#which would cost about $100 (I live 40 minutes away by train)
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my mum’s out here getting jealous of all the perks they give me at work but at the same time like ,,,, they pay me peanuts I deserve the perks
#they paid for lunch today#and next week we’re going for lunch again and a VR experience#and then in the new year there’s a town hall in a city that’s like an hour’s drive away#and my new director was like ‘it’s too far we’ll just get a hotel and you can drive in the night before’#I was like MA’AM WHAT#she told me if I get sick of commuting on the train I can uber home and she’ll expense it#which would cost about $100 (I live 40 minutes away by train)#like wtf kind of budget does this department have and why are they not putting more of it in my salary#🤡#I’ll take advantage of what I can though#personal
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Story time here!
Picture it: a group of Montréal suburbs in Québec. A lot of ppl who live in those suburbs work on the Island of Montréal. They need to take one of 2 bridges to get to work and back.
Since the end of November 2023, we've had one of the bridges with reduced lanes because it is in awful need to be completely replaced. (It already had reduced lanes for a while because its been falling apart for like 10 years, but that's an aside)
To reduce traffic crossing that bridge and taking the alternative routes onto the metropolitan island it connects to, they've removed fare on the train, the schedule is honestly still terrible. It's the train I've been taking twice a week when I go to the city at all. It used to be nearly empty. I basically never had to look for a seat. And now while it's free, gosh is it being used. I can't even imagine how much it would help traffic if the bridge had all its lanes.
The free fare is being made possible because our ministry of transport is paying for the fares. This should be the normal. Our taxes distributed to the ministry of transport should provide us with free-at-the-point-of-service public transit at all times and with good schedules.
And I'm absolutely certain that once they stop providing free fare, the usage of the train will go back down. Currently, the cost of it from the station I'm riding from at no cost is usually $6.75 per ride. Nearly $100 for a monthly pass, iirc (I'd usually ride from 3 stations over across the bridge because it's about half the price for that station which is a 5 minutes drive further away which is not 3 dollars worth of fuel)
The closest public transit station to my home is a 20-30 minutes drive away. There is a railway near my home, but no station other than the transcanadian one which is a train that is more for like... going on a trip. It would cost me at least $40 a day to take it as my recurring work transit. And I'd have to reserve a specific seat and time, and the price changes daily according to touristic demand. It's not designed to be convenient for ppl going into montreal and back for daily work.
We have the infrastructure. But they won't provide the service. And they refuse to provide the service or improve the meagre existing service claiming that not enough ppl use the service that exists to justify improving it (ignoring the fact that ppl aren't using it because currently it's expensive and inconvenient by design)
Tldr: public transit service was shit and expensive and few bothered using it, service got marginally better and provided by the state as a temporary traffic reduction during major roadwork and now the train is packed. Reducing traffic and pollution from traffic has an easy solution: provide convenient, nationalised public transit.
When public services are affordable and convenient, people will always choose those resources. They are not supposed to be a capitalistic profit-seeking initiative, they are developed for the benefit of the people, for a better life, just as government resources should be used. (tweet)
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Rome Week 6: Money, Money, Money
Hey y’all,
It must be funny, in a rich man’s world. But for real, ABBA was on to something because budgeting? It’s hard. The cost of living in Rome is comparable to the US, even a little cheaper in many aspects (thought the strength of the euro does drastically alter this, right now it is reasonable at 1.07x but it can get quite high, and if it reaches 1.15-1.20x things can be pretty expensive). Groceries cost roughly the same as in Ann Arbor, though fresh meat, especially red meat, is a bit more expensive while cured meats and fresh fruits are cheap. I have been doing group dinners with my apartment that have been costing €3-4 per person for a respectable amount of really good food (thank you Samantha). Most important to me, chocolate (and I mean good chocolate, not Hershey’s), is not only cheap but regularly on sale. On a chocolate sidenote, Kinder eggs are banned in the US for, in my opinion, a really stupid reason, so buy some while you are here. They come with a little toy!
(The preparation of a group dinner. This one was really good, they all are.)
Early on in my study abroad journey, I decided that the majority of my money would be spent on travel. I am not an incredibly materialistic person (though there is no harm in being one) as rightfully assumed that I would not be doing a whole lot of shopping while I am here. In fact, the majority of money I spend is on train tickets and places to stay. Travel can be expensive, but there are a few ways to make it cheaper. In general, travel both international and domestic is cheaper in Europe as they have a robust train system that you can use to go to different cities or even countries if you are feeling brave. I have been taking the train all over the country, and the rides are often short, 1-3 hours. A high speed train ticket costs anywhere from 40-70 dollars, and a regular train about half that. It depends on where you want to go, what time you go, depart up how close to departure you book your ticket. Booking well in advance will see cheaper prices. and consider taking an overnight train for longer, more expensive trips. (The overnight train is uncomfortable but can save over €100, it really depends on what your budget and priorities are).
(Flights is cheaper early in the morning and late at night, but you might have to catch up with your sleep on the plane.)
Finding a place to sleep when traveling can also be expensive. Hostels will generally run €15-20 a bed but in more expensive areas (Venice, Florence) can get to over €40, and can be unclean or dangerous. Traveling in large groups has saved me money in Venice by booking a private room which, when divided among 6-8 people, was pretty reasonable. Additionally, consider looking for hostels outside of the city center but nearby to train or bus stops, as they might be cheaper while still allowing you access to anything you want to do. Airbnb or Booking.com is another option which you might find beneficial to consider, especially when traveling in groups. Airbnbs close to the city center may also be expensive but when visiting Florence, we found a large apartment 15-20 minutes away from the center at a reasonable price comparable to a hostel but much nicer, amenities wise. However, make sure that when booking there is public transit available nearby. I visited Sorrento with my roommates and some of us decided to stay in a small mountain town. The location was beautiful and the owner was very nice, and had a restaurant next door that served delicious food at a reasonable price. The physical apartment was also beautiful and spacious. It cost a little under €40 a night per person and was one of the cheapest options we found. However, the bus system that served the town was unreliable and it was unclear which buses served the town or when they were coming, and sometimes the buses just didn’t show up. We almost missed something we had bought timed tickets for because we got ghosted by a bus, and only ended up making it by accidentally hitchhiking down to the city. (Sidenote: hitchhiking is dangerous and I cannot officially recommend it as a form of transportation, I am just being real with y’all about what happened.) The next day we took a taxi down.
(In Capri. It was gorgeous, even though we accidentally climbed up 300m of stairs)
(The stunning view from our airbnb!)
I budget most of my money towards travel, but I don’t totally scrimp and save on everything else. I eat at a restaurant sometimes (though tbh Samantha is such a good cook I don’t need to all that often) and buy lots of gifts for friends and family. Additionally, I have bought some clothes, and a new pair of shoes as the cobblestone streets are really rough on mine. When traveling, I like to see museums and stuff, which can cost €10-20 as well. My key to saving money is moderation. I make some sacrifices in comfort or time to save money, and try to balance my non-essential spending to understand that I want to and am able to spend some money on things that I want but also that I am balling on a budget. I think it is also important to not overthink purchases or beat myself up over spending money, as I am prone to do. Travel is something that will cost money but that I ultimately deem worth it.
Ryan Ettner
Biomedical Engineering
Engineering in Rome
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From Size 24 to Size 4: My Nutrisystem Review and Success Story
By Susan Smoaks
My name is Susan, and I am one of the many women who lost weight on Nutrisystem. Before I elaborate on this Nutrisystem review and show you my Nutrisystem before and after photos, let me tell you a little bit about me. I am a 33-year-old woman. I am married. We do not have any children yet. We do have an adorable lab mix named Samantha that we love and cherish. We live in North Florida near Tallahassee. My husband and I moved up here from Gainesville, FL. The move was quite an adjustment. Since moving nearly eight years ago we now have an hour commute to and from work each day.
Friends and people who read this testimony say that this is one of the most interesting Nutrisystem weight loss stories they have read. But let me tell you how it all started and about my Nutrisystem results.
What Led Me to Obesity
We are fairly busy with working full time and the commute. Being busy and working so much led to eating a lot of fast food. We almost always got something from a drive thru on the way home from work. After getting home neither of us really felt like cooking something for dinner. So we took the easy way out and got something that was bad for us instead of preparing a healthy meal. I also ordered a fattening lunch most days too. I would just take the easy way out and not worry about the effects it was having on my weight and health.
The moment I realized that I wanted to lose weight was when my friends and I were on a camping trip. We went tubing and I could not get myself into the tube. My friends and my husband all tried to help me get up on the tube but it was impossible because of my size and lack of upper body strength. I felt so embarrassed and ashamed that I had let myself get to be so heavy and unable to do the things that I used to enjoy.
Being overweight for such a long period of time left me feeling defeated. I always knew that if I would just eat less and move more I would lose weight but I never felt motivated to do it.
Starting with Nutrisystem at 260 pounds
Before Nutrisystem: 260 pounds
In December of 2011 I decided to start using Nutrisystem to lose weight. Up until that point I had been overweight nearly all of my adult life and much of my childhood too. I was average weight for about a year in my early twenties when I met my husband. Once we started dating and we were happy, then the weight crept back up and reached its peak almost a year before I began my weight loss journey with Nutrisystem. At one point I was over 300 pounds. I did some dieting and exercise and got down to 260 pounds which was my starting weight for Nutrisystem.
