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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE - December 2007
At this time of year inevitably thoughts turn to the traditional family festive break for which we wish you all a happy peaceful and enjoyable Chrismas and New Year. The past 12 months have proved interesting with some memorable events and highlights not least supporting bands like Hawkwind,Osibisa and Solstice and playing with the wonderful and highly talented Anna Phoebe. True there were disappointments along the way like the proposed Wild Turkey UK tour in March with Cold Flame in support not materialising after the tour promoter went AWOL but hey such is life and lets stay positive.Talking of which we are ordering extra large umbrellas ready for next summer direct from Santa himself.
The main piece of news at the moment is that Peter has now almost completed a brand new solo album of original material with the working title - One Man's Nemesis.There are 13 tunes on the album with Peter playing most of the instruments himself.Expect a release in January with full details appearing on the website in due course.Having already recorded some new backing tracks for both an acoustic and an electric album, the band will be making sure that 2008 sees at least one brand new studio album from Cold Flame.
On the gig front we hope to see you at our up and coming Christmas Shows especially Saturday Dec.15th at The New Lamp in Hadfield which is becoming a regular event for the band...Starts at 8.30pm and its free.See gig guide for further details.Please note that the acoustic gig at The Swan Hotel in New Mills has been rescheduled for mid January.However there will be a Christmas special at the same venue now on Saturday December 22nd when the band will be playing a rock and blues set.Following a short Xmas break, Cold Flame will be out and about once more in January and a new gig guide for 2008 will appear on the website very soon.
Best mention guitarist Rob who has excelled himself recently in an acoustic competition featuring solo talent from all over High Peak and Greater Manchester.
The competition held in Glossop's music venue - The Moon and Sixpence which has attracted massive local interest has been running for several months and Rob has now reached the semi finals.So all you local Flame fans, come along and support Rob when he plays on Sunday December 16th at The Moon and Sixpence, on Bernard Street in the town centre starting at 8.00pm.
On a more serious note Davyd of the keyboards has been forced to take a month off from band activities following some routine but necessary surgery last week.Our occasional guitarist Simon has also been in the wars recently breaking his wrist playing football.
Fortunately both Davyd and Simon are now making good recoveries and will be back playing soon.Do feel free to email the chaps with your well wishes.
And finally....thank you for the company and support again this year.Keep checking both band websites.Have a great time over Christmas and we will see you in the New Year.
Cold Flame December 10 2007
As you will have read/heard elsewhere Cold Flame went down a storm at The Weyfest festival in Surrey in early September ending up playing with none other than the incredible Anna Phoebe guest violinist on the recent Jethro Tull Acoustic European Tour.Part of the band's performance at Weyfest playing Tull's 1969 classic 'Fatman' has been captured for all to see - check it out on UTUBE or www.myspace.com/coldflameuk.
For more info on this event read our feature item on the festival at the top of the Newspage...pictures from this event to appear shortly. There are also ongoing updates available at www.weyfest.co.uk regarding next year's bash.
Futher Tull tributes in the north of England in Bury and then in Crewe have been both well received and well attended and the band looks forward to up and coming Tull tribute dates in early November in Leeds and Hednesford with more Tull tributes dates already booked for next year.See gig guide for links etc. Meanwhile as yet no news on new live/studio releases but watch this space as work is in progress.
A couple of the band's regular haunts have recently closed their doors to live music altogether albeit for different reasons and this has affected the gigging schedule for this Autumn as a result.However the guys continue to check out new venues and opportunites and welcome all enquiries.On the positive side recent gigs have all been very successful and hugely enjoyable which is of course the raison d'etre.Please note that the Xmas Acoustic special at The New Lamp in Hadfield on Saturday December 15th will now be mainly Tull related with the whole band sans drummer Phil performing many of Jethro Tull's acoustic classics alongside some new original and seasonal songs.There are plans to invite along some special guests to this gig so do come along. Check the gig guide for new gigs and updates.Already there are some gigs booked for 2008 and these will be added to over the next few weeks ready for posting on the website.
We are pleased to announce that our good friend and resident photographer Stuart Steele who has recently been working with The Stranglers has taken time out to take live action pics of the band.Yes after months of no new piccies, Davyd and Peter are now working with Stuart's snaps with a view to making them available for all to see. You can check out a sample of these pics at www.myspace.com/partmanpartbeard
Cold Flame established a myspace site approx 18 months ago.Whilst being somwhat time consuming at times, the benefits of running this site have been obvious as the feedback received and displayed on the site testifies.
The band have made new friends all over the world and this has led to all kinds of links being established - all very positive for Cold Flame.Sadly whilst one can acknowledge and embrace modern technology in helping to promote the music, it also means that there is a danger inherent as low life exists on the net in abundance as the band found out recently.Yep the site was hacked into on October 11th causing some inconvenience.Myspace were immediately alerted and have acted by freezing the admin on the site to avoid further hacking taking place.In other words the site still works and can be accessed by anyone but as yet the band are not able to admin the site till this is sorted with myspace.This is regretable and everyone associated with the band hopes that things will return to normal asap not least as a whole new lot of group diaries is about ready to be unleashed.In the meantime do feel free to post a comment on the site showing your support and understanding.Cold Flame really do appreciate the support the myspace site has given to the chaps...long may this continue.Should you want to message the band in the meantime do so at firstname.lastname@example.com
Should your preference in music veer towards big band soul with r n b leanings then check out the Flame's alter ego.The eight piece vindaloo soul rockers featuring a madcap four piece brass section will be headlining an open air festive special to switch on the Christmas lights on Friday November 30th in Norfolk Square in Glossop town centre.The concert which is hosted by Glossop Round Table and Rotary Clubs will also feature stars from Coronation Street and Emmerdale and will be compered by High Peak Radio.The concert has become a popular local annual event in the last few years attracting well over a thousand people so given the popularity of what is really Cold Flame plus brass, this year's event promises to be the best yet.For further info contact Glossop tourist information.
