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The Lammys are here…2012 movie blogger awards
The 2012 Lammys are here to celebrate the best movie websites and Top 10 Films is on the campaign trail.
The Lammys are here. The Large Association of Movie Blogs aka The Lamb is hosting its annual movie blogger awards and Top 10 Films hopes, for the first time, to be among the nominations. However, we need votes – YOUR votes! If you are eligible for voting please consider Top 10 Films among your nominations in the category of Best Blog-a-thon/Meme for our Houdini Magic Ticket event last year. The blogathon was surprisingly popular with a handful of close friends joining in to begin with before many more sites got involved in the fun. For more information on the blogathon click here, and to get involved simply create your post and message me through the comments or drop me an email and I'll add you to the archive.
Please consider Top 10 Films for your nomination in the Best Blog-a-thon/Meme category – Voting is taking place here.
To find out more about The Lammys head on over to LargeAssMovieBlogs.com. The rules are thus: "The voting will be done via a traditional nomination/vote process. The nomination process will last for 2,5 weeks, until May 27th. There are the same number of categories as last year (15). Voting and eligibility is open to current LAMBs only (#1 – 1275). One ballot per site; if your site has multiple contributors, you need to consolidate and submit as one ballot."
Nominated and winning Lambs get to post the prestigious award-winning badges on their sites!
Voting is carried out here. Here are the categories that sites can be nominated to win:
Best Blog
The self-explanatory big kahuna.
Best Design
Which site looks the best? This could be one that's built from scratch or expanded from a template.
Best Community Builder/Networking LAMB
Speaks for itself, but this award actually expands into social media outside of blogs like Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Letterboxd etc.
Most Prolific
Who makes you wonder how they sleep at night? Time to let them know their never-ending quest is worthwhile.
Best Blog-a-thon/Meme
So addictive you just couldn't help but take part. So brilliant, so viral that it took over the internet (or maybe just a bunch of film blogs).
Funniest Writer
Who's the next Richard Pryor? Or Carrot Top, even?
Brainiac Award
AKA, the "Most intelligent/insightful/academic writer." Who is the Stephen Hawking of film bloggers?
Best Running Feature
Do you find yourself constantly checking your watch, just waiting for the end of the week to arrive so you can check out the latest Friday's Favorite Film Freaks on your favorite blog? What regular running features can't you live without?
Best Ratings System
Some bloggers put a nice spin on the old 5-star system while others come up with something completely different. Which ones do you love to see at the end of a review?
Best Horror/Sci-Fi Blog
Also self-explanatory.
Best Classic Film Blog
Also self-explanatory.
Best Festival/Awards Coverage
Not all do it, but some dedicate months at a time to a festival or the Academy Awards. This is a chance to honor them.
Best New LAMB
A special award for any LAMB that's been welcomed to the flock since last year's LAMMYs. Sites eligible are #901-1275 (#1000 Man I Love Films excluded).
Best Podcast
Many LAMBs produce their own podcast, individually or jointly with other LAMBs; which are your favorites? (The LAMBcast is ineligible.)
Best Movie Reviewer
Maybe they just happen to always agree with you. Maybe they write in a way you only wish you could. Maybe you're in awe of the wide array of films they review. Basically, if you had but a few whose reviews you could read, who would they be?
To vote click here.
If you've found just one thing to like (or even dislike as the banter is always fun) on Top 10 Films in the last year please consider the site when nominating for the 2012 Lammys. Of course, our most popular event last year was the blogathon when all these LOVELY people took part:
Rodney at Fernby Films
Claire at Cinematic Delights
Marc at Go See Talk
Ruth at Flixchatter
Andina at Inspired Ground
Iba at I Luv Cinema
Novia at Polychrome Interest
Terri at Goregirl's Dungeon
Sherry at A Restless Moment
Stella at Byrneholics
Fitz at Nevermind Pop Films
Max at Impassioned Cinema
Terrence at Scarlet Sp1der's Blog
Paolo at Okinawa Assault
Nostra at My Film Views
Mette at Lime Reviews and Strawberry Confessions
Castor at Anomalous Material
Joel Burman at Deny Everything
Tyler at Southern Vision
Alyson at The Best Picture Project
George at The Droid You're Looking For
Jessica at The Velvet Cafe
Scott at Front Room Cinema
S.J. Honeywell at 1001plus
Leopard13 at It Rains…You Get Wet
Mike at Grab Bag Cinema
Alex Thompson at Benefits of a Classical Education
Lisa at Lisa Thatcher
Barbra at Barbra Writes: A Daily Dose of the Sensual Life
Caz at Let's Go To The Movies
Nick at Cinema Romantico
Wulan at Nerd in Writing
Corey at JustAtad
Diana at Aziza's Picks
Abdullah at The Wet Puddle
Louise at Louise Reviews
Yvette at In So Many Words
My Wife, My Sister-in-Law and Steph (a special post in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust)
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10 Comments
May 9, 2012 at 12:49 pm
will definitely vote in the best meme category. Loved taking part in Houdini's Magic Ticket, even though I was late…
May 9, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Voted! Good luck with it all matey! Hope you win something!!
May 9, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Hmm, my previous comment appears to have disappeared into the spamiverse.
Just wanted to let you know that I voted! Good luck mate!!!
May 9, 2012 at 1:40 pm
@Rodney: Thanks! I've just completed my votes too! 😉
@Louise: Cheers Louise…very kind of you! 🙂
May 9, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Wait, isn't it early to complete your votes? xD
May 10, 2012 at 6:53 am
Your blogathon was fun to write! I'll put the vote for you.
May 10, 2012 at 8:05 am
I will do my votes today… and how can I forget my Mentor!
May 10, 2012 at 8:32 am
@Andina: Thank you. That is very kind of you.
@Scott: Too kind – I'm forever astonished at the amount of content that goes up at FRC, you've built a great site! 🙂
May 10, 2012 at 12:26 pm
This year's my first year of being a member of The LAMB (heck it's probably only been a month or so), so definitely going to see if I can check all this out and see about getting some voting done! Fingers crossed for you, Dan 🙂
May 14, 2012 at 10:00 pm
I have just voted and have nominated your blog as well. More than deserving one.


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Well, to quote a famous Norwegian, our boys took a hell of a beating. A complete whitewash in the Ashes, and very little comfort to be found. The top 5 batsmen in the series: all Australian. Four out of five top bowlers in the series: Australian. Stokes looks like he might develop into a useful all-rounder for England. That's about it.
