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Rebate Hell
What would a marketing consultant say about the lifetime lightbulb?
On the one hand it's a great product. On the other hand, every time someone buys lifetime light-bulbs... the lifetime light bulb company loses another customer... for life.
Undaunted though, the tele-marketers that sell the lifetime light bulb keep calling, trying to sell me more bulbs. I keep telling them unless I buy more lamps I don't need any more of their lifetime light bulbs. The bulbs I currently have, as they predicted years ago, are lasting a lifetime. Then they suggest I could buy more bulbs and give them as gifts. Apparently to them, nothing says love like a lifetime light bulb.
The dilemma for the owner of the lifetime light bulb is in 50 years if a lifetime lightbulb has burned out prematurely where is the money-back guarantee certificate? I can't find whatever it was I was looking at just a minute ago. The only way for me to know where my lifetime light bulb money back guarantee certificate is 50 years from now is to frame it and put it up in my office. Which might be kind of funny... people come in, think it's a diploma or an award, walk closer and see a lifetime light bulb money back guarantee certificate that I am so proud of I've had it framed and tripled matted.
What made me think of this? Manufacturers and retailers are advertising stuff, like the color printer we got my parents for Christmas, at $150, after a $50 rebate. Never do they mention the $200 you actually pay. The price you paid only becomes $150 if you cut the UPC sticker off the original box and send in two completed rebate forms and a copy of the store receipt and then they remember to send you your 50 bucks back.
Well, the six week waiting-for-my-50-dollar-rebate on the color printer period is over and I am getting this bad feeling my check isn't in the mail.
And seeing as how another store had that same color printer for a flat $158, I would have gladly spent an extra eight bucks to avoid these past 42 days and nights of rebate hell.
Next Christmas I will avoid rebates all together by not buying my parents any more complicated, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't computer equipment. I am going to get them life time light bulbs for their entire house. For as long as they live they will never break a hip falling off a step stool with a burned out 60 watt-er in their hand. I guess you can say love with a lifetime light bulb.
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Nate Parker, writer-director-producer of "Birth Of A Nation," said in an interview with 60 Minutes' Anderson Cooper that he is unapologetic over rape allegations during his time as a student at Pennsylvania State University.
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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl posted a photo on the band's Facebook page of a white guitar with blood smeared on it, a result of the band's first rehearsal in some time. Grohl wrote in the accompanying caption, "First practice. Been too long. Look out, Mexico . . . xoxo Dave." Foo Fighters will play its first ever Mexican shows next month, on December 11th and 13th in Mexico City, marking the band's first official live gigs since summer 2012. (Loudwire)
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Winter is sure as hell here! I told you it was coming!
Pretty interesting Modern Marvels program, if you like electricity:
Ha, Jim...that was great. "It'll take a lot of Semtex to fill that".
As a RocketMan, I found this very interesting.
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Kids like that will rule the world...
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Bright days and dark days are both expressions of the great mystery. ~ Oglala Sioux
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Regular price: $48.97
Like no other teaching course, The Roots of Buddhist Psychology gives you immediate strategies for living in the present, including 12 profound lectures....
Find out all about mysterious Buddhism, its origins, its secrets, and its answers to the challenges of modern life. This book contains a basic overview of Buddhism....
In Meditation for Beginners, renowned teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step guidance to show us how to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice....
This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources....
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness....
It might happen suddenly, like a flash of lightning. Or gradually, like raindrops filling a jar....
Like no other teaching course, The Roots of Buddhist Psychology gives you immediate strategies for living in the present, including 12 profound lectures....
Find out all about mysterious Buddhism, its origins, its secrets, and its answers to the challenges of modern life. This book contains a basic overview of Buddhism....
In Meditation for Beginners, renowned teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step guidance to show us how to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice....
This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources....
From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness....
It might happen suddenly, like a flash of lightning. Or gradually, like raindrops filling a jar....
In The Wise Heart, Jack Kornfield offers an accessible, comprehensive, and illuminating guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology....
Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus....
Bringing Home the Dharma includes simple meditation practices for awakening our buddha nature - our wise and understanding heart - amid the ups and downs of our ordinary daily lives....
In The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching, Thich Nhat Hanh introduces us to the core teachings of Buddhism and shows us that the Buddha's teachings are accessible and applicable....
When the Buddha set in motion the wheel of Dharma, he knew that the teaching he gave was inexhaustible - that every future generation would find its own skillful ways....
As anyone who has tried it knows, meditation looks simple but at times it can be difficult....
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few. So begins this most beloved of all American Zen works....
It is possible to find genuine happiness and liberation in the ups and downs of your own human life....
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In After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield brings into focus the truth about satori, the awakened state of consciousness, and enlightenment practices today....
The observations and insights of the Buddha are practical and eminently down to earth, dealing exclusively with awareness in the here and now....
Spiritual practice, Pema Chödrön teaches, has nothing to do with self-improvement, since, as the course's title claims, you're already perfect right now....
For me, this has been the next best thing to having a great teacher in my own home. His calm manner, deep insights and easy to understand presentation are a gift to anyone interested in knowing more about Buddhist philosophy. I have listened to this over and over again and get something more each time. Along with Thich Nhat Hanh and Pema Chodron, the teachings of Jack Kornfield have had a life changing a influence in my life. I am grateful to have these audio recordings so easily available.
30 of 30 people found this review helpful
I really enjoyed these lectures. They definitely give a greater understanding of what Buddhism means. However, I do think I wouldn't have grasped many of the deeper meanings if I hadn't had some introduction to very, very basic Buddhist concepts to begin with. I would recommend listening to "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle before listening to this if you are a true beginner and a Westerner. Most of it was extremely helpful (see my review on that one). My only other complaint about this audiobook is that Jack Kornfield really seems to love the sound of his own voice. Sounds hypercritical, but the breathy, caressing voice could be a little nauseating at times.
53 of 54 people found this review helpful
I almost didn't get this book because of the reviews about Jack Kornfield's speaking voice. I'm glad I didn't make that huge mistake.
If you're interested in learning about Buddhism, then this is the book. This is the guy to explain it to you. His voice is perfect for what he's explaining. He's not reading the pages into a microphone in a studio somewhere, he's speaking from his heart with genuine compassion.
This is a good quality recording of a series of informative speeches given to a small audience. The speaker is a Buddhism master, and I think he's enlightened and is passing the Buddha's wisdom as well as his own down to students who wish to learn. I am just beginning my studies of Buddhism and I feel like this was the perfect introduction.
