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Iraq's goal of pumping 9m barrels a day of crude could be a game changer for oil prices and British companies.
Iraq is poised to flood the oil market by tripling its capacity to pump crude by 2020 and is collaborating with Iran on strategy in a move that will challenge Saudi Arabia's grip on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
"We feel the world needs to be assured of fuel for economic growth," Hussain al-Shahristani, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy in Iraq told oil industry delegates attending a Chatham House Middle East energy conference.
Al Shahristani said on Tuesday that Iraq plans to boost its capacity to produce oil to 9m barrels a day (bpd) by the end of the decade as Baghdad rushes to bolster its economy, which is still shattered by war and internal conflict. Iraq was producing 3m bpd in December, according to the International Energy Agency.
Iraq's intention to challenge Saudi Arabia's status as the "swing producer" in the OPEC cartel could see a dramatic fall in oil prices if Baghdad decides to break the group's quotas and sell more of its crude on the open market.
"It's very difficult to predict actual world (oil) demand by 2020 because the world economy is unpredictable," said Mr al-Shahristani.
British oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell are also poised to benefit from Iraq's ambitious production plans. Both companies are already managing two huge oil fields in southern Iraq which are vital if Baghdad is to achieve its goal.
However, even if Iraq is able to achieve its target of boost production capacity it is unlikely to be able to put in place sufficient pipeline and port infrastructure to export the additional crude.
Iraq's main export terminal for loading oil tankers at Al Faw near Basra will require billions of pounds worth of improvements in addition to the refurbishment of its pipeline network.
Iraq's ambitious plan could see it clash increasingly with the regime in Saudi Arabia, which has used its influence in OPEC over the last decade to keep oil prices above $100 a barrel. Saudi itself is now under pressure to boost output to maintain market share. The kingdom pumped 9.8m bpd in December up by about 100,000 barrels from the previous month.
Experts say that attention within OPEC, which pumps 30pc of the world's crude, could increasingly focus on compliance with more of the group's members tempted to pump more barrels to protect their share of the market as the cartel grapples with the rise of US shale oil production.
OPEC agreed in early December to renew for six months its 30m bpd output cap for the first half of the year to keep prices above $100. However, quotas have in the past proved difficult for OPEC as a group to enforce without any binding penalties for over-producing. Since its restoration to OPEC following the 2003 Gulf War, Iraq has been excluded from the group's quota system to allow its economy to recover but pressure is mounting for it to comply this year.
The International Monetary Fund this week warned that Iraq's weak economy remains vulnerable to fluctuations in oil markets. Crude oil exports account for 93pc of government revenues. The IMF estimated that Baghdad required an average oil price of $106.1 per barrel in 2013 to balance its budget, up from $95 in 2011 because of higher spending.
Despite Mr al-Shahristani's hopes for boosting Iraq's energy sector there are severe concerns over security amid fears the country may again be slipping toward a civil war between Sunni and Shia Muslim factions.
In a further challenge to Saudi Arabia, which is mostly closed to international oil companies, Mr al-Shahristani revealed that Baghdad is working with Iran to help it attract investment ahead of the possible lifting of sanctions. Oil companies are understood to be queuing up to win Iranian oil deals.
"Iran has been in touch with us," said Mr al-Shahristani. "They want to share our contracts model and experience."
Combined, Iran and Iraq hold greater reserves of oil than Saudi Arabia and the potential with the help of international investment to match its capacity to produce oil, which currently stands at around 12.5m b/d of crude.
14 Comments on "Iraq and Iran plot oil revolution in challenge to Saudi Arabia"
Northwest Resident on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 7:26 pm
The gods must have been in a joking mood when they put all that oil in the Middle East countries, along with a culture of intensive tribal and religious warfare that extends from the very beginnings of human history up to the present time. I'm sure they are up there somewhere in the clouds even now, laughing and rolling on the floor, saying "Here it is… Come and get it..".
"Iraq is poised to flood the oil market by tripling its capacity to pump crude by 2020." All they need is significant investment to build sufficient pipeline and port infrastructure to export the additional crude — and a way to keep those Sunni and Shia Muslim factions from blowing each other and all the newly built pipelines up. Good luck with that.
robertinget on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 7:55 pm
George W. Bush, later, Barack Obama made
significant contributions delaying Peak
Oil's bifurcation. Ten, eleven, twelve years of war certainly helped support oil prices, slowed, almost stopped E&P,
exports in Iraq.
Years of Iranian dumb assed Sanctions knocked another million barrels off markets.
One needs to ask, who benefited from removal of minimum, two million B p/d ?
Another unintended consequence of Iraq
and Iranian actual and cyber invasions
are to drive these two into each other's arms. Now, apparently, it's payback time.
I don't believe for a second either Iraq or Iran are capable of doubling production much less tripling by 2020.
This would be like forcing Iran's
child labor force to increase carpet
production 300%, only harder.
If you will never be an oil consumer, sit back and watch Saudi Arabia, Russia,
Syria, Kuwait, Oman, Iran and Iraq tear each other new excretion points.
DC on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 8:03 pm
The is 'plot' on is it? Funny though, I wonder just whose 'plot' exactly?
