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Sarah O'Connell from Handcross and her mum, Viv Bristow, will soon "do something a little crazy" when they jump 10,000 feet from a plane in a tandem skydive.
The family duo are taking on the challenge in order to help spread the word about local charity Home-Start CHAMS and to raise much needed funds for the work the charity does supporting families with young children.
The charity is very close to their hearts, because Sarah herself received support from them following the birth of her twins 6 years ago.
"Soon after my twin daughters were born, I was lucky to be put in touch with Home-Start CHAMS and go along to one of the groups they run specially for parents with twins, triplets, or more! Having somewhere like that to go to, where people understood what it was like to have twins, certainly helped me", said Sarah.
In addition to these groups, Home-Start provides support to families across Crawley, Horsham and Mid-Sussex where parents are struggling to cope for a variety of reasons, including isolation, disability, or poverty, as well as multiple births. Sarah, who now also works for the charity, explained how trained volunteers give these families the help they need.
"Volunteers individually work with a specific family, visiting them in their own home, to improve the lives for their children. What they do depends on what the family needs, but it could be financial advice, somebody to listen, or help attending appointments."
"It's important to my Mum and me that local people know what the charity does and that those families they support could be your family, friends, neighbours or work colleagues. But maybe you don't know it. It can be hard to ask for help and Home-Start are there to offer it", continued Sarah.
Last year Home-Start CHAMS supported 355 local children, with their team of trained Home Visiting volunteers.
"We are passionate about our work and the unique support our volunteers give to local families", said Jacquie Thomas, the charity's Fundraising Manager. "We have been grateful to get support from the Big Lottery Fund and other local organisations" continued Jacquie. "But to be able to continue offering our services to the families that need us, backing like this from our local community is also vital."
"Viv and Sarah are an inspiration and we're so grateful for their support", added Jacquie Thomas, "as well as for everyone who is sponsoring them to take on this challenge. It will make a real difference in our work with local families."
Viv and Sarah will be making their jump on the 20th June and can be sponsored at www.justgiving.com/VivandSarahSkydive, or by text to 70070 with the message 'VSKY59 £10'.
To find out more about Home-Start CHAMS, including opportunities to join them in supporting local families, please visit www.homestartchams.org.uk or call them on 01293 416327.
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The past week has been one of the best of my short time so far at the high school... the classes have gone well, even the usual terrible ones, and things have been quite relaxed. But, one of the teachers is starting to annoy me.
It's nothing major, it's just that I think that perhaps she is not as sweet and good natured as she pretends to be. The first inkling I got of this was when one of my students came to the teacher room to talk to me. He's a bit slow and if truth be told a little crazy, but there was no need for the barely concealed death stare that the teacher in question gave him.
Then there's the small matter of her computer mouse, or rather the tracking wheel, which sounds like someone dragging a pencil along a washboard, a sound that seems to occur far more often than it should.
There's also the fact that she doesn't attend the morning meeting, for some reason, and only teaches 15 lessons a week, compared to everyone else on 17 and 18. If her model lesson was anything to go by, she's not even a good teacher.
Perhaps it's just Friday and I'm aching for the weekend to begin... maybe.

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Monday night's Red Eye gave us some insight into the ultra-worthless life of media tool Levi Johnston, father of Sarah Palin's grandson. Bravo's Andy Cohen asked if Levi, after posing shirtless for GQ magazine, might ever pose nude. Why would anyone care?
Red Eye host Greg Gutfeld put it simply:
"He is 17 years old, he's an idiot, have will have no potential to make money in his life…because he's an IDIOT.â€
Last week's Red Eye also discussed Levi's latest rambling for www.radaronline.com. He has spoken about how Sarah Palin "took money†and ran from her government post. See more in the video link below:
Talking with Levi is merely the latest method the mainstream media have found for bringing pain and disrepute to the Palin family; Levi is nothing more than their unwitting stooge.
Red Eye guest and conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said this of Levi:
"He is not just a pot head; he is doing a bong hit between every sentence. He has no idea where he is, I feel sorry for him, I do. When he wakes up out of his stupor and realizes how he is being used, he is going to feel bad about it.â€
Levi is only important to the media because he has cut his ties with the Palin family and may be willing to give up "juicy†details. He is their useful idiot, the media's "jackass.â€Â Why does anyone care what this guy thinks? He knocked up a governor's daughter and split. His word should have no currency whatsoever.
What's next for Levi? His fellow jackasses on MTV have already set an example. Maybe we'll see him in the street, kicking his own dad while someone holding a video camera laughs hysterically.


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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
Like Kendrick Lamar has been doing for Compton, Joey Bada$$ (at only 17) is bringing that Brooklyn sound back to the forefront of hip hop. His latest mixtape, Summer Knights is the proclamation and it straight hits the ear like an album from the '90s — when the culture was still young and hungry (not thirsty) and when there was more balance between the MC and the beat.
Check it. Joey immediately harkens back to when the art was more important than the brand, demonstrating his lyrical proficiency right out of the gate on the opening track "Alowha." "With not a damn thing on my mind but this rhyme, in a matter of time to make this whole s--t align," he spits. "Like a planned out / Nothin' in life gets hand out / just stand out / ever since I hit the pot my vision panned out / Pressure boil 'til I'm fanned out."
He adds his island twist to the reggae infused "My Youth," produced by Chuck Strangers, who had a significant hand in much of Summer Knights; and on "Sweet Dreams" it sounds like he's riding a lost track from the Lost Boyz.
Indelible DJ Statik Selektah contributes one of the tape's other high notes with "Word Is Bond," which has a sound reminiscent of DJ Premier. And then Premo himself blesses Summer Knights with "Unorthodox," which has already garnered a buzz on hip hop radio stations all across the country.
