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Episode 132 - How to Kill God the easy WayIn this episode of Still Unbelievable!, Matthew chats with Alan Bondar about his provocatively titled book, How to Kill God the Easy Way. We enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone who is seeking to engage with a critical review of Christian apologetics. If you have any sympathies for Christianity and it's proponents, then this book will challenge those thoughts. If you have doubts about Christianity, then this book will help you to focus your thoughts and put words to those doubts.We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did recording it.1) Contact Alan:https://howtokillgod.com/alan@howtokillgod.com/2) Buy the Book - How to Kill God the Easy Wayhttps://a.co/d/6BC6C243) Other books by Alanhttps://a.co/d/3vNyo3shttps://a.co/d/cppZcPQ4) Apostate: Stories of Deconversionhttps://youtu.be/_hKSjwfnfms?si=yK6mbvfHUqWJVTMn5) Alan on Jen Fishbourne's YouTube channelpart 1: https://youtu.be/Pq3zh5Od55I?si=5JombE2Iofgsv9rIpart 2: https://youtu.be/PyYUQk9vLKU?si=73HfowMH_QZSVGMoTo contact us, email: reasonpress@gmail.comour YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@reasonpress2901Our Theme Music was written for us by Holly, to support her and to purchase her music use the links below:https://hollykirstensongs.com/https://hollykirsten.bandcamp.com/

If we were on Jeopardy, the category would be Potpourri.That's right! TSHE is cleaning up our file of miscellaneous topics! Or as Taylor Swift says in her song, Lavender Haze, “Get it off your chest, get it off my desk.” From driving to Pepperidge Farm snacks, we truly have a grab bag of subjects to discuss! And as per the TSHE style guide, we travel down many tangents along the wayIn small talk, Ann is living a time travel lifestyle. Meredith has some life updates. Bobby is in a bureaucratic RMV/DMV circle of hell. And (as always) Hillary spends hours (and hours) in the movie theater and is contemplating the next inappropriate movie for her children.TSHE RecommendsHeartbreak is the National AnthemPTFO - The News Anchor America NeededConnect with the show!This is your show, too. Feel free to drop us a line, send us a voice memo, or fax us a butt to let us know what you think.Facebook group: This Show Has EverythingFax Bobby Your Butt: 617-354-8513 Feedback form: www.throwyourphone.com Email: tsheshow@gmail.comAOL Keyword: TSHE

Scott McNealy stands as a prominent figure in the tech industry, celebrated for his role as the co-founder and former CEO of Sun Microsystems. Established in 1982, Sun Microsystems quickly rose to prominence in Silicon Valley, renowned for its groundbreaking computer hardware, software, and network computing solutions. Its transformative contributions, such as Unix workstations and the Java programming language, left an indelible mark on the tech landscape before its acquisition by Oracle in 2010.After 22 years as CEO of Sun Microsystems, Scott stepped down and co-founded WayIn, a social intelligence and visualization company, and played a crucial role in shaping its direction.Beyond his corporate ventures, Scott has been deeply involved in philanthropic and educational initiatives. He co-founded Curriki, an online platform providing free educational resources to students and educators worldwide.As Chairman Emeritus of LittleHorse, Scott continues to be engaged in the tech ecosystem, offering guidance and support to emerging companies. Additionally, his role as an Operating Partner at Flume Ventures underscores his dedication to fostering innovation and supporting startups in their journey to success.*The Founder Hour is brought to you by Outer. Outer makes the world's most beautiful, comfortable, innovative, and high-quality outdoor furniture - ALL from sustainable materials - and is the ONLY outdoor furniture with a patented built-in cover to make protecting it effortless. From teak chairs to fire pit tables, everything Outer makes has the look and feel of what you'd expect at a 5-star resort, for less than you'd pay at a big box store for something that won't last.For a limited time, get 10% off at www.liveouter.com/thefounderhour. Terms and conditions apply. Follow The Founder Hour on:Instagram | www.instagram.com/thefounderhourTwitter/X | www.twitter.com/thefounderhourLinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/company/thefounderhourYouTube | www.youtube.com/@thefounderhour

[01:08]Israel's Fight With ItselfStill suffering from October 7 and an ongoing close-quarters war against terrorists, Israel's judges and legislators are weakening one another.“Britain's and Judah's Governments Fall—America Next?”[19:18]German-French Deathware on the WayIn a “historical” moment, Europe's two greatest powers clear the way for developing a new weapons platform.“Germany's Astonishing Military Rise”“Europe Is Undertaking a Massive Arming Spree”“The Cure Is Killing Us”[29:47]Russia Prepares Spring AttackVladimir Putin, presidency secured, terrorist attack sustained, prepares to decimate a weakened Ukraine.The Prophesied ‘Prince' of Russia'[37:13]DEI: No Longer FringeRadicalism spreads from the fringe to the lecture hall to the society to the force that protects it.“Will DEI End America—or America End DEI?”“A ‘Woke' Military Endangers Us All”Subscribe to the Trumpet Brief e-mail newsletter here.Subscribe to the Philadelphia Trumpet magazine here.E-mail the host: letters@theTrumpet.com.

Over 60 million limbs have been lost due to diabetes since 1960…But why are we so quick to hack off a limb as soon as there is nerve damage?What if we looked at WHY the damage existed in the first place and find ways to support it back to health…That's exactly what today's guest is here to share - there IS another wayIn this episode:What is the link between sugar and nerve damageHow sugar leads to inflammationThe science behind regenerating nervesWhy a meat based diet is vital for long term healthThe link between Alzheimer's and Diabetic NeuropathyStem cell researchMore!Dr. Richard Jacoby DPM received his postgraduate education at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and attended medical school at Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine (now named Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia) graduating in 1969. Dr. Jacoby has won the Phoenix Magazine Top Docs Award on four different occasions (2003, 2005, 2008, and 2010) and he is the coauthor of the book, Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health. Dr. Jacoby is a past president of the Arizona Podiatry Association, as well as the Association of Extremity Nerve Surgeons. He specializes in the treatment of peripheral neuropathy and has been in practice since 1970.******************Free Gifts from Richard Jacoby:Un-glued: Chapter of Un-glued book https://un-glued.com/book/  Connect with Richard Jacoby: Instagram: www.instagram.com/dr.richardjacoby Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dr.RichardJacoby/ ****************** ➠ Discover the unique ROOT CAUSE that is keeping you stuck on the sugar rollercoaster every year. Take the QUIZ HERE NOW. ➠ Ready to finally kick your emotional eating habit and build a new healthy relationship with sugar from the inside out? Say goodbye to late night snacking and stress eating for good. Get immediate access to my exclusive and FREE Kick Emotional Eating 3 Part Training here. ******************Come hang out with me and keep the conversation going on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielledaemcoachingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielledaem/Join the Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/simplybalancedhealthYouTube (where you can watch all these episodes in video!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCqU7XE_KU1xPmjkpZyGPA 

 "In The Early Morning Rain"Written by Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. 1964Producer Renee Plays Piano + GuitarSING & DANCE ALONG !!Here are the lyrics:In the early morning rainWith a dollar in my handWith an aching in my heartAnd my pockets full of sandI'm a long way from homeLord, I miss my loved ones soIn the early morning rainWith no place to goOut on runway number nineBig 707's set to goAnd I'm stuck here in the grassWith a pain that ever growsAnd the apples tasted goodAnd the jets they all flew fastWell, there she goes my friendShe'll be rolling down at last Hear the mighty engines roarSee the silver wing on highShe's away and Westward boundFar above the clouds she'll flyWhere the morning rain don't fallAnd the sun it always shinesShe'll be flying 0'er my homeIn about three hours timeThis old airport's got me downIt's no earthly good to meAnd I'm stuck here on the groundJust as cold and sad as I can beYou can't jump a jet planeLike you can a freight trainSo I'd best be on my wayIn the early morning rainhttp://PinkieThePigPodcast.com

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticAkademiks Interviews LIL UZI VERT - His First Vlog, Barter 16 on the WayIn this segment of Notorious Mass Effect, Akademiks interviews LIL UZI VERT. UZI talks about what fans can expect. He also reveals that he is planning to release a Barter 16 in the near future.This segment is perfect for fans of LIL UZI VERT and anyone who is interested in learning more about his upcoming album. It is also a great way to stay up-to-date on the latest news from UZI.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Wow, what a week, you can tell when Steve and Marijn have had a busy week because you get this very laid-back podcast where they discuss their Trips... and start with a Whisky Chat before moving on to talk about 70% of the project failing and deciding if it is Fake News.In this Podcast, we look at the truth behind the common assumption that 70% of projects fail and analyse if it is accurate and how you can take MS Viva and ensure that it is successful. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/do-70-change-management-projects-really-fail-simon-lewington/Simon does a great review and background on the statement... worth a read.The Forgetting list... CooperKing.... Not CastleKing is the name of the new Distillery Steve visited and the boys tasted their new make spirit which is full of promise.  Matt Wade is the producer of the M365 Periodic Table.   Steve and Marijn are both simply getting old and forgetful... we did however remember Dylan's name!!Steve's Golden Nugget is about Monopoly Money used to set priorities in workshops instead of dots on Post-Its. And then they discuss how impossible it is to roll out Viva in a quantifiable wayIn essence, this Third Sponsored podcast from CloudALLY www.cloudally.com looks at why projects fail and how to create success.I don't want to ruin a great podcast with spoilers but check out the 7 reasons why projects fail and 5 Golden Nuggets to put your project on the proper foundation for success.  XLA is the secret sauce in the process... work to be completed to resolve exactly how you and your organisation will  design these.The boys drink the last CloudALLY provided whisky a Tomatin Decades 2 that is comprised of barrels Matured across 5 decades... a genuinely awesome dram. 

