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Thank you for the review. Thank you also to reviewing one of the most important, if not, the most important piece of gear.
I wish more companies would offer wide widths as opposed to one size up, and calling that a wide with, if you catch my meaning. Most companies are offering wides which is a good thing as opposed to even a few years back. I wish I had regular sized feet, most of my friends, and I have fred flintstone feet. Now we just need to work on thier toeboxes….
Do you know how the toe room compares to Salomon X Ultra hiking shoes? I really enjoy my X Ultra 2s, but the one thing I would change is the toe box space to prevent any rubbing and allow for a thicker sock in the shoulder season.
I'd give them a try. I haven't used the X Ultra, but I have similar Salomon's. I suspect they all have a similar fit.
I have both the Salomon X Ultras and the Oboz Sawtooths–and I like both of them very much–but I find the toe box in the Oboz to be roomier.
This was the main shoe I used for the previous season. I put some Superfeet Orange insoles in them because of foot issues, but my feet are stronger now and the original insole would be fine.
The rubber outsole peeled off of the front while backpacking the 70-mile Massanutten Trail. If there's a trail in VA that will break a shoe, it's the MT. That was early in the season. I re-attached with some E6000 and after a couple hundred miles more they've been good. The E6000 in my judgement is stronger than the original adhesive. No excessive wear given what the shoes have been through.
My only complaint now is that I wish the wet grip was better. With all of the rain we had last year there was plenty of opportunity to test that. The Sawtooth II is already out at REI. Very similar, I'm hoping the rubber compound is a little stickier though.
The description of the heel cup, volume, toe width, and insoles has me sold!
Do these have a shank like the KEEN Targhee? I'm considering stiffer shoes to help with arthritis in my left foot.
Yes. They have a nylon shank.
Did you get a chance to test them on wet rock?
Just average on wet rock. They excel in mud.
Don't know. but you can rest assured that the previous version will disappear to be replaced by the II's.
Phil- you are spot on with your excellent review of this fantastic shoe. I switched to the Sawtooth from the Keene Targee half way through my thru hike this year. I wished I had started out with the Oboz! The insoles were perfect as you described and did not need the Carbon Superfeet insole any longer. What an amazing shoe. I did experience somewhat better traction on wet rocks as well. After about 800 miles, I have a separation at the toe cap that was repaired with Shoe goo.
Thanks for this Phillip, seems like a good contender against the La Sportiva Raptors – I especially like the brawny toe cap, an improvement over the Raptors (my current go-to shoe) it seems.
OBOZ SAWTOOTH LOW SHOES are as Phillip describes, a truly awesome shoe out on the trail however after 2 years in the same pair there are a couple of points I have found that stop them from being perfect.
2 As the shoes are well made on the top side water does not drain out quickly, like boots once wet from a river crossing they stay wet for a couple of days.
3 After 2 years of continuous use the stitching at the outside of the toe box right at the sole join has broken. I say this as through a 10x lense it is a break and not worn through. This may well be my walking style that has doe this in all fairness.
These points said these are the best shoes I have ever had by a country mile!
What would be your pick between the Oboz, Merrell Moab, and Keen Targhee?
I have the Keen's and the Merrell's, but have never owned the Oboz.
Scott, I've used them all and prefer the Oboz because I have a narrow foot.
I work at a large outdoor retailer and sell OBOZ Bridgers and Salomon Ultras, Merrill and other hiking boots. By far, I sell more OBOZ than any other hiking shoe. If I bring out 3 pairs, the OBOZ win most of the time… simply put, the o-fit insole, toe box, heel box and outer sole put OBOZ boots at the top of my recommendation list for my customers. my customers feel the difference. Your feet don't lie, but your brain will….


Street Glastonbury and Walton councils would like to encourage more people to cycle more often for local journeys. Cycling benefits health and the environment and supports the local economy.
We want to find out why more people are not cycling and are collecting the views of local people through local events and an on-line survey.
* 1. How often do you cycle in and around Street Glastonbury and Walton?
* 2. Would you like to cycle more often?
* 3. If you currently cycle, what is the main purpose of these trips?
* 9. If you would like to be kept informed of this project in future, please provide your email address. Your contact information will be safely and securely store, will not be shared with any third parties and will only be used to provide you with updates on cycling projects in the area.
* 10. 'Do you have any other comments on the current or future cycling provision in Glastonbury and Walton?


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Analytical Environmental Health Research Paper Assignment The Assignment Research and write an analytical paper on an environmental health issue in which the relationship between another factor is explored. This relationship must be supported by credible scientific research. All sources used must be from credible sources. At least two of your sources must be from peer-reviewed publications.
Analytical Environmental Health Research Paper Assignment
The Assignment: Research and write an analytical paper on an environmental health issue in which the relationship between another factor is explored. This relationship must be supported by credible scientific research. All sources used must be from credible sources. At least two of your sources must be from peer-reviewed publications.
Analytical paper: An analytical paper requires a Research Question in place of a thesis statement. The research question should be answering a HOW or WHY question.
➢ All citations (including quotes) MUST include attribution to the original source.
Topic: Any topic covered during the course this summer. Choose from topics listed &/or discussed in the course materials (i.e. syllabus, textbook, lecture slides, and discussion board.)
Length: 4 to 6 pages. No more & no less. (This does not include list of sources)
Font: Times New Roman, 12pt.
Line Spacing: Double spaced
Accepted Formats: MLA or APA only
Research Question: How does Covid-19 affect the education system and students Learning in the United States?
Finding Credible Sources:
1) Open source (free) peer-reviewed publications online. Avoid pay-walls.
a) Public Library of Science https://plos.org/
b) Directory of Open Access Journals https://doaj.org/
c) Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ a monthly journal of environmental health research and news published with support from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
d) Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/
2) NGOs (non-governmental organizations)
a) WHO (The World Health Organization is an international non-governmental organization) Public health, environmental and social determinants of health https://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/en/
b) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://www.aaas.org/ An international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association.
c) American Public Health Association Environmental Health topics (a non-profit organization) https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/environmental-health
d) The Global Health Network https://tghn.org/ A collection of websites and online communities supporting global health researchers by facilitating collaboration and resource sharing.
e) International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID) http://www.isid.org/ – Supports health professionals, nongovernment organizations and governments around the world in their work to prevent, investigate and manage infectious disease outbreaks when they occur, especially in countries that have limited resources and that disproportionately bear the burden of infectious diseases.
f) Planetary Health Alliance http://planetaryhealthalliance.org/ – A consortium of universities, NGOs and other partners supporting the growth of a rigorous, policy-focused, transdisciplinary field of applied research aimed at understanding and addressing the human health implications of accelerating change in the structure and function of Earth's natural systems.
3) European Union
a) European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en A European Union agency to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health posed by infectious diseases.
4) US Federal Govt agencies
(information on pages updated after Jan 20 2017 should be verified with other sources).
a) CDC National Center for Environmental Health (The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is a US, federal gov't agency) https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/
b) EPA Environmental Health topics (The EPA is a US federal gov't agency) https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/health-topics
c) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences web site http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/

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If you've hung around here for awhile, you know it's no secret that my family loves Easy Grammar and Daily Grams. You can read my review of the Ultimate Series, as well as a comparison of Easy Grammar and First Language Lessons. The folks at Easy Grammar recently sent me the fourth grade level of Easy Grammar and Daily Grams to review and, of course, we love them, too!
Because I'm so vocal about the fact that we're huge fans, I get a lot of questions about Easy Grammar and Daily Grams. For that reason, I'd like to do this review in a Q&A format. Please realize that I am answering these questions from my own personal experience, not as an official spokesperson for Easy Grammar and Daily Grams.
Do you have to use Easy Grammar and Daily Grams together? It's not required that you do. Both can be used independently of the other, but they combine to make a comprehensive grammar program for kids in grades 3-7, with additional books set up in the Daily Grams style for grades 2 and 8-12. We have loved all of the books in the series, but I was especially fond of the second grade book. It was perfect for my kids, both in lesson length and scope and sequence, when they were that age.
Each Easy Grammar level begins by having students memorize a list of prepositions — in the fourth grade text, the list increases to 40. Then, students learn to find and cross out the prepositional phrase, making it easier to identify the subject and verb. Students spend time learning about individual parts of speech, such as pronouns, adverbs, and adjectives. There are also two complete sections dedicated to punctuation and capitalization.