Before receiving my first month of food I began to walk with my husband on the weekends. At first it was quite a struggle to keep a good pace for an hour. We worked at it and I got more endurance and strength. I worked up to walking miles and miles without any trouble at all now. I also got some workout DVDs and some hand weights to use at home. When I signed up for Nutrisystem I committed to changing my life once and for all.
Nutrisystem Gave Me The Tools I Needed to Be Successful
Nutrisystem is the only weight loss program I have ever participated in. I have tried counting calories and that does work for me. I just never stuck to it long enough to see any significant results. I have an addictive personality. Food has been my drug for a long time. I knew it was going to be difficult to kick the habit but Nutrisystem gave me the tools I needed to be successful.
My First Box Arrived and I Started Right Away
Some people prefer to have one final binge but I did not. I got my first order just before the Christmas holidays. I decided to start with my new way of eating and skip overeating on Christmas and New Year’s Day too. I actually followed the plan as close to 100% as I could for the first few months. I didn’t allow myself to “cheat” because I know myself and if I “cheat” a little it will lead to totally giving up. Some people are able to allow some planned indulgences but I am not one of those people.
First Month – 10 Pounds Gone – Right Away I Noticed an Increase in Energy
One thing I want to emphasize in this Nutrisystem review, is that before Nutrisystem I felt sluggish and tired most of the time. I do have a very busy schedule and get up super early but there is no reason for me to be tired all the time. Nutrisystem helped me to increase my fruit and vegetable intake. I hardly ate any of them before. Now I have four servings of veggies and at least 2 fruits each day. I am able to make it through the day without feeling sleepy at all. I am always able to keep up with friends and family. I do not get out of breath or tired when we are doing physical activity now. I haven’t been tubing yet but I am confident that I will be able to lift myself up on top of the tube without any hesitation.
A few months into my weightloss journey I started to get a lot of compliments. Everyone was noticing the improvement and letting me know that I was looking good. I was encouraged to keep going with the compliments. I kept telling people to just wait and see what I looked like when I finally reached my goals.
I lost 1-2 pounds each week
How Successful is Nutrisystem? The first few weeks on Nutrisystem I lost consistently 1-2 pounds per week without reaching a plateau. Actually I continued with that trend all the way through to the end when I reached my goal. I could lose more weight now if I chose to by following the same plan. Nutrisystem really does make it easy for you. They have it all planned out and show you how to be successful when trying to lose weight.
Nutrisystem suggests you work out each day for 30 minutes
I have followed those guidelines. I do a DVD each morning before work. The DVD is anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. I do Pilates, Yoga, Fusion, Cardio, Strength Training, Kickboxing, and several other types of workout DVDs. I like to vary my workout so that I do not get bored doing the same things over and over.
Each morning when I get up I chose what DVD I am going to do and get to work. I have some stress in my life and exercise is my stress relief.
How Much Weight Can I Lose on Nutrisystem? I lost over 100 pounds – Nutrisystem Results
After Nutrisystem: 100 pounds lighter
I lost over 100 pounds using Nutrisystem and surprisingly I do not have a lot of hanging extra skin. My Nutrisystem before and after photo proves that. I attribute that success to my exercise. I know that the exercise has given me the shape that I have now and the muscles that keep me energetic and healthy.
Sticking to Nutrisystem was easy
I have read a number of Nutrisystem reviews where people say that Nutrisystem is hard. Honestly it was never hard for me to stick to the Nutrisystem plan. I believe that it was easy for me because of the results that I was seeing. It’s not hard to stick to the Nutrisystem plan because you are able to choose your meals each day. You are able to customize the plan to your personal likings and tastes. I am pleased with the amount of flexibility that Nutrisytem provides. I like to eat a variety of foods and with Nutrisystem I am able to do that and still lose the weight. I am an all or nothing person so I was all in with this program and it provided me with the results that kept me motivated to stick with it until I reached my goal and even beyond into maintenance.
From Size 24 to Size 4 – Is Nutrisystem worth the money?
I started out wearing a size 24 and now I have shorts as small as a 4. Nutrisystem is worth it. Each week when I stepped on that scale and noted another loss in weight I felt proud. Having success is very motivational. I did hit some bumps in the road. Sometimes life throws us curve balls. I decided that I wouldn’t let something stop me from doing what I knew was the healthy thing for me to do. So no matter what happened in my life or at work, I just kept on keeping on. I like the structure that Nutrisystem provides. I like eating on schedule. I like knowing what I am going to eat and when I am going to eat it. Nutrisystem is perfect for me. It does cost around $10 a day, but they run promotions throughout the year, and right now they have a 40% off discount.
It’s Hard Work. It’s not Magic
I have to admit that I was skeptical at first. I thought it sounded too good to be true. Nutrisystem commercials seem like the program would be very simple and easy to follow. I never understood how someone with so much weight to lose like I had could eat the same things as someone with just a few pounds to lose. It seemed to me that we would need different programs but with Nutrisystem we can both use the same program and still be successful. Also,I thought that it would be expensive but it’s really less than I used to spend on eating lunch before I started the program. A typical lunch out costs at least $10 and that’s just one meal. Nutrisystem costs around $10 a day. Cutting back on eating out and choosing Nutrisystem instead saved me money.
But the reality of it is that it’s not easy, it is hard work. As other Nutrisystem reviews attest, you have to follow the plan. You have to exercise. You have to drink your water. You have to avoid alcohol. You have to eat your fruits and veggies. You have to put in the work and you will see the Nutrisystem results. It’s not magic. It’s more scientific. Calories in versus calories burned.
I like the whole idea of Nutrisystem because with the plan you are still eating regular foods. You are given the tools you need to succeed and transition back into eating regular foods again once you have reached your goal.
I Know How to Keep My Weight Off Now
The first few months I had to log what I ate each day. I also logged the amount of exercise that I did. Now I am able to do the logging in my head. I eat more now than I did when I was actively trying to lose weight but I still monitor my weight and if I see it going up I just go back to doing what I did to lose the weight and keep it down where it needs to be. Weight is going to be a lifelong battle for me. I am always going to have to exercise and watch what I eat but now I know how to do it. I know that if I do find myself gaining weight I can lose it again. I am going to be very attentive to my body and keep watching myself to try and never be overweight again.
Overall I Lost 108 Pounds
I fluctuate between 105 and 108 pounds lost now. I went from weighing in at 260 pounds to weighing somewhere around 155. I have been as low as 151 but it seems to stay right around 155. I have been maintaining for nearly a year. It took me right at a year to reach my goal. I lost 1-2 pounds a week each week the whole time I was following the plan. I am still amazed at how far I have come.
When I fold my clothes I have a hard time believing how small my clothes are now. I wear a Medium size shirt and 6-8 in pants. I have some small dresses and shorts. I don’t have to shop in the plus size department anymore. I can wear clothes for nearly any store. I used to be limited in where I could shop, but not anymore.
My Sister Joined, Too
While I was losing weight my sister also joined Nutrisystem. She lost over 70 pounds and really enjoyed the program as well. She lost her weight a lot quicker than I did. She was inspired to join because she saw me losing weight. My sister is a little older than me and after having two children she felt as though she would never get the baby weight off. Nutrisystem made it possible for her to get the baby weight off.
Nutrisystem provides counselors to help you with your plan. You can call and talk to them when you hit a plateau. You can also use the forums on the Nutrisystem website to connect with other people using the program. With Nutrisystem you will never feel as though you are doing this on your own. You have a whole support system. They have been around over 40 years and they are here to stay because they really do know what they are doing. Nutrisystem works and they provide a sure fire way to get the weight off and keep it off.
Nutrisystem is Simple
Nutrisystem is different than the other programs out there before they make it simple. You just follow their plan and eat their food along with some additional add-ins that you purchase at the grocery store and watch the weight come flying off. On Nutrisystem you are eating several times a day. You don’t feel hungry. You don’t feel deprived.
Review of Nutrisystem foods – Nutrisystem Tips
Desserts
Nutrisystem allows you to eat a dessert each and every day. The desserts are really good too. I love the ice cream sandwiches. They are absolutely my favorite. I also enjoy the cookies.
Fresh or Shelf Food
While on the Nutrisystem program I received the shelf stable foods and the fresh frozen foods too. I love the fresh frozen foods but I also enjoy the shelf stable foods. There is not a breakfast or dessert that I did not enjoy. I could eat any of the shelf stable and frozen desserts and breakfasts. They are all delicious.
Favorite Breakfasts
My favorite breakfasts are the turkey and egg breakfast sandwich, the breakfast burrito, the muffins, and the peanut butter granola bar.
Favorite Lunches
I enjoyed having the burrito for lunch and the tuna salad was another favorite of mine. When you eat the tuna salad you get to put it on sandwich thin bread. I always eat a big green salad with some Nutrisystem approved dressing with my lunch.
Favorite Dinners
The dinners were a little trickier for me to find the ones that I liked. I love the hamburger, the chicken, the pizzas and the spaghetti. I sauté some veggies and add them to the dinner entrée and that makes them delicious.
A Typical Day on Nutrisystem
So a typical day on Nutrisystem would go like this. I get up and exercise for 30 minutes to an hour. I drink coffee and water after my workout to get my body moving. Then after a shower I get ready for work and when I get to work I have breakfast. Breakfast is a protein shake and a breakfast entrée. Most mornings I would have a muffin with a protein shake. Super yummy and it doesn’t feel like a diet at all.
