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Data Link: How Windfall's New Solution Lays the Foundation for Data-Driven Fundraising
Patrick Cava, VP Marketing
Perhaps the most critical component of success for any organization is establishing a clear understanding of its constituents — knowing who they are, what they care about, where and how to engage them, and what message will best resonate with them.
This is especially true for nonprofits aiming to maximize the effectiveness of limited resources. With the bulk of their contributions driven by existing donors, and the cost of acquiring a new donor estimated to be ten times that of retaining an existing donor, a nonprofit's greatest impact will be through cultivating their relationships with existing constituents.
To further that goal, nonprofits have invested in prospect research, wealth screening tools, analytics, and CRM. Many also employ increasingly sophisticated data analysis, including machine-learning propensity modeling, to generate deeper insights from their existing data.
Unfortunately, organizations continue to find themselves stymied with data issues. Multiple databases and generally stale data are common. Organizations may have gift officers and individual teams maintaining separate spreadsheets, financial systems that aren't integrated to CRMs, or donor databases that don't incorporate a school or university's newest students. As a result of these and other conditions, despite their considerable efforts, many organizations still find that achieving a complete view of their constituents to be an elusive goal.
Introducing Data Link
It is for this reason that Windfall recently launched its newest solution, Data Link. By helping address the challenges posed by disparate and duplicate data, Data Link provides organizations a holistic view of their constituents to serve as the foundation for their data-driven fundraising strategies. In this post, we'll explore Data Link in more detail, including:
The challenges of disparate and duplicate data
How Data Link assists nonprofits in overcoming these challenges
What benefits organizations can realize through Data Link
The challenge of disparate and duplicate data
Source: Windfall Data Link webinar survey – July 2020
A significant challenge nonprofits encounter when attempting to create a unified view of their constituents is the siloing of constituent data across multiple systems of record. As organizations mature or grow in size and complexity, they inevitably accumulate data across a range of sources. In a recent survey, 75% of fundraising professionals indicated they use 3 or more systems, and about 1/3 use more than 5. There is a wide range of reasons why this is the case. A few examples that we commonly see include:
Healthcare organizations with separate databases for patient data and donor data and larger networks with multiple geographical locations, each with their own set of donors and patients.
Higher education institutions with multiple schools/colleges, departments, or groups (e.g. athletics departments) that maintain their own records and separate relationships with overlapping segments of the student body, alumni, and supporters.
Nonprofits such as the arts, museums, or zoos may maintain different systems to support different activities & engagements, such as ticketing, newsletters, or membership rolls.
National organizations with individual chapters that have different levels of affiliation and coordination but each maintain their own set of databases.
Organizations that have historically not had a very disciplined data strategy and have stored their data across a variety of spreadsheets or are in the midst of transition between different systems.
In these cases, each system contains data that could contribute to creating more complete donor and prospect profiles. Unfortunately, every additional data source also adds tremendous complexity to cleaning, normalizing, and applying the logic necessary to link those data sets and prepare them for analysis. Without a way to properly link and deduplicate data across systems, organizations are left with a fragmented view of their donors and prospects with significant implications for fundraising effectiveness, including:
Undermining analysis: No matter how sophisticated the analysis an organization employs, if the underlying data is unreliable, it will produce misleading results. You can imagine, for instance, a large number of duplicate records or records missing key attributes can greatly skew the results of a wealth screening or predictive data model. Those results can set a nonprofit on the wrong course, leading to diminished results, wasted resources, and missed opportunities.
Creating hidden work: Organizations aren't blind to the importance of having robust and trustworthy data, so they can expend tremendous effort manually deduplicating data. While this might take the form of a big project undertaken by a single individual or team, it's most often incorporated throughout the processes of an organization.
Close to half of respondents to our webinar survey indicated they spend over 10 hours per week on data management.Multiplied across a few individuals results in thousands of hours lost per year that could have been spent on revenue-generating activities.
How Data Link Builds a System of Truth
To overcome the challenges of disparate data and deliver a 360-degree view of an organization's constituents, Data Link applies sophisticated algorithms to your disparate data sources to quickly and reliably match duplicate records. Additionally, Data Link incorporates a few key features that address many of the issues inherent with existing approaches to deduplication.
Designed for Multiple Databases & Data Types
Current approaches often focus on deduplicating data within a single system (e.g. CRM) or single platform. While that does address the ability to link data to an extent, as most CRM admins will tell you, it doesn't completely solve the issue of duplicate data. Further, as discussed above, there are many reasons why data may continue to be decentralized. No single platform will address all the needs of an organization, and it's exceedingly difficult to completely standardize across teams (let alone departments or sub/peer organizations), especially when their priority is acquiring a best-of-breed solution for the task at-hand. Data Link is platform-agnostic and can match data across a spectrum of data sources, from spreadsheets to CRM and everything in-between.
Best-in-Class Machine Learning Matching
When matching and deduplicating individual records, it can seem simple for someone familiar with the data to intuitively decide when a record is a duplicate and which values are more accurate. Obviously this approach does not scale. Yet completely automating the process across multiple data sources and millions of records can also be problematic, as errors in the matching process can have a correspondingly large downstream impact.
With Data Link applying best-in-class machine learning algorithms, customers can link all their data with confidence, controlling how and when they deduplicate records by leveraging a match confidence score. Further, record matching with Data Link is greatly enhanced with wealth screening, providing Windfall's data as a 3rd-party source to validate the customer's data and fill in any gaps that could facilitate deduplication.
Built for Scale: Pricing is NOT Based on Number of Records
Purpose-built deduplication solutions can be cost-prohibitive, since they are typically volume-based by both the total number of records or the frequency of processing. This disincentivizes organizations from deduplicating and linking all their data and forces them to choose which sets of data and which segments of constituents might be important to examine before having the context to truly know their value.
For organizations to be able to uncover hidden opportunities within their data, they need a solution that can easily scale to encompass the entirety of their data and do so on a continual basis. Data Link provides ongoing value by giving organizations the ability to quickly deduplicate and link millions of records at whatever cadence makes sense for their organization, ensuring you always have full visibility of your constituents.
A Foundation for Innovation
After successfully joining their disparate data in a consistent and reliable manner, an organization benefits in many ways. Of course, deduplication can help reduce storage costs, and automating the process can eliminate hours of manual work and human error. But more importantly, the organization now has a system of truth as a foundation to support all other activities. The teams that rely on that data can have greater confidence in its trustworthiness in guiding their strategies. More complete profiles of constituents can better inform marketing and development teams as to the best approach and message to maximize contributions.
A unified set of data can generate better wealth screening results, increasing the likelihood of uncovering hidden gems within an organization's constituent base. Imagine a university that consistently links data across colleges and graduate schools being able to identify segments of previously-overlooked alumni that are in fact high-net-worth professionals making generous contributions to their graduate schools, while making only modest donations to the university.
A more complete, clean, and deduplicated dataset improves any analysis made on that data. Instead of spending time trying to manage the data themselves, nonprofits can embark on their own advanced analysis with greater precision. A broader foundation of constituent data also necessarily improves the performance of propensity models, which benefit from having more complete and accurate data points to correlate.
Providence Health: Creating A Holistic Picture Across the Enterprise
This is exactly what one of Windfall's customers is seeing. Providence St Joseph Health, which is at the forefront utilizing machine learning to more accurately diagnose in the clinical setting, thoroughly understands the power of data. They have already realized the benefits of applying similar data science techniques via propensity modeling to their fundraising efforts, resulting in an increase in high-propensity patients identified for outreach.
Likewise, centralizing data across the organization presents new opportunities to further expand Providence's data capabilities. As Regional Director of Grateful Patient Philanthropy, Tim Gale noted,
"We have several locations with hundreds of thousands of records housed in multiple systems… Windfall's ability to link patient and donor data with precision bridges the gap to create a holistic picture across the enterprise. Ultimately, it will enable us to build our 360 view of our grateful patient program, driving significant value to the broader organizations."
Rather than investing resources in data deduplication, Providence is generating valuable insights and is able to look holistically across the organization to enhance experiences and performance. Furthermore, they can now explore novel analyses, such as comparing propensity scores across multiple geographic locations.
Getting a holistic view of your constituents is the next logical step in taking a data-driven approach to fundraising. Deduplicating and linking your data is an opportunity to make the most of the data you already have and maximize the relationships your organization already cultivates. Not only can it be a low-cost investment, but it will likely save your organization resources at a critical moment. More importantly, at every level, whether through more accurate propensity modeling or formulating more informed outreach, it's also likely to yield greater outcomes.
Data Link Resources
Learn how your organization can benefit from a unified view of your constituents with the resources below:
Landing Page: www.windfalldata.com/datalink
On-Demand Webinar. Get a deeper dive into exactly how Data Link works
Request a Demo to understand how Data Link can help your organization
Start with a Free Wealth Analytics Reportto understand the wealth potential of your databases
This article was authored by Patrick Cava, VP Marketing at Windfall.


