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Chef's witness is giving addicts hope
The majority of the employees who work at the combined restaurants of Panhandlers and Johnny's Steak house in Oshkosh, Neb., are recovering addicts, and that's how owner John Thomason likes it.
Deliberately asking God to bring addicts in need to his doorstep, Thomason, with God's help, has been an example and safe place for several over the years, helping them with the wealth of experiences he has garnered over the past nearly 50 years of dealing with addiction and mental illness.
A native of Denver, and raised in a Christian home, John accepted Christ at the age of 9, but the emergence of bi-polar disorder in his teens drastically changed the course of his life.
Undiagnosed, and with few support systems in the 80s, John turned to drugs and alcohol to help him cope.
John was married by age 19, with the couple quickly having two children.
By the age of 26, however, John was on the brink of suicide. It was at this time that divine intervention
led him to a psychiatrist in Denver who diagnosed his mental illness and helped him to begin healing. John went on to become a chef and to become very involved in a local church.
With his mom being from North Platte, John was familiar with western Nebraska, and with his children grown, his marriage ended, and clean and sober, John moved to a ranch 32 miles north of Oshkosh. It was in Oshkosh that John met his second wife. John got very involved with the Oshkosh community and his faith in Christ continued to be strong, but problems with his wife dealing with sexual addiction led him to relapse three years ago. John's father and brother intervened and helped John to seek help at the Harmony Foundation Drug and Alcohol Rehab in Estes Park, Colo. It was here he completed the popular faith-based 12-step addiction rehab course, and he emerged fully recovered.
With his second marriage ended, and looking to make a new start, John fell back on his previous chef experiences and he opened Panhandlers in June 2015.
He now uses his business and his free-time to help others break addictions of all kinds. This has included hiring addicts, helping local law enforcement intervene in the lives of addicts, and speaking to various groups about breaking away from addiction.
According to John, addiction is everywhere in the world, and it doesn't have to be just drugs and alcohol, but anything that raises the pleasure chemical dopamine in a person's brain to the point where they repeat that act more and more to get a "high", just like what drugs and alcohol provide.
Other forms of addiction can be sex, food, shopping, gambling and hoarding. All forms of addiction can be conquered with the help of Christ, but first one must turn from their pride and admit that they have a problem, John said.
"This is really the hardest step in the process, because none of us want to be wrong and none of us want to give up control. But to heal, you have to," he said.
Addiction is a selfish disease, he said, admitting you have a problem and giving your life fully to Christ is a maturing process and you release yourself to live as God wants you to.
He went on to say that once a person makes that choice to get help and change, the real challenges will begin as Satan tries to get the addict to turn back.
"Satan doesn't bother those who are already doing his work. It is when you are trying to walk with Jesus that he will start tormenting you. The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is give my life to Jesus, and 10 minutes later I have to do it again, and again throughout the day. I have to choose constantly to walk with Christ by staying in His Word and doing His will," he said. "Sobriety, joy and faith are like muscles, they have to be exercised daily."
After admitting they have a problem, the next thing the addict must do is surround themselves with support, and he recommends completing a Christian recovery program, or start going to local Alcoholic's Anonymous meetings.
"There is financial assistance out there if you want to go to rehab, but if you aren't ready for that, find a support system. We have a great one here in Oshkosh, as I am sure each town or county in Nebraska does," he said.
He said that once sobriety takes place, the addict needs to start giving back, with the process of helping others slowly becoming their new high.
"Helping others and being a support for someone else produces that same chemical process in your brain as your addiction did. Sobriety will eventually become your new high," he said.
John is now happily married to Lori, also a Colorado native and a Proverbs 31 woman who John had prayed for. He said Lori is his true partner in all areas of his life, including his sobriety and their restaurants.
Along with their original hamburger cafe Panhandlers, John and Lori are now expanding their business to include a steakhouse called Johnny's Steakhouse on Friday and Saturday nights.
Housed in the same building as Panhandlers, the ambience of the building is changed on the weekends, with dimmed lights, fine linens and personal service providing a big town feel in small town Nebraska, he said.
John is loving his life, and although there have been hard, dark moments, he wouldn't change his experiences.
"They made me who I am today, and it helps others see that God can change anyone and use anyone to His glory," he said.
For more information about Panhandlers or Johnny's Steakhouse, or to speak to John, call 308-772-3121 or log on to their website at www.panhandlerscafe.com


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On Lachmannian and Effectual Entrepreneurship: A Rejoinder to Sarasvathy and Dew (2008)
We welcome the comments of Professors Sarasvathy and Dew (2008) on our recent article, which introduced a new paradigm for entrepreneurship research based on one of the central figures in modern Austrian economics: Ludwig Lachmann (Chiles et al. 2007). Our purpose in writing the article was (1) to bring together a wide range of disparate entrepreneurship concepts under a sin- gle new conceptual framework,2 and (2) to provide greater coherence and theo- retical underpinnings to entrepreneurship research. In doing so, we described connections between a Lachmannian approach to entrepreneurship and numer- ous extant approaches, including effectuation. Sarasvathy and Dew (hereafter, S&D), in taking issue with some of our interpretations of effectuation, clarified their previous work on this approach and explicated its primary foundations. We find S&D's discussion of the problems of knowledge, resources, and institutions provocative, and their conclusion about the basis of effectuation revealing. Our response to these arguments attempts to further clarify areas of possible confusion and suggests that the Lachmannian and effectuation approaches may share more common ground than S&D realize in some areas and less than we thought in others. In our brief response, we do not attempt to critique every point S&D make, but instead focus on what we view as their fun- damental arguments.
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Current Series: It Is Finished
This Sunday: Part 2
Primary Text: John 19:30
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- What do we need to believe about ourselves for atonement affect us in a significant way?
- Why do you need atonement in your own life?
- Atonement doesn't mean much when we minimize sin. How have you minimized your own sin in the past?
- What does atonement mean for you today? How do you treat your family, co-workers, friends differently because of this belief?
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Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
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Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Sharif University of Technology,
Azadi Avenue, P.O. Box 11365-9465,
Tehran 11365-11155, Iran
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Contributed by the Petroleum Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received August 3, 2016; final manuscript received June 20, 2017; published online August 16, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Daoyong (Tony) Yang.
In recent years, colloidal gas aphron (CGA) fluids have been much attended by researchers for their possible application in infill drilling, due to their pore blockage ability. In this study, the possible synergistic effect of silica nanoparticle hydrophobicity in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), as a surface active agent, on enhancement of properties of CGA fluids was experimentally investigated. Results revealed that the hydrophobicity of nanoparticles, adsorbed at the bubble interface, plays an important role in improving stability and blockage ability at low as well as high pressure/temperature conditions, low shear rate viscosity (LSRV), and return permeability ability of CGA dispersion measured in a special radial sand pack apparatus at different levels of surfactant concentration. It was observed that partially hydrophobic SiO2 nanoparticles (nanosilica coated with KH550-Silane) yield a better performance than both strongly hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanoparticles (silicon dioxide nanopowder coated with 2 wt. % Silane) which confirms what is expected from the particle detachment theory. Optimal SDS concentrations equal to 0.25 wt. % for strongly hydrophilic, and 0.33 wt. % for both strongly hydrophobic and partially hydrophobic SiO2 nanoparticles were also found, which maximize the improving effect of CGA fluids. The superiority of the aphronized fluid improved by partially hydrophobic nanoparticles of SiO2 to CGA fluid stabilized only by surfactant makes the CGA fluids attractive for some industrial and drilling applications.
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How to Grow Your Fitness Business to
Multiple 6 Figures (with SPEED!)
- Increase cash flow and profitability
- Build a team to powerfully serve clients
- Work more ON (less IN) your business
- Upgrade sales and marketing strategies
- Sign up more of the best new clients
Level 2:
Rising Star
The Goal:
Grow to 6-figures+
Program Length:
10 weeks
Program Format:
Online & Physical
What is it?
NPE ACADEMY™ is a 10-week program with physical workbooks, live Q & A coaching calls, and a winning community of fitness business owners that challenge each other to profitably grow to the next level.
