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22 Crowfunding Tips
To Make Your Campaign A Success
When it comes to crowdfunding, there's a lot to learn. That's where these crowdfunding tips come in.
In any endeavour it pays to look for the "80/20" – the 20% of actions which produce 80% of the results. It's not always a matter of pushing harder – it's better to figure out exactly where to push.
So, do you want to learn the best crowdfunding tips that the biggest, most-successful campaigns use?
You're in the right place.
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Table of Contents
1. Start With A Great Product
Even the best marketers in the world will find it difficult to sell a poor-quality product. If customers don't really want what you're selling, it is always going to be an uphill battle.
This may sound like common sense, but a surprising number of crowdfunding creators do the opposite – they make their product first, and only start thinking about marketing *after* the product is already finished. Their thinking goes: 'I have got this product. Now, how do I sell it?'
As Ryan Holiday wrote in Perennial Seller:
"… the better your product is, the better your marketing will be. The worse it is, the more time you will have to spend marketing and the less effective every minute of that marketing will be."
How do you know if you have a great product? People will easily see a need for it, without needing to be convinced. It will address an existing pain point that they already feel.
Of course, it would be disingenuous to pretend that creating a great product is easy – if it were easy, then everyone would do it. Great ideas are not brought to life overnight. Rather than expect a perfectly-planned straight line to the perfect product, you must welcome wrong turns and mistakes as they show you which way to go next. This means finding your crowd, listening to them, and making what they want.
2. Identify Your Target Demographic
Everything is so much easier when you are talking to the right people. Knowing who your product is for saves effort, because it means you do not need to reach everybody. It also saves money, because you can be much more targeted with your outreach.
You know your product best, and who it will be of most interest to. Deliberately go where those people are, and get your offer in front of them.
Knowing your target demographic will flow through to many important details within your campaign. For example, if you determine that most of the people who are interested in your product will be college students, then it will be more effective if your marketing collateral displays college-age people using the product and enjoying it.
3. Co-Create With Your Crowd
As soon as you have a prototype, it's time to get it into the hands of people and get them to tell you what they think of it.
At this point, you don't need hundreds of opinions – you just need a few really dedicated ones who are an exact match for your target demographic.
What do they like? What don't they like? What is missing? What is superfluous?
Creators that listen are rare, and are therefore valued. Most creators don't seek out this kind of feedback in the course of putting their product together because they feel too busy… but crowdfunding requires *both* developing the product *and* building community for it. The best way to do this is to give people a sense of ownership over the product, by building it along with your audience – from the ground up.
4. Create A Budget
The budgeting side of things is often overlooked by creators – a big reason behind why so many of them run into trouble later. Projects often cost more than expected to bring to life.
Budgeting cannot eliminate the risk of cost overruns, but it can significantly mitigate it. Take into account:
- marketing expenses
- production costs of the rewards
- shipping
- import duties
- crowdfunding platform fees
- taxes
And remember to leave in a margin to make the exercise worthwhile for you as well! Without profit, you will not be able to sustain yourself. Also, know your breakeven point – this is the minimum amount you need to raise for the exercise to be worthwhile.
A budget is never really done – it should be constantly revisited as more information comes to light. Costs are always fluctuating, and as you start doing your research with the suppliers, you will discover new costs and savings.
5. Plan Ahead With An In-Depth Timeline
Failing to plan is planning to fail. Successful crowdfunding requires a strategy. As in – what needs to get done, in which order, and by which time?
Many campaigns make the mistake of trying to do everything "on the fly" – but when you are always reacting to circumstances, you never get the chance to see the bigger picture and how each individual action fits into it all.
You need to have a strategy, a timeline, and the ability to stick to it.
This is one of those crowdfunding tips which is much easier to say than to do – there will always be modifications to your timeline – but it all starts with laying out your intended path so that you can be much more capable of hitting deadlines.
6. Choose The Best Crowdfunding Platform
Campaign creators must get the platform selection choice right. It affects everything that follows. This means asking the hard questions about the various platform's capabilities, and what they can do for you. Remember, the crowdfunding platforms are taking a fee from all money successfully raised, so make sure to get value for this.
The platform selection question is a big topic in its own right, but in this article on crowdfunding tips, here are a couple of key questions to think about:
- How large is the platform's audience?
- Is their audience a good match for your target demographic?
All of the crowdfunding platforms will claim to be the "best" by some measure or another – but none of them are the "best" in every case. What really matters is which one of them is objectively best for you and for your campaign.
The real value-add of a crowdfunding platform is their ability to bring new people to back your campaign – beyond those that you bring on your own. So get clarity over what access you will have to the platform's backer database.
If you don't already know the differences between the different crowdfunding platforms, either educate yourself or ask for outside expert assistance.
7. Give Your Campaign Your Full Focus
Crowdfunding is intensive, and you'll definitely want to devote as much attention to it as you possibly can.
While it is admittedly hard to put everything else on hold – do not attempt to run your crowdfunding efforts when you are already stretched for time, such as during an intensive period of staff growth, or when trying to open a new office location.
If your crowdfunding campaign doesn't get enough of your attention, you won't be able to do a proper job of it. You will only succeed in burning yourself out if you try to do everything at once.
8. Borrow Ideas From Other Campaigns
Crowdfunding has been around for many years now. Chances are, there have already been a multitude of campaigns that you can learn a lot from.
Pull up at least a dozen campaigns which are both:
- Successful
- Similar to your category
…and take notes about how they structured their page. You will surely get lots of ideas – there's no need to re-invent the wheel!
Of course, balance this with your own voice and creativity. You don't want to just be a copy of a copy of a copy. You can take someone else's structure, but weave your own personality into it.
9. Show Your Traction & Social Proof, However You Can
As you are browsing through those other campaigns, you will surely have noticed that the most successful ones make a big deal of showing off their credentials. This is no accident.
The biggest hurdle that most crowdfunding campaigns need to overcome is *trust*. A visitor to your campaign page cannot touch the product you are promising them, and may not have even heard of you before. So, why should they trust you? Weaving plenty of social proof into your page is one way to do it.
But what do you do if you don't have much social proof yet? After all, you are crowdfunding – trying to get something off the ground, not selling an already-existing product. One of the hardest things about starting a new project is getting initial traction.
You might need to be creative if all you've got is a prototype, and no actual users yet. Here are some ideas:
- Past experience
- Media mentions
- Positive feedback from prototype beta testers
Better to have someone else saying great things about you, than self-promoting yourself.
This traction and social proof should be used everywhere – in the written copy, the video, images, as well as in the e-mails.
10. Call In The Experts When You Need Them
Successful creators know what they are best at, and seek out help when something is outside of their competency.
When you are considering raising money online, one of the best crowdfunding tips is to get help. You don't need to do this all on your own!
This outside help needn't be overly expensive. Crowdfunding strategists can provide guidance and direction at an affordable price. They have seen multiple crowdfunding campaigns up-close, and direct your efforts in the most effective way – like a personal trainer in a gym.
At the other end of the scale – there are also full-service crowdfunding agencies which can provide "done-for-you" execution of certain aspects of a crowdfunding campaign. These agencies are more expensive, but are great for ambitious campaigns which want to make the big time.