My child hasn't used Easy Grammar and Daily Grams before; on what level should we start? Because all of the grade levels have the same basic information, taught in a cyclical style to help students achieve mastery, I suggest starting at whatever your child's grade level happens to be. Each level simply increases in complexity and builds on basic concepts, which are reviewed at each level. An exception to this suggestion is if you have a child in 8th grade or above. In that case, I would use with Easy Grammar Plus, which is the final installment in the Easy Grammar series and was written for middle school through adult users.
In the Daily Grams book, the answer key is in the back of the book, so photocopying isn't necessary. For both books, a non-reproducible student book is available for your convenience. It's often less expensive to buy the student book, rather than doing all that copying, especially if you have multiple students. I like having the answer keys for quicker grading or for reference if I'm not sure of an answer…which happens more often, the older my kids get. The Easy Grammar teacher edition is $27.95; the student text is $13.95. The Daily Grams teacher edition is $24.95, while the student text is $12.95.
Easy Grammar and Daily Grams are one part of our homeschool day that my kids never complain about. As a matter of fact, Brianna actually said she was a little disappointed to finish the Easy Grammar series because she enjoyed doing it. She's still doing the Ultimate Series books, of course. To me, there's not a better endorsement for a grammar program than kids who love grammar. It does their grammar geek mama's heart good to hear them say it. The only complaint I've heard about Easy Grammar 4 was from Josh: the book is pink. Hey, if that's the worst thing he's got to say about it, we're good.
Tre' (9th grade) has been using Easy Grammar since the 5th grade and has often commented that Language Arts is his favorite subject. I credit that, in part, to Easy Grammar. The best part? NO SENTENCE DIAGRAMMING, and yet a thorough study of grammar!
I really appreciate your review. I started homeschooling mid last school year. This year I have a 3rd and 7th grader using Daily Grams and Easy Grammar curriculum. We are ALL happy with the material. One question to you is…as far as language arts in general, besides spelling and handwriting, what if anything, do you recommend at their grade level. I understood from your post that until they reach 8th and further, the dont need literature and composition. If you could help shed some light you would be an angel!!
No, I wasn't implying that a child doesn't need literature and composition until 8th grade. I said that Easy Grammar and Daily Grams provide a comprehensive grammar program, which is just one component of a good language arts program.
In our homeschool, the overall language arts program includes spelling, handwriting, reading, and composition. You can click on the "2010-1011 Curriculum" tab at the top of my blog page to see what we're currently using for each of those components.
Thanks so much for clarifying. I ran across your blog today and I find it very informative, thank you Kris!!
We also use Easy Grammar and couldn't be more pleased with it. I actually got my copy for 5/6 grade at a used curriculum sale for 5.00, not a mark in it. It has already taught Grace so much. We will continue to use it throughout middle school and high school.
Hey Kris! I was wondering if you happened to have a lesson plan for Easy Grammar 4? I am planning my daughter's 4th grade year and I cant seem to find lesson plans anywhere. I am struggling with how to plan 238 lessons plus tests into 180 school days! Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
No, I don't have any lesson plans for it. We were usually doing 2 pages a day.
The great thing about Easy Grammar, Lydia, is that the concepts remain the same, but just build in complexity each year. So, even if you have to drop back a grade level or two at first, once you get that foundation built, you can probably make up ground quickly. I'm not sure what I'd do in your situation. Going back to the beginning (3rd grade) might prove helpful. If you decided to go that route, I'd probably just let her know that you need to shore up the foundation that she didn't get in school so that she doesn't take it as a failure on her part. Hope that helps!
My son is using the Easy Grammar Ultimate Series, Grade 12 – 180 Daily Teaching Lessons, but there are no tests. I'm 62 and have been out of school for a long time. Can you help me with knowing how to test him? I can't make up tests, but do you have any suggestions on how to grade him? Thanks!
I wish I had some advice to offer, but I just go over Easy Grammar/Daily Grams orally with my kids each day. It seems like when my older daughter did the Ultimate Series, I counted the number of possible answers and divided the number of correct answers by that to get a number grade, but that's been a little while.
I'm spending an obsessive amount of time on your blog right now…lol. I have read before but there a number of posts you just wrote tht ARe exactly what I need to read;)). I have a rising 7th grader an am tryin not to panic;). I am thinking of switching to easy grammar next year. My son did it in 4th grade and enjoyed it …it was his first year homeschooling and we used the 3rd grade level. The following year I used te 5th grade level and he hated it! So I quit. The only grammar we've done outside of that is we use ieW and we use their fix it program. However I am having such a hard time with his attitude lately …he doesn't want to meet with me to discuss his work!!! Ugh. Anyway thinking of trying this again for 7th. how much time did you spend using this with a 7th grader? I believe e is dyslexic…though he is reading on grade level now. Woot! I just need to find curriculum that he can do mostly independently so we do t have this push and pull !!
The kids (6th and 8th) do Easy Grammar/Daily Grams independently, unless there is a new concept I need to explain, and we go over their answers orally. Not counting explanation time, it takes about 10-15 minutes of my time each day.
I am so thankful to have found this review. I have never done formal grammar with my kids,and was not sure where to start. I actually bought Daily Grams, but now see I need the Easy Grammar to go with it. I have opted for the one for older kids and adults. Thank you for your helpful review.
This is my first year homeschooling my 3rd grader and I have both the 3rd grade Easy Grammar and Daily Grams books. I am not sure which order is best to teach the book in. I am thinking of starting with punctuation and capitalization. I am not sure which is the best approach.
If it helps, we started with capitalization and punctuation, then went back to the beginning and worked our way through.
Thanks a bunch. That is what I was thinking after looking at the Daily Grams.
I have a 5th and 6th grader using Easy Grammar Series. They are both having a hard time with it. They seem to know it but when we do a test they get a lot wrong. Do you have any tips to help them?
Hmmmm…I'm not sure. Maybe search online for some grammar games? Sometimes hands-on activities are a big help. Maybe they aren't strong test-takers. I have a kid like that. I don't worry too much about tests with her as long as she demonstrates understanding of the topics. How do they do using correct grammar in their own writing?
They do ok but not perfect. I'm not a grammer person so that doesn't help.
How do you grade the Easy Grammar? Do you count each noun or verb in each sentence or count each sentence? I'm trying to figure out what would be best.


......and ended up in hospital. The internet is poor here in the Lake District, almost didn't get here after spending 48-hours in the limbo ward undergoing tests after coming in to the Royal Surrey County Hospital with chest pains a week ago. They think it's angina but I have to go back for more tests before they can be sure. The ECGs didn't show up much and neither did the blood tests or the treadmill test but the pain and its onset plus a few other earlier incidents were classic angina signs, they said, plus my mum had it. I hope they're wrong but, if it isn't that, I can't think what else it might be.
One day of hospital was bad enough. Two days and it was driving me up the wall, particularly since I felt perfectly well. It was Gill who insisted on bringing me in to A&E and I thought they'd just give me a quick check up and send me packing. But no, they have a ward where admissions are parked while doctors work out what's wrong with them. It's no fun for the patients but I had the impression that the doctors enjoyed this ward for the problem solving.
Anyway I was out in time to pack for a holiday in the Lakes, although I lost two days. I needed to get some FT features done - they've given me an extension. The docs also said I could walk up some fells so that's what we've been doing - went up Wetherlam on Tuesday. The common blue on ragwort (above) was from a trip to Arnside Knot in search of a Scotch Argus - nothing much flying after rain and certainly no SA. I'll fill in a few back blips in time I expect but it's so slow here and so much work to do.
So even if I'm not posting so much I can assure you my heart is still blipping.


On 12 September the European Parliament warned of a clear risk of a serious breach of the EU's common values by Hungary. Which instruments does the EU have to defend its values internally? What are their weaknesses? Can newer proposals provide remedy?


Independent financial advisers (IFA) Louis Letourneau and Maggie Fleming, of Isis Financial Planners, Chartered Financial Planners, are now fully qualified members of STEP - The Society Of Trust And Estate Practitioners. Louis' and Maggie's STEP membership ensures that Isis Financial Planners, from its locations in Oxford, the Cotswolds and Brighton, can offer you the very best advice when dealing with your issues of trusts and estate planning.
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STEP provides education, training, representation and networking for its members, who are professionals specialising in trusts and estates, executorship, administration and related taxes. Members advise clients on the broad business of the management of personal finance.
Full members of STEP are the most experienced and senior practitioners in the field of trusts and estates."
