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Rescue and patchwork relationship.B Book 3 in 18 parts, y FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.Loving your enemy is easy, you know precisely where both of you stand(Right where we left off)The closest Marine had been waiting for me to finish my bonding moment with Menner before speaking. He walked and talked like an officer."You are certainly Mr. Cáel Nyilas," he nodded. "I'm Lt. Robeson, United States Marine Corps. I would like to take you and your party home. What is the situation?""Lieutenant, this young lady is Aya Ruger. She was kidnapped along-side me and managed to kill over twenty of our enemies, so be careful around her." I was deadly serious about what I said. Aya should get proper credit for all the people she sedated then drowned. Dead was dead, even if it was accidental."These two," I pointed to Zhen and Mu, "are Lúsìla ninda and Amar, Taiwanese nationals suffering some shock from the abrupt crash landing of the aircraft. They don't seem to know why they were kidnapped, but they were instrumental in aiding Aya and me making it to shore during the typhoon.""If you say so, Sir," he nodded. He did believe me, yet a soldier was taught to be skeptical of anything a civilian told him about a military situation. "The bodies?""Those are the corpses we found after the storm. I decided we should attempt to place them in your custody so you can figure out who they are," I suggested."Sir, I don't think we can let civilians keep their weapons aboard the flight," the Marine Lt. stated since I had both a pistol and submachine gun, Aya had her pistol and Zhen had her and Mu's blades. A Marine NCO sent a party to gather the dead."Marine, I am Cáel Nyilas, Irish diplomat, freebooter and Champion of the worst possible causes," I began my spiel."You probably have some orders concerning bringing me in alive. I am not so constrained and am more than willing to steal this aircraft and fly back to Hawaii without you. My team keeps their weapons, or you give me your best shot, right now," I met his gaze. He mulled over his options. Two Romanians and two Marines were starting to load the ad hoc body bags aboard the C-37B."Normally I don't take that kind of crap from a civilian and I don't want you to think I'm making an exception because of your Security Clearance. I'll let your people keep your weapons, but if something goes wrong, I'm shooting you first," he assured me."Done deal," I offered my hand and he shook it."Oh and Happy Tibetan Independence Day," he congratulated me."What?" I gasped. Rescue and patchwork relationships{6 pm, Sunday, August 17th ~ 22 Days to go}{11 pm Sunday, Aug. 17th (Havenstone Time)}{And just this once, 11am Monday, Aug. 18th Beijing Time}"Oh and Happy Tibetan Independence Day;, nice work.," the Marine congratulated me."What?""How is that possible?" muttered Mu."Yippee!! No more burning monks," Aya fist-pumped. Personally, I think she did that for the enjoyment of our guardians and to piss off Zhen and Mu just a tiny bit more.(Mandarin) "Brother," Zhen studied her brother's pained expression. "What has gone wrong?"(Mandarin) "The province of Tibet apparently has broken away," he groused. In English, to the Marine Lieutenant he repeated, "How is this possible?""I take it you didn't know Peace Talks had broken out?" he grinned. I doubted the Lt. bought my 'these are my two Taiwanese cobelligerents' story, but belief was above his pay grade, so he didn't give a shit."Yes," Mu mumbled, "we knew of the proposed cease-fire.""Yes, you mean both sides actually honored it?" I added. I really had been out things for a while."Nearly two days ago, noon, Peking Time, the People's Republic of China and the Khanate put a six month cease-fire into effect which has remained intact for forty-one," he looked at his watch, "forty-one and a half hours." He was being a cock to the petulant Mu. No one called Beijing 'Peking' anymore. I had even ordered Beijing Duck on several menus. Peking was the height of Western Imperialist thinking, or so it looked to Mu.(Mandarin) "He is yanking your chain, Mu," I explained. "You are looking pissed off at being rescued, which isn't doing my alibi for you much good.""My apology," Mu nodded to the lieutenant. "Is there any news from the Republic of China? Are they free as well?" That was nice of Mu to call Taiwan by its pet name, the ROC."Not yet," he patted Mu's unwounded leg, "but with the utter shellacking the Khanate put on the People's Navy (really the People's Liberation Army Navy, but the Marine was getting his shots in) it is only a matter of time."I had been translating in a low voice to the V nători de munte in order for them to keep up with the conversation. They all started laughing. The Marines joined in. There was a huge joke here that we had missed out on while stranded.(Romanian) "So, ask them if they know where their aircraft carrier is," Menner chuckled. Most Romanians had grown up knowing of only one China.Me: (Romanian) "What!"A Naval Corpsman who didn't know Romanian, but knew 'aircraft carrier' just fine jumped in: "Oh yeah, the missing Chinese Aircraft carrier," she chortled.Mu: "What!"I'd only been gone two and a half days. What the hell had been going on?(What had transpired in my absence and the subsequent consequences)(Notes:P R C = People's Republic of China; PLA = People's Liberation Army;P L A N = People's Liberation Army Navy;P L A A F = People's Liberation Army Air Force;R O C = the Republic of China {aka Taiwan, aka Chinese Taipei, aka the "other China"};The First Unification War {aka what the Khanate did to China in 2014};Truce lasts from August 16th 2014 until February 15th, 2015 = 183 days)There are several classic blunders grownups should know to avoid: never fight a land war in Asia, never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line, and, if you are going to cross a master thief, first make sure you have nothing of value. For the land war in Asia, check with my partner, the Khanate. Substituting Black Hand for Sicilian ~ check with Ajax, use an Ouija board. So far, destiny was batting .500.The last blunder I created entirely on my own, but I felt it was the true and right response for the circumstances. So witness the Six Families of the Ninja and the greatest theft in all of recorded history.In the closing hours of the First Unification War, as in many wars, some serious theft was going on; mainly it was the People's Republic getting fleeced.The most obvious and immediate blows came in the Spratlys and Parcel Islands where Khanate forces (actually, elements from all the JIKIT players) seized the key island in the Parcel chain, Woody Island, and secured the P L A N base the Chinese had created there, including the 2,700 meter runway built there in the 1990's. The 1,443 Chinese civilians and 600 military inhabitants in the area were incidental complications and the survivors were about to be 'repatriated' to the mainland anyway; the Khanate didn't want them hanging around as they prepared for the inevitable end of the six-month truce.Yes, the Khanate had stolen the most important island airfield ~ an unsinkable carrier really ~ in the South China Sea. It was also the northern end of the potential People's Republic of China's stranglehold on the east-west sea lanes between East Asia and the rest of the World, i.e., roughly 25% of all global trade.The southern end? That would be the Spratlys. There are few 'real' islands in that 'island group' and only two worth having: the artificial one the P L A N was building and the one the ROC has a 1200 meter airfield on. That artificial island and every other PRC/P L A N outpost in the region was also stolen by the Khanate between 4 a.m. and noon of that final day of active conflict.Every geological feature that had been the basis for the PRC's claims to all of the South China Sea was now in Khanate hands. Considering how much the P L A N had bullied everyone else in that portion of the globe, the Khanate taking over their geopolitical position was incredibly awkward. It was going to get worse.Technically, the Khanate hadn't stolen the P L A N 'South Sea Fleet' (SSF); they'd blown the fuck out of it, including sinking the sole fully-functioning P L A N carrier Liaoning as well as five of the nine destroyers and six of the nineteen frigates in her battle group. The Liaoning and one destroyer had died in those last few hours as the SSF was racing for the relative safety of Philippine waters ~ so close, but no cigar.So the Khanate had stolen the ability of the P L A N to project power in the South China Sea until February 15th, 2015 when the U N brokered truce ended. But that was not the epic theft, though. That distinction went to the Ninja. What did they steal? A semi-functional Chinese nuclear powered super-aircraft carrier still under construction.The beast had no official name yet, but she was a 75,000 ton engine of Global Domination laid down in 2011 and clearly complete enough to float and to be steered under her own power. (To be on the safe side, the Ninja included stealing four tugboats to help in their getaway.) So, you may be asking yourself, how does one 'steal' a nuclear-powered, 1000 foot long, 275 foot wide and ten-story tall vessel?For starters, you need a plan to get on board the sucker. We had begun with the Black Lotus. They wanted to sneak onboard, exit the dockyard the ship was being built in, then sink it off the coast so it couldn't be easily salvaged. That was plan A.Enter the Khanate and their plans; they too wanted to sink this vessel, and destroy the dry docks while they were at it. That was plan B. Actually, the Khanate desire was to contaminate that whole section of the port city with fallout from shattered reactors. They knew they would have to apply overkill when they smashed that bitch of a ship because the PLAN had hurriedly put on board its defensive weaponry ~ ensuring that the Khanate couldn't easily destroy it. For their approach, Temujin's people wanted the Black Lotus' help with the on-the-ground intelligence work. But the Black Lotus didn't want to help anyone irradiate Chinese soil.Enter JIKIT as referee. All those islands the 'Khanate' was busy stealing were actually part of a larger JIKIT mission called Operation Prism. Another object that was a part of the overall plan was Operation Wo Fat, the sinking of the Liaoning ~ again GPS direction and distance to be courtesy of the Black Lotus.JIKIT absolutely needed the Black Lotus. The Black Lotus wouldn't help anyone planning on poisoning any part of China for the next thousand years. Sinking the unnamed and incomplete vessel off the coast in deep waters meant no nuclear leakage and plenty of post-war time to salvage the wreck before it did start to hemorrhage. The Khanate wanted to kill this potential strategic nightmare no matter what it cost the Chinese ecology.JIKIT went to the Ninja to help them adjudicate the issue. All the lights flared brightly in Ninja-Town when they heard of that delicate dilemma. They could make everybody happy and send a clear message to the Seven Pillars expressing how unhappy the six surviving families were about the 7P's trying to annihilate them when all of this 'unpleasantness' began.The Khanate was already going to blast the shipyards and docks, the Black Lotus was already going to sail the ship into deep waters, so why not take it one step further, sail the ship into Japanese waters and declare it Khanate property as a colossal Fuck You! to the PRC, PLAN and specifically the Seven Pillars, all at the same time?Now normally, you can't steal a ship that big. The owners will notice it is missing and come looking for it. And you can't sell or hide the damn thing. So, you steal it at the tail end of a war before the players can capture, or sink it. It just so happened the Ninja had access to a war and such a time table.The next problem: where do you put it? The Khanate's closest safe haven was 8,000 km away at the Eastern Mediterranean Seaport of Izmir.But wait!The Khanate was about to steal an island airbase with its own (albeit small) harbor. The Khanate was confident that a few weeks after the truce, an alternate port, or two, would become available for the two-to-three year process it would require to prepare the vessel so it could be commissioned as the true warship it was meant to be.So, how do you steal a well-guarded, humongous ship with its skeleton crew of 500? You need a distraction ~ a big one. Remember those Khanate airstrikes? They intended to destroy the dockyards anyway. Now all they had to do was 'miss' the carrier.They could do that. If you recall, to dissuade the Khanate from sinking the ship in the final days of the war, the PLAN had hastily put teeth on the thing by giving it all its pre-designed defensive weaponry and added jury-rigged radar and sonar systems. The carrier could defend itself if needed. With the new plan (C), the airstrikes could avoid those teeth, thus reducing the risk of losing their precious planes and pilots.A series of bombing runs and missile hits near the carrier would convince the PLAN admiral in charge to hurriedly put some distance between the ship and shore, Not out to sea. That would be stupid. Within the harbor, his weaponry could adequately defend his ship. And if she took serious damage, he could run her aground, so the vessel wouldn't really sink.The only problem was that out in the harbor, with everything exploding, he was away from the only ground security support available. That was when the Amazons, Black Lotus, Ninja and JIKIT mercenaries would make their move. How could they sneak up on such a big, important ship? By using the submarines the US Navy, the British Royal Navy and Japanese Defense Force were providing, of course.Note: As I stated earlier, Lady Fathom, Addison and Riki had wandered way off the reservation . By this time, if you were a Japanese, British, or American submarine commander in the Yellow Sea and you weren't part of this madness, you were insanely jealous of those who were.The missions JIKIT was sending them on were:-definitely Acts of War if they were ever discovered,-far more dangerous than any war game exercise they'd ever been part of, and-the ultimate test of their crews and equipment.These people weren't suicidal. They believed they were the best sneaks under the Seven Seas and now they could prove it ~ in 50 years when this stuff was declassified (if it ever was).For the one