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The first Ishara open  House Challenge .Book 3 in 18 parts, By FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.Odd Happenings{8:58 am, Wednesday, Sept. 3rd ~ 5 Days to go; the Final Salvo ~ at this time}I had deposited my Mother in the place I felt was safest for her   with OT (Oyuun T m rbaatar) at the Kazakhstan's UN mission. Her being my family was what mattered to them most. I picked her up on my way to work, which made my entrance into the lobby all that much more cataclysmic.I was traveling light with only Wiesława Živa providing me with security. Chaz, Pamela and Juanita were catching up with their sleep, with a promise of taking me out for a late lunch. That was really them telling me to not leave JIKIT until they came for me around 2:00 pm.So anyway, me, Mom and Wiesława walked into the ground floor of the Mil Ma Towers to find eleven people waiting on us. We were in downtown Manhattan in a part of town the NYPD paid particular attention to. What could go wrong, right? Two of the people were Amazons from Havenstone. With them were two fine young men from the US 'don't make me kill you' Department. By this time in my life I was sure they had one   which no one talked about.Five of my expectant visitors were of the same mold as those who protected Hana for me. Not the Ghost Tigers   that would have put me at ease. Sure, they were a gang of assassin and in this circumstance; I would have preferred them. As it was, ten sets of highly-trained Illuminati operative eyes kept me, my party and the four guardians of JIKIT in their overlapping fields of vision.The last two, were doing an impromptu family reunion. They were Aunts 'X' and 'Y', and neither of them smelled like fish, or crab."Aunt Deidre," I tossed out there. "What brings you here today?"It looked like clobbering time! No. Wait. Neither Mom, nor my aunts, were saying anything and they were normally so verbose."Sibeal.""Imogen.""Sibeal, you are looking surprisingly well for a dead woman," the other one said."Deidre, you are looking surprisingly alive for someone who deserves to be dead," Mom bantered back."How long have you known about this?" Imogen's eyes flickered my way."Not long, a while, more than a day, ah, take your pick," I mumbled. I decided to turn that frown aka 'my gut wrenching terror that my Mother was about to die' upside down aka ramped up my sexy, 'glad to see you in a totally incestuous way'."So, what brings you here today and why aren't you waiting upstairs with the rest of my band of cutthroats, malcontents and ne'er do-wells? Oh, and I'm happy to see both of you." Karma was about to bitch-slap the shit out of me and it was so well deserved."I'm pregnant," Imogen studied my reaction. Yeah, I had banged her after Deidre, but before Baibre because I am a fucking reprehensible human being and sometimes, I feel I am utterly irredeemable."Great news," I exhaled. I so wanted to ask 'so, who is the father?' except that was too cruel, even for an O'Shea.No one stopped me from stepping up and hugging her. Everyone in the lobby had heard her loud and clear. Anyone who knew me, or even about me, knew she wasn't passing on the information because Imogen liked sharing good news. I kept my hands on her hips while I leaned my torso back until we could make eye contact."Does Granddad know?" It occurred to me in that second that Pamela was going to kick herself for missing this and the opportunity to kick me as well."I told him over the phone. His reaction was neutral," she responded."Whoa, girl? Boy? How are you doing? When are we going to sit down and figure out a name? Is there anything I can do for you?""Come home with me," she suggested."No," Mom snapped. "Next time he steps into your custody, we all know you won't let him get away." She meant the plane trip to Ireland."No, Mom," I countered. "I'm a grown man now and I make my own decisions. That being said   no, I'm not going home with you.""Not only am I still in love with the concept of my personal freedom, I have important work to do. People are counting on me.""We are counting on you too," Deidre stated. "In fact, that is the other reason we came here. We need you.""Why do I feel that has to do with something besides sex?""Can we talk to you in private?" Imogen requested. There were a thousand and one reasons to say 'no'. Things like 'common sense', bad behavior   they had murdered my homicidal uncle   and the fact they were as morally twisted as their creator. Oh   and they were hot and I hadn't been laid in forever."Sure. Let's go upstairs. You can have your people sweep the room to ensure our privacy then the four of us can sit down and have a family chat," I offered."We don't want her in the room," Deidre indicated Mom."We are a package deal," I denied her. "Like her, or not, she is as much family to me as you both are."They consented far too fast. Either I was falling into their masterful trap, or something horrible had happened. Neither options was palatable to me. The bodyguards departed, Wiesława last of all."What's gone wrong?" Mom preempted me. Her sisters glared."Father's body is not his own," Imogen told us. I was trying to figure out the relevance of that when Mom gasped."Oh fuck," she said in a small voice. "No serum?" Oh yeah, the refinement of those addictive pheromones Grandpa Cáel had gifted me with. Whatever flesh-form he currently inhabited wasn't one containing his genetic make-up meaning,"Oh shit," I mumbled. "What can I do?""Yes," Deidre replied to Mom."Let them die," Mom insisted (to me). Less I forget, she was raised by Grandpa Cáel too. Her being a loving mother to me didn't translate over to her being a humanitarian of any kind."The Hell you say," I jumped up and stared down at Mom. "You hate them. I don't. Letting them die makes me worse than him." Grandpa."So you will help us?" Deidre moved to the edge of her seat."Okay. This is the point where I threaten you into making some concessions, we argue then you eventually cave in because no matter how terrible your futures look, you aren't willing to give up on living. None of that is going to happen. What do you need from me?""Come back with us to Ireland so we can finish our experiments," Imogen joined me in standing. Unwilling to give her sister any physical advantage, Mom stood as well."No. That isn't even a believable lie," I scolded her. "You don't need to blackmail me into helping you. I'll do it gladly. That doesn't mean I'll let you trick me into doing something stupid. I do 'stupid' all the time. I'm accustomed to it and I know it when its ugly head rises up before me. Try again.""We could pick a neutral location," Deidre suggested."How about Havenstone?" They didn't look like that plan was even worthy of their consideration. "Imogen, inside you is growing a possible heir to House Ishara. An attack on you would be an attack on Ishara. Barring you betraying the Amazons, you would be perfectly safe.""Wonderful," Mom's sarcasm dripped off every word. "I'm going to be a grandmother to my nephew while my son is bringing a child into the world that can double as his cousin.""That sound pretty horrible, Mom. It is the truth, but it still sounds pretty terrible."While those words tumbled out of my mouth, I did a little soul back-searching. How in the fuck was   outside of the actual fucking   was Imogen pregnant? My existence was a freaking fluke of nature. A few words were bandied about the room while I was lost in deductive reasoning and turning hunches into assumptions and turning those into reasonable mystic hypotheses.I created the Mojo-Little Engine that thought it could. Specifically, the legacy of Vranus. Legions of little Vranusian sperm had been jumping hurdle after hurdle to keep the faith alive   that Vranus would meet his Ancestors with his mission accomplished. I was already half way there.Still, the legacy of Vranus and the hopes of Dot Ishara hadn't stopped in their struggle just because I had been born. They were still trying to restore the mortal descendants of a Dead House. They were also still spiritually pushing me on to fulfill his last command   to save the Arinniti sons.I was halfway there by returning the offspring of Bolu, Vranus' fellow guardian, back to the fold. It remained for me to round up the purpose of the whole mission in the first place. My semen weren't taking a chance that I could get gakked before that was accomplished. Having knocked up an augur despite the toxic soup she called blood should have been a dire warning to me, I'm an idiot.When the curse of Sarrat Irkalli clashed with the actions of Dot Ishara, Ishara had won. Sarrat Irkalli sought to deny Alal any children of his own. Dot was insisting the male line of Vranus Ishara continue on. The end result was Alal received his long-denied grandson, who just happened to also want him dead because of a feud that stretched back over two millennia.As an added insult, his grandson then knocked up one of Alal's genetically manipulated daughters, again giving him something he couldn't accomplish on his own   heirs   grand-sons and  daughters, most who would also want to kill him, being Amazons and members of the 9 Clans after all. Why? Cause Goddesses are bitches, that's why.That got me to wondering when would be the next time I was going to meet Ishara. I hadn't suffered severe head trauma in while and she was overdue for some snuggle time, witty banter and a fortune cookie. I'd try to be careful. It wouldn't do any good, but I had to try."Why are you crying?" Mom touched my arm."No reason," I lied."Why don't we make plans for tonight?" Deidre insinuated herself next to me. "We'd like to meet Hana. From what I understand, Father likes her.""No can-do," I sniffled. "I've got an orgy with 159 women at 8 o'clock, except there won't be any sex, or fun of any kind. Basically, I have to convince a roomful of women to not beat me up and take my stuff.""You don't have to go," Imogen had finished boxing me in   I had a chair behind me and Momma-clones all around."For the same reason I'm going to take care of our child, Imogen, I have to go to this meeting. People are counting on me to do the right thing without telling me what the right thing to do is.""That's unfair," Deidre empathized by stroking my chest."Not so. This is just another day in the life of a new hire at Havenstone Commercial Investments. Every day is like this and in five more days, the real fun beings." That wasn't entirely accurate. I had one good, stress-free week. It was when Carrig put me in a coma. That week I had done pretty well for myself.{9:28 am, Wednesday, Sept. 3rd ~ 5 Days to go}I trundled my latest 'Assistant-in-Charge of keeping the hopes of future Isharans alive' (I didn't want to call Aunt Imogen, or any other woman, my 'Baby-Mamma'), along with Mom and Deidre, for a meet-and-greet with Buffy. I had spelled out in no uncertain terms that Buffy was the power behind the Ishara Throne and thus making 'her' believe they were playing on the up-and-up was their best hope for easing relations between the O'Shea and the Amazon Host.After they left me (with the assurance we'd be getting back together for lunch, with Hana), I made three calls. I needed to make a formal request to Katrina (any Illuminati member(s) entering any Amazon facility was her purview) and another to Elsa (as a sign of respect) that Aunt Imogen and two unarmed bodyguards, max, needed to see our medicos about a delicate issue.The third call was to Buffy to enlighten her as to both the arrival of another one of my aunts (so we needed to get along peacefully with her) and that Aunt Imogen was carrying yet another potential heir to House Ishara. I suggested it would be a symbolic gesture if a member of House Ishara could hang around for the visit, as it might impress upon Imogen our House had a vested interest in keeping her alive."Another one?" Buffy sizzled. "And this one is your aunt?""It is a date then," I stumped her."You are going to take your pregnant aunt out on a date?" Buffy's sizzle meter was rapidly climbing to Krakatoa proportions."Nope. I'm setting up a date for us. You, me and a quiet location at 12:01 am Tuesday morning, my First. Later in the morning, I'll be heading out to wherever they have stored Felix so we can work on some cooperative strategy.""And if I say 'no'?" She was terribly grumpy."Ugh, I guess I'll go bar-crawling with Odette and Timothy, Gay and Lesbian bars only. That way I know I'll behave.""And if they say 'no'?" she was slightly less hostile."I'll know you threatened their lives, and then you and I will finally find out who is better on the mats. Trust me, it will not be an experience you will enjoy.""I don't know. I think I'd like that.""No. You start threatening the other people I love and you will not be happy; I guarantee that, Buffy."She realized I was both serious and angry. She had stepped out of bounds, the 'bounds' I had set up two hours earlier during our elevator ride."Is the meeting still on for the night?" she evaded my disappointment."Yes. Will you be there?""Of course," she grumped."Buffy, don't bother showing up if you can't separate 'us' as friends, 'us' as Wakko Ishara and my First, and you as my apprentice."Making me miserable in the first relationship doesn't help the latter two one bit. I try not to be an irresponsible asshole as House Head. More than anyone else, you know what I will sacrifice to be Ishara and one with my Isharans. I'll also step out and be plain ole 'Cáel Nyilas' when events permit.""But I am sick and tired of people not taking my desire to be foolish and care-free seriously. Being a dogmatic ass-hat isn't in me, but if you can't work with that, from here on out we are Wakko Ishara and Buffy Ishara and nothing more. I will still trust you as an Isharan, but not as a friend. Your choice.""Don't be such an asshole!" she snapped."Screw you!" I fired back. "I made a fucking effort to plan out some personal time with you, disguised as a joke; you knew it and you still decided to be a ball-buster. Like I need another fucking ball-buster right now, with all the other shit on my plate. You know better!" I was screaming. The people in JIKIT were working overtime at not staring at me."I'm under a ton of stress here too," she snarled. "I have to deal with the Council, keep our House growing and fulfill my obligations with Executive Services.""Do you want to quit? No longer by my 'apprentice'? Go back to working for Katrina full time?""Really?" she whispered."Of course the fuck not!" I shouted. "I didn't pick you for the job because of your sterling personality, or your bedroom excellence. I picked you because I had, and still have, utter faith in your ability to do whatever is necessary to overcome the landfill-sized colossal ill-fortune the Ancestors have dumped in our lap.""I'm just asking you to stop being a whiny, over-sensitive cunt and remember: it was the psychotic bitch who I chose for the top spot," I rumbled."I'm going to kick your ass," she seethed."Nice to know. We on for Monday night?"Pause."Yes," and she hung up. Two seconds later my phone rang again. "Buffy?" I answered. "And don't be late!" she menaced, then hung up again."So," Addison turned my way, "are you praying for World Peace to break out, or Nuclear War?""Hardy-har-har," I griped."Now that your personal drama is temporarily derailed, we have something for you to look at," Mehmet motioned for my attention. "Ever heard of Kōfuku no Kagaku?" I shook my head. "It translates over as 'Happy Science' and it is a cult-like organization in Japan.""Cool beans. Why do I have a sinking impression it is not a front for the Ninja?""That is what we want you to find out," Addison took over. "Of critical importance is the news conference their leader, Ryuho Okawa, gave earlier this afternoon/morning (~ 3:17 pm Tokyo time = 2:17 am East Coast time ~), especially a very relevant part of his interesting public announcement."He claims to be the Earthly manifestation of the Supreme Being. That is old news. Today he claimed that Temujin of the Khanate was the reincarnation of the original Genghis Khan and, with him, Ryuho, as the unifier of theological forces and therefore serving as spiritual advisor to Temujin, they would usher in a new period of Peace throughout Asia.""I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop," I exhaled."He also claims that Japan is in the midst of an epic struggle, both spiritually and in the physical sense. The 'ancient guardians' of Japanese purity, the 6 Ninja Families, are at war with the depth of all Evil, the Chinese Seven Pillars of Heaven by name, who are determined to drag all of Asia away from the Light and into the Darkness of pain, degradation and slavery."In fact I quote: 'Alone among the nations of the Earth, only the Japanese cultural identity can stand firm against this global menace. Only the Japanese can keep the torch of true Enlightenment aloft. Only the Japanese can guide the development of the Khanate into the Supreme Empire it is meant to be'.""I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this guy is pseudo-religious, a Japanese ultra-nationalist as well as anti 'all things Sino'," came out of my mouth."Correct.""None of the Secret Societies would do something so public. Temujin's background is a mystery, but no one in the Khanate is calling him a reincarnated spirit, and they know the truth," I continued."This guy is pretty nutty," Mehmet confirmed. "He also claims to channel Buddha, Mohammed, Christ and Confucius. His followers worship him as the Earthly manifestation of the 'Supreme Being' named El Cantare, which is yet another name for any number of ancient supreme deities. And he claims to consult with the 'spirit guardians' of national leaders and aids in their mystic defense, with the aid of the Five Sacred Sisters' Spirits."Clearly this man was insane. Unfortunately, insane didn't make someone wrong,"Ah Hell," I muttered.Mehmet and Addison perked up; after all, figuring out the bizarre was my position on the team."He probably is insane, and I can't blame him," I sighed. "He isn't El Cantare; he is in touch with the Weave.""I have a feeling this is 'not good'," Addison murmured. "How bad is it?""The Five Sacred Spirit Sisters are most likely the five augurs who died in order to save Temujin, which, in turn, allies the 9 Clans with the E&S and Amazons to 'save' Japan, though it is not 'saved' yet.""Technically, the Weave IS the Supreme Being. It's largely indifferent, yet capable of doing both good and ill in response to outside (aka mortal) stimuli. If you can observe the Weave, you might be able to see the most likely path destiny is taking as well as the key players screwing with that destiny."That would include the Gong Tau sorcerers and the ninjas use of their own brand of magic; and God only knows what other mystic tricks the others have been attempting.""How do we get them to stop?" Captain Delilah Faircloth muttered."Not that easy Delilah. Everyone in this room has intersected because of a magic experiment that happened before any of us were born (Mom).""The fight at Summer Camp was flipped on its head because I saw the ghost the 7 Pillars sent to scout the area. My freeing of one of those trapped and tortured souls led to the calamity at the Barbeque Pit. I didn't use magic. I countered it. Still, my actions were interfering with the Weave."All four people the augurs, those Five Sisters, told me about had been dead at some point in time, some for thousands of years. Ajax didn't kill anyone using magic. Neither has Saku, yet both of them are products of disruptions in the Weave. 'Me' being alive and breathing is yet another disruption, since I shouldn't exist because of another mystic curse from five thousand years ago."Being alive and killing people means I've killed people who shouldn't be dead. Do we need to go into all the millions that have died in the Khanate war? Which was a combination of a resurrected Temujin and the 7 Pillars hunger for World Domination, if we do nothing, the rippled of those other disruption will still carry on."Except for me, no one on this taskforce has used an iota of magic, yet we are all dedicated to combatting mystical forces," I related to the group. I wondered where Rikki (Martin) and Beatrice (Ya Konan) had gotten off to. Lady Yum-Yum being absent only made my 'Scooby' senses tingle more."You use magic?" Agent-86 tilted his head in curiosity."I talk to a Goddess on a semi-regular business. I see ghosts. I've been the conveyer of messages from dead people and I've killed an un-killable man. Do we need to go back over my kidnapping by the 7 Pillars? The memories of my undead Grandfather floating around in my head?""I'm not calling thunderbolts out of the sky and shooting fireballs out my ass, but what I am doing is magical, nonetheless.""So, what do we recommend to our allies and benefactors (i.e., our sovereign governments)?" Mehmet inquired."Hmm, we tell our governments this crackpot is a Prophet of Doom who could be turned into an asset," I rubbed my brow with all four fingers and a thumb. Rikki, Beatrice and Lady Worthington-Burke quietly entered the room. They were all highly pleased in a 'I just won the lottery' kind of way. I was curious, but had to carry on with my train of thought."Quietly start seeking out other mystic societies, preferably low-key, quiet types who avoid the limelight, and start looking into other forms of magical insight and, quite frankly, protection. If the Weave has let this happen, we can expect worse. Lastly, I'll ask my 'Brother' to meet with this guy and get a feel for his personality.""That will only increase the believability of his ramblings," Addison protested."The boat called 'Denial' has already sailed. The World is in crisis. People are going to look for non-conventional answers. It is better to get ahead of this and bring Ryuho Okawa on board as a 'consultant'. Don't give him the whole picture by any means. The guy is definitely a loose cannon. Even worse, he is also a loose cannon the Weave has touched.""Besides, the Seven Pillars are going to figure this out pretty quick, their Weave sensitivity, ya know, and either kidnap him to be their own spiritual seismic sensor, or kill him for being both a loose cannon and yet another person screwing with their 'best laid plans'. Keeping him alive has the added benefit of making the Seven Pillars expend resources trying to get at him. Japan needs every bit diversion they can get."Let's not forget to tell our Secret Society allies of our plans, lest they kill him too. His babblings aren't going to make the 9 Clans or the E&S happy with him. They both have an established habit of making perceived enemies dead. Let's keep him alive and utilize this opportunity.""I like this plan," Addison nodded. Mehmet was clearly on board as well. Agent-86 clearly was playing the best on-line mystic MMORPG ever! (And with the added bonus that his team's action had real-world consequences.) The three 'ladies' new to the room received an abbreviated version of our discussion and my 'suggestions'. They weren't really suggestions. Barring a few insanely criminal endeavors, JIKIT treated me like a true asset."Something else big?" Addison looked to her British counterpart (Yum-Yum)."The Japanese Diet has voted for a public referendum on a Constitutional Amendment to repeal/revise Article 96 of the Japanese Constitution.""Oh fuck," was echoed, either verbally or subliminally, by everyone in the room except for me, Delilah and Agent-86.'Cáel' knew Jack and Shit about the Japanese Constitution. Hell, I barely knew about the US one and I was a native. However, Alal did know it, and knew both what Article 96 was and what its amendment really meant. Good-old 96 was the rolling dark cloud across the political Great Plains that heralded a swarm of tornados. Clouds were clouds and their arrival could mean anything.Article 96 dictated how the Japanese Constitution could be amended. The current process was a 2/3rd vote in both the House of Councilors (the 'Upper House', roughly equivalent to our Senate) and the House of Representatives (the 'Lower' House) followed by a public referendum. The proposed amendment to Article 96 would transform the process to a mere majority vote in both Houses.Imagine the shit-storm which would be unleashed if the US Congress tried to pull that shit. The biggest political issue was that the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held 294 of the 475 seats in the lower house (a clear majority) and 115 of the 242 in the Upper House (7 seats short of a majority). If the amendment passed next month (October 14th to be precise), the LDP could pretty much do as they pleased.And what was the first thing they were going to do? They were going to put to rest another part of the Constitution, namely the far more globally important Article 9. And what was that?Real World Stuff: WarningsArticle 9:(1)Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.(2)To accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.If Article 9 was repealed, the Japanese nation could exercise diplomacy by military means, aka declaring an offensive war against a foreign power. Currently Japan had a modest budget military budget of $48 Billion a year (Earth's 10th largest). It was modest when you considered it was a mere 1% of the Japanese GDP. Great Britain, France and South Korea's smaller economies all functioned nicely with double that percentage for their military budget.Regionally, every other nation was increasing their military expenditures, except Japan's protector, the US and (perhaps) North Korea, who's spending on anything was a closely guarded state secret. Right now, China and the Khanate's military expenditures were running roughly even at $180 billion each, but this was an arm's race the PRC would eventually win, they had too great an advantage in the size of their workforce and a far larger industrial base.The truth was, if the PRC couldn't win this race fast, she was facing a long, grinding war reminiscent of the Communists' Long Rise to Power that wrecked their country a century ago. The monetary dynamic was shifting badly against them because the Khanate wasn't alone.India, Taiwan and Vietnam were also ramping up their war spending to a combined tune of $34 billion and now allied with the Khanate, equating to an additional $90 billion the PRC had to overcome. South Korea was already adding $8 billion to their military and Russia was taxing the fuck out of Manchuria to both pay for their 'Peaceful Intervention' and to increase the 'Readiness' of their other forces.All of this military spending was bad for both the regional and global economies (unless you were Israel who was turning out hardware 24/7/365 for the Khanate and Indian war machines). So at this point, Japan doing 'nothing' was possibly more disastrous than doing 'something' else.They were already spending $50 fucking billion on glorified policemen while the future of East Asia was being decided without them. Doubling the military budget would place a huge burden on the largely pacifistic population. It would also put Japan in the position of deciding the Fate of Nations.With the repeal of Article 9, Japan could utilize 'proactive means' to keep the naval supply routes to China open, not even the Indian's had the naval presence to confront the Japanese. Such a policy was a nice, friendly gesture to the Asian Colossus, who wasn't likely to show a shred of appreciation for their efforts.No, China had spent the last 60 years stoking the hatred of the Land of the Rising Sun among their people. (Many Japanese forgot current Chinese hatred was based on the Japanese butchering their way across China for nearly a decade between 1937 to 1945).(The Cornerstone) There was a truism which had guided American, Chinese, Japanese and Russian political thought for 150 years: 'There could only be one supreme power in East Asia and the Eastern Pacific'. Japan had followed the logical expression of that paradigm by invading Taiwan (1895), Korea (1910), beating up on Imperial Russia (1904), taking Manchuria (1931) and going to war with China (1937) while that country was trapped in a bloody civil war.To stop the Empire of Japan's rise, the US had attempted to cripple the Japanese economy before the Empire could harvest their just-acquired Asian natural resources. In response, Japan had thrown its soldiers and sailors into a futile effort against the British Empire, the United States and China and lost.With Imperial Japan crushed and the Soviet Union preoccupied in Europe, China had risen. The irresistible force of China's rapidly increasing population, natural resources exploitation and extensive land mass took hold. Japan couldn't compete in a 'fair' fight. Since 1945, the Japanese government had lived with the fear of aggression from Russia and/or China aimed their way.The US felt the same way, or they had. The fear produced by the broad acceptance of 'Only-One-Shall-Rule-Asia' had led to the Korean War, the half-century cease-fire along the Demilitarized Zone in Korea and the Vietnamese Civil War. The Communists in China and Russia had feuded until the Soviet Union collapsed under its own economic inadequacies.A reborn Russia, even with the ultra-nationalist Putin at the helm, couldn't stop China's growing domination. Asia was China's for the taking, until the Khanate rose up like some desert mirage in the Western Steppe, one that turned into the Mother of All Storms. So now, miraculously, the dominion of Asia was up for grabs once more.Japan could not overcome China; that was a given. The Dragon had more people, more resources and an almost three-fold larger economy. Given a decade, the PRC would grind the Khanate down. Once more it was the tyranny of numbers. Even India, Taiwan and Vietnam could only slow down the inevitable.India's subpar economic output marginalized the power of their citizenry. Taiwan had the proportional economy, but not nearly enough people. Vietnam had neither and had always had a rough time defending themselves, much less been successful confronting powers beyond her homeland. Putin's Mother Russia had a host of other problems, internal and external, so she had already contributed as much as Putin dared.Until Thursday morning, Tokyo Time, the undeniable Destiny of Asia remained in the hands of those men in Beijing. The dominoes were falling in a way those rulers had not foreseen and now fumed over. But on Wednesday night, there was no industrial power (with the population to back it up) which could threaten the People's Republic of China.Europe and the US wouldn't intervene. Much like the leadership in Japan, the Communist Chinese Politburo believed Putin had wagered as much as dared. No other nation on Earth mattered. Japan? That was laughable. Their Constitution bound the hands off their military behind their backs with a pledge of eternal pacifism.The Chinese weren't blind to the 250,000 men and women of the Japanese Self Defense Force. Without the political will, those troops might have well have been in Brazil. A hostile Brazil was actually a greater worry because Brazil was the powerhouse of South America, a G-8 economy and hungered for a Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council. The PRC was dedicated to denying their desire as it would have diluted the PRC's burgeoning diplomatic power.Japan? Ha.Thursday morning, in what was essentially an undetected (by anyone except the Ninja and JIKIT) coup d' tat, pacifism was sacrificed on the Altar of Nationalism. Article 96's demise was pre-ordained. A poll taken on July 1st, 42% of Japanese felt positively about the repeal of Article 96 while 46% opposed it.The same agency took a new poll on August 28th. The economic-political situation of Japan was going through a titanic tidal shift. If Buddhism moved you toward devout pacifist, the Khanate had liberated Tibet and was clearly withdrawing as the UN troops' boots hit the ground.If you were a Nationalist of any kind, you were seeing a whole lot more people at your rallies, accessing your websites and signing up to join your formerly fringe parties. If you were a Socialist, you were scared. Why? The PRC was in the process of nationalizing all of Japan's (and South Korea's and Taiwan's) business interests in China, for the 'Duration of the Emergency', or so they said.That meant plenty of Japanese workers were losing their jobs and looking to blame someone. You couldn't blame the centrist LDP. The LDP had been working alongside the Japanese Communist Party for months. They had done nothing wrong and had worked tirelessly for a peaceful diplomatic solution. It was their 'comrades' in China, their Marxist confederates, who were costing the hard-working Japanese workers their jobs.If you were in the Establishment, all of the above worried the crap out of you. Japan's economy had been limping along at barely-positive growth for a decade. Your aging population needed more and more from their public services and, worst of all, you had nothing in your political and economic tool box to escape the obvious oncoming national catastrophe.The possibility of a Global Recession loomed on the horizon, if they were lucky. Highly respected economists in Japan and elsewhere were examining all the key indicators over the past three months and were suggesting hording as a viable policy for middle class households to consider. If you were in the Developing World, worse was heading your way.The word being bandied about on those esteemed academic internet websites wasn't 'recession', it was depression. Global prosperity thrived on nations investing in both their own economy and the economies of other nations. The governments representing a third of the World's population were not investing in their economies.Unless you were a war profiteer, you could expect fewer consumer goods on the shelves; and what was there would cost more. Your income wasn't going up; your expenses were. If you were an Atheistic homeowner in the Western World with a secured 3.25% fixed rate home loan, you took up religion. The prime interest rate would be racing for the 20% mark and that was only if your economy was stable.If you lived in a country in the Developing World, your trade goods didn't compete with those created in the G-20. Your competition was with other Developing World businesses and the prize was the pocketbooks of those consumers in the G-20, which was a shrinking purse.It wasn't like you were being paid all that much to begin with; and now those once poor-paying, but at least plentiful, jobs were drying up. You needed your government to help you out. It wasn't like those governments could raise money by taxing the unemployed and under-employed. They didn't have money. And the rich in most of those same nations had a long and successful legacy of avoiding paying.Those growing economies had a few tried and tested 'solutions' for getting their countries through these rough stretches.The IMF? 'We are out to make 'positive' capital investments and your economic outlook doesn't look promising. We suggest 'austerity'.'The BRICS? Since India and China were basically in an undeclared state of war: 'we won't be loaning anyone anything for a while.'The BIS? 'As soon as the People' Bank of China, the Reserve Bank of India, the Central Bank of Ireland, the Bank of Israel and the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey get back to us about their sudden, serious lack of transparency, we'll call you back.'World Bank? Holy Shit! 'The world's going down the toilet, we will do what we can.'F Y I, I (as in Cáel) had been wrong. The 6 Elders of the Ninja families didn't talk to Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzō Awbee. They talked with another, far more immediately important man. So sue me (Cáel) for not knowing the inner workings of various world governments, and creatively interpreting events surrounding all those people I (Cáel) didn't. I'm a freaking Liberal Arts major with a fertile imagination, not a superspy, or even a competent Intelligence Analyst!}The Japanese government had appealed to the U.S., U.N., P.R.C., A.S.E.A.N., India; and (through back channels aka JIKIT) the Khanate for an end to this madness; all with typical results:The U.S.A: We are working on it (without letting them know what precisely they were working on)Japan: Well, do something fast. Our Government Bonds are about to be more useful as wallpaper.The U.N.: We are working on it (with their long-established tradition of not doing anything until the crisis had passed)Japan: You are preparing to pass a Resolution to move this matter from the First Committee to the Fourth Committee, gee, thanks guys. Will they be meeting sometime before Christmas?The PRC: We are too busy right now, so shut up, keep the trade lanes open, and was that your submarine we detected sneaking into our territorial waters?Japan: What? What do you mean you are 'too busy?' You are one of our biggest trading partners, your economy is going down the toilet, and, No! That was not our submarine in your territorial waters. That accusation is absurd.(Note from Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzō Awbee, to Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, head of the JMSDF {the de facto Japanese Navy}), The PRC has made this outrageous claim that one of our submarines has been sneaking around their territorial waters. There is no truth to that rumor, right?Kawano: Which time?Prime Minister: Oh My God! What have you people been doing and why is this the first time I'm hearing about it?Kawano: Sir, if you are just now getting around to asking us, you don't want to know.Prime Minister: What do you mean 'I don't want to know?' I'm the head of the damn government and, you are right. Fine. There is no way I'm going back to the Chinese Ambassador and apologizing for any this. Is there any way this can come back to screw us over?Kawano: With all these US and British submarines helping us out, not very likely, Prime Minister.Prime Minister: Oh, very good. You are correct, I don't want to know what you 'haven't' been doing. I am ordering you to destroy all transcripts and recordings of this conversation.Kawano: It has been my distinct honor not having this conversation with you, Prime Minister. Sayōnara.ASEAN, What do you expect us to do about this? Have you seen the unimpressive combined sizes of our members' air forces and navies? Did you see the smack-down the Khanate has inflicted on the PLAN's South China Sea Fleet?Besides, the PRC is claiming that the Khanate launched covert attacks against the Parcels and Spratly islands which originated from Indonesian and Filipino waters. We are investigating the issue. If you are asking us for help, you are truly screwed. Don't call us. We will call you.Japan, {muttering} Investigating the attacks that came from your territory, bullshit! You are covering your own asses, damn it!(Note from Prime Minister, Shinzō Awbee, to Shotaro Yachi, Japanese National Security Advisor), I've heard an ugly rumor that the Khanate has forces secreted in the Philippines and Indonesia. Do you happen to know anything about it?Yachi: Yes Sir. We had advance notice of the organization, composition and destination of those forces.Awbee (while muttering 'no one tells me anything anymore'): What the! Would you please tell me what is going on.Yachi: We have made critical steps toward future alliances which will guarantee Japanese security for decades to come.Awbee What does that mean, and since when have you been creating and implementing foreign policy? We have a Minister for that, in case you somehow over-looked him at the last cabinet meeting. Wait! Does he know about this too?Yachi: No Sir, Foreign Minister Kishida is currently unaware of the Kinkyū tokushu sakusen tasukufōsu (Emergency Special Operations Task Force). Admiral Katsutoshi knows the basics of our operational policy, since we need to borrow some of his assets from time to time. Director-General Kitada (of the Public Security Intelligence Agency) and key personnel from the Foreign Ministry's Intelligence & Analysis Service and Security Bureau make up the majority of the task force's operatives.Awbee: What have you been doing?Yachi: You don't want to know, Mr. Prime Minister. It would make things, awkward.Awbee: 'You don't want to know', of course, I don't. I'm only the elected head of this government. Why would I possibly want to know what acts of espionage and war my deputies are executing?Yachi: I am glad we are on the same page, Sir. Will there be anything else?Awbee: No, wait. Do you have any intelligence on what the Khanate is up to?Yachi: Yes Sir. Is there anything in particular you want to know?Analysis Services: Can you contact someone in their leadership willing to discuss regional affairs?Yachi: I can put you in touch with the Great Khan himself if necessary.AS: What!Yachi: Sir, I would hardly be acting in our nation's best interests if I couldn't divine the intentions of the key players on the stage. Shall I initiate the necessary communications to facilitate that level of clandestine diplomatic contact?AS: No. Yes. No, I need to think about this. Hmm, have you been conducting any domestic espionage missions?Yachi: You don't want me to answer that, Sir.Awbee: of course I don't, I'm only the damn Prime Minister. Shotaro, I'm still Prime Minister, aren't I?Yachi: Yes Sir. We have been working overtime to ensure that. We've foiled two enemy assassination attempts and one attempted kidnapping so far. We remain vigilant.AS: How come this is the first I'm hearing about it? Is the head of my security in on this conspiracy of yours too?Yachi: No Sir. These particular guardians wish to avoid notoriety at all costs.Awbee: Okay. Good to know. Ah, keep up the good work and destroy any trace of this conversation.Yachi: Way ahead of you, Sir. Have a good night.India, Yes, we are more than willing to work with you toward regional stability. Care to acknowledge the Khanate's legitimacy first? We'd really appreciate it. Sure, get back to us when you've done that. Until then, the South China Sea Awaits! Yes, we plan to keep what we've earned. Later now. We think there is going to be further instability in Southeast Asia.Japan, Ya think? It is your damn warships sailing around the freaking South China Sea enforcing your utterly un-secret alliance with the Khanate. Why are you doing this to us? What have we ever done to you?The Khanate, We are not out to damage your national interests. We apologize, but there is now way we will call off this war with the Communist Chinese. It is them, or us, to the death. We have already received and agreed to your request to allow all Japanese flagged ships safe transit through the South China Sea. We really wish to be your friends this time, to make up for those two invasion attempts seven hundred years ago.(Note from  Prime Minister to Self) Great. The only reasonable people who aren't out to kick me in the nuts are also the ones I can't acknowledge talking to. I've got to do something a

