having an emotional support network is so helpful in this situation.
I'm fortunate to have my beautiful wife, who is an integral part of my business every day.
She's able to take my daily download, let me shake it off, and not jump into any emotional palaver. Mentors or Buddies can play the same role.
Last year, truly leaning into the new remote business, also reinforced the importance of business development activity.
I had a clear three month lag between activity and revenue.
I sent a newsletter just before flying out in July, then did nothing…and sure enough, in October my revenue dropped from $16,500 to $6,800.
(We knew it was coming, and decided to accept the consequences to enjoy more time traveling as a new family. November was a big month of activity and that's paid off in early 2020 with monthly income climbing back towards $20,000.)
You don't have to work crazy hours, you just have to be focused and productive.
And if you are a digital nomad, work has to be one of your 'big rocks' – you're working and traveling, not working if you have any time left over.
How did you make your first $100 online?
Way back in February 2010, we decided to move from Australia to London. To help with the transition, I went looking for client projects I could do in either country.
I landed two of them – doing all the marketing for an Australian coaching business, and helping a UK coaching business build their online product.
That was my first taste of having location independent online income – and I loved it.
Unfortunately, the great recession saw both companies contract.
The UK business actually shut down the project 3 days before we boarded a plane, so we left for London with zero income.
We learned from that experience when we started building this current business model.
More clients, and never stop doing the business development activity.
My first genuine "can you coach us remotely" client started in January 2018.
I had known that business since 2009, I actually flew myself to Sydney in 2017 to attend their internal conference which reignited the relationship and opportunity.
How does the business make money today?
Let's breakdown my 2019 financials and look at the sources across the 5 Attractants. I earned $200,000, of which:
- $155,000 was Repeat work from Existing Clients
- $12,000 was Referrals from Existing Clients
- $10,000 came from Marketing & Advertising (that's 1 client from Organic Google).
- $15,000 came from Strategic Referral Partners
- $8,000 was from a Volume Play, specifically a conference I had spoken at the previous year.
More from Existing
I achieve the great 'More from Existing' repeat clients with three main approaches.
Firstly, manage expectations and energy:
…tell the client what you're going to do with them, do it well, then make sure you tell them you've done it (because they will forget).
My favorite question is "What is the most valuable thing you've received from our coaching / this session?", which reinforces their return on investment and keeps them eager to stay or return as a client.
For those I haven't worked with in a while, there are my general Newsletter campaigns (while this stopped in the second half of 2019, prior to that I published a business video every Friday morning for three years) and ad hoc phone calls to…
…genuinely asking how they're doing, and generally what they're seeing or experiencing in the business world right now.
Obviously all those Existing Clients had to come from somewhere at first.
A quick glance points out one that came from Google, while the rest were referrals from either other clients or strategic referral partners.
Referrals from Existing and Strategic Referral Partners
I didn't prioritize my marketing or asking for referrals last year. My revenue target, because of the new baby and travel, was $100,000.
The $200,000 I achieved was my top stretch goal.
This year, with targets of $250,000 / $350,000 / and $400,000 I will reinstigate my simple approach to asking previous and current clients for referrals.
This is a topic that gets a whole chapter in my latest book, but the simple truth is that most business owners never ask the question, or when they do they're not specific enough.
Similarly with Strategic Referral Partners, who go out of the way to actively refer to me.
I built those relationships quite deliberately, found how it would benefit them to help me, and then give them a very transparent update about my business and my client's needs on a regular basis.
Marketing and Advertising
Several years back, I made it to #1 on Google for the search phrase "business coach Brisbane" (where I live) or if anyone searched for "business coach" with location services showing they were in the greater Brisbane region.
This is an updated version of the page that got to #1. At one point that was bringing in about 3 leads per month, almost all of them too small for my fees.
I addressed this by publishing my fees online (that page is a little out of date) which removed most tire-kickers…
…and indeed other coaches referenced on the page have received clients as a result.
I'm not opposed to investing in marketing – some of the best clients I've worked with have come through live events – but I haven't needed to and I'm not sure what the right marketing strategy would be for remote clients.
In the past, I've heavily used SourceBottle and HARO to earn myself free media.
Volume Play
This is my category for the big activity that puts you in front of scores or hundreds of potential clients at once.
At present, this is conference speaking – a tricky one to do if you want to be truly online-only, but potentially fabulous if you'd like a reason (or even to be paid) to travel somewhere.
A single Conference I spoke at in 2018 led to two paid keynote presentations and one coaching client in 2019.
My biggest expenses in 2019 were:
- License and Back Office Fees – $20,000 (mostly the first 6 months of the year, when I still had an office)
- Coaching and Training – $15,000
- Travel – $8,000
- Admin and Marketing Support – $4,000.
While I'd love for all our travel to be tax-deductible, that's not realistic.
However, with clever planning, you can make the most of client visits and conferences.
What are some of the challenges particular to this kind of online business?
Any form of Consulting or Advisory can be fantastic in the short term. Because you're selling your existing expertise at a great hourly rate, and if the first clients want you to deliver work immediately, you can.
The challenge over time is that I'm still basically selling my time, and while I can grow that by increasing my rates…
…my business still requires me to be available for clients at set times every month.