I recently had a conversation with a woman at church, who said that we couldn't find God in the material world. I think that's a big part of our problem in America. We don't make the distinction between the man-made material world and the God-made material world. God is everywhere in the material world, because God made the material world and revealed God's self in that world.
For so many years, theology has separated the spiritual world from the physical world, but how do we know God? As Christians, we know God through Christ–the physical manifestation of God. If God meets us in the physical world, why would we try so hard NOT to meet God in the physical world? Doesn't it only make sense that we try to meet God in the world God created, especially this time of year when we're walking with Christ as he approaches death and resurrection?
I've gotten a lot of questions both on and offline about how all my interests tie together. How does taking care of a donkey relate to theology? What does solar-powered lighting have to do with dog training? How does bargain shopping at Goodwill relate to Christian values? What does Pampered Chef have to do with farming? The answer to all of those questions is stewardship.
These questions remind me of a story a Lyons Legacy trainer told me about Josh Lyons. Josh was asked not to talk God about one of his events. He told them that it just wasn't possible to NOT talk about God when he was talking about horse training, because his training abilities were a gift from God. I respect that. Owning your Faith isn't always easy. Sometimes people don't get it.


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Here are a few of my thoughts about what is involved in leading worship. If you are someone who has played and/or sung on a worship team and are now starting to do some leading, you may have noticed that there are a lot more things to think about then just knowing your part and supporting the worship leader. To be an effective worship leader, you need to be able to multi-task.
First, you need to learn to hear from the Lord about what songs to do and in what order to do them in, otherwise known as the "flow" of worship. The vast majority of the time, the Lord will give you an idea of what songs to do many days in advance of the worship event. There are some who claim that advance preparation stifles the spontaneity of the Holy Spirit, but I have found that it is always wise to have something prepared beforehand. Sometimes, due to a variety of reasons, it may not be possible to discern what the Lord is doing during a worship set. (More on this later.) Having a prepared set protects against that situation. A prepared set is also essential if your team needs to know what you're doing prior to the worship event.
How do you know what songs to do? The obvious answer is to ask the Lord. This may involve setting aside a particular time where you wait on Him to lead you. Sometimes the Lord may give you ideas intuitively while you are doing other things.
Sometimes you will get one or two particular songs that keep coming to your mind and heart. You can then build a set of songs around those one or two songs. On the other hand, you may feel led to do more songs than you can typically fit into a worship set. If so, just rehearse them all. It is actually a blessing to have more songs than you need so that you can better respond to the Lord's leading during your worship event.
The Lord is training you in learning to hear from him and to follow his lead. So, he may use a variety of ways to guide you in preparing a set so that you can develop such receptivity and flexibility.
Another factor in choosing songs are the guidelines specified by your senior pastor or worship pastor. For example, one church I frequently led worship in had a policy to always start a Sunday morning worship set with at least two "upbeat celebration" songs, followed by one or two "medium" drawing-closer songs, no more than two "intimate" songs, and ending on an "upbeat" song. I put the adjectives in quotes because the definition of upbeat, celebration, medium, and intimate are largely subject to interpretation but are always defined by the senior or worship pastor in your particular church. So it is your responsibility to understand what their definitions are.
Having prepared your set of songs to do, you need to be able to respond to last minute directions from the Lord as you begin and lead through your set. An old friend of mine put it this way: Preparing for the set is like a pilot filing a flight plan with the airport authority. Once its time to actually do the flying, you must be in communication with the tower to receive any course changes necessary to work your flight into the flow of all flights being handled by the flight controllers.
Before you begin your set, you need to check in with the "tower", that is God, to see if you are supposed to start with the song you planned to start with. As you work through the first song, you need to check in with God to see if the next song is the right one. And so on. As you are in a song, you need to determine whether the Lord wants to you to depart from the rehearsed form of the song to repeat a section more than you had planned.
Obviously, having a team that is well rehearsed in being flexible to last-minute and mid-song changes is critical to supporting the worship leading process. I will go into leading the band in a subsequent section.
In addition to making set adjustments and song form changes, you need to hear from the Lord about any spontaneous verbal direction and exhortation to the congregation. You also need guidance regarding prophetic singing (i.e. "song of the Lord") and prayers to the Lord in the midst of your songs or between songs. Your freedom to speak and sing spontaneously during the worship set is governed by the boundaries specified by the senior pastor and the worship pastor. In most cases, you may not have permission to speak the same things in a Sunday morning worship service that you would in a Sunday night service. In one particular church I was in, I did not have permission to speak at all between and during worship songs.
Occasionally, the Lord will give you a "dark night of the soul" experience while you are leading a worship set. This means that you don't have a clue as to what the Lord is doing and it seems like you have lost all communication with the "tower". It is very easy to become discouraged and think that you have lost all ability and qualifications to lead people in worship when this happens. It is like driving a tour bus in such heavy fog that you can't see anything in front of you and you are afraid that you are going to crash or go off a cliff. Don't despair when this happens. Just be glad that you did file a flight plan--your prepared worship set--and forge ahead. You will find that in these particularly dismal times that someone will come up to you later and testify how the Lord had ministered powerfully to them through worship. God gives us these times to remind us that worship is not about us. In reality, most of the time we don't have a clue of all that God is doing; we are just being faithful.
The "leading" part of the term "worship leading" has to do with guiding the congregation (or small group) through the worship experience. In a previous issue of this column, a guest author likened the worship leader to a mountain guide: someone who knew how to get around on the mountain themselves and could lead others to go along with them.
Therefore, leading requires paying attention to your mountain hikers. A good guide knows the experienced from the inexperienced hikers. A good worship leader is able to be sensitive to the seasoned and the novice worshippers.
I have found that in a typical church service (making a distinction here from a conference crowd or a home group) about 25 percent of your congregation are experienced worshippers (and don't need a guide), about 25 percent don't know or don't care about worship, and the 50 percent in the middle are the "swing" group, meaning they can swing either way between involvement or non-involvement. It is the middle group that you will be primarily leading.
If the mood of the day is up and there is expectancy in the air, then it won't take much for the middle group to swing into a high level of involvement. On the other hand, if the collective mood can best be described as "lights on; nobody home", then it will take much effort to coax the swing group into engagement.
Your chances of successfully drawing your people into worship depends on five factors: First, do they understand what worship is? This all depends on what they have been taught regarding worship. Second, your level of equity with the congregation. Do they know you; do they hold you in high regard; do they trust you? In other words, are they willing to follow you? Third, your level of anointing. How much is God "on you" to lead worship? This is also related to the equity issue. If people are for you, they will be much more willing to believe and see that God is on you when He is indeed on you. Fourth, your skill at leading. Do you know what it takes to guide, encourage, and exhort the people? And fifth, the level of freedom you have been given to verbally direct and exhort the congregation.
Another issue is who is doing the leading? In the best of situations, your role is to act as a starter. Once people make the choice to engage in worship, you had best get out of the way and let the Holy Spirit take over the leading. Who is in control? If you are a cheerleader-type worship leader, then you will feel driven to direct every expression of the congregation. If you let God have control of the worship set, then you become the lead follower, and people will follow your example.
Knowing all these factors are important and helpful. However, you may experience from time to time an apparently comatose congregation, or one that seems unwilling to follow you. Again, you should not despair. It is important not to judge what is happening solely on externals. God may be doing a deep work in people during worship that you can't see at all. On the other hand, people may have been so conditioned to clap and jump and raise their hands and yet their hearts may be far from true worship. You don't know.
I have found that the more you have to keep track of your own musical performance, the less ability you have to sense the Lord's leading and read the congregation. Therefore, you must always play and sing beneath your level of ability. If you get too distracted playing that F barre chord because you are not sure you are going to be able to grab it in time, then you probably shouldn't do that particular song. (I can't lead "I Lift My Eyes Up" in the original key from the guitar for that very reason.) If this winds up limiting what songs you feel the Lord is leading you to do, then practice, practice, and practice some more until your ability well exceeds the song's requirements.
If all of the above is not enough to keep track of already, you also need to know how to direct your team. This is probably the greatest area of anxiety for novice worship leaders. They may have already had some experience leading worship by themselves in a small group, but now they have to direct a band.
Telling a band what to do requires some musical knowledge and an ability to communicate. Telling a band what to do also requires you knowing what you want them to do. This is an area of weakness for most novices. They don't know where to begin. If this is the case for you, then the best thing to do is for you and the band to try to emulate a particular recorded arrangement of a song. As you start to get more creative, you may learn how to point to the sound of particular recording artists as an example to follow, such as "let's try doing this with more of a U2 feel".
If you and the members of the band do not know how to communicate musically at all, then you are in for some long, frustrating rehearsals. Go find a musical mentor with seasoned musical ability who can lead you out of the forest. On the other hand, working with a seasoned band is like playing a high-quality guitar. It's just easier. If you are a novice and have been fortunate enough to be supplied with some seasoned musicians, they will make up for your inability to communicate. And, you will learn from them about how to communicate better.
When I raise up young worship leaders and insert them into the worship schedule, I tend to put them with the same band every time. Why? Because a band is a small group of people. They must all get to know each other and understand each other well enough to communicate at anything other than a shallow level. So much of playing music together requires good communication: listening and answering well. After a while of working with one another a band becomes a "team". A strong team dynamic is powerful in facilitating worship.
I have seen worship leaders employ a variety of methods of communicating with a team. Some use subtle hand signals or body language. For me, having spent so many years leading from a keyboard and not being able to move around and make eye contact, I have had to rely on verbal cues. Speaking clearly and slowly is important. Also a good monitor system is essential. I simply will say out loud over the microphone in front of God and everybody the instructions which enable the band to know where I'm going next. Typically, I will give the first few words of the next section of the song. Sometimes I will say "bridge" or "one more time". Amazingly, this method works well for leading the congregation too.
The following are common mistakes that have the potential of taking people "out of worship". Most of these mistakes can be avoided by simply choosing not to be stubborn about sticking to your original plan. It's pretty hard to ruin a worship set unless you are just being pigheaded.
Not knowing the song well enough to do it well.
Yes, faith is spelled "r-i-s-k", but to think that the Lord will make up for your lack of skill, practice, and preparation is downright presumptuous. If the band doesn't know a song you happen to pull out of thin air during a set, a "train wreck" is likely to occur, and the congregation will be distracted from worship.
This is one of the most common complaints that senior pastors make about their worship leaders. If you are allotted "no more than 30 minutes" then you must submit to their authority regardless of whether you "feel" that the Lord wants you to go longer. But the other aspect of this has to do with how much the congregation can handle. If you take worship too long, the majority of the "swing" middle will disengage at some point and you will have lost them.
You may believe with all your heart that "we're going to have a time of nothing but celebration" but you may find that a couple of songs into it, the collective mood of the people is anything but celebration. If you stubbornly plod ahead in a direction and it is obvious that they are not following you, then you will lose them and you will lose some of your equity with them as well. Always be willing to change course if the people aren't following. Meet them where they are at and lead them into God's presence.
Not hearing from the Lord correctly.
This is related to the last point. You may have just completely missed what you thought the Lord was telling you to do when you prepared that set. Or you may have thought that He told you to do a mid-set change, doing a different song than you had planned, and now you sense the anointing has completely left. Don't stubbornly plod through in order to save face. If you started a song and now know that you made a mistake, end it as quickly as possible (like by ending after the first chorus). As in the last point, always be willing to change course when you realize that you've missed the Lord's leading.
I hope I haven't overwhelmed you. Yes, leading worship effectively requires keeping track of all these things. If you don't run ahead of God's script for your life, He will train and release you into all these aspects a little at a time. If you believe you are called into this, then be prepared to be student about it for the rest of your life. I highly recommend that you ask the Lord to bring you a worship mentor to help you navigate through the learning process. Even going to a worship event they are leading a couple of times a year and attending workshops will help you greatly.
Leading worship is an awesome privilege. Know that you are moving forward in something that greatly ministers to both God and to people.