Then mid-morning I would have what they call a power fuel and a smart carb, which is some greek yogurt or cottage cheese with fresh fruit. Next I would have my lunch in a few hours. For lunch I would have a big salad with lots of veggies and a low-fat low-calorie dressing. My favorite dressings are Greek yogurt based and considered a limited extra on the Nutrisystem plan because they are 35 calories per serving. You can have up to 3 limited extras throughout the day.
A few more hours after lunch, I would have another power fuel and smart carb. Typically that would be an apple with peanut butter.
Finally I would have my dinner with some more veggies and a dessert right before bed.
See how much food you get to eat on the Nutrisystem plan? You won’t be hungry and you will feel as though you are constantly eating which is a good thing. It’s good to not feel weak or deprived. I always saved my dessert as long as possible because looking forward to the dessert helped me stay away from temptations throughout the day. I work at a fairly large office and there are lots of birthdays and other celebrations. Each celebration is a temptation that I am able to either resist or give into. I choose to resist those temptations because I do not like how I feel when I give into them.
Eating Chocolate
Fudge Graham Bar
Nutrisystem gives me chocolate so I can resist other chocolate temptations. When I am craving chocolate I will have the Fudge Graham Bar for lunch along with a huge salad. The bar satisfies my cravings and it’s the perfect portion to keep me losing weight and feeling great. There is always a food selection that will meet your cravings and satisfy your hunger.
Less Money
With Nutrisystem I just grab my food for the day on the way out the door. I have it with me so I don’t have to spend any money in the vending machines. I don’t have to order lunch. I don’t have to go through the drive thru. I have everything I need to stay full and satisfy my hunger throughout the day. The truth is that Nutrisystem is actually less money then I spent on food before I began the program.
Happier, Healthier, with More Energy
I am so happy that I decided to take the plunge and order Nutrisystem. It has truly changed my life and I am so grateful that I have found a way to live that I feel happier, healthier and have so much more energy.
I am so happy that I have lost this weight. My initial goal was to get to 180 pounds. I believed that I couldn’t get any smaller than that. I know 180 pounds is a high number but I am a large frame person and I am 5’9” tall. I can’t remember a time when I weighed much less than 180. Once I reached 180 easily I just kept going for another 10 pounds. I love the way I look and I love the way I feel even more. Words cannot describe the amount of energy and confidence I have. I have always been fairly confident but now I feel as if nobody can stop me. I feel as though I can do anything I put my mind to. Being overweight had me living a life with lots of limits. Now I am totally able to do anything I want to do.
I am able to keep the weight off by monitoring my caloric intake as well as continuing to do my daily workouts. I have become slightly addicted to working out so I wake up and work out each morning. On the weekends my husband and I walk a lot. We enjoy the time together and the activity is good for our spirits. It really is true that being active is good for you mentally as well as physically. I get on the scale on a regular basis and if I see an increase in weight then I cut back on what I eat to keep the weight off. Exercise is very important but weight loss is directly related to how much I eat. If I eat too much I will gain weight. If I keep my intake monitored I will maintain the weight I am at now.
The sooner you get started the sooner you can be at your goal. Nutrisystem truly works. I do not work for them but I do like to help others who are obese like I was become a healthy weight like I did.
The message I want to give you in this Nutrisystem review is: If I did it, you can do it too. It’s not going to be easy but it is worth it and it is doable. You can take control of your body and your life. You do not have to live in a fat body forever.
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One Funnel Away Challenge
Being a newbie in anything is a challenging way to start something.
Especially when you are an entrepreneur who wants to start-up their own business online.
One Funnel Away Challenge helps you with those type of hurdles especially when you are someone who wants to utilize Clickfunnels as your digital platform.
Honestly, the best $100 I have spent on business training hands down!
You might be someone who wants to bring your business into a certain direction but you don't exactly know how to get there.
Selling your products or maybe simply promoting as an affiliate might be a good idea but which techniques should you apply?
There are a lot of Facebook groups that talk about ClickFunnels, because this is one of the biggest platform in the online business industry.
Even though the Clickfunnels platform is fairly simple, without a step by step process on how to get more leads and sales you can get lost.
The One Funnel Away Challenge helps walk you through 30 days of actionable steps!
Read below for more info....
One Funnel Away Challenge Review
There are so many ways to harness the powers of ClickFunnels, but first you must have a strategy to execute in order to actually use the funnels to bring in income.
So here, I will be telling you a secret on how should you move forward before buying anything online.
The One Funnel Away Challenge will help take the guesswork out of funnels and give you a personalized plan that you can put in place.
In this review, we will show you what you will get in the challenge and how it will help your funnel sales!
Join the Challenge
One Funnel Away Challenge is a 30-day step by step training guide on having a successful funnel. You get to learn from three coaches- Julie Stoian, Stephen Larsen and ClickFunnels co-founder Russell Brunson.
The challenge is hosted by the FunnelHacker Community where you get to directly interact with other people taking the challenge and get the motivation to complete each day’s lessons.
What will I learn from doing this challenge?
You can see from the image above an overview of how will the 30-day challenge activities flow from start to end. This challenge is hosted inside the FunnelHacker Community.
Any business or person can use a funnel to get their message out to the world.
But knowing how to put the pieces together can be overwhelming which is why the OFA Challenge was created, to help entrepreneurs like us have a plan to execute.
Why you should sign up
Before I joined the challenge, I knew that I wanted to use funnels to grow my mlm business but was not sure how I was going to do this exactly.
There are a number of programs and courses out there but this challenge is affordable and worth every penny.
Clickfunnels is an amazing software platform that can bring your business online where you're not bugging friends and family to join your biz op.
30 days is such a short period of time if you are aiming to be a successful entrepreneur, trust me.
The great thing is you can duplicate this for your team and help them get started with the challenge as well.
My First Week: Lesson 1 Mission 1 (Offer Hacking)
The lesson was really awesome and will really get you excited to build your funnel right away.
You'll learn about creating an offer and just how important that is for your funnel to be successful.
If you have no idea what kind of offer you should have, don't worry they walk you through this!
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Week 2 Mission 2 (Epiphany Bridge)
Bridging from where you were to where you are now is really important in your funnel.
You will go through how to use the Epiphany Bridge script and get people to buy into your message.
Inside the Challenge Kit
The kit contains a 550-page 30-day challenge book, the One Funnel Away workbook and a preloaded funnel training MP3 player among other materials. With the entire package valued at $3,126, the fee is a bargain and you are guaranteed to get value for your money. Imagine being able to build your dream for just $100! It is worth more than the price.
The workbook has an overview of the challenges and the tasks for you to complete during the challenge. The challenge book reveals the strategies and plans of the top recipients of the Two Comma Club that you will find inspiring.
With the preloaded MP3 player, you can even listen to the challenge during the morning jog or while doing other errands.
The lessons are valuable to every aspect of business, not just affiliate marketing. The coaches provide top notch teachings and content that you will find valuable to your business. The One Funnel Away Challenge is what you need to propel you to the next level.
Watching an unboxing review can be so satisfying but not everyone has the time to sit through an entire 15 minute long video to see what's inside. So listed below for you is a quick reference to what you will find inside!
In order of what we feel is the most valuable and useful to your business.
One Funnel Away Bonuses
You will only be spending around $100 for this 30-day challenge but you are getting so much in return!
Below is more info on the Bonuses you will get through the OFA Challenge offer.
This is a hands on training, with daily tasks that build on each other. So it's perfect for anyone who's looking to get up and running with their first successful funnel.
This was one of my favorite courses that I took recently and I would recommend anyone using ClickFunnels (or wants to use ClickFunnels) to jump in on this.
Here's what you'll be getting for your $100.
Join the Challenge
Russell Brunson's One Funnel Away Challenge will help you build a high converting sales funnel that will drive leads and sales with his super valuable 30 day challenge training.
In this in-depth One Funnel Away Challenge review I will go into full detail on exactly what it is, how it works, success stories, and what the challenge bonuses are.
Challenge Bonus # 1 ($97 Value)
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If you are a complete newbie, I understand how this might overwhelm you. A 550 page book, I mean who wants to read that much info? But before you overreact, let me tell you. The contents of the book might be overwhelming at first, but once you started getting over the steps being taught by this book, you will see that this book is so valuable and full of information that you would think how it fit on 550 pages?
Trust me, once you follow the steps on this book, you my friend will see the difference on your business's growth.
The “30 Days” book is a GIANT 550 page hardcover book of ALL their compiled battleplans (Day 1 through Day 30). 30 chapters…
30 action plans… You can actually flip through the pages day-by-day, and SEE the “big picture” of their ONE FUNNEL plan laid out right in front of you! You can HOLD it in your hands… You can page through, and reference it as you try out new business ideas... You can highlight key ‘a-ha’ moments’ as you read, and make notes in the margins...
If you’re starting from scratch (or starting again), with no name, no reputation, no list, no money, no traffic, and no product…
The One Funnel Away Challenge is what I would do, from Day 1 to Day 30, if I lost everything, and had to create ONE FUNNEL to get back on track!
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Bonus # 2 - Spiral Bound Copy of One Funnel Away Challenge Workbook ($97 value)
Each day of your 30day challenge, you will be given task you'll need to accomplish in order to get your funnel built and LIVE. This workbook will be your companion to the video training (from day 1 to 30)
Each page has: checklist of tasks, plenty of space for journaling and brainstorming, the video training list and extra resource links.
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You can expect each day to have a work-page that looks something like this… Consider this your physical guide that spells out everything you need to do each day, so you have it all in ONE organized area, and can stay on track!
