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Janice Abbott
Chief Executive Officer
Janice Abbott has been the CEO of Atira Women's Resource Society since 1992. She has lead the Society through its incredible growth from a single transition house located in South Surrey with a staff of seven to a large multi-service agency with two, for-profit subsidiaries, a development arm and more than 500 staff.
She has headed up numerous innovative capital projects including Canada's first multi-unit recycled shipping container housing development, which was completed in August 2013. Throughout Atira's herstory, Janice has championed barrier-free and low-barrier access to programs and services for women, ensuring Atira's programs are accessible to all women affected by violence including women who have traditionally been marginalized by mainstream society. She developed and works to honour in her daily practice and in her life Atira's anti-oppression framework.
Janice is a Governor in Council appointee to the Board of Directors of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, where she chairs the Affordable Housing Committee and is a member of the Risk and Human Resource Committees. She was named to the Power 50 list by Vancouver Magazine in 2017; recognized by BC Business Magazine as among one of BC's 35 Most Influential Women in 2016 and BC's Most Influential Women in Not-for-Profit, Culture & Media in 2015. Their panel said of Janice, "There's a woman who's been able to commercialize–in the most positive sense of the word– social enterprise in order to build more housing. Her drive is to create a very large, functioning not-for-profit entity focused on ending violence against women."
She is also the recipient of numerous other awards including the 2013 BC Non-Profit Housing Association's Denise LaBlond Award, recognizing her dedication and vision in affordable housing in BC; and the Ernst & Young 2010 Social Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Niki Antonopoulou
Executive Director, Human Resources
Niki's expansive front-line and management experience enables her to understand the needs of the women and children who access Atira's programs and services as well as Atira's more than 250 staff.
Niki has worked for Atira Women's Resource Society since 1992, starting as a front-line support worker and moving into program management in 1997. In her capacity as program manager, Niki was responsible for all aspects of program and property management at those sites she was responsible for including Koomseh Second-Stage Transition Housing program in Surrey and Bridge Housing for Women, a seven-storey development in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. In 2004, Niki took on the role of Director, Human Resources and lead Atira's human resources department through prodigious growth. She has been the Executive Director, Operations since 2010 and brought her vast knowledge of Atira and the sector as well as her expertise to that position.
Niki holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Certificate in Human Resources and a rental property manager license (since expired). Her love of learning continues to expand her understanding of the world, especially through online university courses.
Jacqui Evans-Atkinson
Executive Director, Finance & Administration
Jacqui is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Professional Accountant with more than 30 years of experience. She has a broad base of expertise including financial statement preparation and review, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, strategic planning, and improving financial reporting and process control.
Anne M'Mithiaru
Director, Non-Residential Programs
Anne moved to Canada in 2003 from Kenya to pursue a Bachelor's in Human Ecology, majoring in Family Violence & Conflict Resolution and Child & Adolescent Development at the University of Manitoba.
After graduating, she worked with Marymound Inc. as a Youth Care Practitioner, where she was later promoted to Senior Youth Care Practitioner working with at risk youth and children at an assessment unit.
In 2011 she became a Program Manager for Residential Mentorship Programs with Changes Supportive Living working with youth and adults living with mental health and addictions. She then moved to beautiful British Columbia in the fall of 2014 and worked as a Program Manager with Helping Spirit Lodge's First Stage Transition House in Vancouver until joining Atira in April 2015.
Caithlin Scarpelli
Director, Development, Communications & Fundraising
Caithlin began volunteering at Atira Women's Resource Society at age 13 providing after-school childcare for moms accessing services at one of Atira's second-stage housing programs, as well as in the administration office filing and cleaning.
She gained part-time employment at age 15 and continued to work on a part-time basis until 2003 when, after finishing a professional pastry program at the Art Institute of Vancouver, she started work as the children's community kitchen coordinator, a job she adored. When funding was cut for that program a few a years later, she went to work assisting Atira's then fundraiser and over the next seven years and after completing the Fundraising Management Certificate Program at BCIT, grew into her current role as the Director,Communications, Development, Fundraising. Working in an environment that promotes equality for women has always been her passion and she continues to work every day in the struggle to end violence against women and children.
In 2014 Caithlin was accepted into the Canadian Women's Foundation Leadership program, run by the Coady International Institute at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. The year-long program is an exclusive and exciting opportunity to build on leadership skills, develop relationships with other women working in similar organizations across the country and to learn new skills in community economic development. In 2015 Caithlin participated along with eight other women leaders from across Canada in the United States Department of State Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs - International Visitor Leadership Program on Preventing Violence Against Women.


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Released on Thanksgiving weekend in November 1944, only six months after the seismic morale-boost that was D-Day, Meet Me In St Louis offered a suddenly more optimistic wartime America the chance to wallow in the sugary comforts of hearth and home, to take refuge in innocence and nostalgia. With its sumptuous Technicolor tones, its American songbook classics, and its evocation of an idyllic, untroubled fin-de-siècle St Louis that surely never existed until Vincente Minnelli dreamed it up, Meet Me In St Louis is as midwestern Republican in its outlook as Minnelli himself (though, as a closeted gay midwestern Republican, he might well have seen the GOP as perfect camouflage). Yet, as with John Ford, you can forgive a lot politically when you get so well served aesthetically.
Minnelli has been out of fashion for a while, despite having directed – alongside Meet Me In St Louis – some of the truly evergreen musicals of the middle 20th century, especially at MGM under Arthur Freed.
His other forte was as a 1950s director of widescreen colour melodramas often adapted from the fatter, racier bestsellers of the postwar paperback revolution, many of which have developed separate cults of their own. The Rat Pack fanbase loves Some Came Running, from the James Jones potboiler, not just for its Sinatra-Dino-MacLaine dream cast, but for its delirious expressionism, especially in the hallucinatory final fairground sequence. The Bad And The Beautiful is still as piercing, witty and malign a demolition of Hollywood as any put on screen since, and its kinda-sorta sequel, Two Weeks In Another Town, from the Irwin Shaw bestseller, is a misshapen and hysterical Cinecittà nightmare that repays a good three or four viewings before it just tears itself apart before your eyes.
Minnelli's many neuroses are freely at play in these movies, and never more so than in the mental hospital melodrama The Cobweb, in which a range of now-defunct pathologies – ah, frigidity and nymphomania, where have you gone? – ebb and surge through a once-in-a-lifetime cast (Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, Richard Widmark) in which the doctors are often nuttier than the patients; or Tea And Sympathy, a halting, mealy-mouthed and profoundly dated attempt to deal, however obliquely, with the taboo of homosexuality, here dubbed "unmanliness". This last pair – two real Minnelli oddities – are among my favourites: the weird restraints upon both of them, some self-imposed, can tell you more about the 1950s than any history book.
Like the MGM musical itself,his age is gone; the taboos he strained against have all evaporated, but the work endures. And his virtues are embodied in Meet Me In St Louis. Clang! Clang! Clang!

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Sharbat Bibi, better known to the world as the iconic 'Afghan Girl' photographed by Steve McCurry, was arrested by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on corruption charges in Peshawar on 26 October.
Bibi, now in her 40s, was arrested from her residence in the Nothia area of Pakistan's Peshawar for being in illegal possession of a Pakistani ID card. The officials of Pakistan's National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), who had allegedly issued her the ID card illegally have also been suspended.
Bibi has been arrested on charges of forging a Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC), FIA sources said.
According to a report in the Dawn, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) issued three CNICs to Sharbat Bibi and two men who claimed to be her sons sometime last year. It has however been found that the issuance of CNICs were in violation of the rules and procedures of NADRA.
Sharbat Bibi's claim to fame was her haunting face caught on camera by Steve McCurry, who had photographed her at a refugee camp near Peshawar in 1984. Bibi was 12 back then. Her face became the cover of the June 1985 issue of the National Geographic Magazine, bearing the title 'Afghan Girl'.


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- Glacier: Among the most scenic hikes in the park is the 56-mile Northern Circle. A counterclockwise circuit starting and ending at Many Glaciers visits Ptarmigan Tunnel, Elizabeth Lake, Dawn Mist Falls, Belly River, Cosley and Glenns Lakes, Stoney Indian Pass, Fifty Mountain environs, Granite Park Chalet, and Swiftcurrent Pass. Contact: (406) 888-7800; www.nps.gov/glac.
- Mt. Rainier: Try the 93-mile Wonderland Trail, a classic route encircling the mountain and taking you from primeval forests to timberline snowfields. Any segment of the trail makes a first-rate shorter trip. (See "A Hiker In Wonderland".) Contact: (360) 569-2211; www.nps.gov/mora.
