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Sunitinib -- Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor
Sunitinib (marketed as Sutent by Pfizer, and previously known as SU11248) is an oral, small-molecule, multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitor that was approved by the FDA for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) on January 26, 2006.
Sunitinib Chemical Formula: C₂₂H₂₇FN₄O₂
Sunitinib was the first cancer drug simultaneously approved for two different indications. The drug was discovered at SUGEN, a biotechnology company which pioneered protein kinase inhibitors. It was the third in a series of compounds including SU5416 and SU6668. The concept was of an ATP mimic that would compete with ATP for binding to the catalytic site of receptor tyrosine kinases. This concept led to the invention of many small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors, including Gleevec, Sutent, Tarceva and many others.
Sunitinib inhibits cellular signaling by targeting multiple receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). These include all receptors for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-Rs) and vascular endothelial growth factor receptors (VEGFRs), which play a role in both tumor angiogenesis and tumor cell proliferation. The simultaneous inhibition of these targets therefore reduces tumor vascularization and triggers cancer cell apoptosis and thus results in tumor shrinkage.
Sunitinib also inhibits CD117 (c-KIT), the receptor tyrosine kinase that (when improperly activated by mutation) drives the majority of gastrointestinal stromal cell tumors. It has been recommended as a second-line therapy for patients whose tumors develop mutations in c-KIT that make them resistant to imatinib, or who the cannot tolerate the drug.
In addition, sunitinib binds other receptors. These include: RET, CD114 and CD135. The fact that sunitinib targets many different receptors, leads to many of its side effects such as the classic hand-foot syndrome, stomatitis, and other dermatologic toxicities.
Like RCC, GIST does not generally respond to standard chemotherapy or radiation. Imatinib was the first cancer agent proven effective for metastatic GIST and represented a major development in the treatment of this rare but challenging disease. However, approximately 20% of patients do not respond to imatinib (early or primary resistance), and among those who do respond initially, 50% develop secondary imatinib resistance and disease progression within two years. Prior to sunitinib, patients had no therapeutic option once they became resistant to imatinib.
Sunitinib offers patients with imatinib-resistant GIST a new treatment option to stop further disease progression and, in some cases, even reverse it. This was shown in a large, Phase III clinical trial in which patients who failed imatinib therapy (due to primary resistance, secondary resistance, or intolerance) were treated in a randomized and blinded fashion with either sunitinib or placebo.
Readings and References
Sunitinib: a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor. A brief review of its therapeutic potential in the treatment of renal carcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
New Insights into Molecular Mechanisms of Sunitinib-Associated Side Effects
Drug Interactions with Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
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Fu insignita del titolo di Dama di Commenda dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico. Vinse due volte il Premio Whitbread e fu candidata cinque volte al Man Booker Prize for Fiction, senza mai vincerlo.

Biografia
Beryl Bainbridge passò i primi anni della sua vita a Formby, vicino a Liverpool. Già da piccola dimostrò la sua passione per la scrittura. A 14 anni venne espulsa dalla Merchant Taylors' Girls' School perché trovata in possesso di un bigliettino sconcio, scritto da un'altra ragazza.

Quell'estate (1947) si innamorò di un ex-prigioniero di guerra tedesco che era in attesa di essere rimpatriato. Nei sei anni successivi, intrattenne una fitta corrispondenza e cercò di ottenere i permessi per permettere al suo amato di tornare in Gran Bretagna e potersi sposare. La relazione però fini nel 1953, quando entrambi trovarono un nuovo amore.

Nel 1954, sposò l'artista Austin Davies. I due divorziarono dopo poco e la Bainbridge si trovò sola con due bambini. Successivamente, ebbe una terza figlia da Alan Sharp, l'attrice Rudi Davies. Nel 1958, tentò di suicidarsi mettendo la testa nel suo forno a gas in seguito a una delusione d'amore.

Per alcuni anni fece l'attrice, apparendo nel 1961 in un paio di episodi della soap opera Coronation Street. La Bainbridge iniziò così a scrivere per passare il tempo, basandosi spesso su quello che le successe durante l'infanzia. I suoi libri riscossero un buon successo di critica, ma non ebbero eguale successo fra i lettori.

