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Most business owners, create their online courses in-house.
After a packed day running your business, then carving out time for family, you finally sit down at 11 PM with a mind-map and a cup of tea (or wine--hey, no judgment) to plan your course content.
After a few hours, you head to bed and get up early the next morning to do it all again.
Rinse and repeat until your course is complete.
And that's exactly where the trouble starts.
Because you're what we call the subject-matter expert. But you're also the CEO.
- Experts are great at outlining what should go into a course. But you're too close to the material to recognize the gaps.
- CEOs are great at mapping out the marketing strategy. But because you're juggling too many balls, you end up dropping one.
This road only ends in blindspots and burnout.
Ignore the blindspots in your course and you can look forward to a few things:
- students asking the same questions over and over
- drop-offs early in the curriculum
- lack of engagement
- a lively community but very few students who get results (aka the happy hour course)
All of this results in re-work months down the line when you realize something is off.
Guess it's back to those late-nights and mind-maps...
It's time to get off the merry-go-round.
When you partner with me, here's how it works:
- We begin with a call to see if we're a good fit.
- If so, we set a project kickoff date, sign a contract, and you pay for the package.
- During our first project meeting, we discuss your business goals
- In the next meeting, I'll ask key questions about your audience to complete your learner profile
- In our third meeting, we discuss your course content and how your learners interact with it, to find gaps.
- Afterwards, I review all of your existing course materials and create a full course blueprint with suggested outcomes, course structure and feedback on your content.
- Finally, I deliver your course blueprint, along with recommendations, additional product opportunities, and marketing suggestions.
Measure twice, cut once.
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How did Adam and Eve know what God meant when He said, "…You will surely die" if there was no death in the Garden of Eden?
Adam and Eve may never have seen death, but they would have understood that death is a catastrophic event that they did not want to experience.
There are many things in life, since the Garden, that we hear about but don't fully understand until it is our personal story – for example falling in love. You may have been told that it is a life changing, mood-altering, magical time. But until you have fallen in love and experienced the joy, and sometimes the pain, it remains an unknown thing.
Adam and Eve may never have seen death but they knew that it was an ugly thing. Moreover, they knew that it was the consequence of disobeying God, the fruit of loving sin more than loving God. All sin begins with not loving God enough to believe His Word. And the consequence is always death. The good news, however, is that death has been "swallowed up in victory" (I Corinthians 15:54) for those who believe (unlike Adam and Eve) will never die. Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26)
Believing is the only certain antidote to death.

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Month: September 2018
Feeling awkward the morning after?
If you find that you feel awkward the day after having had amazing sex with someone, there are numerous ways in which you can deal with the situation. Of course, you can just get out of bed, put your clothes on and run of the nearest coffee shop and get your thoughts together. However, that is something that I would not recommend at all. From all of my years of experience dating both with London escorts and privately, I think I know how to handle the situation. This is what I learned from an elite girl who used to work for our London escorts service.There is nothing like champagne and strawberries in the morning. If you want to make sure that your sexy companion feels really good about herself, it is worth your while to sneak out of bed and buy fresh croissants.
I don't have a partner at the moment, but that does not mean that I don't enjoy fresh croissants in bed. On my day off from London escorts, I like o sneak out of bed and go and buy some fresh ones at my local Waitrose. I keep on wondering how many other London escorts do the same thing. What if he wakes up and says that he is starving? Well I have come across that situation many times. As all the girls at London escorts know, there is only one thing for it. Get out of bed and cook him a proper London escorts breakfast. This is a bit of special from London escorts, and unless you really feel that you need extra energy, you may not want to indulge. However, it does work, and gives you the necessary energy to become a bit of an energy bunny if you know what I mean. Should you give your new friend another treat?
The jury made up entirely of London escorts is sort out on this one. A couple of the girls at London escorts think that it may just put too much pressure on your friend. He may just think that he will be expected to perform every time you clap your eyes on him. It simply is not such a good idea. Wait until you have got to know him a little bit better and then show him what you are truly made of when it comes to having fun in the morning. I am sure that you have your own idea of coping with that awkward morning after the night before. If you feel that you are stuck for ideas, just check out the charlotte London escorts blog where we give the best advice on many topics close to our hearts.
You never know, you may even solve a lot more than the problem of what to do on the morning after, and if not, you may be inspired to come up with your own unique idea. Mind you, that is not the only hand information you will find on our London escorts blog.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) " A weakened Tropical Storm Harvey pushed through Louisiana on Wednesday, still posing a continued statewide threat of heavy rain and flash floods and spawning at least one tornado in Mississippi as it headed northeast after an early morning landfall.
Gov. John Bel Edwards acknowledged a diminishing threat from the storm in southwest Louisiana, but urged state residents to stay vigilant as Harvey headed northeast on a track that would take it out of state late Thursday as it weakens to a depression.
At an afternoon news conference, Edwards said 330 people were staying at a Lake Charles shelter as of Wednesday afternoon. He expected that number to grow as more people are rescued from floodwaters in eastern Texas, just over the state line. He said a Shreveport shelter would be available for 3,400 Texas flood victims if officials accept Louisiana's offer.
"That's what it means to be a good neighbor," Edwards said.
Edwards was heading to south Louisiana Wednesday afternoon. His office said he was going to the Texas state line, where the Louisiana National Guard was assisting with rescues in Port Arthur, Texas. And he was to visit a shelter at the Calcasieu Parish Civic Center. He also sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency seeking to add seven parishes to the five already placed under an emergency disaster declaration by President Donald Trump.
Rescues from flooded homes were reported late Tuesday and early Wednesday in rural Calcasieu Parish in southwest Louisiana, a region hit hard as Harvey pummeled Texas. But winds were down Wednesday morning, amid light rain.
"We got an amazing amount of rain but not the kind of disastrous, catastrophic things that have happened just 25 miles way," said Tom Hoefer, a spokesman for Calcasieu's emergency office.
On the Louisiana coast at the Texas state line, officials in Cameron Parish lifted an evacuation order Wednesday and reported that roads were passable.
In New Orleans, traffic and business activity picked up as schools and government buildings re-opened and sunshine frequently broke through the clouds. The facilities had been closed Tuesday amid fears that Harvey might bring more flooding rains just weeks after an early August downpour triggered flash floods and exposed problems with the city's drainage pumping system.
Jim Buras, who made major repairs to his home after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and saw minor flooding early this month, was relieved but still anxious. "I was having nightmares of having to do it again," he said.
Severe weather threats lingered, however. Every corner of Louisiana was under some type of Harvey-related weather advisory Wednesday afternoon. Eastern parishes, from north of Baton Rouge, along the Mississippi state line to the Arkansas border, were under a tornado watch until early evening. Coastal surge warnings remained in effect and the entire state was under flash flood watches or warnings.
Harvey spawned at least one tornado in Mississippi, and created bands of strong winds that damaged homes and toppled some trees. The National Weather Service says the tornado touched down Wednesday in the southern Mississippi town of Petal, near Hattiesburg. No injuries were immediately reported.
Radar showed bands of rain still swirling into Louisiana " the heaviest along the western edge " as Harvey tracked inland. Harvey's center was about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of the central Louisiana city of Alexandria later in the afternoon.
The storm came ashore before dawn just west of Cameron, Louisiana, bringing maximum sustained winds near 45 mph (72 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Harvey had lingered over Texas for days before meandering back into the Gulf of Mexico.
Forecasters said Harvey carries a risk of tornadoes across a large part of the South.
Hundreds of people were rescued from floodwaters in southwest Louisiana earlier this week, officials said.
Meteorologist Roger Erickson warned that some coastal rivers won't be able to drain effectively because Harvey's winds pushed in storm surge, aggravating flooding in areas already drenched by more than 20 inches (51 centimeters) of rain.
State offices in 28 parishes and most Baton Rouge area schools remained closed Wednesday in anticipation of possible severe weather.
Harvey's devastating flooding brought back tough memories in New Orleans on Tuesday, the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Mitch Landrieu opened his Tuesday news conference with a moment of silence for Katrina victims and words of support for Harvey's victims in Texas and southwest Louisiana.
"We've got to save our house," New Orleans resident Israel Freeman said as he loaded sandbags for his mother's home into his Cadillac. "She already went through Katrina. She built her house back up. We just had a flood about two, three weeks ago. She just recovered from that."
No Harvey-related deaths were immediately reported in Louisiana, according to a spokesman for Edwards.
Kunzelman reported from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Associated Press reporters Stacey Plaisance, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey in New Orleans, Johnny Clark in Lake Charles and Jeff Martin in Atlanta contributed to this report.