I think we all knew we were in trouble when details of the England squad's dietary requirements were leaked before the series started. As that old moaner Geoffrey Boycott said once everything went pear-shaped, 'No point drinking kale juice if you're scared of fast bowling.'
Not that it matters, of course. Things are back to normal (ie being thrashed by the Aussies), and I've remembered that I only care about Southend United beating Milwall 4-1 in the FA Cup Third Round yesterday.
And yet, and yet ... I've just realized that we will be in Brisbane for the Cricket World Cup in February/March 2015. Sadly none of the quarters, semis or final will be played there, but I look forward to supporting Ireland in honour of my mother-in-law (and my strolling player forebears). Will England beat Afghanistan in Sydney? Will England beat anybody? We shall see...

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In the wake of the mass arrests at Occupy San Diego on Oct. 29, CityBeat filed a broad public-records request for all communications regarding the movement sent and received by San Diego City Council offices, the Mayor's office and the City attorney's office.
This week, the city made most of the records available—more than 1,000 pages of emails, phone messages and handwritten submissions. We invited three young Occupy San Diego activists to review the documents with us. None had ever before filed or inspected public records under the California Public Records Act. The experience, they say, was simultaneously uplifting and off-putting.
Though the records request had been filed more than three weeks earlier, the documents were not exhaustive. Council President Tony Young's office did not provide records and Councilmember Carl DeMaio provided only limited documents via email. Of the 1,070 made available over two days, many were duplicates sent to multiple council members, yet the overwhelming majority were in support of the movement. Councilmember Marti Emerald received the most emails—more than 160— including dozens lauding her (and two condemning her) for speaking before Occupy San Diego.
"These are not just 'smelly hippies' or idealistic college students—this movement is made up of all ages and walks of life," wrote Susan Hammons Mautner, thanking Emerald. "Their protest of corporate greed and its influence on politics cannot be denied, just because people may not like the messengers. Please encourage your colleagues to listen to a movement whose time has come."
Many asked the City Council to vote for a resolution backing the movement, while others expressed outrage over police use of pepper spray and physical force.
"It was just reassuring to me that I've picked the right side," Occupy San Diego activist Jeff Bates said after reviewing the emails. "I'm not the crazy one, like I've felt up to this point. I feel like I'm just beating my head against the wall, and, all of a sudden, now I'm seeing the wall maybe isn't as hard as I thought it was."
Amy Wright, a small-business owner who's become active in local politics for the first time since joining the Occupy Wall Street movement, adds: "The people who wrote in support were very well informed about the issues, they sounded intelligent, they were not resorting to emotional outbursts or name-calling, and, to a T, every single person that wrote in with opposition to the City Council support of Occupy was rude, name-calling, offensive, aggressive, emotional—you name it."
The few negative emails came mostly from Tea Party supporters; Roger Ogden, the conservative activist who organized the "Impeach Obama" sky banner during the president's Veterans Day visit to San Diego, sent a slew to several council members. Several thought Mayor Jerry Sanders should be removed from office for not dealing more harshly with the protesters, such as local businessman Jeff Scholz, whose company markets pro-military T-shirts (including one with the slogan "Give War a Chance: Happiness is a Mushroom Cloud").
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1) Jordan Doernbecher- Our predictions are that we'll see a Jordan 7 or 11 release with the Doernbecher collection this fall. Whatever model does end up releasing, you'll want it but probably won't be able to find it.
2) Jordan 6 low Black/Silver – The last time we saw this sneaker was 2002, and now it's set to return this August. Personally we can't get enough black Jordan's, especially when they're such a clean and easy to wear colorway like this.
3) Jordan 1 Hi OG Chicago – Not much to say, this shoe is a classic. This May, get ready to see these once again.
4) Jordan 11 low Bred – Very similar to a PE that Mike had back in the day, these are a must-have. Set to hit shelves this May.
5) Jordan 7 Bordeaux – Regarded as one of the best Jordan 7 colorways, the Bordeaux last released in 2011. Even still, this is a shoe that could release every 4 or 5 years and continue to sell out every time.
6) Jordan 1 Hi OG UNC – Paying respects to Michael's days in North Carolina, this original color is set to return this holiday season. Unfortunate for those looking to heat up the summer.
7) Jordan 11 "72-10" – Set for this year's holiday 11 release, we are expecting a new look for the 11's. Whether or not this is what ends up releasing, everyone will be grabbing a pair.
8) Jordan 7 Hare – Last seen in a Countdown Pack in 2008, this Jordan 7 classic is set to return in May.
9) Jordan 8 Aqua – Widely regarded as the best color of the Jordan 8, these are set to release this Black Friday. Make sure you're ready to hit all the spots and pick up as many raffle tickets as you can because these will go quick.
10) Jordan 6 Maroon – These were rumored to release last year, and it seems like everyone was waiting on them. No official word from Nike confirming the release this year. But the rumors have everyone on the edge of their seats.


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- 1 roasting chicken, 5-6 pounds
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- garlic powder and paprika, optional
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- 1 to 1-1/2 cups chicken stock, white wine or juice
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Remove any pinfeathers and extra flesh and fat from the chicken. Take out the package of giblets inside the cavity (you may save these pieces for stock, except for the liver, or roast them along with the chicken). Brush the olive oil all over the chicken. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and optional seasonings. Place the chicken breast side down on a rack placed inside a roasting pan. Roast for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven heat to 350 degrees. Roast the chicken for 15 minutes. Pour the stock (wine or juice) over the chicken and roast for another 15 minutes. Turn the chicken breast side up. Roast the chicken, basting occasionally, for 45-60 minutes, depending on the size of the chicken, or until the chicken is cooked through (a meat thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the breast registers 160 degrees or 165 degrees in the thickest part of the thigh). Remove the chicken to a carving board and let rest for 15 minutes before carving. Serve with pan juices (you may strain the pan fluids if desired, and/or reduce them to desired thickness by boiling the fluids in a small saucepan over high heat).
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I'll never forget the reaction of one of my co-workers at the homeless shelter the day I wore a bracelet with an icon of the Virgin Mary. You see, we were Protestants working at a Protestant mission, and, as a rule, any depiction of the Mother of God (outside of a nativity scene at Christmas) causes a Protestant to break out in a cold sweat. I was curious to see how my friend would react . . . okay, I knew how he'd react . . . I just wanted to watch his reaction for my own amusement. As I anticipated, the moment he noticed my bracelet his face contorted into a look of disgust and he exclaimed in a loud voice, "what are you wearing?"
