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How to Write a Great Sales Email: A 5-Step Plan to Greater Success
Category: Language Training | 2017-04-13
When was the last time you wrote a sales email and felt confident that you had done a great job? If you are like a lot of people, this was never. Or, at the very least, a long time ago?
If you are worried that your sales emails aren't creating the responses you are looking for, keep reading. I have outlined a 5-step plan to writing a great sales email that is effective and easy.
Follow these steps and you can start writing great emails today. Let's get started!
5 Steps to a Great Sales Email
1.Do some research
You wouldn't try to swim the English Channel without a little practice first. Of course not, you might save yourself a little time but the results will be terrible. The same goes for writing a sales email. Don't jump in before you know which way the tide is running!
|Do yourself a favour and spend 5 or 10 minutes researching your prospect. Find out what interests they have and what is important to their business. You can check google, social media profiles and be sure to check out their company website. These should give you a good picture of how you can connect with them.
You will need a good reason to contact them. Long gone are the days of the cold call email where we shove our sales pitch on some stranger. People receive too many emails to read each and every one of them. We are getting much more selective with our inbox and our tactics have to change with the times. Did they recently visit your website or trade booth? Do you have any mutual acquaintances?
Knowing what will interest your prospect will significantly increase the odds that they will respond to your email.
2.Write a Personalized Subject Line
This is the first thing anyone will look at and because of that, it's the most important place to start. If you can't get people to open your email, how can you expect to turn them into a lead? Short answer, you can't!
So, let's make a great subject line that is effective and worth opening. What do we need? If you want to be successful in getting your email opened, tell your prospects what value you can offer them. Convince the reader that you can offer them insights, intelligence or resources and you will get them to open your email.
Here are some examples of effective subject lines:
- (Mutual Contact) suggested I get in touch with you
- Recently read your post on (blog name)
- X strategies to reach (prospect's goal)
- (Prospect name), a quick question for you re: (relevant topic)
As I mentioned, people are becoming more selective when reading emails. There are a lot of words that we have learned to avoid through years of spam mail.
Here is a list of words you should NOT put in your subject lines:
- Free
- Final
- State-of-the-art
- Help
- Discount
- Sale
- Limited
Most people are able to see through these clichéd words to the hollow sales attempt behind them. Make your subject line personal, relevant and interesting. Your open rates will improve immediately.
3.Direct the Opening Line at the Prospect
How many times have you started your email with the word "I"? Too many! It probably looked something like this:
I am writing to you today regarding blah blah blah.
And that is exactly what the reader thought as they scrolled up to delete your mail. The first sentence has to entice the reader to keep going. This is where you need to make good on your value offer from the subject line.
|An excellent way to make your sales email stand out is to show them that you've done your homework. Comment on a recent achievement their company has celebrated. Maybe a big new merger or deal. Ask a question about their blog post and show that you are interested in their opinion as much as giving your own. This is also a great time to drop the name of a mutual contact. As the old saying goes, "It's not what you know, it's who you know".
Grab the prospect's attention and add value to your proposition by showing them you care. It doesn't take much and you will quickly stand out from the competition. Do this and your response rate will get better overnight.
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4.Ask a Relevant Question
If you want to get the prospect to respond to your email, you need to give them a reason. The best way to get someone to answer you is to ask a question. The trick is to make the question interesting and relevant.
Here is where doing your research will really improve your sales emails. If you know what is important to the reader, you can ask questions that speak directly to them. Here are a few examples of strong sales questions:
- Are you interested in finding out how (new legislation) will affect your business?
- How do you plan to deal with (new industry trend)?
- Was (Project X) your idea?
- Considering (fact), what is your strategy for (business area)?
5.Create a Proper Signature
As sad as it is, most emails end with an awful signature that either loads badly or is just plain ugly. If this is going to be the final impression you make on your prospect, make it a good one. The signature in your sales email is a chance for you to improve your credibility and promote your latest content. It is also the spot where you can offer the reader links to find out more about you. But this only works if you do it well!
Most important of all, make sure your signature is tasteful and not an eye-sore. There are a few simple guidelines to follow when crafting your signature:
- Keep it simple – Don't make it fancy, use simple colours (preferably from your brand) and use standard fonts. Nobody wants to strain their eyes to read your signature.
- Keep it short – This is an add-on to your email, not the body. If your reader has to scroll to see the entire thing, it's too long!
- Keep it sharp – Your signature should include your contact information and links to social profiles or relevant content. It can also include a short testimonial or company award if you have can make it fit. Be sure to keep it up to date!
Get Started Writing Your Next Sales Email
Be sure to do your research before you send your next sales email. Make your subject line personal and include a value offer. Stop writing about yourself and direct it at the needs of your prospect. Leave them with a question that they want to answer. Sign off with a professional signature. Do these things and you will be well on your way to writing great sales emails!
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About the Author
Keith MacPherson
As the owner and founder of The MacPherson Language Institute, Keith is engaged in all aspects of language learning. A teacher, blogger, translator and consultant, he offers expert training and guidance for private students and businesses competing in the global market. Leave a comment, join the mailing list or follow him on Twitter @MLISolutions.
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A new working paper on the end of labour broking at the post office is a cogent critique of the labour broking system and its role in the downward spiral of industrial relations at the state-owned utility.
The paper is written by David Dickinson, a sociology professor at the University of the Witwatersrand and a research associate at the university's Society, Work and Development Institute. The paper, titled Fighting their own battles: The Mabarete and the end of labour broking in the South African Post Office, was launched on Friday.
It is a timely intervention in a public discourse largely concerned with whether or not an aunt's birthday card arrived months late and seeks to redirect the conversation to the casualisation of labour, its impact on the lives of postal deliverymen and women, and the way the labour broking system has defined economic injustice.
The paper specifically highlights the physical and psychological impacts of the system on post office workers, particularly postal delivery workers, and how this slowly became a "toxic" and, later, a violent and desperate situation.
Bitter divide
Dickinson hones in on the "Mabarete", a group which came together during the 2011-2012 strike. Dickinson says this group was the most effective to emerge from the post office casual workers' committees, "which can be credited with ending labour broking in the post office".
Later, the paper looks at the Mabarete's "struggle" within the broader industrial relations environment and asks whether "the most effective way of addressing inequality in South Africa may well be the upgrading of precarious workers' jobs …"
It looks at the Mabarete's tactical efforts to end a 12-year-long grievance at the post office.
At the heart of this grievance was a bitter divide between casual workers, employed through labour brokers, and permanent workers employed directly by the post office.
Storm in a teacup
A small, yet poignant example of the chasm between permanent employees and workers employed on a casual basis was that of tea allowances.
Permanent workers were given a tea and coffee allowance. Casual workers did not get this allowance.
"The resentment generated by this petty, intraworker discrimination cannot be underestimated," Dickinson writes.
Meanwhile, casual workers were mainly not unionised. They formed workers committees like the Mabarete instead.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) was the only recognised union at the post office until a breakaway union was formed in 2012. Dickinson says the CWU, with the exception of a few instances, "made little efforts to prevent the increasing use of labour brokers".
While several agreements were reached between the CWU and the post office over labour brokers, these were not enforced, he says.