**Don’t worry if you don’t receive your workbook in time for Day One of the Challenge... (Some of you might be joining the Challenge right before we kick things off…)
You’ll ALSO get the digital version of the Challenge Workbook once the Challenge begins, so you’ll have all the materials you need from Day One!
Bonus # 3 MP3 Player With The Live Recordings Of The FIRST One Funnel Away Challenge ($297 Value)
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If you are a busy person who travels a lot, then this one funnel away challenge bonus would be a great fit on your schedule. You can listen to to this one funnel away challenge recordings on the go!
No matter where you’re at, or what you’re doing, these audio recordings make it EASY to multi-task, and get more done in a day...
What's inside?
Inside your MP3 player, you get the change to listen to recordings of all Russel's daily training (day 1 to 30) and Stephen's recordings from his live coaching calls throughout the challenge.
You will get a total of 51 Recordings and over 40 hours of training!
Can I get all of these bonuses on my kit?
Precisely. Your One Funnel Away Challenge kit contains all of these bonuses I mentioned above, so you are ensured that you will be getting all the resources you need to succeed on this 30day challenge.
I will send you a kit on your doorstep right away when you join the "One Funnel Away" challenge today!
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More info you need to know about One Funnel Away Challenge
Not getting the value for your investment? You can get your money back.
If you feel like the challenge is not working out well for you, you can get your money back by sending the kit back within 30 days from it's arrival. But you will have to spend extra bucks again for shipping so is it worth it? That will be up to you.
I don't have a lot of time to do the challenge and watch videos, should I still join?
If you are just that busy and doesn't have an extra hour to spare each day to watch videos and do the challenge, then I would discourage you from signing up because you could easily fall behind on this challenge.
This challenge will be at a pace where you shouldn't miss a lesson or a day, that's why it is a challenge, you will have to commit to this if you want to grow your business.
Are there other ways to earn from this challenge?
Yes, OFA offers a great deal for affiliates who wanted to get a return for their initial investment from doing the challenge. You want to know why? Because the commission is 100%! You only need to sell the course to one person so you can get your money back while still doing the challenge.
And because ClickFunnels' One Funnel Away Challenge is the best training at the moment, it will easily sell and you won't have a hard time doing so. Doing the challenge will benefit you even more because you can extend your skills on promoting this challenge yourself to get decent amount of affiliate commissions.
Affiliate Disclaimer: I hope you enjoyed reading this article and made you excited to join the challenge as well. Please keep in mind that the links on this article may be links to my OFA affiliate link and if you do click and sign up, I will be compensated for the affiliate commission. So if you are totally aware and still want to sign up, that would really be a great help to me. Thanks! Any money I earn from this will help me grow my own business as well as sharing more valuable information to my readers.
How can I Join?
Now this might be overwhelming for you, but trust me. Once you get started, you will feel the flow and eventually see that every step make sense and leads to another and you'll see that it is worth every penny you invested on. What better way to invest your resources by investing on your self and knowledge, right?
Get started today and take the 30-day challenge and see the difference. Most successful entrepreneurs are on this train, so don't be left behind!
I Will Take the Challenge!
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Top Tips & Budget Friendly Ways To Experience Paris Like A Native
Hi guys, welcome to my blog. My name is Caroline, I am 22 and I am Irish. I am studying Commerce International in University College Dublin and I spent a year in Paris studying commerce through French. I have learned the ins and outs of the city (sometimes the hard way) and some of this information I would love to have known prior to moving there. The majority of tourists spend hours queueing to see (some impressive, some not so impressive) tourist attractions and frequently get ripped off. As a result their Parisian experience ends up being very unproductive and costly.
Paris is known for being expensive but you can definitely do it on a budget and I am going to tell you how! Young people tend to avoid travelling to Paris because it has a name for being notoriously expensive, however Paris is not actually any more expensive than any other European city. Paris is very much geared towards young people and it has become my favourite city in Europe. There is a never-ending list of things to do for young people and it is simply an amazing place to live/study/visit.
I am going to share my top tips with you and help you experience Paris like a French native, and as a young person, the best spots to visit so that you can get the most out of your trip to this incredible city.
Culture
Paris is a fantastic city if you have a European passport and you are under the age of 26 as you can get into the majority of cultural sites and museums for free on any day of the week! (Admission to most museums is pretty cheap anyway but when you are on a budget it all adds up very quickly). There are hundreds of museums in Paris but my two favourite are Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay. The Louvre (Musée du Louvre) is a great place to start and the Mona Lisa is a must see! Musée d’Orsay is another great museum even if you don’t enjoy art, the layout of the museum and its architecture is well worth seeing (a scene from Gossip Girl was also shot in this museum).
L’Arc du Triomphe is an absolute must! It is an arch that acts as a roundabout with 12 different streets leading up to it. You have to go underground to get to the centre of the roundabout/the arch. You can then climb up to the top of l’Arc du Triomphe which in my opinion has one of the best views of Paris. You have to climb a long windy staircase in order to get to the top so wear comfortable shoes. You can even see La Défense, the infamous business district from the top. You will also see the longest street in Europe, the Champs Elysée. The “roundabout” has no rules as such and as a result it is chaotic all the time, from the top looking down it is like watching a colony of ants frantically moving around attempting to dodge one another.
Sacre Coeur is well worth the visit even if you don’t actually enter the basilica. It is situated at the very top of a village and there is a long hilly walk up to it but the views from the top are incredible.
Palais Garnier is a spectacular opera house. You can do a day tour of it which costs €15 and tickets to the shows can go up to €500. If you are keen to see a show, you can queue at the ticket kiosk (several hours prior to the show) and get tickets to the ballet/opera for as cheap as €10 – that is if you have half the day to spend queuing for a show that could sell out.
Trocadero is an absolute must-go! This is where you will find the best view of the Eiffel Tower. I wouldn’t recommend going to any restaurants or bars in this area as they are all very overpriced (this where a lot of tourists get caught out).
Day Trips & Tours
Chateau du Versailles is magnificent and well worth visiting on a sunny day. It is about an hour (by train) south of Paris and then a 20 minute walk from the train station. The entry fee to the palace is free for European residents under the age of 26 and the entry fee to the gardens is €10 for a student (buy tickets in Versailles because they are cheaper at the door than they are online). The gardens are more impressive than the palace in my opinion. The gardens are so vast it would take you all day to walk around them however you can rent golf buggies or bikes in order to cover more land in less time. During the summer months you can rent rowing boats and row/float on the lake. Most people bring a picnic with them and enjoy their lunch on the designated grass areas soaking up the sun. There is only one coffee shop here and several ice cream kiosks so definitely bring your own snacks.
Disneyland Paris is an absolute must if you are spending a few days in Paris. You can take the RER A (main underground train line in Paris) towards Marne la Vallée and it leaves you right at the gates of Disneyland. It takes approximately 40 minutes from central Paris. The queues are not nearly half as bad here as they are in Disneyland in America and it really is a magical experience. There is something for all ages and the firework display every evening is spectacular. If you book tickets online they are usually around €50 however if you buy tickets at the door, the price is double. There are lots of restaurants and bakeries here but they tend to be pricey so I would advise bringing snacks from Monoprix and baguettes/croissants from a bakery in Paris with you. Check the weather before booking your tickets!
You can buy tickets online here https://www.disneylandparis.com/en-ie/
Boat tours are a great way to a get an overview of the city, learn some interesting facts and get some great photos. Paris is stunning at night time when all of the famous monuments are lit up so I would recommend doing a boat tour at night. There are several companies that do boat cruises, however don’t waste your money purchasing a “dinner experience” package etc. as you will be too busy eating (a very basic meal) to see any of the sights. I would recommend getting the cheapest and most basic tour ticket and choosing a boat that has an upstairs. I found that Bateaux Parisians were great and their most basic ‘illuminations’ tour cost €13.50 per person. The boat sails up and down the Seine pointing out the famous sights/monuments/areas. The tour lasts around 75 minutes.
You can buy tickets online here https://book.seine-river-cruises.com/book/7944/checkout
When in Paris do as the French do
The Parisians are the most sociable people you will ever come across. They love any opportunity to be amongst people and sipping on wine. There is a famous saying “when in Rome do as the Romans,” the same concept applies in Paris! Even if it is lashing rain, sit outside under a canopy and enjoy some food and a few drinks. However if the weather is good, follow the French to any of the gardens (my personal favourite is Jardin des Tuileries), bring your picnic blanket, a few croissants, baguettes and a bottle of wine and soak up the atmosphere – this is a favourite pass time for the French.
On summer nights when the parks are closed you’ll find everyone with their bottles of wine and snacks sitting along the banks of Seine – the whole way along it! It is honestly one of the most fun enjoyable and cheapest things you will do and you will feel just like a native.
Another great location during the day/early evening for doing this is on Champ de Mars which is the grass area just in front of the Eiffel Tower. It is a really popular meet up spot for students and workers alike with one of the most iconic views.
Bars & Restaurants
Brunch is a huge thing in Paris, everyone does it and you will often queue for up to 90 minutes to get a table in some of the best places. Brunch is expensive (usually €25 per person) but it is 2 meals in 1 and you get a crazy amount of delicious food! My personal favourite is Paperboy situated on Rue Amelot – all of their food is incredible! But some other great spots include Lockwood, Hardware Société, Le Pain Quotidien and the Soul Kitchen.
