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A Full Circle Massage Therapy
Certified in pregnancy massage for more than 13 years.Phone: (919) 353-0420
Address: 130 W. Indiana Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387
A Special Touch
By Appointment OnlyPhone: (910) 692-9040
Address: 150 Timothy St., Southern Pines, NC 28387
A Step In Time
Southern Pines Historic District Guided Tour. Your tour guide, in turn-of-the-century garb, will lead you through the Historic District, highlighting the history, architecture, and culture of this town where north and south learned to coexist. Tours begin at 260 NW Broad Street (green space next to the Sunrise Theater), last 60-90 minutes, and cover 11 blocks. […]Phone: (910) 684-3434
Aberdeen Lake
Bass, sunfish, walking trail.Phone: (910) 944-5902
Address: US Hwy 15-501, Aberdeen, NC 28315
Absolute Wellness Massage
With almost 20 years of experience in the massage profession, Absolute Wellness Massage provides a wide range of massages – from Swedish to Deep Tissue and even Pregnancy massage!Phone: (919) 274-5736
Address: 400 N. Sandhills Blvd., Aberdeen, NC 28315
Anytime Fitness
It's convenient, affordable, and fun. And with 24/7 access to thousands of our clubs around the globe, you can work out on your terms. Fitness has never been so easy.Phone: (910) 365-9888
Address: 128 Brucewood Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Art Of Motion Pilates & Barre Studio
Located at Plantation House and Racquet & Fitness Club at Legacy Lakes.Phone: (910) 690-6548
Address: 155 Legacy Lakes Way, Aberdeen, NC 28315
Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga is a style of Hatha yoga developed by Bikram Choudhury and which consists of a series of 26 postures (asanas) carried out in a heated room.Phone: (910) 246-2077
Address: 190 Bell Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Body Harmony Massage Therapy
There's nothing better to help unwind after a long week than a professional massage! At Body Harmony, we offer therapeutic massages, Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, prenatal, hot stone, Reflexology, cupping, and Reiki massages.Phone: (910) 692-1942
Address: 230-A SW Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Cannon Memorial Park
15.5-acre park with picnic shelter, 2 ballfields, walking trail & playground with imaginative tires/wood equipment. Open 8am-dusk daily. Free.Phone: (910) 295-1901
Address: 90 Woods Road, Pinehurst, NC 28374
Cape Fear River Adventures LLC
We are extremely proud to be a family owned and operated river outfitter offering tubes, kayaks, canoes and paddleboards on the upper Cape Fear River in central North Carolina. Additionally, we do whitewater kayaking and scenic rafting trips at particular water levels. We are fully prepared to get you outside for a great time on the […]Phone: (910) 891-9348
Address: 100-A South Main St, Lillington, NC27546
Carriage Tours Of Pinehurst Village, Inc.
Explore the quaint Village of Pinehurst via horse-drawn carriage while learning the history of days gone by. Tours depart from the Carolina Hotel or the Magnolia Inn. Tuesday-Sunday, day and evening tours, all approximately 30 minutes. $30/person.Phone: (910) 235-8456
Address: Pinehurst, NC 28374
CrossFit 611
Our community is comprised of beginner athletes to focused performers and everyone in between. No matter your fitness level, our coaches will help tailor the workouts to your abilities and assist you in meeting your goals.Phone: (910) 987-8748
Address: 1650 US Highway 1, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Culinary Tours of the Pines
Culinary Tours of the Pines is a provider of small group walking culinary tasting tours. Take a walk with us through the charming Village of Pinehurst to learn many interesting and entertaining facts about the Village, its history, and its close relationship with the game of golf, all while sampling some of the fine […]Phone: (717) 476-0970
Address: 50 Westchester Circle, Pinehurst, NC 28374
Deep River Sporting Clays
Located within a 35 minute drive of Pinehurst. Instruction for all levels, rental guns available. Corporate outings and private parties a specialty. Memberships available.Phone: (919) 774-7080
Address: 3420 Cletus Hall Road, Sanford, NC 27330
DeWitt's Outdoor Sports, LLC
Our sporting clay course is one of the most exciting and challenging courses you will find anywhere. Dewitt's Outdoor Sports is open 7 days a week 363 days per year! Only closing Christmas Day and Easter Sunday.Phone: (910) 652-2926
Address: 443 Jimmy Carriker Road, Ellerbe, NC 28338
Disc Golf At Bear Creek
Address: 150 Water Plant Road, Robbins, NC 27325
Disc Golf At Hillcrest Park
Phone: (910) 947-2504
Address: 155 Hillcrest Park Lane, Carthage, NC 28327
Disc Golf At Reservoir Park
Discs are available for checking out at the Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Avenue.Phone: (910) 692-2463
Address: 300 Reservoir Park Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Donna Lane Day Spa
We offer a variety of services, including but not limited to: Customized Skin Health Treatments, Complete Waxing Menu, Protégé Skin Tightening, IPL Skin Rejuvenation/Hair Removal and Celluma LED Light Therapy.Phone: (910) 215-9697
Address: 20 Memorial Dr Suite B, Pinehurst, NC 28374
Downtown Park (Southern Pines)
Tennis courts and playground featuring a variety of swings and climbing delights, including a geometric dome. Free.Phone: (910) 692-2463
Address: 145 SE Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Drake Landing
Drake Landing offers a full array of outdoor shooting activities that caters to both the seasoned sportsman and novice alike. Amenities include two 13 station Sporting Clay Courses, covered 5 Stand Pavilion, outdoor rifle and pistol ranges from 20 to 200 yards, upland hunting, and Corporate, team building and fundraiser events. Instructors, Guns, Ammo, Golf […]Phone: (919) 552-9455
Address: 3146 Chalybeate Springs Rd., Fuquay-Varina, NC27526
Euro-Body Therapies
We would like to welcome you to a unique European experience. We offer a variety of services including therapeutic massage, reflexology, cupping, exercise therapy, kinesio taping, transdermal electrolysis and holistic facials.Phone: (910) 944-1185
Address: 450 Magnolia Square Ct., Aberdeen, NC 28315
First Health Center For Health & Fitness
Includes 8-lane 25-yd. swimming pool, sauna, steam rooms, indoor track, racketball, free weights and weight/workout equipment, aerobics classes and nursery. Open 5:30am-10pm Mon.-Thurs., 5:30am-9pm Fri., and 7am-7pm Sat.-Sun. $10 daily visitor's fee (subject to availability of equipment; extra charges may apply).Phone: (910) 715-1800
Address: 170 Memorial Drive, Pinehurst, NC28374
First Health Center For Health & Fitness – Southern Pines
Phone: (910) 692-6129
Address: 130 Turner Street, Southern Pines, NC 28387
First Spa
FirstHealth Fitness Massage Therapy provides the highest quality of skilled therapeutic massage in a professional setting. Therapeutic massage fosters relaxation, healing and recovery from injury and disease and assists in the management of pain. Massage Therapy is available six days a week.Phone: (910) 715-1811
Address: First Health Fitness Center, 170 Memorial Dr., Pinehurst, NC 28374
Fitness Concepts By Tonia
Phone: (910) 691-2850
Address: 985 SW Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Flex Fitness
Phone: (910) 948-2544
Address: 171 S Middleton St, Robbins, NC 27325
Forever Young Day Spa
Forever Young Medical Day Spa services focus on providing you the personal attention you desire from a team of highly trained professionals. Receive age-defying benefits from our customized Eminence facials performed by our remarkable aestheticians.Phone: (910) 692-0882
Address: 160 Turnberry Way, Pinehurst, NC 28374
Forte Fitness
Start your fitness journey today!Phone: (910) 420-5030
Address: 262A Pinehurst Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Ghost Walk
Walk through the historic Pinehurst Village as your guide tells you of the history and the happenings of some of the buildings in the Village. Tours last approximately 60 to 90 minutes and cover about a mile. 24 hr advance reservations are required.Phone: (910) 315-7907
Address: Tours begin at the clock in front of the Department Store in the Village of Pinehurst.