The use of labour brokers brought the post office's expenses down, a strategy aimed at relieving it of some of its financial woes. Dickinson's research shows at that at its height, labour broking saved the post office about R380-million a year in salaries. Additionally, costs were reduced because workers employed on this basis did not receive pensions or medical aid like permanent employees did.
"The labour broking system created an explosive industrial relations environment and destroyed pride and loyalty in the organisation," Dickinson writes.
Different working conditions
A moratorium on hiring new workers was put in place in 2000. All the while, postal deliveries expanded. New routes that needed to be covered by fewer workers were split between them. The use of cheaper labour through labour brokers to mitigate this gradually became "a permanent arrangement and, with the moratorium on appointments still in place, workers placed by labour brokers came to outnumber permanent workers in mail delivery," writes Dickinson.
Add into the mix a situation where labour brokers billed monthly for labour, often for amounts that did not reflect the time sheets filled in by workers.
"That was tough for the workers," Dickinson writes.
Labour broker employees had different working conditions to those of permanent workers and were paid less.
"They had no pension contributions, less leave days, less sick days, no housing subsidy , they were not issued with post office uniforms, and were provided with inadequate wet-weather clothing. Nor were they entitled to an annual profit-linked, 'gain-sharing' bonus paid to permanent workers," Dickinson writes.
'Akin to a form of slavery'
On average, Dickinson says, a permanent employee in 2011 earned R8 000 a month. The post office would pay a labour broker R4 000 a month to supply a worker, and the worker would be paid R2 000 a month. The labour broker made R2 000 a month for each worker they provided, and the post office saved R4 000 a month.
The system, Dickinson adds, allowed for workers to simply be replaced by the labour brokers at their employer's request.
"Workers were told to their face that if they joined a union they would be fired."
The system of labour broking "was akin to a form of slavery from which escape seemed impossible".
Dickinson also notes the role of trade union federation Cosatu in the deteriorating situation.
Despite repeated Cosatu statements about the casualisation of work, "their union [CWU] was doing next to nothing about it in their own back yard."
The relationship between casual workers and the CWU seems to have broken down irreparably after the 2009 strike, which yielded broken promises.
Next, Dickinson documents the efforts of casual workers to solve their problems within a democratic framework. Name the government department, chapter nine institution, or political party, and it's likely that the workers knocked on their door at some point for help. None came.
Dickinson's paper details the events of the years that followed in detail too thorough to be repeated here.
With faith in the options available to them irrevocably in tatters, tactically, the Mabarete decided that they had had enough of talking to the labour brokers. Now they would disrupt mail delivery across Gauteng.
"They were no more interested in union support than they were in applying for a strike certificate," Dickinson writes.
Many casual workers were dismissed and "most received notice via SMS".
Liturgy of broken promises
But the mail delivery disruption strategy did not work: workers employed by labour brokers were just not that valuable. The Mabarete began a strategy which involved groups of workers visiting the homes of managers.
One visit, to a Wits region mail manager's home, "changed everything". The manager was not home. The workers had not reached the train station after leaving his home, where a message was left with his family that the strikers would return, when the manager called. He wanted to talk.
This small breakthrough signalled the beginning of the end of the impasse.
Nearly three years on and the situation is far from being completely resolved. But, Dickinson says, "despite contestation over the details of the final negotiated settlement, the strike brought an end to labour broking in the post office. It was not the only factor in this regard … what propelled the Mabarete was impatience at the grindingly slow progress and a liturgy of broken promises."


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02. Amorphis - Queen Of Time
03. Atrium Carceri - Codex
04. Dimmu Borgir - Eonian
05. Behemoth - I Loved You At Your Darkest
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Band: Sirenia
Album title: The Seventh Life Path
Release date: 8 May 2015
Label: Napalm Records
Fourteen years. Fourteen years have already passed, since Morten Veland departured from one of the most prominent and praised gothic metal acts of its time, Tristania, and decided to further develop and portray his talent and visions in Sirenia. Whilst the typical melodic, rhythmic and groovy guitar riffing, beautifully combined and enhanced by the use of choirs, powerful orchestrations, delightful piano melodies and stunning Ailyn's clean vocals, counterpoised by Morten's profound growls, still build the core of The Seventh Life Path, its beauty lies in incorporating various elements of different metal styles and thus its explorative, even a bit experimental and pompous nature. The compositions on The Seventh Life Path are yet again very dense and rich, as they ooze strange, strained, sharp, intense, wretched and venomous atmosphere. The divine and darkened harmonies on this album result in an esoteric, edgy, mesmerizing and hellacious album, which at the same time offers a tremendous emotional burdened and at the same time story-telling aestheticism.
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I absolutely loved The LEGO Movie. It's one of those rare films that works for any age group and it's the type of movie you can watch again and again and always find something new. So when the film was a monster hit at the worldwide box office, it was no surprise that Warner Bros. moved ahead with a number of different types of sequels. But unlike some franchises that seem like a cash grab by the studio, I'm all in on every one of these because I think there are plenty of worlds and characters ripe for exploration.
Which brings us to the first of these sequels: The LEGO Batman Movie.
Chris McKay, who served as co-director on The LEGO Movie, steps into the director's chair for this film with LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller serving as producers. But rather than simply making a Batman movie that happens to be animated, all involved seem to have an interest in telling a Batman story that's never before been told which includes plenty of villains, Robin, and the Caped Crusader coming to terms with his solitary life and lack of family.
The film features the voices of Will Arnett as Batman, Michael Cera as Robin, Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth, Rosario Dawson as Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, Mariah Carey as the Mayor of Gotham, Jenny Slate as Harley Quinn, Billy Dee Williams as Two-Face, Conan O'Brien as The Riddler, Jason Mantzoukas as Scarecrow, Doug Benson as Bane, Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman, Kate Micucci as Clayface, Riki Lindhome as Poison Ivy, and Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are returning to voice Superman and Green Lantern, respectively with Adam Devine on board to voice The Flash. For more on the film, you can read Matt Goldberg's glowing review.
At the recent press day, I got to sit down with director Chris McKay. He talked about making The LEGO Batman Movie, if the success of The LEGO Movie changed the way they made LEGO Batman, who was the toughest villain to put in the film, Easter eggs, what he was most excited to showcase in the film, thoughts on sequels, and more. In addition, McKay is very involved in the other LEGO movies and talked about what fans can look forward to in The LEGO Movie sequel saying it will have a lot of musical stuff, world building and a lot of unexpected emotional surprises.
Check out what he had to say in the player above and below you can check out the recent trailer and official synopsis.
Chris McKay:
- When did he book directing The LEGO Batman Movie?
- How did the success of The LEGO Movie change the way they made LEGO Batman? Did they have more people looking over their shoulder?
- The great villains in the sequel.
- Who was the toughest villain to get?
- Easter egg talk.
- How involved is he in the other LEGO Movies?
- If the movie is a success does he want to make a LEGO Batman Movie sequel or another superhero LEGO movie?
- What was he most excited to see Batman do in the movie?
- What can he say about The LEGO Movie sequel? Says it will have a lot of musical stuff and world building. Also a lot of unexpected emotional surprises.


