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protectosil® 266 is a free-flowing colorless to slightly yellow, frost resistant liquid based on a silane/ siloxane. protectosil® 266 can be applied at full-strength or after dilution with suitable solvents, such as ethanol or white spirit.
the substrates to be treated should be air-dry and clean in order to ensure deep penetration of the active ingredient. during application the outside temperature and the temperature of the substrate should be within the range from 5 to 40 °c. the material should not be applied if there is a strong wind or if it is raining. the material must not come into contact with water either before or during use. protectosil® 266 can be applied at full-strength or after dilution with suitable solvents. we recommend a minimum application concentration of 20% by weight (which corresponds to 1 part protectosil® 266 and 4 parts solvent).
before considering the use of protectosil® products please read its safety data sheet (sds) thoroughly for safety and toxicological data as well as for information on proper transportation, storage and use. the safety data sheet is available after registration on our website www.protectosil.com or upon request from your local representative, customer service or from evonik resource efficiency gmbh, product safety department, e-mail sds-hu@evonik.com.
provided that moisture is excluded, protectosil® 266 has a shelf life of at least 12 months if stored in originally sealed containers. protectosil® 266 is supplied in 24 l pe canisters and 192 l plastic lined steel drums and 913 l bulk containers. the material should be stored at temperatures between -10° c and 40° c.


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In addition to the new trio, which comprises Riesling 2016, Chardonnay 2015 and Shiraz 2015, Domaine Direct will also use the tasting to launch Leeuwin’s Siblings range consisting of a Sauvignon Blanc 2017 and a Shiraz 2016.
“For the Art Series we select wines that show great length of flavour, with a supporting structure to give longevity, while for the Siblings wines we use both Estate fruit and fruit from a couple of contracted growers that we have worked with for the last 10-15 years, said senior winemaker Tim Lovett.
Domaine Direct is the exclusive Leeuwin distributor in the UK.

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in addition to the new trio, which comprises riesling 2016, chardonnay 2015 and shiraz 2015, domaine direct will also use the tasting to launch leeuwin’s siblings range consisting of a sauvignon blanc 2017 and a shiraz 2016.
“for the art series we select wines that show great length of flavour, with a supporting structure to give longevity, while for the siblings wines we use both estate fruit and fruit from a couple of contracted growers that we have worked with for the last 10-15 years, said senior winemaker tim lovett.
domaine direct is the exclusive leeuwin distributor in the uk.


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There is a thirst and a hunger that sooner or later steals over the soul of men and women. It is a thirst not for water, though that is a consuming thirst; it is a hunger not even for love, though that hunger gnaws like the worm of death. It is a hunger and thirst for the sustenance unique to that highest part of the human being: the soul, or if you prefer, the spirit.
Deuteronomy tells us, "One shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." But what if the supply of that commodity should be cut off? Suppose, as Amos says, there comes not a natural disaster, but a supernatural disaster: a famine of the word of God. With what can you sustain yourself?
How does such a famine come to pass? It is not that there is no more of the enlivening word on which to feast. "Their sound is gone out to all the world; there is no place where the voice of them is not heard. Day unto day pours forth speech."
The word tolls in august silence as it has since the Morn of Eternity. But we have grown deaf to it, till at last it has become imperceptible to us, like one of those frequencies too high for our ears, but which our dogs can hear just fine.
Heidegger described the resulting famine of the word of God in our day. It is a time of much and astute calculative thinking, and equally a time when meditative thinking has become a lost and esoteric art, like mummification.
Though in the prophecy of Amos we see people desperate to find the missing Word, I think that the famine conditions he speaks of will sooner or later lull the one who starves as to the danger of his position.
In a final gesture of mercy, Nature has decreed that those who freeze to death contract frostbite and feel an illusory warmth in their last hours. In the same way, the body contains a famine mechanism, whereby, once the dearth of food becomes evident, the metabolic rate slows down to make the most of what it has left.
I think the same thing occurs in the realm of the spirit. When spiritual sustenance is denied us we begin by feeling an ache, but as we become used to it, we feel less pain. We are slowly starving nonetheless, but we no longer know it. And, dare I suggest it?, we may actually perish spiritually and not know it.
That may sound absurd, but it is only the equivalent of brain-death. A patient loses all brain function but her heart continues to beat, perhaps because of a life support machine, maybe not. Are they legally alive or not? They are certainly alive in one respect but not another.
The ancient Gnostics dared to say this: that there are a great many people who are spiritually dead, even though they are vibrant when it comes to their physical and psychological parts.
Kierkegaard made pretty much the same point in The Sickness unto Death. He said that the repentant Christian may seem to be a sick and morose individual, but it is only because he has not yet sunk into terminal frostbite like most of those around him! Everyone else is far sicker! So sick in fact that they have become quite accustomed to their malady and even enjoy it.
The dis-ease of the Christian is a final attempt to throw off the fever before it is too late. He seems sick only because he is not so well adjusted to a sick society as everyone else is!
I took my stand in the midst of the world, and in flesh I appeared to them; I found them all drunk, I found none of them athirst. And my soul was afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart and do not see that empty they have come into the world and that empty they seek to go out of the world again. But now they are drunk. When they have shaken off their wine, then will they repent.
It is to just such an awakener from the spiritual stupor of starvation that Jesus in Matthew's gospel promises, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled."
Poor Matthew has taken a bit of heat for his redaction, that is, his editorial rewriting of this saying. Most scholars think that the saying originally stood as we read it in Luke 6:20, "Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied." Similarly, Thomas has, "Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled" (saying 69b).
In a more socially conscious time we tend to look askance at Matthew, as if he has taken a radical saying of peasant revolution and turned it into something equivalent to "let them eat communion wafers."
But I will defend Matthew. We cannot know what his motive was, but the result of his editorial work is a gem of spirituality. I am glad we have the more down-to-earth version of Luke and Thomas, but we cannot do well without Matthew's promise of escape from spiritual famine.
Matthew serves notice that if we find ourselves in a parched land, then we need not remain there. As Naomi and her sons went from starving Israel to Edom, as Abraham went to Egypt for grain, so may the soul that hungers and thirsts for righteousness find surcease. There is a place to go. There is recourse. One need not starve to death spiritually from a want of righteousness or of spiritual bread. "They shall be filled."
How can they not be? What can prevent your gaining the added righteousness and spiritual growth you want?
The fact is that by coming to desire it you are already being filled! You have not only taken the first step, you have covered most of the distance!
Here is the great paradox of spiritual satisfaction: it is, as Derrida might say, the empty trace, the shadow, the cinder, of �dis�satisfaction!
You see, the fullness of the spirit is absence. It is receptivity, and receptivity is an always-emptiness. It is only when one says, "Fill my cup, Lord, I lift it up, Lord, Come and quench this longing of my soul," that one can truly say, "My cup runneth over!"
The New Testament, I think, is fairly clear on this. Listen.
The Angel-Messiah of the Apocalypse says to the church at Laodicea, "I know your works; you are neither hot nor cold. Would that you were one or the other! But because you are neither, I will vomit you forth. You say, 'I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing;' not knowing you are pitiful wretches, poor, blind, and naked" (Revelation 3:15-17).
Jesus warns of the slow and imperceptible process of spiritual slippage that can occur in the spiritual life--until one day there is no spiritual life. "The kingdom of the Father is like a woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking on a distant road, the handle of the jar broke. The meal streamed out behind her on the road. She did not know; she had noticed no accident. After she came into her house, she put the jar down and found it empty" (Thomas, 97).
In the spiritual life, hunger and thirst are the only sign of health and safety, because, as Schleiermacher knew, spirituality is receptivity. Really, it is the same with any learning. This is why Socrates recognized as the mark of wisdom that one should first recognize one's utter ignorance. Once, during my first incarnation at Drew, I had as a classmate a woman who was always trying to reduce new material to the familiar proportions of some idea she already knew. "That's pretty much the same as so-&-so, right?"
She didn't want to have to exert the effort to stretch her mind around a new concept. So if she could maneuver the professor into admitting that some theory really boiled down to this or that familiar notion, then she figured she already had that one covered and she could relax. Only this way she didn't learn anything. If you want to learn anything, you have to be honest with your self that there is a lot you don't know and that you need to know. If you want to get somewhere, you have to realize you're not there already! I don't know about you, but if I'm on a long trip, and I see I've still got a long way to go, maybe longer than I had thought, my reaction is not to slow down and say, "Why bother!" Rather, I start to speed up!
And that's the way it is in the spiritual journey, too. It is only the one who knows herself to be "poor in spirit" who may even hope to attain to "the spiritual riches that are in Christ Jesus."
You can't grow spiritually and then stop. By definition, growth is an ongoing process. There will never be a point where you will have finally arrived. If you stop it means you are stalled--or dead.
And to keep going you must continually make yourself aware of how far you have yet to go. You cannot become satisfied, for in the moment you do, you starve. To keep filling up, you must stay empty! "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteous ness, for they shall be filled." How? Slowly, like an hour-glass. It fills up grain by grain, as each slips through a narrow hole. That is an apt analogy, I think, because we are such unspiritual creatures, our minds so distracted by the flesh and the world around us, that we can deal with only one spiritual insight or experience at a time.
And this gradualness of spiritual growth may seem frustrating. It may be so slow in coming that you feel frustrated. You may not be able to see any growth going on at all. But others will see.
And it will happen faster the less you concentrate on it. Introspection is the last thing you need. Don't focus on the stomach pangs, but on where to find the bread! "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled." Where, you may ask, is the bread line? Open your Bible. Read in the Psalms, the Proverbs, the Gospels. I think you will not be long in finding something to suit your palette, and more importantly, to nourish your soul, even if it may at first seem strong medicine.
And the eucharist. Surely that is spiritual nourishment. But of course there is also looming quickly on the horizon our congregational retreat. I am asking you to plan to approach it in the spirit of receptivity, open to spiritual counsel and opportunity. Don't just look at it as another wearying discussion of church policy or planning. Go as one hungered invited to the table.