American, two British and four Japanese submarines inserting the assault teams, this whole mission had a surreal feel to it. They were transporting a packed assortment of women of Indian, Malaysian and Indonesian descent along with some very lithe Japanese ladies and gents, none of who talked a whole lot.There was a third group with the spooky women and spookier Japanese teams, and that group was scared shitless about the sudden turn their lives had taken. They were all former American and British servicewomen (to not tick off the Amazons too much) with carrier and/or nuclear reactor experience who had been RIFed (Reduction in Force, aka fired) in the past five years from their respective national navies.Around a week ago, they had all answered an advertisement by a logistics support corporation that was going to do a 'force modernization' in an unnamed country. They all knew that mean the Khanate. The job had been laid out as 'basically your old job with the addition of training the natives' and it included the promise of no combat.It was a guaranteed five year contract with an option for a year-to-year extensions for another five years if you desired to stick around. For that, you received your 'pay grade upon retirement + 20%', free room and board, private security, judicial protections and a $10,000 to $10,900 signing bonus. For many struggling military families, it was manna from Heaven and thousands were signing up.Then 72 hours ago, a different group from the same company came knocking on the women's doors. If you could come with them right then and there, they had a satchel of money, $100,000 to $109,000, tax free, and a Non-disclosure Agreement for you to sign. Sure, the deal sounded shady, but the money was very real.Twenty-four hours later those who accepted the money found themselves in a small fishing village on Ko Island, Japan. There some rather fiercely intense people outlined the job they were needed for. From a submarine, the assault teams would sneak aboard the carrier, neutralize the crew and then the new crew (them) would sail it to Jeju, Jeju Island, South Korea.At that point they would be allowed to stay with the vessel (preferred), or depart for a non-war zone of their choice. Both options came with another $100,000 to $109,000 payment. Anyone who declined this particular job would remain incognito on Ko Island for another 48 hours then be allowed to leave without the need to return their initial payment.Of the 312 job applicants, 293 volunteered for both the first and second parts of the assignment. With the technical and linguistic expertise of the Amazons and 9 Clan members that would be enough to get their prize to Jeju Island's temporary safety and then make the last leg to Woody Island and a more permanent anchorage.Besides the airstrikes to goad the carrier away from the wharves, all the Khanate had to do with the carrier was put three or four clearly Mongolian faces onboard when the various nations of the world came calling. After all, what was the public going to believe:, the Khanate had pulled off yet another daring (i.e., mostly JIKIT) Special Forces coup, just as they'd managed to do throughout this short war, or that 'Ninjas stole my Battleship, umm, carrier' stuff some PRC leaders were claiming? Forty-eight hours later the whole globe was able to watch the newly named Khanate supercarrier, the  z Beg Khan, passing through Japanese territorial waters while being escorted by South Korean and Japanese warships.The PRC did complain to the United Nations over the 'theft' of both the carrier and 'their' islands, but the Security Council, led by the UK, could and would do nothing about the 'latest round of injustices heaped upon the People of China'. By the time the UN got around to doing nothing, the next round of JIKIT diplomacy was causing the PRC even greater headaches.That greatest theft, while remarkable in its own right, was really a sideshow to the reordering of the political order in Southeast Asia. The big winner wasn't the Khanate. And it certainly wasn't the mainland Chinese. No, the nations to immediately prosper were an unlikely pair, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of Vietnam (PRV). The Republic of China (R O C) was also getting its own small boost as well.By gambling their precious navy, India had become the largest power broker in the South China Sea's resource bonanza. She went from a minimal presence to being the critical ally of the Khanate and the 'big stick' (naval-wise) of Asia's new dynamic duo. The Indians had the only two functional aircraft carriers in the region and the Khanate had Woody Island with a mega-carrier number of planes sitting on it.Their combined naval aviation was not something any of the others powers wanted to mess with. The duo then sealed their supremacy by making the duo a trio. That third member was the PRV. Vietnam was the land-based logistical anchor of the three regional powers.Not only did Vietnam gain the prestige denied it for over two centuries, it redressed the P L A N humiliating treatment of their own navy for the past thirty years. The Khanate's naval aviation would shield Vietnam's economic exploitation of the Parcel Islands. The Indian Navy could counter anything the P L A N South China fleet could come at them with.Yes, the P L A N had two other fleets, the Northern and Eastern, but both had been put through their own 1001 levels of Hell by the Khanate's air power, plus they had to protect the Chinese heartland from Russia and North Korean ambitions. The South Koreans and Japanese were suddenly a very real threat from the East too. But for the time being, the Indians had the decisive edge.The final location for the  z Beg Khan was an old familiar haunt for some Americans, Da Nang, PRV. It had the facilities, courtesy of the US military from the 1960's and 70's, to be the new base for the Khanate's Eastern Fleet and logistical hub for their naval aviation forces in the Parcel Islands.The Vietnamese were thinking with more than their testicles, as were the Indians. Sure, geopolitical clout was nice, yet that was only the icing on the economic cake that was the Parcel Island Accords. That hasty bit of JIKIT backroom dealings gave a 50% stake in the Parcels to the PRV.India got 20% of something she had 0% in a month ago. The Khanate gained a 20% stake for their audacity and the ROC gained 10% because the other three would protect its share from the PRC. Something was better than nothing and the three legitimate powers agreed to the deal because in less than six months, the PRC would be back in the game.The Indians and Vietnamese wanted the Khanate to stay interested in the region and the Taiwanese wanted to forge closer ties to the Khanate. That treaty was a 'no-brainer'. Within one week, the Vietnamese were strutting like peacocks and internal political opposition to the Indian intervention into the South China Sea in the Indian parliament was silent.The Spratly Islands was a tougher deal to work out within the six month timetable. There were more players ~ the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand (who had a non-functional carrier). The JIKIT deal gave everyone but the Indians a 10% piece of the huge natural gas, oil and fisheries pie and the Indians got 20% once more.The Philippines and Malaysia were both very opposed to this treaty; they believed they deserved a far larger portion of those regional resources. Indonesia and Thailand also felt they could hold out for a bigger slice and weren't happy with India getting so much for basically having a double handful of ships (34 actually) sailing about.That 'handful of ships' was the point JIKIT was trying to make. If the PRC beat the Khanate next year, did any of the players think the PRC would give them anything, even if they promised them more right now? Really? When the PLAN had the biggest guns, they hadn't respected any other claims to the region. Why would that change in the future?The reality was this: India would only stick around if they had the economic incentive to remain. Vietnam, the Khanate and the ROC were watching the clock and realized this was the best deal they would get. Brunei and the Philippines were also coming to that understanding. Brunei was tiny (thus easy to defend), very rich already and a good ally of the British.The Philippines had a very weak navy and a non-existent naval air force. They couldn't even enforce their current claims versus Brunei, much less confront the PLAN, or any other nation's current military. The Philippines was, sadly, relatively big and very poor. Its big traditional ally was the United States, and the US was currently busy doing 'not much' about the South China Sea situation.The world's biggest navy was partially taking up its traditional (and treaty bound) role of interposing itself between the North Koreans, PLAN/PLAAF and Russians arrayed near Japan and South Korea, or busily not 'ratcheting up tensions' in the region by sending more forces into the front lines.President Obama was urging dialogue and 'stepping back from the brink' even though every country in Southeast Asia felt the brink had already dissipated the moment the PRC was forced to accept the cease-fire. In this context, the Philippines had good reason to be feeling lonely at the moment.Bizarrely, both New Delhi and Hanoi were singing the praises of US Secretary of State John Kerry and the Rt. Honorable Phillip Hammond, Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for the UK, for their deft handling of the crisis, thank you, Riki Martin and Lady Yum-Yum.Riki wasn't expecting any thanks. She was certain she'd be fired and imprisoned for the rest of her life. Lady Fathom Worthington-Burke was sure she'd get two additional knighthoods out of the deal, which would look very nice engraved on her tombstone. Javiera had long ago decided to face the music and go down with the ship, so to speak.The CIA's Addison Stuart already had her exit strategy. She was going to go work for the Khanate, building up their clandestine service when this whole mad scheme collapsed into recriminations and 'extreme sanctions'. Mehmet, Air Force Sr. Master Sgt. Billings and Agent-86 had all decided to go with her. Katrina had their escape plane on standby. Mehmet's family was already 'vacationing' in Canada.Anyway, the Republic of India, the Khanate, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of Vietnam (the Vietnamese were happy to already be getting half of the Parcel Island windfall), the Sultanate Brunei (Lady Fathom 'knew' some people and the Sultan was an autocratic Muslim ruler, just like the Great Khan) and the Philippines (because they had no other true choice) were all coming around to signing the Spratly Accords.Indonesia and Thailand were kind of waiting for a better deal. Malaysia was downright hostile, having gravitated toward the PRC over the past decade and been assured by the PRC a better apportionment would be their reward for upsetting the treaty process.The Great Khan's answer was simple. He publically threatened the Malaysian Federation in general and both the King (Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah) and Prime Minister of Malay (Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak) in particular with military action if they kept dragging their feet.He even told them how he'd do it. He'd butcher or expel every living thing in the states of Perlis and Kedah (~ 2.1 million people) and give those empty lands to Thailand to settle along with the added sweetener of Malaysia's 10% of the Spratlys. He would also invade Eastern Malaysia, taking the island state of Labuan for himself while giving Sarawak to Indonesia and Sabah to the Philippines if those to states agreed to the split.He'd also decimate their navy & air force before devastating every port city, just like he'd done to China. He'd already killed more than two million Chinese. What was another two million Malays to him? Also, Indonesia wanted Sarawak and the Philippines had claims on Sabah. While they were openly and publically defying the Great Khan's plan, could Malaysia really take the chance?What would India and Thailand do while this was going on? Thailand stated that it would protect its territorial integrity, whatever that meant. India wasn't returning Malaysia's phone calls while showing their populace re-runs of Malaysian violence against their Hindu minority, the bastards!To the world, the Indian Navy proclaimed it would 'defend itself and its supply lines' which was a subtle hint that they would shepherd any Khanate invasion force to their destination. Why would the Indians be so insensitive? The Malaysians were screwing up their deal to get 20% of both the Parcel and Spratlys wealth, that's why.If the Khanate went down, there was no way India could defend their claims (which they'd won by doing nothing up until now). Oh yeah, Vietnam began gathering up warplanes, warships, transport ships and troops for the quick (710 km) jaunt across the Gulf of Thailand to north-eastern Malaysia to kill Malaysians because Vietnam needed the Khanate to ensure their own economic future as well.That military prospect had a cascade effect, especially among the Indonesian military. If the Indian Navy remained active, the vastly more populous Western Malaysia couldn't reinforce the state of Sarawak. Sure, the Philippines was unlikely to conquer Sabah on their own, but all the Indonesians needed was for Sabah to be kept pre-occupied while their army took their promised territory, fulfilling a fifty year old dream of conquest/unification.The United Nations blustered. It wasn't that they didn't care, they did. They also cared about the deteriorating situations in Libya, Nigeria, Syria and Ukraine. The situation was complicated by the unwillingness of the permanent members of the Security Council, namely the PRC and Russia, to recognize the Khanate.In reverse, when those two tried to stick it to the Khanate, the UK stoically vetoed them. Why? Well, more on that later. Let's just say the Khanate was good for business in the European Union in general and the United Kingdom in particular because the Khanate was prepared to economically befriend the British. Ireland was being treated in a promising manner too. The United States,the United Nations?Let's just say that in the two months following the cease-fire, the Khanate bloodily and brutally solved the ISIS conundrum and the Donbass Crisis. When the smoke