Some more work has taken place in updating info on the site.Now that Patrick's two solo albums have been remastered and rereleased new details can be found in the Albums section on the website.The gig guide is always being updated as and when there are new dates/changes taking place.Photos taken this year both individual and group shots are currently being prepared for viewing.We have been contacted by somone who took pics when the band played in Italy a couple of years back so hopefully these will also be available for viewing soon.
During this year's very wet summer experienced all over Britain, Cold Flame took part in a fund raising festival for a very worthy cause namely The Derbyshire Air Ambulance Service.Organiser Roger Peckham contacted the band recently and here is part of his email.....'Apologies for not having contacted you sooner to thank Cold Flame for their contribution to our Charity event in aid of the County Air Ambulance.
We enjoyed your set very much which helped us raise the sum of £2002.37 all of which we handed over to the Air Ambulance recently.We were told this would pay for 3 call outs. Apparantly the whole organisation is run from money raised by events such as ours.To this end, and because we're gluttons for punishment, we have decided that we will run this event annually.Next year it will be over the Saturday & Sunday dated 6th & 7th September when we will be hoping for better weather.I wonder whether you would consider supporting us again on a similar basis to this year. It would be appropriate to try to involve local people to support us in my view.Once again many thanks for your kind support this year.'
Thanks go to Roger and his team for their sterling efforts made this year.The band will be contacting Roger in due course with a view to again being involved in next year's festival in helping to both promote finance and awareness for a truly vital service which saves lives year in year out.
JETHRO TULL 40th ANNIVERSARY TOUR
How time has flown from those early blues driven days in the Marquee Club back in 1968 through decade after decade Jethro Tull have ploughed a steady furrow unique in the world of rock music.Ian, Martin and co show no signs of giving up just yet as dates are already planned in the spring of next year for Jethro Tull's 40th Anniversary.No news yet on who might be accompanying Ian and Martin though we sincerely hope that the crew comprises Doane Perry, Andrew Giddings and Jonathan Noyce.Meanwhile a new Tull album of sorts scheduled for release this Autumn would now seem to be logically timed to coincide with next Spring's tour.
Following this tour Ian Anderson has scheduled some orchestral concerts in Germany.
40th Anniversary UK Tour - Tickets now on sale!!!!!
8/4/08 New Theatre Oxford,England
9/4/08 Lowry Centre Salford, England
12/4/08 Corn Exchange Cambridge, England
16/4/08 Pavilion Bournemouth, England
18/4/08 Colston Hall, Bristol,England
19/4/08 Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone,England
1/5/08 Queens Hall Edinburgh, Scotland
2/5/08 Pavilion Theatre Glasgow,Scotland
9/5/08 Sands Centre Carlisle,England
11/5/08 Grand Opera House York,England
15/5/08 King George's Hall Blackburn,Scotland
17/5/08 Regent Theatre Ipswich,England
Tickets for UK 2008 dates so far announced went on sale this week and dates confirmed so far are as follows.See you at some of them no doubt...looking at the list it seems likely more will be added in due course so check out www.jethrotull.com for further info.
Be seeing you probably down the end of your road very soon....Cold Flame November 2007
Apologies for lack of updates in recent months. This has now been attended to as you will notice this month.
After the traditional short summer break,the band reconvened at the end of August to play a storming set in Disbury, Manchester as a warm up to the band's Autumn gigging schedule which begins at Weyfest - see below.
WEYFEST 2007 - SEPTEMBER 1ST and 2ND
Cold Flame are journeying down south performing a Jethro Tull tribute show at this year's WEYFEST held at The Rural Life Centre, Farnham in Surrey on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of September. Over the many years the festival has been running it has raised thousands of pounds for many charities.This year the festival will run over two days for the first time ever with two outdoor stages plus an indoor acoustic stage. There will be a Music Workshop provided by the Surrey Strings of Merton Abbey Mills and there is abundant on-site camping.Apart from main headlining acts Osibisa and The Steve Gibbons Band, other confirmed acts include Vickie Clayton, Anna Phoebe, Leatherat,Solstice, The True Deceivers, The Nashville Teens, Ric Sanders Band[aka Fairport Convention] Chris Conway, Robin Bibi Band, Spank the Monkey and of course Cold Flame who are set to play a Tull tribute set on the Sunday afternoon. Apart from the great music there will local crafts and stalls, a vintage car rally plus beer and food tents.For the full line-up of acts/bands and ticket/camping details check out the festival website at www.weyfest.co.uk which will over the next few months also give you details about next year's Weyfest which will take place on the first weekend in September.For an extended review of how we fared at this festival see our Features section at the top of the News page.
New dates have already been booked through to Christmas and beyond - some of these dates will include guest perfomances from old friends:guitarists Simon and Dave C and drummer Keith.Jethro Tull tribute shows and original rock performances will once again mingle with the occasional acoustic soiree.See the band gig guide for further details and regular updates with website links to your fave venues.The band are particularly interested in playing new venues and welcome all enquiries.
Having released the new live double album Live Up The Pool in June, the plan was to release Patrick's remastered solo albums in July.Unfortunately problems at the printers has meant an unavoidable delay but rest assured the albums will both be available this month see below.
PATRICK ROWBOTTOM - TINKER TAILOR WORKER WAILER Patrick's first solo album - a collection of 15 rock, blues, new age and acoustic tracks originally recorded and released in 1991 now remastered using the Cold Flame mobile studio with bonus tracks featuring some ex members of Cold Flame. New details to be found on the ALBUMS page.Release date is Friday September 21st with all Flame albums this album will be available direct from the band.Julian our resident artist has worked with Patrick on both solo albums which feature revamped designs.
