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Jon Baskin is the Founding Editor of The Point, a magazine based in Chicago that explores and questions the moral heart of modern life. Jon sat down with me to discuss the magazine, its philosophical and academic origins and what he himself reads. See Jon Baskin's guest recommendations.
The Point's online content is separated into four sections. What do those headings stand for?
So, the way the website is organized is really three sections – Politics, Examined Life and Criticism. I think most people understand what Politics and Criticism are, although the Criticism category is meant in a very broad sense. It doesn't just refer to criticism of novels or artworks, but to the criticism of life. Examined Life is the most unique category to The Point. It speaks to our mission from the beginning, which was not just to convey information or to tell a nice story but to speak to how to live, in the Platonic sense of those words. So, Examined Life covers a lot of our most distinctive articles, articles that you would only really see at The Point, articles about how to parent, how to eat, how to love, articles about marriage – things about people's ordinary lives that take a philosophical perspective. Philosophical not in an academic sense but in the sense that they consider what these things are really for, what good they do and what function they have in society. The Symposium, the fourth category that you refer to, isn't a unique category in that an article could be in the Symposium and still be in the other sections. It's a regular section in the print issue that specifically asks what something is for. So, our first issue asked: What is politics for? We've had What is film for? What is sport for? And most recently, What is privacy for? And we gather five or six responses to that question.
Where did the idea of questioning the purpose of an everyday event or thing come from? Is it these sorts of questions that you think people should be asking themselves more often?
The three of us that started the magazine (Jon Baskin, Jonny Thakkar and Etay Zwick), were all students in social thought at the University of Chicago, and we had this feeling that the stuff we were doing academically was really fascinating when we talked about how it impacted our lives, but when we turned to write for our professors the most important questions were lost. One of the inspirations for the title was the idea that academic writing never gets to the point. You get a lot of close-grained analysis of language where you compare how one thinker approaches an idea to another thinker but you never get to the question of what does this have to do with me? How do Plato, Nietzsche or Kierkegaard actually speak to my own experience in the world today or to my culture's experience? And on the flip side we have the literary magazines of America, like Harper's, The Atlantic or The New Yorker which write much more accessibly than the academic journals but often engage in a kind of intellectual tourism, where ideas aren't taken seriously as factoring into decisions we make about our lives. Asking what something is for seemed to us like a way of asking a philosophical question without that question becoming academic. Plato always said that in order to know whether something was good or bad, you had to ask what something's virtue is, and although it can sound abstract it is actually the most concrete question you can ask of any sort of intellectual phenomena or any kind of idea. We wanted to see if we could put that into practice as a guiding principle for a magazine.
"There's often a shying away from the question of why something is good or bad in favour of just finding out more information about it."
So is that moral or philosophical standpoint on everyday happenings missing in our cultural coverage today? And is it that void that The Point fills?
I think it is missing. The question of what it is to take something seriously has become very confused. There's often a shying away from the question of why something is good or bad in favour of just finding out more information about it. So, if we ask what is a good novel? Or has Jonathan Franzen written a good novel, or an important novel? Well, you can analyse the sentences, you can say you really like this character, but ultimately the question requires you to ask what we turn to novels for in the first place. And then you can ask: Is this novel providing that or not? And that's something that often doesn't get asked. One of The Point's popular articles was about the tiger mother debate in America, after Amy Chua wrote a book about tiger mothers and Asian styles of parenting. There was a debate going on about whether the Asian or the American style of parenting was "better"—but everyone was assuming we knew what the objective of parenting was. We had an article written by an Asian woman that said that Asians and Americans have completely different ideals when it comes to what kind of children they're trying to raise. And I thought that that was an article that helped intervene in a debate that wasn't asking the right questions.
We actually thought about calling the magazine a magazine of ideals (as opposed to ideas), because it's become habitual in intellectual life, especially on the Left, to pretend that most political problems in the world are practical problems, problems of resource allocation, problems of technology or implementation—as if we've already answered the big questions. Whereas in truth it's especially the big questions that we have to keep asking over and over; they'll never be settled.
Judging from what you've just told me and from what I've read, The Point is a left-oriented magazine. Is that fair to say?
Not entirely. It's probably true that a majority of our writers come from the Left and we as editors would probably situate ourselves to the Left to some extent. But I think, first of all, what differentiates us from a lot of other small literary magazines is that we weren't founded to forward any specific politics. We're much more committed to the ideas that I've just been talking about, that you should reflect upon your beliefs and allow them to be challenged. We've published a lot of articles that I think a lot of left-wing magazines wouldn't publish. We did a whole Symposium on conservatism in issue three, we did a piece by a gay person against gay marriage in issue seven. None of us agreed with the conclusion of that article but we thought it was an argument that was interesting and challenging to liberal orthodoxies that should get a hearing. So, I'd like to think we're hospitable to conservative thought, and, more than that, there are a lot of things about us as editors that would be described as conservative, especially from the perspective of left-wing academia.
There is an essayistic quality to the articles you've described and there is a kind of academic rigour to that, but on the flip side there is something very open and accessible about The Point in a more journalistic way. Is that a key feature of magazine's content, to blend those two disciplines?
Well, I'll say this two ways. Yeah, initially when we started the magazine the idea was to combine the rigour of academia with accessibility and journalistic writing that people actually want to read. I mean, everyone knows that academic journals have become unreadable except to a very small group of people that are already convinced and interested in the topics and know all the relevant literature. So we wanted The Point to, as I said, really take ideas very seriously, be rigorous about them and not be sloppy. But at the same time to write about them so that a normal, educated person, such that you didn't have to have a PhD in the subject to follow it, and not only to follow it but also to see why it was important to you. Our worst articles are the ones that fail to do that and still end up feeling academic. Our best articles combine that intellectual rigour with a journalistic, accessible style.
A second answer to that question is that the way philosophy was originally written and conceived was accessible. Anyone can sit down and read a Platonic dialogue about what courage is or about what politics is for and come away with something that speaks directly to their experience.
You've been speaking about very global topics, something that pertains to pretty much everyone. But it is a magazine based in Chicago primarily with writers from Chicago and the States, does it have a regional perspective in any way?