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there is a thirst and a hunger that sooner or later steals over the soul of men and women. it is a thirst not for water, though that is a consuming thirst; it is a hunger not even for love, though that hunger gnaws like the worm of death. it is a hunger and thirst for the sustenance unique to that highest part of the human being: the soul, or if you prefer, the spirit.
deuteronomy tells us, "one shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of god." but what if the supply of that commodity should be cut off? suppose, as amos says, there comes not a natural disaster, but a supernatural disaster: a famine of the word of god. with what can you sustain yourself?
how does such a famine come to pass? it is not that there is no more of the enlivening word on which to feast. "their sound is gone out to all the world; there is no place where the voice of them is not heard. day unto day pours forth speech."
the word tolls in august silence as it has since the morn of eternity. but we have grown deaf to it, till at last it has become imperceptible to us, like one of those frequencies too high for our ears, but which our dogs can hear just fine.
heidegger described the resulting famine of the word of god in our day. it is a time of much and astute calculative thinking, and equally a time when meditative thinking has become a lost and esoteric art, like mummification.
though in the prophecy of amos we see people desperate to find the missing word, i think that the famine conditions he speaks of will sooner or later lull the one who starves as to the danger of his position.
in a final gesture of mercy, nature has decreed that those who freeze to death contract frostbite and feel an illusory warmth in their last hours. in the same way, the body contains a famine mechanism, whereby, once the dearth of food becomes evident, the metabolic rate slows down to make the most of what it has left.
i think the same thing occurs in the realm of the spirit. when spiritual sustenance is denied us we begin by feeling an ache, but as we become used to it, we feel less pain. we are slowly starving nonetheless, but we no longer know it. and, dare i suggest it?, we may actually perish spiritually and not know it.
that may sound absurd, but it is only the equivalent of brain-death. a patient loses all brain function but her heart continues to beat, perhaps because of a life support machine, maybe not. are they legally alive or not? they are certainly alive in one respect but not another.
the ancient gnostics dared to say this: that there are a great many people who are spiritually dead, even though they are vibrant when it comes to their physical and psychological parts.
kierkegaard made pretty much the same point in the sickness unto death. he said that the repentant christian may seem to be a sick and morose individual, but it is only because he has not yet sunk into terminal frostbite like most of those around him! everyone else is far sicker! so sick in fact that they have become quite accustomed to their malady and even enjoy it.
the dis-ease of the christian is a final attempt to throw off the fever before it is too late. he seems sick only because he is not so well adjusted to a sick society as everyone else is!
i took my stand in the midst of the world, and in flesh i appeared to them; i found them all drunk, i found none of them athirst. and my soul was afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart and do not see that empty they have come into the world and that empty they seek to go out of the world again. but now they are drunk. when they have shaken off their wine, then will they repent.
it is to just such an awakener from the spiritual stupor of starvation that jesus in matthew's gospel promises, "blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled."
poor matthew has taken a bit of heat for his redaction, that is, his editorial rewriting of this saying. most scholars think that the saying originally stood as we read it in luke 6:20, "blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied." similarly, thomas has, "blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled" (saying 69b).
in a more socially conscious time we tend to look askance at matthew, as if he has taken a radical saying of peasant revolution and turned it into something equivalent to "let them eat communion wafers."
but i will defend matthew. we cannot know what his motive was, but the result of his editorial work is a gem of spirituality. i am glad we have the more down-to-earth version of luke and thomas, but we cannot do well without matthew's promise of escape from spiritual famine.
matthew serves notice that if we find ourselves in a parched land, then we need not remain there. as naomi and her sons went from starving israel to edom, as abraham went to egypt for grain, so may the soul that hungers and thirsts for righteousness find surcease. there is a place to go. there is recourse. one need not starve to death spiritually from a want of righteousness or of spiritual bread. "they shall be filled."
how can they not be? what can prevent your gaining the added righteousness and spiritual growth you want?
the fact is that by coming to desire it you are already being filled! you have not only taken the first step, you have covered most of the distance!
here is the great paradox of spiritual satisfaction: it is, as derrida might say, the empty trace, the shadow, the cinder, of �dis�satisfaction!
you see, the fullness of the spirit is absence. it is receptivity, and receptivity is an always-emptiness. it is only when one says, "fill my cup, lord, i lift it up, lord, come and quench this longing of my soul," that one can truly say, "my cup runneth over!"
the new testament, i think, is fairly clear on this. listen.
the angel-messiah of the apocalypse says to the church at laodicea, "i know your works; you are neither hot nor cold. would that you were one or the other! but because you are neither, i will vomit you forth. you say, 'i am rich, i have prospered, and i need nothing;' not knowing you are pitiful wretches, poor, blind, and naked" (revelation 3:15-17).
jesus warns of the slow and imperceptible process of spiritual slippage that can occur in the spiritual life--until one day there is no spiritual life. "the kingdom of the father is like a woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. while she was walking on a distant road, the handle of the jar broke. the meal streamed out behind her on the road. she did not know; she had noticed no accident. after she came into her house, she put the jar down and found it empty" (thomas, 97).
in the spiritual life, hunger and thirst are the only sign of health and safety, because, as schleiermacher knew, spirituality is receptivity. really, it is the same with any learning. this is why socrates recognized as the mark of wisdom that one should first recognize one's utter ignorance. once, during my first incarnation at drew, i had as a classmate a woman who was always trying to reduce new material to the familiar proportions of some idea she already knew. "that's pretty much the same as so-&-so, right?"
she didn't want to have to exert the effort to stretch her mind around a new concept. so if she could maneuver the professor into admitting that some theory really boiled down to this or that familiar notion, then she figured she already had that one covered and she could relax. only this way she didn't learn anything. if you want to learn anything, you have to be honest with your self that there is a lot you don't know and that you need to know. if you want to get somewhere, you have to realize you're not there already! i don't know about you, but if i'm on a long trip, and i see i've still got a long way to go, maybe longer than i had thought, my reaction is not to slow down and say, "why bother!" rather, i start to speed up!
and that's the way it is in the spiritual journey, too. it is only the one who knows herself to be "poor in spirit" who may even hope to attain to "the spiritual riches that are in christ jesus."
you can't grow spiritually and then stop. by definition, growth is an ongoing process. there will never be a point where you will have finally arrived. if you stop it means you are stalled--or dead.
and to keep going you must continually make yourself aware of how far you have yet to go. you cannot become satisfied, for in the moment you do, you starve. to keep filling up, you must stay empty! "blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteous ness, for they shall be filled." how? slowly, like an hour-glass. it fills up grain by grain, as each slips through a narrow hole. that is an apt analogy, i think, because we are such unspiritual creatures, our minds so distracted by the flesh and the world around us, that we can deal with only one spiritual insight or experience at a time.
and this gradualness of spiritual growth may seem frustrating. it may be so slow in coming that you feel frustrated. you may not be able to see any growth going on at all. but others will see.
and it will happen faster the less you concentrate on it. introspection is the last thing you need. don't focus on the stomach pangs, but on where to find the bread! "blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled." where, you may ask, is the bread line? open your bible. read in the psalms, the proverbs, the gospels. i think you will not be long in finding something to suit your palette, and more importantly, to nourish your soul, even if it may at first seem strong medicine.
and the eucharist. surely that is spiritual nourishment. but of course there is also looming quickly on the horizon our congregational retreat. i am asking you to plan to approach it in the spirit of receptivity, open to spiritual counsel and opportunity. don't just look at it as another wearying discussion of church policy or planning. go as one hungered invited to the table.