I've tried multiple ways to scale with more people.
But I'm not interested in taking on staff and our nomadic lifestyle doesn't blend easily with business partners.
Ultimately the answer is productizing my business methodology.
My current belief is that the days of building a product online and then marketing it are mostly gone.
The necessary approach in 2020 is building the audience and then finding the right pricing and packaging to sell into them.
To that end, my primary 2020 focus is 'Content Creation' as the source activity that will lead to a 10X larger audience as an outcome.
If I miss my commercial goals but achieve that, I'll still be delighted.
Of course, I'm in a financial position to be able to miss some financial goals.
Many new consultants underestimate just how much 'sales' activity needs to go into building a successful business.
I always say you need to find new clients four-at-a-time.
Because finding them one-at-a-time just creates a rollercoaster of revenue ups and downs.
If you were starting the same business today, from scratch, how would you do it?
First and foremost, decide whether to be online-only from the start or whether to accept a few years of in-person consulting work.
The latter is probably easier and can be more financially rewarding, and can evolve into online-only if you want (like my business).
Either way, let me answer this question by using one of the strategic frameworks I use with clients – so an example of consulting work as well!
The top 3 priorities of any start-up business:
- Product-Market Fit
- Business Model
- Sustainable Sales.
1. Product-Market Fit
In consulting, the product (what you sell) is you and it's the clear methodology you apply to achieve an outcome for the client.
Too many new consultants, confident in their own experience and ability, go to the market and try to sell themselves as "able to do everything" or "trust me, I can help".
It's way too vague and clients can't buy that.
While I now have multiple products across Wealth, Growth, Revenue, and Profit that I can slice and dice – they all follow the same structure (which is basic project management, so feel good about stealing this):
- Business Review – either a workshop to agree on priorities, or a deep dive analysis of their business through documents and interviews.
- Strategy Design – agree and document what the business needs to change in order to achieve their outcome/s.
- Execution – help the client through the inevitable roadblocks that arrive through implementation.
If I were starting today, I would focus on revenue in a business.
Being able to demonstrate how you helped increase revenue shows the client a clear ROI that will encourage them to keep investing in you.
I have two strategic frameworks (and other operational tools) in this space: one for the Marketing Strategy and one for the Sales Hourglass.
As a specific product you could sell:
- Review a business against each of those headings (and how well clients move from one to the next). Charging anything from free (not recommended) up to $10,000 for this piece of work. Make specific recommendations about what they need to do next, which leads into…
- Help them design the strategic change in the 3 (maximum) areas that need the most work. Deliver some quick wins, but keep this big picture and long term. Charge anywhere from $5,000 to $100,000 for this. The final part of Strategy Design is agreeing with the Implementation Plan, so you can…
- Help with implementation on a monthly retainer ($1,000 – $4,000). As Mike Tyson said, everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. Executing a project means lots of being punched in the face, so there's massive value in you helping them over the line.
Some basic project management skills – like why project management sucks – can help here as well.
See, how much easier it is to explain what you're going to do and the value you bring, when you have this structure compared to "trust me, I can help"?
Don't fall into the temptation to make your offering too bespoke.
Have a clear, limited set of services that you offer because that makes it easy for the client to buy.
Now, if this is the Product you're going to sell, who is the Market you think will buy it?
(By the way, if you have no idea what Product / Service to sell, you can go find the market first and see what they need.)
I like small to medium B2B businesses, mostly $1.5 million to $17 million in revenue or 12-96 staff members. They're big enough to have money, and small enough to make fast decisions.
They also generally have only one or two owners, so coaching them remotely can work – much better than herding a dozen accounting partners into a board room.
And because they're B2B not B2C, I also understand their clients.
Achieving the Product-Market Fit is an iterative process – it takes up more than 5 chapters in my Start-up Business Guide.
The basic principle starting out though is this: talk to as many people as you can, ask them for help and feedback, and keep refining your message until people say "How can I buy this?".
Start with your existing networks (even if they're not your target market, ask who they can introduce you to) and talk to other successful business owners in your space.
The best people are always happy to make time to help others.
Editor's note: for examples and templates of how to find clients via your existing network, check out the Billboard and Door-to-Door methods.
2. Business Model
Broadly, your business model is the process a client takes moving through your business to get their outcome (and happily pay your invoice).
For consultants, this usually looks like a consistent methodology and is linked to the product chat above.
Consultants have a really simple business model – you're exchanging hours for dollars.
The basic business model framework is Volume x Margin.
In other words, what volume of work do you want to do at what profit margin / fee?
Today, my target is 4 small clients at $1,000 each per month plus 4 larger clients averaging $4,000 each per month.
When I started, I was happy to work much cheaper…
…though never for free.
I'm mentoring one new coach at the moment who is charging $250 per month to clients. At maximum realistic efficiency, he could work with 10 clients per week.
He would be working harder than me, with many more clients, and earning half as much.
But that's what he needs right now, and long before he has 40 paying clients his rates will start increasing.
3. Sustainable Sales
Consultants need to maintain business development (marketing and sales) activity, always.