If you're interested in learning about Buddhism, get this. You won't be sorry.
75 of 78 people found this review helpful
This is a wonderful series of dharma talks given by the foremost (at least in my mind) American Buddhist teacher, Jack Kornfield. Kornfield's voice and manner are warm, soothing, and kind, and he illustrates his distillation of Buddhist teachings with everything from real-life anecdotes, poetry, and jokes. It is a pleasure to listen to, from beginning to end. The beauty of these talks is that they do not require a previous knowledge of Buddhism or a desire to immerse one's self in scripture. Kornfield gives practical advice on cultivating mindfulness, lovingkindness, and interconnectedness for even the most non-dogmatic of listeners. What a delight!
34 of 35 people found this review helpful
It was this recording that really touched me. Jack Kornfield has the right style to talk to the west. A really beautiful way of presenting the Buddhas teachings in a way that really means something in everyday life.
12 of 12 people found this review helpful
I was weary at first since some were complaining about the speaker, saying he was irritating and to be honest it took me a chapter to get into the way he speaks. Ended up really liking the speaker though his quotes from Don Juan Matus to Woody Alan made it easy to relate to the stories and philosophies.
Would recommend.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful
Mr Kornfield's presentation is informative and at times, very funny. If you've been curious about Buddhism, I would highly suggest that you give this audiobook a try. Even if you are not looking for enlightenment, this selection has information for leading a calm, centered and spiritual life. At first the live audience threw me off but I came to appreciate their reactions and laughter and got great enjoyment from it. I also purchased Meditation for Beginners from Mr Kornfield and have also found it helpful and enjoyable. Listen at bedtime for a great nights sleep.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
a most excellent book. i will admit that he kinda sounds like a subdued Mr. Rogers at naptime. the speaking voice kinda turned me off at first but i hung with it because of the content. he has a good cadence and clarity of speech so it's easy to get past the tone.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
I love this audible! This is a must have for anyone who is unfamiliar with Buddhism or is interested in learning what it is and how to apply it to your everyday life. I listen to this book at least twice a week and parts of it daily! He makes it easy to understand and how to apply it to every day living. It is in layman terms, humorous, insightful. You walk away with a very in-depth understanding of what Buddhism is and how it can benefit your life! I just purchased another book by this author! Must have.... Money well spent! I recommend this one before purchasing his other book, Roots of BuddhismPhychology, which is my other favorite of his. I like the way he uses humor to which I can relate to and the different story his refers to.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
What made the experience of listening to Buddhism for Beginners [Jack Kornfield] the most enjoyable?
Jack Kornfield so gently invited me into the world of Buddhism.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I guess Jack and the Buddha are my favorite characters because they are both offering to light the way to a deeper, more meaningful life.
What about Jack Kornfield's performance did you like?
I found his voice soothing and inviting.
What did you learn from Buddhism for Beginners [Jack Kornfield] that you would use in your daily life?
This book is a daily reminder of the value of the Buddhist perspective and practice.
Any additional comments?
I am a bit confused by the comments about this not being for beginners. To me it seems like an appropriate and gentle introduction.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I love audiobooks, but lets be frank, they can be pretty variable!
This one takes the format of teachings recorded live in front of an audience. Jack Kornfield delivers these lectures in an accessible manner, with appropriate humor that never detracts from the content and indeed assists in delivering the messages. I sometimes find it hard to listen to audiobooks in American or other accents (I am dyslexic and have APD) but his voice is calming, never patronizing and as a result I have listened to this many times over.
My usual audiobook 'fodder' is comedy, dramatized stories or perhaps some general classics to pass long journeys. However, I bought this as an agnostic who has been exploring theology and belief systems, and remarkably this has already helped me through some difficult times. As a newcomer to Buddhism, this did not put me off by sounding elitist or too 'new world-y' (I tend to recoil when I feel I am being fed hippy nonsense). Instead, this has been genuinely enlightening and helpful and gets my highest recommendation.
I shall now continue to explore Buddhism and will certainly favor Kornfields work. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank him for making this and for the impact that it has already had upon me.
Instead, I am buying a further audiobook outside of my monthly plan
42 of 43 people found this review helpful
this book was excellent and i really enjoyed listening to it and learned a lot about the buddhist way of life from it. i enjoyed the narrator also found his voice calming and gentle, think this book would be excellent for anyone interested in buddhism or even just to listen to to destress and see the reality of life and whats important its a real eyeopener and life changer cant wait to listen to more from jack
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
What did you like about this audiobook?
The author has a genuine, warm and caring approach to the subject matter born out of deep wisdom, knowledge and practice. The story of buddhism is delivered via a series of lectures on the important elements of the subject in front of a live audience. This really allows you to get a sense of the gentle, kind and humourous nature of the author, and the warmth and respect of the audience for the speaker.
How has the book increased your interest in the subject matter?
Yes, greatly. Deep, yet accessible insight in to the tradition with an eye to the Eastern roots of the teachings and a Western context for the practice.
Does the author present information in a way that is interesting and insightful, and if so, how does he achieve this?
The teachings are littered with stories, quotes and insight from great teachers and leaders from all traditions. Lots of deeply moving stories from the author's personal experience and amusing anecdotes keep the perfect balance between light heartedness and being deeply moved.
What did you find wrong about the narrator's performance?
Not a thing. Great insight to the teachings and flawless, caring and compassionate delivery. I've listened to the book a number of times, the author is now a part of my daily life as I can hear his words as I go through my day.
Do you have any additional comments?
Highly recommended!
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
At first I found the lecture format a bit off-putting but as the author continued I found it increasingly pleasant and relaxing.
I would recommend this as a good, gentle introduction into buddhism and would certainly consider purchasing any further contributions by Jack Kornfield in this area.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
I picked this up looking for some inspiration to get through a period of illness that was stretching my sanity.
The author is very funny and engaging and I learned more than a trick or two from it. I keep going back to it when I am looking for energy and ideas to help get me through difficult times. I have found it especially useful in dealing with chronic physical pain, even though it's not a meditation book.
I have always had an enquiring mind and much of this book rings true for me, even though I am not a religious person.
