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Keeping chickens healthy means keeping them free from pain, injury and disease. This is not just considered as a moral obligation but a one way of ensuring that they live a happy and long life. Actually, keeping them healthy is a part of raising them. There is no need to leave them unattended that they usually require water and food. Doing little maintenance also helps in keeping them healthy.
One of the ways of keeping them healthy is by keeping their water and feed containers full. They must not also run out from important things or else they may starve and become dehydrated.There must be enough food for them not to peck on with each other.
Even the water canisters must be left cleaned and dried. Doing so helps them to avoid developing illnesses. At the early hour in the morning, you need to observe their good health. If they are active and healthy, then they are doing fine. If they started to look unhealthy, and are acting weirdly, then you need to discuss it with a veterinarian. It may be due to the reason that your chickens have acquired a disease and may already have complicated.
The earlier that you provide for medical attention, the better it will be for your chickens. They can also have a better chance to healthy and full recovery. If there are also minor injuries like claw being torn off or caught, remember that it may produce excess blood. These injuries are likely to get worse that they really are. Thus, the wound must be cleaned properly.
There are a lot of medicines for wounds such as antiseptic spray or power. They can be applied or sprayed on the wound that possibly prevent infection. On the other hand, if the chickens are still in pain, then there is a need to hire the services of an expert or veterinary surgeon. There are ailments that might go unnoticed like egg peritonitis. This cannot actually be treated by surgery. This infection is found inside the body and causes severe swelling that may prove to be extremely painful for chickens. Chickens must be provided with medical anesthetic and attention.
For the many diseases of chicken, there are a lot of medicines that can be provided by a veterinarian. Discuss them with the veterinarian and ask for help about your chickens. It is also a simple and good practice to check the chickens for external and internal parasites, or mites. They are likely to suffer from lice and worms just like other animals. For reading expert consumer reviews on all types of products for your home, farming and outdoor look at this website.
Farm livestock powder and anti-mite sprays are also help in keeping the chickens free from flees and lice. Also, make it a point of checking the chicken coop each day. Make certain that everything from the outside and inside are safe. Rat holes must be blocked immediately. Predators must be avoided on getting inside.
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- Owner: Kilchoan Farmhouse
- Address: Kilchoan Estate Office, Inverie, Knoydart, Mallaig, Inverness-shire, PH41 4PL
- Telephone: 01687 462133
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- Website: http://www.kilchoan-knoydart.com
- Weekly Rent: £600 per week
- Region: Highlands
- Type: Self Catering Barn
- Accom: 1 Unit
- Sleeps: 6
- Open: All Year
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Sitting about 35 metres from the farmhouse is The Barn. The Barn has original stone walls throughout and original stone floor in the kitchen/dining room. The bedroom has three sets of bunks, views up to Glen Meadall, with occasionally our Garron ponies looking in the front window!
Details: Two W.Cs one with shower. Fully equipped kitchen with kerosene Rayburn. Stove in the bedroom. Towels and linen supplied. Sleeps 6. Rates Are based on 4 6 people sharing.
Kilchoan Farmhouse is on the Knoydart Peninsula which is situated on the North West Coast of Scotland. Boat access only from Mallaig or Skye or a trek over the hills from Kinlochourn or Glen Dessary.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - David W. Grove will go to trial Oct. 13 for charges stemming from a fatal car wreck that killed a Hedgesville, W.Va., couple and injured two children.
The Martinsburg man was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month in Berkeley County Circuit Court.
Grove, 45, of 924 S. Raleigh St., faces two counts of driving under the influence causing death for Shelva and Daniel Head, two counts of DUI with injury for the injured children and third-offense DUI.
According to West Virginia State Police, Grove was driving his 1976 Mercury Cougar eastbound on W.Va. 9 on Jan. 25 when the car skidded out of control, crossed the center line and struck the Heads' 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier head-on.
Shelva and Daniel Head died of massive blunt trauma, records said. The couple's son, 4-year-old Brian Head and 16-year-old Michelle Pentz, Shelva Head's daughter from a previous marriage, were seriously injured.


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While I was driving my daughters to their swim class tonight, I had the radio on, was flipping through channels as is my wont (I have no patience), and stopped when I heard some familiar chords--"Free Will" by Rush. I remember being very young, listening to that song, thinking it was very deep. An odd bit of memory there :).
- Current Mood: nostalgic
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UPDATE: The Spokane Investigative Regional Response (SIRR) Team's investigation into the officer involved shooting that occurred last Saturday evening in Colville is progressing.
Stolen property, including a loaded handgun, was recovered from the hotel room where the incident occurred. The autopsy has been completed on the twenty-one year old suspect, Sean J. Bergstrasser.
The interview of Officer Spring has been completed. Officer Spring is an eleven-year veteran of the Colville Police Department and remains on paid administrative leave per department policy.
The investigation is ongoing and any additional inquiries can be made to Trooper Troy Briggs at 509-993-2946.
UPDATE: The victim killed has been identified as 21-year-old Sean J. Bergstrasser from Wasco, California. At this hour we're still awaiting the autopsy results.
COLVILLE, Wash. - An officer-involved shooting has left one person dead in Colville.
The Colville Police Department says they were called to Benny's Colville Inn at 915 S. Main Saturday night around 11:30pm for a vehicle prowling which ended with the suspect being shot and killed. A firearm was recovered at the scene.
The SIRR (Spokane Investigative Regional Response) team and Colville Police are investigating the incident.
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WWE SmackDown Results 1st November 2016, Full Show Match Updates and Video Highlights
WWE SmackDown came to us live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Randy Orton turned on Kane last week on the blue brand and it will be interesting to see how The Demon responds to The Viper. James Ellsworth cost Dean Ambrose a title shot against AJ Styles last week and we will see the repercussions to that tonight.
Here are the complete WWE SmackDown results for 1st November, 2016:
#1 James Ellsworth apologizes to Dean Ambrose
The show starts with Ellsworth in the middle of the ring addressing the capacity crowd of the Prudential Center. The world famous Jobber thanked Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon for giving him the opportunity to thank the fans before he leaves, following what happened on last week's episode of the blue brand where Ellsworth cost Ambrose a title shot.
Ellsworth revealed that he has not been able to eat or sleep and will not be able to get back to a normal life until he apologizes to The Lunatic Fringe. He then calls Ambrose to the ring and the former WWE World Champion obliges.
Ambrose comes out and says that Ellsworth does not owe him an apology but the jobber responds by highlighting how Ambrose helped him record two victories over WWE World Champion AJ Styles and how he cost Ambrose the title-shot last week.
Ellsworth then adds that 'any man with two hands can make a mistake'. Ambrose claims that it is all alright and he only wants Ellsworth to promise him that he won't interfere in his match ever again. Ellsworth responds by claiming that he cannot go back in time and undo what he did last week but he can look Ambrose in the eye and apologize to him.
