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Thanks for that but please see the instructions in the post above under How to nominate.

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Buenos dias. The money comes from an anonymous donor.

The first rule about Fight Club is that you don't talk about Fight Club. And, the first rule about an anonymous donor ...

We are very glad to be able to play a part in this.

Beans are probably my favorite food. I have been cooking dry beans for years. For me, one of the big advantages is total control over the ingredients: no salt, no animal products and no oil.

Yes, beans are a great source of protein but, unknown to many, so are almost all vegetables. See Vegetables have plenty of protein, and they're complete proteins as well.

More on Blue Zones, Longevity and Legumes

If you look at the so-called blue zone areas, the areas around the world with the greatest longevity, the most people that live over a hundred, the one thing that all those areas share is legumes, actually, they eat bean-rich diets, and so we’re talking about the Okinawan Japanese, who are getting soy beans in the diet, or blue zone in Loma Linda, California, they’re all eating beans as an important component of their diet. People see beans as boring and nobody wants to talk about encouraging people to eat beans, but they’re so healthy, and they’re so versatile, so inexpensive. The top beans that I recommend are black beans. The darker, the more nutrients they pack. So you wanna have black beans on a regular basis, and you can have that as a black bean burger, you can have that in a burrito, in a wrap. Make a large batch, four to six cups of beans on a Sunday, just put ’em on your counter, plug it in, cook it, and then eat off of that for the rest of the week. You can make two to three different types of beans on a Sunday. — Prescription: Nutrition Episode 3 – Spilling the Beans by Michael Greger M.D. FACLM

Gracias. We are glad to be able to help.

Hi Charley!

It's good to hear from you. I'll send you an email.

Glenn

Yes. Refugee Relief Project is in the September contest.

All charities nominated for August, listed below, are automatically nominated for September subject to the restriction that August winners are not eligible in September. A new post for additional nominations for September is coming soon.
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Any charity receiving fewer than ten votes will be dropped if needed to make room for new nominees. — Nominations Open August 2018 Contest

[Based on the results of the Third August contest, Casita Linda, A.C., Centro Infantil de los Ángeles, and Patronato Pro Niños could be dropped if there are a total of more than ten nominees for the First September contest.]

"When does voting open and close for the first contest of September." We'll announce something soon

We are so glad to be able to do this and I know you will make great use of the funds.

Thanks for your feedback! Whether your experience was positive or not it helps if I hear about it to try to make things better in the future.

What I have found is that people that have had trouble voting are either not registered (including confirming their email), or, they are on the wrong page. The requirement to register and confirm email will probably never go away (otherwise we would have no control over who is voting, posting on the website, etc).

For anyone that is posting something on a website, or a Facebook page, or sending out an email encouraging people to vote, you might consider a template something like this to make it as easy as possible for your members to register here (if they have not already done so) and to vote:

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Please vote for our Best Charity in the World in the contest at San Miguel FAQ.

You do have to register there before you can vote.
If you are not already registered there, first register at:
https://www.smafaq.com/discussion/62/how-to-register
If you have any trouble registering watch the video on that page.

Once you are registered, to vote for us go to:
https://www.smafaq.com/discussion/80/vote-here-third-august-contest
[update this as the current contest changes]

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You might want to tweak that a bit but the key thing is to first send people that have not registered to the How to Register page in case they do need assistance.

You might also want to include the following if you think it would help your members, but if they get registered ok and are on the right page to vote they probably don't need it (I think).

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If you have any trouble voting see this post:
https://www.smafaq.com/discussion/63/polls-and-voting

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If you are having any trouble registering, confirming your email or voting please see Getting Started. Read this before Registering. Read this before Posting.

For help voting please see: https://www.smafaq.com/discussion/63/polls-and-voting
To vote in the third August contest, go to this post: https://www.smafaq.com/discussion/80/vote-here-third-august-contest

For help voting please see: https://www.smafaq.com/discussion/63/polls-and-voting

POD: Picture of the Day August 20, 2018

Public laundry basins Lavaderos del Chorro, Recreo 91, Centro, San Miguel de Allende. Photo © 2018 Glenn E Wilson (CC BY 4.0).

POD: Picture of the Day August 19, 2018

Cat at Hacienda Los Picachos on July 4, 2018. Photo © 2018 Glenn E Wilson (CC BY 4.0).

POD: Picture of the Day August 18, 2018

View from Quince of second floor Juliet balcony at Trinitate on Cuna de Allende. Photo © 2018 Glenn E Wilson (CC BY 4.0).

POD: Picture of the Day August 17, 2018

Turtles at JOHFREJ on Jesús. Photo © 2018 Glenn E Wilson (CC BY 4.0).

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