If you love acai bowls make sure to check out Love Juice Bar and the Juicerie. If you are a hot chocolate lover, Angelina’s is renowned for having the best tasting hot chocolate in France. It is one of the most famous ‘tea rooms’ in the world and quite an experience. However one hot chocolate costs €9 but you can opt for the take away option which is half the price. Another spot for chocolate lovers is Lindt – there are several Lindt stores in Paris all of which have sit down Cafés. I am a huge chocolate lover and Lindt did not disappoint and was much cheaper than Angelina (although 2 very different atmospheres).
Chatelet is an area full of bars and restaurants all of which are extremely affordable and it is an area that is usually buzzing from 1pm on a Saturday right up until the early hours of Sunday morning.
Pizza Populaire is a restaurant with a really alt style and cool vibes that have a pizza margaherita on the menu for just €5! However you need to be at the doors 25 minutes prior to opening (6pm) in order to get a seat as there is always a queue.
If you are on a really tight budget, there are plenty of Mc Donald’s and Dominos scattered around Paris too.
Happy hour is very popular in Paris usually between 3-7pm so if you want to enjoy a drink in a nice bar on a budget, then choose your times to do so wisely. There are several must see bars even if you only purchase a bottle of water for €3 or one alcoholic drink for €11. ‘Off Seine’ is a hotel shaped like a boat in the Seine River. Its bar area even has a pool and there is live music there every evening. 100 yards from this, there is a rooftop bar called ‘Café Oz Rooftop’ – it is another great spot that is on the Seine and turns into a rooftop nightclub every night. They also have themed events during the week such as “Erasmus student nights” etc.
Le Perchoir Marais is also a rooftop bar with very chilled, cool vibes and since waiters don’t serve customers here (you have to queue at the bar to get a drink), you can even experience it without ever buying a drink!
Rue Saint Honoré, located in the 1st arrondissement is one of the most expensive streets in Paris however there is a bar on this street called ‘Le Musset’ that does great cocktails for €6 until 7pm every day. They have a seated area outside with a canopy so you can feel and live just like the Parisians; sipping on nice drinks watching the world go by.
General Tips
In my opinion going up the Eiffel Tower is a waste of time and money. The queues can be quite long and it is expensive enough. When you get to the top there isn’t much to see other than high rise buildings. It is usually a disappointment for tourists.
The Eiffel Tower sparkles every hour on the hour once it is dark so make sure and look out for that!
An absolute must-buy is a transport pass called ‘Navigo’. It costs €27 (or if you are repurchasing €22) for a week and it allows you to hop on and hop off every RER (main underground train line), every metro and all public buses. You will get more than your value for money with this – even if you’re only in Paris for a few days! Make sure and bring a passport photo to attach on to the Navigo card because if you are stopped by the Navigo wardens you will be fined if your card doesn’t have a photo of you on it. You can check it out online here but buy it at any train station when you arrive in Paris - https://www.ratp.fr/en/titres-et-tarifs/navigo-monthly-and-weekly-travel-passes
Download the RAFTP app on your phone and it will tell you which train lines/ metros/ buses to take to your chosen destination.
Charles de Gaulle and Orly airport are the most accessible airports from the city. There are trains and buses from both into the city – all of which you can use your Navigo on. Even though flights are often cheaper to Beauvais airport, there is no public transport to Beauvais airport from the city – you either have to pay privately for the airport bus (€30 return to the city) and taxis cost approximately €120 to the airport from the city.
Place du Vendome is lovely to walk around too and a popular area for seeing celebrities during Paris Fashion Week.
I hope you found this blog helpful, let me know in the comments section if you have any questions and enjoy Paris if you are visiting! If you leave your email address in the comments section I will add you to my mailing list and send out an email when my next blog post is up so that you don’t miss it.
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Welcome to the Jungle podcast. I'm Sophie Renker, Environmental Science undergrad and I am Erin Beiter, Wildlife Science... Bachelorette... holder.
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I graduated.
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On our podcast today we decided to discuss the differences between sustainable lifestyle in an urban setting versus a rural setting and the different challenges and solutions that you can use and take.
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So on the first segment of our podcast today we decide to discuss space. Obviously in the suburbs you have a yard, you have a big home. I'm sure [when] you were growing up in the suburbs of Buffalo can attest to that. Yeah, we had a pretty big yard and a little wooded patch where you could stash things like my neighbors did have a compost pile in there. Three of them in fact
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And you just really can't do that in a city.
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I've tried, it really doesn't work out that well. Yeah, a lot of college students and Millennials are living in apartment complexes or live in the city and they have, what? Like four rooms and a pet?
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And yeah, if you do have some sort of semblance of a yard, it's not always up to you what you can do with that yard. Your landlord might have restrictions. So when it comes to discussion of things like compost or homesteading for people who live in urban areas, that's not an option. No, and it's a whole lot of work to
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put together like a community garden if you don't already have one. If you do want to, like, reap the benefits of something like that.
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or like, you know,
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anything like that.
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But there are different ways that you can do things inside. You can have like a lil herb nook on your counter. Yeah, or you could try doing some light composting maybe some aerobic composting or even in Manhattan they have places where you can drop off compost. But yeah, the city of Syracuse has one but I think you need to like pay people to take it. I know at least restaurants in the area need to pay to have somebody take it away or I don't know if you need to pay for it at the site but it is an option for people who can't afford it who want to take it to a facility.
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If you're like me (who is insane), you can throw your vegetable scraps off the side of your porch and hope that the squirrels eat it. Yeah the squirrels do love of spare pizza. Yeah, they actually do. But not everyone can get away with that. And if your neighbors happened complain well you're out of luck. Mine haven't yet, so I will continue to do so. I think we have a couple of rotting pumpkins outside as we speak. They have holes bored into them so the squirrels can get into the inside. But I guess that's another thing is not everyone has the capital
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to embark on different projects to be sustainable. Even those little composting boxes. Those can cost money. I don't know how much but I think when the latest like both like a good stainless steel one that you put on your counter that has a filter was closer to $30.
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That's not too bad. But that's just the kitchen one, not including the huge ones that just look like an upside down trash can, those are like $100. Yeah, and they can get even more expensive from there. Especially if it's a tumbler [type of composter].
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Yeah.
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So if you don't have permission from your landlord to dig up your lawn, or you don't have a lawn at all, it can be very challenging to compost. Yeah.
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One solution if you want to take this route (again, it's a little nuts) you could-- if you eat a lot of vegetables, you could feed them into some sort of animal that you keep with you in your house. Like a caged one. Such as a guinea pig or an herbivorous reptile. Rabbits? Rabbits. Rabbits are really great. You can toilet train them. You could change your diet, be on the same diet as a rabbit. How cute is that? Have you heard of red worm composting?
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I have. I have. I feel like that would do well in a small area too. It still-- it takes up like one of those big plastic Tupperware containers, but you can kind of like tuck that away in a closet for dedicated enough. Yeah, that's true. And you don't have to put it like outside to get that good decomposition. You got little buddies to do it for you. You just have to be dedicated enough to pick out all the worms at the end of each cycle. Gosh, that's true. If you have kids maybe they would enjoy that. I’m sure that they would. At least I would have when I was a kid. I can see my parents roping me into something like that. Chores: sweep the kitchen; vacuum the rug; dig out the worms.
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Oh, I like that a lot. I’m going to make my kids do that. And then use the composted it's to put more dirt in your herb garden. Your tiny miniature herb garden on your counter next door window. That’s another thing: grow lights are a rip-off. Grow lights CAN be a rip off. I, you got to just know the right websites. If you're looking to grow plants indoors.
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You can find them. They're good. They're out there. We recommend LED lights from experience, the plants really like them. The plants really like them. Don't bother with the pink, blue, purple, red lights. They hurt your eyes and the plants don't even like him that much.
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Yeah, just got like a gentle LED light and they'll be fine. Yeah, probably like 20 bucks for a panel. Yeah one foot by one foot. You could probably even like paste it under some cabinets. Oh yeah that’s a good idea. Definitely.
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And you know, in these Syracuse winters like there's no way you're going to be able to grow any type of plants in the winter without one. Yeah. Yeah for sure. Extend that growing season.
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That way
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I don't know. I feel like I'm always buying herbs and throwing them away. Like you think that you're going to need to make something with them and they just rot in the fridge. Wouldn’t it be great if you just had them on your counter and they never went bad? That’s what saved me. I grew lettuce from a little Hydroponics kit that my mom got me for Christmas. It's fabulous. It comes with its own light, it like cycles the water through, all you need to do is like dump some nutrients in the water every so often. But it grew so much lettuce. And when I would always buy lettuce from the supermarket, and I would bring it home and I'd be like ‘Hmm
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that lettuce has been in there for some time’ cuz I just haven't been feeling like salad! But you know, when it’s your own lettuce you’re just like ‘Wow. Look at that lettuce. Look at you go. I'm going to eat that. I'm going to eat that right now.’ And if I don't feel like it, it's just going to make more lettuce for when I'm ready for lettuce, man! I really like it. It was a good time.