Who is it for?
NPE ACADEMY™ is for existing fitness business owners who want to profitably grow to multiple 6 figures. This often includes opening a new facility, hiring team members, and starting to advertise online.
Where does it happen?
The NPE ACADEMY™ program is online and consists of training videos, tools, live Q&A coaching calls, and a Facebook community. You complete it online, at your own pace.
How does it work?
You complete the lessons, do the homework, and use the provided tools and templates. Ask questions in the Facebook group or on the live Q & A coaching calls. Follow the systems to grow your business to grow to multiple 6 figures.
When does it start?
NPE ACADEMY™ starts as soon as you enroll. You complete it at your own pace and work through the program as slow or fast as you want. Ongoing support continues for 18 months (you can only fail if you quit!).
Why does it exist?
Because too many fitness professionals get stuck training clients and burn out. They don't know how to build a business that grows beyond themselves–one that allows them to earn more and make a bigger impact.
How it works
NPE programs give you everything you need to succeed in business.
We don't preach theory… our students learn by doing each and every day.
Proven Systems
Don't waste time guessing what to do. Get proven systems and tools, follow step-by-step instructions, and build your business into a high-performance machine.
Metrics Accountability
Face challenges head-on. Understand your numbers, track your progress, and accelerate your success each month using our NPE PROFIT ANALYZER™ dashboard.
Winning Community
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room. Join a powerful community of fitness business owners from around the world, share your genius, and grow with others.
Expert Coaching
You've got questions, we've got answers. Get 24/7 access to experts in our Facebook groups, weekly live Q & A calls, and email support.
How it works
NPE programs give you everything you need to succeed in business.
We don't preach theory… our students learn by doing each and every day.
Proven Systems
Don't waste time guessing what to do. Get proven systems and tools, follow step-by-step instructions, and build your business into a high-performance machine.
Metrics Accountability
Face challenges head-on. Understand your numbers, track your progress, and accelerate your success each month using our NPE PROFIT ANALYZER™ dashboard.
Winning Community
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room. Join a powerful community of fitness business owners from around the world, share your genius, and grow with others.
Expert Coaching
You've got questions, we've got answers. Get 24/7 access to experts in our Facebook groups, weekly live Q & A calls, and email support.
Proven track record of success
Since 2006, we've helped 45,000+ fitness professionals and business owners in 96+ countries grow their business and create the life they want.
4.9 stars from 774 customer reviews.
Proven track record of success
Since 2006, we've helped 45,000+ fitness professionals and business owners in 96+ countries grow their business and create the life they want.
4.9 stars from 774 customer reviews.
NPE ACADEMY™ program content
In just 10 weeks, we'll help you grow from stressed and pressured coach
to successful business operator. Here's how:
Week One: Foundations for success 11 Modules
|Lesson 1: Setting up your success
|- Overview of timeline and setting expectations
- How to get the most out of this course
- Keys to maximizing value, productivity, and time
|Lesson 2: Keys to success with fitness business growth
|- Top 10 reasons why most fitness businesses fail to grow (and how to avoid these traps!)
- Keys to success with building a profitable company
|Lesson 3: Defining your why
|- How to develop a strong purpose statement for your business that motivates you to get up and go to work everyday
|Lesson 4: Choosing what you stand for
|- How to define core values for your business (and why they matter)
- What it means to live (and grow your business by) your values
|Lesson 5: Setting your course and speed
|- Common business goal setting traps
- How to set goals for the next 12 months
- Reverse engineering your 90 day quarterly goals
- Self-assessment and understanding drive, capacity, and capability
|Lesson 6: Clearing your mind
|- How to perform a brain dump exercise
- Organizing the work (and functions) in your business
|Lesson 7: Managing your focus
|- Setting up your ideal calendar for success
- Blocking 10-15 hours to work ON the business weekly
|Lesson 8: How to lower your stress, improve your relationships, and have more fun
|- Set boundaries between your work and personal life to allow time for fun and relationships
- Creating your stress management plan
- Training yourself mentally and emotionally to succeed in business
|Lesson 9: Build your follow through system
|- Implement a Weekly Planning worksheet
- Block time weekly to review the past week and plan the coming
|Lesson 10: Measure progress and adjust
|- Create space for a monthly review of your performance
- Note what worked and what didn't, and adjust the following months plans to stay on track for your quarterly goals
|Lesson 11: Review, celebrate and set new priorities
|- Plan time for a quarterly review
- Celebrate and recognize the wins from the past quarter
- Set the next goals and priorities to achieve them for the coming quarter
|Action items
|30 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Two: Know your numbers 10 Modules
|- Why knowing your numbers is a key to success
- Which numbers and reports matter
- Why separating business financials from personal matters even if you're the only one in the business
|Lesson 1: Keep more of your profits now
|- How to calculate net profit (It's not how much your make, it's how much you keep!)
- Examine your expenses to see where you can trim 5-10%
- Instantly give yourself a 5-10% raise
|Lesson 2: Protect yourself legally with the right business structure
|- Learn which type of corporate structure may be best for your business
- Understand how setting up a legal entity will protect your personal and family assets
|Lesson 3: Breakdown of a healthy fitness business
|- Learn how much of your income should go towards most common expenses, like rent and payroll.
- Understand how managing the allocation of your expenses can make or break a profitable fitness business
|Lesson 4: Keeping your books in order
|- Learn basic accounting & bookkeeping best practices
- Establish a simple system to keep your finances orderly
- How to outsource accounting help as you grow
|Lesson 5: Interpreting your financial reports
|- Which financial reports you need to run
- How to use the reports to make better business decisions
|Lesson 6: Tracking your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
|- Learn which metrics are crucial to your business success
- Understand what each means and how you can improve them
- Leverage these KPIs and trends to master your business
|Lesson 7: Forecasting your cash flow so you never go in the red
|- Set up simple cash flow forecasting to always know who much cash you'll have in the bank
- Prevent surprises, overages or the inability to pay your bills by mastering the flow of money in and out of your business
|Lesson 8: Managing your capital and business credit
|- Learn when to leverage your capital and when to leverage business credit
- Manage your existing debt with a solid pay down plan
|Lesson 9: Creating a strong compensation plan
|- Create a simple compensation plan for yourself and for your team as you grow
- Know how much you can pay yourself and the best method
|Action items
|30 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Three: Simplify structure 5 Modules
|Lesson 1: Fitness Business Model overview
|- Learn the 3 primary successful fitness business models
- Understand which will work best for your specific modality
- How to refine, improve, and evolve your model as you grow
|Lesson 2: Optimize your business model for streamlined growth
|- How to simplify and optimize your model
- When to add capacity (via additional classes or staffing)
- How to increase your average client value without complicating your offerings
|Lesson 3: Targeting your ideal clients
|- Understand the demographics, geographic, and psychographics of your best clients
- Complete interviews with your current best clients (5-10+ to ensure you've got it right)
- Refine your avatar and messaging based on your interviews
|Lesson 4: Craft an amazing student journey that supports your clients through their lifetime with your business
|- Learn how to craft a student journey based on your model
- Learn how to ensure your student journey will scale as you grow
- Review, personalize and implement your plan to support your clients over their lifetime with your business
|Lesson 5: Create Winning Pricing & Packaging
|- Create a simple menu of services with good margins so you can sustainably serve and grow
- Structure your offerings in a way that best serves your ideal client
- Adjust your current pricing as needed based on the desired margins for growth
|Action items
|19 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Four: Excellence in Delivery 7 Modules
|Lesson 1: Serving your clients with excellence
|- Why establishing an excellent service is vital in our industry
- How to put the focus on client experience, client relationships, and client results to deliver the ultimate in value
|Lesson 2: Document every client's success in a compelling way
|- How to build a system to document client success for every client
- What type of social proof works best for your model
- How to leverage this system to collect testimonials regularly
|Lesson 3: Assess your client experience
|- Complete a simple assessment on your existing client experience to identify quick wins and areas to improve
- Explore additional ways you can create value for your clients that turns them into raving fans
|Lesson 4: Turn your client success into a referral system
|- Create multiple opportunities to ask for referrals from your happy clients
- Introduce the idea of referrals from the point of sale, and return to it when measuring their success in your program
- Leverage your assessment process and social proof as a reason to ask for additional referrals
|Lesson 5: New client onboarding 101
|- Why a well thought out onboarding system creates clients for the long term by starting off on the right foot
- How to wow your new clients from their very first day
- Customize and implement a simple campaign to increase your average lifetime client value.