This week on #ForWhatItsWorthwithBlakeMelnick, the next instalment in our series, #TheManyFacesofInnovation, we focus on innovation at the organizational level. For those of you new to the series, here's a bit of a recap. #TheManyFacesofInnovation Series is designed to make innovation more understandable, accessible, and actionable to both individuals and organizations alike.In our first two episodes of the series this season, we profiled the ground-breaking research of Dr. Terry Soleas from Queens University around what motivates people to want to innovate, and conversely, why do some people struggle with it? And if we can understand this dynamic, then it's possible to design conditions that allow innovation capability to take hold, both for individuals and within organizations We're doing this through the telling of stories of innovators across multiple fields of endeavour and their innovation journey's and the lessons they've learned along the wayIn this two-part episode, we're going to hear the story of a young engineer who joined a firm in Calgary, Alberta five years ago, and has quickly  become a catalyst for innovation at his firm ...For What it's WorthLink to Episode Blog PostThe music for this episode, "High Water"  is written and performed by our current artist in residence, #DouglasCameron. You can find out more about Douglas by visiting our show blog and by listening to our episode, #TheOldGuitarKnowledge Management Institute of Canada From those who know to those who need to knowWorkplace Innovation Network for Canada Every Graduate is Innovation-Enabled; Every Employee can Contribute to InnovationDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showreview us on Podchaser Show website - https://fwiw.buzzsprout.comFollow us on:Show Blog Face Book Instagram: Support usEmail us: fwiw.thepodcast@gmail.com

主播：梅莉 | 翩翩 歌曲 ：Bana Ellerini Ver前段时间，驻美大使（the ambassador to the United States）秦刚was promoted（升职了），成为了中国外交部部长（the Minister of Foreign Affairs in China）。秦部长的英文特别好，前段时间，他曾向the American netizens（美国网友）科普了一系列中国网络上的buzz words（热词）， 一下拉近了美国网民和中国网络文化的距离。今天，我们就来看一下，秦部长科普的8个热词翻译。1. 人民至上，生命至上—People first, life first.这就是中国特色，putting people and life first, as a priority（把人民和生命放在首要位置）。• priority /praɪˈɔ:rəti/ n. n. 优先，优先权；重点2. 逆行者—Heroes in Harm's WayIn harm's way是一个地道的英文短语，表示“to be in a dangerous situation”（进入险情）。像疫情三年来的医疗工作人员，尤其是最近，冒着复阳的风险，甚至很多护士、大夫都是发着烧在工作岗位上，他们真的是逆行者(Heroes in Harm's Way)。3. 躺平—lie flat躺平的字面翻译（literal translation），是lie flat，如果直接跟外国人这么说，他们可能不太理解其内涵。“躺平”其实就是牛津词典选出来的2022年度词汇：in goblin mode（哥布林模式）。• literal /ˈlɪtərəl/ adj. 字面上的4. 凡尔赛—VersaillesVersailles是法国的一个城市，就是凡尔赛。其实我们说某人“凡尔赛”，就是说某人是在进行一种“自谦式自夸”，英语中正好有个对应的单词——humblebrag。这个词是把两个词组合起来的：humble+brag。Brag 就是吹嘘，to show off，humble就是modest ，谦虚的。“凡尔赛”的关键，就在于是show off，但是却pretending to be modest（假装很谦虚），所以用humblebrag很好地传达出了a Versailles mentality（“凡尔赛”气质）。5. 内卷—involutionInvolution指的是going backwards inwards with time（退化），其实是 evolution（进化）的反义词。在英文中前缀“in-”表示“向内”，“e-”表示“向外”。Involution 更多指的是meaningless internal competition（无意义的内部竞争），内卷其实不会有太大的进步，我们应该evolve，做应该做的事情，随着时间自然会成长进步。• involution /ˌɪnvəˈlu:ʃən/ n. 退化• evolution /ˌevəˈlu:ʃ(ə)n/ n. 进化6. 双减—Double Reduction“双减”是去年很火的一个名词，它指的是：• 减轻学生过重的作业负担• 减轻校外培训负担7. “饭圈”—celebrity fan clubs饭圈是中国的网络词，是对于“粉丝圈子”的简称。“粉丝”，在英文中叫“fan”，直接音译为“饭”。所以饭圈就是英文中的celebrity fan clubs。• celebrity /səˈlebrəti/ n. 名人，明星8. 滴水之恩，当涌泉相报。A drop of water in need shall be returned with a burst of spring indeed.关于这句话，网上之前有一个广为流传的翻译版本： "If you di da di da me, I will hua la hua la you."（如果你“滴答滴答”我，我必会“哗啦哗啦”你）这个翻译太搞笑了，可以说是Chinglish的最高境界了，中国人一听就懂。秦部长翻译的“滴水之恩，当涌泉相报”，还是相当有水平的，他把这句话翻为： “A drop of water in need shall be returned with a burst of spring indeed.”这个翻译，借用了“患难见真情”（A friend in need is a friend indeed）的句型。• burst n. 一阵；突发（a burst of spring... 一股泉水）Congratulations to Minister Qin! Looks like 2023 is off to a positive start！祝贺秦刚部长，期待您2023年带给我们更多的好消息。

In this episode, we connect with Caroline and Mark's kids as we continue the conversations on how to share a cancer diagnosis with children. To more deeply understand what their journey and feelings are like. In this episode, Ryan, Connor, Tyler and Lachie reflect back to what it was like 10 years ago when they were all gathered together on the couch as “mum and dad needed to talk with them”. Tyler shares that she thought the siblings “were in trouble” for something and how unexpected the news was. Hear the real feelings be discussed amongst the four of them.Caroline shared with Vanessa that she learnt a lot of “new things” listening to the conversation. From listening to the feelings to the coping mechanisms and what was maybe done well and what was tough. The hope is that we continue to listen and learn from these real stories. I thank Ryan, Connor, Tyler and Lachie for their bravery to share their feelings in such an open and honest wayIn this episode you'll hear:How Caroline and Mark broke the news to their four children and the reactions each of them hadHow the kids each found different ways to cope with the news, and navigate decisions such as traveling abroad on exchange programs was managed How relationships with friends at school became different About how seeing physical changes happening brings a sense of anxietyReflection in hindsight of how stronger support of each other might have helped and raising the question of how to make sibling conversations and support easier in times of crisis. About Caroline's Kids Ryan, Connor, Tyler and LachieCaroline and Mark's four children live in New Zealand. At the time their mother was diagnosed they were all in school ranging from 8 to 14 years. All have moved away from home now but regularly return home to their mum and dad's couch and kitchen table in Tamahere which is just outside of Hamilton in the North Island of New Zealand. The Steer children are incredibly sporty and very committed to charity and community. Conner, Tyler and Lachie have been part of the run streak craziness. Vanessa and Caroline humbly say thank you for all they do to support us.If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of yourself listening to the episode on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @voicesofcancer.Connect with Vanessa:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voicesofcancer/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-oshima-she-her-37b51113/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weoutruncancer

Welcome all to the 11th Episode of the Keep It Certi PodcastThis week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this truly fantastic and important episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down and chats with some of the amazing students to discuss a truly important topic in Mental Health, discussing if/how it affects them, the importance of talking to people, what lessons they've learnt so far and so SO much moreWe hope you enjoy, and please don't forget. If you EVER feel depressed, low, unhappy, a little lost or simply not feeling yourself and feel you may need some help, there are ALWAYS people you can talk to. Please don't be scared or embarrassed to ask for help. We're all here to help no matter what.  Use the link from Mind below for access to Mental Health Helplines and Support JUST incase you need ANY help: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/helplines-listening-services/Audio Platforms For Download:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1822115Social Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast 

Welcome all to the 10th Episode of the Keep It Certi Podcast and the 2nd Episode of 2022This week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down and chats with some of the amazing students to discuss the 2nd half of some of the maddest moments of 2021, getting their thoughts, feelings and feedbackWe hope you enjoy :)Audio Platforms For Download:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1822115Social Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

Welcome all to the 9th Episode of the Keep It Certi Podcast and the 1st Episode of 2022This week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down and chats with some of the students to discuss some of the maddest moments of 2021, getting their thoughts, feelings and feedbackWe hope you enjoy :)Audio Platforms For Download:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1822115Social Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

*Reupload - Original Upload Date from December 2021Welcome all to the 8th and final Episode of the Keep It Certi Podcast 2021This week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down with some of the incredible students to discuss New Years and how they celebrate whilst looking back at the year that they've had, sharing their thoughts, feelings and experiences on being expelled from previous schools, what they've learnt and hope to achieve in the future and so muchWe hope you enjoyAudio Platforms For Download:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1822115Social Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

Welcome all to the 7th Episode of the Keep It Certi PodcastThis week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this Special Christmas episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down and chats with some of the most amazing Students to find out how they spend Christmas, their favourite moments, their favourite and worst songs, their favourite and worst parts of Christmas, what they are truly thankful for and SO much moreWe hope you enjoy this wonderful Episode, and we wish you all a Very Merry Christmas Audio Platforms For Download:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1822115Social Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

Welcome all to the 6th Episode of the Keep It Certi PodcastThis week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this truly important episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down with some of the most amazing Students to discuss their thoughts on what is happening in our Streets following the truly heartbreaking stories of Sabina Nessa, Sarah Everard and the young 12 year old girl beaten to death and what they feel needs to be done in order to keep us safeWe hope you enjoy and really listenAudio Platforms For Download:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1822115Social Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

Welcome all to the 4th Episode of the Keep It Certi PodcastBefore we get started, we have to say a TREMENDOUS thank you to the incredible Head and Deputy Heads Joanne, Kelly and Rachel for allowing the Podcast to continue for a brand new term, it truly means so much to usThis week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down with Shaquille to talk about Ambition, along with finding out what drives and motivates him, what he would love to work towards in the near future and so much moreWe hope you enjoySocial Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

Before we get into the episode, 2 mistakes Fixed:Steven Bartless Business = Social Chain. NOT Social ChangeWhatsApp bought for 19 Billion and Instagram bought for 1 Billion, not vise versaWelcome all to the 3rd Episode of the Keep It Certi PodcastThis week, we're back at The Pavilion School in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this incredible episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down with 3 of the amazing students in Shannon, Sienna and Kayleigh to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly side of Social Media and what kinds of affects this can have on peopleWe hope you enjoySocial Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-16)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. A recent Cornell University study on Americans' belief in an afterlife revealed that there has been very little change on this issue for more than 70 years. According to the study, belief in heaven has been true for over eight in ten people even since the late 1960s, while belief in life after death remains roughly in the range of seven in ten. That's the best that a "spiritual" world can give us, maybe an 80% chance that there is a heaven or even life after death.I don't know what a study of the Thessalonian church would reveal, but it seems from Paul's letter that they were confused. So, Paul sets them straight. He claims the highest authority for his words: Jesus. Jesus has died and risen again. His resurrection is the proof that the dead will rise and the confirmation that He has the authority to raise the dead on the Last Day. At the command of the Lord, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God, the dead will rise. If we are around to see that, we'll follow them to resurrection glory. The same is true for all who live and die in Christ. Sin and death have been conquered by the crucified and risen Jesus. This is our greatest strength when we face the trials and terrors of death. We don't have a 70% or 80% chance of a resurrection to eternal life and a place at the Feast of the Lamb. We have a 100% guarantee from Jesus. Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.O Jesus Christ, do not delay, But hasten our salvation; We often tremble on the wayIn fear and tribulation O hear and grant our fervent plea: Come mighty judge, and set us free From death and ev'ry evil. ("The Day is Surely Drawing Near" LSB 508, st.7)Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Duane Bamsch