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And I think the hydroponic system was a pretty penny, it was like a hundred bucks, which is a little more than
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I could personally afford but
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If you really if you want to take on a project you could make your own pretty easily, and there's a lot of people out there who,
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On the internet, could probably show you how. You know what’s another thing is time. Another thing that's kind of intimidating for people is not only space and money, but the time it takes to learn the lingo and watch all these YouTube videos and then browse online for what equipment you need, and what if you don't have any tools? Yeah it’s just so many trips to the store. Like honestly time is-- it's a real project like getting into more sustainable life cuz you do need to do a lot of research
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about a lot of these things. Just like buying new like those sponge tampons. I went to a sustainable menstruation product table today at [SUNY] ESF and they had sea sponge tampons, and reusable pads, and menstrual cups. And you just kind of look at it and you go: ‘What the hell is this stuff?’ Yeah, and you're like, ‘I got to learn more!’ and then you're like ‘Shit. I don't have time to do more’. Yeah it’s like ‘I got a meeting in five minutes. Please explain to me what this sponge is and why I should put it up my vagina.’ Yeah. And like ‘I had a bad experience with the Diva cup, please tell me in-depth on how the Luna cup is better and won't hurt me.’ Oh no.
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Like, I don't have time to dig deep and I know your customer reviews and, you know, snatch these little tidbits and, you know, actually work up the courage to spend the money on the thing and like ‘Ahh!’. It’s just a whole process. Gosh, the amount of time. The amount of time that I've spent in the Amazon customer review section must have been years off my life. Honestly. Honestly, yes.
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I want to know what I'm buying is legit, like honestly. But I mean, unless you're just crazy, you don't want to spend that much time in there. Yeah.
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The important thing is is that sustainability doesn't have to be perfect. Right? We're saying all these things, but we don't even do all of them. Not at all. We recycle. We've grown a couple things. We tried composting. It’s still kind of sittin and I don't know if it's actually composting, but you know we’re trying. It’s out there. We make efforts. Yeah, and that's the point is that you're not just kind of sitting around doing nothing consuming and hoping that everything will be okay. And at least feeling like you have some semblance of control over what happens to our planet. Like plastic waste reduced, just waste in general. I even like to think about single-use paper products sometimes.
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I think about single-use plastics ALL the time. And I’m saying single-use paper like toilet paper and paper towels. How many years did it take for this tree to grow and then for us to cut it down and just use it in a second? How far has it traveled? Like, is it going to break down properly? How long is it going to take to break down? It's like a natural material but it’s going to a landfill. I don’t know. It’s just a rabbit hole. It’s a bit of an existential crisis sometimes.
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So I guess the point of this podcast is to just kind of introduce normal folk --who don't have a lot of time, space, or money--to just kind of the concept of sustainability and how we can all have an imperfect version of sustainability... but in numbers we have strength. Yes indeed.
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In numbers, we can influence the larger system I think. If 8 billion people try just a little bit in some ways, they have a huge impact. It’ll have a huge impact like--like if you really just gotta have take-out every week, that's a lot of plastic waste, but you know, like you can make up for it in other areas. Like you can do what fits your lifestyle best and it doesn't have to be everything. It really just doesn't have to. Even just carpooling is great. Even like carpooling, riding your bike if you are able and willing like it really does make a difference. What is it, 30% of Transportation carbon dioxide pollution in the United States is just single family
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cars. It’s just people driving to the grocery store. It's just people doing normal everyday things. Driving to work every day. That is one third of all of transportation costs when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. If all of us took a little bit of responsibility, then something amazing could happen. For real. And it is happening! Like this is a trend, like this is not going away.
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Yeah.
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And I like it.
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I don't know how to fix the single family car thing cuz I personally own a car and boy I drive it alone SO many places... but... that’s just another example--
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But that’s a product of two hundred years, maybe not 200 years, but at least a hundred years of the people before us the way that America was structured. So it you can't even blame yourself for the system that we are in but we can still try our best to change it in little ways to make it better. Yes.
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Yeah.
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It’s not your fault that there isn't like amazing public transportation everywhere we go. Yeah, we were born into this system and it's not like we have to fix everything overnight or make everything perfect. It's just making little choices, just try and being conscious about your actions. And like what you buy, and what you throw away, and how it will affect our planet. Yeah.
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And when you put it that way it really does seem like anyone could do it. Literally anyone can.
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Anyone can
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Alright, that's about it for our introductory podcast of the jungle. Again I'm Sophie Renker, and I'm Erin Beiter. Have a good day. Thank you for listening.
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Top Tips & Budget Friendly Ways To Experience Paris Like A Native
Hi guys, welcome to my blog. My name is Caroline, I am 22 and I am Irish. I am studying Commerce International in University College Dublin and I spent a year in Paris studying commerce through French. I have learned the ins and outs of the city (sometimes the hard way) and some of this information I would love to have known prior to moving there. The majority of tourists spend hours queueing to see (some impressive, some not so impressive) tourist attractions and frequently get ripped off. As a result their Parisian experience ends up being very unproductive and costly.
Paris is known for being expensive but you can definitely do it on a budget and I am going to tell you how! Young people tend to avoid travelling to Paris because it has a name for being notoriously expensive, however Paris is not actually any more expensive than any other European city. Paris is very much geared towards young people and it has become my favourite city in Europe. There is a never-ending list of things to do for young people and it is simply an amazing place to live/study/visit.
I am going to share my top tips with you and help you experience Paris like a French native, and as a young person, the best spots to visit so that you can get the most out of your trip to this incredible city.
Culture
Paris is a fantastic city if you have a European passport and you are under the age of 26 as you can get into the majority of cultural sites and museums for free on any day of the week! (Admission to most museums is pretty cheap anyway but when you are on a budget it all adds up very quickly). There are hundreds of museums in Paris but my two favourite are Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay. The Louvre (Musée du Louvre) is a great place to start and the Mona Lisa is a must see! Musée d’Orsay is another great museum even if you don’t enjoy art, the layout of the museum and its architecture is well worth seeing (a scene from Gossip Girl was also shot in this museum).
L’Arc du Triomphe is an absolute must! It is an arch that acts as a roundabout with 12 different streets leading up to it. You have to go underground to get to the centre of the roundabout/the arch. You can then climb up to the top of l’Arc du Triomphe which in my opinion has one of the best views of Paris. You have to climb a long windy staircase in order to get to the top so wear comfortable shoes. You can even see La Défense, the infamous business district from the top. You will also see the longest street in Europe, the Champs Elysée. The “roundabout” has no rules as such and as a result it is chaotic all the time, from the top looking down it is like watching a colony of ants frantically moving around attempting to dodge one another.
Sacre Coeur is well worth the visit even if you don’t actually enter the basilica. It is situated at the very top of a village and there is a long hilly walk up to it but the views from the top are incredible.
Palais Garnier is a spectacular opera house. You can do a day tour of it which costs €15 and tickets to the shows can go up to €500. If you are keen to see a show, you can queue at the ticket kiosk (several hours prior to the show) and get tickets to the ballet/opera for as cheap as €10 – that is if you have half the day to spend queuing for a show that could sell out.
Trocadero is an absolute must-go! This is where you will find the best view of the Eiffel Tower. I wouldn’t recommend going to any restaurants or bars in this area as they are all very overpriced (this where a lot of tourists get caught out).
Day Trips & Tours
Chateau du Versailles is magnificent and well worth visiting on a sunny day. It is about an hour (by train) south of Paris and then a 20 minute walk from the train station. The entry fee to the palace is free for European residents under the age of 26 and the entry fee to the gardens is €10 for a student (buy tickets in Versailles because they are cheaper at the door than they are online). The gardens are more impressive than the palace in my opinion. The gardens are so vast it would take you all day to walk around them however you can rent golf buggies or bikes in order to cover more land in less time. During the summer months you can rent rowing boats and row/float on the lake. Most people bring a picnic with them and enjoy their lunch on the designated grass areas soaking up the sun. There is only one coffee shop here and several ice cream kiosks so definitely bring your own snacks.
Disneyland Paris is an absolute must if you are spending a few days in Paris. You can take the RER A (main underground train line in Paris) towards Marne la Vallée and it leaves you right at the gates of Disneyland. It takes approximately 40 minutes from central Paris. The queues are not nearly half as bad here as they are in Disneyland in America and it really is a magical experience. There is something for all ages and the firework display every evening is spectacular. If you book tickets online they are usually around €50 however if you buy tickets at the door, the price is double. There are lots of restaurants and bakeries here but they tend to be pricey so I would advise bringing snacks from Monoprix and baguettes/croissants from a bakery in Paris with you. Check the weather before booking your tickets!
You can buy tickets online here https://www.disneylandparis.com/en-ie/
Boat tours are a great way to a get an overview of the city, learn some interesting facts and get some great photos. Paris is stunning at night time when all of the famous monuments are lit up so I would recommend doing a boat tour at night. There are several companies that do boat cruises, however don’t waste your money purchasing a “dinner experience” package etc. as you will be too busy eating (a very basic meal) to see any of the sights. I would recommend getting the cheapest and most basic tour ticket and choosing a boat that has an upstairs. I found that Bateaux Parisians were great and their most basic ‘illuminations’ tour cost €13.50 per person. The boat sails up and down the Seine pointing out the famous sights/monuments/areas. The tour lasts around 75 minutes.
You can buy tickets online here https://book.seine-river-cruises.com/book/7944/checkout
When in Paris do as the French do
The Parisians are the most sociable people you will ever come across. They love any opportunity to be amongst people and sipping on wine. There is a famous saying “when in Rome do as the Romans,” the same concept applies in Paris! Even if it is lashing rain, sit outside under a canopy and enjoy some food and a few drinks. However if the weather is good, follow the French to any of the gardens (my personal favourite is Jardin des Tuileries), bring your picnic blanket, a few croissants, baguettes and a bottle of wine and soak up the atmosphere – this is a favourite pass time for the French.