|Lesson 6: Build a review and testimonial engine
|- How to get started collecting reviews and testimonials from happy clients
- Learn what systems can support this process or automate it over a client journey as your scale
|Lesson 7: Keep more of your current clients longer
|- Learn why unmanaged churn is the biggest risk factor for your business
- Why building a renewal system is cheaper and more cost effective than finding new clients
- How to handle renewals in your business so clients stay with you longer
|Action items
|23 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Five: Build the team 7 Modules
|Lesson 1: Who do you need to hire first?
|- Learn how to do a brain dump to identify which tasks and processes you can delegate first by hiring
- Get clarity on which tasks and processes you should keep to be working in your strengths
|Lesson 2: Hire administrative help
|- Learn a simple pocess for hiring an admin (either in person or virtual)
- Organize the role, tasks and expectations for this position
|Lesson 3: Hire coaching help
|- Learn a simple process for hiring a coach or trainer
- Learn the best sources for recruiting and hiring professional coaches
- Organize the role, tasks and expectations for this new coach
|Lesson 4: Learn the art of letting go by delegating
|- How to delegate effectively
- Setting clear expectations as you hand over work
- Learn the keys to success in setting up a system you can train others to execute
|Lesson 5: Managing relationships when handing off clients to a new coach
|- Best practices to transition clients to new trainer
- Why this practice will strengthen your business when done well
- How to overcome personal attachments and still maintain relationships with clients
|Lesson 6: What to do when it's time to part ways
|- How to successfully off-board a staff member who is leaving your business
- When to make the decision to fire someone
- How to handle difficult transitions professionally with the least disruption to your clients
|Lesson 7: Creating professional growth opportunities
|- How to leverage a simple compensation plan to chart a path for professional growth for your staff
- Setting your business up best to ensure coaches have incentives to grow with your company
|Action items
|24 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Six: Sales systems 10 Modules
|Lesson 1: Understanding the Sales Machine
|- Overview of the entire sales process and acquiring a new client for each business model
- Learn the different stages of fitness program sales
- Begin with the end in mind and see how the pieces fit together to create a sales process that consistently converts and closes new sales
|Lesson 2: The AUTO-CLOSER® Sales System
|- Overview of the 7.5 steps to close a sale automatically
- Introducing a simple sales tracking sheet to make sure no one falls through the cracks
|Lesson 3: Pre-Qualification
|- Learn the most important step of the entire process
- Make sure you're talking to the right people = your ideal clients who can afford you and are ready to make a commitment.
|Lesson 4: Building Rapport
|- Greeting your prospect and starting to connect on a human level
- How to build rapport so prospects trust your proffessional opinion
- Make your prospect feel at ease
|Lesson 5: Probing and Discovery Questions
|- Ask great questions to get to the heart of their real problems and challenges
- Use a simple worksheet to note their answers
- Make sure you know why they are really in front of you looking for help
|Lesson 6: Building the Problem
|- Leverage their answers to concisely build up everything that is emotionally driving them to make a change
- Hold up the mirror and say back what they just told you they are struggling with
- Reframe the challenges and problems they are experiencing to the simple ones that your business is set up to solve
|Lesson 7: Presenting Solutions and Closing the Sale
|- Credibly show with a visual demonstration how your fitness service solves problems
- Make a professional recommendation that will lead your prospect to achieve their goals
- Learn the simple way to ask for the sale
|Lesson 8: Handling Objections
|- Learn the 4 most common objections to a sale and how to overcome them
- Learn why you might be receiving an objection (and which step in the sales process you missed and how you can improve!)
|Lesson 9: Post-Consultation Performance Assessment
|- Assess your performance after each consultation
- Complete a simple worksheet and identify areas to keep improving and get even better results with your next sales opportunity
|Lesson 10: Managing your sales pipeline
|- Identifying which stages of your sales pipeline are breaking down and how to optimize them
- Learning what conversion percentages you should target at every stage for an efficient and effective sales machine
|Action items
|27 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Seven: Offers & Promotions 11 Modules
|Lesson 1: How to create compelling offers for your model
|- Learn which offers work best for each business model type
- Learn how to adapt the right offers using your ideal client avatar messaging
- Have a small number of offers you can use consistently in your business without having to recreate the wheel every month or get stuck in the 'hustle' cycle
|Lesson 2: Reactivation campaign
|- Make it easy for past clients to return with a simple personal message and outreach campaign
- Leverage people who already know like and trust you to grow your current clientele
- Understand the many reasons why clients leave
|Lesson 3: Flash sale campaign
|- Learn when a flash sale may be an appropriate promotion
- Best practices for executing a flash sale- who will buy, and what media to use
- Edit and prepare the best flash sale offers for your model for quick use
|Lesson 4: Holiday campaign
|- How to run an effective 12 days of christmas promotion to make December a great month
- Learn who is likely to buy and what media to use to promote your specials
- Customize the offers based on your model and have ready to launch
|Lesson 5: Mid-year campaign
|- Learn how to increase sales mid-year with a Christmas in July promotion
- Understand how to balance the promotion to gain both up front cash and recurring revenue depending on your business needs
- Best practices for building buzz with this promotion
|Lesson 6: Raise the rates campaign
|- How to increase your rates without alienating your current clients
- Customize and deploy a simple letter template that outlines your value and communicates the reasons for the change
- When to use this promotion, and how to educate your members to expect rate changes annually
|Lesson 7: Valentines campaign
|- Leverage Valentine's Day to treat your clients to a gift while inviting targeted referrals
- A simple promotion that creates value for both your clients and referrals
|Lesson 8: Bring-a-friend campaign
|- How to create an engaging internal promotion that encourages current members to bring in friends to your facility
- How to make referred guests feel welcome in a no-pressure visit that sets your business apart and builds trust
- Why making your members feel like stars is the key to building a strong referral culture
|Lesson 9: 12 week transformation campaign
|- Understand the power of 12 week body transformation promotions
- Capitalize on the impact of social proof that showcases real results in a compelling way
- Learn how to pack this offer with enough value that it becomes high end and yet irresistible
|Lesson 10: Trial campaigns
|- Learn what sample offers and short term challenges work best for your model
- Understand the frequency recommended to run these kinds of offers to avoid offer fatigue
- Learn best practices for pricing, promoting, executing, and converting trials into long term clients
|Lesson 11: Founders campaign
|- How to launch a grand opening offer and founders campaign to attract new members
- Create a plan to provide immense value to clients who choose to become Founders
- Set clear goals for the campaign to set your business up for success without compromising too much recurring cash flow
|Action items
|41 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Eight: Get more clients 10 Modules
|Lesson 1: Build Your Evergreen Marketing Funnel
|- Implement a simple 4 step funnel to move new leads towards a sale year round
- Chose the best front end offer appropriate for your model
- Turn on a piece of software (optional) that will qualify and automatically schedule new prospects into your calendar
|Lesson 2: Describe the journey your ideal client wants to hear
|- Learn how to tell the story of the journey your ideal client wants to undertake in your business
- Understand how addressing the pains, fears, and desired transformation of your ideal client applies to all your messaging
- Update your website and social profiles with this messaging to attract more of your ideal prospects
|Lesson 3: Tell your story to build trust and credibility
|- Learn how to tell your Founder's Story in a way that connects with your ideal clients and makes it easier for them to want to do business with you
- Complete a worksheet with key elements of your story
- Share your story online and in person when you are out in your community
|Lesson 4: Create a brand that transcends you
|- What it means to create a brand
- How to ensure your brand messaging is aligned to your ideal clients and your vision for the business
- Complete a short assessment of how your brand shows up currently and identify areas for improvement
|Lesson 5: Creating copy and content that resonates
|- How to leverage copy and online content to speak to your ideal client
- Tailor and execute a simple content plan
- Show up in the social platforms most appropriate for your model
|Lesson 6: Build a marketing calendar for predictable growth
|- How to organize a marketing calendar to focus your activities to achieve specific goals
- Learn what activities done consistently produce the most results from your business