Il suo primo racconto, Harriet Said..., risale a quegli anni, ma venne pubblicato solo nel 1972 perché rifiutato da vari editori. Verso la fine degli anni settanta, scrisse una sceneggiatura basata sul suo romanzo Sweet William. Il film, con protagonista Sam Waterston, uscì nelle sale nel 1979. Anche un altro romanzo, Un'avventura terribilmente complicata del 1989, divenne poi un film nel 1995, con Alan Rickman e Hugh Grant come protagonisti.

Negli anni novanta, la Bainbridge cominciò a scrivere romanzi storici che ebbero un buon successo sia di critica sia di vendite. Master Georgie, ambientato durante la guerra di Crimea e pubblicato nel 1998, vinse il James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Sempre a partire dagli anni novanta, cominciò a lavorare come critica teatrale per il mensile The Oldie. Le sue recensioni difficilmente contengono giudizi negativi e sono normalmente pubblicate dopo la fine delle repliche.

È scomparsa nel 2010 all'età di 77 anni

Mark Knopfler le ha dedicato una canzone contenuta nel suo album del 2015 Tracker, intitolata Beryl.

Opere

Romanzi
 1967 - A Weekend with Claude
 1968 - Another Part of the Wood
 1972 - Harriet Said... (Harriet disse..., traduzione di Maria Luisa Cesa Bianchi, Mondadori, Milano, 1975; con il titolo Lo dice Harriet, traduzione dall'inglese di Massimo Bocchiola, Anabasi, Milano, 1993; poi Astoria, Milano, 2011)
 1973 - The Dressmaker
 1974 - The Bottle Factory Outing
 1975 - Sweet William
 1976 - A Quiet Life
 1977 - Injury Time
 1978 - Young Adolf
 1979 - Another Part of the Wood (revised edition)
 1980 - Winter Garden
 1981 - A Weekend with Claude (revised edition)
 1984 - Watson's Apology
 1989 - An Awfully Big Adventure (Un'avventura terribilmente complicata, traduzione di Maria Teresa Marenco, Anabasi, Milano, 1995)
 1991 - The Birthday Boys
 1996 - Every Man for Himself (Ognuno per sé, traduzione di Alessandra Osti, Fazi, Roma, 1998)
 1998 - Master Georgie (Master Georgie, traduzione di Neelam Srivastava, Fazi, Roma,  2000)
 2001 - According to Queeney
 2011 - The Girl in the Polka-dot Dress

Racconti
 1985 - Mum and Mr Armitage
 1994 - Collected Stories

Altre opere
 1984 - English Journey
 1987 - Forever England: North and South
 1993 - Something Happened Yesterday

Onorificenze

Note

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Q: Probability problem(pmf, avg value, var, allocation) : hitting an enemy until he dies
There is a soldier armed with a sword that can cause 1, 2, 3 or 4 damage points ,with probability of $\dfrac{1}{4}$ for each value of damage points, to an enemy. Therefore, all hits with the sword cause lose of health points of the enemy. An enemy has 5 health points. The solier consecutively hits the enemy until the sum of the damage points he caused to the enemy is greater or equal than 5 so the enemy dies. Hits are independent. Let the random variable $Y$ that describes how many hits were made so the enemy to die. Calculate $p_Y$(mass), $F(Y), E(Y), VAR(Y).$

I see that $Y$ can take values from 2 to 5. For example: $p_Y(5) = P_X(1,1,1,1,1)+P_X(1,1,1,1,2)+P_X(1,1,1,1,3)+P_X(1,1,1,1,5)+P_X(1,1,1,1,5)=\cdots$
I guess $P_X(1,1,1,1,1) = \dfrac{1}{4}\cdot\dfrac{1}{4}\cdot\dfrac{1}{4}\cdot\dfrac{1}{4}\cdot\dfrac{1}{4}$
But i see that it's not efficient to calculate pmf this way, because i will have to add more probabilities for $p_Y(4),$ then for $p_Y(3)$ etc.
Any hits for what do? Basically, i don't know how to start and then calculate pmf. Then, probably i would be able to calculate the average value and all the others.

