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Panorama, British Columbia | RTX Traveler Magazine Issue 13 | Canada
Panorama overview
It's not a short drive to Panorama, but it's a beautiful one. And once you arrive, park your car for the week and forget about it. This resort offers ski in and ski out access, meaning you can ski right up to your accommodations, a luxury that means true relaxation after an exhilarating day on the slopes. And at Panorama, they've got 4,000 vertical feet of fall line skiing in the pristine Purcell Mountains, with 3,000 acres of terrain ranging from backcountry powder bowls, to corduroy cruisers, to family friendly zones.
The adventure doesn't end there. For those looking for the ultimate in first tracks, take advantage of the highest landings in the Canadian heli-ski industry with RK Heliski. Some days, landings at 11,000 feet are possible, meaning you start your run 3,000 feet above the tree line! After skiing epic powder all day, you'll be happy to know you can kick your feet up back at the resort with Canada's largest slope-side pools, on-mountain massage and spa, lively nightlife, and delicious restaurants steps away from your room.
The Resort
Located 3.5 hours from Calgary, west of the Rocky Mountain Trench in the Purcell Range, Panorama is a completely self-contained resort, known for its fall line skiing. The resort lives up to its name with jaw-dropping views all around, with iconic Mount Nelson standing tall over the village. The mountain has been described as a "perfectly shaped cone," which skiers will delight in finding the perfect line to the bottom.
Want solitude? Embrace the pure Canadian wilderness here. There are nearly 3,000 acres to ski in Panorama, and with 3,000 people skiing the mountain on a busy day, that leaves a lot of fresh tracks to be plundered. Panorama's location allows for the warm, westerly winds from the Pacific to create a moderate climate in the Kootenay Rockies. Cold arctic systems that sweep the prairies are blocked by the mountains. Snowy nights and sunny days around 23 degrees Fahrenheit are the norm at Panorama.
The four-season boutique resort is an intimate design, boasting unique dining experiences, hot tubs dotted throughout the property, shopping, pubs and cafés. RTX guests can choose from studio, one, two, or three bedroom condos, as well as a two bedroom lofts which sleeps eight in the Horsethief Lodge located in the lower village. Enjoy new memory foam mattresses on the sleeper sofas and new leather armchairs. There are four hot tubs to soak in after a long day, and guests also have access to the hot pool.


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6 Jul 2015
Did you know there most hardwood plantation product that is grown and processed in Western Australia is exported for further manufacturing into paper and other fibre based products?
There are a number of forms of hardwood plantations grown in WA. Eucalypt pulpwood plantations are the predominant form, from virtually a zero base in the mid 1980's to a multi-million dollar industry that today is matured and sustainable. Blue Gum...
6 Jul 2015
Did you know that a large share of sawn wood produced in WA is grown in softwood (pine) plantations?
So in addition to harvesting timbers from natural forests, and hardwood plantations, we process logs sourced in pine plantations that are managed primarily for valuable sawmilling wood.
Like timber from natural forests, products from plantations are renewable, largely processed in the southwest region, and marketed both domestica...
24 Jun 2015
The process of assessing old-growth forest was initially undertaken in Western Australia during the 1990s as part of the negotiation of the Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) between the State and the Commonwealth. Stakeholder consultation was also undertaken at this time. This process mapped the areas of old-growth forest in accordance with the definition set out in the 1992 National Forest Policy Statement and the criteria deve...
20 Jun 2015
The Forest Products Commission (FPC) is trialling the use of camera traps and cockatoo surveys in areas available for timber harvesting. The likelihood of threatened and priority species being present in harvest areas is assessed through the Fauna Distribution Information system (FDIS). FDIS uses survey data and vegetation associations to predict where threatened and priority species may occur. Camera traps and cockatoo survey...
18 Jun 2015
Original article by Forest Industries.
The most important principle in forest management is sustainability. Sustainable management means that we harvest lesser amount of wood than the amount that grows back — creating a surplus of wood amount.
It is also important that the harvesting method are inline with the preservation of the environment, plants, and animals that inhabit the forests. This ensures that our forests are maintai...
12 Jun 2015
Original article by Forest Industries.
Did you know that disturbance and regrowth are parts of the natural cycle of a forest?
In Western Australia, our forests have evolved to cope with major disturbances such as fire or logging — and fully-recover from it. This coping mechanism to recover are pushed further forward by W.A. FCN by promoting reforestation.
This is inline with our aim to foster healthy and sustainable future f...
2 Jun 2015
Photo courtesy of Forest Products Commission.
It is our mission to foster a healthy and sustainable future for those communities and their associated forests. In accordance to our mission and the Forest Products Act 2000, we follow a set of principles for sustainable forest management.
These are the same principles followed by the Forest Products Commission which includes:
the conservation of biodiversity
1 Jun 2015
Photo courtesy of Darren Tierney - http://darrentierney.com/
This article is regarding the management plan for the karri forest by the Forest Products Commission. Original article can be read here.
The Forest Products Commission (FPC) has developed a management plan for the karri forests. The plan, along with reference documents can be viewed on the FPC's website.
The plan has been developed to meet the requirements of the Forest...

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adverse circumstances attending the retreat, and I feel indebted to each of them for their active co-operation.
In conclusion, I may add the loss realized is much less than at first anticipated.
I am, dear sir, your respectful and obedient servant,
Quartermaster First Regiment Rifles.
Colonel JOHN L. BRANCH,
DECEMBER 17, 1861.-Skirmish on Chisolm's Island, S. C.
Report of Brigadier General Isaac I. Stevens, U. S. Army.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF PORT ROYAL, Beaufort, S. C., December 18, 1861.
SIR: In pursuance of my directions Lieutenant Porter, Eight Michigan Regiment, took a party last evening across the Coosaw River, and surprised a picket on Chisolm's Island. I found an intelligent negro as guide. The party started at 9.30 o'clock, crossed the Coosaw, got in the rear of the picket, attached it, and took the whole party of 6 prisoners. Two were wounded. They belonged to the Fourteenth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, Colonel [James] Jones commanding, and their names are J. P. Longford, L. M. Longford, B. Mathis, John Mates, M. W. Jennings (wounded), and Corporal J. Y. Longford (wounded).
I have not been able to elicit much information from them. They state, however, that theirs is the only regiment stationed at Garden's Corner, and that there are no pieces of artillery there. They have been in the Confederate service about four months; have received no pay. They stated that the common people had been led into the war by the leaders; that they volunteered to prevent being drafted. They (the prisoners) believe the whole difficulty grows out of a misunderstanding. Their leaders, however, were very determined.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Captain L. H. PELOUZE,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Port Royal, S. C.
DECEMBER 20, 1861.-Sinking of the Stone Fleet at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, S. C.
Numbers 1.-General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army.
Numbers 2.- Major Thomas M. Wagner, S. C. Artillery.
Numbers 1. Report of General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army.
HEADQUARTERS, COOSAWHATCHIE, S. C., December 20, 1861.
SIR: It has been reported to me by General Ripley that the enemy brought his stone fleet to the entrance of Charleston Harbor to-day, and


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Ironwing Flatbow (unique item)
|This article is about the unique bow named Ironwing Flatbow. For the common bow of the same name, see Ironwing Flatbow.
|Ironwing Flatbow (unique item)
|Unique weapon details
This bow can be obtained in exchange for an Amulet of the Mists from the Adept of Nature in the Divine Path.