Styles' music hits and out comes the WWE World Champion. The Phenomenal One claims that Ellsworth owes some of the money earned from the merchandise sales to him, as it was him who made the Jobber famous. Styles and Ambrose are then involved in a heated exchange of words as Ellsworth tries to put a lid on the situation.
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@AndyShore Zack had the week off last week from Idol chatter, while I was vacationing in Vegas for the week. There's no place for American Idol in Vegas, even when it's pouring the entire time. Tonight the guest judges are Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry. I'd rather see Perry's better half, Russell Brand, as a judge. Lindsey Parker over at Yahoo! suggested Brand as a replacement to Simon, and I think that's a bloody brilliant idea.
8:04 Neil Goldstein is a sweaty as he is nerdy, and if you're going to sing Meatloaf it has to be "I Would Do Anything For Love."
8:15 C'mon Fox. Having an Asian kid singing "Kung Fu Fighting" is just perpetuating stereotypes.
8:24 A little girl just stated that Simon is "the only negative-tivity one." Her mom, Mary Powers, can sing, but she may way to stay home and teach her daughter how to speak English properly. She's going to Hollywood. She better go far enough to make some scratch and hire a tutor for her little girl.
8:27 A.J. Mendoza just went from loving Adam Lambert to hating him in the span of one audition. Mendoza says Lambert's positive feedback gave him to confidence to tryout. Randy likened his singing to a ventriloquist and Simon said it sounded like he'd just been to the dentist and had a lot of anesthetic in his mouth.
8:36 Austin Fulmer looks like he learned those moves at a ping pong show in Thailand.
8:40 Andrew Garcia is great. I know he has some sort of sob story, but I was ADDing out and G-chatting with Zack while they told it. I would like him even more if his son that is still small enough to be carried didn't have such a deuche hair cut.
8:47 Tasha Layton is singing "Baby Baby Baby" by Joss Stone. She's got a just as much soul in her voice as Stone. I'm rooting for her.
8:50 Katy Perry just questioned as to whether Kara was speaking to a contestant or a puppy. Where was Perry when Paula was around?
8:56 Kara just made the first great pun of the season. She asked if Katy Perry was "Hot or Cold" on a contestant. The two have been catty this audition, which makes me think they should wrestle in pudding to raise money for Haiti. You know you'd pay to see that.
8:58 Chris Golightly is singing "Stand By Me." He's got the Justin Guarini curls, but you don't want to punch Chris in the face.
9:00 It took me a full hour and Seacrest pointing it out to realize how funny saying "Welcome to Hollywood" is when the contestants are in LA.


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I worked all Sunday afternoon on the pieced binding for Life is 'Tweet.
|This is kinda, sorta what it's going to look like. I wanted the pieces of color to be of varying sizes and irregularly placed.
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The report from Forrester called "The Purchase Path of Online Buyers in 2012" basically says the the most effective tools in the online space to drive sales are the equivalent of online hammer and nails: email marketing and search marketing. Here are the main points but without the report's detail.
- Paid search matters most for new customers
- Email matters most for repeat customers
- Social tactics are not meaningful sales drivers
Commence screaming and feigned outrage.
Need a chart to look at and further lather you up? Here you go. Look at the impact of email vs. social media on repeat customers.


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PREMIUM SELECTION | Sushi Izakaya Gaku
On my first visit to Gaku my party sat next to a young woman on her own. She was on vacation from California in search of good sushi, and had read the online reviews. She ordered the chef's choice omakase set, communed alone over the morsels and was, she said, completely satisfied.
So were we, although we communed as well with eggplant wrapped in Wagyu beef (delish), tofu with a dashi gelatin and salmon roe (a revelation) and an uni shooter (oh so luscious), the sea urchin both briny and velvety rich.
Gaku is a destination for Japanese nationals who know their stuff, for locals in search of an experience deeper than that of an average sushi bar, and for true sushi lovers, like our new friend from California, who've done their research. The chefs here have a sense of exploration, seeking out what's new, fresh and unusual.
Bottom line: A meal at Gaku is a series of exquisite bits and bites, all a matter of your choice, delivered with artistic precision. The excellent sushi is only the beginning.
Come in a group and share, or come alone and keep it all for yourself. Both ways work.
1329 S. King St.; 589-1329. Dinner. $$$
Mission Social Hall & Cafe
When planning a visit to Mission, don't over-plan. Don't study the menu and parse all the Yelp reviews. Just show up. Have faith.
Many of us regulars make on-the-spot ordering decisions based on Mission's daily salads, displayed in a deli case up front. These antipasti — colorful, creative and crunchy — usually include some kind of kale salad, and something starchy, like kalo or breadfruit. The others might be roasted beets with noodles, or lightly dressed whole baby turnips, with local farm sources always cited. Pair one salad with soup or a sandwich, or get a sampling of all of them.
This smart little cafe at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives has a tiny menu with only a few regular items. This way the kitchen can work with whatever local fishers and farmers offer on a given day. There is a nobility in this devotion to all things fresh and local — but it's not a preachy nobility that puts cause above craft. Mission delivers consistently and tastily every time.
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, 553 S. King St.; 447-3913. Lunch $-$$.
Plantation Tavern
This is not a fancy-pants restaurant. It's an unpretentious, family- friendly place set in a strip mall between a bead shop and a Chinese restaurant. Chef-owner Adam Gilbert says he designed it to be affordable and comfortable, "so you can come in here in a construction outfit or on a date."
Between ambience and menu, Gilbert has done just that. Check out the room on an average night and you'll see couples, families, extended families, gals in groups, guys in groups.
The menu is plantation- inspired, with traditional Korean, Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese and Filipino dishes all prepared in today's farm-to-table spirit. Dishes here are designed for sharing. Start with a salad (the grilled romaine is a good choice, or the giant mound of a poke salad). Add an entree of Chinese-style steamed fish, perhaps, or Sunny's Shrimp (head-on Kauai shrimp with a succulent sauce of crab roe and coconut milk). And don't forget the garlic fried rice, a Filipino side that's particularly well done here. Share everything.
You'll eat well and you'll be treated well. No, this is not a fancy- pants place, but a meal here does feel like a special night out.
Kapolei Marketplace, 590 Farrington Highway; 888-4299; plantationtavern.com. Lunch, dinner, late night. $$


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Well I have been trying to think up creative ways to get what I need and still stay frugal. Hard as I tried, I could not find a decent winter coat in the thrift store for my son. So I bought one on clearance and one size too big instead. I guess that's the next best option and they sort of match the thrifted snow pants I got him, good score. Today was a home day. I tried to catch up on the laundry, dishes and some rest. I finished an online project, my Christmas present for my grandma, a personalized photo calendar. There was an online sale 50% off until Halloween, so I figured I better take advantage of it and get that one scratched off my list. I managed to keep under the $20 dollar limit with the rebate and since we draw from a hat in my family, that's the only present outside of my immediate family that I am obligated to buy and I'm done! I used photos of all of the grand and great grand kids, so I ought to get a lot of bang for my buck. Of course, I usually bend the one present rule to include some other special people and that's where thrifting and imagination come into play. Today my son had a birthday party to go to. Against my better judgement, and with some pleading on his part, I caved and bought a store card instead of having him make one like I usually do. Consider me right back on the frugal wagon! We had purchased the same card as another kid and the birthday child barely had time to look at it. Fortunately, I won out on the recycling of a craft paper bag and some tissue and stickers for the wrappings, which immediately went into the garbage pail within seconds of opening the gift. I'm so glad I didn't spend money on them! Presently I am toasting some homemade croutons and thinking what I can throw together Into the Crockpot. We used up the last of the beef stew that I made oh, four months ago. Time for a restocking of the freezer I'd say.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Feeling Frugal
Posted by Bean at 19:49
Labels: Crafts, Frugal Fun, random good bits
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- Angela said...