Hand & Stone Massage & Facial Spa
Hand and Stone offers professional Massage, Facial and Hair Removal services tailored to your individual needs. We are open seven days a week with extended hours so you can look and feel your best affordably.Phone: (910) 505-9510
Address: 43-A Pinecrest Plaza, Southern Pines, NC, 28387
Heaven On Earth Body Therapy
Offers in-office and outpatient massage, hot stone, facials, other body therapies in the Sandhills.Phone: (910) 692-1333
Address: 275 South Valley Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Heritage Camping & Recreation
Phone: (910) 783-8810
Address: 526 Sadler Family Road, Carthage, NC 28327
Hillcrest Park Splash Pad
Hillcrest Park Splash Pad in now officially open! Check out our video below. The Splash Pad is open daily 10:00 AM –7:00 PM.Address: 155 Hillcrest Park Lane, Carthage NC 28327
Hot Asana Yoga Studio
Address: 250 NW Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Southern Pines, NC 28387
In Touch Massage Therapy
Experience the ultimate feeling of peace and renewal while you relax into wholeness…with a Deep, Gentle, Therapeutic Massage.Phone: (910) 695-8850
Address: 139-A E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Phone: (910) 690-6971
Address: 795 SW Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Knollwood Fairways
Phone: (910) 692-3572
Address: 1470 Midland Rd., Southern Pines, NC 28387
Lake Luke Marion
All trails open to public during daylight hours. 0.33 mi.Address: Pinehurst Avenue, Carthage, NC 28327
Lakeview Lake
Bass, crappie.Address: U.S. 1 at Lakeview
Lawn & Tennis Club Of NC
Daily fee for visitors. Certified instruction available.Phone: (910) 692-7270
Address: 50 Forest Hills Drive, Pinehurst, NC 28374
Legacy Lakes Tennis & Fitness Club
Address: 155 Legacy Lakes Way, Aberdeen, NC28315
Longleaf Golf & Family Club
The U.S. Kids Golf Academy at Longleaf seeks to serve every member of the family. Our programs will benefit players of every age based on proven models of learning, simple and repeatable swing development, use of goal-planning booklets, and most of all, making golf a family endeavor.Phone: (910) 692-6100
Address: 10 N. Knoll Road, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Lumber River State Park
A national wild and scenic river, Lumber River State Park is all about eastern North Carolina paddling, fishing and exquisite scenery.Phone: (910) 628-4564
Address: 2819 Princess Ann Road, Orum, NC 29369
Massage Envy Spa
Massage Envy offers a personalized massage experience designed to deliver targeted skin-enhancing benefits every session. Inspired and tested by licensed professional therapists, the combinations of beneficial ingredients are formulated for your skin with wellness benefits that go far beyond massage.Phone: (910) 693-1001
Address: 10564 US Hwy 15-501, Southern Pines, NC 28387
May Street Bicycle Shop
At May Street Bicycles we don't just sell bicycles. We experience riding them everyday. Call to schedule a bike fit, metabolic test, and maintenance.Phone: (910) 528-4365
Address: 1110 N. May Street, Southern Pines, NC 28387
McKinney Fish Hatchery
Open to public during daylight hours daily year-round. Free. McKinney Lake also offers fishing: Bass, crappie, brim, catfish, bluegill.Phone: (910) 895-5330
Address: U.S. 1 S., Hoffman
McLendon Hills Equestrian Center
The Center provides boarding and lessons for residents and non-residents alike. Riding is open to each discipline, and caters to riders of all ages and experience. Our staff places a strong emphasis on the teaching of fine horsemanship skills and practices no matter what your discipline interest, and the center is often host to schooling […]Phone: (910) 673-4951
Address: 275 McLendon Hills Dr., West End, NC 27376
Mind Your Body Pilates Studio
Address: 279 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Southern Pines, NC 28387


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WESTON, Mass. – Regis College improved offensively in the second half, hitting almost half of its field goal attempts after halftime as the Pride rallied for a 76-71 victory over Fitchburg State Tuesday evening in a non-conference women's collegiate basketball game at Higgins Court.
Katryna Veasey (Quincy, Mass.) shot 8-of-15 from the field as she led the Pride with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Valerie Martin (Derry, N.H.) finished with 17 points, eight rebounds, and a team-high seven assists. Senior Maura Russell (Braintree, Mass.) hit three three-pointers, including the 100th three-pointer of her career, as she ended up with 13 points, and Sam D'Angelo (Woburn, Mass.) contributed 10 points and five rebounds.
With Fitchburg State ahead 37-30 at halftime, Martin and Russell each hit two three-pointers early in the third quarter to close the Regis deficit to two at 44-42. After two free throws by Angelina Marazzi, Veasey scored five straight points to give the Pride a one-point advantage, but Catherine Coppinger answered with a jumper to allow the Falcons to retake the lead at 48-47.
Martin hit a three-pointer with 2:32 remaining in the third quarter to break a 49-49 tie and give the Pride a lead they would carry into the final period. Marazzi hit consecutive jumper to put Fitchburg State back on top, 60-58, but Nikki Bitinaitis (Cromwell, Conn.) found Arie Searcy (Santa Rosa, Calif.) underneath the basket to create another tie at 60-60.