Could it be, these guys?
Q/British oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell are also poised to benefit from Iraq's ambitious production plans. Both companies are already managing two huge oil fields in southern Iraq which are vital if Baghdad is to achieve its goal.
This matters, a lot. Those fields used to be owned by the Iraqi people. The 'liberation' of Iraq however, has changed that. What little is left of Iraq, is now under western corporate management.
Hey NWR, do you mind providing actual proof the ME has been marked by intensive tribal and religious war since the 'beginning'. Or at least, show how they are somehow worse than say, us mighty whiteys? If your going to single all those 'dirty arab' as being particularly violent and war-prone types out it should at least square with reality-which it does not.
Even more Ironic is the easily verifiable fact that some of the mankind's oldest organized civilizations started in guess where NWR? Yea, Iraq. Its actually very difficult(impossible) to build complex civilizations when your engaged in 'constant tribal and religious warfare'. Yet somehow, the ME region produced some of mankind's oldest and earliest complex societies. So either your assertions are wrong, or world history is a massive hoax and world peace didnt break out until the US came along dropped a couple of its primitive WoMD on some yellow folks?
Which is it?
But they dont teach any of that in the United Snakes of War and coal do they?
J-Gav on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 8:13 pm
There should be an incremental increase but no doubling or tripling of output from either country by 2020, as Robertinget notes. (Oh, learned a new term there too – "excretion point?": not quite sure what it means but I'll think on it. Could it be the point where the quantity of excreta produced in the world exceeds oil production)?
One of the reasons for this is, as Northwest indicates, the existence of explosives. Another is the pressure which will be applied by other actors – it isn't as if the Saudis, Qataris etc are just going to quietly fade back into the desert in the meantime …
Northwest Resident on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 8:27 pm
Hey DC — "United Snakes of War and coal…". Clever, verrry clever. Gotta hand it to you.
You seem to think that you're smart and well-informed, DC. But a little self-introspection and brutally honest self-assessment might benefit you.
In answer to your question, here's a couple of links to get you going.
Why is the Middle East so at odds with modern life, laggard in everything from literacy to standard of living, from military prowess to political development?
"A profound new book by Philip Carl Salzman, professor at McGill University, with the deceptively plain title Culture and Conflict in the Middle East (Prometheus), offers a bold and original interpretation of Middle Eastern problems.
Tribal autonomy has driven Middle Eastern history, as the great historian Ibn Khaldun observed over six centuries ago. When a government faltered, large tribal confederations would form, leave their arid badlands and seize control of the cities and agricultural lands. Having seized the state, tribes exploited their power unabashedly to forward their own interests, cruelly exploiting their subject population, until they in turn faltered and the cycle started anew."
Another one:
"Conflicts within the Middle East cannot be separated from its peoples' culture. Seventh-century Arab tribal culture influenced Islam and its adherents' attitudes toward non-Muslims. Today, the embodiment of Arab culture and tribalism within Islam impacts everything from family relations, to governance, to conflict. While many diplomats and analysts view the Arab-Israeli dispute and conflicts between Muslim and non-Muslim communities through the prism of political grievance, the roots of such conflicts lie as much in culture and Arab tribalism.
Tribalism and Predatory Expansion
Every human society must establish order if it is going to survive and prosper. Arab culture addresses security through "balanced opposition" in which everybody is a member of a nested set of kin groups, ranging from very small to very large. These groups are vested with responsibility for the defense of each member and responsible for harm any member does to outsiders. If there is a confrontation, families face families, lineage faces lineage, clan faces clan, tribe faces tribe, confederacy faces confederacy, sect faces sect, and the Islamic community faces the infidels. Deterrence lies in the balance between opponents. Any potential aggressor knows that his target is not solitary or meager but rather, at least in principle, a formidable formation much the same size as his.
Balanced opposition is a "tribal" form of organization, a tribe being a regional organization of defense based on decentralization and self-help. Tribes operate differently from states, which are centralized, have political hierarchies, and have specialized institutions—such as courts, police, tax collectors, and an army—to maintain social control and defense.
Understanding the influence of tribalism upon the development of both Arab culture and, by extension, Islam, requires acknowledging the basic characteristics and dynamics of Middle Eastern tribalism. Part of any tribesman's job description is to maximize both the number of children and of livestock. There are practical reasons for this: First, children aid in labor. Nomadic pastoralism requires heavy physical work. Workers are needed to conduct many tasks simultaneously. Family members are more committed to common interests than individuals recruited for reciprocity or pay. Large families also enhance political stature. Because technology remains constant across tribal societies in any given area, the factor that determines military strength is how many fighters an individual can muster. The man who can call on five or six adult sons and a similar number of sons-in-law to support him is a force with which to reckon. Cultural values underline this emphasis on progeny. A man is not a man if he cannot produce children, and a woman is not really an adult if she does not become a mother."
You take from here, DC. There are thousands of links that prove the point — tribalism and tribal warfare is and has always been the "norm" in the Middle East countries — great civilizations of Persia, Egypt and Mesopotamia excepted.