Not that much. The University of Chicago has definitely influenced us. In terms of Chicago more generally, we've tried to have an article or two in every issue that says something about Chicago, because to some extent it's a city that is an underexposed cultural entity. There are so many magazines on the coasts, but in Chicago there's not much in the way of intellectual or literary magazines. The fact that our writers are based here in Chicago means that we are able to cover things that many other magazines might miss, but in general that's not a very important part of what we stand for. We feel like the magazine should be interesting to everyone.
To turn to your writers, you've mentioned that they come from philosophical and institutional backgrounds, are they exclusively academics or are there others with different backgrounds?
Well, it's always been a mix of academics and journalists. We have academics who want to write for a wider audience and then journalists who are maybe wanting to do something a little more intellectually involved or write longer articles than they're able to do for other publications, especially if they're young writers. When we started the magazine it was a lot of our friends in Chicago but now we're able to pay writers something and draw from a wider group of people. There's a group of what I'd describe as small literary magazines now in America, almost all of them are based in New York, like Jacobin, n+1, The New Inquiry, or The American Reader. Within this group you start to see certain names pop up a lot, and there are times where I read a great article in n+1 and I'll contact the writer with an idea to have them write for us. I see writers that I want from The New York Review of Books too but the likelihood of getting them to write for us is very low!
Do you ever look for established names or do you like to work with newer talent?
Our ideal writer is one who is a newer talent. A good example is someone like Ben Jeffery, who's Irish actually. He contacted us after reading issue one, especially my article on David Foster Wallace, and said that he had been writing short reviews for the TLS but wanted to write a longer piece about Michel Houellebecq that he felt was in the same vein as my Wallace piece. He ended up writing an awesome article about Houellebecq that eventually got made into a book. And funnily enough he also ended up at University of Chicago studying social thought, so he's here now. Someone like that was a joy to work with. I mean, we certainly won't turn down a big name if we find someone that wants to write for us but it's not a priority of ours, our priority is to publish compelling writing, and a lot of time you get a big name and they send you something and it's not their best work.
Right, or just a reworking of something they've already published previously…
Exactly. And it can be awkward trying to edit them.
So, the long form is a format that you believe in? And an article's depth is important to you?
I believe in whatever is adequate to communicate an idea. But yeah, I think it's something that's a little bit distinctive to us that we don't go in with pre-established word limits, we really feel that an article should be as long as it needs to be. Length is certainly no guarantee of quality, and sometimes it can be the opposite. I'm sure we some articles we've published would have benefitted from being shorter but in general we don't shy away from something because it takes a long time to unfold, or takes up a lot of space.
"As I'm thinking about this question I feel I disagree with almost every magazine! "
You mentioned earlier about publishing ideas that differ greatly from your own beliefs. Do you think it's important for readers to be challenged with beliefs that they don't ordinarily share?
Yeah, for sure. I think that's the biggest danger of the current Internet or media environment. People for a long time have been talking about not reading longer or more in-depth articles, but in fact the market for more serious writing has surprised us. The more serious danger of what's happened in our media landscape is that everyone just reads things that confirm their own prejudices and opinions. And pushing against that trend is something that I do think distinguishes The Point from a lot of other magazines. We really do try to challenge what we take to be our readership in every issue. So to me, it's important to what The Point does and I think it's important in general.
Can you give me an example of a publication that you read whose opinions differ greatly from your own?
Obviously there are conservative magazines that I don't agree with on a lot of things, like The National Review or National Affairs, and I read those sometimes. National Affairs in particular is a place that is trying to take somewhat of an intellectual approach to conservative ideas that is interesting to me. But as I'm thinking about this question I feel I disagree with almost every magazine! … Every month the Atlantic Monthly publishes something endorsing some form of scientific determinism, which I can't stand. The one place that we did find reflected our position as a magazine was The New Republic's books section which is now gone, but that was a place that spoke with a humanistic voice that we really identified with.
What role does the online format of the magazine play for you? And who does that reach that the print magazine doesn't?
Well, it reaches a lot more people than the print magazine! People have to pay for the print magazine and it's not so easy to get people to pay for content anymore, as everyone who works in this industry knows. Online has been a conflict for us as it has been for everyone in the publishing industry, especially the question of how much material to release for free. The ultimate goal of our magazine is not to make money but to disseminate these articles and ideas, so obviously we want our best material online. We've had articles that have been seen by 75,000 people online, and yet we only have 5 or 600 subscribers to the print issues. So, we want those articles out there but on the other hand to survive we do need to get people to pay sometimes. I remember we thought early on that our longer articles wouldn't translate online and people wouldn't want to read them but we just haven't found that to be true. For example, Love in the age of a pick-up artist was a 12,000-word article in issue two which ended up being our most popular article online to date. But there's no real divide in terms of how we see our online or print audience: it's just much bigger online.
And, will it ever be subscription online, have you considered it?
We're working on a system that will allow for a paywall online. What we'll probably do is something like where if someone reads more than three articles in a month it'll ask them to pay, because we don't want to restrict new people from reading our content, especially if they've never heard of The Point. But we do want to have some way, first of all to reward people who get the print subscription so that they get access to everything online, and also to draw a few more digital subscribers if we can find a way to raise some revenue that way. We haven't had the technology up until now but we're working on that right now.


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Too Faced Lip Injection ReviewThursday, June 04, 2015
Wow, I really haven't written a post for a seriously long amount of time..
There are all kinds of fantastic things I have to post about since last time, and I am hoping to introduce a monthly glossy box review aswell! (Providing I have time) My life is pretty busy as always, with work, exercise classes, running, more work, catching up with my other half, and of course making time for the odd cocktail..or three! But with my acquisition of an iPad (eventually jumped on the bandwagon- basically I just like buying things I don't really need) writing my blog will be an awful lot quicker and more convenient for on the go writing.
If you do want to find out what I'm upto, the best bet is to follow my Instagram account..by far my favourite social media platform!