A really good listen that I think will help enrich your quality of life.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
how many times can I person repeat the same thing? mindfullness is being present. OK, so what? Personally I was very bored and could not finish.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
The author and narrator clearly knows his subject and is very capable of expressing his opinions . He is clearly knowledgeable and can explain the concepts very well. But........ his way of speaking just comes across as kind of effected. He speaks very slowly and in a softened tone, and at times it seems like he is deliberately trying to project an image of "inner peace"
I could be (and I suspect that I am being) unfair in saying this, and maybe that is actually how he speaks but it just comes off a little annoying at times.
All of that said, the content is excellent and well structured, and I did get a much better understanding of the subject.
I would just say that another narrator with the same content would have made this a more enjoyable listen.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Almost meditative, this audiobook is a great bedtime listen and feels almost therapeutic as well as informative. I learnt all the basic facets of Buddhism without feeling preached at or presdutusrd. You can take what you want from the content, and the delivery is calm and almost hypnotic as his voice kills you to sleep. Only problem wad I had to keep rewinding when I missed bits due to snoozing! A good intro.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
My first insight into Buddhism and I learned a great deal. I will be listening again. The elements of comedy were a really nice touch too.
Utterly brilliant
I will return to this book many times in my life. Jack Kornfield's lectures bring the spirit and the beauty of Buddhism to everyone. He has a wonderfully easy tone and the teachings are sprinkled with amusing anecdotes and quotes from many different and varied sources. It's not preachy in any way, doesn't ask for anything, it simply seeks to help the listener see life through a clearer eyes. Can't recommend enough - wonderful.


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Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
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It is unlikely that this story was invented by Sargon. Like the many variants of it found in other countries, it was probably founded on a form of the Tammuz-Adonis myth. Indeed, a new myth would not have suited Sargon's purpose so well as the adaptation of an old one, which was more likely to make popular appeal when connected with his name. The references to the goddess Ishtar, and Sargon's early life as a gardener, suggest that the king desired to be remembered as an agricultural Patriarch, if not of divine, at any rate of semi-divine origin.
What appears to be an early form of the widespread Tammuz myth is the Teutonic legend regarding the mysterious child who came over the sea to inaugurate a new era of civilization and instruct the people how to grow corn and become great warriors. The Northern peoples, as archaeological evidence suggests, derived their knowledge of agriculture, and therefore their agricultural myths, from the Neolithic representatives of the Mediterranean race with whom they came into contact. There can be no doubt but that the Teutonic legend refers to the introduction of agriculture. The child is called "Scef" or "Sceaf", which signifies "Sheaf", or "Scyld, the son of Sceaf". Scyld is the patriarch of the Scyldings, the Danes, a people of mixed origin. In the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf poem, the reference is to "Scyld", but Ethelweard, William of Malmesbury, and others adhered to "Sceaf" as the name of the Patriarch of the Western Saxons.
The legend runs that one day a boat was seen approaching the shore; it was not propelled by oars or sail. In it lay a child fast asleep, his head pillowed upon a sheaf of grain. He was surrounded by armour, treasure, and various implements, including the fire-borer. The child was reared by the people who found him, and he became a great instructor and warrior and ruled over the tribe as king. In Beowulf Scyld is the father of the elder Beowulf, whose grandson Hrothgar built the famous Hall. The poem opens with a reference to the patriarch "Scyld of the Sheaf". When he died, his body, according to the request he had made, was laid in a ship which was set adrift:


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Deadpool 2 is scheduled to be released sometime next yeah however Ryan Reynolds released the teaser Saturday (after Fox took it down) for all of those who choose not to go and see the new 'Logan' movie. Anyways, the new trailer is everything you'd expect from a the R-Rater superhero including Marvel taking shots at Superman and their DC counterparts.
Enjoy 'motherfuckers'!


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A group of passers-by forced their way into a Bayport home and alerted three residents that the house was on fire early Saturday, Suffolk County police said.
Five adults were riding in a car about 2:10 a.m. when they passed a home on Middle Road and noticed it was on fire, a police spokeswoman said.
They got out of the vehicle, knocked on the door and eventually forced their way in to reach the unsuspecting dwellers, police said. "They were sound asleep. They had no idea what was going on," Bayport Fire Chief Bob Fleming said of the residents. "The people kicked in the door and woke them up out of a sound sleep. They definitely saved their lives, all three of them." Two people in the home, as well as a tenant in another part of the house, were all able to get out safely, police and Fleming said.


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Remember that time I went back to BC for the holidays and I was all yeah, I'm going to write all the time. I'm going to update my blog so often that I'll crash the internet. That's how prolific I'm going to be!
Okay, maybe you didn't know about my personal ambition of breaking the internet, but perhaps you knew that first bit about the visit to the west coast. Let's take a look back at all the blog posts I managed to bang out over those five long weeks.
There's one, and…hmm, that's it. One.
Take that, internet. Buckle under the weight of my words!! MWAHAHAHAHA!
What is the opposite of prolific? The internet of which I mock suggests words like barren, fruitless, and impotent. Ouch.
I think I'll take this slightly embarrassing lapse in productivity and turn it into a…
Drum roll please…
You guessed it, loyal reader. A "BEST OF" LIST! WOOT!
Best Activities of My West Coast Visit**
Flooding my mom's house. Because a visit home isn't complete without causing some property damage. I decided to rinse the chlorine out of my bathing suit in the upstairs bathroom sink. I turned the hot water on, inserted the plug, and hey! What's that shiny thing over here? lalala, hmhmhm, dododo… Some time later I wandered into the bathroom to discover a large, very hot lake where the linoleum floor used to be. I cleaned it up, thankful that no one would ever have to know about my extreme stupidity. A while later my mom came home and asked what all the water was doing in the downstairs hallway. It leaked through the floor/roof and caused a small indoor reservoir. Right beside her computer and all her office equipment. Heehee, oops!
Cooking Batbouts with my dad. We spent a day cooking a Moroccan dinner, including such delicacies as a fig and olive rabbit stew thing, spicy carrots, couscous, tabouleh, and batbouts. I don't know how they're supposed to be pronounced, but we were calling them "bat-boots". Say it. Out loud. Now. It's fun, no? As fun as they are to say, cooking them is even funner. They're sort of like a pita. You slap the thin dough in a really hot pan and they balloon up like a wholewheat pillow.
Watching my parents try to set up a VCR. I remember when we first got a VCR. I was probably about nine. It went with our very first colour TV and it was awesome. We could rent Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Overboard any time we wanted. Sweet!