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Top 8 best techniques to purify crystals and stones
There are different ways to purify and clean the crystals and you might want to try some methods to find it most effective. Purifying stones can be a real help because when they are actively used, they gather stagnant or negative energy.
When we use the energy and methods of stones cleaning, we can program the crystal to retain or restore the ideal state and/or the original memories instead of their total erasure. Analyzing the crystal we see the extent to which it needs to be purified.
When purchasing a new crystal it is good to be cleaned and purified to remove any vibrations that could have been stored in the course of its journey. By cleaning and purifying, the crystal is prepared to be receptive to the vibrations of the new house where it has entered the vibration of the new master.
Crystal cleaning
If the crystals are dirty, dusty or greasy: they can be wiped off with a soft cloth of wet fabric or washed with neutral soap and water.
Crystals must not be exposed to high-temperature changes: if they are immersed in hot water they may crack.
Crystal purification techniques:
1. Purification with marine salt
Place a coarse salt coat on the bottom of a perfectly cleaned glass container (recommended for marine salt because it is natural), carefully place the stones to be cleaned, being careful not to touch each other, then pour another layer jump over them until you completely cover them. The container to be poured must be exclusively made of glass: the glass is a hygienic material, it is easy to wash and the smooth surface makes the vibrations of any type slip; on the contrary, the ceramics are not suitable, being porous, and the metal containers are absolutely avoidable due to the electrolytic reaction that could be produced by contact with the salt.
The stones should be kept under salt for one day: we take into account the time we put them in the container and take them after about 24 hours, that is the next day. If we forget to take them the next day, we need to extend the purification up to three days, for, symbolically, the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, being passive, reception numbers, do not change and are not suitable for purification. The symbolic value of the number of days considered for purification must always be respected: for this purpose, the stones are purified by holding an odd number of days under the salt so as to rely on the own energy of the numbers 1, 3, 7, 9, active and as such, able to bring a change. As for number five (5), it is better to avoid it, because numerology is considered unstable and incapable of bringing a purification that we can trust. Once you've taken the salt stones, you have to wash them with the cold water and keep them under the water for a few minutes.
2. Flowing water - ocean water
If you have access to the flowing water of a stream or spring, or to the constant movement of a sea or ocean, take the crystals there and rinse them. The same result you can get by holding the crystals under the kitchen faucet. In this case, imagine that you are in the middle of nature; the experience will calm you spiritually and remind you that stones/crystals are a gift of nature.
3. Purification by smoking
For centuries, people of almost all time have burned herbs for the purposes of spiritual and spiritual purification. In Western civilizations, for example, smoke is believed to carry prayers to the heavens. The American custom's smoking habit seems to be extremely effective for crystals. You need a smoky chopstick, which you can make yourself. Smoking smokestacks are made of dry wood of cedar, sage and leafy, threaded. Keep the crystals in the smoke emitted by the smoker's smoker, or use a brush that easily smoothes the smoke on them.
4. The magic of candles
You can purify the crystals by passing them through the light, warmth, and smoke of a candle. It is not necessary that they come into direct contact with the flame; no one wants to obey the crystals of a fire test. Candle cleaning is a good alternative for smoking. Try to use a candle that has not been used for any other purpose. The crystals will not be purified if the purifying agent is embedded with the remains of the anniversary desires, dialogues during the dinner or the memory of his last stop on the bedside bedroom. The most effective are white candles, as it symbolizes purity and a new beginning.
5. Wind Purification
Keep the crystals in the beating of a slight adhesion and imagine that all the negative remnants are carried by the wind in the distance.
6. Purification by rain
A cool, cool rain can be the perfect means to refresh your collection of crystals. When clouds begin to gather, place them out and let the raindrops draw on their surface. Once the storm has passed, polish the crystals with a clean and dry cloth: they will be revitalized and clean.
Purification by sound
7. Sound
Discard what has become old and attract renewal, purifying the crystal with sound waves. Sounds can clean a room as efficiently as light. In addition, they regenerate spatially. Sounds have the ability to harmonize both the being and the crystals. Put a piece of music, use a bell or a gong.
8. Purification by blessing
If you want, you can make a blessing to purify your crystals. It can be short and exciting, for example, "Being full of light and love and open to anything that brings the future." Or you can use the following blessing:
"Red, Blue / Green and Yellow crystals,
Give me love, light / And divine blessing! "
Stones that do not purify with salt!
The following stones, due to their fineness or ease of fading, are not recommended to be kept under salt for hours and even less in salty salt water because these purification techniques could alter their appearance and brilliance: amber, calcite, celery, hematite, kunzite, lapis lazuli, lepidolite, magnetite, malachite, opal, stone of the Moon, sunstone, pyrite, turquoise; as well as all the stones that contain high percentages of iron and all the fine, porous, which have a hardness value reduced on the scale of Mohs and which, therefore, scratches easily.
These stones will be washed under cold water with soap. If you wish, you can complete the purification using one of the above techniques: smoking, candle magic, wind power, raindrops, spring drift, sound, a blessing.


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Kate Drakulic
Bollywood, breakdance and ballet all at Jazba
Over 2,200 people gathered at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis Saturday night to witness Bollywood-Fusion at its finest. Inspired by South Asian arts and culture, Bollywood-Fusion dancers also blend music and dance from other cultures into their performance. Hosted by the University of Minnesota's student organization Jazba Entertainment, nine collegiate dance teams competed for only one spot to move onto the national championship.
A day in ballet shoes
To find out what the life of a dance student is really like, Junior BFA dance major Katie Kummerow shared her school experience.
Review: 'Black Panther' promises and delivers
Midway through Black History Month, Marvel released its highly anticipated film, "Black Panther." With a dominantly black cast, director and writers, Black Panther earned $75.8 million dollars by Friday's end, the eighth largest opening day in history.
Review: Varsity Theater's "soft" reopening
To the uninformed eye, all was ordinary in Dinkytown, except for the handful of social smokers and the sound that seeped out of the doors of the Varsity Theater. For the first time in over a year and a half, Varsity opened its doors and put on a show.
CDES celebrates 50 years of student fashion
Saturday night marks the 50th Anniversary of the University of Minnesota Apparel Design Fashion Show. Completely student-run at one time, the show is now integrated into the curriculum of the College of Design's (CDES) Apparel Design program.
Uncovering the Walker Archives
In addition to its exhibitions and permanent collection, the Walker holds a rich selection of contemporary art books and archival materials that are consistently used for research and reference. Saturday morning, the art center opened their library and archives for a public tour initiated by St. Kate's Society of American Archivists Student Chapter.
New "Vanishing Ice" exhibit now at Weisman
"Vanishing Ice" is a traveling exhibition that focuses on three regions: Alpine, Arctic and Antarctic. The selected photos, paintings, installations, audio and videos at Weisman are a smaller iteration of the full-scale exhibit, but feature artists from almost every continent dating from 1860 to the present.
A&E's guide to Super Bowl week
It's not every day the Super Bowl comes to town! With concerts, clubs and cover charges exceeding hundreds and hundreds of dollars, Super Bowl week may seem a bit intimidating, if not entirely impossible. Luckily, there are a number of free and low-cost events happening all over Minneapolis for those of us who can't afford to party with JT and Cardi B.