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Everyone loves a good bottle opener and this Custom Imprinted Bullware Bottle Opener is definitely a great one. Perfect for hotels, restaurants and bars, this bottle opener can be used in a way to promote your business and leave an impression. So classy up the night and pull out this bottle opener.


I collect OLD torpedo bottles from any place in the world if they are coloured, pontiled or stoneware.� My passion is collecting CANADIAN TORPEDO BOTTLES!!! I'm sure there are others that share the same passion for Hamilton's early torpedo sodas.� I hope to develop this site into an information exchange area for torpedo bottle collectors, soda bottle collectors and just bottle collectors in general.
Why not send me an email?� Maybe we can trade, sell, or just share information.� Please tell others to visit torpedobottle.com!!! I also hope to keep posting pictures of GREAT TORPEDO BOTTLES!!� Lets share info!
The above torpedo bottle dates from the early 1850's. C.W. means CANADA WEST (C.W. became ONTARIO in 1867). A super rare soda in a great colour!
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This Full Moon Capricorn is a no joke rollercoaster of emotions. Not only is this a powerful Full Moon asking you to look at where you use your energy, it's asking you to get really, really real as the Moon sits alongside Saturn, gatekeeper of truth and structure. How outdated are you structures, your systems, your beliefs about your life? Relationships? Environment? Spirituality? And mostly your career. How you put yourself out into the world. Are you doing your "work" or skimming the surface? Saturn has a watchful eye on you and will absolutely be ushering you in the direction of your truth. Which can be incredible and uncomfortable all at the same time. Trust the process.
This is massive restructuring and well, a rollercoaster that slows down around the twists and turns that are the most necessary to pay attention too.
Mars retrograde brings your issues to the surface. You know the ones – the ones you've been disillusioned by, the ones you've ignored, swept under the rug, and the ones you've been plagued by since oh, about March perhaps. Mars retrograde is in Aquarius so it's asking you to use the fire from within to break free to a new, more confident version of yourself. It's not fun – it's challenging. But challenges are what elevates your confidence, bringing you to that up-leveled version of yourself you know exists.
Jupiter retrograde in Scorpio has been working at breaking down your barriers, eliminating your fears, and offering you the pathways to expansion for your next chapter. Jupiter stations direct just before the New Moon so the timing couldn't be more perfect.
Saturn retrograde (while it's in Capricorn by the way) defines your boundaries, work ethic, limitations and Karma. He is the Law of Karma. He's bringing back to the surface any places you've been dishonest with yourself and well, you've got to clean that mess up. Saturn retrograde is asking you to rise above who you've been acting out as and step into that again, up-leveled version of yourself. This may or may not feel a bit like spiritual book camp. Paying your dues. Owning up to your consequences. Emotional train wreck.
Pluto retrograde in Capricorn (yes Capricorn) is holding up the mirror to your darkness. Why do we push that darkness away when we know that the only way to the light is through the dark. Pluto reigns over mysteries and secrets … good one to be sitting next to Saturn retrograde in Capricorn, don't you think?
Neptune retrograde in Pisces is a powerful force that will make you look at your reality and own up to it. The sooner you do that the better. It rules your subconscious and fantasies … again, great aspect to be churning the cauldron with this transformational soup.
So … you wonder why you feel tired, wrung out, excited, elated, angry, happy … all the feels in one breath? Now you know. Now you know.


To me home is like what I imagine heaven would be like, to me home is somewhere that I can be myself and be with my family, to me home is the most amazing place on earth. Home is a place where I can feel safe and loved with my family and my pets it is also somewhere that I can have sometime to myself. I also feel warm while I am in my cozy bed with my fuzzy blanket.


> > bsd is what we had in our hands at the time we did the design.
freebsd and netbsd are both free over the net.  both will run on any pc.
> unless there is contention for the mutex.
only one thread regardless of cache pipelines or number of processors.
> possibly ksleep and then kwakeup.
aren't costing you very much, even if there are 15 successes per query.
> called. As I recall, that was rather rare.
has to empty the cache pipelines rather than snooping them.


Former Nissan Micra was a beloved, small city car. When the manufacturer decided to make revolutionery changes inside and outside of the new car, we knew, we have to come up something unique for the successor's launch. One of the most exciting thing about the new Nissan Micra is its outstanding BOSE® PERSONAL SOUND SYSTEM which is a real treat in this category.
To promote the amazing sound quality, we decided to turn the usual text drives into a thrilling experience. We joined forces with well-known and talented musicians in the CEE region, and asked them to surprize unsuspecting test drivers with a live performance… The reactions were stunning, and the Micra Live Car Concert became a huge hit!


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New Men (Marvel Comics)
This article is about a group of characters in books published by Marvel Comics. For other uses, see New men (disambiguation).
The Knights of Wungadore. From left to right:
Sir Delphis, Lord Anon, Sir Tyger, Lady Vermin, Lady Ursula, Sir Steed (tan shadow), Lord Churchill, Quicksilver (human leader), Sir Ram, and Sir Gator.
Thor #135 (December 1966)
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Wundagore, Earth
The New Men are a fictional Marvel Comics universe group of hyper-evolved animals created by the High Evolutionary (Herbert Edgar Wyndham). They are also known as the Knights of Wundagore.
1 Fictional group history
3 Other media
Fictional group history
The New Men were the results of Wyndham's first experiments in accelerated evolution. When Wyndham learned that Wundagore Mountain (on which his advanced genetics research citadel was based) was the prison of the powerful demon known as Chthon, he decided to train his creations in chivalry and battle tactics so that they could oppose Chthon should he ever return. He equipped them with advanced weaponry and armor, and gave them flying "atomic steeds" on which to ride (He was assisted in this endeavor by the ghost of the 6th century magician named Magus).[volume & issue needed]
Wyndham later converted his citadel into a spaceship, and he and most of his New Men left to explore the stars.[volume & issue needed] They eventually settled on a planet, which they named Wundagore II, with the High Evolutionary staying on the planet's moon in order to look after them.[volume & issue needed] Later still, the High Evolutionary created his Counter-Earth for his New Men,[volume & issue needed] but that world was taken by the alien Beyonders.[volume & issue needed]
Known New Men have included:
Count Tagar - An uplifted tiger. First appeared in Thor #133 (Oct 1966)
Lord Anon (formerly Sir Wulf) - An uplifted wolf. Killed by the Man-Beast.
Lady Bova - An uplifted cow who served as the foster mother to Pietro and Wanda Maximoff. First appeared in Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Aug 1974)
Lady Ursula - An uplifted bear who is boisterous and vicious. Proved to be just when she commits suicide rather than allow the Man-Beast to enslave her.
Lady Vermin An uplifted rat who uses a small jetpack to get around.
Lord Byson - An uplifted bison.
Lord Churchill - An uplifted bulldog who is honorable, loyal and clever.
Man-Beast - An uplifted wolf that has developed vast mental powers; schemed to destroy humanity and the High Evolutionary. First appeared in Thor #134 (Nov 1966)
Sir Delphis - An uplifted dolphin who is an inquisitive character that thinks through his plans before acting.
Sir Gator - An uplifted alligator who is quiet and mysterious striking only when foes least expect it.
Sir Lepard - An uplifted leopard. First appeared in Thor #134 (Nov 1966) and died in Iron Man #111 (Jun 1978)
Sir Lyan - An uplifted lion. First appeared in Thor #134 (Nov 1966)
Sir Ossilot - An uplifted ocelot. First appeared in Thor #134 (Nov 1966) and died in Iron Man #111 (Jun 1978)
Sir Porga - An uplifted pig. First appeared in Thor #132 (Sep 1966)
Sir Ram - An uplifted ram who is noble and knightly. He is pledged in faith to his lord and master. First appeared in Tales to Astonish #94 (Nov 1963) and died in Tales to Astonish #95 (Dec 1963)
Sir Ram II - First appeared in Iron Man #111 (Jun 1978)
Sir Steed - An uplifted horse. First appeared and died in Quicksilver #1 (September 1996)
Sir Tyger - An uplifted tiger who is scholarly and wise. He is paradoxically just as decadent as any civilized person.
Snow Queen - An uplifted tigress who is the sister of White Tiger. She appeared in chapter 2 of X-Men: Endangered Species she fought Beast when he tried to enter Wungadore without permission.
Tabur - An uplifted cat.
White Tiger - An uplifted white tigress created to hunt down the Man-Beast.