Mary Allan has a series of posts on her adventures as a travel agent. Here is part of her trip to French Polynesia and the dark stranger who stole her heart!
As I travel I keep a day-to-day diary of where I go and what I see. My memories of French Polynesia returned when I found that diary. I had moved to a large home so that my teenage daughter and sonh would have rooms, and also to be able to have a housekeeper living in the house to look after them when I went on trips. I knew that my children would be looked after.
When a travel agent's trip was offered, my boss gave me permission and my children shouted "GO!" I found myself at the Los Angeles airport boarding an Air New Zealand flight to Papeete. I would soon have a certificate stating that I had crossed "The Line of the Equator". Seated next to me, and across the aisle, were the three original "Peck's Bad Boys". Every time I drifted off to sleep, they woke me with a roar of laughter. There was a white haired doctor from New Zealand, an accountant born in London and he had flown with the RAF. The last was a dark haired Londoner who seemed to be drinking everything within reach..
Gerry, the dark haired drunk, staggered into the first class compartment when we reached Tahiti and got off there. I escaped through the tourist class door in the hope I could get into the terminal and away before he saw me. I heard him tell the other men that he couldn't remember the name of his hotel. We received the traditional flower lei as we went through Customs. I climbed on the minibus for the Tahiti Village Beach Hotel where I was staying… Gerry was right behind me. When we got to the hotel I handed the desk clerk my confirmation, and heard Gerry asking in French for a suite for two people. In French I told the clerk I wanted my room key for my single room and left.
I was aching from sitting so long, so I pulled on a bathing suit and robe, and headed down to the beach. The sand was so soft beneath my feet, and every star in the sky had come out to welcome me. I dove into the water and began to swim.
I felt someone swimming beside me – it was Gerry with a stupid look on his face. I hoped he was happy in his suite for two, and wished he'd found someone to share it with him.
He had sobered up, and we opened the bar about three o'clock and each had a screwdriver, met for breakfast at nine, and spent the rest of the day snorkeling and sightseeing. We were about six miles from town, and somehow we fell in love. We went to a Tahitian feast at the Tahiti Hotel surrounded by local dancers, laughter and music. He turned out to be a good dancer, and at the end of the evening we were the only couple left on the floor.
Gerry was going around the world on business for his company in London. He spoke six languages, which helped with his job. On Tuesday he left for Fiji, and proposed to me before he left. Six months later we were married at the home of my best friend in St. Louis. Our honeymoon? He joined me in an RV to open trout fishing season in Missouri. I worked part time on weekends for the Hunting and Fishing Weekly. A year later, with my young son, I moved to England living and working there for five years before we returned to the States. After 12 years and Gerry's having stolen most of the inheritance my great aunt left me, I divorced him.
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Musical Composition: The Story of Variance
For years, I have enjoyed sharing my poetry and writings with you. For the first time, I am sharing a piece of music I composed.
My new musical composition Variance is the latest piece in my creative exploration of Ancestral Roots. The piece, like the theme, was not one I was searching for.
Instead it was a secret being revealed to me in glimpses and images over this past year.
The Story of the Little Mouse Who Squeaked
One night when the moon was at its fullest, a young woman had a strange dream. Her dream was like a parable, a tale that was meant to share a lesson. The dream went like this….
Amy Lam
is a writer, psychologist, community advocate, mother and lover of nature. Through her work, she offers one woman's voice in how to heal from soul wounds. Deeply grounded in shamanic practice, her poems give reverence to the ancestors, the natural world, the supernatural, the delightful child, and the divinely human. Her work calls sisters and brothers across the globe to join her out of the darkness and into the light to which we all belong.
Amy offers poetry readings, creative arts curriculum and engages in artistic collaborations through words, performance and music.
Email: amygracelam@gmail.com
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One of the most important steps to take when you have an IBS sufferer in the house is to make sure that your kitchen is stocked with IBS-friendly food. Everyone has seen (or been) the kid who stands in front of the full fridge — door wide open — and proclaims that there is nothing to eat.
Multiply that with the feelings of deprivation that come when a kid's favorite foods are deemed unsafe, and you can understand why loading your kitchen with fabulous IBS-safe foods and keeping the unsafe foods out of sight is crucial for making your child's IBS journey a little easier.
Have several types of IBS-safe snacks available to encourage your kid to eat different things each day. Munching on the same thing day after day can lead to food sensitivities, and providing lots of options helps your IBS child feel less restricted — like she's making a choice rather than not having any choices.
Making special food for your kid with IBS seems like a lot of extra work, but you can explore some new recipes and consider introducing some new IBS-friendly dishes in the whole family's diet.
While the family is transitioning into this new way with food, have everyone write their names on the packages of one or two of their favorite snacks or foods. This way, everyone (parents, siblings, and your child with IBS) has foods that nobody else will touch. And because kids can be territorial, bogarting their own snacks may actually take their minds off the fact that those snacks are different.
What about siblings who don't have IBS challenges? They're going to insist on eating their favorite foods no matter what. Try some creative healthy snack swapping (such as fruit leather for a chocolate bar or apple chips for potato chips). Great snacks show siblings that the fact that one person has IBS isn't going to force them to gag down inedible food!