Even clients who love you will eventually want to pause, or change the dynamic of the relationship.
And it's possible for your style and energy to go stale over time.
Right from the start, choose a Marketing Strategy that fits into your personal Bullseye.
But don't fall into the trap of thinking Inbound Marketing and Content Generation will suffice. These won't pay off for some time… right now, you need to do Outbound Sales Activity.
(Quick side note: If you think Sales is a dirty word, business consulting isn't for you. You have to sell yourself. Moreover, all of your clients are in the business of selling something, and if you don't appreciate that you won't be able to properly help them.)
Outbound Sales is just relationship building.
My start-up targets (each time I've moved countries) are 5 phone calls a day and 4 meetings a week, ideally with all of those meetings on the same day so you have focused sales energy.
I'm an introvert. Talking to that many people is exhausting.
One of the best coaches I ever worked with used to average 25 phone calls a day and 10 meetings a week – even when he was full of clients.
Needless to say, he made more money than me (but I like my life way better).
When you meet people, get them on your Database and add them on LinkedIn. This is where your marketing content starts to make a difference.
Be clear what you're selling (the Product), how much it costs and what the client's ROI will be. Make it easy for prospects to say 'No', because that also makes it easier for them to say 'Yes'.
If anyone would like me to go into more detail on this…
…I'm happy to do a free webinar for eBiz Facts readers.
Just drop a comment below and if there's enough interest we'll set it up in the coming weeks.
What books, podcasts, courses or other resources would you recommend to someone who wants to follow in your footsteps?
If you've never run your own business and don't know how to structure your product or service methodology, do consider some of the programs out there which can teach you to be a business consultant:
- Gazelles have one of the most comprehensive systems currently available.
- And remember my earlier point, so you can spot the difference between a course that will teach you to be a good consultant vs. the one that will teach you to run a good consulting business – which is way more valuable.
If you have some idea of your Product, there are some helpful resources. I don't much like business books that talk only about the good stuff (set a vision, culture eats strategy for breakfast, start with why and it will all magically work).
So two that I do recommend are:
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz
- The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber
If I could give all my stuff away, I still wouldn't because sometimes people need skin in the game to value it. But:
- Blackboard Fridays is a set of 134 business videos I hosted, over 12 hours of great bite-sized business tips and frameworks. All available for free on YouTube.
- My most recent book is The Start-up Business Guide: 50 First Steps Successful Founders Complete in Their First Year. I'm really proud of that and some of the bonus resources we've included.
And if you're just looking for a community of other awesome people looking to create great things, mostly in the consulting or solopreneur space:
- Dent's Key Person of Influence program exists in many countries around the world, and is also supported by some great podcasts and Daniel Priestly's awesome books.
📚 Editor's note: see our ultimate list of the best books for online entrepreneurs.
What are your top 5 business tools?
I use and recommend:
- WordPress for websites that are easy to update every few years (as mine is currently doing).
- MailChimp for Email Marketing and as a basic CRM.
- Audacity and Camtasia for audio and video editing.
- Zoom for video calls.
- LinkedIn as your little black book of business contacts that updates itself.
Where can we go to learn more?
- Come see me at JacobAldridge.com and subscribe to my awesome business + quirky newsletter. My modesty is really on display there.
- If you need to put aside a whole day and just binge on my wisdom (understandable, you're only human) then the 134 videos on Blackboard Fridays or the 50 chapters of The Start-up Business Guide are amazing.
- A collection of my more interesting public presentations (everything from Embracing the Feminine Energy in Business through to me talking about growth while dressed as Santa Claus) is available here.


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How do I get faster? The ultimate question for a coach and competitive runner. While there really is no magic workout or super predictor, there are some best practices.
Different workouts are designed for different physical benefits, and those benefits have varying levels of importance at different race distances. Longer races require the physical ability to hold up over a few hours of running, while 5k races force an athlete to deal with higher levels of pain but for a shorter period of time.
As we have pointed out before, two athletes running the same workouts at the same pace(or intensity level) may not gain identical adaptations. New runners and seasoned runners will adapt differently, and age and gender seem to also play a role. With that in mind, we present some workout ideas for success at major race distances.
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A type of accommodation in the tourism industry, usually detached. The value chalet describes a holiday cottage, holiday home or vacation home with self-contained cooking and bathroom facilities.
Not to be confused with the French term "chalet" for privately owned mountain cabins, for them it is better to use building=cabin or building=house instead.
How to map
Set a node at the center of the feature or draw an area along its outline. Add tourism=chalet + name=*.
Tags used in combination
- brand=* - the brand / association this chalet belongs to (probably a club=sport or similar)
- operator=* - person,company or community responsible for the chalet (local operator)
- addr=* - the address of the chalet
- Contact information:
- Internet access
This could apply to nodes (single chalet) or areas (a group of chalets).
Relationship to tourism=apartment
Between tourism=apartment and tourism=chalet is a clear distinction: Chalets are one or more detached holiday cottages which you rent exclusively, apartments are several flats in one shared building (or one flat in one part of the building and other usages, like private apartments or a restaurant, in the other part).