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Send us a textIn episode 63 of The Designer Within Podcast, recorded LIVE as he walks the streets of ever-inspiring Italy, host John McClain shares his transformative experiences from a trade show in Verona to the picturesque streets of Florence, and finally, the bustling city of Milan on a solo soul finding trip through Italy.John reflects on much-needed inspiration and offers insights on refueling creativity, maintaining originality, and setting realistic expectations in the business world. Key lessons include the importance of stepping out of routine to find inspiration, standing firm on pricing and deliverables, and balancing creative passion with business acumen. Join John as he uncovers invaluable lessons for both personal and professional growth.0:00 - Introduction to the episode and podcast 1:30 - Description of Italy trip and inspiration behind the episode 4:45 - Recapitulation of a challenging past year 6:00 - Initial experiences in Verona: Trade show and meeting people 7:30 - Walking through Florence and finding inspiration 10:15 - Embracing personal time and solo travel 13:20 - An epiphany by the Duomo in Florence 15:45 - Importance of soaking in moments and scenes 17:30 - Recording an unscripted episode 19:10 - Finding inspiration as a designer 22:00 - Encouragement to create unique ideas and stand firm in creativity 25:40 - Perils of social media: Copying and regurgitation 28:15 - Designing beyond clients' comfort zones 30:00 - Capturing live experiences in Italy 35:50 - Revelation about expectations and mindset 39:10 - Episode closes in Milan with more reflections on design and creativityFinally learn how to find, prepare, and land luxury interior design projects. I will share the exact methods that I use to curate luxury projects, charge the right fees, and get referrals for more!This course includes downloads galore, a 2 HOUR LIVE Group Coaching Call with me, and for a limited time my Designer Calculator to calculate your own flat fees. Head to www.designsuccessacademy.com to sign up now! Support the show