Bow stats[edit | edit source]
- Piercing Dmg: 15-28 (req. 9 Marksmanship)
- Damage +15% (while Health is above 50%)
- Energy gain on hit: 1
- Energy regeneration -1
- Health +30
Collector counterpart[edit | edit source]
This bow can be fully replicated, excluding its skin, with:
- a Zealous Bowstring
- a perfect Bow Grip of Fortitude
- and a Flatbow obtained from:
Notes[edit | edit source]
- It shares its stats with Stoneherder's Flatbow, Deldrimor Flatbow (unique) and the Forgotten Flatbow.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The design of this weapon is one of the winning entries to Arenanet's Design-a-Weapon Contest.


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On Thursday's (October 3) Happening in Homer segment, Senior High Principal Doug Van Etten and Village Recreation Director Zach Pollak joined Vinnie Bellardini for a discussion on improvements being made at Griggs Field Complex on Creal Road.
Van Etten also serves on Homer Little League's volunteer board and said he's excited about all the investments coming to life at the park.
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Are you in the process of creating a business, but unsure whether your idea has any lucrative potential? While it is impossible to predict the success of every new business venture, there are certain industries that have a proven track record of yielding significant financial returns. In episode #111, Elizabeth Larkin and Gene Marks discuss several of today's most profitable businesses.
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Executive Summary
1:14—Today's Topic: Which of Today's Small Businesses are the Most Lucrative?
1:56—With hourly rates ranging from $100 – $400, accounting businesses have been proven to be quite profitable for individuals with the proper licensing and education. They also require little to no initial investment.
7:43—Becoming a real estate owner or landlord is a good option for those with the startup capital because once you purchase the property, all you essentially have to do is maintain it and collect rent.
10:03—Those with a law degree and a relevant experience should consider establishing their own office since legal services are always in demand. As with accounting, this small business requires no overhead or direct cost.
11:28—The management of companies and enterprises is another lucrative industry for business owners because it allows them to serve as consultants to preexisting companies.
12:55—Starting your own construction business can be very profitable, provided that the current economy is strong and you have priced your rates accordingly.
14:98—While dentistry has always been a stable profession, private practice owners who have expanded their basic services to include cosmetic dentistry have the opportunity to reap additional financial rewards.
15:56—When the housing market is strong, those with the drive and determination can find great success as a real estate agent due to all the commissions.
17:42—Despite the high barrier entry and the high initial investments, owning a mineral mining or quarrying business can generate significant profit margins since it is such a commodity-based service.
18:36—Warehouse and storage space rental is another fast-growing industry that requires little of an aspiring business owner beyond the initial purchase of the storage units or facilities.
20:03—Due to sheer necessity, death care and funeral-based services offer a steady and highly lucrative income to those who decide to establish a business in these areas; the industry has growing opportunities for women because they are perceived as more nurturing and comforting than men.
22:59—Gene advises travelers to book their airplane tickets an average of 70 days in advance to get the best fares.
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Elizabeth: Gene, we never talk about our favorite books anymore or what we're watching, or movies we've seen.
Gene: Boy, I'd love to share, so I can I share with you a great show that I just finished watching?
Elizabeth: We're going to save it to the end of the episode.
Gene: Oh, okay.
Elizabeth: Because people don't like to hear … Some people like to hear about it, but others are like, "You know what, you're going to talk to me today about what small businesses are the most profitable. I'm starting up a small business or I just started a small business, just tell me what businesses are most profitable." They don't want to hear about our banter about what we're reading, what we're watching.
Gene: Meanwhile, you're bantering right now.
Elizabeth: I know.
Gene: You're just droning on and on. People want to get to the meat of the issue, here.
Elizabeth: I just want to let the people that do like us, and want to hear about what we're doing right now-
Gene: I've got a great show on Netflix to recommend, so stay tuned to the very end.
Elizabeth: Yes.
Gene: You will not regret it.
Elizabeth: And I have a good one, too. After the Word of Brilliance, stay with us.
Our topic today, as you may have guessed, what small businesses are the most profitable right now, and we'll be back with that list after we here from our sponsor.
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QUESTION: What Businesses are the Most Profitable Now?
So, Gene, I'm going to run through these industries, and what I want to talk about is commonalities between them or how hard it is to start a business like this.
Gene: Sure.
Elizabeth: Because some of them, there's a barrier to entry. Number one, accounting.
Gene: Yeah, first of all, I think we're going to find of the businesses here, because I took a sneak peek at this list, involve this thing called, skills.
Elizabeth: Or education.
Gene: Or education. Maybe, we'll get back to that or maybe we'll talk about that now, but accounting is considered to be a very profitable business to run, right? Here's the reason why it's a profitable business to run, because I'm an accountant. Typical accountants charge-
Elizabeth: Nerd.
Gene: Yeah, well, okay. Typical accountants charge, a 100 bucks to $400 an hour, depending on the work that they're doing, whether it's tax returns or advice or whatever. You've got no out-of-pocket costs. You could have an office or you don't have to have to have an office. You can just work from home if you wan to. When you think about a billable week, if you're an accountant and you can find 40 hours a week, billable, even $100 an hour, that's $4000 a week or-
Elizabeth: What would an accountant-
Gene: That's like 50 grand a year is what you're making with basically no out-of-pocket, no materials, no costs, no-
Elizabeth: Well, your computer.
Gene: That's nominal stuff.
Elizabeth: You accounting software.
Gene: Yeah, that's also very nominal. That's just you doing the work, by the way. You can easily make a living, 50 grand a year, that's at 100 bucks an hour, when really most accountants are charging twice that. Really, you could be making 80 to 100,000 dollars an hour, if you could be 40 hours chargeable a week for 50 weeks a year, that's a pretty profitable business.
Elizabeth: What if you think about the education that you need to do that.
Gene: Yeah.
Elizabeth: Now, your son is an accountant.
Gene: He is.
Elizabeth: How much did you spend on his college education?
Gene: Exactly right. First of all, too much. We spent three times the amount of money that we needed to spend. Here's the thing, to become a CPA, in most states requires you to get 120 hours of accounting credits that you need to have. So, you need to go to school, and some even require even more. Those accounting credits can be from a community college, or they can be from a local college, they don't have to be from any expensive-
Elizabeth: And he went to Pitt, right?
Gene: He went to Pitt, which is a state college, so that's-
Elizabeth: That's still pretty expensive.
Gene: It was about 25 grand a year to go to Pitt. Okay, that's one thing. We could have gotten it, I'm going to a school even cheaper than that, and he could have gone to community college for half that amount of time for even cheaper, but then he would have gotten the credits he needed. Then, he could sit for the CPA exam. Once you pass the CPA exam, you've got license to practice in your state, you now have those skills, and then you can earn a really good living. There will never be a shortage of accountants in this world unless governments decide to stop taxing their people, which clearly is never going to happen. It's a really consistent, good business to go into. Now, a lot of people don't because it's boring and you have to have a certain personality. You have to be detail … You can imagine what the downsides are … Now, I know this is why, this is considered to be one of the most profitable businesses, that's why, it's you and your brain.
Elizabeth: Yes, you do have to be detailed oriented, and you have to be good at math or at least proficient in math.
Gene: By the way, you don't have to be that great in math, believe it or not. It's a lot of adding and subtracting.
Elizabeth: You know what, I know when I-
Gene: There are calculators that do that.
Elizabeth: … I go see my accountant and I'll ask him questions, and he's just got his ten key out all the whole time.
Gene: He's just calculating away.
Elizabeth: I wonder if he's not able to do it in his head or if he just loves his ten key. I think he loves his ten key.
Gene: I'm thinking it's the other thing around, he's probably not able to do it in his head. I took accounting in college, I met a lot of, these guys are not going to be rocket scientists, but they're smart enough to be accountants. People in the accounting profession are going to yell at me, but-
Elizabeth: You need to be detailed-oriented.
Gene: Yeah.
Elizabeth: You also have to be good with people because you're dealing with clients.