After a layup by D'Angelo, Fitchburg State responded with a three-pointer from Mishelle Logie and a layup by Coppinger to establish a four-point advantage with three minutes left in regulation. Regis would score the final nine points of the game, highlighted by a traditional three-point play from D'Angelo with 1:52 remaining in the fourth quarter to put the home team ahead for good.
Marazzi led the Falcons with 23 points, nine assists, and six steals, while Coppinger finished with 17 points and eight rebounds. Logie scored 14 points, and Kerry Brodbeck led everyone with 12 rebounds in the game.
Fitchburg State (6-4) shot 39.4 percent (28-of-71) from the field, including 6-of-19 from behind the three-point line, and 9-of-12 from the free throw line. The Falcons scored 18 points off 17 Regis turnovers as well as 14 fast break points.
As a team, Regis shot 40.9 percent (27-of-66) from the field, including 8-of-24 from behind the three-point line, and 66.7 percent (14-of-21) from the free throw line. The Pride won the rebounding battle, 47-37, including 12 offensive rebounds that led to 14 second chance points.
The Falcons went on a 16-2 scoring run over a six-minute span in the first quarter to establish their early advantage. The Pride responded with a 14-5 scoring run to close to within three early in the second quarter. Fitchburg State scored the next seven points, Regis followed with a 10-2 scoring run of its own, and then the Falcons scored the final five points of the first half, capped by a traditional three-point play from Payton Holmes, to go into halftime with their seven-point lead.
Regis (1-4) heads to Framingham State for a contest against the Rams Thursday, Dec. 13, starting at 6 p.m. The Pride will close out the fall semester portion of the schedule with a home game against Southern Maine Saturday, Dec. 15, beginning at 1 p.m.

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The Dalkeith Maori Athletic Club was formed in 1925 after a number of similar clubs had proved popular amongst the town's youth.
The aim of the organisation was to bring about a general advancement in its members.
The club can trace its origins back to the Dalkeith Working Lads' Institute, which met in the Back Street School.
In his opening speech, for example, Councillor Dalziel noted that there would be an attempt to 'uplift the morals' of those joining the society, whilst Councillor Taylor noted that temperance was to be observed whilst at the club.
This decorative badge shows the letters DMAC separated by two Maori spears.
Sporting clubs had always proved popular in the rural towns of Midlothian. In regard to athletics, clubs from neighbouring towns frequently competed against each other. Whilst the primary purpose of these organisations was to take part in sport, they also attempted to instill strong moral values, such as temperance, in their members.
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I'm absolutely thrilled to be closing this tour along the lovely Abby over at annebonnybookreviews.com
Published: 29th August 2017 (Bloodhound Books)
In a city that is already volatile, tensions mount after a Tory MP in Bradford Central is discredited leaving the door open for the extreme right-wing candidate, Graeme Weston, to stand in the resultant by-election.
However, Graeme Weston is not what he appears to be and with secrets jeopardising his political career, he must tread very carefully.
Meanwhile, a serial killer targets Asian men who lead alternatives lifestyles and delivers his own form of torture.
As DI Gus McGuire's team close in, the deranged killer begins to unravel and in an unexpected twist the stakes are raised for Gus.
Are the murders linked to the political scandals or is there another motive behind them?
DI Gus McGuire and his team are back and this might be their toughest case yet.
I recommend that you don't embark on reading Untainted Blood until you have read Unquiet Souls and Uncoiled Lies as there are lots of references to past relationships and investigations.
Gus is still reeling from the investigations and personal changes following Uncoiled Lies but he doesn't have long before he's thrown into another when a body is found with a disturbing and distinctive tag.
Untainted Blood is not an easy read due to its controversial subject matter – the basis of this book is racism therefore the language is graphic at times, although necessary for the book. It just wouldn't work if the people with the strong racist views didn't use the same sort of language. Once again, Liz Mistry has bravely tackled extremely difficult subjects; highlighting the sad truth of Britain today – this is very topical of today's country, embarking on Brexit and the racial tensions with the rise of UKIP etc. as well as domestic abuse. Throughout Untainted Blood we hear directly from the killer and these sections are chilling but give an extra dimension to the investigation and narrative.
Whilst there are some truly horrible characters in this book, there are also some truly wonderful ones who fight for what is right. One of the things I adore about this series is the working relationship of Gus's team as well as his relationship with his parents, which is one of admiration and respect (as well as embarrassment at times when it comes to his father!).
This is a complex investigation which is having to play a political game as well as taking all the teams patience when dealing with Graeme Weston and his extreme right-wing party.
A fast-paced, page turner which keeps the reader gripped through to the very end.
I am a crime writer based in Bradford but originally from West Calder in Scotland. I studied at Stirling University and taught in Bradford inner-city Primary schools for many years. I write gritty crime fiction drawing on the richness of Bradford's diverse cultures and my writing is heavily influenced by Tartan Noir writers such as, Stuart MacBride, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid. I completed an MA in Creative Writing at the brilliant Leeds Trinity University. I currently have three novels published: Unquiet Souls (my debut novel) and Uncoiled Lies and Untainted Blood. I look forward to writing many more featuring my main character DI Gus (Angus) McGuire and his team. I am co-founder and lead blogger with The Crime Warp Blog
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As an internet entrepreneur, now I pay extra close attention to the shopping carts that people are using and I started noticing more people using SamCart.
Then I started seeing advertisements from SamCart, so I signed up for their email list. I received a few emails from them hyping up their service, so I decided to give it a shot.
So, Can it live it up into the hype? Here is my SamCart review.
What Is SamCart?
SamCart is a checkout platform Features conversion-optimized checkout templates together with upsell, arrange bump, payment and subscription strategy capabilities which are designed to maximize profits.
How SamCart Works
Here are the exact steps that SamCart walks You to help you sell your products online:
Insert a new product (digital or physical)
choose the payment arrangement you need (either a one-time payment, payment plan, or subscription)
Select the checkout page template you want (SamCart's templates are all incredible and they've been demonstrated to convert)
Customize the checkout pages to match your personal site and manufacturer
Add upsells, create coupons, split-tests, etc..
If you're a person that wishes to set up a shopping cart SamCart is for you. You are able to get up and running in under thirty minutes. I put up all of my things in about twenty minutes, but that is probably because I saw a YouTube videos about it.
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SamCart Features
The reason that SamCart has managed to Grow so fast is because they offer numerous features that assist online retailers make more cash. Whether youselling information products or're running an e-commerce store, these features will help you make more money and have SamCart pay for itself.
Affiliate Center
One of the greatest things about selling products on the internet is that you can enlist an whole army of affiliates to market your stuff. You do not need to spend time promoting your own products, nor do you have to spend a dime on ads. You simply pay them if they create a purchase for you, if you're able to get affiliates to spread the term. Website Store Software
SamCart lets you create your personal army of affiliates that will sell your products for you together with the Affiliate Center. SamCart automatically generates an Affiliate Signup page for you – .