Oddisee also gives the mixtape one of its gems with the ATCQ-like "Sorry Bonita." Lee Bannon serves as another one of the album's unexpected stars, getting behind the boards on darker tracks like "47 Goonz" and "'95 Til Infinity," where Joey shows off his uncanny ability to switch styles mid-verse and go on a Wu tirade. And then he proves why "it takes two n---as to tango," channeling MF on the DOOM produced "Amethyst Rockstar."
No doubt, there isn't a weak song on Summer Knights. And like Jay did with MCHG — without a radio song — the tape will still go down as one of the year's classics simply due to Joey's limitless and malleable lyrical stylings and those seamless transitions from track to track that give the mixtape a cinematic feel (also, the same way Kendrick was able to do with good kid, m.A.A.d city). This is definitely one of Brooklyn's finest.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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Obamacare is now the 2.1 million person plan as the new Affordable Care Act health insurance plans selected by those people kick in for the first time on New Year's Day.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Day, and it's a new day for health care for millions of Americans," said US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday as she announced that more than 2.1 million people had enrolled in private Obamacare insurance exchanges as of last Saturday.
But officials said they do not know what percentage of those people have actually paid their first premiums for the new plans, which is required to actually be enrolled. In many cases, those premiums are not due until Jan. 10.
Sebelius also noted that another 3.9 million people have been deemed eligible for the government-run Medicaid program via those federally and state-run Obamacare marketplaces by the end of November, the last reporting period for that data.
And she said HHS was committed to getting even more people signed up since "we're just halfway through a six-month open enrollment period."
"For many of the newly insured — people like Molly from Charlottesville, Va., Mark from Austin, TX — it will be the first time that they can enjoy the security that comes with health coverage," Sebelius said.
Sebelius announcement came a day after CNBC.com revealed the 2-million enrollment plateau had been topped. About half of the enrollments, or at least selection of plans without a premium being paid, came on HealthCare.gov, the federally run Obamacare insurance exchange that sells plans in 36 states.
In addition to clearly being pleased to report that millions of people have been enrolled — three months after the botched launch of HealthCare.gov — Sebelius underscored the fact that the plans those people selected, along with effectively all other insurance plans in 2014, will have new standards mandated by the ACA.
Those standards include no pricing discrimination against women or for people with pre-existing conditions, and mandated coverage without co-payments or deductible payments for things including preventative care.
"Starting tomorrow, being a woman will no longer be a 'pre-existing condition,' " said Sebelius.
Although the 2.1 million or more enrolled is well below the 3.3 million people federal officials last fall projected would be signed up by Dec. 31, it represents a strong rebound from the dramatically low level of enrollments seen in October and most of November, which reflected the serious technological problems on the federal HealthCare.gov exchange and several state exchanges.
Experts said that with three more full months of open enrollment in Obamacare insurance left to go, millions more will likely sign up, possibly enough to top the 7 million total sign-ups that officials had projected last fall before the HealthCare.gov launch debacle.
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Table Mountain campground in the San Gabriel Mountains has been closed indefinitely after two squirrels were found dead there from plague.
The 117-site campground, north of Big Pines near the San Bernardino County line, has been dusted twice this week with a pesticide, said Frank Hall, senior biologist with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services' Vector Control Program.
"Some people were very upset that we closed it last weekend," Hall said. "But we had no choice. We want to protect the general public."
The bacterial infection, known as bubonic plague in humans and as sylvatic plague in animals, is endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains and never can be eradicated, Hall said.


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I've just finished editing two books so I thought this was a great time to talk about polishing your work for submissions. Everyone has different processes, but here are a few tips to help you get to a "yes" :)
1. Never, ever, ever turn in your first draft
This one should be obvious, but in case it isn't, this would be bad. First drafts are all about getting words on the page. Every draft after that should hone your words, removing unnecessary ones, cleaning up content, fixing typos, and so much more. Polishing your manuscript gives it the opportunity to shine in later drafts.
There's no magic number on how many times you should go through a manuscript and often, your process will vary. My rule of thumb is that I go through the book until I've read it all the way through without making any changes. Sometimes that means ten drafts, sometimes it means five. But when it's ready, I know.
2. Don't rush
It's really easy to get carried by the excitement of querying or submitting to publishers and to rush your work before it's ready. Before you respond to an agent request or send your manuscript to an editor, read through it and make sure it's the cleanest it can be. You always want to put your best foot forward.
3. Set the book aside for at least a few days
You need to have a cooling off period to put some space between you and your work. This gives you a fresh perspective when you do read it again and will help you catch things you wouldn't have caught before.
4. Two pairs of eyes are better than one
Regardless of your publishing path, someone else should read over your manuscript. It can be a trusted friend, critique partner, beta reader, agent, or editor. It can be all of these people :) At the very least you want someone else to read your work and tell you what isn't working, what may be confusing, and to spot any errors you may miss.
5. Read your work across different platforms
This is probably my most important piece of advice. Your eyes and brain will play tricks on you. You will read things COMPLETELY differently on your computer than on your e-reader or the printed page. Make sure you read your manuscript on as many platforms as possible and edit accordingly.
My drafting process includes computer edits, printed hand edits, and edits on my e-reader. Depending on time I sometimes will also read my manuscript aloud (or if I'm pressed for time, just troublesome passages). It always boggles my mind that even though I've gone through my work four or five times, I'll still spot a new typo when I change platforms. The variety helps you catch things you otherwise would have missed.
Well, those are my five tips for getting your manuscript ready for agents and editors. What works for you guys? Any tips to share?
Chanel writes New Adult contemporary romances. Her New Adult debut, I SEE LONDON, was released by Harlequin (HQN) on February 3, 2014, followed by a sequel, LONDON FALLING, on July 7, 2014. She is represented by Kevan Lyon of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. You can follow her on Twitter and Facebook or on her own website.
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Pub Life: Getting Your Manuscript Ready for Agents and Editors
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Las Vegas has set the line for tomorrow's game down in the Wintry City and your University of Kentucky Wildcats opened as a 3.5 point favorite against Vanderbilt.