For my first post back I thought I would review a lip-plumper/lipstick I have been using lately from one of my favourite brands, the one and only Too Faced. (Insert horrified and distraught reaction from when I went into boots recently and discovered that they had got rid of their Too Faced counter. I am genuinely in mourning.)
Too Faced Lip Injection Color Bomb
I recently picked up one of these in 'Eastwood Red' and then a couple of days later couldn't resist getting it in 'Bigger Berry' too! Too Faced claim 'up to 20%' more 'volume' and as I am a huge fan of their 'Glamour Gloss' which has a great plumping effect I sort of knew what to expect..
The texture is silky smooth, goes on so smoothly with an even coat of colour without the slidy texture you get with some lipsticks..it's almost like a lip balm that packs a hell of a punch! Once applied, as it is a plumper you of course expect that tingling sensation, which some people find uncomfortable but it only lasts a few seconds and it is in no way as tingly as some other lip plumping products I have tried in the past. I have to admit, it really does make your lips look fuller!
The two colours I got are the brightest ones in the range, as I usually prefer to have a bold statement lip, paired with my winged liner. The Eastwood Red is one of the more flattering shades of red I have tried, makes your teeth look freshly whitened! Bigger Berry is a lovely purple-red colour, I have had lots of compliments while wearing this colour.
I am always on the lookout for new lip products to try, let me know your favourites!
Rachy x
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The colours and the product definitely seems to be good one worth trying but instead of trying out such products isn't it better to go for lips filler enhancement treatment?ReplyDelete

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Born to Run: Caballo Blanco at Jemez
Micah True, a.k.a. Caballo Blanco, was a special guest at the Jemez Mountain Trail Runs this past weekend in Los Alamos, New Mexico. The star of Christopher McDougall's Born to Run, came to run in the 50-miler. It was a hard trail, he says, but he saw it as an opportunity to take in the beauty of his surroundings.
For a free spirit, Caballo Blanco is a busy man, going to and fro between Mexico's Copper Canyons--home of the legendary Tarahumara/Raramuri Indians--and various states in the U.S. to participate in races and raise awareness and funds for the Raramuri. Seems he never really stops running. Outside caught up with the White Horse after Jemez to talk about the race and the running life.
You were the "guest horse," as you call it, at Jemez. When and how did you receive the invitation, and what made you decide to go?
An organizer and runner, David Coblentz--el Castor, "Beaver"--came to run with us in the CCUM [Copper Canyon Ultramarathon]. Like everybody, he and his family left the canyons inspired. He invited me to run the Jemez Mountain Run 50-miler. They also had a 50 km and half-marathon. The invitation came in late April or early May. He and his family also sponsored me for a presentation the following day after the race to speak and show slides to benefit the Tarahumara people through our nonprofit, Friends of the Running People, norawas.org.
I left the canyons in mid-April to do taxes, camp/run in the Gila wilderness of southern New Mexico, and flew out to New York to do a "Talking Horse show" to benefit Raramuri through Norawas as well.
How was the terrain?
Jemez was beautiful and hard, Mostly single-track trail--some wider, a lot of cross country up the 10,000-foot peaks with no switchbacks, and ditto back down. A good day at the office!
What was the best moment of the race for you?
Several, commuting with the spirit of Caballo Mountain and Sierra Grande.
You say on Facebook that the Jemez folks designed the Hardrock 100. Have you ever done the Hardrock? What's the farthest you've run in a single stretch?
No, have never done Hardrock. The Hardrockers like gnarly! I think Jemez and San Juan Solstice are right up there with the hardest 50-milers. [That's] debatable. I have done about 118 in one shot--Leadville in the mid '80s, when one could still get lost...of course, I did. You would really have to try to get lost there these days!
What goes through your mind when you're running a race, or just plain running?
What doesn't?
How many miles do you typically run every day?
Since the CCUM in March, I had not run more than about 15--usually about 11. I like 50-milers. Ya can still go home, drink a beer, have a good dinner, and get to sleep. Hundreds are "out there" all night!
Did you train for Jemez?
No, am using a few races to run myself back into shape.
What did you think of Los Alamos, compared with the Copper Canyons?
The course was softer, less rocky than most of the canyon terrain, and harder overall than the CCUM--12,000-plus climb compared to 9,000-plus.
What footwear did you race in? Any incidents, or was it fairly smooth-going in your shoes?
Somebody gave me some Mizuno Wave Ascend 4. They worked fine. It was good to get them off afterwards.
Did any Raramuri come with you? How are the great runners doing back home, by the way?
No, the Raramuri are home en la Sierra Madre. I have no plans to, but, if I ever did bring them up, it would have to be to a run with a similar feeling to that of Jemez. I cannot speak for them; however, I know that they are overall 100,000 pounds of corn and materially wealthier. Hopefully, spirits are good also.
What are you up to next?
Hopefully, seed delivery to the Raramuri in the Copper Canyons. Possibly another ultra in July with Raramuri in the canyons, after delivering seeds. [As for racing,] next up is Dirty Thirty in the Golden Gate Park near Nederland, Colorado, Mohican 50 in Ohio--and another "Talking Horse show" out there to benefit the Raramuri--another 50-miler or something in July, Deadville [Leadville] Burro race on August 8, and Deadville [Leadville] 100 later in August.
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Why Was There a Struggle Between the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat Which Would Create the Preconditions for Socialism?
The theories of Karl Marx have influenced some of the world's greatest thinkers. Marx's idea of the inevitable class struggle within capitalism and consequent place for a socialist society is professed within 'The Manifesto of the Communist Party.' It is necessary to explore why Marx and Engels believed class conflict to be unavoidable in order to understand why the preconditions for socialism could be established. It is clear that economics is at the heart of Marxist thought and it can be arguably suggested that economic determinism offers an answer to the question of inevitability. Marx often appears to be working towards a pre-determined end and therefore class struggle can be explained as just a step towards the inexorable development of a socialist society. However it is necessary to further explore the question of why Marx and Engels believed that an unyielding class conflict would create the preconditions for socialism.
A very important aspect of Marx's theory was the fact that the proletariat had to be ready for a revolution. One must examine this factor in order to determine why socialism could occur. This essay will therefore begin by exploring the inevitability of a class struggle which will explain why the proletariat were ready through the development of class consciousness.
