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Is your own mental chatter getting in the way of you posting content?Look, it happens.The fear of rejection can be crippling.But sometimes your 'stupid ideas' can get a lot of traction with your audience. That happened to me this week.And it caught me completely off guard. I saw my audience get excited over my 'stupid idea'...I had to pounce on that opportunity to turn it something cool, and get those people onto my email list.This episode shows the process I went through from idea to a hot lead magnet in less than 48 hours.___________________________And if you'd like a copy of that new freebie spoke about today...'The 50 Best Email Subject Lines To Rapidly Generate Content'Head over to >>>  https://julesdan.com/contentideas/__________________________Got a question about the show or interested in working with me?Shoot me an email  to  >>> support@julesdan.com 

'The second half of the third century AD saw Rome's military leadership embroiled in a deadly power struggle. Meanwhile, on the empire's frontiers, trouble was brewing...' The Ancient Warfare team discuss issue XIV.5 of Ancient Warfare magazine. If you're not already a patron of the podcast you can find us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast  

Today I am interviewing Omar L. Harris who is a former GM and Author with 20+ years global pharma executive experience.   Omar shares that servant leadership gets better results since it considers the people of the organisation, and by investing and considering people first we create organisations where people feel valued and therefore will commit and perform better for the company. Omar shares from his experience of 20 years in the pharma industry along with current business as a coach and leadership expert for organisations. Omar has written a book on this matter called 'The servant leaders manifesto', I encourage you to take a read.   Watch the interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLXx9HCl81A   Connect with Omar: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarlharris/ Website: http://www.intentconsultants.co/ Email: oharris33@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/strengthsleader   If you want support in helping your organisation thrive, do get in contact with me: https://www.julianrobertsconsulting.com  

Pastor Stuart Keir concluded our 'Life' series with a great message titled 'The final garden'. You can also watch this message by visiting our website or YouTube channel.

Described by one listener as "show of the month", Author of 'Women who walk' and 'The winding road to Portugal' Louise Ross joins us on the Good Morning Portugal! show.Hilarious, upsetting and inspirational for sure, join us for an insight into the 40 interviews she's conducted and written from in her wonderful books, for sale here: www.louiseross.com---Carl 'Your man in Portugal' Munson is available for one-to-one consultations as part of Expats Portugal's Ask Our Expats team - https://expatsportugal.com/ask-our-expats-portugal/ABOUT EXPATS PORTUGALWe are an online community-driven website and forum offering help and advice to the English speakers already living in Portugal or planning to move here. We have been servicing our community since 2005. You will find articles, member benefits, real estate advice, events and more.Visit our site: https://expatsportugal.comSupport us by becoming a Premium Member: https://expatsportugal.com/upgrade/To be kept up to date with future webinars visit: https://expatsportugal.com/calendar-whats-on/View our forum: https://expatsportugal.com/community/Check out our English-friendly business directory: https://expatsportugal.com/business-directory/Proud to use Streamyard - https://streamyard.com?pal=4668289695875072

To steal a phrase from the movie Vanilla Sky, when actor Jason Lee says, 'The sweet is never as sweet, without the sour' he could also be referring to the ups and downs of being a coach. We love it when we're hitting the ball out of the park on those sweet working days when you and your client make incredible breakthroughs. But then there is the sour. The days when we're just not feeling it. Or worse, we think maybe we shouldn't be coaches at all, the self-doubt has crept in, and it just won't go away. On the sour days, maybe we say ‘screw it.’ Well, not today Satan. It's time for a little Pep Talk. Today I discuss those horrible bad days in running your coaching business and what you can do to address the dip in your mood or client results. I look at our enemy Mr. Imposter Syndrome and advise you on how to silence his noise with a little revision into your previous client successes. I remind you to take out your licensed tools, whether they be those of Profit First, Book Yourself Solid, or Robbins-Madanes, and ask you to refresh your mind with why these methods work for you. I also ask you to check yourself and examine if this lousy day – or days- is with one client or several clients and what I think it means regarding your velvet rope policy or coaching mindset in general. "If you don't believe that you can get it, why is that? Is it because you're listening to the Imposter Syndrome speaking in your brain?" – Jos Willard "Sometimes it's that you misread the client. When you brought them in, you don't have a red velvet rope policy in place, and you're taking money from people that you shouldn't be taking money from because they're not the kind of person that you do your best work with" – Jos Willard "What are sessions that you have gone through that have been effective? When have you been at your best? Think back to that and describe for yourself everything around that." – Jos Willard "Sometimes you have those days, but you want to minimize those days. And what I have managed to do for myself in order to help me minimize those days is exactly what I've laid out here." – Jos Willard This week on Profit For Coaches: Why you should keep a record of your positive work results Testimonials and why you should get that great feedback from your best clients Why you should brush up on your licensed IP's tools How to address a crisis of self-confidence Why it might be your choice of client causing a bad day The FREE eBook you can access today Resources Mentioned: Book: Profit First Book Yourself Solid Robbins-Madanes                           Connect with Jos Willard: Profit For Coaches Website Jos Willard on LinkedIn Jos Willard on Twitter Jos Willard on Instagram The Four Must-Haves for a Profitable Coaching Practice I want to make sure that the time you invest here is profitable. And the best way to do that is to make sure you grab a copy of the free eBook The Four Must-Haves for a Profitable Coaching Practice. It's absolutely free, it's worth every penny. It outlines the four areas that every profitable coaching practice on the planet has in common.  And thus, they're the four things that you must have nailed down in your coaching practice if you want it to be consistently profitable. So if you want an easy to understand very specific tool that makes it crystal clear where to be focusing your attention in your practice, and what you can safely ignore to ensure that your practice is consistently profitable and supports the life that you want to be living go to: Profitforcoaches.com and download your copy of The Four Must Haves for a Profitable Coaching Practice today.

This week we review 'The 8th Doctor Adventures #4.2: Situation Vacant' from Big Finish and 'The Thirteenth Doctor Vol. 2: Hidden Human History' from Titan Comics

Welcome to the Idries Shah Foundation podcast, practical psychology for today. This weekly podcast features selections from Idries Shah books, as well as original recordings. It has been made available by The Idries Shah Foundation, and is voiced by David Ault. This episode features selections of Oriental Magic, by Idries Shah. Oriental Magic is recognised as a brilliant study of how, what and why people think, in territories extending from North Africa to Japan. Profusely illustrated, the book is the product of years of research and field-work in a dozen different cultural regions. Its scholarly accuracy and genuine contribution to cultural understanding have made it a key text for anyone interested in informal beliefs, and esoteric practices. The work includes material on Indian alchemy, the Arabian Abjad system, on divination and talismanic charms, and it even contains an ancient Brahmin spell for immortality. 'The main purpose of my books on magic was to make this material available to the general reader. For too long people believed that there were secret books, hidden places, and amazing things. They held onto this information as something to frighten themselves with. So the first purpose was information. This is the magic of East and West. That's all. There is no more. T he second purpose of those books was to show that there do seem to be forces, some of which are either rationalised by this magic or may be developed from it, which do not come within customary physics or within the experience of ordinary people. I think this should be studied, that we should gather the data and analyse the phenomena. We need to separate the chemistry of magic from the alchemy, as it were.'

A travel agent called his rabbi the other day, asking if he was allowed to book a flight that was scheduled to leave on Shabbat for another Jew. The rabbi told him, although it would not violate the negative commandment of לפני עיור, because this potential customer could easily book the same flight elsewhere, however, there would be an issur d'rabanan of helping somebody else commit an avera . Yet, there are acharonim who hold that this prohibition does not apply to people who don't care about keeping the mitzvah. And therefore the rabbi concluded there is what to rely upon if he wanted to book that ticket, but he would recommend not to. The travel agent then said, "You mean, it would be like a Kiddush Hashem if I don't? I want to make sure I do everything in my business the way Hashem wants. The rabbi replied, "Yes, it would be a Kiddush Hashem, and don't worry, you'll never lose out on business by being careful to follow Halacha the best way. In fact, another man just called me a half an hour ago and told me a personal story." The rabbi continued, "He is a contractor, and told that he found a great home that he wanted to renovate and resell. It was a super deal. The real estate agent gave him her word that it was his for $675,000. The papers were finally in order, and the contract was ready to sign, but it was Chol Hamoed Sukkot . The contractor did not want to do business on Chol Hamoed. He told the real estate agent he wanted to wait until after the holiday to sign it. She replied that if he didn't sign right then and there, she would put it back in the market and surely the price would go up. 'This is a דבר האבד,' she added. 'It's a loss if you don't do it now. And therefore it's permissible to purchase, even on Chol Hamoed. " The contractor told her he wanted to honor Hashem, and be strict, especially since Chol Hamoed is treated lightly these days. She then told him, 'Okay, it's your loss.' And she put the house back on the market. Sure enough, the price did go up as a bidding war ensued, until it finally reached $810,000. After the holiday, she called the contractor and asked him if he wanted to beat that price or let it go. She added, 'You see if you would have listened to me and signed on Chol Hamoed , you would have gotten it for $675,000.' He told her, 'It's okay, let the other person take it for 810.' 'The real estate agent then told the owner of the home about all of the events, which transpired. The owner himself is a religious Jew. When he heard that the contractor refused to sign because of Chol Hamoed, he said, 'I'm very impressed with him. And I want him to have the house.' The real estate agent told him, 'That would mean you're foregoing $135,000.' The owner said, 'There are things that are more important than money. Nobody should lose for being strict on Halacha.' And with that, the contractor got the home for $675,000." He told the rabbi afterward, "I see this all the time. Nobody can take what's yours. If Hashem wants you to have something, you'll get it. And of course you'll never lose by following His will." When the rabbi told this story to the travel agent, the travel agent replied, "Thank you, Rabbi. That's just what I needed to hear. That story couldn't have come at a better time." This is the absolute truth. Hashem is in charge of our parnasa . If we do our best to go over and above to do His will, we'll only gain from it."