Kentucky hasn't covered a spread since the Louisville game, so be cautious if you choose to place your hard-earned money on the Wildcats.
That being said, I might dabble a little in Kentucky.
Go Cats.


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Get enchanted amid the breathtaking ambiance of the mountainous region, which encompasses this elegant hotel at Kachi Ghati. It has 41 centrally air-conditioned rooms to offer. Honeydew Restaurant serves guests with Indian, Chinese and Continental dishes. Guests can enjoy some indoor games or indulge in some adrenaline-filled adventure activities, such as horse riding towards the Viceregal Lodge, a single day trek to Chail, Tattapani or Kalka, or ice-skate in the ice-ring of Shimla Club.
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Ben Michel: Web Developer living in Portland, Oregon.
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- Strong: JavaScript (ES6) · HTML · CSS · SVG · React · Redux · Git & GitHub · Markdown · Documentation
- Familiar: Node.js · Electron · JS Build Tools (npm, webpack, browserify, babel) · Tape · Hapi (joi) · Angular · MySQL · RDBMS · C · C++ · Python · Unix (Bash) · GNU Toolchain (GCC, GDB)
- Learning: RxJS · Functional Reactive Programming · WebRTC · DSP (DFTs, FFTs) · Web Audio API · Web MIDI API
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August 2015–Present
- Develop, test, and implement pages and front-end UI features for a cardiology application used by doctors to generate documentation, coding, and billing. Built as a native desktop app in Electron for internal facility use.
- Write page and feature implementation code throughout the entire client-stack. From way down in Electron's API and server routing in the middleware, to the data's destination in the Store, and DOM elements.
- Build features for a highly interactive map of the human body rendered with SVG. A complex, multi-layered body-map rendering engine which features live zooming, drawing, editing, and other UI interactions in an anatomically-accurate mapped representation of the human Venous and Arterial systems.
- The app's modern stack utilizes: Electron, Node.js, Redux, React, Babel, Webpack, custom styling libraries that work with React, and is written entirely in JavaScript. .NET backend. Versioning done via Git/GitHub.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
PARACHINAR: A convoy comprising 350 passengers started its journey to Peshawar on Tuesday under escort by the security forces (Frontier Corps), official and tribal sources said.
The sources said the passengers comprising women, children, students, servicemen and ailing individuals belonging to Kurram Agency left for Peshawar under the security escort in the wake of attacks on passenger vehicles on Thall-Parachinar Road.
Three people were killed and 40 others sustained injuries when unidentified militants opened fire on passenger vehicles on way to Parachinar in Baggan area of lower parts of Kurram Agency on March 25. Militants kidnapped over three dozens travellers including women and children. Since the incident of killing and abduction, the road remained closed for 18 days.
The Parachinar Road was recently reopened when the Islamabad peace agreement was signed between the two warring sects after three years of violence. The incident generated strong resentment among the residents of upper tehsil in Kurram Agency who termed the killing and abduction of passengers as violation of the peace agreement and against the Pakhtun tribal norms. They held regular protests against the incident asking the government and military to protect life and property of the area people who were constantly targeted by militants having sanctuaries in lower parts of Kurram Agency.
Meanwhile, owing to the complaints of the tribesmen, the government barred a Lahore-based air travel company, Hybrid Aviation, from operating light commercial planes to Parachinar. They had been charging Rs18,000-20,000 for one-way flight over the last few years


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There was a 1943 Mexican film adaptation called Los Misérables. Fernando A. Rivero was the director and Domingo Soler plays "Juan Valjean".
Amazon has various international websites (Amazon.com, Amazon.fr, etc), and only some of the websites have the dvd, which has been available since last year. You can find it on Amazon.fr if you type in Los Misérables, although it may be necessary to click on DVD & Blu-Ray.
http://www.amazon.fr/Mis%C3%A9rables-Do ... B00KH7CS3S
Last year I bought the dvd and watched the film. It was pretty good in general as a movie, but not really a strong adaptation of Les Misérables. There are no reviews on IMDB for this movie and no comments on the IMDB message board for it, so I thought I'd start a thread for it here. I haven't seen it since late 2014 so I can't remember much about the film but I like to get all tv/film/radio adaptations of Les Misérables I can.


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Ms. Pamela Cousins is a mom, child advocate, community leader, and champion for change, avid traveler and dog owner. Pamela began her adult career serving in the U.S. Air Force. Her mission to help mitigate national security cyber challenges in support of the National Intelligence Community was recognized as exemplary service. With combined military and private industry responsibilities she has over 25 years of cyber security, project management and leadership experience in building teams and managing secure IT systems. Ms. Cousins currently works for the Federal Government implementing common policies and best practices that are risk-based and able to effectively respond to the pace of ever-changing cyber threats to Federal networks. She has attained various professional Cyber and IT Certifications.
Ms. Cousins' passion for community service dates back nearly 35 years. Her civic participation includes managing a Meals on Wheels Program, developing a girls mentoring program, to serving as President of her homeowners association. Pamela is currently on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland, is the Corresponding Secretary for the Concerned Black Women of Calvert County and a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Ms. Cousins is also enthusiastically involved in her child's National Society of Black Engineers Jr. CASH Chapter, Northern High School's Parent Teacher Student Organization, and the school's Professional Division of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) Chapter.
Ms. Cousins was presented the 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award for Advocacy by the Calvert County Commission for Women at the 14th Annual Women of the World Awards. She was named the 2015 Citizen of the Year for Calvert County from the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. – Tau Lambda Lambda Chapter.
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I just learned that Mary Walker Phillips passed away earlier this month from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
Mary Walker Phillips was a knitter who looked at knitting beyond the wearability into the art of stitch form. She wrote several books including Creative Knitting, and Knitting Counterpanes.