I am always amazed when people don't keep those gift bags- why don't we all just reuse them and basically pass them around? I haven't bought one new for years...
We're on the same wavelength- I'm making croutons tonight and crockpot tomorrow- I'm going to make a veggie curry- I don't have the ingredients I usually use but I have stuff from the CSA to use up and I think it will be good- potatoes, leeks, green beans, and then I'll add some frozen peas. The sauce is curry paste, curry powder, and coconut milk. Yum!
- October 25, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- hiptobeme said...
Sounds hearty!
- October 27, 2009 at 5:59 PM
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Its a brilliant ring. This 14k gold diamond ring is prong set with 1 round blue diamond and 2 round white diamonds. The total carat weight is 0.25 cts. The diamonds are blue color and VS clarity.
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Next Saturday is our Niece's 6th Birthday so this is the card that I finished in the early hours of this morning. Background images are from the MCS "Back to Basics" CD, the fairy is from MCS "More than Just Words 3", other images are from MCS "Simply Silhouettes. Sakura Clear Glaze has been used on the wand and tiaras with Sakura Clear Star used to go round frames and highlight the main stripes on the background and colour the wings (not sure why the wings look so dark in the photo). A pink ProMarker was used to go around the edges of the card.
The reason I was up until the early hours? Someone next door was either
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The sex comedy 'Hunterr' stars Gulshan Deviah, Radhika Apte and Sai Tamhankar, Hunterr has adult content at its core.
Its basically sexual humour. The story of the film is about Mandar (Gulshan Deviah), Mandars desire is endless. Throughout the movie flirts women and enjoyment is his only ambition. Trupti, Jyotsna, Savitha Bhabi all fall prey to his flirts and nerdy ideas. What happens at last leave it to the audience Will Mandar consider emotional over physical ??? (mostly college boys will be its audience)
Gulshan Deviah and Radhika Apte has done justice to their role.
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Our 2015 Annual Report presents an overview of a year in the life of Cambridge School Volunteers (CSV), a community- based nonprofit organization that transforms local citizens into agents of change, giving focus to their volunteerism and direction to their donation of time and talent.
During the 2014–2015 school year (FY15), CSV oversaw an array of programs that together mobilized 1,037 volunteers—including volunteers from 15 corporate partners—in every Cambridge public school, serving students at all grade levels, from Junior Kindergartners to high school seniors. In schools across the district, our CSV volunteers gave 52,001 hours of tutoring and mentoring, in aggregate—more than 289 hours per school day.
During FY15, CSV invested considerable effort in strengthening our relatively young programs at the middle ("upper") schools, NetPals and Learning Centers.
CSV expanded our one-to-one mentoring in the NetPals program for seventh-graders, adding 90 mentor pairs, five new corporate partners, and a new school, Putnam Avenue Upper School (PAUS), to the program. NetPals matches every seventh- grader at a school with an adult mentor who works in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or math, sometimes known as STEM fields. The second upper school program, Learning Centers, offers free tutoring to middle school students, who are referred by teachers, during out-of-school time (OST) hours in all four Cambridge upper schools and at the Amigos School. Over the past year, CSV undertook a recruitment effort to support this program so that more students could be matched one-to-one rather than tutored in small groups. As a result, in FY15, the proportion of students matched one-to-one with an individual tutor increased by 53 percent—from 56 students matched one-to-one in FY14 to 86 students this year. To further enhance quality at each of the five Learning Centers, CSV strengthened protocols, standard operating procedures, and technology to support communication between Learning Center staff and teaching staff.
CSV also increased the diversity of our Learning Center tutors through targeted recruitment. Twenty percent of our 2014–15 volunteer corps agency-wide—and 36 percent of our Learning Center tutors—now identify themselves as people of color.
During the year, our corps of CSV College Readiness mentors nearly doubled their collective hours helping high school seniors with college and scholarship applications—from 1,800 to 3,400 hours.
This year CSV welcomed Julie Loh as the new director of our Intergenerational Math Program (IMP), in which volunteers are trained to tutor elementary students in the Math In Focus curriculum and basic numeracy skills. Intergenerational Math Program volunteers intensively tutored 50 elementary students during the year.
We marked some significant occasions in 2015. CSV feted outgoing Superintendent of schools, Dr. Jeffrey Young, for his commitment to comunity partnerships. We recognized Rindge Avenue Upper School (RAUS) science teacher Jay Mahoney with the 2015 Kenneth S. Neal Award for his work on NetPals. We honored Novartis for a decade of NetPals participation, and Charlotte Ng (left in photo, with Kasey Appleman, CSV's director of K–8 programs) for 25 years of volunteer service at Cambridgeport School.
We awarded the 2015 Mack I. Davis Awards for extraordinary volunteer commitment to:
- Corinne Johnson—Science Olympiad and Classroom, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School;
- Margaret Pancost—Novartis NetPals, Cambridge Street Upper School;
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Looks like I need to get my feeder out! I see that you are under 1/200 sec on these, Kevin. I'm guessing that they might be sharper if you boosted the ISO and increased the shutter speed as the F8 should give you enough DoF at this range.
Hope they will get here soon. My favorite bird to photograph. They always do something unexpected to make you smile.
Looks like you are a touch overexposed on these shots. I usually spot meter, in manual mode, and around O EV to +2/3 EV and adjust as needed.
Pretty good images. I am sure you will be getting super ones shortly.
Better than my first go at them. They are tough little guys to get well, but there are some helpful tips above.
OK Frank, I'm still a little new. How did you know shutter speed and aperture? I do appreciate everyones comments, especially on how to improve. I will be applying them soon and posting results. Thank you.


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How much would you pay for a knife? This beautiful knife made by Peter Atwood has not quite reached a grand but $910. With 3 hrs 30 mins to go will it break the 1K barrier. Obviously at that price it's not your ordinary run of the mill knife but a custom made job, here are the stats:
Blade length: 2 inches
Blade material: 5/32" thick CPM 3V tool steel, 59 rockwell, flat ground both sides
OAL of Knife: 4 7/8"
Handle material: 1/8" thick 6AL4V titanium
Handle length: 3 inches
Pivot: hardened 440C from Ken Onion
Tip Down Pocket Clip
Satin etched Snakeskin pattern on the handles scales and clip
Antique Satin finish on blade is a great working finish
Nice lockup
Strong detent
All screws hand shaped and satin finished
Hex shaped thumb opener
Hex shaped custom rear spacer
Hardened steel stop pin
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In this article I will try to elaborate key nine key strategies to gain better conversion rates that are crucial for affiliates to understand and execute on their affiliate websites. Before we jump on to the key factors, let me give you typical affiliate concerns list – at least they were mine when I began affiliate marketing.