Davy, Hermann, MO on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 8:39 pm
More media hype about oil supplies. Iraq is close to a civil war I see little chance of more than a incremental increase. Iran has its own set of issues but is better poised to increase supply if it makes peace with the sanction issues. The oil is there so the bellow ground variables are in place. The above ground issues are daunting especially for Iraq. If we see the impending financial crisis intensify this will further restrict supply growth. The one bright spot in Iraq is the Kurds who are on their way to an independent petro state.
DC, not sure your facts are right: What little is left of Iraq, is now under western corporate management. You are definitely wrong on this account. If anything the Iraqis will be exploiting the global investment players in their country.
DC, – Hey NWR, do you mind providing actual proof the ME has been marked by intensive tribal and religious war since the 'beginning'.
Middle East is a powder keg, have you watched the news lately?
DC, – But they don't teach any of that in the United Snakes of War and coal do they?
Are you feeling hateful? Please don't beat the dog, your kids, and or the wife
meld on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 9:02 pm
Won't be so easy once Iraq splits into three states has a civil war and the insanely stupid ristrists figure out that all you have to do to bring down a nation is target its energy production rather than its cleaners and bus drivers.
robertinget on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 9:04 pm
Nothing constructive will come of dialog if it sinks to personal invective.
DC on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 9:35 pm
So, NWR, historically, speaking, besides the civilizations, which strangely enough constituted the vast majority of ME cultures that you so graciously exempted from your ah, analysis, arabs
are all(essentially) tribal savages, got it.
I know they dont teach real history in the empire there, but its also a fact, that western civilization is also been wracked by 'tribal and religious wars' of all types throughout most of our history as well. In fact, our list of dirty laundry from the christian dark ages, through to modern times puts makes arabs look like saints by comparison.(Which of course they are not).
If you want bash arabs as being uncivilized savages, thats your business.There may have even been times and places where that label might be used with *some* justification. But don't try to pretend history or even reality supports your thinly veiled racism and revisionism.
In modern times, the entire area is under blanket assault and intervention by US and allied western nations. Their armies and intelligence agencies on the ground, actively sow instability and violence. So no, it does not surprise me, or anyone else things are so unstable in certain areas. Every single ME nation that the US has been spreading 'peace and democracy' (ie rule by US\allied oil corporations), is a living hell.
Right now, probably one of the most stable nations in the ME, is Iran. Why? No US troops,no 'security contractors, No IMF, no WB, no shah.
Northwest Resident on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 9:55 pm
DC, you're over-reacting. Anyway, I don't come to this site to debate Arab culture and history with American-hating insulting firebrands such as yourself. I'm sorry that I hit such a sensitive nerve in you. But the fact remains, that the Middle East today is wracked by inter-tribal and religious conflict, and that makes getting oil out of the ME countries very difficult, expensive and dangerous. Blame it on America if you want — but what America and European nations found when they first went to the ME was a bunch of warring tribes, and nothing has changed since then. And… I'm a long way from being racist — just the opposite, in fact. Seriously, you're over-reacting, but given that boiling hatred and anger inside you, its no surprise that you're blowing up over this one. Take a pill. Relax.
Harquebus on Tue, 28th Jan 2014 11:56 pm
Personally, I think that religion is a greater problem than tribalism in the ME. You can not debate those that have been brainwashed with religion.
Keith_McClary on Wed, 29th Jan 2014 12:35 am
I think the imperialist powers preferred tribalism (eg., elevating selected tribes such as Sauds to royalty). They did not want any modern centralized states. Just going by what they have done, not what they say.
Daniel Pipes is an ultra-rightist Jewish-supremacist Islamaphobe.
meld on Wed, 29th Jan 2014 11:06 am
Religion is for the weak minded.
spirituality is for the wise.
simonr on Wed, 29th Jan 2014 12:07 pm
Wouldnt it be more useful to ask why there is tribal conflict in the first place.
As for blaming religion, thats like blaming a bullet, not the guy that fired the gun.
As for spirituality, seems a bit subjective to be honest.


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And I even remembered to take the new doe's picture! She's half harlequin, half English lop. She definitely has the elongated lop head, but she's pretty all the same. I'm still considering names for her.
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Why a sacred journey?
These pilgrimages are offered as sacred journeys of remembering. All places are sacred. There are particular places on earth where the electromagnetic current of the Earth meets. These powerful telluric alignments are places well known to our ancestors, they were their chosen places of connection to Divine understanding, places of ceremony and initiation. These stones, mountains, rivers and waterways await the code carriers, you are a carrier of DNA and a portal of energy. When you travel to these points on the earth you activate your remembrance and also the planetary grid. It is this connection that we seek. Personally, I believe they are places of great remembrance because they are places of rebirth.
"We have seen people laughing, crying, sharing and create life long friendships on these journeys. There is something incredibly beautiful in those misty mornings as you gaze softly across the Pyrenees and sacred mountains. There, you will sense a small voice sounding ancient remembering. World pilgrims arrive atop not quite knowing why they came…"
There are many sacred adventures we can 'embarque' on. These journeys are an opportunity to walk on the lands of your ancient past to reconnect with your present future.