Trying hard not to laugh I acted as if I didn't know what he was talking about. "What do you mean?" I asked innocently.
"I mean, why do you have a picture of Mary on your bracelet?" he asked in bewilderment.
I responded to his question with another question (a little trick I learned from Jesus): "Why wouldn't I have a picture of Mary on my bracelet? She is, after all, the mother of Jesus."
His response: "You do realize that Mary isn't important; I mean, God could have used any old tramp for his purposes?"
There is something about Mary that really freaks Protestants out. Perhaps we are not all as irreverent and demeaning as my friend, but most of us start getting a little nervous when her name is mentioned. We are especially uncomfortable at the thought that she played a significant roll in our salvation. We are so suspicious of Catholicism or afraid of slipping into Marian idolatry that we choose to avoid theologizing about Mary altogether.
To my fearful Protestant brothers and sisters I have this to say: (1) fear is never a sound basis for determining matters of faith and practice, and (2) the Bible has a high view of Mary and if we have a high view of the Bible then we should too.
With regard to the first point I will say this. Fear nearly always results in poor decision making–it clouds our judgement and often causes us to avoid things which are actually good. Consider the child who is terrified of going to the dentist. Her parents know that getting her teeth checked, while sometimes uncomfortable, is ultimately a great good. Why? Because the dentist will ensure the health of her teeth and gums. The child, however, is not thinking about the ultimate purpose of her upcoming visit; she's simply afraid of being uncomfortable. She's afraid that the cleaning might hurt or that the doctor might find a cavity and have to use his drill, and if it was up to her she would make the decision, based upon these fears, not to visit the dentist. We all know, however, that such a decision, if made, would most certainly be detrimental to her long term health and wellbeing.
The same rule applies to Protestants as they consider Mary. Fear of Catholicism and fear of Marian idolatry are extremely poor reasons to avoid Marian theology. In point of fact, most of the fears that Protestants have are based upon distorted conceptions of Catholic teaching and practice anyways. Is it truly worth missing out on the beauty and richness of the Biblical teaching on Mary–and, in turn, the incredible blessings of Marian theology–on the off chance that someone might decide to start worshiping her? We don't stop teaching about angels or other great men and women of faith out of fear that someone might distort our words–so why is it that we suddenly become silent when it comes to our Lord's mother?
The truth of the matter is our silence, and sometimes even destain, for anything to do with Mary is a serious problem. For turning our back on her, like turning our back on the dentist, will result in spiritual rot and decay (for a concrete example of this see Joel's previous post).
This brings me to my second point, which is that the Bible has a very high view of Mary. Contrary to my friend at the shelter, the scriptures teach us that Mary was not just "any old tramp," but like Noah, Abraham, Moses, and King David, especially chosen and highly favored of the Lord. Consider the angel Gabriel's incredible greeting to Mary in Luke 1:28: "Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!" and his consolatory affirmation in verse 30, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God." Mary was someone special indeed, for she had been chosen to conceive and bear the very Son of God–our Lord and savior Jesus Christ!
Further on in Luke's narrative, we find Mary's cousin Elizabeth, "filled with the Holy Spirit," exclaiming: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" (Luke 1:42-43). Here we see Elizabeth, moved by the divine Holy Spirit of God, exulting Mary's name and referring to her as the, "mother of my Lord." Early Christians, inspired by Elizabeth's words in this passage, began to refer to Mary as the Theotokos or "Mother of God." This honorary title reminds us that Jesus was fully divine and thus testifies to the incredible role that Mary played in our salvation.
To understand this more fully, we must read and meditate upon Elizabeth's words in verse 45: "blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord." You see, Mary didn't have to believe in the words of the angel Gabriel; she didn't have to submit herself to what the Lord was intending to do in her life. Mary, like you and I, had a real choice to make when she heard the message: she could either choose to reject God, as Eve had done in the garden, or choose to fully submit herself to the will of God. To all of creations great relief, Mary chose the latter saying, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
Against all odds, Mary conceived and gave birth to our savior. It was from her very flesh that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. It was in her tender arms that our Lord was nurtured and loved as he matured to adulthood. Truly, Mary's complete faithfulness and cooperation with the Lord, her total submission to the working of the Holy Spirit, brought about the fulfillment of the ancient prophecy in Genesis 3:15, "I will put enmity between you [Satan] and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel." For, through Mary's womb, the very conqueror of Satan and death was brought into the world! This is why turning our back on Mary will result in spiritual death and decay; because turning our back on her is in some way turning our back on her son.
As we (fearful Protestants) contemplate these incredible truths we must ask ourselves this question: do we esteem Mary in the same way that the Bible does? Mary prophesied, saying, "henceforth, all generations will call me blessed; for he who is might has done great things for me" (Luke 1:48-49). Do we, joining hands with the Holy Spirit, call her blessed and revere her name? Do we truly rejoice and find an abundance of encouragement in what the Lord accomplished through her? Or, out of ignorance and fear, are we unwittingly turning our backs on the very mother of the One who redeemed us?


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While trying to delete a file or a folder on your computer, you may get an error message, such as 'Access denied'. It could possibly be due to one or more of the following reasons:
- The file may be in use
- You don't have permissions
- The file may be corrupt
- The user profile may be corrupt
Access Denied – Error Deleting File or Folder
So first check if the file or folder is in use. Close all open files and folders and try again. If it does not help, Take Ownership of the file or folder and see if you are now able to delete it. If even this does not help, check if you have the proper File and Folder Permissions.
If nothing help, you may try these steps.
Corrupt Files
Corrupted files are files whose behavior has changed and therefore no longer work properly. These files can be either a regular file such as pictures, documents or system files. Most corrupted files can't be repaired and you should delete or replace them.
There are some actions you can take to prevent files from getting corrupted:
- Save a file properly. When something goes wrong or a problem is encountered while saving the file, it can get corrupted. For example, the program saving the file might stop working.
- Turn off your computer properly. Avoid pressing and holding the power button since the action forces Windows to shut down unexpectedly.
- Use the Safely Remove Hardware option while removing USB's.