- Affiliate websites are non-transactional which means I have less control over the conversion data.
- Affiliates mainly direct traffic to merchants that could be obtained from any source.
- I have too many products, offers or merchants on my site so I don't have time to understand what is converting better for me or my merchants.
- Not all affiliates understand the product, brand or business better than the owners/providers themselves.
- I spend too much time on data collection and data entry and less on understanding it.
- How to i interrupt data and what is de duping?
- Why do customers come back on my website if i am not offering the final product?
- Building good relationships with merchants and networks are not important for me because they have hundreds of affiliates working for them and their offers are open for everyone.
Well, all these issues or concerns could be resolved if the nine key strategies are understood. Please note that these are explicitly identified for affiliates based on my experience in the affiliate industry.
Nine Key Strategies For Affiliates
I have divided nine key strategies into three sections that shows customer journey on affiliate websites. The first stage understands the offer, second stage is to present the offer and third section consists of retaining the offer.
Understand The Offer
This stage is where all affiliates struggle to make a decision. There are thousands of merchants and vouchers, millions of products, so many networks and a healthy competition. This section offers three factors to understand the offer in detail.
1 – Interests & Inspiration
I had difficulty identifying a niche because I had interests in so many sectors, merchants and offers but not all of them were inspiring to me. The first stage is to think what could be an interesting niche to work in and also that should be inspiring for you. I was interested in sports but it was martial arts and snooker that could inspire me for long. I would suggest limiting the scope if you are new or small affiliate, because that would help you in all the other factors below. Look around yourself and let's answer these questions.
- What sort of products do I normally purchase?
- Which sport do I enjoy playing?
- Where do i shop from?
- What do i read and watch?
- What type of products do i find in my house and what do they represent?
- What brand you, your sister, brothers, parents and friends like to purchase?
- What sort of gifts do you receive and from whom?
- Are you member of a social, charitable or other group? What are their interests and what inspired you to be part of that cause?
All these questions can help you to find a niche that is relevant, interesting and may inspire you to explore further and work on it daily. Affiliate website does not just mean a voucher or cashback website; you can be more successful with niche websites if you can identify one that represents your interests and it will definitely provide you better conversion in return.
2 – Relevance & Scope
It is important to understand the relevance of the offer and the scope for it in the market. I normally link relevance and scope together such as i need to offer a relevant product / offer to consumers but is there enough scope for it in the market? Such as there is higher scope for football in England than Cricket in the sports. In order to understand the relevance, I normally map the offer with my personality and analyse if I could be a potential customer of that offer? But it is not the best way to explore the scope for irrelevant offers to me. Another simple process is to sit down with your family or friends for a brain storming session. The topics you could explore with yourself or with a group of people are as follows.
- If the niche, brand or product I am interesting in could potentially be relevant to them?
- Do they have alternatives in mind that could help me increase my scope and relevance?
- Have I done market research on it? Trust me, you will find decent amount data on the net about the niche you are interested in. Get some numbers to identify the potential scope.
- Are there other big players in the market with my idea?
- Have I contacted the networks to get expert advice?
- Have I trawled through affiliate or product type forums?
- Try getting in touch with a couple of affiliate managers both at agency and merchant level to get some insights on the scope of the market.
These research based questions gives you enough information on the offer that is interesting and inspiring for you. Also if that shows potential relevance to the market you would like to present, and if that market has the scope for it. If you are fairly clear in these four attributes of selecting a niche then there is a better value and potential for you to succeed.
3 – Segment & Filter Users
Once you have decided on the niche for the project, the next stage is to understand the customer segments for your project. There are several ways to segment your potential audience. Your aim should be to target the consumers that convert better, at least from the beginning. The general segmentation rules apply to age, gender and location. Other segmentation attributes that could be relevant to you could be education, interests, hobbies, family structure, salary etc.
At this stage, your aim should be to write down major criteria for consumer selection that you believe could be your potential audience. It would be interesting exercise to ask the affiliate managers specifically at merchant level to give you some insights on their customer types i.e. age range, gender, location, average order value, buying for themselves or others as gifts etc.
The segmentation process for your niche affiliate project will also help you to manage your promotional campaigns more effectively i.e. age range, gender, interests, location controls for PPC campaigns on all major search engines and Social Media.
Publish The Offer
Some may argue this stage is easy if the last three sections are understood and implemented perfectly. I believe every stage in this process is important and none of them can be ignored.
4 – Track Everything
Before you start pushing the offers to your targeted audience, setup a tracking mechanism that should include all stages from entry to exit. Tracking the user journey can provide you detailed insights on what your customers are looking for, bounce rate for each page, best converting offers/pages, and more importantly if you are getting ROI on your promotional campaigns.
All your promotional campaigns i.e. email campaigns, referral programs, PPC clicks should be monitored on site. Paid campaigns such as Google Adwords may provide you information on how many clicks were provided on the website but how do you know if that click or user converted for you, how long he spent on your website, what did he browse and much more.
It is also useful to save all website searches in database that can provide you additional details on consumer interests. There are several free analytics packages that can provide you history of user journey, best pages viewed, most entry and exit pages and much more for you to define the promotional strategy. It does not matter how big or small your website is in that case. What you should be interested in finding out what your consumers are interested in on your website.
5 – Presentation
You have already conducted half of the work required to create the interests for the user and also making sure your promotional efforts are bringing in the potentially targeted users. Next stage is to make sure that the offer or product you are offering is presented clean, effective, open and visible. Remove all popup or pop-under, additional clicks and other barriers on the offer page.
Large clear image, visible branding and message and easy click to action buttons are imperative on this stage. It will not only reduce your bounce rate but also help you to increase the conversion rates effectively.
6 – Get Them Out Quickly
This is another important element specifically for affiliates that is widely misunderstood. Affiliate websites are not always considered to provide the best interactive options or journey. The goal is to obtain a potential customer, present relevant and clear message and get him out to the merchant website for perform the required action. There is no use if a customer keeps browsing and trawling the affiliate website, registers, makes friends, dropping comments on stores, adding his profile info if he is not conducting the required function that in return generates revenue for the affiliates.
Try avoiding unnecessary data collection from customers before they even shop, presenting them large registration forms or hiding the call to action links on the expense of conversion rates.
Retain The Offer
Customer journey does not end once the sale is conducted at first instance. Merchants may not like that the same customers are being referred every time from affiliate websites because they have to pay commission on each sale but being an affiliate myself, I would like to make sure that I also make loyal customers for my website that in return increases my conversion rate at lower cost.