PATRICK ROWBOTTOM - THE SANDS OF TIME Patrick's second solo album from 1995 - a collection of acoustic and folk rock tunes loosely themed around the English Civil War 1661 - 1665...again remastered with bonus studio tracks as well as previously unreleased 'live bootleg' material again featuring contributions from ex Flame members. The album is now released as a double with one cd being studio and the other live.New details to be found on the ALBUMS page very soon. Release date is Friday September 21st. As with all Flame albums this album will be available direct from the band.
You may be thinking that having released a double live album this year the chances of any further live Cold Flame releases for the next few years are slim.Thats what the band thought too until a nos of circumstances combined recently and as a result a special limited edition live cd will be released sometime in October highlighting recordings made by the band a few years ago for local radio stations.More details to follow very soon.Meanwhile the band will definitely start work on a brand new studio album this Autumn and hopefully more acoustic material will be recorded for the long awaited acoustic album.
Following the offline staus of our last shop page and in the light of continuing interest in band product both in the UK and overseas,there is now a new SHOP page on our website where you can access all albums currently available from the band.See main menu.Please note that the traditional black Cold Flame tshirt is now sold out.There are plans however to design new tshirts/vests hopefully this Autumn.As stated in the June newsletter, Lincolnshire based music distribution company Record Village will be promoting/distributing all Cold Flame albums.They can be contacted on 0871 200 2026 or email firstname.lastname@example.com For all general music requirements as they do stock just about everything that has ever been released email email@example.com
The band myspace website myspace.com/coldflameuk is updated weekly and in addition to the latest news and an updated gig guide, there are youtube vids, new pics of the band,mp3s and the band blogs which include the return of band diaries as a news item.Check it out to find out just what our friends around the world think of Flame music.
Our good friend Roy Evans who manages Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey is off on his travels again promoting both Wild Turkey and Cold Flame in Europe - this time mainly in Switzerland. We wish him well.We are still in contact with our friends in Argentina with the band continuing to receive occasional radio airplay over there.
As always Cold Flame appreciate the interest and enthusiasm that friends and fans alike continue to show for the band.Long may you all continue to enjoy those things that make you happy. Any ideas, suggestions, comments about the band feel free to email.Do stay tuned to both our main website and especially our myspace site for the very latest updates.
Be seeing you....Cold Flame September 2007.
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Does My Daughter Have What it Takes to Be a Competitive Gymnast?
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Could My Daughter be an Olympian?
After coaching gymnastics from levels 4-10 for nearly 25 years and meeting with hundreds of parents who asked me this very question, I determined that honesty is always the best policy. That said, I have comprised a list of what I believe will help you determine whether or not competitive gymnastics will be a good fit for your child. If you go through the list and still have questions, feel free to ask. I'm happy to answer.
Keep in mind that in this hub I am discussing competitive gymnastics, not recreational. It is my opinion that recreational gymnastics will benefit all children in some way because it is an "all body" sport which develops fine motor skills, gross motor skills, kinesthetic awareness, depth perception and 26 multiple intelligences all at one time.
Now that your daughter has been in a recreational gymnastics program and has been asked to move into a competitive program you're worried that the commitment will be too much, the training will be too difficult and how do you know if she will make it? The truth is, you don't know. There is not one factor that coaches see in athletes which determines a "sure thing". This hub should help you determine if competitive gymnastics is for your daughter, your family and for you.
Competitive Gymnastics Prerequisites
- First and foremost athletes have to love gymnastics. If your daughter is doing cartwheels in the living room, flipping on your furniture and making her own gym out of every surface in your house, down the isles of the supermarket and out in the yard, that's indicative of a child who has some innate gymnastics ability. They are self teaching by mirroring what they have seen somewhere else and their desire to flip or be upside down is natural. Some kiddos cannot tolerate being upside down but some prefer to constantly be cartwheeling, we call them gymnasts.
- Competitive gymnasts require a "mental toughness" because gymnasts have to be able to take constructive criticism without taking it personally. The best thing a coach can do for an athlete is be honest. A great coach will be honest in a positive way but the truth is, there are coaches who are coarse in their delivery and short on patience - who also create Olympic athletes. If an athlete responds to corrections with tears and sadness or pouting as opposed to fixing the problem, it is highly likely that the gymnast will not advance but will feel ostracized and eventually quit. If you prefer that the coach tell your child she is doing everything perfectly all the time regardless of how she performs, competitive gymnastics is not for you. What will happen is that your daughter will attend a gymnastics meet, most likely score low because her skills are incorrect or sloppy, and will sit in the crowd watching others receive awards feeling awful. Winning is fun. Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
- In addition to being mentally strong, it's important for kids to be physically resilient. It's inevitable that kids will get hurt from time to time but in nearly all cases, it's not serious. Kiddos who are able to brush it off and keep working will be more successful in competitive gymnastics.
- Children who have good problem solving skills will do well in competitive gymnastics. When going through each routine and skill, if a child can recognize what she does well and where she is making mistakes, she will be able to fix those mistakes.
- Competitive gymnasts who cannot tolerate frustration may find that it is detrimental to their progress. They tend to turn the frustration inward and be very hard on themselves. I've always said that gymnastics is a "rise over time" sport and progress should be steady and strong. Children who cannot control their emotions when they don't do something well or perfectly will struggle.
- It's important for kids to be able to work as a team and independently. Since every child develops and learns at a different pace, athletes who are ahead or behind may have a different assignment which means that coaches cannot possible keep their eyes on every child at all times. The ability to stay focused while working independently is critical at times.
- If your daughter is entertaining the idea of becoming a competitive gymnast, she will undoubtedly have to give up other things such as time with friends, school activities, cheerleading and dance team. As she graduates to higher levels, she will spend more time at the gym. Learning how to be a superior organizer in order to get homework done and be on time to gymnastics will be important. Most upper level coaches (7-10) have a low or zero tolerance policy on missing practice. The purpose of policies like this is because when an athlete is expected to perform difficult skills in her routines, she needs to practice them on a regular basis in order to perform them safely. It's not safe to take two weeks off and then compete in a gymnastics meet.