11. Do Media Outreach Far In Advance
Media publications can often have a long content pipeline – especially the big, well-known ones.
If you contact media in the middle of your crowdfunding campaign asking for them to feature you immediately, you will be likely to be disappointed. Take into account the fact it might take them some time to respond to your outreach request, and then even longer to find space to put you in their publication.
Press coverage is very good for social proof. Your crowdfunding page needs to be setup for converting visitors into backers. Being able to say you have been featured in well-known press outlets helps build trust, especially with visitors who are discovering you for the first time.
Reaching out to media is partly a numbers game, but writing a single generic press release and firing it off to every journalist whos e-mail address you can get your hands on is likely to get what it deserves: instant deletion from the e-mail inbox. You have to do at least some customization if you want people to respond to your outreach and feature you.
12. Simple, Compelling Reward Tiers
One of the most frequent crowdfunding mistakes is to have too many reward tiers. It only serves to confuse would-be backers if there are over a dozen reward tiers – and confusion is bad for conversion!
Even though Kickstarter and Indiegogo allow you to have lots and lots of reward tiers, it is better to be simple.
So here's the crowdfunding tip: focus on the product you're offering, without getting into too much frivolous customization. This will also save you a lot of headaches down the track when it comes to delivery!
13. Better Terms For The First Backers
Early backers provide social proof to those that follow. Backers follow other backers. This means that the earlier a backer commits, the more beneficial it is for you, as the creator. But most campaigns give backers absolutely no reason to commit earlier than the last possible moment.
If no-one has backed you yet, why should they be the first?
Take a lesson from conferences, which offer special "early bird" pricing to encourage people to sign up as soon as possible. Perhaps you offer one tier of pricing to people who back you on the first day, a slightly lower tier for people who back you in the first week, and a third tier beyond that for everybody else.
14. Build Your Crowd – With Paid Advertising
Crowdfunding tips often say you need to grow a crowd in well in advance of launching a crowdfunding campaign. But how do you actually build a crowd?
There are lots of ways, ranging from reaching out to friends and family, to press outreach, to going to events to meet people in person… but the experts agree that there is one method that trumps them all:
Pay-per-click advertising.
That's Facebook Ads, primarily.
The level of targeting that can be achieved with Facebook Ads is incredibly granular. Do you want your campaign to only reach women, aged 25 – 40, with a college degree, in New York City? With Facebook Ads, you can!
The specific strategies behind Facebook Ads are constantly evolving, but one thing that has always worked (and always will work) is: test a lot. If you try many images and headlines, you will surely find wide variations in which ones are most effective.
By conducting PPC advertising before launching the campaign, you get to figure out which images, headlines and targeting works the best, so that by the time the campaign launches, you can double-down on the most effective ads.
15. Regularly Engage With Your Crowd, Before Launching
Keep in contact with your crowd through regular e-mailing before your campaign kicks off.
You cannot expect your crowd to be maximally engaged in your project if you haven't taken the time to build a relationship with them beforehand.
Get creative by running surveys, asking questions and inviting other interaction with them. Through familiarity and responsiveness, they will become much more likely to back your campaign once it launches.
16. Favor Images & Animations – Not Large Bodies Of Text
A picture tells a thousand words.
While your campaign needs to have the written content too, it will be made much more effective if you can show how it works with diagrams and gif animations. It will allow would-be backers to visualise the product in their hands and imagine exactly how it works.
17. Invest In The Video Production
The crowdfunding video is the most important asset in the marketing toolbox.
Most people prefer to watch things rather than read them; therefore, your video is the first thing they will watch. You need to capture their attention within a few seconds so they will be interested in taking the further time to read more, and do not click away from your page, never to return.
If the video is too short, too long, unprofessionally done, or leaves viewers feeling bored or confused, they will bounce from your offer page almost immediately. Look at videos from past crowdfunding offers, and try and jot down the common factors about what made them stand out.
A professional videographer should be used if you have the budget for it. You should come up with a storyboard and a script for the video. Start the video with an emotional "hook": a statement of the problem that your product. Above all, make it easy to understand! The later parts of the video can go more into details, but make sure people understand the fundamentals of your product, as quickly as possible.
Most importantly, you – the creator – need to appear in the video, to build trust and show the passion that you have for your project.
18. Expect The Mid-Campaign "Lull" – And Have A Strategy To Combat It
Data from Kicktraq confirms that most campaigns experience a slow period in the middle. This is known as the "Mid-Campaign Lull".
- At the beginning, a lot of momentum gets generated from the launch efforts and potential early-bird incentives for the first backers, and;
- At the very end of the campaign, urgency is driven by the fact the campaign is about to close – so it's the last chance to get in.
Even so, there needs to be a plan in place to combat it. Try to get money coming in throughout the campaign by running flash sales, more paid ads, and continual incentives to drive pledges sooner, rather than later.
19. Update Your Page During The Campaign
The image, headline and written copy that you launch with does not need to stay the same throughout the entire lifetime of your campaign.
As your campaign reaches certain milestones, you can add extra badges for additional social proof. For example:
- Fully Funded In 24 Hours
- Kickstarter Staff Pick
- New Media Mentions
It's one of the hottest crowdfunding tips – keeping the campaign page fresh will improve your convestion rate. It uses your achievements to help convince even more backers to come on board.
20. Redirect Your Campaign Page
Although the campaign is "over" once the timer hits zero, the campaign page will still be there. That means there could still be people visiting that webpage, and you don't waste that traffic. It's one of the best crowdfunding tips which not many campaigns bother to do – and it only takes a few minutes!
Provide a new call-to-action to direct them to somewhere useful – perhaps to your own website, or to Indiegogo's InDemand service.
21. Communicate With Backers & Deliver On Promises
If the fundraising campaign succeeded, tell them that you will be in touch with frequent updates as you get closer to delivering.
If you end up delivering on time, everything will be great!
But the reality is that – despite best intentions – many crowdfunding efforts end up delivering late. Some project creators make the mistake of going into their shell if they encounter delivery problems, but this only serves to exacerbate matters – backers get even more frustrated when they encounter radio silence. Instead, explain what caused the problem as forthrightly as you can. People tend to forgive honest mistakes when they are admitted frankly.
When there delivery delays, backers most of all want to hear about the new expected delivery date.
Here's one of the best crowdfunding tips in this situation – when giving the new date, it's better to under-promise and over-deliver. If the delivery date gets pushed back repeatedly, backers will stop trusting what you say and may turn nasty.
22. Do A Post-Mortem
One of the very best crowdfunding tips (regardless of whether the campaign succeeded or failed) is to take the time to record what happened.
Crowdfunding is an intense experience which contains many lessons. It's vital to record these lessons, so that they stay with you. This means writing them down, while they are still fresh in your memory. Perhaps you will become a serial crowdfunder, in which case you will be able to directly apply them for next time. Even if you never do crowdfunding again, the lessons will still be useful for the next time you do a product launch.
You will have tried many marketing strategies, some of which will have worked better than others.
In particular, jot down the answers to the following questions.
- What worked?
- What didn't work?
- What surprised you?
- What would you do differently next time?
- What would you do the same next time?