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What if blockchain technology could revolutionize corporate financial flows and save significant costs? In this episode, we promise you'll uncover the secrets behind this transformative potential with Patrick, a seasoned fintech expert. Patrick's unique journey, shaped by his bilingual upbringing in France and the Netherlands, has taken him from M&A advisory at ABN AMRO to entrepreneurial ventures in the fintech space, including his current role at Fipto. Hear firsthand how his role evolved from CFO to COO at iBanFirst, and the valuable lessons he learned about adaptability and problem-solving in the fast-paced world of startups.Building a global team can be challenging, but Patrick shares his strategies for success, including the practical application of OKRs (Objective Key Results). With a team of 30 senior experts from diverse regions such as Belgium, France, Portugal, and Israel, maintaining company culture and alignment is crucial. Discover how frequent team events and the strategic use of English as a common language support their international ambitions. Patrick offers invaluable advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, encouraging them to take the plunge and learn from their journey. Plus, get an introduction to Fipto's mission to enhance transparency, speed, and cost-efficiency in corporate financial flows using blockchain technology.Explore the future of financial services with insights into regulatory compliance under the evolving MICA framework and the significance of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Patrick discusses the challenges of on-ramping and off-ramping in regions like Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and the proactive regulatory environment in France that supports fintech growth. Learn about the cost-saving benefits of blockchain technology, especially in high-cost corridors, and the varying regulatory landscapes in emerging markets. We also delve into the growing influence of AI in the financial industry and its potential to enhance efficiency. This episode is packed with insights for anyone interested in the cutting-edge of fintech innovation.Thank you for tuning into our podcast about global trends in the FinTech industry.Check out our podcast channel.Learn more about The Connector. Follow us on LinkedIn.CheersKoen Vanderhoydonkkoen.vanderhoydonk@jointheconnector.com#FinTech #RegTech #Scaleup #WealthTech