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3 June
Design Your Permaculture Garden
As part of our mini winter permaculture series with Trish Allen
Permaculture works with nature, not against. In this session we will look at the basics of bringing your garden to life with a beautiful and functional edible ecosytem design, that is bee friendly. Starting with your own dreams and aspirations for your garden, we will move on to site observation, it's features, soil type, sun angles, water, wind, weeds – letting patterns of use emerge.
For the Love of Bees is thrilled to be able to offer free weekend classes at Griffith Gardens lead by one of New Zealands founding Permaculture practitioners Trish Allen. Trish and her late husband, Joe Polaischer, co-founded the iconic, award-winning Rainbow Valley Farm in Matakana in the late 1980s. The farm became an education centre and inspired thousands of people over 25 years in sustainable living and demonstrated the principles of permaculture in action. Trish will run a series of weekend workshops over 2017 at Griffith Gardens as part of our workshops called Digging Deeper. These will build on topics we cover in our weekly Lunchtime Learning sessions designed to enable you to grow in ways that are safe for bees.
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The Investment Policy Review of Egypt 2007 says foreign direct investment inflows increased twelve-fold between 2001 and 2006, reaching $9 billion in the first three quarters of its 2007 fiscal year, compared with $6.1 billion for 2006 as a whole. Egypt has agreed to review restrictions in areas like tourism construction, courier services and exports. Further easing of restrictions would attract more investment, increas competition and benefit the economy a a whole, the new OECD report says.See www.oecd.org/investment OECD Observer No. 262 July 2007
"Climate: Reclaiming our common future", watch lecture by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría to the Graduate Institute, Geneva
Egypt's new era
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Egypt has become the first Arab and first African country to sign the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. Egypt has made impressive progress in reforming its investment policies in recent years–foreign investment in manufacturing has been fully liberalised, for instance, with the exception of defence-related industries–but significant barriers to both foreign and domestic businesses remain. According to a new report on the country's investment policies presented at the signing ceremony in July, barriers to entry have been eased for both domestic and foreign investors, customs procedures streamlined and a dedicated ministry set up in 2004 to promote and manage investment. The tax system in particular has been streamlined, with the corporate income tax rate cut from between 32% and 40% to a uniform 20% and the approximately 3,000 different types of exemptions eliminated.
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Alameda County, CA has a population of 1.65M people with a median age of 37.4 and a median household income of $89,979. Between 2015 and 2016 the population of Alameda County, CA grew from 1.64M to 1.65M, a 0.58% increase and its median household income grew from $81,717 to $89,979, a 10.1% increase.
The population of Alameda County, CA is 31.9% White, 29.1% Asian, and 22.5% Hispanic. 46.1% of the people in Alameda County, CA speak a non-English language, and 84.5% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Alameda County, CA are University of California-Berkeley, with 12,172 graduates, California State University-East Bay, with 4,174 graduates, and Ohlone College, with 1,298 graduates.
The median property value in Alameda County, CA is $713,600, and the homeownership rate is 52.3%. Most people in Alameda County, CA commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 31.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Alameda County, CA is 2 cars per household.
Alameda County, CA is the 7th most populated county in California and borders Contra Costa County, CA; San Francisco County, CA; San Joaquin County, CA; San Mateo County, CA; Santa Clara County, CA; and Stanislaus County, CA& 1 more.
The economy of Alameda County, CA employs 848,374 people. The economy of Alameda County, CA is specialized in Professional, Scientific, Tech Services; Information; and Management of Companies & Enterprises, which employ respectively 2.05; 1.62; and 1.18 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size. The largest industries in Alameda County, CA are Professional, Scientific, Tech Services (131,800), Healthcare & Social Assistance (98,799), and Educational Services (80,921), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction ($81,395), Professional, Scientific, Tech Services ($81,072), and Utilities ($80,136).
Median household income in Alameda County, CA is $89,979. Males in Alameda County, CA have an average income that is 1.28 times higher than the average income of females, which is $56,697. The income inequality of Alameda County, CA (measured using the Gini index) is 0.507 which is higher than the national average.
Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Alameda County, CA. In Alameda County, CA the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 25-34 and 25-34, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to 107 primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of $8,394. Monterey County, CA has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in California.
Alameda County, CA is home to a population of 1.65M people, from which 84.5% are citizens. The ethnic composition of the population of Alameda County, CA is composed of 526,129 White residents (31.9%), 479,499 Asian residents (29.1%), 371,072 Hispanic residents (22.5%), 171,040 Black residents (10.4%), and 77,358 Two+ residents (4.69%). The most common foreign languages in Alameda County, CA are Spanish (244,980 speakers), Chinese (124,829 speakers), and Tagalog (56,410 speakers), but compared to other places, Alameda County, CA has a relative high number of Chinese (124,829 speakers), Hindi (27,558 speakers), and Tagalog (56,410 speakers).
In 2015 universities in Alameda County, CA awarded 27,182 degrees. The student population of Alameda County, CA is skewed towards females, with 11,199 male students and 15,983 female students. Most students in Alameda County, CA are White (7,800 and 28.7%), followed by Asian (7,072 and 26%), Hispanic or Latino (4,287 and 15.8%), and Unknown (1,898 and 6.98%). The largest universities in Alameda County, CA by number of graduates are University of California-Berkeley (12,172 and 44.8%), California State University-East Bay (4,174 and 15.4%), and Ohlone College (1,298 and 4.78%). The most popular majors in Alameda County, CA are General Business Administration & Management (1,032 and 3.8%), Registered Nursing (681 and 2.51%), and General Psychology (679 and 2.5%). The median tuition costs in Alameda County, CA are $36,574 for private four year colleges, and $11,220 and $37,902 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.
The median property value in Alameda County, CA is $713,600, which is 3.48 times larger than the national average of $205,000. Between 2015 and 2016 the median property value increased from $656,700 to $713,600, a 8.66% increase. The homeownership rate of Alameda County, CA is 52.3%, which is lower than the national average of 63.1%. People in Alameda County, CA have an average commute time of 31.2 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Alameda County, CA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.


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Plymouth Chiropractor Reviews
What Our Plymouth Patients Have To Say
What others say about chiropractic care can help you make the right health care choice. Review a selection of Natural Chiropractic Center patient testimonials below and please contact the office if you have any questions.
You'll like what you read about Dr. Bruce Pearson, the Plymouth Chiropractor!
Bruce is a great man. I am new to chiropractic and he was kind enough to sit down with me and explain the science behind this practice. He was great with his examination and diagnostic skills and I found him very dedicated and sincere to his profession. I was there for a general check up and he did not impose any treatment on me. Great working environment and a very friendly staff. I am definitely going back. Highly recommended to all. Shoaib S.
Highly Recommend
I was working in Plymouth and very much needed an adjustment. I asked a local friend for a recommendation. She recommended Dr Pearson, The office staff was very helpful getting me seen, Dr. Pearson treated me, and I returned the next day for a follow-up. I am now on the mend and will finish my treatment at home. I highly recommend Dr. Pearson and will see him again if needed while I am traveling in the area for my job.
~Gregory G.
"Dr. Bruce has been keeping me in line for nearly my whole life. I feel refreshed after each adjustment, so I make sure to stop by for an adjustment before any big swim races. Thanks, Dr. Bruce, for cheering me on!"
Sierra Smith, Minnesota State Champion Swimmer
So Glad To Be Here
Went in because my back went out. Have been going there for a month now with much improvement. Had bad pains in my neck for five months that I did not even tell him about he started cracking my neck about three weeks ago, I have had the pain in my neck once since then and that was a couple of weeks ago and has not happened since. I am so glad that I went there he has been so helpful to me.
~Keith E.
I enjoy going to Natural Chiropractic Center because I always feel welcome, and receive top class treatment from the entire staff. Dr. Pearson and his staff are extremely friendly, professional and respectful resulting in V.I.P. treatment with successful outcomes for me. Dr. Pearson, you are the best Chiropractor ever. Thanks for the great service you provide. Ethel B.
Highly Recommend!
From day one of my attempts to return back to work and get whole again, physically, and emotionally, Dr. Pearson and his team at Natural Chiropractic in Plymouth were amazing. After being involved in a 2013 MVA, I was searching for a practitioner that was not only knowledgeable, but caring, and personally involved in getting me back to my previous physical condition, of competing internationally.
Dr. Pearson, helped me get the follow-up tests and medical attention I lacked early on after my accident. His office staff were very instrumental in scheduling me, with their acupuncturist to help me function on a very demanding schedule. As of today I am still in need of his treatment and highly recommend his practice for any of your physical needs, related to an accident or just keeping your alignment in check.