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The aims of the present study were to: (1) describe and compare individual characteristics of hospitalized and not hospitalized community living persons, and (2) to determine factors that are associated with hospitalization risk over time. We conducted a prospective study with a multifactorial approach based on the population-based longitudinal Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA). A total of 772 Swedes (mean age at baseline 69.7 years, range 46–103, 59.8% females) answered a postal questionnaire about physical and psychological health, personality and socioeconomic factors. During nine years of follow-up, information on hospitalizations and associated diagnoses were obtained from national registers. Results show that 484 persons (63%) had at least one hospital admission during the follow-up period. The most common causes of admission were cardiovascular diseases (25%) and tumors (22%). Cox proportional hazard regression models controlling for age, sex and dependency within twin pairs, showed that higher age (HR = 1.02, p < 0.001) and more support from relatives (HR = 1.09, p = 0.028) were associated with increased risk of hospitalization, while marital status (unmarried (HR = 0.75, p = 0.033) and widow/widower (HR = 0.69, p < 0.001)) and support from friends (HR = 0.93, p = 0.029) were associated with lower risk of hospitalization. Social factors were important for hospitalization risk even when medical factors were controlled for in the analyses. Number of diseases was not a risk in the final regression model. Hospitalization risk was also different for women and men and within different age groups. We believe that these results might be used in future interventions targeting health care utilization.
An increasingly older population will most likely lead to greater demands on the health care system, as older age is associated with an increased risk of having acute and chronic conditions. The number of diseases or disabilities is not the only marker of the amount of health care utilized, as persons may seek hospitalization without a disease and/or illness that requires hospital healthcare. Hospitalization may pose a severe risk to older persons, as exposure to the hospital environment may lead to increased risks of iatrogenic disorders, confusion, falls and nosocomial infections, i.e., disorders that may involve unnecessary suffering and lead to serious consequences.
Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to describe and explore individual trajectories of cognitive development in relation to hospitalization and risk factors for hospitalization among older persons living in different accommodations in Sweden and to explore older persons' reasons for being transferred to a hospital.
Methods: The study designs were longitudinal, prospective and descriptive, and both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Specifically, latent growth curve modelling was used to assess the association of cognitive development with hospitalization. The Cox proportional hazards regression model was used to analyse factors associated with hospitalization risk overtime. In addition, an explorative descriptive design was used to explore how home health care patients experienced and perceived their decision to seek hospital care.
Results: The most common reasons for hospitalization were cardiovascular diseases, which caused more than one-quarter of first hospitalizations among the persons living in ordinary housing and nursing home residents (NHRs). The persons who had been hospitalized had a lower mean level of cognitive performance in general cognition, verbal, spatial/fluid, memory and processing speed abilities compared to those who had not been hospitalized. Significantly steeper declines in general cognition, spatial/fluid and processing speed abilities were observed among the persons who had been hospitalized. Cox proportional hazards regression analysis showed that the number of diseases, number of drugs used, having experienced a fall and being assessed as malnourished according to the Mini Nutritional Assessment scale were related to an increased hospitalization risk among the NHRs. Among the older persons living in ordinary housing, the risk factors for hospitalization were related to marital status, i.e., unmarried persons and widows/widowers had a decreased hospitalization risk. In addition, among social factors, receipt of support from relatives was related to an increased hospitalization risk, while receipt of support from friends was related to a decreased risk. The number of illnesses was not associated with the hospitalization risk for older persons in any age group or for those of either sex, when controlling for other variables. The older persons who received home health care described different reasons for their decisions to seek hospital care. The underlying theme of the home health care patients' perceptions of their transfer to a hospital involved trust in hospitals. This trust was shared by the home health care patients, their relatives and the home health care staff, according to the patients.
Conclusions: This thesis revealed that middle-aged and older persons who had been hospitalized exhibited a steeper decline in cognition. Specifically, spatial/fluid, processing speed, and general cognitive abilities were affected. The steeper decline in cognition among those who had been hospitalized remained even after controlling for comorbidities. The most common causes of hospitalization among the older persons living in ordinary housing and in nursing homes were cardiovascular diseases, tumours and falls. Not only health-related factors, such as the number of diseases, number of drugs used, and being assessed as malnourished, but also social factors and marital status were related to the hospitalization risk among the older persons living in ordinary housing and in nursing homes. Some risk factors associated with hospitalization differed not only between the men and women but also among the different age groups. The information provided in this thesis could be applied in care settings by professionals who interact with older persons before they decide to seek hospital care. To meet the needs of an older population, health care systems need to offer the proper health care at the most appropriate level, and they need to increase integration and coordination among health care delivered by different care services.


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July 25 – 26th 2019: Toy play and Marker Cues Seminar (Canberra)
Please fill out the form below to apply for a working position. These will be allocated in order of meeting Shade's requirements and in order of application.
We will contact you to let you know if you have been accepted for a working position, or if we have already filled positions.
We have had 10 applications. If you would like to go on the wait list please fill out the form below.
Total cost $495
Seminars run for 8 hours (8:00AM – 5:00PM). There will be a short morning and afternoon break, with a 60 minute lunch period.
LOCATION: 1 Morrisset Rd Mitchel act.
Tea, coffee and water will be available on site. Please bring your own snacks and lunches on both days.