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WRAP | Only 3 political parties - ANC, DA and ActionSA - declared donations over R100 000 - IEC
The IEC announced that voter and candidate registrations would be reopened.
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During the briefing in which the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) released its first quarterly report, in line with the provisions of the Political Party Funding Act, it was revealed that only three political parties – the ANC, DA, and ActionSA – declared donations above the R100 000 threshold.
The total value of these declared donations is R30 008 841.74.
The ANC declared individual donations received of R10 720 000, while the DA declared R15 983 751.48 and ActionSA declared "total direct donations" amounting to R3 305 090.26.
During this reporting period, there was only one, solitary donation to the multi-party democracy fund. This donation was made by a member of the public – Mr Paul Malcolm Graham – who made a contribution of R2 000 on 5 May 2021.
According to the IEC, Graham was very proud of his support for multi-party democracy and waived his right to anonymity.
The IEC also took the opportunity to appeal to members of the public and corporates to "open their purses and to support the effort of multi-party democracy".
In response to a question about the EFF not reporting – or seemingly receiving – any donations over the R100 000 threshold, IEC commissioner Dr Nomsa Masuku said it is not their job to "feel anything" about it.
"We are very clear about the things that we can control, and the things that we cannot control. We cannot control who gets a donation and who doesn't get a donation," Masuku said, before wrapping up the briefing.
WATCH | Political Party Funding Act: IEC releases first quarterly report
Dr Masuku fields one final question about the EFF not receiving any "donations above R100 000".
Masuku: "We are very clear about the things that we can control, and the things that we cannot control. We cannot control who gets a donation and who doesn't get a donation. And our job is not to feel anything, our job is to make sure that an election [is right]."
Dr Masuku wraps up the briefing.
"Until a complaint is brought to our attention that a particular political party received donation, and has not done the necessary declaration, the action that the commission will take is to communicate to those political parties around the requirement of declaration."
The challenge that some political parties are going to be faced with is that "there are smaller political parties which are expected to comply with the legislation, however they are not getting money from the state as a result of the fact that they are not represented".
"The complaints that we're getting from those parties is that if we appoint registered auditors, they won't be in a position to pay those auditors, as a result of the fact that [they're] not getting any money from the state."
In response to a question about donations received through crowdfunding, and how it would be monitored in terms of the donation threshold, the IEC says crowdfunding won't be treated differently from any other donations.
"If a member of the 'crowd' donates any amount above R100 000, that has to be declared to the commission. Any amount that is less than R100 000, political parties are obliged to keep record to that effect."
"Part of what the political parties are supposed to do is to appoint the auditors. So we will pick up at the end of the financial year, once the audit has been conducted, that the political party has complied, or has not complied with the provisions of the legislation for any amount that is below the threshold."
"The commission would like to use this occasion to again make an appeal to the South African public and corporates alike to open their purses and to support the effort of multi-party democracy. The sustainability of the multi-party democracy fund is a critical step towards a healthy democracy as envisaged in our Constitution."
IEC commissioner, Dr Nomsa Masuku, is now fielding questions on the back of the opening statement.
In the first quarter of the 2021 to 2022 financial year, the multi-party democracy fund has received only a single contribution from a member of the public - Mr Paul Malcolm Graham. He made a contribution of R2 000 on the 5th of May 2021. This remains the only contribution received in that fund.
Mr Graham was "kind enough and proud enough" of his support for multi-party democracy and waived his right to anonymity.
"We're very pleased to say that since the publication of the report, there has been the necessary compliance and that is something that we are very pleased that that has taken place."
The ANC and the DA declared individual donations that they received of R10 720 000, and R15 983 751.48 respectively. ActionSA declared total direct donations amounting to R3 305 090.26.
In terms of direct donations in respect of this reporting period, "three political parties made declarations of qualifying donations from donors".
"The parties which made the declarations of direct donations, constitute two political parties that are represented, and one unrepresented political party - these are the African National Congress (ANC), the Democratic Alliance (DA), and ActionSA."
The act also puts specific restrictions on sources of funding for political parties. This includes "the prescription of donations by government departments, by state-owned entities, and foreign governments and agencies". These are prohibited.
"Our political party funding regime makes it preemptory for all registered political parties to disclose to the commission all donations above R100 000, which is the threshold in one year."
"Regarding the upper end of the threshold, no donations may be made by a single donor that are in total above R15 million in that year."
The briefing is now under way, with the vice-chairperson of the IEC reading the opening statement on behalf of the commission.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will release its first quarterly report in a briefing on Thursday at 13:00, in line with the provisions of the Political Party Funding Act No. 6 of 2018 and Regulations.
In terms of the act, political parties are required to disclose all donations above R100 000 received, and the IEC is required to publish, on a quarterly basis, all declarations made.
NCCC mulls impact of looming local government elections on infection rate
- The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) is engaging various role players to find ways of ensuring looming electoral activities will not result in a fourth Covid-19 wave.
- This after the Constitutional Court ruled the elections have to go ahead and the proclamation on Wednesday by Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma that it will take place on 1 November.
- The NCCC is expected to be briefed by medical expects on how to ensure the elections do not turn into superspreader events.
Q&A | Reopening candidate registration 'a misinterpretation' of court ruling - Terry Tselane
- The IEC has reopened candidate registration for the upcoming elections - throwing the ANC a lifeline.
- This after a Constitutional Court ruling which allowed the IEC to amend the election timetable to include a voters' registration weekend.
- News24 spoke to the former deputy chairperson of the IEC, Terry Tselane, about why he believes the IEC erred in reopening candidate registration.
COMMENT | Cherese Thakur: Internal political party campaign financing - Focus now on the High Court
AmaBhungane is asking the High Court to declare the Executive Members Ethics Code unconstitutional and invalid to the extent it does not require disclosure of donations made to campaigns for positions within political parties, writes Cherese Thakur.
Does the Constitution require that donations made to advance the cause of candidates vying for positions within political parties be disclosed?
This is the question debated before the full bench of the High Court this week in a dispute between the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism and the president of the Republic of South Africa.
ANALYSIS | Cash-strapped, a failure to register its candidates: The ANC in a tail-spin
The ANC's announcement last weekend that it was going the crowdfunding route, to assist it with paying staff was met with some surprise.
The announcement came after ANC staffers across the country were set to down tools at the end of last month. They had apparently reached breaking point over unpaid wages.
Staff representative Mandla Qwane told City Press the issue of not paying workers' salaries dated back to 2018, and that various solutions the management had previously agreed to, had never materialised.
Political parties miss deadline to disclose funds over R100k as IEC dithers to enforce Act
- Most political parties registered with the IEC are yet to disclose funding information two months after the first deadline to do so had passed.
- According to the Political Party Funding Act, political parties are supposed to disclose, on a quarterly basis to the IEC, funds of more than R100 000 they've received.
- The failure by parties to meet the 30 June deadline came to light on Thursday.
'Untenable in law, premature on facts', IEC tells court of DA application while ANC seeks punitive order
- The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) said the DA's Constitutional Court application to nullify the reopening of candidate registrations was untenable in law.
- The party approached the ConCourt to overturn the IEC's decision to reopen the process for next month's elections.
- The DA argued the decision unfairly favoured the ANC.
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Since the first democratic elections in April 1994, South Africa's electoral system has enjoyed public trust, keeping the legitimacy of outcomes at the highest level.
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William Bird and Thandi Smith | Getting real about the local government elections
Disinformation destroys democracy and poses a clear threat to free and fair elections. William Bird and Thandi Smith break down tips to combat mis and disinformation.
With the local government elections now set to go ahead on 1 November 2021, we can expect the political environment to heat up even more.
To help the public navigate these times, we have developed our top six tips to help you, but it's also important to know what else is being done in South Africa to help ensure the elections are free and fair.
WATCH | Political parties will be allowed to campaign for November local elections, says Dlamini-Zuma
It is official - the local government elections will be held on 1 November 2021.
At a press briefing on Wednesday, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma confirmed the date.
She said she "accepted the ConCourt's order to set aside" her October proclamation of the election date.
DA challenges 'inflexible' IEC as it appeals candidate registration extension
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has struggled to provide cogent reasons to support its decision to reopen the registration of candidates for the upcoming local government elections, when the Constitutional Court order last week did not explicitly make such an order.
The commission even took a tight-fisted approach and declared some of its decisions non-negotiable.
This is according to the opposition DA in its High Court bid to review and set aside the IEC's wholesale reopening of candidate registrations – which conveniently provided the governing ANC with an opportunity to cure the defects in its candidates list, including those that had been caused by its internal party squabbles.
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Local elections: DA heads to ConCourt to nullify IEC decision reopening candidate registration
The DA has urgently applied to the Constitutional Court to nullify the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) decision to reopen the registration process for ward councillor candidates in next month's local government elections.
According to court papers filed on Tuesday, the DA also wanted the decision to be declared unconstitutional and invalid, and set aside.
Democratic Alliance and African Democratic Change in row over Durban ward councillor candidate
The name of one Durban ward councillor candidate appearing twice on the Electoral Commission (IEC) system for two different parties, caused confusion.
Sabeena Chetty (54), a ward councillor candidate for eThekwini Municipality's Ward 37, was listed as both a Democratic Alliance and African Democratic Change (ADEC) candidate.
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This is about the right to stand for political office, Ramaphosa says as IEC gives ANC a lifeline
- The Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) decision to reopen candidate and voter registration is set to boost the ANC's local government elections campaign.
- The DA and IFP are consulting its lawyers to stop the ANC from registering candidates it failed to register by the August deadline.
- IEC bosses announced a new election timetable after the Constitutional Court dismissed its application to postpone the poll.
IEC races against time to deliver local elections, angering parties with extended candidates registration
The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) is working on truncated timelines to ensure that the local government elections go ahead following its failed Constitutional Court application to have the elections postponed to February next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some political parties, including the DA, felt that the IEC's court bid favoured the ANC, which failed to register some of its candidates before the cut-off time.
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Cuomo is in 'fight mode' despite his advisers trying to convince him to resign
Brittany Commisso details harassment complaint against Cuomo 4:55
(CNN) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closest confidants spent the weekend trying to convince the Democrat to resign, sources told CNN, an effort that comes amid the fallout of a report that found the governor harassed. sexually multiple women.
Cuomo, a source said, cannot accept the end of his time in office and tells his inner circle: "I need more time."
Another source in close contact with the governor's close advisers said that "no one in his inner circle of friends or staff" believed, until last week, that Cuomo would survive politically and should resign or face impeachment. Despite the consensus, "he believes it can wait," said that source.
Will Cuomo give in to pressure from investigations against him? 1:28
A report released last week by New York Attorney General Letitia James detailed the allegations of 11 women and found that Cuomo engaged in "unwanted and non-consensual touching," among other accusations. The governor has insisted that he did nothing wrong and gave no indication in a video response following the release of the report that he would resign.
Comments from those close to Cuomo's inner circle provide a fresh perspective on the governor's thinking nearly a week after the damning report was released, which led to a barrage of calls for the governor's resignation from top state Democrats and nationals, including President Joe Biden, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and the two US senators from New York. Cuomo also faces a swift impeachment effort from state lawmakers.
CNN has reached out to Cuomo's office for comment.
When asked about the pressure to resign, Rita Glavin, Cuomo's personal attorney, told CNN's Erica Hill on "Erin Burnett OutFront" later Monday that right now "the governor is very focused on getting the evidence from the Assembly and be able to make a presentation to the Assembly "as part of its impeachment process.
Former Cuomo employee files criminal complaint for harassment 0:31
Still, Cuomo was in "fight mode" over the weekend, even as many of his closest allies question the governor's ability in his third term to survive the scandal and some prepare for when the governorship finally comes to an end. according to the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke with several people close to Cuomo over the weekend.
"People around him are looking to know what the next chapter in his life is, I'll put it that way," Sharpton, a civil rights activist who has long been involved in New York politics, told CNN. "Where do I get a job?"
One of Cuomo's top aides, Melissa DeRosa, resigned Sunday night. The 38-year-old woman, who held the highest-ranking designated position in the state, was featured throughout James's report.
"I told them, I don't see how I survive," Sharpton added of his conversations with Cuomo's advisers over the weekend.
New York State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs has also questioned Cuomo's ability to remain in office amid the scandal, telling CNN on Monday that "no one in their right mind," in right now, he would tell the governor "that there is going to be something other than a terrible outcome" if he does not resign.
Jacobs, who asked Cuomo to step down last week, also said the governor is fully aware of how dire his prospects are, especially if the State Assembly moves forward with impeachment and the process moves to the State Senate for trial. .
What Cuomo Said About Sexual Harassment Before Accusations 2:30
"He does not have the votes in the Assembly, which will impeach him. He does not have the leadership of the Assembly, which will lead the impeachment. There is no one to stop him," Jacobs said.
He continued: "Everyone is in favor of moving forward. And then you go to the Senate and forget about it. And he made it clear to me that he understands that if he gets to the Senate, he will leave. He knows it."
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Democrat, told reporters on Monday that the impeachment investigation process into Cuomo could wrap up in a few weeks: "You want to make sure things are okay, but also in a way. fast ".
Since March, the Assembly Judiciary Committee has been investigating Cuomo in four areas: allegations of sexual harassment, covid-19 deaths in nursing homes, usurpation of state resources for personal gain, and cover-up allegations of damaged bridge bolts. on the Mario Cuomo Bridge, named for the former governor of New York who is Andrew Cuomo's father.
CNN's Elizabeth Joseph, Lauren del Valle, and Veronica Stracqualursi contributed to this report.
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Motherhood University, Roorkee offers academic programmes leading to the award of Ph.D. degree through its Faculty/Departments. The doctoral programme (Ph.D.) focused on acquiring in depth knowledge and expertise in the research Field. The award of Ph.D. degree is in recognition of high academic achievements, independent research and application of knowledge to the solution of technical and scientific problems in various disciplines. The academic programme leading to the Ph.D. degree is broad-based and involves a minimum course requirement and a research thesis. The University also encourages interdisciplinary areas through a system of co-supervision and provides excellent opportunities for such programmes.
Recently, the University Grants Commission has issued a clear but broad guidelines to all Universities for regulating research activities which leading to PhD degrees, in a view to maintain the quality of research output, timely evaluation and inclusiveness. In line with the guidelines issued by the UGC, Motherhood University, Roorkeehas established Directorate of Research to provide expert support to research as core activity. This includes building new research capacity as well as sustaining existing excellence, whilst critically reflecting on, and evolving, our own systems and procedures. The Directorate of Research is responsible for administering all activities related to research in the campus, research quality assurance and the management of an information system. The Office supports research planning and policy implementation, and manages the UGC and government requirements for research.