Melissa and I wanted to relive part of our childhood by watching Gremlins, and the only copy we could find was a VHS. No problem, my mom said. I have a VCR in the cupboard. Hours later and there were cables and remotes and crumbly brown manuals all over the living room floor. We live in a culture of HDTV and PVR and cable boxes and blue ray and movies coming in through our gaming consoles and TV that you can pause. And there I was, brought back to the sweet age of nine, sitting on the couch watching both my parents hunched over in the dim lighting of the TV, trying to figure out how to hook up a gosh darn VCR.
They couldn't do it.
Eating sushi. Oh, sushi, how I've missed thee. It's not that it doesn't exist in Halifax. But it's not plentiful and therefore is freaking expensive. In Victoria it is good. And cheap.
I ate it.
A lot.
Secret Activity. My absolute favouritest thing I did while in BC was so utterly wonderful and fantastic that it deserves its own blog post. But be assured that it rocked. It is a combination of sweet and cute and awesome and funny and at times very, very loud.
Any guesses?
** This list doesn't include things like visiting with my family and friends, which was lovely to do, but, and I mean absolutely no offence, sort of boring to write about. I mean, who wants to read and then I saw this person and it was fun, and then I saw this other person and it was also fun, and then I ate sausage cheese fondo with yet another person and guess what? It was fun! I sure don't. And I was there.


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MLM recruiting system
Do you need an MLM recruiting system?
Let's start out with a direct answer to the question. Yes!
That was easy. Have a nice day.
Basically, there are two different MLM recruiting systems. There is the old school method of recruiting people. Commonly referred to as belly to belly recruiting. A better description would be, face to face marketing.
The many "faces" of this type of MLM recruiting are, going through your warm market to find people to recruit. Most people have a sphere of influence of about 250 people. That's the sum of all the people you know or come in contact with. Technically, this is an MLM recruiting system. This is done by being obnoxious and chasing all of your friends, relatives, co-workers and neighbors until they hide in their homes and never come out again. There is the "3 foot rule." Always a fan favorite. This is when you start up a conversation with anyone who is within 3 feet of you. You do this in order to pitch them your business opportunity, to them.
There are tons of ways to market your opportunity in your community. Putting fliers on front doors or car windshields. Passing out literature at malls and grocery stores. You could evolve into mailing post cards. My all time favorite was the bulletins with the tear off phone numbers. Staple them to the local bulletin boards. They would see them tear off the number and put it in their pockets. Of course, by the next day, they had forgotten what the number was for.
Ah, those were the good old days!
If you've used this type of network marketing recruiting system you may have noticed that when you "chase" people you engage their survival instinct. It's the fight or flight response. The brain senses that it is in "danger." The danger being that someone is about to try to make you do something that you really don't think that you want to try to sell you something.
The flight response is when your friends try to avoid you.
The fight is when you corner them and they end up telling you that you are crazy for trying something like this or they don't have to time or money to do it.
Every once in a while even a blind pig finds an acorn. You actually get someone to say yes to seeing the business plan. You show it to them or take them to a hotel meeting. You have your fingers crossed and hope that they join. More than likely they won't. Which explains the 99.8% failure rate in MLM.
That sums up the typical offline MLM recruiting system.
The other type of MLM recruiting system is the online type.
In my opinion, this is the way to go. Offline methods of marketing limit you to your sphere of influence or maybe the number of people in your community. Conversely, online marketing gives you access to, literally, the whole world.
In essence, the online MLM recruiting system is your sales funnel. I wrote about that here. So, what's a sales funnel and why should I use one?
Your online network marketing recruiting system will consist of a central hub of activity. This should be your blog. You will have an attached pop up advertisement. This ad will gather the contact information of those visitors who want to exchange it for a gift that you offering them. This gift must have a fairly high, perceived value.
This puts them into your funnel. You move them along with emails that you send them from your autoresponder. You can send them messages to get them to return to your blog over and over again. The easiest way to do this is by informing them that you have a new post on your blog. Your posts should offer up good and useful information. You build trust this way. It also will make your prospects more willing to purchase products and services that you have bought an successfully used. DO NOT try to sell anything that you have never used. You might sell them something that doesn't work. This is the kiss of death for your business. You might get away with it once or twice but you will completely alienate the prospects and you will totally undermine your business.
Your emails should, periodically, include invitations to see your company's business presentation. This could be a local meeting but more than likely, you will be sending them to see a webinar, online.
Something to consider, you could have a recorded version of the webinar. This would automate this step of the process.
Once your prospect has been to the webinar, you just need to ask for their decision. This can be in an email. Again, total automation. Or you could ask them to call you if they need more information. I think the best practice is to follow up with a phone call. This is more personal and makes you more human to them. Somewhere in the process you'll need to get their phone number.
That sums up a typical online MLM recruiting system.
Although, an online MLM recruiting system is probably the best and most effective way to market your business, I think that there is still a place for the old school, face to face marketing system.
There are businesses, online, that are set up to facilitate the online MLM recruiting system. Some of these are MLSP and Carbon Copy Pro. I have to admit to thinking about joining one of these. I would more want to see how they set things up and run things. I did decide to try to set up my own MLM recruiting system. If I have success on my own, I'm good to go. If not, I can always go back and try either of these.
I'm not a member of any online or offline MLM recruiting system. I am also not an affiliate of any. If you decide to try any of the online marketing companies, you're on you're on. Good luck!
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Muslim tycoon in divorce fight over affair 'allowed under Sharia Law'
by Andrew Hough
An unfaithful millionaire Muslim does not believe his estranged wife deserves a divorce because polygamy is allowed under Islamic law, he told a court today.
Houshang Jafari, 60, was unfaithful to his wife, Aghdas Bidaki, 53, with a younger woman by whom he has two children.
He moved out of the family home and moved his mistress, Katrina, 20 years his junior, into his £1.2 million apartment. She has taken his name despite not being legally married.
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IDC said that the storage market ended well. In the last quarter, worldwide enterprise storage systems revenue grew 7.2 percent year on year to amount to close to $10.6 billion.
And capacity shipments rose by 43.7 percent compared to the same quarter the previous year to represent 99.2 exabytes.
Eric Sheppard, a research director at IDC, said spending on enterprise storage grew in most markets worldwide with factors including demand for midrange systems using flash memory and systems designed for hyper scale data centres.
EMC was the top dog in fourth quarter, with a 22.2 percent market share. That company was followed by HP (13.8%), Dell (9%), IBM (9%) and Netapp (7.2%).