She was a pioneer in knitting with unusual materials like wire and created beautiful sculptural knitted pieces that were hung on walls as art. She really influenced me in the early part of my knitting life and seeing some of her lace wire pieces got me started knitting lace, now a lifelong passion of mine.
Rest in Peace Mary Walker Phillips. The world of knitting is much richer for having known you.


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Five apply for portability admin services
Avia Collinder, Business Reporter
The Office of Utilities Regulations (OUR) has received five applications for number portability administration services to Jamaican telecommunications operators.
The selected provider is expected to develop and manage a central reference database and automated order handling process for inter-operator communications for both fixed and mobile telephony.
The regulator is currently inviting public comments on the applicants, which include one Jamaican and four overseas companies, identified as Productive Business Solutions, Mediafon, Porting Access BV, Telcordia Technologies (Iconectiv) and Teletech DOO
Productive Business Solutions is a subsidiary of Musson Group Jamaica. The company was established in 2001 after Facey Commodity, a member of the Musson Group, acquired the Jamaican operations of international document and printing company Xerox.
The company provides document-management solutions for businesses and is present in 14 Caribbean and Central American markets including Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, Aruba, Curaçao, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Mediafon is a Lithuanian telecommunications company which its website says is engaged in wholesale call forwarding, fixed and mobile telephone services, fraud prevention and specialised number portability services. The company was established in 1998.
Porting Access BV founded in 2001, is a Dutch numbering solutions provider active in telecommunications and information technology. It claims market share of 80 per cent in the Netherlands and has operations in more than 10 countries including Kenya, Ghana, Panama and Haiti.
Telcordia Technologies Inc, doing business as Iconectiv, is a United States-based company and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ericsson. Iconectiv cites itself as a leader in interconnection solutions. It is headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey, with additional locations around the world, including North America, Europe and Asia.
Teletech DOO
Teletech DOO is based in Slovenia, Central Europe. Established in 2004, the company describes itself as an outsourcing and management consulting company specialising in development of products, providing software and hardware solutions, services and consultancy in the field of telecommunications, Internet, banking and information technology. The core business of the company is said to be providing number portability solutions for national regulators and operators.
The Government has indicated that number portability, which allows customers to change providers but keep their telephone numbers, should be established by May 2015.
Number portability will be implemented for both fixed and mobile lines. There are two mobile providers in Jamaica - LIME and Digicel - and 12 fixed line licencees.
Applicants invited to manage porting services were instructed to present technical and price proposals. The proposed licence, which has been advertised, will be granted on a competitive basis, the OUR said.


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Don't pee in the pool...
OK, I know that is gross but that was the message
staring me in the face when I logged into my
Infusion account last week. The point they were
making is that the email marketing world is being
destroyed because of the horrendous practices of
uneducated email marketers. Deliverability is
declining, open rates declining, attention of the
recipient declining, etc...
Two days after I saw that message I received an
email from Jeff Mask, the VP at Infusion, asking
me to speak at one of their events because our
email practices at Strategic Profits are stellar.
Needless to say my email got through his spam
blocker, LOL. We have one of the lowest complaint
rates out of all their customers.
So I figured I would share some of the things we
do to accomplish that. There is no way I could
cover everything that I would need to in this article
to make you an expert. Being a deliverability
expert is a job in itself but I will give you a few tips
on what we do.
What would it mean to you to increase your
deliverability, open rates and conversions by 10,
15, 25 even 30% or more? Well if you have a list
like we do, that could be the difference between a
$100,000 dollar JV promotion and a $200,000
However, just blasting out to your whole list every
time you get the urge is not properly capitalizing on
your most valued asset.
OK, I know. If I get another marketer telling me
that people just want to be sold and the more you
bash them over the head and pound them into the
ground with email the more money you make, I'm
going to puke.
I understand that concept and if that is what you
think I applaud your misguided enthusiasm. There
is a right and a wrong way to do that but more
important there is a better more effective way to
do that.
We try not to do one email to our whole list at
once. The days of that are over for us. We
segment our list very intelligently and we talk to
the segments appropriately. Thereby decreasing
complaints and opt-outs. Recipients are just sick
of everyone's babble. Respect who you are talking
Your list could be segmented in many ways. As an
example; A customers, the people that buy your
back-end expensive products. B customers, the
people that buy your lower priced front-ends but
just have not yet stepped up to your more
expensive products. C customers that take
advantage of your special deals and shipping only
type offers but have not bought anything else.
The rest of your list (prospects) can be segmented
into many different lists based on your company
needs and markets. We currently have 62 different
segments. From buyers of partner or affiliate
products, to people that registered for teleseminars,
to people who are just blog readers, to people who
just like to watch and see what we are doing. YES
WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE and stop being lurkers.
That is important because we will write sometimes
many different emails, depending on who we are
talking to for the same product or promotion.
I just did a video with my friend Mike Filsaime. We
talked about the fact if someone walks into
McDonalds and orders a salad with fat free dressing
and 2% milk; you don't try to upsell them into a big
mac with extra cheese and a super size coke. You
have to know your list and talk to them the way
they want to be talked to or are used to being talked
Here is an example below of two emails of a
promotion we did for our Strengths Mastery
Strengths Mastery Advantage FOR Entrepreneurs
SUBJECT: Are you "master" of your domain?
Hey there FIRSTNAME, Rich here, just remembering
a classic episode of "Seinfeld"...
Maybe you do too. Jerry, George, and all the gang
had a bet to see who was "master of their domain".
Now, the subject matter to be "mastered" was a
little more delicate than I want to talk about here.
But if you saw this one, you know what I'm talking
about (and you're smiling right now).
And as I was thinking back on this episode,
something struck me...
How many of us are truly "mastering" our strengths
to create the biggest profits possible?
Because discovering your strengths (and your
weaknesses) and leveraging them properly is vital
to achieving the wealth, freedom, and lifestyle
you've always dreamed of.
And here's the fastest and easiest way to do
exactly that.
