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Time Business News
12-06-2025
- Business
- Time Business News
Gene Slade's Grand Slam Offer: Pay Only for Proven Growth
Gene Slade, the visionary behind Lead Ninja System, has launched a game-changing service that redefines sales training for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical businesses. The Grand Slam Offer, a performance-based partnership limited to just seven companies, eliminates upfront costs and ties fees directly to revenue growth. With a focus on measurable results, real-world tools, and a commitment to work-life balance, Slade's offer promises to transform businesses without the risk of traditional coaching programs. A Results-Driven Partnership The Grand Slam Offer is built on a radical premise: businesses only pay for actual growth. Unlike traditional coaching programs that demand hefty upfront fees, Slade's model requires a tiny commitment fee, fully credited toward the first invoice, or fully refundable. For companies with annual revenues exceeding five million dollars, the fee is two thousand dollars; for those under five million, it's one thousand dollars. After that, fees are performance-based, ranging from fifteen to twenty-five percent of the increase in average ticket within ninety days. If a large company surpasses two million dollars in growth or a smaller company exceeds five hundred thousand dollars, the fee drops by five percent as a bonus. This structure ensures that Slade's success is tied to his clients' results. 'My philosophy extends beyond business success, focusing on overall well-being,' Slade says. 'Personal growth, mental health, and work-life balance contribute to professional success, providing the right tools for a fulfilling life.' With only seven spots available, this offer is a rare opportunity for serious businesses to grow with minimal risk. Tools That Drive Real Growth The Grand Slam Offer is more than a promise; it's a comprehensive system designed to boost average ticket sizes without increasing callbacks or warranty issues. Participants gain access to Slade's proven five-step Lead Ninja Sales Process, live group coaching, one-on-one strategy calls, and a sales tracker to monitor progress. According to company data, over three thousand professionals across forty states have benefited from Slade's programs, with many achieving life-changing results. The offer's focus on practical, repeatable strategies ensures that technicians can close more sales with confidence. A ninety-day commitment period allows companies to test the system, with the freedom to walk away if results don't meet expectations, paying only for the growth achieved. This flexibility sets a new standard in sales training. A Community Built on Success The Grand Slam Offer's performance-based model aligns with Slade's mission to empower professionals not just to earn more but to live better. By focusing on real sales opportunities and measurable outcomes, the program avoids the pitfalls of generic training. Richard Espinosa, a participant, raves, 'This is the best sales training I've ever had. I have been fifteen days without a zero ticket! If you pay attention to what they teach, your confidence will boost and you'll be able to counter any objection.' Such testimonials highlight the offer's impact. With no long-term contracts and a results-driven fee structure, the Grand Slam Offer invites businesses to apply via a qualification form, ensuring only committed companies join this exclusive tribe. Slade's approach is a movement toward smarter, fairer, and more meaningful business growth. The Grand Slam Offer represents a bold step forward in sales training, offering a zero-risk, high-reward path to success. By tying fees to revenue growth, providing proven tools and building a supportive community, Gene Slade is redefining what it means to grow a business. For the seven companies selected, this offer is a chance to achieve measurable results while maintaining the balance Slade champions. Applications are open now, but with limited spots, the opportunity to join this transformative program won't last long. If you are ready to grow, apply now to see if you qualify: About Gene Slade Gene Slade, CEO of Lead Ninja System, is a pioneering force in the realm of sales training and business development. With a steadfast commitment to empowering professionals in the HVAC, plumbing, and electrical trades, Gene offers transformative coaching experiences that revolutionize the way business owners approach sales and growth through personalized guidance, community support, and access to exclusive resources. For speaking engagements go to TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Time Out
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Ithell Colquhoun: ‘Between Worlds'