On summer nights when the parks are closed you’ll find everyone with their bottles of wine and snacks sitting along the banks of Seine – the whole way along it! It is honestly one of the most fun enjoyable and cheapest things you will do and you will feel just like a native.
Another great location during the day/early evening for doing this is on Champ de Mars which is the grass area just in front of the Eiffel Tower. It is a really popular meet up spot for students and workers alike with one of the most iconic views.
Bars & Restaurants
Brunch is a huge thing in Paris, everyone does it and you will often queue for up to 90 minutes to get a table in some of the best places. Brunch is expensive (usually €25 per person) but it is 2 meals in 1 and you get a crazy amount of delicious food! My personal favourite is Paperboy situated on Rue Amelot – all of their food is incredible! But some other great spots include Lockwood, Hardware Société, Le Pain Quotidien and the Soul Kitchen.
If you love acai bowls make sure to check out Love Juice Bar and the Juicerie. If you are a hot chocolate lover, Angelina’s is renowned for having the best tasting hot chocolate in France. It is one of the most famous ‘tea rooms’ in the world and quite an experience. However one hot chocolate costs €9 but you can opt for the take away option which is half the price. Another spot for chocolate lovers is Lindt – there are several Lindt stores in Paris all of which have sit down Cafés. I am a huge chocolate lover and Lindt did not disappoint and was much cheaper than Angelina (although 2 very different atmospheres).
Chatelet is an area full of bars and restaurants all of which are extremely affordable and it is an area that is usually buzzing from 1pm on a Saturday right up until the early hours of Sunday morning.
Pizza Populaire is a restaurant with a really alt style and cool vibes that have a pizza margaherita on the menu for just €5! However you need to be at the doors 25 minutes prior to opening (6pm) in order to get a seat as there is always a queue.
If you are on a really tight budget, there are plenty of Mc Donald’s and Dominos scattered around Paris too.
Happy hour is very popular in Paris usually between 3-7pm so if you want to enjoy a drink in a nice bar on a budget, then choose your times to do so wisely. There are several must see bars even if you only purchase a bottle of water for €3 or one alcoholic drink for €11. ‘Off Seine’ is a hotel shaped like a boat in the Seine River. Its bar area even has a pool and there is live music there every evening. 100 yards from this, there is a rooftop bar called ‘Café Oz Rooftop’ – it is another great spot that is on the Seine and turns into a rooftop nightclub every night. They also have themed events during the week such as “Erasmus student nights” etc.
Le Perchoir Marais is also a rooftop bar with very chilled, cool vibes and since waiters don’t serve customers here (you have to queue at the bar to get a drink), you can even experience it without ever buying a drink!
Rue Saint Honoré, located in the 1st arrondissement is one of the most expensive streets in Paris however there is a bar on this street called ‘Le Musset’ that does great cocktails for €6 until 7pm every day. They have a seated area outside with a canopy so you can feel and live just like the Parisians; sipping on nice drinks watching the world go by.
General Tips
In my opinion going up the Eiffel Tower is a waste of time and money. The queues can be quite long and it is expensive enough. When you get to the top there isn’t much to see other than high rise buildings. It is usually a disappointment for tourists.
The Eiffel Tower sparkles every hour on the hour once it is dark so make sure and look out for that!
An absolute must-buy is a transport pass called ‘Navigo’. It costs €27 (or if you are repurchasing €22) for a week and it allows you to hop on and hop off every RER (main underground train line), every metro and all public buses. You will get more than your value for money with this – even if you’re only in Paris for a few days! Make sure and bring a passport photo to attach on to the Navigo card because if you are stopped by the Navigo wardens you will be fined if your card doesn’t have a photo of you on it. You can check it out online here but buy it at any train station when you arrive in Paris - https://www.ratp.fr/en/titres-et-tarifs/navigo-monthly-and-weekly-travel-passes
Download the RAFTP app on your phone and it will tell you which train lines/ metros/ buses to take to your chosen destination.
Charles de Gaulle and Orly airport are the most accessible airports from the city. There are trains and buses from both into the city – all of which you can use your Navigo on. Even though flights are often cheaper to Beauvais airport, there is no public transport to Beauvais airport from the city – you either have to pay privately for the airport bus (€30 return to the city) and taxis cost approximately €120 to the airport from the city.
Place du Vendome is lovely to walk around too and a popular area for seeing celebrities during Paris Fashion Week.
I hope you found this blog helpful, let me know in the comments section if you have any questions and enjoy Paris if you are visiting! If you leave your email address in the comments section I will add you to my mailing list and send out an email when my next blog post is up so that you don’t miss it.
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Man of Letters
Stephen Meyers, City Lab, July 24, 2018
My fourth day delivering mail for the U.S. Postal Service, it snowed-one of those heavy, wet, spring-in-Colorado snows that knocks down tree branches and crushes newly-bloomed tulips. I was training with a veteran letter carrier on a walk-out route, the type where the carrier pushes a blue buggy full of mail and small packages. It’s a lot harder, I discovered, to push that thing through slush.
I schlepped my disheveled, wet self into downtown businesses where concerned secretaries took pity on me as I handed them their soaked mail.
Welcome to the Postal Service.
“Neither snow nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night ...” that’s how the saying goes right?
The rude welcome to the Postal Service quickly taught me mail delivery is no leisurely stroll through the neighborhood, dismantling the idyllic image of a smiling Mr. McFeeley handing out birthday cards in “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” My first week on the job, I lost 5 pounds.
Being a mail carrier is hard.
I’d eventually get used to the physical rigors of the job and learn the rhythms, tricks and routines of delivering mail, but what surprised me the most over the next 15 months working on the front lines of this vast, imperfect, but essential big-government institution is how the Postal Service delivers much more than just letters, magazines and Amazon packages to a neighborhood.
I met elderly residents who lived alone and just wanted someone to talk to for a couple minutes a day. I saw how critical the Postal Service is for local businesses, like the one that ships dozens of Priority Mail boxes of custom-made zippers for wedding gowns across the country every day. I met strangers willing to donate grocery bags full of food during the long-running Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, which tallied 71.6 million pounds of found collected nationwide. I learned the value of a powerful union and experienced the most diverse workplace I’ve ever encountered. And most importantly, what I found while roving from house to house on foot was an intimate insight into my community and fellow Americans.
Like many who come to work for the Postal Service, I didn’t find my way into the USPS because I had a burning desire to deliver mail; I just needed a job. A laid-off journalist, I’d spent six months striking out on landing a writing gig and grew tired of the soul-sucking grind that is job searching. An old college friend was working happily delivering mail, and making more than I ever did in newspapering: The benefits are good, you don’t take the job home with you, and there’s lots of overtime if you want it.
And the USPS is nearly always hiring, especially in metro areas in advance of the holiday shopping season. Colorado’s Front Range, which includes Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins, is currently short more than 500 positions. The hiring process is long--I applied in mid-February and didn’t start until May--and includes two exams, a personality assessment, and the 473 Postal Exam, which tests your ability to check addresses for errors, accurately fill out forms, and memorize and recall lists of street addresses. I had to also pass a drug test (that’s the biggest hurdle to hiring in weed-legal Colorado, the Fort Collins Postmaster told me) and an exhaustive background check. Then it was off to city carrier academy, where veteran carriers taught my fellow classmates and me the tricks of organizing and carrying mail and how to drive the postal vehicles. We each got a navy blue USPS hat and T-shirt and were sent to our respective post offices to begin our postal careers; I was now a USPS employee, working as a city carrier assistant.
In the evenings I’d continue my search for a Plan B career after journalism, but for the other 8-to-10 hours a day (and up to 12 during holiday season) I’d deliver mail and packages to residents of Fort Collins, Colorado.
A lot of packages.
Receive an Instant Pot for Christmas? Yeah, so did your neighbor. My record was 18 delivered in one day--we saw that craze coming on well before Black Friday.
The old-timers at my office remember the days they’d deliver, five, maybe, 10 packages a day. Now it’s more like 50 or 60 a day, from 40-pound bags of dog food to furniture and food-in-a-box meal kits. The Postal Service wasn’t really built for the Amazon era: Our (badly outdated) vehicles don’t have enough space to house them, and few have shelves, leaving carriers to play an Amazon box-sized game of Jenga every day.
(Sidenote on those trucks, called LLVs, or Long Life Vehicles: Most are about 30 years old, with that many years of cigarette smoke soaked into the seats; they lack airbags or air conditioning, and the heaters are less than effective. The USPS is facing a major budget challenge because it needs to replace up to 180,000 of these elderly machines over the next several years, which is going to cost more than $6 billion.)
Every Sunday we’d fill our LLVs with 100 to 175 Amazon packages, thanks to USPS’ exclusive contract with the e-commerce giant--that’s the one that the president keeps objecting to, though it’s been a revenue source for the cash-strapped service. And, no fail, every Sunday, customers would ask why I was working and I’d jokingly (is it a joke, though?) tell them “Because Amazon is taking over the world.”
Other comments I’d hear almost every day:
“You bringing me a check today?”
“You can keep the bills.”
“This one better be a winner!” (I had no idea Publisher’s Clearing House was still a thing, but it is, especially in low-income and senior-living communities.)
“You staying cool out there?” (The answer is always “No, but I’m trying!”).
No one is ever upset to see their mail carrier, you know? This was so foreign to me, as a journalist who was used to being less warmly received. And while predictable and routine and mostly about the weather, I loved these little conversations with residents along my route.