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Tea cup, sold by John Hawkins of Hawkins Emporium in Henley.
Side plate, sold by John Hawkins of Hawkins Emporium in Henley (established 1867).
Glass plate negative of a Squire's car, taken by George Bushell. George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Glass plate negative of a Squire Car The image depicts a side view of the car with a man in the driving seat A George Bushell Collection (Part of negative set number 290 in George Bushell's notebook] George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Negative of an old car. The image depicts the chassis of a Squire car A George Bushell Collection (Part of negative set number 308 in George Bushell's notebook] George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Negative of an old car. The image depicts the chassis of a Squire car outside a workshop A George Bushell Collection (Part of negative set number 309 in George Bushell's notebook] George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Glass plate negative of an old car. The image depicts a Squire car from the front, Registration GT 2453. Behind the car is a house. A George Bushell Collection (Part of negative set number 335 in George Bushell's notebook] George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Negative of an old car. The image depicts a Squire car facing the right of the picture. The car is in front of a house with a white picket fence. A George Bushell Collection (Part of negative set number 337 in George Bushell's notebook] George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Glass plate negative of an old car. The image depicts a Squire car chassis from the side. Around the car is red paint. A George Bushell Collection (Part of negative set number 336 in George Bushell's notebook] George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.
Glass plate negative of an old car. The image depicts a Squire car facing the left of the picture. The car is in front of a house. Two men stand by the car. A George Bushell Collection (Part of negative set number 338 in George Bushell's notebook] George Bushell came to Henley in 1919 and took over the task of taking photographs of Henley and its surroundings from two predecessors, called Marsh and Marshall. Bushell died in the 1960s but his business was carried on by his son and grandson. It is his grandson, also called George Bushell, who has donated this important collection of photographs and glass plate negatives to the Museum. This unique collection provides a fascinating view of the changing face of Henley and the Thames over the last century.