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man that really sucks my hubby tried the same thing so i changed my my name from (#$$%^^%) well what it was at one time on here to lilmamaw2 and now he has no clue what to look under works out for me and him cuz now he dont look and now i dont get mad at him for looking so anyways good luck and i hope every thing works out oh and him working thoes long and strange shift that will all work out my hubby woks from 9pm-9-10am and it took a while to get down at firs but a month after Dillon was born we had the perfect routine down i was the one who got up and down with him all night and so i needed sleep too well he'd come home and take care of Dillon till 1-2pm i had to pump of course and make sure their was enough but it worked out great i got my sleep and was more than ready to take care of my lil guy when i got up and jimmy got all of his sleep before he had to go to work and got to spend some one on one time with his son he said it was scary at first but it made him feel good that i trusted him enough to leave our baby with him alone for thoes hours in the morning now at first he'll wake you up every 2seconds omg..what do i do now omg...he's doing this what dose that mean omg...why is he's crying and then about a week later after all that my hubby was a pro and to this day we still have that routine it's great Dillon gets his much needed daddy time and i get my much needed rest (i'm 8m preg.) then when i get up Dillons worn out and takes a nap and i get to watch soaps it's great!!!!! i wouldn't want it any other way!!!!! so good luck and hay, things will be fine and work out great cuz i felt the same way you do and to my suprize every things been perfect!!!!! so i have pretty good feeling that it'll work out fine for you two!!!!!
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RVer's Guide to Dump Stations
7th edition, © 2016
It's not something any RVer really enjoys doing but it must be done. Eventually your RV's holding tanks must be emptied. Finding a dump station can sometimes be tricky. RVer's Guide to Dump Stations helps make it easier to find public dump stations.
Nearly 2000 locations across the United States are listed and include places like:
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Only a few weeks ago, Liverpool was battling for the top spots of the Premier League standings with the likes of Arsenal and Manchester City, and they were picked by experts as the favorites to win it all this season.
Sadly for the Reds' fans, they aren't as good as they believed and the two straight losses to end the year are the perfect proof of that. Despite being on a huge run that included a 5-0 win against Tottenham, Liverpool failed to produce against both Manchester City and Chelsea and the two losses dropped them in the league table.
Liverpool are now sitting fifth with 36 points in 19 matches, only two over Manchester United, and the team needs to wake up from this lackluster play before it's too late. Just like last week against the Citizens, Liverpool started winning today against Jose Mourinho's team, but surrendered the three points once again as Liverpool were simply unable to compete against Manuel Pellegrini's side.
Tough defender Martin Skrtel put the Reds ahead today, but the defense started to disappear slowly in the first half, something that Eden Hazard used to his advantage to tie the game with a screamer from the edge of the box. Experienced striker Samuel Eto'o scored the second goal for Chelsea, and the hosts ended up winning a tough contest that allows them to keep putting pressure on Arsenal's back.
The Premier League has been incredibly tight this season, and Liverpool still have chances to make something this year thanks to their start to the year. But, in order to end up in the top four once everything is said and done, Liverpool needs to compete on a weekly basis and fight against being complacent. It's the only way to secure results against teams they are expected to defeat.
Juan Pablo Aravena is a sports writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @jparavenarant or add him to your network on Google


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§ Motion made, and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Finlay.]
§ 10.57 p.m.
§ Dr. A. D. D. Broughton (Batley and Morley)
I am very grateful to Mr. Speaker, and to you, Mt. Deputy-Speaker, for allowing me this opportunity of speaking about Oakwell Hospital, a small hospital in my constituency. It has been in the news recently, because it is the hospital where the Yorkshire smallpox cases have been isolated and treated. It is an old hospital, built well away from other buildings on a hill top in Birstall. It was put there for the isolation and treatment of infectious cases. The larger part of the hospital used to take in the more common infectious diseases such as diphtheria and scarlet fever, which were prevalent as recently as thirty years ago. A small section, set apart from the rest, was for smallpox cases.
In recent years, the astonishing decline in the incidence of infectious diseases caused the wards to be empty, and the beds were then brought into use for geriatric cases. According to The Hospital Year Book, the hospital has ninety beds for geriatric patients. I have had the pleasure of visiting the place on several occasions, and I have been delighted to see the old people being cared for efficiently and tenderly. 1092 Since 1948, when the National Health Service came into operation, the hospital has been under the management of the Dewsbury, Batley and Mirfield Hospital Management Committee, which is under the direction of the Leeds Regional Hospital Board. So much by way of introduction to Oakwell Hospital.
When the first smallpox cases occurred recently in Bradford, the Leeds Regional Hospital Board decided to use this hospital for the isolation and treatment of the patients. I think that this was a very sensible decision, because the hospital is conveniently situated and suitably constructed for that purpose. The geriatric patients were speedily transferred to other hospitals, a volunteer staff was recruited and the smallpox cases were brought the few miles from Bradford.
I am very pleased that this hospital in my constituency should have been chosen to play such a vitally important part in the recent battle against this deadly disease. I shall have something to say about the staff in a moment but, at this point, I think that it would not be out of place to pay tribute to the hospital management committee and to the Leeds Regional Hospital Board for their part in this grim fight against disease and death.
My pride and my interest in this hospital prompted me to ask the Minister of Health some Questions, and I wish to thank him for answering them. I asked him first what staff was being employed and whether all were volunteers. I was informed that thirty-one medical, nursing and ancillary staff were working in the hospital and I was pleased to learn that all were volunteers. I am sure that I can express the grateful thanks of all my constituents to every member of that staff for their courage, patience and skill in carrying out the exacting and dangerous duties for which they volunteered.
Let it be remembered also that not only must the smallpox cases be isolated but all the staff must necessarily be confined to the hospital lest they spread this highly infectious disease. They have had to endure what amounts to imprisonment for weeks in a small hospital on the top of a bleak hill. We all owe them a debt of gratitude.
1093 I thought that thanks alone were not enough, that something more tangible was required, and I asked the Minister whether any additional remuneration would be forthcoming. Following the publication of this Question of mine, I was pleased to read an announcement in the Press that there would be additional pay for the staff during their period of isolation. When I received the Minister's official reply I was told that there would be additional pay for the nursing and ancillary staff. I want to ask, why not for the medical staff?