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English translated by Ekaterina! Many Many Thank!!!
The only one in history two-time Olympic champion in RG, 17-time world champion – Evgenia Kanaeva is not excluding a possibility of her return to the sport. Today she’s been talking about that with ITAR-TASS reporter during the first stage of Grand-Prix Moscow.
“I am still living and breathing gymnastics – attending the championships, following the events; has attended practice in Novogorsk, – said Kanaeva. – For the time being, I have taken some time off, and my future in the sport will depend on my health – soon I am leaving abroad for treatment.
ITAR-TASS correspondent wondered if Evgenia Kanaeva was planning to become a mother in the near future. Evgenia Kanaeva answered with a smile: “I cannot plan that, but every woman, girl, dreams about that, and so do I. But so far it has not happened to me”.
Two-time Olympic champion at this point cannot see herself as a trainer. “So far I have not been thinking of doing that, – said the gymnast. – I can come to the team practice and give some tips or help with something, but not more than that. The members of our team are children: they need support and praise. Now they have a chance to prove themselves. At this point, I have other goals”.
As a RRGF vice-president, Evgenia Kanaeva attended championships of Russia in Kazan in the beginning of the year. “We were selecting girls for the team, – said Kanaeva. – So far I have been fulfilling that sort of duties in this capacity. My thoughts about my appointment? You see, Irina Aleksandrovna Viner-Usmanova would never leave any of her athletes in any trouble. You can call her with a problem at any moment, and she’ll help. She is an honorable person. I will also be doing my best to do everything I can for our sport”, – promised the Olympic champion.
She also emphasized that she was not excluding a possibility of her returning to the sport: “Everything will depend on the state of my health – for now I have taken time off”.
There are many stars but sun is nearest. There are many flowers but one is favorite. Zhenya belongs to Irina Viner and later she becomes Irina Viner. Zhenya has had the very first trainers, very good trainers in her family like mother, grandmother and I think that her father and brother have been very helpful too. Tradition is very important so now it’s time for Zhenya to have her own sport family. I am a man who could be the son of Irina Viner and the father of the best star flower. I must come back to Poland, to Joanna Mitrosz and her followers, maybe daughters, Polish champions, maybe World champions. Thanks to zhenyakanaevagymnasium.com for fascinate adventure, see you in Rio.
@StretchyLily, thank you very much for your sharing about the experience of coaching. very nice to read. and I wish you success in gymnastics in the future.
I understand her preference for not coaching, only giving tips and support. I coached gymnastics for some time; it takes a lot of time and energy, can sometimes be monotonous, and it’s a really heavy committment. I could not continue coaching other people because I realised I had other priorities and goals for my life, and I was not finished doing gymnastics myself.
Good message! All for one, one for all! World for Zhenya, Zhenya for World! I am an amateur. Professionals for amateur, amateur for professionals! Zhenya is a woman and all women.

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english translated by ekaterina! many many thank!!!
the only one in history two-time olympic champion in rg, 17-time world champion – evgenia kanaeva is not excluding a possibility of her return to the sport. today she’s been talking about that with itar-tass reporter during the first stage of grand-prix moscow.
“i am still living and breathing gymnastics – attending the championships, following the events; has attended practice in novogorsk, – said kanaeva. – for the time being, i have taken some time off, and my future in the sport will depend on my health – soon i am leaving abroad for treatment.
itar-tass correspondent wondered if evgenia kanaeva was planning to become a mother in the near future. evgenia kanaeva answered with a smile: “i cannot plan that, but every woman, girl, dreams about that, and so do i. but so far it has not happened to me”.
two-time olympic champion at this point cannot see herself as a trainer. “so far i have not been thinking of doing that, – said the gymnast. – i can come to the team practice and give some tips or help with something, but not more than that. the members of our team are children: they need support and praise. now they have a chance to prove themselves. at this point, i have other goals”.
as a rrgf vice-president, evgenia kanaeva attended championships of russia in kazan in the beginning of the year. “we were selecting girls for the team, – said kanaeva. – so far i have been fulfilling that sort of duties in this capacity. my thoughts about my appointment? you see, irina aleksandrovna viner-usmanova would never leave any of her athletes in any trouble. you can call her with a problem at any moment, and she’ll help. she is an honorable person. i will also be doing my best to do everything i can for our sport”, – promised the olympic champion.
she also emphasized that she was not excluding a possibility of her returning to the sport: “everything will depend on the state of my health – for now i have taken time off”.
there are many stars but sun is nearest. there are many flowers but one is favorite. zhenya belongs to irina viner and later she becomes irina viner. zhenya has had the very first trainers, very good trainers in her family like mother, grandmother and i think that her father and brother have been very helpful too. tradition is very important so now it’s time for zhenya to have her own sport family. i am a man who could be the son of irina viner and the father of the best star flower. i must come back to poland, to joanna mitrosz and her followers, maybe daughters, polish champions, maybe world champions. thanks to zhenyakanaevagymnasium.com for fascinate adventure, see you in rio.
@stretchylily, thank you very much for your sharing about the experience of coaching. very nice to read. and i wish you success in gymnastics in the future.
i understand her preference for not coaching, only giving tips and support. i coached gymnastics for some time; it takes a lot of time and energy, can sometimes be monotonous, and it’s a really heavy committment. i could not continue coaching other people because i realised i had other priorities and goals for my life, and i was not finished doing gymnastics myself.
good message! all for one, one for all! world for zhenya, zhenya for world! i am an amateur. professionals for amateur, amateur for professionals! zhenya is a woman and all women.