CDES students take architecture to the ice
Laughter, conversation and exclamations echoed across the ice Saturday morning on Lake Harriet. The opening day of the month-long Art Shanty Projects included an abundance of children in snow pants, dogs in sweaters and 22 artist shanties of all shapes and sizes.
Street Style: Prince and purple everything
Based on a fashion and style-icon, the Weisman Art Museum's "Prince from Minneapolis" exhibition preview party on Friday night was sure to bring memorable and outstanding outfits. From fan merchandise, to Prince-inspired couture, to purple, purple and more purple, here are the night's best looks.


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Casey Andrews, Ph.D
Lecturer of Chemistry
Office: Central Academic Building, RM 347G-1
Phone: (210)784-2295
Dr. Andrews was born and raised in Michigan. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Grand Valley State University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Iowa in 2014. While completing his doctorate degree, his research focused on computational biophysics. Specifically, he worked on the development of protein all-atom force fields, coarse grain force field for biomolecules, DNA-protein interactions, and large-scale simulations of the E. coli cytoplasm. Following the completion of his dissertation, Dr. Andrews has taught chemistry and biochemistry at Loras College, The University of Iowa, and Coastal Carolina University. Dr. Andrews joined the faculty of Texas A&M University-San Antonio in 2017 and is currently focused on improving undergraduate education by implementing active learning, and other education techniques, in the classroom.


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Thursday, April 21
Leila Meacham presents Titans
11 – 11:30 a.m. Author's Reception. Cost, $30 (includes signed book and lunch). RSVP required.
11:30 a.m. Complimentary light buffet. RSVP required.
12 p.m. FREE Lecture and book signing. RSVP not required.
Location: Mack Ballroom, Umphrey Lee Center (3300 Dyer Street, SMU Campus)
Parking is available for this event on Bishop Blvd.
Please park on the left side of the street. View parking map.
RSVP required for paid reception and complimentary lunch.
RSVP deadline: Monday, April 18.
If you wish to attend the lecture only, seating will begin at 11:55 am.
Books will be available for purchase at this event.
About the book: Texas in the early 1900s, its inhabitants still traveling by horseback and barely familiar with the telephone, was on the cusp of an oil boom that, unbeknownst to its residents, would spark a period of dramatic changes and economic growth. In the midst of this transformative time in Southern history, two unforgettable characters emerge and find their fates irrevocably intertwined: Samantha Gordon, the privileged heiress to the sprawling Las Tres Lomas cattle ranch near Fort Worth, and Nathan Holloway, a sweet-natured and charming farm boy from far north Texas. As changes sweep the rustic countryside, Samantha and Nathan's connection drives this narrative compulsively forward as they love, lose, and betray. In this grand yet intimate novel, Meacham once again delivers a heartfelt, big-canvas story full of surprising twists and deep emotional resonance.
Books will be available for purchase at this event.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the SMU Libraries.
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05 Feb Client Spotlight: Wireless Guardian
Wireless Guardian is the world's first forward-facing human threat detection and the most effective security solution for today's chaotic climate. Based in Santa Monica, CA, and Atlanta, GA, Wireless Guardian provides protection to facilities and its occupants by tracking security threats up to a mile outside the facility's perimeter. The operational effectiveness of Wireless Guardian is the ability to vet every ingressing target before it enters traditional facility security has a modular design.
The Wireless Guardian system can be used to harden and increase the protection perimeter for:
• National special security events
• Transportation infrastructure (airports, train stations, major bus depots)
• Embassies, consulates and government buildings
• Stadiums, arenas, venues, and convention centers
• Non-profits buildings, schools, and universities
For Wireless Guardian, we completed a full rebrand that included logo, business cards, letterhead, environmental design, and a website build.
Announcing Wireless Guardian Sentinel
The Wireless Guardian Sentinel is a multi-module system that covers a 3000 meters and was deployed in a triangular pattern to assist in passively locating all wireless devices within its coverage area.
Wireless Guardian successfully deployed its first active system for the 2019 Super Bowl in Atlanta GA. The Sentinel was deployed around an anonymous high-profile facility in downtown Atlanta and was in operation before, during, and after the event collecting live data.
The Wireless Guardian Sentinel was setup at multiple locations around an undisclosed location to provide critical intelligence for investigative and protective services over the festivities of Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta.
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Our school system teaches students to avoid making mistakes (being wrong) at all costs. And if a student did happen to make a mistake, at least he or she be smart enough to cover it up.
Remember that there is no success without failure. There is no progress without making mistakes. A baby cannot walk without failing; while we are taught in school that we can become successful in life without making mistakes. Only people with shoddy achievement are found in the school-system philosophy, but people who achieve greater successes are found outside the school-system philosophy of there is no problem in failing, but the problem is not learning from failing.
This is where majority of people are today, not allowing themselves to make mistakes and thus blocking their own progress. The symptoms of this disease are feelings of boredom, bad luck, jealousy, hatred, envy, not learning from failure and dissatisfaction, although most of us never come to understand why we feel and act this way.
"There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life" – Thomas Henry Huxley, 1870
The Abilene Paradox Jerry B. Harvey writes about the "Paradox of Paradoxes", He explains the universal principles that "Unity is plural". Just as "up" cannot exist without "down" or "man" without "woman", a "right" cannot exist without a "wrong".
The point is people who can only be right eventually wind up being wrong. And people who are willing to risk, willing to make mistakes in order to discover what is wrong eventually end up knowing what is right.
"It is not possible to discover new oceans unless is willing to lose sight of the shore" – Lord Chesterfield.
The idea of school that making mistakes is a bad, is a bad idea way of training students in school. That's why we are finding graduates with chains of Diplomas, Degrees, Masters, and PhD's are failing to do anything worthwhile in our communities like starting a business or opening up a company that can create jobs and more opportunities for many people simply because they fear to make mistakes, fear to fail, fear to lose money, because that's what they have been taught in school to never make mistakes, to never fail; and with such an attitude being taught in our school-system is a symptom that students trained by the school-system will never do anything worthwhile for their communities unless he or she becomes aware, that mistakes are the keys to great successes, and if takes a leap of faith into action will know how valuable to make some mistakes is. Remember that nothing worth was achieved without facing some mistakes.
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly"
– Robert F. Kennedy


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In Short
Machine Learning
Wireless visor detects severe stroke in secondsRead More
Rule Out Blood Test for Cancer
New classifier differentiates benign from malignant tumorsRead More
Healing a Hole in the Heart
One in four people is born with a small hole in the heartRead More
Tasing Brain Tumors
Treating glioblastomas with electrical currents to prolong survival.Read More
MUSC Hearing Researcher
MUSC Hearing Research wins Governor's Award for Excellence in ScienceRead More
Tolerating yourself
A novel pathway to regulate B cell activity and prevent autoimmunityRead More
Cancer Instagram
Snapshot of immune system proteins predicts patients' response to immunotherapyRead More
Safeguarding Neurons
Novel drug therapy prevents destruction of salvageable neuronsRead More
No Longer a Waiting Game
Treatment for patients with complex rib fractures used to be awaiting game.