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Home » Shipping & Delivery Policy
1. Flowers
They will be delivered to the recipient either in a fully bloomed, semi-bloomed or bud stage.
There can be a little difference in the appearance of the floral arrangements
Giftalove.com receives orders for "Same Day Flower Delivery" before 8:00 pm from Monday to Saturday.
2. Cakes
There can be times when the selected cake can slightly vary or entirely substituted in terms of flavors and designs in case of their unavailability at the requisite baker shop.
Owing to the perishable nature of cakes, their delivery is only attempted once. So, the address provided by the customers must be accurate as the delivery cannot be redirected to another address.
3. The expected delivery time is only for estimation. The delivery of the ordered products will depend on its availability with the vendor and the delivery address on which it is to be delivered.
4. There are certain circumstances in which the delivery of your products may delay such as-
Traffic congestion
Political disruptions
Other unexpected situations
In case of all these above mentioned circumstances, we will inform you. Always keep a check on your messages or e-mails on daily basis for updates.
5. The delicate and perishable products like flowers and cakes are only hand delivered at the delivery address, and not along with the courier products.
6. For festive occasions like Raksha Bandhan, Valentine's Day, or Diwali, it is better to place your orders in advance to avoid last minute delays.
7. We only attempt one-time delivery of perishable gifts like flowers and cakes. If the delivery is not executed in this attempt, you will still be charged for this order and we will not initiate its re-delivery. In the following situations, the order will be considered to be delivered:
Premises locked
Recipient not available. In such a case, the person can inform the delivery person to drop the order with the neighbors or leave it at the gate.
Wrong delivery address
Recipient refused to accept the delivery
Delivered the item at the Reception/Gate/Neighbor
8. We will provide proof of delivery to the customer in case of any issues in the delivery.
9. We provide delivery of only those products which are meant for Express delivery on Sundays and Public Holidays.
10. In case of the unavailability of the recipient at the delivery address provided by the sender, the order will not be considered to be delivered late and no refunds, liability, or cancellations can be made by the customers.
11. Midnight Deliveries: The delivery of the products meant for this kind of delivery mode will be made between 11.00 pm to 12:30 am on the selected delivery date. We provide delivery on Sundays.
12. Fixed Time Deliveries: The chosen time slot is only for estimation. The selected products may get delivered before or after the slot chosen by the customer.
13. Delivery of Courier Products
Notwithstanding anything mentioned in the Terms and Conditions or in the Shipping Disclaimer, when an order gets delivered through any courier agency or any third party, Giftalove does not take any responsibility in relation to the delivery of such order.
The date of delivery of the orders is only an estimate in case of courier deliveries. The orders may be delivered before or after the selected date of delivery.
The products will be delivered through Blue Dart or any other courier company and the delivery made by them are subject to the Terms and Conditions of such courier companies.
The delivery of the courier products depends on their availability or the destination to which it is to be delivered.
As our courier partners do not make a call before delivering the products at the doorsteps of the recipients and only initiate a single time delivery of products, it is always better to provide accurate delivery address at which someone is present all the time to receive the products.
The products meant for courier orders are nicely packed and dispatched from the warehouse. Soon after this, you will receive your order tracking number which helps you to trace the location of your order.
There can be a slight delay in the delivery of products by courier partners due to holidays and strikes.
14. Delivery Policy to Hotels
The delivery service providers in Giftalove's logistics network have good years of experience in making deliveries to the hotels. To get gifts delivered to hotels, please provide the following information:
Name of the recipient
Full address of the hotel
Telephone number of the recipient and the hotel reception
Room number of the recipient
In case, the recipient has not checked in at the hotel on the date of delivery, the delivery executive will leave the order at the reception and it will be assumed as delivered.
If the recipient has checked out of the hotel on or before the delivery date, the order will be considered to be delivered and no refund will be made to the customer.
15. Delivery Policy to Hospitals
The delivery service providers in Giftalove's logistics network have good years of experience in making deliveries to hospitals. Please provide the following details to deliver flowers in hospitals-
The name of the recipient
Full address of the hospital
Telephone number of the hospital
Room number or ward of the recipient
Your order will be sent according to the policies of the hospitals as they restrict florists to personally deliver flowers in the recipient's room.
16. Delivery Policy to Wedding or Marriages Halls
In such deliveries, it is sometimes impossible to hand deliver gifts to the bride and groom. We always ensure that your gifts are hand over to one of the responsible guests or members at the party.
17. Delivery Policy to Hostels/PG/Enclosed Premises/Cantonment
Following information should be provided to us to place orders for delivery at the above premises -
Hostel name
Full address of the hostel
Telephone number of the recipient and the hostel
As the entry in restricted in the above-mentioned places, the recipient should either personally come to the gate to receive the order or send someone on his/her behalf after having a word with the delivery person.
The order can also be left with the security guard at the gate and will be assumed executed.
18. Delivery policy to railway stations, Metro stations and airports: We do make deliveries at the railway stations, Metro stations or airports.
19. International Orders
Please provide clear address, city, state, zip code and other details. Our processes are very strict and gifts to wrong address may not be delivered and you may be charged for the same. In the event the gift has to be redelivered due to incorrect information provided by the customer, standard redelivery costs will be levied.
Deliveries of the orders will not be made by Giftalove.com directly but through third parties. Orders should be placed 48 hours prior to the delivery date. Subject to the other terms of the Shipping Disclaimer, the deliveries would be done in between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For countries in UAE and other Arab countries, no deliveries shall be made on Friday. Delivery status will be available after 48 (forty eight) hours of delivery.
We will attempt delivery only ONCE and in case the house/delivery location is locked or the recipient refuses to take the delivery, it shall be deemed to have been made.
Any change in address/message shall be noted by us only if it is intimated prior two hours before the delivery.
If due to non-availability of the ordered product, the delivering outlet may without notice, substitute flowers, container or accessories of a similar value, brand and repute.
Delivery delayed due to weather conditions, incorrect delivery address or act of terror shall not become a cause for a refund or replacement under any circumstances.


