text: "Literary History in the Landscapes of Tamil Nadu." 18 Jan Jason Smith 1/18/2018 10:07 AM After four months of living in Tamil Nadu on a Fulbright fellowship, I have begun to reflect on the many different ways in which my research project is enhanced by residing full-time in India. My project investigates the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a well-known poetic text of Tamil verses composed by a poet named Tiruvaḷḷuvar perhaps around the fifth century CE. While much of my research involves the quiet work of reading and translating verses from the original Tamil or pouring over manuscripts and commentaries, the experience of living in Tamil Nadu has brought the verses to life in ways I could not have anticipated. One of the ways in which my research has been enhanced is that I have been able to better understand how the natural landscape of Tamil Nadu shapes the poetry of this text and how the text uses ideas about landscape as a way of expressing poetic ideas to its readers or listeners. Much of classical Tamil literature uses the various landscapes of Tamil Nadu as a major literary device. The oldest poems, commonly referred to as Caṅkam literature (pronounced "Sangam"), for example, describe five different landscapes: kuṟiñci (mountains), mullai (forest), marutam (farmland), neytal (seashore), and pālai (desert). Each of these landscapes is associated with a particular emotional state in the context of a romantic relationship, both before and after marriage. The mountain landscape, for example, is most commonly associated with the joyful union of lovers, while the seashore is the setting in which one of the lovers—usually the female heroine—waits anxiously and impatiently for the return of her beloved. It is easy to read about these themes in the abstract and to read the poetry with some of the natural landscape context in mind. However, it is another thing entirely to actually spend some time living in Tamil Nadu and traveling throughout the region to understand just how incredibly diverse the natural scenery of South India can be, and how shifting from one location to another can affect one's emotional state in meaningful ways. Having settled in Pondicherry for much of my research, I have had plenty of opportunities to experience neytal, or seashore, to full effect. I was fortunate enough to be able to rent an apartment right on the beach, so all I have to do is open my front door for stunning views of the Bay of Bengal. Unlike typical American expectations of beach life, living near the Bay of Bengal gives you a sense of the power of the ocean, and it can be intimidating in its strength. Every evening, the waters turn rough and choppy, creating an almost eerie feeling as I make my way home from a day of work. And the monsoon rains of November and December bring the constant threat of powerful tropical storms. Witnessing the sea in these ways, I can better understand why this landscape was associated with the anxiety of separation from one's lover! Over the holidays of Christmas and New Year, I was able to travel to some other parts of Tamil Nadu to see firsthand some of the other incredible landscapes of Tamil Nadu. I traveled with colleagues for a few days to Coimbatore, where we stayed at a local resident's farmhouse. Walking around the property at sunset, I was able to see stunning views (and take some beautiful photos!) of the cultivated fields, which brought the landscape of marutam, or farmland, to life in a new way for me. While in classical Tamil literature, marutam is often the setting for the quarrels that take place between lovers after marriage, my journal to this farmland was nothing but enjoyable! After a few days in Coimbatore, I decided with a friend to take the bus further up into the mountains to visit the towns of Conoor and Ooty, known for their scenic mountain views and cool climate. While for some, the journey up the mountain by bus may be quite harrowing (the bus takes on each hairpin turn with alarming speed), passengers are rewarded with stunning views of the mountain landscape that only get better with the increase in altitude. From the wide, open valleys to the bright green tea plantations, the mountain views bring an incredible sense of happiness and calm. It is easy to see why classical poets associated this landscape above all others with the joyful union of lovers. How could anyone feel anything but joy with a view like this? In these ways, living and traveling among the various landscapes of Tamil Nadu has given me a better sense of why these natural regions took on such an emotional hue for early Tamil poets, and it has made me a better reader of classical Tamil poetry. Given that the focus of my research is on the Tirukkuṟaḷ and its reception history, and that this text takes up the classical Caṅkam themes in which natural landscapes shape emotion, I will be able to better understand and interpret this text and its commentaries for having experienced firsthand the natural beauty, power, and diversity of South India. Blogger : Jason Smith Host Institute : French Institute of Pondicherry Puducherry Categories : Student Researcher Comments : 1 Comment Related Posts Comments Arjunkumar T K 2/7/2018 10:04 AM https://github.com/tk120404/thirukkural Using online resources and converted thirukkural to json format. To make it simple for others to use it in the studies or research. 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"The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand." —Sun Tzu
Of around twenty-eight thousand examinees who took the Licensure Examinations for Teachers (Secondary), what were my chances of passing and topping the LET? It felt like a game on probability, and to increase my chances, careful calculations must be made. But the calculations, the preparations for the big day—the Big Battle Day—were not easy. I knew I had to fight my daily small battles.
One of the hurdles that I faced was the fear of dreaming. I wanted not only to pass but to top the LET. But somehow, I was afraid to aim higher because I might just fail. I was thankful that many encouraged me to dream and believe that I could make it: my coaches in Mindgym who armed me with knowledge, testmanship skills, and lots of encouraging words which boosted my fighting spirit; my friends, colleagues and parents who prayed for me and supported me when the going got tough. Through them, I knew that I wouldn't have to face this battle alone.