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(MARSHALL) – Leaders from Texas State Technical College, the Texas Workforce Commission and Norbord Inc. of Jefferson gathered Wednesday to commemorate a $223,939 Skills Development Fund grant aimed at improving workers' skills.
The grant will provide technical training to upgrade 93 workers' skills in production, maintenance, electronics and manufacturing. The on-site training began in August and is scheduled to end in January, said David Golden, Norbord's human resources manager.
"It is a partnership we try to take full advantage of," said Golden about his company working with TSTC. "The training adds to the value of our plant and community."
Aaron Demerson, director of employer initiatives for the Texas Workforce Commission, said he and state leaders want Norbord to stay competitive globally.
"We want you to come back for more to train the next generation of Texans," Demerson said.
Norbord and TSTC have worked together before on training. Twelve employees attended two sessions earlier this year to learn basic Excel at the company's training center.
"Partnerships like this are a continued affirmation of the great investment Texas continues to put into workforce development," said Barton Day, provost of TSTC in Marshall.
Norbord is based in Toronto, Canada, and is a global manufacturer of wood-based panels, particleboard, oriented strand board and medium-density fiberboard. The company has 2,600 employees at 17 plants in Canada, Europe and the United States. The Jefferson plant on Nexfor Boulevard has 108 employees, some of whom are TSTC graduates working as millwrights and electricians.
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Ralph Milton's E-zine for people of faith with a sense of humor
October 26, 2008
"A merry heart doeth good, like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones." (Proverbs 17:22 KJV)
Every week I get a gentle letter or two from folks wondering about my health – since their last issue or two of Rumors didn't arrive. That will undoubtedly happen at some point, but so far neither Jim nor I have missed an issue.
Or they plaintively ask, "Why did you take me off your mailing list?"
On virtually all of those cases, the problem is a "spam filter." And that's a problem that can only be dealt with at your end. All of them have ways of putting things on their "approved" list – and all of them seem to have a slightly different way of dealing with the issue.
If, for some reason, you should miss an issue of Rumors, why not put the Rumors blog on your "Favorites" list. I post Rumors there the same time as I post Rumors to that big computer that sends them out to all 7,455 of you.
The blog address is: http://ralphmiltonsrumors.blogspot.com/
Thanks for your cooperation and understanding. You really are a marvelous bunch of people.
Next Week's Readings – the Promised Land story from another point of view
Rumors – crossing the Jordan
Soft Edges –
Good Stuff – curing victimitis
Mirabile Dictu! – punishment
Bottom of the Barrel – suffering fools
Stuff – (read this only if you would like to subscribe, unsubscribe or are wondering about permissions. That sort of boring stuff.)
Rib Tickler – Seems the Sunday School class was looking at the second creation legend. They heard how Eve was created out of Adams rib.
Some time later, young Scott complained of a pain in his side. "What's the matter?" asked the teacher. Scott looked up somewhat woefully. "I think I'm going to have a wife!"
Next Week's Readings – If your church uses the Revised Common Lectionary, these are the readings you will probably hear in church this coming Sunday, November 2nd, which is Proper 26 [31].
The Story – Joshua 3:7-17 (4:1-9) – The verses in brackets are not in the lectionary. I added them because the RCL stops in the middle of the story. If you can't tell the whole story, why tell any of it?
This legend says (3:10) that God kicks out the tribes that were already living there in this promised land. It strikes me that aboriginal people in many parts of the world would be identifying with those dispossessed tribes and thinking how Europeans marched in thinking it was their God-given right to occupy their land. Maybe we need to tell this story from their point of view.
In the fourth chapter, Joshua asks for one representative of each tribe to bring a stone with which to build a memorial to this great event. We're told the stones are still there, under the water of the Jordan. To me, such a memorial tells us that a community – the ancient Israelite community or our country or our contemporary church – has its strength in diversity. Different kinds of people with different talents and traditions are what give us our strength. We could even act this out as part of the "sermon," asking different kinds of people to bring forward a stone, or some other symbol, to represent their gift.
Don't waste your time trying to explain the stopping of the river. The story is about a time of transition for the Hebrews. They moved from wilderness into the Promised Land and in the process sent the aboriginal people who lived there into the wilderness. The legend is about a tribal God who is only concerned about the welfare of those tribes.
We have (I hope) a wider vision, of a God who is the god of all peoples. Which makes the occupation of the promised land a much more complicated legend.
Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 – paraphrased by Jim Taylor
Facing fears
2,3 All around the world, millions of people will attest –
1 God is good. God will not let you down.
17 Sometimes that is hard to believe.
Hatred robs black South Africans of hope.
The bias of international mass media makes Palestinians feel despised and rejected;
they hide their faces from us.
Weapons of war maim women and children in Sarajevo.
Poverty pursues refugees from Sri Lanka,
and starvation those from Mozambique.
18 Fear and despair crushes them.
19 But God gives them the strength to continue.
20 God seals the raw wounds in their souls;
God holds them gently in the terrors of their night.
21 They do not doubt God's saving grace.
22 Listen to them! Hear their story.
Hear, and believe, and rejoice.
From: Everyday Psalms
Wood Lake Books.
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1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 – This is part of a letter Paul sent to the Thessalonian church. If it seems to you that Paul is "talking down" to the folks just a bit, you are probably right. But that's the way it was generally done. There was always a status difference between the teacher and the student. Try to get beyond that and try to see what there may be for you in the passage. The passage might also lead us to thinking about people in our congregational or denominational communities that have provided the kind of inspiration Paul brought to the Thessalonians?"
Matthew 23:1-12 – This controversy has been bubbling around in the Christian Church since day one. To what extend do the personal moralities and ethical practices of clergy affect the validity of their priestly functions? Including preaching.
It raged in the medieval church. Can an immoral priest preside at communion? The debate was almost exclusively around sexual morality and it still is, to a large degree. It depends on where you draw the line.
I know a lot of clergy. In fact, I'm married to one. Not a single one of them has – nor would they claim to have – a clean slate. All have sinned and fallen short. Does that invalidate everything they say in the pulpit?
No, it doesn't, says Jesus. All of us, lay and clergy, know a lot better than we do. All of us need to help each other live up to our own moral and ethical standards.
The last verse is the most radical in this reading. It happens over and over in the Bible, this wonderful inversion, so that Bill Gates finds himself waiting on customers at Radio Shack, and Susie Nobody is no longer slinging hamburgers at MacDonald's, but is running Microsoft.
It isn't the sort of thing that happens a lot in our own experience, but that's how things work out in God's mind. Furthermore, if those folks with seven figure salaries are climbing to the top of their anthill over the backs of underpaid children in third-world sweatshops, God notices.
A children's version of the Joshua reading is in "The Lectionary Story Bible, Year A," page 229. It is called, "The People Claim the Promised Land." A story based on the reading from Matthew's Gospel, "Jesus Turns Things Upside Down," is on page 26.
If you don't already own this book, click the main Wood Lake Publications website at www.woodlakebooks.com, or click on the following address which takes you directly to the "Lectionary Story Bible."
Note: In some congregations where the first scripture reading is often done by a child, or done while the children are still in the sanctuary, they have been using "The Lectionary Story Bible" rather than the regular Bible rather than a regular translation. The idea, I think, is that not only will the children understand more easily, but even adults might get it.