By observing class patterns throughout history Marx asserted that all past societies had a characteristic economic structure which has always engendered a structured class system. There is always an oppressive class, therefore there is bound to be a class conflict under a bourgeoisie society. Marx states in his manifesto that new classes have been created by capitalism, as have "new conditions of oppression, new forms of struggle in place of the old...
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Henning, I have been able to run the build and the runtimetest against postgres, mysql and the part that runs against hsqldb against hsqldb from the trunks directory. I have not been able to build the different parts of the project from their respective trunk. It complains about having to define currentVersion in the POM, si this should be eeasy to fix. Will look into it tomorrow. I would also like to look into some details (like running the dist target from the various places) at some time, but this can also happen when the stuff is live. Only thing we need still to think about is the runtimetest. Running it on a directory which is pulled out of svn:externals is not optimal, because one needs to commit changes before one can pull them out again. So one cannot check if a change broke something before commiting. The optimal solution would be to have two possibilities to run the runtimetest: 1) run it against the version installed in the local repository (fast version) 2) do a reactor build of all projects in their respective trunks, install them to the local repository, and then proceed with 1) 1) is easy. It would inm y opinion best be implemented if another subproject is created for the test apart from the other subprojects. 2) is difficult, because one does not have a fixed relation between the location of the different sibprojects if one does not want to check out the complete db/torque tree. Perhaps some maven expert hasan idea how this could be realized ? I need to think about this, but right now I'm too tired. Thomas On Sun, 21 Aug 2005, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > Hi, > > as you may have noticed, there have been a lot of changes yesterday by > Thomas and me. The reason for this is the establishment of the new > subversion structure for testing in "branches/vn-reorganisation-branch". > > It relies heavily on the "svn:externals" feature of Subversion which > helps to pull common directories into different trees. > > features are: > > - different repositories for runtime, generator, maven-plugin and templates > - no more "build.path" hacks, clean generation of the dist-src and dist-bin > archives > - reactor build for all parts of Torque > > If you want to test it out, you can check out each module separately at > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/torque/branches/svn-reorganisation-branch/runtime/trunk > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/torque/branches/svn-reorganisation-branch/generator/trunk > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/torque/branches/svn-reorganisation-branch/maven-plugin/trunk > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/torque/branches/svn-reorganisation-branch/templates/trunk > > or (and this is the recommended way) by checking out all modules simulateously at > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/db/torque/branches/svn-reorganisation-branch/trunks/ > > In this directory, you can run the following goals: > > build -- starts a reactor build of runtime, generator, templates and maven-plugin > install -- installs the jars and the plugin into your local maven repository > doc -- generates the sites for all modules in the target/docs directories > > If you want to run the runtime test, you must check out the 'trunks' > tree because it depends on the relations between runtime, generator > and templates. > > Pleast test this repository structure (at least checkout the 'trunks' > tree and run "maven build" in the root and report > success/failure). This tree structure will go live later this week and > the sooner we can iron out any problems, the better. > > I'm aware that the svn urls in the various POMs does not point to the > branches/... locations. This is intentional. > > Regards > Henning > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > firstname.lastname@example.com +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > > RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development > > 4 - 8 - 15 - 16 - 23 - 42 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com > For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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My mother-in-law sent us a package for the 12 days of Christmas, and we decided to get started a little early. Tonight's card said, "finish the inclosed craft", and it just so happen to be the neatest thing ever that I thought I better share.
These ornaments look beautiful on your tree, and they are so fun and easy to make! Any guesses on how in the world you get fully popped popcorn in a glass bowl?
* Clear glass ornament
* Popcorn Kernels
* Ribbon, Vinyl, Stickers or anything you would like to decorate you ornament with.
First remove metal lid from glass ball.
Count out 25-30 kernels of popcorn and place in glass ball.
Place the glass ball in a brown paper bag and fold down the top of the bag, place bag in microwave.
Push the popcorn cycle button on your microwave. Listen for the popcorn to stop popping (Do not over cook).
* Remove and cool.
* Shack out any popcorn that did not pop.
* Replace the metal lid.
With glue gun attach your ribbon, or decorate how you would like.
Hang your popcorn ball on your tree and enjoy!
* some microwaves may not be powerful enough to pop all the kernels through the glass. If your ball is not as full as you would like, push in a few small pieces of already popped popcorn to fill to the desired amount.*


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The first congregation I ever served as a preacher and minister was the Ole Hardy Church of Christ in Hardy, Arkansas. It was a very small declining church in a very small town tucked in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.*
On most Sundays, the singing was lead by a man I'll call Tim. Tim loved to sing just as much as he loved being with his church family. At first, I was taken back a bit. Tim had special challenges with a personality to match. That meant the church was as likely to hear a few stories and other comments which, while never off color or anything like that, didn't seemed to fit with the point of worship…at least not as I thought they should. Nevertheless, folks just smiled and didn't seem to be bothered. Everyone was joyful as we continued worshiping God together.
That little church there in the back hills of Arkansas will never make the front pages of a magazine story on thriving churches engaged in fruitful kingdom ministry. Yet they played a big part in an extended Brazilian family becoming Christians. I know this because the Ole Hardy church helped send me to Brazil for the first time on a short-term mission trip where I met Olivio and began a Bible study with him. Though I returned in a few weeks to the US, Olivio continued his Bible study with a local missionary, eventually being baptized into Jesus Christ.
Not long after Olivio had been baptized, he tragically drowned while attending a church retreat in the countryside. As tragic as his death was, the occasion of his funeral allowed for his family to meet his new church and the missionaries that planted the church. As a result, those missionaries began teaching the gospel to Olivio's family and eventually several of his family members became disciples of Jesus Christ too.
I find it to be absolutely amazing the way God works.
This story reminds me of just how God works in this world, which is radically different than we expect. Throughout history God has always brought about his will which, according to human standards, is through weakness rather than power. Where there was the powerful Egyptians, God chose Israel. Where there was a dominative king, God chose a Jewish girl named Esther. Where there was a mighty giant, God chose a young teenage boy named David. Where Caesar was, God began with a small group of disciples we call the church.