Email For White Collar Business Owners
SUBJECT: Are you leveraging your strengths?
Hello FIRSTNAME,
It goes without saying that leveraging your
strengths properly is a key fundamental to
maximizing your profit margin while minimizing
risk in your business...
By leveraging your talents--and also managing
your weaknesses--you can quickly gain a
competitive advantage in your marketplace and
enjoy long-term success.
But how can you do that exactly? What are the
best ways to get better results for your business
without adding time, effort, and expense to the
You'll find your answer right here.
Don't you think the conversion was higher
because we customized the copy for these
Next, don't try to trick ISPs and think you are
getting away with it. Been there done that. I
just laugh when I see the word free cleverly
"disguised" with other punctuation in subject
lines. Don't you think they are smart enough to
pick up on those types of antics?
Well I'm in the mix enough to tell you they know
all the tricks. Just follow the industry standards,
do the right things and the things they ask.
It's just like dealing with Google Adwords. You
get the best scores and get to the top by doing
what Google wants to see.
I just recently got a wakeup call because we had
too many blank lines at the bottom of our emails
before the opt-out links. We got our hand slapped
because that is opt-out padding and you will get
slapped for doing it.
Run your emails through a score checker. There
are many out there that will give you a good
indication if you will have deliverability problems
with a particular email you are sending. We use the
Habeas monitor... now ReturnPath... as well as a
few others.
There are many more tips, and I will hit some in
future episodes. But the main message is to do the
right thing and over time your reputation score
will rise along with your income because of it. Treat
it like your personal credit score and understand it
does take time. If we all do the right thing the ISPs
won't keep making it so much harder for us.


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Worldwide, organizations hold about 2.2 zettabytes of data and spend about $1.1 trillion to secure and provide access to it, according to Symantec.
Those sky-high numbers about the amount of data and what's spent to hold it were based on the results of a survey of 4,056 information technology professionals at organizations in 38 countries for Symantec's "State of Information" survey. Published today, the survey found on average $38 million is being spent annually by larger enterprises, and $332,000 by small to midsize businesses (SMBs), to store and secure their business data. In all, 30% said they suffer from "information sprawl" as data is held outside the organization as well as inside it.
MORE: The Worst Data Breach Incidents of 2012 – So Far
Sean Regan, senior director of product marketing, at Symantec, notes that SMBs actually slightly more on a per-employee basis annually on information storage, security and management -- $3,670 per employee -- compared with the $3,297 per employee that enterprises spend each year. Economies of scale are often what account for that, he said.
Information is so important to all organizations, according to the survey, the 4,506 IT professionals said they believe it represents 49% of an organization's "total value."
But though business data is of critical worth, the IT professionals acknowledged the struggles they had in managing it.
In the past 12 months, 69% of them said their organizations had lost at least some of it or exposed confidential information. And 31% had "compliance failures," meaning they failed at some point to pass critical audits associated with compliance with data security and privacy regulations.
Another thing the survey found is that 42% of data is "duplicate." If it's duplicate, says Regan, this means they are paying to store copies that they may not really have to store and aren't applying de-duplication strategies as best as they might to hold down storage costs.
Today, about 75% of the business data is stored in-house and about 25% in the cloud, according to the Symantec survey. And in many cases, companies also appear to be have "barely utilized their storage," Regan says, making use of only 31% of what they've already bought. This low storage utilization rate of "31% inside the firewall and even lower (18%) outside," according to the survey, is somewhat surprising, Regan said. There appears to be a push to use cloud-based services for storage, but then not fully making use of what's paid for. Regan noted sometimes the IT staff personnel most responsible for storage management aren't being brought into the decisions that involve cloud storage. "It's being outsourced," he noted, adding that "the cloud is an easy button to push."
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The month of December has become Synonymous for 'Utter and Complete Change' in my life and though we're only eight days in, thus far 2012 has not proved to disappoint.
The Fredericksburg Prayer Furnace is in the middle of a SOZO conference right now, hosting John & Carol Arnott of the Toronto Airport Church, Don Potter, and Corey Russel as the main speakers, and it has been really, really good. Yesterday I lay on the floor under a presence as thick and heavy as a down blanket, and rose feeling as though I'd had a deep, long nap. Today I was torn up one side and down the other…but in a good way? Sentences like that leave me feeling as though Christians have the hardest time explaining themselves….and it's true! This afternoon Don Potter candidly spoke of his life's story. I sat in the front row, alternating between tears & laughter as the message seemed so directly for me in this season of my life, that I couldn't help but respond with wonder.
Part of the tenderness in my heart may have had to do with the conversation I had directly before Don's message. This December's upcoming changes have brought about a considerable amount of reminiscing and contemplating of the last four years of my life. Specifically the last four, because 2008 (the year that I worked for TheCall) so dramatically set the stage for the following three, leading up to today. I had heard that a young lady who is a part of FPF had given her life to the Lord at the 2008 CallDC prayer gathering. Today I was able to tell her that I had worked behind the scene's for that event, and grab a few minutes with her to hear the story.
She told me of the hard situations of that time of life which had cultivated such a desperation to escape that she leaped when her sister invited her to attend the PreCall conference & TheCall event. What got me was her moment of conversion, which came about during the LIFE siege She said that she put the tape on her mouth and in the silence she began to think a whirlwind of thoughts – of how pained she was to have never known of the horror's of abortion, how angry she was that no one had ever told her, and how she felt as though she'd wasted so much of her life on worthless things. By this time of the story tears were streaming down both of our faces and she choked out with a sob, "I just fell to my knees on the grass and I knew that I never wanted to waste another day, I wanted to give my life to Jesus and to the things that really matter."
Over three years later she is an integral part of the the daily operations of the ministry that I serve with, the Fredericksburg Prayer Furnace. We cried on each other's shoulders, both feeling such immense gratitude to the Lord for His hand on her life, and outwardly I marveled that He knew who she would be, what He would use her for in the future, how much she would be needed by FPF now, even on that day that He called her name and saved her. She pulled back, looked me in the face nodding, and said "and wisdom is justified by her children" motioning to me, and then to herself, finishing with a tearful "Thank You."