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. There is often much of life that seems incomplete. There is always some academic assignment or work project waiting for its completion. If we are single, we think that we would be finally complete with a spouse. If we are given a spouse, our sinful nature thinks that we could do with a better one. I suppose that is a byproduct of life in this sinful world. In this life there is always something left to get done, always something incomplete. We are invited to a different perspective in our reading today. We are let in on Paul's loving words to the Christians at the church in Philippi. His words are an encouragement for them. They may have been frustrated that the work of the Gospel wasn't going as well as they had hoped. Perhaps the discouragements of life brought about by their own sins or the sins of others were weighing them down. Paul reminds them that they are loved by God and by him! They are pure and blameless in Christ and "filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God" (Philippians 1:11). Despite their uncertainty, God was indeed at work in them. He saved them by the righteous life and death of Jesus. He filled them with the fruitful faith that comes through Jesus Christ. And that is what God has done for you, too. Don't be discouraged, dear child of God! All the incompleteness of your life will be unknown on the day of your resurrection. On that day Jesus will say of you, "Well done, good and faithful servant. . . enter in the [resurrection] joy of your master" (Matthew 25:23). He has begun that good work in you and will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.O Jesus Christ, do not delay, But hasten our salvation; We often tremble on our wayIn fear and tribulation O hear and grant our fervent plea; Come mighty judge, and set us free From death and ev'ry evil. ("The Day Is Surely Drawing Near" LSB 508, st.7)

Welcome all to the 2nd Episode of the Keep It Certi PodcastThis week, we're at The Pavilion in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this incredible episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down for the 1st part with 3 of the fantastic students at The Pavilion, followed by many moreThe students share their stories of when they joined The Pavilion and why, how long they had been at Previous Schools, their feelings and thoughts on Knife Crime and Drill Music and what steps they feel are needed in order to stop crime and SO much moreWe hope you enjoySocial Media Pages and Websites:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

Welcome all to the 1st ever official Episode of the Keep It Certi PodcastThis week, we're at The Pavilion in Whetstone, a fantastic School known for teaching, helping, motivating and inspiring students who have been expelled from mainstream Schools, giving them the guidance needed in order to succeed  in life and overcome any  barriers that may come their wayIn this incredible episode, host Georgio Savvides sits down with 2 of the fantastic students at The Pavilion Kerrie and Shannon. Kerrie and Shannon share their stories of when they joined The Pavilion and why, how long they have both been there for, the differences that they have found between being there as oppose to mainstream Schools, what kind of differences they would like to see at Mainstream Schools for the better and SO much moreWe hope you enjoy :)Social Media Pages and Website:The PavilionWebsite - https://www.the-pavilion.co.ukTwitter - @enrichengage1Keep It Certi PodcastWebsite - https://www.keepitcertipodcast.co.ukTwitter - @KeepitcerticastInstagram - @keepitcertipodcastFacebook - @keepitcertipodcast

This takes courage, and Robert is getting vulnerable with his story, his ongoing healing, and his journey. Robert Reed has spent the last 11 years in the online marketing/consulting world. I have built a marketing agency with a staff that focuses on Social media marketing, management and training and producing exceptional content and iconic graphics.Being in the marketing world created the foundation that helped me utilize my experience to deliver engaging workshops for both Fortune 500 companies such as Cox Communications, SRP as well as Microsoft and governmental entities such as the Better Business Bureau, connecting with thousands of business owners of all sizes and types along the wayIn early 2019 I decided on my next venture and founded a synthetic grass installation company that now has 6 employees.Implementing my Core Vision strategies and designing and developing tailored marketing platform for your business to help you take your business to the next level is my passion. My team and I do this by creating a clear vision and generating structures and systems that translate to achieve your targets and strengthen your internal team. Whether you're a corporation, entrepreneur, or mom and pop shop my message is still the same.More about Robert-http://www.ideatevision.com/robert@ideatevision.comMore about Liz-Work- https://www.lizshealingtouch.com/Radio Show- https://www.voiceofvashon.org/raise-the-vibePodcast- https://www.buzzsprout.com/958816Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/raisethevibewithlizInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/raisethevibewithliz/Support me on Patreon- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=43081730Thank you!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=43081730)