You'll get a link for this page, so that you can send it out to potential affiliates, place it on your website, or send it out to your email list. I invite them to become affiliates, whenever my subscribers go without anything from me. Hey, if they aren't purchasing anything, it's still a way for me to gain from them.
When a potential affiliate fills your application, they will be shown a message that their account is"pending approval". You will find a notification that they implemented via email when that happens. It have buttons to approve or deny the person's application. If you'd like you can set this up to accept affiliates.
SamCart's default affiliate commission is 50%. But you can customize this payout to whatever you desire. You may pay your affiliates a flat rate commission (a set dollar amount per sale) or a proportion. I have had a lot of success by increasing the affiliate payout for top-performing affiliates to give an incentive to market more to them.
Checkout Pages
Among the coolest things about SamCart is they have 18 professionally designed templates that are demonstrated to convert. Honestly, I don't think all the templates are that great, but I really do love almost all of them. My favourite is the traditional template.
The obvious big advantage here is that the templates have been used by other recognized marketers, so it is possible to avoid the countless hours of designing and testing your pages.
All of the templates have trust elements like reviews, warranties, and security reassurances that give your clients the reassurance they will need to enhance your conversions.
Once you choose your checkout page, then you can easily personalize it by changing the colors of the header, footer, buttons, etc.. You might even pick the fields that you want to add and you can add custom bullet points to describe the product your customer is purchasing (I've discovered bullet points to be particularly helpful, and that's why you see them all my earnings pages).
All the pages are mobile responsive, which is very significant within our ever-increasingly mobile world. One reason I switched over to SamCart was since my checkout page provider wasn't as responsive as I desired it to be. Website Store Software
I do a good deal of advertising on Google AdWords, where a lot of my traffic comes from cellular. I discovered that at a speed, which meant I flushed my advertisement spend down the toilet, folks were left with my shopping cart. SamCart helped my increase my conversions from cellular.
Plus, they have a trendy"sandbox" mode, which enables you make certain everything is working before going live with your product. With my cart that is old, examine it and I really had to print everything. I hated doing that. Together with SamCart, I can test payments without going live and without charging your credit card (and messing up your stats).
Click Upsells
When I told my friends I was composing a SamCart review, they told me that I should stress how amazing their click upsells are, and that I concur.
If you are selling online and you are not offering upsells, you are leaving a lot of cash on the table. In fact, back in 2006, Amazon reported that 35% of its earnings were from its own efforts. Do not you think it warrants your consideration if Amazon is earning that much money from it?
An upsell is a strategy that helps you increase your average order value. You experience upsells all of the time and do not even understand it. You do not need to get the elongated warranty for your car, but it's there as an upsell. Restaurants certain like to provide it, although you don't HAVE to get dessert after dinner.
Continuing with the dessert example, those little $8 cakes aren't a huge sum of money, but if you're the restaurant selling tons of them each night, the money adds up.
SamCart makes this procedure seamless by providing upsells where all the client has to do is click on a single button and buy your offer. According to them, SamCart users that utilize one click upsells normally increase their average client value by a whopping 68.1%. Website Store Software
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One Page Checkout
This feature is unique because it provides you the ability to include many different payment choices onto one checkout page. For my $997 online course, I use Teachable, and even they don't provide this feature. If a customer wants the payment plan, I must have different checkout pages. I WISH I could use SamCart because of that.
The one page checkout takes multiple payments to a completely new level because it keeps traffic on the webpage while they determine how to pay. You understand how important it's to keep your traffic if you've ever sold anything online.
Cross Selling Bumps
Cross-selling is a strategy to market products that are associated with the one the client already owns. A cross-sell would be gasoline or car insurance, if a customer buys a car from you.
You might be familiar with this as bundling. You can increase your profits on each sale when you bundle the main product and auxiliary products together. McDonald's does so well by selling fries and drinks.
Subscription Saver
When I started selling subscription merchandise online, I was naive enough to believe everyone would pay in time, every moment. I guessed that if I had been good enough to pay my bills and honor my obligations, so would everybody else.
Boy, was I naive. Turns out there are some losers. People who decline cancel credit cards just to get out of making payments or charges. Your subscription income is already gone, after this happens. Barring any legal action (such as sending a demand letter… in case you've got the client's address) you can not get your money. Sad.
But now with SamCart, your subscriptions have been safeguarded from diminished payments and expired credit cards. Whenever a payment fails, SamCart sends your client an email on your behalf – the email has a link where customers can upgrade the payment they have on file, right . That means you don't need to waste your valuable time hounding your customers down.
When a customer fails to upgrade the payment information after several attempts, SamCart automatically simplifies the registration. SamCart marks them as"delinquent" on your accounts so you understand who they are and so you have the opportunity to reach out to these clients. Website Store Software
A/B Testing
Is not it weird that people talk about split examining their revenue pages, their opt-in pages, their email subject lines, and much more… but they do not ever speak about testing their checkout page?
It seems crazy, right?
When you figure that a large part of your potential clients are abandoning your checkout site, do not you believe a half-decent split evaluation could help you get yet another client??
I do also.
Luckily, SamCart offers the ability to conduct live split tests. In the realm of shopping carts, this is wonderful. You will double your earnings if you've got your snags you ONE extra customer along with a abandonment rate. Yes, DOUBLE YOUR SALES. Much like that.
SamCart lets you change almost any setting you need, so you can test any variation that tickles your fancy. You can alter the template, try a different guarantee (I have found that the more, the better), eliminate some areas (I've discovered the less, the better), and much more.
As soon as you've got your variations created, SamCart automatically tests between your variations. You don't need to do anything except watch the results roll in. You can head over to the"AB Test" section from the product's settings to observe how the variants are doing. Once you find a winner, SamCart allows you to disable the failure.
The one thing you can not split-test with SamCart is your product's price. Run a test between these two products and you'll have to create two products, if you would like to do that.
When it comes to A/B analyzing, experience tells me that you should test the major stuff first (like completely different templates) and work your way down to the minute particulars. Oh, and wait until you've got a statistically significant sample size until you call it.
Why Many Pages Suck
Depending on what study you read, 80% of individuals Which"add to cart" in your site will abandon cart. If it is possible to get only a little quantity of these people to convert, you may add a substantial amount of money to your bottom line.
SamCart will help you boost conversions. Website Store Software
SamCart's whole value proposition is their checkout page templates have been analyzed to the gills and they have been proven to convert better than their competition. Should you sell items online, you want to ensure that you're maximizing your conversions, and SamCart can help you do that.