The Lord is so kind to give us glimpses of the big picture, and I wonder if that's a tiny taste of the joy of Heaven, when we finally see with clarity ALL that He was doing around and in and through us. I think we'll find it to be so much more than we could ever ask for, or ever imagine.
Following that emotional interaction came Don's message of absolute surrender to the will of the Lord. It's no wonder my ears could hear it after such an introduction. Once brought back into the recording studio he struggled to play simple songs, walked out and heard an incredible recording that He amazingly admitted could not have been himself playing. At that admission the Lord responded "Don, your life as a musician is mediocre at best, but with Me, you are exceptional".
With Him, YOU are exceptional. Doesn't that give you the incentive to grab hold of the King and not let go?
And I through tear brimmed eyes I marveled. My life? Mediocre. Mediocre, at best! Oh but He makes the story exceptional. He does more than I see, more than I think, more than I DREAM. So much more than I know. And as cold winds blow transition right back into my life, I receive it with hands wide open to His will. Oh Lord, You do exceptional things with handfuls of dust.


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A pervert who was caught with a "depraved" collection of images of children being abused has been spared jail.
Christopher Hutchinson was caught with 174 photographs and movies on his computer and two mobile phones when police raided his home.
Newcastle Crown Court heard the authorities had been tipped off by his internet provider about the type of images being downloaded.
The 38-year-old, of Bayswater Avenue, Sunderland, admitted making and possessing indecent photographs of children.
The raid took place on August 28.
Judge Tim Gittins said the pictures were "depraved sexual images" which had been downloaded from the internet but not shared or shown to anyone else.
The judge told Hutchinson: "I have to balance the need to punish you with the public interest in seeking to deter you from this sort of behaviour in future."
Hutchinson was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, with supervision, 10 year sex offender registration and a 10 year sexual harm prevention order.
Jonathan Devlin, defending, said: "It is a choice between a relatively short immediate prison sentence or some help."


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MVP Watch: The NFL's Top Positional Performers (Week 7)
Most other places use common metrics to tell you who the best player in the NFL is. We're better than that. In order to determine who the best player in the NFL is, we ask one simple question: who gains their team the most points? And to find out, numberFire likes to use a number called Net Expected Points. In a past top performers article, I gave this explanation for NEP:
Every single situation on the football field has an expected point value; that is, how many points an average team would be expected to score in that situation. For example, the Chiefs may be facing the Pittsburgh Steelers, with a third and two on the 50 yard line. That's a ton of variables, but luckily, numberFire has data from the past dozen years of every single play, so most situations have come up at least once. According to our data, an average team may be "expected" to score 1.23 (estimated number) points on that drive. However, Jamaal Charles reels off a 32-yard run to bring the Chiefs into the red zone, increasing the "expected" point value of the next play to 4.23 (still an estimated number) points. Jamaal Charles then gets credit for the difference, in this case 2.96 points, as his NEP total. That's Net Expected Points.
Since passing is often more efficient than running the ball, you'll often see running backs with negative NEP per play scores, meaning that they are losing their team expected points every time they touch the ball. Receivers and tight ends, meanwhile, will usually have high, positive NEP per play scores, since receivers don't touch the ball unless it's a high-yardage completion. Quarterbacks can be in the middle, either positive or negative: completions typically help their score, while incompletions lower it. So when you're looking at NEP, it's important to look at the numbers based on position.
And when you take a look at what the NEP numbers give us this week, Matt Ryan takes another week at the... wait! A challenger approaching!
Top NFL Performances by NEP Through Week 6
Quarterbacks: Ben Roethlisberger - Pittsburgh Steelers
Season Total NEP: 72.83
NEP per Pass: 0.33
Last Week: #4
The Pittsburgh Steelers are at 2-3, are languishing 2.5 game behind the Ravens in the AFC North, and only have a 30.6% chance of making the playoffs this season. And their quarterback deserves to be the MVP.
How can that be? Plain and simple: Ben Roethlisberger has been more efficient with his throws than any other quarterback in the NFL. Although the Steelers have thrown the ball on 61.1% of their offensive plays, Roethlisberger somehow continues to find holes in the secondary. Big Ben's two interceptions are tied with RGIII for the least in the NFL among starting QBs, and his average 2.0 passing TDs per game ranks fifth in the league. Meanwhile, his 1,487 passing yards places him sixth in the NFL, but he has accomplished that mark with the least amount of pass attempts (by a long shot) of anybody in the top nine yardage leaders.
Oh yeah, I might have forgotten to mention that part of his dossier: Ben Roethlisberger has accomplished this high NEP mark in only five games. As such, his NEP per game mark is substantially higher than Ryan's (14.57 vs. 11.64), and his 0.33 NEP per pass is 0.07 points higher every single time he drops back than the next best NFL QB. The rest of the top five have played in at least six; Drew Brees dropped out of the top five this week specifically because of his bye. If the Steelers did not have numberFire's #27 opponent-adjusted defense, you would be seeing a lot more Big Ben love in the MVP race.
Best of the Rest
2. Matt Ryan: 69.86 NEP, 0.26 per pass (Last Week: #1)
3. Tom Brady: 69.19 NEP, 0.25 per pass (Last Week: #3)
4. Robert Griffin III: 68.34 NEP, 0.16 per pass, 0.76 per rush (Last Week: #N/A)
5. Aaron Rodgers: 67.57 NEP, 0.22 per pass (Last Week: #N/A)
Running Backs: Ray Rice - Baltimore Ravens
Season Rushing NEP: 18.15
NEP per Rush: 0.04
Last Week: #2
Finally, after weeks of C.J. Spiller dominance piggybacking off his unreal Weeks 1 and 2, the consistency of Ray Rice has finally taken over. As mentioned above, passing the ball in today's NFL has gotten to be much more efficient than running. As such, it takes a special back to even have a positive NEP per rush value and contribute something worthwhile to his team on the ground.