Rumors – The maple tree in our back yard has lost most of it's leaves. Half a dozen still hang bravely in the autumn breeze. Other trees are gold and russet and glorious.
There's a sweet sadness that I feel each autumn – "a feeling of sadness and longing / that is not akin to pain / but resembles sorrow only / as the mist resembles the rain." (Longfellow)
You are reading this just as Bev and I come home after a long sea voyage to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. It's hard for me not to think of the joys and pains of aging, because that's the daily realty in which I live.
Some years ago, Paul Williams sent me a "Prayer for Senility," which is based on the Serenity prayer by (I think) Paul Tillich. "God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, good fortune to run into the ones I do, and eyesight to tell the difference."
Seeing myself as an old man is a bit like standing there in the middle of the Jordan with Joshua, laying down a rock that represents who I was and who I am. And then moving away from the river into a conflicted land of promise – if I am able to accept the gifts of grace in age that God offers.
I remember a week at Naramata Centre studying "The Seven Tasks of Creative Aging," led by Robert Raines who has authored a book of the same name.
Bob Raines has a good sense of humor, and he's been around long enough that he takes himself quite lightly. So I could certainly say that the course was fun – lots of it – but it was also hard work. At the end of it I was wiped.
The toughest part of the week was dealing with forgiveness. I thought it'd be a piece of cake. Like many in the group, I went in thinking I didn't really have much forgiving to do. Not me, no, I wasn't carrying around any unresolved angers.
But then Bob shared some of his stuff, and we went into small groups and found ourselves talking about things we had never really brought to consciousness. Surprise! Most of us discovered dark spots down there that needed a good shot of Draino followed by liberal doses of TLC.
In my knee group at least, every one of us found ourselves blind-sided by unresolved anger at someone who had hurt us or hurt someone we loved. I thought I'd done my forgiving long ago, then discovered there needed to be more scrubbing of the soul. And some of the wise ones told me that is normal, because you can hardly ever let go of all of it in one piece.
Bob talked at some length about how Jesus emphasized forgiveness – limitless forgiveness. I had thought that meant I was called to forgive the same person or persons over and over. Which I guess it does. But I it also means that I've got to do the same piece of forgiving over and over until I get all the residue of resentment scraped out of my soul.
Jim Taylor once remarked that we don't change as we get older. We are the same person we always were. Only more so! But who is that person I always was.
Half way through the Robert Raines event, I found myself looking out the window at the fall colors, which seemed to me more spectacular than usual that year. I remembered learning that leaves don't change color at all. In fall, the green chlorophyll is leached back into the sap of the tree, and the leaves reveal their true color.
A serendipitous thought that I reflect on every autumn.
Here, now, on the other side of the river – in the autumn of my life – I am finding my true self.
Soft Edges – by Jim Taylor
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Good Stuff – this from Velia Watts of Edmonton, Alberta
Curing Victimitis
Watch your thoughts; they lead to attitudes.
Watch your attitudes; they lead to words.
Watch your words; they lead to actions.
Watch your actions; they lead to habits.
Watch your habits; they form your character.
Watch your character; it determines your destiny.
Bloopers, Boggles, Typos and Stuff – from the file
* The monthly seniors' lunch will take place on Wednesday. It will be gin with lunch at 12:15 followed by card games.
* Good Christians all, rejoice, with heat and soul and voice!
* The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing, "Break Forth Into Joy."
If you've spotted any good bloopers in your church bulletin or newsletter, or anywhere else for that matter, please send them to me. email@example.com
Wish I'd Said That! – I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.
Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt via Velia Watts
Life is like a B-picture script. It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down.
Kirk Douglas
Peace and love are always in us, being and working; but we are not always in peace and love.
Julian of Norwich
Mirabile Dictu! – (Latin for "punishment!") Velia Watts of Edmonton, Alberta, got this from her friend David Mar. She doesn't tell us who David blames it on.
* The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
* I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
* She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
* The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
* No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
* A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
* Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, 'You stay here, I'll go on a head.'
* A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
* A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
* The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
* The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
* A backward poet writes inverse.
* In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
* Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects!
Bottom of the Barrel – It seems that John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was once in the English city of Bath. The community was infamous for its disregard of all things religious and moral. One day, Wesley and the mayor of Bath were striding toward each other on a narrow wooden sidewalk.
Upon seeing the noted evangelist, the mayor said, "Step aside, Sir. I do not suffer fools lightly." The ever-sagacious John Wesley replied, "Of course, Sir." and stepped into the gutter. Then as the mayor walked by, he added, "I do it all the time."
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Today is a very special day for me. On Feb. 8th, 2011 my dad, Robert Craig Smith, died after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.
But not before he left me with 14 words that forever changed my life
They gave him his wish. Two adhesive patches stuck directly on his skin, constantly injecting his body with heavy pain killers.
He was still able to communicate and kept telling me that he wasn't in any pain. But he also wasn't my dad anymore.
He was in some altered state of consciousness, not remembering where he was, or that he had cancer, or who my wife and children were at times.
I knew the end was near, and my unspoken words were beginning to crush me from within. There were still things I needed to stay, messages he needed to hear.
Finally, I couldn't take the anxiety anymore. I called the nurse, told her I was emotionally incomplete, and asked if I could remove the pain patches for just a little while.
I wanted one more conversation with my dad
The love I still have for my dad is clearly as strong as ever, as I'm tearing up writing these words now. I miss him dearly. I wish I could give him just one more hug.
On Sunday morning, I took the pain patches off his shoulder. By Sunday evening, he was himself again.
My wife and 2 children said goodnight to him, sensing it would be the last time they'd ever do that.
I stayed with him, held his hand, cried, and unloaded my heart.
I told him how much he meant to me, what kind of father he was, and the legacy he was leaving behind. I told him I loved him so much, and was honored to be his son.
I asked if he was complete, and he said yes.
I asked if he needed to see or talk to anyone else before he goes, and he said no.
Then I asked, "Dad, how can I make you proud after you're gone?"
He shook his head as though I had asked a silly question, and answered immediately.
"Be who you can be
Do what you can do
Live a good life"
I felt those words land on my heart. He had given me a torch of true wisdom that I was obligated to share with everyone I cross paths with along my journey.
I'll do my best, dad.
Shortly thereafter I told him what I had done, taking off the pain patches for one final chat. He said "Seanie, thank you son. I love you. Now put those things back on!"
When he said he was complete, he meant it! =)
Thank you for listening to MY story. This post might seemingly have nothing to do with building your business. But in reality, it has EVERYTHING to do with building your business.
YOU are your business. Don't hide. Don't dumb it down. Don't lie. The world needs YOU to be transparent, authentic and honest.
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World Literature and Its Times: Italian Literature and Its Times
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The Italian Literature volume of this celebrated series covers "Adonis" by Giovanbattista Marino, "Canzoniere" by Petrarch, "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, "The Duel" by Casanova, "Jerusalem Delivered" by Torquato Tasso, "Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, "The Travels of Marco Polo" by Marco Polo, "The Prince" by Machiavelli and more.