The New Men appeared in the X-Men episode "Family Ties." Besides Lady Bova, other New Men featured are a goat, a lion, a rhinoceros, a deer, a panda, a zebra, some musk oxen, a snow leopard, and a warthog amongst others. Lady Bova was the foster mother of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch before giving them to a man named Django and his wife to look after. Years later, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch came to Wundagore to look for her. After a DNA match, the High Evolutionary took them to see her. She was the one who told them that Magneto is their father. Some of the New Men were sent to trap Magneto only to also trap Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Wolverine. Following the battle with the X-Men, Magneto, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch, the New Men managed to escape with the High Evolutionary.
In Spider-Man Unlimited, Sir Ram (voiced by Ron Halder), Sir Tyger (voiced by David Sobolov), Lady Ursula (voiced by Tasha Simms), and Lady Vermin (voiced by Jennifer Hale) are the only members of the New Men that appear retaining their title of "Knights of Wundagore." In this series, the High Evolutionary's New Men and other creations that reside on Counter-Earth are called "Bestials." Within the series, the Beastials are the dominant species of Counter-Earth while the humans are a second-class minority.
Bova at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Porga at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Tagar at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Marvel Comics species
Comics characters introduced in 1966
Fictional animals
Fictional genetically engineered characters
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If you would like to buy a home, but can't qualify for a conventional mortgage, you've come to the right place.
National Property Solutions is a real estate investment company that buys and sells homes We are not real estate agents. By using our special financing programs, you can buy a home from us or we will go out and find a home that fits your needs.
It doesn't matter if you have bad credit, bankruptcy, late payments, judgments, liens, tax problems or charge offs, we can still get you into one of our homes.
We are constantly getting new homes throughout your area.
We have and get a wide variety of nice homes in great areas with excellent neighborhoods and schools. While we have a few that are true fixer uppers, most of our homes are in "ready to move in" condition.
We make sure our homes have beautiful kitchens, bedrooms, baths, usually 2 stall garages and plenty of yard space for the kids and your pets.
Below, I'll show you the simple steps you can take to buy a home. It's not difficult and takes very little time for you to be all set to get ready to move into your new home!
We make it as easy as possible to own your own home. Almost all of our past buyers have been turned down again and again by banks and mortgage brokers... people like you who thought they never would be able to own a home of their own until they got into our program.
Below are all the details you need to get into your new home in as little as 7 to 10 days.
There is absolutely no charge or obligation for this service as our money is made on the sale of the property. If you like what you see just fill in the form to your right and let's get you the current property list. If you decide it's not for you, that's okay too, we'll part friends and wish you the best.
If by chance, if you have a home that you are interested in selling, be sure to contact us to discuss what we can do for you to get your home sold quickly, for all cash, in as little as 10-14 days. We'll be sure to contact you within 24 hours and make you an offer on your house and then you can take your time and decide if that offer is right for you.
Once you are registered with us, if you see several homes that are listed "For Sale By Owner" or "For Rent" that is in the paper or has a sign in the front yard, we can usually get on the phone and put together a deal with the seller. Just let us know which properties you like.
We'll negotiate with the seller and try and structure a deal that works for everyone!
You are leasing or renting the home from us for a certain period of time usually 1-2 years depending on your situation, and during that time you have the option to buy it from us at a price that we both agree upon up front.
You put up a "Lease Option Fee" which is really like a non-refundable deposit which will be used as your down payment for the purchase of the home and is applied to the purchase price of the home that usually reduces or eliminates your down payment when you eventually take out your mortgage with the bank later. The minimum "Lease Option Fee" that we accept is $2000 plus the first monthly lease payment. So if the monthly lease amount is $950 and the "Lease Option Fee" is $2000, you will need $2950 to close the deal and move into the house. Make sense?
Each property is different and has a different "Lease Option Fee" amount. When you register above, just tell us how much you have for the "Lease Option Fee" and the particulars of the home you are looking for and we will try to only send you houses that fit those specifications.
The reason we do this is: if you have $3000 for the "Lease Option Fee," it makes no sense to ask for the list of $5,000 or $7500 "Lease Option Fee" properties because you just don't have the upfront money to get into these particular homes. Be realistic about what you can afford so you don't wind up stressed out by making payments you cant afford and end up losing the home later - WE WANT YOU TO OWN YOUR HOME. A certain percentage of your monthly payment gets credited to the purchase of the house each and every month. When it comes time to "exercise your option" you'll have shown a great history of making on time payments, have automatically built equity into the house and make it easier to get a regular bank loan when the time comes. If for some reason, you still cant buy when it comes time then we have to consider the circumstances and either renew a new lease option or your payments will be simply considered as rent paid.
We work with an extremely reputable credit repair team with a long history of successfully helping people with damaged credit... they are great folks there to help you and we'd encourage you to talk about your situation with them.. Don't get me wrong... we don't expect you to be able to qualify for a mortgage right now... BUT, I'm assuming that you are serious about buying your own home and we want to make sure to help you in any way we can to make that a reality!
What we want to do, is find out how soon you will be able to qualify... for some, it may only be a few months...others it may be 1-5 years. It doesn't matter to us how long it takes, but we want to be sure to put you in a program and structure your lease option that gives you enough time to get on track financially so you CAN get a loan when that time comes.
So that's the first thing to do... it's a quick phone conversation of about 20 minutes... you don't even have to go meet with them... and everything is kept 100% confidential.
By the way, there is nothing that we haven't seen before... you're not going to shock us, no matter how bad your current situation. Our team will just ask a few questions about your income and job (or lack thereof), they'll pull your credit report to see if there are any surprises, and then, they'll be able to tell us exactly how long you are going to need before you can get a bank loan.
You might get a pleasant surprise! Sometimes, we discover that you qualify for a home loan right now... you may have thought that you had bad credit, but it turns out after we look at your credit report that things aren't as bad as you thought.
If this is your case, you can buy virtually any home on the market that is within your price range. Of course, we would still be happy to sell you one of our homes, but what's most important to us is that you get the home that is right for you. In that case, we'll hook you up with great real estate agent who will take VERY good care of you!
First... we obviously would like to sell you one of our properties. Every time we get a new property in the area you are looking, we'll send you an email when you are a Registered Buyer (see registration for above).
Now since you're on the same list as over 225 other Registered Buyers, our properties tend to go pretty fast and to be fair it has to be "First Come - First Serve" So when you receive a notification, it's in your best interest to look at it right away before someone else snatches it up!
I want to be clear - NO ONE is going to push you into a property - you can check them out or pass - it's all your choice. But you may miss out on a home you really like so be sure to check each one out and make an offer on it as quickly as possible to be sure you get what you want when you're ready.
So BE SURE TO REGISTER RIGHT NOW! As soon as you get your official "Buyer Registration" welcome email, we will start sending you properties to look at. Sometimes we may only have one or two a week...sometimes 10 or 20. It all depends on how many houses we buy that particular month.
You'll be emailed the address of the property and a brief description of it. If it looks interesting to you at all, we encourage you to go see it immediately. Drive by... most of the time, you can tell if a house is for you by looking at the exterior, the yard and the neighborhood.
ONE QUICK NOTE: If you drive by the homes yourself, please DO NOT knock on the door. Someone still may be living there... be it the owner or a tenant and we need to respect their privacy. (how would you like it if some stranger came knocking on your door!)Please, I ask again, do not disturb whoever is currently in the house. It just creates lots of problems when we have so many people looking at these homes and it's not fair to those people living there.
Back to the paperwork ... It explains the move-in date, the price, the terms, the monthly payment, the length of the option and it describes who is responsible for what and what happens if one of us defaults on the agreement. We treat you like the owner from the start...we assume it's YOUR HOME. We trust you to take care of the property like it's yours... after all, you are buying it... you just haven't got the deed yet...but you will. Take care of your home...make it better...It's going to be yours SOON!
Now... If you don't understand anything in the paperwork, feel free to take it to your attorney before you sign it. We will NOT pressure you to buy. We want you to be 100% comfortable with your decision. This is a legally binding agreement and you only want to sign it if you are fully and completely aware of what you are agreeing to.
Now, the only way the agreement is sealed is when you transfer the funds for the "Lease Option Fee" and the first month's payment. We only accept certified funds to activate the purchase agreement... for example: a wire transfer, a cashiers check or a certified check... we can not take cash.