What is instruction?Who can tell you what to do?The Thus-Come One can!* * *In this section of the Surangama, “Instructions for Practice,” we will have to skim over the highlights, as the scope and detail that Shakyamuni goes into is overwhelming. It begins with Ananda confessing his lack of practice, his habit of listening without applying what he hears. This smacks of Dogen's Vow:We vow with all beings from this life on throughout countless lives to hear the true DharmaWith the caveat that:Although our past harmful karma has greatly accumulatedIndeed being the causes and conditions of obstacles in practicing the WayIn other words, we are already fighting an uphill battle, but not a hopeless one. Later in the poem:By revealing and disclosing our lack of faith and practice before the BuddhaWe melt away the root of transgression by the power of our repentanceThe youthful Ananda is assailed by hormones, which are inborn. On top of that, Buddha sets a first principle, renouncing the Lesser Vehicle, Hinayana, practicing in accord with the Bodhisattva way, is the path to “bodiless Nirvana.” It requires that we overcome our “age-old habit of dependence on the objects of the senses,” in a pre-scientific world in which things were seen as permanent and substantial.He goes on to frame the higher vehicle as not relying on the mind that “comes into being and ceases,” declaring that if we do so, we will not be able to “ride the Buddha's Vehicle to where there is nothing that comes into being or ceases to be.” We should shine the light of our understanding — of emptiness, or impermanence — directly on the material world: “Since all phenomena are subject to change and decay, how could any of them serve as a basis for the practice of Dharma?” This idea was not as obvious to the intuitive empirical method of sensory awareness as it is now, with modern science.So several ideas are emerging here that deserve, or demand, comment. The lesser vehicle of self-salvation is to be renounced in favor of saving all others first, the Bodhisattva Vow. That this leads to a “body-less” state of being, seems to imply the existence of a separate spirit, i.e. a “soul.” But this is decidedly denied, in the teaching of no-self, no-soul. This is Dogen's dropping off of body and mind.Buddha then launches into what he terms the Five Layers of Turbidity:In your own body, what appears as solid is composed of the primary element earth…moist/water… warmth/fire… movement/wind. Because… primary elements… [are] bound together, your pure, perfect, wondrous enlightened mind that understands is divided into the functions of seeing, listening, touching, and cognition. Turbidity, in five layers, comes about as a result.So it is important to note that Buddha is not merely talking about the world around us, but the world within, as well. The import of the teaching is, after all, what it means to our own life and understanding. He goes on, as is his wont, using familiar analogies to illuminate the strangeness of our reality:What is turbidity? Suppose that someone were to pick up some soil and throw it into clear water. The soil now loses its solidity, and the water loses its purity. Together they appear clouded or, we may say, turbid. The five layers of turbidity occur in the same way.But then he makes an exception for the fifth element, space, as a phenomenon that does not decay:You have never heard of space being broken into parts. Why? Space has no shape or form. Therefore, it can neither be divided nor put together again.As you look into space throughout all ten directions… no separation can be made between space and your visual awareness of it. If only space existed… there would be nothing to be aware of it. If only awareness existed… there would not be anything for it to be aware of… space and visual awareness become entangled… With… entanglement, based on delusion, the turbidity of time comes into being. This is the first layer of turbidity.What do I mean… by ‘beings and the world of time and space'? ‘Time' denotes flux and change; ‘space' denotes location and direction… the directions are north, south, east, west, northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, above, and below, while time is divided into past, present, and future. Thus locations are tenfold and the flow of time is threefold, making ten directions and three periods of time. Because beings are entangled in illusion, they constantly move about in time and space, which become interconnected.This may be the first instance in recorded history of the interconnectedness of space and time — i.e. spacetime — hello, Einstein! Master Dogen's fascicle, Uji, “Being-” or “Existence-Time,” said to have anticipated the theory of relativity, makes the same point with regard to time itself. It has no meaning, or existence, outside of sentient being.That time is regarded as a “turbidity” is astounding. It recalls a statement by D. T. Suzuki, in his early introductions of Zen to the West, that measured time was a wonderful invention, making possible the systemization of agriculture, the industrial revolution, and all that followed. But at the same time, it became a spiritual tragedy, as people took it to be the way time is. The very fact that you are listening to this podcast, in the time available to you, demonstrates how measured time has come to dominate our daily lives. But as Hsinhsinming reminds us, “Words! The Way is beyond language for in it there is no yesterday, no tomorrow, no today.” In other words, no time. A closing comment on space:Although space can be defined as extending in ten directions and can be clearly understood as such, people in general only take account of north, south, east, and west. They do not consider above and below to be specific directions, and they see the four intermediate directions as merely relative to the others, while the four cardinal points are understood to be fixed. Therefore, we can say that space is fourfold and time threefold, and that the three times and four directions multiplied together make a total of twelve.This reflexive enumeration of all things was, I suppose, a way of lending a veneer of science to the phenomena being discussed, as well as a mnemonic, a way of remembering the extensive teachings.Buddha then goes into the other four layers. The second, perception, results from the faculties of awareness' entanglement with the four elements. The third, afflictions, from entanglement of six consciousnesses with their perceived objects. The fourth, that of individual beings, arises from entanglement of thoughts and karma. Even though “beings ceaselessly come into being and perish” they “always desire to continue to experience the world indefinitely through their faculties of perception” and their “karma leads them to continually move from one land to another.” He proceeds through relentless logic to the fifth and final layer of turbidity, closing this dissertation with a passage remarkable for its clarity and comprehensive summing up of the conditions of existence:The fundamental natures of your seeing, your hearing, and your other awarenesses do not differ from one another, but the six objects of perception separate them so that your awareness is forced to become differentiated. Although the six sense-consciousnesses share a single fundamental awareness, their functioning has become distinct. The consciousnesses and their objects are no longer in their correct relationship. They become entangled with each other, and with this entanglement, based on delusion, there is the fifth layer, the turbidity of lifespans.This brief paragraph also summarizes for us the direction that our meditation must take, in reversing this “turbid” nature of our consciousness. In zazen, we must return to the undifferentiated original nature of awareness, the unity of the six senses, and their correct relationship to their objects. In doing so, we can at least realize the meaning and purpose of this present lifetime, whether or not it relieves us of future lifespans. Buddha sums up this trans-sensory challenge in no uncertain terms:Ānanda, now you wish to transform your visual, aural, tactile, and mental awareness, together with the other kinds of awareness, into the permanence, bliss, true self, and purity of the Thus-Come One… The original enlightened understanding, which neither comes into being nor ceases to be, must be the basis of your practice.This neither coming into being nor ceasing to be, sometimes called the “unborn mind” or “uncreate,” is a most difficult principle to apply to one's own consciousness. But Buddha insists it is a major point. Then he frames one of his more famous analogies for stage-one meditation — stilling the mind — viewed as a precursor to stage-two — direct insight — referring back to the analogy of turbidity:The process may be compared to the settling of turbid water. If you keep it undisturbed in a container so that it is completely still and quiet, the sand and silt in it will settle naturally, and the water will become clear. This may be compared to the initial stage of subduing the afflictions that arise from transitory perceptions of objects.If you cannot leave it alone, but insist on picking it up and shaking it, the water will never become clear. This is the activity we call “monkey-mind,” the obsessive-compulsive behavior of the chattering, inner dialog, with its outflows into impulsive actions. Buddha then returns to the sense faculties, “Choosing One Faculty in Order to Liberate All Six”:The second principle is… you must courageously dedicate yourself to practice in accord with the Bodhisattva Vehicle… let go of everything that has conditioned attributes… examine the source of your afflictions… which… have created your karma and nurtured its growth.Buddha illustrates the source of our afflictions — which we usually blame on others or outside forces — with two striking exaples, “The Example of the Bell's Sound” and “The Analogy of the Six Knots.” He rings his bell, asking Ananda if he hears. Ananda does hear. After a while he asks Ananda again if he hears. Ananda says he does not. Buddha chastises him, asking how can he hold to such contradictory views? Hearing is independent of the object of hearing, the sound of the bell. Then he goes on:Ānanda, consider some worldly person who wishes to untie a knot. If he cannot see the knot, how will he know how to untie it?Of course, we can untie a knot in the dark, so Buddha must mean the kind of knot that we are not even aware of, as when we are all “tide up in knots.” Suddenly Buddha launches into poetry, restating the principles covered thus far.A knot must be untied according to a certain sequence,And when the six have been untied, the one will vanish too.Choose one perceiving faculty and realize your breakthrough.Enter the current. Realize the true enlightenment.This impulse to recap in a spontaneous outburst of poetry must have been a common talent in public speaking in those days, as we find it in many written records of the Indian transmission, and over a millennium later, in the Platform Sutra of Huineng, sixth ancestor in China.Through an exhaustive analysis of the limitations of each of the six senses, Buddha demonstrates the relative degrees of efficacy of each of the faculties of perception, he gives each a value: The eye-faculty 800, owing to its ability to see clearly in only one of the three directions; the ear-faculty 1200, owing to its ability “to hear in all ten directions without exception”; the nose-faculty 800, owing to not functioning between breaths; the tongue-faculty 1200, for its ability to proclaim wisely both worldly and world-transcending wisdom, as languages differ, but meaning knows no boundaries; the body-faculty 800, as it has two-fold awareness upon contact and lacks awareness once there is separation, which is singular. Finally the mind, or cognitive faculty, scores 1200 for its ability to silently include within its scope all worldly and world-transcending phenomena in all ten directions and all three periods of time… it knows no boundary.Whatever we may think of the logic of his argument, Buddha is engaging in a kind of reductio ad absurdum of our ordinary, unexamined appreciation of the senses. But he is not done yet. Using a precious scarf as a visual aid, Buddha ties six successive knots in it, continuing the dialog with Ananda:B. You are right. The six knots are not identical. Let us examine how they were made. They were all created out of the one scarf; still, it would not do to confuse their order. The same may be said of the six faculties of perception. Within what is ultimately one, differentiation eventually arises. Suppose you were displeased by the six knots in your scarf and would prefer it to be a single length of cloth. How would you go about untying the knots?Ā. As long as these knots are in the scarf, there will naturally be disagreement about which one of them is which. But if the Thus-Come One were now to untie them all and no further knots were tied, then there would be no question as to which was which, since there would be no first knot left, much less a sixth.B. When the six are untied, the one will vanish is the same idea.After assuring Ananda and the others that untying the knots will relieve the stresses of existence, Buddha demonstrates the method of untying, tugging on the scarf from one end, then the other. Ananda agrees that this is not the way to untie it, but you must pull on the scarf “from within each knot…then they will come undone.” This theme comprises the subject and title of one of Matsuoka Roshi's collected talks, “Unravelling Enlightenment.” Buddha follows with the next logical consequence:Therefore, Ānanda, carefully choose one faculty of perception from among the six. If you untie the knot of that faculty, its objects will disappear by themselves. All delusion will melt away. How can what remains not be what is real?And asks “…I now ask you: can we untie the six knots in this cotton scarf all at the same time?”No, World-Honored One. These knots were tied in sequence in the first place, so now they must be untied in sequence.The Buddha said, “The same may be said of freeing the knots of the six faculties. In the first stage of freeing a faculty, one understands that the self is empty. Once that emptiness is fully understood, one can become free of attachment to phenomena. Once one is free from attachment to phenomena, then both self and phenomena have been emptied and will no longer arise. This is the patience that the Bodhisattva develops by means of samādhi — the patience with the state in which no mental objects come into being.”I have long thought that what we are practicing in meditation is, primarily patience. Patience with the self, patience with the monkey mind, patience with our own impatience. When one enters into the state in which no mental objects come into being, who would've thought that it would test one's patience? It seems that having no objects in mind would not require any patience.Buddha closes this section asking “Twenty-Five Sages” to testify to their enlightenment, questioning which sense faculty initially unraveled for them? Several mention hearing, as in Avalokiteshvara, “The Bodhisattva Who Hears the Cries of the World,” the title of one of the last teachings in this section.Please listen up, gaze fixedly, and feel deeply, next time you are sitting in meditation. In other words, do thou likewise. Once one of the six knots unravels, the others cannot be far behind. Open up to what Master Dogen referred to as the “fine” or “subtle” mind of Nirvana.Next segment, we will examine some of Buddha's official warnings against misinterpreting the meaning of your experience at the far reaches of meditation.* * *Elliston Roshi is guiding teacher of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center and abbot of the Silent Thunder Order. He is also a gallery-represented fine artist expressing his Zen through visual poetry, or “music to the eyes.”UnMind is a production of the Atlanta Soto Zen Center in Atlanta, Georgia and the Silent Thunder Order. You can support these teachings by PayPal to donate@STorder.org. Gassho.Producer: Kyōsaku Jon Mitchell

Paving the wayIn honor of Women's History Month, Elizabeth candidly shares her experiences as a woman in the financial services industry and what she's learned on her journey. CRN 3480068-030521

If you have considered taking out one of these quick loans that seem to need hardly any credentials to take them out and get approved so fast that you haven't got time to blink - then please stop and reconsider. You will pay big time both in interest and fees - surely there is a better wayIn this episode, Chris tries to explain what is really involved with  taking out one of these loans and hopefully encourages you to find another way.Chris also addresses the fact that many people have got themselves into a mess with their debt and their creditors are mounting up and she talks frankly about how to talk to creditors and what's involved .So take a listen and if you do have any questions please write to us atpodcast@coachchris.com.au or contact us hereOther links you may find useful - talking with creditors

Richard Jones is the CMO at Cheetah Digital where he oversees a global team that is responsible for all aspects of the brand, demand generation, digital marketing, corporate communications, and sales development. With more than 20 years of marketing, sales and strategy experience, Jones was previously the CEO of Wayin, a global leader in zero-party data collection and activation. There, he helped many of the world’s leading brands such as Daily Mail Group, NHL, Bauer Media, Vodafone, Priceline.com, Reckitt Benckiser, Air New Zealand, and Manchester City FC create zero-party data strategies.Prior to this, Jones was the Co-Founder and CEO of UK based Saas start-up EngageSciences which was merged in 2016 with Wayin - a company founded and run by Sun Microsystems legendary co-founder and CEO Scott McNealy. After the acquisition Scott became Chairman and Jones took over as CEO of the combined entity. Wayin was sold to Cheetah Digital in June 2019 to form a crucial part of the company's award winning Customer Engagement Suite.

