Inspiration starts at the top and yes, it requires a lot more than a proper send-off.
Chief organiser Douglas Anderson said the day and the send-off had exceeded all of his expectations.
No email, no party, no send-off, not even a darn piece of cake.
On the first Saturday of March, thousands of Iditarod enthusiasts line Anchorage's historic Fourth Avenue to participate in the celebratory send-off.
Eight different scorers ensured Joe Vagana got the perfect send-off in what is likely to be his last game at Odsal.
After his death, special operations troops from the United States and Australia lined up to give him his final send-off from Afghanistan.
His mother Maggie Kirkness said it was the send-off her son wanted.
It was not the send-off we'd have liked to give him but he's been great and we'd like to thank him very much.
But one thing's for sure, she'll get a great send-off and it'll be a great platform for her on which to bow out.
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If you are visiting Phuket specifically for the festival, you will not want to miss the closing ceremony - the final send-off to the gods.
The party, at the end of the summer term, was a send-off for Keith Marden, head teacher at Sherwood Park Community Primary in Tunbridge Wells.
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While some supporters want her to be given a state funeral, others have questioned whether she merits a send-off on par with that of Diana's.
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Winning the 'salad bowl' is a fitting send-off for coach Felix Magath, who was overseeing his final game in charge before joining Schalke next season.
Startle.com found the best ways to circle the globe ranging from tours with celebrity cameos, lavish send-off parties and private jets to do-it-yourself multi-stop plane deals.
"To win the Grand Final in your last game is a massive send-off and he thoroughly deserves it because he puts his heart and soul into the game, " said Senior.
Topping off the list is Daniel Powter, whose hit "Have a Bad Day, " was used as the send-off song on the fifth season of "American Idol, " making it the biggest single of 2006.
Indeed, I rather suspect that Churchill's funeral was at the back of Lady Thatcher's mind when she considered the arrangements for her own send-off, not least because Churchill was one of her great heroes.
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After a send-off ceremony in Tokyo, about 30 members of the ground force were expected to leave for southeastern Iraq, where they will act as scouts for a force that could include up to 1, 000 troops.
In the final year of the Big East before it splits into two new conferences, Louisville and Syracuse provided a fitting send-off to a league that quickly became a basketball powerhouse after it was founded in 1979.
When Strauss sensed that he was near the end of his 85 years after all the hype, the tussles with Nazis and the destruction of WWII his music turned introspective, and he composed a sublime song for a send-off.
For the past three weeks, the Ravens' playoff run has been almost solely viewed through the prism of Ray Lewis's delayed retirement, and while the 37-year-old perennial All-Pro and team motivator is entitled to a proper send-off, he's been allowed to eat the scenery.
If the Serb is to provide his perfect send-off for Gencic by winning Roland Garros for the first time - and thus become only the eighth man to achieve the career grand slam - he must first beat Tommy Haas, who is also chasing history.
So, as elsewhere in the region, thousands of the better-off send their children overseas to study.
In Cuba itself, the stand-off is a Marx-send, an opium of the people.
Hanlon, given an unfamiliar right-back role, was quickly under pressure as a result, with David Templeton stepping inside the naturally left-sided defender to send a low drive off the outside of the far post then powering another long-range effort wide.
The college credits will do little to boost attendance, since they will mostly go to well-off households who send their kids to college anyway.
He found labs willing to extract DNA from the glass and amplify it, producing enough DNA to send off to a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company.
The Dutchman took a pass first time on the edge of the box, then turned instantly to send a right-foot shot crashing off the bar.
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