This can only be described as an appalling situation in the UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) and very much in the public's interest.72 Sqn flies the Texan T1 at RAF Valley, the same base that is home to 25 and IV Sqn (formerly IV Sqn) flying the Hawk T2.In 2012, I was a Flight Commander on IV Sqn which was going through an almost identical situation to that which is highlighted in this Defence Air Safety Occurrence Report (DASOR). I eventually managed to convince the boss to get an external Human Factors assessment done by the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine (RAF CAM) who came and conducted an Operational Event Analysis (a close look at flight safety). This led to the cessation of all student flying until I could train up my instructors who, as in this report, were not getting the flying currency and qualifications they required and were suffering from significant stress in the workplace.So, when the RAF tells me that they have learnt the lessons of UKMFTS during this time, this DASOR suggests otherwise.Personally, I don't believe the RAF and nor do a high number of service personnel pan-defence who sent me the same report. It doesn't seem like 'people are your greatest asset', here but it does help to clarify the RAF's retention issues.Lastly, for the author of this DASOR (who I do not know and did not send this to me), from an old grey bomber pilot - if you are taking flak, it usually means you are bang on target.(I informed the RAF that I was publishing this DASOR. This report is a Defence Air Safety Occurrence Report (DASOR) delivered through the Aviation Safety Information Management System (ASIMS) which states that 'The proactive reporting of air safety concerns by personnel from across the defence air environment (DAE) is fundamental in maintaining continual awareness of the risks facing our people.' - www.gov.uk)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/fast-jet-performance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Graham and Kate continue our Easter devotional series 'The week that changed the world' looking at Matthew 27:32-56

Isabella Bird travelled to the wildest places on earth, but at home in Britain she lay in bed, hardly able to write: 'an invalid at home and a Samson abroad'.In Japan she rode on a 'yezo savage' through foaming floods along unbeaten tracks, and was followed in the city by a crowd of a thousand, whose clogs clattered 'like a hailstorm' as they vied for a glimpse of the foreigner. She documented America before and after the Civil War and was deported from Korea with only the tweed suit she stood up in during a Japanese invasion. In China she was attacked with rocks and sticks and called a foreign dog, but she never gave up and went home. 'The prospect of the unknown has its charms.'Transformed by distant lands, she crossed raging floods, rode elephants, cows and yak, clung to her horse's neck as it clambered down cliff paths, slept on simple mats on the bare ground, unable to change out of wet clothes or get out of the searing heat.Her travels and the books she wrote about them show courage and tenacity, fuelled by a restless spirit and a love of nature. She is as unique now as she was thenSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/houseofmysteryradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andy Mayo continue our Easter devotional series 'The week that changed the world' looking at Matthew 26:17-30

It's a new direction for the podcast, where Paul will be looking deeper into what it means to be a World Game-Changer, and in this episode, the conversation is with Sally Hooper, who joins Paul to talk about unsung heroes, and how we can be the best version of ourselves. KEY TAKEAWAYS In every corner of life, there is always someone who give of themselves selflessly, even in smaller ways. These people help to make the world a better place. Every deed we do fulfils some need within us at some point or another. We are all working to fill, selfishly or not, one of the basic human needs. Unless we can be there for ourselves first, we cannot hope to be able to help others effectively. We must make sure our needs are met, then we can fulfil the needs of the world. Life is a constant form of practice that allows us to become the best version of ourselves possible. The more we live, the more practice we get. BEST MOMENTS 'Within life, we all know someone we class as an unsung hero' 'The world is littered with unsung heroes. If you haven't found any then you need to open your eyes a bit bigger' 'The highest human need is contribution' 'You need to work on your habits and behaviours as a parent before you can expect that improvement to transition to your kids' VALUABLE RESOURCES Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272 Paul’s Story: Emerging From The Forest (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Emerging-Forest-Pain-Purpose-Mastering/dp/1719373272 Mastering The Game Of Life Book (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679 Mastering The Game Of Life Book (USA): https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Game-Life-Paul-Lowe/dp/1782227679 Speaking From Our Hearts Books: Volumes 1-3 (Available on Amazon) World Game-Changers Group Sally is an author, career educator, and a champion for children. As an educational & behavioral consultant, she has worked with dozens of school districts since the mid-90’s, helping them integrate principles of Applied Behavior Analysis into classrooms. Sally also works privately for families, equipping parents with effective, evidence-based strategies, and helping them optimize their parenting skills to get back to enjoying time together. With 28 years of experience working in the field of autism and special education, her approach has remained simple – she believes in maintaining a positive mindset, creating partnerships with a purpose, and always striving for significant outcomes for children. Currently, Sally contracts privately with both school districts and families across the country through her company – Dynamic Behavior Solutions. She’s especially enjoying helping families with “neurotypical” little ones who just need some extra help getting back on track behaviorally. www.dynamicbehaviorsolutions.com ABOUT THE HOST Paul has made a remarkable transformation from existing for many years in dark, desperate despair; to now living a really healthy, happy and fulfilling life. From an early age, he was in the vice-like clutches of the demon drink and constantly embroiled within a dark cocktail of toxic beliefs, self-hate and destructive violence. Along with his empathetic and dedicated team of world-class coaches and mentors, Paul’s purpose is deeply transformational: Developing World Game-Changers… He is extremely passionate about helping others to find their purpose, have a voice and ultimately, make a real difference.   This has been built on a long and distinguished history of heart-centred coaching and mentoring.  He has also been responsible for raising significant amounts of funds for many charities and good causes around the world; positively impacting and inspiring thousands of children – mainly from challenging backgrounds – within the UK & worldwide. Through this World Game-Changers podcast and books, he has been involved in – including being a best-selling co-author – Paul also helps others to get their own inspirational messages and stories out into the world; as well as offering support to many charitable organisations, in their development & fund-raising. CONTACT METHODS Tel: +44 (0) 7958 042 155 E-mail: Paul@Paul-Lowe.com Web: https://www.Paul-Lowe.com Web: https://www.WorldGameChangers.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IamPaulLowe/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-d-lowe-7a78332a/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Por fin llega 'The secret of Monkey Island' a la portada de MicroManía y a RetroManía30. Un juego al que le dedicamos buena parte del programa y que analizamos con mucho rigor y criterio, o quizás no tanto, pero eso solo lo sabrán los más pacientes. Iniciamos el análisis de la revista en el minuto 35, comentando el MegaJuego 'Zona 0', ¿de dónde sacarían esa idea local de las motos de luz? A partir de ahí, Navy Seals, todo un favorito de Andreu, Wings of Fury, un favorito de Jesús, y nuestras queridas Game Boys con Bugs Bunny y Batman. Luego saltamos a más Nintendo, con Super Mario Bros 2, pero tranquilos, os prometemos que no habrá más Nintendo hasta el próximo programa y por una razón de peso. Acabamos el programa con el camarada @jgonza_, el mejor de todos los Jack Ryan, con permiso de Jim, James Kirk y Han Solo (¿o era Indiana Jones?), que desactiva la amenaza nuclear en su longplay del mes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlP2Wbu7qQo Enlace a MicroManía#35: https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-35

'Something that actually stops you dead in your tracks and makes you think, we need to do something about what we've just heard.' 'The conversation revealed that she was really shocked that this is what people took from her words and she said: I'm not hearing myself.' Pam O'Connell and Sarah Te One discuss critical conversations and real-life examples from their teaching experiences and how they dealt with them using their experiences of the frameworks.

Amanda Gorman på dansk - Ved Joe Bidens indsættelse som præsident bjergtog hun tv-seerne med sit digt rundet af spoken word-traditionen. I dag udkommer Amanda Gormans digt 'The hill we climb' på dansk som 'Bjerget vi bestiger'. Og det skal nok blive en bestseller. Derfor har vi været i boghandlen, der gerne skal have den lille bog frem på de forreste hylder, og så har vi talt med en litterat, der vurderer, om den danske oversættelse har kunnet bevare originalens schwung. Industriens kulturtiltag - Dansk Industri har lavet en 12-punkts-plan, der blandt andet handler om, hvordan vi får sparket gang i kulturlivet med genåbningen. Lavere moms på restauranter og hoteller og et oplevelsesfradrag ala håndværkerfradraget er med i værktøjskassen. Men er det overhovedet realistisk, når forslagene rammer Christiansborg? Vi tager en rundgang til partiernes kulturpolitiske ordførere. Det nordiske sprog - Vi bliver stadigt dårligere til at forstå hinanden i Norden. Selvom dansk, svensk og norsk er tæt på hinanden sprogligt, så glider lysten og evnerne til at tale sammen på nordisk længere væk fra hinanden. For vi kan jo alle sammen engelsk... men det går ud over meget mere end sproget, det rammer hele vores sammenhold. Vi tager temperaturen på de nordiske sprog og ser på, hvordan samarbejdet går i f.eks. produktionen af fælles nordiske tv-serier. Værter: Tore Leifer og Jesper Dein.

The Buzz: The first modern ‘detective story’ is considered to be The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe. First published in the April 1841 issue of Graham’s Magazine, the short story is about an amateur detective who sets out to solve the murders of a mother and daughter within a locked room of their apartment. (https://www.biblio.com/blog/2020/01/a-brief-history-of-mystery-books/#) The first mystery novel: Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White (1859). The Moonstone (1868): the first detective novel. The Woman in White is a gripping tale of murder, madness and mistaken identity that is so beloved it has never been out of print. The Moonstone set the standards for the detective novel formula – an enormous diamond is stolen from a Hindu temple and resurfaces at a birthday party in an English manor, and with numerous narrators and suspects, the story weaves through superstitions, romance, humor and suspicion to solve the puzzle. According to MasterClass.com, “When it comes to twenty-first century Americans’ tastes in fiction, few genres sell better than crime, mystery, and thriller…gripping, suspenseful, and full of intrigue until the very end. They routinely top New York Times bestseller lists, and many spawn larger series, leaving enthralled readers eager for each new book…Crime novels focus on a criminal who must be apprehended. Mystery novels on the question of who committed a particular crime. Thriller novels on suspense, dread, and the fear of a future crime. Let’s look at trends. * CrimeRead.com: “AJohn Thibault continuing golden age of women writing spy fiction, a new surge of rural noirs…a panoply of evil twins, clones, and doubles…an influx of temps and new mothers…the gothic revival continues.” * NovelSuspects.com: “Where the digital world truly delivers is among the elite hackers competing to crack the world’s most secure systems.” * BestScienceFictionBooks.com: “'The mystery' meets 'science fiction', a blend of genres…'Mystery Science Fiction'…'Noir Science Fiction'…’Detective Science Fiction'.” We’ll ask novelists John Thibault, Matt Cost, and Chris Wheatley and publisher Eddie Vincent for their take on The Future of Mystery Writers: Can They Keep Thrilling Us?