The reason we do this is because we do not want to tie up the property in an agreement with someone who ends up not being able to come up with the money or who needs more time to make a decision. We may have others waiting in line for a chance at that property and it's not fair to them if we let someone tie up a property without being truly serious or capable of closing. As I mentioned before, it really is "first come, first served." With that said, you might want to drive to your bank right then and there when you sign the agreements and have a cashiers check drawn up to "secure" the property for you and seal the deal.
Well that's all there is to it. I hope I've answered all of your questions. If not, feel free to email us. The only thing you need to do to get started is just scroll up the page and fill out the online form. It asks a few basic questions, gets your contact information and helps us get you started on the right path. Make sure to give us your primary email address. We have had a lot of problem with free accounts like hotmail and yahoo and we've also had problems getting email through to AOL addresses. If that's all you've got, that's okay, but we want to make sure you get the house listings when we send them out.
If nothing else, I hope you've seen that what we offer is the real deal, that we are real people with a desire to help you achieve your goal of home ownership. We are here to help you and yes, we make money helping you... this isn't a charity, but we dont make anything unless we help you. . We live by the Golden Rule. We will do our best to help you find your dream home... but now it's your turn... it's time for you to take action.
Just scroll to the top of the page and fill out the "Buyer Questionnaire." It will only take a few minutes... A few minutes that can literally change your life. "Buyer Registration" is 100% free. You are not obligated to buy our properties in any way... as a matter of fact we don't want you to buy our properties if they aren't right for you.
We look forward to serving you. Your dream of home ownership can finally be realized if you just take action NOW by filling out the form above.
PS - Just a quick note: I am not acting as a real estate agent and I don't want to list your property. I am acting as a buyer/investor and only represent myself in the transaction.


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Gramavidya
"Voluntary Organization for Research and Dissemination s of Alternative Technologies"
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Gramavidya is a voluntary organization for research and dissemination of alternative technologies promoted by a group of professionals, academicians, scientists and technologists with dreams about creation of a self-reliant and sustainable livelihoods through alternative, environment friendly appropriate technologies. Promoters of Gramavidya are partners in the development of alternative and energy efficient construction technologies in the country over the last three decades and they have been popularizing various other energy saving devices for household and small imrural industries throughout the country.
World around us today is really concerned about sustainability and exploring green technologies sincerely. But it was in the mid-seventies of twentieth century, the search for alternatives in building technologies was instituted at ASTRA (Now CST-Centre for Sustainable Technologies) and Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Simple, cost-effective, environment friendly, energy efficient technologies were developed and field tested over four decades. Recognizing the need for these technologies GRAMAVIDYA was conceived and initiated its sincere efforts towards dissemination, field testing and adaptation of such alternative building technologies.
Gramavidya is a society registered under the Karnataka societies Registration act 1960, Regn. No. 380/88-89 dated 20th September 1988.
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Hard Rock Café Manila's Grand Launch To Host A Rock Star Affair with Arnel Pineda on April 30!
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Hard Rock is celebrating the grand opening of its Cafe in Manila by bringing the brands one-of-kind blend of music, entertainment, iconic merchandise and authentic, American fare to the region! The 223-square-foot, state-of-the-art cafe is hosting its grand opening party on Tuesday, April 30, at 7:0 p.m. with a smash a guitar smash.
Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune
Arnel Pineda and Journey perform at USANA Amphitheatre Friday August 3, 2012.
The event will be a rock star affair with Arnel Pineda, Journey's lead vocalist, joining Anibal Fernandez, vice president of franchise operations and development for Hard Rock International, Steve Yang, area vice president of development and operations for Asia Pacific at Hard Rock International and John Paul Manuud, The Bistro Group's chief operating officer to set the stage for this epic celebration.
"We are excited to reopen our doors in Manila with a bang by hosting a guitar smashing event," said Anibal Fernandez, vice president of franchise operations & development for Hard Rock International. "Hard Rock Cafe Manila will provide a best-in-class entertainment and dining experience for guests, which fans will be able to experience firsthand at our grand opening event."
The party will be kicked off by a motorcade steered by the Harley Davidson Group Manila. After Pineda's performance, The Ice Bucket Band, a weekly mainstay at Hard Rock Cafe Manila, will take center stage with their outstanding renditions of songs by Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Styx and many more of the greatest rock idols of all time.
Guests of Hard Rock Cafe Manila can enjoy fresh, high-quality items from Hard Rocks menu, including a selection of fan-favorite Legendary Burgers, each featuring unique toppings, savory sauces and rich, melted cheeses. Hard Rocks Smokehouse offerings utilize the very best Hickory wood chips to slowly cook its ribs, chicken and pork to juicy, tender perfection. In addition to its food, Hard Rock Cafe's extensive, award-winning drinks menu includes Hurricanes, Margaritas, signature favorites and Alternative Rock (alcohol-free) beverages, all available in Hard Rocks souvenir, collectible glassware.
The Manila Cafe's Rock Shop® offers music-inspired items, as well as collectible Hard Rock Cafe merchandise. Fans can acquire exclusive Manila-specific merchandise and much-coveted signature pins at this retail location.
Since it was established in 1971, Hard Rock has been committed to a wide variety of philanthropic causes and activities around the world. In every Hard Rock city, the staff makes it a priority to become a valuable community partner and Hard Rock Cafe Manila looks forward to continuing this tradition.
For those looking to join the party, limited seats for the public will be available on a first-come first-serve basis at Hard Rock Cafe Manila. To purchase Hard Rock Cafe merchandise, visit the online Rock Shop at www.shop.hardrock.com.
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Cultivation is the key to connection: Why relationships are your best fundraising tool
Nathan Hill · VP of Marketing, NextAfter | If you're a nonprofiteer who's never heard of NextAfter, we're exceptionally excited to introduce you to their VP of Marketing, Nathan Hill. And if you already know NextAfter, buckle up as we explore the Why, What, Which, and When behind making donor cultivation a core part of your fundraising strategy.
"Cultivation is the key to connection." The title of today's podcast, and a relatively core fundraising strategy. So why are we talking about it like it's news?
This quote right here: "It's amazing how many nonprofits opt out of communications during the giving season." Nathan Hill, VP of Marketing at NextAfter, isn't talking about being skimpy with the outreach. He's talking about 0 communications. Radio silence. During a month that brings in a third of the year's giving. Nonprofits, whyyyyy?!
So, while it may seem central to fundraising, there are bigger questions at play: Why aren't nonprofits talking to their donors? Which comms cut through the year-end chaos? What would make it a no-brainer for nonprofits to start building relationships? Is there an ace in the hole that makes cultivation a clear-cut tactic?
Listen in as Nathan and Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder, tackle these tough questions and build a cultivation strategy that will take your nonprofit through the year-end giving season, into the new year, and produce results for year-ends to come.
Listen in as Nathan and I tackle these tough questions and build a cultivation strategy that will take your nonprofit through the year-end giving season, into the new year, and produce results for year-ends to come.
Funraise has partnered with NextAfter to make year-end fundraising success accessible for nonprofits everywhere—FREE! Get NextAfter's Year-End Fundraising for Online Fundraisers certification course free for a limited time, courtesy of Funraise.
Now, let's dive into the podcast!
Justin Wheeler Hey, listeners, welcome back to Nonstop Nonprofit. Very excited for today's episode with Nathan Hill from NextAfter. Nathan, how are you doing?
Nathan Hill I am doing wonderful. It's been a busy day, but I am excited to chat year-end here for a little bit.
Justin Wheeler Yes, that is what we're here to talk about. We got an opportunity here to Funraise to be a part of sponsoring the end-of-year fundraising course to make it available for free for nonprofits, which will share the link afterwards. So you all can check out the amazing report that the NextAfter team put together. Nathan, before we jump into some of the tactics around end-of-year fundraising and some of the tips that you guys covered in the report, I have two questions one is going to be easier than the other. So we'll start with the easier question first.
Nathan Hill Bring it on.
Justin Wheeler Tell us about NextAfter and what it is that you all do.
Nathan Hill Sure. NextAfter is three things, but primarily what we do is we help nonprofits grow their digital fundraising. But what makes us different then than most, if not different then than everyone, is that we are hyper-focused on data and on testing and on research and on optimization and trying to use data and analytics to really listen to donors and actually decode what works to grow giving. So we're a research lab. We're going to go out. We're going to conduct research, see what nonprofits are doing. We're going to test those things and see, do they actually work? We're consultancies. We work with about 40 different clients, nonprofits on an ongoing basis to grow giving. And then we're a training institute. So we're trying to take everything that we're learning and just fulfill our mission to equip as many fundraisers as we possibly can with what works to grow generosity.