SPACE: Due to limited space within the venue, only working dogs will be allowed inside the facility. Extra dogs take up space needed for working teams. If you bring your non-working dog to the seminar it will be expected that your dog will be crated in your car. It is very important that no dogs are allowed off lead or to socialise within the facility. Females in season are not allowed within the facility.
By booking your auditing position you are agreeing to the terms and conditions.
Is my dog suitable for this seminar?
Your dog will need to be comfortable and well behaved in a moderately crowded space with the presence of other dogs and people. While we have limited enrolments to avoid excessive crowding, other dogs and people will be nearby. If you are working through uncontrolled reactivity or aggression then this is not a suitable environment as it is not fair to your dog or to other dogs who need to feel safe to perform their best.


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One of the coolest mountain bike rides you can do in South Lake Tahoe is to head up to Freel Pass! This is the one of highest point on the Tahoe Rim Trail and offers some amazing views and amazing trail!
Here is a couple of ways of getting there:
- Start at our shop and use our mountain bike shuttle service. For $10 we can shuttle you and your bike up to Stage Coach Lodge, from there you can head south on the Tahoe Rim Trail all the way to Freel Pass. You'll start at 7,700′ and pedal a few miles, do a couple hike-a-bikes and land at Monument Pass at 8,000′. From there its smooth sailing to Star Lake. Take a dip, eat your snacks, and enjoy this serene alpine gem of a lake. Then about 3 more miles take you up another 700 feet to Freel Pass…thats it …….then…. you ride back to Star Lake and decend down Star Lake Trail to Cold Creek Trail, descend that too, then pedal back to the shop for cold beer. Or go all the way over the Pass and descend to Armstrong Pass, then down Armstrong Pass Trail to the Armstrong Connector to either Sidewinder or Corral and fininsh on lower Corral….that is some top shelf downhill and also almost 2 hours of going down. Either way can be about 2 hours of descending!!
- Start from our shop and pedal up Cold Creek Trail to High Meadow. Then cut across High Meadow and pedal up Star Lake Trail to Star Lake. From Star Lake take the Tahoe Rim Trail to Freel Pass! You can come down the way you came up……or go down the other side of Freel Pass.
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We all deserve to indulge and enjoy delicious food, thoughtful gifts and quality time with loved ones during this season! However, the holidays are a time when a lot of us feel like we're "off-track."
The truth is, there are choices we can make during this season to "do our best and forget the rest."
Another truth-bomb: Why waste money during the holidays on things that lose their sparkle by New Year's Day?
Give gifts that make a difference and change someone else's life. And while you're at it, give YOURSELF gifts that change YOUR life, too.
Over the next five days, I'll share with you the gifts that I'm giving and recommending this year for the loved ones in your life.
Day 1: Health Coaching
Day 2: Food & Wine
Day 3: Skin, Body & Beauty
Day 4: Goal-Slaying
Day 5: Mind, Body, Soul - TODAY!
Heart Math Inner Balance Trainer (Bluetooth version): www.heartmath.com
I learned about Heart Math last year and again this past month. The concept is that our heart rate variability can be controlled in order to bring feelings and frequencies of joy and happiness. It's REALLY fascinating to learn about the science of this, especially how it reduces stress and anxiety. I think this is an awesome gift that most people wouldn't think to give, but is such a cool gadget that someone would continue to use long after the holidays.
Spirit Junkie by Gabrielle Bernstein: www.gabbybernstein.com
Gabby is the ultimate spiritual girl boss, teaching women across the world how to tap back into their spirituality. Even if you're not someone who practices religion, having a spiritual practice can be game-changing in our holistic health journey. Try out Spirit Junkie for your sister or bestie, or her book The Universe Has Your Back.
23 & Me DNA Genetic Testing & Analysis: www.23andme.com
This was actually a gift request from one of our family members! For any of your relatives who is more curious about their heritage and genetic disposition, this is a thoughtful gift that will provide them with valuable knowledge! Right now they're offering 30% off and free shipping through the holiday.
Mastering Your Inner Mean Girl by Melissa Ambrosini: www.melissaambrosini.com
I absolutely loved this audiobook. I listened last week and it was such a great reminder that the voice in our head that judges us (and everyone else), a.k.a. our "mean girl," is someone we need to get to know but ultimately close the door on. Warning: You'll want to focus when you listen and or take notes as you listen. Insight without inspired action is pointless!
Still looking for ideas? How about my health coaching holiday package? Give the gift of better health to your loved ones or yourself this season!
Holiday Package ($124)
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Daily email access for questions and accountability
An Integrative Nutrition Journal to track your progress and reflect on your journey (A $17 value)
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Client must redeem first session before 12/31/18
On the fence? Here's what you're gifting yourself or your loved one when you purchase the Holiday Package.
Personalized Care & Support:
When was the last time your health professional asked you how you were doing and really listened? A health coach cares about you and has your best interests in mind. Health coaches aren't measured on how quickly they can get their clients in and out of the door. Instead, we focus on our conversation with you, listen to your ideas, ask questions and provide advice and feedback. We've been where you are and will climb back into the trenches with you to help you get out. Bonus? Some health coaches even love to give gifts - because, hello! It's a love language! Find a health coach who resonates with you and who will support your journey in an open, welcoming and positive way.