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Browline glasses are a style of eyeglass which features 1960s inspired frames. The bold upper part of the frames frame the lenses in the same way that eyebrows frame the eyes. With the rise of retro style and the hipster subculture, this type of eyeglasses also rises in popularity.
The vintage look is blossoming right now and if you want to have that nerdy look which is still associated with the 1950s culture and fashion, you better start looking for a nice pair of browline glasses.
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we've seen cat-eye glasses, ultraviolet eyewear and a lot of prescription glasses from zeelool a few weeks back. but have you ever wondered what else can zelool offer? let's take a peek cause there's a lot more.
browline glasses are a style of eyeglass which features 1960s inspired frames. the bold upper part of the frames frame the lenses in the same way that eyebrows frame the eyes. with the rise of retro style and the hipster subculture, this type of eyeglasses also rises in popularity.
the vintage look is blossoming right now and if you want to have that nerdy look which is still associated with the 1950s culture and fashion, you better start looking for a nice pair of browline glasses.
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Our prime motto at Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd is to serve our customers at the highest desired levels. After your purchase, if you are not completely satisfied with any item purchased from us, we will be glad to refund your full money without any quibble.
There is no risk when you are buying on Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. Your complete shopping satisfaction is our No.1 Priority. We want you happy each and every time you buy from us. However, if due to some unforeseen situation you are not happy with the product then the following terms apply for a mutually consented resolution of the situation.
We take stringent measures to ensure that the items delivered to you are in perfect condition. However, there is a remote possibility that: The item may be damaged during transit. To contact Courier Service within 48 hours also inform our technical support number 0183-6668500 with all details. We'll deliver replaced item after verification. Or there might be a manufacturing defect then the Manufactures Service Policy will apply. Or that a wrong item is delivered to you by mistake.
We will do replacement of your item as early as possible with no extra shipping cost to you and will accept the wrong item picked up by you in the original packed condition. If in above cases, we are not able to replace the original product ordered by you due to unavailability then we will offer you an alternate product and if that is not acceptable to you then we can refund the money and make the earlier transaction void.
Refund: Refund can happen through Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. Write to us at refund@datawind.com before shipment of product, customer can avail full refund. Write to refund@datawind.com with full payment details. After shipment, Customer will be charged a 20% restocking fee if the product is received back within 15 days of original shipment. After 15 days of original shipment, no refunds will be offered, and customers can resolve issues through the normal warranty process. Cancellation charges of Rs 500 will be levied if payment is made online.
We currently offer FREE DELIVERY on all online paid orders. You need to pay shipping charges of Rs. 300 on COD orders.
The large majority of our orders are shipped within 5-7 working days of the order, and delivered in 2-3 days from shipping. We ship through leading courier services, and you can track your order online after it is shipped.
1. The limited warranty for the Product & Accessories extends as per given table below from beginning on the date of the purchase of the Product.
2. The limited warranty extends to the original purchaser of the Product (Customer) and is not assignable or transferable to any subsequent purchaser/end user.
3. The limited warranty extends only to Customers who purchase the Product in the India.
4. During the limited warranty period, Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. will repair, or replace, at Datawind option, any defective parts, or any parts that will not properly operate for their intended use with new or factory rebuilt replacement items if such repair or replacement is needed because of product malfunction or failure during normal usage. No charge will be made to the Customer for any such parts. Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. will also pay for the labor charges incurred by Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. in repairing or replacing the defective parts. The limited warranty does not cover defects in appearance, cosmetic, decorative or structural items, including farming, and any non-operative parts. Datawind limit of liability under the limited warranty shall be the actual cash value of the Product at the time the Customer returns the product for repair, determined by the price paid by the Customer for the product less a reasonable amount for usage. Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. shall not be liable for any other losses or damages. These remedies are the Customer exclusive remedies for breach of warranty.
5. Upon the request from Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd., the Customer must prove the date of the original purchase of the Product by a dated bill of sale or dated itemized receipt.
6. The Customer shall bear the cost of shipping the Product to Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. shall bear the cost of shipping the Product back to the Customer after the Completion of the Services under this limited warranty.
The product has been subject to abnormal use, abnormal conditions, improper storage, exposure to moisture or dampness, unauthorized modifications, unauthorized connections, unauthorized repair, misuse, neglect, abuse, accident, alteration, improper installation, or other acts which are not the fault of Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd., including damage caused by shipping.
The product has been damaged from external causes such as collision with an object, or from fire, flooding, sand, dirt, windstorm, lightning, earthquake, or damage from exposure to weather conditions, an Act of God, or battery leakage, theft, blown fuse, or improper use of any electrical source, or damage caused by the connection to other products not recommended for interconnection by Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. was not advised by the Customer in writing to the alleged defect or malfunction of the Product within fourteen (14) days after the expiration of the applicable limited warranty period.
The Product serial number plate or the accessory data code has been removed, defected or altered.
The defect or damage was caused by the defective function of the cellular system or by inadequate signal reception by the external antenna.
The Customer should call Datawind Customer Service on +91 (0) 0183-6668500 and explain the problem experienced. If it is not possible to solve the problem over the phone and a defect is confirmed, Datawind Customer Services will issue Customer with a RA (Returns Authorization) number.
The Customer shall include the RA Number, return address, daytime phone and/ or fax number, complete description of the problem and proof of purchase.
The Customer will be billed for any parts or labour charges not covered by this limited warranty. The Customer will be responsible for any expenses related to reinstallation of the product.
Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. will repair or authorize the repair of the product under the limited warranty within 30 days after receipt of the Product by Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. or a Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. authorized service center. If Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. cannot perform repair covered under this limited warranty within 30 days, or after a reasonable number of attempts to repair the same defect, Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. as its option; will provide a replacement Product or next higher model of the Product or refund the purchase price of the Product less a reasonable amount for usage.
If the Product is returned to Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. during the limited warranty period, but the problem with the Product is not covered under the terms and conditions of this limited warranty, the Customer will be notified and given an estimate of the charges the Customer must pay to have the Product repaired, with al shipping charges billed to the Customer. If the estimate is refused, the Product will be returned freight collect. if the Product is returned to Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. after the expiration of the limited warranty period, DataWind normal service policies shall apply and the Customer will be responsible for all shipping charges.
9. The product consists of newly assembled equipment that may contain used components that have been reprocessed to allow machine compliance with Product performance and reliability specifications.
10. ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE FOREGOING LIMITED WRITTEN WARRANTY. OTHERWISE, THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY IS THE CUSTOMER SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF ANTICIPATED BENEFITS OR PROFITS, LOSS OF SAVINGS OR REVENUE, PUNTIVE DAMAGES, LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT OR ANY ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, COST OF CAPITAL, COST OF ANY SUBSTITUTE EQUIPMENT OR FACILITIES, DOWNTIME, THE CLAIMS OF ANY THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING CUSTOMERS, AND INJURY TO PROPERTY, RESULTING FROM THE PURCHASE OR USE OF THE PRODUCT OR A RISING. FROM BREACH OF THE WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, EVEN IF DATAWIND LTD KNEW OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES. DATAWIND LTD SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DELAY IN RENDERING SERVICE UNDER THE LIMITED WARRANTY, OR LOSS OF USE DURING THE PERIOD THAT THE PRODUCT IS BEING REPAIRED.
11. Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. neither assumes nor authorizes any authorized service center or any other person or entity to assume for it any other obligation or liability beyond that which is expressly provided for in this limited warranty including the provider or seller of any extended warranty or service agreement.
12. This is the entire warranty between Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. and the Customer, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements or understandings, oral or written, and all communications relating to the product, and no representation, promise or condition not contained herein shall modify these terms.
13. This limited warranty allocates the risk of failure of the Product between the Customers and Datawind Innovations Pvt. Ltd. The allocation is recognized by the Customer and is reflected in the purchase price of the Product.
14. Any action, Complaint, Consumer complaint & Lawsuit during the pendency of warranty period or immediately after the lapse of warranty period must be commenced within Fifteen (15) months following delivery of the Product subject to the Jurisdiction of Courts at Amritsar District only.
16. The limited warranty period for supplied attachments and accessories is specifically defined within their own warranty cards and packaging.

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our prime motto at datawind innovations pvt. ltd is to serve our customers at the highest desired levels. after your purchase, if you are not completely satisfied with any item purchased from us, we will be glad to refund your full money without any quibble.
there is no risk when you are buying on datawind innovations pvt. ltd. your complete shopping satisfaction is our no.1 priority. we want you happy each and every time you buy from us. however, if due to some unforeseen situation you are not happy with the product then the following terms apply for a mutually consented resolution of the situation.
we take stringent measures to ensure that the items delivered to you are in perfect condition. however, there is a remote possibility that: the item may be damaged during transit. to contact courier service within 48 hours also inform our technical support number 0183-6668500 with all details. we'll deliver replaced item after verification. or there might be a manufacturing defect then the manufactures service policy will apply. or that a wrong item is delivered to you by mistake.
we will do replacement of your item as early as possible with no extra shipping cost to you and will accept the wrong item picked up by you in the original packed condition. if in above cases, we are not able to replace the original product ordered by you due to unavailability then we will offer you an alternate product and if that is not acceptable to you then we can refund the money and make the earlier transaction void.
refund: refund can happen through datawind innovations pvt. ltd. write to us at refund@datawind.com before shipment of product, customer can avail full refund. write to refund@datawind.com with full payment details. after shipment, customer will be charged a 20% restocking fee if the product is received back within 15 days of original shipment. after 15 days of original shipment, no refunds will be offered, and customers can resolve issues through the normal warranty process. cancellation charges of rs 500 will be levied if payment is made online.
we currently offer free delivery on all online paid orders. you need to pay shipping charges of rs. 300 on cod orders.
the large majority of our orders are shipped within 5-7 working days of the order, and delivered in 2-3 days from shipping. we ship through leading courier services, and you can track your order online after it is shipped.
1. the limited warranty for the product & accessories extends as per given table below from beginning on the date of the purchase of the product.
2. the limited warranty extends to the original purchaser of the product (customer) and is not assignable or transferable to any subsequent purchaser/end user.
3. the limited warranty extends only to customers who purchase the product in the india.
4. during the limited warranty period, datawind innovations pvt. ltd. will repair, or replace, at datawind option, any defective parts, or any parts that will not properly operate for their intended use with new or factory rebuilt replacement items if such repair or replacement is needed because of product malfunction or failure during normal usage. no charge will be made to the customer for any such parts. datawind innovations pvt. ltd. will also pay for the labor charges incurred by datawind innovations pvt. ltd. in repairing or replacing the defective parts. the limited warranty does not cover defects in appearance, cosmetic, decorative or structural items, including farming, and any non-operative parts. datawind limit of liability under the limited warranty shall be the actual cash value of the product at the time the customer returns the product for repair, determined by the price paid by the customer for the product less a reasonable amount for usage. datawind innovations pvt. ltd. shall not be liable for any other losses or damages. these remedies are the customer exclusive remedies for breach of warranty.
5. upon the request from datawind innovations pvt. ltd., the customer must prove the date of the original purchase of the product by a dated bill of sale or dated itemized receipt.
6. the customer shall bear the cost of shipping the product to datawind innovations pvt. ltd. datawind innovations pvt. ltd. shall bear the cost of shipping the product back to the customer after the completion of the services under this limited warranty.
the product has been subject to abnormal use, abnormal conditions, improper storage, exposure to moisture or dampness, unauthorized modifications, unauthorized connections, unauthorized repair, misuse, neglect, abuse, accident, alteration, improper installation, or other acts which are not the fault of datawind innovations pvt. ltd., including damage caused by shipping.
the product has been damaged from external causes such as collision with an object, or from fire, flooding, sand, dirt, windstorm, lightning, earthquake, or damage from exposure to weather conditions, an act of god, or battery leakage, theft, blown fuse, or improper use of any electrical source, or damage caused by the connection to other products not recommended for interconnection by datawind innovations pvt. ltd.
datawind innovations pvt. ltd. was not advised by the customer in writing to the alleged defect or malfunction of the product within fourteen (14) days after the expiration of the applicable limited warranty period.
the product serial number plate or the accessory data code has been removed, defected or altered.
the defect or damage was caused by the defective function of the cellular system or by inadequate signal reception by the external antenna.
the customer should call datawind customer service on +91 (0) 0183-6668500 and explain the problem experienced. if it is not possible to solve the problem over the phone and a defect is confirmed, datawind customer services will issue customer with a ra (returns authorization) number.
the customer shall include the ra number, return address, daytime phone and/ or fax number, complete description of the problem and proof of purchase.
the customer will be billed for any parts or labour charges not covered by this limited warranty. the customer will be responsible for any expenses related to reinstallation of the product.
datawind innovations pvt. ltd. will repair or authorize the repair of the product under the limited warranty within 30 days after receipt of the product by datawind innovations pvt. ltd. or a datawind innovations pvt. ltd. authorized service center. if datawind innovations pvt. ltd. cannot perform repair covered under this limited warranty within 30 days, or after a reasonable number of attempts to repair the same defect, datawind innovations pvt. ltd. as its option; will provide a replacement product or next higher model of the product or refund the purchase price of the product less a reasonable amount for usage.
if the product is returned to datawind innovations pvt. ltd. during the limited warranty period, but the problem with the product is not covered under the terms and conditions of this limited warranty, the customer will be notified and given an estimate of the charges the customer must pay to have the product repaired, with al shipping charges billed to the customer. if the estimate is refused, the product will be returned freight collect. if the product is returned to datawind innovations pvt. ltd. after the expiration of the limited warranty period, datawind normal service policies shall apply and the customer will be responsible for all shipping charges.
9. the product consists of newly assembled equipment that may contain used components that have been reprocessed to allow machine compliance with product performance and reliability specifications.
10. any implied warranty of merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose or use, shall be limited to the duration of the foregoing limited written warranty. otherwise, the foregoing limited warranty is the customer sole and exclusive remedy and shall not be liable for special, incidental or consequential damages, including but not limited to, loss of anticipated benefits or profits, loss of savings or revenue, puntive damages, loss of use of the product or any associated equipment, cost of capital, cost of any substitute equipment or facilities, downtime, the claims of any third parties, including customers, and injury to property, resulting from the purchase or use of the product or a rising. from breach of the warranty, breach of contract, negligence, strict tort, or any other legal or equitable theory, even if datawind ltd knew of the likelihood of such damages. datawind ltd shall not be liable for delay in rendering service under the limited warranty, or loss of use during the period that the product is being repaired.
11. datawind innovations pvt. ltd. neither assumes nor authorizes any authorized service center or any other person or entity to assume for it any other obligation or liability beyond that which is expressly provided for in this limited warranty including the provider or seller of any extended warranty or service agreement.
12. this is the entire warranty between datawind innovations pvt. ltd. and the customer, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements or understandings, oral or written, and all communications relating to the product, and no representation, promise or condition not contained herein shall modify these terms.
13. this limited warranty allocates the risk of failure of the product between the customers and datawind innovations pvt. ltd. the allocation is recognized by the customer and is reflected in the purchase price of the product.
14. any action, complaint, consumer complaint & lawsuit during the pendency of warranty period or immediately after the lapse of warranty period must be commenced within fifteen (15) months following delivery of the product subject to the jurisdiction of courts at amritsar district only.
16. the limited warranty period for supplied attachments and accessories is specifically defined within their own warranty cards and packaging.