Justin Wheeler Awesome. Well, thank you for that great introduction. The harder question and it's more maybe a bit of a curveball. So it's really I don't think it's that challenging, but I'll let you decide that. You know, one of the, I think, challenges the systemic challenges that nonprofits face, is just a lack of prioritization around marketing, right? They think, Oh, we've got a fundraising team, that's our marketing team. That's how we drive dollars. That's how we, you know, grow the organization. And so, so many organizations just have a real lack of marketing expertise. And so we love to hear your feedback on just why this is such an important function of any nonprofit large or small. And you're just from your experience working with so many organizations. Why is marketing so important?
Nathan Hill Yeah, it's a good question. And I might even say, you know, from kind of what we've seen is we work with a variety of different organizations. We actually just wrapped up an interesting, we're like survey research report for nonprofit executives really trying to assess what's the effectiveness of a lot of nonprofits related to fundraising, marketing, communication, all that, all that good stuff and what people at least say, this is more like survey type of research. What people at least say is that there isn't a lot of integration between fundraising and finance and marketing. So even it's like the marketing side of things does exist. Oftentimes, it's totally like divorced from the fundraising financial type of goals. And so so even if you have like high-quality marketing, there's a big question around like, what's the point of it? What is it leading to? We can really easily get hyper-focused on a lot of what I would consider to be superficial metrics around like impressions and reach and like video views, especially when you're running ads in Facebook or something like that. And those metrics change all the time is like, what is Facebook classify as a video view? We get excited because whoa, like six million people or something crazy like that saw our video, but they just pass it by on a newsfeed. So it's worth it. So we get excited about those type of reach metrics without really tying those into really tangible engagement metrics to measure what's the likelihood of someone that does see your video or your ads or whatever becoming a volunteer, becoming a true advocate for you, becoming a donor, becoming a donor that retains moving up to major giving and actually looking at the full lifecycle. So when you interact with oftentimes those, those are two very different functions that the outreach and then the ultimate like engagement and fundraising side of things. But if we're really serious about growing the impact, those things have to be hand in hand and have aligned goals. Otherwise, you've got so much competition and conflict inside of your organization, inside of your goals and your teams. Like How do you go anywhere?
Justin Wheeler Yeah, no, totally, That makes a lot of sense to me. The reason why I ask the question is it's just the more nonprofits that we work with, you know, this is just a gaping problem that I see. And it's a challenge that nonprofits recognize, but they try to fill it with the wrong talent, the wrong people, the wrong function, right? And I'm just too much of fundraising trying to fill the void of marketing.
Nathan Hill Yeah.
Justin Wheeler Anyways, I wanted to talk about a little touch about that a little because I think it's a good backdrop to some of the conversation we're going to go into around year-end giving because, you know, as organizations around the country are gearing up for the most anticipated fundraising season, right, really the last six weeks, starting with Giving Tuesday and leading into the end of year. There's organizations and boardrooms today talking about what's our strategy, how do we have a successful end of the year? How do we really maximize on the opportunity in front of us? And so as we enter this season, what advice would you give to really help nonprofits maximize this time?
Nathan Hill Yeah, it's a great question, and it's a critical question about what do you actually do during the season? How do you even stand out when there's so much chaos specifically in the inbox, but just doing such a busy season from nonprofits and for-profits? I was actually had a speaking gig at an event a couple of weeks ago, a few weeks ago, and the topic of the whole like virtual event was about innovation. And how do we inject innovation into like nonprofit fundraising and giving in? And then at the same time, we were talking about year-end, specifically based on a research report we put together analyzing like multi-channel fundraising efforts during the 2020 season. And what we found through that was like, I know we want to talk about innovation and how we do all these cool things. But what we've really found is like, I mean, texting is not that innovative, and calling your donors is not that innovative, but no one's even doing those things, like out of 119 organizations that we analyzed the entirety of the 2020 year-end fundraising season. I think we got one text or no text messages and we got one phone call out of 119 nonprofits. So like, there's this basic like multi-channel fundraising type of approach that we talk about and we don't do. And then the really basic blocking and tackling of like we should connect with our postal donors and we should connect with our online donors and maybe use some of those channels, like interchangeably, to connect with someone holistically. Like oftentimes, we just don't do a lot of those basic things. So then to think about, you know, how do you inject innovation into that, like, that's way down the road if you're not even doing like the basic stuff. So that ultimately, if there's one thing that I would encourage anyone to focus on in this sounds way too simple, but the data is striking. Like, number one, just show up because it's amazing how many nonprofits are completely opting out of communication during the most critical giving season of the year with people who have donated to them this year. So maybe there is an intentionality around like well they gave to us this year, and so maybe we shouldn't go ask them again. But in this research study specifically, we had given to them like six or seven months before, and now they're choosing not to communicate with us during such a critical season. And you know what? Everyone else is going to be communicating with me, trying to get some portion of my wallet, but I've expressed interest in you and that I care about this cause. So so why wouldn't you show up? So that's like, that's point number one is just be there and connect with your donors, even if it's not like a fully baked comprehensive strategy like just send something and be there and be present. But then beyond that, I'd also encourage fundraisers and marketers and nonprofits to do something besides just ask for money. It's really easy in this season to put together your direct mail appeal, put together like a single email appeal, send these things out, hope for the best, and then kind of move on. But one thing that we find very consistently both in the year-end season and throughout the year is just the impact that little bits of cultivation have. And that's really where I think the marketing side of things often comes into play and where these, you know, maybe fundraising marketing to communicate nearly enough because marketing often has the content that might cultivate someone really well by fundraising may not have access to that. But if you can kind of marry those two things, both on the appeal side of it and the cultivating content, you can actually see if you invest in cultivation on an ongoing basis. We tend to see big increases in revenue just because someone is able to stay more connected to the cause and the ultimate outcomes of their giving.
Justin Wheeler That's good. Yeah, I was going to. Is this going to share, add-on to that. You know, a lot of times to what happens when you have strong cultivation, it does prime the donor just to give when they're ready to give, right? So like it might even be shortly after the initial kind of cultivation tactic that took place, whatever, whatever that strategy might be. I've seen it time and time again in my fundraising. It's donors know that it's their job to give. They know that. They get that. Like, that's why they're talking to an organization, right? So not, and again, not that like every donor should never be/have a direct ask. Of course, we need to do that. But there's also opportunities when you cultivate a donor, in such a great way that they're going to give their best gift, without you asking or being so direct again doesn't happen all the time or it's not. It was not something I would say that should be or that should be your entire fundraising strategy. But cultivation does have that sort of nice low-hanging fruit for the donors that are serious.
Nathan Hill Absolutely. And then there's the argument around like, you know, average gift size and things like that, like if someone has a deeper understanding of the ongoing impact of their gift like. They're going to be that much more likely to say yes when you send that appeal out next time and also to say yes at a higher level because they have seen consistently in their inbox or in their mailbox. Or maybe you've called on the phone and you've told them stories of impact. Like they have seen the impact on a cause and a value set that they care about through their giving. So there's there are tons of ramifications for just cultivating well and staying connected to people.
Justin Wheeler Yeah. The other thing I want to comment on your first point, from experience here. So at Liberty In North Korea, we used to do these things in November and December, once a week called power hours and the entire team, interns, staff, everybody would just get on the phone and call our fundraisers, our donors, recurring donors. Everyone was given a list. And it's like, call them and thank them and ask them if they have any questions about what we're up to. And, you know, then the next year, basically just a very organic conversation. People weren't given scripts. It was just meant to be nice. And time and time again, people were like, Wow, an organization has never called me. And so to your point, where you had said one organization said that they make phone calls and it's, you know, feels it doesn't feel like the most innovative fundraising approach. But that personalization, it goes a long way, especially in retaining, you know, people who really who really care about the cause. And so I love that point of of. Sometimes you don't need to. You don't need to have the most innovative strategy. You just need to get the fundamentals right to have a strong fundraising program. So I wanted to add that to your first point there.