Yet as amazing as that is, it's all easy to forget. It's easy to forget and look for the big grandiose stuff that speaks of power and prestige for success. That was part of the problem in Corinth which is why the Apostle Paul reminded them that "the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength" (1 Cor 1.25, NIV). Still, this was a truth that God even had to remind the Apostle Paul of (cf. 2 Cor 12.8-9).
Now we live in a day where consumerism has trained us to seek the bigger and better. People looking for churches are naturally inclined to think that bigger is better. From where I sit, there's nothing wrong with big churches as they serve a purpose in God's kingdom. However, from where I sit, we, the Columbia Church of Christ, a small church in the large Baltimore-Washington D.C. Metro area, serve a purpose in God's kingdom too. We can take comfort in knowing that God can accomplish this purpose through us because our God delights in taking our weakness and using it to bring about his glory upon earth.
* This article was written for and first appeared in Connections Newsletter, vol. 27, no. 1 (January 2012), published bi-monthy by the Columbia Church of Christ, Columbia, MD.


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Jaya Bachchan on Salman Khan verdict: He should have been given service for his charitable work
Salman Khan gets 5 years jail for murdering dual blackbucks
Salman Khan gets 5-year jail tenure in blackbuck poaching case: 10 things we should know
A stately hunting, a poaching case, a decade in a courtroom and finally Bhai goes to jail for 5 years…. This competence demeanour true out of any Bollywood film. But Salman Khan's prolonged imminent blackbuck poaching box finally found a closure currently in Jodhpur when a justice handed a 5 years seizure to a actor on Thursday. And as most as his crazy fans kept praying for his acquittal, this time Salman couldn't shun a clutches of law. And now that Salman will be taken to a Jodhpur Central Jail and he can't even request for a bail in this case, a lot many hearts are breaking, even as we write this piece.
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Surprisingly, Salman's fan bottom includes people from all walks of life, all genders, all ages… In short, a whole fanbase total of other Khans and Kapoors kept on one side and Salman alone is worshipped by fanatics on a other side. Yes, such is his fandom. Bhai's energy is also measureless in a Indian film industry. He can make and break careers in a snap. And Salman's seizure comes when roughly a thousand crores are roving on this Khan.
As Salman readies to go on a interregnum of 5 years from films, here are 10 things his large fans will skip in a 5 years he'll sojourn sealed up.
1. Salman's films
Just when he got his biggest strike in Tiger Zinda Hai, also giving YRF a tip grosser compartment date, Salman is set to leave it all behind. This, when his Race 3 is roughly jacket up, and his TZH and Sultan executive Ali Abbas Zafar is readying to start work on Bharat with Salman again. There was also Kick 2 and Dabangg 3 in talks. Then, if we embody a outrageous endorsements he does, Bollywood is set to remove a lot of money. And we meant – A LOT!
2. Salman's Bigg Boss
After carrying hosted a 8 seasons, Salman competence need to skip it for a subsequent five. And deliberation a usually TRPs this argumentative existence uncover got was on a weekend episodes when a luminary done an appearance, we have doubts about a destiny of this show. Is Bigg Boss 12 on cards now? We wonder!
3. Salman's shirtless body
Salman is synonymous with a chiselled body. He introduced a 6 packs in Bollywood and became a aptness idol of each new actor. Writers of his films even weaved a screenplay around his toned physique only to safeguard he goes shirtless during slightest once in a whole 3 hours. But now, his fans will have to wait a bit (too) prolonged to drool over those muscles again.
4. Salman's parties
Salman Khan's intemperate all-night parties during his Panvel farmhouse are good known. The who's who of a attention lines adult when he throws a party, be it on his birthday or a New Year. Now, when a horde himself will sojourn sealed up, theory Bollywood will have to demeanour for some other venue for throwing up? We hear Manish Malhotra's parties are renouned nowadays!
5. Salman's bracelet
His firoza bracelet has remained his propitious attract for decades now. And some-more than that it has turn a conform statement. Fans simply adore him flash a china sequence with a blue mill unresolved on his wrist each time they see him. Now, they'll have to do with his aged photos and videos as his bracelet will be going inside a jail with Salman.
6. Salman's matrimony rumours
The whole republic has had one worry for years – When will Bhai get married? While Salman has evaded a large doubt with palliate each singular time, a regard of his fans never decreased. Infact, it was rumoured that once he would be conspicuous trusting even in a blackbuck case, he would tie a knot. But alas! This will put all a matrimony rumours on a backburner for a while, as Salman won't be around to tackle them personally. Sad?
7. Salman's Da-Bangg Tour
Salman's Da-Bangg The Tour has been gaining general recognition like never before. It debuted in India with a uncover in Delhi and after trafficked to Pune. Now, before it take off to a US and Canada, a blackbuck poaching outcome played spoilsport. Since Salman is a face of this luminary tour, that also includes actors Sonakshi Sinha, Katrina Kaif, Maniesh Paul and Daisy Shah, it has already crashed before even holding off this time.
8. Salman's Being Human
His gift code was good promoted by Salman in ways some-more than one. Salman mostly wore a 'Being Human' t-shirts, jackets and bracelets during each open appearance. His code will certainly humour a reversal in a deficiency of a categorical face.
9. Salman's humorous tweets
When he isn't compelling his films or posting sentimental cinema with his brothers Arbaaz and Sohail on Twitter, Salman mostly writes some of a funniest tweets you'll review by any Indian celeb. Take for instance – "Tweetak tweetak tweetiya we lv u", "Actually we probity wld wanna b depended on n on jaise ke Love honour caring share trust etc etc God bls n criticism us Bus aur kuch nahi" and "for those who dont know hindi should i twitter this in english too ?' Yes, these are all Salman's crazy Twitter banter. Missing all this already?
Tweetak tweetak tweetiya we lv u .
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) April 23, 2010
Actually we probity wld wanna b depended on n on jaise ke Love honour caring share trust etc etc God bls n criticism us Bus aur kuch nahi.
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) August 14, 2014
for those who dont know hindi should i twitter this in english too ?