- Rocky Mountain: The 19-mile loop starting on the North Inlet Trail and connecting with the Tonahutu Creek Trail has it all: forests, waterfalls, and expansive views. For the best views of all, be sure to include the short detour up the spur trail leading to the summit of Flattop Mountain. (See "Life's Great Divide," June 1998.) Contact: (970) 586-1206; www.nps.gov/romo.
- Yosemite: Dissect the high and low country of the park on a 21-mile trip (one way) starting at the Sunrise Lake trailhead (Tuolumne Meadows). Hike to Sunrise Lake, Little Yosemite Valley (take the detour up Half Dome), Nevada and Vernal Falls, and Happy Isles (Yosemite Valley). (See "Yosemite: Treasure Of The Sierra" for more.) Contact: (209) 372-0200; www.nps.gov/yose.


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BTC Service Disruption Saturday March 22nd
NASSAU, NP- (March 22nd, 2014)... At about 1:30 a.m., BTC began to witness disruptions across all the network platforms – Land line, Internet and Mobile – due to technical failures.
Teams were immediately deployed to try and determine the cause and to begin repairs and restoration. Technicians were able to restore a significant amount of Land line and Internet connectivity by early morning. However, Mobile presented more serious challenges.
Updates were released throughout the day as work progressed.
BTC mobilized its full technical team to resolve the issue, and was able to call on dozens of resources from its partner venders to assist in the resolution.
By early afternoon, services had been restored to BTC's postpaid customer base. By 4:30 pm, services began to return to the prepaid customers. BTC anticipates that full restoration would be complete before 8:00 pm.
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On Wednesday 22nd April we were lucky enough to have our very own lambing trip following another successful event for OverburyEstate and Farms the weekend before http://www.overburyestate.co.uk/2015/04/lambing-live-2015/
What more can pre-school children ask for tractors and lambs!!
We were able to have a good look around both sheds up at Park Farm after enjoying the bumpy tractor ride . Taking time to have a close look.
Some children were lucky enough to feed the orphan lambs.....
Then others proved to be shepherds in the making, rounding them up to get back in their pen!


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How to Build a Veggie Grain Bowl
Looking for meals you can toss together with your eyes closed? We hear you. No matter how tired you are, we're betting you can manage to whip up some variation of this simple, healthy stuff (which makes great next-day leftovers too). Here are five keys to building a super bowl:
1. Grains: I like hearty ones like brown rice, quinoa, and whole-wheat pearl couscous (the plump kind). Cook a big batch on Sunday, and save 1/2 to 1 cup for each later-in-the-week bowl.
2. Veggies: The sweeter, the better. Think beets, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and red bell peppers—leftovers come in handy here. Chop into bite-size pieces, and sprinkle over the grains.
3. Greens: Throw in some raw or steamed kale, spinach, broccoli, or other good-for-you green. I am a fan of the microwave for steaming. (Psst, it doesn't kill nutrients.)
4. Proteins: Add a handful of black beans, chickpeas, or edamame for a tasty protein boost (8 grams per 1/2-cup serving!). If you're not into beans, go the baked cubed tofu or tempeh route.
5. Sauce: Use any bottled or homemade sauce you like—just make sure it is wow-worthy. Peanut sauce? Pesto? Annie's Goddess Dressing? All game.
That's it! Garnish with any extra favorites like crumbled feta, fresh cilantro, sliced scallions, pumpkin seeds, or avocado, and dig in.
Here are a few foolproof veggie grain bowls to get you started:
Sweet Potato Bowl with Chimichurri (pictured)
Black Bean, Green Bean, and Quinoa Bowl
Israeli Couscous and Broccoli Bowl
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Pamper and revitalize your skin's appearance with our Carrot Vitamin Masque. The combination of carrot and orange pulp infused with honey, lemon and vanilla is loaded with vitamin C and carotenoids. Sensitive skin feels rehydrated and protected by the linseed extracts and the zinc oxide base.
Emulsify a small amount of masque in your hand with a few drops of water. Apply evenly over the entire face as well as the neck and décolleté areas if desired. Allow masque to dry 5–10 minutes then gently scrub off in a circular motion with a lukewarm face cloth. Rinse thoroughly with clear water.
- Carrot: source of vitamin A, carotene oils
- Honey: moisturizes and nourishes the skin's appearance
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- BioComplex™: a booster of antioxidants, vitamins, Coenzyme Q10, and Alpha Lipoic Acid to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and improve the appearance of skin
- Complexion appears more youthful and vibrant
- Skin appears more soft and supple
- An increased level of hydration
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I don't market for local businesses because I'm lazy, and am not quite sure I want to jump back into the world of working for someone else. But I do online marketing, and through my training I've come across lots of concepts that cross over into local business marketing, and some that are targeted specifically towards small business owners.
One reason I have considered (and am still considering) taking on some clients and running their local search marketing campaigns is that I think it could be easy work. The hardest part would actually be dealing with the clients (sorry guys).
So today I'm lay out some simple ideas for local business owners to demonstrate how easy it is to have an online presence, get more customers, and increase your profits with the power of the internet. This isn't everything, but it's a lot of what that marketing professional you were about to hire would do. He would probably charge you $4,000 with a $500 recurring payment. I'm tell you this for free.
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1.) Get a WordPress Blog if You Don't Have a Website
WordPress is free. There are free training videos on YouTube, and there are numerous forums where you can ask questions. Don't tell me that you don't know about computers or building websites. If you can figure out how to pay taxes, you can figure out how to build a website .
2) Set Up a Few Social Media Accounts
Have you been living under a rock? Social media is powerful, and it's not that hard to figure out. Get a Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ account. Use them for 20 minutes (each) per day. You can do this from home, or you can have your secretary do it in her spare time. It doesn't take long to answer a few questions or make a 120 character announcement via Twitter.
3) Set Up Your Google+ Local Page
This is that little bubble that pops up on Google maps, along with your business address, phone number, and directions. This is going to show up when someone looks for whatever it is you do in your area. Without it, you are basically subject to that crappy Yellow Pages website and the random (or worse, alphabetical) order they put you it. Set up your local page with accurate information and keep it up to date. Add some pictures. If you don't have any good ones, buy them. This will be your first impression for many visitors.
4) Citations Matter
Get on local listing directories and list your business. Each time your business name, address, phone number and other data is listed, this is a "citation" make ABSOLUTELY SURE that each time your write this out that it's exactly the same as it is listed on your website.
(201) 885-9873 is not the same as 201-885-9873
2351 Burks Rd. CA is not the same as 2351 Burks Road, California
Get as many as you can, all exactly the same
5) Respond to Customers Good or Bad
It makes a horrible impression when a customer complains and there's no response. Check your listings on a regular basis and address any issues, or respond to any compliments. An active business owner on these places is an invitation for questions, phone calls, and potential business. I would rather see a customer complaint and a well written response from you or your company than nothing at all. It at least shows that you care.
6) Blog Regularly
You are an expert. You know your business and your area better than anyone else. Search engines will index everything you write. Write regularly, and they will index a lot. That means each time a customer types out a question, and you've blogged something that answers that question, they will land on your website. The more you blog, the higher you rank. The higher you rank, the more people see your site.
7) Be Active Online
The internet is not going away. It doesn't take a genius to figure out how to write 400 words twice a week, and play on Twitter or Facebook for a few minutes each day. Being active online can be an extremely powerful tool for connecting with your customers online. There are tons of things you can do to maintain an active presence online, but I'll save that for another blog post. You've got a lot on your plate right now.
I'll leave you with a story
Before I moved down to Riverside I called two motorcycle shops before I found a good place to put my new tires on my bike. I called 5 different trailer rental places before I found one that had a motorcycle trailer. Not one single business had a Google+ page, and only one shop had a website. It was not listed on the first page when I searched in Google.
Local listings are absolute super easy in many areas because the competition simply doesn't exist (big cities can get competitive). All it takes is a tiny bit of effort to destroy your competition. The prices for online marketing beat the hell out of traditional marketing methods, but you can still do it cheaper if you take some steps to educate yourself. Let me know any follow up questions you have below.
What's up ladies and dudes! Great to finally meet you, and I hope you enjoyed this post. My name is Nathaniell and I'm the owner of One More Cup of Coffee. I started my first online business in 2010 promoting computer software and now I help newbies start their own businesses. Sign up for my #1 recommended training course and learn how to start your business for FREE!