Unlock the secrets of cross-border financing in Europe with Keiu Kalaus, the brilliant Chief Product Officer at Mifundo. From her unexpected career pivot from a Spanish translator to a leading innovator in the financial sector, Keiu's journey is nothing short of inspiring. We dissect the barriers to cross-border lending within the EU, enriched by Keiu's personal anecdotes and her deep understanding of systemic financial challenges. Gain invaluable insights into Mifundo's groundbreaking solutions, designed to bridge the gap between customer needs and banking requirements. We delve into the nuts and bolts of Mifundo's mission. You'll find practical tips on time management and goal visualization that could revolutionize your business approach.As we look ahead, explore Mifundo's ambitious growth plans within Europe, powered by cutting-edge AI for credit scoring and bank-customer matchmaking. Hear about the development of AI-driven machine learning models that promise to transform financial services, all under the careful watch of human oversight. We also examine the impact of European funding, regulatory frameworks, and the exciting potential of user-owned credit bureaus. This episode paints a vivid picture of the future of cross-border lending, addressing the complexities of currency risk and the regulatory landscape. Join us to see how Mifundo shapes a seamless financial future for expats and beyond.Thank you for tuning into our podcast about global trends in the FinTech industry.Check out our podcast channel.Learn more about The Connector. Follow us on LinkedIn.CheersKoen Vanderhoydonkkoen.vanderhoydonk@jointheconnector.com#FinTech #RegTech #Scaleup #WealthTech