You would have to be Jersey Shore-level crazy to think Ray Rice has not been one of those special backs. So far this season, only three backs with at least 10 carries per game have averaged a positive NEP per rush: Frank Gore (0.05), Ray Rice (0.04), and Stevan Ridley (0.01). That's it. Not Arian Foster (-0.10), not Marshawn Lynch (-0.08), and certainly not Chris Johnson (-0.34... and that's an improvement!) have contributed points to their team on average this season through rushing the ball. If the Ravens can continue their multifaceted attack, combining Rice's positive rushing figure with Joe Flacco's 0.15 NEP gained per pass, the Ravens will continue to be one of the league's best offensive units.
Best of the Rest
2. C.J. Spiller: 17.75 NEP, 0.24 per rush, 0.19 per catch (Last Week: #1)
3. Matt Forte: 6.75 NEP, -0.04 per rush, 0.57 per catch (Last Week: #4)
4. Frank Gore: 5.08 NEP, 0.05 per rush, 0.03 per catch (Last Week: #5)
5. Willis McGahee: 3.86 NEP, -0.02 per rush, 0.26 per catch (Last Week: #N/A)
Wide Receivers: Roddy White - Atlanta Falcons
Season Total NEP (based on targets): 44.22
NEP per Catch: 1.07
Last Week: #1
I would say this lead is insurmountable, but we all saw how well that worked for Matt Ryan. Instead, I'll simply say that Roddy White has been as excellent as a receiver can be so far this season. He has now hung on to the top receiver's slot for a solid three weeks, and his 7.89 NEP lead on Percy Harvin should be enough to keep him here for another week during his bye.
The question for White, then, becomes how his current season would stack up historically. Projecting his out his stats, White's current Usain Bolt-esque pace would give him 117.92 targets-based NEP on the season. The record for receiving NEP since 2000 isn't even held by a receiver; it's Rob Gronkowski's 110.69 NEP from last season. His teammate Wes Welker followed right behind him with 110.69 NEP last year, then Randy Moss comes in third with 109.42 NEP from his monster 2003 season. Could Roddy White's year end up being better than The Fiesta, Welkaaah, and the Moon Man? The statistics tend to think so.
Best of the Rest
2. Percy Harvin: 36.33 NEP, 0.81 per catch (Last Week: #4)
3. Wes Welker: 34.47 NEP, 0.79 per catch (Last Week: #3)
4. Marques Colston: 33.42 NEP, 1.01 per catch (Last Week: #2)
5. Randall Cobb: 31.19 NEP, 1.02 per catch (Last Week: #N/A)
Tight Ends: Tony Gonzalez - Atlanta Falcons
Season Total NEP (based on targets): 32.67
NEP per Catch: 0.88
Last Week: #1
The absolutely dreadful week for tight ends reflects in our rankings as well. Of our top three tight ends, only Owen Daniels had a positive NEP output on the game, and he did not even gain a full point of value for the Texans. But they can each thank their lucky stars that they had enough of a lead to maintain the same 1-2-3 positioning, especially Old Man Gonzalez at the top.
For the first time all season, Tony Gonzalez lost NEP during this past week's game. After maintaining a record-breaking 83% catch rate through the season's first five games, Gonzalez could only haul in four of the seven passes Matt Ryan threw his way on Sunday. That lowers Gonzalez's catch rate to *gasp* 80% on the year. For reference, if he was able to maintain that rate for the entire season, it would break the catch rate record for tight ends with at least 50 catches in a season since 2000. That would currently be Pittsburgh's Heath Miller, who put up a 77.6% catch rate in 2009.
Best of the Rest
2. Owen Daniels: 27.08 NEP, 0.96 per catch (Last Week: #2)
3. Vernon Davis: 24.81 NEP, 0.98 per catch (Last Week: #3)
4. Heath Miller: 23.78 NEP, 0.91 per catch (Last Week: #5)
5. Brandon Myers: 23.56 NEP, 1.08 per catch (Last Week: #4)


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Stoke City forward Jonathan Walters is the Potters only injury worry for their Barclay's Premier League visit to Fulham on Saturday afternoon.
The Ireland international forward was withdrawn at half-time of their home defeat by Norwich City last Sunday with a groin problem and is a doubt for the trip to Craven Cottage.
On a positive note for manager Mark Hughes, winger Matthew Etherington is back in the squad, having missed out against the Canaries after suffering whiplash in a car accident.
The visit to west London takes Hughes back to his former club, who he left under something of a cloud having quit following just one season at the helm. And on his first return to Craven Cottage since walking out, Hughes is looking to sweep aside last week's poor showing.
"We didn't really see it coming in terms of a performance because up to that point, save for the first half against Crystal Palace early on in the season, we'd been very good," Hughes told Stoke's official website.
"We've talked through what happened last Sunday against Norwich and have a good idea of why it happened but in terms of performance level, we didn't hit anything like the levels we'd been at before.
"The thing about the Premier League is games come thick and fast and we've got another opportunity now to put that right against Fulham."
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LUBOCK, Texas – For the second straight year, Gulf Coast State (Fla.) is going home with the NJCAA DI Women's Basketball Championship. The No. 1 seed Commodores defeated No. 6 Trinity Valley (Texas) 87-63 for its fifth national title in program history.
Gulf Coast State jumped out to a solid advantage in the first frame leading 24-9 and maintained a solid cushion the rest of the game. Tournament MVP Taylor Emery pitched in 11 points to finish off her championship average at 20.2 points in four contests.
- Jhileya Dunlap of the Commodores finished with a game high 18 points and a rebound shy of a double-double.