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How to Stop Over Optimizing and Start Creating for SEOBlog Post: April 05, 2012
Great video.. thanks for sharing your thoughts.
actually i am trying to implement the same in our onlinestore. inviting users to add more comments to the product pages. i guess this will create new content for the product pages and the importence to the pages also be there.
i strongly feel this is one of the biggest reason for amazon to be there on the top of google.


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All of our sunglasses come with a Lifetime Warranty against faults due to craftsmanship. We also offer replacement discounts for personal damage and for lost/stolen sunglasses.
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A few years ago I bought my first pair of Yin & Yang while at a festival. I got so many amazing compliments on them for many years! So light weight - love when I drop them into the water they float!
I had stepped on them at a festival and wanted a new pair but they were sold out. Fast forward 5 months they get them in and they remembered that I wanted a new pair.
Amazing customer service. Amazing glasses. And 10% they give back.
Can't get any better.
So well made. My fav glasses. Will be forever my brand to order
Estoy muy satisfecho con la compra realizada de Bambuddha Sunglasses, porque a primera mano se siente la calidad del material, sumándole que en el rostro quedan espectaculares. El modelo Zen Masters es fabuloso para el corte de cara que poseo y estoy seguro que también quedarán perfectos en los de demás personas. Recomiendo sumamente bien esta marca porque son maravillosos!!!
I am writing to anybody who might be interested or thinking of buying Bambuddha Sunglasses. The Customer Service is Awesome. Meg the owner will definitely make sure that all your concerns are addressed and will take care of you from the beginning to the end. This company is well worth taking a look at when deciding on buying a great pair of sunglasses. I will definitely be purchasing another pair from this company.
I bought a pair couple of years ago and loved them. After a while it cracked, I didn't think about it much till a month ago that I received an email from Meg and mentioned it to her, although she was super busy at the time, she followed up and send me a new pair. She is awesome, such a great customer care. The glasses are great and the care is even better. Cheers !
I was looking for just the right pair of sunglasses, and this was the pair! I love that they're made with bamboo and the lenses are polarized, plus the lenses are made from polycarbonate which makes the glasses more lightweight. Plus they're stylish to boot! Highly recommended!
I bought a pair of Moonshyne, in support of a lake clean up Bambuddha staff was involved in in South America. I thought it was really great where they were and the community outreach programs there they were organizing. So I wanted to support them!
I received my Moonshynes and I got the impressions when I handled them that they were high quality. The hinges were sturdy and rigid, for example. A friend commented that they remind them of Ray-Bans, haha. But either way, I appreciate the people at Bambuddah and know first-hand that they are great people.
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The Owl Sunglasses by Bambuddha
Love these sunglasses, feels light, looks great and trendy. Good protection from harmful sun rays. I would highly recommend these sunglasses. I purchased the Owl look, clever design and good coverage for your eyes. I will be buying more styles in the future from this company, Bambuddha. The nice thing is, the material they use is, bamboo and it is the way to go environmentally as well. They also give back to help wildlife, so being an animal lover, big bonus. I would not hesitate for anyone to own a pair of these quality sunglasses. Elizabeth
These are great, a dark lens which is great for my sensitive eyes and the glasses are a pleasure to wear while driving, really COOL frames, and very comfortable.The lenses are very good, I can see clear with no glare. I don't mind having them on my bigger size head for prolonged periods of time and they fit very well. Very impressed with the quality and the price
I have a pair myself , very durable and strong ,and On top of it all , it floats on water!
I loves these shades. They're super light and don't give me a headache while looking super stylish. My favorites!
Searching for eco sunglasses this ones are the choice!! THE BEST !
I love everything about this product, the lightweight frames, the tint on the lenses and that they are made out of bamboo! I also love the fact they are environmentally friendly and give back a portion of their proceeds! It's a win, win!
I bought a pair of these and love them. It's cool knowing they're made of bamboo and not plastic and the lenses are dope! They're well made and came with a cool pouch too. I highly recommend.
These sunglasses are awesome as I love the natural look and style. It's an added bonus that they float in whatever your water sports are.
I also love the fact a portion goes back to wildlife foundations ♥
They are so awesome, I wear them all them time. It's really amazing when you go Sailing and just putting them on changes the whole perspective of how you see the world. Thank you Bambuddha
At first I thought it was going to be a regular pair of sunglasses as I've gotten some before. This pair in particular are nice because it softens the light, so you can still see, and it tints it with a nice warm colour, so the world pretty much changes how it looks. This makes me happy. This is my third pair from Bambuddha!
These sunglasses are so light and comfortable. They never slide down my nose or fall off my face. I love'em.
I just purchased my third pair of bambuddha sunglasses and they are without a doubt, the best sunglasses I've ever worn. I still have the very first pair I purchased three years ago and they look and feel just as awesome now as they did then. They're comfortable and the polarized lenses are great quality. I am frequently complimented on my shades and they've looked great on everyone who's tried them on. And most importantly, I can feel confident that I'm supporting a business that not only cares about wildlife conservation, environment preservation and sustainability but is committed to the cause.
Oh - and fun fact: they float. I was rafting in Nepal, we hit a rapid and my glasses were wiped right off my face. But since they float, it was easy to retrieve them from the water. Seriously. I won't wear any other sunglasses.
I needed to have a new pair of sunnies for my travels, so I started looking for a really good pair to protect my eyes. Then I saw a friend who was wearing Bambuddha´s and I became super impressed. I started researching about the brand and I knew right away that these were the ones for me. I´m so in love with the Dark Summers, they are wild and elegant at the same time, which definitely suits my personality!
I love the lightweight flex fit for snug feel. Super bonus that they float as well :)
Always get lots of compliments on my cool shades !!!
You wont be disappointed with any of bambuddhas styles as they are all very cool.
I got one of the first of these sunglasses and I have one word - DOPE. Okay, maybe two words...stylish!
I got two pairs and I wear them on set, at my music performances, and mostly when the sun is out. These are comfortable and I like their semi formal look which allows me to wear them with just about any outfit.
Looking forward your new designs that keep the compliments rolling, Bambuddha!
I spent a few weeks searching for some snazzy shades and had to have a second look when I came across Bambuddha. I was initially impressed with the looks and how they fitted on my face, but I needed to make sure I was going to get value for money with my purchase. Now that some time has passed I am very happy with my decision! The flexible hinges was what sold me over some others I tried out. I also have to say that the concept of the business is brilliant, I think it's great there's so many new brands out there nowadays that are using their business as a medium to "give back" as Bambuddha says.


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Doug Nesbit Funeral Services purchased a local Balclutha engraving business at the end of March 2016. With an already established monumental and signwriting business, Doug Nesbit Funeral Services wanted to keep the business in the community and it seemed right to bring it alongside McBrides' Monumental Services and Signworks.
Our team of quality engravers, Robin Duff and Martin Hayward provide a range of personalised engraving solutions working with glass, metal and other materials to engrave plaques, trophies, awards, medals and more. We have a wide range of new trophies, cups, christening gifts, marriage and birth certificate holders for those wishing to purchase and have the engraving completed at the same time.
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I literally do not even have words for how much I hate this. What is stronger than, "this don't impress me much"?
It is so weird. First of all, it's possible that Shania Twain is the only person in America still wearing stretchy thigh-high boots plus a mini who is NOT: a) working the main stage at The Landing Strip, b) a Julia Roberts impersonator, c) strutting it on RuPaul's Drag Race? Second, I keep trying to envision the conversation Shania and her stylist had about this and every time I do, SOMEONE makes the kind of face you do not want to see from a beauty professional. In short: I truly do not know how this happened, and I would suggest someone be fired, but I suspect that would end with Shania firing herself, and someone's got to keep paying the rent on her Swiss castle.
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I am Mary and that's my Boxer named Gertrude but we call her "Gerti" and it was because of her that brought me to be interested in Reiki and to become a practitionor of it. Seeing she is a Boxer she is prone to cancer and that day came in 2003 when her Doctor told me she had a cancer tumor, I felt helpless in my effeorts to help her other then making sure she was seen by her doctor when ever needed. I needed to do more....So I went to the Reiki Level one class which was held at Ripley Greene Chiropratic Center in Walpole, Massachusetts. My Reiki Master is Penelope Jewel, (Thank You Penelope).
I had no intent of using Reiki for anything but for my Gerti but this is such a wonderful thing that I had to share it with other animals who may be in need so I took on a couple of animal clients and then a couple of human clients so a year later I went back to become a level 2 practitoner.
I also took a one day class in "Animal Companion Reiki" which was taught by Aileen D'Angelo...A big Thank You to you too Aileen!