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"Articles are well illustrated, readable, and have bibliographies. Recommended for general readers and undergraduates." -- CHOICE (April 2000)— J. H. Pollitz
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Leather Skirts
When you touch various leather products you will be able to feel the smoothness of the material. This is also true of items like the various leather skirts that you can find in the leather clothes market. The well contoured design of these skirts can hug your body so that your body shaped is subtly enhanced.
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Your choice of leather skirts can be long skirts, short mid thigh skirts and also mini leather skirts. With all of these different skirts you will find that there are various materials that can be used. These materials are lamb skin – Nappa leather- kid skin – this is the hide of a young goat – and you also have pig suede. Each of these materials has a different look and feel to them.
The most comfortable leather material that you will find being used is that of Nappa leather. This leather is lightweight and it is also very soft to the touch. The feel of this leather is similar to that of silk.
Besides these factors you will notice there are other facts which emerge with leather skirts. As with most of the clothing that you can buy there are brand name products and products that are just your usual good quality clothes. For leather skirts you will find that you can buy these skirts from well known manufacturers.
The variety of leather skirts from designers like Hugo Boss, Prada, Calvin Klein, Gucci, among others will allow you to see how these skirts are popular with so many people. The best thing that can be said about leather skirts is that you will always look well dressed and fashionable in them.


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In today's highly automated plants headcounts are much smaller, yet operators, engineers and managers must respond faster to events. Fortunately, remote access tools are enabling them to effectively operate from anywhere inside or outside the plant.
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On May 30, 2019, Telegram introduced a simplified version of the platform. Initially, the TON project had to be implemented before October 31, 2019. However, it has some problems with SEC. Investors decided to wait for the launch despite all the negative news.
The architecture of the TON platform contains several levels of protection against attempts to establish any state regulation over it. What other features does the project have, and how will it be implemented? What is GRAM? When will GRAM coin sales begin? Find out the answers to these questions in the new article by Changelly!
Telegram Open Network Development History
In 2018, Telegram announced an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) to terminate it shortly after that. Telegram had already raised enough capital in private financing rounds. Investors provided a whopping 1.7 billion in Telegram's crypto network.
Already at the beginning of 2018, unknown scammers tried to fool Internet users by offering them to buy the Telegram messenger with the GRAM cryptocurrency, which did not exist yet. The letter, allegedly signed by the creators of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain system, contains a link to the fake project website. Attackers suggested users register on it and be the first to purchase 30 thousand GRAM tokens for $5 thousand.
The Letter from TON Scammers
In February, Pavel Durov reported to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on attracting $850 million from 81 investors.
In March 2018, Telegram raised $ 850 million from 94 investors in the second round of closed ICO. Already in May, it became known that Telegram refused to conduct public ICO.
Telegram launched in test mode its blockchain platform Telegram Open Network (TON) in late autumn last year. At that time, the TON Virtual Machine (TVM) smart contract mechanism was 95% ready. The development of the protocols and network of the TON blockchain has also been completed.
In March 2019, launched by the cryptocurrency exchange Xena Exchange, the derivative for the Gram token for the month rose in price from $2.2 to $8.25. The price increase is due to the interest of buyers in the project of Pavel Durov.
In August, investor patience began to run out. Investors in the Telegram Open Network (TON) ICO campaign began to get rid of project tokens by selling them on the secondary market. The price for one Gram token in the secondary market ranges between $1.60 and $2. The benefit for sellers is obvious, given that during the first and second rounds, the cost of the coin was $0.37 and $1.33, respectively.
At the same time, following the agreement, investors of the TON ICO campaign are forbidden to sell or otherwise transfer the rights to tokens until the network officially launches. Violation of this condition may lead to the cancellation of allocation so that buyers in the secondary market risk, not seeing the purchased tokens.
In August, it became known that the non-custodian multicurrency crypto wallet Button Wallet added in test mode support for the Telegram Open Network (TON). The service offers for free to users who activate the application 6.6 Gram test tokens.
In early September, the Telegram Open Network developers reached the final stage before the full-scale launch of the project, introducing software for nodes and a block browser for the test network.
In October, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission questioned the legality of the project and demanded a stop on the TON messenger blockchain project, as well as a ban on the distribution of Gram tokens. The regulator considers them to be unregistered securities.
Telegram did not agree with the position of the regulator, stressing that they registered duly closed placement of tokens that are not securities. However, the company decided to postpone the launch of the blockchain project.
Telegram investors refused to demand a refund and agreed to postpone the launch of the platform until April.
The developers of the Telegram Open Network (TON) network published the first version of the rules for using the Gram token wallet, in which the participation of the Telegram messenger team in the development of the project was officially confirmed for the first time.
The messenger currently is highlighted by the possibility of private-encrypted communication, speed, ease of use, security, and free, global availability.
Telegram wants to solve the problems of current blockchains. The Telegram Open Network exceeds current blockchains in terms of speed, scalability, user interface, and many users. These features are associated with very low transaction fees and high security so that TON can be considered a genuine alternative to VISA or Mastercard.
The Telegram team is highly experienced. Since its foundation in 2013, they have not only been able to create an amazing product but have also made it suitable for mass production. Building a user base of over 200 million users in just five years is very commendable.
Telegram's blockchain plans are very ambitious. TON not only becomes a cryptocurrency but a complete ecosystem. The TON Wallet will be used as the starting point for payments for many goods under services, as we already know in China from WeChat.
TON Team
To make it into the TON team, you should win in the world's best programming competitions or take first place in one of the telegram's nationwide multi-level coding competitions, as each of the current members of the team did just that.
The core team members have ten years of experience creating scalable projects for tens of millions of users. Before setting up Telegram, they founded VK, the largest European social network with more than 100 million active users, which still has a dominant share of its local markets.
The team specializes in the development of secure data storage engines. This team has individually developed all the software used on 1,000 telegram servers.
The founders of TON are Nikolai Durov and Pavel Durov.
Telegram Open Network Components
Telegram Open Network consists of the following elements:
- TON Storage is a distributed storage of large volumes of files and data (as, for example, YouTube, only in a peer-to-peer network). Will support Torrent technology and smart contracts;
- TON Proxy is a proxy platform that will be used to anonymize the identity of users and the IP addresses of TON nodes;
- TON Services is a service for integrating dApps and web browsers;
- TON DNS is a platform for naming accounts, nodes, services, and smart contracts;
- TON Payments is a platform on which it will be possible to conduct micropayments from user accounts to addresses of other services.
Let's take a closer look at the essential features.
TON Storage is a storage of the data that is implemented decentrally on a lot of nodes. These can only be called up by the user-to-user TON network and are distributed decentrally as with torrents. This makes it possible to run a kind of decentralized Dropbox on which even huge files such as videos can be stored.
The TON Proxy allows inserting an anonymous layer that hides the identity and IP addresses of TON nodes. This layer can be used for decentralized VPN services and a blockchain-based TOR browser alternative. This option strengthens anonymity and privacy.
Gram (GRM) Coin Review
The heart of GRAM is its platform called Telegram Open Network, or TON for short. The platform will have a scalable and flexible blockchain architecture consisting of the main blockchain and up to 2^92 accompanying blockchains.
The key technical features of TON Blockchain, which is expected to process millions of transactions per second, are listed below:
- Infinite Sharding paradigm. This feature is necessary for extremely high scalability. The TON Blockchain can automatically split and reconnect to accommodate changes. New blocks can be quickly mined at any time, which will not trap any transactions so that popular services on the blockchain do not clog the network.
- Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm. The Telegram Blockchain uses PoS as a consensus algorithm. There will be Validators Nodes that will guarantee independence and decentralization. The computing power of the nodes is to be optimized by the Telegram code so that transactions and Smart Contracts (as with Ethereum) can be carried out with increased efficiency and speed.
- Instant Hypercube Routing. The TON Blockchain uses smart routing mechanisms so that transactions between several telegram blockchains always harmonize with each other optimally. The time, which requires routing between blockchains, scales logarithmically and thus allows more users to speed up the transactions.
- 2-D Distributed Ledger. TON can place new blocks on already existing incorrect blocks. As a result, splits, so-called blockchain forks are avoided. This self-healing mechanism saves effort and guarantees that transactions made are not ineffective due to errors.
The initial supply of Grams is 5 billion or 5 Gigagrams. One Gram is subdivided in 1,000,000,000 of nanograms or nanos.
Gram token units are:
- Nano (nGram) equals 0,000000001 of 1 Gram
- Microgram (mGram) – 0.000001 of Gram
- Milli – 0.001 of Gram
- Gram (GRM) is a 1 Gram
- Kilogram (kGram) – 1,000 Grams
- Megagram (mGram) – 1,000,000 Grams
- Gigagram (gGram) – 1,000,000,000 Grams
Telegram Coin Future Use Cases
The TON white paper specifies quite concretely the planned use cases:
- Fees (gas) are sent to the TON Nodes (Network Validators) for processing transactions and executing Smart Contracts.
- GRAM Tokens deposited on TON nodes are necessary to run a TON node in generall.
- With each GRAM token, you also have codetermination right in elections, how to proceed with the network.
- Users can pay with GRAM for apps on the platform (TON Services).
- Users will be able to pay with GRAM for the safe and decentralized storage of data (TON Storage).
- Purchase of Blockchain-based Domains (TON DNS) and Hosting Services.
- GRAM can be used to hide the identity or IP address.
TON Reserve
Unlike Libra coin, recently announced Facebook stablecoin, the price of Gram is not tied to any fiat currency and can be freely traded on cryptocurrency exchanges. However, Telegram wants to keep at least 52% of Gram total supply in circulation to prevent the token price from speculative manipulations. 4% is allocated for the team to support the development in the next four years of the vesting period. Therefore, only 44% of all tokens will be sold to the public.
There will be a special TON Reserve institute to maintain the Gram price-stable. It is a kind of central bank operating as a smart contract, under the control of the TON Foundation, a non-profit organization managing Telegram Open Network.
According to the documentation, the initial price of the token will be equal to 0.1 USD. The further cost of each new Gram put into circulation will be 1 billion higher than the previous one:
p(n) ≈ 0.1 · (1 + 10−9 )n USD
When the exchange rate falls below the level set by the formula, TON Reserve buys out tokens, and when it grows, it sells. Attempting to reduce the volatility of the Gram tokens for comfortable use inside the platform sounds like a good idea.
Proof-of-Stake & Mining Rewards in TON
The consensus in the Telegram Open Network is achieved through the Proof-of-Stake algorithm. According to its mechanism, the mining process participants could be nominators (i.e., mining pools), validators (miners running a full node) or collators (a special node that may outsource some unnecessary work from validators).
You need to maintain a running node to validate transactions and create new blocks. These are specially configured server with a reliable and high-speed Internet connection and large disk space. At the same time, the nominator does not have to be the one who runs the node and act as a crowdsourced fund and delegate the deposits to the actual validator with a running node.
At the start, there will be only 100 validators chosen each month by the most significant amount of Grams staked. If the blockchain requires more validators later, the number of validators could be adjusted.
By securing the TON blockchain being a validator, you're able to earn Gram tokens with a profit of approximately 20% of your initial stake annually. According to the whitepaper, 10% of the total supply will be tied to the validator stakes, although the percentage number can be changed at any time at the protocol level if necessary.
According to Dr. Nikolai Durov's assumptions, this will provide an inflation rate of 2% per year and double the total supply of grams up to 10 gigagrams in 35 years. In essence, this inflation is a payment made by all members of the community to validators for maintaining the system in working condition.
As opposed to inflation, there will be some deflationary impact, since ineffective validators will be fined, and a substantial part of their stake reserved in Grams as a reward for work will be burned. The one who finds a 'misbehaving' validator earns a portion of the transaction fees that validator couldn't manage to validate.
TON Wallet
At the time of the expected launch of the main network of the project, the TON wallet will be available as a Standalone application without integration with Telegram Messenger.
In this regard, it is expected that TON Wallet will compete with any other wallet applications provided by third parties.
In the future, the company may introduce a TON wallet in Telegram Messenger, however, the depth of this integration will depend on the laws and government regulations.
Telegram Open Network Latest News
The Telegram team published information regarding the Telegram Open Network (TON), stressing that the blockchain platform will be an open, decentralized and non-controlled company.
The Telegram blog says that there are many rumors and speculations around the project that the company will not comment on. However, the project considers it important to clarify several aspects while its team is working to bring TON in compliance with all laws.
Key points:
- Gram coins still do not exist, you can buy or sell it only after the launch of the TON network. The company warns about fake token sales.
- The network will be decentralized and publicly available. After its launch, Telegram will have no obligation to support the platform or create any applications for it.
- Telegram will not be able to control the blockchain and ecosystem after they are launched.
- Buying tokens will not mean that their holder owns part of the company and can count on generating income. "Gram does not give their holders any special rights, just as owning a euro does not give you a share in the EU." Thus, the company emphasized that Gram is not an investment product, but only a means of exchanging value between users in the TON ecosystem.
- Cryptocurrency transactions are risky and fraught with losses, including due to many external factors.
Telegram has already raised more than $1.7 billion in 2018 in a private round of financing to develop one of the best blockchain ecosystems. Perhaps, the blockchain and cryptocurrency launch will bring a lot of hype and immediately enter the top 20 in market capitalization.
The whole world is waiting for the Telegram Open Network release. Our team will be delighted to have Gram among our platform's coins.


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Blaine's Favorite shade of this buttery soft tee, that's a special shout out to all the 'Blaine Bowen Babes' out there. We love you, we couldn't do this journey without you. This tee is to celebrate YOU Babes...The epitome of Fun, Witty, Carefree, Doers & Dreamers who don't take life too seriously, but have the utmost respect for living life to the fullest. Cheers Babes...this one's for you.
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- Due to the handmade nature of the dye process, variations will occur and no two pieces will look the same. Each garment will present a variance in pattern and shades.
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- Delicate wash cold with like colors.
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Calculating Child Support in Washington with a Seattle Family Attorney
In Washington State, child support is calculated by a formula set out by the legislature. Somewhat like your federal tax forms, there is both a worksheet for making the calculation, and a set of instructions for how to complete the worksheet. A Seattle family attorney in our office can help you with the calculations (secret – we have a computer program that makes it MUCH easier).
Washington's Child Support Table
Also like with your federal income taxes, after you have made the basic calculations, there is a table for the amount of basic child support. This is based on the net family income as well as the number of children. There used to also be a factor for the age of the children, but this was eliminated in the 2019 update to the schedule.