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Butt Week: Spirou et Fantasio
Dick Grayson might have the best butt in the DC universe, but Spirou's got the best butt in France!
From Adventure en Australie, Spirou has found himself hitching a ride on a truck full of gun-toting kidnappers. So in true Hansel and Gretel style, he lays a trail with the only thing he has. Items of clothing.
Oh, if only their hideout was a little further away. That's some fine French derriere right there, folks.
But equal time for Fantasio is needed, so while we only get a fleeting look at the goods, we do see his interesting choice of underwear colours. From La Frousse Aux Trousses, we learn that Fanta is not a morning person.
Maybe he washed his with Spirou's special red speedo, I dunno.
(idea for post thanks to timemonkey's post here)
Event: Butt Week
Character: Spirou
Character: Fantasio
Publisher: Dupuis
Creator: Tome
Creator: Janry


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This figure features Woody. Woody is the leader of Andy's toys who once feared he would be replaced once Buzz was introduced but the two of them created a friendship that will last forever and taught us all what it means to be a true pal.
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Tonight on NBC America's Got Talent begins with an all-new Tuesday, August 7, 2018, episode and we have your America's Got Talent recap below! On tonight's AGT season 13 episode 11 "Judge Cuts 4″, as per the NBC synopsis, "Comedian and TV host Chris Hardwick joins the judges' panel for the final round of Judge Cuts and has the opportunity to send an act directly to the live shows with a Golden Buzzer. During Judge Cuts, contestants have one last chance to impress the judges before going live for America's vote."
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The contestants were one performance away from the live shows. All they had to do was survive the final round of Judge Cuts on tonight's all-new episode of "America's Got Talent" to get to that point, however, nerves were beginning to set in. The contestants knew that only seven acts will be moving on to the next round and so they tried to make what could be their last performance something worth remembering. The first act of the night had been Brian King Joseph and he reminded every one of his story when he went before the judges. He told them that he suffered from a nerve disorder that would ultimately consume entire his body and this order will take away all physical feeling. And therefore when he performed tonight, he was in a lot of pain and couldn't feel his fingers as he began to play his violin.
Brian was a skilled violinist. There was no doubt about that or his stage presence because he was quite a performer but, while the judges loved him, they also remembered that they were going to be viewing eighteen acts and so Brian's performance might not be enough. The judges hadn't wanted to raise his expectations only they had no problem at all with letting the next act know what they think of them. The next act was Yumbo Dump! The comedic duo was known for making noises with their stomachs that they called it body noises. They also really funny in a silly sort of way and so most of the judges had loved them. The one exception had been Mel B. She didn't get the act and she didn't understand why the others were so amused.
Like even tonight's guest judge thought it was funny. Chris Hardwicke had known some Japanese and hadn't been afraid to participate in the act. He had enjoyed himself with these two and he hadn't been alone. Heidi said their catchphrase, Simon asked them to do whale noises, and Howie had promised to vouch for this act when it came time to deliberate because he loved them that much. So the judges weren't afraid to disagree. They later disagreed on Academy of Villains. AoV was a dance group and they carried out their act tonight dressed as mimes. It was unique and Mel came to like this group while Simon pressed the 'reject' buzzer. He said that performance was something he would forget in the next ten minutes and so he hadn't cared for the Villains.
Simon hadn't really gone into why he found the act forgettable when the Villains yet he did expand on it after he watched Da Republik. Da Republik was another dance group and Simon had enjoyed their act more. He said that DR had personality and he told them that made them more likable, so Simon had favorites amongst the dance group which helped at least one group at ease. The next act had been thirteen Berlin. She was a singer and she had given a stronger performance tonight. The judges thought it was an improvement even if they weren't that enthused by it. They didn't get up out of their seat until they saw Sasha and Sergey. The father/daughter duo had truly impressed everyone last time with their trapeze act and this time around they made it more dangerous.
Simon had asked them if they could make it more dangerous and so tonight they brought it. They added even more ladders and they climbed higher than they did before. So their act tonight in which Sasha once again did a headstand on her father's head had gotten scarier and scarier. The father climbed up high and had even walked across a ladder while Sasha was spinning hoops around her hands but, surprisingly, Mel had said that there were too good of act. She told them how she screamed in fright the whole way through and so the judges had a bit of a laugh about that because that was probably the best criticism any act could have wanted. And so Sergey and Sasha were called truly talented by the rest of the judges.
The next act, on the other hand, had resonated with everyone. Flau'jae was a teenage rapper who rapped about growing up amongst gun violence. She made her message a heartfelt one and the judges had been impressed. They were even more impressed tonight when Flau'jae showed at fourteen that she had more authenticity and honesty that some artists never gain. She had again rapped from the heart and was rewarded for that by Chris who pressed the Golden Buzzer. He said it was something she deserved and so she became the first act of the night to survive the Judge Cuts. The other judges hadn't even complained about it because its what they would have done as well and so everyone was looking forward to Flau'jae's bright future onstage.