Nathan Hill Yeah, I love that. And that's a super practical way to actually make it happen. I think we can really easily, no matter what your resourcing is, whether you're a million dollar nonprofit or you're one hundred thousand or you do hundreds of millions of dollars in donations, revenue like we all get caught up in this sense of like, Oh, we never have enough resources, we never have enough money and funds to do this type of stuff. So the third thing that I would love for people to to take away going into this season, especially with Giving Tuesday like literally right around the corner, at least as of recording today, is to understand the role of the Giving Tuesday plays in the larger picture because there's there's so much importance, certainly on Giving Tuesday, there's some really interesting data around the potential it has for new donor acquisition. But understanding where it falls in terms of like the revenue priority, if our ultimate goal for many organizations in year round is like we're raising 30%+ of our budget for for 2022, we need to know where we can maximize revenue the most. And what we found consistently like year after year, the last week of of giving the last week of the year is the biggest giving week of the year. The last day of the year is the biggest giving day of the year. In fact, in 2020, from the organization's we're studying and analyzing, 734, I'll say they get 734% more revenue came in during the last week of the year than came in on giving Tuesday. And so there's there's a role for giving Tuesday. There's high urgency. It's a growing movement. More money comes in every single year, so you should be present on that day, for sure. But if we're going to prioritize things and say if I've got limited capacity and budget and ability to focus on one day or the other, I should prioritize the last week of the year and December 31st in my campaigns definitely show up for both, if you can, but I would put most of your emphasis and focus on that last week of the year.
Justin Wheeler Absolutely. And that's not not surprising at all. I mean, our data shows across our customer base December 31st, the single biggest giving day, you know, in the entire year, followed by that last week. And then, of course, you know, Giving Tuesday usually kind of kicks off again because of the urgency of that day, like you mentioned. And so I definitely agree with that in terms of prioritization as we kind of transition, not transition here, but the report that you guys put together that we sponsored, it's called The Year-End Fundraising for Online Fundraisers Course, and it's it really is chock full of just great year and strategy lessons. Give us the cliff notes or like the single best tip that you think would be the most practical or, you know, the best secret weapon that you guys have up your sleeve that you would really prioritize for end of year fundraising?
Nathan Hill Yeah, I mean, if we're calling it a secret weapon or something here, I think the secret weapon is priming, and it's not such a secret tactic or a secret strategy, but it's something that most organizations opt out of, where oftentimes we get really focused on the appeal and how do we craft the appeal? And how do I like knock that out of the park? And sometimes we forget this more like the again, the cultivation piece of it. How do we prepare people for the appeals that are going to be coming? But again, ultimately, whether it's through email or through sending a postcard, or some other channel, the ways that we cultivate and build into a relationship with our donors during the season have a tremendous and direct impact on the likelihood of someone choosing to give and choosing to give it a higher level when you send that direct appeal. One thing we found our most recent year end research was that 80% of nonprofits opted out of sending any form of cultivation to their online donors during the year end season. And quite honestly, the bar for what we considered a cultivation message was really low. Essentially, we divided things into two categories there's either solicitations, or you are clearly asking for money or there's cultivation which was basically like anything and everything that's not a solicitation. So the bar is low. Yet again, 80% of nonprofits and no cultivation to their online donors. So that's just like a way to even be different. Surprisingly, is is prime people for appeals that are going to come later by sharing testimonials and stories of impact and things like that sharing free content. If we want to get really tactical it down to like a one strategy that you should probably implement and test this season, I would consider like what kind of content that you have or do you have that you can share? Is it like, do you have ebooks? Do you have some sort of like video series, something as in-depth as maybe an online course, but even like surveys and petitions and quizzes like things that are valuable content for someone that they have to provide, maybe an email address in order to access can be a great sort of front door to get someone's attention and get them to engage and get them to lean into you. And then on the other side of that, you can turn that around into a donation appeal. But we're leaning first into content, especially it's a great strategy for Giving Tuesday to be able to participate in the giving yourself first and actually give something to your donors first before you actually ask them for money. We've seen that to be a really practical and helpful tactic, both on giving Tuesday and then throughout the season as well.
Justin Wheeler Yeah, I totally agree with that. At LiNK, we we had this process for our end of year, which we called ask, ask, give. And basically for every to ask appeals that we would send, the third had to be some sort of gift, right? And it was usually just like the testimonials, like you mentioned. Case studies of the impact of our work. Like, obviously we weren't we didn't have products to give out or, you know, we didn't think I was the best use of resources. Instead, it's we delighted our supporters with information that helped them understand the bigger picture. And so that was that was a pretty simple process for us to keep in mind that like to ensure that we are always cultivating and especially in a very busy and high traffic kind of giving season. Speaking of emails, The Year End Course talks quite a bit about communication through email. And we know not all nonprofits have large subscribers or maybe don't have the expertise to run an email program. So any thoughts or suggestions around how an organization can get better at that, and kind of piggybacking off of that, why is email such an impactful method for communication?
Nathan Hill Yeah. Well, let's start on that part two of that question first. I think that's a good entry point because email is far and away the most powerful digital direct response channel that that we have. Because if you're sending emails, you are in the inbox talking to a real human being, ideally talking as a human being. And obviously, if you have an email subscriber list that's like an owned audience, you have control over a lot of the interaction. And we see the conversion rates in an email are tremendously higher than any other digital channel, like you're going to see way higher conversion rates of the amount of people you send to versus the amount that are becoming a donor from your single email. That's going to be way higher than like running Facebook, advertising and running whatever other advertising that you're you're using because it's a known audience. It's an owned channel. We see way higher conversion rates through email. That being said, to your point, not every organization has a massive email subscriber file to lean on, especially during this season. And so I would actually encourage that if that's kind of your position where you're at today is like, I don't I don't really have an email file. We don't really have an email program, what we consistently find with every organization we work with is the leading indicator of your ability to raise money online and do so effectively is the size and the quality of your email file. You need to have obviously high enough volume, but also high enough quality to make sure you can actually deliver emails to those people that their inboxes that are actually monitoring. You don't have the junk email addresses of somebody, but actually the ones they care about who want to hear from you. Both size and quality are critical there, but that is the leading indicator of your ability to raise money online. So even if you can't, you know, blow that up this season and over the next month or so, I'd encourage you to start looking as you're getting things set for 2022 and what are your goals and where you going? I'd prioritize that both, how do you go acquire new emails of people that look like your donors online, using tools like Facebook advertising is it's a great, like, fairly efficient channel to use to acquire new leads that way. But also are there means that you can acquire the emails of even your offline donors because what we see consistently is that even if an offline donor never gives to you in an online capacity, just having their email address and being able to cultivate them in another channel significantly raises their average value to you, as well as their retention rate.
Justin Wheeler Makes total sense. You know, the best time to start email fundraising was yesterday. The next best time is today, right? So you just have to you have to have to get started. And it's, you know, again, and it's so interesting to me, you know, with how like tech has has has advanced, that email still continues to be one of the best sort of like engagement channels, especially in fundraising. Yeah, it's just it's interesting because you hear a lot about like SMS and text and so forth. But still, we see that email is still, you know, converting at the highest sort of levels. And so that's a great point. Keep working on building your list and you'll be fun to dig in at a later time to sort of like that threshold of like quality and size and and like what that means and how the organization could use that sort of as a benchmark. We don't have time today. But that would be super interesting, kind of deep dove for an organization.
Nathan Hill One thing, one more thing I'd add to that, if I may, is that if you if you neglect the email file growth, the other primary option in terms of reaching people digitally is other than like organic traffic growth and things like that, which is its own other topic we could get into. You're largely going to be paying for eyeballs and for traffic. And the trends, especially over the past six months, is that the price of traffic is going up and it's not going to stop as you have increased privacy regulations and laws. And those are a great thing for the consumer. But then for us, as people trying to find new traffic and new sources of people coming in to see our organization is just getting more and more expensive. And so if you don't invest in your own like owned audiences, like an email file, you're just going to keep paying, paying more and more and more for less and less traffic and exposure.
Justin Wheeler That's a good point. That's great advice. So you've obviously heard a lot of conversation around the need for omni-channel fundraising. Meet your donors on the channels that you know they are kind of congregating. And so if you could like talk to us, what does this mean for end to end of year fundraising? Like, should it be a centralized campaign? You know, when you're driving your traffic or should you take the more omnichannel approach and have these micro campaigns, you know, across multiple channels? What's your thoughts there and what does your research suggest?
