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MaxGXL... a new product that is changing lives, including mine!

For about 3 weeks now, I've been taking a supplement that a friend on Facebook steered me onto. It's a Glutathione enhancer that slows down the aging process... well actually, turns back the clock about 20 years!!! --at least in my case.

The first week, I noticed I was sleeping better and dreaming deeply, in technicolor almost. The interesting thing was that I remembered my vivid dreams the next day. I always seemed to forget them before. During the past two weeks, I've noticed more mental alertness, increased strength in my workouts, more energy and the chronic pain in my SI joint (6 years) is NOW ALL BUT GONE!! INCREDIBLE I say!

Starting in your 20’s, your body starts producing less GLUTATHIONE, an important amino acid present in all Cells of the body. By age 50, you have less than 70% of the Glutathione you had at age 20. Glutathione functions both as an antioxidant and an antitoxin and is a major defense system against illness and aging.

Our glutathione level actually indicates our state of health and can predict longevity. GLUTATHIONE is the master antioxidant of the body. Without glutathione, we die. The increase in glutathione levels also helps to combat infections. It is truly the body’s master antioxidant and its importance is critical to health and longevity.

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A look at the west end of roatan

As we walked around the West End over the holidays this year, I noticed a lot of change taking place right before our eyes.... West End has changed...and is continuing to do so...The West End is two strips of sandy beach that make up two bays (West End Bay and Half Moon Bay). In between the bays lies a narrow rocky peninsula with several high end villas facing Half Moon Bay. The West End is a unique and very quaint area of Roatan. It is full of cruise boat tourists, dive vacationers, island vacationers and back-packers who wind up staying for a months. It is easy to recognize the back-packer because they usually tend bar or wait tables for a few months and they all congregate at the same little bars on the beach. The various cultures of the transient back-packers, local island people, and mainland Hondurans really make this place a unique island location that everyone MUST visit (not to mention the INCREDIBLE beaches).

US timeshare sales top $10 billion in 2006

   

Timeshares on Roatan?.... they may be just around the corner!  According to Ernst & Young study... Timeshare sales climbed 16 percent during 2006 to $10 billion over 2005 sales of $8.6 billion, according to a study of the U.S. vacation ownership industry conducted by Ernst & Young, LLP and released today by the ARDA International Foundation (AIF).  The survey of 625 timeshare resorts throughout the country shows robust growth over a five-year period, with sales up 81 percent and average resort size growth of 32 percent.

    As of January 1, 2007, there were 1,615 vacation ownership resorts operating in the U.S.  There are a total of 4.4 million U.S. timeshare owners, up from 4.1 million in 2005, 3.87 million in 2005, 3.4 million in 2003, and three million in 2002.

Much needed donations for the fire department

    You just never know who's going to walk through your front door when you need it most.  RE/MAX Agents Alan and Tammy Thompson came to the Island in March to check things out before deciding to move down permanently.  During their brief visit, my wife Shelley mentioned some of the work she is doing with the various charities on the Island....and as it turned out, Alan had contacts in the NYC fire department....and VOILA!!  Boxes of much needed "used" fire gear was enroute to Roatan!!.....

Something to do gets better

   Although it's been a well kept secret for years to the knowing, I'm going to let you in on a big treat.....AKR ON WED NIGH
That's right...Anthony's Key Resort on Wednesday night.  Why?  Three words... Bar-B-Q. Every Wednesday night is party night on the Key!  All you can eat ribs, a Garifuna show, limbo contest, Hermit Crab races and FIRE DANCING!!  This weekly fiesta is usually reserved for the guests staying on the rock...but let me just say....if you call ahead with the number in your party...they may just make room for you.  And what a night it is!!  It's a lot of 2 for 1's and $20 dinner......really can't beat it!

It just doesn't get any better

While sitting at home, looking out over the Caribbean Sea, listening to the waves splash on the beach, talking to my wife in Canada from my bluetooth headset, on my global cell phone, while I type an instant message via WIFI Internet to her on my mac I truly realize that Roatan has come a long way in a very short period of time.

When we first came here in 1998 to live full time, there was hardly powerful enough Marine radio to speak to someone from one side of the Island to the another.  West Bay road was less than 10 feet wide in a lot of places...dirt, mud and dust...it would take me 15 minutes or more to drive to West End....