Gene: Not necessarily. I know a lot of accountants that are very good accountants, they're just not necessarily that great with people. Would you rather have your accountant be not good with you socially, but saving you money on your taxes, and really be excellent at what he does? Or would you like the accountant the other way around, he's like, "Hey, let's go for beers, I love ya", meanwhile he doesn't know what he's doing when it comes time for your tax return? What would you prefer?
Elizabeth: I think you know, but okay, the next episode, I'm going to tease this, are these are businesses for lazy people to start, it's businesses you can start at home and you don't need any skills, so the barrier of entry-
Gene: Hosting a podcast.
Elizabeth: … is much, yes exactly. The barrier of entry is much, much lower, but for these businesses, to be an accountant, let's say you're not a CPA, but you're like, "Oh, accounting is one of the most profitable, small businesses to start. Maybe I just hire a bunch of accountants to work for me." Is that plausible?
Gene: I mean, sure, of course it is. When I gave you this scenario of a person being 40 hours chargeable a week at a 100 or 200 bucks an hour, that's a decent living, that you could make, but you certainly ain't getting rich. You're earning a decent living. You want to make money, you become a business person. The way you become a business person, you hire other accountants to work for you.
Elizabeth: So, how come you don't hire a bunch of CPAs to do?
Gene: We're not in the accounting business. We're in the technology management business, so we really focus on more the applications.
Elizabeth: I'm thinking, just you know, forget about The Mark's Group-
Gene: And do it separately on the side? No, it's a good question, but it's like any other business, every business you get out of it, what you put into it. I'm not going to be able to hire ten CPAs, and then, boom, I have a business plan, you've got to market that business. I got to get clients, they have to be served, there has to be organization, and structure, and all that. That takes, that's a full-time job to manage that stuff.
Elizabeth: Okay, so accounting is the most profitable small business, but there is a barrier to entry, you actually have to be a CPA.
Gene: You have to be a CPA by the way, you can just be a regular accountant, it's just-
Elizabeth: Really?
Gene: The CPA certification, besides it being, it bolsters your credibility by a 1000%, you can't sign off on financial statements unless you're a CPA.
Elizabeth: Okay.
Gene: But you can prepare somebody else's tax return if you're not a CPA, but if you're going to hire an accountant and one's a CPA and one's not, you're generally going to lean towards the CPA.
Elizabeth: You're going to hire the CPA.
Number two, business number two, most profitable small business, real estate AKA landlord, so not a real estate agent, but someone owns property-
Gene: Property.
Elizabeth: … and is renting it out. That's got a pretty high barrier to entry.
Gene: It does.
Elizabeth: Because you have to have money.
Gene: You need to have money. It's funny, we've done that, as well. We've, over the years, my wife and I purchased some small properties that we rent out in Philadelphia. Once you're able to scrape up the money to do it, that's a super easy and profitable business to do, because then it's a matter of just charging rents and collecting them.
Elizabeth: If someone calls your tenant and they're like, "Oh, the toilet's clogged again."
Gene: Then it becomes-
Elizabeth: Are you the person who's going over there?
Gene: It depends. Having said that though, these are the kinds of things, that we were talking about profitable businesses, you can do yourself. The barrier to entry there is very low. Once you bought the property, to learn how to be a handyman or whatever, it's a skill like anything else, and there are different levels of expertise there, but it's a Home Depot type of thing. You can service your apartment. Plus, if you buy property that's in pretty good shape. We buy, we have a few condos in Philly, so there's like zero work that needs to be done on them. Then, from a profit standpoint, it's a matter of … You're just subject to that market value of rents in your area, so that's something that's out of your control.
Elizabeth: Have you ever had to lower rents?
Gene: No, we've never had to do that yet, but we're prepared to if that is the case.
Elizabeth: Because you aren't relying on that income.
Gene: Right, but you're depending on the market and what the rents are. You have a mortgage if you finance it, but if you have, like you said earlier, if you've got the cash, you have to finance it, then you are literally collecting a check. Now, the only other thing you have to worry about is that if, what if somebody doesn't pay, a tenant doesn't pay. Honestly, that's really few and far between. The fact is in this world is that 99% of the people out there, they do pay their bills, and they are honest people and they are … Okay, there is 1%, that you might stumble on that gives you a problem, and that's a potential headache, but that shouldn't happen to you often.
Finding new tenants is a cost because when you lose one, then you gotta advertise for another, and then spend some time-
Elizabeth: And it's time, you have to interview people.
Gene: Correct, and it might involve a cost because you have a new tenant, so you have to put in new rugs, or have the place painted again. Over the long term, operationally, it's profitable.
Elizabeth: Number three, legal services.
Gene: Same thing as accounting. It's the same concept.
Elizabeth: Again, you're going to spend a lot of money on education.
Gene: You do, more than accounting in this case because there you got to go undergrad, and then you go to law school, and then once you go to law school, you then got to sit for the bar exam.
Elizabeth: And law school is really expensive.
Gene: Super expensive. Again, once you've got all of that behind you, then like an accountant you can open up your own practice, and you charge by the hour, and you can do it yourself. You don't necessarily have to hire other people. There's no materials, there's not inventory, there's no machinery, there's no equipment, there doesn't even have to be any rent if you want to do it from your home. I have a very good friend, who's a labor attorney. Just background is, he went to Duke Law, and then he worked for ten years at a big law firm.
Elizabeth: I hate Duke.
Gene: Well, listen, Duke is, that their basketball team, you can't argue that they're one of the-
Elizabeth: I hate them.
Gene: … whatever, it's a very good school. It's very beautiful.
Elizabeth: I'm a UConn fan.
Gene: Okay, you're a UConn. Anyway, let's get back on topic here. My friend, Claude, he's the attorney, he's a labor attorney. He works out of his home. He built a little office for himself over his garage, and he's got like ten clients, and he represents the bad guys. He represents corporations when they fight employees.
Elizabeth: So, he has no soul, basically.
Gene: He has no soul.
Elizabeth: Okay.
Gene: But a funny guy. His business is highly profitable because there's no overhead and no direct costs.
Elizabeth: Okay. Number four is something called, and by the way, this is based on a Sageworks survey.
Gene: Sageworks is an excellent firm that provides data to both small and large companies. We got this from a list that Sageworks put together from their database.
Elizabeth: We'll link to this in the show notes. This is something called management of companies and enterprises. The explanation is this industry consists of small, privately owned offices of bank holding companies, and they help out other businesses in influencing management decisions and organizational strategies. What does that mean, Gene?
Gene: I'm not really sure. I'm not really sure. My-
Elizabeth: Are they business consultants?
Gene: Yeah, I think what they're talking about is we are consultants and investors of people that buy in like private equity companies, that buy into other companies, and take over ownership or part ownership, and then they charge a management fee.
Elizabeth: Okay.
Gene: There are a lot of companies out there, that do that. There is a company in Philadelphia, one of my clients, actually, that is they are a private equity firm, and they go into middle market, boring manufacturers, and they buy them out, where they buy majority ownership in them. Then, they charge a management fee back to that company, in turn for their management services.
Elizabeth: That's a racket.
Gene: Well, they do own the company, so they're not going to charge a management fee that's going to put them out of business, but their management fee is structured in some way, that okay, yeah, it's a bit of a racket. It's still, a very profitable type of enterprise, obviously.
Elizabeth: Okay, number five, construction.
Gene: That interests me, and caught my eye for being most profitable or one of the most profitable types of businesses.
Elizabeth: Because there a ton of costs.