Finding time to review was another stumbling block that I learned to overcome. For two months, all my weekends were blocked and reserved for my review sessions in Mindgym. I managed to squeeze in three hours of review every weekday while juggling my time for work, commute, family and friends. Each second counted, each minute, precious, and I couldn't afford to waste it. That meant answering the drills while commuting, missing my favorite TV programs, declining some party invites, limiting my online activities, and many other little indulgences that I sacrificed so I could find time to study.
Every day was a challenge, and some days were just very taxing when my to-do list was filled with work deadlines to meet, drills to answer, facts to memorize, and topics to read in advance. This hectic schedule made me wish I could get over this tough period soon. It wasn't easy, but this experience taught me some of the most essential things in life: hard work, discipline, faith in God, optimism and genuine love for learning. These values may sound abstract, but those who had gone and would undergo the same journey would know all these by heart.
My love for learning enabled me to enjoy the learning process that I went through while reviewing. It was fruitful to learn new concepts and relearn old, forgotten ones. I got reacquainted with concepts that I buried in my memory (who would expect that I would solve for X again?) But this time, I had more patience and zeal.
Because I was working against time, I learned to develop efficient study techniques. The formula that worked for me: store ideas efficiently + recall ideas wisely. How did I store ideas efficiently? Focus is the key. I focused when I listened to lectures, read notes, simplified concepts or memorized names and theories. I read and practiced more on areas that were just too broad (like literature). The drills helped me practice recalling ideas wisely and develop testmanship techniques which proved helpful in the actual exam. I also read helpful tips from topnotchers and LET passers.
This had been my life a couple of months before the exam.
Fast forward.
Here comes the Big Battle Day. Imagine the pressure: I prepared and studied for sixty days just for this one-day exam, an exam which was powerful enough to make or break my dream.
The exam was a timed test against oneself. I had to fight the anxiety that was settling in and guard against my tendencies to overlook important details. I had to cleverly utilize my armaments — the knowledge I stored and the testmanship skills I tried to master for months. My pencil was my sword, the questionnaire was my intellectual battlefield, and the answer sheet I treated as the most delicate thing on earth that I had ever held. I used the spaces on the questionnaire for my diagrams and computations, crossed out options that were obviously incorrect, underlined keywords, rephrased questions, and wrote my tentative answers before the item number. When I was sure of my answer, it was only then that I carefully shaded the corresponding box on the answer sheet. I was very cautious in figuring out the answer and in shading the boxes, for each question could spell the difference between passing and failing. When I felt like giving up on a tough item, I reminded myself that I shouldn't resort to guessing as I might misfire. It was an inch-by-inch battle, one question at a time. And I really took the time to answer each item that I was the last examinee who left the exam room. When I submitted the questionnaire and the answer sheet, I surrendered everything to God.
After 30 days of waiting, the verdict was announced. I made it, I won the battle. All the sacrifices and hardships I went through were all worth it.
To those who will have to face it again, remember what Margaret Thatcher said:
"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
In retrospect, I see the exam not only as an opportunity to be a licensed teacher. It also hones educators to be goal-driven and hardworking, to be more courageous in setting higher goals and in reaching them, so they can go the extra mile to light the path of others.
The battle does not end after the oath-taking. There are still more battles to be conquered — the fight against ignorance, indifference and mediocrity, the struggle to give quality education to our students despite all the inconveniences we face, and the challenges of the present education system.
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I feel compelled to share an oldie but goodie. In a session the other day, I found myself talking about Steve Covey and his emotional bank account. It's interesting. The majority of the people in the room had never heard this metaphor before.
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PHILADELPHIA - The Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) men's basketball team (12-6, 7-2 CACC) won a nail-biter in front of the Gallagher Center crowd on Monday evening, defeating Caldwell (8-10, 4-5 CACC), 63-60.
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There were nine ties and 15 lead changes in the game. Caldwell came out hot, scoring the first eight points of the contest. Jefferson fought back and tied the score at 15 at the 9:27 mark. The Rams took their first lead (19-17) on junior Kylan Guerra's free throws at 5:24. The teams stayed close for the rest of the half and were tied at 27 at the break.
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The Passenger: a novel by Lisa Lutz. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. 255 pages. *****
"In case you were wondering, I didn't do it. I didn't have anything to do with Frank's death. I don't have an alibi, so you'll have to take my word for it." Tanya debates the few choices that she has and the believability of her alibi and decides to hit the road and take her chances. Tanya is so adept at transforming herself and creating a new persona, it soon becomes apparent that she has done this before her marriage with Frank. Thus begins the saga of Tanya, soon to be many other names and situations, on the run. Taking jobs and availing herself of vacation properties, changing her looks often, she hopes to be innocuous and disappear. Connecting through email to an old friend Ryan, another identity emerges and hints at an unsolved mystery and death.
I am a huge fan of the Spellman Files, so I wasn't sure what to expect when this novel was described as a psychological thriller. I received an electronic copy from NetGalley to review and started it on a plane from Phoenix to Philly and couldn't put it down. I lowered the brightness on my IPad so I wouldn't run out of power during the flight so I could keep reading. Absolutely loved it! Lutz couldn't quite contain her humorous side, there were glimpses throughout and adds to the seriousness of Tanya's predicament. Twists and turns, totally unpredictable with a surprise ending!