How Do Net Incomes Factor in to Child Support?
In coming up with the net family income, your Seattle family attorney will use the full time income of both parents. If one parent does not have full time income, but is capable of earning a full time income, then normally the state will impute a full time income to that person. Of course there can be arguments as to what income that parent is capable of earning.
Once we have an income figure for each parent, your Seattle family attorney will then subtract some but not all deductions that are taken out of their pay. For instance, to avoid people being able to artificially lower their income through income deferral, voluntary retirement contributions are capped at $5000 per year. You can still contribute more, you just won't get credit in the child support calculation.
Child Support Calculated For Both Parents
Contrary to many people's assumptions, BOTH parents have a child support obligation. The basic child support obligation is divided between the parents according to the percentages of their relative incomes. For instance, if parent A makes $3000 per month and the parent B makes $6000 per month, parent A's obligation would be 1/3 of the total child support and parent B's obligation would be 2/3 of the total child support.
HOWEVER, and this is important to understand, the schedule focuses on making that money available for the children only in the children's primary home. This means that the parent with the children a majority of the time is presumed to be spending their share of the support obligation in their own home, while the other parent pays their share of the support to the parent the children are living with the majority of the time. You may want to discuss this point further with your Seattle family lawyer.
Additional Expenses a Seattle Family Attorney Can Help With
Next, if there are extra expenses that are not included in the basic support, such as day care or health insurance (these are not included in the basic support because they vary so much from family to family), these expenses are also divided between the parents by the same percentages of income as the basic child support.
Deviations From The Basic Calculation
To allow for some situations where there may be one child living primarily with parent A, while another child lives primarily with parent B, there is an additional split custody calculation for your Seattle family attorney to run that offsets the respective obligations between the parents.
In some other situations the court can choose to deviate from the basic child support calculations. Reasons for deviation can include:
- Unusual wealth
- Tax planning
- Children from other relationships
- Significant amount of time spent with the other parent (especially if there is a 50/50 parenting plan)
Call Our Firm Today To Speak with a Seattle Family Attorney
Make sure to discuss your potential child support with your Seattle family lawyer early in your case so you can start planning your realistic financial future. To schedule an appointment, we can be reached through the form on our website, or you can call us at 206-784-3049.


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Ex-Vodafone director to head internet tv service Babelgum
Former Vodafone director Valerio Zingarelli has been appointed chief executive of global internet TV service Babelgum. Zingarelli takes over from co-founder Erick Lumer who will concentrate instead on strategic product development.
Zingarelli will lead the day to day running of Babelgum and oversee its marketing strategy.
The service is planning an "extensive" marketing campaign aimed at English-speaking viewers around the globe within a year. It also wants to target advertisers to build a viable revenue stream.
Prior to joining Babelgum, Zingarelli was a board member of Fastweb, a fixed-line telecommuncations company in Italy. His career with Vodafone began in 1994 when he joined Omnitel, later acquired from Vodafone, as chief technology officer.
He later became global director of networks and service platforms for the company, managing all Vodafone's technology activities and strategy. Zingarelli left the telecoms company in 2005.
Babelgum, the free global internet TV and video on-demand service, is backed by Italian billionare Silvio Scaglia. Other global internet TV start-ups like Joost already offer strong internet video services. However, Babelgum says it will include niche content such as independent films.
Babelgum chairman and co-founder Scaglia says Zingarelli's appointment is a reflection of changing focus from technology to marketing and content acquisition. He says: "The core technology has been proven and whilst our focus right now is on bringing together compelling content, we will soon turn to user acquisition and advertising."


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Mon, 29 October 2018
Direct Primary Care (DPC) has been available for some time, but it has been marketed mainly to individuals. Today, a small number of DPC doctors and executives are making substantial strides toward breaking into the employer market. Our guest, Alex Lickerman, MD, Founder and CEO at ImagineMD, thinks the time is right and explains how it all works.
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SpaceX Releases 360-Degree Video of Falcon 9 Landing
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SpaceX has always been keen to publicise their rocket landing attempts, with space fans being able to watch them live, in high-resolution and after the event peruse galleries of the landing from almost every angle. Now SpaceX has released a full 360-degree video of the Falcon 9 rocket landing on a drone ship from the landing last month. This lets you feel like you're as far closer to the action, without the risk of having a burning rocket fall on you should the landing go awry.
360-degree videos are hardly common and this is the first time that SpaceX have released one, and what better event for them to show than their historic sea landing. At first, the video seems rather uneventful, with the rocket being just a yellow spot in the sky, but the experience quickly picks up as it approaches. The roaring of the rocket thrusters is amazing and all you can do is look on as the rocket lands before you, able to see the speed it approaches, the shifting of the ship as it touches down and more.
The video is best watched on a phone or VR headset, where you can get the full experience of looking around, so put on some headphones and give it a watch. We can only hope that all of the future landings will be have such videos released for them, even if they explode.


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Simultaneous interpreting is the ideal solution for international conferences or congresses. Interpreters translate the speaker's dialogue in real time, and the audience hears the translation through headphones. From a technical perspective, it's the most sophisticated form of interpreting, with translators working in soundproof booths, and it's the most suitable option if you want your words to be seamlessly translated into several languages at the same time.
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Food &drink available for purchase at Beverly Lanes Bar &Restaurant.
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Doors open at 7:30. Bingo starts at 8:00pm.
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The NLP-365 Master-Mind
Elevate your Photography BUSINESS and your LIFE.
Day in, and day out.
Offered by Next Level Photographer, owners of Salt and Light Photography, Kansas City, MO.
The NLP-365 Master-Mind may be right for you, IF:
- You're done doing the "day-to-day" ALONE, and are ready to join a community of committed, LIKE-MINDED photographers that will encourage you, uplift you, and keep you accountable to attaining the business and life of your dreams.
- You're tired of the daily photography "grind"(ups and downs) and desire more flow, fun, and consistency(in both your work, and bookings).
- You would value building a sustainable, scale-able and viable business, so you'll have time, money, and energy for what's most important to you.
- You are 100% committed to growing your photography business and becoming a more happy and fulfilled person.
- You are willing to be 100% responsible for every outcome in your life.
- You would value from a weekly lesson/strategy/assignment and LIVE Q&A with the owners of a 6 figure photography company, who only "work" a handful of hours per week.
A letter, to you:
Hey there – Austin Holt here.
Thanks for checking out the "Landing Page" for the NLP-365 Mastermind.
(Real quick….For those of you who don't already know me)
My name is Austin Holt – my wife and I own and operate Salt & Light Photography – one of Kansas City's top wedding photography companies(5-star rated on weddingwire, TheKnot, perfectweddinguide, google). We take a limited number(20) of high end weddings per year, and love every single second of what we do. We've been married since October 2, 2011, and have one beautiful little daughter named Charise. We love God, the outdoors, our family/friends, business, coffee, traveling, teaching, life…etc, etc. (We might be the happiest people you'll ever meet… 😉 )
We've built an awesome business – get a glimpse into what makes us special by watching this video(this will help you understand us):
So, here's the dealio(Why you're on this page):
I love photography and business, and helping others grow. I love connecting people who share purpose, passion, and power in what they do. I love connecting people who are dedicated, disciplined, and determined to accomplish their goals, pursue their desires, and give their 100% to life. I'm also tired of seeing photographers become burned-out and discouraged when it comes to their business and passion.