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Voting violations such as ballot rigging, vote buying and control are acts we associate with the shadier, non democratic nations of the world. However such practices are alive and well right here in the European Union.
Let us start in Budapest in Hungary. In March it was the venue for the Party of European Socialists (PES) Activists meeting specifically to give support to the Hungarian Socialist Party, MSzP. There has been concern in the EU at the actions of the ruling populist Fidesz party, which has been clamping down on the freedom of the media and has amended the Constitution to make unconstitutional laws constitutional.
These measures and the rise of far right neo-Nazi groups such as Jobbik have caused widespread alarm.
Present in Budapest was the PES President and leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), Sergei Stanishev, who is a former Bulgarian Prime Minister. Stanishev stunned PES activists by calling for international observers to help oversee the polling in Bulgaria’s general election on May 12.
He stated: “During the last presidential and local elections in 2011 the ruling right wing party GERB committed a huge number of violations and fraud. Now they have introduced changes in the Electoral code in a way that hinders the transparency of the election process and creates prerequisites for distortion and frankly substitution of results, while refusing to incorporate a number of OSCE (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) recommendations.” He added that other socialist party leaders he spoke to were incredulous when he said vote rigging was possible in an EU member State.
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borisov and his GERB government resigned following nationwide street protests against high electricity prices and austerity measures in February. Clashes between protesters and police left numerous people injured. The President Rosen Plevneliev appointed with some difficulty an interim prime minister to take the country through to early elections on May 12.
As elsewhere around the world the protests were taking place largely independently of traditional political parties and trade unions. The protestors, mainly young people, were using the social media including Facebook to organize. The street protests across Bulgaria, which is the EU’s poorest country, were initially over high electricity prices but then took an anti-government turn resulting in Borisov- a former bodyguard to Bulgaria’s Soviet-era dictator Todor Zhivkov - abandoning power, for now.
Before the unrest GERB were trailing in polls to the opposition BSP: currently the former ruling party has a six point lead. Although Stanishev leads his BSP in to the elections he says he will not be prime minister again rather former finance minister, Plamen Oresharski, would take on the role.
However this isn’t a new phenomenon in Bulgaria, indeed Sergei Stanishev openly admits his administration ignored the problem when he was in power .
Transparency International has been monitoring corruption in Bulgaria for many years and its on-going reports are too detailed to relate here but can be found on their website.
There will be international PES observers in Bulgaria for the elections and indeed Transparency International and other organisations will also be monitoring the polling with their own teams. The burning questions are how is it an EU Member State can not guarantee free and fair elections and if it can’t, as is clearly the situation in Bulgaria, why was it admitted to the EU in the first place?
Surely one of the prerequisites to being a member of the EU is an adherence to the norms of democracy. Either a country complies or it shouldn’t be in the EU.
Hungary is very much under notice from other EU member States who are alarmed at developments there under Fidesz. The general election is due there next year: will it be fair and free?
It is not only democracy that will be on trial in Bulgaria on May 12 but the credibility of the EU itself. If one Member State is undemocratic then it shatters the democratic credibility of the others. And the EU’s credibility as a democratic institution is very much on the line.
This is especially so as a new scandal has now hit Bulgaria. There have been allegations of illegal phone tapping which are linked to Tzvetan Tzvetanov, the former Minister of the Interior. And what is Tzvetan Tzvetanov’s current role? He is Director of Elections for the GERB party. The latest dramatic development is the former GERB Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Naydenov, has announced that he too had been subject to illegal phone tapping. Stanishev says previously GERB Prime Minister, Boiko Borisov, had boasted in the media that he has 100 eyes and 100 ears.
The BSL leader adds this latest “revelation puts that comment in the harshest light”.
In the European Parliament, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, will discuss whether they should formally debate the issue. The inclination at the EU is to dismiss such scandals as a matter for “internal political debate”. EU leaders bury their heads in the sand as democracy flounders around them. Bulgaria today.
Hungary tomorrow? Then where next?