Most people have many questions about Reiki, like myself in the beginning and if you go to "Reiki.org" all the answers will be there to find.
If you are interested in a session for yourself or your pet just Email me at:
I am located in Box Springs,Georgia and I do house calls.


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Part One — Uniformed Officers
According to the Field Manuals of the US ARMY/Army your branch of the service is responsible for "supervising" the Bar Association and its members. This is further confirmed throughout Title 37 of the Federal Code. They are considered "Uniformed Officers" and they are required to act under your direction, as are doctors, dentists, chiropractors, etc.
So let's stop the play-acting and pretension that you fellows don't have the responsibility for what is going on in the courts in this country, because you obviously and self-admittedly do.
I am permanently domiciled on the land and soil of the Wisconsin state where I was born in 1956 and where my Mother was born in 1920 and where my Grandfather was born in 1865 and where my Great-Grandfather homesteaded beginning in 1854.
I have never worked for nor been dependent upon the federal government in my life. I am engaged in no federally regulated profession or occupation. I am an innocent Third Party American civilian who has been harmed by the mis-administration of the US Army and US ARMY and its supervision of the activities of the Bar Association and its members on my soil and their usurpations and presumptions made against my person and my property.
You want to claim that you are occupying my land as part of your mandate to protect the peace and preserve the persons and property of the civilian population of this country? Good.
I am here to inform all of you that you are doing a piss poor job and failing in that aim and that correction must be made to achieve that end.
I am also fulfilling my duty to report crime to the authorities responsible for protecting our persons and our property.
I am also here to make sure that you know who I am, know that I am here living in Alaska, that I have given Notice to the Secretary of State and the Wisconsin Secretary of State and am now also properly informing the Adjutant General responsible for keeping the records, and the Port Authorities responsible for maintaining my egress treaty.
My American Trade Name is Anna Maria Riezinger, and I own it and all its forms and derivatives including all those variations being used by the federal corporations and agencies. My claims are plainly stated on the public records of this state and the State of Wisconsin and the State of Illinois and if anyone has any claim that I am not Anna Maria Riezinger and not a native-born American and not owed all the guarantees and protections of the Wisconsin Constitution and the Wisconsin Statehood Compact and am not a Protected Person under international law and am not owed the security and peace of my "vessels" and their "cargo" — then Mister, you better come forward to me with your proof and your counter-complaint right about NOW, because I am thoroughly fed up with all this mis-characterization of me, my husband, my son, and our position with respect to our nationality and non-citizen political status and also fed up with the harassment and privateering and illegal press-ganging being carried out by members of the Bar and doctors acting as undeclared Uniformed Officers on our shores— all of which you fellows are supposed to be overseeing and in all cases supposed to be protecting and preserving our persons and our property.
Am I making myself clear?
Though it passes through the pockets of lots of middle men– bankers, Popes, Queens, and even "International Organizations" — I am one of those paying for your "services" and I am not paying to be misidentified and pillaged as a foreign combatant, shallow-hulled vessel, special purpose vehicle, foreign grantor trust, Puerto Rican ESTATE trust, public transmitting utility or any of the other horseshit you have all cobbled together as a means to fleece and oppress the American Public.
We aren't the ones in bankruptcy — not now, not ever. We are your actual, factual employers.
The sooner you all realize that FACT and start fulfilling your mandate to protect our persons and our property, the better off everyone concerned it going to be.
So I repeat — I am here to report crime taking place in this Federal District. These crimes are being perpetuated by members of the American and Alaskan Bar Associations acting under the supervision and oversight of the US Army. Further crimes are being committed by Uniformed Officers who deceptively appear to be civilians but who are also under the operational control of the US Army.
Now stop trying to tell me that all this horseshit shoved in my face is actually a bouquet of roses.
Finally, I am coming to you to make sure that you and the Adjutant General and all other members and parties and officers and employees of all federal branches of service including the federated states of states operating on our soil are fully aware that any presumed "interregnum" of the government of the people, for the people, and by the people owed the entire land jurisdiction and the reserved powers in international jurisdiction —is at an end.
The government of the actual unincorporated Body Politic of The United States of America is back on the land and moving to restore order and end the criminality to which this entire population has been subjected thanks to deliberate criminal mis-characterization of the people and plundering of property entrusted to the care of the US Army under international treaty and Executive Order.
The Adjutant General bears a primary responsibility for keeping accurate and honest records and I am here to correct the records he has about me and my family.
What he does with the crime report and what you do with it is your duty and business. I have it all wrapped up and tied with a bow on the proper military forms as an affidavit to the Provost Marshall recorded on the land jurisdiction of the Matanuska-Susitna County and the State of Alaska Land Recorder's Office.
I simply wish to hand deliver it and other supporting documents and answer any questions you may have.
Part 2: Status Report
This is an article published and available on my Facebook Page. It is designed to bring people up to speed concerning the Great Fraud committed against us. If you have been doddering around assuming that this is all a "civilian matter" and that it has nothing to do with misconduct and dereliction of duty by the military, think again. As I informed you yesterday, these "Uniformed Officers" who appear to be working in civilian capacities as undeclared Foreign Agents— both the courts and the doctors who are being used as the tools to defraud the American states and people— are supposed to be "supervised" by the Army and regulated by the Coast Guard. So get to it. Now. If you want to get paid and look at yourselves in the mirror—- take action to defend your actual, factual employers. And remember— without our land jurisdiction, you have no delegated sea jurisdiction to play in. So you had better jolly well hop-to it and defend us and defend our claims to our land jurisdiction or you will have nobody and nothing to come home to.
Property, Property Taxes, and the Whole Picture to Date
I have taken on the task of trying to consolidate everything to date for you. It's a long article and I don't want to be bombarded with questions of "How do I…..?" — I want you all to sit down, look at the situation described, and begin figuring things out. Just be quiet, take it all in, and think, think, think—- for yourselves. This is the first step toward being free of all this B.S. —- recognize how arbitrary, false, and silly most of this is, like a children's game played in deadly earnest by adults. Unfortunately, most Americans have been playing Chess while their employees have been playing Parcheesi — which requires you to learn the new game, which then ultimately allows you to either (1) win the game, and/or (2) flip the table and play whatever game you want to play. They can make you play Parcheesi or you can make them play Chess–after all, they are your employees.
Our identity has been stolen. That resulted in us being reclassified as "US citizens" — as if we were government employees or as if we had been born in Puerto Rico.
This then affected our ability to own land in the states, because "foreigners" can't actually live here, they can only "reside" here.
Instead, foreigners can have a long-term lease here and be tenants.
So that is how you are identified — as a tenant on your own land, with the State of Whatever as your landlord. Because you are mis-identified in the public record, your land holdings are also mis-identified and placed into one of three categories: residential, industrial, or agricultural, when your land of any sort should be classified as private property.
As long as you and your land are both mis-identified, you will be taken for a "tax payer" and as a "subscriber" and as a "public vessel" and as a "resident" and everything you think of as yours will in fact be owned by and controlled by an organization of interlopers callings themselves the "State of Oregon" or the "State of Michigan".
First order of business then, is to get yourself back into the right category, and identify yourself as an American state national, not a "US citizen". This is more difficult than it looks, because the perpetrators of this scheme have made it difficult, yet to enjoy the benefits of their perfidy they have had to leave the door open for you, too.
That's why there is always remedy available to those who diligently search.
Two layers of "government organizations" have placed these ugly claims on your name and estate. The first of these, known as the Territorial United States, seized hold of the copyright of your name on the High Seas and Navigable Inland Waterways, and then used that as a means to seize upon all your other property, too. They excused this Breach of Trust after the bogus "Civil War" —which was never a war, but an illegal commercial action on our shores— in the name of Public Safety to ensure the peace after the "rebels" were defeated. A hundred and fifty years later they are still attempting to use this excuse for stealing control of your name and estate by announcing "wars" against drugs, wars against this and wars against that. It's all bull, but it serves the purpose of continuing to excuse their inexcusable usurpation against the American states and people.
Where is the door?
The Expatriation Act of July 1868 allows you to sign an Act of State and go back to your original status as an American born on the land of an actual state of the Union.
But remember, they have already seized control of your Given Name, which is also known as a "Trade Name" in their system of things, and they have copyrighted it by "registering" your "birth/berth".
How do you correct that?
Well, their own records — all those resulting "Certificates of Live Birth"— show that you, the living man, were actually born on a specific day, like August 14, 1967, but the THING named after you wasn't registered until a few dates or weeks afterward—- on the (de) filing date which is also shown. This results in a situation in which the living man has a birth-day and the ESTATE they created "for" him has a birth-date.