Gene: There is a lot of cost because there's material cost. I think what we're talking about in construction is if you're small time. If you're a drywall guy, or if you're a contractor, if you are somebody that's carpenter, and you've got your own carpentry business or drywall business, that's not that different than your accountant business or your legal business. It's just you, so you're charging time and materials for the work that you're doing. If you price yourself correctly … Listen, housing prices now are jumping around the country, there's a shortage of housing. The construction industry is trying to catch up, it's been very good to be in the construction industry, and they're willing to pay top dollar to independent construction companies, drywall people, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, those kind of guys, and they're charging an hourly rate. If you can get the rate, then it's profitable.
Elizabeth: What happens if we go into a recession in 2019?
Gene: Then, it's not profitable.
Elizabeth: Then, they fall out of the-
Gene: That's right. Well, that gets back to, and we've had conversations before about managing cash, but my smartest clients are in the construction business are the ones that scoop up the money when things are good, and stick it away because they know particularly in that industry, it is very, very much fluctuates with the economy.
Elizabeth: Okay, number six is dentists.
Gene: Interesting one about that, as well. Dentists are lucky in the sense that, when I say lucky, I've never met a happy dentist. Whenever I talk to dentists, they always are grumbling. I guess I would be grumbling, too, if I were to be looking in people's mouths. That is a job I could never imagine having, but okay, that's fine. It's a profitable business, and it's never going away because-
Elizabeth: My dentist loves me.
Gene: Is your dentist happy?
Elizabeth: Uh …
Gene: See, that's exactly, that's my point.
Elizabeth: You know, I don't really see the dentist that much, I just see the hygienist, but since I have perfect teeth, they're like, "Oh, your teeth are great."
Gene: My teeth have paid my for my dentist's three kids' college education. When you are a dentist though, particularly … It's amazing to me because this is an industry that really, essentially didn't exist 150 years ago unless you just had to have a tooth pulled. Now, you got teeth whitening-
Elizabeth: Then, they tied a rope around it, and the other, a horse-
Gene: They put a bunch of leeches on your body, then they pulled your teeth, and that was supposed to fix all of your woes. Nowadays, obviously, there's a lot of value added services that you provide as a dentist. I mean, teeth whitening is huge, high margins. Things when you put in posts into your mouth because you have to pull teeth.
Elizabeth: Veneers.
Gene: Veneers, cosmetic surgery, as well that gets done, gum surgery and services that are done. They're just, they're a lot of value added stuff that you can do and people … When I get my teeth cleaned, which I do four times a year, I go.
Elizabeth: Me too.
Gene: Do you really go that much?
Elizabeth: Yeah.
Gene: I go four times a year. It's like 200 bucks each time I go or something like that. It ain't cheap. It ain't cheap.
Elizabeth: No.
Gene: But dentists can get that because there is a value for doing that. That's why they're profitable.
Elizabeth: Number seven, real estate agents. Now this is a business I cannot believe it's even in the top 20, because I feel like it's so dependent on the economy.
Gene: It is. Maybe this isn't the same thing when we're in a recession, but for the most part, the real estate markets are active enough that you can make a business being a real estate, and by the way, do we mean somebody renting out properties or somebody selling, getting commissions on … How do we describe a real estate agent?
Elizabeth: The agent is the person getting a commission from selling, either residential or commercial real estate. The thing is, you always hear about people, "I guess I'll just become a real estate agent." Now, I know there's a lot of real estate agents who are really good, and it was their calling, but the market is so flooded with people that are like, "I don't know what else I'm going to do."
Gene: You're right about that, by the way, a lot of people go into the business because the barriers to entry are pretty low. I forget what the exam … Don't you have to take an exam to be a real estate agent?
Elizabeth: Yeah, you do. My real estate agent, I will ask her a simple question, and she'll ask me ten questions back. I'm like, she's a real professional.
Gene: The cream rises to the top.
Elizabeth: She knows what she's doing.
Gene: Whenever you hear people saying, "Oh, I'm going to get in and sell real estate." That's in any business. If you're really good at what you do, you can make money at it. Being a real estate agent, let's face it, your biggest cost, I believe is you've got marketing costs because you've got to be out there. You get referrals, but you also to be out there.
Elizabeth: And travel. You're always in your car.
Gene: You're always running around, so you've got those out-of-pockets. I also think good real estate agents have a bit of an administrative team behind them, as well to handle the paperwork and all that. Those are all costs, but again, they're relatively lower costs, so that's why I can understand why that business would be profitable.
Elizabeth: Number eight is something I was really surprised by, mineral mining and quarrying.
Gene: Now that is a commodities business, it is a very capital-intensive business, I'm sure it's a very high barrier to entry into that. You don't just wake up one morning and say, "You know what, I'm going to be a mineral mining and quarrier."
Elizabeth: That's something someone in your family is already in that business.
Gene: Clearly, a family business. They have licenses and permits and rights to do whatever mining. They've got the equipment that probably granddad bought back in the 1940s, and they're still just working. You're pulling stuff out of the ground, and selling it, and depending what the price is of the minerals that you have, you're able to have really good margins. I wouldn't recommend going into that business as a start-up, but I can understand why if you're an established business in that area, you can make some money.
Elizabeth: Number nine, warehousing and storage. I know storage, personal storage units is booming.
Gene: It is. Just yesterday, I was just yesterday, I was in West Palm in Florida-
Elizabeth: I was just there, too.
Gene: Okay, so beautiful there. We were speaking to the National Portable Storage Association, and these are all companies that make and sell portable storage units. There were 650 people at this conference that I spoke to, that were like, this is what they do. These are you can imagine the modular storage units, so when you go to the storage place and U-Haul, they're all made up of modular storage units. When you go to construction sites, if there's something going on, they have units that people not only store, but they work out of, as well. When you're moving house, you get the temporary PODS, that you put … It's a huge business. You can buy or rent those things, but generally what these people do is they buy these storage units, and then they turn around and rent them out to construction sites and to companies that are in that business.
Elizabeth: Interesting.
Gene: The rents last forever. These storage things are all they're built withstand hurricanes, so it's just an ongoing, just collecting the checks for the stuff that's out there. That business, itself, is very profitable. If you're warehousing, and you've got space, and your cost of ownership is low, whatever the current rents are in the area, it's a very profitable business to be in.
Elizabeth: Finally, this is the last one on our list, death care services. Now, you talked about this recently, that this is a growing industry for women.
Gene: It is. There are many funeral homes, a lot of women getting into the funeral business because it's a business that takes nurturing and care, and something that's just … Many females are much better at that than guys. We're seeing them get into the business. I spoke, this was last December at the National Funeral Directors Conference in Boston. There, there were, god knows how many thousand funeral directors from funeral homes around the country, and these guys, they're doing pretty good.
Elizabeth: Mostly men?
Gene: It's mostly men. It is still a male-dominated business, but again it's a growing percentage of females involved. People grumble all the time, the cost of a funeral. They recognize that it's just a business that people still just don't negotiate.
Elizabeth: Yeah.
Gene: The cost is what it is. The margins are what they are.
Elizabeth: There are other options though. You don't have to use a funeral home.
Gene: I know.
Elizabeth: No one in the … Here's the thing though, when you have a loved one die, that's not when you're going to research it. You're going to be like, "Oh, my god, call the coroner, call the funeral home." Very interesting.
Gene: But most of us don't. Most of us wait until that. What are you going to sit there and haggle with the guy?
Elizabeth: Oh yeah.
Gene: They know that, they don't advertise that, but that's why they get big margins on what they sell.
Elizabeth: Can you haggle with them?
Gene: Yeah, sure. When they sell a casket, their mark-up in some case can be 60 to 70%.
Elizabeth: Huge.
Gene: That mark-up is all negotiable stuff. It's just, it's …
Elizabeth: What can you negotiate? You can't be like, "You know what, I'm going to bring so many people into your funeral home."
Gene: It depends on what the market is, it depends on how many people-
Elizabeth: You don't have any leverage.