7 – Track Conversions
As mentioned in last stage to keep the full registration to minimum to encourage more exit clicks to merchant sites, it will be valuable to grasp just email at this stage and also send that email to the networks as an additional parameter in the merchant Deep-links. There are two benefits of this process for affiliates. Firstly, consumers can be contacted via newsletters if only email is obtained at the stage and secondly to understand which sale is attributed to the email/user on the network. Please ask the networks on how to add and track additional parameters in the URL i.e. dynamically add &firstname.lastname@example.com at the end of the URL for Trade Doubler. If you do not wish ask email address on exit page then even sending dynamic IP address and campaign referrer i.e. Google, Newsletter etc of the customer could offer interesting information.
8 – Analyse Consumer Buying Behaviour
If you write down the consumer journey from the steps above, you can easily clarify that actually each step is being effectively managed, tracked and data is available to analyse consumer buying behaviour.
- Step one, two and three shows strategic process to define, create and scope your interests and audience for the website.
- Your promotional campaigns will be targeted that in return will attract potential audience.
- Setup tracking to understand which sources are generating the quality of traffic.
- Setup goals and path for consumer journey on your website and track each step similar to checkout process.
- Track each sale from networks and match the data based on email or IP address. If you can add the conversation data in your DB from networks then you will begin to view interesting results on consumer buying behaviour and promotional campaigns.
Essentially affiliates can track the entire campaign and user journey with effortless and free tools. It is simple to manage it for niche and small websites and the data will be able to show exciting results. On my websites, I normally track all of the above to understand the following questions.
- Which campaigns are converting better and at what cost?
- Any changes in number and quality of traffic from each source, time and day?
- How much should I spend on each campaign for breakeven based on conversion ratio, commission and average order value?
- What users hunt on search engines and on my website?
- What customers view, which pages have higher bounce rate, highest and lowest rates on exit and entry pages?
- Adding additional info in deep links helps me understand which user actually converted and at what cost?
- What sort of users convert better based on gender, location, age range, interests, campaign etc so I can concentrate on similar segments rather than targeting everyone in the niche, especially if working on small marketing budget.
9 – Retain The Customer
Finally, how do we make sure that the customer makes the purchase again and again from an affiliate website? Well, if you have managed to get the user make the sale at the first instance or even after several visits, that shows interests of the customer on your website. Let's just assume this interest in your website makes the customer loyal to your website offers. The concern here is how you would get back to the customer with more relevant offers. It is easy to understand what customers were looking for, what was purchased at what price etc, that in return gives you several ideas on what sort of offers you should be sending to engage the customer again. Some ideas I normally look into retaining the customers from analytics packages and other data collection methods are as follows
- Understand the buying schedule of the customer. If they purchase once in a month that could potentially be when they get paid. You do not want to miss the opportunity of sending them relevant offers at the right time. Check your best conversion days that may give you some additional information and you can plan your email marketing campaigns more effectively.
- Understand buying capacity of users. Collect the data from the networks to analyse how much on average your customers spend per merchant or product. That would help you to send them offers within the range of their budget.
- Check you best selling products or offers and present similar rather than alternatives. You probably do not have time and budget to change perceptions of customers about their choice when similar products are available.
- Work closely with networks and merchants to understand the changing trends and latest offers in the market.
- Increase your product knowledge especially if you are working with seasonal, technology or customised offers or products.
These were my nine tips for affiliates extracted from my personal experiences with the industry as an affiliate.
Good Luck..
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A series of ten blog posts explaining practical affiliate marketing for affiliates. xplaining practical affiliate marketing series of ten blog posts explaining practical affiliate marketing for affiliates.
A series of ten blog posts explaining practical affiliate marketing for affiliates. xplaining practical affiliate marketing series of ten blog posts explaining practical affiliate marketing for affiliates.
A series of ten blog posts explaining practical affiliate marketing for affiliates. xplaining practical affiliate marketing series of ten blog posts explaining practical affiliate marketing for affiliates.
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The project is being developed by Washington state-based Holland Partners Group, which is also developing a similar project across the street on the corner of Brand Boulevard and Wilson.
Tom Warren, president of Holland Partners, said the favorable experience his company had with city officials on the Brand and Wilson project led to the decision to launch this new project in downtown Glendale.
The new development replaces plans for a 16-story building with 201 apartments that was approved by the City Council in 2007, but which never came to fruition.
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Director: Priyadarshan Jadhav
Producer: Abhijit Satam, Naren Chavhan, Rujuta Chavhan
Script: Aslam Parvez
Music: Rishikesh Kamerkar
Lights: Bhushan Desai
Star Cast: Chinmay Mandlekar, Madhura Velankar-Satam, Priyadarshan Jadhav, Aniruddha Joshi, Yashashree Upasani, Amit Surve
Release Date: 21 December 2013
The play presents a couple Amit ( Chinmay Mandlekar ) and Meera( Madhura Velankar Satam ) , who have completed six years of married life. While Amit , a former TV star is without work, his wife works for a Financial institution and manages the house.
Always doubting his wife's association with her office colleague Rohan, frustrated Amit spends his time smoking, sometimes drinking and talking to his pet dog Silver, till he meets his old producer friend Ashwin( Priyadarshan Jadhav) . From him he receives an unusual offer to perform in a reality show, shooting of which is to take place in his own house. It's all in 'Big Boss' style, with hidden cameras placed in his house including bedroom, except for bathroom, with Amit and Meera as participants. The idea is to present something cheeky & scandalous about the actor's personal married life, which is supposed to end with real divorce in the climax. His wife is however, kept in dark about this show, which is shot in their own house, with Ashwin keeping track of the happenings through closed circuit cameras. He only gives directions to Amit, about the next situation through microphone, with the help of his crew posted outside.
Chinmay Mandlekar, Initially, Amit is reluctant to accept this offer; but looking at the lucrative offer price, he agrees to do it. At a particular point, watching his wife's bedroom video on Ashwin's mobile, Amit turns furious and decides to back out. But, shrewd Ashwin shows his real colours and tries to blackmail Amit. In the climax, Meera having come to know about her husband's plans and decides to leave the house, giving him a surprise news.
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Meanwhile, I have fuckall to do until my 11:00 showing (followed by me punching the gas and driving for home as fast as our little hamster wagon can putt-putt along), so I'll attempt to regale you with the brilliant, intelligent discourse which has taken place in our house lately.*Ken, making fun of a jewelry commercial*Yeah, I'm looking for a ring that says…. I'm sorry you have herpes.
Me: The lead guitarist looked like Sean Bean.
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Me: Yeah? Where he dies early? Or how about Equilibrium, where he dies early? Ooh! And how about Game of Thrones where he DIES EARLY? Poor Sean Bean. Hollywood's favorite actor to kill inside of 30 minutes…Or relegate to bit parts, like in the flaming turd pile that was Troy. Or being forced to act alongside Nicholas Cage in National Treasure.
*listening to a woman describe how pregnancy has increased her bra size 2 full cups, looking at my own D cups*
M: God, Ken… 2 cup sizes! Do you know what that would do?