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) August 28, 2013
10. Salman's swag
Salman did "Swag se swagat" in TZH. But now that he will sojourn behind a bars, that swag will be indifferent for possibly his associate inmates or a jailors. While his supporters will skip saying his rare dance onscreen, a Jodhpur Central Jail would certainly have some stardust floating around!
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in addition to what you've mentioned about the 18th... the most relevent pattern i see that does not involve angles, involves the lunar nodes.. which as i'm sure we all know, are quite powerful!Originally Posted by the monk
nov18 was a highly stressed date. on the 18th, the mars/saturn square of the fixed cross went exact, and the saturn trine/sextile to the lunar nodes also went exact. that in and of itself is bad enough. mars and saturn do not exactly play nice together, especially in hard aspect.
but it goes on thou.. to further complicate matters, pluto semiquintiles chiron exactly while both quintile the lunar nodes, also perfectly exact. while this happens, mars forms a semisextile/inconjunct to the nodes, also close enough to call exact. this is a whole lot of exact aspects, all centering on the nodes, and none are from very friendly objects.
this happens around 1930UT on the 18th
the chart shows...
Mars Squ Saturn 0:00' +
Mars SSx North Node 0:01' +
Mars Inc South Node 0:01' -
Pluto SQn Chiron 0:00' +
Chiron Qui North Node 0:01' -
Pluto Qui South Node 0:01' +
Saturn Tri North Node 0:01' +
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It Will Glow is all about nailing that sweet spot right in between attending an inspiring creative talk whilst also having a relaxed evening with good food, good drinks and good chats.
Bringing unique talks from awesome creatives and exciting talents to Cardiff, all creative walks of life are invited to pop along for the evening and leave feeling inspired, whilst also getting to enjoy some tasty street food and enjoy a couple of drinks in a completely relaxed environment. You'll also have plenty of opportunity to chat with other like-minded people or enjoy your own company, whatever works for you.
When we were snouting out our special guests, we wanted to find super talented individuals who have a story to tell about something creative they've worked on that made us go 🤯 We've only gone and done it you lucky buggers!
It Will Glow is all about bringing together anyone who's interested in having an evening spent with other people in the same boat as them. So picture a little raft paddling towards The Depot filled with eager eyed individuals who work in absolutely anything digital or creative who want to have a good time.
We're not really looking to get into the nibbles and canape game, especially when there's so many brilliant street food vendors on our doorstep doing awesome grub. We've picked some of the best available to be included in your ticket price, so you don't need to worry about smuggling in a bag of wine gums for the night.
The theme for our first event will be Dirty Doodles, which may sound a bit odd, but if you scroll down a bit and read who we've got coming along, you'll delicately nod to yourself and become Jurassic park character Robert Muldoon for a split second.
Mr Bingo was born in 1979. In 1980 he started drawing. Mr Bingo is called Mr Bingo because when he was 19 he won £141 at the Gala Bingo. He's been making it rain ever since.
In 2011 he began the project Hate Mail on Twitter, where strangers paid him to send a hand-drawn offensive postcard to an address of their choice. It sold out within days; since then he has opened it 12 times and it has sold out every time within minutes, with Penguin Books even publishing a collection.
Like much of his work, the project started as 'a drunk idea', but ended up being exhibited in galleries and gaining notoriety among the global press. In summer 2015, he ran the most successful Kickstarter for a book in the UK ever, creating a high-end art book of his Hate Mail illustrations.
After a successful 15 year career as an illustrator, in 2015 Mr Bingo made a decision to stop working for clients and go it alone as some sort of 'artist'. Nobody really knows how he makes a living now, but somehow he does.
Specialising in combining different techniques and approaches, working across traditional hand drawn 2D, stop-motion, digital imagery and live-action, Anna is known for her diverse work for music artists (TDCC) and retailers like Selfridges and John Lewis.
When it comes to 'Dirty Doodles', Anna is right up our street - receiving acclaim for 2 exceptional projects, one exploring the insecurities and desires of a range of real people through the means of talking animated genitals (wait and see!) and more recently a short film for CNN in honour of International Women's Day, examining the evolution of beauty through the ages.
If you twisted our arm and forced us to put a rough timeline on things it would probably look something like this:
Doors open and people arrive. They hang around trying to act casual whilst buying some drinks and look like they're starting to relax.
Those who have graced us with their presence are encouraged to take a seat. Some awkward people will rush to use the bathrooms.
Anna Ginsburg shows you why we wanted her to come to Cardiff. We're confident you'll get it.
Get the blood pumping in your legs and this is opportunity No.1 to get some food and drink down your mouth hole.
Mr Bingo takes to the stage. Don't bring daubers, it's not that kind of bingo.
Here comes that sweet, sweet opportunity No.2 to chew and swallow. You'll probably need to wash it down too.
Live music, mingling and maybe even a little jig if someone either confident in their ability to dance or completely hammered can start it off.
Time to say your heartfelt goodbyes and amble into town or head home feeling on cloud 9.
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It Will Glow is the event you need to attend in Cardiff, with unique talks from awesome creatives and exciting upcoming talents. It's in the Depot and you get street food included too.
It's more of a 'I'm having a beer with a couple pals after work where I may also make a few new pals at the same time' kinda thing. If networking is your thing, then go and network as they'll defo be other's keen to chat, but if not, then sit back and enjoy the food, drinks and vibe!
We don't have a concrete answer on that - we're thinking 3-4 a year depending on if you guys really like them or not. We're quietly confident you will, but we don't want to be cocky.
We're not inviting just anyone to stand up and talk, and whilst that may actually be an interesting concept for the future, we're inviting people that we think have a genuinely interesting story to tell. That might be about their work, their approach to life or showcasing a successful project. You'll have to trust us when we say that we're only inviting people who we're excited to hear talk and confident you'll enjoy too.
We're aiming for them to be around 35-40 minutes. We think that's long enough to get a drink and enjoy the talks without needing an immediate refill / toilet break.
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The question is not so much how can I afford to give up 10 minutes of my day to meditate, but more how can I afford not to.