cleared, the Khanate had reintroduced the practice of impalement to the modern battlefield, driven the separatists from the Ukraine and was on the border with Israel and Jordan.Sure, the Ukrainians were stun-fucked by the Khanate's 'peace-keepers' going on a bloody rampage through the eastern rebellious regions, but they had delivered up peace by mid-September. Yes, the Russians were in an uproar about the impalements.As the Khanate spokesperson said, 'if they aren't your people, then it is not your problem' and 'there are no more Russians left alive in the Ukraine'. In fact, fewer than a thousand people, all armed insurgents, were executed in such a manner, but the terror created by the highly publicized killings had the effect of sending a hundred thousand people stampeding over the frontier into Russia proper.Next, the Khanate said it wanted to 'reexamine' the Crimean situation. There were Turcoman in that area and they weren't being treated well, or so it was claimed.Even as Russia and the Khanate were posturing in the Donbass, the Khanate struck in the Middle East. By the end of September, Syria and Lebanon had ceased to exist as organized entities. Most of those two countries as well as portions of western Iraq became Turkish provinces in the Khanate infrastructure. Northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq became the Khanate state of Kurdistan.It was a campaign reminiscent of the 13th century Mongol conquest, not a modern military struggle. Whole villages were eradicated. The entire Arab population of Mosul was exiled to the new territories in the East. The city was repopulated with Kurds from Turkey. Back in Turkey, those Kurds were replaced by Armenians from Azerbaijan, cauterizing another internal issue within the Khanate.Jordan was cautiously hopeful. Israel? "We don't seem to be having problems with Hezbollah anymore," with a shrug and "it could be worse." As for ISIS; there really was an Islamic State controlling more than half of Iraq and all of Syria now and it allowed no other pretenders to that distinction. By the time the world woke up to that reality though, the Great Hunt had happened and I was dealing with the consequences of that.A larger ideological and political matter was occurring in the United States, the United Kingdom (and to a limited extent Australia and Canada). The Ramshackle Empire (aka the Khanate) was just that ~ a Frankenstein nation fueled more by nationalistic pride and nostalgia for a Super-State (that only two living people had firsthand experience with) than an integrated armed forces and infrastructure.It may have been built upon more than a 13th century creation and two hundred years of real and imagined oppression. It did have long term planning and real genius driving it forward. Having throttled the PRC into giving them six precious months of peace to 'tidy up the backyard' (aka the Middle East and Russia) and forge a true nation, the Khanate was now hiring experts to aid them in the task.First and foremost, Temujin and the Earth & Sky had envisioned an armed state built upon military principles and discipline. Fate had delivered to them the means of their own salvation in the form of NATO's policy of disarmament and 'Reduction-In-Force' levels (RIFed).The US and UK had trained tens of thousands of male and female volunteers in their Armed Forces in infrastructure creation and management for the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns. From 2010, those militaries had informed those experts that their services were no longer required. Unlike the shrinking militaries of the 1990's, there was no private sector to 'soak up' the majority of those personnel.The Earth & Sky had been working on the problem of nation-building on a time table and they kept coming up short. They had to fight to create their state first, so the all-important after-battle had been something their leaders dreaded. Temujin had been understanding about not everything being 100% ready. Few wars were fought that way.Then a young male Amazon of mixed Magyar ancestry talked history with the Earth & Sky representative to a seemingly inconsequential personage's funeral. A few critical E&S leaders (a minority, to be sure) immediately sought ways to cultivate this man into what was a ten year plan to open doors to the Amazons. Then that man saved the Great Khan's life and everything changed.Before the E&S had even remotely considered directly approaching the Amazons for help, the Amazons came knocking on their door. The Seven Pillars of Heaven had tried to kidnap a camp full of Amazon children ~ an assault on their future. The two secret societies were bound by one unique, fortunate idiot and a mutual thirst for vengeance.They were also directed by two incredibly foresighted, ambitious and brilliant people. In Katrina of Epona, the E&S elders found someone who equaled their hope to see the Seven Pillars humbled and humbled immediately. Moreover, these were the Amazons they were dealing with. Amazons always sought both lightning decisions and long term solutions.From the moment Iskender left his third meeting with Cáel Nyilas, Katrina put the fruits of the First Directive (the Amazons efforts to recruit militant outsider women) into overdrive. Havenstone had the apparatus in place to screen potential inductees. All they had to do was add a "can you suggest any other people who might be interested in this line of work" box to their employment forms.That brought men into the process in surprising numbers. The market was flush with military veterans having trouble readjusting to the civilian community. The Khanate wasn't hiring killers. They wanted ex-military and civilian police officers to create a national police force.They also wanted engineers and builders, cadres for their cadet corps and a whole range of specialist in jobs most of the Western World took for granted. The money came from off-shore accounts funded by Havenstone International. The employment opportunities came from Earth & Sky front companies operating in the UK and the US (and Israel, but that was another matter).They had already started hiring scores of civilian English-speaking experts to help build their newborn nation's infrastructure before the first blow landed. English hadn't been chosen out of any cultural bias. Relying on Russian and Chinese sources wasn't feasible, the Khanate wasn't overly linguistically gifted where distant tongues were concerned and, as pointed out, the English-speaking world had a glut of applicants.Now to the problem, there were people in the US and UK who weren't happy with their citizenry going to the Khanate and helping them to survive and thrive. These power groups wanted the Mongol-Turkish Empire to keep the resources flowing to the West, without any reciprocal commitment on their part.Imagine their surprise when some wonks at the State Department and Foreign Ministries found bundles of expedited passport requests to the (former) nations of Turkmenistan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Mongolia (and later Afghanistan and Iraq). The Department of Defense  Ministry of Defense were discovering their former military personnel and civilian contractors with Security Clearances were heading the same way.Of all those destinations, only Mongolia and Kazakhstan were under any kind of 'Restricted Travel' advisories. Barring any coherent anti-Khanate strategy from their administrations, the bureaucracies were doing their jobs, with Havenstone exerting just enough influence to get the job done while flying beneath the radar.After JIKIT was created, the group had a US Senator greasing the wheels to get the requests expedited. In England, Lady Worthington-Burke shamelessly used the people at the other end of the O'Shea hotline to get the job done overseas. She did have to sell out a teammate, but that was what good boys were for ~ taking one for the team. (That would be me, if there was any misunderstanding.)When Cáel Nyilas was kidnapped under the watchful eye of the FBI (I wasn't sure how they got that bum-wrap), the whole situation exploded. The PRC didn't have me, yet promised they might produce me if certain concessions were made. According to Addison, I was worth 5,000 barrels a day of refined fuel oil and 50 tons of coal a month, and the Great Khan agreed to pay! Woot! I was loved by somebody who was a somebody.All that attention drove home some salient points. I was a noble scion of Ireland, Romania, Georgia and Armenia (in no particular order) and they all wanted to know why the US had let me be kidnapped. Didn't my president know I was a sacred national treasure? After JIKIT tracked down the bribes and clandestine activities to Chinese shell corporations, those powers wanted to know what sanctions would be applied.'But wait, wasn't I a private citizen?' my national leaders pleaded. Then the PRC made a case which boiled down to 'I had it coming for being a fiancé to Hana Sulkanen and a brother to the Great Khan', while ignoring me being snatched in the territorial US of A. Of course, they didn't claim to have actually done the kidnapping.Javiera was waiting on that one; 'What was their excuse for kidnapping a little US girl to force my compliance?' The furious Federal authorities even found two dead adult bodies and two digits from said child to add to the media frenzy. To prove I had migrated to fantasy land, the CNN journalist got it right ~ they had tortured the girl and I had killed two of them for it. Just ask the Romanian Army how lethal I could be.In a rare comment, Temujin informed the international press that he believed I was still alive. Why did he believe that? If I wasn't, they would have been able to spot the pile of dead enemy around me and my 'boon companion' (go Aya!) from orbit. Until they discovered this carnal pit from Hell, I was surely still alive.Just at the cusp of turning publically against the Mongol barbarians, the world suddenly got angry with their enemy, the PRC. The principal two Western regimes were paralyzed with indecision until my miraculous cry for help from the middle of the Pacific showed the world I was alive, had punished my enemies and rescued others from under the opponent's cruel thumb.Clearly if I started ranting against the People's Republic of China, my government would be rather peeved with me. I hadn't screwed a dozen poli-sci majors to miss out on that obvious situation. I behaved and hoped they wouldn't make me die from an embolism, or some other equally implausible cause.(DC is a marvel. 9 pm, Monday, August 18th. 21 days)I'd been dragged to DC, to honor promises made in Rome a week ago. I had another choice; I could have justifiably said I was still getting over my kidnapping ordeal. But that choice fucked over Javiera Castello, my boss at JIKIT (Joint International Khanate Interim Task force).That was how I ended up in a 'secret and secure' meeting with Tony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) and his experts. He was someone I didn't know. The rest, I'd had a verbal run-in with them after the Romanian bloodbath. I'd been cranky. I would hardly consider us to be on good terms now.All four experts were from the US State Department. They were foregoing their usual group of flunkies because this meeting wasn't really happening. All the participants were officially somewhere else, mostly not even in D.C. Had this soiree 'really happened', the Congressional sub-committees would have been able to request the minutes of Tony's meeting with members of JIKIT and:·         Victoria Nuland, Ass. Sec. of State for European & Eurasian Affairs (ASSEEA)·         Robert O. Blake Jr., Ass. Sec. of State for S & C Asian Affairs (ASSCAA)·         Daniel R. Russel, Ass. Sec. of State for E. Asian and Pacific Affairs (ASSEAP)·         Bill A. Miller, Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) (aka Big Willy)We made stiff, formal introductions (which signaled the utter lack of trust in the room.) Javiera hadn't wanted to put me through an interrogation this soon after my near-death experience, considering my snarky nature when stressed. The White House was putting the squeeze on her. The main player was Tony, who talked with the Leader of the Free World on a weekly, if not daily, basis.The Diplomatic Security Service people had successfully peeled off Pamela and my SD Amazons only after they agreed I could keep Aya. They tolerated me keeping the nine-year old girl despite the obvious fact she had gone through worse hardships than I had endured and was still packing her Chinese QSW-06 suppressed pistol.I had already fabricated and submitted my report on how I'd overcome a plane-full of rogue delinquents from the Forumi i Rinis  Eurosocialiste t  Shqip ris  (Euro-socialist Youth Forum of Albania) bent on recruiting impressionable European socialites by accessing my Twitter account.That's right, the Albanians had it out for me. I reiterated that critical bit of data to the Department of Homeland Security when they questioned me on the veracity of my memories. The two ethnic Chinese I was found with? I thought they were from Taiwan, and they both appeared to be suffering from amnesia.I was already suffering repercussions from my pathological refusal to take life seriously. Javiera believed I was about to get a formal apology from Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations. Damn it! Now I had to do something nice for the Albanians. Maybe I'd offer them membership in the Khanate, full-statehood with an economic package to sweeten the deal.Yes, that was how Albania and Kosovo joined the Khanate, a product of my love for exaggeration and a little post-Ottoman solidarity over Tarator (cold soup made of yoghurt, garlic, parsley, cucumber, salt and olive oil with a side of fried squids), Tav  Kosi (lamb meatballs) and Flia & Kaymak (a dessert I highly recommend).We had toasted the Pillars of Kanun (Albanian oral law and tradition): ~ Nderi (honor), Mikpritja (hospitality), Sjellja (Right Conduct) and Fis (Kin Loyalty), ~ and he promised to tell his people that I had Besa which was an Albanian-ism for being a man who would honor his word of honor (despite us being brought together by my lie). The shit-ton of financial and military aid I asked the Great Khan to sweeten the pot with might have helped as well.Later, Lady Yum-Yum told me that the military leaders of NATO called it a 'master-stroke' in neutralizing Comrade Putin's Russian-backed 'Greek threat