- Get organized so you don't get stuck behind the curve needing to hustle every month for new sales
|Lesson 7: Show up well online
|- Learn the key elements of a successful fitness business website
- Import landing page/simple webpage templates (to get a new site up in minutes!) if desired
- Have a simple online presence that works
|Lesson 8: Where to find your next clients
|- Identify the next opportunities to ask for referrals
- Identify which businesses to introduce yourself to create additional referral opportunities
- Target groups to set up speaking opportunities and connect with many prospects at once
|Lesson 9: Building your know, like and trust factor
|- Set up a routine to consistently contact everyone on your list and in your social media groups
- Learn how to lead with value and stories to build trust until they are ready to buy
- Consistently nurture the prospects in your circle of influence
|Lesson 10: Get clear on what's working in your marketing
|- Learn what metrics to track in your marketing to gauge the success of each activity
- Track and record the lead sources of each new sales opportunity so you know where your best sales come from
- Track and measure the return on investment for your marketing activities so you can do more of what's working, and stop or improve on things that aren't efficiently growing your business
|Action items
|34 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Nine: Facility Planning 8 Modules
|Lesson 1: Know when it's time to grow
|- How to know when you are approaching capacity in your current operation
- Learn when it's time to hire to continue growing
- Learn when its time to expand your physical space to continue growing
- Learn other alternatives to continue growing revenue without hiring or expanding
|Lesson 2: How to choose the best location
|- Learn what factors to consider in site selection
- Why location matters
- How to research the best location options and when to think outside the box
|Lesson 3: Building out your new facility
|- Best practices for the design and build of your new facility
- Elements that are necessary for your model versus desirable
- Making your wishlist and editing it per your budget
|Lesson 4: Negotiate a lease that serves your needs
|- How to engage in lease negotiations
- How to get help from a commercial broker to manage lease negotiations
- What key elements to look for in a favorable lease
|Lesson 5: How to open a profitable facility
|- Set an appropriate budget for your new facility
- Key areas of spending to watch when opening a facility (don't go crazy on unnecessary things!)
- Planning to be profitable from day 1
|Lesson 6: Taking the reins on project management
|- How to set clear expectations and communicate with a build out team
- Communication guides and frequency recommendations
|Lesson 7: How to contract out professional work
|- Tips for working with contractors
- What to do on your own and what to hire out
|Lesson 8: Paying for a new facility
|- How to finance your opening or expansion - cash or credit?
- Creative options for financing if traditional methods may not apply
- Avoiding future cash flow crisis by planning well in the beginning
|Action items
|24 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
Week Ten: Personal Leadership 4 Modules
|Lesson 1: Leading yourself by getting clear on your vision
|- Why setting a clear personal vision is paramount to your success
- How to put your vision down on paper so you can communicate it clearly
- Complete a vision exercise and set your true north for the future
|Lesson 2: Know yourself better
|- Learn to leverage self- introspection to become aware of your strengths and weaknesses
- Complete a self-assessment to better understand how you show up and where you can improve
- Understand how to use your gifts to build a team around you that complements you
|Lesson 3: Keep an open mind
|- What is growth mindset and why its critical in business
- How to seek out alternative beliefs and opportunities as you grow
- Adopt a mindset to never stop improving, and learn from every person and experience
|Lesson 4: Put yourself in a room of leaders
|- Learn what the next phase of business development requires to continue growing to a million dollar business
- When it's time to step into a room of others who have been where you are so you can learn
- Why masterminds are so powerful
|Action items
|13 items
|2 live Q&A Calls
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In addition to conventional civil actions seeking damages or injunctive relief, the Consumer Contract Act introduced injunctive relief action by a qualified consumer organisation (QCO) certified by the Prime Minister to protect the interests of a large number of unidentified consumers in 2007.
In addition, the Act on Special Measures for Civil Procedure in Collective Restoration of the Consumer Property Damage (the Special Procedure Law), which is a Japanese class action law, came into effect on 1 October 2016.
The Special Procedure Law has an opt-in system. The plaintiff must be a specified qualified consumer organisation (SQCO) certified by the Prime Minister. Certain district courts have jurisdiction depending on the nature of claims and the estimated number of individual consumers. Claims must be based on contracts between consumers and business operators in which consumers owe monetary obligations.
Prior to the Special Procedure Law, consumers had been required to sue business operators individually to recover damages arising from a seller's misrepresentations and misstatement of warranties and other claims about products or services. Owing to significant financial and informational disparities between the parties, the system had been invariably advantageous to the business operators.
Therefore, the Japanese government had been considering the introduction of some kind of consumer collective action. It extensively reviewed and evaluated class action laws and bills worldwide. In particular, it critically assessed US class actions and adopted what it believed to be best practices suitable to Japanese culture and submitted these to the national Diet. It integrated the new system into Japan's judicial system for civil claims, which has the following characteristics:
- it is a civil law system. Courts can interpret the statutes but only the legislature can make laws;
- there is no jury system in civil cases;
- there is no 'US-style' discovery outside court; and
- there are no punitive damages.
There has been no report on cases filed.2
i Types of action available
Conventional civil actions
Claims do not need to be based on contracts. A broad range of tort claims, including personal injury, is available. However, all of the plaintiffs and defendants must be named and no John/Jane Doe filing is allowed. Claims for monetary damages, or temporary or permanent injunctions, or both, are possible.
Injunction action under special laws
Injunction actions are available against unfair solicitation or unfair provisions under the Consumer Contract Act (since 7 June 2007), unfair presentation under the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Presentations (since 1 April 2009), unfair solicitation, unfair provisions or unfair advertisement under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (since 1 December 2009) and false labelling under the Food Labelling Act (since 1 April 2015).
Damage recovery action under the Special Procedure Law
Damage must have occurred after 1 October 2016. Claims must be based on a contract between a consumer and a business operator in which the business operator owes monetary obligations to the consumer in the following five ways.
For example, a security deposit of a private membership club is not refunded upon termination of membership even if the membership charter requires the refund.
For example, though students paid tuition to a language school, they cancelled the lesson agreement before taking all of the classes paid for, but the proportionate refund has not been made.
For example, persons paid a fee to receive a referral to guarantors for property lease agreements but no guarantor has been referred.
For example, purchasers of a condominium in the same building, which does not meet fire resistance standards.
For example, a broker that purchased on a customer's account unlisted stock issued by a company whose business situation was not confirmed and which caused loss to customers.
Only monetary claims are covered by the action under the Special Procedure Law. Neither demand for product recall nor repair of defective products may be asserted.
ii Commencing proceedings
Conventional civil actions
Any legal entities; both corporations and individuals may initiate the actions.
Injunction action under special laws
Only a QCO may bring the actions. An individual consumer has no standing to sue on behalf of a 'class'. As of 20 February 2018, 17 QCOs have been certified by the Prime Minister.
Damage recovery action under the Special Procedure Law
This is a two-step proceeding.
The first step is to seek declaratory judgment of common liabilities. If the court determines that the business operator does not have liability to make monetary payments to consumers, then the procedure ends. If the court determines that it has such liability, then the procedure moves on to the second step, called a summary procedure to determine claims. A losing party may appeal the judgment to a High Court that has jurisdiction over the competent district court.
The second step is to determine the claims of individual consumers where the opt-in takes place.
The plaintiff must be an SQCO. As of 20 February 2018, only two organisations, the Consumers Organisation of Japan and Kansai Consumers Support Organisation, have been certified by the Prime Minister among 17 QCOs. An SQCO is supervised by the government and subject to corrective action orders and revocation of certification. Compensation and fees to be charged by an SQCO to consumers are regulated. Therefore, there is no room for seeking significant contingency fees.