K: Yeah. Make my penis bigger.
Me, on the phone with Tina: Just to give you a heads up, we're probably going to be a few minutes late. There's a minor kitchen thing going on here that, if it goes tits up, will result in the untimely death of one or more people. And if not, I'll need a couple minutes to regroup.
Roger from American Dad: I think you and I can both agree that a woman like that should never go a day of her life without a crisp pickle.
Me: I could have justified the entirety of my Slut-fest 2005 if I'd just used that line.
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Mass-correlated rotational alignment spectroscopy (mass-CRASY) is a laser spectroscopic method for the simultaneous characterization of molecular composition and rotational structure in a heterogeneous (impure) sample. The present work extends CRASY by referencing the spectroscopic data via a stable laser oscillator frequency to an external clock. Data for carbon disulfide provide mass-selected rotational spectra for multiple isotopologues with significantly improved spectroscopic accuracy compared to preceding measurements.
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Georgetown; – While the world was busy roasting US President Donald Trump for wanting to enforce a technical ban on nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries, no one had seemed to notice that a handful of Caribbean countries, including Guyana, have similarly strengthened or continue to utilize tough existing laws which indirectly aims to deter nationals from the same group of Muslim nations from entering their countries.
The Guyana Guardian understands that while the visa entry requirement for these nationals to travel to Guyana and Trinidad are already tough, airline ticket bookings for that grouping of passengers on transatlantic flights, are subject to a silent security review by the United States, who can in turn direct the carrier to refuse to transport the passenger(s), even though they may be traveling to Guyana or Trinidad and Tobago.
According to data from Passport Index, which evaluates the passports and visa restriction policies of almost 200 countries worldwide, Dominica remains the most friendly Caribbean country for Muslim travelers targeted by the ban, followed by Haiti, and to a lesser extent, St. Vincent, and St. Lucia.
Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, and the Bahamas, remains among the grouping of Caricom countries that are somewhat indirectly supportive of the Donald Trump seven-nation policy, and remains technically hostile to immigration considerations for nationals from the US banned Muslims countries.
Ironically, even though Guyana and Trinidad especially, maintain strong diplomatic relationships with several predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East, critics have argued that their respective immigration policies towards citizens of the nations banned by Trump are not reflective of a friendly relationship at all.
Sources at Guyana's Ministry of foreign affairs were rather reluctant to discuss the matter, but another contact at the Ministry of National Security in Trinidad has since indicated that the silent policy will remain for the foreseeable future, but is not necessarily directed towards every citizen of those countries or towards any Muslim that is coming into a religiously tolerant country such as Trinidad and Tobago.
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Monday, 27 May 2013
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4 comments:
- Greenie said...
Marianne ,
There have been some good birds there this month , keep meaning to pay a visit .
Great Water Vole shot , and would have loved to have seen the Water Shrew family .
400 shots in 2 hours , I think you could be right !
Had the same addiction with the Terns at Bough Beech .
- 28 May 2013 at 07:29
- Lou Mary said...
I too have an addiction to photographing swifts and housemartins!! They are such a challenge, flying so quickly! Yours is great though! There are a few photos on my last couple of blog posts so take a look if you get a chance!
Very envious of you seeing a water vole!
Great selection of photos! :)
- 28 May 2013 at 12:02
- ShySongbird said...
A couple of hours well spent Marianne. Well done on the Water Vole, I haven't seen one for some years. What a shame about the Kingfishers :-( Love the action packed Coot photo!
- 29 May 2013 at 16:19
I like your blog and your photos Marianne, nice work!
Sherie (www.naturegallery.org.uk)
- 28 June 2013 at 20:17


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School of Tourism Supports Mediterranea
This week two of our volunteers presented Mediterranea to the director of the School of Tourism as part of an effort to encourage more young people to participate in helping those in need. They followed this up later in the week with presentations to the students. As a result the school has immediately implemented a food and toiletry collection effort, as can be seen from the photos. Some students have also shown interest in trying some fund raising events.
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This past January I had the opportunity to stage manage Speech & Debate, an open-stage production for the Department of Theatre at MSU. Open-stage productions are completely student-run, so the show was directed by senior BFA actress Michelle Meredith. Michelle and I have known each other for a while -- we acted together in a couple community theatre productions in high school. So it was great to get a chance to work with her again!
It was the first show where I felt I had everything under control and figured out, having
assistant stage managed Palmer Park and stage managed Freshman Showcase.
I also took on the responsibility of prop master and projection designer. I was able to combine my love for organization and stage management with my creative side. I even designed the show's logo and poster.
The play itself held a lot of sentimental value to both myself and the rest of the cast. It dealt with a lot of "taboo" topics which most of us could relate to in our own lives. The character "Diwata" also referenced the musical Once Upon a Mattress, which was the first show I ever performed in with director Michelle Meredith.
I'll always remember that magical feeling that comes with being an actor on opening night -- but I've learned that that feeling also comes when you're a stage manager (or director, designer, etc.) It was so rewarding to see all of our hard work come together and create something important.
And to cherish those memories, we videotaped a couple of our favorite scenes from the show!


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Your link isn't linking,
but I can't find anything to confirm or deny this - where did you hear it? But I deciphered the link - NOOOOO! *sad noises*
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Apparently, the NSW government is making supportive noises. I don't know whether that's likely to lead to anything concrete, though.
This state government has trouble running a raffle. I wouldn't wait for then to help the Zig Zag.


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Zoo Timeline
Zoo Established.
Home to 5 black bears, 10 monkeys, 6 elk, 3 buffalo, 2 foxes, 1 wolf and 1 deer, in addition to hundreds of birds of every description.
The stonewall along the house that lead to the zoo, was built by Bob Lisle.
Brookfield Zoo opened and Phillips Park Zoo decided to focus on a collection of native animals, rather than the giraffes and other large exotic animals that were showcased in the past.
It was referred to as a zoo/museum since the Mastodon Bones were displayed here.
Buffalo were slain.
Home to monkeys, a coyote, baboons, rabbits, bears, pigeons, parakeets, parrots and lovebirds.
Beacon article dated September 11, 1938 titled "Start 200 Men Tomorrow On Park Project," explained how the WPA improvement project was going to spend the $189,000 allotted for the general improvement projects at Phillips Park by both the government and the city. In a statement issued by Mayor Harry B. Warner, he indicated that approximately $30,000 was to be used to transplant trees and shrubs, rebuild animal cages and add fireplaces.
The barn and waterwheel were built. (1964 Waterwheel built of cypress.)
The outdoor Bird Flight was built.
Beacon article from July 18 has Nancy Weiss indicating there are buffalo at the zoo.
Judy the Bear was donated by businessman Jeff Crockett.
Farfel, a Macaw, was donated by the Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo.
Two new black swans were donated by Ray Moses.
Newborn Twin African Pygmy Goats named Billy Paul and Billy Joel arrived.