Cancer researcher appointed
Cancer researcher Raymond N. DuBois, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the College of Medicine, was recently named to two positions in the cancer community.
Two MUSC Physicians
Two MUSC Physicians were inducted into the Association of American Physicians (AAP) in April.


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If you are like me and love the AR-15 platform, then you should consider reading the new book by Jeff Zimba called The Evolution of the Black Rifle: 20 Years of Upgrades and Accessories. As you can infer from the title, the book was written with 20 years of experience by a person who knows the AR-10/AR-15 platform inside and out. The book starts off by covering the basics of the Eugene Stoner platform but picks up very quickly after that. Most of the early sections of the book will be well known to the fans of this rifle platform but for those who are new to the rifle or not familiar with the most famous black rifle in history, the information will be well received.
By Jimmy C, a contributing author to Survival Cache & SHTFBlog
About The Author
Jeff Zimba was on the ground level in starting a new magazine, Small Arms Review, primarily covering NFA firearms (Machine Guns, Sound Suppressors, Destructive Devices, Short Barreled Rifles and Shotguns, etc.) and served as the Production Manager and Staff Writer for almost 16 years, specializing in articles on the Testing and Evaluation of systems, both new and old. He also continued to assist manufacturers in Research and Development on new designs, and continues to be active in the industry to this day. His articles have been published in numerous gun magazines in several countries including Machine Gun News (USA), Small Arms Review Magazine (USA), Shotgun News (USA), The American Rifleman (USA), AK-47 & Soviet Weapons Annuals (USA), ARMI Magazine (Germany), PLATOON Magazine (South Korea), and several others.
The Evolution of the Black Rifle: 20 Years of Upgrades, Options, and Accessories is a "twenty-year journey" on the development of American battle rifles, including but not limited to the AR-15, M4, and M16. Zimba includes a series of previously published and award-winning articles, such as "The Evolution of the Modern Black Rifle," that consist of his reviews, tests, findings, knowledge, history, and more that provides all audiences of all skill levels with expert advice and assessment exclusively on the black rifle. With a preface by gun rights activist Ted Nugent and a foreword by REDCELL and SEAL Team Six member T. Daniel Capel, Black Rifle is one of the most impressive and complete editions of firearms information available.
American rock musician and NRA board member Ted Nugent opens with a preface, after the author biography and dedications. Nugent briefly yet earnestly describes his relationship with Zimba and his work, which establishes a positive tone for the book and helps readers feel compelled, regardless of whether they're new to or familiar with Zimba's work.
This tone is demonstrated even further with former SEAL Team Six member and Black Canyon Industries CEO and President T. Daniel Capel's foreword. He grounds the audience with the truth about gun testing – how it can simply exist just to ensure lots of sales, and free products for the testers. Both parties, the tester and manufacturer, win in the end, oftentimes leaving the customer more than unsatisfied with their purchase – perhaps even injured or dead. Capel introduces us to Zimba's testing with this information, with newbies already learning something or experienced enthusiasts nodding their heads in agreement – something all audiences will find themselves doing throughout the book, guaranteed.
The structure of each article is concise and consistent, beginning with an introduction, findings, information, and a conclusion, providing organization that effectively frames the facts. For example, in "The Evolution of the Modern Black Rifle," we're introduced to how battles such as the Vietnam Conflict and the War on Terror have asserted constant change and reform of the black rifle system, despite that every conflict is different. Yet, "the familiar M16 is still going strong," and Zimba describes the weapon system's many combinations and functions. The article contains some more basic history, detailed description of anatomy and modifications with photographs, information regarding magazine designs, and much more. The precision of the organization of information provides structure to the book as a whole.
Some other important details include charts and graphs, such as a complete list of specifics on the Ares Defense Shrike 5.56 Advanced Weapons System from the article "STAG-15L: The Sinistral Semi-automatic from Stag Arms," and comparison charts between .22 Long Rifle rates of fire and muzzle velocities from the article "The LM-7: Belt-Fed AR-15/M16 in .22LR."
It's difficult to find faults in The Evolution of the Black Rifle because it's in-depth and detailed. The images are in black-and-white, which might be a disappointment for those looking for visual information. Others may be turned off by the fact that some of the reviews are of older accessories and features, but they are timeless nonetheless.
Information is in abundance in The Evolution of the Black Rifle, and if that's what you're looking for, then you won't be disappointed. This book is ideal for all skill levels interested in learning more about the black rifle, and is even optimal as an introduction for battle rifles exclusively. In a day and age where the black rifle is viewed negatively by the media, the information this book provides more than enough for the public on its history and how it works – and on the firearm in general. The best part about reading this book is that the next time you venture down to your local gun store and see your favorite Open Carry Mall Ninja hanging out telling customers ridiculously false information based on his "Call of Duty" battle experience, you can drop some serious knowledge on him about the black rifle and it's history.
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This publication also consolidates the methodology which was developed under the Water Convention specifically for the purpose of assessing nexus issues and identifying solutions in transboundary basins. Its development involved a broad range of expertise, gradual refinement upon use, and an intergovernmental review process.
The publication was developed in response to a decision by the Meeting of the Parties in 2015 to promote the application of the methodology in other basins worldwide through the sharing of experiences. The publication also aims to foster follow-up action to the nexus assessments.
A key dimension of the methodology is the facilitation of multistakeholder dialogues, which convene sector Ministries from riparian countries with often diverging interests in developing and benefitting from a river basin ̶ be it for irrigated agriculture, eco-tourism or energy generation. With the nexus approach, trade-offs and impacts but also mutual interests are identified. This step is subsequently followed by determining jointly with the authorities and stakeholders packages of policy and technical measures to address the problems identified. This intersectoral transboundary dialogue is coupled with a structured analysis, considering technical aspects and governance across sectors.
With this composition, the participatory assessment of the nexus applying the methodology provides a better basis from which to address the common challenges of coherence between sectoral policies (as well as between environment and climate policies) and integrated planning. Related shortcomings result in negative impacts causing friction between riparian countries, inefficiencies at different levels, and missed opportunities for more sustainable and cooperative development. The international community explicitly calls for a nexus approach in efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The assessment process can assist countries seeking to initiate, broaden or revisit transboundary cooperation. Furthermore, the resulting insights can also help reinforce national efforts to optimize resource use (e.g. through improved efficiency), improve policy coherence and achieve co-management benefits.
The main audiences for this publication are authorities involved in natural resources management, regional organizations and cooperation organizations, international organizations, bilateral development partners, and technical experts.
September 2018
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention)
The Water Convention aims to ensure the sustainable use of transboundary water resources by facilitating cooperation.
The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) was adopted in Helsinki in 1992 and entered into force in 1996. Almost all countries sharing transboundary waters in the region of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) are Parties to the Convention.
The Water Convention strengthens transboundary water cooperation and measures for the ecologically-sound management and protection of transboundary surface waters and groundwaters. The Convention fosters the implementation of integrated water resources management, in particular the basin approach. The Convention's implementation contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and other international commitments on water, environment and sustainable development.
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Search Engine Land posts on the recent launch of Google's Knol.