From her website...www.lisalutz.com
Lisa Lutz is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellman Files, Curse of the Spellmans, Revenge of the Spellmans, The Spellmans Strike Again, Trail of the Spellmans, Spellman Six: The Next Generation (previously published as The Last Word), Heads you Lose (with David Hayward), and the children's book, How to Negotiate Everything (illustrated by Jaime Temairik). Her latest book, How to Start a Fire, was published in May 2015. Lutz has won the Alex award and has been nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Although she attended UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, the University of Leeds in England, and San Francisco State University, she still does not have a bachelor's degree. Lisa spent most of the 1990s hopping through a string of low-paying odd jobs while writing and rewriting the screenplay Plan B, a mob comedy. After the film was made in 2000, she vowed she would never write another screenplay. Lisa lives in a town you've never heard of in upstate New York.


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Third grade: Susan M. Shaw
Front row
1 Steve Banaian
2 Ruth Tinker
3 Gertrude Drew
4 Gladys Winslow
5 Shirley Ehle
6 George Marston
7 John Chimeklis
Second from front
1 Ruth Friars
2 Robert Canney
3 Ted Koutrelakos
4 Louise Mayrand
5 Virginia Bowen
6 Marg Meserve
7 Barbara Moulton
8 Richard Hazeltine
9 Winifred Pollard
Second from the back
1 Ralph Pratt
2 Al Cherette
3 Charles Siranian
4 Robert Hatch
5 Bud Emerson
6 Dot Koulongis
7 Sam Arnold
8 George Bryer
9 Jack Towle
Back row
1 Natalie Otis
2 Virginia Paquin
3 Beverly Brownell
4 John Wormell
5 George Manuel
6 Frank Goodwin
7 Ruth Austin
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Author: JT Smith
Info World reports on the fact that both Bill Gates, and his father, also Bill Gates, support the Death Tax, which is a US tax on the wealthy, where as much as 55% of their estate goes to the government when they die, in an effort to prevent the excessive accumulation of wealth in one family. Gates is estimated to be worth US$78,000,000,000 and the tax would cost his family over $40B when he dies.
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A hot day in July was the perfect time to visit the Nyrölä Nature Trail. It was our first time there but we'd read multiple good reviews of the place and it was clear that it would be one of the more popular ones in Jyväskylä.
The address for the Trail parking lot is Sikomäentie 706, Jyväskylä. You can fit a plethora of vehicles there but should you find it full, there's an old school with its own parking lot nearby.
The trail has two resting spots, a tent lean-to in the side of the marsh and a double lean-to at Adventure Island. A few weeks ago we were debating whether to go to Leivonmäki National Park or here and the reason we chose Nyrölä was the forecast – it was supposed to rain. And we were going to be accompanied by a few doubting soon-to-be-rookies. I'll tell you about how that whole thing went down in a separate blog post but as a hint: there are two Pokéstops on each end of the Island and the lean-to has its own dedicated Pokémon Gym! The teens (and adults, lets be honest here) had a blast.
We hiked the Trail clockwise which means we took the dirt road which after a while made a turn into the woods. The Trail was marked pretty well if you don't count the nearby pond, where we had to second guess where the path continued to. The answer was left. Don't go straight, take a left. The Saparo-pond was a pleasant surprise, though not a natural phenomenon but an artificial one created in the 30s. They used to swim, fish and do laundry in it but these days it's just a decoration at the side of the Trail.
We were wearing our hiking boots which turned out to be a brilliant idea, considering how muddy it got at times.
As I mentioned, the path goes on dirt roads and veers into the woods on other parts. It got eerily dark amidst the pine trees, hot as hell out in the open and lyrical in the mossy magic forest. The long way around to Adventure Island is a few kilometers and you need to remember to grab some lumber from the shack on the way. Should you choose to stay at the lean-to at the marsh, you get a nice view and possibly a bit more privacy than if you were to take the manual ferry to the Island. Obviously the latter is more popular. There's plenty of room for everyone, though – there are two lean-tos and, a cooking cote and a really good fire pit. You can also take a dip in the water from the pier!
We roasted our sausages on a fire the previous group had started and had a nice conversation with them before they left. We didn't have our swim trunks so we didn't get to do that. Maybe one of these Summers I'll actually get a chance to swim.
For more information (in Finnish), visit the Nyrölä village association's website. Remember to pay the (optional) fee for using their lumber, too. You can also support the upkeep of the Trail by donating however much you want. As a pro-tip for those of you who like to think someone else will pay – why don't you leave the Trail for others or at least bring your own logs.


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A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, movies, video games and television. Such a role does not have to be an actor: short appearances by movie directors, politicians, athletes, and other celebrities are common.
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Check this story on the Advocate, which explains how a recent study suggests that lifting the FDA ban on blood donations by gay men- or MSMs (Men who have Sex with Men... or MWHSWMs)- could add 219,000 pints of blood to our national supply yearly.
That's a lot of blood.
The Red Cross supports the lifting of this antiquated ban, as do the American Association of Blood Banks, which is where I keep my money safe, incidentally. Just kidding, I don't have any money. I don't have a normal amount of clotting factor, either, and 219,000 pints of blood a year would be enough to aide in 650,000 medical treatments.