Gene: Well, it depends on how many died that week, it depends on how business is going, it depends on what the person's competition is. Your leverage is saying like, "You know what, you're too expensive, I'm going to go to this funeral home down the street."
Elizabeth: Okay, yeah.
Gene: If that's the case-
Elizabeth: There are a lot of them.
Gene: There are a lot. There are a lot.
Elizabeth: I'm going to end this here. We'll do another episode on this called, Elizabeth and Gene talk about Death. We'll be right back with Gene's Word of Brilliance and he's gonna give us his Netflix recommendation.
Gene: A couple of good ones, too.
WORD OF BRILLIANCE: Airfares
Elizabeth: Okay, we're back with Gene's Word of Brilliance, Gene, go for it.
Gene: Airfares. I know this is your favorite topic.
Elizabeth: I talk about, yes, I travel a lot, so I talk about this.
Gene: Recently, wrote about this for a Small Biz Ahead about airfares and how to save on your airfare. There was a survey they just came out recently from cheapair.com, Elizabeth. They viewed 917 million transactions on their site with the objective of coming out, when is the best time to buy a plane ticket. And you're a business owner, so you travel yourself, your employees travel, you're looking for all of that. Let me share with you, just a few tips about airfares, okay.
Elizabeth: Okay, great.
Gene: First of all, let me just say to you, there is a magic number for airfares, 70 days in advance of your flight is the best time to buy your tickets. That's a little more than two months.
Elizabeth: We'll put this is the show notes, everyone.
Gene: 70 days, however, it does depend on the season. So, depending when you want to travel, it's 90 days if you want to travel in the spring, for example. During the summer, it's 47 days. Let's make sure this is up on the site, but the average rule of thumb is 70 days. Booking early does nothing, in fact if you book more than six months in advance of a flight, you're going to pay a lot more for your ticket than if you booked a little further in. The only advantage to booking early is you get better seats. To some people, that's kind of important.
Waiting until the last minute is a no-no. A lot of people think, "Oh, prices are gonna come down, they're going to whatever." On average, you could be paying up to $200 more for your ticket if you wait to just a few days before buying your ticket. The whole theory of waiting until the last minute is a theory that just doesn't work. Finally, people talk about when is the best day to buy a ticket. There is no best day to buy a ticket. There was this thing, this myth saying if you buy a ticket on Tuesdays at 11:00 at night … The differences between day to day is really de minimus, however, there is a best day to travel. If you buy a ticket to travel on a Tuesday or on a Wednesday, you will get a much better fare than if you want to travel any other day of the week.
Elizabeth: Interesting.
Gene: So, Tuesdays and Wednesdays are the best days to actually travel.
Elizabeth: Nice. This is great, this is actually a useful Word of Brilliance.
Gene: Good and useful tips you can read all about it on Small Biz Ahead.
Elizabeth: Not that the other ones were not.
Gene: Of course not, but these actually make sense to you.
Elizabeth: What was your Netflix recommendation?
Gene: I'll tell you two. Number one, Babylon Berlin, fantastic show, takes place in 1929 Berlin when the Weimar Republic, it's a detective show and it's … Berlin was killing it back then, really crazy. The stars of the show are fantastic, the acting. It's in German, watch in subtitles and it is a wonderful, wonderful show, so watch Babylon Berlin, detective story in 1929 Berlin.
The other show that I absolutely love on Netflix, which I think I told you about, Elizabeth, is called W1A. Did I ever tell you about this show?
Elizabeth: I think you might of.
Gene: W1A.
Elizabeth: I might have just tuned you out.
Gene: It's a British show and it takes place at the BBC, it's a fiction show.
Elizabeth: No, you haven't told me about this.
Gene: Okay, it's a fictionalized show and it's like The Office and Parks and Rec, but it's fast and it's British-
Elizabeth: I love those shows.
Gene: … and it's funny, and it's fast moving.
Elizabeth: And it's on Netflix?
Gene: It's on Netflix. I think it's four seasons, three or four seasons that are on Netflix. It was huge in England, highly recommend that you watch W1A, very, very funny and very smart. It's like Veep, as well. You know how Veep, every line you have to pay attention to?
Elizabeth: When is Veep coming back?
Gene: She has breast cancer.
Elizabeth: I know, but-
Gene: She's doing well, I think.
Elizabeth: She is because I follow her on Instagram. We'll be back next week, our next episode. We're going to be talking about small businesses that you can start from your home when you have no skills. This is basically the opposite of what we just talked about. We talked about-
Gene: Literally.
Elizabeth: … small businesses that kind of have a high barrier to entry, either education or you need money or you need a certain set of skills. I sound like Liam Neeson. Our next episode is going to be about businesses you can start when you literally have no money, no skills, and you don't want to leave your house. Tune in for that.
Gene: Like it.
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Lewis Hamilton's championship hopes suffered another big blow on Saturday after he was given a penalty for changing his car's gearbox.
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"This afternoon, as we fired up Lewis's car several times in preparation for qualifying, we became aware that the symptoms were worse than we'd originally diagnosed, and a decision was later taken to change the gearbox ahead of tomorrow's qualifying session and the grand prix.
"As a result, Lewis will receive a five-place grid penalty for tomorrow's race."
The grid-deciding session will take place on Sunday - five hours ahead of the start of the race - after officials were forced to cancel today's qualifying because of the poor weather.
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Research shows that most GPs believe electronic repeat dispensing will reduce their prescribing workload and predicts good initial uptake of the new service. However, the survey also reveals there is still confusion about some key aspects of the EPS R2 service.
The online survey of 1,006 UK regionally representative GPs – conducted by Doctors.net.uk for NHS mail order pharmacy Pharmacy2U – questioned GPs about their understanding of electronic repeat dispensing, which will be a key feature of Release 2 of the Electronic Prescribing Service (EPS R2), due to launch in England later this year.
Electronic repeat dispensing involves GPs digitally authorising bundles of repeat prescriptions, which are dispensed over time by the patient's nominated pharmacy. On average, GPs in England said they would expect to use it for 39% of patients on repeat medication.
Nearly all GPs surveyed appreciated the benefits of electronic repeat dispensing. 71% felt it would be more convenient for the patient, with 68% believing it would reduce their prescribing workload.
However, one in five GPs (20%) were either not aware that electronic repeat dispensing was to be introduced under EPS R2 or did not understand it.
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rnThe research also showed that a staggering 58% of respondents in England did not know that, under EPS R2, patients are free to nominate an authorised pharmacy located anywhere in England to dispense their medication.
Dr Julian Harrison, Commercial Director at Pharmacy2U – which manages repeat medication requests for hundreds of GP practices – said: "Fully electronic prescribing under EPS R2 has the potential to reduce administrative pressure on GPs and their practices. The research indicates a good initial acceptance from GPs – yet it seems there is still confusion about how the new system will work, and some concerns about loss of control in the area of repeat dispensing.rn
"It's particularly worrying that so few GPs seem to understand the new rules around patient nomination of pharmacies, as widening choice and convenience are important patient benefits associated with EPS R2."
rnThe survey also gave an insight into GPs' prescribing workload. The average time spent processing repeat prescriptions was 39 minutes a day, with 14 minutes a day spent handling urgent, same-day repeat requests.
Fifty-one per cent of GPs felt these last-minute requests were an 'irritant', and 17% said they often had to work late to handle them.
Dr Harrison added: "Improving patient participation in managing their repeat medication is one of the areas Pharmacy2U works on. We offer a reminder service for patients that use our mail order repeat script service, which helps them avoid running out of medications and reduces the number of last-minute requests to GPs.rn
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Environmentalism can be described as a social movement or as an ideology focused on the welfare of the environment. Environmentalism seeks to protect and conserve the elements of earth's ecosystem, including water, air, land, animals, and plants, along with entire habitats such as rainforests, deserts and oceans. Concepts dealing with environmental issues include the management of natural resources, overpopulation, commercial logging, urbanization and global warming. The effects of human development ad activity have harmed and altered the earth's natural state. Environmentalism works to correct the damage as well as prevent future destruction.