The defendant must be the business operator who has a contractual relationship with consumers, typically a retailer. SQCO may not sue a manufacturer, unless the manufacturer has entered into the contract with the consumer. If the business operator ultimately loses in the action and paid damages to consumers, it may be able to recover the amount from the manufacturer. Therefore, the manufacturer may file an application to intervene in the action.
In addition to courts that have jurisdiction over the defendant's head office and other business offices, the location where the tort was allegedly conducted, and the location for the performance of the alleged legal obligation, (1) if the number of subject consumers is expected to be 500 or more, any district courts under the common jurisdiction of those courts; and (2) if the number of subject consumers is expected to be 1,000 or more, the Tokyo District Court and Osaka District Court also have jurisdictions.
If multiple cases in which the content of claims and defendants are identical have been filed, their procedures shall be consolidated.
After the first step action is filed, if there is pending conventional civil action filed by a subject consumer and the defendant for the related claim, the court where the conventional case is pending may stay the procedure.
An SQCO may apply for provisional attachment to the business operator's assets in order to secure the performance of claims.
iii Procedural rules
Conventional civil actions
In contrast with the US legal system, Japanese civil procedure has the following characteristics (which are also applicable to injunction actions and the damage recovery procedure):
- no jury or lay judge participates in decision-making. Only bench trial by professional judge is available; and
- no discovery is available between the parties. The party seeking information needs to obtain court ruling upon filing a request for specific documents.
Injunction action under special laws
A typical start is when a consumer provides information to a QCO regarding his or her damage. If the QCO sees the merit on the case upon its internal review, it would contact the business operator in question and request suspension of its unfair activities. If the business operator does not accept the request, the QCO would file the injunction action against it. The judgment may be appealed to higher court by a losing party.
Damage recovery action under the Special Procedure Law
As explained in Section III.ii, it is a two-step proceeding.
The first step is to seek declaratory judgment of common liabilities. The outcome of the first step is binding upon the plaintiff (SQCO), the defendant (business operator), other SQCOs and consumers who filed proof of claims at the second step.
The second step is to determine the claims of individual consumers where the opt-in takes place. In principle, the SQCO is required to apply for determination of the claims within one month of the day when the declaratory judgment becomes final.
Opt-in invitations are made in the following methods:
- the court shall post the official notice;
- the SQCO shall notify subject consumers individually in writing or by email and post official notice (internet notice is permitted) at its cost;
- the business operator shall announce the content of the court's official notice (internet announcement is permitted) and upon request by an SQCO, disclose documents containing information regarding subject consumers; and
- the Consumer Affairs Agency shall announce the summary of declaratory judgment.
In response to the invitation, the subject consumer shall authorise the SQCO to file proof of claim on his or her behalf and pay fees to the SQCO. The SQCO shall file the proof of claim per such authorisation. The filing of proof of claim shall toll the statute of limitation.
The business operator shall accept or deny the claim. If the SQCO does not dispute the answer from the business operator, its answer becomes the final determination of the claim. If the SQCO disputes the answer, the court will decide on the claim's existence and amount, which will be paid to consumers. A losing party may appeal the determination to the High Court in the jurisdiction.
Those consumers who do not opt in are not barred from bringing or resuming individual lawsuits.
iv Damages and costs
Court costs should be borne by the losing party while each party pays its own attorney's fee.
Conventional civil actions
For contract claims, ordinary damages are recoverable while special damages are recoverable if they are foreseen or foreseeable by the breaching party. For tort claims, the statute requires 'causation', which is interpreted by courts as 'foreseeability'.
Injunction action under special laws
Damages are not included in the remedies.
Damage recovery action under the Special Procedure Law
Only direct damages are recoverable. Lost earnings or pain and suffering are unrecoverable.
v Settlement
Conventional civil actions
Court sanction is not needed for a settlement. Only named parties to the settlement and their legal successors are bound by the settlement.
Injunction action under special laws
Court sanction is not needed for a settlement. Only named parties to the settlement and their legal successors are bound by the settlement.
Damage recovery action under the Special Procedure Law
The law authorises the SQCO to settle the case with the defendant during the first step to confirm the common liabilities. Court sanction is not required by law. The settlement triggers the commencement of the second step. The subject consumers who opt in during the second step are bound by the settlement.
No punitive damages are allowed. No Japanese statutes provide punitive damages. The Act on General Rules for Application of Laws provides that even when a tort is governed by a foreign law, the victim may make a claim only for damages or any other remedies that may be permitted under Japanese law. The Japanese Supreme Court has found the punitive damage portion of foreign judgment unenforceable in Japan because it is against the public policy of Japan and therefore does not meet one of the statutory requirements for enforcement.
There has been no foreign class action case in which a final foreign judgment was enforced or attempts were made to enforce it in Japan.
Injunction action under special laws appear to be effective methods to make business operators voluntarily correct their unfair practices. Many litigated cases have been resolved in a settlement in or outside of court, while some have been decided in favour of the QCO.
Since there have been no cases for damage claims filed by an SQCO, the system does not seem to be functioning well.


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Our old friend Bobby: What Robert Kennedy can teach us about race relations
After Martin Luther King's assassination, Robert Kennedy offered anger and withdrawal as legitimate responses to the black community's tragedy.
On April 4, 1968, Robert Kennedy campaigned for president at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. During a question-and-answer forum, a black student addressed the candidate: "Mr. Kennedy, I agree with the programs and proposals that you are making, and I congratulate you on them. But in order for them to work, you're placing a great deal of faith in white America. My question is: is this faith justified?"
Kennedy replied, "Yes [...] I think the vast majority of the American people want to do the decent thing and the right thing." After the rally, as Kennedy walked to his plane to fly from Muncie to his next stop in Indianapolis, an aid told him Martin Luther King had been shot. When the plane landed in Indianapolis, Kennedy learned definitively that Martin Luther King was dead.
Two months after Robert Kennedy's assassination on June 5, 1968, pop singer Dion released "Abraham, Martin, and John." The song imagined the Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and John F. Kennedy as a civil rights triumvirate waiting in the afterlife to welcome "my old friend Bobby." The song only reached number four on pop music charts in the United States, though strangely became a number one hit in Canada.
In June 1969, the board of Chicago's city colleges proposed renaming a campus dedicated to Woodrow Wilson to Kennedy-King College. Speaking in support of the name change, Wilson College president Maceo Bowie declared "All of us—students, faculty, and administration—decided on a name change to symbolize our fight against the evils in our society which caused the deaths of Sen. Robert Kennedy and Rev. Martin Luther King." The dual memorial, which was also attached to an elementary school in Brooklyn, and many Democratic Party fundraising dinners throughout the United States, obscures an important historical fact: Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were not friends.
As attorney general, Kennedy authorized an FBI wiretap on King and other civil rights leaders. Ostensibly done in the interest of "national security," Robert Kennedy wanted a heads-up if anything civil rights leaders were planning would be politically problematic for his brother, the president. The attorney general would be repaid by overhearing King and his circle discuss John F. Kennedy's assassination with gallows humor and making off-color jokes about the first family.
For his part, King was wary of getting too close to any politician, once stating "you can't dine the president and represent vigorously black people in America." At best, the two enjoyed what civil rights activist Andrew Young called a "distant camaraderie."
But by the last year of their lives both men pushed for a civil rights agenda that tackled the structural and societal roots of racial inequality. Both men would also denounce what they saw as the greatest stumbling block to achieving a more equal and just society: the unceasing loss of life and squandering of resources in Vietnam.
When Kennedy reached Indianapolis, his advisers and local officials wanted him to cancel his campaign stop in an overwhelmingly black neighborhood. He ignored them, brusquely telling the Indianapolis police "if they [the black crowd] would bother you, you're the one with the problem." He proceeded to rally at the corner of 17th and Broadway, standing on the back of a flatbed truck and informing the Indianapolis crowd of Martin Luther King's murder.