Cuando se quiere, se puedeTranslation: When there is a will, there is a wayIn this episode, Geraldine Estevez joins me all the way from New York! Well, she joins in virtually. I'm super excited (as always) to have her as a guest because we talk about the chaos of our lives and how we are totally at peace with not having it all together, at the moment, because best believe once we hit the ground, we running!Gera (as we call her) is a prominent figure in my family. She was born in the Dominican Republic and now currently lives in the Bronx, New York (HELLO, JLO VIBES!). She has made it her mission to not be boxed into one category and has followed her own goals and dreams.To stay up to date with Geraldine, check out her IG pages:@geraldine.estevezSend me your favorite dichos, stories, or memories that you would like me to feature at hola@whatdichos.comFollow us on Instagram @whatdichosIntro Theme Music Credit: Mariachiando - Doug Maxwell / Jimmy Fontanez—————————————————-Affiliate Link:Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour.Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Instacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

INDIEfinitive is a look at how we make films and the people we're lucky enough to meet and work with along the wayIn this episode, I talk with Justin Mane. Justin is an actor, wrestler, stuntman and now producer based primarily out of metro Detroit. As we discuss, in 2014 he had the opportunity to be an extra on Jurassic World. And choosing to jump at that chance was the moment that really kicked his pursuit of acting and filmmaking into motion. He's worked on several other features including 2017's Detroit and 2019's Eternal Code. He's also done a ton of short films and commercial work. This year he produced and acted in a Crow short fan film, and we'll talk all about the process making that come to life. And if that wasn't enough, we get to talk wrestling too. So thanks for listening, stay healthy out there and hope you enjoy my chat with Justin ManeSHOW NOTES: INDIEfinitive now on YouTubeJustin Mane’s Website Justin Mane vs Ryback WWE MatchJurassic World Hollywood Winners Circle (Acting Course) Detroit Eternal Code Revenge of the Mask The Crow (1994) Crow (short)Justin Mane on InstagramDave Fairman on Instagram and Twitter

Si has invertido activamente en el cono sur en los últimos diez años casi seguro que haz invertido con Damian Voltes o en una de sus compañías.  Damian lleva 18 años construyendo y invirtiendo, en compañías de tecnología desde la Argentina.  De las 6 empresas tecnológicas centradas en el entretenimiento y el marketing digital que co fundo, 3 de ellas fueron adquiridas por corporaciones públicas (Fox / News Corp / Demand Media).Como si fuera poco, a través de su fondo Patagonia Ventures, ha invertido en IndexTank (adquirido por LinkedIn), Hunt Mobile Ads (adquirido por Opera), ComentaTV (adquirido por Wayin), FnBox, Gravlax, y Workana entre muchas. Damian tiene la experiencia y el olfato que le permite anticipar los cambios de los consumidores.  Un don que nunca ha sido mas relevante que ahora. Dentro del mundo de la tecnología Juan Pablo es conocido como uno de los socios de Patagon.com, compañía que fue comprada por el Banco Santander por más de de US$700 millones.  Juan Pablo ha co fundado Idea.me, Lab Miami, Lab Ventures & Wonder (comprado en el 2020 por Atari). Tambien publica una reconocida columna sobre el TecnoLatino https://latamlist.com/author/jpcappello/ y sigue asesorando emprendedores de la región desde el estudio jurídico PAGLaw https://www.pag.lawAquí y ahora pregunta: Qué están haciendo y qué hacen y qué piensan los líderes del TecnoLatino “aquí & ahora” sobre los cambios que estamos viviendo?  Aquí y ahora ofrece tips para los emprendedores, los inversionistas y los hinchas del TecnoLatino.Auspiciado por PAGLaw 

It all lives in your body – and your instincts show the wayIn the fourth episode of Marketing To Go, my guest is Nomi Correli. She is a body therapist and a Latin American dancer, and she helps in particular artists and entrepreneurs to realise their dreams.Hear her talk about:your body as your very best adviserhow she overcame her anorexia and discovered her talent for practising body therapythe mouth-to-mouth method that built her business in the USAgetting an income from three different areaswhy she picks her clients carefullyhow she overcame her fear of speaking English (Nomi is from Denmark)Nomi's clients have a dream within, but for some reason, they have concluded that it is unrealisable. She helps people to find out how to realise their dream – and helps them overcome the fear that prevents them from living their dream. So how does she do it? Usually, we talk about our difficulties, trying to solve them using our brain. But Nomi goes about in a different way by going into your body, releasing the instinctive intelligence that all people (and animals) have – simply because they are physical beings. And I can assure you that this is tremendously effective, as I tried it myself!Nomi knows what she is talking about: she has experienced it all with her own body. Hear her talk about it here – and experience her guidance on how to breathe!https://www.renehjetting.com/it-all-lives-in-your-body/

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An airhacks.fm conversation with Scott McNealy (@scottmcnealy), co-founder of Sun Microsystems, about: how Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, Andy Bechtolsheim and Scott started Stanford University Network (SUN), Onyx Systems and Pizza Boxes for 40k USD, Sun opensourced 80% of its R & D budget, Sun was top 40 R & D spenders, opensource lowers the barrier to exit, IBM buying RedHat, Sun was the first company in 1982 shipping with TCP/IP, Scott was smart and the other founders were brilliant, Bill Joy wanted to open NFS or "what is a phone worth which doesn't connect with other phones", Java Ring was on the cover of Fortune Magazine, Network is the Computer, Java was the greatest marketing efforts ever, missing the router hype was the earliest mistake at Sun, the beginnings of JavaSoft, Bill Joy wanted to work with James Gosling, Java was invented to build a "clicker", Netscape, Java, JavaScript, LiveScript, JavaSoft was loosely coupled and highly aligned business unit, Java went with Netscape viral, being nervous and unprepared as speaker - people would like to hear what do you think as a speaker, "you don't have privacy, get over it", Steve Jobs at JavaOne, Andy Bechtolsheim was the "industrial" Steve Jobs, Sun was having fun without offending somebody, John Gage - the Chief Science "Fiction" officer and the perfect MC for Java, 130 dollars for 3rd grade text book -- the beginnings of curriki, global community of opensourcing education, curriki is a wildly successful startup, Scott is chairman of wayin.com and still spends a lot of time with curriki, corporate capitalism - private charity or Seperation of Concerns, the job of a chairman, Larry Ellison and Scott, Scott met Larry on the airplane in early eighties -- and Larry gave Scott a shaver, behind the scenes of Sun's acquisition, Wayin -- the new project, Scott at twitter: @scottmcnealy.

Scott McNealy, CEO at Wayin, explains how to use relevant data to connect brands to consumers. Bob Smith, Chief Investment Officer at of Sage Advisory Services, discusses growth for investing in environmental, social and governance. Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson has his "Chart of the Day." Bloomberg L.A. Bureau Chief Chris Palmeri talks about Disney CEO Bob Iger thinking about the White House. We Drive to the Close with Abhay Deshpande, Chief Investment Officer at Centerstone Investors. 

Scott McNealy, CEO at Wayin, explains how to use relevant data to connect brands to consumers. Bob Smith, Chief Investment Officer at of Sage Advisory Services, discusses growth for investing in environmental, social and governance. Bloomberg Stocks Editor Dave Wilson has his "Chart of the Day." Bloomberg L.A. Bureau Chief Chris Palmeri talks about Disney CEO Bob Iger thinking about the White House. We Drive to the Close with Abhay Deshpande, Chief Investment Officer at Centerstone Investors.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Ciaran speaks to Richard Jones, the CEO of Wayin, a platform that sets out to help marketers to easily configure engaging digital experiences that can be published to owned, earned and paid channels. We discuss why Richard started Wayin and explore some of the challenges marketers face when trying to connect with consumers in the fragmented digital landscape of 2018. Faced with such a fragmented landscape, how should marketers and brands be connecting with consumers? Which platforms and technologies should you be harnessing and how can you create seamless campaigns which your audience can consume natively on the platforms and locations they are using? How can marketers build a better brand experience for Consumers and what levels of interaction can you expect if you embrace some of the new ways of brands are harnessing to develop not only an advertising experience but a useful consumer experience? All this and more are under discussion in this episode.

In this interview, Scott McNealy, CEO of Wayin, talks with Peter High. Some of the topics discussed include: The inspiration behind Wayin, his digital marketing software company The disadvantages of locating a company in the San Francisco Bay Area The tremendous growth of Wayin and EngageSciences The sophistication and evolution of executives who have worked with Wayin’s offering How Wayin uses insights and real-time campaign tweaking to change the decisions it makes How his work at multiple times of the Internet’s growth will fuel his activities around new trends including cloud, mobile, and social The resources he uses to remain abreast of innovation and technology The future of the Chief Information Officer role Eye on the Trends: Big Data, and the intersection of new and old industries

I recently spoke with Scott Johnston about his transition from banking to entrepreneurism and two of his technology projects. WAYIN is Scott's venture co-founded with Scott McNealey.  They help major companies aggregate and understand the date generated by consumers and their social media presence.  That data can then be used by the company to better focus their marketing efforts and sell more efficiently. LiquidSky is Scott's venture that seeks to more efficiently allocate the world's computing power.  The company employs a subscription model and delivers computing and processing speeds on an "as-needed" basis.  Liquidsky hopes to help people, businesses, universities and governments accomplish their computing goals without making huge equipment investments that could quickly become obsolete. Scott and I have known each other for years having interacted in the political arena and on the golf course.  In this episode we cover . . . The transition from Wall Street to technology entrepreneurism The genesis of Wayin- how does one take an idea and turn it into a business? What problems does Wayin solve for marketers and advertisers? Can Wayin apply to other arenas like politics? How did Scott find the idea for LiquidSky? How did he develop the talent to turn this idea from a twinkle in the eye to a viable business that could solve "Billion Person Problems?" What is the impact of the video gamer?  How big is that market?  What is the impact of their influence on media production? What are some tips and issues for investors to note if they are interested in investing or being involved in young companies? Scott also collects his thoughts in his "Naked Dollar" Blog Enjoy!

I recently spoke with Scott Johnston about his transition from banking to entrepreneurism and two of his technology projects. WAYIN is Scott's venture co-founded with Scott McNealey.  They help major companies aggregate and understand the date generated by consumers and their social media presence.  That data can then be used by the company to better focus their marketing efforts and sell more efficiently. LiquidSky is Scott's venture that seeks to more efficiently allocate the world's computing power.  The company employs a subscription model and delivers computing and processing speeds on an "as-needed" basis.  Liquidsky hopes to help people, businesses, universities and governments accomplish their computing goals without making huge equipment investments that could quickly become obsolete. Scott and I have known each other for years having interacted in the political arena and on the golf course.  In this episode we cover . . . The transition from Wall Street to technology entrepreneurism The genesis of Wayin- how does one take an idea and turn it into a business? What problems does Wayin solve for marketers and advertisers? Can Wayin apply to other arenas like politics? How did Scott find the idea for LiquidSky? How did he develop the talent to turn this idea from a twinkle in the eye to a viable business that could solve "Billion Person Problems?" What is the impact of the video gamer?  How big is that market?  What is the impact of their influence on media production? What are some tips and issues for investors to note if they are interested in investing or being involved in young companies? Scott also collects his thoughts in his "Naked Dollar" Blog Enjoy!