According to Philly.com, "the Federal Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability is set to reconsider the policy tomorrow and Friday at a hearing in Rockville, Md." Let's hope they move forward on this and lift the ban.
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Do your kids get an allowance? If so, how did you set it up and what – if anything – is it tied into? Do you find it is working for you or are you still having to play ATM more often than not? And do you feel like you are setting your children up for financial success in the future?
Undoubtedly, you have heard what this Zen Mama Wannabe has heard from the money experts in regards to giving children an allowance. Most experts say it should NOT be tied into chores, that children should do jobs around the house because they are members of your family – not because you pay them to. Because, as they point out, what happens when they decided it is not worth it to them? That they would rather NOT feed the dog or take out the trash this week? Oops – now you have got a bit of a problem. Better for them to just get a set sum of money each week so that they can start learning how to manage and save.
But last night on TV I heard a leading money expert give an alternative view for allowances that was rather though-provoking. She said she went around and interviewed kids on why they received an allowance and the answers were like, "Oh, because I was born." or "I get one because my brother Ben gets one." Talk about a sense of entitlement. Should you get paid a certain amount each week simple because you exist here on Earth? Really? How can I sign up for that plan??!
Instead, financial guru Suze Orman said money needs to be earned. She based her advice to one mother on the national minimum wage, which is $6.50 per hour. That breaks down to around 10 cents per minute. So if you were thinking of paying your child $20 per month (for example) that translates into about 4 hours of work around the house per month, or 1 hour a week, etc.
She said parents and children should sit down together and come up with a list of jobs that kids will be paid for. Those jobs should be whatever the parent decides would make their life easier. Could it be a routine task like making their bed and keeping their room clean? Sure – if that is something that helps YOU as the parent. If you think that should be done anyway (money or no money) then don't put it on the list. Create the list on what works for you and your household, and what contributes in some way to making YOUR life a bit easier.
Here is where the good money lessons come in. If they are doing a fabulous job keeping their room clean, cleaning up the dog poop, and sweeping the front steps and walkway, then maybe you might want to consider giving them a raise. If they are doing a lousy job, they might get a decrease in salary. The lesson, Ms. Orman says, for them to understand is this: "Good work equals good pay equals job promotion. Bad work equals getting fired." After all, isn't that how the real world works? What a powerful lesson to teach kids before they even go out and get "real" jobs!
Perhaps you have your basic list of chores you feel your kids need to do around the house as members of the household. They do them because they are part of the family and everyone in a family needs to pitch in a bit. But then there is the list of jobs they can do – at 10 cents a minute – to earn money to buy those extra things they want. The things that you are not going to be buying them because as parents we understand what a horrible situation we are creating when we just BUY BUY BUY for our kids. Truly, we must understand we are not doing them any favors.
Oh, you say, 10 cent a minute would never work – they wouldn't make enough money to buy the things they want. Well, you could pay them more per hour (it is your house, your family, your rules) but you might want to take a moment to consider this: the minimum wage is $6.50 an hour. As a teenager going off to get a job, what is your child going to do to earn MORE than the minimum wage?? The smoothie store, the coffee shop, the hip clothing boutique, swim lessons at the community pool…..those are the typical jobs for teenagers and the salaries for those positions are all about the same – minimum wage. What would their incentive be to get a job if they get MORE money from you? How are you preparing them for life after school, or even life during school (college is getting more and more expensive, and many families are finding it necessary for their kids to help supplement – at least with spending money). Yet how or why would your kids do that if they have always gotten juicy handouts from you?
With these tough times in our nation's economy, we have an opportunity to do things differently with this next generation of kids growing up. We can use these happenings as a chance to talk about money, living within your means, and actually saving up for something and having the money in hand when you walk in the store to buy it. Shocking concept for many. Kids are walking around today with cell phones and iPods, wearing True Religion jeans and carrying designer handbags. Parents think their kids need to have at least what the other kids have (and certainly more than what THEY had growing up). But how would they know that their daughter's best friend's parents are maxed out on their credit cards, behind in their mortgage payments, and under huge financial strains because they have been living beyond their means? They just know Lucy has the new iTouch and $200 tickets to the Jonas Brothers concert so that means their daughter needs to have them too. And we wonder why our country is in such a financial mess?
In our household, we do not do allowances – yet. We thought about it – because my son's friends were doing it (gotta keep up with the Jones, right?) but we never put anything in place. I needed it to be set-up in a way that made sense – $1 for every year of age reeks of that entitlement issues I am trying hard to avoid. Another reason why I think Suze Orman's way sounds intriguing.
My husband remembers vividly at age 13 wanting a new stereo. He researched and analyzed (as only he can do) until he figured out exactly what he wanted and how much it would be ($300)! His parents told him for every dollar he put in, they would match it. He worked hard doing extra chores and cleaning neighborhood houses until he finally earned his share of the money. His father thought he was crazy for spending that much money on a stereo – but it was a purchase that was well thought out and one he worked very hard for. His parents could have just given him the stereo – but in listening to him tell the story, after all these years, I could hear the pride in his voice for how hard he worked. It meant something to him - something just being given a gift could not. Talk about valuable lessons learned! And after all, isn't that what we are after with our own kids today?