A new MP3 sermon from Bible Believers Baptist Church of Tawas is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Perlis of Lust Subtitle: 2 Samuel Speaker: Pastor Jeremy Evans Broadcaster: Bible Believers Baptist Church of Tawas Event: Midweek Service Date: 5/22/2024 Bible: 2 Samuel 13 Length: 44 min.

Program bersama Sekolah Rendah Islam al-Azhar, Perlis pada 12 Februari 2024. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hasrizal/message

In this episode, Dr. Stephanie Bayliss, a Naturopathic Doctor based in British Columbia, reviews how we assess and manage sexual side effects from SSRI's. Up to 80% of SSRI treated patients can experience sexual side effects. This may include changes to desire, arousal or satisfaction. Dr. Bayliss explores both the conventional care guidelines on managing these sexual side effects, and promising up and coming integrative solutions, including Saffron and Probiotics.    References: Hashemi-Mohammadabad, N., Taghavi, S.-A., Lambert, N., Moshtaghi, R., Bazarganipour, F. & Sharifi, M. (2024). Adjuvant administration of probiotic effects on sexual function in depressant women undergoing SSRIs treatment: a double-blinded randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05429-w  Izadi, S., Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, S., Yadollahi, P., & Mirghafourvand, M. (2024). Effect of vitamin E with and without saffron on the sexual function in women of reproductive age with sexual dysfunction: a randomized controlled trial. BMC women's health, 24(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-024-02980-w  Kashani, L., Raisi, F., Saroukhani, S., Sohrabi, H., Modabbernia, A., Nasehi, A. A., Jamshidi, A., Ashrafi, M., Mansouri, P., Ghaeli, P., & Akhondzadeh, S. (2013). Saffron for treatment of fluoxetine-induced sexual dysfunction in women: randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. Human psychopharmacology, 28(1), 54–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2282 Modabbernia, A., Sohrabi, H., Nasehi, A. A., Raisi, F., Saroukhani, S., Jamshidi, A., Tabrizi, M., Ashrafi, M., & Akhondzadeh, S. (2012). Effect of saffron on fluoxetine-induced sexual impairment in men: randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Psychopharmacology, 223(4), 381–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-012-2729-6  Perlis, R. H., Laje, G., Smoller, J. W., Fava, M., Rush, A. J., & McMahon, F. J. (2009). Genetic and clinical predictors of sexual dysfunction in citalopram-treated depressed patients. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 34(7), 1819–1828. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2009.4   