News cameras were on Kennedy, so we cannot see the crowd, but their screams are audible in the footage of his speech. He praised King but quickly moved to how the people before him likely felt: "For those of you who are black—considering the evidence evidently is that there were white people who were responsible—can be filled with bitterness, and with hatred, and a desire for revenge. We can move in that direction as a country, in greater polarization—black people amongst blacks, and white amongst whites, filled with hatred toward one another."
The idea of any public figure, let alone a white U.S. Senator running for president, telling black people that their rage is justified, that they do not have to help heal the nation by being bottomless wells of forgiveness, that this maybe one betrayal too many, is stunning. Kennedy offers anger and withdrawal as legitimate responses to tragedy, and he knows, because he experienced them in the aftermath of his own tragedy: "For those of you who are black and are tempted to fill with—be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man."
Still, it was possible that something existed beyond bitterness, mistrust, and hatred. "What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another; and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black."
Kennedy warned the turn to justice and compassion was not going to be easy, and the future was uncertain. He even warned that there would likely be more violence to come, but closed with the same hedged hope he offered Ball State student a few hours before, "the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings that abide in our land."
Kennedy's words had power and, consequently, Indianapolis escaped the rioting and violence that destroyed large swaths of other American cities in the wake of King's murder. Today, the entire speech is on a plaque near the intersection where Kennedy spoke. There are also two sculptures cast in high relief, one of Martin Luther King, the other of Robert Kennedy. They are facing each other, each man with an arm outstretched, perhaps reaching to the close the distance that separated them in life. Each man's shadow is depicted as well, reaching down toward the viewer.
The distance in our camaraderie with these two men is the distance of time, of 50 years. Still, if we choose to act with "compassion toward one another; and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black," we can close that distance as well. With their words, with their actions, with the examples of their lives, that is what Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy call us to do.
Robert Kennedy in Indianapolis, April 4, 1968 from Kennedy King on Vimeo.
Image: Wikimedia Commons


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Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival 2020
South Cape Coral
Cape Coral, Florida (South)
Phone: (239) 699-7942
Event Dates: 1/11/20 - 1/12/20
Application Deadline: 10/1/19 Midnight EST
73 day(s) and 3 hour(s) remaining
Images: 5 (a booth shot is required)
Fee (Application Fee): $35.00
Event Summary
The 35th Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival is produced by the Rotary Club of Cape Coral and is a celebration of national and local fine art, fine craft and music.
General Information
35th Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival
South Cape Coral, FL
January 11 & 12, 2020
Application Deadline: October 1, 2019
2020 Exhibitor Application
The Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival invites you to apply to be one of 300 exhibitors at the 2020 event, one of Sunshine Artists top rated events. The festival enjoys an attendance of 100,000 visitors to the South Cape area in Cape Coral, Florida. The two-day event gives patrons the opportunity to meet and purchase art from exhibiting artists and craftspeople. Our goal is to provide the public and our selected exhibitors an experience of unparalleled quality. Proceeds from the Festival help the Rotary Club of Cape Coral to fulfill its mission of "Service above Self". View our programs at www.capecoralrotary.com
Over $70,000 is spent annually promoting this event with over 5 million impressions. From Newspapers, Digital Billboards, Conde Nast Traveler, Destinations Magazine distributed throughout the state, Local television commercials to include drive market TV stations, Email Marketing - Targeted Email Blasts/Series of special announcements about the event. Media Emails - Direct one-to-one emails to drive market TV stations and newspapers, Social Media - Two-month campaign leading up to event, Facebook Advertising.
Important Dates
March 1, 2019
2020 Application Available
Thursday, October 1, 2019 Midnight, EST
Application deadline
October 2019
The five person jury convenes to select 300 exhibitors
October 31, 2019
Notification by email.
email email@example.com with questions Please do not call)
300 juried exhibitors will receive an invitation to exhibit.
Exhibitors who advanced to the final round of jurying but were not invited to exhibit are considered alternates and will be notified at this time as well.
November 15, 2019
Deadline to accept invitation to participate, return a signed exhibitor contract and remit booth fee.
Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival Dates
Friday, January 10th, 2020
Check-in opens 3pm. Booth access approx. 7pm
Saturday, January 11th, 2020
Setup and Check-in 6am
Judging 9:00am - 4pm
Show 10am - 5pm
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
Show 10am - 5pm
Tear down 5pm -8pm
The Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival reserves the right to re-categorize an artist's submission. Every attempt will be made to notify the artist if this is done.
Painting: Acrylic, oil, gouache, pastels, charcoal, drawing and watercolor paintings are accepted in this medium.
Photography: Includes traditional film photography, hand colored images, emulsion transfers, and digital photography that has not been manipulated to achieve results beyond what could be done in a traditional darkroom. Only artist's original source material is acceptable.
Mixed Media: Two and three-dimensional work which combines materials from two or more mediums in one piece.
Sculpture: Three-dimensional work using additive or subtractive processes in a single medium.
Fine Crafts:
1. Fiber: Includes leather, baskets, dolls, paper, wearable and non-wearable. No machine-tooled, machine-screen printing or other forms of mass production are accepted. Factory-produced wearable items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artists, are not accepted.
2. Furniture: Original, handmade furniture designed and fabricated using raw/unfinished material. Factory-produced items, regardless of additional modification or enhancement by the artists, are not accepted.
3. Glass: Functional and sculptural work is accepted. Kiln forming, blowing, molding or casting, as well as all cold working processes are permitted
4. Ceramics: Original clay and porcelain work, functional or sculptural.
5. Wood: Original works that are hand tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved.
6. Metal: Sculptural or decorative work made from metal. No jewelry will be accepted in this category.
Digital Art: Includes any original work in which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, was executed by the artist using the computer. (Digital photo editing within the confines of what could be done in the darkroom is allowed in the photography category.) Work must be in editions, signed and numbered, using archival papers, inks, and emulsions.
Jewelry: Only those artists accepted in the jewelry category may display or sell jewelry. All jewelry, whether produced from metal, glass, clay, fiber, or other materials must apply in this category
Thank you, John, for all your hard work and efforts on the behalf of your community and ours. I sent a thank you last week but I don't know if you got it, so I'll repeat: I absolutely LOVED being a part of your great event. Community shows are my favorite, much more so than with private promoters. You and your committee did an outstanding job from my perspective and I couldn't be more grateful. We had a great show, we LOVED having a hotel on site, I can't say enough about what a gift that is as an artist dealing with the elements; thank you for arranging the artists' special rates.
- Kevan Breitinger
Thank you for all your efforts. It is truly a wonderful festival. The new way of getting artists on the parkway was amazing in how well it transpired. Thank you for coming to every booth and checking on us.
The show was amazing! The volunteers are so good - helpful & kind!
I think for me the show worked well- load in was a piece of cake- load out the same! My experience with the festival is always a wonderful one, and I feel you all did an amazing job- I thank you
-Kelly Zimmer Demichele
All I can say is thank you! We had the greatest show ever.
I just wanted to say I had a wonderful fair
Dear Mr. Jacobsen.
On behalf of my wife and myself thank you and your wonderful volunteers for a great show. We look forward to your show every year. The folks who come out and support the show are wonderful and loved to see the art. Once again, thank you
Location: South Cape Coral on Cape Coral Parkway, Cape Coral Florida
Email: email@example.com
Web Address: www.capecoralfestival.com
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 101346 Cape Coral, FL 33910
Images: 4 images of work + 1 booth or display image
or distinctly separate bodies of work within one category they may apply with multiple applications
Application Fee: $35
Booth Fee: 10' x 10' space $425. plus sales tax Also, there are a limited number of double booths available for $850 plus sales tax. There are no corner booths
Liability Insurance: Artists are required to show proof of liability insurance.
Awards: Over $7,000
Electricity: Not available. No generators.
Security: 24 Hour
Parking: Free and reserved parking provided for exhibitors.
Load-In: Access booth directly with vehicle
Attendance: 100,000 guests
1. Only fine craftspeople and artists displaying their own original work may participate. No agents or dealers. Photo I.D. is required. This show is for original handcrafted work. Final interpretation of commercial status will be made by the Committee. The Committee has the right to expel, without refund, any Exhibitor who breaks these rules during the Art Festival.