Find the right foods and eating habits for YOU:
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The lifestyle that works for YOU:
Health isn't just about the food on your plate. It's about every component of life: career, social life, exercise, relationships. Do you ever get involved with a passion project and you're so fueled by the work that you lose track of time? OR, have you ever been in an awful relationship and you ate food to feel better about it? *raises both hands* Eat all the kale in the world, but if you're surrounded by toxic relationships, you'll be held back. Health coaches take a holistic approach to health and wellness, looking at how all areas of life are connected. Does stress at work cause you to overeat? Does lack of sleep or low energy prevent you from exercising? These are the questions you'll get answers to when working with a health coach.
You'll finally take action (with a lil' kick in the you-know-what when you need it):
What do you think of when you think of living your healthiest, happiest life? Health coaches work with you create specific goals that bring you closer to that vision! Co-creating goals with reasonable time frames and actionable steps helps you focus on exactly what you're working toward. You'll get recommendations and even mini-assignments in between sessions that focus on you taking action. Not clear on your big, grand vision of health yet? That's what taking the first step in connecting with a health coach is for!
Who wouldn't want to spend $124 on a health transformation that sets the stage for the rest of their lives? Gift it to yourself or to someone you love.
Holiday Package ($124)
4 30-min coaching sessions
Daily email access for questions and accountability
An Integrative Nutrition Journal to track your progress and reflect on your journey (A $17 value)
$124 OFF a 6 or 12-pack of health coaching sessions to continue your transformation
Client must redeem first session before 12/31/18
Thank you for joining me in the 5 Days of Gifting! Have any questions? Contact me!


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I am a Computer Science/Software Engineering student at Arizona State University working on a special project for an independent study which will incorporate Blackboard. My instructor wants me to make an Alexa Skill that can answer student questions based on discussion board posts. I originally was going to write a web scraper to extract questions and answers from posts, but since Blackboard has developer resources, I wanted to see if I could use some of them to help accomplish my goals more effectively.
That all said, I am trying to find a way to make this happen but I am a bit confused and intimidated by the documentation that is out there. My first question is.. do I need to have Behind the Blackboard access to accomplish this? Second, are the Building Blocks related to the REST API or something different entirely?
I was looking at starting to learn with this repo:
GitHub - blackboard/BBDN-REST-Demo-CSharp: CSharp Console App for testing Blackboard REST APIs.
But that is proving difficult without a test environment.. I am under the impression I need a Behind the Blackboard account to make that happen. Is that correct?
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — After hearing about the plight of a cancer-stricken child whose mother was facing imminent deportation, a U.S. border bishop, Texas Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, decided to pay the pair a visit at the hospital.
On Aug. 7, he prayed at a Texas hospital with bed-ridden 8-year-old Alia Escobedo, suffering from bone cancer, and her mother Maria De Loera, the child's only caretaker, before heading to a meeting with immigration officials — a hearing in which the mother was to report for deportation but one which the bishop attended in her place.
"I was informed about the situation over the weekend, I'd heard rumblings," said Bishop Seitz in an Aug. 7 phone interview with Catholic News Service. "As a parish priest, one of the most rewarding ministries was through the sick. I always felt close to children who were sick."
At the hospital, he said, he read Scriptures with the mother and daughter, who are Catholic, and prayed. He said he tried to reassure the mother that there were a lot of people trying to help.
"It was a pleasure to be able to meet them and hopefully bring a bit of a consolation to this young child," he said. "They're amazingly resilient. This mom had her husband killed in (Ciudad) Juarez, escaped to El Paso running for her life. When she came here, her youngest daughter was diagnosed with bone cancer."
The last two and half years have been filled, not just with treatments at the hospital, but also with the threat of deportation. An asylum request De Loera filed in 2014 was denied the following year, and since then, she has been in the process of being removed from the country by immigration officials.
Bishop Seitz, along with other clergy, accompanied De Loera's lawyer to see officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, "to reconsider … given the circumstances," he said.
He said he met with a case worker and a supervisor as well as other officials.
"I think they were relatively receptive," he said.
On Aug. 8, ICE officials granted De Loera a six-month stay to continue watching over her daughter during treatment, said Dylan Corbett, executive director of the Hope Border Institute, which also has been involved calling in attention to the case. At her daughter's bedside, De Loera wears an ICE-issued ankle monitor to track her location even though she has not committed a crime and arrived seeking asylum, Corbett said.
"Maria and Alia are the human face of a broken immigration system and militarized border enforcement," said the Hope Border Institute in an email statement. "They're the reason we're fighting for reform and a more human border."
"I'm concerned about the very fact that we had to intercede on behalf of this mother under these circumstances," Bishop Seitz said to CNS, because it shows that "even the most obvious humanitarian reasons for allowing a person to stay are no longer sufficient."
Bishop Seitz made headlines in July because of a pastoral letter in which he denounced the "demonization of immigrants" and pleaded with others for compassion and solidarity. He said he's aware that even among Catholics, the issue of immigration can spark disagreement.