A: Hint:
More generally define $Y_1,Y_2,Y_3,Y_4,Y_5$ where $Y_k$ denotes the number of hits needed if $k$ hits are enough to overcome the enemy.
Further let $D$ denote the number of damage points achieved by the first hit.
Then $Y=Y_5$ and: $$P(Y_5=n)=\frac14\sum_{d=1}^4P(Y_5=n\mid D=d)=\frac14\sum_{d=1}^4P(Y_{5-d}=n-1)=\frac14\sum_{d=1}^4P(Y_{d}=n-1)$$So this provides a way to find the PMF by recursion.
Likewise expectations (hence variance) can be found by recursion:
$$\mathbb{E}Y_{5}=\frac{1}{4}\sum_{d=1}^{4}\mathbb{E}\left(Y_{5}\mid D=d\right)=\frac{1}{4}\sum_{d=1}^{4}\left[1+\mathbb{E}\left(Y_{5-d}\right)\right]=1+\frac{1}{4}\sum_{d=1}^{4}\mathbb{E}\left(Y_{d}\right)$$
and:
$$\mathbb{E}Y_{5}^{2}=\frac{1}{4}\sum_{d=1}^{4}\mathbb{E}\left(Y_{5}^{2}\mid D=d\right)=\frac{1}{4}\sum_{d=1}^{4}\mathbb{E}\left(1+Y_{5-d}\right)^{2}=1+\frac{1}{2}\sum_{d=1}^{4}\mathbb{E}\left(Y_{d}\right)+\frac{1}{4}\sum_{d=1}^{4}\mathbb{E}\left(Y_{d}^{2}\right)$$

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L'Elite Cup 2022 è stata la 6ª edizione dell'omonima competizione portoghese di hockey su pista. Il torneo ha avuto luogo dal 2 al 4 settembre 2022.

A conquistare il trofeo è stato il Porto al secondo successo nella sua storia.