Could understanding the intricate balance of management, coding, and legal expertise be the key to fintech success? Join us as we sit down with Robert, the dynamic founder and CEO of Paynovate, who has journeyed from studying business management, law, and computer programming to revolutionizing the electronic money sector. Robert opens up about his unique approach to juggling multiple roles and companies, sharing invaluable insights into time management and the critical importance of legal knowledge in business. We also get a glimpse into Robert's personal life and educational background, revealing the man behind the successful fintech entrepreneur.Building an international company is no small feat, but Robert's strategic vision makes it seem achievable. He discusses the importance of hiring English-speaking employees for seamless communication across borders and the thoughtful selection of technology stacks based on available talent. Navigating international regulations and compliance is no easy task, but Robert shares his experiences and the lessons learned from expanding Paynovate across different jurisdictions. Additionally, we introduce PenoVate, another innovative electronic money institution from Brussels, and delve into its unique services and regulatory framework.The future of payments is here, and Robert provides a forward-thinking perspective on trends like de-risking, instant payments, and the transition from cash to digital money accelerated by COVID-19. He explains how Paynovate caters to underserved sectors such as gambling and non-profit organizations, offering specialized financial solutions that traditional banks often overlook. We discuss the role of technology and innovation in these evolving services and the challenges of interoperability in international payments. Robert closes with insights on the potential of stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to address these issues, leaving listeners with a provocative look at what's next for the fintech industry.Thank you for tuning into our podcast about global trends in the FinTech industry.Check out our podcast channel.Learn more about The Connector. Follow us on LinkedIn.CheersKoen Vanderhoydonkkoen.vanderhoydonk@jointheconnector.com#FinTech #RegTech #Scaleup #WealthTech

It's been a minute since we've had an episode focused on public speaking, but we cannot think of a better person to bring the topic back than Kris Jenkins. Kris is a developer advocate, software developer and host of the Developer Voices podcast. Kris gives us some practical and most importantly actionable advice for any public speakers - whether you're doing a one-off speech, weekly talks, or even a podcast! Kris's approach to stagefright (many people's barrier to the practice of speaking) is simple but effective. If you choose to run, it's fear - but if you choose to approach, it becomes excitement. As with many things, a mentality shift, rather than a physical one, can make the difference in truly hacking your own body's pitfalls. On composition, Kris believes in structuring ideas before and above content. After all, a speech, no matter how technical, is ultimately a story. And a story's plot can be the most exciting innovative creation ever written, but if the structure doesn't make sense, then sitting through it will be nothing less than painful (see Game of Thrones finale for reference). This chat is full of great takeaways, amongst them that if you want to be an interesting speaker, you must first be interested in the world around you; that it's not your job to imitate flashiness, but to take genuine inspiration from those who you truly admire; and last but not least - that you should buy a clicker! Unchain yourself from the laptop and enjoy your freedom! Reach out to Kris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisjenkins/ Check out the Developer Voices podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DeveloperVoices/videos Find out more and listen to previous podcasts here: https://www.voxgig.com/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly updates and information about upcoming meetups: https://voxgig.substack.com/ Join the Dublin DevRel Meetup group here: www.devrelmeetup.com

We're joined by Sam Callahan, Dr. Jeff, John Haar, and many others to talk about how Bitcoin continues to win in the political arena, The University of Texas initiative aiming on raising $5 million in Bitcoin for the University's endowment, with the University committed to holding the BTC for at least five years, and other bitcoin news! Chapters00:00:00 - Philosophical Reflections on Bitcoin Amid Political Noise00:00:48 - Impact of Trump Verdict on Bitcoin and American Politics00:01:53 - Game Theory Dynamics of Bitcoin in Politics00:03:12 - Biden Administration's Shift Towards Bitcoin Industry Players00:06:42 - Pension Funds and Endowments Investing in Bitcoin00:10:49 - Bitcoin's Role in Pension Fund and Endowment Investments00:12:33 - Risks of Pension Funds in Commercial Real Estate Crisis00:14:29 - FTX Bankruptcy Legal Fees and Creditor Compensation00:20:29 - Potential Impact of Institutions Buying Bitcoin on Bond Market00:36:41 - Speculation on Future Conflict Between Politicians and the Fed Over Bitcoin Use code “CAFE” for a discount to ⁠https://www.pacificbitcoin.com⁠⁠ "Welcome to Bitcoin" A FREE 1-hour course hosted by Natalie Brunell, perfect for helping you to orange-pill family members over the holidays at https://Swan.com/welcome ⁠⁠ Swan Team Members:Sam Callahan: https://twitter.com/samcallahTomer Strolight: https://twitter.com/TomerStrolightJohn Haar Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/john_at_swanDante Cook: https://twitter.com/Dante_Cook1Produced by: https://twitter.com/Producer_Jacob Swan Bitcoin is the best way to accumulate Bitcoin with automatic recurring buys and instant buys from $10 to $10 million. Get started in just 5 minutes. Your first $10 purchase is on us: https://swanbitcoin.com/yt Download the all new Swan app! iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swan-bitcoin/id1576287352 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swanbitcoin.android&pli=1 Are you a high net worth individual or do you represent corporation that might be interested in learning more about Bitcoin? Swan Private guides corporations and high net worth individuals toward building generational wealth with Bitcoin. Find out more at https://swan.com/private Get paid to recruit new Bitcoiners: https://swan.com/enlist Connect with Swan on social media: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Swan

Had enough of setting up quarterly sales targets for your team and constantly micromanaging them to meet expectations? Well, listen up, because it's time to take charge like a badass leader. As a business leader, we know the struggles of managing a sales team. But guess what? We're not here to sugarcoat it – we're here to blow your damn mind. We're not just talking about setting clear KPIs such as monthly revenue goals and demanding accountability – we're talking about opening up the sales domination. And believe me, that's just scratching the surface. It's time to quit playing it safe and start dominating the field like never before. This ain't for the faint-hearted – this is for those ready to grab victory by the throat with determination and strength. So, if you're ready to unlock the secrets, then strap in. Grab your headphones and tune in now. This is one episode you'd be a fool to miss. Let's show 'em who's boss! Episode Highlights: Welcome to the Never Settle Radio Podcast [00:00] Dominating with KPIs and OKRs: The Blueprint for Business Leaders [3:26] Unchain the Sales Metrics: Forging Culture and Igniting Careers [7:12] Building Accountability, Demanding Results In Your Sales Team [12:01] Cracking the KPI Code: Powering Performance in Business [16:05] Commanding Leadership, Holding Accountable, Delegating Power [19:39] Strategies for Business Success and Talent Retention [25:25] Tips on Mastering Variables and Conquering Sales Challenges [28:50] Fostering Development and Independence in Business [33:42] Connect with Chris Morrison: Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ONjNzMT0gnWNYe4tOYFst  Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.em.96  Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechrisem/  Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisMorrisonShow Connect with Predictable Sales: FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/predictablesales/ 

In this week's episode, Dena Patton talks about ways to unleash your greatness, unlock your purpose and unchain your profits. Dena shares her path to entrepreneurship, her dream for freedom and the mistakes she has made along the way. Her and Dave talk about mastering a new level of mindset and shifting your purpose to greatness.

UNCHAIN, a Kyoto-based rock band with a diverse musical palette, blending jazz, punk, electronica, and more, achieved critical acclaim with albums like rapture and Hello, Young Souls!!, as well as their popular covers of hits by artists like Tokyo Jihen and Tatsuro Yamashita. Enjoy a mix of rock, funk, and city pop in today's episode with UNCHAIN!Scripted & Quality Assured by: NolaHosted by: Andy & ConnorAudio Edited & Uploaded by: FredSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/japan-top-10-ri-ben-nototsupu10-jpop-hits/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ep. 098 Dokken' s Classic Album, "Under Lock and Key" - Review and Reaction! Welcome to the hard-hitting world of Dokken with their iconic album "Under Lock and Key." Released in 1985, this masterpiece showcases the band at the height of their prowess, delivering a perfect blend of heavy metal grit and melodic finesse. "Under Lock and Key" is a sonic journey that captures the essence of '80s metal, complete with blistering guitar solos, powerful vocals, and memorable hooks. The album is a testament to Dokken's ability to craft anthems that resonate with fans across generations. The opening track, "Unchain the Night," sets the tone with its infectious energy and driving rhythm. The album then takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions with tracks like "The Hunter" and "In My Dreams," where Don Dokken's vocals soar over George Lynch's electrifying guitar work. The balance of heavy riffs and catchy melodies is a hallmark of Dokken's sound, and it's perfectly exemplified in tracks like "It's Not Love." Dokken's "Under Lock and Key" is a classic album that has stood the test of time, continuing to captivate listeners with its timeless sound. Whether you're a longtime fan or a newcomer to Dokken's music, this album is a must-listen that perfectly encapsulates the spirit of '80s metal. So, buckle up and let the power of "Under Lock and Key" transport you back to the golden era of rock.