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A personal note on meditation
In my fight with depression I have been open to exploring any tool in order to make progress. My toolbox is now pretty full.
One of the big longer term successes for me has been to regularly find the time to meditate. I normally do between 10 and 20 mins most days. I'll be honest, I cheat a bit by doing it as I lay in bed before sleep. So not quite the sat upright in a quiet place to focus on the meditation as prescribed.
I know a lot of men find things like meditation or yoga challenging in that they can sometimes be seen as not masculine.
You couldn't be further from the truth. I have found them to both benefit me directly as a person but also add depth to myself as a man. I appreciate so much more what life has to offer by being able to fully engage with it.


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- 3 3-12 oz. pkgs. beef chorizo 36 eggs slightly beaten 24 flour tortillas, burrito size
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- Fry chorizo in large skillet on medium heat until chorizo is cooked and has a saucy consistency. Drain grease according to taste, but do not drain off entire amount, as this will take away from the chorizo flavor. Add beaten eggs to chorizo and scramble, mixing thoroughly. Cook to desired consistency. Warm flour tortillas in a medium hot skillet. Place ¾-1 cup chorizo and egg mixture
- on each tortilla, according to desired size of burritos. Roll up tortillas burrito- style. Once burritos are cool, wrap individually in plastic wrap and then place in freezer bag. Freeze, using freezer bag method.
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I had the worst internet in Italy. It was pretty decent at three in the morning, but I had to wake up for class at eight so that wasn't the best of times.
I didn't eat that much gelato, but my favourite pictures are always of food or me eating food. I loved Italy. I never expected to love it as much as I did. I never expected to start liking pasta (I know, I know. Who was I?). But I do and I did and I'm happy to be home, and yet it's weird to not have to walk up seven hills to get anywhere.
To be completely honest, I'm not one of those people who wants to pack up and move. I love to travel, but I love Toronto. The first weekend home involved greasy pad thai, $50 shoes that I could only find in Milan for 90 Euros, hugging my dog and drinking big-ass margaritas. I like it here. I think I'll stay.
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Twitter Suspends Rose McGowan After Lashing Out At Harvey Weinstein
Rose McGowan claimed Twitter was clamping down on her account Wednesday night after she spoke out against Harvey Weinstein and other Hollywood heavyweights amid the sexual abuse scandal.
McGowan took to Instagram to share a screenshot of a notification that Twitter was temporarily limiting her account after it determined she violated the rules.
McGowan, who is barred from tweeting, retweeting or liking any posts for 12 hours, wrote in the Instagram caption, "TWITTER HAS SUSPENDED ME. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK. BE MY VOICE. #ROSEARMY."
According to NY Daily Weinstein paid McGowan a $100,000 settlement after an episode in a hotel room in 1997, and more than a dozen women have since accused him of sexual misconduct.
McGowan has been particularly outspoken on Twitter, where she called Weinstein a "POS" and accused Ben Affleck of lying in his statement responding to the reports of sexual assault and harassment.
McGowan also started a petition for the board of the Weinstein Co. to be dissolved, lent her support to fellow accusers and put the spotlight on men in Hollywood to speak up.


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Sexting* Prosecutions are Outrageous
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These young women and men need help not prosecution. Teens, especially girls, who participate in these activities are looking for attention. They have unfortunately learned that showing their bodies gets them a lot of attention. They need to learn other ways of getting attention. Positive attention.
The recent case of a MySpace user who posted about 30 explicit nude pictures of herself is especially troubling.
The 14 year old wanted to show the images to her boyfriend and uploaded them. She is now facing possible prosecuting as a sex offender under Megan's law. I doubt this teen intended for the whole world to see her body and even if she did, it is her body. Regardless, Megan's law was not created to prosecute children who exploit themselves. It takes law enforcement away from investigating and prosecuting actual sex offenders when these cases are brought to trial.
This teen needs caring adults to show that they love and respect her for who she is. Then she will begin to understand that she doesn't need to show her body to anyone to receive attention. The way to deal with these situations is to provide counseling and a caring adult's involvement to help the teen become a happier, safer individuals.
Adults also need to take the responsibility to be more involved in their teen's online life. Educating teens about what safe online activities are and what puts them at risk emotionally and physically is extremely important. We can't be their "friend" on every site they join, but we can help them to make smart decisions online.
*When teens send sexually suggestive (or explicit) images of themselves and others by cell phone it is called sexting.
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Going to the prom in a limousine just doesn't cut it anymore.
We can't think of anyone in this world who wouldn't jump at the chance to own a supercar, or at least drive one. But no matter whether you're going to rent or buy, it's going to cost you. Reuters Hannah Vinter reports that for many disadvantaged teens in London, driving around in a rented supercar has become something of a prom-like celebration upon completion of high school. Teens as young as 16 are shelling out hundreds of dollars they really don't have to rent exotics and other luxury cars.
Even if they're not old enough to drive, they'll still hire someone to chauffer them around. One student said that "Certain people obviously don't want to spend the money...but certain kids, obviously, they're crazy, they'll save up from young and they just want to hire it." This isn't a phenomena happening all over London, but it's particularly common in Tower Hamlets. These kids dress in their best outfits and upon receiving their diploma, head out for a night of fun in their rented exotics. Often times they even switch rides to "after-cars", such as big sedans, in order to drive around together, and partake in some street racing as well. Photos by Reuters Olivia Harris.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. —Groucho Marx
Tess Farnham, MFA teaches English 101 and Creative Writing as a non-tenured part-time adjunct instructor at the college level. Her poems have been scantily published in a few scholarly journals; her visual art has appeared in a couple of shows. . . and can be currently viewed in her American basement as well as Swedish trashcans all over the world. (But seriously you can actually view her visual art portfolio at MySlart.org as well. Poems published in Natural Bridge, Midwest Quarterly, Loosely Identified, and a few other places here and there.) Her finished manuscript of poems is still sitting in a quiet pile on the desk, waiting to be submitted somewhere for publication.
Her interests include but are not limited to: daydreaming, doodling, scribbling, babbling, bug-watching, flower-picking, and Bob Dylan.