The following act, however, was Elijah Holt. He was the young man with the blow-up animal that he rode on a trampoline and tonight his animal was actually blown up. It had been pretty deflated last time and so does the act properly had actually been impressive. He flew quite high, did several flips, and the judges had been left a little more impressed than last time. Another act that had been an improvement was Sixto and Lucia. The former couple had come up with a magic/ fashion show and tonight they had added to it. They had had a runway in which Lucia could change in under a second and had had several themes before ending their act dressed a couple on their wedding day. And sure some found it cheesy, only others had thought it cute and the judges still believe this couple should get back together.
Their romantic dreams for this couple were probably unlikely though next couple of acts were all singers. There had been Brody Ray. He decided to sing an original song tonight and unfortunately that had been a bad idea. The judges hadn't cared for the song or the way Brody sang it. Afterward, there was Ronnie Lamarque. He sang a familiar song and not all the judges had liked that either. They said it sounded too much like karaoke. So then it was Glennis Grace's turn and she did as the judges had suggested last time. The singer had taken a familiar song and had made it her own. She chose "Nothing Compares 2 U" and sang it beautifully. The judges had all loved and, out of all the singers, she was the only one that didn't receive any negative comments from them. And that makes her act a rarity.
The judges had disagreed on almost everything. They disagreed when they saw Diabolowalker again because Simon hadn't believed the group upped their game since they last saw them and so the other judges had argued with him. They thought maybe Simon was being too picky. Only a lot of people decided to rise to the challenge of Simon. There had been Troy James. He was a contortionist and he made things even more creepy. He brought in the music, had a judge volunteer for the act, and had proceeded to bend himself so out of shape that was it unreal. It was like Jekyll and Hyde with him. He was so shy and sweet when he was performing and then he just turned into a beast that could devour you.
Street Drum Corps had also tried to rise to the challenge and bringing in the fire hadn't impressed Simon because he still didn't think the band was any good though the band Nunnabove had actually sounded less like a wedding band. Simon had called them that during Auditions and they moved far away from that title with tonight's performance. But no one tried to take on Simon more than Lord Nil. The escape artist had impressed all the judges last time and Simon had been the lone voice that said well what about. It turns out Simon had said what about alligators and so Nil decided to take that challenge. He brought in alligators for his scariest act. Tonight he planned on escaping a straitjacket while suspended up in the air over a pen of alligators. And for some reason, he also threw in the fire.
Nil's suspended rope was lit on fire and every time a cord snapped he risked the chance of falling into that pen. So it was death defying and it scared everyone, including Lord Nil's fiancée who had been shaken up and Mel who tried to press the eject button. The judge had hoped that the act would end after that and it hadn't. Nil kept going until he eventually escaped and wasn't maimed in the process. And so the judges had been more than impressed. This act had kept them on the edge of their seats and there was nothing else like it which means Lord Nil had nothing to worry about. The other judges had even stopped Simon from asking for anything else and so that's it on Simon's suggestions.
Thankfully, the final act of the night had been entertaining without the scare factor. Comedian Samuel J. Comroe was a funny man and he was funny once again tonight. The judges thought Samuel was probably their best comedians this season and so they were talking about keeping him for the live shows before they had begun to deliberate.
The judges had taken some time to think about things and they ultimately decided to send these six remaining acts to the live shows: Da Republik, Brian King Joseph, Lord Nil, Glennis Grace, Samuel J. Comroe, and surprisingly Yumbo Dump!
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My show with Mishka opened on Thursday night.... I wasn't there, but I have these pictures and I got this text off the Mishka site.
Gutted I didn't get to go to New York and do my usual of skating round the city with Diddler and ending up at random places....but I think the show looks rad, cheers to Greg and Mikhail.
It really seems like we can't get enough metal over here at 350 Broadway. After successful collaborations with Arik Roper and Ed Repka, we've decided to continue our legacy of working with the finest artists that encapsulate the twisted and macabre. This summer, we teamed up with artist Richard "French" Sayer for three new shirts. French's usage of twisted, ghoulish images, plus an undying love for everything metal, made the partnership an inevitable one for Mishka.
From Aldershot, Hampshire in the UK, French is known for his extremely detailed line work of ghastly, mutated creatures. Having done projects for numerous skateboard companies – Zero, Creature and Real to name a few – as well as a handful of record sleeves, French is now bringing his unique designs to Mishka and blessing us west of the pond with not only his shirts but an art show featuring a selection of works. This will mark the very first of many art shows to be housed under the 350 Broadway roof.
French's latest shirt design for Mishka drops July 30, 2009 at the Cursed Scrolls art show at our flagship store 350 Broadway. Cursed Scrolls runs for six weeks and will host the opening party on Thursday, July 30th at 350 Broadway from 7pm – 10pm.
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A team of mountain rescuers was called out four times over the weekend to help walkers and runners on the Scafell range.
Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team was alerted first to a walker tackling the Three Peaks Challenge who was struggling with a knee injury coming down from Scafell Pike at 6.45am on Saturday.
He was given pain relief at the site on Brown Tongue and stretchered by team members to Brackenclose in a rescue that lasted almost three hours.
Later that morning, police again alerted the Wasdale team after shouts for help were heard around Scafell Crag.
A team spokesperson said: "Initially it was thought the shouts were coming from the Lord's Rake area but after a short search two fellrunners were found just under the chockstone in Mickledore Chimney.