There are two peaceful ways out of this box. The first, and the route that I have chosen, is to object to their presumption of trustee-ship and usufruct status, return the Birth Certificate (its actually an insurance indemnity receipt so you are making an insurance claim for the return of your vested interest in your own estate), and copyright your own name by recording it as an Assumed Name with the land recording office in your county. Every State of State in the Union has statutes about Assumed Names, also known as Business Names, also known as Trade Names, which retain your Common Law Copyright rights……. ah, so….. go back and correct the "mistake" and claim your own Trade Name and copyright it effective with your actual birth-day. This predates their claim by a few days or weeks, so you are finally identified as the true party of interest and Holder in Due Course.
They had to leave this door open, in order to profit from all this chicanery themselves.
Now you are Master of your own "vessel" and nobody can say otherwise, and if they infringe on your copyright in an effort to defraud you, you can call them on it in no uncertain terms with the proof of your recorded Common Law copyright to shove in their astonished faces. Oh, my, Matilda, the horses can talk and the sheep can dance! And their own published documents are the evidence of all this deceit and will-to-plunder.
The second route, which recently opened up and which by mistake, has become yet another tool for the rats to use against you, is PARSE SYNTAX grammar.
As I recently discussed— one enterprising American found his way out of the their maze by creating a new name for himself using (arguably) correct grammar principals as his justification. He left his Given Name which was "Russell Jay Gould" behind and adopted a new name with new punctuation: "Russell-Jay:Gould". This created a separation between their "person" operated as "RUSSELL JAY GOULD" or "RUSSELL J. GOULD" and his newly created persons "Russell-Jay:Gould" and "Russell-J:Gould". It has, thus far, created a lasting protective barrier between the living man and the predatory corporations, and if you adopt his system and use PARSE SYNTAX, it can protect you, too.
The problem is that they have turned around and seen it as a new secret language they can operate in and use to defraud you. This is precisely the problem that Russell and I spent five days discussing in Texas. It now becomes necessary for everyone to learn PARSE SYNTAX so that you can defend yourselves in the venue of international law and commerce.
The vermin responsible for all this fraud and rot have had a long tradition of using "Federal Code" — think of actual coded language as in "Code Book" — combined with "Legal-ese", the language of the lawyers, both of which attach special uncommon meanings to common words to form coded communications which are then used to defraud innocent Americans. The idea of using PARSE SYNTAX grammar for the same purpose was a no-brainer for these rats and they have eagerly accepted it.
According to Russell, this is their new backdoor trick. If you don't present your claims in PARSE, they ignore them.
Improper grammar, they snort. Incorrect punctuation. Throw it out. Ho-hum. Mere gibberish…..
Well, so is Swahili gibberish to a non-Swahili, and French makes no sense to someone from Iceland who hasn't studied French.
As long as American English is our official language and it has its own punctuation and style conventions, PARSE has to be viewed as a foreign language from our perspective, just like Legalese, Italian, and Dutch. Russell justifies it in terms of being "correct" according to principles of math and logic, but as he also had to admit — its just as easy to lie in the language of math as it is to lie using any system of symbolic communication. Such a system only has to be consistent within the framework of its own declared assumptions to be "correct", so, correctness as we say in physics— is in the "givens".
Russell is a righteous man, so he naturally sees the Truth in PARSE. The men we are dealing with naturally see it — and use it—for the exact opposite purposes.
There are advantages to identifying the foreign languages these vermin have been using against us. We have spent years breaking their codes and learning their lingo, so learning PARSE SYNTAX is just the latest challenge, but there is even more profound value in identifying whatever they are throwing at us as foreign language. Foreign to us means exactly that—- and serves to make the distinction between Americans and "US citizens" more obvious. RUSSELL-J:GOULD is never going to be recognized as a Proper Noun in American English. The style, form, and punctuation clearly identifies it as PARSE and implies the grammar that goes with it. That alone is a giant step forward toward honesty and truth in commerce.
People will need to make their own decisions about how best to crack the nut and what tools to use to crack it. I think that the strongest tools we have are our own values and sense of justice. No matter what language something is expressed in, whether the grammar is correct or not, we all know when something is unfair. We all recognize the criminality of trespassing on someone else's assets. And a lie however it is expressed is still a lie.
Picture the scene: Commander Gould and I seated at my kitchen table, both heads bowed. We daily struggle with all that is false and selfish and small-minded in human nature, in ourselves and in others—-but at the same time, we have a glimpse of something in Mankind that is glorious and fine and generous, a part of All That Is.
In the days to come, I recommend that everyone work hard to take advantage of the "exits" that still exist in the standing law, working backwards to (1) claim and record your Common Law copyright to your name however it is styled, ordered, formed, or expressed, and then (2) issuing an Act of Expatriation and recording that as a Deed with the State Secretary of State. If there is anyone out there who is willing to fund the effort, the Living Law Firm can ferret out the statutes guaranteeing Common Law Copyrights in all fifty of the States of States. We can develop effective Acts of State. We can get it all translated into PARSE SYNTAX so the rats have no excuse. We don't have the manpower, but we could hire enough paralegals and PARSE experts to get it done.
The first step reclaims your copyright interest in your own name (and therefore all the assets attached to it) and puts you in control of it, and the second step uncouples the "presumption" of "residency" and "US citizen" status being associated with your name.
The first action gives you the key to unlock the door, the second allows you to walk through the door and lock it behind you. The third action– translation into PARSE– gives them no wiggle room to ignore anything you have done.
There are some additional niceties to be observed. Once you reclaim your name and your proper political status you will need to notify the authorities responsible– the Port Authority for your area (Coast Guard Commandant) and the Adjutant General (responsible for keeping and updating proper records) and the US Postmaster General.
There are actually seven (7) Postmaster and Post Master offices, but you address it to the Postmaster General as he is in charge of the military end of things and is the actual Commander of the Coast Guard and Adjutant General's Office in the Territorial Government that you have to notify about the changes in your status.
If you intend to conduct any kind of business outside your state of the Union you will need to post an Indemnity Bond with the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and if you go offshore to conduct business of any kind you will need to notify the U.S. Secretary of State and give them notice.
We all need to become very much more aware of the "occupation" of the U.S. Army and the misconduct that has gone on in the international jurisdiction since the so-called American Civil War. By becoming aware and doing our due diligence we can save the world from criminality and predators. We can also exercise our God-given rights and enjoy our privacy and not be harassed.
Going right along with this aim, we all need to learn the "latest and greatest" foreign code—- PARSE SYNTAX—- and use it as Russell intended it to be used, as a defense against falsehood and tyranny.
Once you have yourself free and clear and beyond the reach of the vermin and their false claims against you, you can easily deal with the issue of Property Taxes and Income Taxes being imposed by foreign governments via false presumption and deceit. Once you can be recognized as a natural-born American state national, you can go to the Tax Assessor and claim back your land as the landlord exercising your "reversionary trust interest" —- and demand that it be listed as private property and not annexed as residential, industrial, or agricultural property belonging to the State of State.
If like millions of Americans you still have a mortgage, you have "issues" to resolve. American state nationals are not eligible for mortgages. You are the actual landlords, so any mortgage credits to be applied under any tenancy agreement has to be paid to you, not taken from you.
American state nationals are not eligible for Social Security, either, and you should have never been enrolled. American state nationals don't require or use marriage licenses. And though they are imposed "in the interests of public safety", American state nationals are not required to use driver licenses, either, unless they are engaged in some business or trade that makes use of the public roads for private gain — commercial trucking operations, taxi and courier services, etc.
The foregoing mish-mash in which you have mistakenly enrolled or taken part in or been coerced to participate in programs meant for "US citizens" results in a lot of entanglements and potential controversies based on adhesion contracts. You were not told that these offers and programs were only for "US citizens" and you were not given full disclosure about which kind of "US citizen" was eligible and other aspects of these sugar-coated lumps of rabbit feces, either. As a result the contracts are invalid. Now what?
We are at the beginning of trying to settle such issues with the organizations responsible.
Those who actually own their homes, ranches, etc., free and clear of mortgage debts can go to the Title Company and request a Certificate of Redemption. They can then correct the Deed and Title to their assets, issue an Acknowledgement, Acceptance, and Re-Conveyance of Deed, transferring the property back to Stanton County Oregon or Pierce County Idaho or wherever else it is located and defining it as a private land parcel, tax-exempt, and described as……. "according to metes and bounds established by this Deed….." and as further described as Number 452 Pickle-Lovers Lane (copyright symbol) — whatever name you make up to describe your parcel— belonging to Ted and Marcia (or Bill and Alice or….) Johnson, c/o Post Box 39980 in AnyState, blah, blah, blah.