Just a footnote; my daughter was so excited to see me feeling better after my appointments with Dr. Bruce; She asked to be adjusted for some of her sports aches and pains and still looks forward to every visit we make to Dr. Pearson.
~Sam S.
I like that I can come in whenever it works for my schedule rather than making an appointment. Dr. Bruce is friendly and professional. I love the roller massage machine – very relaxing. Peg M.
Been Seeing Dr. Pearson For Over 10 Years!
My first visit was probably a decade or so ago. While I don't remember the particulars, I do know that it was a positive experience, as have all the visits been in the intervening years. Dr. Bruce is a delight–professionally acute, personable and willing to take time to answer questions, explore new avenues and share experiences (both his and mine!). The office staff is obviously well-trained in customer care–they are friendly, responsive and flexible–and always warm and cheerful!
~Marilou T.
Fantastic doctor and staff. Would recommend to everyone that needs help. Even those that just want to keep healthy! Ellen R.
Excellent Service And Great Care
Excellent service and great care from Dr. Pearson. I knew I was at the chiropractor from the very first day, as I felt relief after the first adjustment. Office staff is very friendly! I guess one could say Natural Chiropractic Center is like Cheers. Everybody knows your name. I would certainly recommend Dr. Pearson and his staff to anyone needing chiropractic care. Great care, great customer service and an overall friendly environment. Even fellow patients greet you when you're there! Thank you Natural Chiropractic Center, Dr. Pearson and the staff.
~Brian W.
It was superb. I was able to receive relief from an injury that had plagued me for months! Dr. Bruce listened to my issues, explained his course of action and I was back running in just a few short weeks. I regret waiting so long to get his help. I highly recommend him to anyone. Joy S.


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by Meredith Ellis
Get Set Go lives for contradictions. They lace their cartoonish, home-made, indie-rock melodies with Kurt Cobain anxiety and peddle it to the masses. Their golden retriever approachability bears no relation to their Los Angeles origins; nor does the grey minivan outside with taped windows.
Yet, perhaps the strongest contradiction rests within their audience. In the cluttered café section of an Athens, Ga., Borders, a clear voice sang loudly, "I might set my house on fire/ hang myself from the telephone wire/ bomb the trade center/ and crash all the trains," as children bounced around with crazed excitement. Oh yes, Get Set Go lives for contradictions.
Indie music stands as the red flag of defiance. Therefore Borders and Get Set Go obviously seem like an odd amalgamation of subculture with mainstream. It compares to discovering your friendly neighbor who always lends out an extra bag of Folgers also hands out the neon glow sticks at the club.
Though, maybe nowadays the pairing isn't so odd. With popular bands like Fall Out Boy and The All-American Rejects on the scene, obscure indie-rock now translates as mainstream and even sexy. Toss on some skinny jeans, an unpretentious vintage T-shirt and lightly grease the hair of that stick figure kid in your biology class and there's your personalized Pete Wentz or Tyson Ritter.
I can't help but envision the corporate grin of some wrinkled Borders exec at the thought of attracting all those young hipster kids with a little indie music. Since the inception of Borders superstores in the early 1990s, the clash of emo kids and capitalism seemed inevitable.
Get Set Go welcomes the hybrid with tails wagging. No longer in their idealistic early 20s, each of the members appears to have made their peace with corporate conformity a long while ago. Exposure equals exposure and so here they stand: an arrangement of five indie-rock guys beamed in, via L.A., from the shit-can-fly schemes of aging Borders execs on a mission to bring EmoBack.
They play like a machine constructed by the fourth and justifiably estranged Animaniac. They run through their bars and quarter notes at breakneck speed. At first, one half expects them to run off a musical cliff into reckless abandon only to float into the air for a few minutes before they realize they've missed the mark by a few kilometers. And slowly I realize their immense contentment with floating through the air in complete, self-imposed denial.
A few stopping points or lyrical edits on their song "Die Motherf***er Die," for instance, may have been more appropriate. I recommend somewhere before "my day sucks ass" and yet after "I wanna hurt you/ torture than desert you" and excluding the entire chorus, "Die Motherf***er Die."
Eric Summer, the viola player, redeems the band's impetuousness with his layered and soulful sound. The strings calm the audience like sedatives while the rest of the band pushes forward contemplating take off.
If one leaps into their melodic and upbeat notes, Get Set Go, for the most part, sounds live the very early stages of an acoustic Weezer attempting to channel the Ramones.
The lead singer, Mike TV, resonates with the appropriate amount of arrogance and overcompensation for his slim 5'4 frame. Mastering the art of over-articulation, his "s" and "t" nearly poke you in the eye and his "o's" overflow. He's even got the Oscar "I've suffered injustice" pout. His brunette shaggy bangs cover his eyes at all the right moments. He's got the moody bangs for his song "Suicide," and moves them over slightly to reveal one sulking brown eye for the acoustic stalker ballad "Won't Let Her Go."
If a bassist falls in the middle of a crowded Borders café does anyone notice? Questions like this tend to arise when observing the statuesque Colin Schlitt, the bassist who never moves; with the slight exception of his wire-thin fingers and strained facial expressions. He stands in odd contrast to the over-animated lead TV.
At last, Get Set Go finishes their short set to a thunderous applause of children. Their second album "Ordinary World," enjoyed the most live play while their first LP "So You've Ruined Your Life" took a backseat. A 5-year-old tugs his mother's Prada bag towards the countertop candy while singing loudly "I hate everyone." They lyrics stemmed from the band's most successful track "I Hate Everyone," which also landed a spot on last season's Grey's Anatomy.
Get Set Go exudes an interesting combination of college angst and Sesame Street melodies. It's easy to envision a big yellow bird, with a college shirt, posted in the corner of on of their club shows with an obscure cloud of smoke around him. The band appeals to our simple happy natures despite their melancholy lyrics. After buying a $10 "Ordinary World" album, I find myself humming upbeat, catchy songs of desperation with utter delight. And I would pay for more. Bottom line, Get Set Go is light, sarcastic and amusing in the right venue, ripe with wonderful contradictions.
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Bob Marley Guitar Pick Necklace with Green Swarovski Crystal on Black Suede Cord
This necklace is made on a black suede cord. I used a guitar pick featuring Bob Marley and the colors of the Jamaican Flag. Above the guitar pick I used a green 6mm Swarovski crystal bicone. The whole necklace is 18 inches and has an extension chain that makes it 20 inches. If you need it longer, I can add more chain.
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Honeysuckle Rye is a Seattle based jazz trio putting a fresh perspective on traditional Jazz and Blues repertoire. Honeysuckle Rye is comprised of Cameron Armstrong (electric guitar), Ben Hunter (violin), and Forrest Marowitz (double bass) who bring their distinctive voices together in solidarity to conceive unmistakable interpretations of American masterpieces.
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What is homeopathy?
Homeopathic medicines contain small amounts of natural substances that stimulate a healing response within our bodies. The benefits of using homeopathy are that is it safe for everyone, including pregnant women, children, and the elderly. Homeopathic medicines are also highly cost effective; a supply costing 10-12 dollars can last a month or more. While some homeopathic remedies are easily used at home for acute conditions like bumps and bruises, prescribing homeopathic medicines for serious acute and chronic conditions requires a highly developed skill set. Homeopathy is a system of applied pharmacology, in other words it is a method of using medicines to stimulate the innate healing power of our bodies. Homeopathic medicines are only homeopathic if they are used following this specific method, based on the paradoxical principle of "like cures like." Proper homeopathic prescribing is done best by physicians that are extensively trained, which requires years of experience. Not only prescribing, but also dosing, follow-up, and case management are essential in effectively using homeopathic medicines.
Homeopathic medicines are regulated by the FDA and can be used for almost any ailment. They can be used to compliment many treatments and Dr. Layman frequently finds homeopathic treatment at the core of her practice. Homeopathic care allows you to become the healthiest version of yourself, to harmonize and vitalize your mind, body, and spirit. Homeopathic treatment brings true healing as the body is rebalanced and symptoms are eliminated, not suppressed by outside influences. Patients of homeopathy enjoy greater focus, energy, and joy. If you are interested in learning more about the basics of homeopathic medicines, please enjoy Homeopathy: Beyond Flat Earth Medicine, a simple and informative book by Timothy Dooley, MD.


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Greg Hunt
Greg Hunt is a skate filmmaker and photographer based in Los Angeles, USA. He has worked on commercials for some of the biggest skating brands in the world, including Vans, DC and Quicksilver.