Nevertheless, if you think that a corrupt file could be the cause for your getting the Access Denied error, you may want to try and repair the file. Try the freeware File Repair and see if that helps. File Repair is a freeware tool that lets you repair corrupt Word, Compressed Image, Video, Music. PDF files easily on your Windows computer.
If you can't fix the corrupted file, try retrieving an older version of the file to replace the corrupted version.
Your local user profile is corrupt
You can try the following steps to resolve the issue if your local user profile is corrupt however, be sure that the files you are deleting are not important or of no use to you. That's because deleting an important file like a system file can cause serious problems to the OS and/or other programs.
On a rare occasion, Windows might not read your local user profile correctly, this may cause problems accessing files and folders. You may need to create a new local user profile/account. For creating a new local user account, follow these steps:
Move the mouse cursor to the upper right hand corner of the screen and select 'Settings'. Next, choose 'Change PC settings' option.
From the left-navigation pane, choose 'Accounts'. Under 'Accounts' section, select the third option – 'Other Accounts'. There in the right-pane you will find 'Add a User' option. Click it.
If you want the person to sign-in without a Microsoft account, hit the option present at the bottom and click the 'Next' tab.
Next, select 'Local Account'.
Enter 'Username' and password for the account. If you chose not to use a password then click or tap on Next without entering a password.
Then, click 'Finish'.
Finally, you can see a local account created under 'Other Accounts' section.
Now see if you continue to get Access Denied error messages and are able to delete the file or folder.
If nothing helps, you may see this link and use one of the freeware: How to delete undeletable files & folders in Windows.
How to open an encrypted file if access is denied in Windows may also interest some of you. Read this post if you receive File In Use. The action can't be completed because the file is open in another program message.


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Lucille Croft – let the name resonate through your mind. It's the beginning of a new era, and this girl is leading the way. DJ, music producer, entrepreneur, model… she's more than just a 'threat', she's a game-changer.
Using music as a form of self-expression, she is the epitome of creative mentality, with a dark and electrifying musical auteur that you'll find yourself addicted to, and in lust for more.
Building up the reputation of a queen both in-studio and on the stage, Lucille Croft has been leading an electrifying touring calendar all over Australia and internationally, including headline shows at HQ Complex, The Met, Ministry of Sound Club and Marquee just to name a few, not to mention billing at the top of Singapore's 'It's the Ship' festival' line-up for the last two years.
Having received immense support on a global scale from heavy hitters including Tiesto, Will Sparks, Matroda, Bijou, Nukid + more, she has quickly established herself as one of the hottest upcoming forces in the international realm of bass-heavy music.
Over the last eighteen months, she has taken the world by storm – releasing five singles through Bourne Recordings, and all five charting in the top 25 Beatport charts, and also official remixes for both Will Sparks and Mashd N Kutcher.
When she's off the stage, Lucille Croft is a music curator and influencer in the fashion world, including DJ'ing for the likes of Chanel, MBFF, VAMFF, Kookai, and Myer.
Her release schedule for the rest of 2018 involves several highly anticipated collaborations with illustrious US artists, as well as an array of hair-raising, spine-tingling solo releases. Oh, and she's also releasing her own signature lingerie label later this year too.
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Liam Payne Gets Cocky Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones
One Direction member Liam Payne bravely wore a "cream-colored" sweatshirt to the Hot Ones challenge, tempting fate and the dry cleaner over a paddle of scorching poultry. But where does bravery end and bravado begin? Find out as the pop superstar—whose debut solo single, "Strip That Down," is out now—takes on some hot questions and even hotter wings, battling through the likes of Zombie Apocalypse and opening up about everything from dealing with parenting haters, to the 1D bandmate who cries the most.
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For the first time in three years, I ordered prints of our most recent family photos, put together a quick recap of our year, and actually mailed out Christmas cards to family and friends.
As much as I loved putting together this peek into our family, I actually started working on Christmas cards the day after Christmas last year.
What do you mean you started last Christmas??
The Christmas cards we started on last Christmas were not cards for family or friends.
The Christmas cards we started on last Christmas were for people we may never meet.
For the past few years, we have worked on Christmas cards for Compassion's unsponsored children. During the year, we get together with sponsors from our church family to work on adding Bible verses and signing lots of Christmas cards. Some of the kids like to make homemade cards and we love to send those along too.
Want to participate with your family next year?
Stock up on Christmas cards while they are on sale this week, or start collecting supplies to make cards through the year.
Set aside time to meet up with other sponsors to work on the cards through the year.
Collect the cards until next fall when we receive instructions on when and to whom to mail the Christmas cards.
Can I issue you a challenge?
In 2015, the Child Correspondence department at Compassion sent out 20,001 cards to unsponsored children for Christmas. This was a record breaking number!
20,001 Christmas Cards!!
You can help make next year another record breaking year!
By planning ahead for next Christmas, you can brighten a child's day with a special reminder that God loves them on Christmas Day.


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C2E2, the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, is this week from Fri 3/18 - Sun 3/20! I'll be in Artist's Alley table i16a, and will also be doing a signing each morning at the IPG booth 640!
There are lots of other cool things going on at C2E2 - panels like "From Book to Screen," "Everyday Podcasting for your Everyday Life," "How to get Press for your Comic," and "Nonfiction Comics: Childhood, Food, and Relationships."
C2E2 is at McCormick Place's south building 2301 S Lake Shore Dr. Hours are Fri 3/18 10A-7P, Sat 3/19 10A-7P, and Sun 3/20 10A-5P. If you're in Chicago, hope you can make it!


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How to Insult Someone Without Offending Them
The phrase "with all due respect" has always cracked me up. We use it to soften the blow when we're about to criticize someone, but when you really think about it, it makes an insult that much more cutting. You're basically prefacing your insult with "You're not going to like what I'm going to say, but please understand, you totally deserve it."
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This live reading of excerpts from the winners of TFF'15's Screenplay Competition has something for everyone! In addition to experiencing great stories before they make it to the screen, you'll have an opportunity to chat with the writers, all of whom will be present for this special event.
BOTH SIDES written by Alastair Murdoch
Bookish postgrad Harry Carlyle arrives in Berlin in 1989 to work on a study-abroad program, which he finds also runs a sideline in petty smuggling between the two halves of the city. When Harry discovers his bosses' plan to turn East Germany's peaceful freedom demonstrations into murderous riots, and thus provoke the crackdown they believe will keep the Berlin Wall, from which they derive their livelihood, in place, he wants out. Knowing too much for his bosses to allow him to leave, and having been falsely implicated in heroin-trafficking and a murder, Harry must play the racketeers against both East German State Security and Western intelligence services long enough to get himself, and his East German girlfriend, to safety.
DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS written by Matt Pacini
A man inherits a Civil War era mansion in Georgia that is haunted by the ghosts of the slaves who were murdered by his great grandfather - Confederate General James Longstreet.
INCREDIBULL written by Gregory Wolk
A fun-loving, young bull in Spain, heroically breaks up an animal fighting ring, only to be hunted by the ring-leader who seeks revenge on him and the animals he liberated.
THE SEIZURE written by Robert Rabinovitz
A NYC Design Professor experiences the initial stages of a life threatening brain abscess and seizure while we walk through his life of sex, drugs and rock and roll. His twisted ten block round about journey to the hospital questions the deeper and more complex issues and causes of a brain infection and disease.
TANGLED SPIRITS written by Eric P. Granger
When we die, our spirits leave our bodies and rise to rejoin the spirit sphere that encircles the earth. But a rogue comet rips through the earth's atmosphere and interrupts their ascent and entangles five ascending spirits; plummeting them back to Earth. In the mayhem, the spirits return to their wrong bodies. The revived body of eight year old Travis, who drowned in the family swimming pool, now houses the spirit of a violent Hispanic gang member. Travis's mother, along with paranormal Psychologist Dr. Sandoval, search for answers and discover many other persons with their spirits having shifted to the bodies of other people who should have died.
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As part of our mission to reach out and support others in need with the love of Christ we support local ministries, including Town Pastors in Lowestoft, of which several members of our church are volunteers. We also support the local Food Bank with a collection point for donations at the church.
As part of our commitment to Christ we tithe our income, from which we support a number of ministries and charities worldwide. Throughout the year we support Childrens Society (at two Christingle Services each year), Tear Fund, Christian Aid, Bible Society and the Gideons – to name but a few.


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Lean Six Sigma Consultancy, Training and Coaching in England, United Kingdom
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Lean Six Sigma Consultancy, Training and Coaching in England, United Kingdom
Based in Malvern UK, my work as a Business Consultant (Lean Six Sigma Process and Operational Excellence), often takes me to far flung places giving me the opportunity to meet interesting people, see fascinating places and do stimulating work within a variety of industries and organisational cultures.
There is, however, no place like home and with a wife, three cairn terriers and two cats being permanent members of the 'home team' my life is thankfully always pretty busy. We also have an aquarium!
The passionate engagement I have with my work and the 'home team' is continually enhanced and complemented by the love I have for the gym, pool, and the individual sports I play (cardio, weights, cycling, triathlon, you name it!)
At least once a year, however, you must 'escape' and we do, usually to take on some trekking, cycling or other challenge - it's true, a change really is as good as a rest, in fact it's probably better!
Final thought - Life's fun, enjoy!


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I had a very lazy day today for Australia Day. I put my flags up first thing as I forgot last year!
|Flags flying and table ready for champagne to celebrate Australia Day
Then drove down the Channel to visit two absolutely beautiful open gardens.
The first one was Greenslade, where Wyn and Rupert, the garden owners, have created paradise. They came from the Northern Territory seven years ago, looking for a cooler climate. The garden was established but had been reduced in size from the original when gardeners were employed. Wyn told us they have reinstated the borders and they also have an orchard and vegetable garden. The herbaceous borders and the roses were just fantastic. Lovely walks down to the beach and along the creek with a small waterfall.
|These photos don't do it justice. A magic spot.
Then up to Bracken Ridge, at Flowerpot. A very new garden only four years old, I feel very inadequate when I view their hard work.
|Beautiful flowers, lovely spot with views out over the Channel.....sorry not a photo here of that
|A scarecrow garding the compost and the echidna who thought by hiding here I couldn't see it!
|So many bees! and they were huge!
|Fantastic vegetable garden, so jealous!
Of course coffee and cake *yum* at Fleurties near Woodbridge rounded off a lovely morning. Then dropping my friend home what did we spy on her drive but an echidna, how Australian is that?
|top photo is a sculpure at Fleurties, so kitsch it was georgeous. the cacutus flower was also there, IT WAS HUGE!
Oh I forgot to mention the amazing scarecrows all down the highway, couldn't resist stopping to photograph the two headed Tasmanian and the buxom wench hitching to the fair (Middleton next weekend). Aren't they special!
|Anyone?? I need a lift to the fair....cute, cute, cute, lift those skirts girl.
Happy Australia Day, everyone!
P.S. Just back to say what is on the sign on the scarecrow, asked by a friend:
A Fine Thing by Rosemary Dobson
To be a scarecrow
To lean all day in a bright field
With a hat full Of bird's song
And a heart of gold straw.
With a sly wink for the farmer's
When no one sees and small
Returning after
To a guiltless pose of indolence.


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New Moon in Libra
October 19 | 3:12 PM EST
The Horoscopes (you can sign up anytime) for Thursday's New Moon are up & out to subscribers. It's Libra's last hoorah until next year & now that Jupiter is in Scorpio & the Sun will be as well soon, shit is gonna get even realer. But we're more ready than we were before. And if we're not, we can ask this New Moon to help us center ourselves in what we need to know to move forward.
Scorpio is Death but there's something about Libra, something about the clear clear air & high up vantage points that makes you realize- Oh, Fuck. I didn't get what I wanted. Oh Fuck, they're not there anymore. Oh, Fuck. How quickly people can leave & stay & return & never come back. Libra is extremely interpersonally focused & we become familiar with what we need from other people. Let alone what we need them to see in us & how they need us to show up. It's complex, it often feels like a mess but damn, it's fucking glorious that we give a shit in the first place. Venus.
I'm grieving for Puerto Rico (ways to help here) & I'm grieving for relationships & I'm grieving for who I can no longer be. And I'm FREE. And I'm seeing so much pain & so much liberation from what we don't need to be invested in. Fucking dichotomies. The both-and. The "all of the above" feelings. This in-between the fight of Libra for authentic relationships & alignment and the deep, deep waters of Scorpio that we usually travel alone.
I'm thinking a lot about collective movements for justice (thanks Jupiter in Libra) & how Jupiter in Scorpio is really going to bring it home that the way these long-term fights for what is right remain sustainable is when they're rooted from the inside out. That our contribution to the world is often born from our own revelations, evolution, & the radicalization of what it means to OWN YOUR SHIT. We gonna have to own our shit with Jupiter in Scorpio. We gonna learn that oppression is not just external forces but internalized narratives that will not be secrets for much longer & we can no longer lie about.