"They had been looking for Broad Stand but gone up the chimney by accident. They were helped out using a rope, then they ran down to see their supporters at Brackenclose."
A dozen volunteer team members were involved in the rescue, which took 4¾ hours.
The Wasdale team then carried out a six-hour night-time rescue of two walkers stuck high on difficult terrain, high above the Wasdale Screes overlooking Wast Water.
A group of eight rescuers made its way up to the walkers from the lakeside path and roped them up to help them climb the remaining 100m to the Illgill Head ridge.
They were then accompanied down to the valley via Greathall Gill.
The rescue ended at 2.30 on Sunday morning.
At 11.30pm that day, the team was called out to search for three men who got lost on a wet night while coming down from Scafell Pike.
The team used the Sarloc software to pinpoint them via their mobile phone. They were found on the Corridor Route near Greta Gill, given dry clothing and brought to safety at Wasdale Head.
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Late actor Paul Walker's brother, Cody Beau Walker
Cody Walker's love for his late elder brother, Paul Walker, is priceless. He not only helped complete Furious 7, whose production was halted due to Paul's sudden death but has also been running the organization, Reach Out Worldwide (ROWW). The organization was founded by Paul in 2010 and as of now, Cody is giving continuation to his good work.


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In our article ("The essential nature of capturing benefits in Lean programmes") we describe the three main result areas from implementing Lean principles in an organisation (the people, the customer and performance/productivity) and the stages that ensure benefits are captured. What is not described is how these benefits should be further broken down to understand return on investment (ROI).
Lean programmes are chosen for many different reasons, but even when 'cost' or budget pressures are not a driver often the Executive team or board/trustees expect the programme itself to be at least cost neutral. This is not unrealistic. In our article ("Parkinson's Law and the importance of cashing your benefits") we describe how cashable benefits are derived from implementing a Lean programme regardless of the drivers for the programme itself, and the steps needed in order to fully realise and sustain those benefits.
The approach outlined below explains in practical terms how to arrive at a realistic ROI for your Lean programme.
Calculating the 'investment'
Firstly you need to establish what the organisation considers an investment; this is calculated one of two ways:
- The additional financial spend on your Lean Programme. This includes consultancy costs, backfilling staff, system changes, etc. This does not include the value of any existing re-directed resources.
- The second way is the above plus the monetary value of all staff time spent on activity to implement Lean. This includes staff time participating in workshops, Lean Champion time, management time etc..
We advocate the first way of calculating investment, for two main reasons. Firstly because you don't want to discourage participation in Lean activity, or limit its exposure in your organisation – measuring in-house time may lead organisations to try and control this investment 'cost'. Secondly we believe that if your staff weren't spending their time on Lean activity they would only fill it with other non-value adding activity, therefore time redirected is not a true 'cost' to the organisation.
How to calculate the 'return'
During a Lean implementation, benefits capture happens in three places:
- As part of the organisational diagnostic
This identifies high level expected benefits, and outlines anticipated ROI from implementing Lean principles in your organisation. It is important that ROI and benefits capture is continued once the roll out of Lean principles and the service reviews take place.
- As part of team-based continuous improvement
Benefits and ROI should be monitored locally and are likely to be minor in scale by comparison. This should form part of your business as usual activity, and is not a focus in this article.
- During Lean service reviews
This is where the detail for the ROI calculation needs to be captured and monitored in a structured way. Below is an outline of how the ROI calculation stages should be followed during a service review or rapid improvement workshop.
Below is an example of one success measure from a recruitment & induction process review. The example has been worked up as a cash benefit; this service review had many other benefits that needed calculating in a similar way.
Success measure: New employees retained passed probation period (%)
Calculation details: Measured by looking at leavers within the period from their first day until their probation review at 6 months
Baseline: 65% of new employees pass their probation period (35% represents 35 employees)
Expected new result: 80% (15% improvement).
Cashable benefits calculation details: Cost saving by not having to go through recruitment and induction process again
Baseline: Cost of an employee failing probation & the cost of the subsequent recruitment round = £17,500 (cost of process = salary to deliver process x hours to complete process + any direct costs to organisation (fees/expenses))
Cost of employee failing probation x 35 (employees) = £612,500
Identified benefit: = 15 (employees) x £17,500 = £262,500
Realised benefit (at 6 months post implementation): 80% (representing 8 employees) = 8 x £17,500 = £140,000
Cashable benefit: Direct fees from recruitment process (expenses, fees, venue hire) = £3,300 per role x 8 = £26,400
Resource savings
= 0.5 FTE from HR team – team vacancy reduced from full FTE to half = £21,000
= 0.7 FTE from management team – not cashable (from different managers)
Total cashable benefit = £21,000 + £26,400 = £47,400
Please note the three phases of benefits capture identified in the diagram above and the definitions below:
- Identified benefits – The benefit of implementing a solution has been identified but nothing has yet changed. Depending on the process this can be an exact science or a 'best guess'
- Realised benefits – The changes have taken place and therefore the benefits are now 'live', and can be accurately quantified
- Cashed benefits – Action has been taken to cash the benefits that have been realised. Cashing the benefit could mean doing more value add work with the same resource or literally cashing in the spare capacity by releasing staff or deleting vacancies.