You record your deed in plain simple American English on page with the local land recording office, and you clearly "post" your land with the international black and white sign and "Private Property" signs.
The federal vermin have to recognize your claims, because their own claims depend on your land claims: without a land jurisdiction, they don't have a delegated sea jurisdiction. And they are even motivated and grateful to see your claims appearing on the land recording district offices, because it is beginning to dawn on them that without us, they are nothing. Without us, they are open to seizure as pirates. Without us, all their State of State claims blow away in the wind.
They will still try to play their "You Can't See Me" games using PARSE SYNTAX as the excuse. It is therefore important to learn PARSE and follow up with a Corollary Deed written in PARSE and added to the land record so that they can't discount or "mistake" your meaning about any of this anymore. This would be the equivalent of re-writing your Acknowledgement, Acceptance, and Re-Conveyance of Deed in a foreign language and recording that for the benefit of the speakers who use that language. A properly translated PARSE deed serves notice to the vermin that the jig is up and that you know what they are doing.
So at last you can achieve that much-desired end of having your employees leave you and your assets alone, and forcing them to get back to work doing the job you hired them to do—- protecting you and your assets instead of bullying, attacking, and robbing you.
And wouldn't that be a nice change of direction?
This is a long read and explanation of the circumstance and there are still a lot of things up in the air, but the basic outlines of the situation and the proper steps needed to deal with the Mess as it stands are becoming clear.
I cannot stress enough that this whole circumstance is a process — not a single step, but many steps. They've been diddling around with this for 150 years. You can't expect to overcome it all in an afternoon.
You need to think it through in a logical sequence and then reverse that sequence. It is a Maxim of Law that "as a THING is bound, so it is unbound". Well, THINGS, here is your chance.
Reverse their claim and copyright of your name and estate by over-riding with a guaranteed Common Law Copyright pre-dating their claim. Record that. Give notice to the Coast Guard and Adjutant General and U.S. Postmaster General.
Reverse their presumption that you are a US citizen with an Act of State returning your name and estate to Wisconsin, Minnesota, or wherever you came from. Record that. Give Notice to the State Secretary of State and U.S. Secretary of State. Reverse their unspoken claim that your land belongs to their franchise operating as a State of State and belongs to a "resident" and is either "residential, industrial, or agricultural" land. Correct the Deed. Record that. Give notice to the Tax Assessor and demand that your parcel be designated as private property and as tax exempt.
Learn PARSE and bring a Notice of the Fact written in PARSE as a translation of your claims and rebuttals and deeds. Record that. If they even think about messing with you, they will see that translation provided for their understanding and go away, far, far away.
So, now, at the end of all this— you are back on solid ground and the sharks have to remain in the sea. You are home at last. The snail is on his thorn. And the pick-pockets are on the run. If you are an honest and peaceful man, that's what you wanted all along. Be willing to give that to other people, even those you consider to be enemies, and your own peace is assured.
The Rule of Love always overcomes the Rule of Law.
—- Judge Anna Maria Riezinger


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Why leaving my job in finance was the best decision ever
This is my third guest post at Get Rich Slowly. The responses from my first two stories — Budgeting for a Lifestyle Change and Living Like a Millionaire on Pennies a Day — were all over the map. I received comments ranging from folks calling me irresponsible and ungrateful to people who were extremely supportive of the changes I'd made. I've thought a lot about these responses over the last year and a half.
Finance is one of those professions where, generally speaking, the older you get, the more respect you have. Despite having a good investment track record over the few years I'd been in the market, my advice was often disregarded by my employer due to my age and relative inexperience.
I could have stayed for another five or ten years (or more!) and eventually built up what some people might call experience — but still be left largely unqualified to provide investment advice.
So in October of 2009 I made the decision to leave my job.
Nearly two years later, I am certain that leaving my job as a financial analyst was not only the best decision I've ever made, but also one of the more responsible.
While gaining respect in the finance world is tough — it's exponentially more difficult at 24. Would you trust a 24 year old with your money? Would you hand them a million dollars knowing full well they have no idea what it's like to have that much money themselves, let alone how to manage it?
Yeah, I wouldn't either.
Sure there are exceptions to the rule, but that's a battle I didn't want to fight. There are better ways to gain credibility and knowledge than to put up with years of neglect to get there. Getting out from behind a desk for a few years to see the world makes you much more prepared to give advice later in life.
While I was at this job, I took a two-week trip to Brazil. During that time, Petrobras was a company that'd been on my radar, but I knew nothing about the politics and culture of Brazil. Spending just two weeks there introduced me to insights and opinions about the country, and subsequently the company, that I never would have been able to extract from an Argus report.
Choosing to leave my job while I was young has allowed me to see parts of the world first-hand that I wouldn't have had the opportunity to see if I'd stayed with my job. Should I choose to go back to a position like the one I had, it gives me credibility and experience that I never would have obtained otherwise.
I've been forced to become recession-proof.
To say the last few years have been tough economically would be putting it lightly. Had I stuck around, I would have most likely suffered another pay cut or two, and might even have lost my job. Then where would I be? Probably looking for another job.
By leaving when I did, I was forced to get creative with my income opportunities. I started formulating ways that I could survive independent of where I was living, while doing things that I could establish expertise on regardless of my age.
Photography, search-engine optimization, small-business creation — these are all skills I've managed to profit from, and they're skills I never would have learned otherwise.
Looking back, by choosing to pursue my passions, my former company benefited, my former clients benefited, and I benefited.
When I left, my employer no longer had the burden of training a recent college grad. When there are only four people in the company, that's a huge time commitment and financial burden. I was replaced by someone who had been in the finance world for nearly two decades. He's done much more than I have, both in life and finance, and has the background to add significant value to the organization and the clients.
Over the past two years, I've been able to travel, build businesses, and become a much more well-rounded person. Had I stayed in my cubicle, I wouldn't have had that opportunity. I could go back to that job today feeling much more confident about my abilities as an analyst, simply because I now have a basis for reference.
Luckily, I was afforded the luxury of exploring a variety of things that interested me, and in turn have found a much better fit for myself and everyone around me.
Irresponsible and ungrateful? I'd like to think I've been anything but.
Have you ever made a major career move despite the uncertainty? How'd it work out for you?
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Sean, I looked at the first comment after you wrote Living Like A Millionaire, and I think you'd agree, no matter what you write, there will always be naysayers. And it seems that on this site, it's becoming more regular for some reason. Since you're into web based business building, what do you think about this idea: http://vagabondover50.wordpress.com/ I don't have the talent to make it go, but if you or anyone wants to take off on the idea, please feel free. My dad retired at 47. Though frugal, taking a hot stove to his hotel room for example, he… Read more »
I agree that comments here have been veering more heavily towards the negative lately. I'm guilty of it myself. Wonder if it has to do with the mood of the country….
(for those in/from the U.S.)
Btw, you're Vagabonding after 50 site sounds like a lovely idea, but you might want to reconsider calling everyone over age 50 "seniors"!!
IMHO, it struck me that maybe one reason why Sean's article provoke some negative reaction is because it's easy to perceive his approach as being a grasshopper instead of an ant – instead of industriously working at one position at someone else's company and building a retirement fund, Sean is hop-skipping around doing this, that, & the other to make ends meet. It's an approach we tend to associate with financially irresponsible people (not that Sean is one), so I think his posts can push buttons. That said, put me squarely in the camp that says "More power to you,… Read more »
Good on you!
Your comments about your learning experience in Brazil reminded me of a book I read a good many years ago….Some money man called Rodgers who motor-cycled around the world and had a whole learning experience re international investment.
Hey Sean,
It's been fun to follow your journey. It's true. The longer you are in one spot, the easier it becomes, and if you were to stay at your job when you hit 30, you'd have a lot more respect, income, and responsibility. Something about 30 makes you that much more respectable, whether true or not.
Good luck with your journey! I think it's a lot of fun and very entertaining!
Best, Sam
"I could go back to that job today feeling much more confident about my abilities as an analyst, simply because I know have a basis for reference."
"know" should be "now"
Fixed. Thanks!
Are you the same Amanda that comments at The Simple Dollar regarding typos, grammatical errors and spelling mistakes?
Yeah, people will ALWAYS naysay. I still get "the lecture" when I tell people what I want to do with my life (actually, there are a few things I want to do with my life, and all of them get me the lecture) because it doesn't make enough, isn't respectable enough, I should just grow up, etc.
