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EXCELLENCE can be attained if you - CARE more than others think
is wise - RISK more than others think is safe - DREAM more than
others think is practical - and EXPECT more than others think is
possible.
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Message From jl
One of the riff-raff ducks - the one I call “Dora” - has been
sitting on eggs for the past week. She abandoned the first nest
of eggs before she started sitting on them but, apparently, she
likes this bunch.
She comes up very early in the morning and chows down for the
day. Then, I don't see her again. So, I guess this is a
serious hatching about to take place.
The sad part is ... the babies probably won't make it. Just too
many big turtles in this little lake. Last year's Muscovy mamma
lost her brood in two days on the water. Of course, she took
them to the water, led them one turn around the lake, then,
pretty much abandoned them.
Dora belongs to that riff-raff family of ducks that showed up
out of nowhere. They're quite tight with each other - keeping
The Boys at bay. (The Boys being the two little Mallards we
have left.)
So, I'm hoping maybe Dora's rag-tag family will help her take
care of the babies. “Cody” - the co-dependent care-taker of the
bunch - will probably help her even if the rest don't.
Cody is half Mallard and half God-knows-what. That also makes
him a mule - unable to breed. We have another female - Alice -
and two males - Jake and Big, Bad Leroy Brown. Then, The Boys
are thrown in the mix.
So, Cody never seems to know quite where he belongs - with the
riff-raff he came in with, or with the Mallards. So, he pretty
much runs around trying to please everyone. He's also a giant,
so he's the protector if someone's lost or in trouble. Of
course, he's also pigeon-toed, so that slows him down a bit.
Bet you didn't know ducks could be so much like humans, did ya?
I never did until I started living with them. They're
hilarious. The hand that runs all this, definitely has a sense
of humor!
I'll be sending a FINAL email asking for you to update your
information with me this week. This is the LAST time I'll ask.
There are only a few of you left to respond. Those who don't
will NOT be eligible for the new iCop programs until you set up
reliable communication with me.
I'd like for you to take a look at a web page regarding flash
cookies and their role in targeted advertising. If you don't
want this activity going on while you surf, the article also
tells you how to stop it.
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Just read it and let me know how you feel about this subject.
I read some articles last week on the subject of the CAN-SPAM
Act - which I also wrote about last week. There seems to be a
lot of confusion about what that law does - and does NOT do.
Be very clear about this - the CAN-SPAM Act does NOT out-law
spam! According to this law, you CAN send any commercial email
you wish - as long as you follow a few simple rules, such as:
* Having an opt-out link that you honor
Now, that's an over-simplification, but you get the idea. My
point is that the CAN-SPAM Act basically makes what we call
“spam” LEGAL.
The CAN-SPAM Act is the result of LOBBYISTS buying legislation,
just like they always do. It has nothing to do with getting
rid of spam - that's smoke and mirrors. It's to give BIG
business permission to send email ads.
The anti-spammers don't care. They make money from spam, too.
Without spam, they'd be out of business!
Those who want to implement “pay-to-send” email need spam to get
that done. Those who run the blacklists, SELL those lists to
the ISPs.
No matter WHAT the LAW is, the blacklist operators still dictate
whether your email is delivered, or not. If you - anyone you
share an IP number with - and, sometimes, even anyone using your
web host - send spam and/or hits their spam traps, you go on a
list.
The blacklist operators then SELL those lists to the ISPs to
tell them whose email to block. There is no requirement that
you actually be guilty of sending spam. The ISPs can block
whoever they want, whether they have a valid reason, or not.
This is the reason - and the only reason - why we're told we
should use double opt-in subscriptions. If you find yourself
blacklisted and you can prove you use double opt-in, you can
usually get off the list.
Most of the email coming from the huge corporations is coming
through the “pay-to-send” model. They've signed on with
Goodmail, or one of the others.
In other words, those who make money on spam - other than the
spammers, themselves - are the folks dictating the rules. And,
those rules - as well as the CAN-SPAM Act - keep THEM in
business!
So, of course, instead of the CAN-SPAM Act stopping spam, it has
increased it several hundred percent. I'm writing this for one
reason only - I want you to understand exactly WHO is REALLY
dictating the rules - and why!
You ALSO have to follow what's called, "Best Practices." Best
Practices are the rules made by the anti-spammers.
And, if you do those two things, there's STILL no guarantee your
email will be delivered!
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~ Unknown
Finally fed up, God said, "THAT'S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job." So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away. They moused. They faxed. They emailed. They emailed with attachments. They downloaded. They did spreadsheets. They wrote reports. They created labels and cards. They created charts and graphs. They did some genealogy reports They did every job known to man. Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell. Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off .. . Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld. Jesus just sighed. Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming: "It's gone! It's all GONE! I lost everything when the power went out!" Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work. Satan observed this and became irate. "Wait," he screamed. "That's not fair! He cheated! How come he has all his work and I don't have any?" God just shrugged and said,
"JESUS SAVES!"
Thanks to Jean Pinnell
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