"I just ask them to bring these issues to their prayer," he said. "And also, to get to know a recent immigrant and, especially, to get to know one who fled here without the opportunity to arrange documents because they were fleeing for their lives, before deciding what the proper resolution of these cases should be."
Jesus, he said, spoke to questions of law and recognized that there is the law of God and human laws, and human laws can be good or they can be bad.
"Bad laws need to be changed and sometimes bad laws cannot be followed," he said. "One example is the law that permits abortion. Just because the law says it's OK, it does not make it OK."
He also asked others to think about the circumstances that lead others to flee their native countries.
"If any of us lived in a situation, in a country where there is extreme violence, we would do whatever it took to find a situation of safety, even if it meant crossing a border," he said. "We would do it if our children were starving. We wouldn't say 'I guess we'll just stay here and watch our children die.' Nobody would do that. We would do whatever we needed to do."
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bestselling Bible translation "The Message", in which Peterson clearly and plainly said that he would perform a gay wedding and allowed openly LGBT+ people to serve and lead in the churches he has pastored. This statement from Peterson was hailed as a minor victory for LGBT+ Christians who are fighting for our place in the Church, considering that Peterson is 84 years old and such a prominent international Christian figure.
As many LGBT+ Christians and our allies celebrated, conservative Christians took to the Internet with one of two general responses. The first response was "Yawn, we all knew Peterson was a liberal." The other response was "We're disappointed and hope that he changes his mind, but if not, he's just another one the walked away from the faith."
Both responses could have been predicted beforehand, because it is true that Peterson, as a pastoral theologian, has always erred towards the side of love, grace, and acceptance, rather than to rigid dogma and doctrine. The latter response is the response of those who have been impacted by Peterson, but are just as happy to dismiss him as a heretic and move on.
Later Wednesday evening, Lifeway Christian Bookstores, the largest Christian bookstore chain in the country announced that they were prepared to stop selling Peterson's books if his remarks were really where he stood, and that they had reached out to Peterson for clarification. Likewise, behind the scenes as NavPress, the conservative publisher of The Message, there were similar conversations about how to proceed with selling the Bible translation of a man who didn't condemn same sex relationships.
One can imagine that both groups, and many others, frantically reached out to Peterson and detailed the financial ramifications for Peterson and his publishers, as well as the impact it would have on his legacy. If NavPress couldn't sell The Message, they likely couldn't survive as a publisher. And many seminaries, colleges, and denominations that use Peterson's books would likely cease selling and buying them. Conservatives would see Peterson as one who could not "faithfully endure to the end" and his reputation would be forever tarnished.
With this as the background, Peterson and his representatives had a choice. Either they would stand by the quotes that he gave to Religion News Service and face the consequences, or they would retract the quotes and declare that Peterson was opposed to same-sex marriage and would not support LGBT+ inclusion in the Church.
On Thursday afternoon, Christianity Today reported that it had received an official retraction from Peterson, in which Peterson allegedly wrote:
"To clarify, I affirm a biblical view of marriage: one man to one woman…. I've never performed a same-sex wedding. I've never been asked and, frankly, I hope I am never asked… When put on the spot by [Religion News Service], I said yes [I would perform a same-sex wedding] in the moment. But on further reflection and prayer, I would like to retract that…That said, I would still love such a couple as their pastor. They'd be welcome at my table, along with everybody else."
While we may never know what the behind-the-scenes conversations with Peterson looked like over the past twenty-four hours, this retraction reveals to us all that Peterson is not a credible Christian leader as we once thought. Whether he was forced to retract his statement or he did so of his own accord, Peterson's actions display a great deal of moral cowardice, both on his part and the part of his publishers and booksellers.
No matter what side of the debate you fall, it should be incredibly concerning to all Christians that someone like Peterson could say two diametrically opposed things publicly in less than a week. Which is the truth? What does he really think? What is his motivation behind the two interviews? These are questions that we should all be asking ourselves. Whatever the answer to these questions might be, Peterson is still shown to be deceptive and inauthentic.
Again, I am fully aware that Peterson was likely pressured to make this statement that flies in the face of what many have heard him say in private setting and of his statement to RNS. I am fully aware that this saga could be far from over, and Peterson could release another statement in the days ahead. But none the less, the actions of Lifeway, NavPress, and Peterson reveal less-than-Christian motivations behind this all, and any discerning follower of Christ should respond accordingly.
Todays events yet again reflect the sorry state of American Evangelicalism. Evangelical Christianity today has nothing to do with proclaiming the good news of Jesus to the world, and everything to do with preserving power, wealth, and privilege, regardless of who must be abused to maintain it. This so-called "Christian" tradition continues to reveal itself to be anti-Christ, and must be opposed by all those who claim to follow the renegade Rabbi from Nazareth.
Today, the Christian Right rejoices in the face of progressive and LGBT+ people. Today, many national leaders like Russell Moore are declaring their gladness that Peterson has retracted his statement of support for the LGBT+ community. Today, thousands of LGBT+ Christian youth are watching this scenario unfold, reinforcing the message that they are not welcome, accepted, or included in the family of God or the table of grace. And the damage of that message cannot be underestimated.