'The cure for writer's block lies in recognising our errors and rectifying them; working creatively to solve problems.'The cure for writer's block lies in recognising our errors and rectifying them. After all, as inventors of plots, we spend our lives working creatively to solve problems. The post Leigh Russell appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

Chris and Emily continue our Easter devotional series 'The week that changed the world' looking at Matthew 26:6-13

Sharon Betters and Susan Hunt join me to talk about Aging with Grace in an anti-aging culture.  We discuss Psalm 92, healthy rhythms women can establish to help as their bodies slow down, and the value of investing in younger and older women. Questions on Aging and God's Word Discussed During Our Conversation: (5:11) What do you mean when you say, aging with grace? (12:57) How would you encourage women in their 40's-50's to appreciate and press into what comes with the agingprocess? (18:46) What are some healthy rhythms and practices women can establish now that will help them continue to agewith grace as their bodies slow down? (26:12) Let's say a woman is listening who is 50-65 and they are in a season of helping their aging parents, spouses, and/or personal health declines.  The exhaustion is real and so is the sadness.  What would you say to encourage those women? cont. Aging with Grace  Episode Quotes to Remember: Susan: "The reality is, there's no way to stop aging. The wrinkles and the weakness will come. So if youthfulness is our goal, first of all, that's a pretty shallow goal, but it will also disappoint us terribly. But the gospel offers something so much bigger, so much better, something that's eternal." "In Psalm 92, God holds before us, a remarkable promise, a vision for aging. Let me read verses 12 to 14, 'The righteous flourish, like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon, they are planted in the house of the Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God, they still bear fruit, in old age, they're ever full of sap and green'." Sharon:  "I started thinking about what it means to grow in grace. It was a seed that was planted and there would be other events that would start nourishing it and growing it, but it was there in my heart I had to make a choice which one was I going to be a life giver or a life taker? I'm so thankful for those life giving women way back then to this little young girl." "Each loss is a reminder that we don't belong here. When we're God's children, when we know Him through Jesus, we are on our way Home. And so each loss is a memory of that and that can drive us to the cross." Resources Mentioned: Book: Aging with Grace by Sharon W. Betters & Susan Hunt Aging With Grace Free Resources Westminster Catechism Book: Spiritual Mothering by Susan Hunt Related Episodes: 104: Susie Rowan | Bible Study Fellowship, Executive Director 84: Sandy Cullum | When Your Faith Walk Changes 66: Tim & Darcy Kimmel | The Influence of A Grandparent SHOW NOTES cont. Connect with Sharon and Susan at agingwithgrace.online ----------------------------------------------- Follow Grace Enough Podcast on IG and FB and www.graceenoughpodcast.com ------------------------------------------------

Andy Diggins continues our Easter devotional series 'The week that changed the world' looking at Matthew 21:12-17

In this week's episode Dean dives back in for part 2 of Lessons from the classroom.  This week Dean finishes the 2 week series with life more life changing stories told from the classroom.  These stories are life changing to not only the students but the instructors as well!To see Dean's live class schedule, visit www.LHLN.orgTo buy Dean's new book "Essential leadership lessons from the thin blue line", visit our website www.lhln.org or any of your favorite retail suppliers.Make sure the subscribe so you do not miss any episode.  Until next time, SHARE THE GROWTH!

This week, Simon talks about the Buy-To-Let strategy, and asks the thought-provoking question of whether it might be soon consigned to history. The answer may surprise you... KEY TAKEAWAYS Buy-To-Let is a general term that encompasses a few different strategies in property investment. In essence, it is the practice of buying a property with the intention of leasing that property to a renter in some way. It's important as property investors, to diversify the strategies you use when it comes to your portfolio. Relying on strategy alone can be risky, especially if the market or certain regulations change. Generally apartments are leasehold and houses are freehold, so if someone has an apartment, then there will be more costs associated. Over the last few years, there have been an increasing number of changes, such as Section 24, which came in April 2017, and caused a fundamental change in the way that property investors are taxed. BEST MOMENTS 'I want to stimulate your thinking around this, so that you can come up with your own conclusions' 'You should have different types of property in different areas' 'There has been a real boom in demand for houses with outdoor space' 'The type of accommodation people want to live will vary depending on their age and circumstances' VALUABLE RESOURCES Property Magic: How to Buy Property Using Other People's Time, Money and Experience by Simon Zutshi To find your local pin meeting visit: www.PinMeeting.co.uk and use voucher code PODCAST to attend you first meeting as Simon's guest (instead of paying the normal £20). iphone:  http://bit.ly/pinAPP1 Android https://bit.ly/pinAPP2 Register at Mindset For Property at - www.mindsetforproperty.co.uk  ABOUT THE HOST Simon Zutshi, experienced investor, successful entrepreneur and best-selling author, is widely recognised as one of the top wealth creation strategists in the UK. Having started to invest in property in 1995 and went on to become financially independent by the age of 32. Passionate about sharing his experience, Simon founded the property investor’s network (pin) in 2003 www.pinmeeting.co.uk.    pin has since grown to become the largest property networking organisation in the UK, with monthly meetings in 50 cities, designed specifically to provide a supportive, educational and inspirational environment for people like you to network with and learn from other successful investors. Since 2003, Simon has taught thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners how to successfully invest in a tax-efficient way.  How to create additional streams of income, give them more time to do the things they want to do and build their long-term wealth. Simon’s book “Property Magic” which is now in its sixth edition, became an instant hit when first released in 2008 and remains an Amazon No 1 best-selling property book. Simon launched his latest business, www.CrowdProperty.com, in 2014, which is an FCA Regulated peer to peer lending platform to facilitate loans between private individuals and property professionals. CONTACT METHOD Contact and follow Simon here: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialSimonZutshi  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonzutshi/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SimonZutshiOfficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonzutshi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonzutshi/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rui and Becky Domigues start our Easter devotional series entitled 'The week that changed the world' looking at Matthew 21:1-11

The Confident Women Leaders series continues with a conversation with Alison Tansey, the co-founder of Simply Brilliance, in which Alison discusses her path to business success, the values she adheres to, and where her passions lie in the business landscape. KEY TAKEAWAYS You don't always find your groove by working in a job. Sometimes you have to take a risk in order to find fulfilment. We identify the business needs of others by sometimes identifying the needs of ourselves. Looking at what's missing for us, can show us the missing piece for everyone else. Life is far too short to be serious for too long. Bringing a sense of fun and humanity to business helps to make jobs more inspiring. Using devices to learn, instead of the more traditional ways of reading, is changing, slowly, the ways in which our brains work. BEST MOMENTS 'I'm a bit of an accidental entrepreneur' 'I had to get somebody quick, they had to be great, and there was no way of doing it' 'The aspiration is to have suppliers from every aspect of HR' 'You need to get it, and understand what works and what doesn't'  VALUABLE RESOURCES Business Problems Solved Podcast       Alison Tansey - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisontansey/?originalSubdomain=uk Simply Brilliance - https://www.simplybrilliance.com ABOUT THE HOST For the last 15 years, I have been a multi-sector internal or external business improvement consultant, building the improved capability of individuals, teams and businesses. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my two young children Jack & India. I also enjoy listening to and reading business & personal development material. Lee Houghton is “THE Business Problem Solver”, a Management Consultant, CX Specialist and Keynote Speaker. CONTACT METHOD You can contact Lee Houghton on 07813342194 Lee@leehoughton.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lhoughton/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 THOUGHTS OF TREASURE TO PONDER ON. 1. IT IS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOU CONFESS FOR SALVATION. SALVATION IN CHRIST HAS TO DO WITH EVERYTHING THAT JESUS DID FOR US ON THE CROSS. Romans 10:10). 2. YOU CANNOT BE SAVED WITHOUT CONFESSING THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS. BELIEVING ONLY IS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE EVEN DEMONS BELIEVE. IT IS BY CONFESSION THAT YOU ARE CATAPULTED TO SALVATION. Roman 10:9, James 2:19). 3. DECLARE BOLDLY THAT YOU ARE SAVED IF YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS. DECLARE YOU HAVE HIS LIFE AND DECLARE THAT HIS POWER IS WORKING FOR YOU. Philimon 1:6). 4. DON'T BE IN CONFLICT WITH YOUR CONFESSION. DON'T CONFESS DEATH, LACK IRRESPECTIVE OF HOW YOU FEEL. STAY ON TRACK AND SPEAK ONLY LIFE. Proverbs 18:21) 5. SPEAK IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD. WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING IN CONSENT WITH GOD, IT WORKS FOR YOU. IF GOD SAYS, YOU ARE SAVED, SAY I AM SAVED, IF GOD SAYS HE IS WITH YOU, SAY GOD IS WITH ME. Amos 3:3, Matthew 28:20,Deu 7:14). 6. THE POWER IS IN YOUR MOUTH AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE JUSTIFIED. YOU WILL HAVE WHAT YOU SAY. Matthew 12:37, Prov 18:21, Mark 11:23). 7. BY IMPLICATION OF THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT, IF HE IS LORD OVER YOUR, BODY, LIFE, MIND, EVERYTHING WILL BE IN ORDER. John 8:12) AFFIRMATION. I believe and therefore I Speak. I am blessed in my going out and in my coming in. I am the head and not the tail. I have an excellent mind and I deal wisely with the affairs of life for Christ is my wisdom and my life. I am like a tree planted by the streams of water, my leaves are green and everything I do prospers. I am forever blessed in this life in Jesus Name. Amen. FURTHER QUOTES. For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.' There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved." Acts 4:11 to 12)