- Strength and flexibility are two significant characteristics of competitive gymnasts. It is not uncommon for conditioning programs to run anywhere from 30-60 minutes in length and be nonstop. It's may also be required for your daughter to do additional work at home to maintain and improve flexibility.
- When girls make the move from recreational gymnastics to competitive gymnastics it can be a shock to her system. It's not uncommon for new competitive gymnasts to have an "adjustment" period. They might be grouchy, tearful, soar, soar and very soar. If the gym you are at doesn't require conditioning and flexibility at the recreational stages of development, the transition into competitive gymnastics will be more difficult.
- Kids who have separation issues may not be good candidates for competitive gymnastics because when an athlete arrives to a meet she needs to be totally focused on the competition and an active member of the team at all times. This is true for athletes of all ages because even the beginners need to learn how to compete. Often times coaches will have a protocol that once the athlete arrives, her parents wish her good luck and will be allowed to speak to her again after awards are finished.
In conclusion, these are not the only factors to consider but they will give you a considerable head start. If you have more questions feel free to inquire and I will be happy to answer them for you or guide you in the right direction.
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My daughter is 11.She started gym at 5 but for fun that is an hour a week. We never knew what was her level exactly but the coach would day she was progressing.I was not sure.This year I moved her to a new gym.There they said she is level 1. She burst into tears that broke my heart because she was shocked to know she was still at level one inspite of all that she can do now( hand stand,bridge,etc).
How shall I take things from here?Shall she quit gymnastics? Shall we continue?Could it be that her bone structure or whatever is not gymnastics material since she can not do splots for example.I dunno and I dont know what do!
Hello, I am a grandmother raising two grand daughters, according to your article one IS a gymnast. Her feet are in the air nearly as much as her arms. I've put her in a tumbling class and she will try out for the pre team this weekend. She is capable and has beautiful form, however the situation with her parents worries me, I'm not sure about the mental toughness, she needs a lot of praise, but if given critisim in a constructive manner I know she can be successful, I'm not expecting a world class gymnast, but just in case there is one inside her, I want to give it a way to come out. Thank you for the inspiration.
I wish I had read this article 2 years ago because I might be at another gym. I do have a question and I hope your still monitoring this feed. In this article you mentioned " A great coach will be honest in a positive way but the truth is, there are coaches who are coarse in their delivery and short on patience - who also create Olympic athletes." At the gym my daughter attends most of the coaches fall into the coarse and mean in their delivery and are hardly ever positive.
So at this point my daughter is not only doubting her skills as a gymnast but wants to go but doesn't want to go because she's tired of being yelled at. I mean there's not one day that I'm at the gym watching that I don't see at least one girl in tears and I'm talking level 4 and up.
In your professional opinion is this just the nature of the sport and might be common at another gym? Any suggestion or advice would be immensely appreciated.
Frustrated in Illinois
If you have been told your daughter has potential to go far in gymnastics would you move somewhere that has a gym that has been know to produce elite gymnast?
Thank you for sharing! My daughter is a competitive gymnastics and is in level 3 this year I think she does well with all of these things!!!
I have a question that I would really like answered if you don't mind. My daughter is 4 and a half and has been in gymnastics since she was 18 months old. She is very good. Always been the top student and moved up early to each level. She is in the main gym now with girls twice her age and gets distracted a lot watching the big girls but isn't performing to what I know she is capable of and not doing skills properly that she did when she was 3. I tell her to not be paying attention to what the older girls are doing because they are doing it wrong and she has been in gymnastics longer than them. I guess my main question is how much should I push? I don't want to burn her out but I also don't want her to be spinning her tires at practice. I read your article on how to tell if your child is a good candidate for competitive gymnastics and she hits on every point but I don't want to mess up on my end. Some advice would be great. Thank you.
Hi Kristi - I tried emailing you through HubPages. I'm kind of new to this site, so hopefully it worked. If not, please let me know. Thanks!
Great article, and timely - I hope you're still monitoring this article because I have a question that I'd value your input on. My daughter is 12-years-old, and is a level 8 gymnast. Up to this year she'd always placed in the top 3 at state, but this year she fell on both her vaults, and placed 5th, and just barely qualified for the Region 3 championship. Then, at the Region 3 championship, she fell on her cast-to-handstand. With an AA score of 37.0, her placing was: Vault 6, Bars 45, Beam 28, Floor 34, and AA 26. Doing a little financial math, at this level when one considers tuition, travel for meets, etc., this is costing our family about $10,000 per year. So, here's my question: based on your experience, what is your honest opinion about the probability of a gymnast with my daughter's scores receiving a college gymnastics scholarship? I ask because we're not an ultra-wealthy family, and if we were to take her out of gymnastics, we could apply the $10,000 over the next 5 years toward her college tuition. Said another way, if we leave her in gymnastics through her senior year in high school, and she doesn't get a gymnastics scholarship, and we have to pay it ourselves, then we've effectively increased the cost of her college tuition by $50,000. We're really struggling whether we're chasing a fools dream and would prefer some straight talk. Thank you in advance for your time.
Thanks so much for the response! Good to know we have two years - today her coach said really the main thing holding her back is her ability to focus, which I'm hoping cows with age. And school!
All that aside, she did climb onto a friend's armoire and front flip to a sofa. But then we put her in time out because clearly that was unsafe!
I'm just finding this article as my 4-year old, who has been in gymnastics for the past year, has only recently become obsessed. She was flagged by her coaches as having the potential to have potential, and she does gymnastics everywhere including the music room of Vacation Bible School. She takes lessons twice a week and will resume her dance lessons in the fall. My question I guess is how and when do we know competition is right?