I'm holding all of this more & am going to spend some time during the Dark Moon (the day or two before the New Moon) figuring out what it all means for how I move forward in my relationships & community. How my evolution impacts the ways I engage in the collective & the interpersonal & what my work really is as a bruja. I spoke last night at Red Tent (a radical feminist (non-TERF) group I hold space with once a month) about how I want to see what's standing when I stop perpetuating the patterns that leave me unsatisfied & give other people the permission to determine my power.
And I think I'm getting to the point where I just want my world to know that I'm not playing no motherfucking games. I love deeply, I love for real, I work hard, & I'm willing to do what needs to be done, to say what others won't, & to go where I'm not supposed to be allowed. These are the parts of myself that are nonnegotiable. This is what my new moon intentions will be centered in. I invite you to stop playing games as well; this is an invitation I would accept before Jupiter in Scorpio takes you to school on it. ;)
I am available for some 1:1 sessions on what Jupiter in Scorpio will mean for you individually. Astrology is collective but where it really impacts each person is revealed by chart context. You can book me here & I will contact you asap to schedule our session for within the next month. I would also love to remind you that you can follow me on Facebook & Instagram. I tend to be more present there than on the Blog since I am on a content production sabbatical until November. <3


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Ever Wonder: Why Do Dogs Bark?
Stephanie Borns-Weil, V07, a resident specializing in animal behavior at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, explains
June 10, 2015
The new Tufts Now video series Ever Wonder features faculty and other experts answering questions about which we all have wondered—everything from why people laugh to why cats purr.
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33,561 people in the US were killed in car crashes in 2012, according to the most recent study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. No matter how safe a driver you may be, your fate on the road partially depends on your fellow drivers. Thats why it pays to know just how safe – or how dangerous – a city is from a drivers perspective. According to Allstates 2015 Best Drivers Report, here are the five best and worst driving cities in the US.
5 Best Cities
- Kansas City, Kansas. Heartland drivers, take heart! Drivers in Kansas City, Kansas are 8 percent less likely to get in an accident than the national average. This is a major upset for Fort Collins, Colorado, which snagged the top spot in both 2013 and 2014 but dropped to fourth safest in this years study.
- Brownsville, Texas. 5 percent less likely.
- Boise, Idaho. 5 percent less likely.
- Fort Collins, Colorado. 1 percent less likely.
- Cape Coral, Florida. 21 percent less likely.
5 Worst Cities
- Boston, Massachusetts. There must be something in the water up in Massachusetts. Worcester won the worst city title last year, ending Washington D.C.s six-year streak. Boston was the second worst in 2014, and Springfield came in fourth. But Beantown managed to knock Worcester into second place this year with an appalling new statistic: Boston drivers are 7 percent more likely to have a collision than the national average!
- Worcester, Massachusetts. 7 percent more likely.
- Baltimore, Maryland. 9 percent more likely.
- Washington, D.C. 3 percent more likely.
- Springfield, Massachusetts. 1 percent more likely.
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A Pennsylvania-based commercial property firm that's been buying North Texas buildings has decided it's time to build.
Exeter Property Group has started construction on a large industrial project in South Arlington. And the firm is moving ahead with plans to develop two more warehouse buildings in Flower Mound.
The company expanded to North Texas in 2010.
"This is our first ground-up development in the D-FW market," said Barney Sinclair, principal in Exeter's Southwest office. "We have been acquiring buildings for the last several years.
"But the low-hanging fruit is all gone," he said Tuesday. "We want to generate higher returns and are taking a little more risk."
Exeter has broken ground on an 821,000-square-foot speculative warehouse in the Arlington Commerce Center, just south of Interstate 20 near New York Avenue.
CBRE Group has been hired to market the industrial project — the latest in a series of new warehouses popping up along I-20.
"There is a very good chance the Exeter space will be leased to a single tenant," said CBRE Group executive vice president Dave Anderson.
He said CBRE is now tracking 10 potential tenants in the area that need more than a half million square feet of warehouse space.
"And we don't have existing or under construction Class A spaces to accommodate them all," Anderson said.
Exeter Group hopes to have its building ready by January. "We purchased this development site along with two buildings at the end of last year," Sinclair said.
The developer has also bought two more construction sites on Lakeside Parkway in Flower Mound.
"We are going to build two buildings up there," Sinclair said. "We have four buildings in that market and want more."
Exeter now owns about 4.5 million square feet of warehouse space in the D-FW area.
Sinclair said that the I-20 corridor where his firm is building is one of the best warehouse markets in the region.
"There has been a lot of good activity in that corridor, and there is a growing demand for big box distribution in that area," he said.
Major companies including Quaker Oats, Ace Hardware, BMW and L'Oreal are building distribution projects near I-20.
And several developers are looking at speculative warehouse projects in the same markets to take advantage of the booming North Texas economy.
"The development community has not kept pace by replenishing with new supply," Anderson said. "Tight lending practices are restricting new development.
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Manchester City as runaway Premier League leader has already owned an enviable cast of match-winners, such as Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus and David Silva. Last week Manchester City had signed second professional FIFA esports player - Marcus Jorgensen.
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Jennifer Garner spurred Love, Simon co-star Nick Robinson to burst into tears while filming a scene inspired by a heartwarming true story.
In the film, the 22-year-old actor plays a gay teenager who keeps his sexuality a secret. Meanwhile, he has fallen in love with a fellow, anonymous closeted classmate with whom he's been exchanging emails. Then a blackmailer finds the emails and threatens to out Simon. Garner and Josh Duhamel play his parents.
Director Greg Berlianti, who is gay himself, told guest interviewer and Olympian Gus Kenworthyon ABC News' Nightline that his real-life past experience with coming out inspired a scene in which Garner's character expresses her support for her son. She tells Simon, "You deserve everything you want."
"I started crying because regardless of your orientation or who you are, your life experience, just hearing those words is really powerful," Robinson said.


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C2G 18 AWG Coiled Hospital Grade Power Cord Product Details
The coiled hospital grade power cord selection is ideal for replacing overused or misplaced power cables, or to optimize office or lab layouts with a "coiled" cable that is minimized when extra length is not required. Ideal for medical carts and mobile devices, this cable, from the universal C13 series collection, will work with most PCs, monitors, scanners, printers and many other devices that are powered via the industry standard 3-pin C14 connector inlet.