Commentator Deroy Murdock, besides being a Fox News regular and a contributing editor at National Review Online, is a senior fellow with the London Center for Policy Research.Murdock joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to share his journey to conservatism, how he got started in journalism, and what he thinks conservatives can do better to reach the black community."I think the primary thing that conservatives need to do to reach black Americans is make the effort," Murdock says, adding:I think that there is a certain hesitancy to do so. I don't think it's malicious. I just think there's a sense pretty well among white conservatives, [of] 'Well, we don't know what to say to them and we don't know quite the language and maybe there'll be upset.'The best thing to do is knock on the doors, go to the black churches, go to the black businesses, go to the black schools, whatever it is, and talk about these ideas and why they're good for America and why they're good for black Americans.We also cover these stories:President Biden holds his first official press conference over two months since taking office.The CEO’ of Facebook, Twitter, and Google testify before a House committee.Republican senators introduce legislation to end child trafficking at the border. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to another edition of PGCE Research Bites! Once again, we've given a PGCE student 30 minutes to tell us about some research that's benefited his own practice and informed the work of his placement school. This week, Matthew Green from PGCE music talks about feedback in music. Always a knotty subject, he's looking specifically at how this can be done in a blended learning environment. Matthew discusses six academic sources in detail and explains how they informed his conclusions and recommendations. Matthew has very kindly made his infographic available if you'd like to view it - just click here! Matthew's six pieces of academic literature are: Hattie, J. and Timperley, H. (2007) 'The Power of Feedback', Review of Educational Research, 77(1), pp. 81-112. Wiliam, D. (2016) 'The secret of effective feedback', Educational Leadership, 73(7), pp. 10-17.   Christodoulou, D. (2020) Teachers vs Tech? The case for an ed tech revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   Clark, R., Mayer, R. (2016) 'Does Practice Make Perfect?', in E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning, Fourth edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 284-310. Philpott, C., Evans, K. (2016) 'Assessment in music education', in Cooke, C., Evans, K., Philpott, C., Spruce, G. (ed.) Learning to Teach Music in the Secondary School, Third Edition, Abingdon: Oxon: Routledge, pp. 194-209. Hatch, E. (2020) 'Going Beyond “It Sounds Good”: Developing Student Capacity to Give Meaningful Feedback', General Music Today, 33(3), pp. 29-35. doi:10.1177/1048371319892241 (Accessed: 16 November 2020).

'The art world has been set abuzz by this, the Tate’s latest instalment, bizarrely one they only knew about when they opened the doors this morning. Entitled Man In Limbo, the anonymous piece is a sculpture of a man suspended in a transparent resin block...' A huge and wonderful cast joins Arthur McBain and Owen Jenkins for this instalment of At Your Peril. 'Man In Limbo' was written by associate writer Chris Jamieson. Introducing guest voices; Olivier award winner Richard Gadd, BBC Proms' Vikki Stone, Emma Ballantine, Grace Dunne, Annice Boparai, Shannon Rewcroft, Anthony Illot and Chris Jamieson. Intro theme voiced by Oliver Britten.

'The' Eddie Scozzare found himself in a bit of a 'drop zone' if you will, during Thursday's highly anticipated 'Moment of the Day', even surprising Gio a bit with some of his magic.  Enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Peter Kim, SVP of Sales at Relativity In this episode, we cover: What Peter's nine-month stint at ride-sharing company Scoop Technologies taught him about the importance for sales leaders to have 'personal passion.' (7:02) ... Peter's experience working as a sales leader at LinkedIn during the company's early stages. (11:50) ... The Skill vs. Potential Scale: How Peter evaluates new talent when building a team. (16:52) ... 'The experiential game film': Why Peter looks at a person's past experiences with adversity to gauge potential. (23:46) ... How Peter's current company, Relativity, is streamlining the collection, processing and review of legal evidence. (26:37) ... Methods for building a productive and people-centric sales culture as a leader. (32:07) ... The importance for leaders to establish 'first principles' before making decisions. (37:57) ... Embracing vulnerability to become a more authentic leader. (43:15) ... How Peter defines grit. (47:32)

Sports In Depth With,Dr.M.Lee Doc Stanley Sr.,and on this segment he is joined by, NFL-Ed  is an in depth informative educational and historical look at the world of sports,on his renowned and legendary award winning,radio show,Sports In Depth. Di-versing from both a daily and historical perspective,bringing also both an in depth look and perspective not only on the sports of our times, but too,of the players and performers of the said events, both now and of yesteryear. Sports In Depth ,AKA SID, also brings us the unique strategies of sports from an intellectual prospective. Not just athletics because as it takes raw GOD given talent and conditioning it too takes a GOD blessed mind fueled with passion, determination,intellect and a belief of competing and accomplishing too. And with the in depth knowledge and diverse intellect, of Doc's iconic posse,Sports In Depth is too, the world in Depth.On this segment we say Happy Birthday to my granddaugher the lovely and intellgent,Ms. Kayla Linton now a teenager at 13.Grand nephew and intellect,already a teenager,now 15 Master Majesty Stanley.Long time friend and renowned musician,Mr.Palmer Lampkin.Our own tech and video man,my nephew too,Charles Big C Charry.And teacher of our youth the lovely Ms.Vickie The Vick Figueroa. Thanks for joining us once again,where we always, Rope the Rumors,Hog tie the Issues and Brand the Truth. *TRUST*IN*GOD* ''Most people go to church looking to get somethingback from GOD in return,like GOD owes them'' ''What some people call and consider junk,other people call a jewel.'' ''The need of you is one thing,the want and desire of you both another. The getting of all three a blessing.''  Doc Stanley's Words Of Wit,Wisdom And Truth'AKA Julius LugWegi's Words Of Wealth

Último episódio de temática romântica do HotMix Club, transmitido no Valentine Day.TRACKLIST:La Bouche - Be My Lover (Discotech Remix)Nicki French - Did You Ever Really Love Me (Dazzling Diamond Mix)Dj Sammy - HeavenLasgo - PrayPeter Luts & Dominico - What a Feeling (The Hitmen Remix)Klauss - Say I Little Prayer For YouDee Dee - ForeverBarcera - Secret Of LoveBarry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe (Groovefunkel Remix)Live 2 Love - Spending My Time ON AIR:Rádio Comunitária CPA FM - 105,9 MHz - Cuiabá/MTSexta, 22h | Sábado, 22h25 - GMT-4 (Horário da Amazônia)www.radiocpafm.amaisouvida.com.br/ Rádio FM Tibau - 104.9 MHz - Tibau/RNSábado, 19h - GMT-3 (Horário de Brasília)www.fmtibau.com.br Rádio Comunitária Itaquera - 87,5 MHz - São Paulo/SPSábado, 21h | Domingo, 21h - GMT-3 (Horário de Brasília)http://rcitaquera.com.br/ Rádio Ipanema Comunitária - 87,9 MHz - Porto Alegre/RSSábado, 21h - GMT-3 (Horário de Brasília)http://www.ipanemacomunitaria.com.br Rádio Acácia - 87,9 MHz - Alvorada/RSDomingo, 20h - GMT-3 (Horário de Brasília)http://www.acaciafm.com.br/ Agente Oficial:MaYa Tourhttp://www.instagram.com/mayatour_

In today’s Coffee with Rhadi, Dr. Ferguson discusses 'The dilemma of Righteousness and “Raggedyness”'. Sometimes in life, all we need is to hear the right words at the right time. This episode is about judging yourself before judging others. Coffee with Rhadi gives you that opportunity to jump-start your life and your day in the right way. Please enjoy today’s issuance, ’The dilemma of Righteousness and “Raggedyness”’. Please visit: www.CoffeeWithRhadi.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Coffeewithrhadi/?ref=br_rs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffeewithrhadi www.youtube.com/channel/UCCeRmAFATZ9y1Tq2Xv0t_SQ?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 #coffeewithrhadi #rhadi #rhadiferguson #family #olympian #quotes #motivationalquotes #inspirationalquotes #motivationalquote #lifequotes #quotesdaily #motivationquotes #motivation100 #keepgrowing #hustle247 #successdiaries #successsecrets #successtip #motivationvideo #motivatingquotes #successprinciples #millionairegentleman #successgoals #motivation302 #successadict #mindsetreset #repurpose

On today's episode, Garrick Hileman, Head of Research at Blockchain.com, reads his article 'The future doesn't look like Robinhood'. The article covers why disgust over GameStop’s trading shut down will accelerate DeFi adoption and how you can gain DeFi investment exposure. Read the article here: https://medium.com/blockchain/the-future-doesnt-look-like-robinhood-793e70b1dcd2

A friend of Katie's recently sent her an article about human combustion, knowing that she would immediately take to the internet in pursuit of evidence of this infrequently reported, but wholeheartedly bizarre so-called phenomenon. The article, entitled 'The mysterious case of people how burst into flames for no reason' was clickbait, and boy did she take the bait. In this episode, Katie and Elissa talk about SHC (that's what the scientists call it), the very few supposed cases and causes, and pontificate whether it really is possible to... well... spontaneously combust. Mentioned articles and sources: The Fall of Armie Hammer: A Family Saga of Sex, Money, Drugs, and Betrayal (Vanity Fair, March 2021) The Great Kentucky Meat Shower mystery unwound by projectile vulture vomit (Scientific American, December 2014) Explaining the #Bingate Controversy to America (PBS.org) Spontaneous Human Combustion: 5 apparent instances no one can explain (Surprisingly The Independent, but reads like a set of fables, November 2015) Is Spontaneous Human Combustion Real? (Britannica) Spontaneous Human Combustion: Facts & Theories (Live Science 2013)