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voting violations such as ballot rigging, vote buying and control are acts we associate with the shadier, non democratic nations of the world. however such practices are alive and well right here in the european union.
let us start in budapest in hungary. in march it was the venue for the party of european socialists (pes) activists meeting specifically to give support to the hungarian socialist party, mszp. there has been concern in the eu at the actions of the ruling populist fidesz party, which has been clamping down on the freedom of the media and has amended the constitution to make unconstitutional laws constitutional.
these measures and the rise of far right neo-nazi groups such as jobbik have caused widespread alarm.
present in budapest was the pes president and leader of the bulgarian socialist party (bsp), sergei stanishev, who is a former bulgarian prime minister. stanishev stunned pes activists by calling for international observers to help oversee the polling in bulgaria’s general election on may 12.
he stated: “during the last presidential and local elections in 2011 the ruling right wing party gerb committed a huge number of violations and fraud. now they have introduced changes in the electoral code in a way that hinders the transparency of the election process and creates prerequisites for distortion and frankly substitution of results, while refusing to incorporate a number of osce (office for democratic institutions and human rights) recommendations.” he added that other socialist party leaders he spoke to were incredulous when he said vote rigging was possible in an eu member state.
bulgaria’s prime minister boiko borisov and his gerb government resigned following nationwide street protests against high electricity prices and austerity measures in february. clashes between protesters and police left numerous people injured. the president rosen plevneliev appointed with some difficulty an interim prime minister to take the country through to early elections on may 12.
as elsewhere around the world the protests were taking place largely independently of traditional political parties and trade unions. the protestors, mainly young people, were using the social media including facebook to organize. the street protests across bulgaria, which is the eu’s poorest country, were initially over high electricity prices but then took an anti-government turn resulting in borisov- a former bodyguard to bulgaria’s soviet-era dictator todor zhivkov - abandoning power, for now.
before the unrest gerb were trailing in polls to the opposition bsp: currently the former ruling party has a six point lead. although stanishev leads his bsp in to the elections he says he will not be prime minister again rather former finance minister, plamen oresharski, would take on the role.
however this isn’t a new phenomenon in bulgaria, indeed sergei stanishev openly admits his administration ignored the problem when he was in power .
transparency international has been monitoring corruption in bulgaria for many years and its on-going reports are too detailed to relate here but can be found on their website.
there will be international pes observers in bulgaria for the elections and indeed transparency international and other organisations will also be monitoring the polling with their own teams. the burning questions are how is it an eu member state can not guarantee free and fair elections and if it can’t, as is clearly the situation in bulgaria, why was it admitted to the eu in the first place?
surely one of the prerequisites to being a member of the eu is an adherence to the norms of democracy. either a country complies or it shouldn’t be in the eu.
hungary is very much under notice from other eu member states who are alarmed at developments there under fidesz. the general election is due there next year: will it be fair and free?
it is not only democracy that will be on trial in bulgaria on may 12 but the credibility of the eu itself. if one member state is undemocratic then it shatters the democratic credibility of the others. and the eu’s credibility as a democratic institution is very much on the line.
this is especially so as a new scandal has now hit bulgaria. there have been allegations of illegal phone tapping which are linked to tzvetan tzvetanov, the former minister of the interior. and what is tzvetan tzvetanov’s current role? he is director of elections for the gerb party. the latest dramatic development is the former gerb minister of agriculture, miroslav naydenov, has announced that he too had been subject to illegal phone tapping. stanishev says previously gerb prime minister, boiko borisov, had boasted in the media that he has 100 eyes and 100 ears.
the bsl leader adds this latest “revelation puts that comment in the harshest light”.
in the european parliament, the committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs, will discuss whether they should formally debate the issue. the inclination at the eu is to dismiss such scandals as a matter for “internal political debate”. eu leaders bury their heads in the sand as democracy flounders around them. bulgaria today.
hungary tomorrow? then where next?


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Internet Marketing Tips – Are Your Emails Just Dust in the Wind?
Wasn’t that a great Kansas song? Well, maybe it was. But let me tell you, if your emails are just dust in the wind, you’re going to be in a lot of trouble. You probably don’t know what I’m talking about. Well, I’m referring to whether or not your emails actually get delivered, opened and read. If they’re not, then they’re just about as good as dust in the wind. Well, don’t hit the panic button just yet. If your emails are not getting read, this article should help solve that problem.
Your first obstacle is getting the darn thing delivered in the first place. And yes, this can be annoying. Because of everybody and their grandmother screaming spam, ISPs have been forced to put very aggressive spam filters on their email accounts. This makes is so that even emails that you want, sometimes don’t get delivered. It’s frustrating to say the least. Well, you can reduce this problem by running your emails through a spam checker. There are plenty of free ones online so that you don’t have to pay for anything. Just look up “free spam checker” at Google.
Once the email is delivered, there is still the problem of getting it opened. Let’s face it, people get hit with a lot of emails and unless YOUR email stands out, it’s NOT going to get opened. So you have to come up with a subject line that is going to get people to want to open it. Usually promising some kind of benefit that they’ll get IF they read the email will do the trick. We live in a world where everybody is asking, “What’s in it for me?” So you have to tell them what’s in it for them or they won’t open your email. It’s that simple.
The final hurdle is getting them to actually take action after they’ve read your email. The easiest way to do this is simply to deliver on your promise in the subject of the email itself. For example, if you send out an email with the subject, “3 Tips For Getting Traffic” then you better have three tips for getting traffic in the body of the email. Otherwise, your target audience is going to feel let down. And when that happens, they don’t take action on whatever it is you want them to take action on in the email itself.
It’s not rocket science. Email marketing can be very simple with a little common sense.

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home›internet marketing›internet marketing tips – are your emails just dust in the wind?
internet marketing tips – are your emails just dust in the wind?
wasn’t that a great kansas song? well, maybe it was. but let me tell you, if your emails are just dust in the wind, you’re going to be in a lot of trouble. you probably don’t know what i’m talking about. well, i’m referring to whether or not your emails actually get delivered, opened and read. if they’re not, then they’re just about as good as dust in the wind. well, don’t hit the panic button just yet. if your emails are not getting read, this article should help solve that problem.
your first obstacle is getting the darn thing delivered in the first place. and yes, this can be annoying. because of everybody and their grandmother screaming spam, isps have been forced to put very aggressive spam filters on their email accounts. this makes is so that even emails that you want, sometimes don’t get delivered. it’s frustrating to say the least. well, you can reduce this problem by running your emails through a spam checker. there are plenty of free ones online so that you don’t have to pay for anything. just look up “free spam checker” at google.
once the email is delivered, there is still the problem of getting it opened. let’s face it, people get hit with a lot of emails and unless your email stands out, it’s not going to get opened. so you have to come up with a subject line that is going to get people to want to open it. usually promising some kind of benefit that they’ll get if they read the email will do the trick. we live in a world where everybody is asking, “what’s in it for me?” so you have to tell them what’s in it for them or they won’t open your email. it’s that simple.
the final hurdle is getting them to actually take action after they’ve read your email. the easiest way to do this is simply to deliver on your promise in the subject of the email itself. for example, if you send out an email with the subject, “3 tips for getting traffic” then you better have three tips for getting traffic in the body of the email. otherwise, your target audience is going to feel let down. and when that happens, they don’t take action on whatever it is you want them to take action on in the email itself.
it’s not rocket science. email marketing can be very simple with a little common sense.


text: Crystals give a fun and edgy vibe to any look and this necklace just proves our point! Two pretty chains dropping down to dark blue IRIDESCENT crystals that have us dreaming of a mystical midnight sky! With gold bars wrapped around the chain that can move anywhere you want on the chain. Such a good LONGER layered necklace.

lowercased: crystals give a fun and edgy vibe to any look and this necklace just proves our point! two pretty chains dropping down to dark blue iridescent crystals that have us dreaming of a mystical midnight sky! with gold bars wrapped around the chain that can move anywhere you want on the chain. such a good longer layered necklace.


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The monument to fallen combat controllers was upgraded at the Combat Control School on January 26, 2017. The new memorial is an upgrade to the Vietnam-era monument, honoring and remembering those who gave all while preserving our heritage and our way of life.
The new monument seemed to 'just' appear; a story carved in stone memorializing the history and heritage of Combat Controllers who had paved the way for those now joining the brotherhood, and qualifying to wear the scarlet beret.
The Monument memorializes those Combat Controllers that lost their lives in combat, and in training for combat operations. It is a living tribute with a story of its own to tell. The memorial was conceived, funded, created, constructed, delivered and installed by a team committed to preserving the past for the future, and for those Combat Controllers who are writing United States Air Force history today.
The original Vietnam-era design, installed soon after the Vietnam war, used metal nameplates, screwed to stone.
A larger foundation stone was incorporated into the memorial years earlier to increase available nameplate space. The screw to stone mounts were failing due to corrosion caused by weathering and delamination.
A re-imagined monument was needed to commemorate and memorialize the lives of Combat Controllers who sacrificed all.
The new, upgraded monument consists of a three stone set with a black granite center piece and two white outboard stones, engraved with the names of those fallen in combat and combat training.
The memorial upgrade was funded equally by the Combat Control Association, the Combat Control School Heritage Foundation (CCSHF), and donations from the annual Las Vegas Combat Control Association (CCA) reunion.
In early 2015, it was noted the Vietnam-era monument needed replacement. CCT operations in Iraq and Afghanistan were taking a heavy toll on Combat Control warriors. The names of the fallen were being added to the monument at an ever increasing pace.
Adding new names to the existing monument required attaching the name plates to stone with bronze screws. The screws used to the mount name plates weathered with the passage of time, and failed. The base-plate footer, added years earlier, had delaminated from years of sun loading and moisture exposure.
Nearly forty year’s of exposure to direct sun and moisture infiltration weakened the integrity of the structure. The stone base added years earlier, had been fitted with a metal facade in an attempt to overcome structural failure. Name tags were detaching from the base. All attempts at repair proved frustratingly temporary at best.
After months of discussion in a joint effort between the CCSHF the CCA, it was decided that the best approach was to replace the Vietnam-era monument.
Requests for proposal from local monuments contractors were submitted. Incoming proposals were reviewed jointly. After reviewing and comparing vendor proposals, a selection was made, and a contract was issued to construct and install the new monument. Attachments to this article, provide excerpts from the solicitation and proposal review process.