Q. What was the first camera you owned?
A. Bolex Rex-4 16mm camera. I ended up using it on almost every project I made.
Q. What started your passion for filmmaking over pursuing a career in skating?
A. The company I skated for, Stereo Skateboards, was making some really creative films with 8mm and stills in the 1990's and that's what got me into it. At the same time I was getting really into shooting stills, so it all kind of happened at once. Working with cameras was the only thing I loved as much as skateboarding so when things started shifting for me in that world I transitioned over pretty quickly.
Q. Do you think one day you will stop being a DP and director for skate videos and move on to different styles and forms of film (eg. feature films, experimental, short films)?
A. I already have! I work as a commercial director / DP now and I'm also doing some other film projects.
Q. Is there any skateboarder you would love to film that you haven't yet?
A. To be honest, not really. I'm really digging watching skating right now as just a skateboarder and not an industry insider or skate filmmaker.
Q. What was the first proper gig you got as a filmmaker and what advice would you give to your past self then?
A. That's hard to say, but I guess my first proper gig was working for DC Shoes in 2001. I actually wouldn't give my then-self any advice, I was totally going for it in those days. One of the first things I did is rent a helicopter! If anything, I sometimes look back and am amazed at what I pulled off. It's like the Bob Seger lyric, "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then".
Q. A lot of your photographs are in black and white, any reason for that?
A. It's a total contrast from my other work and I just love working in black and white in general. It's a great way to look at the world. Plus I like keeping it consistent so I've always stuck to Tri-x and T-max 3200.
Q. Do you ever think you will pursue a serious career in photography as well as directing and cinematography?
A. No, I like having something that's just my own and not reliant on income or deadlines.
Q. Do you like to edit a lot of the work you do yourself?
A. Not really but I always just do by default. I prefer collaboration whenever possible. It's better to have more brains behind a project as long as everyone is clicking creatively.
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"About three years prior to leaving active duty, I started using the same planning process we use in the fighter business - you start with the target and move backwards. You fill in all the gaps - your assets, the threats, contingencies, and limiting factors. After multiple iterations of this planning process, you should start to see some patterns emerge about what your passions are and what you're equipped to do. ."- Aaron Milledge
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is the Co-Founder & Chief Compliance Officer of Targeted Wealth Solutions, an independent Registered Investment Adviser that provides comprehensive wealth management across all stages of their clients' lives. Aaron started out at Emory University, after which he served as a Fighter Pilot in the U.S. Air Force for over 12 years. After his service in the Air Force, he founded Targeted Wealth Solutions. He holds an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.
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Many guests on my show in the past have advised those on Active Duty to take care of their finances so that they have the time they need to find their ideal career. Well, today's guest, as a financial advisor, has made it his profession to help people take control of their finances. He talks about financial advising as a career path, as well as what it has been like to start his own company.
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- Episodes Mentioned
- BTU #134 – Founding Alpha Architect (Wes Gray) - Aaron said his schedule is extremely similar to Wes' and he enjoyed the way that Wes talked about his daily life, and "the grind"
- Deep Work
- BTU #145 – Active Duty to Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Advisor (Andrew Neuwirth)
- Coursera - used heavily while on active duty for personal and professional development. Aaron referenced using the statistical programming language of R, intro to data science with R, data visualization, modeling time series, Stanford's Machine Learning course
- Wes Grey's Blog
- Veterans Mentor Network on LinkedIn
- American Corporate Partners - this was incredibly valuable in helping Aaron figure out what he wants to do
- Goldman Sachs Veterans Integration Program
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Today is Episode #152 with Aaron Milledge. Special thanks to Ben Grisamore for introducing me to Aaron. I really enjoyed this interview. One of the reasons I think you should listen is that in countless interviews I've done for the show, veterans have advised that the best thing you can do to prepare for your transition is to start taking some financial responsibility. Most of the people that I've talked to have said that it took longer than they anticipated to find their first job. So the more you have saved up, the more freedom you have to wait for that perfect position.
In the first part of this interview, Aaron talks about his career as a financial advisor. He talks about what that's like as well as about what veterans can do to get a firm foundation in their finances as they're transitioning out. I think it's the first time I've had this career path on my show so we really dive into what it looks like to be a financial advisor. In the second part of the interview, we talk a lot about entrepreneurship because Aaron started his own financial advising company so we talk about what that's like.
If you haven't had a chance to leave Beyond the Uniform a positive review on iTunes, I would greatly appreciate it. It would mean a lot to me since it really helps us get the word out about the show. So with that, let's dive in to my interview with Aaron Milledge.
Joining me on this snowy day from Erie, Colorado is Aaron Milledge. Aaron is the co-founder and Chief Compliance Officer of Targeted Wealth Solutions which is an independent registered investment advisor. Aaron started out at Emory University after which he served as a fighter pilot in the US Air Force for 12 years. After leaving the military, he went on to found Targeted Wealth Solutions. He also holds an MBA from Indiana's Kelley School of Business.
How did you approach your decision to get out of the military?
I went through Emory's ROTC program during college. That experience played a big role in my decision to leave the military. There were multiple factors which is the case for a lot of people. At that point, I felt like I had achieved what I wanted to in the aviation world so this was an opportunity to try something new. I was passionate about starting something of my own in the financial services industry. But of course it wasn't an overnight decision. It was a choice that I spent about three years shaping and refining. I started think about what life after the Air Force would like for me and my family. The trade-offs from a health care perspective were large. I had two kids at the time and my daughter had some special needs that would have been difficult to get covered outside the military. So as such, we took a hard look at our family's balance sheet and it indicated that we would need to supplement our income if I decided to get out of the military. So that something else ended up being me staying in the Air Force Reserves. That added a little more income and preserved health care and retirement benefits. I would encourage folks that want to get off duty but will need to supplement their income to think about doing something similar.
I'm a standard television advertisement for one weekend a month, two weeks a year. Obviously, to have those benefits of healthcare and those accruing retirement points is great. But you also have access to a part of the military that had previously been closed off. For instance, I've now worked in Space Command which I had no previous experience in. So from a personal development aspect, it's a great opportunity.
It seems like being in the Reserves has provided you with the opportunity to maintain a connection with a community that has meant a lot to you.
Absolutely. You talked in a previous episode about the intangibles that military experience provides you. The security, value of service, and direction. It's difficult to leave that security and jump right in to the civilian sector. So I think your insight is spot on.
How would you explain what your company Targeted Wealth Solutions does?
We're an independent registered investment advisor. We're former combat aviators that help business owners and veterans plan and realize their financial goals. We approach the traditional financial advising industry a little bit differently than a lot of people do. I think that gives us a lot of latitude to work within and get folks set up on a path to financial success.
I'll give you an example of someone who was a recent client of ours. He is going to be getting out of the military and starting his own business. The majority of advisors I've come across in the past have gone through a process of having clients input numbers into a system and the coming back with some sort of result about that person's financial health. But entrepreneurs have very different financial needs. So what I do is take a look at the resources that that a client has access to and their predicted burn rate. We can then provide advice based on that. So we crafted a series of checkpoints for the client to check in with moving forward.
I really love that idea of checkpoints. I think it's so helpful to have landmarks that you can check back in with and see how you're doing.
Yes, when you're in the middle of it, it can be difficult to rationalize your way out of it. But these checkpoints can be helpful in doing just that. I think it helps folks to make a plan that is backed up by these checkpoints, analysis, and common sense. I think this can add real value to people that may be struggling with uncertainty.
Do you work with just with people in the Denver area or with people remotely as well?
We actually prefer remotely. We started Targeted Wealth with a focus on military folks. So we spent a lot of time building out our tech stack in a way that would allow us not only to reach compliance needs but also allow us to reach our clients remotely. So truth be told, we prefer working with people remotely on their timelines.
In the work you've done with veterans, are there misconceptions about finances during the transition?
I think veterans are some of the most engaged and well informed clients. I think there's a misconception that if someone has educated themselves and done well in their career, they don't need to go to a financial advisor. I think the counterpoint is that engaging with an unbiased financial advisor can be very beneficial.
I think there's also misunderstandings regarding employee benefits that you're used to having in the military. So it's a question veterans face of how they're going to replace those in civilian employment.
How do you charge clients?
It's completely based on what they're looking for. There are typically two pathways. The first is under asset management and financial planning. That's about creating a plan to keep the train on the tracks from a financial planning perspective. We also have an hourly financial planning session that we offer to clients based on what specific advice they are seeking.
A typical mindset for veterans is wanting to figure everything out for ourselves. What I really appreciate about what you're saying is how helpful it can be to consult an outside perspective from time to time.
Right and we love the unknown unknowns. To that point, we've always been surprised that you have these professionals who are very specialized in a particular area and can provide great value to you. We've found some really great opportunities where professional providers can crack the whip for clients and make sure the left hand is talking to the right hand. They can provide expertise that is extremely valuable.