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Лютичі, велети, вільці (в інших мовах — Lucice, Lutycy; ; в Адама Бременського ) — група племен полабських слов'ян, що від VI століття проживають на землях між нижньою Одрою і Лабою.

У 738 р. під час походу Карла Мартела франкам стало відомим плем'я «вільці», король племінного союзу вільців Драговіт у городищі Форверк біля міста Деммін на річці Пені.

Етнонім
У писемних джерелах часів Карла Великого називались: Wiltzi, Vultzi, Welatabowie (, ; ), ще як «венеди» чи «венди»; але себе називали вони (згідно франкського історика Ейнхарда ) «велатабіанами» (вєлотаби, welatabi).

Перша назва у них була вільці (Wieleci), а лютичами їх стали називати після X ст. н. е..

Етимологія
Етимологія обох назв племені, тобто Велети i Лютичі до кінця не відома. Назва Велети (Wieleci) може походити від слов'янського слова влці (vlci), тобто «вовки», також розглядається версія, що назва може походити від діалектної форми слова «Велетень» (укр. «Велет», дав. укр. «Волот»). Назва «Лютичі» походить від слов'янського слова «Лютий» — дикий. Існує також можливість походження цієї назви і від імені головного бога в Радогощі — Лютий бог (Дикий бог), чи від прикметника lut (грузький, багнистий). Цікаво, що в писемних згадках до кінця X століття для означення цього племені вживалось виключно слово Велети, а назва Лютичі з'явилась в останніх десятиліттях цього ж століття. Хоча друге ім'я має вигляд неологізму, не можна виключати, що це розмежування робилось свідомо, і одна назва замінила іншу з огляду на невідомі нам обставини.

Племінний союз вільців
Згідно з «Баварським географом» (середина IX ст.), племінний союз вільців (лютичів) складався з «корінних» (етнічних) племен вільців-лютичів: кесини, жиржипани (їхнє місто Тетерів), толленси (від назви озера Толлен) та ратарі.

Вірування
Керувалися своїми вождями, мали своє вірування у богів й городища. Головним святилищем племінного союзу вільців-лютичів було храмове місто Ретра, розташоване на кордоні між толленсами та ратарями.

Поселення
Баварський географ пише, що у землях велетів знаходиться 95 міст.

У 850 р. у вільців нараховувалося 100 городищ.

У лютичів у першій половині IX ст. згадуються великі князі та другорядні.

Втрата незалежності
У 1157 р. лютичі у наслідку військової агресії данців та німців втратили свою державну незалежність. На думку Лєбедєва І.: "(Слов'яни) поралися над цією країною, обробляли її землю, відкрили багатства, розвинули торгівлю, поклали початок цілком упорядкованого суспільного життя, але прийшли насильники (німці), скористалися плодами їхньої праці і більше того, що знищили слов'ян, вони (німці) кажуть, що принесли високу культуру в ці землі та всі заслуги (слов'ян) попередників (німців) привласнюють собі.

Заснування Великого князівства Литовського
Полабські слов'яни Полаб'я та Помор'я племінного союзу лютичів є засновниками Великого князівства Литовського, після міграції з королем прусів Міндовгом на землі ятвягів (згідно тверджень Яна Длугоша в «Великій Хроніці Польській»): венеди-велети-вільці-литвини () (див. «укри»).

Археологія
Зі слов'янським племінним союзом лютичів VII–IX століття н. е. археологами ототожнюється фельдберґська культура, суковсько-дзедзицька культура.

Велетські племена та їх розселення
Вважається, що розселення велетських племен відбулось в II ст. н.e., це вперше засвідчено на мапі александрійського географа Птолемея. Вірогідно Велети фігурують на ній під назвою Oueltai (Ουελται) i займають помор'я в околицях верхньої Вісли. Можливо вже в VI столітті, початку VII ті племена мігрували в західному напрямку, аби в останні роки VIII осісти в землях на захід від нижньої Одри.

В загальних рисах життєвий простір велетських племен, яких сміливо можна ототожнити з Лютичами, на заході впирався в володіння ободритів, на сході обмежувався Одрою. На півночі їх землі доходили до узбережжя Балтики, на півдні межували з землями сербів. До створеного ними союзу входили: Черезпеняни, Хижани, Доленчани, Дошани, Нелетичі, Плоні, Ратари, Речани, Спревяни, Стодоряни, Украни, Замчичі, Земчичі, Стодоряни.

Велети і Стодорани
Найбільше суперечок щодо статусу велетських племен існує навколо племені Стодорян. Вважається, що плем'я було пов'язане із Велетами етнічними вузами і певний час політичними. Ця теорія ґрунтується на хроніці Тітмара з Мерзебурга. Проте в тій же хроніці йдеться про те, що Лютичі політично залежні від чехів (очевидно, що мова йде про стодоран).

Політична діяльність

Хроніка подій
 782 Ободрити (бодричі) підкорили вільців (лютичів)
 789 У відповідь за набіги велетів Карл І Великий вчинив наїзд на їхні землі, після чого іде до Саксонії — так пише у своєму літописі Ейнгард.
 963–967 Війна з полянами; замирившись із волинянами велети вчиняють набіг на землі п'ястів. Два перших бої закінчились перемогою, натомість третій цілковитим розгромом.
 954–967 Імператор Оттон І Великий розпочав війну проти велетів і ободритів. В битві біля Рекніка переміг імператор.
 983 Лютичі на чолі з Гнєвоєм очолювали слов'янське повстання проти германської колонізації земель східніше Ельби, у наслідку чого колонізація спинилася майже на 200 років.
 986 У поході імператора Оттона III на велетів брав участь Мешко I. 995 року спільний похід проти велетів організували імператор Оттон III та Болеслав I Хоробрий. У ньому також брали участь підрозділи чеського роду Славніковичів.
 1025 Центральне святилище було зруйновано саксонським герцогом Лотарем, союз лютичів остаточно почав розспадатися.
 1029
 Мєшко II В'ялий замирюється із велетами для того, щоб відбити натиск імператора Конрада II.
 1033 Перемога велетів над саксами під Вежбнем (Wierzbnem).
 1045 Велети вчиняли набіги на землі німців, лише імператор Генріх ІІІ зумів розбити їх і обкласти даниною.
 1055 Початок міжусобиць серед лютичів.
 1055 Збройне повстання велетів проти саксів. Вони перейшли Лабу, нищили місцеве населення і міста, пустошили край і брали полонених.
 10 вересня 1056 Під керівництвом маркграфа північної марки Вільгельма добре озброєна армія німців перейшла Лабу. В межиріччі Хавелі і Лаби, поблизу Преслава, на них чекали об'єднані сили Велетського союзу. Сакси опинилися в оточенні, припертими до річки, місцями зруйнувавши стрій. У битві загинув маркграф Вільгельм та всі його лицарі. Ця битва кардинально змінила розтановку сил в регіоні. Її навіть порівнюють із Грюнвальдом. Невдовзі після поразки під Преславом помирає імператор Генріх ІІІ, що тільки посилило велетів.
 1057 Вибухнула братовбивча війна між велетськими племенами, через неї розподається Велетський союз.
 1068 На землі лютичів зробили наїзд сакси, під час цього наїзду було зруйновано Сварогa в Радогощі.
 1147 Хрестовий похід проти слов'ян.

 1160–1163
 Генріх Лев замирився із данами і остаточно розбив велетів.

Вільці-Лютичі мігрували у Київську Русь.