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Silver tetradrachm weighing 16.96 grams issued c. 420-410 BC in Attica depicting the head of Athena wearing a crested helmet ornamented with three olive leaves along the front edge and on the obverse a standing owl with olive sprig and lunar crescent in upper left field.
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Maeve Conran's story about the Maria Rogers Oral HistoryProgram aired on KGNU on May 31, 2012. Conran, Co-Director of News for the Boulder public radio station begins her story like this:
"The Carnegie Library in Boulder feels more like a museum. Housed in an historic building on Pine Street, there's that hushed silence that harks back to libraries of days gone by…. The library says the archive preserves the community's memory for future generations. It's a fitting location for the home of the oral history program."
Conran interviewed oral history program director Susan Becker last month. For this radio piece, she intercut Becker's commentary–about the value of oral history in general and the specifics of how Boulder's Maria Rogers Oral History Program serves its community–with a wide arrayof interview excerpts. The excerpts range from the topics of Rocky Flats to the Fourmile Canyon Fire, from the 1918 flu epidemic to political upheaval in 1970s Boulder and more.
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Age 99 of Orchard Park, NY, December 8 2017, beloved wife of the late Lloyd E. Knapp; loving mother of Sandra J. (late Ronald) Offhaus and Karen J. (late Anthony) Korb; grandmother of six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; sister of Russell and the late Howard Drosendahl. Family will receive friends Friday 1-4 PM at the F.E. BROWN SONS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 6575 East Quaker St., Orchard Park. Memorial Service immediately following at 4 PM. Memorials may be made to Hospice Buffalo, Inc., or charity of your choice. Online condolences at www.febrownsons.com
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Congratulations! You're nearing the end of your fiscal year, and it looks like your nonprofit organization will achieve its fundraising goals.
Wonderful. The goal was challenging and the outcome at times uncertain, but you succeeded. Be sure to celebrate with your board, staff and donors alike.
But how well will you do next year? What is the number one action you nonprofit should take right now to ensure you'll keep those donors happy and giving again?
Thank them.
It sounds so simple, right? Just say "thank you" – promptly and sincerely – and as often thereafter as possible.
It is simple, and yet time after time so few nonprofits do this well, or at all. Even big, well-established nonprofits fail at this most basic task.
Consider these two examples of how two, respected organizations recently lost significant donors:
- A couple – longtime subscribers and donors to a local symphony orchestra – grow increasingly dismayed with the musical selections. They decide NOT to subscribe the next year. Given the long relationship with the symphony, the wife writes a polite, but firm letter to the executive director. The letter explains that they have been subscribers nearly their entire married life (they are celebrating their 50th anniversary) and donors nearly every year as well. They regret interrupting their subscription next year, and hope they might return. What happens? Nothing. Their letter goes unanswered. There is no response from anyone within the organization. Not even a thank you for past gifts.
- An avid public radio fan sends in a check during an off-campaign cycle. Six weeks pass and there is no response. Then, during the annual on-air fund drive, this donor hears how grateful the station is for "members" and urges everyone to become a member. He writes a letter to the head of development and gets a polite response, but still no acknowledgment of the gift. Two months pass. Still no response.
Think this couple gives again when they are approached for the next campaign?
What's the chance this donor will ever give again to the station?
What's worse, disgruntled donors often share their frustration with friends and colleagues. No reputable nonprofit wants to be known as uncaring, or give the impression that it doesn't need these donors.
Your first reaction might be to defend the development staff. Your own shop may not be staffed to the level needed to ensure proper documentation and acknowledgement of all the gifts you receive – and if that's true, don't count on reaching your goal every year.
The research is clear: once donors connect with a nonprofit, they are much more likely to donate again if they are engaged with the organization. Most first-time and returning donors will await word from the organization to see how their gift is acknowledged and how it will be used before they give again. According to the 2016 Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), 17.5% of first time donors giving $100 or less are retained; 63% of repeat donors ($100 or less) are retained. For those giving $250 or more the retention rates were 48.5% (new donor) and 76% (repeat donor).
The contrast in these rates show the immense value in retaining your donors. One of the best and easiest methods to keep donors is by showing your appreciation.
Regardless of the size of your team, there is nothing more basic, more critical than a prompt and courteous "thank you" when you get any gift.
It's not hard. Here are a few helpful strategies:
- Have a staff member or board member phone the donor. If there's no answer, leave a message.
- Write a hand-crafted note. So few organizations do this today. It will make you stand out.
- At the end of your fiscal year, host a "thank a thon" with all of your board members to call and thank top donors.
- Utilize social media to recognize donors as long as they have not requested anonymity.
Remember: it's a lot easier to keep a donor than woo a new one. Your constituents – the people who are about your organization including those you serve – are depending on your saying just two simple words to those who support you: "Thank you."


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Snapchat's new filter of "gender swap" has brought about mixed reactions from celebrities, though some celebs seem to be inlove with it, while others are still amazed about the gender swap filter.
The filter allows you to get a glimpse of what you would look like as the opposite gender.
With many people sharing their images on social media, the filter seem to have gotten a lot of fame.