Ithell Colquhoun didn't sit still, visually or spiritually. This exhibition attempts to make sense of a sprawling oeuvre that engages with an incredibly wide gamut of spiritual, religious and formal ideas. Though not always coherent, it reveals her to be an artist of immense talent and invention. Across her engagements with the occult, Hindu Tantra, Christian mysticism and the Jewish Kabbalah, Colquhoun's eye for composition remains a constant, and might be the best part of a sometimes confusing show. Born in 1906 in India, where her father worked in the British colonial administration, Colquhoun moved to Cheltenham at a young age and went on to study art at the Slade, where she developed an interest in the esoteric. She was a card-carrying surrealist until 1940, when the group's British leader E.L.T. Mesens declared that members shouldn't join other societies. A practicing occultist, she took her cue to leave. Throughout the exhibition, various strains of surrealism and ways of understanding the world serve as a kind of tasting menu for Colquhoun. Here, in a relatively small-scale restaging of her broader exhibition at Tate St. Ives, the jumps between various artistic mediums and grand ideas can be jarring. Spanning painting, drawing and a number of more experimental techniques, the diversity of Colquhoun's output seems to work against the constraints of the exhibition. What might be an expansive exploration often feels like a whistle-stop tour. Standout moments are deeply – if quietly – impactful. The painting Scylla (1938), for example, depicts two tubular and fleshy rocks emerging from the ocean. They meet underwater among a tangle of coral. It's as suggestive as it is strange, reflecting the Surrealist idea of a 'double image', where one thing masquerades as another. A phallic interpretation is tempting, but a second look yields something more elegant and subtle: a pair of legs emerging from the water, seen from above as though painted from the point of view of someone sitting in a bathtub. A transatlantic counterpart, perhaps, to Frida Kahlo's surrealist masterpiece What the Water Gave Me, which was painted in the same year. The formal virtuosity that Scylla demonstrates is constant through Colquhoun's practice. This clearly comes naturally to her, as is evident in some beautiful small-scale examples of her experiments with new techniques. The symmetrical, rainbow-coloured Rorschach tests yielded by her 'Stillomancy' technique and the ghostly shapes applied using Fumage – holding paper above a flame and painting with its smoke – are highlights. Elsewhere, a tarot deck is adorned with psychedelic abstract constellations formed by pouring brightly coloured enamel paint. Bonsoir (1939) is the work that best demonstrates this talent for composition. Across a grid of 42 small-scale, simplistic photographic collages (some comprising only one image), Colquhoun tells an ambiguous story of attraction between two women. She crops, clips and combines images with the keen graphic sensibility of a pop artist. Though this show might bite off more than it can chew conceptually, it succeeds in communicating Colquhoun's impressive abilities as an image-maker.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
More homes planned for former CI Tyres site
A planning application has been submitted for more homes on a site in St Peter Port. Guernsey Housing Association (GHA) had already secured planning permission to build 57 homes on the former CI Tyres site at La Charroterie but it has now applied for 69. GHA chief executive Vic Slade said the revised plans were in response to increasing housing pressures across the island. The housing association bought the site in 2022 for £1.7m with a grant from the States of Guernsey and had initially planned 25 new homes. The GHA said the proposed development of 60 one-bedroom and nine two-bedroom homes matched the island's need for smaller homes as had been identified by the States' Strategic Housing Indicator. The proposed design comprises two six-storey apartment buildings and a handful of courtyard houses arranged around a central shared space. Ms Slade said: "The former CI Tyres site design balances density with quality, and we've taken the time to make sure the scheme reflects best use of the space while creating a place people will be proud to call home." She said cliff stabilisation would be necessary before the build could begin. If planning is granted, she said the development was expected to start in early 2026 with completion in the third quarter of 2027. More news stories for Guernsey Listen to the latest news for Guernsey Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to New homes on former CI Tyres site approved Extra key worker housing proposed at CI Tyres site CI tyres site bought for key worker accommodation Guernsey Housing Association States of Guernsey