What was the genesis of Targeted Wealth Solutions?
It's been a long time coming but it has been packed in to more discreet time frames. When I was first flying for the Air Force, you didn't need an advanced degree to promote so everyone based their life plans around that. Later that changed in that the Air Force said you did need a Master's degree. That pendulum has now swung back and forth several times. I was at a point where I wanted to go back to school anyway. My dad, who was a career changer and business owner, told me that I might find value in getting an MBA. So I decided to go back to school.
After I finished my MBA, I realized three things - one that I had no desire to work for a huge corporation, two that I really enjoyed the quantitative aspects of finance and three that I had no idea where I wanted to end up or how I should get there. From there I reached out to my network and talked to anyone I could - investment managers, bond traders, and financial advisors. Anyone that had a role in finance that I could possibly be interested in. It worked to build a rough foundation for me. In 2012, three years prior to me leaving active duty, I started using the same planning process we use in the fighter pilot business. You start with the target and move backwards. You fill in all the gaps - your assets, the threats, contingencies, and limiting factors. After multiple iterations of this planning process, you should start to see some patterns emerge about what your passions are and what you're equipped to do.
I had a bias against financial advisors from the get-go because of bad experiences my parents had. But if my parents, who are business owners, went to a financial planner that offered them a full spectrum solution that was in their best interest, I think they would have felt differently. So, I arrived at this place with some divine intervention. I realized that there was an opportunity in the financial planning industry that was an intersection of my professional and personal interests.
What does your day-to-day look like?
When you interviewed Wes Gray - everything he talked about had some similarity to what I typically do in a day. I'm a big fan of Wes and Alpha Architect so a lot of what he mentioned resonated. The verb that he used - grind - is a tactical word in the fighter pilot business and there's an interesting parallel because guys like to romanticize this particular tactic and make it something it's not. So when used in the right ways with well defined objectives - it's great. But sometimes you can end up on the back foot with not a lot of accomplished. So I mention that because I think many entrepreneurs can get into a "grind" mentality where they feel like they're getting a lot accomplished but they're not. This might be more pronounced with veteran startups. But if you don't have a clearly defined end state, then you're just "grinding" for the sake of the verb.
With that said, we try to break down our day into modules that we can work within throughout the firm. For a lot of traditional advisory firms, the firm operates in a silo. Each person has his or her book of clients and operates within that. But that is not the way that we do business. I think there's a great benefit to the client when you get everyone interacting and on the same page.
My day starts pretty early - my kids are early risers. So we get up and play and get ready for school until about 7:30. A lot of that is by design because when I was on active duty, I missed out on a lot of family time so now I'm very deliberate about how I spend my time. After that, I catch up on financial news and handle any fires that have happened since I left work the previous day. That gets me to about 10 in the morning. At that point, we start dividing up our goals for the quarter and start tackling those. We try to come up with a limited number of factors that will allow to start working toward our goals. We spend time throughout the day working with clients, bringing them clarity surrounding whatever financial uncertainty they have. After all that, I have kind of a recap with Brandon and Ben who are two of the other advisors in the firm. It helps us get ready for the next day and is also the time where the ensemble comes together to solve any kind of client issues that have come up so that when we present a client with a proposed solution, it is something that everyone has had input on.
Do you have any thoughts on maintaining work/life balance?
I try to stop around 5 to make sure I have time for my family. Unexpected things pop up sometimes but generally I try to wrap up around 5. Typically the first things I'll schedule are family events and then work around that. In the civilian capacity, you have the opportunity to create your work/life balance whereas in the military you largely don't for various reasons. So I make it part of my structure to figure out what the next week and month will look like. The benefit of running a startup is that I have the ability to do this.
I think it's difficult for people because in the military they are so used to putting the mission first so it's feels very different to think about putting other priorities first. You do have to make a conscious decision to find that work/life balance. For me, I have fairly rigid start and stop times for my work grind time which is when my kids are at school.
If someone is thinking of becoming a financial planner, what are some signs that they might be a good fit for this profession?
There are so many nuances to the definition of being a financial planner but at the end of the day I think it's vital that financial planners have the humility and approachability that allow people to come to you and bear their finances to you which can be very personal. If you're genuine in your desire to help and you have a talent for analyzing this information, it's a very rewarding career. You can really make an impact in someone's life by helping them reach their financial goals.
Wes Gray mentioned that with startups, nobody is there telling you what to do. That can be very difficult for some people. As an independent advisor, we have a huge chess board which we operate within that but there's not necessarily a checklist. So you have to be comfortable with creating your own checklist that is going to guide your operations. So from the startup perspective, if you have a passion and you're comfortable with grinding toward an objective without anyone telling you how to get there, this could be a good fit for you.
I love that thought of self-knowledge because for some people that ambiguity is extremely motivating while for others it's terrifying.
And I would throw out there that even if it terrifies you, I think that can provide insight even in a role at an established firm. Many roles are very self-directed. I ran into situations when I was doing informational interviews during my transition where I was at a smaller firm that just didn't have the capacity to do a large formal training program for veterans. They would tell stories about how they had brought in very accomplished military members in the past that were then paralyzed in the civilian sector without that direction. So these employers were gun shy about hiring transitioning veterans. So if it terrifies you, it's a good thing because then you can address that within yourself and during interviews.
Do you have any resources that you would recommend?
One of your previous guests mentioned budgeting for personal development and I'm a huge believer in that. I don't have any specific books or seminars but I think it's important to develop yourself in ways that are materially different than the military.
On the formal education side of things, I completed an MBA. I also completed some courses with the Charter Financial Analysis program. I took some courses with Breaking Into Wall Street with Financial Modeling. I also took huge advantage of Coursera including Intro to Data Science and Data Visualization. I was able to build up my bucket of personal development this way. Also blogs like Wes Gray's blog. I also did Stanford's Machine Learning course. I was happy if it helped me with future employment but I was also just interested in the content.
Do you have any parting advice for military members during their transition?
Starting earlier is better if you're transitioning or even just exploring. Even if you're not sure if you want to get out, just exploring what's on the other side can be a great thought exercise. I recommend looking into the Veterans Mentor Network on LinkedIn as well as American Corporate Partners which I took advantage of and was hugely helpful to me. Specifically for veterans looking to get into finance, I recommend the Veterans Integration Program through Goldman Sachs. And then the internet has disrupted everything so just staying engaged and consuming material relevant to what you want to go into.
Aaron, thank you so much for your time, advice, and willingness to share your story.
Post Show Notes
I really love Aaron's thoughts on budgeting for personal development. I'm a huge advocate of this. I think the thought of investing in yourself can be extremely valuable throughout your life.
I also thought it was really interesting to hear the perspective of someone that left the military after 12 years of active duty. It's an interesting time to leave active duty and move into the Reserves.
I loved how he talked about planning ahead and the concept of using modules to focus yourself during the workday. If you enjoyed this episode, please share this with anyone you think would benefit from it. I will be back next week with another interview with a veteran who will chat with us about their civilian career.


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Most of you, I would guess, have used our LMS and taken a training with us. If you are set as a Company or Facility Administrator in the LMS, you have access to many tools and reports to help you manage and track your company training records. However, besides those tools that are visible to you, there are quite a few things we do behind the scenes to help make it easier for you.
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Gratituesday is a weekly blog meme I participate with over here. You should join, too! If you do, be sure to let me know in the comments because I would love to read what you write about. This week is an easy one.
I had a last minute session scheduled on Friday and while coming up with location ideas for a mid-winter, no-snow photo session I had an epiphany.
A field.
Fields look the same in the winter, spring and summer. Add a little sunshine and people in love and they are beautiful! I'm a country girl at heart. I thrive in natural settings... fields... forests... gardens... anywhere where nature blooms. So now I can add the warmth of brown grains to my list of "favorite winter locations."
So... this week? I am grateful that fields are beautiful anytime of the year. I much prefer a location where I can be giddy about the setting and thrive creatively versus a location that just doesn't move my creative juices.
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Shame on PM Netanyahu - Ignoring Dramatic Changes In Pollard Saga
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA - November 7, 2010
"The Prime Minister has brought up Pollard's case several times in discussions with the U.S. government..."
[6 November 2010 Statement by the Prime Minister's Office]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is certainly a very busy man.
He has to deal with a mind boggling collection of threats, pressures and concerns. Many of them are literally existential.
So it might have been possible that when news first broke about the Korb letter and other recent dramatic developments relating to the Pollard case that he simply wasn't aware of them in the immediate hours that followed. And in the absence of his knowledge, his team continue in "auto pilot" mode in dealing with the story.