The female C13R connector plugs directly into the device while the male hospital grade 5-15P connector plugs into a hospital grade supply outlet. The black connectors match almost any environment or hospital standard. Easily recognizable with the Green Dot mark, this hospital grade power cord ensures compliance and delivers maximum performance.
Type: Power cable
American Wire Gauge (AWG): 18
Features: Coiled
Length: 8 ft
Color: Black
Connector: Power IEC 60320 C13
Connector (Second End): Power NEMA 5-15 - male
Compliant Standards: RoHS, CSA C22.2 No. 21, UL 817
Dimensions & Weight (Shipping)
Service & Support: Limited lifetime warranty
Manufactured by: C2G
Warranty provided by: C2G
UPC No: 757120480662
Mfg Part No: 48066
Box Size:
( Length:19, Width:4, Depth:2)
Shipping Weight: 1.1000 pound(s)
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About Damien Coughlan
My name is Damien Coughlan, also known as The Irish Marketer.
My goal in life is to be free, make a positive and impactful contribution to society, while inspiring others to pursue the route of entrepreneurship.
I was born and raised in County Cork, Ireland on a family farm.
In my College years, I focused on marketing. I completed a masters in E-Commerce & Business. This laid the foundation and gave me an opportunity to work in corporate America.
I moved to the United States in 2012 to work for Apple in their headquarters in Silicon Valley. I learned a tremendous amount, with a particular focus on marketing, branding and customer satisfaction.
After many amazing years, I decided to pursue a personal goal of becoming an entrepreneur. I left Apple after 7 amazing years. My inspiration is Steve Jobs.
I have now created a seven-figure E-Commerce business, mentored hundreds of students and diversified into other revenue streams.
My goal is to travel the world, make a positive impact, and spread the word of entrepreneurship.
Please follow me on my journey, fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride.
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If you are just starting out and completely clueless about building your first website, you should consider using WordPress as a platform to launch your first online business.
WordPress is basically a website or blog builder for the average Joe. Despite of its simplicity (believe me, if you know how to type in Microsoft Word, sending emails and copy-paste, you have more than enough to use WordPress), the platform allows you to build complex sites from e-commerce stores, news portals to complex and layered membership-based websites.
Now, the key to a successful WordPress blog or website is SEO.
SEO stands for search engine optimization and it means ways to get your blog or website ranks high on search engines for certain keywords you want to target. Let's say you have a blog or website about weight loss, then you want your website to appear on the first page or, if possible, on top of the search results whenever someone searches "how to lose weight" on Google.
In a sense, SEO is very powerful to market your online business because it basically gives you free targeted traffic from search engines. I am pretty sure someone who searches "how to lose weight" on Google is interested in information about weight loss and if your blog or website offers this, you already have a warm prospects coming in to see your offer.
Here are 10 quick SEO tips that you can use to help your WordPress blog or website ranks higher.
1. Permalinks
You need to be sure that you are using SEO-friendly permalinks on your WordPress site. By default your WordPress software contains web URL's which contain question marks and numbers inside of them. These links are hard for the search engine web crawlers to attach themselves to. As a result your site will not be indexed as fast as it would normally be. WordPress also, however, does offer you the opportunity to create custom URL's for both your permalinks and archives. You will be able to find this option under your Administration panel. All you will have to do is to choose the options panel then click on permalinks.
2. Titles:
In the permalinks section of your WordPress marketing software you have the option of date and name based. This option will place the year, month, date, and post title in your URL. For the SEO webcrawlers it is best to have the site of your site appear in the front of this URL. So instead of using the basic URL you should choose the custom URL and create a link that has your site name appearing first.
3. Tags:
Tags are a great addition to your site on a SEO standpoint. They will enable the search engines web crawlers' crawl through your site more easily and also it will allow you to create specific pages for your tags and keywords. You can also install the Ultimate Tag Warrior for your WordPress.
4. Page Titles:
You will need to make sure you have good titles on all of your webpages. Just as you put the site name at the beginning of your URL you will need to do the same thing with your page title.
5. Post Titles:
The post titles that you choose should be clearly written. Do not stuff these titles with keywords that you are using to target your site or blog. Choose your keywords carefully when you are posting and get those words in your post title.
6. Autolinks:
You will also need to cross link to your own posts and pages in your content. You do this by linking keywords to your relevant posts.
7. Relevant Posts:
Be sure to post links to related posts under all your postings. This will help the web crawlers that are crawling through your site and indexing all of your posts.
8. Ping Services:
Each time you post or edit either a posting or a page your WordPress blog can notify a variety of different sites that you have updated your blog. It is very important that you use this step.
9. Google Sitemaps:
Google has a tool for you that are called Google Sitemaps. This tool will help you index your site and allows you to tell Google which pages are the most important.
10. Categories:
Categories will help you organize your content. If you have your permalinks turned on, the category names will appear in your URL. This is why it is very important that you name your category names very carefully. Try and make sure that you use keywords to name your categories and do not be afraid to make loads of them. WordPress gives you the ability to use sub categories and sub-subcategories so make as many categories you can. This way you are able to down your focus on certain keyword phrases.
Creating a WordPress site that is SEO-friendly is simple if you know how to do it correctly. Please note that all of these tips concern with "on-site SEO", which means SEO actions that you can do on your own site. Another big part of SEO is "off-site SEO" and this means the actions you need to take to build your SEO score outside of your own site.
The off-site SEO part is the difficult part and it is the deciding factor in determining the success of your SEO. The off-site SEO method is all about building backlinks. I will explain more about this in a later post. Until then, please make sure that you have set your WordPress blog or website optimized from the inside first.


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If you have geocached long enough, or maybe even on the day you find our first geocache, you are going to find geocoins in some of the caches you discover. What is a geocoin?
Geocoins are a geocacher's, or a group of geocacher's, personal souvenir or a personal calling card indicating that they have "been here".
They are geocache swag. The geocacher's that leave geocoins have them created just for for them, perhaps one that has an important theme such as motorcycles, or hang gliding, or even geocaching! Or, it could be a "stock" geocoin available from a number of vendors, with each series of geocoins having a specific theme.
Some geocoins celebrate famous events, some celebrate Mother's Day or Father's Day, or St. Patrick's Day, others commemorate important milestones in the life of the geocoin owner.