Join us in this enlightening episode with Jeff Russell, an entrepreneur who went from making 100 cold calls a day to achieving business freedom. Jeff shares valuable insights gained from reading six business books a month, learning Macintosh at the library in the late '80s, and building a purpose-driven business. Discover Jeff's secret to success—making a positive difference in people's lives—and how he transitioned from being his own boss to creating a team that thrives. Dive into the essential lessons of creating scorecards for roles, achieving time and financial freedom, and building the right team for your business. If you're looking to unchain yourself from the grind and elevate your entrepreneurial journey, this episode is a must-listen!   More about Jeff: Jeff is a best-selling author, speaker, business owner, and the founder of 6 companies. Jeff teaches entrepreneurs how to unchain themselves from the daily grind by creating a business that runs without them. His latest book, Fire Yourself First, provides a four-step plan to free up time and allow business owners to do what they love next.   Want to find more from Jeff? Check out… https://www.fireyourselffirst.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Want more Business Choreography?  Check out… Business Choreography Website  Join The Business Choreography Group  Text Us "CHOREO NOW" To Get Started: 385-442-7188   Need the tech to build your Business Choreography? Check out.... ChoreoSuite   Connect With Michael Johnson: LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | TikTok

As we close our mini series we see the final key to "Unchain the Joy" is contentment. The secret to our joy is trusting in the Strength of our God.

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Join us as we start a new mini series "Unchain the Joy: Holiness over Happiness". In the season of family activities and holidays we look at where our joy comes from. Our greatest joy is found in gaining Christ!

Cuarta entrega dedicada a picotear en la colección “The Mod Jazz Series” (Ace Records).(Foto del podcast; Johnny Griffin)Playlist;(sintonía) FREDDIE McCOY “Collard greens”KING CURTIS “Memphis soul stew”MEL TORME “Right now”RAY CHARLES “Heartbreaker”JOHNNY GRIFFIN and MATTHEW GEE and THE SOUL GROOVERS “Twist City”KAREN HERNANDEZ “I heard it through the grapevine”BILLY STEWART “Secret love”TRINI LOPEZ “Unchain my heart”ANDY WILLIAMS “House of bamboo”GOOGIE RENÉ and ORCHESTRA “Caesar’s pad”TAMIKO JONES and HERBIE MANN “The sidewinder”JEAN DUSHON “Feeling good”EDDIE JEFFERSON “Psychedelic Sally”FRANK FROST “My back scratcher”LES MCCANN “Burnin’ coal”MOSE ALLISON “Wild man on the loose”DAVE PIKE “Jet set”LEE JONES and THE UNFORGOTTEN TWO “I got to see my baby (part 2)”JACKIE IVORY “Do it to death”Escuchar audio

Mistress Schari is a professional provocateur, BDSM lifestyle consultant, dominatrix and a s-x educator. She tells us about the happenings in her new dungeon. Episode 98 You can learn more about her at www.mischiefmatters.com M.Schari@mischiefmatters.com mischief_matters on InstagramListen to our groundbreaking podcast that delves into the intriguing world of BDSM and dominance through the unique perspective of Mistress Schari, an experienced dominatrix. Join Questionable Personalitiesus on a captivating journey as Mistress Schari, a trailblazing figure in the realm of empowerment and consent, unravels the layers of dominance, submission, and the profound psychological dynamics at play. Through candid conversations, expert interviews, and thought-provoking narratives, this podcast challenges societal norms and fosters a deeper understanding of personal agency, communication, and self-discovery. Whether you're a seasoned enthusiast or a curious newcomer, our episode with Mistress Schari offers a safe and enlightening space to explore the complexities of power exchange and its real-world applications. Unchain your curiosity and subscribe to the Questionable Personalities podcast!

In this Episode we discuss 5 key ways to retain your brain / subconscious / unconscious. We are not broken and unfixable even if we feel like it. In fact what if it was just a learned strategy we can undo and program a new way? Well that is what we shall discover today. Get the ad free episode and access to every day and night hypnosis session at www.freehypnosis.app 

Please join Mijke Ketting and me as we talk about Unchaining your Teeth and Bones: Hidden Karma and Trauma Release for Teeth and Bones, as well as live Q&A and processes.  Join us as we discuss if you would like to: -​find out more about the root cause of persisting teeth or bone issues? -discover if the cause of unexplained symptoms that won't go away no matter what you do, could be in your mouth? -improve your overall health by improving your oral health? -improve the health of your teeth, gums and bones by releasing hidden trauma and karma? -work on inflammation issues in your mouth area? -get rid of the karma stored in your teeth and bones that keeps you stuck? -clear the energetic connection between your teeth and organs -strengthen your bone structure to make them as healthy as possible? Mijke is a multidimensional energy healer, channel and medium. As a Certified Medical Intuitive, Akashic Records reader, Emotion Code practitioner and professional Aura reader, she has a unique and customized approach to help her clients. Mijke channels customized energies and messages to help her clients heal from physical issues, break through their blockages and to get clarity on their purpose in life. Mijke supports her clients with transmuting trauma, fear and pain into lightness, change, joy and  happiness. She combines this with practical advice and insights. Mijke connects to a Cosmic energy field to facilitate healing by working with a special high speed healing frequency and light language. She works on multiple dimensions, connects to the Crystalline energy of the earth and she channels the Galactic Felines of Light. She shares light language messages as needed. Mijke has had an extensive career as a professional coach and manager and is an expert in what drives and motivates people. Receive 28+ Gifts: https://bit.ly/3B6RZ4v Mijke's Offer: https://bit.ly/3ND1zDg #alaracanfield , #awakentohappinessnow, #healing, #energy, #transformation, #consciousness, #love, #thealaracanfieldshow, #consciousliving, #joy, #empowerment, #wellness, #spirituality, #spiritualawakening, #awareness

Fire Yourself First: Unchain Yourself from the Daily Grind, Create an Autonomous Business, and Do What You Love Next by Jeff Russell https://amzn.to/432QCA5 https://iapam.com/ Want Your Life Back? Seventy percent of all doctor's visits are linked to workplace stress. Too many people are overworked and overstressed. They want something more from life, but they're not sure how to stop working long enough to make it a reality. Entrepreneurs want answers to their questions. How do they step back from a business they created? How can they enjoy all that life offers when work consumes their days? Author Jeff Russell, a successful and serial entrepreneur, teaches entrepreneurs how to unchain themselves from the daily grind by creating a business that runs without them. Fire Yourself First provides the four-step plan to free up your time. Get ready to discover how to: Clarify your why to infuse more direction to your life and business Hire an autonomous team who can run your business for you Create dashboards and scorecards to help you and your team identify what winning looks like Plan your exit to ensure your departure is strategic and successful Gain the confidence you need to create a life you love. Begin the journey of Firing Yourself First, starting today.

Amos ‘n'Andy, originally broadcast May 13, 1951, Ramona looking for Andy. The Kingfish is avoiding all those people to whom he owes money. Wealthy Ramona Thompson is looking for Andy, an old flame from twenty years ago. The Kingfish sees a way of brokering a deal. Also Lum and Abner, oriignally broadcast Mar 13, 1935, Starting an Unchain letter. How to get rid of all those pigs? How about an un-chain letter? Visit my web page - http://www.classicradio.streamWe receive no revenue from YouTube. If you enjoy our shows, listen via the links on our web page or if you're so inclined, Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyattcoxelAHeard on almost 100 radio stations from coast to coast. Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long-time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty-year newsman. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day's show with historical information on the day and date in history including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It's a true slice of life from not just radio's past, but America's past.Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day's broadcast is timely and entertaining! #ClassicRadio #OldTimeRadio #Comedy #AmosAndAndy #LumAndAbner

In this episode, learn how self-proclaimed “unemployable” Jeff Russell went from corporate Canada to starting and running multiple businesses. If you've ever dreamed of the freedom of entrepreneurship, this episode will inspire you to take the leap of faith and provide key insights necessary to ensure you set your business up for success. From operational systems to healthy habits that will lend themselves to your success, Jeff is a walking case study on successful entrepreneurship. Learn how he found the industries in need of his skills and how he grew his medical consulting business in the US.Jeff believes a life well lived needs three things in balance: health, wealth and wellness. Through systematizing multiple businesses, Jeff has the opportunity to work a few hours in each business and spend the rest of his time either helping other entrepreneurs create a similar lifestyle or enjoying the lifestyle he has built. If you're curious about the reality of entrepreneurship or need some helpful tips to create a business that can run with (or without) you, don't miss this episode.Jeff is also a published author, whose book "Fire Yourself First" helps business owners learn to let go. He has taken his "secret sauce" on how to analyze, systemize, and scale businesses, and packaged it for you, giving you all his strategies and tips so you can unchain yourself from the daily grind. 

幻冬舎の暗号資産（仮想通貨）/ブロックチェーンなどweb3領域の専門メディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、Podcast番組です。 ○解説したニュース ・イーサリアム次期大型アップグレード「Shapella」、最終テストネットに実装完了 ・FiNANCiE、コミュニティ貢献でフィナンシェトークン（FNCT）付与する報酬制度を提供へ ・アンストッパブルドメインズとポリゴンラボが提携、「. polygon」をローンチ ・コスモス（ATOM）の「Cosmos Hub」、「Lambda」アップグレード明日実施へ ・シバイヌ（SHIB）がレイヤー2「Shibarium」早期βテスト開始、「PUPPYNET」リリース ○番組スポンサー この番組はフィナンシェとshiftbase「UNCHAIN」の提供で送りします。 ・株式会社フィナンシェ 「FiNANCiE（フィナンシェ）」は、スポーツチームやエンタメプロジェクト、DAOなどのトークンを購入して支援ができる新しいクラウドファンディング・サービス。サッカーJリーグ、野球、バスケ、などのプロスポーツチームをはじめ、映画やアイドル、インフルエンサーなど100以上のプロジェクトのトークンがフィナンシェで購入できます。さらにトークン購入者はプロジェクトに応じたキャンペーン参加やNFTなどの特典も。ぜひiOSやAndroidで「FiNANCiE」のスマホアプリを入れて、新たな応援体験を味わってください。「あなたの夢が、みんなの財産になる」FiNANCiE →App Store（対応OS：iOS 12.0以上）はこちら https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/financie/id1470196162 →Google Play（対応OS：Android 6.0以上）はこちら https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.financie.ichiba ○関連リンク ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから www.neweconomy.jp/