But the Korb letter story came out almost a month ago. And it has been followed by a series of headline makers driving home the point that the release of Jonathan Pollard is a matter of justice and not just a humanitarian issue.
It has gone far beyond the headlines.
Even Mr. Netanyahu's own brother in law has joined in the campaign to press the prime minister to call on President Obama to do justice in this case.
There is no question about it.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu knows that the argument for Pollard's release has conclusively shifted from a "humanitarian" appeal to a call for "justice".
And yet, despite this, his office remains on auto pilot.
"The Prime Minister has brought up Pollard's case several times in discussions with the U.S. government..."
When "several times"?
When the appeal was on "humanitarian grounds".
How do we know this?
"Consecutive Israeli governments over more than two decades, including the current one, have raised the issue of Jonathan Pollard's release with the American authorities for humanitarian reasons, and that is our obligation," is what a senior member of the PM's team told Gil Hoffman of The Jerusalem Post back on 13 October.
"Humanitarian reasons."
Yes, Mr. Netanyahu has a lot on his plate.
But a full plate is hardly an excuse for setting aside the pursuit of justice.
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And at this critical stage on so many fronts, the last thing that we need is for the Obama team to consider our prime minister to be lacking in fortitude and determination.


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Business is about sharing value
If there were no other people left on Earth but you, would you still do what you're doing today for work?
Would you still create your products, your services or your ideas?
Think about it.
There would be nobody left to buy your products, to read your books, to listen to your presentations, to need your services. So, your business - the way it exists today - wouldn't exist anymore if it weren't for others.
If your business and your work wouldn't exist if it weren't for others, it makes logical sense that the purpose of all business is to benefit others and to improve their lives.
To create and share value with others.
We start alone, with our own desire to create something meaningful and to savour that journey of creating. But we continue on the path together with our customers and our audience.
I want to remind you of this simple and beautiful truth because, as you grow your business and expand your work, I invite you to always ask yourself "does this step I'm about to take create value for others?"
I also want to remind you of this idea because there are many who think that business is about sleazy selling or that selling is about taking money from customers. And as a result, they're apprehensive to sell their products.
But that's not what [good] business is really about.
My son rode his scooter to school this morning because somebody created that product and then thankfully asked me to buy it. I attended a paid seminar this weekend because somebody thankfully decided to share their knowledge with others. Last night I found an easier way to meditate because somebody created an app with white noise sounds and then thankfully advertised it on the internet. There are examples like these all around us.
Our lives are better today than they've ever been because somebody, some time, understood that business is about benefiting others. And then, they created something that they can joyfully sell to others.


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~ Chapter Four ~
As Umi was running through the corridors, she questioned whether she should first go to Eagle's room or if she should check the courtyard to make sure the NSX hadn't departed yet. It wasn't a situation that wouldn't matter if they had already left or not; Umi was unsure if Selece would come if she called, and she refused to take that chance. Of course, if Geo and the others had left for Autozam already, perhaps she could ask Lantis to stop them or protect them.
Whichever was more convenient.
What's worse, though, was that she didn't even know where Lantis was.
She hated these types of dilemmas.
Geo, I know I said take Eagle home "as soon as possible", but please, just don't! Not yet, not until we know exactly what to do, she thought, closing her eyes, finally deciding her destination. If I had known as much as I know now before I asked you to leave, I wouldn't have-
Umi's palm found the intricately carved handle of the door and shoved it down, the door flying open. Relieved, seeing the forms of Eagle in bed and Geo standing next to them, she shouted frantically. "You can't leave yet!"
However, her panic had blinded her sight of two other figures in the room, and Umi's hand covered her mouth once she took notice of Zazu and the younger brother of Zagato.
Oh no.
"Umi-san?" Zazu widened his eyes at her outburst.
Geo scowled in disgust and directed his eyes to the Eagle's supposedly sleeping body. "Eagle, don't tell me you got Umi into persuading you to stay. You know it's too dangerous for you to stay here."
Eagle's giggle ran through Umi's mind. "I haven't spoken to Umi for the last couple of days. You know that, Geo."
"Geo, it may be dangerous for Eagle to be staying here, and he may be safer in Autozam, but he won't be safe in the NSX!" Umi explained, placing a hand on Geo's shoulder so that he would look at her. "The Guardian of Nature is watching Cephiro, and he'll know that we're trying to evacuate the strongest people! He's going to destroy the NSX if you head back to Autozam!"
Geo narrowed his eyes. "What?"
Lantis shifted his relaxed form to a tenser one--one that Umi remembered seeing when she first met him. Zazu had a batch of confusion and worry in his voice when he asked, "How do you know?"
Umi sighed, knowing from the beginning that it would have to come to this. Though, she hadn't promised Chikari anything, right? "I just had a visit from Hi no Gogyou--Hikaru's older brother..."
Fuu Hououji could appreciate each month for its unique weather. January's snow gave Tokyo a mystical feel to the normally smoggy atmosphere. February brought along skiing fever, lessening the crowd in downtown Tokyo by two percent. March got rid of the tiresome snow and in its place rain fell, but a little rain never hurt anybody. In fact, at times, it was quite refreshing. April had a nice mix of tiny showers and bright sunshine, whereas May and June shared increasingly warm weather. July and August had the warmest seasons of the entire year and was perfect hiking weather. September began the coloration of the leaves, and October finished the coloration. November allowed the leaves to fall delicately.
December was the beginning of January's winter and brought forth a enjoyable frosty wind.
It was Christmas season.
Always, around this time of year, Fuu would make her way to the Koubutsu Shrine, which was famous in her area for promising good fortune in the future. When she was younger, she would pray for the health of her family and friends. After the trip to Cephiro and the "Legendary Battle", she found it difficult to do so--after all, Princess Emeraude had to do the same, but for everybody in Cephiro, not just her family or her lover.
However, after the Pillar System had been abolished by Hikaru, Fuu found her love for the beautiful nature of the Koubutsu Shrine once again and began praying once again for the well-being of her family and friends and the hope one day that she and Ferio would never have to separate again.
After tossing a coin into the box in the front of the shrine, Fuu softly clapped her hands twice and closed her eyes. Bowing her head, she began praying.
Prayers never took anymore than a couple minutes for Fuu--picking up her purse, she stood and began walking to the small shop when she caught notice of a familiar man with a mop of brunette hair strolling out of the side of the temple.
"Ah! Fuu-san! Haven't seen you since graduation!" he called, leaning his crossed arms on the wooden railing in front of her.
"Good afternoon, Tsuyoshi-san," Fuu answered back to her old classmate. "I didn't know you worked here."
Tsuyoshi Kazeo, the good-natured boy he was, laughed blissfully. "Oh, no, I have an acquaintance who happens to be the priestess--I just came to visit her guardian."
He looked around the grounds of the shrine quickly, and then pushed his body up in the air using the wooden rails and swung his legs over. "You know you shouldn't do that, Tsuyoshi-san," Fuu pointed out, glancing behind her to make sure no one had seen.
"Oh, it's fine," Tsuyoshi waved his hands as Fuu directed her attention back to him. "Aibara-san knows I do it all the time--though he's never happy about it."
"Precisely my point."
"Oi, although you've matured from a cute girl to a beautiful one, I must say that you haven't changed a bit from what I remember!" Tsuyoshi laughed again, Fuu's cheeks tinting pinkish. "So, you still come around here to pray, don't you?"
"Yes," the blush from Fuu's face disappeared. She was never used to compliments about her appearance; although Ferio was much better looking than Tsuyoshi, the cheerful man was indeed handsome himself.
"Good fortune for the family, I assume," Tsuyoshi smiled boyishly, standing next to Fuu while observing the shrine, as if it was his first time setting his eyes on it. "You know, there's a bit of a legend behind the Koubutsu Shrine."
"The life force of the universe rests under the grounds of the temple," Fuu commented, intrigued to hear what Tsuyoshi knew about the legend. After all, mythology had always been his favorite subject, and he always had deep insights to these sorts of things.
Tsuyoshi nodded. "Ever wonder how it got there? The legend states a theory: the one who fathers generations of the defenders of the shrine was the first priest of the Koubutsu Shrine, well over two hundred years ago.
"He had two children: a daughter and a son. The son tried to kill his father because he believed that his father was evil. His daughter, however, believed that he was like a saint. The two children battled each other until, eventually, their father passed away.
"Even so, they still continued to fight, for they knew that although their father was dead, his spirit still rested within him--they were fighting over whether or not to destroy his body and his spirit. Soon, the daughter gave birth to twins. This was the same year in which she killed her brother the second he put the killing blow to her.