I learned from the Minister's Answer to a subsequent Question of mine that one doctor was being employed at the hospital, and I now ask: how comes it that whereas 30 out of 31 receive additional pay, one member of the staff and one only must be content with his normal salary—and he the one who carries the heaviest burden of responsibility? Surely this is an injustice. What is the explanation of this discrimination, and why pick on the one member of the medical profession?
The Minister has been good enough to give me a list of personnel, arranged according to grades, employed in the hospital. I refer to the OFFICIAL REPORT of 5th February, 1962, col. 8 of Written Answers. At the head of the list is the doctor whose grade in the service is that of senior hospital medical officer. As I have already explained, he appears to have been singled out for ingratitude and injustice. The grades in the nursing profession are: matron, ward sister, charge nurse, staff nurse, State enrolled nurse, student nurse, pupil nurse and nursing auxiliaries.
The weekly normal rate of pay for each of these different grades is also given in the Minister's Answer to which I have just referred. We see, for example, that a matron receives about £20 a week, a ward sister about £15 a week, and, at the other end of the scale, a pupil nurse about £6 a week. These are the usual rates of pay under normal circumstances.
The ancillary grades comprise ward orderly, cleaner, porters, gardener, boiler stokers, head cook, cook and assistant cook. Their normal weekly rates of pay vary from just under £7 for 1094 a cleaner to just over £11 for a head cook.
The Minister also stated in his Answer:All grades except the Senior Hospital Medical Officer received a 50 per cent. addition to pay while on smallpox duties and the ancillary grades are also eligible for other additions to pay e.g. overtime."—(OFFICIAL REPORT, 5th February, 1962; Vol. 653, c. 8.]So now we see that whilst on smallpox duties the matron will be receiving £30 a week; a ward sister something in the region of £20 a week, and, at the bottom of the scale for nursing staff, a pupil nurse probably less than £9 a week.
I wanted to know also what the 50 per cent. addition to pay and the other additions such as overtime amounted to for the ancillary grades. I asked the Minister, and on 13th February he told me thatThe gross weekly pay of the ancillary grades has ranged from £30 15s 5d. to £51 1s. 6d."—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 13th February, 1962; Vol. 653, c. 141.]This reveals a very strange and disturbing state of affairs. It exposes the fact that porters, boiler stokers and probably all the ancillary grades receive more pay than the matron, which is ridiculous. Unless the doctor has risen to the highest level of pay in his grade, some of the ancillaries draw more pay than he does, which is preposterous. Does the Minister think it right that cleaners and porters should receive more than £20 a week above the pay of nurses? The nursing staff must know that the ancillary grades receive more pay than they do. What are their feelings about it?
At this juncture, I want to make two points absolutely clear. First, I do not seek to belittle the importance of the ancillary grades. Their work is valuable and, indeed, essential. I include them when I pay my tribute to the hospital staff. I appreciate the services rendered by all the staff, and I speak in admiration of them all. But I suggest that the Minister insults and offends the nurses by paying them much less than he pays the ancillary staff.
Secondly, if this policy for salaries and wages is wrong—and I myself consider it completely cockeyed—no blame whatever attaches to either the hospital management committee or the regional hospital board. They pay the salaries and wages laid down in instructions from 1095 the Ministry, and the responsibility for this fantastic pay policy rests entirely on the Minister and the Government. Will the Parliamentary Secretary undertake to look into this unfair wages policy? It is ridiculous and disgraceful and urgently needs alteration.
We have had a Tory Government for ten years. As a result, the country is in a mess. Now, the Government are to adopt as their own a part of Labour Party policy. I understand that there is to be a planned policy for salaries, wages and dividends. I respectfully suggest that an early start be made towards a fair and sensible scale of salaries and wages in the National Health Service.
I have spoken of Oakwell Hospital. I have praised the staff. I have been strongly critical of the wages policy. In conclusion, I must mention the most important of all, the patients. I should not like this occasion to pass without expressing deep sympathy to those who had the misfortune to suffer from smallpox and to the relatives of those who died of the disease. I am sure that in those concluding words I carry the whole House with me.
§ 11.8 p.m.
§ Mr. Kenneth Robinson (St. Pancras, North)
We all echo the tribute which my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Morley (Dr. Broughton) paid to the entire staff of Oakwell Hospital during these very difficult weeks. It is quite impossible to measure this kind of devotion and courage in monetary terms, but, although we are very glad that the staff did receive some recognition in monetary terms, I think that my hon. Friend has brought out certain curious anomalies which have arisen from the method of making the payments. I hope that the Minister will be able to set at rest some of my hon. Friend's anxieties.
We do not know—we are waiting to hear—what discretion the Minister has in these matters. If the hon. Lady says that he has no discretion at all, and that all these matters are governed by the Whitley Council, then I think that the experience in this case justifies a reference to the Council of this odd position. If she cannot do anything else, I hope that she will ask her right hon. Friend to get his representatives on the Council to make these representations.
§ 11.10 p.m.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health (Miss Edith Pitt)
In the Adjournment debate of 15th February on the recent smallpox outbreak, I described the fine work that had been done in Bradford. I am very glad that both hon. Members opposite who have spoken have paid their triubutes also tonight. We are discussing the service given by the staff of the hospital in the constituency of the hon. Member for Batley and Morley (Dr. Broughton)—Oakwell Hospital, Birstall—who treated those in the area who were found to be victims of smallpox, as well as patients who were suspected to have contracted the disease. The staff of the hospital were all volunteers, as the hon. Gentleman said, and I should like at once to join with him in the tribute he has paid to them for the fine work they did.
§ Mr. Arthur Tiley (Bradford, West)
I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for allowing me to intervene, because it would be most unfitting if the report of these proceedings were compiled without my also joining in the tributes, as a Bradford Member, to those who, with such devotion, served our city and Yorkshire in these troublesome days.
§ Miss Pitt
They did very fine work, as I was saying, and it was a very arduous duty. Tonight's debate has been mainly about their pay, but I doubt very much whether the question of the pay they would receive was uppermost in their minds when they volunteered for this work. Before the first smallpox case was confirmed in Bradford, the Leeds Regional Hospital Board had, early in January, following the alert given by my Department, taken preliminary steps to bring the 16-bedded smallpox hospital at Oakwell into use.
Preliminary plans were also made to evacuate the neighbouring and larger Oakwell geriatric hospital, which was itself originally an infectious diseases hospital, and to use it for smallpox patients. When it became clear on 11th January that there were probable smallpox cases in Bradford, immediate instructions were given for the opening of the smallpox hospital, and it was opened and staffed that evening.