Calculating and cashing benefits requires significant attention to detail and the willingness to have difficult conversations about whether benefits will be cashed or not. The danger of not doing these things is that you cannot evidence the financial benefits of your Lean programme, and the likelihood of being allowed to further invest in your programme (IT systems, resource, consultancy) will be low.
Ad Esse have 15 years experience of supporting organisations through transformation programmes and have a robust ROI and benefits capture approach. Contact us at email@example.com to discuss how we can support you.


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"Munnabhai" Sanjay Dutt celebrates 50th birthday
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is one of the iconic performers on screen today and is celebrating his 50th birthday today.
In his recent film "Luck" Dutt performed with elegance and aplomb compelling critics to write that only he can play that role of betting king to perfection.
Sanjay is the son of the late actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt. He struggled with drug addiction and underwent treatment at a drug rehab centre in Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Sanjay Dutt made his debut with the film "Rocky" which was a huge success. Since then he acted in more than 60 films. His performances in "Khalnayak", "Munnabhai" series, "Sajan", "Naam", "Aatish", "Vaastav: The Reality" are quite memorable. He won two Filmdare Awards.
Sanjay dabbled in politics and was involved in a case of possessing unlicensed arms. In the recent elections, he campaigned for Samajwadi Parrty.
Sanjay married Richa Sharma in 1987. She died of cancer in 1996. They had a daughter, Trishala Dutt, who lives in the United States. His second wife was Rhea Pillai, whom he divorced. Dutt is currently married to his third wife Dilnawaz Shaik also known as Manyata.
Sanjay Dutt was appointed a goodwill ambassador for the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition (IIMSAM). He will be promoting the use of spirulina to help the organization's fight against malnutrition and hunger. His role will also support the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by mainstreaming the use of spirulina
Sanjau Dutt has many films on hand. His next big release is "Blue".


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China, Southeast Asia Will Lead IPO Growth
Region's Public Offerings
SYDNEY, Australia -- The pace of new listings on Asian-Pacific stock markets is expected to quicken in 2004, as international investors continue to regain their appetite for the region and local economies gather strength.
Leading the charge should be new issues from China, which produced some of this year's biggest initial public offerings. But a comeback by Southeast Asia could challenge China for the limelight, as economies such as Thailand and Malaysia bounce back, investment bankers say.
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Design Leadership
The Design Leadership module enables Business & Management students to create a personal Wix-website platform that showcases their CV and best work at Regent's University London. Researched projects cover different aspects of design leadership, including design, globalisation, forecasting and benchmarking. The exhibition displays a diversity of creativity, skills and talents in fine art, photography and entrepreneurial business.
Exhibiting artists
- Dina Amselem
- Lounes Bernard
- Keoinmorokot Buth
- Albet Cail
- Sandra Comanescu
- Anudari Ganzorig
- Emil Guseynov
- Camilia Hefti
- Hevig Jansen
- Lorenz Kilga
- Jessica Kistermann
- Ildebrando Panfili
- Abigail Pearse
- Elhocine Baida Tahali
- Edoardo Tirelli
- Stefan Zecevic


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I am looking out my living room window and I see the trees, some close and some farther out, dancing in the wind. When I was a child, I thought the trees were creating the wind by pushing the trees around. Now I know that it is the wind blowing the trees around--just the opposite of what I thought I knew.
God is like the wind: we see God's effects all around us, but we may not see the way God works in the world, in us, and in all creation. The creative force of good in the world, which I call God, is always a mystery, and I want it to stay that way. I am not interested in a God that can be defined and confined by the wits of humans. My soul longs to know the unknowable, the ineffable, the ever-expanding nature of God.
I only know one way to begin to know God beyond the box that religion has constructed. That is meditation and exploration of the God that lives within each of us. It requires us to be disciplined, to be committed, and to be curious. AND, it means we have to be conscious of that Holy Spirit within us so we can begin to know the edges of God, who is without edges.
Have you seen God?
Where are you looking?
There are many reasons to meditate and many benefits.


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The JHU are stating that there is a ploy to convert non Islamic children to the religion of Islam.
Speaking to our news team leader of the JHU Venerable Omalpe Sobitha thero stated that an essay competition organized by the Muslim Religious and Cultural Centre is the reason for this.
Speaking further Sobithe thero stated that this essay competition was advertised on national newspapers on the 18th and 19th of September of last year and that this would interfere with cooperation between religions.
Our news team attempted to inquire from the head of All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama M.I.M. Rizvi Mufth with regard to the allegations made by the JHU.
However, in response to our inquiries, the personal secretary of M.I.M. Rizvi Mufth stated that he had not received any news regarding such an allegation.