"The two twins lived with their father in the Koubutsu Shrine and buried all three of the bodies in the basement of the Koubutsu Shrine. The father knew that there will followers of the brother to obliterate the bodies, so he was the inside defender while the two twins trained to prevent those followers from reaching their father. The twins gave birth to children themselves, and when their father died, the roles switched. It has been like that ever since.
"The outer defenders soon became distant, but they were always reunited whenever somebody threatened the three bodies--the life force of the universe," Tsuyoshi concluded.
Fuu grinned and looked at Tsuyoshi, predicting what was next. "And when people pray to the Koubutsu Shrine with a good heart, they are, for sure, going to get the wish that they asked for."
"Good fortune," Tsuyoshi confirmed solemnly, "is something that is always promised by the spirits of the three: Dimension, Time, and Nature."
Fuu's smile faded as she studied Tsuyoshi's face. Never during her junior high and high school years has she known Tsuyoshi to lose his cheerfulness--not even when he declared that the teachers were being unfair. Tsuyoshi seemed regretful in a way that Fuu could not understand. Could he be thinking of the legend as the same thing that she once thought of Cephiro's legend of the Magic Knights?
"How do you feel about this myth, Tsuyoshi-san?"
"The legend never did state that it was over," Tsuyoshi replied, beaming once again as he looked at Fuu. "Don't you ever wonder what's going on now to conclude it? Well," he huffed, glancing up at the gray sky, "it's getting kind of late. I'd best head over to the train station so I can get home before it gets dark. Take care, Fuu-san!"
Fuu watched as her old classmate strolled down the dirt path to the street curiously. Why did he avoid answering my question? she thought sorrowfully, observing the shrine once more before heading to the shrine's tiny shop with the legend replaying in her heart.
Chikari started walking back to the corner where Kakeru was waiting, sighing a breath of relief.
"She's not going to tell anybody else," she reported, glancing back over her shoulder, "and neither are the others."
Kakeru didn't bother to ask how she knew; Chikari had her ways, and he was going to leave it at that. "So, Chikari, what are we going to do?" he queried, not moving from his lounged position on the wall.
"Well, we could find someplace to eat-"
"I don't mean that," he said. "I mean, are we going to stay here in Cephiro? Or are we going to return home and arrange for Terashi-san to automatically send us to Cephiro whenever there's trouble?"
Chikari's eyes widened in disgust. "We're going to stay here, of course! And if we have it arranged that way, what if Eirei decides to attack during the least convenient time? And by that, I mean using the bathroom, taking a shower, eating..."
"Okay, okay," Kakeru sighed. "Where are we going to stay, though?"
"Let's try a nearby village. We look foreign enough to be accepted."
Kakeru rolled his eyes, knowing what was coming next. "Oh, hell."
Eagle smiled inwardly as he heard the two Gogyou walk away down the hall. While Umi had been telling the tale of her meeting with the two newcomers, Eagle had kept a close eye on the Gogyou conversation. Apparently, the one who was Umi's friend, Chikari, had asked the Knight to promise to not tell anybody. After listening to Umi describing the situation and Chikari's worrisome questions to Hikaru's older brother, Eagle realized how important that promise was to her.
Therefore, he had sent Chikari a mental message that he would make sure that Umi would not tell anybody; if she would not promise her, then he would make Umi promise him.
It was really simpler than it sounded.
"Umi, I think it would be best not to worry Clef further with this new information," Eagle "spoke", keeping a cool atmosphere to his comatose state.
"What?" she exclaimed, jumping up from whatever it was she was sitting on. "I think that if we don't tell him, that's exactly what he'd do: worry some more! Everybody else, too!"
"This is too complicated," Eagle continued. "Even we have questions--you, too, Umi. We don't know the whole story yet."
"I don't see what's else more to find out," Geo said from the edge of Eagle's bed, where he had taken his seat when Umi began the report. "It's as simple as this: the Larenim is the core of the universe. Eirei, the Guardian of Nature, the guy we--you, Umi, was fighting earlier, wants to get rid of the Larenim by killing off everybody, starting with the strongest because it's too old to hold a stability level. The Gogyou are just trying to stop him. The only thing we don't know is what they don't know."
"We're not even supposed to be fighting," Zazu piped up. "This is only between Eirei and the two Gogyou--the Gogyou just want to protect the strong."
"As opposed to protecting the weak like we were taught," muttered Geo. "Are those two even reliable?"
Eagle giggled. "See? You have questions as well. Umi--no, everybody: until we know everything that is going on, you don't tell anybody what's happening. We don't even know why the Guardian of Nature doesn't just seek out the core and destroy it there, and why he is attacking Cephiro and only Cephiro."
"Even so," Umi said, "when Eirei comes again... I'll need to talk to him."
"Isn't he trying to kill you?" asked Geo.
"It's too dangerous," Zazu agreed. "When someone is trying to kill somebody, "negotiations" don't exactly turn out well."
Eagle could tell that Geo rolled his eyes when he said, "Oh, don't remind me."
"It'll be fine!" Umi protested cheerfully. "Besides, Chikari and Kakeru, if they are really loyal to their duty, would be there, and they are here to protect who Eirei thinks is the strongest: me. Maybe it'd be better if Eirei keeps believing that."
There was a brief moment of silence, and Eagle could only imagine what could be going on during this time. He knew that silently, everybody was reluctantly agreeing with her. Eagle felt a little guilty; he and Clef were really the strongest in Cephiro, and it wasn't fair that Umi was being drawn into this. But Eagle could not defend himself yet--not until he found the strength to finally open his eyes and walk, and Chikari didn't want Umi telling anybody, so Clef could not know. In this case, he was helpless as well.
"I think it might be better if, when Eirei comes again, Lantis goes with you," Eagle suggested. "After all, a Guardian of Nature probably wouldn't be brought down by even Autozam's technology," he could feel that Geo and Zazu were ready to object, and Eagle didn't blame them, "so magic might be the best course to follow."
"No, it's okay!"
"Eagle's right," Lantis finally said. "It would be too dangerous for you to go by yourself, even if those two Gogyou are there. You don't even know if you can get your Mashin to help."
"But if you come, Eirei would think-"
"It'll be fine," Eagle assured the Knight. "You don't have to worry about Lantis as much as you should yourself."
Umi sighed in defeat. "I guess I have no choice, then."
"Say, how will you know when Eirei comes?" Zazu asked. "And do you have any clue when he could attack next?"
Geo exhaled loudly. "Do you remember that earthquake earlier today, Zazu? I think that's around the time that Eirei shows up--I think the earthquakes may be a signal that he's arrived."
"Or it could be some sort of conspiracy that the earthquakes are really the Larenim's attacks on Cephiro," Umi suggested, "and Eirei shows up before it occurs. Geo, it wasn't until a few seconds after I felt the earthquake that you came to tell me that he came-"
"The earthquake could come in a form of a shockwave."
"If what you're saying is true, Umi-san, then that would mean that Eirei has some sort of a connection to the Larenim," Zazu cut in. "That doesn't really make sense, if you come to think about it."
"It only happened once," Lantis pointed out solemnly. "Don't jump to conclusions until it's happened a second time."
As if the tremors had ears of their own, there was an ear-splitting sound. The room trembled violently, and Eagle frowned. He had been safe on his bed, but he wasn't sure how the others took it. If he could, he would have sighed in relief when he heard Geo scold Umi:
"You ought to be more careful."
"What? As if I had a choice who I was to be thrown on? Sheesh!"
"If you weren't standing-"
"How was I supposed to know..."
Eagle couldn't help but to laugh as Zazu stepped in to play referee; however, he did not laugh "out loud"; he kept it to himself. It wasn't until Lantis's voice reached into his ears that he took the quake seriously.
"That was the second one that happened today. Maybe the earthquakes are signs that the core of the universe is falling apart--much like the Pillar."
To spare the other three from anymore concern, Eagle directed his speech only into Lantis's head. "You changed your mind so quickly, Lantis? That's not like you."
"I only disbelieved that the earthquakes and the Guardian of Nature were connected. Ever since Umi told us about the instability of the core of the universe, I knew that the quake earlier today had to be a part of it."
"So, you don't think that Eirei is here?"
There was a flying flash of silence between the two before Eagle realized that Zazu had succeeded in quieting Geo and Umi--though, it shouldn't have been too difficult in the first place. As if the sub-commander had eavesdropped into their conversation, he said:
"Well, I guess we'd ought to check to make sure that he's here."
Five: Altercation
Disclaimer: Magic Knight Rayearth and its characters are not mine; they belong to the wonderful manga artists Clamp, Mixx Manga, and any others who may hold claims to the series. However, the story is mine, so please do not post this on other websites claiming it as your own. All elements in here that are not part of Magic Knight Rayearth are mine, so please, if by some odd reason you would like to use them, ask. Do not post this story anywhere without my permission.