Nathan Hill What I would suggest, and I you know, when you get to talking about like, how do you coordinate every single channel that you have access to? There's not necessarily like a clear AB test that we would normally default to tell us what to do. But what I wouldd suggest, you know, based on our experiences is to be ever-present. So as you said, you know, be where your donors are, be active in the channels, where your donors are active for sure and be incredibly consistent. So having consistent messaging is critical. But I think what gets lost sometimes is what we would call the value proposition and making sure that you fully articulate your value proposition and we can unpack that in a moment. But articulating your value proposition consistently throughout channels and never assuming that someone knows enough to give. We typically would define the term value proposition is the answer to one question, which is why should I, your ideal donor, give to you rather than to some other organization or even at all? Because I don't have to give. And too often we assume that just because someone has seen something on social media, whether it's on Facebook or otherwise, and maybe they've clicked through that to a donation page is like, BAM!, we got him on the website. We've got him on the page. They're motivated to give. We just need to make that process as easy as possible from here on out and that's the only way to grow giving then on your page. But what we find all the time is that, you know, one of the biggest indicators of your ability to convert someone on a donation page is how much copy do you have that's articulating, why should I give? And all you have to do is look at the conversion rates on your page in order to see how often we fail our donors. I believe the M+R benchmark right now or the most recent one is like 24% average conversion rate on a donation page, which basically means that three out of four people coming to your page considering donate donating to you, we have failed and let down in some way shape or form. The biggest culprit of that is just not articulating your value proposition, but you've also got things like friction that stand in the way and make it really difficult for someone to actually give you a variety of factors there. But we have to be understanding throughout whatever channels we're using, where our traffic is going, that we have consistent, incongruent messaging that's leading them every step of the way, reinforcing why should I give leaning into this idea that someone is never fully motivated to give until they've actually pulled out the credit card, filled out the form, hit the button and given. It's not done until it's done.
Justin Wheeler Totally. and you guys focused on this and the year-end course where I think you say you call this thing sparkling of a donation, right? And basically, it's you show tons of website examples, experiments, in the course and so, you kind of hinted about this in terms of sort of, you know what to include on that like on that donation page button? Is there anything, is there like one, I guess, outstanding thing to do or not to do in that case that you've experimented with like this works or this is a donation killer? What should organizations to stay away from on their donation pages?
Nathan Hill Yeah, that's I mean, that's a good question, because there's like a hundred things that pass through my brain immediately that we could talk about it. Maybe we should dive into. Everything from copy to imagery to page layouts, informed functionality and all that stuff. But I think one thing that's really common, whether it is in your email copy that you're writing or it's communicating on your donation page, is that during this season and during really any like high urgency type of campaign, we can sort of default to this idea that there's a goal, there's a deadline, there's urgency and that's the reason to give. Or maybe another approach is like, we've got this additional like incentive, like if you give before this time, then that your gift will be matched or you'll get this free thing. We lean into urgency and incentive while missing the point, which is the core reasons to give. And in this season, every single nonprofit could go on their donation page and put a little countdown clock and have a little thermometer progress bar tracking to the goal and ask you to give. But again, back to the core questions like Why should I give it to you rather than literally any other organization on the planet? Because I could give to so many other organizations that I care about that all have the same deadline that all have clear goals that are all trying to do great things. So I need you to articulate how can I make it unique? A unique, exclusive, impact on something that I care about through you, rather than through this maybe similar organization or this organization, that that addresses a different cause that I care about, like donors are constantly comparing you to others trying to figure out where can I make the most impact? So if we're not articulating that on our pages during this season, then we just sound like everybody else.
Nathan Hill And then why would I give to that?
Justin Wheeler I referred to this sort of season in giving as like a nonprofit's like Super Bowl moment, right? Like if you think about like the commercials that we consume during the Super Bowl, it's like it's a companies like best foot forward, right? It's like their most creative, like narrative, you know, it's funny. It's whatever like the content is. But it's usually like the best-produced piece of content because it's going to have the most eyeballs on it, right? So when I think about end of year giving, you know, your campaigns, your donation pages, it's like, this is your moment where you're going to have the most amount of traffic looking at you. Articulate your story, be specific, you know, and convert as much as possible, of course. But I think that that's, you know, to your point, you know, just because you've got like these gadgets on your on your page, that's not going to do all the work for you. You still have to tell your story. You still have to compel people to give. And so I think that's that's pretty, pretty critical in not just at end of you're giving really all year round and in the way that you ask for supporters to give. Which that actually takes us to our, I can't believe it's already been over 30 minutes here, but I want to ask one more question. You know, we've talked so much about end of year fundraising, right? And for many organizations, they've been gearing up for this for the last quarter, some even two quarters to ensure the success of their end of year. But what can fundraisers learn or take away from how to basically carry this on into the new year and into the next sort of fundraising year? What can they learn from the end of your course that that will make them better fundraisers in 2022 and beyond?
Nathan Hill Yeah. Well, I think one of the most important things to know going into this season is that your year-end fundraising is not going to produce the results that you want it to produce, even if you use all these, like if you go through the course. And you implement every single tactic to the best of your ability, it is not going to produce the results that you want unless you have done the good and difficult work of the entire year-long of cultivating and stewarding your donors well. So if all you've done this year and all you're planning to do next year is send some appeals, maybe you're sending a monthly appeal. And again, you're not leaning into this idea of how do I build a real relationship and cultivate a real relationship with my donors? Again, you're not going to see the results that you want. So one cool thing about this course is I don't think there's obviously it's all framed under the umbrella of year-end. And how do we leverage the urgency around this season in order to grow giving? But there's not a single tactic in there that can't be basically copied and pasted into another season of the year. The way that we lean into content and use content as a means of cultivation and relationship building is something you can and absolutely should do the entire season. Consider sending a weekly email to actually connect with your donors through all of twenty twenty-two. It doesn't have to be overly complicated. You don't have to have all these beautiful landing pages and a bunch of like automation in the background and all this stuff, like if you send a weekly email to your donors that had no direct call to action, but just told them a story of something you heard last week about someone being impacted by a donation and by the cause, I can nearly guarantee you we don't give out guarantees a lot, but I can nearly guarantee you that that is going to lead to greater giving by the end of the season, because how many donors have you now invited in to this ongoing story of impact? And if I'm really that connected, then I'm going to be that much more inclined to give again when you send the next appeal, whether it's next month, the following month, next quarter or the next year-end season. So again, as you're going through this course, if you choose to sign up for it and I hope you will maybe have that in the back of your mind too is like, Yeah, I want to implement this now. But how do I weave this into my ongoing just communication and cultivation plan with my donors and potential donors?
Justin Wheeler Absolutely. I spent about six years at Invisible Children, and one of the questions I get asked quite often from nonprofits is how to create the next Kony 2012 viral campaign, right? It's a campaign that got 100 million views in six days and raised $20 million in 24 hours. And the answer is it's like it's very straightforward and it's simple. For the five, six years leading up to that moment, we had college-age people on fifteen routes around the world, not just here in the United States, traveling to universities, to colleges, high schools, religious institutions, libraries, hospitals, basically anywhere that would have an audience that we could talk to. And that was the movement that led to this, just this like crazy successful campaign. And all of that effort was cultivating. We didn't call it that at the time. But if you think about like, you know, meeting with your supporters, like face to face inspiring them, giving them stories, you know, bringing in speakers like all that stuff just adds and builds and builds and it just eventually has this breakout moment. And so, you know, I think that the point of sharing that story is, as you cultivate, your donors also don't get like stuck in this like annual cycle of cultivate them and then they given 12 months, right? Some donors are going to give on different cadence to some donors will give every few years. But if you stick with the cultivation and showing this, the gratefulness of, you know, their commitment, it will pay off and it will pay off in nice dividends and so couldn't agree more with that insight there. Well, Nathan, thank you so much for joining the podcast. For our listeners who are like, I got to get the rest of this, this course, I got to register for it. Where can they go to register and read the course before it's before the end of year is up?
Nathan Hill Yeah, you can go to nextafter.com/yearendcourse and that should take you straight to a page to sign up. And I would just say to you, thank you so much for making this accessible and free to literally anyone. At this point, we've got over a thousand people that have jumped into that course just this season alone...
Justin Wheeler Oh, that's great.
Nathan Hill To think about ways to grow. And again, our mission is just is to grow generosity and equip as many people as we can to do that. And so we're so grateful for partners like you to make this type of content free for those on the ground doing the hard work every single day to see generosity grow. So we're grateful to be able to give that away.
Justin Wheeler Well, yeah, it is our honor. Whenever we get a chance to work with your team, we jump at it. And so thank you for giving us the opportunity to partner with you all. We do appreciate that and for your time and look forward to getting this out to the listeners. So Nathan, have a wonderful rest of the week and happy end of year fundraising to you and all your clients.
Nathan Hill And to you as well! Happy year-end.
Justin Wheeler Take it easy.
Nathan Hill You too. See you.