2. All applicants MUST submit four (4) images of recent work AND one (1) image of their booth through Zapplication.
3. Application by collaborating artists
Collaborating exhibitors may apply as a single entry only. No more than two (2) exhibitors working as a team may collaborate in the design and creation of any artwork submitted with the application or chosen to display at the Festival.
Assistants, employees, office or other support staff are NOT considered to be collaborators. If an artist has a helper who assists the exhibitor with frames, setup, selling, paperwork, etc., but she/he is NOT producing the work under his/her own or team name, this person is NOT a collaborator, though he or she may certainly assist at the Festival.
If accepted, only one (1) booth will be issued, and only finished work that is the result of the collaborative process may be displayed and sold.
BOTH exhibitors are required to sign in and present photo identification prior to setting up.
BOTH exhibitors must be present during Festival hours in the booth during the entire two-day Festival, with the exception of short breaks.
4. The following are prohibited:
a. Buy-Sell (see below)
b. Copies of original artwork not done by the exhibitor and works reproduced or copied from works of masters, advertisements, commercial or widely circulated photographs or offset prints
c. Work purchased from an outside source for resale
d. Production artwork in any category
e. Work created by kits, velvet paintings, manufactured or kit jewelry, art supplies, commercial signage or displays, decoupage and ceramics cast from commercial molds
f. Traditional crafts such as soaps, candles, scented oils and homemade food items
g. Mass-produced note cards, commercial books, etc. not reproduced from the exhibitor's original work.
h. Artwork not in the category in which the artist applied and was accepted
i. Unsigned artwork or work not using archival materials
j. Alcohol or sound systems
k. Generators
5. The selection of an artist/craftsperson is an indication of his/her commitment to exhibit. NO REFUNDS will be made for cancellation. NO REFUNDS shall be made for inclement weather or other acts of God over which the Sponsors have no control, and the risk and/or loss from such event shall be borne by the Exhibitor.
6. Exhibitors' work displayed and sold during the show must correspond to the work submitted for jurying. The exhibition or sale of anything else by the Exhibitor is prohibited. No sharing of space, subletting or selling is permitted except when two people work together.
7. If your craft is the building of musical instruments, they must be sold (not DVD, cd or other media forms of the music). As a courtesy to other exhibitors, any music played in your booth may not be audible outside your booth or you will be asked to lower the volume. Failure to do so will result in your being asked to leave.
8. Each Exhibitor must comply with all pertinent State of Florida sales tax regulations.
9. Official Exhibitor I.D. badges will be issued and must be worn at all times by the Exhibitor. Each Exhibitor will be provided with and must display an 8 1/2" x 11" white card with Exhibitor's name, category and home city.
10. All Exhibitors must check in between 6:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 or between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Check in is REQUIRED prior to beginning setup. Failure to check in by 8:00 a.m. will result in loss of your space and your fee forfeited.
11. Displays must be set up by 10:00am daily. No booth may be dismantled prior to the 5:00 p.m. closing. Displays must be manned at all times by the Exhibitor. Exhibitors must furnish their own displays. Displays must be strong enough to withstand winds and crowds. Exhibitors may not use stakes. Exhibitors are responsible for damages caused by these displays.
12. All Exhibitors must park their vehicles in designated areas. Vehicles must be off the Parkway by 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning and by 7:00 p.m. on Sunday evening.
13. Judges will base all awards on the overall quality of all work shown.
Buy-Sellers have become a scourge on Art Festivals. These people have become increasingly clever in their applications and often show documentation that they are the artist or craftsperson. This makes it very difficult to prove. We wish to do everything we can to deter buy-sell at the Cape Coral Arts & Music Festival. We will have a special committee devoted to researching each application upon receipt. If you are determined to be a Buy-Sell/Production exhibitor by the committee, you will be immediately expelled from the Festival without refund. If you are a Buy-Sell/Production exhibitor, save your $35 dollars and don't apply.
Please don't apply if you:
1. Buy work and try to sell it as your own
2. Have a factory or a team that makes the work under your direction
3. You plan on having a representative staff your booth
4. Make work from kits or assemble other people work into something else
· Friday set-up and check-in (street spaces set up Friday evening)
· Drive to and unload at your booth
· Exhibitor Hospitality Area with daily morning coffee and pastries
· Free exhibitor parking near the Festival in grass lots
· Discount hotel rates
· Exhibitor Concierges that patrol booths offering booth sitting and other assistance.
· Security patrol after hours
· Extensive media promotions throughout Southwest Florida leading up to the Festival
· Artists retain all sales proceeds
Booth Information
Upon invitation into the show, artists may purchase a single booth. A limited number of double booths are available, and these will be sold on a first-come, first served basis. Each exhibitor will be provided a space measuring 10' deep by 10' wide. Exhibitors are to provide their own display booth, racks and/or tables in order to display their work in an outdoor environment.
Booth Fee: 10' x 10' space $425 plus sales tax. Also, there are a limited number of double booths available for $850 plus sales tax.
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|From: Marvel
Yes, Iron Man 3 is out in cinemas now I can tell you that I have seen it.
In fact, I was one of the first to do so, having watched the midnight screening on Wednesday night. A bunch of us went down to the Cineworld IMAX in Enfield amongst some of the keenest fans on the outskirts of London. It was actually a combo pack type thing, meaning the film was first preceded by the sort-of prequel, Avengers Assemble – six hours of immense Marvel action in IMAX 3D, oh how we were buzzing.
Anyway, Iron Man 3. I've been looking forward to this a lot, the third (and possibly final) act for one of my favourite superhero series, along side The Dark Knight trilogy of course. And I have to say it was epic. Like I cannot stress how good it was – I can't remember when I last felt so amazed leaving the cinema, perhaps not since Inception. But I genuinely thought that it was an amazing movie, so good I'd go see it again right now. We already know of and love Tony Stark, but this film takes it so much further. The story, the emotions, the tech, the humour (true hilarity) and the action, it was all so on point and this was such a well done movie, simply a must watch.
There's an interview by Robert Downey Jr. out there where he says something like: "We wanted to make the best possible Act Three that we could, and we have." Let me just confirm that he's fucking right.


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European Week of Cities and Regions Master Class
- April 27, 2016
For the fourth year, the European Week of Regions and Cities, 9-13 October 2016, will host the EWRC Masterclass. This prestigious event will bring together 30 selected early career researchers and PhD students to present and discuss recent research on EU Cohesion Policy and regional/urban development with EU officials and renowned academics. Travel and accommodation costs are covered.
This year's topics are:
(1) Promoting inclusive growth and social cohesion, including the territorial dimension and the integration of urban and rural development.
(2) The significance of the network economy: policy learning; transfers between regions and cities; knowledge spillovers.
(3) Improving the Cohesion policy delivery system: performance, simplification and accountability.
Applications from potential attendees must be submitted by 9 May 2016.
All details of the application process, funding support offered (travel and accommodation) and a draft programme can be found at: http://www.regionalstudies.
NB Masterclass begins on 9th October.


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Game of Thrones 2014 Video Game
Game of Thrones is an new video adventure game launching in late 2014 that is based on the "A Song of Ice and Fire" book and the Game of Thrones TV series. It's launching on Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The video game is being produced by Telltale Games along with George R. R. Martin's P.A. Ty Corey Franck, who is consulting on the story. This will mark the second game release from the series in 2014, following the launch of the Game of Thrones Slot (play free demo here).
Telltalle has previously developed games for The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us and the Tales from the Borderlands. It will be released as a number of episodes.
You will play the game by moving your around the virtual Game of Thrones world, interacting with stuff and building relationships with other characters in the game. The choices and decisions you make will affect how the story pans out as seen from the eyes of 5 different characters
Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series - Announcement Trailer
Telltale Games was chosen as the preferred partner thanks to their success in previous licensed ventures, such as The Walking Dead video game series.
The big news about the Game of Thrones 2014 Video Game, is that Telltale are widening their "double character" format from their game: "Tales from the Borderlands", to no less than 5 playable characters, all related to one another.