In this episode we chat to Danny Callow, CEO of African Gold Group who are a Canadian exploration and development company with its focus on developing a gold platform in West Africa. Danny is a mining engineer by background and has worked across Africa for many years in many jurisdictions, so has a wealth of knowledge and experience. We discuss African Gold Group and what Mali is like as a mining jurisdiction, although overcoming and challenging the political and economic instability, corruption and the list goes on, and what many believe.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Mining is an industry in which knowledge and experience become essential components in rising through the ranks. We must put in the hard yards before we can tell others what to do. Mining as a pursuit has not really changed in its central concept, since its inception. Technology and advancements make it less hazardous, but we are still taking things from the ground. Working successfully is about working hard, but it is also about having fun wherever possible. Mining allows us to do this. The road network into Mali is a little rough. This makes logistics something of a challenge, including river crossings. But the infrastructure is getting better, which should make for more expedient work there. BEST MOMENTS 'Mining is one of the games where you have to learn the business from the ground up' 'This is an amazing industry' 'This is a tough industry that breeds tough people' 'The people of Mali value foreign investment and developing new mines in new regions' VALUABLE RESOURCES Dig Deep – The Mining Podcast on iTunes African Gold Group - https://www.africangoldgroup.com Danny Callow LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-callow-acsm-84516b168/?originalSubdomain=za ABOUT THE HOST Rob Tyson is an established recruiter in the mining and quarrying sector and decided to produce the “Dig Deep” The Mining Podcast to provide valuable and informative content around the mining industry. He has a passion and desire to promote the industry and the podcast aims to offer the mining community an insight to peoples experiences and careers covering any mining discipline, giving the listeners helpful advice and guidance on industry topics. Rob is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first world to third world countries from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia. We source, headhunt and discover new and top talent talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients organisation in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them develop their careers and business goals and objectives in this ever-changing marketplace. CONTACT METHOD rob@mining-international.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ www.mining-international.org https://twitter.com/MiningConsult https://www.facebook.com/MiningInternational.org https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69dGPS29lmakv-D7LWJg_Q?guided_help_flow=3 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maryam Naz and Harry Edwards return with the Squawka Talker Women's Football Podcast to highlight the inspirational story behind Chelsea's dominant Continental Cup win. Chelsea's quadruple train leaves the station... | START - 00:10:25'It's time to start putting some respect on Kerr's name.'The inspiration that is Fran Kirby | 00:10:25 - 00:19:22'She really did think something serious was happening and she spent a year just trying to pick up the pieces.' What's to come from Kirby and Chelsea this season?  | 00:19:30 - END'They're an absolute juggernaut at the moment, whether it's European or domestic games there is simply no stopping them...'

To support the ministry and get access to exclusive content, go to: http://patreon.com/logicalbiblestudy John 5: 17-30 - 'The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and all who hear it will live.' Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs: - 594 (in 'Jesus and Israel's faith in the One God and Saviour') - Jesus performed acts, such as pardoning sins, that manifested him to be the Saviour God himself (cf Jn 5:16-18). Certain Jews, who did not recognize God made man (cf Jn 1:14), saw in him only a man who made himself God (Jn 10:33), and judged him as a blasphemer. - 859 (in 'The Church is Apostolic') - Jesus unites them to the mission he received from the Father. As "the Son can do nothing of his own accord," but receives everything from the Father who sent him, so those whom Jesus sends can do nothing apart from him, from whom they received both the mandate for their mission and the power to carry it out (abbreviated). - 679 (in 'To Judge the Living and the Dead') - Christ is Lord of eternal life. Full right to pass definitive judgement on the works and hearts of men belongs to him as redeemer of the world. He "acquired" this right by his cross. the Father has given "all judgement to the Son". Yet the Son did not come to judge, but to save and to give the life he has in himself. By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love. - 1470 (in 'The Effects of this Sacrament') - In this sacrament, the sinner, placing himself before the merciful judgment of God, anticipates in a certain way the judgment to which he will be subjected at the end of his earthly life. For it is now, in this life, that we are offered the choice between life and death, and it is only by the road of conversion that we can enter the Kingdom, from which one is excluded by grave sin. In converting to Christ through penance and faith, the sinner passes from death to life and "does not come into judgment." - 635 (in 'Christ descended into Hell') - Christ went down into the depths of death so that "the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." Jesus, "the Author of life", by dying destroyed "him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and [delivered] all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage." Henceforth the risen Christ holds "the keys of Death and Hades", so that "at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth." - 1038 (in 'The Last Judgement') - The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust," will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man's] voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment" (abbreviated). - 612 (in 'The Agony at Gethsemani') - Like ours, his human nature is destined for eternal life; but unlike ours, it is perfectly exempt from sin, the cause of death (abbreviated). - 998 (in 'How do the dead rise?') - Who will rise? All the dead will rise, "those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment." - 574 (in 'Jesus and Israel') - 589 (in 'Jesus and Israel's faith in the One God and Saviour') - 1063 (in 'Amen') - 2824 (in 'Thy Will be done on earth as it is heaven') Got a Bible question? Send an email to logicalbiblestudy@gmail.com, and it will be answered in an upcoming episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/daily-gospel-exegesis/message

In today's episode, I discuss,The meanings of failure that have nothing to do with personal accomplishment.I ask if failure is really a lack of success?How failure is a misunderstood and misapplied wordI wonder what would happen if we replaced the word failure with something else?Why any task or action that doesn't work out as planned could be called a 'missed-take.'The difference between failure and choosing not to act.And how a Personal failure is a form of overwhelm in the form of fear or threat, not a lack of competence.

John J. Miller is joined by Matthew Spalding to discuss 'The 1776 Report,' which he co-edited.

Guest: Dave Justice, Chief Revenue Officer at PagerDuty In this episode, we cover: Dave's sales career before joining PagerDuty. (3:27) ... 'The platform for real-time work': What is PagerDuty? (12:09) ... Market opportunity and happy customers: Why Dave left Salesforce for PagerDuty. (14:44) ... The importance for leaders to rally an organization around a shared vision. (18:36) ... Go-to-market challenges: Learning how to articulate a product's business value to the customer. (22:17) ... Go-to-market opportunities: The 'virality' of PagerDuty's business model. (28:00) ... The value of listening to employees and customers before making decisions as a new leader in a company. (34:05) ... Why Dave believes leaders must own their own personal development and career. (37:28) ... Communication and empathy: How to successfully lead through a crisis. (40:05) ... How Dave defines grit. (48:45)