However, our SA celebrities ain't taking the back seat in this, as the likes of Pearl Modiadie, Thando Thabethe and many others shared their snap. Maps Maponyane weighed on the new filter, saying it's causing chaos.
Me as a boy . pic.twitter.com/oq2kkdHDqG
— Pearl Modiadie (@PearlModiadie) May 13, 2019
If I were a boy…? pic.twitter.com/NYhbwmTXhV
— Thando Thabooty (@Thando_Thabethe) May 13, 2019
I don't know pic.twitter.com/kJpjcoyGR7
— Yaaseen Barnes (@Ya_a_seen_Him) May 13, 2019
Slaying pic.twitter.com/kLelZM1YCX
— Siv Ngesi (@iamSivN) May 14, 2019
Stuck in traffic, so decided to take a selfie ? pic.twitter.com/6lW8FHwJEx
— Mbali (@NkanyeziKubheka) May 13, 2019
That Snapchat filter is causing chaos.?
Also, I can't remember the last time I used "Snapchat" in a sentence.
— Maps Maponyane (@MapsMaponyane) May 13, 2019


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quote:Ed is away and busy with family (and GenCon; you�ll all know why soon ) matters this weekend, but I know he�ll love this question, Karth. As to whether or not you�ll get detailed 3.5e spells out of him, probably not (NDAs rear their ugly heads here).
quote:so the mind being read does the work of revealing) or willing and relaxed mind. Certain spells can block it, backlash against the reamer, or misdirect what is �seen.�...but she can no longer undertake mind-reams (or lots of other magics, for that matter) by herself.
quote:She�s still learning her limitations, and I regret that Ed hasn�t had the in-print opportunities to detail them as fully as he�d like to (Winterfox implied in another thread here in Novels that Sylune�s status as a spectral harpist hasn�t really meant much of a change, which is wrong � but also fair comment, given how little has been put into print, thus far.)
quote:What Ed hasn�t wanted to do is lay out an explicit process for mind-reaming � because as a roleplaying-first DM, he has said (to we Knights) that it�s the perfect �research it for yourself, for years, ho ho� field.
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quote:Originally posted by BluebladeI'm going to say something quickly here before THE librarian (Ed) does: Ordin Solandar, no need for you or the library to spend money. Something called "interloan" is your friend.
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quote:Originally posted by Ariviaquote:Originally posted by BluebladeI'm going to say something quickly here before THE librarian (Ed) does: Ordin Solandar, no need for you or the library to spend money. Something called "interloan" is your friend.Do we even have that up here in the Great White North? Well, if anyone knows, Ed will...
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quote:Coming soon! Ed Greenwood's Castlemorn Campaign Setting! 7/12/04The next game release from Fast Forward will be a color hardcover d20 campaign setting straight from the fertile mind of the Forgotten Realms creator, Ed Greenwood. Ed's new fantasy setting is a world that is trying to pick up the pieces after a huge desolation. There are many strange and wonderous magiks around, but very little is known about them. If exploring and finding new races, items and treasures is what you like about role-playing, then Castlemorn is for you! Due this September!
quote:Originally posted by The Hooded OneHe suspects there�s no way they could have crammed all this (the street names in particular) into print, given their time and space constraints, and ended up with a legible map, so he asks you to report right back to us all with what didn�t make it, and he�ll try to �locate� the features for everyone, by the �See the tiny building three down from X?� method. :}
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quote:Originally posted by Lord RadOh the memories! I recall meeting Ed at GENCON UK a few years back! A fantastic experience...especially remembering his enactment of a court in Cormyr So for all your attendees of this years GENCON......remember, tie Ed down, get as much information out of him as you can, and report back here with your findings forthwith
quote:Originally posted by SarelleI'm so out of these things! Rad, do you know when the next UK GenCon will be?
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quote:Originally posted by The Hooded OneHmmm, running long again, I see. Please be patient with me, Mr. Krashos, as I sign off now and return with a third post to deal with Marsemban street names. This �setting things straight� business is more than a full-time occupation; my admiration for you, and Mr. Boyd, and Faraer, and so many other Realms fans increases.Steady winds for now,THO


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He's approaching life with plans and hopes for his future.
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"I look for the good things," Rudy said. "Everybody can pick out the bad things. Is the glass half full or half empty? It's full."
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As a young Zen monk named Seikan Hasegawa recounted in "The Cave of Poison Grass" [http://www.amazon.com/The-Cave-Poison-Grass-Companions/dp/0915556014]—after tiring at the end of the day while traveling through the mountains, and sleeping in the open—he awakened in the morning with a deadly poisonous snake curled up against him, its neck resting in his open palm. He thought to himself, "I'm not such a busy person" and decided to lie still until the snake left. In a few moments, though, he grabbed the snake and ran screaming to the mountain edge, where he hurled him over the cliff.
This seems a good analogy for the way often we live our lives, hoping for the best until our patience runs out, then doing something drastic, and sometimes regrettable. It may be especially so in the world of work—making a living cooperating and competing with others; working against them, seeing them work against us—for jobs, raises, or just attention and recognition. More and more of the practice discussions I have with members of ASZC and the STO network center around such issues at work, from being between jobs to preparing for retirement and succession. My professional background and Zen practice seem to have prepared me for a special kind of life-coaching.