Thanks for sharing your insight, krsharp. This is such a great hub. I think lots of these traits are also necessary for young athletes in other competitive sports as well. Rated up!


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We asked individuals in HR roles to tell us how they view positive psychology within the workplace along with the importance of culture. Read below for what they had to say:
"We know our People are happier, more innovative, and more productive when they are doing work that taps into their strengths, and when they are contributing in a meaningful way to something that gives them purpose and they believe in. This is the magic combo!"
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The U.S. sent a warning to the president of Syria.
The White House says the Syrian regime might be preparing for another chemical weapons attack - similar to the one in April that killed 80 people, including children.
And this time, the U.S. is telling the country's president, Bashar Al-Assad, if in fact one is carried out - he will be held accountable.
The statement Tweeted by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said, "the United States is in Syria to eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq. If however, Mr. Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons. he and his military will pay a heavy price."
But no details were provided on what those preparations are or what exactly prompted the warning.
Syrian leaders are rejecting the claims.
And Russia, which continues to back the Syrian president, has called the warning unacceptable.
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Are you in the mood to take a break from your work, relax and play in the water? Well you do not need to book a holiday to any exotic destination for this. You can do better; install an in ground swimming pool or an above ground pool to give you that holiday feel in the comfort of your own home. Swimming pools manufactured by a swimming pool company in Sunny Side . Pools are just perfect to give you the rest and relaxation which you are looking for. Imagine how wonderful it would be to get all this without spending too much money. If you are a little short on finance, discount swimming pools and special financing options are also available.
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Salt Water Swimming Pool Maintenance - Tips to Keep it Running Well
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Does Trip Insurance Cover Award Flights?
Many or all of the products featured here are from our partners who compensate us. This may influence which products we write about and where and how the product appears on a page. However, this does not influence our evaluations. Our opinions are our own.
There's no question that a free flight earned with your frequent-flyer miles is the greatest. You may have even earned the points from one of the best airline credit cards this season. Either way, you know your savings will be sky high. But as you book that free flight, you have to know: Can I get that award flight covered by trip insurance?
General trip insurance
If you have general trip insurance, chances are you won't be covered. The reason comes down to the fact that award flights count as a $0 trip cost. Travel insurance companies cover the money you pay out of pocket, not the retail value of the flight itself. Since you paid nothing, there is nothing to insure.
We confirmed this by inspecting the acclaimed top ten best travel insurance plans for 2014 and considered the coverage for trip cancellations. Across the board, they all cover the cost of the trip. According to the FAQs on the websites of CSA Travel Protection, Allianz Travel Insurance and others, a refund for the "cost of the trip" applies only to prepaid, non-refundable payments. So, sad to say, an awards flight would not be included in that category.
Although you wouldn't be compensated for the flight cost itself, you can still be eligible for other coverage. Travel protection plans can include medical emergencies, lost baggage, baggage delays, missed connections and flight delays. Taxes paid for the flight are another expense that can be refunded, depending on the airline and how early you cancel the flight. Ultimately, it comes down to the quality and benefits of the travel insurance you decide on.
Can you just change your ticket?
If getting a trip refund is out, you can consider getting your points or miles back - but you generally have to pay a fee. For the American Airlines AAdvantage program, the fee for redepositing, or recrediting, your miles is $150, unless you are an Executive Platinum member. Nevertheless, American does have one of the better perks out there for re-depositing miles since all other tickets on the same account are charged at $25 each.
There are exceptions for the redeposit fee on other airlines too. On United, for instance, you might pay between nothing and $125 for a redeposit if you are a frequent-flyer member with status.
Popular airlines' redepositing fees
Let's take a look across the board at the fees most airlines charge for redepositing miles or points:
Airtran: $150
Alaska: $75 if reservations made online; $100 if by phone
American: $150 (all additional tickets under same account charged at $25 each)
Delta: $150 (must be 72 hours before departure)
Frontier: $75
JetBlue: $50-$100
Hawaiian: $30-$150
Southwest: $0
United: $200 ($125 or less for frequent-flyer members with status)
US Airways: $150
Virgin America: $100
From the list of airlines above, the average cost of redepositing miles is $119.32 and the median is $150. Although not ideal, this option is probably still worthwhile considering the hundreds of dollars in savings one free flight can give you. As far as airline fees go, this one probably can save more for you than most.
Award travel insurance
However, if you're concerned about not being able to take your award flight beforehand, you can purchase award flight trip insurance, which covers the redeposit fee if your trip is cancelled or interrupted. Allianz, for example, offers coverage on Delta, American, US Airways, United, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines that costs $13-17 and will cover redeposit fees up to $200 for trip cancellation and $500 for trip interruption.
Fly free
Canceling a free flight and recovering your miles is possible, but since travel insurance plans don't cover such trips, it is more of a burden than otherwise. Nevertheless, in the long run, you will save if you take the risk and fly free.
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Warrenton KIA Raises Funds For USCG Chief Petty Officer Association
Left to Right – Chief Petty Officer, Nathan Mahoney, Chief Petty Officer, Mark Cownie, Chief Travis Marsh, Retired Chief Don Primmer, Roxanne Williams-Morinville, Warrenton KIA Dealer Operator, Chief Petty Officer Derek Williams, Gregg Lundberg, General Sales Manager and Chief Petty Officer Matthew Talley
Warrenton, Ore. – Warrenton KIA Donates $2,300.00 to the Warrenton USCG Chief Petty Officers Association. This money was raised from the sales of every new 2018, KIA sold between from May 15th – June 15th.
The CPOA proudly serve Coast Guard and other military active duty and reserve members, Veterans, their families and their communities. Through their strong and united network of over 10,000 members, they work to advance the interests of their membership through community service, scholarships and fundraising, and by partnering with military and veteran's organizations, both locally and nationally.