According to Christian theology, Peterson, the folks at Lifeway, and all those who rejoice at the exclusion of sexual and gender minorities will one day give an account for the actions that have unfolded over these two days, and I for one believe they will be met by a weeping Christ whose heart has been broken by the damage this unfaithful behavior has caused.


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Slept in. Low grade fever (LGF) this morning. Took Theraflu for head congestion. All better. Continued Theraflu. Had good energy after Theraflu worked. Cleaned bedroom/bath, grocery shopped, cooked dinner. Resting now. It's evening: experiencing rapid irregular heart rate. Emotionally sensitive day. Feelings of sadness. Staying strong, holding on.
Glad I went to church. Uplifting. Good to visit friends and serve on Easter while kids had fun playing. Needed the worship service to encourage me. Grateful for that. Weather was beautiful. Exhausted by day's end. By night, I am feeling emotionally vulnerable. Sad and guilty - not my usual energetic, push-thru-and-just-try-harder-self. Maybe that's a good thing - a healthy thing - a "self-care" thing. Low grade fever (LGF) persists. Theraflu is a must-have. Time for shot #3. Not worried about flu effects.
THANK YOU LAF Ladies for the Easter baskets! The kids loved the candy (Ok, ok...so did I.)!
Woke up tired with LGF. Exercised with Alana and didn't go full out. Less intense. Did not have energy to go to gym later. Very sad today. Hard to relax. Feeling somewhat depressed - having a hard time coming out of it. Glad to pick up kids from school. Got my mind off my sadness. My kids are so understanding and uplifting. They love their mommy. I'm grateful. On the way to dance practice, Desiree acted as deejay on the iPod. The music ministered to me. God is good. Got a text from a friend who just moved away to Dallas. The convo was casual but she shared great news! Just to know she was thinking of me took more sadness away.
Then I got the ultimate uplift in the grocery store: Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" played overhead. Yes, I will survive! Then "Soul Man" played next. Hilarious! Now I'm chuckling. Sadness is gone. Heaviness is lifted. Thank God! Had I stayed around the house I probably would be feeling more depressed. I'm glad the children keep me busy in the afternoons, even if I'm tired.
I gave myself the Neupogen shot to increase my neutrophils (white blood cells). Great. More drugs, right! But, I'm glad my Mayo medical crew is taking good care of me. And, I'm a pro at giving myself shots! I didn't think I'd get so comfortable with it so fast.
The side effects of Neupogen could be tiredness and bone aches.
I'm already tired. Let's see how I feel tomorrow.
It's Ba-ack! And worse! My emotional state is bad, to say the least. I never felt so heavy, yet so emotionally weak. So clearly depressed. So hopeless. It's scary. My thoughts have been dangerous. I hope that... I hope I can keep a healthy mind. I hope that the Lord hears my cries, that He will rescue me and keep me sane.
Wow, you guys! Never have I been through such a frightening mental state! Well, I take that back. I do remember going through something like this during chemotherapy for leukemia, 25 years ago, at age 12. Hmm... [See My Cancer Story]
So I managed enough strength to raise myself off my bathroom floor. I found a safe place to compulsively cry and journal. Just in case you think I'm being dramatic, "managing enough strength" is no easy task. I have even more compassion for the clinically depressed. I get it. If what I experienced is only a fraction of what most go through... Pray for me!
I couldn't get my mind to function. I couldn't think. I was trying to come up with encouraging thoughts, phrases, words. Something positive. Nothing was coming to me.
I needed rescuing. Journal that.
I did.
My mind was stuck. Congested. Heavy. Fogged. Jammed. You know, like a computer keyboard button getting stuck on "?" or something...
I emailed a friend. That's all I had the strength to do. Glad I had that much. Glad I had a smartphone too. She replied quickly and her words shone like "light" through my fog. Here's some of what she said, God bless her:
"Reaching out and emailing and sharing with me is VERY healthy. You are not weak but human!!"
That's right. I am human, only human. If I can't. Don't. It's ok. I will again soon.
"Grieve. It is ok. Just know that you will not be in this spot that you are in for very long. I promise!"
She was right.
No fog! Feeling...dare I say...good!?! Sigh. Thank You, Lord!
And THANK YOU to my LAF ladies for the encouraging cards in the mail.
And THANK YOU to the Mota family for dinner! Delicious! We are set for a few nights!
An even better day! But ya better recognize: "good" and "better" are all relative terms nowadays. Some things remain the same: LGF, fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid irregular heart rate, congestion etc. But, I don't feel as weak, physically. Not so emotionally heavy. I'm sure my husband's been praying for me. I haven't been there for him like he's used to me being (like I'm used to me being...).
I cleaned out two closets, loaded up the SUV and headed to Goodwill to donate. Stopped by the grocery store on the way home. Productivity! Ah... feels good! Communicated with friends via text, Facebook, and phone convo. Ah... I feel encouraged and loved!
I wonder if the Neupogen shot has something to do with it. Maybe my neutrophils are rising? Maybe that's why I don't feel as weak? I got my blood drawn today and was anxious to hear back from the nurse. Maybe tomorrow then.


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