Plus, most checkout pages are not designed to maximize the amount of profit that you get from each sell. Things such as order lumps and upsells enable you to add more profit.
By way of instance, I sell a $97 PDF on my website. I wouldn't be able to add an upsell, if I used a standard checkout form. Because I offer an upsell, my offer is taken by approximately one out of every 3 people for $60.
Because of the one simple feature, I am adding an average of $20 to every single order of that product. That's like giving myself more than a increase simply. Which means I can spend an additional $20 on advertising to acquire a client and grow my business.
My Beloved SamCart Feature
My favorite SamCart feature is hands-down the Great training and client service they provide. They have a lot of videos in what is called their"Knowledge Base" which teaches you how to use their applications (even though it's already fairly simple ) and they supply a lot of education about how to earn more cash if you are selling online.
They have a complete library of product info, webinars, tutorials, and much more. The instruction alone is worth the cost. I had to add this fact in my SamCart review.
SamCart Integrations
I didn't get a chance to incorporate SamCart using a Lot of tools, just because I don't use that many. I use utilize PayPal, Drip, OptinMonster and Stripe.
Interested in learning more about OptinMonster? Check out my review . I wrote an overview of that, if you're interested in knowing more about Drip.
SamCart lets you easily sync with a lot of tools, such as email, marketing automation, membership, and payment processing. It was super easy for me to integrate my whole system with SamCart and I imagine it would be the exact same for nearly all individuals out there.
I have been reading on various forums just how easy it was for people to incorporate Kajabi, Infusionsoft, Hubspot, MailChimp, Aweber, and much more. But, my motto is fairly simple, so I can not discuss this in depth in my SamCart review. Website Store Software
Does SamCart Cost?
SamCart has three Distinct strategies:
Basic ($19 a month)
Guru ($99 a month)
Premium ($199 per month)
Even SamCart is a complete steal with the features they provide you. I've found that the Basic is great enough for many entrepreneurs, but you want to get the program, if you are doing a great deal of business online.
Also remember that if you're looking to save a little cash, they give you a discount if you pay yearly. I recommend that you make the most of the free trial (to make sure it's definitely right for you) then paying annually to conserve money. If you pay yearly, the Pro plan is $888 per year (which saves you $300) and the Premium program is $1,788 annually (which saves you $600).
SamCart Supplies a 14-Day Free Trial (and Money-Back Gurantee)
If you are on the fence about trying SamCart, they Offer a free trial.
This means you could try them out absolutely free, and if they don't make you more money than your old cart (or you just hate it for some reason) then you can fire them. You can cancel and walk off.
Plusthey have a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee anyhow, further reducing the risk.
According to SamCart, the typical SamCart seller makes up to 5X more than the average seller on other platforms. What do you have to lose? Get started now. Website Store Software
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Armadale Capital (LON:ACP) 2.10p – Speculative Buy
Armadale announced yesterday a resource upgrade and update at its Mahenge Liandu graphite project in Tanzania. Resource has successfully been updated to 51.1Mt grading 9.3% Total Graphite Content (TGC) including 38.7Mt grading 9.3% TGC in the Indicated category and 12.4Mt grading 9.1% TGC in the Inferred category. On aggregate, this represents a 25% increase from the maiden resource and over 75% upgrade in to the Indicated category. Deposit remains open to the south, north and down-dip suggesting there is potential for further resource increases. Results to date confirm Mahenge Liandu as one of the highest-grade graphite deposits in Tanzania and thus has potential to produce high-quality graphite concentrates, which should be suitable for a number of commercial applications. The above results will be incorporated in the Scoping Study with results expected by the end of Q1 2018.
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Jubilee announced yesterday that BMR Group, Jubilee's JV partner in which it owns 29.01% interest in the issued share capital of BMR, had received a letter from the Mining Cadastre Department of Zambia terminating, with immediate effect, BMR's mining right for the Kabwe project. However, BMR does have the right of appeal against the termination notice for 30 days from 6 February 2018. BMR, with the support of Jubilee, intends to exercise its right as soon as practicable.
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Indeed, praised by Brook for her 'uniqueness' and 'rich creativity', Jacobs went on to design landmark productions, including the Marat/Sade, US and A Midsummer Night's Dream, which has been described as 'the most influential Shakespearian production of the post-war period, perhaps of the century.' Performed in a three-walled box, not unlike a brilliant-white squash court, A Midsummer Night's Dream took its imagery from the circus and the acrobat. But as one critic recently pointed out, the production 'relied not on the scenic tricks of the theatre but on the athletic tricks of the performer' and for all the trapezes and satin costumes. it was the actors, not the set. who created the imagery — 'the secret of the white box was its emptiness, its power to call forth the imagination'.
And so it is with Jacobs' design for TAG's adaptation of the Scots Quair trilogy, showing in the International Festival, and no doubt also with her design for Paines Plough's Crossfire, showing on the Fringe. ln TAG's opening instal- ment, Sunset Song, Jacobs rolls a simple earth- coloured floorcloth, like a ploughed field, across an undulating stage, while a silk canopy flutters sky-like above. 'It seemed like the novel was mostly about landscape and what happens under the sky.' she explains about the celebrated rural Aberdeenshire tale set at the start of the First World War I. 'The kind of landscape that would allow for ensemble playing. It's endlessly fluid: you just put two chairs in the right light and you have a very intimate, rural farmhouse room; then open the whole thing up and you're out and up on the hills.'
Thanks to the modest, unintrusive nature of Jacobs' set, the actors and musicians in Tony Graham's sophisticated production are free to 'call forth' our imagination in a way that strikes a true theatrical parallel with the artistic vision of the novel. This will equally be the case in the as-yet-unseen Cloud Howe and Grey Granite, where Jacobs, first. strips off the floorcloth to reveal black etchings suggestive of cobble stones and wood-block paintings and second, introduces upright posts to suggest the vertical world of the big city. 'That is what design is about,' says Jacobs, whose post-Brook career has spanned everything from off-Broadway theatre to Wembley Arena opera. 'lt's about making that kind of minimalism right. In other words, if you find exactly the right chair, the right table, the right light, you can create some- thing that reminds you of an old photograph or an old painting or a particular quality of some- thing you might have known in your childhood. It's about understanding that everything we
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Jacobs is quite at home with the idea that as a designer her job is to serve the production, even though she has strong ambitions to become a director herself. She is, she says, bursting with ideas for adaptations, translations and plays and is lined-up to co-direct a piece of dance-theatre in the spring. This is consistent with a career in which she has continu- ally set herself creative challenges, be that working with avant-garders Joseph Chaikin or Richard Foreman in New York, or forcing herself back into British fringe theatre despite her establishment credentials. Professionally she might have set off on her own path once Peter Brook moved to the Bouffes du Nord (a space that she loved but would have provided her with little to do beyond choosing the colour of the sand), but she still keeps in touch with him and has lost none of her admiration for his theatrical philosophy.