We are in the process of regime changing Belarus. In this episode, I prove it. Executive Producer: Nich Secord Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Episodes CD225: Targets of the Free Marketeers CD206: Impeachment: The Evidence CD190: A Coup for Capitalism CD176: Target Venezuela: Regime Change in Progress CD102: The World Trade Organization: COOL? CD068: Ukraine Aid Bill CD067: What Do We Want In Ukraine? Bills Omnibus 2021 Outline Bill Text DIVISION FF - OTHER MATTERS TITLE III - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROVISIONS SUBTITLE C - Support for Human Rights in Belarus Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2020 Sec. 322: Findings "Alyaksandr Lukashenka has ruled Belarus as an undemocratic dictatorship since the first presidential election in Belarus in 1994." "Subsequent presidential election in Belarus have been neither free nor fair..." In response to the 2006 presidential election, "Congress passed the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2006" 2006: President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13405 which authorized sanctions 2011: Senate Resolution 105 condemned the December 2010 elections in Belarus as illegitimate Repeatedly says, "The Government of Belarus, led illegally by Alyaksandr Lukashenka..." Accuses the government of conducting flawed elections, retribution against protestors, the suppression of the media, "a systematic campaign of harassment, repression, and closure of nongovernmental organizations", and pursuit of policies that make Belarus "subservient" to Russia by integrating into a "so called 'Union State' that is under the control of Russia". Accuses the government of arresting journalists, activists, and "3 leading presidential candidates" ahead of the August 2020 election. Accuses the government of conducting a fraudulent election on August 9, 2020, which reelected Alyaksandr Lukashenka and says the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada refuse to recognize Alyaksandr Lukashenka as the legitimate President of Belarus. The opposition candidate, Sviatlana Tsikhaouskaya fled to Lithuania in the days following the election, and from Lithuania, she "announced the formation of a Coordination Council to oversee... a peaceful transition of power..." The government of Belarus is accused of arresting journalists, including six who report for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Alyaksandr Lukashenka has requested security assistance from Russia, which Russia has promised to provide Sec. 323: Statement of Policy "To continue rejecting the invalid results of the fraudulent August 9, 2020 presidential election in Belarus..." "To continue supporting calls for new presidential and parliamentary elections..." "To refuse to recognize Alyaksandr Lukashenka as the legitimately elected leader of Belarus" "To not recognize any incorporation of Belarus into a 'Union State' with Russia..." "To continue calling for the fulfillment by the Government of Belarus of Belarus's freely undertaken obligations as an OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) participating state and as a signatory of the Charter of the United Nations" "To recognize the Coordination Council as a legitimate institution to participate in a dialogue on a peaceful transition of power." "To impose targeted sanctions, in coordination with the European Union and other international partners..." Sec. 324: Assistance to Promote Democracy, Civil Society, and Sovereignty in Belarus Authorizes "Belarusian groups outside of Belarus" to receive assistance Authorizes assistance to be used for "enhancing the development of the private section, particularly the information technology sector, and its role in the economy of Belarus, including by increasing the capacity of private sector actors..." Authorizes "such sums as may be necessary" for fiscal years 2021 and 2022. Sec. 325: International Broadcasting, Internet Freedom, and Access to Information in Belarus Gives the Biden administration's State Department 120 days to submit a strategy, with a cost estimate, for expanding radio, television, live stream, and social network broadcasting and communications in Belarus to provide news and information, to develop and deploy circumvention technologies to allow people in Belarus to communicate on the internet without interference from the government of Belarus, to monitor the cooperation between Belarus and other countries in regards to internet monitoring or censorship capabilities, and "build the capacity of civil society, media, and other nongovernmental organizations and organizations to identify, track, and counter disinformation." Part of this report can be classified Sec. 326: Sanctions Against the Government of Belarus Allows sanctions to be applied to "a member of any branch of the security or law enforcement services of Belarus...", or is "an official in the so-called 'Union State' between Russia and Belarus (regardless of nationality of the individual) and their family members. Articles/Documents Article: Institutional interest in bitcoin sets the latest bull run apart from 2017's retail-driven surge, Goldman's digital asset chief says, By Emily Graffeo, Business Insider, March 9, 2021 Article: The European Deterrence Initiative, By Candela FERNANDEZ GIL-DELGADO, Legal Researcher at Finabel – European Army Interoperability Centre, March 4, 2021 Article: Atlantic Council urges Biden to enforce regime change in Belarus, By Paul Antonopoulos, Aletho News, February 18, 2021 Press Release: Nominations Sent to the Senate, The White House, February 13, 2021 Article: Joe Biden’s Pick of Victoria Nuland Means Relations with Russia Could Get Worse, By Mark Episkopos, The National Interest, January 15, 2021 Article: Opinion: How Biden can undo damage to U.S.-backed news outlets that counter authoritarian propaganda, By Gregory Feifer, Slate, December 18, 2020 Article: Belarus Will Be an Early Challenge for Biden, By Jamie Fly, The Washington Post, December 24, 2020 Article: U.S. Senate Unanimously Approves Julie Fisher As New Ambassador To Minsk, BelarusFeed, December 17, 2020 Article: Opinion: The people of Belarus are still marching against dictatorship. 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They are joined by Valery Kovaleuski, an adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, to discuss the report. The event will be moderated by Eurasia Center Nonresident Fellow and Tsikhanouskaya adviser Hanna Liubakova. Watch on Youtube Speakers: Melinda Haring Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center Eurasia Foundation Freedom House National Democratic Institute Council on Foreign Relations John Herbst Director of the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council 2003-2006: US Ambassador to Ukraine 2000-2003: US Ambassador to Uzbekistan - played a critical role in the establishment of an American base to help conduct Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Former Principal Deputy to the Ambassador at Large for the New Independent States Dr. Anders Åslund Senior fellow at the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition Former Director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Valery Kovaleuski Adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Transcript: 9:40 Melinda Haring: The problem, though, is that there's all kinds of limitations on moving money into Belarun. It's A, it's a security state, B, we have COVID. And people can't move in and out of the country very easily. So this has to be handled sensitively. The folks that I'm talking to say that cryptocurrencies are the way to do it, but there's a bigger problem. The US government is not very good at moving money. They are tied up in all kinds of reporting requirements. The European Union has the same issues. But we need to be more creative. If we don't think with some new creative energy. This protest movement is going to fizzle out. So it's time to go back to the drawing boards and talk to people who are good at moving money and make it happen now. 14:40 Dr. Anders Åslund: Lukashenko today has only reserves for about one month of imports normally said it should be for three months. And he has a$3 billion of cash he needs $6 billion more to carry, to cover this year. And traditionally there are two sources to get that. One is from the IMF and back is not available because the IMF is not prepared to deal with Lukashenko because he is normally cheating them. And they know that. And the other source is Russia. Putin declared when Lukashenko came to his knees to Putin in Sochi on the 14th of September, but he's ready to give one and a half billion dollars as loans. But, Lukashenko needs much more, and well to Putin hinted at it is that Russian private money can come in and buy the big companies, and the Belarusian economy is quite concentrated to a few big companies. So there are four big companies: two fertilizer plants and two oil refineries that account for two thirds of the Belarus's exports to the west. And then where do they get the raw material from? All the oil comes from Russia, and the gas for one of the fertilizer plants come from Russia. So the natural thing is that the Russian private businessmen by these Belarusian companies, we have seen it before. It has happened with gas assets in Belarus and half of one of the refineries is already bought by Russian companies. But where does the money come from? It comes from Russian state banks. So what Putin is essentially saying it is a couple of my most loyal oligarchs are allowed to get billions of dollars of Russian state bank financing in order to buy Belarusian companies cheaply, and that would completely tie up the Belarusian economy and this is what we have to avoid. 18:07 Valery Kovaleuski: Biden has expressed a lot of interest in the situation in Belarus, he showed himself as fairly well informed about the events in those. And he was very vocal in kind of demanding the action and kind of defining the policy of the United States government. At this stage, I think the most important than the sort of doses are waiting for very specific steps that will be tangible, and that will be impactful. And number one is fast reintroduction of economic sanctions. And you might know that the United States have has imposed the sanctions since long, but they were suspended when Russia invaded Ukraine and the United States and European Union decided to engage with those and normalize relations. And that was one of the steps that they made. They introduced the waiver to the sanctions and now they are in the the suspension state. The other one would be to continue not recognizing Lukashenka's legitimacy as he is not legitimate ruler of Belarus at the moment. Very important would be to start implementation of the those Democracy Human Rights and Sovereignty Act that was adopted just last year, and actually it was, it was adopted in a very kind of fast, fast pace in just three months since in introduction in the house. But the whole Act has as a kind of arsenal of tools and mechanisms to to influence the situation that was to influence, the behavior of Lukashenka. 21:46 John Herbst: The first is to promote the legitimacy of the opposition in Ms. Tsikhanouskaya and the delegitimization of Lukashenko. So, for example, our ambassador when she goes out, Julie Fisher, a wonderful diplomat, should not present credentials to Lukashenko, she should be spending most of our time in Vilnius near Ms. Tsikhanouskaya to wish to organize the US government to manage this crisis. So we should have a senior coordinator to manage sanctions against Lukashenko regime, and maybe against appropriate Russians, and also should have a senior official designated to manage assistance to the opposition and to the people of Belarus. And finally, this this combines both organization and resources, we should double the budget of RFP and RL. So we can get out our message to the people of Belarus. The third category is to increase specific support to the opposition. So for example, Melinda already mentioned the need to get resources to the opposition using cryptocurrency, we should also push to give legitimacy to the opposition. The fourth, the next element is to keep Russia out of the conflict. I mean, they're already in. We've seen what they've done by sending media experts, for example. But this this involves I say, a series of measures that have to be conducted simultaneously. One, we don't want to frighten Russians into thinking that Belarus is is now going to become part of the West. So we would encourage the opposition not to talk about NATO not to talk about the EU talk simply about the need for Belarus to choose its own president to work with the EU should be in dialogue with Moscow about the crisis in Belarus. But three, we should send a very clear signal to Moscow that if they intervene with their repressive opperatives, whether with their secret police, with their regular police with their military, to repress the people of Belarus, or to prop up Lukashenko or Lukashenko-like alternative, there will be serious sanctions against the Russian economy against Russian officials. 43:09 Melinda Haring: I think that Ukraine can definitely play a role here. And you know, there's a lot of Belarusians who are in Ukraine. One of the more interesting things I found in in my section of the report, I focused on the domestic picture, is where Belarusians have gone since August, so Belarusians have gone to give, they've got to Riga, they've got to Vilnius and they've gone to Warsaw. And they're creating massive civil society organizations that are helping people who had to leave quickly. And many of the people in Kiev are students so you can help students, you can, you can send a pizza, you can provide a house for them. You can do very basic things. 55:09 Dr. Anders Åslund: The aim of the sanctions is to put sufficient pressure on a bilateral so that Lukashenko has to go. This is a really a regime change group of sanctions. Meeting: A conversation with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Atlantic Council, December 7, 2020 Watch on Youtube Speakers: Damon Wilson Executive VP of the Atlantic Council 2007-2009: Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council Former Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff at US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq 2004-2006: Director for Central, Eastern, and Northern European Affairs at the National Security Council 2001-2004: Deputy Director in the Private Office of NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson - Played a lead role on the Alliance’s response to 9/11 and its operations in Afghanistan and the Western Balkans Melinda Haring Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center Eurasia Foundation Freedom House National Democratic Institute Council on Foreign Relations Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Transcript: 1:37 Damon Wilson: After her husband was jailed by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenka, while running for President, Svetlana stepped in. Running a historic campaign for change. Much of the world recognizes that she overwhelmingly won the August 9th election, but Tsikhanouskaya was forced to flee the country after the regime threatened her family. The people of Belarus have protested for months demanding that Lukashenka resign, they are the true source of legitimacy. Tsikhanouskaya and the coordination Council for the transition of power which she leads from Vilnius, Lithuania, is recognized by the European Union and many others as the true voice of the Belarusian people. 5:42 Melinda Haring: How can the people of Belarus change the dynamic on the ground and force out Lukashenka? 8:07 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: We are asking the west to act faster. In my opinion, Western countries should demand new and fair elections and release of all political prisoners. Belarus democracy Act would serve as timely and extremely helpful step from the head of the US government in support of their brave people. 19:57 Melinda Haring: Look, I wanted to tell our audience if they haven't had a chance to get a copy of The Washington Post. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya has a piece in it this weekend. It's called 'The people of Belarus are Still Marching, Help Us.' And she writes very passionately about the need to pass the Belarus Democracy, Human Rights and Sovereignty Act of 2020. There's two weeks left to pass this act before Congress is out. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya what's in it and why is it important? Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: The proceeds the bipartisan support received in favor of this act. We hope that this draft bill becomes law as soon as possible, as it would inspire the US to act decisively and urgently to support Belarus. Belarusian peaceful protest is a turning point. People struggle, people suffer. People struggle everyday with great dedication, yet there is a need of support on behalf of the international community. And when the new democracy act becomes low, it would send a strong signal to the Belarusian regime and the rest of the world on non recognition of Lukashenka's legitimacy, call for new presidential elections and oversee standards and demand the release of all political prisoners. You know, in our opinion, the Act would allow prompt US assistance to the civil society, media and urgent actions such as counter internet blockages in Belarus. Meeting: Backing Batka: Russia's strategic economic integration with Belarus, Atlantic Council, November 6, 2020 Watch on Youtube Speakers: Host: John Herbst Director of the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council 2003-2006: US Ambassador to Ukraine 2000-2003: US Ambassador to Uzbekistan played a critical role in the establishment of an American base to help conduct Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan Former Principal Deputy to the Ambassador at Large for the New Independent States Dr. Katerina Bornukova, academic director of the BEROC Economic Research Center Professor Vladislav Inozemtsev Senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Dirk Schuebel Ambassador of the European Union to Belarus Dr. Anders Åslund Senior fellow at the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition Former Director of the Russian and Eurasian Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 5:58 Dirk Schuebel: The pro-democracy movement and Belarus now faces the difficult prospect of dislodging Mr. Lukashenko, the unrecognized President who refuses to leave office. 6:47 Dr. Katerina Bornukova: So, if we take a look at the recent economic growth, over the last 10 years, we will see stagnation, average growth rate was around 1.7% only, which is too low for a developing economy, which needs to catch up. And the reason for this is structural problems, lack of reforms and privatization. As a result, we have a very large state owned sector, which is inefficient and which has accumulated a lot of debt, and this debt was slowly transferred to the government. So, which means that, well, right now, over the years, Belarus has also accumulated public debt. And right now that that is up to 35% of GDP. It's not relatively large, but it's quite difficult to serve because the majority of this debt is nominated in foreign currencies and that means that the liquidity and currency is always a problem with Belarus, and it often turns to Russia to solve this problem. So right now 50% of the debt is held by Russia or Russia associated funds. 10:45 Professor Vladislav Inozemtsev: Even if the government in Belarus changes, Russia will not...it cannot decouple from better because there are a lot of links, which tightens the two countries. First of all, Belarus is a part of the so called union state with Russia existing from like 99. It's a part of the Eurasian Economic Union. And in this case, Russia can allow to lose Belarus. There is a huge difference between Belarus and Ukraine for example, in this case, because Ukraine never was a part of any Russian led organizations but Belarus is. 13:49 Professor Vladislav Inozemtsev: The difference between Ukraine for example and Belarus is that Belarusian economy is state owned, it is not controlled by the oligarchy groups as it is in Ukraine. So therefore, for participating in this privatization for getting this shares or stakes in Belarus enterprise, the Russian private companies should be allowed to do so. So, therefore, there were several moves from the Russian side from the Russian private companies in direction of somehow changing the situation and to being allowed to jump in. 24:40 Dr. Anders Åslund: More money must come. And as we have discussed, all of us, this essentially has to come from the private sector. Ideally, this would be an IMF program, but the IMF is not ready to go for any program way of Lukashenko. They haven't had anything since 2009. Because Lukashenko refuses to do the elementary thing, stop subsidies to state enterprises and deregulated certain prices. So this is out of question. Hearing: Markup Hearing including Belarus bill, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 1, 2020 Watch on Youtube Transcript: 1:18:30 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you as well for bringing the Belarus Democracy Human Rights and Sovereignty Act of 2020. And thank you to Ranking Member McCall for his leadership on this Chairman Keating and Mr. Kissinger for their leadership as well. And Marcy Kaptur, who is also one of the co sponsors originals of this bill. 1:20:15 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): We are now approaching almost two months since the fraudulent poll. And the people of Belarus despite the brutal crackdown, are still organizing rallies of 100,000 people or more demanding that Lukashenko leave power, and lead Belarus to the people to whom it belongs. I would note to my colleagues that according to the UN Special Rapporteur, more than 10,000 peaceful protesters have been detained as of September 18. And they need our help. Recent reports indicate that the police are using now, today increasingly violent tactics against these peaceful demonstrators. We do have a window of opportunity, and we need to seize it with everything that we have. As my colleagues know, the leading opposition presidential candidate, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who won the election by most accounts. Of course, there's not access to the ballots, but it seems clear that she won the election formed the coordination Council. Svetlana is an incredibly brave woman. She ran a brilliant campaign. But today she has an exile in Lithuania, where she continues to rally the Belarusian people and the world. I want to thank Mr. Keating for putting together that WebEx a few weeks ago with her and some of the coordination leaders from the council. We all saw a new and a fresh, just how important it is that we stand behind her. And behind all of the people of Belarus who have aspirations for free and fair elections and for democracy. 1:21:50 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): This bill today updates the Belarus Democracy Acts of 2004, 2006, and 2011 that I authored, and renews the personal economic and visa sanctions on an expanded list of bad actors in the Belarusian government. And, this is new, Russian individuals complicit in the crackdown. It calls for new elections, it recognizes the coordination council as a legitimate institution to participate in a dialogue on a peaceful transition of power. 1:23:15 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): So I just want to thank my colleagues. It's a totally bipartisan bill. I want to thank Katie Earle for her work on the bill. I want to thank Jackie Ramos, Pierre Tosi, Patrick, the Doug Anderson, there are just many who have worked together fast, quickly and effectively, and members to put together this bipartisan legislation. Hearing: Protecting Democracy During COVID–19 in Europe and Eurasia and the Democratic Awakening in Belarus, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, September 10, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Douglas Rutzen President and CEO of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Professor at Georgetown University Law Center Advisory Board member of the United Nations Democracy Fund Therese Pearce Laanela Head of Electoral Processes at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Joanna Rohozinska Resident Program Director for Europe at the Beacon Project at the International Republican Institute Senior program officer for Europe at the National Endowment for Democracy at least as of 2019. She has worked there for about a decade Jamie Fly Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and Co-Director of the Alliance for Security Democracy Senior Advisor to WestExec Advisors Co-founded by incoming Secretary of State, Antony Blinken Former President and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in 2019 & 2020 Former counselor for foreign and national security affairs for Sen. Marco Rubio from 2013-2017 Former Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative from 2009-2013 Former member of GWB's National Security Council from 2008-2009 Former member of GWB's Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2005-2008 Transcript: 53:30 Joanna Rohozinska: Lukashenko must be held responsible for his choices and actions. Word mating strategies with transatlantic allies should be priority and to call for dialogue, immediate release of political prisoners and support for the political opposition's demands for holding elections under international supervision and beginning negotiations on a Lukashenko transition. 53:56 Joanna Rohozinska: Support for democracy requires patience as well as long term commitment and vision. This has been made possible with the support of Congress to IRI and the family. Thank you and I look forward to your questions. 1:03:05 Therese Pearce Laanela: Institutions that are as strong...What we are seeing... those that are able to safeguard and against disinformation for example, they are working in innovative ways because this isn't a challenge that existed really as much before social media and one of the things that we're seeing is a kind of interagency cooperation, a partnership between private and public. That's really hasn't been seen before. Let me just take Australia as a case, but the working together with social media companies and government agencies and security agencies and election officials for rapid reaction to anything that comes in and that kind of seamless communication between agencies, that is one of the ways in which we can protect. 1:04:15 Jamie Fly: We have tools. Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty has a Bella Russian language service Radio Svoboda which has significant of followers inside Belarus. The problem is that Lukashenko like many other authoritarians have realized that when they face significant pressure, they should take the country offline. And Belarusian authorities have done that on a regular basis, which makes it much more difficult to communicate and allow information to spread freely. So what they really need outlets like Svoboda and other independent media are access to internet circumvention tools, which are also funded by the State Department and the US Agency for Global Media. 1:09:57 Douglas Rutzen: China is providing surveillance technology to countries including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Serbia. They also provided a $2 billion dollar loan to Hungry to construct a railway which Hungry then classified as a state secret in terms of the construction. 1:19:28 Brian Fitzpatrick: In 2013, in 2000, and he saw large scale protests in Ukraine, following what many believed to be a falsification of elections by their federal officials. So my first question for the entire panel, do you believe that Belarus protests could lead to a revolution similar to the one we saw in Ukraine and secondarily, on Tuesday, President Lukashenko, refused to rule out the idea of holding new elections, and acknowledge that he may have overstayed his time at office, whether or not you see revolutions similar to Ukraine, do you think that these protests could lead to an actual change in leadership? Joanna Rohozinska: So I take it as a question to me. I mean, I think that things have been building up and I would say that with this similarity to Ukraine was that there was also a deep seated frustration with corruption. Here, it's less about corruption. But it's still meets, where you have the accountability and transparency aspect of it that I was mentioning in my testimony. And I think that the frustration with the lack of responsive government and being treated like animals, frankly, is what they say, is what finally boiled over, but there's been, there's been an uptick in protests in Belarus, if you watch these kinds of things over the past two years, over the parasite tax, for example, which was also was a special tax that was put on unemployment, and on to penalize people who are unemployed, is trying to target civic activists, but it ended up reaching far farther than that. So you can see things percolating below the surface for quite a long time. Now. You never know when it's going to blow. Here, I think that there was just the COVID, underlay everything and it mobilized such a broad swath of society, that the trigger event was finally the elections, which again, demonstrating a degree of hubris they decided not to put off right, they figured that holding the elections at the beginning of August was the best thing to do, because there is always a low torque turnout and all this, frankly, because people tend to go out to the countryside. So they simply miscalculated. They did not understand how the people were feeling. And here, you do have a similarity with Ukraine, I think. And in terms of in terms of the other questions to going forward? No, you have to appreciate that this is a country that's never experienced democracy ever. Which means that even the democratic opposition leaders basically know it from textbooks, they don't know what from firsthand practice. And, Lukashenko himself, ironically, has been supporting the notion of sovereignty and independence in the face of the Russian state for the past couple of years. And he only changed his tune a couple of weeks ago, when he started getting backed into a corner. And in terms of, you know, his promises and calling new elections, I would be wary. He does not have a particularly good track record of following through on promises. And so I would probably take that as a lesson learned and be extremely cautious. I personally think he's just buying time. Because he also said that he would consider holding the elections after introducing constitutional changes and the constitutional changes that he's proposing is to introduce term limits. So I mean, he's still looking at the succession. He understands that this is the end of his time in office. I don't know if he wants to do that right, exactly now, however, understanding that this would have been his last term anyways, you're probably preparing for an exit strategy. 1:23:00 Joanna Rohozinska: I would certainly invest in looking at quality early parliamentary elections as being much more significant. Because once you turn the house, once you turn the parliament and then at least you start building up a degree of political capital that can start carrying forward into into the governance. 1:52:37 Therese Pearce Laanela: Your people are excellent. I really want to say that I'm calling in from Sweden. I'm not American myself. But I have worked in this business for 28 years working in different countries in really tough situations. And some of the best experts out there are from organizations that are very close to those of you when you're normally working in Washington. So the United Nations as well based in New York, but also organizations like IFIS, NDI, our colleagues from IRI they are doing excellent work supported by USA ID. So and they've kind of got it figured out how to support institutions for the long term, so you can trust the people that you are supporting. Hearing: Foreign Affairs Issue Launch with Former Vice President Joe Biden, Council on Foreign Relations, January 23, 2018 Speakers: Richard Haass - President of the Council on Foreign Relations Joe Biden State Department Daily Briefing, Department of State, February 6, 2014 Ukraine coup - leaked phone call between Victoria Nuland and Geoffey Pyatt, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, February 6, 2014 Watch on YouTube Hearing: Economic Aid to New Independent States, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, January 24, 1994 Witnesses: Brian Atwood Then: USAID Adminstrator Now: NDI board member - Was the first president of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Stephen Cohen Then: Professor at Princeton with emphasis in Russian studies Married to Katrina Vanden Heuvel Criticized the Obama administration for starting the new Cold War Said in 2014 that Ukraine crisis was a result of US actions, starting with Clinton, aimed at expanding NATO up to Russia's border. Wrote about our role in the 2014 Ukraine coup  Strobe Talbot Then: Deputy Secretary of State Former Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization President of the Brookings Institution for 15 years Member of CFR Transcript: 14:23 Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT): There is no greater United States national security objective today than to assist Russia make a peaceful transition to a stable democratic form of government, an open pluralistic society, a market economy. Such a transition offers the best prospect of a long term cooperative, peaceful relationship with the only other nuclear power capable of destroying the United States. 26:39 Strobe Talbot: Our approach from the beginning, our strategy has been to reinforce those trends in Russian political and economic life that together we believe, constitute the essence of the Great Transformation underway in that country. Those trends are democratization and privatization. They are in fact interlocking. They are mutually reinforcing. The more people work in private enterprise, the more they are likely to participate in the democratic process and the more they are likely to vote for candidates who will support economic as well as political freedom. 27:27 Strobe Talbot: Our bilateral foreign aid program is intended in its essence, to help prime the pump for the flow of much higher levels of support from two other sources from the international business community in the form of trade and investment, and from the international financial institutions in the form of loans to help Russia make the transition from a command to a market economy. 28:25 Strobe Talbot: President Yeltsin needs to have the confidence that if he continues to press forward on a strong economic reform program, Western support will be swift and substantial. But he and his colleagues in both the executive and the legislative branches of the Russian government must also understand something else. And that is the cause and effect relationship between internal reform and outside support. Our support will follow their reform. It cannot be the other way around. 29:30 Strobe Talbot: Privatization involves closing down inefficient state enterprises while the shift to market economics at least initially brings higher prices. The result is social pain, disruption and fear of the future. If they reach critical mass, those ingredients can explode into a political backlash against reform. 1:46:00 Strobe Talbot: The world has capital flows, potential for investment that can move into societies like Russia, where the population is highly educated. It's a tremendous human resource where there are natural resources that can be exploited for the good of Russia and for the entire world economy. 2:23:47 Strobe Talbot: Now we do not know what the future holds. We do not know what kind of Russia we will be sharing the planet with early in the 21st century. We do not know if it will have stayed on a reform path and have continued to move in the direction of integration. 2:53:10 Stephen Cohen: Now, to be fair, this unwise American policy toward Russia began under President Bush in the end of 1991, with the breakup of the Soviet Union, but for a full year now President Clinton has expanded that policy, made it worse and therefore now, it is his policy. 2:54:10 Stephen Cohen: The guiding principle of that policy since 1991 has been, and evidently based on the hearing today remains, an exceedingly missionary and highly interventionist idea that the United States can and should intervene in Russia's internal affairs in order to convert or transform that nation into an American style system at home, and a submissive junior partner of the United States abroad. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)