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Pretty Little Liars Tonight: Why Shay Mitchell Is Loving This Season
Rejoice, Pretty Little Liars fans—it's Tuesday, which means there's a fresh episode of our favorite (and most stylish) teen mystery on tonight! Last week, one of the Liars found out that someone very close to her was a member of the A Team (gasp!). This week, the girls are banding together to help her cope—Shay Mitchell's Emily included. "I think in the beginning, Emily was looked at as the weakest link, and now she's showing that she's not, and she's not the one to mess with either," Mitchell told InStyle.com at the Nanette Lepore for jcp L'Amour launch party in New York. Why else is she loving season 3? "The second half of the season is really about one of the girls breaking down a little more than the others. It's going to be interesting to see her character in a downward spiral after knowing her for the past seasons." Oh, no! Any guesses, ladies? Tune in to ABC Family at 8/7c to find out!
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Recipe: Crab Ravigote and California Avocado Napoleon (Chef Darrin Finkel, Jazz Kitchen)
It was California Avocado Week in Downtown Disney Anaheim 3 weeks ago, and the chefs from each restaurant held an avocado cooking demo and sampling. I attended one where Chef Darrin Finkel from Jazz Kitchen cooked up a New Orleans-inspired crab ravigote and california avocado napoleon and here's the recipe for you to try at home. Remember the California avocado season only lasts until the fall, so hurry to enjoy it!
Crab Ravigote and California Avocado Napoleon
by: Chef Darrin Finkel. Jazz Kitchen, Downtown Disney, Anaheim, CA
yields about 2 1/2 cups
1/2 Large California Avocado
3 oz Blue Crab meat. Picked and free from the shells
2 oz Chipotle Ravigote (see below)
Optional garnish:
Heirloom tomato salad (see below)
11/2 oz pepper coulis (see below)
Pinch micro salad greens
Dice avocado into small pieces. Squeeze lime juice on avocado, season with salt and pepper. Using a ring mold, press diced avocado on the bottom of ring mold. Gently toss crab meat with the chipotle ravigote sauce, season with salt and pepper. Spoon crab directly on top of avocado and press down gently until they are molded together. Remove ring mold and garnish dish with heirloom tomato salad. For additional garnish, squeeze 3 dots of pepper coulis around avocado crab mold. Top with micro greens.


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Similar in appearance to onions, shallots are actually their own species. These little bulbs look like elongated onions complete with the same papery skin as onions have, though the smell and taste are completely different. Often used in gourmet cooking, shallots are low in calories and sodium and high in potassium. Roasting shallots enhances their flavor, making them a delectable accompaniment to your next meal.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
Cut the ends of the shallots off with a knife and discard them. Slice the papery skin, peel it and discard it as well.
Place the shallots into a bowl and drizzle 1 to 2 tbsp. of olive oil over them.
Swirl the shallots around in the bowl to help coat them all evenly in the oil. Add seasonings such as salt and pepper and swirl them around again.
Spread the shallots into a roasting pan in a single layer and set them into the oven.
Roast the shallots for 20 to 30 minutes until they are tender and cooked all the way through.
Remove the shallots from the oven and transfer them into a serving dish to be enjoyed immediately.
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If you own a motorcycle, you will be required to have motorcycle insurance just like car owners need car insurance. Many people forget to factor this into the cost of ownership, and these payments can be very high. Insurance companies generally consider two major groups of factors when deciding whether to insure you and at what rate: first, they think about the value of the vehicle; second, they think about the risk of the vehicle. Motorcycles are typically less expensive but riskier than cars, meaning these two forces will be in opposition.
Motorcycle Property Coverage
Since your motorcycle is likely less expensive than your car, the total cost to replace it in the worst emergency will still remain relatively low. This means your limits do not need to be very high, and low limits lead to lower insurance premiums each month. Property lines on motorcycle insurance are cheaper for this reason alone. Purchasing an expensive motorcycle may result in a property insurance premium that is as high as the one on your car.
Motorcycle Liability Coverage
This is where motorcycle insurance gets expensive. Riding a motorcycle presents a number of inherent threats to the driver. When a motorcyclist is in an accident, the damage done to the driver is typically much greater than if the same person was riding in a car. The open-air quality of the bike, combined with its lower amount of safety features, present more bodily risks.
Aside from these risks, insurance companies tend to think motorcyclists are more thrill-seeking than car drivers. The thrill factor is used across the auto insurance industry to raise or lower premiums. For example, mothers and fathers who drive mini vans have lower liability premiums than a teen with a sports car. Motorcyclists are often to be considered the riskiest of drivers on the road. This stereotype has been reinforced through years of insurance claims.
Health Coverage with a Motorcycle
You may be surprised to learn that more than just your motorcycle insurance will be affected by your choices. If your health insurance provider learns you ride a motorcycle rather than an automobile, the company may decide to raise your premiums as well. Again, there are a few reasons for this raise. For starters, people who ride motorcycles are putting their body at risk of injury in doing so. Medical insurance may need to assist in the costs needed to cover an accident that causes injury to you, the driver.
Further, medical insurance providers attempt to understand whether you are a risk taker when they determine your insurance costs. If you engage in alternative sports, like skiing, SCUBA or sky diving, your medical insurance company may determine you need to pay more in premium. The same is true of motorcycle riders. They are thought to me riskier on the bike, and as a result they are thought to be riskier off the bike as well. Those people who opt to ride motorcycles often engage in other thrill seeking activities, and medical insurance companies will charge them for this.


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