Adam Perlis shares why it's important to always treat interns well, how he's trying to solve bad recruitment practices, and some practical advice for navigating the job market. Highlights include: How did an intern play a pivotal role in your career? What do the most successful design portfolios demonstrate? Why are you deeply surprised that you've become a design recruiter? How do you assess a candidate before deciding to present them to a client? Where and how should designers go the extra mile when applying for jobs? ====== Who is Adam Perlis? Adam is the CEO and founder of Academy, a flexible staffing and recruitment agency that helps companies like Under Armour, NBC Universal and Wish.com, to scale their UX orgs and UXers to further their careers. Before founding Academy, Adam spent a decade working in various design roles in New York, including as a Head of UX for AKQA, Head of Design for B-Reel and notably, Head of Design for TIME magazine, where he led the team responsible for TIME.com, FORTUNE.com and MONEY.com. Adam has also been a Creative Director at AT&T, guiding the design of AT&T AdWorks and AT&T AdWorks Lab, and at Dish Network, where he was a manager of Interactive Television. A dedicated contributor to the field, Adam has spoken at events around the world, such as SXSW, Web Summit and Tech Open Air. He is also the host of “How We Scaled It”, a podcast that explores the journey of growing a successful design practice from 0-100. ====== Find Adam here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamperlis/ Website: https://adamperlis.com/ X: https://twitter.com/AdamPerlis Academy - UX Staffing & Recruiting Agency: Website: https://www.academyux.com/ Blog: https://blog.academyux.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/academyux/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8wVKD8NG7uhrcPSuylrPnQ X: https://twitter.com/academyuxdesign ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/ Website: https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

The 'Sleepy Girl Mocktail' was a trend going around TikTok that claimed to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and even improve the quality of your Sleep. And it's all about Tart Cherry Juice – specifically Montmorency cherries or sour cherries. So what exactly are the ingredients in this drink and how much validity is there to the claims that it helps you not only fall asleep but also stay asleep? In this episode we're going to dive deep into the science behind the ingredients, find out what the science says about them and separate the difference between falling asleep and staying asleep. And for those of you that struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep and struggle with maybe Insomnia and staying asleep, this could help you out! RECCOMENDATIONS: Listen to Episode 68 on Serotonin and Tryptophan at https://rebrand.ly/dyfm-ep68 . Read ‘Effects of Tart Cherry Juice Beverage on the Sleep of Older Adults with Insomnia: A Pilot Study' Pigeon, Carr, Gorman and Perlis from JMed Food 2010 https://rebrand.ly/c78aptz . Read ‘Pilot Study of the Tart Cherry Juice for the Treatment of Insomnia and Investigation of Mechanisms' Am J Ther. 2018 Mar/Apr;25(2):e194-e201. doi: at https://rebrand.ly/e1f0bc . Listen to episode 191 with the Science/Brain Fact about Magnesium, the best types of magnesium for sleep and how the type of magnesium you take could have a laxative effect at https://pod.fo/e/169d72 . LINKS: Join the DYFM Facebook Group https://bit.ly/dyfm-group . Follow @dyfmpodcast on IG  Follow @alexispredez on IG   Follow @listnrentertainment on IG  CREDITS Host: Alexis Fernandez       Executive Producer & Editor: Elise CooperDigital Producer: Zoe Panaretos DYFM Social Producer: Shania MaguaManaging Producer: Sam Cavanagh  Find more great podcasts like this at www.listnr.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite the ease and convenience of online shopping, which enables us to procure almost anything we want from anywhere in the world in short order, there's still something wonderful about buying clothes, apparel, decorations for the home or, really anything for that matter, from a store that we know and love and a brand we have come to trust. Baton Rouge - which likes to call itself "a big small town" -  has several homegrown brands that have been in business for generations. In the years since Katrina we've also welcomed a number of well known retailers from downriver in New Orleans. One of them is Perlis, a family-owned apparel retailer has been a fixture in New Orleans since 1939 that has dressed generations of Uptown gentlemen and, in more recent decades, women, in what the company calls Southern Style. In 2009 the Perlis family opened its first Baton Rouge location on Jefferson Highway. Bobby Berthelot has been the store's manager since 2013. A native of New Orleans, Bobby majored in business and after graduating learned about the ropes of merchandising, retail and made-to-order menswear at the venerable Rubenstein's on Canal Street in New Orleans then Brook's Brothers before becoming GM at Perlis in Baton Rouge.  Lauren LeBlanc Haydel is the founder and owner of Fleurty Girl, another well known south Louisiana brand that hasn't been around as long as Perlis but is taking the region by storm. Lauren founded the company in 2009 when she was a single mother of three and decided to risk it all creating t-shirts for women that celebrated New Orleans. Today, there are nine FLeurty Girls, including a location in Baton Rouge that opened in the summer of 2023, and Fleurty Girl ships its south Louisiana-inspired merchandise – including t-shirts, gifts, door hangers, gifts for the home and an amazing array of sparkly Mardi Gras stuff – all over the world.  Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs On the Boulevard. Photos by Brian Newton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

EPISODE SUMMARY: Ever been tempted by the siren call of guru culture promising wealth and success with ease? Join me, Austin Linney, as we unravel the complex tapestry of the entrepreneurship world, examining how figures like Chris Crone and Tai Lopez captivate an audience with their marketing flair while balancing on the fine line of ethical conduct. In this no-holds-barred discussion, we dissect the recent legal troubles of an entrepreneur, which serve as a stark reminder of the consequences when promises outpace reality. And if that's not enough, we'll reaffirm why a strong community is the true bedrock of authentic success, far surpassing the lonely pinnacle often claimed by gurus. From the bustling eateries of Austin to the virtual spaces where connections are just a direct message away, this episode peels back the layers of what it means to build a thriving community. Special guest Nicholas and I take you through the serendipitous journey from Perlis to personal real estate, exploring the allure of 'perceived demand' and its role in business dynamics. We tackle the pivotal challenges of nurturing an online community, the strategic significance of a community director, and the surprising opportunities within the 'silver tsunami.' So, buckle up for a ride that promises to equip you with the insights to harness the collective strength of a community, be it in person or a tweet away. GET IN TOUCH WITH: https://bluebirdhealth.com/ EPISODE CHAPTERS: (0:00:01) - The Fascination With Gurus and Community Gurus and their promises of easy success, ethical boundaries of marketing, and the importance of community in genuine success. (0:11:17) - Opportunities and Challenges in Building Communities Austin's restaurant scene, community on social media, challenges in creating and sustaining community, and potential for business opportunities in the "silver tsunami".

SPRM sedia ke mahkamah justifikasi beku aset Aman Palestin.   Ideologi politk berbeza, PM tetap iktiraf pembangkang. Fahmi bidas Tun M tak pandai nasihat pembangkang. Wahab mengaku bersalah kemuka borang palsu.

SPRM sedia ke mahkamah justifikasi beku aset Aman Palestin.   Ideologi politk berbeza, PM tetap iktiraf pembangkang. Fahmi bidas Tun M tak pandai nasihat pembangkang. Wahab mengaku bersalah kemuka borang palsu.

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It's a special collaborative episode with The Bola Bola Show and our guest, Gary Koh as we look back at the Malaysian League in the 90s. These are the topics of discussion: 1. 1991 - Malaysia Cup final: Johor vs Selangor 2. 1992 - Pahang Dream Team 3. 1993 - Kedah 4. 1994 - Singapore & the dark days of match-fixing 5. The rising power of the Borneo teams; Sarawak & Sabah 6. 1995 - Singapore's exit, Perlis and Brunei, the surprise package of the season and Selangor finally win the Malaysia Cup 7. 1996 - Malaysia Cup final - Sabah vs Selangor 8. 1997 - Selangor; Tony Cottee & Chris Kiwomya 9. 1998 - Selangor's relegation, Pulau Pinang, the league champions and the decline in attendance for Malaysian league matches. Find The Bola Bola Show here: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theBOLABOLAshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/theBOLABOLAshow Website - https://bolabola.my/ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3PMqFm4ZPZ60gR3ox0aSgn?si=640e50cfff544e1c You can buy our merchandise here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LsV07j80xLdhiieIb_KpnE9FpVKma7alQZvVu_1uxQk/edit Find us here on various platforms: https://linktr.ee/backpasstwithras

Statistik upah mengikut lokasi menunjukkan bahawa tiga negeri telah melebihi median upah bulanan negara (RM2,600) dengan W.P. Kuala Lumpur mencatakan media upah bulanan tertinggi iaitu sebanyak RM3,927. Ini diikuti oleh Selangor sebanyak RM2,964 dan Pulau Pinang sebanyak RM2,627 pada Mac 2023. Sebaliknya, Kelantan, Perlis, dan Sabah menunjukkan median upah bulanan terendah dengan masing-masing mencatatkan nilai sebanyak RM1,600, RM1,627, dan RM1,782 pada tempoh yang sama.