Historic Roots
Environmentalism began as a movement in the 1960s and 1970s. However, humanity's relationship and dependence on the earth for survival has existed since the beginning of time. Many cultures including Native Americans, Aborigines, Africans and South Americans have understood this interconnection with the natural world. Western cultures had a poor understanding of this relationship as they separated themselves from the land through technology and development. Beginning in the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution caused many changes; Western people realized their behavior had a negative impact on the environment (Stradling and Thorsheim 1999). In the growing industrial cities of London, New York and Chicago, coal burning factories polluted the air and water while the need for lumber to build factories and homes caused mass deforestation and subsequent destruction of animal life (ibid.).
On a relatively small scale, groups of people were concerned about the future of the environment. Scientists studied ecological systems while others formed clubs and initiated protests. These concerned people became known as conservationists, a predecessor to the modern environmentalist. Some of the earliest protests against pollution and for the conservation of natural resources and wildlife happened in the late nineteenth century, (Rome 2003). Earth-friendly groups, such as the Sierra Club established in 1892, inspired President Theodore Roosevelt's innovative conservation programs (Sierra Club). Unfortunately, two World Wars and the Great Depression overshadowed conservation and environmental issues.
In the years proceeding World War II, America experienced an economic boom. New technologies introduced atomic energy, synthetic materials and chemicals, such as pesticides, which led to advancements in agriculture and consumer products. The booming economy allowed the average family to afford a house, automobile and other amenities at soaring rates. Lands outside of cities were bulldozed for suburban development, new factories emitted more pollution due to the production of more goods and larger numbers of cars discharged additional exhaust; "pollution was the price of economic progress" (Rome 2003, 525).
As the prosperity of the postwar years continued, the environmental consciousness of Americans awakened regarding the effects of environmental destruction . Scholars and environmentalists believe the beginning of the modern environmental movement can be attributed to the 1962 publication of Silent Spring , a book by Rachel Carson. Carson wrote a stunning cautionary book about pesticides and the consequences to animal and human life. (Environmental Protection Agency; Rome 2003). Other books, such as Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb published in 1968, built momentum for the movement (Pearce 2000). Simultaneously, the increased visibility of air and water pollution, as well as disappearing green space and natural habitats sparked the interests of activists across America.
The 1960s and 1970s are recognized for radical political, social and cultural movements including civil rights, feminism and protests of the Vietnam War. For many activists of this era, environmental concerns fit into their belief system of questioning authority and the status quo. Some of the early activists were youth on the extreme left of the political spectrum who earned unfavorable reputations for tactics, such as chaining themselves to trees marked for bulldozers, dumping oil into the reflecting pools at Standard Oil Headquarters, or holding dead fish at protests to demonstrate river damage (Rome 2003). This radical behavior received attention and helped inform the public of environmental atrocities. In 1969, the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio was so polluted with toxic chemicals and industrial waste that the river actually blazed with fire (Roston 1999). For many Americans, this was the turning point in acknowledgement of the need for drastic government action to protect the environment.
Over the course of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency during the 1960s, he signed nearly three hundred conservation and beautification measures, which laid the foundation for future legislation. Johnson wanted to follow the footsteps of previous presidential conservationists, such as Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt, and leave his legacy to history as a protector of the environment (Rome 2003).
In the beginning of the 1970s, the most significant environmental legislation was enacted by President Richard Nixon. Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act in 1970 and created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by executive order. The EPA is the governmental agency responsible for protecting the environment through federal research, monitoring, and standard setting and enforcement activities. Under the EPA, a new series of environmental laws surpassed the Johnson initiatives in requiring business to reduce pollution (Rome 2003). The most hard-hitting EPA legislation was the passages of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. Not coincidentally, the first Earth Day was held in April of 1970. About 20 million Americans, including members of 1500 colleges, gathered to demonstrate concern about the environmental crisis (Rome 2003).
Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon laid the foundation for environmental change. Building on decades of obvious pollution and environmental irresponsibility, these initiatives and the mounting media coverage established environmentalism as a national concern.
The environmental movement has made America today a more ecologically friendly place than thirty years ago (Goldstein 2002). Legislation, research and new technologies have worked in unison to reduce pollution, increase recyclability and protect endangered animals, among many other achievements. According to a March 2003 Gallup poll, 89% of Americans recycle and 72% buy environmentally-friendly products (Kharif 2003). But at the same time, consumption is rapidly increasing, people are driving further distances with gas-guzzling SUVs, and farm land and forests are converted to developments at alarming rates. More conservation work is required according to advocacy groups, such as the National Resource Defense Counsel, World Wildlife Fund and Green Peace.
From a self-preservation perspective, environmentalism has focused the importance of a clean and healthy environment for human existence. Beyond our physical dependency on the environment are the intangible and emotional connections people feel with nature and these connections contribute to overall happiness in life. People enjoy the beauty of snow-covered mountains, playing sports in an open field, observing wild animals roaming in their natural habitats, camping, gardening, bicycling and scuba diving. Environmentalism seeks to protect and preserve the earth for present and future generations; the intangible and emotional connections with nature are at risk. Environmentalism caused Americans to rethink their lifestyles and what can be expected from the government.
Today, debate surrounds the line where government environmental control ends and the beginning of free-market practices. Corporations were blamed as the biggest culprits in pollution and destruction of land; pressure from the government, consumers and activists forced corporations to clean up their behavior and contamination. Costly legislation imposed changes on corporations, but the consumer triggered a more efficient market shift for environmentally-friendly companies. After all, corporations depend on the consumer dollar. Negative publicity from activists, increased media coverage and environmental sympathies caused consumers to question from which companies to buy products. Many companies discovered new technologies allowed decreased industrial waste and lowered manufacturing costs; this pleased the consumer and improved the bottom line (Kharif, 2003). While corporate motives to become more environmentally conscious have not been entirely altruistic, corporate America has advanced the environmental cause.
Environmentalism, although accused of using fuzzy math and scare tactics, has become a highly accepted movement by the American public. Fortunately, the advocacy of environmentalism has evolved from t radical tactics and alienation into a complex and interdependent relationship existing between environmentalists, corporations and the government. Willingness of all three groups to cooperate, negotiate and discuss solutions to problems has driven innovative concepts such as market-based environmental reforms and sustainable economic developments.
Environmentalism has spawned numerous environmental groups in America and around the world. In 1972, the first major worldwide discussion on environmental issues was held at a United Nations conference in Stockholm, Sweden, and attended by 114 nations (Encyclopedia.com). The Stockholm conference was followed by The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, or Earth Summit, where discussions revolved around the global conflict between economic development and environmental protection (ibid.). America is a world role model as a political and financial leader and its participation in world environmental efforts is vital to the success of a healthier planet.
Ties to the Philanthropic Sector
Charitable donations have increased over past decades, but contributions to environmental groups have been rising at a faster rate, despite the fact they are the second smallest portion of charitable dollars. According to the American Association of Fundraising Counsel, 2002 charitable contributions totaled $240.92 billion. Of this amount, donations to environmental organizations equaled 2.7 percent or $6.59 billion. Environmental organizations are the second smallest recipient of charitable dollars after International Affairs (American Association of Fundraising Counsel 2003).