Chief Petty Officer, Travis Marsh, Vice President of the Lower Columbia Chapter of the CPOA said this, when he was presented with the $2,300.00." We would like to thank Warrenton KIA for thinking of the Chief Petty Officers Association and for their generosity in providing us with these much-needed funds. The money will go a long way to supporting our mission".
When asked why Warrenton KIA was contributing to the USCG Chief petty Officers Association, Roxanne Williams – Morinville replied, "The staff at Warrenton KIA, like many of us here on the coast have heard the sound day in and day out, of Coast Guard helicopters on their way to another rescue. And that's why as Memorial Day approached last month it was decided to donate a portion of every new KIA sold to the USCG Chief petty Officers Association.
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Living amongst mist and clouds and being surrounded by rainforest every day can occasionally lead to moments of claustrophobia-induced poor judgment and losing sight of the bigger picture.
For the past 20 years I have dealt with this affliction by regularly escaping to Newell Beach for a brief change of scenery. The sunshine, sand, solitude, and horizon of 20 miles instead of 200 yards effectively plugs this dribbling leakage of reality into the big bowl of bewilderment, and replenishes my cistern of sanity.
Normally I can recognise the symptoms, but last week I spent many hours and a few sleepless nights industriously trying to narrow down all my options to create a final "Fifty Best Ways To Cause Grievous Bodily Harm To The Meter Reader" as retribution for the Government tampering with and taxing the water supply which I constructed 30 years ago. (story here)
When I asked Mrs GOF to help me prioritise the 23 proposals contained therein which involved the use of electricity, (AC, DC, and various combinations of each) she graciously declined and said "GOF, I think it's time you had a couple of days at the beach."
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Three days later one is now of the opinion that sometimes in life, one's health and happiness are better served by taking a higher path of dignity when dealing with the injustices perpetrated against one by ethically bankrupt bureaucracies.
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Newell is a 2 hour drive from GOF's Paradise via the inland route.
Here are a few snaps which I took along the way just for you.
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Bran 'Well b. 1985
Mr. 'Well lives — better to say, he survives — with his sisters in the famously dank and brooding Yorkshire Projects, over on Throop Avenue. A delicate slip of an urban youth, Mr. 'Well rides the notoriously thin line between Romantic poet and late 20th-century rap star. At his mercilessly tough high school, he once collapsed under the weight of all the gold chains he was wearing. When he is not out ill-spending his teens, he stays at home penning yards of lyrics for his sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne's R&B group, ACE, lyrics that they in turn claim to have written themselves. Mr. 'Well hopes to die tragically young, either by drowning off the coast of Tuscany or being shot in a drive-by by his fellow rappers.


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When I attended the Business Practices Network Winter Conference in Scottsdale last week, I came home with even more tools in my chest for designing our projects on a deadline. Several designers shared their best new finds and although I have had this app for almost a year now, I thought it was just a place to take notes and never really even explored it. I had no idea what I was missing!
My favorite new technology for Designing with a Deadline was the app Evernote.
The ability to arrange photos, notes in the field, and even more, sent back to the office in a flash…what more could a girl want? I am already finding it to be such a great tool in sharing information with clients. Much like how I organize boards on Pinterest, I am able to assign a keyword to every file and image and it makes searching SO simple. I love using the Web Clipper to grab images, too. Genius!
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On Tuesday, Tamilnadu Government announced that from September 1, drivers have to carry their original driving licences.
The state government will soon make it compulsory to care original driving licence as it would help to hold drivers accountable in case of road rule violations and accidents, reasoned transport minister M R Vijayabhaskar on Tuesday .
The government's latest move, which comes into effect on September 1.
This move aims to cut down on accidents and effectively penalise offenders.
The decision was necessitated because many drivers carried around, and submitted, photocopies of driving licences even after their original licences had been sus jayabhaskar said.
Road accidents dropped down by over 3000 in the January-July period, said minister.
He added that they would fall by half soon due to the department's efforts.
Plans are also on to introduce electric buses in Chennai this year on trial basis, he said.
They yet to decide about the routes and pricing of tickets.
Authorities said that the first set of e-buses would hit the road in September.
Tamil Nadu tops the national list of road accidents, as the state witnessed 15,642 deaths in 2015, according to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB).
About 9,500 driving licenses have been suspended this year due to violations such as over-speeding, signal jumping and drunk driving.


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The hospitality industry is enjoying its longest expansion and healthiest growth in a generation, yet some troubling trends are beginning to surface that threaten profitability and overall performance.
One of these trends is related to net room revenue – that is, revenue that remains with the hotel after accounting for distribution costs (online and traditional agency commissions and other expenses).
Net room revenue has been declining steadily over the past several years. For instance, US hotels earned roughly $155.2 billion in guest-paid revenue in 2017 but paid an estimated $25.2 billion to acquire guests in the form of OTA commissions and other distribution costs, retaining significantly lower net room revenue of $130 billion (Kalibri Labs).
The overall growth in occupancy and revenue per available room (RevPAR) that many hoteliers have been enjoying for some time now cannot possibly compensate for 'the loss of wealth' through steadily increasing OTA distribution costs. Obviously, hoteliers need to increase direct bookings, which come at a much lower cost, and improve the overall direct vs OTA distribution ratio.
One of the main reasons for the troubling trend of decreased revenue capture and profitability, despite stellar economic performance is the lack of integration, coordination, and singular focus and purpose among the core revenue generation teams at the property or hotel management company: namely, the revenue management (RM), sales and marketing (S&M), marketing, and customer relationship management (CRM) teams.
One of the main reasons for the troubling trend of decreased revenue capture and profitability, despite stellar economic performance is the lack of integration, coordination, and singular focus and purpose among the core revenue generation teams at the property or hotel management company: namely, the revenue management (RM), sales and marketing (S&M), marketing, and customer relationship management (CRM) teams.