We speak to Richard Jones, founder and CEO of EngageSciences (acquired by Wayin) to find out how fashion brands and retailers make use of social media to sell and promote their products. A few of the questions we ask him: How do the world’s biggest fashion brands use Social Commerce to boost their exposure to new demographics and increasing revenue? How is the fashion world leveraging social content for awareness and sales purposes, and what lessons can other marketers learn? Tell me about "shoppable reviews" and how brands integrate these with their owned platforms? What about the rise of the "buy button" over the past year, how has that changed the industry? How do fashion brands use user generated content to drive sales and awareness? What are the best social and digital channels for fashion brands? What fashion brands inspire you on social/digital? How do you use social yourself? What’s the next big thing in this space? What's your motto in life? How Fashion & Beauty Brands Use Social [eBook]: http://linkhumans.com/fashion-brands-marketing-ebook Article: http://linkhumans.com/podcast/social-commerce-richard-jones All show notes: http://linkhumans.com/podcast Subscribe on iTunes: http://bit.ly/smknowhow

Seventh Day of the Seventh MoonBy Ken Liu“Tell me a story,” said Se. She had changed into her pajamas all by herself and snuggled under the blankets.Se’s big sister, Yuan, was just about to flip the switch next to the bedroom door. “How about you read a story by yourself? I have to … go see a friend.”“No, it’s not the same.” Se shook her head vigorously. “You have to tell me a story or I can’t sleep.”Yuan glanced at her phone. Every minute tonight was precious. Dad was out of town on business, and Mom was working late and wouldn’t be home till midnight. Yuan needed to be home before then, but if she could get her little sister to sleep quickly, she’d still have a couple of hours to see Jing on this, her last night in China.Full transcript appears after the cut.----more----[Intro music plays.]Hello! Welcome to GlitterShip episode 15 for September 15th, 2015. This is your host, Keffy, and I'm super excited to be sharing this story with you.Our story today is "Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon" by Ken Liu.Ken Liu (http://kenliu.name) is an author and translator of speculative fiction, as well as a lawyer and programmer. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards, he has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s, Analog, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and Strange Horizons, among other places. He also translated the Hugo-winning novel, The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin, which is the first translated novel to win that award.Ken’s debut novel, The Grace of Kings, the first in a silkpunk epic fantasy series, was published by Saga Press in April 2015. Saga will also publish a collection of his short stories, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, in March 2016. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.We also have a special guest reader this week, which is awesome.Our reader this week is S. Qiouyi Lu. You can visit their site at http://s.qiouyi.lu/ and follow them on Twitter at @sqiouyilu.Seventh Day of the Seventh MoonBy Ken Liu“Tell me a story,” said Se. She had changed into her pajamas all by herself and snuggled under the blankets.Se’s big sister, Yuan, was just about to flip the switch next to the bedroom door. “How about you read a story by yourself? I have to … go see a friend.”“No, it’s not the same.” Se shook her head vigorously. “You have to tell me a story or I can’t sleep.”Yuan glanced at her phone. Every minute tonight was precious. Dad was out of town on business, and Mom was working late and wouldn’t be home till midnight. Yuan needed to be home before then, but if she could get her little sister to sleep quickly, she’d still have a couple of hours to see Jing on this, her last night in China.“Come on, Yuan,” Se begged. “Please!”Yuan came back to the side of the bed and stroked Se’s forehead gently. She sighed. “All right.”She texted Jing: Late by half hour. Wait?The crystal cat charm, a gift from Jing, dangled from her phone. It twirled and glittered in the warm bedroom light as she waited impatiently for the response.Finally, the phone beeped. Of course. Won’t leave until we meet.“Tell the story about the Qixi Festival,” said Se, yawning. “That’s tonight, isn’t it?”“Yes, yes it is.”Long ago, a beautiful young woman, the granddaughter of the Emperor of Heaven, lived in the sky by the eastern shore of the Silver River—that’s the broad band of light you can sometimes see in the sky at night, when the air is clear.She was skilled at the loom, and so that’s why people called her—“You skipped the part where you describe her weaving!”“But you’ve heard this story a hundred times already. Can’t I just get it over with?”“You have to tell it right.”—as I had apparently neglected to mention: her works were displayed proudly by the Heavenly Court in the western sky at every sunset: glorious clouds of crimson, amethyst, periwinkle, and every shade in between. So people called her Zhinü, the Weaver Girl. And though she was the youngest of seven immortal sisters, we mortals addressed her by the honorific Big Sister Seven.But over time, Zhinü grew wan and thin. Her brows were always tightly knit into a frown, and she did not wash her face or comb out her hair. The sunset clouds she wove were not as lovely as before, and mortals began to complain.The Emperor of Heaven came to visit. “What ails you, my granddaughter?”“Haha, you do that voice so well. You sound just like Grandfather.”“I’m glad you approve. Now stop interrupting.”“Oh, Gonggong, I’m so lonely. Living all by myself in this hut, my only company are my loom—jiya, jiya, it squeaks all day long—and a few magpies.”The Emperor took pity on her and found her a good match. The young man tended to cows on the western shore of the Silver River, so people called him Niulang, the Cowherd. He was handsome and kind and full of funny stories, and Zhinü loved him, and he her, the moment they set eyes on each other.“See, I’m not such a bad matchmaker.” The Emperor of Heaven smiled as he stroked his beard. “Now I know you’re young, and you should have fun. But now that you have a companion, please don’t neglect your work.”Zhinü moved to the western shore of the Silver River to be with Niulang, and the two of them married. They had two boys, and there never was a happier family.“Oh, no, here comes the boring part. You can skip it if you want to.”“No way! This is the best part. You’ll understand when you’re older. Now pay attention.”Every morning, as Niulang got up before sunrise to take the cows to their favorite pasture, Zhinü could not bear the thought of being separated from him. So she would come along. She’d put the two babies in two baskets draped on each side of an old, gentle ox, and she would ride on the back of a pure white bull led by Niulang. They’d sing together, tell each other stories from before they met, and laugh at the jokes that only they understood.Zhinü’s loom sat unused back at the hut, gathering dust.Sunsets became ugly affairs. The few clouds that remained became tattered, wispy, colorless. The people laboring in the fields lost the beauty that had once lifted up their hearts at the end of a hard day, and their laments rose to the Heavenly Court.“My maritorious child,” said the Emperor of Heaven—“What does that word mean?”“It means loving your husband too much.”“How can you love someone too much?”“Good question. I don’t know either. Maybe the Emperor of Heaven didn’t have enough love in his heart to understand. Maybe he was too old.”—“I warned you about neglecting your duty. For your disobedience and neglect, you must now move back to the eastern shore of the Silver River and never see Niulang and your children again.”Zhinü begged for reprieve, but the Emperor’s word was as irreversible as the flow of the Silver River.At the Emperor’s decree, the Silver River was widened and deepened, and Zhinü forever parted from her husband. Today, you can see the star that is Zhinü on one side of the Silver River and the star that is Niulang on the other, their two sons two faint stars on each side of Niulang. They stare at each other across that unbridgeable gap, the longing and regret as endless as the flowing river.“Why did you stop?”“It’s nothing. My throat just felt itchy for a bit.”“Are you sad for Niulang and Zhinü?”“Maybe … a little bit. But it’s just a story.”But the magpies that once kept Zhinü company took pity on the lovers. Once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh moon by the lunar calendar, on Qixi, the day when Zhinü is at her highest position in the sky, all the magpies in the world fly up to the Silver River and make a bridge with their bodies so that the lovers can spend one night together.This is the day when all the young women in old China would pray to Big Sister Seven for love.Oh, I know you want to hear more about the bridge of magpies. You love this part. Well, I imagine it’s a lot of work for the birds. They probably have to go to magpie bridge-building school, and those who’re a bit slow have to go to cram school for extra study sessions …Yuan turned out the light and tiptoed out of her sister’s bedroom.On my way, she texted.She made sure the air conditioning was set comfortably low, locked the door of the apartment, and ran down the stairs. And then she was in the hot, humid evening air of Hefei in August.She biked through the streets, dodging an endless stream of cars beeping their horns. She liked the physicality of the ride, the way it made her body come alive, feel awake. She passed the sidewalks filled with people browsing past stores and kiosks filled with everything imaginable: discount electronics, toys, clothes, fancy European soups and cakes, mouth-watering sweet potatoes baked in tinfoil and fried, smelly tofu. The heat and the exertion stuck her shirt to her skin, and she had to wipe her forehead from time to time to keep the sweat out of her eyes.And then she was at the coffee shop, and Jing—slender, graceful in a plain white dress and a light jacket (for the air conditioning), a faint whiff of the floral perfume that always made Yuan dizzy—greeted Yuan with that bright smile that she always wore.As if this wasn’t the night the world ended.“Are you done packing?” Yuan asked.“Oh, there’s always more to pack.” Jing’s tone was light, breezy, careless. “But I don’t have to get to the airport ‘til nine in the morning. There’s plenty of time.”“You should dress in layers, with something long-sleeved on top,” said Yuan—mainly because she feared saying nothing. “It can get cold on the plane.”“Want to take a walk with me? The next time I walk around at night I’ll be in America. Maybe I’ll miss all this noise.”Yuan left her bike locked to the light post outside the coffee shop, and they strolled along the sidewalk like the rest of the crowd. They did not hold hands. In Shanghai, perhaps no one would have cared, but in Hefei, there would have been looks, and whispers, and maybe worse.Yuan imagined Jing walking about the campus of the American high school at night. Jing had shown her pictures of the red brick buildings and immaculate lawns. And the smiling boys and girls: foreigners. Yuan felt out of breath; her heart seemed unable to decide on a steady rhythm.“Look at that,” said Jing, pointing to the display window of a pastry shop. “They’re selling Qixi Lovers’ Cakes now. So overpriced. And you know some stupid girl is going to throw a fit if her boyfriend doesn’t buy it for her. I want to throw up.”“Not quite as bad as Valentine’s Day,” Yuan said. “I think the vendors are pretty restrained. Relatively speaking.”“That’s because people aren’t into Qixi any more. We Chinese always get more enthusiastic for Western imports, even holidays. It’s a national character weakness.”“I like Qixi,” Yuan said. She said it more emphatically than she meant to.“What, you want to set out an altar under a melon trellis, offer up a plate of fruits, pray to Big Sister Seven, and hope for a spider to weave a web over the offering by morning so you’ll get a nice husband in the future?”Yuan’s face grew hot. She stopped. “You don’t have to mock everything Chinese.”Jing cocked her head, a teasing smile in her eyes. “You suddenly getting all patriotic on me now?”