I am guessing we are all sat here thinking how we can get on to (a) benefit the user and (b) generate more traffic for our respective customers/clients/sites.
For those that don't know (i had forgotten) the knol project
'...is a site that hosts many knols — units of knowledge — written about various subjects. The authors of the knols can take credit for their writing, provide credentials, and elicit peer reviews and comments. Users can provide feedback, comments, related information. So the Knol project is a platform for sharing information, with multiple cues that help you evaluate the quality and veracity of information...'
It feels like a cross between a social networking site and wiki, but I thought I would experiment. I searched real estate and property and estate agents and a few others, which delivered nothing. So I uploaded one of our articles that appeared in the press, it is supposed to be more for lengthier pieces by the sound of it. Let's see what happens and see what happens with search results.
If you read the post from Search Engine Land you will realise that the real importance could lie in the fact that it is a 'google' project and therefore any content contained within the site must benefit as knol must surely rank higher. I would tend to agree but then I am very cynical.
Will it be of use? At the moment it has loads of information about contracting various diseases, but apparently you can write anything, so a company about us section may work well, but I don't think this is the intention. That said, adopting sheep mentality, it is free and run by google so get on it.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Google launches Knol
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Looks like I was wrong about the Koss Sporta Pro headphones. With a little help from the SRS WOW technology in my Jens of Sweden (useless without Flash installed) MP3 player. the headphones were able to deliver high quality, crystal clear sound, with enough bass boost to blow my brains out. It felt a little like I had sub woofer strapped to my head. Great sound both on the bus and on the plane to Trondheim this weekend, my latest CD purchase - Airdrawndagger by Sasha (useless without Flash, too) - sounded excellent. Who needs an iPod now, eh1?
And while we're on the subject of purchasing music. Some people say that downloading MP3 files from the Internet kills the music industry. This might be right in some cases, I guess a lot of kids download a lot of their music instead of buying it, but for some people - like me - the MP3 technology and the Internet have opened the door to a whole new musical world. Take Matthew Good, for instance. The first song by Matthew Good I heard was from a compilation CD Hallvard had downloaded from the Internet. Great stuff, and I ended up buying every new Matthew Good and Matthew Good Band release. Airdrawndagger was an album I ordered after having heard Wavy Gravy on Digitally Imported Chillout and I just ordered What You Thought You Heard by Borialis because their excellent song Don't Mean A Thing was played on radio.wazee.
In short: MP3 + Internet = The Good StuffTM.
I wrote this entry half a sleep. Try not to notice.
All right, so I could need the extra space, 256MB is a bit limited when you're travelling far. ↩
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How did I start to bike? You can also do it!
Checking my mail last days I saw a newslater from Lucian Mandruta, the initiator of the event: "Biking to the sea" (Cu bicicleta la mare) and I noticed that I have no article written about one of my biggest change in my habbit last year.
It's time for memories, so let's open the box! (mai mult…)


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Grouse Recipe to Celebrate the Glorious Twelfth
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The Glorious Twelfth - 12th August every year - is the first official day of the grouse shooting season. So to celebrate, our friends at Corse Lawn House Hotel have shared their favourite grouse recipe. Traditional Roast New Season Grouse with Game Chips, Gravy and Bread Sauce
Ingredients: 1 Whole new season Grouse (oven ready) 100g button mushrooms (finely sliced) 10g butter (melted) 3 slices home cured streaky bacon Game stock Splash of dry sherry Salt and Pepper
Method: Mix the mushrooms, butter and seasoning together then stuff and truss the grouse. Once this has been done, cover the breast with streaky bacon. Roast the grouse in hot oven 250c for 25 minutes to cook till slightly pink and let it rest for five minutes. Place on plate, return the grouse pan to the hotplate and add game stock and dry sherry to the pan, scrape the juices off the pan and reduce, season to taste, and pour over the bird. Serve on a crouton, spread with Grouse liver pate, and add bread sauce and game chips. NB. When Grouse is served at Corse Lawn, guests are asked if they would like their bird on or off the bone. If off, the legs are simply sliced off alongside the breast, and arranged on the crouton. The carcass is kept to make grouse stock to add to the gravy. Grouse can be expensive, but I do honestly believe it is one of the most delicious things you can eat, and if you are a fan of game, then I think you should eat it once a year, towards the end of August, when it is at its very best.Recipe created by Mrs Hine and adapted by Head Chef Martin Kinahan from Corse Lawn House Hotel. Nestled in the Cotswolds, the Malverns and the Forest of Dean, Corse Lawn House is a quintessentially English countryside hotel. www.corselawn.com


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Apps help your business run more smoothly, can streamline payment systems, lend a hand organizing your calendar and keep you up to date with your health and safety obligations. Far from being the novelty they were a few years ago, apps should be critical to how we get things done today. Here are five award-winning …Read this post
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Most of us in management positions have a hard time knowing exactly what's happening in the field each day. Are the safety procedures we draft up implemented the way we envisioned? That's why we need a digital auditing tool. It gives us a high-level view into what's working in the safety strategy and where we …Read this post
The topic of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. seems benign enough, but in the current US political climate it's something of a hot button issue. Party lines and policy aside, manufacturing is showing some early indications that it could be making a comeback. However, many Americans likely won't recognize its new face. Manufacturing is one …Read this post
During his campaign, Donald Trump pledged to turn his attentions to immigration reform. This includes a potential plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The intent behind immigration reform is, of course, to create more jobs for working-class Americans. One possible answer could be guest-worker programs or other paths to citizenship for immigrants who have been …Read this post


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Nature and wildlife photography by Ian McGregor
From the orange glow of the morning sun cresting the distant horizon to the extreme cold and blowing snow of the prairies, there is nothing quite like the natural beauty of our planet. I hope I have captured some of this beauty in my photographs.Landscape Photography
The variety of life on our planet never ceases to amaze me. Animals turn up in strange places and life appears where you lease expect it; beautiful and often fragile.Wildlife Photography


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Adams Middle School expects students to do their own homework, to test without using unauthorized help and to submit original work for all assignments. We expect students will not cheat. Students are to deny all requests to copy class work, homework and tests.
Students shall not misrepresent test materials, research information, and class work and/or homework assignments as their own. Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to the following:
- Turning in any work, or part thereof, that is not the student's own work
- Using electronic devices to cheat, including but not limited to looking up, photographing, recording or texting information
- Copying another student's or author's work or class assignment
- Allowing another student to copy your work or your assignment
- Putting your name on another student's paper/project/work
- Using a "cheat sheet" or any unauthorized piece of writing on a quiz/test
- Giving another student help on an individual quiz/test
- Using any material from the internet without proper citation and appropriate credit
- Tampering with the teacher's grade records or tests (this offense is suspendable or expellable)
- Stealing and/or selling quizzes or exams (this offense is suspendable or expellable)
The classroom teacher is responsible for determining if cheating has occurred.
First Offense
- Zero on assignment/test
- Teacher to contact parent
- Referral to administration for entry into student record
Second Offense
- Zero on assignment/test and U in citizenship given by the teacher
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QUIZ: Could You REALLY Make It As A Daily Vlogger?