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It's been a weird week friends of podcast. Sam fell down some stairs and broke her ankle! Yup, she finally did it! She is at the BnB of Chez Sperling!! All she wants is to be put on the list and put back together!! The ladies have a bigger topic to discuss 'The interview'. Some of the listeners are waiting to hear Lisa's take on the 2 two hour tour! She felt there was a lot of ‘whoa is me’ and ‘ I don't do this to people’ talk but yet she did! Clay Aiken said it best on twitter "the new sporting event of 2021 is called victimizing'. Sam is wondering why she has to hear about this and feels there are some gaps in the information that is being shared. Lisa clears up some misleading information about great grand kids and titles and then reaffirms Princess Diana she ain't! Sam makes a good point about the British press and admits what she knows about the royals comes from the Netflix show the Crown! Lisa refuses to believe Meghan didn't google Harry before their first date as she lays it all out for you friends of the podcast, enjoy!! They do move on to talking about International Women's Day, a new bakery item for the Boom Baby Bakery, buttergate, pigeons are back, a portable toilet seat, GH madness, the soft serve mullet, Potato Heads, Lisa's question corner, bad ratings, Benny from Dodo, Tina Turner, GenZers try to cancel Eminem, socks while you sleep, Walter Gretzky, boxed chocolates, Diana Sauce, new squad member Carrie Sander, FB Tuesday, life hack, wax figures eating steak, watermelon, 2027 space hotel, McDonald's new chicken burger, hot in here, white sweat socks, wagyu cheeseburgers at Red Lobster and things Lisa oughta know! The I shake my heads have Lisa distraught over Franco and Sam wonders why phones don't come with a cone of silence! It's just a bit of ridiculous chatter but it might just make you laugh! If you love what you hear you can support the podcast by following the links below! Podlink: https://pod.link/1232121527 (pod.link/ismh) Podbean: https://patron.podbean.com/ismhead Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/ishakemyhead You can also find us on: Twitter www.twitter.com/i_shakemyhead  Instagram www.instagram.com/ishakemyhead Buy our merchandise at www.ishakemyhead.threadless.com We are proud to be a part of www.podfixnetwork.com 