- As a team, Gulf Coast State dished out 19 assists on 33 made shots and finished the tilt shooting 51.6 percent (33-64).
- The Commodores finished its 2017 championship run on a 10-game winning streak with an overall record of 34-2.
- Trinity Valley closes its season at 30-6.
- Shelton State (Ala.) defeated Salt Lake (UT) 67-62 in the third-place game to round out the top four finishers of the 2017 edition of the DI Women's Basketball Championship.
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This is Kade's valentine for his teacher this year. I found the battery operated votives and the jar lids at Michael's. I got the jars there too but the lids will fit any small mouth jar.
It was so easy. Just fill the jar with M and M's or whatever you like and then place the votive candle on top.
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well since we are paying for this service...why ..and i mean that with all due respect dont u just make a better trainer with the obvious needed options..ignored by police ?
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No to sound like a d*ck, but seriously dude, the game has been out for 4 days and they already have an awesome and have stated that they are working on making it better, so have some patience and lets just have fun while appreciation their work.
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i stand corrected...indeed patience is not one of my virtues
Don't worry about it dude... I just got a little irritated since they seem to be working their butts off to give us some awesome cheats, and they are doing it quite well
no police/army will be one of the options, FYI-
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Monday, 4 August 2014
Renovation Project || Bedroom Before + After
When we bought the cottage, this is what our bedroom looked like...
The biggest problem was the floor, it was completely uneven to the point where it felt a little bit like you walking around one of those fun house rides at the fair. We saw builder after builder who told us to knock the whole thing down and start again; it was such a depressing time. Then we had a major breakthrough because the structural engineer I found recommended a builder who liked quirky projects and together they started working on a plan to restore the house.
The bad news was that the entire old part of the cottage had to be reinforced with a steel frame which meant everything had to be ripped out. Although we had to cover up the beams in the bedroom because of the new roof, we did manage to uncover the chimney successfully so it was a kind of trade off in the end. Ideally I would have liked to keep them but it just wasn't possible.
First we pulled the ceiling down to see what the roof looked like...
Some more bad news. You can see the original frame (painted white) and then a new frame tacked on top which occurred when the thatch was removed in the 1940s. Not the best way to do it apparently, but certainly the cheapest.
These two photos were taken in January 2013 when the roof had been replaced and the new wooden planks were laid. You can also see the chimney has been uncovered. Later my husband used a wire brush, actually 4 wire brushes, to remove the white coating.
This is the nearly finished room, the wiring is done, the plastering and 70% of the painting is done but the skirting boards and cladding still need sorting. We didn't have enough money in our budget to replace the UPVC window which I really hate, bur we will replace this one and the others eventually. Oh and still the stairs to go in.
So close now!! Skirting done, sockets done, painting all done. What you can't see is that there are still no stairs....
I took this photo late one night in October 2013. My neighbour Keith came round to help me put up the first roman blind I made. Keith put up most of the blinds and curtain poles in the house. The deal was usually dinner in exchange for a bit of labour. It suited us both very well as he can only cook a few things and I can only do a few DIY jobs.
I originally chose a light linen fabric but I was worried about the sunlight coming through so in the end I went for this beautiful Linwood fabric.
This is the bedroom now it's finished. Its not perfectly styled but this is exactly how it looks day in day out and I like that you get to see that reality.
Through the little green door is a second bedroom we use as a dressing room as obviously there is zero storage or places to put anything in here. I like that it is very simple and uncluttered. When we first moved in I took a nap late on a Friday afternoon and when I woke up, there was a soft breeze coming through the window and the baptist chapel (which is two doors down) were having their service and I could hear the choir singing. It was a really lovely moment.
I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into our renovation project.
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so sweet! perfect modern cottage look I think. The slightly leaning fireplace adds so much character.ReplyDeleteReplies
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I browse your blog and I discover pretty old posts but I loved to read (and see the pictures) of your renovation. It must have been huge work but I love the quite and peaceful look of your bedroom now. And your cottage looks amazing (pretty British to me ;-) xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much Ilaria! xDelete
Your newly renovated bedroom looks really great, The white paint of the walls really fits the color of your bed, and is very pleasing to the eye. It looks so clean and fresh. I can just imagine how comfortable it is to stay in that room. Thanks for sharing that, Louisa! All the best to you!ReplyDelete
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Mike's Chili Parlor in Ballard.
The place from the outside looks exactly like the rundown dump it is. Inside you will meet a motley cast of characters that remind me of those foggy waterfront bars in every Charlie Chan movie. This part of Seattle is known for its fishing fleet and even today the waterfront is filled with masts so the comparison is not just my imagination....
Mike's Chili has that seedy, down-on-your-luck feel to it. In fact, director Bud Yorkin made Mike's a movie star when he featured the bar in his 1985 film, TWICE OF A LIFETIME, which stars Gene Hackman and Anne Margaret. Some pivotal scenes take place in this bar between Hackman and Stephen Lang which prove how good both actors really are. Great film!
But what Mike's Chili is really famous for is its chili. They put chili on EVERYTHING. And this is the only bar I know where they sell chili by the gallon.
Here is a piece featuring Mike's Chili from the Food Network.
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If you check out the Google Maps entry for "Mike's Chili Parlor Seattle" you get a street view that actually shows you the Ballard Block being constructed around Mike's. Very cool shot.
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The main point being that we can with current technology implement a transportation system that uses distributed intelligence to allow computer powered robotic taxis to take over the job of driving us around.
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OK. I'll take a risk and be the first one to vent.I have often wondered what happened to all the food left at the grave sites and at ceremonial gatherings of Buddhist communities. However, I have never had the time or patience to wait around to find out.So, what's the deal? Is it the same thing that happens to flowers left at an Abrahemic's grave? Are offerings/rememberances left to rot? If so, it seems a waste when there are those who are desperately in need of nutrition. Wouldn't it be better to donate food to a shelter in rememberance of the departed?There! I got it out of my system!
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