24 November 2015, 14:59 | Updated: 17 July 2017, 12:11
Have you got what it takes to share EVERY DAY of your life online?!
Vlogging: It's hard work. Some days you have no fresh ideas, some days you feel like you don't look camera-ready, and there are days where you just can't be bothered. So how do some people manage to do it daily?!
In a new quiz from us, we're going to put your daily-vlogging aptitude to the test. Have you got the chops to document every moment of your life for your adoring audience? Time to find out...


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Cape Town City Bowl 2 Bedroom Holiday Apartment:
This Cape Town City Bowl 2 Bedroom Holiday Apartment is a modern self-catering apartment accommodation on Old Town Square leading onto pool and gym. Situated in the CBD and within walking distance of the Castle of Good Hope, Parliament and Company Gardens.
- Day Tours (incl. Safaris)
- Tourist Information
- Food & Catering Services
- Mobile Sim Starter Kit (Number can be provided in advance to give to family and friends before arrival)
- Weekly Housekeeping Service (incl. Towels & Linen) – more frequent cleaning available at additional cost
- Baby Cot Rental Option
2nd Floor – Elevator
- 24hour-security
- bathroom
- dining-table
- dvd-player
- elevator
- gym
- hairdryer
- heating
- ironing-facilities
- kitchenette
- laundromat
- pool
- secure-complex
- separate-shower
Basement parking
Nearby Attrations:
- Cape Town International Airport: within 20 km
- Cape Town International Convention Centre: within 1 km
- V & A Waterfront: within 2 Km
- Century City- Canal Walk/Ratanga Theme Park: 11 km
- Table Mountain Cable Car: 5 km
- Clifton /Camps bay Beaches: 7 km
Why not enquire about this Cape Town City Bowl 2 Bedroom Holiday Apartment or something similar now using our Enquiry Form.


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Next week, UNCG students will give back to those in need as part of National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, an annual initiative sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign against Hunger & Homelessness.
Each year as Thanksgiving approaches, high schools, colleges and universities, community groups and faith-based groups from across the country come together to raise awareness about hunger and homelessness. Since 2011, UNCG's Office of Leadership and Service-Learning (OLSL) has hosted events throughout the week in keeping with the university's motto of "Service."
From Nov. 15-21, students can give back in a variety of ways. From packaging 5,000 meals for hungry children worldwide to cooking and serving a Thanksgiving-themed meal to homeless families in Greensboro, there's something for everyone. A complete schedule of events can be viewed here.
"College is a great time to get engaged with the community," said Allison Plitman, an AmeriCorps VISTA member who serves in OLSL and organizer of the week's events. "It's so fulfilling to make a difference, especially a tangible difference like packaging food or serving a meal."
Over the past five years, UNCG students have contributed more than 3.6 million hours of community service, giving back through Spartan Service Day, Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week and a variety of other campus-sponsored events.
"A sense of community is foundational to our well-being," said George Hancock, director of the National Center for Homeless Education, which is housed at UNCG's SERVE Center. "Efforts such as those being undertaken during Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week can have a tremendous impact by allowing some of our most vulnerable citizens to regain this sense of community, while also inspiring volunteers to advocate on their behalf."
To learn more and to register for events, visit olsl.uncg.edu.
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In the month of love, there was a question that kept coming up in conversation; When is Love not enough?
Technically love is always a good plan, but if empathy is missing or judgement is present, it can prevent the fullest potential that can love hold. Furthermore, the act of self empathy, enables an awareness of who we are as outcasts, which is how comfortable we are in our communities as our true self. Just as much as that is true, so also is the reality that there are often layers of awareness to peel away, before a non-judgmental love is able to reside within our communities.
The first step in moving from judgment, is being aware we have judgement. While also recognizing, that we hold within ourselves the same capability of judgment and empathy. This can also be seen as love and fear or light and dark, each being the opposite of the other. However, if we learn to move back and forth, in such a way as Carl Jung suggests being familiar with our shadow and light sides, we can move closer to balance.
At this moment it may feel like we are moving down a winding path, that might be full of unknown, so hold on.
This all reminds me of a saying I have, "there is no light at the end of the tunnel", in response to someone saying, "I see the light at the end of the tunnel". This saying, holds to me the feeling of only seeing dark, forgetting that there is a light switch inside the tunnel. Though an existential thinker may say there is no tunnel either. Right now, we will have a tunnel and save the existential post for another time.
Another way to look at it, is if we are only looking for the end result, we will miss a lot in the middle. If we can only see the dark, then the light is always out there, without noticing what we already hold. Just as much as the light placement, can limit our field of vision, if we are only looking at the light. Neither one offers an opportunity to see clearly, which opens the awareness to find the balance between light and dark. Which is the mystery in the middle.
This Christian space we are asked to live, is the middle way, "But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. "(Matthew 7:14). The middle way, is accepting otherness around us. Of knowing there are other possibilities, because if our possibility works well for us it may not for others. The narrow gate, reminds me of watching a sunrise across the ocean, it could also be a vast plane or along the edge of a mountain range. The sky is dim only shadows of trees, people or birds, with bursts of color streaming across the sky. There is so much happening, before being fully in the light. The sun continues to rise, allowing more light through, just as the edges look golden for seconds before a glowing orange ball appears in our sight. Ahhhhh, light and warmth rising upward into the sky. Then once in the light, we see everything offered more clearly, which is also an opportunity to become distracted with what is right in front of us, that we forget the brilliant display just minutes before. A similar show happens with a sunset, offering another brilliant reminder of light, before the dark. To remember, it is easy to miss the show in the narrow middle space, if we are only looking for the immediate brightness of light. Even the sun gradually shows all it's light potential.
Maybe the gate is narrow, because being in the middle also asks us to be vulnerable. As an outcast finding that balance might first be for ourselves, before love is able to ripple outward. If we each remember that we all approach life with a different set of experiences and ways of processing what is before us, we can begin to embrace unrestricted compassion.
The action of love begins inside of us, not outside. The light is already here! (Ephesians 3:16-17)
YES, love is enough. Then the love grows when we can approach each person with empathy to begin the act of letting go of judgement. The release of judgement opens the door to end discrimination and exclusion. The grace in empathy, is listening and knowing there is another way that people may experience life. This is when we are able to see there is more in common with us, than between us. That place in the middle is the kind of compassionate love that is merciful.


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Hello Anna,
It is nice to meet you! Tell us a bit about you where are you from and other than illustrating what else do you enjoy?
I am originally from Houston, TX…residing in Bryan, TX. presently.
I am 51…shhhh…lol…mother of two amazing sons…3 beautiful grandbabies.
I love art…cooking…fishing… woodworking…writing songs and poetry…very excited about all the things for me to learn.
When did you start drawing? What was your inspiration to start?
This is something I was born with…genetics I'm guessing…lol… it's just always been in my soul.
Who is your favorite illustrator or painter; is there anyone out there that inspires you? If so, why?
Painter…Anna Razumovskaya…she is an impressionist…her array of colors…the soft…yet bold strokes…the movement in her paintings…inspires.
What style of art do you enjoy doing and why?
Abstract and impressionism…impressionism being my favorite…I believe the why would be the sense of freedom.