'Always question everything and never settle on anything until you've tried every way around.' she says 'You have to keep your nerve until the very last minute. It will be self-evident what you have to do if you explore in the tight open-minded way. This frightens a lot of people; they like to go in with a big stick and have a concept, but with Peter it's exactly the opposite. He trusts the material to tell him what to do and finally he does something very simple which reveals the material in a very honest way. [I'll be a clean, clear revelation of what the material is about. I feel tremendous respect for that kind of humility.' C]
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WASHINGTON — Consumer confidence showed a solid gain in June following a modest increase in May, supporting the view that strong job gains are giving a boost to the overall economy.
The Conference Board says its consumer confidence index rose to 101.4 in June, up from a May reading of 94.6. The June level matches the level in March before the index took a tumble in April.
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Two legislators were marshalled out of Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Wednesday after an uproar over inter-district recruitments, which they alleged were against the people of backward districts of the state.
During the Question Hour, MLAs Engineer Abdul Rasheed (Independent) and Abdul Haq Khan (People's Democratic Party) raised the issue of inter-district recruitments and asked government to table a long pending bill which seeks amendment into it.
Rasheed alleged that government was deliberately sitting over the bill, which was sent to the select committee of assembly last year. The duo said the policy of inter-district recruitments should be done away with and the old method favouring people belonging to the concerned district should be adopted.
The inter-district recruitment was started during the period of Congress-led coalition government headed by Gulam Nabi Azad in 2006.
"It is affecting the career of the youth in backward and mountainous districts of the state. Without getting jobs, the youth will be forced to join militancy," they said.
Speaker Mohmmad Akbar Lone intervened and asked the legislators to take their seats but to no avail. The duo walked into the Well and raised slogans against the government for over ten minutes and later the Speaker instructed Marshals to evict them.
Irate over the use of force by Speaker, PDP members resorted to sloganeering and later staged a walkout in protest.
"There is total autocracy prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir. Is there any democracy? The government has failed to reply to our concern over inter-district recruitments," Rasheed told mediapersons.
Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs, meanwhile, walked out over the issue of cane charge on West Pakistani refugees demanding citizenship rights in Jammu and Kashmir.
They demanded a statement from the government on the floor of House over the use of brute force against refugees.
However, Speaker Lone pointed to BJP members and said: "West Pakistan refugees are our guests. They cannot be treated as citizens of the state."
BJP members had verbal duels with Speaker over the issue as they said over 1.5 lakh west Pakistani refugees living in Jammu from past 60 years do not have right to property, right to vote, right to get jobs in state government and admission in professional colleges.


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Review: You Are Here September 3, 2012Posted by Living Abundance in review.
Tags: anxiety, concentration, freedom, impermanence, lovingkindness, mindfulness, nature, present moment, quote, review, sangha
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Review: You are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment
I recently finished You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment. Much of what I read, I have come across previously in other books by Thay, but this book has been arranged so that the main focus and message of the book is specifically the present moment. The book is very small and very easy to read. It is an instruction manual for how to dwell fully in the present moment, and explains all of the benefits we can receive if we know how to do this.
If I could sum up the main message of the book, it would be this:
"I am here."
If we are able to say this and know that it is true, then we know we are practicing skilfully. To be able to say, "I am here. I have arrived." is the main practice offered in this book. It is a simple (perhaps not so easy) practice that can have immense benefits.
"The Buddha said, 'The past no longer exists and the future is not yet here.' There is only a single moment in which we can truly be alive, and that is the present moment. Being present in the here and now is our practice."
The book also describes the miracles of mindfulness in the present moment, both for ourselves and for the other.
The miracle of mindfulness for ourselves is that we can heal from the past. Thay explains how to practice skilfully with our past and not be lost in regret. We can also practice in the present moment to make right any unskilful actions from our past. If we have a painful past, we can practice to heal from it and enjoy freedom and happiness.
Another miracle of mindfulness for ourselves is that we can skilfully handle the future. Thay says it best in that:
"The future is being made out of the present, so the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment… Spending a lot of time speculating and worrying about the future is totally useless."
Finally, another miracle of mindfulness for ourselves is that we are able to handle difficult emotions if we are able to dwell in the present moment. Thay uses the metaphor of a tree blowing in a storm that appears as if it might be uprooted by the strong winds. The base and roots of the tree are firmly rooted in the earth, and not shaken by the storm. For ourselves, we can handle storms of difficult emotions by focusing our concentration on our bodies, in the space below the belly button.
Thay also describes how our dwelling in the present moment can be a miracle for others. In the book, the ability to stay in the present moment and focus all of our attention on another person is love. Our presence and undivided attention is a wonderful thing we can offer to others. There are some wonderful examples and stories of students who have learned this important lesson. I would agree that I feel most loved when I am acknowledged and appreciated by others with their full accepting attention.
Another part of the book I particularly enjoyed was a description of the benefits of practicing with a sangha. Thay suggests that a sangha can help us to handle storms of difficult emotions, and can help us to cultivate our own power of mindfulness, especially if we are just beginning.
Finally, the book ended with the story of a monk comforting a dying person (Teachings to be Given to the Sick), an anecdote I have always enjoyed the few times I have come across it. Here are some quotes from this section:
"We are in the habit of identifying ourselves with our bodies, 'This body is me and I am this body.' But we are not just this body, we are much more than that… We are life, and life is far vaster than this body, this concept, this mind."
"We should never forget that dying is as important as living."
A point that I really appreciated was that we can ask an experienced sangha member how to improve our practice. Thay firmly instructs that our mindfulness practice should be enjoyable, with no struggling. If we are finding this is not the case, we are not practicing correctly, so we can ask someone else how improve our practice. For myself, this was an eye-opener, because I think I started out my mindfulness practice with the idea that if it wasn't working or bringing benefits, I should stop practicing. Nevertheless, I understand the suggestion that perhaps I just wasn't practicing skilfully or completely understanding the instructions. So instead of abandoning my practice that doesn't provide immediate results, I could ask someone else for help (a difficult instruction for me, as I am quite an independent learner with a preference to read more books than ask someone for advice).
I would recommend this book for someone who is beginning the practice, or for someone who would like a short, easy-to-read reminder of the benefits of present moment awareness.