I find success when I help others find success in the key areas of their business and life.
I love helping others realize the road is much less bumpy than they believe.
I love helping others realize they are stronger than they think.
I love helping others realize the power in self-investment.
My wife Rachel and I have been full time photographers for a long time now(Our wedding photography company was born back in 2007) – we've been training, coaching, and mentoring photographers for many years as well. We offer online programs, in-person events, consulting, and more. Here's a few screenshots from some of our current coaching clients(I love getting texts like this):
We love being creative, and we love helping other photographers dissolve the pain of low, inconsistent income, while doing what they love, without having to sell their soul in the process.
As well as photographers across the world, I also coach various business owners, and individuals(non-business owners) all over the U.S., literally ranging from CA, to SC – both on the business side, and life side of the coaching world.
Enough about us.
Let's talk about why you're here.
You're here because you're tired of doing the same things over and over, and not feeling fulfilled in your photography business.
You're here because you're considering banking on yourself(….and the good news is, when that happens, other begin to bank on you too.).
You're here because you're ready for what's next in your journey. (And this excites us.)
Our goal was to create a mastermind group for dedicated photographers – our "ideal client" is a photographer who is humble, tenacious, dedicated, and is just an overall awesome human being, who wants to become even more awesome(Because in this mastermind, we'll dive into photography, business, and how to live and lead a balanced, and extremely happy life).
Our ideal client also desires to feel better about themselves, and their business. Our ideal client is someone who is tried of just poking around in their photog market; someone who is ready to quit the whole "I'm doing this by myself, on-an-island" and scarcity/fearful/boring/things will never get better type of mentalities.
Our ideal client is someone who wants to become the best; who wants to face their natural design of greatness – of being a masterpiece.
If you are that person – our "ideal client" then keep reading. However, if you are not in constant pursuit of your BEST, this will not be for you.
This master-mind is not for people who are looking for more "INFORMATION", but are looking for TRANSFORMATION.
It's interesting…there are 10 million free blog posts, templates, guides, lessons, videos, plans, steps, blah blah blah on how to build a sustainable, and scale-able photography business…it's all over the internet. Free of charge.
So, why aren't there more successful, and happy full time photogs? (Better question…with all the free resources out there, why aren't you where you want to be in your business?)
Because information isn't enough – the life that you desire is waiting for you on the other side of…..
- Transformation(A renewing of the way you THINK – primarily, about the world, your industry, and most of all, you. If all you want is information, check out www.google.com).
- Accountability(REAL accountability – We all know what its like – the sometimes lonely life of an entrepreneur – its tough being our own bosses at times, and staying the course, alone).
- Community(We all know that being our own small(and sometimes large) business comes with less "office comradery" than most "jobs").
This isn't another time-wasting FB group that leads to nowhere but frustration and burnout.
Not another secret ninja trick, or epic hack, sky-overlay sale, 10,000 preset pack, new website, new filter pack, new this, new that, new "shiny object", etc.
To become a HAPPY, successful, excited photographer, who lives and leads the business and life they desire, you need more than the guessing game path to victory.
Sure, you could figure all this out on your own – without us – however, you're also smart enough to realize the TIME-MACHINE(Learning from YEARS of experience, knowledge, and proven methods, in a shorter period of time) method is a whole lot more fun, and provides a much better ROI(return of investment) on your time, energy, and money.
This master-mind is designed to give you a SAFE PLACE, with weekly boosts, weekly nuggets, community with other quality photographers, accountability, and a ton, and I mean a TON of, FUN. (After-all, why are you doing this if you're not having fun?)
If you're still reading, don't stop now.
Here is our Offer to you:
The NLP-365 Mastermind includes: (All delivered in the NLP-365 Private Facebook Group)
— A weekly lesson(live or otherwise…Live training, video training, module training, etc, on many topics surrounding photography business/coaching – marketing, lead gen, selling, strategy, limiting beliefs, etc)
— A LIVE, weekly interactive Q&A, hosted by Myself, Rachel, or both of us(+ A few special guests from time to time). (Will be recorded in case you miss it)
— 1 on 1 Accountability: You'll be assigned an accountability(and "encouragement") partner in the group(PS – you can request Male or Female) and will share a "guided"(scripts/questions provided), weekly phone call, to help keep each other accountable to their goals(This is HUGE).
— EPIC weekly discussions.
— "Marketable" CC given on photos, of which you may post up to (3) per week – Marketable meaning not subjective, in-secure, nit-picky bull, but REAL, technical, and valuable CC, all that points toward your work being truly marketable(sell-able, valuable, etc). (Sure, some FB groups will offer up "free" CC, but come on, how has that worked out for you so far?)
— 25% off our other online programs.
— A "Starter Pack" which includes a time blocking system, goals/numbers tracking system, AND a weekly task management system. (Worth $500.00+)
— Two in-person meet ups per year. (In KC, MO – a time to chat, chill, and meet your community of committed photographers…and of course there will be some teaching too 😉 )
— More goodies along the way…:)
We've packaged up this Master-mind, worth well over $500 per month(Which is our starting rate for any type of 1 on 1), plus a $500 starter pack, totaling $1,000.00 of value for month one, all for an investment of:
$97.00 per month* (paid MONTHLY)
* If this is your first purchase with NLP, a 3 month commitment is required.
BONUS OPPORTUNITY: If you commit to 6 months, you'll receive a "Boost Pack" which includes strategies to get momentum extremely fast(if you're willing to take action fast).
BONUS OPPORTUNITY: If you commit to ONE YEAR, you'll receive the "Boost Pack" AND a 1 on 1 coaching call(Valued at $350) with Austin(General photography/business) or Rachel(General photography/business AND/OR Boudoir…ladies…have you watched our Boudoir video? A consult call with Rachel about your Boudoir Business will cause huge impact)
All plans will automatically convert to Month to Month when complete, unless notice is given to cancel.
You, and your future are worth investing in – when you GO FIRST, and invest in YOU, others around you will do the same(invest in YOU).
To be considered, APPLY HERE.
— We're only going to initially open the group up to 26 members – 6 slots are already spoken for as I'm writing this sentence.
— This rate WILL go up as we expand.
— You will be locked into your rate as long as you're a member.
If you need a little more evidence about what we can do for you, you can find it here and below:
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By Caitlin Croft
Cats Lives Are Worth Saving (CLAWS), a local organization, is looking for donations. They have been working for a year now trapping, spaying or neutering stray cats in the village and then releasing them. About 12 cats have been spayed or neutered thus far by Dr. Tim O'Leary of the Almost Home Animal Sanctuary.
The organization is run by Melanie Pritchard, Betsy Peyser & Theresea Mercer. In instances where kittens are trapped, CLAWS will place them in a loving home; I myself actually got my first kitten from the organization.
If you would like to make a donation, you can contact Melanie Pritchard, (716) 480-8409 or email@example.com. Look for them outside of Tangled twigs Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16 and 17 if you would like to donate in person.