幻冬舎の暗号資産（仮想通貨）/ブロックチェーンなどweb3領域の専門メディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、Podcast番組です。 ○解説したニュース ・イーサリアム（ETH）は有価証券との見解、NY司法当局がKuCoinを提訴 ・米財務省がマイニング企業に物品税30％を提案、バイデン政権の2024年度予算で ・米CFTC委員長、ステーブルコインとイーサリアム（ETH）はコモディティになるとの見解示す ・フィナンシェトークン（FNCT）、IEO申込金額が200億円突破 ・FTX Japanへの「資産の国内保有命令」が継続、業務停止命令解除も休止継続 ・SWIFT、CBDC国際間決済ソリューション開発を次フェーズに移行 ・シバイヌ（SHIB）、レイヤー2「Shibarium」β版今週リリースへ ・アバランチ（AVAX）上に「プライベートデット」市場プラットフォーム構築へ、ルクセンブルクのDEFYCAが ・リキッドステーキング「Lido」、ポルカドット（DOT）とクサマ（KSM）でのサービス終了を検討 ・THNDR Games、ビットコイン稼げるパズルゲーム「Bitcoin Blocks」リリース ・ビットトレードが「FLR」のユーザー付与と取り扱いを開始 ○番組スポンサー この番組はフィナンシェとshiftbase「UNCHAIN」の提供で送りします。 ・株式会社フィナンシェ 「FiNANCiE（フィナンシェ）」は、スポーツチームやエンタメプロジェクト、DAOなどのトークンを購入して支援ができる新しいクラウドファンディング・サービス。サッカーJリーグ、野球、バスケ、などのプロスポーツチームをはじめ、映画やアイドル、インフルエンサーなど100以上のプロジェクトのトークンがフィナンシェで購入できます。さらにトークン購入者はプロジェクトに応じたキャンペーン参加やNFTなどの特典も。ぜひiOSやAndroidで「FiNANCiE」のスマホアプリを入れて、新たな応援体験を味わってください。「あなたの夢が、みんなの財産になる」FiNANCiE →App Store（対応OS：iOS 12.0以上）はこちら https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/financie/id1470196162 →Google Play（対応OS：Android 6.0以上）はこちら https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.financie.ichiba ○関連リンク ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから www.neweconomy.jp/

幻冬舎の暗号資産（仮想通貨）/ブロックチェーンなどweb3領域の専門メディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、Podcast番組です。 ○解説したニュース ・ジャックドーシーの分散型SNS「Bluesky Social」、App Storeでプライベートβ版公開 ・米ロビンフッドが暗号資産ウォレットをiOSで正式公開、全世界ユーザー利用可能に ・きらぼし・みんな・四国の3銀行がステーブルコイン発行実証実験、「Japan Open Chain」で ・ポリゴン、ZKP活用「Polygon ID」の新たな開発ツールをオープンソースで公開 ・米コインベースにEchelon Prime（PRIME）上場 ・アプトス（APT）、Unity開発者向けゲームソフト開発ツール公開 ・バイナンス、AI利用NFT自動生成ツール「Bicasso」β版を公開 ・VRソフト開発Zenesis、VRNFTアート制作アプリ「SnowCanvas」β版発表 ・チリーズ（CHZ）が68億円のインキュベータープログラム、ジャンプクリプトが支援 ・チェーンリンクが「Chainlink Functions」β版公開、スマコンでWeb2のAPI利用可能に ○番組スポンサー この番組はフィナンシェの提供で送りします。 ・株式会社フィナンシェ 「FiNANCiE（フィナンシェ）」は、スポーツチームやエンタメプロジェクト、DAOなどのトークンを購入して支援ができる新しいクラウドファンディング・サービス。サッカーJリーグ、野球、バスケ、などのプロスポーツチームをはじめ、映画やアイドル、インフルエンサーなど100以上のプロジェクトのトークンがフィナンシェで購入できます。さらにトークン購入者はプロジェクトに応じたキャンペーン参加やNFTなどの特典も。ぜひiOSやAndroidで「FiNANCiE」のスマホアプリを入れて、新たな応援体験を味わってください。「あなたの夢が、みんなの財産になる」FiNANCiE →App Store（対応OS：iOS 12.0以上）はこちら https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/financie/id1470196162 →Google Play（対応OS：Android 6.0以上）はこちら https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.financie.ichiba ・shiftbase「UNCHAIN」 shiftbase運営の「UNCHAIN」は、スマートコントラクトの開発やdAppsの構築など、プロジェクト開発を通してweb3を学び、実践経験を積みながらアイデアを形にする力を身につけるエンジニアのためのコミュニティ。現在、1,200名以上のメンバーが技術を学び合っています。そして「UNCHAIN」では、結果だけでなくプロセスも評価し、段階的に総額200万円分の助成金を給付する「web3開発助成金プログラム”進捗2Earn”」も開始。第1回目の助成金申請は2月13日より受付します。またこのプログラムにご協賛いただける企業様も募集中。詳しくは「UNCHAIN」公式サイトでチェック！ 創る人が、ちゃんと評価される世界へ「UNCHAIN」 →「UNCHAIN」公式サイトはこちら https://unchain.tech/ ○関連リンク ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから www.neweconomy.jp/

Erik Wahl is a visionary whose unique presentations leverage his creative talent to become a visual metaphor to the core of his message: that creativity, innovation and the power to inspire as leaders lies within all of us. Erik's unique understanding of this vision traces back to his experience as an artist. After first working in the business world for eight years as a partner in a corporate firm where he played with his passion for art, Erik now PLAYS in the business world by WORKING with his art. Erik's sought after artwork can be seen hanging in executive offices around the world. And as one of the country's top platform speakers, Erik shares his powerful message on creativity, leading change and innovative leadership that is as memorable as it is entertaining. He is the author of Unthink: Rediscover Your Creative Genius and Unchain the Elephant: Reframe Your Thinking to Unleash Your Potential.

幻冬舎の暗号資産（仮想通貨）/ブロックチェーンなどweb3領域の専門メディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、Podcast番組です。 ○解説したニュース ・Visaとマスター、暗号資産企業との新規提携を一時停止か。報道に対し責任者は否定 ・イーサリアム開発者会議「Devcon」、次回は2024年に東南アジアで開催へ ・イーサリアム、テストネット「Sepolia」で「Shapella」アップグレード完了 ・The Sandbox、独ゲーム会社Sviper買収で市場拡大へ ・BAYC運営「Yuga Labs」、ビットコイン上のジェネレイティブアートコレクション発表 ・リキッドステーキングの需要拡大、預かり資産額がレンディングを超える ・メンバーシップNFTの「NOT A HOTEL」がシリーズAラウンドで約28億円調達、累計額50億円に ・バイナンスにDeFiレンディングの「Liquity（LQTY）」上場 ・メタマスクSDKがUnityアセットストアで公開、ゲームのウォレット接続が容易に　 ○番組スポンサー この番組はフィナンシェの提供で送りします。 ・株式会社フィナンシェ 「FiNANCiE（フィナンシェ）」は、スポーツチームやエンタメプロジェクト、DAOなどのトークンを購入して支援ができる新しいクラウドファンディング・サービス。サッカーJリーグ、野球、バスケ、などのプロスポーツチームをはじめ、映画やアイドル、インフルエンサーなど100以上のプロジェクトのトークンがフィナンシェで購入できます。さらにトークン購入者はプロジェクトに応じたキャンペーン参加やNFTなどの特典も。ぜひiOSやAndroidで「FiNANCiE」のスマホアプリを入れて、新たな応援体験を味わってください。「あなたの夢が、みんなの財産になる」FiNANCiE →App Store（対応OS：iOS 12.0以上）はこちら https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/financie/id1470196162 →Google Play（対応OS：Android 6.0以上）はこちら https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.financie.ichiba ・shiftbase「UNCHAIN」 shiftbase運営の「UNCHAIN」は、スマートコントラクトの開発やdAppsの構築など、プロジェクト開発を通してweb3を学び、実践経験を積みながらアイデアを形にする力を身につけるエンジニアのためのコミュニティ。現在、1,200名以上のメンバーが技術を学び合っています。そして「UNCHAIN」では、結果だけでなくプロセスも評価し、段階的に総額200万円分の助成金を給付する「web3開発助成金プログラム”進捗2Earn”」も開始。第1回目の助成金申請は2月13日より受付します。またこのプログラムにご協賛いただける企業様も募集中。詳しくは「UNCHAIN」公式サイトでチェック！ 創る人が、ちゃんと評価される世界へ「UNCHAIN」 →「UNCHAIN」公式サイトはこちら https://unchain.tech/ ○関連リンク ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから www.neweconomy.jp/