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the monument to fallen combat controllers was upgraded at the combat control school on january 26, 2017. the new memorial is an upgrade to the vietnam-era monument, honoring and remembering those who gave all while preserving our heritage and our way of life.
the new monument seemed to 'just' appear; a story carved in stone memorializing the history and heritage of combat controllers who had paved the way for those now joining the brotherhood, and qualifying to wear the scarlet beret.
the monument memorializes those combat controllers that lost their lives in combat, and in training for combat operations. it is a living tribute with a story of its own to tell. the memorial was conceived, funded, created, constructed, delivered and installed by a team committed to preserving the past for the future, and for those combat controllers who are writing united states air force history today.
the original vietnam-era design, installed soon after the vietnam war, used metal nameplates, screwed to stone.
a larger foundation stone was incorporated into the memorial years earlier to increase available nameplate space. the screw to stone mounts were failing due to corrosion caused by weathering and delamination.
a re-imagined monument was needed to commemorate and memorialize the lives of combat controllers who sacrificed all.
the new, upgraded monument consists of a three stone set with a black granite center piece and two white outboard stones, engraved with the names of those fallen in combat and combat training.
the memorial upgrade was funded equally by the combat control association, the combat control school heritage foundation (ccshf), and donations from the annual las vegas combat control association (cca) reunion.
in early 2015, it was noted the vietnam-era monument needed replacement. cct operations in iraq and afghanistan were taking a heavy toll on combat control warriors. the names of the fallen were being added to the monument at an ever increasing pace.
adding new names to the existing monument required attaching the name plates to stone with bronze screws. the screws used to the mount name plates weathered with the passage of time, and failed. the base-plate footer, added years earlier, had delaminated from years of sun loading and moisture exposure.
nearly forty year’s of exposure to direct sun and moisture infiltration weakened the integrity of the structure. the stone base added years earlier, had been fitted with a metal facade in an attempt to overcome structural failure. name tags were detaching from the base. all attempts at repair proved frustratingly temporary at best.
after months of discussion in a joint effort between the ccshf the cca, it was decided that the best approach was to replace the vietnam-era monument.
requests for proposal from local monuments contractors were submitted. incoming proposals were reviewed jointly. after reviewing and comparing vendor proposals, a selection was made, and a contract was issued to construct and install the new monument. attachments to this article, provide excerpts from the solicitation and proposal review process.


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AEOLIX was one of the projects presented in the Future Logistics session on 29 November 2018 at the 2nd edition of H2020RTR conference, the European-wide conference dedicated to the presentation of results from road transport research in H2020 funded projects, which gathered more than 75 projects researching on road transport related areas and highlighted the contribution of ongoing EU-funded research projects to meet EU policy goals: Green Vehicles, Mobility for Growth, Urban Mobility, Logistics, Automated Road Transport … and many more.
Eusebiu Catana, AEOLIX project coordinator and Senior Manager at ERTICO – ITS Europe, presented the AEOLIX data sharing network for logistics to more than 80 participants. Main questions encountered were focused on interoperability of the AEOLIX platform with other platform. Eusebiu answered the questions giving an example of the already established collaboration the SELIS platform. According to this current AEOLIX & SELIS approach, interoperability with any platform could be achieved.
Click here for the recording and jump to min 10:45 for the AEOLIX presentation.
To access all H2020RTR18 presentations as well as replays of the sessions, please visit the website.

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aeolix was one of the projects presented in the future logistics session on 29 november 2018 at the 2nd edition of h2020rtr conference, the european-wide conference dedicated to the presentation of results from road transport research in h2020 funded projects, which gathered more than 75 projects researching on road transport related areas and highlighted the contribution of ongoing eu-funded research projects to meet eu policy goals: green vehicles, mobility for growth, urban mobility, logistics, automated road transport … and many more.
eusebiu catana, aeolix project coordinator and senior manager at ertico – its europe, presented the aeolix data sharing network for logistics to more than 80 participants. main questions encountered were focused on interoperability of the aeolix platform with other platform. eusebiu answered the questions giving an example of the already established collaboration the selis platform. according to this current aeolix & selis approach, interoperability with any platform could be achieved.
click here for the recording and jump to min 10:45 for the aeolix presentation.
to access all h2020rtr18 presentations as well as replays of the sessions, please visit the website.


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Guangzhou Prodigy Daily-production Co., Ltd located in southern China, is a professional China manufacturer of baby safety products and household items, with 11 years experience. We have a 6000 square meter standard factory workshop and 150 skillful workers. We have passed the factory audit of SEDEX and ISO:9001-2008.
The operating principles of our company are honoring contracts and maintaining credit and our concepts is “integrity, aggressiveness and innovation”. That is why we have a good reputation from our customers home and abroad all the time. Strict control in production-line , advanced equipments, professional technicians ensure our products in high quality. That is why our products are always popular from the market of Europe, USA, Canada, Cost Rica, Peru, Spain, Italy, England, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, UAE, India and etc. Other side we have professional designers and Engineers team in charge of developing new products, so no matter now and in the future, we can always keep our products fresh and attractive. We can also provide OEM service. We have professional sales team who can provide the professional service from inquiry to order and then to the shipping.
Your requirements are our compass. If we do not have it, we will get it; if we do not make it, we will find a way to make it and then make it better. Only you have the idea , we will make it happen. We would like to develop each other hand in hand under the mutual-benefits and strong responsibility. We believe that the satisfaction of the customers can bring repeat cooperation in the future.
We are 10-year professional China manufacturer of plastic and baby products.
Certified ISO 9001 & SEDEX(UK standard factory audit).
Passed Carrefour & Avon factory audit.
Products passed tests of REACH(SVHC), EN71, AZO, ZEK, CPSIA etc.
Several hundred items for one stop sourcing of baby safety products.
Baby safety products, plastic hooks, floor protector, felt pad, Velcro tape.

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guangzhou prodigy daily-production co., ltd located in southern china, is a professional china manufacturer of baby safety products and household items, with 11 years experience. we have a 6000 square meter standard factory workshop and 150 skillful workers. we have passed the factory audit of sedex and iso:9001-2008.
the operating principles of our company are honoring contracts and maintaining credit and our concepts is “integrity, aggressiveness and innovation”. that is why we have a good reputation from our customers home and abroad all the time. strict control in production-line , advanced equipments, professional technicians ensure our products in high quality. that is why our products are always popular from the market of europe, usa, canada, cost rica, peru, spain, italy, england, australia, japan, south korea, malaysia, uae, india and etc. other side we have professional designers and engineers team in charge of developing new products, so no matter now and in the future, we can always keep our products fresh and attractive. we can also provide oem service. we have professional sales team who can provide the professional service from inquiry to order and then to the shipping.
your requirements are our compass. if we do not have it, we will get it; if we do not make it, we will find a way to make it and then make it better. only you have the idea , we will make it happen. we would like to develop each other hand in hand under the mutual-benefits and strong responsibility. we believe that the satisfaction of the customers can bring repeat cooperation in the future.
we are 10-year professional china manufacturer of plastic and baby products.
certified iso 9001 & sedex(uk standard factory audit).
passed carrefour & avon factory audit.
products passed tests of reach(svhc), en71, azo, zek, cpsia etc.
several hundred items for one stop sourcing of baby safety products.
baby safety products, plastic hooks, floor protector, felt pad, velcro tape.


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Whether you’re looking for service for your mini-split heat pump or need a new unit, Strine's Heating & Air Conditioning in York is ready to serve you. Call us at 717-383-4479 or make an appointment with us using our online scheduler.