In episode 55 of The Product Design Podcast, Seth Coelen interviews Adam Perlis, CEO and Founder of Academy, which offers UX recruitment and staffing. He has had a fascinating design journey that led him to where he is today.During our talk, Adam shares the career lows that launched him into his career highs, his unique approach to UX recruitment, and what he looks for in product design talent. Adam also gives excellent strategies for applying to different companies, regardless of how long you have been in the industry.During our interview with Adam, you will learn:

Charles Perlis is a real estate agent from the Bradley Perlis Group, and he joins us today to share some insight into creating generational wealth and effectively saving as an independent contractor. You will get to hear his story with finances, real estate, business, and the important financial legacy that was passed down to him by his father.  You can find show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/3HKbxiR

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.10.27.514063v1?rss=1 Authors: Irvine, A., Gaffney, M. I., Haughee, E. K., Horton, M. A., Morris, H. C., Harris, K. C., Corbin, J. E., Merrill, C., Perlis, M. L., Been, L. E. Abstract: Sleep disruptions are a common occurrence during the peripartum period. While physical and environmental factors associated with pregnancy and newborn care account for some sleep disruptions, there is evidence that peripartum fluctuations in estrogens may independently impact sleep. We therefore used a hormone-simulated pseudopregnancy in female Syrian hamsters to test the hypothesis that pregnancy-like increases in estradiol decrease sleep in the absence of other factors. Adult female Syrian hamsters were ovariectomized and given daily hormone injections that simulate estradiol levels during early pregnancy, late pregnancy, and the postpartum period. Home cage video recordings were captured at seven timepoints and videos were analyzed for actigraphy. During ''late pregnancy,'' total sleep time and sleep efficiency were decreased in hormone-treated animals during the white light period compared to vehicle controls. During both ''early pregnancy'' and ''late pregnancy,'' locomotion was increased in the white light period for hormone-treated animals; this change continued into the ''postpartum period'' for animals who continued to receive estradiol treatment, but not for animals who were withdrawn from estradiol. At the conclusion of the experiment, animals were euthanized and cFos expression was quantified in the ventral lateral preoptic area (VLPO) and lateral hypothalamus (LH). Animals who continued to receive high levels of estradiol during the ''postpartum'' period had significantly more cFos in the VLPO and LH than animals who were withdrawn from hormones or vehicle controls. Together, these data suggest that increased levels of estradiol during pregnancy are associated with sleep suppression which may be mediated by increased activation of hypothalamic nuclei. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is an evidence-based intervention for insomnia. Please enjoy this discussion with Dr. Michael Perlis. Dr. Perlis is internationally known for his work in the area of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (BSM). He is a co-author of the first textbook in this field and he is the senior author of a published CBT-I treatment manual and a larger text summarizing all BSM treatments. The CBT-I manual (Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia: A Session-by-Session Guide (New York: Springer/Verlag) has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Korean, and Chinese. In addition, his program offers an Advanced CBT-I Course (also taught by Drs. ‘Posner and Ellis), individual and group supervision, a BSM mini-fellowship, and (via CBT-I Educational Products) a video mock case vignette DVD. Dr. Perlis has published, as an author or co-author, more than 150 articles and chapters on sleep research-related topics and he serves on the editorial boards of Sleep, the Journal of Sleep Research, the journal of Sleep Medicine Research, the journal of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and the Journal of Health Psychology. Dr. Perlis has also served as a member, or chair, of several committees and task forces of the Sleep Research Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and he was the assistant chair for the training program of the SRS for five years. Finally, Dr. Perlis was one of the five organizing and founding members of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM). He also served as the SBSM's first president (2010-2011). Brain Health with Dr. Nissen brings you advancements in medicine, #neuroscience, psychiatry, and #nutrition to help you live a better life. Dr. Nissen's expert interviews reveal new, evidence-based approaches to enhancing mental health, sharpening cognition, and optimizing performance. With topics such as #Alzheimer's disease, #neuromodulation, #depression, the Mediterranean #Diet, and #psychedelics, this show is sure to expose listeners to new topics on the frontiers of medicine and neuroscience. Join our community at DrNissen.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/drnissen Subscribe to the podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brain-health-with-dr-nissen/id1510757864 Dr. Nissen is a medical doctor (M.D.) and therapist. This show is intended for entertainment and educational purposes only and does not substitute personalized medical advice. Please speak with your doctor before attempting any medical or major diet and lifestyle changes. Check out Dr. Nissen's children's book on empathy and emotional intelligence, Emily Empathy! http://bit.ly/emilyempathy #depression #mentalhealth #wellness #health #healthylifestyle #medicine #treatment #medical #healthcare #psychotherapy #psychedelics #psychedelictherapy

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.10.24.513576v1?rss=1 Authors: Sheridan, S. D., Horng, J. E., Yeh, H., McCrea, L., Fu, T., Perlis, R. H. Abstract: Background: The CYFIP1 gene, located in the neurodevelopmental risk locus 15q11.2, is highly expressed in microglia, but its role in human microglial function as it relates to neurodevelopment is not well understood. Methods: We generated multiple CRISPR knockouts of CYFIP1 in patient-derived models of microglia to characterize function and phenotype. Using microglia-like cells reprogrammed from peripheral blood mononuclear cells, we quantified phagocytosis of synaptosomes (isolated and purified synaptic vesicles) from human iPSC-derived neuronal cultures as an in vitro model of synaptic pruning. We repeated these analyses in human iPSC-derived microglia, and characterized microglial development and function through morphology and motility. Results: CYFIP1 knockout using orthogonal CRISPR constructs in multiple patient-derived cell lines was associated with statistically significant decrease in synaptic vesicle phagocytosis in microglia models derived from both PBMCs and iPSCs (p less than 0.0001). Morphology was also shifted toward a more ramified profile (p less than 0.0001), and motility was significantly reduced (p less than 0.0001). However, iPSC-CYFIP1 knockout lines retained the ability to differentiate to functional microglia. Conclusion: The changes in microglial phenotype and function from loss of CYFIP1 may contribute to pruning abnormalities observed in CYFIP1-associated neurodevelopmental disorders. Investigating risk genes in a range of CNS cell types may be required to fully understand the way in which common and rare variants intersect to yield neuropsychiatric disorders. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

It's been described as crimes against humanity - back in 2015, Malaysian police discovered 139 mass graves in 28 abandoned migrant "prison camps” just over the border from Thailand in Wang Kelian, Perlis, following the discovery of similar graves in Thailand. The victims are believed to be Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis - victims of mass human trafficking from Myanmar and Bangladesh to Thailand and Malaysia from 2012 to 2015. Human rights NGO Fortify Right and Malaysia's SUHAKAM investigation into the matter found reasonable grounds to believe that a transnational criminal syndicate committed crimes against humanity against these trafficked persons. Though Malaysia set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the matter, no report was made public, with officials calling it an official state secret - that is, until Fortify Rights revealed that the report recently appeared on the Ministry of Home Affairs website. Among other things, the 211-page RCI report found that the torture and deaths of Rohingya refugees and others in Wang Kelian “should have been prevented by the authorities” and that Malaysian enforcement agencies failed to follow their own standard operating procedures, significantly impacting the quality of their investigation into the situation in Wang Kelian. We find out more from Patrick Phongsathorn, a Human Rights Advocacy Specialist at Fortify Rights about what the report details, and what actions they are calling for.Image Credit: Twitter/Fortify Rights

Ketahui berita yang anda perlu tahu hari ini bersama Hakim Rahman dan Nursyazwani Saiful Sham Antara fokus AWANI Pagi hari ini merangkumi:  DUN Pahang dan Perlis dibubarkan pada Jumaat PRU15 : Pas pilih PN, keputusan sudah dijangka - Ismail Sabri Kutipan tol di Lebuhraya SUKE bermula tengah malam #AWANInews #PolitikMalaysia

Laporan berita padat dan ringkas #AWANI745 bersama Essan Yahya Tumpuan #AWANI745 malam ini : - Kuasa rakyat penawar ampuh kestabilan politik, kata PM - Dakwa BN masih 'keruh', Pas tangguh kerjasama dengan BN - Pahang, Perlis sudah bubar, Perak pula macam mana? Bubar ke tidak? #AWANInews  #MalaysiaMemilih

Laporan berita padat dan ringkas #AWANI745 bersama Essan Yahya Tumpuan #AWANI745 malam ini : - Kuasa rakyat penawar ampuh kestabilan politik, kata PM - Dakwa BN masih 'keruh', Pas tangguh kerjasama dengan BN - Pahang, Perlis sudah bubar, Perak pula macam mana? Bubar ke tidak? #AWANInews  #MalaysiaMemilih

At the recently concluded 20th SUKMA (Malaysia) Games, one of the biggest controversies was on the news that three weightlifters (one from Perlis, two from Terengganu) tested positive for banned substances throwing the entire event into uncertainty. The Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF) ultimately pulled out from conducting the event, leaving a group of weightlifting enthusiasts to run it. One of the three sports - alongside sepak takraw and taekwondo - that were dropped from the list of core sports due to doping issues in 2017, this week on the programme, we explore why doping is still prevalent in sports with Datuk Dr Ramlan Aziz, the founding CEO of the National Sports Institute.