幻冬舎の暗号資産（仮想通貨）/ブロックチェーンなどweb3領域の専門メディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、Podcast番組です。 ○解説したニュース ・HashHubがSBIグループ100%連結子会社に、平野氏は代表継続 ・米コインベース、Binance USD（BUSD）の取引停止へ ・価格予想で毎日オアシスのOAS獲得できる「Oas Choice」リリース、クリプトゲームスがTCG Verseで ・米SECがロビンフッドへ召喚状、顧客資産保管など調査へ ・SBI VCトレードがチューリンガムと業務提携、「SBI Web3ウォレット」活用領域を拡大へ ・Goerliテストネット用ETHの価格高騰、投機目的の購入が原因か ・Lido、流入量急増によりデポジット一時停止する安全装置作動 ・web3インフラ開発「Alchemy」、Dappsを構築できるツールキット発表 ・ジャパン・メタバース経済圏実現に向け、大手金融や商社など10社が合意 ・スポーツ用品「ミズノ」、オープンシーで自社初のNFTオークション開始　 ○番組スポンサー この番組はフィナンシェとshiftbase「UNCHAIN」の提供で送りします。 ・株式会社フィナンシェ 「FiNANCiE（フィナンシェ）」は、スポーツチームやエンタメプロジェクト、DAOなどのトークンを購入して支援ができる新しいクラウドファンディング・サービス。サッカーJリーグ、野球、バスケ、などのプロスポーツチームをはじめ、映画やアイドル、インフルエンサーなど100以上のプロジェクトのトークンがフィナンシェで購入できます。さらにトークン購入者はプロジェクトに応じたキャンペーン参加やNFTなどの特典も。ぜひiOSやAndroidで「FiNANCiE」のスマホアプリを入れて、新たな応援体験を味わってください。「あなたの夢が、みんなの財産になる」FiNANCiE →App Store（対応OS：iOS 12.0以上）はこちら https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/financie/id1470196162 →Google Play（対応OS：Android 6.0以上）はこちら https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.financie.ichiba ・shiftbase「UNCHAIN」 shiftbase運営の「UNCHAIN」は、スマートコントラクトの開発やdAppsの構築など、プロジェクト開発を通してweb3を学び、実践経験を積みながらアイデアを形にする力を身につけるエンジニアのためのコミュニティ。現在、1,200名以上のメンバーが技術を学び合っています。そして「UNCHAIN」では、結果だけでなくプロセスも評価し、段階的に総額200万円分の助成金を給付する「web3開発助成金プログラム”進捗2Earn”」も開始。第1回目の助成金申請は2月13日より受付します。またこのプログラムにご協賛いただける企業様も募集中。詳しくは「UNCHAIN」公式サイトでチェック！ 創る人が、ちゃんと評価される世界へ「UNCHAIN」 →「UNCHAIN」公式サイトはこちら https://unchain.tech/ ○関連リンク ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから www.neweconomy.jp/

幻冬舎の暗号資産（仮想通貨）/ブロックチェーンなどweb3領域の専門メディア「あたらしい経済 https://www.neweconomy.jp/ 」がおくる、Podcast番組です。 ○解説したニュース ・デジタル通貨「DCJPY」、環境価値付加してバス運賃決済する実証実験へ。関電・IIJ・ローソン・ディーカレットら ・米サークル、USDC準備金6500万ドルをマイノリティバンクへ保管 ・アニモカブランズジャパン、コミュニティ分析の台湾企業「Passion Labs」に投資 ・SBI VCトレード、大口・法人向けサービス「SBIVC for Prime」提供開始 ・METACOが独DZ銀行と提携、デジタル証券などの管理にサービス提供へ ・アビスパ福岡がFiNANCiEでトークン追加発行、日本初スポーツDAO始動で　 ○番組スポンサー この番組はフィナンシェとshiftbase「UNCHAIN」の提供で送りします。 ・株式会社フィナンシェ 「FiNANCiE（フィナンシェ）」は、スポーツチームやエンタメプロジェクト、DAOなどのトークンを購入して支援ができる新しいクラウドファンディング・サービス。サッカーJリーグ、野球、バスケ、などのプロスポーツチームをはじめ、映画やアイドル、インフルエンサーなど100以上のプロジェクトのトークンがフィナンシェで購入できます。さらにトークン購入者はプロジェクトに応じたキャンペーン参加やNFTなどの特典も。ぜひiOSやAndroidで「FiNANCiE」のスマホアプリを入れて、新たな応援体験を味わってください。「あなたの夢が、みんなの財産になる」FiNANCiE →App Store（対応OS：iOS 12.0以上）はこちら https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/financie/id1470196162 →Google Play（対応OS：Android 6.0以上）はこちら https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.financie.ichiba ・shiftbase「UNCHAIN」 shiftbase運営の「UNCHAIN」は、スマートコントラクトの開発やdAppsの構築など、プロジェクト開発を通してweb3を学び、実践経験を積みながらアイデアを形にする力を身につけるエンジニアのためのコミュニティ。現在、1,200名以上のメンバーが技術を学び合っています。そして「UNCHAIN」では、結果だけでなくプロセスも評価し、段階的に総額200万円分の助成金を給付する「web3開発助成金プログラム”進捗2Earn”」も開始。第1回目の助成金申請は2月13日より受付します。またこのプログラムにご協賛いただける企業様も募集中。詳しくは「UNCHAIN」公式サイトでチェック！ 創る人が、ちゃんと評価される世界へ「UNCHAIN」 →「UNCHAIN」公式サイトはこちら https://unchain.tech/ ○関連リンク ニュースの詳細や、アーカイブやその他の記事はこちらから www.neweconomy.jp/

Parshat Yitro – Jethro [Abundance] Exodus 18:1–20:23(26) Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1–7:6, 9:5-6 (6-7) B'rit haChadasha: Matthew 5:8-20; 19:16-26

We pray that the Lord unchain us from any inability to believe and to totally embrace His love and mercy.

How we believe is extremely crucial to what we receive from the Lord. What you believe can either chain or unchain the power of the King of heaven & in earth in your life!Support the show

Nueva selección de éxitos mayores o menores de la primera mitad de los años 60, picoteando entre todos los estilos que dieron forma a la música popular de aquellos maravillosos años. Playlist; (sintonía) THE VENTURES “Telstar” JOHN LEYTON “Johnny remember me” PAT READER “Cha cha on the moon” CHRIS KENNER “I like it like that” CANNIBAL and THE HEADHUNTERS “Land of 1000 dances” SHAPE and SIZES “Rain on my feet” TRINI LOPEZ “Unchain my heart” LAVERN BAKER and JIMMY RICKS “You’re the boss” THE ROLLING STONES “Congratulations” CLYDE McPHATTER “Spanish Harlem” SANDIE SHAW “(There’s) always something there to remind me” TIPPIE and THE CLOVERS “Bossa Nova baby” THE ESSEX “A walking mircle” THE VERNON GIRLS “I’m gonna let my hair down” NASHVILLE TEENS “Google eye” ELVIS PRESLEY “One broken heart for sale” CLIFF RICHARD “What I’ve got to do” SIMON and GARFUNKEL “I am a rock” BARBARA LEWIS “Hello stranger” RUBY and THE ROMANTICS “What a difference a day makes” Escuchar audio

Mental health... Most struggle with it. Everyone's talking about it. Many are confused about it. In this series, we will explore timeless Biblical principles for moving towards holistic mental fitness. Whether or not you are currently struggling personally, you will be better prepared for future fights and more equipped to support loved ones. Topics include how to: Retrain Your Brain, Alleviate Anxiety, Deal with Depression, Unchain from Addiction, and Find True Sexual Freedom.

Mental health... Most struggle with it. Everyone's talking about it. Many are confused about it. In this series, we will explore timeless Biblical principles for moving towards holistic mental fitness. Whether or not you are currently struggling personally, you will be better prepared for future fights and more equipped to support loved ones. Topics include how to: Retrain Your Brain, Alleviate Anxiety, Deal with Depression, Unchain from Addiction, and Find True Sexual Freedom.

Mental health... Most struggle with it. Everyone's talking about it. Many are confused about it. In this series, we will explore timeless Biblical principles for moving towards holistic mental fitness. Whether or not you are currently struggling personally, you will be better prepared for future fights and more equipped to support loved ones. Topics include how to: Retrain Your Brain, Alleviate Anxiety, Deal with Depression, Unchain from Addiction, and Find True Sexual Freedom.

Mental health... Most struggle with it. Everyone's talking about it. Many are confused about it. In this series, we will explore timeless Biblical principles for moving towards holistic mental fitness. Whether or not you are currently struggling personally, you will be better prepared for future fights and more equipped to support loved ones. Topics include how to: Retrain Your Brain, Alleviate Anxiety, Deal with Depression, Unchain from Addiction, and Find True Sexual Freedom.

Become a member of the Say You Love Satan Army today! Join us!www.patreon.com/sayyoulovesatanpodcastThis episode:Penitentiary IISpacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden ZoneThe Human TornadoTales from the Crypt: Food for Thought*track "Unchain the Ghost" by Sijjin.website: www.sayyoulovesatanpodcast.comemail: sayyoulovesatanpodcast@gmail.comPlease rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes!instagram: sayyoulovesatanpodcastartwork: Sam HeimerSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/sayyoulovesatanpodcast) Support the show

Shadow work, it seems as if we can't go a day without hearing about this! Instagram, TikTok, Jung (our fave) and we're still not clear on what it is or how to do it! Join us as we try to tackle this unclear, dare I say, shadowy topic.There's more than one way to do shadow work.

“Find a mentor who's a few years ahead of you, like not too far, but like two, three years ahead of you, because those are people who still remember what they were doing in your position. And so they will be able to give you the most useful advice.” – Illia Polosukhin Illia Polosukhin is Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol. NEAR is a layer-one blockchain that's incredibly fast, has very low transaction fees, and is climate neutral—in part because of its Proof of Stake model. It's traded on crypto exchanges under the ticker symbol NEAR and has a market cap of just under $5B today. From 2020 through 2021, the developers working in NEAR's ecosystem—building applications on top of their blockchain—quadrupled, making NEAR the 2nd fastest growing chain behind only Solana. In this episode, Illia shares: Why he loves running daily and how it helps him remember to just put one foot in front of the other to accomplish anything. Why he loves the book Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink, and how he applies the principles in it to his life and work. Why he's been fascinated with the concept of a Social Graph, how to build it into the NEAR protocol, and why it's so important for building a better world in web3. Why he thinks everyone should find mentors that are 2-3 years ahead of them in terms of where they'd like to be. Why he'd tell his younger self to focus on speed and velocity—shipping quickly in everything that he does. Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/illia-polosukhin-playbook  In this 20 Minute Playbook with Illia Polosukhin, we cover: 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:59 – Designing social graph in Web3 00:04:01 – Why context switching is a necessary skill for founders 00:05:51 – Finding mentors who are just a few years ahead of you in business 00:10:56 – Building a great decentralized ecosystem requires high-level, small, agile teams 00:13:29 – Books Illia recommends 00:16:59 – The nuance of the Russian language in writing Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week. Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy. If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dr. Shaw is the CEO of Patricia Empowers, a Life Coach for women that specialize in cultivating healthy and enhancing the lives of women. She is the Author of "Soul Ties, Unchain my heart" and her Next release, Turn your love around: A relationship blue print for wounded hearts. Today Dr. Shaw is here to discuss Finding your ideal person and if there is such a thing. Enjoy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unfilteredbygade/support

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