They are not free. They have to be purchased from a company that has the infrastructure in place to allow you to keep track of where the geocoin goes after you leave it in a cache.
Geocoins operate in a similar fashion to travel bugs, in that they are have a unique identification number on them. They differ from travel bugs in that they do not come in pairs. Rather, they come in significant numbers when you order them, and all geocoins have the same I.D. number on them.
What is the point of Geocoins?
A "store bought" geocoin will have an I.D. or serial number on it. It normally will also have a URL. If you visit that URL, you will likely be able to leave a note for that geocoin owner letting them know that you have found one of their geocoins. Or, you might mention that you found it in a certain geocache and are taking home with you too your city. The geocoin owner typically will want to know where their geocoins end up, and if you are good enough to let them know via the coin URL and tracking number, it will be appreciated.
Geocachers that have collected geocoins display them on some sort of wall board or in a frame.
The finding of a specific geocoin may coincide with part of a memorable trip, and having the geocoin found on that trip my be just enough to prompt your memories on down the line.
A geocoin is not a travel bug. All geocoins of a specific batch have the same serial number or I.D. number, so one individual geocoin isn't trackable.


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Clean air is something often taken for granted, but in reality it is one of the highest necessities of life. There are many substances that can contaminate air and the most commonly known are pollutants that hurt the ozone. A lesser recognized substance that creates dirty air is mold.
Mold is a living organism that naturally occurs and breaks down dead materials in order to return those nutrients back to the environment. Mold releases spores that travel through the air in order to spread and continue its busy work of breaking down plant and animal matter. It is an incremental part of the outdoors–BUT when it grows indoors is when it becomes an issue.
When mold builds up in dangerous quantities indoors, people can experience mold allergies with symptoms including sneezing, congestion, runny nose, rashes or hives, itchiness, and watery eyes. Severe reactions to mold include allergic reactions, asthma, other respiratory conditions, and other physical ailments can be associated with exposure to mold.
Not all molds are toxic–only the ones that produce toxins or poisons during their growth are considered toxic molds.
There are 5 categories of toxic mold, which are those that are considered to be dangerous to humans.
Stachbotrys' toxins have been linked to allergic reactions as minor as hay fever to as drastic as liver damage, and most severe being brain or nerve damage. Those with compromised immune systems are especially vulnerable.
Cladosporium, Fusarium, and Penicillium are mold families that can be associated to illnesses like asthmas, nail fungi, and infections to the liver, lungs and kidneys. Also, gastrointestinal illnesses and those that affect the female reproductive system can be created by Fusarium. Cladosporium can cause emphysema and pulmonary edema in extreme instances.
Aspergillius is the lesser of the mold groups in toxicity and this family consists of over 160 species, of which 16 cause illness (that is treatable) in humans.
If you find yourself in a situation with mold, call a professional. There is a high level of risk associated with not remediating mold when it is discovered. Generally speaking, mold begins to grow within 24 to 48 hours of a water loss. Royal Plus, Inc. has trained personnel prepared to respond to any size water loss and remediate mold as well as offer any other additional necessary services to ensure a thorough clean up and turn life back on for our customers.
We are situated in key office locations on the east coast including the Eastern Shore of Delaware and Maryland as well as the inland Baltimore area. Also we have office locations with personnel prepared to offer 24/7 emergency response from Jacksonville, Orlando, and Key West Florida.
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Back of house
To deliver a superior customer experience, each function in your business needs to operate as smoothly as possible. An efficient and organised back-office is a well-oiled machine, eliminating wasted time and misspent resource.
Stellar provides extensive back of house processing for our clients. They're spread across different industries, with a wide range of transaction needs.
Stellar's capabilities
Our range of transaction types is varied and extensive, and we continue to add to it as our clients move into new areas and discover new challenges.
Whether it's credit card payments, direct debit management, disconnections, complaint emails, refund processing, travel bookings or ombudsman liaison – we've delivered it and exceeded our clients' expectations.
Stellar will find the best solution for your particular needs. Multi-skilled agents can handle back of house functions as well as customer facing, to maximise efficiency. We can deliver a 'rightshore' solution, with a mix of services delivered in Australia the Philippines and the USA. Or we can offer flexible scalable solutions to fit your objectives.
Our proprietary cStar® software offers a scalable and flexible solution for back office workflow campaigns whilst providing the highest levels of automation, efficiency, data integrity, security and detailed operational and performance reporting.
Many of our existing clients have gained major cost savings, increased efficiencies and reaped many other benefits by introducing cStar's work flow environment into their organisation.
- Detailed reporting
- Work distributed according to agent availability to maximise efficiencies
- Real time management of queues and agents
- Prioritise work tasks from various sources
The results
We've handled hundreds of thousands of transactions and it's taught us a lot.
For one client, we've reduced turnaround times from 3 days to 24 hours. For another, we handled 730k calls over 12 weeks. We've delighted clients and renewed contracts — one client relationship still going strong after 12 years.
We're proud of what we can do.
- 82% accuracy in automatic allocation of emails
- 86% reduction in FTE managing work allocation
- 69% reduction in FTE managing back of house transactions
- 66% cost savings for back office processing from our Manila centre
Want to learn more?
Drop us a note and we will get in touch for a chat.
Customer care was what Stellar began with in 1998, with just one client and one call centre. From these humble beginnings we've grown our footprint and our capabilities, but at our core, we are still passionate about people and passionate about customers.
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IVR can streamline the process for your company and your agents while achieving greater levels of customer engagement and caller satisfaction.
Social media is the new word-of-mouth. It has never been more critical to engage with your customers online.
Rich insights are held within your customer phone calls, but with millions of interactions a year, it'd be impossible to manually monitor each one.
Outbound can be – and should be – customer centric, engaging, and a key part of your customer engagement strategy.
A successful engagement strategy will turn your website into a living, breathing part of your business — a hub where customers can kick off conversations, get support and be enticed into your world.
Every client's needs are different, influenced by their industry, customer-base and business goals. This is why Stellar has developed a 'rightshoring' model, instead of a one-size-fits-all approach to outsourcing.
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We'll support your recruitment needs and help you hire the right people. Work with us to free up time and resources so you can focus on growing your business.
We know your organisation has many products and services, and in today's changing world, they are evolving constantly. You need your frontline staff to have the most up-to-date information, so that your team and your customers all speak the same story.
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