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Tornadoes leveled their Dodge County homes and businesses. Now, they have to pick up the pieces
On May 16, Dodge County residents woke up to fallen trees, collapsed roofs and other significant property damage left by several tornadoes that touched down the previous evening. Just hours later, neighbors, families and friends were working to clean up each other's homes, chipping away at everything from uprooted pine trees to stray construction debris. Their resilience drew praise from Gov. Tony Evers who visited the area May 16. "While there is a lot of work and cleanup ahead, it is always extraordinary to see how Wisconsinites come together to support and help each other, especially in times of great need," Evers said in a post on X. The tornadoes were spotted shortly before 6 p.m. on May 15 in Juneau, Horicon and Mayville and have left some people without homes, officials said May 16. Police in Mayville blocked off the area around Gleason Reel Corporation and Mayville Engineering company, both of which incurred significant damage. In Horicon, Steve Kaiser said he was watching from a restaurant across the street as the tornado blew the roof off his mechanic shop, crushing his nearby dump truck, trailer and shed. "It was something to see," he said. "The whole roof came up and over." Like several other residents, Kaiser was waiting on the morning of May 16 for a claims adjuster from his insurance company to come and evaluate the property. In the meantime, he said the insurance company advised him to keep his shop's regular hours, and several of his friends and neighbors were helping clear felled trees. Kaiser, who is otherwise retired, has worked on the property since 2000. In the immediate future, he said the damage shouldn't significantly affect his ability to run the shop. "I call it my toybox," Kaiser said of the shop. "Just hope it'll be alright." Mike Slade, another Horicon resident, was working with neighbors to clear a massive, fallen pine tree on his property Friday morning. During the storm, Slade was sheltering in his basement, while his wife remained upstairs with his son, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly referred to as ALS. Though he was working to clean up stray branches, Slade said the family hasn't created a plan to address the larger-scale damage in his yard. "We really don't know what we're going to do yet," he said. The tree also hit a power line and cut off power in his home from about 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. on May 16, Slade said. As of 12 p.m. May 16, nearly 600 Alliant Energy customers remained without power in Dodge County. Next door, Slade's neighbor Billy Brandenburg was working to patch up a 4 foot by 8 foot hole in his roof. Brandenburg was out of town during the storm but drove back late on May 15 after his neighbor called to inform him of the damage, he said. Friends and family were helping him clean up the property on Friday morning, including clearing the blown-away roof of another shed on his property. He said he's working with a contractor to patch up the roof hole but hopes insurance will eventually cover the cost. "Nobody got hurt, so that's the good part," Brandenburg added. "All this is just material. It's fixable." As of 9:30 a.m. May 16, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said one person in Juneau was transported to a hospital after a roof caved in, and two people have reported minor injuries. Otherwise, Schmidt said "we've had very little in the way of injury." American Red Cross volunteers were also stationed at Dodgeland Schools and Mayville High School to aid displaced residents. The Mayville outpost was open overnight and about nine people came in immediately after the storm for food and shelter, said Red Cross volunteer Tania Behselich. The organization is sending out an emergency vehicle on May 16 to distribute emergency kits with cleaning supplies, food and water for residents working to clear their property. "We're going to be open until the last person needs us here," she said. Scott Sabol, superintendent of the Mayville School District, said the district cancelled classes on May 15 in anticipation of the storm. "That was a good decision," he said. "Little did we know what was actually about to happen." Sabol said the residents trickling into the school have been "just a little rattled in the beginning," but otherwise alright — and the district plans to move forward with its planned high school graduation on May 18. "It's going to be status quo for us," he added. "We're going to celebrate our students Sunday." This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Mayville, Horicon residents clean up Dodge County tornado damage