When kids saw me driving around the corner, they’d drop their ballgame and race me down the sidewalk. Others were excited to see me because I was about to be a lucky customer at their lemonade stand. At the retirement home, residents greeted me every day at the wall of mailboxes; if I’d show up five minutes early or five minutes late, they’d jokingly let me have it. “You know, Sue is usually here by 3:30!”
Residents learned my name, and more importantly I learned the intricacies of their neighborhoods. A fellow carrier, a Fort Collins native and Mexican American, proudly showed me his home that’s part of the historically Hispanic neighborhood that I had never taken the time to properly explore and experience on foot. I learned from longtime residents how they felt about the gentrification happening in pockets of Fort Collins. This booming college town has outgrown its farming and ranching roots and is transforming into a progressive tech hub, known for its breweries and affinity for bike lanes, coffee shops, and high-priced boutiques.
Delivering the mail gives you a granular insight into America’s growing cultural, political, and wealth divide. North of town, there’s a senior-living mobile home community sitting in the shadow of newly-built eco-friendly condos that sell for half a million dollars. Residents at the condos subscribe to The Atlantic and New Yorker; residents in the trailer park a few hundred feet away get People and National Enquirer.
After several months, the rhythms of carrying mail became second nature; I’d successfully carried nearly every one of the office’s 50 routes around the city. I also became familiar with the downsides of the job. As one might expect at a financially beleaguered organization that’s been losing money for more than a decade, office morale was often low: Nearly every week, there’d be a shouting match between carriers complaining about mail arriving late to the office, thus delaying and extending their day, and management only shrugging their shoulders and saying that’s an issue out of their control. Clerks, whose duties include working the front desk helping customers and sorting mail and packages (sometimes overnight), were brutally overworked, often clocking 60- to 70-hour weeks. Many of my coworkers felt trapped: Sure, the job sucked sometimes, but where else can you find a secure job that pays as well?
It was my relationships with fellow carriers and clerks--a diverse group, from first-generation Americans to military veterans--that made the job bearable most days. But once I landed a long-sought communications gig, I made the decision to move on from the USPS.
After I shared my Postal Service experience in a thread on Twitter that went semi-viral, I received dozens of comments from readers who shared their nostalgia and affection for this beloved and embattled American institution. One told me about a mail carrier who heard a smoke alarm going off in an empty house and alerted a neighbor. Others were children of postal workers, grateful for the livelihoods that the jobs provided. “Both my parents retired from the post office,” one reader told me. “My mom started when she was just 19 years old. It’s not what it used to be…. They work the new folks into the ground, so I hear. I try to tip my carrier well for dealing with the BS.”
The response made me even more proud of my time wearing the blue uniform; I’m more deeply connected to my community and have a better understanding of my fellow Americans. From now on, I’ll tip my mail carrier well. You should, too.
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Who is Richard Lexington Sutton? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Suspect, Cause of Death, Investigation
Richard Lexington Sutton Wiki - Richard Lexington Sutton Biography
Sir Richard Lexington Sutton, the 9th Baronet, was head of the Sutton family, owning around 7,000 acres of land in Dorset, Berkshire, London, Lincolnshire, and Aberdeenshire. As well as owning huge swathes of land, he also owned a hotel empire. The 83-year-old had bought his Moorhill country estate in Dorset in 2014 for £1.4million. One local resident said Sir Richard was a long-term resident of Higher Langham, but "was a private person who did not engage much" with the tiny community of around 200 people. Sir Richard's flagship hotels were the Sheraton Grand and the Athenaeum, both on London’s prestigious Piccadilly. His Settled Estates bought the leasehold on the five-star Sheraton in 2014. The following year it was given a multi-million-pound refit. Suites at the art deco hotel cost up to £1,500 a night. Sir Richard also owned three high-end MGallery hotels in Bath, Cheltenham and Windsor. Another of his firms owns a large farming estate in the Lincolnshire Wolds and 1,800 acres with livestock and arable crops around Stockcross, Berks. One of the village’s pubs, The Lord Lyon, was named after a Sutton family horse that in 1866 won racing’s Triple Crown — the Derby, St Leger and 2,000 Guineas.
Richard Lexington Sutton Age
Richard Lexington Sutton was 83 years old.
Wife
Sir Richard married his first wife Fiamma Sutton in 1959 before they divorced. They had two children, David, 61, and Caroline, 55, and five grandchildren. He later married Anne Schreiber who has three children from a previous relationship — daughters Louisa, 39, Rose, 35, and son Thomas, 34.
Richard Lexington Sutton Stabbed
The 83-year-old owner of the Athenaeum in Mayfair and the Sheraton Grand in Park Lane was found dead by police on arrival to his Moorhill country estate near Gillingham on the evening of April 7. He had sadly suffered fatal knife wounds. His wife Anne Schreiber was also injured in the frenzied attack and is in hospital fighting for her life. A suspect in a Range Rover was pursued by police officers across Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey before being arrested in Hammersmith, west London, some 100 miles away. Dorset police said that a 34-year-old man was being held last night on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and was believed to have been known to both the victims. Sir Richard was named 435th on last year’s The Sunday Times Rich List, with a fortune of £301 million in May 2020, curated from these investments into farming, land, property, and hotel ownership. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time. His Newbury-based company Sir Richard Sutton Ltd, released a statement paying tribute, saying: “We are deeply saddened and devastated by the sudden death of Sir Richard Sutton. “Sir Richard was a caring, generous and warm family man, who genuinely regarded those who worked for him as part of his extended family. “His loss will be felt by everyone within the company, those who worked with him, and his family who have lost an incredible individual. “Our thoughts are with the Sutton family at this tragic time.”
Suspect
Meanwhile, the suspect had fled, triggering a police operation involving six forces. The car was tracked after it left Dorset then sped across Wiltshire, Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey. Helicopters were also scrambled as the car made its way at high speed towards London. A team of crack SCO19 firearms officers in an armed response vehicle then moved in on it at 10.30pm in Hammersmith, West London. They swung in front of the Range Rover, forcing it to stop. When officers pulled the driver from the vehicle, they had to carry out immediate first aid on him and an ambulance was called. The Met Police said: “When they approached the vehicle, officers discovered that the lone male occupant had sustained a number of serious injuries.” Dorset Police said the man was known to the victims. Witness Maureen Kane, 50, who was at home when the incident occurred, claims up to 40 “armed” police officers swarmed the area. Maureen said: “I just heard a loud screech of cars swerving and then crash sounds. “Then I looked out of my window and saw lots of armed police jumping on top of a car and aiming guns at a man and all around his car. “He was a white male in his 30s and seemed to be injured – it looked pretty bad – but I’m not sure if he was injured in a crash,” she said. “I was scared as I thought it was a terrorist and there was so many police officers with guns. “About 10 policemen surrounded him until an ambulance arrived.” Another witness told MailOnline: “They cut his clothes off, his shirt and trousers, and then wrapped him in a silver foil wrap as they administered first aid. “The ambulances showed up a short while later. ‘The paramedics took over the medical treatment. “The driver of the Range Rover appeared to be conscious as the officers were talking to him and I could see him move slightly. “After maybe an hour to 90 minutes he was placed on a stretcher with an oxygen mask over his mouth and placed in the back of one of the ambulances. “I could see a senior officer briefing his officers afterwards. I heard him say ‘five stab wounds’ which I took to be the injuries of the driver they’d stopped.” Read Also: Who is Quindon Tarver? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Cause of Death, Instagram
Investigation Report
Today, three police vans were seen at the entrance of a long road leading to the distant property, while forensic officers were observed inside. A neighbor said: “The Suttons live there. “They have two older children and grandchildren. “This is very bad. You could never imagine that such a thing could happen. “They are very nice people.” A local farmer said: “Last night I saw a search helicopter with a spotlight on it, and then an air ambulance landed. “The inhabitants are a former British elite landowner and wife.” Another neighbor said they had been aware of police helicopters flying over the house for several hours. Their families were informed and the Dorset forensic officer was informed of the death. Detective Inspector Simon Huxter, from the Dorset Police Major Crime Investigation Team, said: “Our thoughts are supported by the family of the man who sadly died in this extremely difficult time and the injured woman and by specially trained officers. “We will do a thorough investigation to determine exactly what happened at the address at Higher Langham, and on the evening of April 7th, I would like to invite anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the area to contact us. “There is a cordon left at the address and there will continue to be a heavy police presence in the vicinity while we are conducting investigations. Officers can reach members of the public with any information or concern.” Sir Richard Lexington Sutton, 9th Baronet, Dorset, Berkshire, London, Lincolnshire, and Aberdeenshire He was the head of the Sutton family who owned the land. He inherited his title and legacy from his father in 1981 and was worth an estimated £ 301 million in May 2020, placing him at 435th place in the Sunday Times Rich List. In total, he and his family own around 7,000 acres of land in the UK – more than double the amount MoD has.
Net Worth
Sir Richard inherited his title and estate in 1981 and was 435th on the Sunday Times’ Rich List. The baronet’s family title dates back to the time of King James I. His net worth was estimated at £301million in May 2020. Sir Richard owned a huge portfolio of property, farms and hotels across the country, including the five-star Sheraton Grand on London's swanky Park Lane and the Athenaeum in Mayfair. The millionaire had a sprawling property empire and 7,000 acres of land, is said to be more than the amount owned by the Ministry of Defence. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK Read the full article
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