Between 1997 and 1998, donations for environmental causes jumped 28.3 percent, nearly three times the rate for overall giving, according to Giving USA 1999. A report from the Foundation Center showed foundation grants to environmental groups were growing faster than other fields after healthcare. The report also listed environmental organizations received a greater share of their funding from the top 100 foundations (Foundation Center 2002). A report by the Independent Sector stated that of all nonprofit subsectors, volunteers give the most time on average at 26 hours per month to environmental and youth service organizations. However, environmental organizations attract fewer volunteers at 4.8 percent (Independent Sector 2002).
Nonprofit environmental organizations serve the cause in a variety of methods from conventional to radical strategies. The National Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Defense Fund specialize in bringing lawsuits against corporations in order to protect the environment. Other environmental groups such as the National Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund, Friends of the Earth, The Nature Conservancy and The Wilderness Society distribute information, hold protests, participate in public hearings, lobby government and corporations and purchase land for preservation.
A smaller percentage of nonprofits including Wildlife Conservation International and Worldwide Fund for Nature conduct various types of research. There are other organizations that tend towards radical tactics such as Greenpeace, a nonviolent group; Earth First!; and the underground Earth Liberation Front which acts in highly confrontational and zealous ways (Encyclopedia.com).
Even with the combinations of legislation and improved corporate behavior, nonprofit organizations still play a significant role in achieving environmental goals. Unlike government agencies and corporations, the sole purpose of a nonprofit environmental group is to save the environment.
Key Related Ideas
Urban Sprawl is the expansion and development of land outside of cities. Typically, this expansion involves encroachment on agricultural areas and untouched green space thereby destroying natural habitats and causing the loss of aesthetics. Other negative environmental impacts include added air pollution due to the necessity to drive further distances and traffic congestion. Paving more land to meet the demand for highways and development prohibits water absorption, creates pollution runoff into waterways and an increases vulnerability to flooding (Stoel 1999).
Renewable energies are infinite resources such as wind and solar energy, which are in constant replenishment. Solar technologies use the sun's energy to provide heat, light, hot water, electricity and cooling. W ind power technologies lower the cost of wind energy with state-of-the-art wind turbine designs ( National Renewable Energy Laboratory ) .
Nonrenewable energies are finite resources that will eventually dwindle or become too expensive or too environmentally-damaging for retrieval. The United States currently relies heavily on nonrenewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. The government, corporations, and environmental groups are researching ways to use more renewable energies (ibid.).
Sustainable development is a strategy by which communities seek economic development approaches that also benefit the local environment and quality of life. Sustainable development can be practiced locally and globally. Many environmental groups, governments and businesses are beginning to use sustainable development principles in their activities (Smart Communities Network).
Important People Related to the Topic
- Julia Bonds: Bonds is the 2003 winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, the largest international award for grassroots environmental efforts. She worked to halt the devastating practice of mountaintop coal mining throughout Appalachia (Goldman Environmental Prize).
- John Muir: Muir is regarded as one of the most famous conservationists and referred to as the "Father of our National Parks." He inspired many of President Theodore Roosevelt's conservation programs, including the formation of Yosemite National Park. Muir was also the founder of the Sierra Club in 1892, one of largest environmental advocacy groups in America (Sierra Club).
- President Theodore Roosevelt: Roosevelt was inspired by earth-friendly groups, such as the Sierra Club, in creating his innovative conservation programs. During his presidency, he established the United States Forest Service, signed into law the creation of five National Parks and 150 National Forests and placed approximately 230,000,000 acres under public protection. He also designated 18 national monuments and established the first 51 bird reserves and four game preserves (Nationmaster.com). President Roosevelt made significant strides in protecting the environment and has been recognized as a conservationist president.
Related Nonprofit Organizations
There are numerous grassroots, national, and international nonprofit environmental organizations. The following are a few examples:
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) was established in 1967, linking science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems. One of the largest environmental organizations with a membership base of 400,000, EDF granted $43 million in 2003 to environmental efforts ( http://www.edf.org ).
Greenpeace has a presence within 40 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific. In order to maintain its independence, Greenpeace refuses donations from governments or corporations, and relies on donations from individual supporters and foundation grants. Greenpeace focuses on the most critical global threats to biodiversity and environment ( http://www.greenpeace.org ).
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) is devoted to wildlife conservation and the protection of the environment. The NWF is one of the largest conservation organizations, boasting over four million members ( http://www.nwf.org ).
The Natural Resources Defense Council ( NRDC) is a national environmental action organization with a membership of 500,000. Through the use of science and attorney services, NRDC supports more than 1 million members in the protection of the planet's wildlife and wild places. Its goal is to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Worth Magazine has named NRDC one of America's 100 best charities ( http://www.nrdc.org ).
Sierra Club was founded in 1892 by one of the most famous conservationists, John Muir. The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest environmental organization in America. Its mission is to promote, educate and enjoy responsible environmental behavior ( http://www.sierraclub.org ).
Related Web Sites
The Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI) Web site, at http://www.easi.org, provides links, publications and information about programs to build, promote and utilize the environmental activities of older persons.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Web site, at http://www.epa.gov, provides information on environmental programs, the effects of the environment on health, different types of pollutants and explains environmental legislation. EPA's mission is to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment -(air, water and land) which sustains life. EPA is a government organization in charge of monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection.
The Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda Web site, at https://bsos.umd.edu/harrison/, offers information on ecological security, long-term sustainability, globalization and governance, civil society and transnational advocacy, energy and water policy and environmental education. Located at the University of Maryland, the organization conducts research, teaching and outreach on issues intersecting with ecological, technological, social and political systems. Its goal is to promote action on problems relating to growth, sustainability, social equity and global governance.
The New Environmentalism Web site, at http://www.newenvironmentalism.org, hosts research, case studies and speeches regarding environmental efforts and policies. It provides links to local organizations and events for participation in environmental activism. The organization identifies innovative approaches to addressing serious environmental issues and works to create a society of self-motivated environmental stewards.
The Redefining Progress Web Site, at http://www.rprogress.org, offers educational materials, recent news on environmental issues and sustainability, information on the organization's programs and links to other environmental organizations. Redefining Progress works with a variety of partners to shift the economy and public policy towards sustainability.
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What does a parking permit cost?
Fees for parking permits for residents (in paid parking area) in 2020
|1st resident's permit (monthly)
|2nd resident's permit (monthly
|City centre*
|€ 10,-
|€ 20,-
|Outer/remaining area
|€ 3,75
|€ 7,50
*City centre: Stratumsedijk (parking area 111) en Don Boscostraat (parking area 112)
Rates for visitors of residents
The visitors scheme (for visitors of residents in paid parking areas) allows your visitors to park at a reduced rate. Your visitors pay only 0.20 euros per 60 minutes. You can top up the credit on your visitors scheme at the P-loket, up to a maximum of 200 hours per three months. If your parking area still uses a visitor's pass, the same rates apply.Rates for parking permit for residents (interested parties E9 area) in 2019
Rates for parking permit for residents (interested parties E9 area) in 2020
|1st resident's permit (monthly)
|2nd resident's permit (monthly)
|City centre (E9)**
|€ 15,-
|€ 25,-
|Outer/remaining area (E9)***
|€ 10,-
|€ 12,50
** Centrum (E9): Mariënhage (parking area 111), De Bergen (parking area 112)
***Schilwijk/restgebied (E9): Rapenland (parking area 425), Winkelcentrum Woensel
Parking permit holders from the E9 area can apply for a visitor's permit at the P-loket. A visitor's permit costs 90 euros a year.
Other rates
Below is a list of the rates for other parking permits. You're unsure whether you need a permit for the city centre or the outer area? Click on P-loket at the top of this page. You can log in using DigiD and check for which parking products you can apply.