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THE CLOSING VERSES of Luke 23:1-56, and the opening part of this chapter makes it very plain that none of His disciples in any way anticipated His resurrection. This makes the testimony to it all the more pronounced and satisfying. They were not enthusiastic and visionary, inclined to believe anything, but rather of materialistic mind and despondent, inclined to doubt everything.
The women are brought before us in the first place. They had no thoughts but those suitable to an ordinary funeral. Their minds were occupied with the sepulchre, His body and the spices and ointments that were customary. The Jewish sabbath intervened however, and put a stop to their activities—this was of God, for their activities were wholly unnecessary, and by the time they could have resumed them, the sacred body was not to be found. Instead of the dead body they found two men in shining garments, and heard from their lips that the Lord was now "the living One" and not among the dead. So the first testimony to His resurrection came from the lips of angels. A second testimony was found in the words He Himself had spoken during His life. He had predicted His death and His resurrection. When reminded of His words, they remembered them.
The women returned and told all these things to the eleven; that is, they presented to them the evidence of the angels, and of the Lord's own words, and of their own eyes, as to the body not being in the sepulchre; yet they did not believe. The modern sceptic might call these things "idle tales;" well, that was just how they appeared to the disciples. Peter however, with his usual impulsiveness, went a step further. He ran to the sepulchre to see for himself, and what he saw so far verified their words. Yet in his mind wonder rather than faith was excited.
Next we are carried on to the afternoon of the resurrection day, and Luke gives us in full what happened with the two going into the country, to which Mark just alludes in verses Luke 24:12-13 of his last chapter. The incident gives us a very striking insight into the state of mind that characterized them—and doubtless they were typical of the rest.
Cleopas and his companions were evidently just drifting away from Jerusalem to the old home, utterly disappointed and dejected. They had entertained very fervent expectations which centred in the Messiah, and in Jesus they believed that they had found Him. To them Jesus of Nazareth was "a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;" and at that point evidently their faith stopped. They did not as yet perceive in Him the Son of God who could not be holden of death, and so to them His death was the mournful end of His story. They did think that "it had been He which should have redeemed Israel," but then that to them meant redeeming them by power from all their national foes, rather than redeeming them to God by His blood. His death had shattered their hopes of this redemption by power and by glory. This disappointment was the fruit of their having cherished expectations which were not warranted by the Word of God. They expected the glory without the sufferings.
Not a few believers may be found today who have drifted off into the world in rather similar fashion. They too have drifted because disappointed, and they are disappointed because of entertaining unwarranted expectations. The expectations may have been centred in Christian work, and the conquests of the Gospel, or in some particular group or body of believers with whom they were linked, or perhaps in themselves and their own personal sanctity and power. However, things have not happened as they expected, and they are in the depths of dejection.
This case of Cleopas will help in the diagnosis of their trouble. In the first place, like him they have some little "Israel," which engrosses their thoughts. Had Israel been redeemed, just as Cleopas had expected, he would have been in the seventh heaven of delight: as it was not so, he had lost his enthusiasm and interest. He had to learn that though Israel was right in the centre of the bright little picture that his fancy had painted, it was not in the centre of God's picture. God's picture is the real one, and its centre is Christ risen from the dead. When Jesus had joined Himself to them, drawn out their thoughts and gained their confidence, He opened up to them, not things concerning Israel, but "things concerning HIMSELF." A certain cure for disappointment is to have Christ filling every picture that our minds entertain:—not work, even Christian work, not brethren, nor even the church, not self in any of its many forms, but Christ.
But there was a second thing. True, these unwarranted hopes of Cleopas, which led to his disappointment, had sprung from this thinking too much of Israel and too little of Christ; yet this wrong emphasis was the result of his partial reading of the Old Testament Scriptures. Verse Luke 24:25 shows that their foolishness and the slowness of their hearts had led them to overlook some parts of the Scriptures. They believed some things that the prophets had spoken—those nice, plain, easy-to-be-understood things as to the glory of the Messiah—whilst they set on one side and passed over the predictions of His sufferings, which doubtless seemed to them to be mysterious, peculiar, and difficult to understand. The very things they had skipped were just what would have saved them from the painful experience through which they were passing.
In speaking to them, three times did the Lord emphasize the importance of all Scripture—see verses Luke 24:25; Luke 24:27. He so dealt with them as to make them see that His death and resurrection were the appointed basis of all the glory which is yet to come. "Ought not Christ to have suffered these things... ?" Yes, indeed He ought! And as He ought, so had He done!
What a walk that must have been! At the close of it they could not bear the thought of a separation from this unexpected "Stranger," and they besought Him to abide. Going in to tarry with them, He of necessity took the place which is ever intrinsically His. He must be Host and Leader and also the Blesser; and then their eyes were opened and they knew Him. What joy for their hearts when suddenly they discerned their risen Lord!
But why did He withdraw from their sight just as they had recognized Him? For the same reason doubtless as He had told Mary not to touch Him earlier in that same day (see, John 20:17). He wished to show them from the outset that He had entered into new conditions by resurrection, and that consequently their relations with Him must be upon a new basis. The brief glimpse they had of Him however, coupled with His unfolding of all the prophetic Scriptures, had done its work. They were completely revolutionized. A new light had dawned upon them: new hopes had arisen in their hearts: their disconsolate drifting was over. Though night had fallen, they retraced their steps to Jerusalem, to seek the company of their fellow-disciples. Sick at heart they had sought solitude: faith and hope being revived, the company of saints was their delight. It is ever thus with all of us.
Back they came to tell their great news to the eleven, but they arrived to find themselves forestalled. The eleven knew the Lord was risen, for He had also appeared to Peter. The proofs of His resurrection were rapidly accumulating. They now had not only the testimony of the angels, and the remembrance of His own words, and the account given by the women, but also the witness of Simon, almost instantly corroborated by the witness of the two returned from Emmaus. And, best of all, even as the two were telling their story, in their very midst, with words of peace on His lips, stood Jesus Himself.