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Inside the new UK theme park hotel room where it's Christmas all year
Ever wish, like the perennial Wizzard song, that it could be Christmas every day? Well, dig out the matching Rudolph pyjamas, because Chessington World of Adventures ' newest hotel room delivers exactly that. This weekend, the Surrey theme park's four-star Safari Hotel adds to its raft of bespoke rooms, which already includes Oreo, Jumanji and Gruffalo suites, with a 'Christmas-All-Year' stay, designed to offer a festive fix even when December 25th is still miles off. On a warm, blue-sky day in May - we're wearing shorts and t-shirts - I take the kids, roller coaster aficionados Belle and Cleo, 13 and 11, to see if stepping into Christmas just as summer's kicking in is as fun as it sounds or, well, a bit of a theme park turkey. The first sign of our imminent yuletide adventure? An over-sized wreath marked 'Tweedy family' sitting above a designated car parking space outside the hotel. Minutes later, after being handed a large envelope with 'Parents only' written on it at reception, we have the keys to room 321, the door of which is giving full Christmas movie vibes, with its shiny brass knocker, traditional wreath and Hollywood-esque layer of snow. Then comes the spectacular seasonal sucker-punch that would have Scrooge bah-humbugging out of the door. As the key card lights green, Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody blasts out at full volume and we wheel our cases into a room that's bedecked as if the man in red could descend at any moment. It's Christmas and then some in here. The entire room is festooned in twinkling garlands, giant shiny red baubles, big red bows and sprigs of holly. Chessington World of Adventures From £32pp The walls are Chrimbo green, adorned with hand-painted gold stars; there's a sizeable tree, which is dressed to the festive nines and has faux pressies beneath it, while a cosy gingerbread man rug is draped on the floor. Alongside a comfy-looking king-size, there's two bunk beds with tartan bedding, a Santa mural and a cosy fireplace scene - and a stuffed reindeer on each pillow, which make the cynical tween and teen in my life suddenly glow with seasonal cheer. The bathroom? Yep, it's December in there too, with another wreath above the loo, a Merry Christmas decal emblazoned on the shower screen and the same green-and-gold starry walls. Bar the eggnog, the Chessington elves have thought of everything. We get a cracker each and hot chocolate sticks for the kids, and a list next to the room's Alexa has suggestions such as 'phone Santa' or 'ask for a Christmas joke'. When we think things can't get any more surreal, they promptly do. I pull back the plush red curtains and glance out of the window at two zebras frolicking, a giraffe tucking into some lofty greenery and a couple of antelopes basking in the late afternoon sun. The room overlooks the theme park's Wanyama Reserve, where its popular safari animals roam - it's like looking at the Maasai Mara from the North Pole. Chessington, famous for its zoo, aquarium and thrill rides, including Vampire, Dragon's Fury and Mandrill Mayhem, has steadily served up more and more themed hotel rooms in recent years. Why? Who wants the fun to stop when the rides shut down for the day? In the Oreo room, a circular double bed is styled like the famous cookie; a cinematic green glow welcomes guests to the Jumanji rooms, based on the hit movie franchise, and Julia Donaldson fans will find themselves in seventh heaven in the Room on the Broom and Gruffalo suites. The most obscure is a very sunny-looking Capri-Sun room, where a neon sign beams out the logo for the retro orange pouch drink and the interiors major on tropical scenes. So, what was in that envelope marked 'Parents only'? I won't ruin Christmas except to say that it was an opportunity to let Old St Nick know exactly what the kids might fancy should he manage a visit and, sure enough, the next morning they awoke to stockings stuffed full of goodies. Just before breakfast, there's a tap on the door, with a Chessington elf bringing yet more treats and plenty of Christmassy chat (that's almost drowned out by the 30-second Slade salutation), much to the bewilderment of families on their way for a fry-up. There's one final present too - the room rate includes tickets to the park and early entry to beat the queues. Even the kettle says Christmas, and guests will find crackers and hot chocolate amongst the tea and coffee At check-out, we're sad to leave our yuletide hideaway with a safari view. And hours later, there's a proper sigh of disappointment when our own front door clicks open quietly, with no rockers from Wolverhampton and their Christmas earworm to welcome us home.