“Your father has the money to pay for you to go to an American boarding school. That doesn’t make you better than everyone else.”“Oh, lay off that wounded tone. You’re hardly some migrant worker’s daughter.”They stared at each other, the neon lights from the nearby stores flickering over their faces. Yuan wanted to kiss Jing and scream at her at the same time. She had always liked Jing’s irreverence, the way she wanted to turn everything into a joke. She knew her anger had nothing to do with this conversation about Qixi at all.Jing turned and continued down the sidewalk. After a moment, Yuan followed.When Jing spoke again, her tone was calm, as if nothing had happened. “Remember the first time we went hiking together?”That had been one of the best days of Yuan’s life. They had skipped their cram school sessions and taken the bus to Emerald Lake, an artificial pond bordering several college campuses. Jing had showed Yuan how to set up her phone so that her mom couldn’t see the messages Jing sent her, and Yuan had showed Jing her baby pictures. They had bought a lamb chuanr from a street vendor and shared it as they walked along the lakeshore. Her heart had beaten faster with each bite of roasted meat off the skewer, thinking that her lips were touching where hers had touched. And then, as they strolled through one of the campuses, Jing had boldly taken her hand: it was a college, after all.And then that first kiss behind the willow tree, tasting the hot spices from the lamb kebab on Jing’s tongue, the calls of wild geese behind her somewhere…“I remember,” she said. Her voice still sounded wounded, and she didn’t care.“I wish we could go there again,” Jing said.The anger in Yuan disappeared, just like that. Jing always had such a way with her. Yuan felt like putty in her hands.“We can chat on QQ or Skype,” Yuan said. She hurried to catch up so that she was walking next to Jing. “And you’ll come back for visits. This isn’t like the old days. It will be okay. We can still be together.”They had wandered off the main thoroughfare onto a less busy side street. The streetlights on one side were out, and looking up they could see a few stars in the sky. Hefei wasn’t as polluted as some of the cities on the coast.“I’m going to be really busy,” Jing said. Her tone was calm, too calm.“We can text every day, every hour.”“It’s different over there. I’ll be living on my own in a dorm. I have to actually study if I want to go to a good college. My family is paying a lot to give me this.”“Americans don’t study that much.”“It’s not like watching American TV shows. There aren’t subtitles. I’ll meet lots of new people. I have to make a new life over there, new friends. I’ll need to be thinking, talking, breathing English all the time if I want to make it.”“I can text you in English,” Yuan said. “I’ll do whatever you want.”“You’re not listening,” Jing said. She stopped again and looked at Yuan.“What are you trying to say?” As soon as she asked the question, Yuan regretted it. It made her sound so weak, so clingy, like a girl from one of those Korean dramas.“I’m going away, Yuan. I told you this was going to happen last year, when we … started.”Yuan looked away so that Jing would not see her eyes. She pushed the image of Jing with someone else out of her mind. She cursed her eyes and told them to behave and stop embarrassing her.“It will be okay.” Jing’s tone was now comforting, gentle, and that made it worse. “We’ll both be okay.”Yuan said nothing because she knew she couldn’t control her voice. She licked her lips, tasting the salt from the sweat of her ride. She wanted to wipe her eyes so she could see clearly again, but she didn’t want to do it in front of Jing.“I want to make this night a happy memory,” Jing said, but her voice finally cracked. She struggled, but failed, to keep her calm mask on. “I’m trying to make this easier. Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do for those you love?”Yuan looked up, blinking her eyes hard. She looked for the Silver River, and she remembered that in English it was called the Milky Way—what a graceless and silly name. She looked for Zhinü and Niulang, and she vaguely remembered that in English they were called Vega and Altair, names as cold and meaningless to her as the stars.Just then, magpies seemed to come out of nowhere and gathered over their heads in a cloud of fluttering wings. While they looked up, stunned, the flock swept out of the night sky, descended over them like a giant spider web, and lifted them into the heavens.Riding on the wings of magpies, Yuan found, was not like riding a magical carpet.Not that she knew what riding a magical carpet felt like—but she was sure that it didn’t involve being constantly poked from below by a hundred—no, a thousand—little winged fists.The magpies would fall a bit below where they were and flap their wings rapidly in an upward burst until they collided with the girls’ bodies. The combined force of all the magpies would push them up until the birds lost their momentum and began to fall away, and then a new wave of upward-thrusting magpies would take their place. The girls resembled two ping-pong balls riding on the water spout from a hose pointing up.In the maelstrom of wings they found each other and clung together.“Are you all right?” They each asked at the same time.“What in the world is happening?” Jing asked, her words jumbled together from fear and excitement.“This is a dream,” Yuan said. “This must be a dream.”And then Jing began to laugh.“It can’t be a dream,” she said. “These magpies carrying us: they tickle!”And Yuan laughed too. It was so absurd, so impossible; yet it was happening.Some of the magpies began to sing, a complicated, trilling, lovely chorus. There were magpies of every description: some with white bellies, some with white beaks, some with iridescent, shimmering, blue wings. Yuan felt as if she and Jing were enclosed inside the beating heart of some giant, flying, alien musical instrument.Arms around each other, gingerly sitting side by side, they peeked out at the world below from between the darting wings of the magpies.They were floating in a dark sea. The lights of the city of Hefei spread out below them like a pulsing, receding jellyfish.“It’s getting cold,” said Yuan. She shivered as the wind whipped her hair around her face.“We’re really high up,” said Jing. She took off her summer jacket and draped it around Yuan’s shoulders. Yuan tucked her nose into the collar of the jacket and breathed in the lingering perfume. It warmed her heart even if the thin fabric did little against the chill.Then Yuan berated herself. Jing had broken up with her, and she didn’t need to look so needy, so pathetic. It was fine to cling to Jing in a moment of weakness, but now they were safe. Gently, she took her arm from around Jing and shrugged out of her arm as well. She lifted her face into the clear, frosty air, and tried to shift away from Jing, keeping some distance between them.“Reminds you of Su Shi’s poem, doesn’t it?” Jing whispered. Yuan nodded reluctantly. Jing was the literary one, and she always knew the pretty words, suitable for every occasion.A half moon, like a half-veiled smile, loomed pale white in the dark sky. It grew brighter and larger as they rose on the backs of the magpies.Jing began to sing the words of the Song Dynasty poem, set to a popular tune, and after a moment, Yuan joined her:When did the Moon first appear?I ask the heavens and lift my wine cup.I know not whether time passes the same wayIn the palace among the clouds. I’d like to ride up with the wind,But I’m afraid of the chill from being so highAmong the jade porticos and nephrite beams. We dance with our shadows.Are we even on earth any more?The silver light dapples the window,Illuminating my sleepless night.Do you hate us, Moon?Why are you always waxing just when we’re parting?Like a dancer and her shadow, the two girls swayed, each separately, to a harmony as young as themselves and as old as the land beneath.“So, it’s all true,” said Jing.The magpies had lifted them above the clouds and leveled off. As they glided over the cottony mists, they could see a celestial city of bread loaf-like buildings, punctuated by spiky towers here and there, gleaming in the late summer moonlight in the distance: blue as ice, green as jade, white like ivory. The styles of the buildings were neither Western nor Chinese, but something that transcended them all: heavenly, the Palace of Immortals.“I wonder if there really are immortals living there,” said Yuan. What she didn’t say out loud was her secret hope: she and Jing had been picked by the magpies for this trip to the heavens because the immortals thought they were as special a pair as Niulang and Zhinü—the thought was tinged with both excitement and sorrow.And then they were at the Silver River. It was broader than the Yangtze, almost like Taihu Lake, with the other shore barely visible on the horizon. The rushing torrent roared past like stampeding horses, and giant waves as tall as the apartment buildings in Hefei pounded against the shore.“Hey, don’t carry us over the water!” Jing shouted. But the magpies ignored her and continued to fly towards the river.“They’re building a bridge,” said Yuan. “It’s Qixi, remember?”Indeed, more flocks of magpies appeared. Along with the flock carrying the girls, they congregated like rivulets coalescing into a mighty river of wings. The magpies hovered over the water, with newcomers extending the flock’s reach towards the other shore. They were forming an arching bridge over the Silver River.“I have to take a picture of this,” said Yuan, and she took out her cell phone.The crystal cat charm dangling from the phone caught the light of the moon and dazzled. The magpies immediately surrounding Yuan trilled and dashed at it, knocking the phone out of her hand. And then it was a free for all as more of the magpies forgot about building the bridge and rushed after the shiny bauble. Even when charged with a magical mission, birds were still just birds.Or maybe even the birds have realized we’re not such a special pair after all, Yuan thought, and the charm is more interesting.She gazed after her phone anxiously. If Se woke up from a nightmare, she might try to call her. And if her mom got home before her, she might wonder where she was. She needed that phone back. She hoped the birds would bounce the phone closer to her so she could snatch it.Then those worries were pushed out of her mind as the magpies that had supported Yuan dropped off to join the chase after the charm, and no new magpies replaced them. Her weight overwhelmed the few magpies that remained on task, and she began to fall. She didn’t even have time to cry out.But then a strong hand caught her right wrist and arrested her descent. Yuan looked up into Jing’s face. She was lying down on the bridge of magpies, and she strained as she reached out and held onto Yuan with one hand while fumbling in her purse with the other.“Let go!” shouted Yuan. “You’ll fall, too!” Her world seemed to shrink down to her hands as they clasped around Jing’s hand, around her warm, pale skin. She willed herself to let go, but she could not.“Don’t be ridiculous,” said Jing, panting.The magpies continued to fight each other for the shiny charm, causing Yuan’s phone to bob up and down over the flock like a stone skipping over water. They had stopped extending the living bridge over the water.Jing finally managed to free her own phone from her purse. She paid no attention as her purse almost tumbled over the side of the bridge, where it would have disappeared into the roiling waves below. By feel, she pressed the first button on the dial pad.Yuan’s phone came to life and began to vibrate and buzz. The shocked magpies backed off in a panic, and the phone stayed still in the air for a second before falling, faster and faster, and finally disappeared into the Silver River without a trace.Yuan felt her heart sink. That cat charm, the first gift Jing had ever given her, now gone forever.“Good thing I have you on speed dial,” Jing said.