Do what you've got your heart set on and what you're good at. The rest will fall into place, as you have found out.
I have to say, while mildly interesting, articles like are not useful to 99% of the population in any way at all. I have a baby on the way, I cant just quit my job in order to scrape by on odd jobs while I travel the world. I guarantee you most of the people reading this post are thinking exactly the same way.
It seems like personal finance has somehow morphed into "How to quit your job and travel while making money via blogging(or whatever).". With some hippiness thrown in about how bad globalization and eating meat is.
Hmmm, I agree that this post wasn't that useful, but not because it doesn't apply to most people. Plenty of parents become entrepreneurs.
Man do I agree with your second statement, though! I think the Tim Ferriss/ Chris whatever (world domination guy) mentality is really taking over!! It gets repetitive and tiresome.
It's the ol' lifestyle design / minimalist / pick up your life, move overseas, and teach other people to do the same movement. OK – that was a little tongue-in-cheek, and I do admire Sean for making a change and creating something positive out of the experience.
BUT, I also think it's important to realize that this brand of "lifestyle design" isn't for everyone, and that it's OK that it's not for everyone.
I like the creativity in articles like this. And being in higher education, I see a lot of young people who would be better off for a "gap year" or some sort of experience before starting college or the next part of their lives. It really lends focus to what is important to the individual.
So many of the choices in my own life were made out of fear that I find joy in other people's courage.
The sad thing about taking a gap year between high school and college is that it takes you out of the running for quite a number of scholarships and grants. Mostly those geared towards high school seniors who meet x, y, z criteria. The key wording being high school senior. Hopefully, this has changed since my days of taking a year off between high school and college to work and decide what I could possibly want to study (1999-2000)
I think it depends on where you live. Scholarships aren't as common here in Canada as they are in the U.S., so that wasn't an issue with a lot of students I taught. Some kids would benefit from the experience — not to mention the additional savings — of working for a year before entering university. In this economy though, I wonder how possible that is.
I'm not about to quit my job and move overseas either 😉 But I think articles like this help people to see new possibilities. Even if we don't take advantage of them ourselves, we might be more understanding and supportive of people who do. When I was teaching high school, a lot of parents were stuck in the mold that their child must go straight to university and then to a preferably high paying, white collar job somewhere. That path doesn't suit everyone, but people are amazingly resistant to things like taking a year off to work or volunteer before… Read more »
I found this post most timely!!! I am retired and happily busy volunteering. One volunteering gig has developed fleas in large swaths of carpet near where I work for them. And I have gotten bitten 7 weeks in a row!!!
Since they cannot afford to replace the carpet , I am regretfully going on break from working there. I love the folks there and the work itself, but your post helps me focus of what I can learn and contribute, and great people I can meet by serving somewhere else…
Thank you!!
Good for you 🙂
I went back to school at age 26 and never looked back. I met my fair share of naysayers, including my family and friends! Some were lucky enough to have high paying careers that they were passionate about, and others simply were of the mindset that a job is just a pay check so you might as well stay where the money is.
We all have different approaches to our jobs/careers so I think we have to do what make sense for us — even if it doesn't make sense to everyone else.
I had the decision made for me: my job laid me off. It definitely put me in a situation where I was forced to reevaluate what I wanted to do with my life and my career. I'm now pursuing entrepreneurship.
"it's exponentially more difficult at 24."
That word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Sorry, pet peeve — it annoys me when people want to use "exponentially" as a smarter-sounding synonym for "much".
Yeah, its an awkward use of the word… if he wanted to use a more interesting math related term there I would recommend "orders of magnitude"
I'm glad that things have worked out for you, I will have to go back and read your previous two articles. It's a timely topic for me as I'm 27 and am preparing to change career/ possibly go back to school. The scary part is that I may need to quit my current job before I have something solid lined up for the future. But I'm on a career path that I knew was wrong for me at 20, but I stuck with it because by then it was the only degree I could finish within 4 years. Then I… Read more »
How timely! I just left a 13 year career in public education (High School Counselor) to pursue photography. Not even 30 days ago I walked into an office and resigned. It was THE most difficult decision I've ever made, yet the most confident thing I've ever done. It was not a quick decision…actually years in the making. Two weeks in Greece this past summer helped me speed things along! After almost a month, I cannot ever imagine going back to that mindset. I work at a completely different pace and in a completely different way now. It is an amazing… Read more »
Maybe quitting saved your life as well.
I look around the office and the stress is making everyone unhealthy!
My grandpappy always said.."your health is your wealth"
I quit my 'dream job' when it became a nightmare. Since then (8 years ago) I've gone in a completely different career direction, very happily, and I didn't go traveling/blogging or start a business. I just got into a different line of work. Sometimes leaving is the best or only option. To Naysayer No. 6 I say, don't be so literal. No-one's suggesting everyone quit their steady job and go blogging. But everyone CAN look at their situation and decide if something needs to change, and if it does, to make the change, always testing and adjusting to suit individual… Read more »
Like a lot of posts here that aren't "how to" types of articles, I feel the naysayers in the comments are getting hung up on the details and are completely missing the overall point. It's not about quitting your job and trying to become a full-time blogger, or travel the world on $5 a day. It's not about going minimalist and abandoning all material possessions etc. The big take-away here should be "Take charge of your life" and focus on what will make your life better rather than what will make you simply "successful" by others measures. I can't even… Read more »
I dont think its a good idea to reccommend to people that they should quit their good paying jobs in their 20s during a slow economic time, in order to work odd jobs and travel the world. That sounds like the opposite of good financial advice.
I left a job in the financial sector to join the U.S. foreign service 10+ years ago…took a 2/3 pay cut, but have been paid back in interesting experiences all around the world instead…(It also forced me to get my financial life in order, which I've managed to do with the help of GRS and other tools…)
Always said I would leave the job if it became boring…over a decade and counting!
After a layoff from my almost 6 figure salary 3 years ago, I took a job as the operations manager of a pet supply store. Because I wanted to. *gasp* While Im back in the Corporate Jungle now, I learned so much about myself in that job. About small business. About management. About myself as an employee and what I was looking for from a job. Such a hugely enriching experience. I wouldn't trade it for all the potentially lost income. Its no about running away and blogging. Its about changing your circumstances. If you are unhappy with something? Fix… Read more »
You have done what I dream to do. I've been lucky enough to find extra sources of income and other creative outlets, but my real passion is to quit my full time job. So I can travel and live a little more exciting lifestyle. Bravo to you for taking that chance!
Nice article. It is important to constantly try and figure out what is best for you and if you have it your family on a regular basis. Sometimes you need to pick up and travel the world. Sometimes you need to settle down and enroll your kid in public school. It is okay to not do what everyone else tells you is right, because it may not be what you need.
I'm sorry, but to me it sounds like hogwash your comment that by traveling to Brazil you somehow obtained more insight into Petrobras. If that was the case all Brazilian investors in Petrobras should have a better track record than international investors which of course is nonsense.
You may have had your reasons to quit your job but please don't try to find amazing positive byproducts of your decision.
I'm in exactly the position you were in back in 2009. ust today submitted my "resignation" for the end of September. s worried as many around me are, it's good to hear from other like-minded people who feel that leaving their job behind the desk might be the best move they ever make. I'm excited to find something that is better for me.
Great article! I worked for years in a job that was just that, a JOB. After having my second child, my husband and I realized that financially, it didn't make sense for me to continue working at this job – after paying for daycare, I was basically making about $50/month. I am now at home with the kids, and I started my freelancing career. I've tackled assignments that I never would have dreamed of had I stayed in my old job. I'm also in the process of writing my first novel, which I probably wouldn't do if I never took… Read more »
The most important things in life are not learned inside the four corners of the classroom nor within the boundaries of our office cubicle. I am glad you made the right decision of leaving your job… and enjoying it.
To the naysayers:
I read GRS in my blog feeder. I popped over here to the website because, although I am old enough to be Sean's mother, I am about to make a career change, and wanted to see if there were any hints or tips in the comments that might help me.
I do not plan on traveling the world and blogging (I have two kids at home), but I do appreciate these types of articles. They help give me the confidence that I need to make what I know deep down inside is the right choice for me.
Being a Brazil lover went last year and feel hard to this vibrant country. I have always had a dream of working and living to Brazil. Would love to understand how it can be done. I have never even thought of opening a business there. I'm quite inspired.
I have a question: Could you write an article on different ways to reduce taxes for someone who earns a good living but doesn't own a home and had no typical deductions.
That would be a great article!