Quite often these teams function in a rather disjointed fashion, leading to missed revenue opportunities, over-dependency on the OTAs, alienated loyalty members, and lower profitability.
Often the RM, S&M and CRM teams in a property operate in isolation from one another, without close coordination. In some cases, they even compete with one another to sell the same rooms. In other words, the left hand – one team – does not know what the right hand – the other teams – is doing, to the detriment of marketing efficiency and price integrity, and ultimately overall revenue generation, profitability, and the owner's return on investment (ROI).
Traditionally, RM, S&M and CRM operate as separate teams with their own goals, technology tools, databases, vendors, and more.
One glaring example of this highly fragmented approach is keeping past guest engagement efforts (CRM) in a silo from new customer acquisition and marketing efforts.
For example, looking at independent hotels, less than a third of hotel guests on any given night are repeat guests, while two-thirds are first-time guests.
This means that the reality general managers and directors of sales and marketing (DOSMs) face every day is having to fill about 70 percent of their rooms on any given night with brand new guests that they know very little about, while trying to ensure they have a pleasant and meaningful stay.
Furthermore, once the property has acquired these new guests, when they walk out the door, if they're not engaged with marketing automation and guest retention initiatives, there is no guarantee they will ever stay at the property again. This results in a vicious cycle that affects the bottom line.
Dr. Cindy Heo, an associate professor of revenue management at Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), describes the current siloed approach in revenue management and the existing fragmented customer data situation in the industry:
Revenue management used to focus primarily on setting room prices and optimizing room inventory. Revenue managers should not just crunch RMS numbers but need to understand guests' selection behavior, consumer psychology, and their competitors' strategies by analyzing various pieces of information. RMS cannot, therefore, be the only toolkit for a revenue manager, because customer data reside in different hotel systems.
Revenue management used to focus primarily on setting room prices and optimizing room inventory. Revenue managers should not just crunch RMS numbers but need to understand guests' selection behavior, consumer psychology, and their competitors' strategies by analyzing various pieces of information. RMS cannot, therefore, be the only toolkit for a revenue manager, because customer data reside in different hotel systems.
Tying RM, S&M and CRM together with a 360-degree approach that engages, retains, and acquires guests throughout the customer journey is not only more efficient and more effective at driving direct bookings, but it is critical in growing the bond with your customers and their lifetime value.
Today's travel consumer's hotel planning and booking journey has become increasingly complex in this multi-device, multi-channel, and multi-touch point digital landscape.
As consumers remain digitally-connected throughout these micro-moments before making a booking, each touchpoint presents an opportunity for a hotel to build a brand connection, influence intent, win the booking, and be there for every step of the journey.
In light of this complex digital landscape, hotel marketers should engage online travel consumers throughout their complex digital journey and can no longer afford to have a fragmented customer engagement and acquisition approach.
To summarize, here are the main reasons prompting the convergence of RM, SM and CRM into one cohesive team:
There should be a single-minded team at the property: the revenue generation team, consisting of RM, S&M and CRM specialists working together to acquire, engage, and retain guests; optimize performance; and increase revenues, especially direct bookings.
Management and franchise contracts should use total gross operating profit (after OTA commissions, traditional agency commissions, and other distribution expenses) and not gross room revenues to calculate management and franchise fees.
In this way, every revenue-generating employee and team at the property would be evaluated based on net room revenues collected by the property (gross room revenue minus agency/OTA commissions).
A new role is needed at the property or hotel management company: that of revenue officer or revenue optimization officer, overseeing the integrated revenue generation department at the property, small or midsize chain, or hotel management company. The revenue optimization officer is not an accounting or finance major position, but a role for a cross-functional leader, versed in all three disciplines: RM, S&M and CRM.
The whole hospitality educational and professional development system needs to be re-thought and adjusted to create cross-functional experts who are intimately familiar with all three disciplines: RM, S&M and CRM. Existing RM, S&M and CRM employees should be incentivized to get certifications and attend professional development courses in the other disciplines as a prerequisite for their career advancement.
Hotels need to invest in technology that allows alignment of, and cooperation among, the RM, S&M and CRM specialists from the revenue generation team. This is a call to action for the hotel tech community: new technology tools and platforms, especially platforms utilizing AI to crunch big data, are urgently needed to enable the cross-functional, cross-data alignment among RM, S&M and CRM.
The independent property, small or mid-size hotel brand can start small by working with existing vendors on cross-functional connectivity, or when considering new technology solutions, to evaluate the cross-functional capabilities of the vendors. Hoteliers should ask themselves, "How can we incorporate our digital marketing and CRM data into our pricing decisions? How can we use revenue management analytics to sharpen the focus and ROI of our digital marketing campaigns? How can we utilize our knowledge from our RFM data into our new guest acquisition efforts?"
The revenue generation team and its RM, SM and CRM specialists, under the guidance of the revenue officer, should map out an annual revenue strategy, outlining major markets that need focus or improvement, sales, and marketing (seasonal, multichannel, ad hoc) campaigns needed to achieve the revenue goals, etc.
Each quarter, the team should brainstorm and come up with an updated action plan for the next three quarters. Every week the team should meet to discuss current property performance – including occupancy, ADR (average daily rate), RevPAR, and revenue needs – and set out concrete tactics to optimize revenue.
An integrated revenue generation team can finally achieve the elusive optimization of the property's marketing mix of price, product, promotion, and place. Only by working together can the team devise the optimum pricing, product offering, and distribution channel strategy that can bring the best results.
There should be collaboration when answering questions such as: should we offer the spring multi-channel marketing promotion to the OTAs? How do we tackle next month's occupancy needs due to group cancelation? How do we improve weekend occupancy? Through this collaboration, action plans can be implemented across all revenue-generating channels.