“How do we still have reception here?”“After all that, that’s what you are worried about?” Jing laughed, and after a moment, Yuan joined her.The magpies seemed to have awakened from a bad dream, and they rushed over and lifted Yuan up onto the bridge. Once the girls were safe, the magpies continued to extend their bridge to the other side of the Silver River, leaving the pair at the middle of the bridge, suspended over the endless water and mist.“We almost caused the magpies to fail to build the bridge,” Yuan said. “It would be so sad if Niulang and Zhinü don’t get to meet this year.”Jing nodded. “It’s almost midnight.” She saw the look on Yuan’s face. “Don’t worry about not being home. Nothing bad can happen on the night of Qixi.”“I thought you weren’t into Qixi.”“Well, maybe just a little bit.”They sat down on the bridge together, watching the moon rise over the Silver River. This time, Yuan did not let go of Jing’s hand.“She’s coming,” said Yuan. She jumped up and pointed down the bridge towards the eastern shore. Now that she had spent some time on the bridge of magpies, she was getting pretty good at keeping her footing over the fluttering wings.In the distance, through the mist that wafted over the bridge from time to time, they could see a small, solitary figure making its way towards them.“So is he,” said Jing. She pointed the other way. Through the mist they could see another tiny figure slowly creep towards them.The girls stood up and waited, side by side, looking first one way and then the other. Being in the presence of the annual reunion of this pair of legendary lovers was exciting, maybe even better than meeting TV stars.The two figures from the opposite ends of the bridge came close enough for Yuan and Jing to see them clearly.Out of the east, an old woman approached. Yuan thought she looked as old as, maybe even older than, her grandmother. Her back bent, she walked with a cane. But her wrinkled face glowed healthily with the exertion of having traveled all the way here. Wearing a Tang Dynasty dress, she looked splendid to Yuan. Her breath puffed out visibly in the cold air.Out of the west, an old man emerged from the mist: straight back, long legs, wiry arms swinging freely. His full head of silvery white hair matched the old woman’s, but his face was even more wrinkled than hers. As soon as he saw the old woman, his eyes lit up in a bright smile.“They’re not—” Jing started to say in a whisper.“—quite what we expected?” finished Yuan.“I guess I always pictured immortals as being … well, I guess there’s no reason to think they wouldn’t grow old.”A wispy tendril of sorrow brushed across Yuan’s heart. She tried to imagine Jing as an old woman, and the tenderness made her almost tear up again. She squeezed Jing’s hand, and Jing squeezed back, turning to smile at her.The old man and the old woman met in the middle of the bridge, a few paces away from where the girls stood. They nodded at Jing and Yuan politely and then turned their full attention to each other.“Glad to see you looking so well,” said Zhinü. “Da Lang told me that you were having some trouble with your back the last time he visited with his family. I wasn’t sure you were going to make it here this year.”“Da Lang always exaggerates,” said Niulang. “When he visits I don’t dare to sneeze or cough, lest he insist that I go to the moon to visit Chang’E for some Osmanthus herbs. This old bag of bones can’t really take any more medicine. I think he’s more upset than you or I that his brother didn’t want to be a doctor.”They laughed and chatted on, talking about children and friends.“Why don’t they kiss?” Jing whispered to Yuan.“That’s a Western thing,” Yuan whispered back. “Niulang and Zhinü are old school.”“I’m not sure that’s true. I’ve seen Internet posts arguing people in ancient China used to kiss—but anyway, they’re standing so far apart!”“It’s like they’re friends, not lovers.”“It seems that we have some curious guests,” said Zhinü as she turned around to look at the girls. She didn’t sound angry—more like amused.“We’re sorry,” said Yuan, feeling her face grow hot. “We didn’t mean to be rude.” She hesitated. It didn’t seem right at all to call this old woman “Big Sister Seven.” So she added, “Grandma Zhinü and Grandpa Niulang.”“We just thought,” Jing said, “that … um … you’d be more … passionate.”“You mean less laughing, and more tears and recitation of love poems,” said Niulang, a gentle smile in his eyes.“Yes,” said Jing. “No,” said Yuan, simultaneously.Zhinü and Niulang laughed out loud. Niulang said, “It’s okay. The magpies have been building this bridge for thousands of years, and they sometimes bring guests. We’re used to questions.”Zhinü looked from Yuan to Jing and back again. “You two are together?”“Yes,” said Jing. “No,” said Yuan, simultaneously. They looked at each other, embarrassed.“Now that sounds like a story,” said Zhinü.“We were together,” said Yuan.“But I’m leaving,” said Jing. “We’ll be parted by the Pacific Ocean.” And they told their story to Niulang and Zhinü. It seemed perfectly right to pour their hearts out to the legendary lovers.“I understand,” said Zhinü, nodding sympathetically. “Oh, do I understand.”At first I was inconsolable. I stood on the shore of the Silver River day after day, pining for a glance of my husband and children. I thought the pain in my heart would never go away. I refused to touch my loom. If my grandfather was angry, then let him find someone else to weave the sunsets. I was done.The first time we met over the bridge of magpies, Niulang and I could not stop crying the whole time. My children were growing up so fast, and I felt so guilty. So, when we had to part again, Niulang came up with a stratagem: he asked the magpies to retrieve two large rocks that were about the weight of my babies and carried them home in two baskets on the ends of a pole over his shoulder, the same way he had carried the boys onto the bridge. And everyone thought they had gone home with him. But unbeknownst to anyone else, I carried the boys home with me on my back.And after that, every year, as we met on the bridge, we passed the boys back and forth. They’d spend one year with me, one year with Niulang. They would not have their parents together, but they would have both of them.Each time we met, I told him again and again of the solitude of my hut, the desultory squeak of my loom. And he told me of how he took his herd to the same pastures that we had gone to as a family, to relive the happiness we shared. The grass had grown thin and bare from overgrazing, and his animals were just skin and bones.And then, one year, when the boys were a little older and could walk on their own, Niulang held me and told me that he didn’t want to see me sad any more.“We live a whole year for this one day,” he said. “We’re letting our lives pass us by. It’s not right that you should sit by your loom pining from morning ‘til evening. It’s not right that our sons should think our lives are lives of sorrow. It’s not right that we should come to believe that yearning for what we can’t have is what love is all about.”“What are you saying?” I asked. I was angry, and I didn’t know why. Was he saying that he no longer loved me? I had been faithful to him, but had he been to me?“We know we cannot be together,” he said. “We know that sometimes things happen to people that keeps them apart. But we have refused to look for new happiness. Are we sad because we’re in love? Or are we sad because we feel trapped by the idea of love?”I thought about what he said, and realized that he was right. I had become so used to the story about us, the idea of us living our whole lives for this once-a-year meeting, that I hadn’t really thought about what I wanted. I had become my own legend. Sometimes the stories we tell ourselves obscure our truths.“You’re beautiful when you laugh,” he said.“We’re beautiful when we seek to make ourselves happy,” I said.And so I went back to my loom and poured my love for Niulang into my weaving. I thought those were some of the most beautiful sunsets I had ever woven.And then I found that love was not a limited thing, but an endless fount. I found that I loved the laughter of my children, and the chatter of friends new and old. I found that I loved the fresh breeze that brought smells from far away. I found that other young men made my heart beat faster.And Niulang went and took his herd to new pastures, and he came up with new songs. Young women came and listened to him, and he found that conversation with them gladdened his heart.We told each other these things the next time we met over the bridge. I was glad for him and he for me. We had been clinging to each other as though we were afraid to drown, but in fact, we had been holding each other back from moving on.“And so we each went on and had other loves, joys as well as sorrows,” said Zhinü.“We still meet once a year,” said Niulang, “to catch up on each other’s lives. Old friends are hard to come by.” He and Zhinü looked at each other with affection. “They keep you honest.”“Are you disappointed?” asked Zhinü.Jing and Yuan looked at each other. “Yes,” they said together. Then they said “no,” also together.“Then, are you not in love anymore?” asked Yuan.“You ask that question because you think if we’re no longer in love, then that means the love we had was somehow not real.” Zhinü turned serious. “But the past does not get rewritten. Niulang was the first man I loved, and that would be true no matter how many times I fell in love after him.”“It’s time to go,” Niulang said. The magpies under them were getting restless. The eastern sky was brightening.“You were together, and you’re together now,” said Niulang to the girls. “Whatever comes, that remains a fact.”“You look lovely together, dears,” said Zhinü.Niulang and Zhinü embraced lightly and wished each other well. Then they turned and began to walk in opposite directions.“Look!” said Jing, and gripped Yuan’s hand.Where the old Niulang and Zhinü had been, there was now a pair of ghostly figures: a young man and a young woman. They embraced tightly, as if Yuan and Jing were not there at all.“They were such a handsome couple,” said Yuan.“They still are,” said Jing.And as the bridge of magpies broke up, carrying the girls down to earth, they looked back at the pair of ghost lovers dissolving gradually in the moonlight.Miraculously, Yuan found her bike where she’d left it.The sidewalks were still relatively empty. The first breakfast shops were just getting ready for the day, and the smell of warm soy milk and freshly fried youtiao filled the air.“Better rush home,” said Yuan. “Don’t miss your flight.”“And you need to go, too. Your mom will be worried sick!”Jing pulled her in, wrapping her arms around her. Yuan tried to pull back. “People will see.”“I don’t care,” Jing said. “I lied that day at Emerald Lake. I told you I had kissed other girls before. But you were the first. I want you to know that.”They held each other and cried, and some of the passers-by gave them curious looks, but no one stopped.“I’ll call you every day,” Jing said. “I’ll text you whenever I get a chance.”Yuan pulled back. “No. I don’t want you to think of it as a chore. Do it if you want to. And if you don’t, I’ll understand. Let whatever will happen, happen.”A quick kiss, and Yuan pushed Jing away. “Go, go!”She watched as Jing ran down the street to catch the bus. She watched as the bus pulled into the stream of traffic, a mighty river of steel like the Silver River, and disappeared around the corner.“I love you,” Yuan whispered. And no matter how the stream of time flowed on, that moment would be true forever.END“Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon” was originally published in Kaleidoscope, published by Twelfth Planet Press, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios in 2014.This recording is a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license which means you can share it with anyone you’d like, but please don’t change or sell it. Our theme is “Aurora Borealis” by Bird Creek, available through the Google Audio Library.Thanks for listening, and I’ll have another story for you on September 22nd.[Music plays out]

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