At the recently concluded 20th SUKMA (Malaysia) Games, one of the biggest controversies was on the news that three weightlifters (one from Perlis, two from Terengganu) tested positive for banned substances throwing the entire event into uncertainty. The Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF) ultimately pulled out from conducting the event, leaving a group of weightlifting enthusiasts to run it. One of the three sports - alongside sepak takraw and taekwondo - that were dropped from the list of core sports due to doping issues in 2017, this week on the programme, we explore why doping is still prevalent in sports with Datuk Dr Ramlan Aziz, the founding CEO of the National Sports Institute.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In July, 12 out of 71 Malaysians were tested positive for cannabis after returning from Thailand as a result of a random screening done by the police at the Perlis border. We look at what the laws say about consuming cannabis in a country where it is legal, and what our rights are when we're asked to take a drug test by the police.Image Source: MrWinn, Shuttterstock

Why are we all predisposed to develop acute insomnia? How can we keep it from becoming a longstanding problem?Join Dr. Jennifer Reid as she speaks with Dr. Michael Perlis, PhD, the director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at the University of Pennsylvania and an internationally recognized leader in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. We discuss the difference between insomnia and sleep deprivation, the pros and cons of sleep meds, and how to find CBT for insomnia providers in your area.Mentioned in this Episode:A. CBT-I Provider Directory https://cbti.directory/B. Public Access Sleep Health Screener https://sleephealthscreen.com/C. Books on CBT for Insomnia:1) The Insomnia Answer (Spielman)2) The One-Week Insomnia Cure (Ellis)D. Digital CBT-I Programs1) Shuti / Somryst  2) Sleepio3) Sleep Coach  Dr. Perlis is a coauthor of the first text book in this field; the senior author of a published CBT-for insomnia treatment manual; and has published more than 150 articles and chapters on sleep research related topics. He serves on the editorial boards of Sleep, the Journal of Sleep Research, the journal of Sleep Medicine Research, the journal of Sleep Medicine Reviews, the journal of Sleep Medicine, the journal of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, the journal of Behavioral Therapy and Research, and the journal of Health Psychology. In 2018, Dr. Perlis received the Peter Hauri Career Distinguished Achievement Award from the SBSM. His work has also been featured in numerous media outlets, including National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the New York Times.Jennifer Reid, MD on Instagram: @TheReflectiveDocLooking for more from The Reflective Doc? Subscribe today so you don't miss out!Also check out Dr. Reid's regular contributions to Psychology Today: Think Like a Shrink**********************Seeking a mental health provider? Try Psychology TodayNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255SAMHSA's National Helpline - 1-800-662-HELP (4357)Dial 988 for Mental Health EmergencyThank you to Brendan Callahan for the original music featured on the podcast.Disclaimer:The information and other content provided on this podcast or in any linked materials, are not intended and should not be construed as medical advice, nor is the information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this website is for general information purposes only.If you or any other person has a medical concern, you should consult with your health care provider or seek other professional medical treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something that have read on this website, blog or in any linked materials. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or emergency services (911) immediately. You can also access the National Suicide Help Line at 1-800-273-8255

Array Cast - August 5, 2022 Show NotesMany thanks to Bob Therriault, João Araújo and Rodrigo Girão Serrão for gathering these links:[01] 00:01:40 J wiki features https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWqixYyb52Q[02] 00:02:31 J promo video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxibe2QOA0s[03] 00:03:00 British APL Association https://britishaplassociation.org/ Vector https://vector.org.uk/[04] 00:03:27 Conor's Twin Algorithms presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiferfBvN3s[05] 00:08:13 Numpy https://numpy.org/ JAX https://jax.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebooks/quickstart.html Julia https://julialang.org/[06] 00:08:49 João's array Google search engine https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=e5ff9c06c246f4ca5[07] 00:09:00 João's Iverson mirror site https://joaogui1.github.io/keiapl/ Original link http://keiapl.org/[08] 00:11:55 João's website https://joaogui1.netlify.app/[09] 00:13:10 BQN https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/ Dyalog APL https://www.dyalog.com/ J https://www.jsoftware.com/indexno.html[10] 00:13:50 Vannevar Bush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush Alan Kay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay[11] 00:14:13 Tool for Thought Rocks https://lu.ma/toolsforthoughtrockshttps://www.youtube.com/c/ToolsforThoughtRocks?app=desktop[12] 00:14:40 Obsidian discord https://discord.com/invite/veuWUTm[13] 00:15:10 Roam https://roamresearch.com/ Obsidian https://obsidian.md/ Logseq https://logseq.com/[14] 00:17:01 Anki https://logseq.com/ Muse https://museapp.com/[15] 00:18:25 Notion https://www.notion.so/ Remnote https://www.remnote.com/[16] 00:19:42 Marshall's BQN Markdown https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN/blob/master/md.bqn[17] 00:22:06 Perlis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Perlis[18] 00:22:49 Array Thinking https://www.arraycast.com/episodes/episode-00-why-i-like-array-languages[19] 00:24:50 Folds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_(higher-order_function)[20] 00:25:51 Rank concept https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Function_rank[22] 00:26:57 Short Term Memory https://www.simplypsychology.org/short-term-memory.html[23] 00:27:42 APL glyphs https://aplwiki.com/wiki/Typing_glyphs#By_method[24] 00:28:59 Stefan Kruger 'Learn APL' https://xpqz.github.io/learnapl/intro.html Rodrigo Girão Serrão 'Mastering Dyalog APL' https://mastering.dyalog.com/README.html[25] 00:29:35 Quarto https://quarto.org/[26] 00:32:33 Conor's original solution {≢∪⍵~0} Y[27] 00:32:40 Without APL ~ Without J -.[28] 00:32:50 BQN Without ¬∘∊/⊣[29] 00:33:55 Set Intersection APL X{⍺⌿⍨(≢⍵)≥⍵⍳⍺}Y Set Intersection J x (e. # [) y Set Union APL X{⍺⍪⍵⌿⍨(≢⍺)

Ityma nedelī vysā Latvejī  jau dasmytū reizi aizasuoce piļu i muižu apceļuošonys akceja. Sevkuram interesentam tei ir īspieja izzynuot kulturys montuojuma vierteibys, kai jimt daleibu vysaiduos aktivitatēs sešdesmit  pilīs i muižuos, daļa nu kuruom atsarūn taišņi Latgolā.  Izzynuot, nūviertēt, saglobuot i atjaunuot kulturviesturis montuojumu nu klasicisma, jugendstila i cytu muokslys sovpateibu laika – tei ir golvonuo ideja akcejai, kurā sevkurs interesents aicynuots apceļuot piļs i muižys vysā Latvejā. Vaira par ituos akcejis mierkim viestej tuos organizators i bīdreibys „Latvejis piļu i muižu asociaceja” vaļdis prīšksādātuojs Juoņs Lazdāns. „Muižu saiminīki var paruodeit, kas pi jūs ir šmuks. Tai tys ir, apceļojam dzymtū zemi. Kotru godu muižuos nūtiek kaidi restauracejis dorbi, koč kas teik atjaunuots, jaunys izstuodis. Muižā vysod ir parks, ysod ir kaids golds ci styureits, kur var pasēdēt.” Latvejis piļu i muižu asociacejis vadeituojs Juoņs Lazdāns pats Kuldeigys pusē atjaunoj klasicisma laika Paduris muižu. Tei zeimeiga ar cīši daudzi saglobuotom originalom detaļom. „Jei ir zeimeiga ar tū, ka ite ir vyss originals, vysys durovys, lūgi, kruosne, vysuos ustobuos ir gleznuojumi iz sīnu. Tei ir kai saimis sāta, tei nav īkuortuota kai muzejs. Ir cīši daudzi muižu, kas vēļ gaida sovu gluobieju, atdzeivynuotuoju. Ir muižys kuruos ir dzeivūkli, kulturys nomi, školys, ir taidys, kurys īt pūstā.” Taišni, kab aktualizātu īspiejis veicynuot piļu i muižu atdzimšonu, apceļuošonys akceja nūteik jau dasmytū reizi. Itūvosor apmaklātuojus uzjimt gotovi sešdesmit muižu saiminīki. Akceju atbolsta ari vēļ cikom mozuok zynomys muižys. Jūs vydā – Austrumlatvejis pīrūbeža perle – Saļnova, kurā jau ūtru godu saiminīkoj i remontu taisa daudzbārnu i apbolvuojumu „Latvejis lapnums” sajāmusī Dzierkaļu saime. Turpynoj Aija i Jezups Dzierkali. „Mierkis ir vīnkuorši jū savest kuorteibā, kaba byutu pateikamai nūbraukt. Mums jau niu iz iteini pa vosoru brauc cīši daudzi paziņu i draugu, kaba vīnkuorši ite pabyutu.” Apceļuošonys akcejā vysvaira pīsadola saimis ar bārnim, bet ir ari ekskursantu grupys voi organizacejis. Par pīmāru, retro entuziasti, kas ar senejim automobilim i mocikletim kūpā apbraukoj taišni Latgolys muižys i piļs. Sovpus Latvejis piļu i muižu asociacejis vaļdis prīšksādātuojs Juoņs Lazdāns aicynoj pyrma apmekliejuma viereigi izpieteit viesturiskūs vītu dorbalaiku. Piļu i muižu apceļuošonys akceja nūsaslēgs septembra golā, da tam, kab varātu dabuot bolvys, akcejis dalinīkim ir juosakroj vysmoz 30 atzeimis par vysaidu aizdevumu izpiļdeišonu. Vaira informacejis dazynuošonai vītnē http://pilis.lv, kai ari akcejis socialūs teiklu Facebook lopā.