Personalization is not only proven to increase bookings and other key performance indicators, consumers now expect hotel offerings, pricing, and content (textual and visual) to be personalized to their needs and preferences. A recent survey by eMarketer showed that 85 percent of internet users expect personalization, and 75 percent of consumers get frustrated when it's clear that companies are not personalizing content (Janrain).
The revenue generation team can devise a robust personalization strategy that includes all aspects of the guest journey: from marketing and website engagements, pricing and channel management, personalized offering and pricing based on RFM and customer lifetime or LTV values, to product offerings and CRM retention and loyalty marketing initiatives.
The revenue generation team should coordinate marketing efforts using a multi-channel marketing approach. With one cohesive marketing campaign, and the same cohesive marketing message (read: promotion) pushed across all potential touch points with online travel consumers (hotel website, SEO, SEM, GDN and online media, social media, PR and email marketing), hoteliers can build stickiness and traction across channels and devices and dramatically increase revenue.
Today's complex multi-touch consumer behavior is what makes multi-channel marketing campaigns the most effective way to address concrete business needs, increase reach, and boost bookings and revenue for the slow season or need period.
These campaigns can be structured around the property's seasonality as well as specific business-needs (i.e., need to fill weekdays vs. weekends, occupancy needs, group cancelations, seasonal slowdowns, etc.), and also target specific high-value segments.
There is no doubt that today's complex travel customer journey requires an integrated strategy to engage, acquire, service, and retain travel consumers across multiple digital touch points and across all digital channels and devices. This necessitates a single-minded team at the property: the revenue generation team, consisting of the RM, S&M and CRM specialists, working together to acquire, engage, and retain guests; optimize performance; and increase revenue, especially direct bookings.
There are no perfect solutions in existence today, therefore hoteliers should start with contractual and organizational changes, with close collaboration and alignment of business objectives and marketing plans across revenue generation teams, as well as make use of cross-functional technology solutions available today and invest in new and emerging solutions as they become available.
Need more resources on Revenue Management? Check these articles out:
Restaurant Revenue Management Practices: Altering Customer Perception - Ecole hôtelière de LausanneA Glance Into the Future of Revenue Management - Duetto
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Actress Sai Pallavi has reportedly rejected the pay for the Telugu movie 'Padi Padi Leche Manasu'. The movie which was shot for around Rs 22 crore collected only around Rs 8 crore, putting the distributors and producers in great loss.
Even though the Hanu Raghavapudi directorial's songs had caught the attention of audience, the movie did not collect well at the box office. Sai Pallavi who had initially accepted some amount after signing the project reportedly did not take the rest of the money when she was approached by the producers.
Reports say Sai Pallavi sacrificed around Rs 40 lakh which she had to receive. Sai Pallavi's kind gesture has won her appreciation from many in the film fraternity.
Sai Pallavi stared her acting career in Telugu with the 2017 movie 'Fida'. She also acted in movies like 'Middle class Abbayi' and' Kanam', following which 'Padi Padi Leche Manasu' was released. On work front she was last seen in Dhanush starrer 'Maari 2'.
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The US Forest Service officer rammed by a silver Jeep Saturday evening while attempting to make a traffic stop has been released from the hospital. The officers involved in the incident have yet to all be interviewed so aspects of the story are unclear.
Here's what we do know:
On Saturday in the early afternoon, two individuals in a silver Jeep were involved in a misdemeanor assault and battery near Ruth in Trinity County but left the area before law enforcement arrived.
Lt. Wayne Hanson of the Humboldt Count Sheriff's Office said, shortly before 9 p.m., a US Forest Service officer saw a silver Jeep Liberty parked alongside Hwy 36 near mile marker 40 about eight miles west of the Trinity County line. The officer stopped and attempted to interview the driver. The driver of the Jeep left the scene rapidly and struck the officer. There were shots fired after the Jeep as the driver fled west along Hwy 36. The officers involved have yet to be interviewed (in part because the one struck was injured and taken to a hospital and, in part, because it is standard procedure to wait a day or two.)
A BOLO (Be on the Lookout) was quickly sent to other law enforcement agencies. According to Sgt. Martin Abshire of the California Highway Patrol, two CHP vehicles were on their way to assist When the first CHP officer encountered the silver jeep about 12 miles west of where the US Forest Service officer was injured.
The officer turned around and began following the jeep with lights and siren on. The Jeep driver not only failed to stop but turned around and began heading east. As the Jeep began the turn, the CHP officer attempted to use a PIT Maneuver (See here for an explanation) to make the suspect lose control of his vehicle. The maneuver was unsuccessful. The CHP officer's car was disabled. The jeep left the scene followed by the second CHP officer but was soon abandoned by the driver who ran off into the woods near mile marker 28. The suspect is still being sought.


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Originally a native of Gainesville, Georgia, Tim graduated from the University of North Georgia with an English degree in 2015. He spent the next few years picking up freelance writing jobs and then creating course content for a medical coding training company.
Tim now works for BrightFire as a Social Media Specialist where he manages clients' social media campaigns. He also plans and drafts new marketing emails to inform customers about additions and upgrades to BrightFire's services, as well as any changes that are taking place within the company.
At BrightFire, we've developed a series of questions that are scientifically proven to tell you everything you need to know about a person. Here are Tim's responses to those questions.
What is your go-to karaoke song?
The only time I've ever sung karaoke was to AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long," and I didn't even win the free beer that was up for grabs, so anything but that.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Iceland. It's cold, it has beautiful glaciers, and it's supposedly the only country in the world with no mosquitos.
What do you usually do when you have time off?
Cook, play the banjo, hike, spend time with my wife and dog.
What movie title best describes your life?
The Lego Movie. I played with Legos every day as a kid and I'm proud to say that I never completely outgrew it.
What is your guilty food pleasure?
Pasta. That in and of itself isn't guilty, but the amount I can eat at once probably is.