At this time, she is trying to feed herself better by blogging about her art and creative process, an activity which gives her an outlet for dreaming and sharing but is also a somewhat shameless attempt at drawing some traffic to her newly established and humble little Etsy business on the side. http://www.etsy.com/shop/tessilu?ref=si_shop
Favorite mediums for art include paint, paper, glitter, feathers, gloss medium, pastel and lace. Works are inspired by various impressionist, fauve, and expressionist artists including Monet, Manet, Bearden, Van Gogh, Degas, Kandinsky, O'Keeffe, Matisse, Chagall. For collage, it's Romare Bearden. Themes include music, dance, spirituality, transcendence; in particular: blues, folk, ballet, opera, angels, fairies, and the afterlife.
Favorite language works. . .in random fashion with no regard to logic or sanity: A Movable Feast by Hemingway; Ariel. . . Sylvia Plath; Slaughterhouse Five. .. Kurt Vonnegut, The Trouble with Poetry among others from Billy Collins, the Bluest Eye and Beloved by Toni Morrison. . .other favorite authors/poets include Alice Walker, Sharon Olds, Galway Kinnell, James Baldwin, Walt Whitman, Sherman Alexie, WB Yeats, Richard Wilbur, Sheri Holman. . .
At any rate, please try to humor her and write a polite comment or two. . . if you can.
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Direct mail campaigns have long been a tried and true method of marketing for small businesses. But with the rise of the internet, you may have heard of some companies turning away from direct mail and other types of traditional marketing. That probably hasn't stopped the number of ads that come through your mailbox, though. And there's a simple reason for that: direct mail campaigns work.
Benefits of Direct Mail Campaigns
Despite the rise of email and digital marketing, direct mail has still proven to be an effective way for small businesses to reach their customers.
- Large Reach: Direct mail campaigns give you the opportunity to reach almost everyone in your zip code – and beyond! And, some direct mail companies have perfected their targeting consumer mailing lists so that you can reach exactly the type of customers you're looking for. By using these specialty mailing lists and focusing on specific demographics of people, you can use your marketing dollars more wisely.
- High Response Rates: There's a growing perception that traditional marketing is outdated more expensive than it's worth. Mailer ads, however, still prove to be successful. In 2015, the Digital Marketing Association found that direct mail had about an average response rate of 3.7%, while email had an average rate of 0.1%.
- Plenty of Space: Because you control the size and design of your ad, you have as much space as you want to provide customers information about your shop and services and details about current promotions. Don't go overboard, though: If you put too much information, your ad may be confusing and unclear to customers.
Costs of Direct Mail Campaigns
Direct mail campaigns aren't without their faults, however. Though mailer ads are often effective, some small businesses determine they're not worth the trouble.
- Time-Consuming: There's no question that if you put the effort into your direct mail campaign, you'll see positive results. But is it worth the time? There are a lot of steps that go into executing a direct mail campaign: you first have to design the ad, print and post it, and finally, decide who to mail it to. And these ads usually aren't one and done: to see the best results, you need to mail out ads consistently. You simply may not have enough time in the day to get it all done.
- Junk Mail: Mailer ads have the unfortunate reputation of being seen as junk mail, and you run the risk of a lot of your ads ending up in the trash.
- Costs Add Up: All those design, print and postage costs can quickly add up, and if you're not careful you may end up paying more than you initially planned. You also have to be wise about who you mail to: if you follow every door direct mail, you could be reaching a lot of people who are less likely to buy what you're selling. There are risks with specialty mailing lists, too: These lists are more expensive and have higher postage rates than if you send to everyone, and so if you target the wrong niche market, you may be wasting hard-earned money.
How to Make Your Direct Mail Campaign As Effective As Possible
If you've decided to spend the time and money on mailer ads, you need to make sure you'll see returns on investment. Think about the direct mail ads that you've received in the mail. How many ads do you stop to read? How many do you throw in the trash after barely a glance?
I receive a ton of unasked-for mail each week. Ads for credit cards, gyms, local restaurants… the list goes on. But I always stop to look at the mail from one company: Petco.
I get it. You own an auto shop, not a pet shop. And I won't lie that the cats and dogs on each ad increase my interest in it. But the takeaway lessons of what works in direct mail campaigns cross over.
- Provide a Clear Offer: Like just about everyone, I'm interested in saving a buck or two when I can. Offer me a clear, concise discount and you've got my attention.
- Make It Relevant: Though I'd love to own a whole house full of animals, the reality is that I just have one cat. A promotion for anything other than cat food or products isn't going to help me. Similarly, if you're offering a promotion, make sure it actually applies to the people you're sending it to. If people can't use your discount, it's headed straight for the garbage can.
- Get Personal: Like many companies, Petco tracks its customers' purchases. But Petco takes it one step further by then sending direct mail ads offering discounts based on what I've bought. Whenever I buy a lot of cat food, I start getting promotions for – you guessed it – cat food. Because of these personalized promotions, I'm more likely to return to Petco to keep buying cat food instead of turning somewhere else.
The average household receives 19.1 direct mail pieces each week. Of those, the majority are thrown away. But if you can follow the three guidelines above, your direct mail campaign has a better chance of being successful and encouraging customers to come back to your shop.
Other Types of Direct Mail
Clear, relevant, personalized offers will likely have the highest response rates for direct mail. There are other ways, though, that you can use mail to connect with your customers. Try sending:
- Service Reminders: If it's been a few months since your customers' last oil change, send them a reminder for their next one! They'll appreciate the heads up, and they may go ahead and immediately call to schedule an appointment. To increase their chances of scheduling an appointment, include a discount on the oil change.
- Thank You Cards: Nothing beats a good old thank you card. It shows your customers that you. You don't need to send one for every customer after every visit – but it's a smart idea after new customers' first appointment. It gives the impression that you care about them for more than just their business, and encourages an ongoing relationship. Loyal customers deserve your love, too: Consider sending them an annual note thanking them for their business.
- Newsletters: You only need to send newsletters occasionally. These can include updates on your shop, services, and employees. This is your chance to get a little personal. It might help your customers remember you the next time they need a service done on their car.
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