The choices that you make for each character will affect everyone in the family, adding a whole new layer of complexity to the game.
Rumour has it that the action centres on the storyline where Stannis Baratheon is trying to quash the Bolton's takeover of the north. The game will probably feature one of the families affect by the war. So it's a pretty close time period to where the show is on the TV.
Until the episodes are released, the one thing we are sure about is that the Rumour Mill will continue to circulate. They are certainly managing to create some buzz around the launch.


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What to Watch on Friday: More episodes of 'Great British Baking Show' now on Netflix
Great British Baking Show (Netflix) - Collection 6 of the popular U.K. baking series lands on Netflix.
Medal of Honor (Netflix) - This new 8-episode documentary series celebrates eight recipients of the military's highest award for valor — bestowed upon fewer than 3,600 Americans since President Abraham Lincoln signed it into law in 1861.
The Sound of Music (9 p.m., PBS / UNC-TV) - Great Performances presents a U.K. production of this long-running musical about the von Trapp Family Singers and their escape from Austria at the height of Nazism.
Holiday Cookie Builds (10 p.m., Cooking) - In this new series, Salt Lake City-based friends and baking experts Brenda Nibley and Alisha Nuttall transform their clients' wildest requests into edible masterpieces for the holidays.


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Profin will participate Housing Fair in Vantaa, Finland. The Housing Fair will be open daily between 10th July and 9th August 2015. We will be the main exhibitor of the Profin House.
Profin House represents a clear design and it will be built using our newest product family, called Full Glass. The surface on Full Glass windows and glass sliding doors is entirely glass, which unites beautifully with the modern house.
More information about Profin House will follow later on the spring. Stay tuned!


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Diabolique was hit by the electrified ice and lost her focusing, just as Veronica teleported to the platform the madwoman stood in and punched her repeatedly with her electrified fists. The gynoid then teleported back.
"Stupid children, I should have killed them when I had the chance..." Diabolique said, as she heard a sound approaching her.... she looke up just in time to find Noah's blast of flames and her own beam joined and approaching her.
Noah shouted in lilim language as the blast became faster and a bit stronger, pouring all the power he had been able to take from the nexus (and his own power) in the blast.
"Oh sh--" the woman started to say before the blast hit her and pretty much took her with it, exploding in the end. Afterwards, everything started to change to normal, with the city returning to its original stated, the palace returning to be just a mall, and the throne room returning to be just a bathroom. Diabolique fell to her knees, weakened (she used almost all she had in the blast, and what she could use for a protective spell). "I did not expect that...." she said as she tried to get up.
"Your plans stop right here, witch!" K.O. said as he pointed at Diabolique.
"You're a bit late to say that, aren't you?" Veronica pointed out. The young man merely glared at her for a while
"I don't have to hear this.... Gremory!"
"I know, I know, 'take me somewhere else'...." the archdemon said with a sigh as he mocked her voice and accent, and in a flash of multicolored light, the madwoman disappeared.
"Well..... I guess we won" Noah said with a tired smile.
"Finally...." Veronica said.
"Also............. I think I used too much power........... I don't only feel tired but my body needs to rest.................. too much strain carrying too much power, almost burning out............" Noah said. "I think I need to faint like, right now. See ya later...." he added calmly before pretty much falling face first to the floor, unconscious due to both the loose of power and the gigantic strain of carrying that much energy and using it. They could hear him snoring just a few seconds afterwards, showing he had just fallen asleep.


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KBW has successfully agreed the investment purchase of 15-21 Clarence Street, Cheltenham. The property is let to Wetherspoons on a long term lease. Further details here – http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/not-such-a-cheap-round-cheltenham-town-centre-pub-is-sold-for-3million/story-30233293-detail/story.html
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New unit To Let for aviation use @ Glos Airport
Rico takes the biscuit with assignment of Evans Cycles lease
Restaurant premises To Let in Cheltenham
KBW has been instructed to market a new lease of the ground floor restaurant accommodation at 108 Winchcombe Street in Cheltenham. Further details available here – 108 Winchcombe Street Cheltenham
Lease of converted barn on popular office development completes
Acting on behalf of client The Walker Pritchard Partnership, KBW has agreed terms for a new lease of The Long Barn at Tewkesbury Business Park. The Long Barn is part of the popular Courtyard office development on Severn Drive and is now the new home of tenant CAD-MAN-DO Design and Draughting Solutions.
Convenience store to relocate following unit sale
KBW has agreed the sale of Units 6 & 7 Kingsway Local Centre to the owner and proprietor of the convenience store in the adjoining Unit 5. The convenience store will move next door into Units 6 & 7, with a self service launderette added to Unit 5. KBW agreed the sale on behalf of developer Robert Hitchins.


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Overdose fatalities have continued to increase, with the largest portion of deaths involving heroin and fentanyl, a synthetic opioid more potent than heroin, according to this new report published by the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy.
The largest increase in overdose fatalities was seen in Jefferson County. However, Kenton County, which has received much attention on its high heroin overdose rates, saw the largest decrease in overdose fatalities from 2015 to 2016, which may reflect the hard work and initiatives in the county to prevent overdose deaths and opioid abuse. REACH Evaluation continues to work with the Kentucky Division of Behavioral Health on opioid abuse prevention through the Partnerships for Success 2015 grant focusing on military populations, who are at an increased risk for opioid misuse and abuse. Read the full ODCP report here.


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TOP THAT! PIZZA has been in DFW for a little while now. I like the concept quite a bit even though my visits have had some consistency issues.
This trip I discovered they have already expanded their menu. They now offer two sizes of pizzas (10″-6.99 and 6″-4.99) and they also have something called "BAKES".
The BAKES are single portion (4 pieces) of Meatballs or Chicken bites with cheese and your choice of Marinara or Alfredo sauce, and two breadsticks for 5.99 each.
I opted for the Meatball Marinara Bake to-g0. Since this is an assembly line operation you can see the meatballs/chicken/breadsticks are frozen and not made fresh in-house like the pizzas. Both the meatballs and chicken pieces were good-sized pieces, so I wasn't ready to consider this a bad thing.
For 5.99, even though I am getting two 5″ breadsticks, seems a little pricey for 4 meatballs. I can get a 5 dollar foot long sub at Subway that has double the amount of meatballs. So the trick here is the taste. Would it be worth a little extra to get something unique?
Sitting in the car opening this, it smelled SOOOOO GOOD. The pan was rocket-hot. Breadsticks were even better than I thought they would be. The cheese is bubbly and melty. The robust red sauce is filling my car with the smell of delicious.
And the meatballs were — wait for it — under-cooked– so that was a bit of a disappointment. They were basically room temperature with patches of less-than-warm here and there. The flavor of the meatballs themselves was VERY GOOD. They blow Subway meatballs away,so in terms of taste, I would gladly spend the money to order this again. I just would have to make sure they cook them a little longer.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Microfluidic Models of Tumor-Stroma Interactions to Study the Interplay of Cancer Cells with their Surrounding Microenvironment
- Ain't She Sweet: A Critical Choreographic Study of Identity & Intersectionality
- Suppositions for Desert Modernism: An Architectural Framework Informed by Climate, Natural Light, and Topography
- Concurrent reduction of trichloroethylene and perchlorate in continuous flow-through soil columns
- Design and Fabrication of Fabric ReinforcedTextile Actuators forSoft Robotic Graspers
The purpose of this study was to identify the algebraic reasoning abilities of young students prior to instruction. The goals of the study were to determine the influence of problem, problem type, question, grade level, and gender on: (a) young children's abilities to predict the number of shapes in near and far positions in a "growing" pattern without assistance; (b) the nature and amount of assistance needed to solve the problems; and (c) reasoning methods employed by children. The 8-problem Growing Patterns and Functions Assessment (GPFA), with an accompanying interview protocol, were developed to respond to these goals. Each problem ...
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- Cavanagh, Mary C., Greenes, Carole E, Buss, Ray, et al.
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- 2016