Pakar undang-undang, peguam dan mufti membahaskan isu pengislaman tiga anak Loh Siew Hong secara unilateral di Perlis dan hubung kaitnya dengan Perlembagaan dan undang-undang Syariah negeri.

Want to reduce maintenance time on your instance changes? Data-driven design is the key. Julia Perlis joins me to talk about decision tables and the updates to Decision Builder in the San Diego release. Topics 00:00 Welcome/Introductions 04:22 Decision tables 14:29 Before decision tables existed 16:28 Decision Builder 21:20 Compatibility 23:10 V2 Availability and features 28:29 The roadmap 32:36 Contact info 33:43 Outro Links Email julia.perlis@servicenow.com Academy Session #10: Getting Started with Decision Builder Decision Builder with Julia Perlis - Creator Toolbox LinkedIn Profile Check out the other ServiceNow podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Want to reduce maintenance time on your instance changes? Data-driven design is the key. Julia Perlis joins me to talk about decision tables and the updates to Decision Builder in the San Diego release. Topics 00:00 Welcome/Introductions 04:22 Decision tables 14:29 Before decision tables existed 16:28 Decision Builder 21:20 Compatibility 23:10 V2 Availability and features 28:29 The roadmap 32:36 Contact info 33:43 Outro Links Email julia.perlis@servicenow.com Academy Session #10: Getting Started with Decision Builder Decision Builder with Julia Perlis - Creator Toolbox LinkedIn Profile Check out the other ServiceNow podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robin Lim is the founder of Superfruits Valley in Perlis, one of the largest superfruits farms in Malaysia. Spanning 50 hectares with 40 greenhouses, Robin's farm grows superfruits like gac, fig, passion fruit and cape gooseberry - with nutritional benefits that will blow your mind. In this episode, the modern farmer shows us how it's done, the importance of building up the next-gen of farmers and of course, life in Perlis. “Agriculture will not be wrong. Growing the right things for the right market is very important. And you need to analyse yourself on the market demand, rather than listening to others.” - Robin Lim Timestamps: 00:00 - Guest introduction 01:12 - Life in Perlis 03:10 - Must-try food in Perlis - Ikan Bakar & Ikan Puyu 03:57 - Growing up as a kampung boy in Malaysia 04:58 - Going from construction to farm life 07:08 - How-to commercialise superfruits 09:40 - Difference between growing superfruits vs. fruits 10:39 - Challenges in farming 12:20 - Buyers: Locals, Jaya Grocer, Qra and other delivery platforms 13:22 - Thoughts on imported fruits & local fruits 14:56 - Superfruits Valley giving opportunities to locals and birthing the next generation of farmers 18:28 - Using freeze-dry technology by NASA 20:22 - Benefits of superfruits for the skin, eyes and heart 22:17 - Promoting nutritional security and making a difference in Perlis 23:54 - Advice for people studying agriculture/ going into the farming business Watch on YouTube. Read our articles. Follow us on Instagram for more. Business enquiries or collaborations - hellofoodiecanteen@gmail.com.

LIVE in Perlis

LIVE in Perlis

Dalam episod Malam Seram kali ini KC mulakan dengan cerita Misteri dan Seram oleh Fadillah tentang rahsia yang neneknya pernah kongsi tentang "Kakak Kembar" neneknya. Selepas mendapat tahu rahsia misteri ini Fadillah disuruh untuk jangan beritahu sesiapa. Jom ikuti kisah penuh dalam MALAM SERAM The Horror Talk Show - Bukan Sekadar Cerita Seram.MALAM SERAM adalah segmen LIVE perkongsian pengalaman seram dan misteri. Anggap ia hanya sekadar perkongsian sahaja. Jangan mudah percaya dan terlalu taksub dengan apa yang anda dengar! MALAM SERAM The Horror Talk Show Bukan Sekadar Cerita Seram.

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The 12th Malaysia Plan has stated that 50 percent of the total basic development expenditure, will be channelled to the states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak. The rationale being to narrow the development gap. Dr Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute gives a history lesson whilst telling us what the solutions are. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Laporan berita padat dan ringkas #AWANI745 bersama Syaff Shukri dan Nailah Huda #AWANI745 22 September 2021:

Laporan berita padat dan ringkas #AWANI745 bersama Syaff Shukri dan Nailah Huda #AWANI745 22 September 2021:

AMONG the headlines for Monday, September 13, 2021, Malaysia reports a drastic decline in daily Covid-19 cases with 16,073 in the last 24-hours. This takes the country's cumulative total to 1,995,771 since the pandemic began. Sarawak leads with 3,522 infections, followed by Johor (2,030) and Selangor (1,947). Meanwhile, Sabah registered 1,649 cases, followed by Penang (1,243), Kedah (1,191), Kelantan (1,070), Perak (1,011), Pahang (878), Terengganu (704), Kuala Lumpur (398), Melaka (206), Negri Sembilan (156), Perlis (41), Putrajaya (16) and Labuan (11). Also, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern extended a strict lockdown in largest city Auckland as an outbreak of the delta variant of coronavirus proves difficult to vanquish. Ardern said, Auckland will continue to remain at Alert Level 4 for at least another week while the rest of the country, which exited lockdown last week, will remain at Level 2. Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes. We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm. Stay informed on astroawani.com for these news and more.

AMONG the headlines for Friday, September 10, 2021, Malaysia recorded a slight rise in Covid-19 cases to 21,176 today to take the cumulative number of infections to 1,940,950. Leading the list is Sarawak with 3,734, followed by Selangor (3,595), Johor (2,297), Sabah (2,246), Penang (1,939), Kedah (1,808), Perak (1,366) and Kelantan (1,254). Pahang recorded 853 cases, Terengganu (776), Melaka (485), Kuala Lumpur (467), Negri Sembilan (252), Perlis (77), Putrajaya (21), and Labuan (6). Also, Australia's COVID-19 daily cases surged to 1,900 today for the first time in the pandemic, reporting about 1,156 people being hospitalised, with 207 in intensive care, 89 of whom require ventilation. The rising cases in Sydney increased the load for ambulance staff, with the number of COVID-19 patients transported doubling in the last two weeks to almost 6,000. Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes. We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm. Stay informed on astroawani.com for these news and more.

Fully vaccinated individuals are now allowed to dine-in at restaurants in Phase Two and Phase Three states, i.e. Penang and Perlis. We spoke to two restaurateurs from Urban Daybreak (open on weekends for dine-in) and MyLaksa (closed for dine-in) to discuss their thoughts, struggles and how they are making customers feel safe again to dine-in. The Recess Podcast brings you short interviews of how inspiring creators in Southeast Asia do it all. New episodes every Wednesday at 6PM. Hosted by Kessyl and SueLyn, content producer and editor at Good Foodie Media. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for more! Read our articles Business enquiries or collaborations - hellofoodiecanteen@gmail.com

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From a biotech graduate to owning close to 700 bubble tea outlets across the globe, the founder of Tealive, Bryan Loo shared how he started from ground zero and lessons he learned in the past decade. From his first hustle as a kid renting out comic books, to how he stayed persistent in the Chatime vs. Tealive legal battle and becoming Malaysia's very own bubble tea mogul. Timestamps: [01:34] - Bryan's childhood in Perlis and the beginning of his entrepreneurship [03:52] - Tealive's early days and the “Yum Cha” lingo [05:28] - The call that changed his life - from biotech to designing his own career path [11:21] - Chatime vs. Tealive legal battle in Bryan's own words [15:29] - Tealive's 35-day intensive rebranding exercise [18:00] - Making Tealive a global brand [19:34] - How Tealive successfully scale with a vision & cracking the petrol station model [22:17] - Build a culture, not a trend [24:53] - From a bubble tea player to a lifestyle tea player [26:26] - The next global drinking trend to watch out for [27:33] - Building a brand that appeals to the world [28:57] - Deciding factors for Loob Holding when bringing a brand into their portfolio [31:43] - Creador and Tealive's partnership [33:30] - “Entrepreneurship is like a marathon, keeping the right pace is the key to victory.” [34:36] - Bryan's advice for young entrepreneurs Business enquiries or collaborations - hellofoodiecanteen@gmail.com Read our articles Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for more

I am a registered Physical Therapist who specializes in women's health specifically pelvic pain , pelvic floor dysfunctions and post partum rehabilitation I have been in private practice for 30 years in Wellesley Hills Massachusetts. To learn more about Julie Freeman, go to juliefreeman.net.