Sean, Appreciate this article. At 25, I too work in finance, and am planning on pursuing my passion– to become a naturopathic doctor– beginning in 2012. Yes, there's lots of uncertainty, including where I will live, taking classes still needed before starting school, and then, of course, paying for medical school. In the last year and a half, I've been able to pay off all my debt (family, moving expenses, student loans), establish solid credit, and support myself. I now have more confidence than I did before, which is why I am able to realize that going after your passions,… Read more »
Happy to have found such a great blog
Man, totally agree. Glad you went for it 🙂
The materials that we own, come to own us, eventually. This also includes a job.
I made the decision to travel the world only a few weeks ago. Pumped.


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cli-fi: a new subcategory of fiction set in a near future of catastrophic climate change events. Cli-fi is speculative and dystopian.
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pie-fi: fiction featuring baked goods as characters
lie-fi: fiction which has been marketed as memoir
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cry-fi: a derogatory term for misery memoir, which is also derogatory
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my-fi: books featuring a main character who is pretty much you, and makes you want to sue the author for defamation
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try-fi: fiction which tries not to sound exactly like autobiography (and fails)
rye-fi: fiction set in Germany, featuring a lot of cheese, ham and salami. The main character is often a baker or a butcher and makes artisanal products
thigh-fi: hilarious, thigh-slapping romps
fly-fi: stories set in the Australian outback
drip-dry-fi: short fiction set in women's public toilets
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bonsai-fi: stars elderly Japanese men who devote their time to pruning little trees in retirement
apply-fi: the main character is also a job-seeker. The story ends when this hero finds a job.
deny-fi: literature written by remand prisoners, thinly veiled as fiction
french-fry-fi: literature set in and around McDonalds restaurants. This spawned an imitative subgenre set around Burger King restaurants.
hereby-fi: fiction written by semi-retired wedding celebrants and lawyers, rarely published
hairdye-fi: literature set in and around beauty salons
comply-fi: books written by an author under a series contract, who didn't really want to write the last few but had to
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Over a week ago, it was announced that Bad Religion were releasing their 2010 live album 30 Years Live on limited edition vinyl on February 26th, which will be the first time it has been released on the physical format. To coincide with the re-release, the band is streaming a live version of their 1982 classic "We're Only Gonna Die", which you can check out below.
Despite parting ways with drummer Brooks Wackerman, who joined Avenged Sevenfold about a last November, Bad Religion still plan to tour South America in March and record a new album, which will be their first since 2013's True North. The band has not yet announced a new drummer, but we'll keep you posted as more details on the situation come to light.


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Breastfeeding When Sick
Bonding with your child and providing them with nutrition make breastfeeding a magical experience. Sometimes, though, it doesn't feel all that wonderful. When you're sick and still breastfeeding, you might feel drained and worn out. You might wonder whether it's safe to keep breastfeeding while sick. The short answer is that – in the vast majority of cases – you absolutely can continue breastfeeding while sick. The long answer tells us a lot about breastfeeding and how you and your baby interact.
How Breastfeeding Effects Immunity
There are a variety of reasons one might worry about breastfeeding while sick. Medications, hydration, and contagions all top that list. Usually, a mother's primary concern is that the close contact with baby will make him more likely to catch what she has. If I keep breastfeeding while sick, won't I give baby what I've got?
Remember that symptoms are our bodies' immune response to an illness, not the illness itself. So, in reality, the baby has already been exposed to the illness before you ever notice a symptom. Stopping once you don't feel well probably won't change their exposure at all.
Not only is baby exposed to the contagion, though, but also to your antibodies. Your body's first response to a potential illness intrusion is to produce antibodies that circulate to identify and eliminate it. Those same antibodies cycle through your breastmilk, which means your baby has an advanced defense for anything you are fighting.
This is another incredible way that we give our babies the best when we nurse them for any amount of time.
Breastfeeding While Sick
Contagious illnesses aren't the only ones a breastfeeding mother might worry about. There are chronic conditions like diabetes and thyroid disease, even cancer. The common denominator is that you simply don't feel well.
To keep breastfeeding during an illness carries benefits such as transmitting antibodies, forcing yourself to sit still and rest, and having the baby's needs keep you motivated to take care of your own. No one will tell you it's easy, however, and proactive self-care is absolutely vital.
If you're breastfeeding while sick, try to limit other activities and obligations as much as possible. All of the work you need to do to heal has to be emphasized even more so that you can keep producing milk without draining your body.
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- Eat nutritious foods
If you can nurse side-lying, nursing while you get plenty of rest should be a priority. You might have even done this already, as a toddler runs up to nurse-while-standing as you lay on the couch. Use plenty of pillows and props if you need to sit up. Sore muscles and achy posture will just make you feel more miserable. Expend less energy holding your little one so that you can direct it toward making milk and getting better.
Hydration is always important, but even more when you are breastfeeding while sick. Keep a bottle of water nearby, or a cup with a bendy straw, so that you can easily drink while laying down or keep it next to you when you're camped out on the bed. Nourishing herbal teas, like Nursing Nectar, can contribute to your milk supply while keeping you hydrated. If you can't drink much, have someone freeze the tea into a popsicle.
Finally, as much as you can, choose good nutritious foods to sustain your body while it works overtime for both you and your baby. Bone broth or veggie broth is a universal healing food. For an upset stomach, use Stomach Soother to ease the nausea and get you closer to eating good foods.
When You Have to Pause Breastfeeding With an Illness
There are times, such as when strong medication has been prescribed or when the illness is severe, that we might still be uncertain about continuing to breastfeed. When illness is more serious, you can work with both your doctor and your pediatrician, as well as a breastfeeding professional, to decide the best options for both you and the baby.
If you do find that it's best for you and baby to stop nursing, there maybe next-best choices to get you through that period. Donor milk is getting easier to locate through reputable sources, and you may be able to continue with Let There Be Milk and pumping (but not giving baby the milk) through certain medications or periods of time.
If neither of these are feasible and you must wean, thank your body and your baby for the time you had together and continue to foster your bonding and relationship in other ways.
In all other scenarios, remember that the best way to keep your supply up is to keep nursing. So if it isn't completely contraindicated for your condition, the best course of action is to take care of your body and continue breastfeeding.


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I've noticed that people expect a lot from me. Honestly, I can't do everything that is expected. People forget sometimes that I'm autistic, I think. I guess, for a while, it makes me feel more normal but I shouldn't have to hide myself. My true self isn't the person people want me to be. This doesn't mean that people should avoid me, or worry about how to talk to me; they should talk to me exactly how they would anyone else. The only difference is that my reply might be vague or unexpected. It might not be what they wanted. I try to talk normally but sometimes my words get knotted and I end up saying something different than what I wanted to say. That's just how I am. My thoughts and my words often don't align. Sometimes, I don't even speak at all, and that's not because I don't want to speak; I feel a physical block on my words. It happens most with strangers but it can happen at anytime with people I've known for a while too.
When chatting online, I come across as a very different person to how I act in real life. I type what I wouldn't dare speak, and my online voice is more confident than my real one. This too can give people the impression that I am capable of a lot. The truth is: it embarrasses me to talk about what I can't do. That's why I don't mention it to my friends unless it's important for them to know. I put on this act that makes me appear able to do lots of things, when really I struggle to do most things.
I'm someone who needs a carer. That carer is also my mum, which means she is around me constantly, to help me do things. I'm someone who needs someone to go out with me, because I can't go out alone. I'm someone who has a meltdown about the silliest things. The other day, I had a meltdown because my mum thought my meal was hers and peppered it. It was pasta and I can't eat pepper on my pasta. A lot of people wouldn't care about something like that but, like I said, the silliest things cause me distress. I have to have things exactly how they're supposed to be and, if something goes wrong, I can't cope.
I'm not who people want me to be. I'm trying so hard for my problems to not affect me, but they will always affect me, because autism isn't temporary. I don't mind being autistic, it's who I am, but sometimes I wish it was more understood. There are many stereotypes around it, but I'm not those stereotypes. People thing that if I keep trying, one day my problems will go away. They won't go away. I'm autistic for life. I can try to make things easier, but it will take time. It's not something that can happen overnight.
Maybe one day I'll be able to go out alone, but that day is not today, and it probably won't be for many days yet to come. People who pressure me into trying to do things that are hard for me just make it harder still. I'll do things at my own pace.
Understanding isn't easy if you haven't experienced it, but imagine you walk into the middle of a movie, and have missed important parts of the plot. You keep trying to ask people questions, but they're busy watching the rest so they keep telling you to be quiet. That's kinda what it's like. You don't understand what's going on and you try to figure it out, but you're still way behind.
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