1097 During the night, six patients were admitted. Next morning the geriatric hospital was evacuated, and in the afternoon the smallpox patients were transferred to the geriatric hospital, and from then on it was that hospital which was used. I should like to congratulate all concerned on this speedy and efficient operation. During the outbreak Oakwell Hospital has treated eighteen patients, eleven of whom were confirmed as smallpox cases.
As the hon. Member for Batley and Morley said, it was the duty of the Dews-bury, Batley and Mirfield Hospital Management Committee to arrange the staffing of Oakwell Hospital, and their arrangements were based on the general principle that there should be a team—and I emphasise the team work in this operation—which should be large enough and efficient enough to be able to do the work it had to do, and yet be no larger than it need be.
There are obviously some special reasons for keeping to the minimum the staff of a smallpox hospital—to reduce the number exposed to infection and to simplify the security arrangements needed to prevent spread of the disease from the hospital. As the hon. Member said, they were confined to the hospital. There were also limits to the accommodation. The infectious diseases consultant paid regular visits and supervised the treatment of patients.
At first, the resident staff consisted of a senior hospital medical officer, a nursing staff of seven drawn from a list of volunteers maintained by the regional hospital board, and nine domestic staff selected by the hospital management committee. I use the word "domestic" where the hon. Member used the word "ancillary". I chose "domestic" only in order to make quite clear the type of staff I refer to. It is a different word for the same people. We are both talking about ancillary workers.
As time went on the nursing staff was increased until at the end of the month there were seventeen—including two ward orderlies—and five more domestic staff—two assistant cooks, two cleaners and a porter—making a total of fourteen domestic staff. At the beginning of this month, three nurses came in as replacements, and the number of staff then 1098 began to be reduced, and at the moment there are 12.
For a period two ambulance attendants employed by the West Riding County Council were also stationed at the hospital, and for the same reason-to confine the risk—it was thought better and wiser to use only one ambulance and two attendants who remained on duty for the whole of the time rather than having a number of ambulances needing to be disinfected and a number of men at risk.
The female staff were housed in the nurses' home, the doctor in part of a ward and the other male staff in the physiotherapy department, which was converted into use as a dormitory, and in make-shift accommodation in the gate office.
I am informed that for the first two weeks the hours of work for nursing and domestic staff alike were eighty-four hours a week. These may seem excessive hours particularly for the nurses, but as the staff was being reinforced by no means all of them worked these long hours for two weeks. I have no doubt that had the strain seemed too great some way would have been found—though accommodation was limited—to increase the nursing staff. Thereafter they have worked a 44-hour week.
As regards the domestic staff, their hours of work began to be reduced on 12th February. It may be questioned whether the domestic staff had work to do for an 84-hour week. I am assured that they worked 12-hour shifts seven days a week. This has had to be a self-supporting hospital with rigid security. There had to be a constant and effective guard at the gate: all the laundry had to be done in the hospital: all equipment had to be maintained with special care to avoid breakdowns: and special precautions were essential at all times as regards cleanliness and disinfection. There was special responsibility on the domestic staff to keep the services of the hospital going without help from outside. The hon. Member for St. Paneras, North (Mr. K. Robinson) in particular will appreciate that if any machine had gone wrong there would have been risk if outside contractors had had to be brought in.
The management committee had to select a team—again I emphasise the 1099 word—of domestic staff who knew the hospital, its equipment and machinery, and who could relieve on other jobs. I do not think that in this operation there was much hesitation about lending a hand on any job that had to be done. All the domestic staff except for one assistant cook, one porter and one cleaner were, in fact, employed at the hospital before the outbreak and so "knew it well.
If the domestic staff had been increased there would have been less payment of overtime—but, on the other hand, more staff would have been exposed to infection, security risks would have been greater and, in some grades at least, staffing difficulties at other hospitals where compensating overtime might have had to be paid.
The position as to the pay of the nursing and domestic staffs is governed, as the hon. Member for St. Pancras, North surmised, by agreements of the respective Whitley Council. I agree that the figures of earnings of the domestic staff are somewhat startling, but they are due to the wholly exceptional circumstances in which the normal conditions of employment of domestic staff had to be applied. It has been the rule for a long time—since 1948, in fact—that nurses and domestic staff who are isolated to look after smallpox patients should receive an increase of 50 per cent. in their pay during the period they are so engaged. The rule is the same for both categories of staff. What gives rise to the different results is the determination of the pay on which the 50 per cent. addition is calculated.
The salaries of nurses, as professional people, are not subject to any enhancement on account of the number of hours they work or the way in which they have to work. Their conditions of service do not provide for extra payments for extra hours worked or for working at weekends. But when comparisons are made, particularly by people who have not close knowledge of the pay and working conditions of nursing and other staff, it should be remembered that nurses enjoy a progressive salary scale, that they have longer paid holidays, and better sick pay conditions than the domestic staff. Their salary is the rate for the job.
1100 Provision is, however, made for them to have compensatory time off for long hours worked in a period of emergency, such as an outbreak of smallpox, and I understand that such arrangements have been made for the nurses at Oakwell Hospital.
Domestic staff are on a different foot-ting. They are employed on industrial-type conditions. This means that they are entitled to various additions to their basic pay according to the total number of hours worked and the way in which they are worked.
Domestic staff are the only category of hospital staff who are entitled to these enhancements, and it means that their actual earnings are almost invariably greater than their basic pay. The extent to which they are greater depends on the factors which I have already mentioned.
Under normal conditions the effect of these enhancements on the total pay packet would not have been remarkable, but in the exceptional working conditions prevailing in Oakwell Hospital they operated in such a way as to magnify the result to very large proportions.
As I have already said, domestic staff were working eighty-four hours a week in seven shifts of twelve hours each. Their standard working week is forty-two hours, so that they were working twice as many hours as usual. Moreover, the fact that they were on duty seven days a week meant that they were working on Saturday and Sunday and on the day that would normally have been their rest day. This is where the enhancements come in.
The hours making up the standard 42-hour week are paid for at plain time, except those worked on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday, which attract time and a half and double time respectively. Hours outside the standard week are paid for at double time if worked on the rest day or on Sunday, and at time and a half if worked on Saturday after twelve noon. If worked on other days they are paid for at time and a quarter on the first three hours in the week, and at time and a half on the remainder.