One final quote I enjoyed:
"Our bodies and minds are sustained by the cosmos. The clouds in the sky nourish us; the light of the sun nourishes us. The cosmos offers us vitality and love in every moment. Despite this fact, some people feel isolated and alienated from the world."
Review – Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes July 25, 2012Posted by Living Abundance in review.
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I recently picked up the book Solitude: Seeking Wisdom In Extremes by Robert Kull. I had only heard of the book for the first time a week ago and suddenly I saw it in a bookstore and the library. I should thank my dharma buddy Paulette for recommending the book during sangha.
The book is a firsthand account of one man's year-long experiment to see the biological, psychological and spiritual effects of solitude. The author set out to live for an entire year off the coast of Chile for an entire year in complete solitude, where he had no direct human contact.
The book is one part wilderness survival and one part psychospiritual development. The author actually was an experienced Buddhist meditation practitioner, and used meditation techniques daily as a way to develop a clear mind and control the psychological effects of having to survive alone in the wilderness. Another aspect of the author's spirituality was a deep connection to wilderness and nature, including the elements (wind, rain, ocean, clouds, etc.) as well as the plants and animals he relied on for survival. A large part of the author's time on the island was spent reading many books including meditation and Buddhism books.
The book was quite satisfying and very fascinating to see how the content changes over the course of the year. The entries are chronological, and the author made a journal entry every day.
I quite enjoyed the spiritual themes and questions that the author struggled with in his account. The questions were ones that I have sought answers myself, so I enjoyed reading another person's explorations. Some of the themes included: aloneness/solitude versus social interaction, Big Mind versus little mind, activity as distraction versus inactivity and stillness, mystical experiences in the wilderness,
depression, anxiety, and dealing with physical pain. You might be as surprised as I was about the answers or resolutions that the author finds to some of these questions.
It was also great to hear another person put great emphasis on spirituality as an important aspect of human life.
Some great quotes from the book (there were many other great indirect quotes throughout the book from other authors and Buddhist teachers that I didn't include here):
We have seriously confounded luxury with necessity in our culture, and can no longer differentiate between what we want in order to maintain a particular lifestyle (with its social relationships and sensual pleasures) and what we actually need for physical survival. We have confounded social identity with biological and spiritual being to the point of believing we will die if we lose our social standing, which is often based on the material wealth we have accumulated. This accelerating spiral of desires becoming necessities is driving our suicidal rush to destroy the Earth we depend on for our actual physical survival.
Are you remembering to remember and notice Life living in you?
A few comments to make about what I didn't enjoy in the book were the long, often tedious accounts of wildlife and the weather, in part due to the author's training in biology. Because each entry in the book is a daily journal entry, some of the descriptions became quite repetitive.
In all, I would highly recommend the book to anyone interested in nature and wilderness survival and/or meditation and spirituality.
Review: The Art of Power June 7, 2012Posted by Living Abundance in review.
Tags: career, consumerism, freedom, happiness, mindfulness, present moment, review
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I recently finished reading The Art of Power by Thich Nhat Hanh. When I first picked up the book I wasn't quite sure what to expect, but it surprised me by turning out to be an excellent read.
The main message of the book was to change our ideas of true power from external forms of power to internal power. In other words, from the idea of power as controlling or influencing others or acquiring wealth or possessions to the power to be able to be happy in the present moment and free from afflictions.
I was surprised by the book because it seemed to be so applicable and relevant to living in a modern, industrialized society. Thay tries to convince us of the dangers of placing high values on materialism, or achieving status, wealth and material possessions. I think in this culture, this is the common assumption that the way to become powerful is to gain wealth, status, and possessions.
Nevertheless, Thay tries to convince us that there is a better way to live, and a better way to gain power. Mindful living is a more wholesome way to live and become successful in all areas of our lives, not just in material aspects.
Some of the ideas that Thay describes seem to be contradictory at first, but I think this reflects our cultural conditioning. For instance, the idea that slowing down or doing one thing at a time can allow you to get more work done. When Thay explains ideas like these more fully, and I remembered lessons from my own experience, I was able to see that they do make quite a bit of sense.
I really enjoyed the piece describing how money might be seen as power: When we have lots of money we have power over other people because we can pay them to do things that we want. We also feel more powerful because we have more choice available to us in how to spend our money and what services and products to buy.
To me, this was an excellent description of how democracy has become commercialized in Canada, and perhaps to a larger extent inNorth America. Currently, the phrase "one dollar, one vote" is commonplace, and reflects the idea that we exert power by buying things. So really, our power is "buying power". But the message is that this type of power isn't true power, and actually can cause a lot of problems in our lives.
Thay included a lot of practical suggestions for incorporating mindfulness into work life and work settings. These suggestions seemed quite practical and simple, and made quite a bit of sense in Thay's descriptions. A lot of emphasis was placed on leading by example, instead of using direct suggestions. Thay discussed using a different viewpoint of our coworkers as a kind of family, and the best way we can work is when we care for our coworkers.
I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking for ways to live a healthier, more wholesome life in a materialist and consumerist society.
Review: Peace is Every Breath May 31, 2012Posted by Living Abundance in review.
Tags: buddhism, fear, freedom, happiness, meditation, mindfulness, present moment
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I recently read the book Peace is Every Breath: A Practice for Our Busy Lives by Thich Nhat Hanh. I thought the book would be a newer, revised version of Peace is Every Step, a classic which I also own, but instead the book was quite a bit different. I really enjoyed the book because it was very well written and concisely explained in very clear language how to incorporate mindfulness into everyday life.
Thay went over some of the more "simple" practices of mindfulness such as mindful breathing and walking. At the start the practices were presented in such a way to reflect how mindfulness would look in someone's daily life throughout the day, from waking to eating to working and finally to sleeping.
Thay also included some more practices for dealing with deep suffering, and also presented some important Buddhist teachings. I had come across many of these teachings before, but they were explained in the book in a new fresh way, so I got a lot out of them this time.
I liked that Thay included a lot of things in a small book using excellent clear language. It was well presented to get to the important points without getting lost in too many details.
I found parts of the book very inspiring and confidence-building while reading them. Thay outlined practices for how to deal with difficult situations using mindful breathing:
"With the three jewels protecting you, you have nothing more to fear. In this calm and focused state you will know what action to take to stabilize the situation."
I was inspired to try my best to practice this in times of stress, instead of letting my mind worry about it and ruminate over a problem to fix it.
Thay also talked about how to take refuge in ourself, as well as how to take care of the present moment in order to not have to worry about anything arising in the future. These instructions made me feel quite solid and firm in my practice because I know it has brought me so many benefits:
"You have a spritual path and you know you're walking it so you have nothing more to fear."