The pillars were constructed with Black Bear sculptures at Zoo Entrance in April. (Refer to 1992 Entry)
"Chopper" the caiman was a new addition in April and then stolen in September.
A new exhibit featuring North American River Otters Teeter and Totter was added.
Judy the Bear died on June 16.
Reindeer from Walter Payton's Roundhouse: Scooter, Simba, Prancer, Comet and Vixen were on display until the following year. Otters were moved to a new exhibit area, and a new fox exhibit was also added.
The Perimeter Fencing Project, that included gate counters, started in December and was completed in 2001
The elk herd was moved to Lagoon area, which use to be the skating pond area.
The perimeter-fencing project was completed.
A new gray wolf (timber wolf) habitat was added for "Dakota," "Cheyenne" and "Aurora."
The newest addition, "Kenai" the bald eagle arrived on July 19, 2002. Work had begun earlier in the year to prepare the Bird Flight, which is a 50 x 25 foot open-air shelter that houses a pond and a waterfall, with a backdrop mural of a mountain setting painted by Park employee Chris Mascarella.
The Elk Viewing Deck was opened to the public in August, providing an open view of the elk enclosure.
On November 23rd a 9-month old, 240-pound Bengal Tiger "Sierra" was confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, since she was privately, but illegally, owned. She was temporarily housed at the zoo for approximately one month, until the DNR found a permanent home for her at the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Center in Keenesburg, Colorado.


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Someone named 'NeoChalcedonian' who is very intellectual has asked us to 'discuss two issues: the theological-historical roots of patriarchalism in the Church and the theological significance of Christ's male sexuality; [a]ny recommended sources on the subject are welcome of course.'
First of all, let us say that these are topics that we have never studied or thought deeply about. The best we can do is share some recent personal reflections. This is not the place to come for an academic discussion of the subject complete with references.
Second, let us parse what the question is. We think that by 'patriarchalism' NeoChalcedonian means male dominance in the Church; we don't think he's talking about the institutions of the Five Patriarchs and the
We think that the underlying issue that is being raised is gender in the Church. This is a big issue in the generation which came of age in the '60's. Among the problems that arose was the priesthood for women, including the episcopacy. This issue somehow broadened to include the issue of same-sex marriage and the ordination of homosexuals who were openly living in a homosexual 'marriage'. These are the issues that today are tearing the Anglican Communion apart.
We have never studied these issues systematically. It had never occurred to us to discuss these questions on this blog and had NeoChalcedonian not posed the issues we would never have raised them. In fact we even thought of begging off. However, it seems best to us to say the few things that came to mind over the last few days since NeoChalcedonian raised these questions.
To say the least, these are delicate issues and whatever we say we are guaranteed to alienate a few of our readers. To those who are offended, sorry, it's been nice to have you as readers of the blog. Good luck elsewhere.
There is an underlying cultural issue. It doesn't take much to realize that in the churches historically recognizing a priesthood the issue of female ordination was never raised until about 50 years ago. Moreover, in the Gospel there really is no discussion of the maleness of Jesus qua maleness. It's just taken for granted that he's a man. Similarly, there is no discussion in the Bible why the Father is 'father' and not 'mother'. It's just not discussed. At least, no passage springs to our mind.
What's the point we're trying to make? That these theological issues have arisen in the last 50 years on account of the secular sociological situation of the West.
In our remarks to young Theodor Yahnony Mouse about what he should do, we felt it necessary to point out that when we recommend he find a spiritual father who will love him with an unconditional spiritual love, this has nothing to do with sexual relations. Moreover we remarked that such explicitness on our part was necessary in this day and age where Wikipedia thinks pornography is normal.
Actually the situation in the West is far worse than that.
Wikipedia is interesting because on the one hand it is a free-for-all and because on the other hand there is a core group that sets the standards of what's correct—yes, Virginia, there is a standard of political correctness on Wikipedia informally but strictly enforced. This standard might or might not be a reflection of the values of the broader community of the
So, at the very least, there is today a very strong current in the West of 'anything goes' sexual freedom. The only thing that seems to be forbidden is paedophilia. That's convention. That will change. Not that we are encouraging such a thing: we are just pointing out that things will evolve.
It is in this context that issues of gender in the Church have to be assessed: after all, each member of the various Christian denominations is a member of his or her secular community.
And of course, there is a political correctness that must be adhered to. You're dead if you don't, and sometimes even literally.
This situation is unprecedented in the history of Christianity. While the closest thing to the present-day moral situation of the West is the moral situation of the late
So with that introduction guaranteed to alienate half of our readers, let us begin.
Let us start with the 'male sexuality' of Jesus Christ. We were not happy with NeoChalcedonian's formulation for the reason that it seemed to us to suggest that Jesus Christ experienced sexual desire, had an inner fantasy life of a sexual nature, and so on, just like ordinary men and women.
Here we have to look at St Basil the Great: he remarks somewhere that Jesus Christ was 'divinized' from the moment of his conception.
Now the concept of 'divinization' is difficult for the Western Christian to grasp, but it means something like this. All of us when we are born are born with passions or drives, including the sexual passion. What Freud labelled id drives. When we are divinized we are freed from these passions and return to the state of Adam and Eve in
Divinization is what it means when Jesus says: 'When the Son of Man sets you free you will be free indeed.'
Now what St Basil is saying is that when Jesus Christ was conceived in the womb of Mary, his human nature was divinized from the moment of his conception. At the very instant that the Word of God overshadowed Mary in such a way that an embryo was formed that would be born as Jesus Christ, the human nature of that embryo was free from passion. Hence, Jesus Christ, true Man and true God—our interlocutor calls himself 'NeoChalcedonian'—never experienced sexual desire.
The Fathers, including St Maximos the Confessor, discuss just what passions Jesus Christ retained—after all he hungered, he thirsted, he grew tired, he wept. But it is easy to see that this anthropology is miles away from the anthropology of Wikipedia.
Now in saying that Jesus was free from the sexual passion—pace those who say he married Mary Magdalene—we and the Fathers do not intend to say that Jesus was asexual or even ambisexual, i.e. that he was not conscious that he was a man and not a woman. He was a man. He was not free of gender. He was a man.
Why was Jesus a man? Well here is where the fun begins. First of all, the Messiah who was expected was a man. There is just no issue in the Bible that the Prophet who was to come might be a woman. Hence, Jesus had to be a man. Otherwise he couldn't have been the Messiah.
Next, let us consider his statement: 'I am the Good Shepherd.' What would happen if the Bible read: 'I am the Good Shepherdess'? Is this merely cultural conditioning? 'When the Daughter of Man sets you free you will be free indeed?'
What we are trying to approach is this problematic: how much of gender in our society and Church is culturally conditioned, how much of it is innate; how much of what is happening in our society is against nature and how much of it is a liberation from culturally and not genetically or divinely inspired norms?