This article from a recent NYT issue got me to thinking about Hasegawa's comment, which reflects a traditional Zen attitude that being too busy is a sickness of the mind:
People compete over being busy; it's about showing status. "If you're busy, you're important. You're leading a full and worthy life," Burnett says. Keeping up with the Joneses used to be about money, cars and homes. Now, she explains, "if you're not as busy as the Joneses, you'd better get cracking."
It may be that now that so many of us enjoy so many of the material goods of life, including multiple cars, and even multiple homes, that keeping—or at least looking—busy may make us look more important, to ourselves as well as, hopefully, to others. How else to explain the endless self-promotion of what turn out to be relatively trivial activities, and temporary minor accomplishments, in social media?
Even as neuroscience is beginning to show that at our most idle, our brains are most open to inspiration and creativity — and history proves that great works of art, philosophy and invention were created during leisure time — we resist taking time off. Psychologists treat burned-out clients who can't shake the notion that the busier you are, the faster you work, and the more you multitask, the more you are considered competent, smart, successful. It's the Protestant work ethic in overdrive.
It's also the profit motive in overdrive. If management is noting and taking names of those who show up on weekends, come in early and stay late on workdays, and more ominously, of those who do not; the new normal at works quickly becomes abnormal, eclipsing what used to be real life, outside the workplace. The ubiquity of constant contact through cell phones and other online devices adds to the always-on hysteria. A life of leisure is more and more relegated to the admired and envied 1%.
This passage reminds me of a great line from the Hsinghsinming, Faith Mind:
To live in the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult but those with limited views are fearful and irresolute the faster they hurry the slower they go
The term hurry is an interesting one to examine thoroughly. In order to do so, of course, we have to stop hurrying for a time. When we are in a hurry, we typically let the details slide, and the devil take the hindmost, attempting to get something done in a shorter time than usual. An old country expression, source lost to memory, comes to mind: Time's a-wastin'! If we are in a big enough hurry to get out the door, we may forget something and have to return, wasting more time; and even endanger ourselves and others on the expressway, cutting in and out of traffic in a futile effort to beat the clock. Usually, hurrying involves an implicit belief in clock-time, and an overweening urgency attached to consequences of being late. It often turns out that the other parties are even later.
In the Middle Ages, this kind of frenzy — called acedia, the opposite of sloth — was one of Catholicism's seven deadly sins. But today, busyness is seen as so valuable that people are actually happier when they're busy, says Christopher Hsee, a psychologist and professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago. "If people remain idle, they are miserable," he wrote in Psychological Science in 2010. "If idle people become busy, they will be happier."
This would seem to beg the question, Busy doing what? Idle in what sense? If we are happier doing just anything rather than apparently nothing, how is this different from obsessive-compulsive behavior, a manifestation of neurosis? The dimension that seems to be missing in this discussion is the idea of "meaningful" work. Or, for that matter, meaningful rest and recreation; or, simply, meaningful focus of attention, and use of time.
Life in the early 21st century wasn't supposed to be so hectic. In a 1930 essay, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted a 15-hour workweek by 2030, when we'd all have time to enjoy "the hour and the day virtuously and well." During the 1950s, the post-World War II boom in productivity, along with rising incomes and standards of living, led economists and politicians to predict that by 1990, Americans would work 22 hours a week, six months a year, and retire before age 40.
Well, there's the danger in selectively projecting limited aspects of the present culture into an imagined future. Especially without taking into consideration the basic weaknesses of human nature. The rest of the story, including unforeseen developments and unintended consequences, is conveniently set aside. We surrender to the enticements of a cultural meme, one that mindlessly places value on behavior, rather than intent.
From a Zen perspective, I suppose that an even more salient observation would be that when a person appears very busy, they may actually be daydreaming, or completely disconnected from their activity in some other way. On the other hand, when someone seems idle, there may be a great deal of activity going on, under the surface. If we judge busyness and idleness based only on what can be seen, the whole notion of productivity becomes trivial. Sitting still, as in zazen, would seem an ultimate waste of time.
From an economic and efficiency standpoint, human beings are less and less valuable as producers. We are increasingly valuable as consumers. Indeed, shopping is considered a form of work (i.e. it is, after all, moving mass through space); or at least a chore, as in getting the daily groceries; and has even become a professional service for those too busy to do their own shopping. So what do we mean by activity, precisely, and by idleness?
Idleness may be regarded as a form of stillness. In Zen, we enter into stillness, ever more profound as the busyness of the monkey mind abates. We discover that within stillness, there is great activity (J. mokurai). The "work" that is done therein is on a meta-level, one that may not be evident to the observer.
This work has to do with the difficult task of coming to recognize the limitations of our own opinions, specifically regarding such concepts as work and play, idleness and action. Matsuoka Roshi would often say, "This is the most your can do."—indicating zazen. Or he would say, "Stillness is great action."
Idle hands may be the devil's workshop, but they are also necessary to innovation and creativity. If we are forever nose-to-the-grindstone, getting things done that we and our bosses consider worthwhile, visible or tangible evidence of our contributions and worth to the company or the community, we may never have the opportunity to see that we are essentially moving stuff from one pile to another. A colleague used to say that he could tell how productive we had been by how full the wastebaskets are at the end of the day. There's an overworked phrase. What good has all our busyness done, when we find ourselves, finally, at the end of the day?