I particularly enjoyed some of the sections on how to stay in the present moment. Thay talked about how to pull our mind back after letting it wander into the future, but also to avoid letting the past continue to shape us in the present moment when it no longer exists as a reality.
"Meditation is the practice of living deeply in each moment of life."
Some other quotes:
"Know how to shake off the worries and live joyfully. This is an art. Practice to let go of unimportant things that don't bring happiness."
"We too are flowers. We've allowed ourselves to get weighted down by life's hardships and lost much of our freedom."
Book Review: Women and Zen March 22, 2012Posted by Living Abundance in review.
Tags: acceptance, buddhism, career, consumerism, depression, gratitude, meditation, psychology, review
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I just finished two excellent biographies by women authors who also happen to be Zen (Buddhism) practitioners.
The book I first read was called Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up In America by Natalie Goldberg, who apparently is a well-known author and writing workshop leader. I really enjoyed this book I think in part because I identified with the author quite a bit. She wrote about being introverted during her childhood which led her to do a lot of reading and writing on her own. As a writer, she found herself being quite independent and often alone most of her life. She also spent quite a bit of time in the midwestern U.S. and describes trying to deal with the freezing cold temperatures. In contrast, she ends up moving to the hot, sunny, Arizona desert, and falls in love with the wide open landscape.
One passage I particularly enjoyed was her criticism of "New Age" spirituality and workshops offered by different teachers, which she contrasts with her diligent Zen meditation practice. She describes New Age spirituality as commercialized and consumerized by giving people what they want to hear, but letting them off easy without providing a daily, disciplined practice, which results in people forgetting everything they learn in the workshops and always needing to come back for more.
The book described some very intruiging stories of strange "coincidences" or happenings that couldn't just be explained by chance. One story I really enjoyed was where she started writing a book about Zen Buddhism and relationships in a restauraunt near her house. She wasn't sure why she was drawn to that particular restauraunt of all the places she could go to, but just found she could easily do her writing there. Only later did she find out that almost everyone who worked at the restauraunt (servers, cooks, owner, etc.) were Zen practitioners themselves! Crazy!
Another quote I really liked was where she told her teacher that she felt the more she sat (meditated), the more Jewish she became (her parents were Jewish European immigrants to America). Her teacher said, "That makes sense. The more you sit, the more you become who you are." Couldn't have said it better myself!
The other book I was so happy to come across by chance at the library wasHand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for An Ordinary Life By Karen Maezen Miller, a Zen priest and stay-at-home mother. I had read about this book on the internet recently and didn't know I would find it on the shelves so soon. The book is basically an autobiography of how the author found Zen Buddhism practice and how it changed her life for the better. I could identify with this author, as well, because she found herself caught up in trying to achieve a perfect professional career, which only ended up in her becoming depressed after her divorce. Also, in the book, she criticized psychology as an option for helping people, because she claims it doesn't make people end up any different from what got them in trouble in the first place (thinking in order to understand ourselves, and understanding ourselves in order to change the way we think).
A main message of the book is a criticism of the materialism and consumerism of modern society and western culture that makes us always strive for money, social status and achievements and leaves us feeling we have never been able to find our "life." The message is to value and be satisfied with the simple things in daily life, instead of always trying to achieve something better or become a better person.
It also emphasizes doing things like housework and chores yourself instead of just hiring other people to do them for you (or, as Karen puts it, "outsourcing"). According to the author, doing things yourself is an act of love and care towards yourself and the people close to you. A very intruiging concept that I have been contemplating a lot lately…
And, as always with any book on Zen, there is a huge emphasis on slowing down, stopping, and taking the time to savor life's daily joys and pleasures. The author contrasts this with her life before Zen, where she viewed time as money and was always trying to cram as many things into as small a space of time as possible.
There you have it, two highly recommended books for anyone interested in biographies, spirituality, or meditation.


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Create a mushroom that glows in the dark and a firefly sock puppet that can light up at night. Then, try to get a jellyfish to wiggle in a fun moving game!
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Zach, Sep 9, 2019
Our little girl Lili loves these boxes! It makes her feel like such a little adult to be able to craft pillows and art for her room! Ive recommended this to every parent i know. Every kid needs this
Jeanette S., May 5, 2018
We liked the variety of crafts.The firefly sock puppet keeps my grandson company @ night and the glow in the dark mushroom is also a comfort in a dark bedroom. The jellyfish game is also attached to his window so he sees it when he wakes up.
Stephanie H., Mar 4, 2018
I was so impressed with this crate. We loved the mechanics of the jellyfish window cling. I appreciated the threading for little fingers as well. The mushroom lantern was easy to put together for him and he loved painting with the sponge on a stick. I loved the tools to help explain that things illuminate even underwater. And now he sleeps with the sock firefly. I was extremely impressed with this crate as it hit on different skills for him to learn.
Sandra F., Feb 18, 2018
The glowing nature crate was one of the most fun that my 4 year old has worked on. It was simple enough for her to do without needing too much adult help and the colors for the project were vibrant and fun. The entire set was adorable and my daughter loved the glow in the dark feature. Excellent crate!
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my 4 year old says "I love how the jelly fish tagged all the other fish!". We loved how the projects varied quite a bit. There was a little "messy" with the mushroom paint which is fun. It felt like a really substantial crate. Also the stories matched the projects perfectly.
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Glow in the dark stuff is so much fun! And we loved learning about nature. They were so interesting and just the right amount of messy. Include even more glow in the dark stickers - they were so bright!


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Signals from the Soul: How Our Soul Tells Us What We Need To Know
By Ann Muller
Too often the things we want to change the most in our lives are completely resistant to even our most diligent efforts. Are we doing something wrong? Are we missing something?
When the thoughts and beliefs that are causing physical and emotional distress in our lives resist our attempts to change them, they are signals from our soul pointing us to moments in our past that are negatively impacting the present by blocking the ability of our body to heal, the willingness of our spirit to transform our life, and the power of our mind to manifest our goals.
By returning to those moments, we can change even the most stubborn thoughts and beliefs and the turmoil they have created. When the moment is resolved and the lessons learned we no longer need the signal. Our life becomes what we want it to be.
In Signals from the Soul Ann Muller presents altered state regressions to moments in her infancy, childhood, and past lives where thoughts and beliefs were created that needed to be changed today. The unborn baby in the womb astonishes us, the infant amuses us, and the children delight us with their clever ways of taking back their power. The past lives convince us of a soul's many lives and of the signals we carry forward from one life to another. The moments that transform both the past and the present amaze us as we cheer the power to change.
The transformational power of expertly guided regression therapy opens our minds to the power we hold locked within. The truths revealed in this book are both personal and universal, enlightening and empowering readers to take their own inner journey.