Rates for parking permits for business in 2020
|E9 area (permit holders)
|€ 30,-
|€ 360,-
|Paid parking area
|€ 25,-
|€ 300,-
|€ 7,50
|€ 90,-
Rates for 7-day parking permits in 2020
|City centre
|€ 150,-
|€ 1.800,-
|Outer area*
|€ 70,-
|€ 840,-*
*The outer area is the area outside the city centre but within the ring road around the city centre.
In which situations can I apply for a parking permit?
There are five situations in which you can apply for a parking permit:
- You live, or have your business, in a permit holders' area (E9 area) and your address does not appear in the list of 'parking available on own grounds'* below.
- You live, or have your business in a paid parking area and your address does not appear in the list of 'parking available on own grounds'* list below.
- You live in the vicinity of the Philips Stadium. If you have a parking permit residents parking Philips Stadium you can park in one of three reserved car parks during football matches and events.
- You are obliged to park every day in a paid parking area, for example because you work there, but there is no specific car parking for personnel. Such a permit is called a 7-day parking permit.
- You are a care or healthcare worker and the majority of your clients live in a paid parking area. Such a permit is called a care workers parking permit.
In a permit holders' area or paid parking area, in some cases, you can apply for a 2nd parking permit and a digital visitors scheme. You may only apply to us for a parking permit if you are registered with us at the address for which you are requesting a parking permit.
The permit is valid immediately after the application. In certain cases, we may have to check documents afterwards, such as in the case of a lease car being used. In such cases, the parking permit is immediately valid, but there is a possibility that we will get in touch with you if the correct documentation is missing.In an extreme case, we will revoke the permit.
In the allocations and implementations decision below (only in Dutch), you can see which addresses are eligible for a parking permit and you will find all the regulations covering the issue of parking permits. This decision is reviewed two or three times a year.
Park permit car park
Residents of the neighbourhoods of Binnenstad, De Bergen, Witte Dame and Fellenoord who have no parking facilities on their own grounds or in which agreements have been made in the vicinity permit with the developer to resolve parking another way, are entitled to a car park permit for one of the following car parks:
- Stationsweg car park (lapses in 2020, permit with or without guaranteed place)
- Achterom (permit with guaranteed place)
- Annahof (permit with guaranteed place)
- Krabbendampad (permit with guaranteed place)
- Tramstraat car park
- Gedempte Gracht (1 place, permit with guaranteed place)
- De Rungraaf car park
- Deken van Somerenstraat car park (lapses in 2019)
- Prof. Dr Dorgelolaan car park
You may not apply for a permit if you live or work at an address in the online list. These addresses have sufficient car parking facilities on their own grounds or other arrangements have been made, such as shared cars. Addresses on this list concern building developments from 2017 onward.
How do the regulations for visitor parking work?
There are two regulations covering visitor parking:
The visitors' permit for parking permit holders (E9 area:Mariënhage, De Bergen, Rapenland and Winkelcentrum Woensel (part))
Parking permit holders in the E9 area may apply for a visitors' permit at the P-loket.You will need the ParkApp to book your visitors in and out by their vehicle registration. You may have one visitor parking at a time. The visitors scheme is intended only for use by visitors. You may be subject to a fine if you book in a vehicle registration that belongs to an address in the neighbourhood. There is no restriction on the number of hours visitors park.
A visitors scheme in a paid parking area
With a visitors scheme for visits by residents, you can let your visitors park for a reduced rate. Your visitors pay only 0.20 euros per 60 minutes. You can top up the credit on your visitors scheme at the P-loket, up to a maximum of 200 hours per three months.
Where is my parking permit valid?
The parking permit is only valid for the zone or car park for which you have applied. The P-loket will indicate for which area the relevant parking permit is valid. The parking permit is linked to vehicle registration and any checks are carried out using the vehicle registration. It is therefore unnecessary to display a paper parking permit in your windscreen.
Where do I find the instructions for requesting and using digital parking permits?
You will find links to these guides on the Dutch page (in Dutch only). The guides explain step by step what you have to do to request or use a parking permit.
Have you been unsuccessful in applying digitally for the parking permit? Or do you have any questions about the use of digital permits? Please phone the general information number 14 040. We will be happy to help.
I would like to change the vehicle registration number on my permit. How do I do that?
If you are using a different car, temporarily, you must change the vehicle registration of the parking permit.There are two ways of doing this. Which method you choose depends on whether the change is temporary or permanent.
Temporarily changing the vehicle registration
If you are using a different car temporarily, a borrowed car for example, you can change the vehicle registration in the ParkApp, in your ParkApp account. If you have not yet linked your parking permit to the ParkApp, you must first do so before you can set a temporary vehicle registration. You will find a guide showing how to change your vehicle registration step by step among the guides on this page. There is also an explanation of how to link your parking permit to the ParkApp in the guide to changing your vehicle registration. Important! You may only temporarily change your vehicle registration up to five times a year, and always for a period of no longer than seven days.
Permanently changing the vehicle registration
You can permanently change the vehicle registration at the P-loket, by using the P-loket button at the top right of this page. Log in using your DigiD and click on the permit, in the list of current permits, for which you wish to change the vehicle registration. If necessary, consult our manual on this page. It describes step by step how to change the vehicle registration. Are you the owner of the vehicle? The car must be registered with the RDW at your address, if you wish to change the vehicle registration.
I am going to move house, what should I do?
When you move house, you have to cancel the parking permit, even if you are moving to another house within the same parking area or to another paid parking area. As soon as you are registered at your new address, you can immediately apply for a new parking permit.
Your parking permit is paid for a whole year in advance. When you cancel the permit, the remainder of what you had paid for the whole year will be refunded automatically. This can take some weeks.
To have any credit remaining on the ParkApp refunded, send an email to email@example.com, stating your name and bank account number. We will check that you have moved house, and then refund the unused parking credit.
Is there also a regulation covering informal care-givers?
If you are a resident of Eindhoven, and dependent for a certain period, short or longer, on informal care, you may apply for an informal care-givers scheme. The scheme must be requested by the resident receiving the informal care. It is a supplement to the visitors scheme (paid parking area) or visitors permit (E9/permit holders area). That means that there must be a residents scheme or visitors permit already in place at that address. If you live in a paid parking area, you are entitled to 200 extra hours of parking at a reduced rate of 0.20 euros an hour to allow your informal care-giver to park. If you live in an E9/permit holders area, you can register one extra vehicle for an informal care-giver for 90 euros a year.
To do so, go to the P-loket on this website. When requesting an informal care-giver scheme, you must enclose a certificate signed by your doctor. You can download a copy of the certificate here.
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The final day of pre-season testing for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team took place at the Circuit de Catalunya today with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg driving the MGP W02. Track conditions were very wet throughout the day.
Michael completed a number of one-lap runs to try out the Pirelli wet tyres for the first time
Michael and the team then worked through race weekend scenarios including a grid procedure simulation
Nico took over just before lunch and followed a similar programme during the afternoon session
After 15 days of pre-season testing in Valencia, Jerez and Barcelona, the team have completed 5759 kms
5759 kms of running equates to just under 19 race distances
Four Mercedes-Benz FO108Y engines have been used during the four pre-season tests
The team has completed 35 pit stops at the track with an additional 200 pit stops back at the factory
Michael Schumacher: "It was good to complete a few laps out there this morning and try out the Pirelli wet tyres. There was obviously a limit to what we could achieve, but we made good use of the time by working through our race procedures. It's been a good week here in Barcelona and we're certainly happy with our position going into the first race of the season."
Nico Rosberg: "It was tricky out there today; there wasn't a lot of grip, but it was really useful to get the experience on the Pirelli wet tyres. We have made a lot of progress over the four tests this winter and it's really nice to see that things are going in the right direction. We are on the up for sure, and all credit to the team for getting the upgrades on the car and, most importantly, to see that they are working as expected."
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