We think that in examining the question of Revelation in the determination of gender roles in the Church we have to consider the 'meta-revelation' (more precisely, 'meta-narrative'): the philosophical, sociological and value baggage that the person brings to the study of the Gospel that determines his or her assessment of the degree to which gender roles defined in the Old Testament and persisting in the Gospel are revealed by God or merely culturally conditioned. In other words, the 'meta-revelation' or 'meta-narrative' is the philosophical framework from within which one is going to assess the degree of divine revelation and the degree of cultural definition in the data of Revelation.
We understand that post-modernism posits that it's all culturally conditioned, that there is no such thing as 'natural law'. Hence, the most extreme formulation today would be that the Gospel is formulated in a completely culturally conditioned way and that it really has no normative value whatsoever.
Now, we think that some of our readers would take the more 'moderate' view of the liberalism of the Classical Enlightenment that some of what the Gospel proclaims is normative but that on the question of gender it is culturally conditioned, perhaps even on the question of sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex.
Let us see what we are getting at. When we read the Genesis account of the creation of Man, an account that
Does this have anything to say to us?
What we are getting at is this: from the creation of Adam to the Ancient of Days in the Revelation to John, God is male, Jesus is male, the Messiah is male, the priesthood in the Old Testament is male and the High Priest in the New Testament is male. Hence, in the cultural matrix of the Old Testament, persisting into the New, it is inconceivable that the image of God should be a woman. The question is, can this be overturned? Moreover, if we overturn it, how far can we go in replacing this male-oriented, male-dominant understanding with a modernist or post-modernist understanding?
The answer we give depends on our 'meta-revelation' or 'meta-narrative': the philosophical baggage that we bring to the data of Revelation. If we are coming from a liberal background, we will assess the data in one way; if from a post-modernist background, we will assess the data in another way. We will assign different weights to the elements of cultural conditioning and divine revelation.
So what we are really saying is this: From the time that God called Abram to go out from his people and his land, with few exceptions the election of God has come to men. For those who have experience with traditional Semitic societies, it is inconceivable that it could have been otherwise. NeoChalcedonian, it is clear that the cultural matrix in which the Old Testament is expressed and which persists into the New Testament, requires a male God, a male priesthood and so on. It couldn't have been otherwise.
Is this, however, merely cultural? Or was it the plan of God?
Now let us look at the Cappadocians who 'Hellenized' the Gospel. They didn't change these things. Although there were female priests among the pagans with whom the Cappadocian Fathers lived, the Cappadocian Fathers didn't adopt that particular aspect of Greek culture. They seemed to think that it wasn't something to be emulated. So when Christianity was Hellenized, it accepted certain 'baggage' from the Semitic societies within which the Old and New Testaments were defined—which baggage included the 'patriarchalism' that you refer to.
The issue that remains is the extent to which this was the will of God.
In both modernism and post-modernism, the notion that God exists is absurd, so that the notion that he willed something is equally absurd. If you approach the Gospel from either of these two 'meta-revelations' or 'meta-narratives' you will feel free to adjust the Gospel to fit with what you personally find congenial based on the criteria of the 'meta-revelation' or 'meta-narrative' you adhere to.
If, however, perhaps through an experience of God that convinces you that he does exist, you leave these 'meta-revelations' or 'meta-narratives' behind, then you will be inclined to consider the possibility that the concrete historical circumstances of the revelation of the Gospel were ordained by God because that is what he wanted. Of course, here you have a 'consumer choice' that determines how you are going to 'read the text' of the will of God: Evangelical, Roman Catholic or Orthodox—and, we suppose, other choices. We are Orthodox.
A classic American Evangelical would, we think, insist that the Bible was literally word-for-word true, so that it has to be interpreted word for word, although there are clearly different schools in the interpretation of the Bible even among these people.
A Roman Catholic would probably emphasize the 'magisterium' (teaching authority) of the Episcopate and of
We accept the teaching of the Orthodox Church on the nature of Revelation, thus accepting the 'patriarchalism' that Orthodox Tradition has bequeathed to us.
—Orthodox Monk


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We are back home and Tehilla fell asleep on the ride home and is now entertained with Peppa Pig.
Our appointment with Dr. Golander went so incredibly well. Tehilla's echo showed that her heart is doing very well. "That is a happy heart!" are the exact words Dr. Golander used. Her heart function looks very good and everything looks very well. So well, in fact, that we are on schedule to close the fenestration of her Fontan in the summer.
During the Fontan surgery a hole or "fenestration" is often
made between the Fontan circuit and the right atrium so that if
pressures become very high in the Fontan circuit, there is a "pop-off"
into the heart. In other words, a hole was made to allow for a more successful surgery. It will be closed during a catheter procedure in the summer. Another milestone that we need to achieve.
Dr. Golander discussed her Holter monitor results. There was a very nice improvement. Instead of her previous mean (average) heart rate being 69, it went up to 87! Her lowest heart rate measured 74 and her highest measured 129! Those are excellent numbers for Tehilla and show a definite improvement. Dr. Golander said that they do not know why this bradycardia episode happened, but very clearly Tehilla's body is repairing itself and SHE DOES NOT NEED A PACEMAKER!!!!!
He expressed how happy he is with her progress and said, "So happy that I do not need to see her for 6 months and we will repeat the Holter monitor before that appointment." When I asked about her level of stability and if we could fly abroad, he said, "She can go wherever. No restrictions. That is how comfortable I am."
We are overjoyed. I told Tehilla in the car that her heart is doing very well and Dr. Golander said that it is happy. She said, "It's healthy, Ima! I have a healthy heart!"
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
This is How Happy I am
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my heart is overflowing with gratitude to read this wonderful news. ma rabu ma'asecha - so amazing to witness the healing properties of Tehilla's body. Just reread my first sentence and realized what I had said... you know what, I'll leave it. Continue to heal, champion, Tehilla!ReplyDelete
I know everyone is happy to hear the good news about Tehilla's happy heart.ReplyDelete
I don't know about the rest of the followers here but I think a lot of us would love to see some pictures from time to time and have a little glimpse into the everyday world of the child with the happy heart.
All that I can say is Baruch HaShem and to Him be the Glory. I am happy ,too.ReplyDelete
Wow! B"H! I'm so happy to read this post!ReplyDelete
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Rep. Batinick said, "After seeing their work with the PJWC, I jumped at the chance to offer our communities this wonderful self-defense program. I want to thank the PJWC for initially bringing the One Light program to my attention, as this was a great way for people to get out and meet their neighbors, empower themselves, and build the networks that keep communities safe. I hope even more people take advantage of this opportunity in the future, as I plan on working with One Light again."
Jeanette Brook, the Director at One Light, stated, "One Light Self-Defense would like to extend its utmost gratitude to State Representative Mark Batinick for his passion-in-action to keep women safe in his district. Not only did he empower women to learn how to avoid and face assaults by offering free, hands-on, self-defense workshops, he forwarded donations to aid in the rescue and rehabilitation of victims of sex trafficking. Together with One Light and the women in his district, all have united to take a stand to defend themselves as well as others in the community, U.S., and internationally."
Rep. Batinick's office has indicated that it will promote the next round of courses with One Light Self Defense once the summer activity program is set.