Велетські племена наприкінці ІХ століття
За часів Карла Великого (злам VIII i IX століття) язичники Велети створили ворожий франкам союз чотирьох слов'янських племен. Напад Карла Великого на велетські землі в 789 році відбувався в два етапи. Облога Бранібора, який можна ототожнити із головним осередком Драговитa, і його здобуття за допомогою фризької флотилії було першим етапом франксько-велетських змагань. А другим етапом був марш піших військ вглиб велетських земель. Після перемоги Карл не прикладав зусиль, щоб охрестити велетів, а просто підпорядкував їх, використовуючи при цьому допомогу сусідніх бодричів, політично державі Каролінгів, і відповідно поставив умову про те, що найважливіші політичні діячі, що обрані вічем, мусили затверджуватись Карлом чи його наступниками. Потім велетам вдалось скинути імператорський гніт, проте в половині IX (можливо з зростаючою франкською загрозою) чи в X столітті в середині союзу почались дезінтегруючі процеси і він розпався. Зрідка в десятому столітті (в 929, 955 i 995 роках) з'являються згадки про Велетів, це може вказувати, що в імперії робились спроби створити таку федерацію. З іншого боку в той час проти імперії воювали племена, що колись входили до того союзу, але тепер були нарізно. Північновелетські племена після розпаду союзу повернулись до вічевого устрою.

Велетські (лютицькі) племена і їхні сусіди в 80-90-х роках Х ст.

Повстання полабських слов'ян

Союз із Чехами

Ситуація в Браніборі за правління Болілута

Велетсько-ободрицькі стосунки
Попри те, що бодричі розпочали військові дії проти імперії ще 990 року, лише в 994 році було досягнуто згоди між ними і лютичами. Першим спільним походом був напад на землі сакського племені остфалів 995 року. Попри каральний наїзд Оттона ІІІ та Болеслава І Хороброго у відповідь на лютицькі та бодрицькі землі, цей союз значно посилив оборонні можливості слов'ян, оскільки одразу після відходу німецького війська в 995 (можливо втечі), було організовано ще кілька походів на Саксонію.

Мир з імперією в 996 i військові події наступного року

Німецько-велетський союз, невдала спроба самоідентифікації велетів і розпад Велецького союзу

Завоювання і хрещення велетських земель в XII столітті
Десь з 1119 розпочинається завоювання велетських земель разом із містами Димінне (Demmin) та Вологост (Wolgast) військами поморського князя Варціслава І та його союзника Болеслава ІІІ. На землях підлеглих епископату в Бранденбурзі в 1128 році активно провадив хрещення Оттон з Бамбергу. Зачепила вона і Вологощ-Вологощь (; Вольгаст), а з ним і Гоцекове (Gützkow) та землі укран.

Устрій Велетського і Лютицького союзів
Виборні князі лютичів у 700–1157 роках від моричан, спреван, гаволян (стодорян), брежан, ратарів, укрів, доленчан, хижан, черезпенян
 Драгувіт (Дражко) (близько 780–810 рр.);
 Любий, син Дражка (близько 810–830 рр.);
 Мєлігаст (Милогост)), син Любого (коло 830–860 рр.);
 Чєладраг (Челодрог), брат (коло 860–870 рр.);
 Гнеус (Гнєвой, Гнівой) (коло 980–995 рр.);
 близько 1070–1157 рр. у складі Вендського князівства;
 З 1157 р. — маркграфство Бранденбург.
 Богуслав I — князь лютичів.

Устрій Велетського союзу в VIII i IX столітті

Libertas more Liuticio — Устрій Лютицького союзу

Етнічна самоідентифікація Лютичів
На противагу іншим країнам Центральної та Східної Європи (Великоморавія, Чехія, Польща, Угорщина чи Київська Русь), де було створено владну структуру, що опиралась на християнських князів i родинні династії, на Полабських землях була спроба створити державність на засадах етнічної самоідентифікації, яка мала слугувати зв'язуючим елементом. Згідно з типологією Ентоні Сміта лютичі належали до так званого «вертикально-демотичного» підтипу, де демотичні структури створили закриті окремі спільноти. Часто створювали племінні конфедерації, що опирались на старійшин і дружину, з метою проведення військових кампаній.

Лютичі формували свою державу не лише за допомогою кревної і територіальної спорідненості, але й за допомогою релігії. Головним релігійним центром був Радогощ.

Релігія

Так само як нова назва Лютичі вказує на новий етап розвитку спільноти, культ описаний Тітмаром свідчить про «нову якість» язичництва у лютичів. Підтвердженням цьому є будівництво культових споруд замість домінуючого до кінця X століття культу природи і домових божеств. Язичницьке сакральне будівництво Полаб'я не має аналогів на всіх землях розселення слов'ян — про його розквіт написано багато праць сучасними німецькими і данськими археологами. Одна з двох найшанованіших святинь була в Радогощі, яка виконувала функції головної святині для усіх лютичів. У цьому давньому святилищі, що було розташоване на землях ратарів, знаходились найповажніші волхви, стояли статуї богів, відбувались різні священні дійства (поклоніння святому коневі, чи вирішення спірних питань шляхом жеребкування). Додатковим свідченням винятковості місця є той факт, що звідси відправлялось військо у походи і сюди ж поверталось після. Окрім святині в Радогощі на велетських землях існувала велика кількість локальних культів із своїми капищами, де також верховодили волхви, які представляли собою окрему верству населення. Персоніфіковані боги поганського Полаб'я були охоронцями-покровителями над певними територіями, а їх імена були вибиті на їхніх статуях в Радагощі, що було досить незвичним зважаючи на те, що велетська спільнота була неписемною. Під час військових походів лютичі брали із собою знамено чи цілого ідола. Така система була досить схожою із християнством як структурою так і символікою, проте категорично не мирилась із ним. Про це свідчать Бруно Кверфуртський, Адам Бременський, та Хермольд.

Ставлення Лютичів до християн
Вороже ставлення до християнства спричинене його ототожненням із імперією, до того ж воно становило один із компонентів велетської самоідентифікації. Інколи діло доходило до вбивств християнських проповідників. Це з одного боку можна трактувати як релігійний обряд — жертвопринесення, з іншого — як прояв, демонстрація сили. Такі вчинки можна обґрунтувати спробою збереження самобутної культури, яка активно витіснялася у всіх сферах життя, спротивом експансії імперії і князівській владі, що сповідували іншу релігію. Так само ставились лютичі й до бодрицьких та стодоранських князів, що постійно контактували із імперією та християнством. Проте бували випадки, коли лютичі проводили набіги на сусідні землі під керівництвом християнських вождів. Наприклад Кізо, сакський перебіжчик, християнин, правив у Браніборі в 983, чи Віхман Молодший водив лютичів у походи в 50-60-ті роки X століття.

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 Kronika Thietmara, tłum. Marian Zygmunt Jedlicki, Kraków 2002, ISBN 83-7052-568-7.
 Magistri Adami Bremensis gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum,[in:] Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores in usum scholarum 2, B. Schmeidler (ed.), Hannover 1917.
 Stanisław Zakrzewski, Opis grodów i terytoriów z północnej strony Dunaju czyli tzw. Geograf bawarski, Lwów 1917 (wersja elektroniczna:  ).
 Christian Lübke, Powstanie i istota Związku Luciców. Jedna z konsekwencji chrystianizacji Europy wschodniej w X stuleciu, [w:] Chrześcijańskie korzenie. Misjonarze, święci, rycerze zakonni, red. Sergiusz Sterna-Wachowiak, Poznań 1997, s. 51-64, ISBN 83-903353-4-4.
 Christian Lübke, The Polabian alternative: paganism between Christian Kingdoms, [w:] Europe around the year 1000, ed. Przemysław Urbańczyk, Warszawa 2001, s. 379–389, ISBN 83-7181-211-6.
 Jarosław Sochacki, Związek Lucicki — między Polską a cesarstwem do 1002 r., «Slavia Antiqua», t. 47 (2006), s. 17-48, .
 Gerard Labuda, O zakresie rzekomych uprawnień Królestwa Niemieckiego i Marchii Brandenburskiej nad całym Pomorzem we wczesnym średniowieczu, «Roczniki Historyczne», t. 73 (2007), s. 17-34,
 Jerzy Strzelczyk, Połabszczyzna zapomniana. Część V: Nakon, czyli Obodrzyci ponownie na drodze do własnego bytu, «Przegląd Zachodniopomorski», t. 21 (50) (2006), z. 3, s. 7-20,
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