How do you and an author come together to produce a finished product?
I would hope through communication and our passion…for bringing things to life.
If you could, what style of art would you like to dabble in?
What three tips would you give any aspiring artist?
No fear…paint with your heart…never let someone say your joy away… it's your gift.
What are you working on now? What will you release next?
I'm drawn to nature for the most part…so my project currently is a person (dealing with mostly black and white).
So… where can we get your artwork?
Currently working on my website and creating my studio…meanwhile you can find some of my pieces on Facebook…Swank Creations…by Anna.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Swank-Creationsby-Anna-1961641847499237/
How would you define what a successful artist is?
I can only give my perspective. For me…when my project makes me smile inside and out…my perspective will grow…but the joy will always be important to me.
Does a big ego help or hurt?
I would say ego always gets in the way of growth.
What's your working schedule like?
I'm fortunate to be home…so with that said…24/7.
Where would you like to travel to and why?
Switzerland… Ireland and Italy.
Why? I love nature…these places seem to make me have butterflies…lol.
What would you like the readers to know?
Well guys and girls,
I feel I'm on the more simplistic side of life…I love retrieving unwanted things (trash) and turning it into treasure…and hopefully pairing the art piece to a loving home…where it will be loved and appreciated. Thank you for this opportunity to share with you…much love.
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Courtney and Rick are one of the sweetest, most easygoing couples I've ever had the pleasure of working with! With Rodrigo Moraes as their photographer, the energy of their entire wedding day felt very relaxed and go-with-the-flow, even when it started raining.
For elopements, we often plan for the bride and groom to get ready separately and then either have a first look or see each other for the first time at the ceremony. This usually means the groom leaves the room before hair and makeup gets started. But Rick and Courtney decided to change things up a bit. Rick stayed and hung out as Courtney got beautified. She made sure he looked perfect and put on his boutonniere. Then he left just in time for Courtney to put on her dress, and they did a fun reveal with the full look before leaving the hotel.
As they arrived to Ironwoods Beach, we could see dark storm clouds threatening to roll in. Those clouds held off during the ceremony until right before their kiss. You have to admit there is something super romantic about kissing in the rain though!
It poured as we made our way up to the lava rock cliffs. We waited it out as Courtney and Rick cuddled under the umbrella. After just a few minutes, the rain slowed to sprinkles and then stopped. The effect was dramatic and the colors were a bit moody, but it made the pop of pink from the flowers and silk ribbon stand out even more.
We think it's totally true what they say! Rain on your wedding day is good luck. We know these two are completely meant to be and hope blessings are heaped on them throughout their lives together!
Planning: Fawn of Maile Maui Weddings // Photographer: Rodrigo Moraes Photography // Officiant: Pastor Bob McCollor // Floral: In Bloom Hawaii Silk Ribbon: Adorn Company // Hair and Makeup: Salon 253 // Getting Ready: The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua // Location: Ironwoods Beach // Time of Day: Sunset
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A spellbinding experience.
The underwater magic at Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon is quite a sight. Dive and snorkel around our house reef to spot manta rays, corals, turtles and different kinds of fish. Venture into the beautiful waters to and go dolphin-watching. The boat-ride might toss you crazy, but seeing the playful mammals dive in and out of the sea will be worth it all.
Soak it all in.
Dive and Snorkel
Discover the mind-boggling beauty that lies underwater and get hooked on to the experience for life. Once you spend time down there with corals, manta rays, baby sharks, turtles and fish, you will only want more of it. The experience grows on you, giving you goosebumps every time you dive in.
Best Time: Operating hours: 8 am to 12.30 pm 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm
Where: Dive and Sail Center at Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon
Should you need any more information about this experience, please reach out to our concierge.
Big-game fishing
There's plenty of fish in the sea, but isn't it fun when you catch the best? More so, when it gets served as your lunch or dinner? Sail in a traditional Maldivian boat, a 'dhoni' and fish for the freshest catch of the day, using a fishing rod attached with an artificial bait or 'rapela'. The thrill of making a successful catch is accompanied with the mesmerising canvas that the sunrise and the sunset at the Maldives paint.
Best Time: Operating Hours: 5.30 am to 9.30 am
Where: Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon
Should you need any more information about this experience, please reach out to our concierge.
Dolphin Watching
One of the most stunning views in the Maldivian waters is of dolphin pods diving together. Their smooth grey bodies dipping into the turquoise and deep blue waters, makes for a beautiful sight.
Best Time: At sunset
Where: Dolphin-Watching – Ellaidhoo Maldives by Cinnamon
To book this beautiful experience, reach out to us at [email protected] or +960 664-0055.
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Multiple Tooth Replacement - New Orleans, LA
Complete Your Smile with a Beautiful Tooth Replacement
Tooth loss takes a toll on a smile -- and, if a replacement is not made promptly, its effects can spread to your overall health as well. Fortunately, your restorative dentist at Canatella Dental offers a range of options for multiple tooth replacement. From fixed bridges to implant-retained dentures, you can find a wonderful solution to tooth loss right here. Keep reading to learn more about each, and which may be best for your smile.
What Are My Tooth Replacement Options?
There are several ways to replace multiple teeth. These are listed in more detail below.
Dental Crown & Bridge
A traditional fixed bridge, or crown and bridge, relies on using the teeth surrounding the gap in the smile as anchors. A crown will be placed on each anchor tooth, and these restorations provide a sturdy foundation for the prosthetics which fill in the gap between. A dental crown and bridge restores the function of the smile and prevents the surrounding teeth from drifting out of place. It is typically completed in a few weeks to a month.
Implant-Supported Bridge
For consecutively missing teeth, an implant-supported bridge provides improved stability and does not require the alteration of the teeth surrounding the gap in the smile. Stable implant posts will be placed beneath the gum line, where they gradually fuse together with the jaw bone in the process known as "osseointegration." After this has occurred 4 to 6 months later, the implant posts are re-exposed and the bridge can be affixed on top. An implant-supported bridge is a fixed restoration which cannot be removed for cleaning.
Partial Dentures/Implant-Supported Partial Dentures
Partial dentures replace several missing teeth located anywhere in the upper or lower jaw and are removable for increased convenience. A conventional denture rests on the surface of the gums, while an implant-supported denture snaps onto implant posts which have been placed beneath the gum line. Dentures are made from natural-looking materials to ensure that they blend well with the surrounding teeth.
How Do I Determine Which Is Best for Me?
Patients who are eligible for dental implants should strongly consider this solution for tooth loss. Nothing else promotes oral and overall health like dental implants, and restorations which are retained by implant posts last longer than those which rest directly on the gums. However, patients who have been missing teeth for a long time or who have experienced severe gum disease may be better suited for a non-implant option. We can help you determine which option is best for you during a consultation appointment.
What Is the Cost of Multiple Tooth Replacement?
The cost of your tooth replacement will depend on several factors, including which method you choose, how many teeth you are missing, where in the jaw they are located, and how healthy your jaw is in advance of the procedure. Dental implants cost more upfront because they are placed surgically using the highest-quality materials. However, given the significant benefits of implant dentistry, implant-retained replacement options usually end up being the best investment in the long run.