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whether you want comfort boost in one room, two rooms, three rooms, or even four rooms, strine's heating & air conditioning in york has a mini-split heat pump to accommodate your needs. our mini-split heat pumps from lennox® deliver highly efficient and very quiet performance year after year.
their ductless design erases the possibility of confusing installation problems or high-priced modifications in the future. and, their efficient, all-in-one heating and cooling system ensures your home stays comfortable year round. find out more about our mini-split heat pump offering.
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Lancet. 2015 Jul 11;386(9989):145-53. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60095-2. Epub 2015 May 4.
Social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Kim DA1, Hwong AR1, Stafford D2, Hughes DA3, O'Malley AJ4, Fowler JH5, Christakis NA6.
Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Yale Institute for Network Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Departments of Political Science and Medical Genetics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Departments of Medicine, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. Electronic address: nicholas.christakis@yale.edu.
Information and behaviour can spread through interpersonal ties. By targeting influential individuals, health interventions that harness the distributive properties of social networks could be made more effective and efficient than those that do not. Our aim was to assess which targeting methods produce the greatest cascades or spillover effects and hence maximise population-level behaviour change.
In this cluster randomised trial, participants were recruited from villages of the Department of Lempira, Honduras. We blocked villages on the basis of network size, socioeconomic status, and baseline rates of water purification, for delivery of two public health interventions: chlorine for water purification and multivitamins for micronutrient deficiencies. We then randomised villages, separately for each intervention, to one of three targeting methods, introducing the interventions to 5% samples composed of either: randomly selected villagers (n=9 villages for each intervention); villagers with the most social ties (n=9); or nominated friends of random villagers (n=9; the last strategy exploiting the so-called friendship paradox of social networks). Participants and data collectors were not aware of the targeting methods. Primary endpoints were the proportions of available products redeemed by the entire population under each targeting method. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01672580.
Between Aug 4, and Aug 14, 2012, 32 villages in rural Honduras (25-541 participants each; total study population of 5773) received public health interventions. For each intervention, nine villages (each with 1-20 initial target individuals) were randomised, using a blocked design, to each of the three targeting methods. In nomination-targeted villages, 951 (74·3%) of 1280 available multivitamin tickets were redeemed compared with 940 (66·2%) of 1420 in randomly targeted villages and 744 (61·0%) of 1220 in indegree-targeted villages. All pairwise differences in redemption rates were significant (p<0·01) after correction for multiple comparisons. Targeting nominated friends increased adoption of the nutritional intervention by 12·2% compared with random targeting (95% CI 6·9-17·9). Targeting the most highly connected individuals, by contrast, produced no greater adoption of either intervention, compared with random targeting.
Introduction of a health intervention to the nominated friends of random individuals can enhance that intervention's diffusion by exploiting intrinsic properties of human social networks. This method has the additional advantage of scalability because it can be implemented without mapping the network. Deployment of certain types of health interventions via network targeting, without increasing the number of individuals targeted or the resources used, could enhance the adoption and efficiency of those interventions, thereby improving population health.
National Institutes of Health, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Star Family Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Within each block of four villages, we randomly assigned each village to a targeting method (indegree, nominated, random, or none). We did this for each of the two interventions in a fractional factorial design (see ). In the indegree-targeted villages, we targeted the 5% of villagers with highest indegree. In the nomination-targeted villages, we targeted one randomly chosen friend nominated by each member of a 5% random sample of villagers. In the randomly targeted villages, we targeted a 5% random sample of villagers. In the villages receiving both interventions (chlorine and vitamins), a small proportion of villagers were drawn, by chance, as targets for both interventions (e.g., two blue nodes in Village 1). In the block shown, Village 1 received multivitamins (red nodes) by random targeting and chlorine (green nodes) by nomination targeting. Village 6 received multivitamins by nomination targeting and chlorine by indegree targeting. Village 25 received multivitamins only, by indegree targeting. Village 26, finally, received multivitamins by indegree targeting and chlorine by random targeting. Some visible groups of siblings are not fully inter-connected given a deliberate feature of the “name generator” used to map the network (see ).
The left panel shows the pooled proportion of available multivitamin tickets redeemed by day after initial targeting, by treatment arm. The right panel shows the equivalent measure for the chlorine intervention.
In all villages receiving a given intervention, 5% of the adult population was initially targeted with the intervention. The left panel shows the diffusion of multivitamins in a village whose five initial targets were selected at random. The right panel represents a village of comparable size whose six initial targets were the nominated friends of random villagers. Every targeted villager received four tickets to distribute to contacts outside the household, who could in turn redeem the ticket for the same product and for four additional tickets to give to others. The colored lines represent completed ticket-redemption paths: shorter lines represent tickets redeemed more quickly. Light gray lines represent available tickets that were not redeemed. Compared to the randomly targeted village, multivitamins in the nomination-targeted village diffused more rapidly (the average time-to-redemption of first-wave tickets is substantially shorter) and more completely (a greater proportion of available tickets was ultimately redeemed).

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lancet. 2015 jul 11;386(9989):145-53. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)60095-2. epub 2015 may 4.
social network targeting to maximise population behaviour change: a cluster randomised controlled trial.
kim da1, hwong ar1, stafford d2, hughes da3, o'malley aj4, fowler jh5, christakis na6.
interfaculty initiative in health policy, harvard university, cambridge, ma, usa.
yale institute for network science, yale university, new haven, ct, usa.
department of political science, university of california, san diego, la jolla, ca, usa.
dartmouth institute of health policy and clinical practice, geisel school of medicine at dartmouth, lebanon, nh, usa.
departments of political science and medical genetics, university of california, san diego, la jolla, ca, usa.
departments of medicine, ecology and evolutionary biology, biomedical engineering, and sociology, yale university, new haven, ct, usa. electronic address: nicholas.christakis@yale.edu.
information and behaviour can spread through interpersonal ties. by targeting influential individuals, health interventions that harness the distributive properties of social networks could be made more effective and efficient than those that do not. our aim was to assess which targeting methods produce the greatest cascades or spillover effects and hence maximise population-level behaviour change.
in this cluster randomised trial, participants were recruited from villages of the department of lempira, honduras. we blocked villages on the basis of network size, socioeconomic status, and baseline rates of water purification, for delivery of two public health interventions: chlorine for water purification and multivitamins for micronutrient deficiencies. we then randomised villages, separately for each intervention, to one of three targeting methods, introducing the interventions to 5% samples composed of either: randomly selected villagers (n=9 villages for each intervention); villagers with the most social ties (n=9); or nominated friends of random villagers (n=9; the last strategy exploiting the so-called friendship paradox of social networks). participants and data collectors were not aware of the targeting methods. primary endpoints were the proportions of available products redeemed by the entire population under each targeting method. this trial is registered with clinicaltrials.gov, number nct01672580.
between aug 4, and aug 14, 2012, 32 villages in rural honduras (25-541 participants each; total study population of 5773) received public health interventions. for each intervention, nine villages (each with 1-20 initial target individuals) were randomised, using a blocked design, to each of the three targeting methods. in nomination-targeted villages, 951 (74·3%) of 1280 available multivitamin tickets were redeemed compared with 940 (66·2%) of 1420 in randomly targeted villages and 744 (61·0%) of 1220 in indegree-targeted villages. all pairwise differences in redemption rates were significant (p<0·01) after correction for multiple comparisons. targeting nominated friends increased adoption of the nutritional intervention by 12·2% compared with random targeting (95% ci 6·9-17·9). targeting the most highly connected individuals, by contrast, produced no greater adoption of either intervention, compared with random targeting.
introduction of a health intervention to the nominated friends of random individuals can enhance that intervention's diffusion by exploiting intrinsic properties of human social networks. this method has the additional advantage of scalability because it can be implemented without mapping the network. deployment of certain types of health interventions via network targeting, without increasing the number of individuals targeted or the resources used, could enhance the adoption and efficiency of those interventions, thereby improving population health.
national institutes of health, the bill & melinda gates foundation, star family foundation, and the canadian institutes of health research.
within each block of four villages, we randomly assigned each village to a targeting method (indegree, nominated, random, or none). we did this for each of the two interventions in a fractional factorial design (see ). in the indegree-targeted villages, we targeted the 5% of villagers with highest indegree. in the nomination-targeted villages, we targeted one randomly chosen friend nominated by each member of a 5% random sample of villagers. in the randomly targeted villages, we targeted a 5% random sample of villagers. in the villages receiving both interventions (chlorine and vitamins), a small proportion of villagers were drawn, by chance, as targets for both interventions (e.g., two blue nodes in village 1). in the block shown, village 1 received multivitamins (red nodes) by random targeting and chlorine (green nodes) by nomination targeting. village 6 received multivitamins by nomination targeting and chlorine by indegree targeting. village 25 received multivitamins only, by indegree targeting. village 26, finally, received multivitamins by indegree targeting and chlorine by random targeting. some visible groups of siblings are not fully inter-connected given a deliberate feature of the “name generator” used to map the network (see ).
the left panel shows the pooled proportion of available multivitamin tickets redeemed by day after initial targeting, by treatment arm. the right panel shows the equivalent measure for the chlorine intervention.
in all villages receiving a given intervention, 5% of the adult population was initially targeted with the intervention. the left panel shows the diffusion of multivitamins in a village whose five initial targets were selected at random. the right panel represents a village of comparable size whose six initial targets were the nominated friends of random villagers. every targeted villager received four tickets to distribute to contacts outside the household, who could in turn redeem the ticket for the same product and for four additional tickets to give to others. the colored lines represent completed ticket-redemption paths: shorter lines represent tickets redeemed more quickly. light gray lines represent available tickets that were not redeemed. compared to the randomly targeted village, multivitamins in the nomination-targeted village diffused more rapidly (the average time-to-redemption of first-wave tickets is substantially shorter) and more completely (a greater proportion of available tickets was ultimately redeemed).