I do not have details as to the composition of the earnings of the domestic staff at Oakwell, and I am only concerned to give a general idea of how 1101 the conditions of employment operate. But the effect of the enhanced payments I have described must have been to produce earnings equivalent to at least 120 hours at plain time rate for the staff on the day shift. Those on the night shift would get more. This means that the earnings would have been at least three times the basic rate of pay, for there may have been other enhancements for which the staff would have been eligible in the particular circumstances.
What must be kept in mind is that the domestic staff would have drawn the same earnings if they had worked the same number of hours in the same manner in an ordinary hospital. These hours were most exceptional. That is why I said earlier that we were dealing with a wholly exceptional set of circumstances which produced a wholly exceptional result. And, of course, the agreed 50 per cent. addition had to be made to that result, making the total earnings even greater. So we have the combined effect of the total hours worked, the Whitley enhancements, and the smallpox addition.
Clearly everything stemmed from the fact that the staff were working a total of eighty-four hours a week. I have already explained why this was necessary. It would be most unfortunate if the result in terms of earnings was thought in any way to reflect the value placed on the services rendered by the domestic staff compared with the services given by the nurses.
1102 Nothing could be further from reality. All of them—nurses and domestics—were volunteers for this duty, and they are all deserving of the highest praise. In saying that, I include the doctor in charge of the unit.
The hon. Gentleman asked me why there was discrimination against him. There was no discrimination, but his conditions of service permitted no salary enhancement whatever. Far from being singled out for ingratitude and injustice—to quote the hon. Member's words—he, like the public health medical officers, worked in the highest traditions of the profession.
I have already explained that the pay and conditions of service of the hospital staff are all governed by Whitley agreements. The hon. Member will appreciate, therefore, that it is quite impossible for me to say that any changes will or should be made in the arrangements for paying staff in the circumstances of what has happened at Oak well. Nor would I say that the arrangements for staffing the hospital were in any way wrong. We must bear in mind that we are concerned with a short period in which emergency provision is required. But I accept that we must seek to learn what lessons we can from experience, and my right hon. Friend will be looking into the position generally, to see whether there is any advice or guidance which he ought to give to hospital authorities faced with a similar situation.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Adjourned accordingly at twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock.


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Musical talent Astrid Jorgensen will lead the workshop at The Centre Beaudesert on Saturday and Sunday from 8.30am.
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"The event is a very good way to have somebody else beside our normal choir leaderto learn from," she said.
Ms Westerman said the choir was happy to welcome the experienced conductor and performer Ms Jorgenson.
"Special guests usually bring new songs and new strategies for singing," she said.
Ms Westerman said the group was looking forward to the annual workshop and hoped to see new people come along.
"Everyone can arrive on the day and I guarantee they will enjoy themselves thoroughly and will be encouraged to sing on a regular basis," she said.
The two-day workshop costs $50, including morning tea and lunch and is suitable for people aged 18 years and over.
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oz (420g) canned chopped tomatoes
Basmati rice
to serve
the tomatoes, coconut milk, water and ¾ cup of
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2016 CFN Preseason All-America Safeties. Who are the best and brightest safeties coming into the college football season?
2016 CFN Preseason All-America Safeties
1. Derwin James, Soph. Florida State
It's easy to try to look cool by saying James might really be better than Jalen Ramsey – but James might really be better than Jalen Ramsey. Yet another Florida State defensive back taken right out of central casting, James has the athleticism to be another Ramsey-like presence in the secondary, only with a bigger desire to provide a punch making 91 tackles last year.
2. Jabrill Peppers, Jr. Michigan (LB)
Is he a linebacker working at safety, or is he a defensive back who'll see time at linebacker? It doesn't matter – and he might technically be used more as a linebacker – but he's an All-American anywhere he plays. He's the team's fastest player, he's got the 6-1, 208-pound size to provide a wallop as a pass rusher and against the run, and he'll be used on offense, too.
2016 CFN Preseason Second-Team All-America Safeties
3. Budda Baker, Jr. Washington
While he only came up with 49 tackles with two interceptions, his worth to the Huskies went beyond mere numbers. He's the leader of yet another amazing U-Dub secondary with the all-around skill and talent to do it all. At 5-10 and 184 pounds he's not all that big, but he could play corner if needed, or he can play either safety spot.
4. Jamal Adams, Jr. LSU
Is he a top five pick in next year's draft? Maybe, but first he's going to be one of the key stars of one of college football's most dominant secondaries. At 6-1 and 211 pounds he's got the right size, the right speed, and the right talent to be a force again from the start after coming up with 67 tackles with four interceptions – he's going to be even better.
2016 CFN Preseason Third-Team All-America Safeties
5. Marcus Maye, Sr. Florida
It's not like he was totally overlooked last season, but he was the fourth-best player in the secondary – no shame there considering the talent in the Gator defensive backfield. He'll be a top 50 pick in next year's NFL Draft after spending another year as the tone-setting hitter for the Gator D.
6. Quin Blanding, Jr. Virginia
He's an NFL defensive back around for one more year, and he'll show off as one of the key pieces to Bronco Mendenhall's defense. A great-hitting 6-2, 205-pounder, he's tremendous in the open field with the coverage ability to become a bigger playmaker when the ball is in the air.
2016 CFN Preseason Honorable Mention All-America Safeties
7. Nate Holley, Sr. Kent State
8. Tony Conner, Sr. Ole Miss
9. Jordan Sterns, Sr. Oklahoma State
10. Jordan Whitehead, Soph. Pitt
11. Josh-Harvey Clemson, Sr. Louisville
12. Max Redfield, Sr. Notre Dame*
13. Johnathan Ford, Sr. Auburn
14. Xavier Woods, Sr. Louisiana Tech
15. Randall Goforth, Sr. UCLA
16. Dominick Sanders, Jr. Georgia
17. Tiquan Lang, Sr. Marshall
18. Zach Edwards, Sr. Cincinnati
19. Eddie Jackson, Sr. Alabama
20. Weston Steelhammer, Sr. Air Force
21. Fish Smithson, Sr. Kansas
22. Ahmad Thomas, Sr. Oklahoma
23. Asantay Brown, Jr. Western Michigan
24. Dante Barnett, Sr. Kansas State
25. Dameon Baber, Soph. Nevada
*Redfield's ranking stays, for the moment, despite recent off-the-field issues.