A lifeline for Roatan roads

By now, everyone here on Roatan has seen the new yellow lines down the center of the main road, paid for, in part, by the Roatan Realtors Association. This will make our driving, especially night driving, much safer. The lines give definition to the lanes and for the most part drivers are obeying the solid and dotted lines. It helps to keep the drivers from cutting corners as well.  Now, here's the real version:

Some time ago, the local Real Estate board of the Bay Islands (North Coast chapter of ANABIR - Honduran National Association of REALTORS) invited Mayor Jerry Hynds, Italo Tugliani along with various other Island dignataries to a convening of their monthly Board of Realtors meeting. 

At the meeting--amoung other things we'll talk about in another post--the Board presented the group of VIP's with a program to stripe the main Hwy down the middle and that they'd pay even pay for it (up to a certain estimated price).  Well supported by evidence that road lines DO save lives, slow down traffic, assist in accident accessment, and reduce traffic congestion, the REALTORS thought their plan seemed well received.

And, with little more than a smile and a hand shake, they were off.  Nothing more was said for months....and months...until one day a survey crew showed up in the middle of the West Bay/West End turn off.  And there they were again the next day, and then the next...and the next.

And then a little tractor with spray guns and a paint drum began rolling those giggly yellow stripes down the center of the Highway... and we knew they heard us.  We knew they not only heard....they'd RESPONDED.  The road that was unstriped for more than 6 years.....was now being made safer...

Then they came to collect money from us.  They remembered that part too.

The End.

Lets all be good examples to local drivers and only pass on the dotted line. In time, everyone will see that this practice is for the good of everyone on the road. Safety is our main concern so DRIVE SMART!   Now if the Taxis could just cooperate....hmmnn.

Roatan's first real estate blog

What the Blog for?

The blog -- short for WebLog -- is the current "big idea" in the world of Internet technology. Blogs are like interactive online newsletters or personal journals made up of short bits of information or commentary. They are updated regularly - weekly, daily or even hourly – with information arranged chronologically so the most recent entries are at the top of the page.

The very fact that you are reading this - a blog - likely means that you knew that already. But this post is directed to real estate agents who want to learn more about blogging and may be thinking of starting their own blog. [ Are you listening Google? ]

Most Weblogs are written by an individual, and usually focus on the writer's own interests, ranging from one theme or topic to several specific topics. Each entry might include links to material the writer found while navigating the Web, links to other Weblogs, commentary on news items, reviews of books the writer recently read ... or pretty much anything the writer finds interesting. Frequently blogs will also have some sort of forum where readers can leave their own comments or discuss ideas.

How a real estate agent can use a blog

For REALTORS, blogs can be a powerful marketing tool for attracting new clients and communicating with current ones. Many REALTORS already send out regular newsletters to their customers and a blog can be easily be adapted to an online version of the newsletter.

As a REALTOR, your Weblog might provide tips to homebuyers and sellers, information on market conditions and links to articles on housing trends or other industry news. Another option is to create a Weblog highlighting your local community, updating readers on events, linking to news stories about the area and so on. In this way, a Weblog can help you show how knowledgeable you are about your community and how committed you are to your profession.

Because blogs often attract readers interested in narrowly focused subjects, they can be ideal tools for REALTORS who specialize in niche markets. Blogs can be created that focus on the housing needs of first-time homebuyers, retirees, cottagers or pet owners for example. These Weblogs could help show potential clients the REALTOR's expertise in working with specific types of properties and transactions.

What’s it take to get blogging?

Two essentials for a blog to be successful are interesting content and regular attention. Although blogs are easy to set-up, maintaining a Weblog can be hard. Some blogging guides recommend compiling a few days' worth of entries before making the blog available publicly for the first time.

Blogs need to be fresh, timely and keep the intended audience in mind. They also require time, and must be updated frequently to keep people coming back regularly. Readers of Weblogs often scan the recent entries quickly before moving on, meaning that the blog has only a few seconds to capture attention.

Once you’ve started a Weblog you can link it to your Website’s listings search so that blog readers can view available properties. You’ll also want to provide a facility for prospects to contact you and send you questions. Finally, you will need to publicize your blog. Announce and promote your blog in all your other marketing communications.