In the military, digging holes, and then filling them back in, repeatedly, is considered basic training, or used to be. How much of our vaunted activity amounts to this kind of rote, wasted time and effort?
The issue of time, and its use, is not only a concern for business, for which the answer seems to be apparent busyness, but a deeply personal issue as well. How can we feel confident that we are not wasting our own time, as well as that of others? Often, beginners in Zen, and those who never try it, feel that they do not have the time to commit to meditation. This is entirely understandable, but also entirely backward. In the beginning, it is true that rewards from practicing zazen are likely to be incommensurate with the time and effort required to establish a reasonable practice. And by far, the largest group of practitioners are those who start and then stop too soon.
But for those who persevere, the practice of zazen begins to pay back, saving time in the longer run. Holding up the Zen mirror to our everyday busyness begins to expose where and when it becomes bankrupt of meaning; a self-indulgent waste of time; or simply not the most efficient way to accomplish something that really needs doing.
For myself, engaged in design-build projects on behalf of clients with deadlines for most of my professional career, Zen has given me the ability to recognize that I typically do things backwards, the first time around. And there are a lot of first-times-around in the design-build business, as most client needs are unique, calling for a custom solution.
Just knowing—owing to incontrovertible evidence from past experience—that I am probably doing this present project backwards, enables me to visualize how it might be done in a different order, or even to re-examine the client's basic premise. Obviously, this could result in analysis-paralysis, if this were the only side-effect of meditation.
But Zen also supports the positive notion that our projects are important; at least they are important enough to approach with integrity and due diligence. Otherwise, why do them at all? Your response may be that you really have no choice, as the client, your spouse—or some other pivotal person or influential group in your life—is expecting you to pull through for them; and this present piece of busyness is crucial to that relationship.
This is often true as far as it goes, but it does not actually amount to an absolute need for you or I to finish something if indeed it is a ridiculous imposition on our time and life. We do not actually have to do anything, as long as we are willing and able to face the consequences, both intended and unintended. But this is another discussion. Suffice it to say that Zen can help clarify even the murkiest of these decision-making processes. Instead of sleeping on it, we can sit on it.
When we do sit in meditation, no matter how busy and confused our present situation may appear, it often happens that the clouds part, and we see the movie of our life as if it is actually the movie of someone else's. From that vantage point, we can see the silliness of our preoccupations, as well as the poignancy of the truly tragic dimensions of life.
Prioritizing our projects and activities as to whether they are important, or urgent; important but not urgent; urgent but not important; neither important nor urgent; is not so easy in the heat of the activity, when everything may seem equally important and urgent. Thus we fall into crisis management and, ultimately, damage control.
If Zen is to survive as a method for lay people to practice, it must be recognized for its ultimately pragmatic value. Zen as a religion has less appeal, and goes head-to-head with whatever other systems, mostly based on beliefs, that may be extant in the culture. Zen meditation helps to cut through the clutter and confusion of the mind, enabling us to live in a complex society, balancing between the demands of the household and the larger community, as well as the needs of the body-mind for our own health and sanity.
No one recommends attempting to "use" Zen meditation for any particular purpose. Its ultimate meaning is too deep and broad to be so defined. We have to leave Zen in its own special place. But the side-effects of its practice can be deep and profound. It is not necessary to set up artificial barriers between the realities of our lives, and the profound relief provided by Zen meditation. Just apply yourself wholeheartedly to Zen and zazen; it will apply itself to your life in a natural way. Don't be such a busy person.
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A bagel maker in upstate New York had built up a great local business turning out fantastic bagels. The product was so good, and so well known in the area, he'd been approached by a local grocery store chain to supply their bagels. Worried that the four rotating-deck ovens he'd been baking in wouldn't be able to keep up with the new business coming in, the owner went to the deck-oven maker for a solution. "I don't know who the heck he talked to, but they really didn't know what they were talking about," says Paul Toukatly, Co-Owner and Service Manager for Duffy's Food Equipment Service & Parts, based in Sauquoit, N.Y. "The bagel operator believed a conveyor approach would work, but he ended up with a really bad solution." The vendor had literally bolted four large conveyor ovens together with one conveyor belt running through all four. The ovens, spanning about 30 ft. end-to-end, had 4-in. gaps between them. "Each oven had its own temperature control and they could never keep in sync or at temp," says Toukatly. "We were constantly being called out to adjust temperatures and to remove links from the conveyor belt because this unnatural 'custom' setup constantly stretched it out." Needless to say, quality slipped drastically, and sales followed. "He finally gave up and invested in a really high-quality conveyor oven, the kind you'd find in a commercial-grade bakery," Toukatly continues. "It took four forklifts to get it in, but it was what he should have invested in to begin with." Very sadly, he says, it was too late. "He lost the grocery customer in the transition and eventually, his business closed." Toukatly says he can't think of a more cautionary tale to illustrate how important it is to understand what you need your equipment to do. "I felt really badly for this operator, he had a great business that failed 100% because of a wrong equipment application. Someone sold him a very impractical solution to what should have been a great problem—more business."


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