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Years ago while walking through the store, we turn the corner to ladies intimates, Jeremia, 5 at the time, exclaims "Ah look mom HATS". Bras to you and me, but hats to small beautiful brains.
Just yesterday Conrad (6) proudly modelled his new found "hat" for us. Jeremia and I were laughing so hard we could barely tell him the truth. "Conrad, love, that is a sports cup. That's not where you wear it". Perplexed at the depth of mine and Jeremia's laughter, Conrad set the hat down and continued on his quest for cool stuff to play with. We are dream crushers, Jeremia and I.


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I love using pallets to make things so I was glad to have found this Instructable about 50 things to make with a pallet.
Including my favourite….
Pallets….what to do with them? Since 1998, I've been creating art with pallets, Pallet Art, everything from picture frames to armoirs. For this project I chose to go simple. A few cuts here and there, some screws and voila, Pallet Dogs. The perfect, fun art piece and….FREE!….almost.


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This is one people have been waiting for!
The sixth Digivolving Spirits figure, AtlurKabuterimon!
Released a few weeks ago in Japan and scheduled later this month in the US, Digivolving Spirits 06 AtlurKabuterimon is the newest Digivolving Spirits figure.
This is the first figure in the line that we didn't see to some degree day 1 when the line was announced.
The scans went mostly fine, minus that the box is slightly slippery to the touch. Luckily I remembered this from prior figures and took it into account when I was scanning it.
First up, the packaging.
The scan of the front of the box is at the top of the article. A photo of the front is included here.
The front of the box has a clean style to it with some nice flair, which matches the overall branding for the Digivolving Spirits line. The logo for the line has been a combined English/Japanese logo since we first saw it, and just below is the name of the figure (along with his lower form and the part of the franchise he's from just above.) Having the number underneath so huge is no doubt to help it stand out well on a shelf side by side with other Digivolving Spirits figures.
In the center left we also get a reflective Diecast Evolution 'plate' that they're putting on figures in the line to show off it having diecast metal. The bottom right corner has company logos, along with the Digimon Adventure logo.
A few notable changes this time is the normal Bandai logo being replaced with the Bandai Spirits version of the logo, along with a 'Tamashii Nations Quality' sticker being added to the package.
The high point of the front has to be the new artwork by longtime Digimon designer Kenji Watanabe. The artwork of Tentomon and AtlurKabuterimon is designed to have little touches and flourishes based on the figure itself (most notable in this case is probably the number of arm joints.) This one is also a bit unique in that the energy from Alphamon's attack is foil, having a nice and dynamic look to the cover.
It stands out well from many other collector's figures by showing some great art instead of just showing us the figure.
The sides of the box feature the different forms of the figure, along with bits of the artwork that go past the front of the box (some of AtlurKabuterimon and his attack.)
The top has the logo, along with silhouettes for the figures (along with a touch of elements from the front artwork.) Very basic and nice.
The bottom has various legal and informational details.
The only notable difference between Japanese and US figure stock is here. Bluefin, the US distributor for Tamashii products, including Digivolving Spirits, adds a small label with various information they need to include. This figure is from Japanese stock so does not include the sticker.
The back of the box features various text and logo touches from the front, along with some nice images of the figure itself.
Most of the text is in both English and Japanese, and the small amount that isn't is the basic profile information for Dorumon and Alphamon that we've all seen a number of times.
We also get a small preview of the seventh figure in the line, HolyAngemon!
When the top of the box is opened there are flaps on either side.
The left flap shows AtlurKabuterimon, along with the crest of Knowledge. This is included with cut guidelines in case they decide to do a campaign in the future that requires proof of purchase.
The right flap features Tentomon! Tentomon is asking buyers to please fill out the questionnaire that's included with the instructions. Although it's notable that he appears to be asking more politely than the other characters have...
There is one more flap actually...
Continuing from previous figures there is a small flap on the top of the box that folds behind the back of the box. Like the other figures, just a little bit of text, and this ones text is a fun surprise...
A 100% unnecessary touch that most people will likely never even notice, but continues the tradition of Digivolving Spirits having little messages 'from' each Digimon on the inner flap.Koushiro-han, it's time for evolution!
This one is probaby my favorite though, since it includes a character touch that just makes me smile.
Then we have the instruction sheet included.
The instructions are a single sheet printed on both sides, folded in half twice.
The instruction sheet is in Japanese, but with key bits in English.
The questionnaire that was mentioned is a link to an online one instead of an actual physical form to fill out.
One touch that is nice is where they sketch outlines and highlight the areas they are talking about in a very purpley color to make it extra clear what parts they are referring to.
The instructions overall appear reasonably clear, but I wish the whole thing was translated.
Looking at the figure used in the instructions, it appears to be an early unpainted prototype.
AtlurKabuterimon's sheet is printed a touch smaller than recent ones, making it a bit easier to deal with. It's printed on glossy paper, and the box is so large it fits in the box very well.
As for the figure itself...
We have a thread for the figure, and we have people in the community who photograph figures far better than me, and hopefully some good images show up soon.
But I couldn't help myself to take a few from the figure still in the plastic shell once I removed that from the box.
Packaged as AtlurKabuterimon, the figure is packaged fully transformed. You can also see the stand, alongside the pieces that let you use it for both forms of the figure.
Removing the front of the shell lets you more clearly see the figure. The AlutKabuterimon figure looks nice and detailed.
AlutKabuterimon is honestly the best Digivolving Spirits yet. In both forms it effectively has no compromises and you can look at the figure from nearly any angle and it looks perfect. Tentomon and AtlurKabuterimon have set a new high bar for the line.
The popularity of Tentomon has made this a figure many people have been looking forward to, and I imagine it'll be quite popular.
The fact that the figure looks great in both forms, and isn't even insanely complicated for the transformation really makes this a joy.
AtlurKabuterimon is still available to order. (Affiliate links)
Digivolving Spirits #06 AtlurKabuterimon at CDJapan
Digivolving Spirits #06 AtlurKabuterimon at Amazon USA
And after AtlurKabuterimon will be...
HolyAngemon! One of the more popular Digimon overall and the last Perfect form to appear in Adventure! He's out December in Japan for 7,200 yen, while US figures will ship in February! (Affiliate links):
Digivolving Spirits #07 HolyAngemon at CDJapan (Currently sold out)
Digivolving Spirits #07 HolyAngemon at Amazon USA
Plus after that...
The US release of BlackWarGreymon will be released in the US in May 2019 for $65. Pre-orders are currently up at Amazon: (affiliate link)
Digivolving Spirits #08 BlackWarGreymon at Amazon USA
Japanese orders for BlackWarGreymon will have to go through an intermediary.
And based on prior information, we have some idea what Digivolving Spirits we hope to see soon...
Digivolving Spirits Dukemon, who has been on display at a number of toy shows (and has been teased to be after HolyAngemon.)
Then there is a prototype of Garudamon (and Piyomon) from the recent Digimon Thanksgiving stream, plus artwork of Lilymon and Zudomon, the last 2 Adventure partners.
Artwork and a very early prototype of Ouryumon.
And also from Digivolving Thanksgiving, our first look at a Beelzebumon Blast Mode/Impmon figure.
Every figure we've seen looks fantastic and I can't wait for more to come out.
The images can all be found in the gallery.
The scans are small compared to the master scans I did (the work and backup folder structure for the scans and photos ended up being 13.5 gigs.)
Lots of Digimon stuff is coming out soon and supporting us via our Patreon or donations would be greatly appreciated so that we can do more breakdowns and improve the site. Feel free to join us in the Discord if you want to chat about the figure.
If you want to discuss the figure itself there is a discussion thread here.
And if you want to order or pre-order other Digivolving Spirits...
#01 WarGreymon (Affiliate links):
Digivolving Spirits WarGreymon at CDJapan (currently on sale)
Digivolving Spirits WarGreymon at Amazon USA
#02 MetalGarurumon (Affiliate links):
Digivolving Spirits MetalGarurumon at CDJapan (currently sold out)
Digivolving Spirits MetalGarurumon at Amazon USA
#03 Diablomon (Affiliate links):
Digivolving Spirits #03 Diablomon at CDJapan
Digivolving Spirits #03 Diablomon at Amazon USA
#04 Angewomon (Affiliate links):
Digivolving Spirits #04 Angewomon at CDJapan (currently sold out)
Digivolving Spirits #04 Angewomon at Amazon USA
#05 Alphamon (Affiliate links):
Digivolving Spirits #05 Alphamon at CDJapan (currently sold out)
Digivolving Spirits #05 Alphamon At Amazon USA


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