In the Holy Gospel reading of the 1st Sunday in the Holy Great Fast (Matthew 6:19-33), His Grace reads for us the following: "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven..." His Grace also shares with us the words of St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory of Nyssa to remind us as we begin the journey of the Holy Great Fast to be wise and give alms as we lay up treasures in heaven. St. John Chrysostom: "Buy as much as you can. Do you have one coin? Buy the sky. Not because the sky is cheap, but because the Lord is a lover of mankind. You do not even have one coin? Give a glass of refreshing water. 'The one who offers one glass of refreshing water to one of the least of these for my sake will not lose his reward.' Heaven is a business and an enterprise, and we are negligent. Give bread and seize paradise. Give small things and grasp great ones. Give mortal things and take firm hold of immortal ones. Give corruptible things and capture incorruptible ones." St. Gregory of Nyssa: "the poor are our gateway to the Kingdom." He says, "These poor are the ones who store away the good things that we look upon. They are the gatekeepers of the Kingdom. They open the gates before the merciful and shut them in the face of the cruel ones who do not do good. They are the strongest accusers and the best defenders. They do not accuse and defend with words, but the Lord sees what is done to them. Every action cries out in a loud voice before God, the searcher of hearts." Series also posted on Podcast: Search for 'Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States'

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by singer and musician Wajiha Naqvi, who recently had a new song out on Coke Studio Pakistan called 'Yaqeen', and has also been a backing vocalist for Coke Studio season 11 in Pakistan. Cyrus and Wajiha talk about COVID lockdowns in Karachi, Imran Khan as PM of Pakistan, bringing India and Pakistan together, Wajiha's work with Szabist and Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture where she was a visiting faculty, enrolling in a business school in Lahore and discovering her love for anthropology, how she got into singing and music, going to New York University, being a Pakistani Hindustani classical musician, how she got to work on Coke Studio 11, and lots more. They also discuss the history of Hindustani classical music and the Khyal form of Hindustani music, how the qawwali is closely connected to the khyal, Cyrus having hungnout with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Wajiha's new performance setlist titles 'Hijrat' with songs in five different South Asian languages, and lots more.Check out Wajiha's article about 'The long-ignored connection between Hindustani classical khyal and qawwali': https://scroll.in/magazine/932507/the-long-ignored-connection-between-hindustani-classical-khyal-and-qawwaliFollow Wajiha on Twitter & Instagram @tribalgulabo: tribalgulabo and https://instagram.com/tribalgulaboYou can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @cyrus_broacha ( https://www.instagram.com/cyrus_broacha )In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussaysYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android: https://ivm.today/androidor iOS: https://ivm.today/ios

Amanda Hooton's March 13 cover story 'The only way is up' profiles Jayne Hrdlicka - the recently appointed CEO of the country’s second major airline, Virgin Australia - and how the new boss is faring in charge of a company that was in trouble even before the COVID-19 pandemic effectively ended global air travel. Joining the discussion with Amanda is Patrick Hatch, business writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, who specialises - among other areas - in aviation stories, and who covered last year’s ructions at Virgin. Moderating the chat is Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland. Link to the story: https://www.smh.com.au/national/game-over-life-s-short-virgin-boss-jayne-hrdlicka-clears-the-air-about-past-and-present-turbulence-20201203-p56kge.html Become a subscriber: our supporters power our newsrooms and are critical for the sustainability of news coverage. Becoming a subscriber also gets you exclusive behind-the-scenes content and invitations to special events. Click on the links to subscribe https://subscribe.theage.com.au/ or https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ Please take the time to rate & review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. We love to hear your thoughts and it makes it easier for the rest of the podcast world to find us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How significant is email marketing in the age of social media? In today's episode of the #ForTheLoveOfEmails podcast, we welcome Taina Suomela, Principal Consultant and Founder of Leslieville Digital, with our host Matthew Vernhout to speak about the importance of email marketing in this ever-changing digital age. Taina has spent the better part of the last two decades working for digital agencies before taking the plunge and starting her very own consulting firm last fall. Small and medium-sized companies, as well as nonprofits, benefit from her company's digital marketing expertise. Understanding the best approach for your company at the right time is the secret to a successful digital strategy, and that’s what we'll go over in today's podcast. Taina talks about how - 'The details lie in the data'.  She sheds light on how she educates her small/medium business clients by creating a foundation after analyzing fundamentals of content strategy, brand strategy, email best practices, deliverability castle compliance. They discuss: What does it mean to have an engagement if someone comes in and says, "I got this email program and it's failing?” Roadmap to helping businesses build strategies around email marketing. Things to consider if you are running on a budget or you are a small business. Understanding the gap between leveraging email and over-investing in other digital strategies. How to turn Organic traffic into a good email program. Advice to businesses that are looking at trying to do in-house strategy What a year's worth of lockdown has done to businesses and how it has impacted strategy and innovation? Types of misconceptions and myths when dealing with marketing in a business forum Creating content with a purpose. Know-how of different social media platforms and how they help different target audiences. What are the core tactics that you should focus on in your email strategy?

Join Tara for todays' devotional and start your day off right!"He put another parable before them, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.'" Matthew 13:31-32Click this link for information on "The Wise Woman Believes" devotional.