Yet, even so, they were not at the outset wholly convinced. There was about Him in His new risen condition something unusual and past their comprehension. They were fearful, thinking they saw a spirit. The truth was they saw their Saviour in a spiritual body, such as 1 Corinthians 15:44 speaks of. This fact He proceeded to demonstrate to them in very convincing fashion. His was a body of "flesh and bones," yet though conditions were new, it was to be identified with the body of "flesh and blood," in which He had suffered, for the marks of the suffering were there in both hands and feet. And while the truth was slowly dawning in their minds, He made it yet more manifest by eating before them, that they might see that He was not merely "a spirit." Thus the reality of His resurrection was fully certified, and the true character of His risen body made manifest.
Then He began to instruct them, and first of all He emphasized to them what He had already stressed with threefold emphasis to the two at Emmaus, that ALL things written concerning Him in the Scriptures had to be fulfilled, as indeed He had told them before His death. They were to understand that all that had happened had transpired according to the Scriptures, and was in no way a contradiction of what had been written. Then, in the second place, He opened their understandings so that they might really take in all that had been opened up in the Scriptures. This, we think, is to be identified with that in-breathing of His risen life, which is recorded in John 20:22. This new life in the power of the Spirit carried with it a new understanding.
Then, thirdly, He indicated that, having this new understanding, and being "witnesses of these things," a new commission was to be entrusted to them. They were no longer to speak of law but of "repentance and remission of sins... in His Name." Grace was to be their theme—forgiveness of sins through the Name and virtue of Another—and the only necessity on the side of men is repentance—that honesty of heart which leads a man to take his true place as a sinner before God. This preaching of grace is to be "among all nations," and not confined to the Jews only, as was the giving of the law. Yet it was to begin at Jerusalem, for in that city man's iniquity had risen to its climax in the crucifixion of the Saviour; and where sin had abounded, there the over-abounding of grace was to be manifested.
The basis, on which rests this commission of grace, is seen in verse Luke 24:46 —the death and resurrection of Christ. All that had just happened, which had seemed so strange and a stumbling-block to the disciples, had been the laying of the necessary foundation, on which the superstructure of grace was to be reared. And all was according to the Scriptures, as He again emphasized by saying, "Thus it is written." The Word of God imparted a Divine authority to all that had transpired and to the message of grace which they were to proclaim.
So, in verses Luke 24:46-47, we have the Lord inaugurating the present Gospel of grace, and giving us its authority, its basis, its terms, the scope it embraces, and the depths of sin and need to which it descends.
Verse Luke 24:49 gives us a fourth thing, and by no means the least—the coming gift of the Holy Spirit, as the power of all that is contemplated. The Scriptures had been opened up, their understandings had been opened too, the new commission of grace had been clearly given; but all must wait until they possessed the power in which alone they could act, or rightly use what now they knew. Luke draws his Gospel to an end, leaving everything, if we may so put it, like a well-laid fire waiting for the match to be struck which will produce a cheerful blaze. He opens his sequel the Acts by showing us how the coming of the Spirit struck the match, and lit the fire with wonderful results.
We have just seen how this Gospel ends with the launching of the Gospel of grace, which is in striking contrast with the way in which, in its opening verses, it brings before us the temple service in working order, according to the law of Moses. The four verses which close this Gospel also present us with a striking contrast, for the first chapter gives us a picture of godly people with earthly hopes, waiting for the Messiah who would visit and redeem His people. It shows us a God-fearing priest, engaged in his temple duties, but possessed of only a little faith, so that he was struck dumb. Not believing, he could not speak: he knew nothing worth speaking about, at all events for the moment. Verses Luke 24:50-53 show us the risen Saviour ascending to engage in His service as High Priest in the heavens, and leaving behind Him a company of people whose hearts have been carried from earth to heaven and whose mouths are opened in praise.
Bethany was the spot from which He ascended, the place where, more than any other, He had been appreciated. He went up in the very act of blessing His disciples. When we remember what they had proved themselves to be, this is indeed touching. Six weeks before all had forsaken Him and fled. One had denied Him with oaths and curses, and to all of them He might have said what He did say to two "O fools, and slow of heart to believe." Yet upon these foolish, faithless, cowardly disciples He lifted up His hands in blessing. And upon us too, though very like to these men in spite of our living in the day when the Spirit is given, His blessing still descends.
He blessed them, and they worshipped Him. They returned to the spot that He appointed for them until the Spirit came, and in the temple they were continually occupied in the praise of God. Zacharias had been dumb: no blessing could escape his lips, either Godward or manward. Jesus went up on high to assume His priestly office in the fulness of blessing for His people; and He left behind those who proved to be the nucleus of the new priestly race, and already they were blessing God and worshipping Him.
This Gospel has indeed carried us from law to grace and from earth to heaven.
Hole, Frank Binford. "Commentary on Luke 24:4". "F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/fbh/luke-24.html. 1947.


Yesterday's post about the new Program Features for Troops, Teams, and Crews covered preparing for the annual planning conference, including setting goals. This section will cover the conference itself, including a step by step plan for conducting the meeting. This annual planning conference will set the tone for your year, and can be a great chance for the Scouts to take ownership of their program. Make sure the youth are the ones taking charge and making the plan. This will help build valuable leadership skills and make sure the Scouts are personally invested in seeing the plan succeed. A good planning conference should not only help the program succeed, it should help the youth grow.
Once you've read the introduction, be sure to check out our suggestions for incorporating these program features in your LDS troop, team, or crew.
The annual planning conference can be held at any regular meeting place in three or four hours on a Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon. However, if you have access to a cabin or retreat center, you might consider turning the conference into an overnight retreat to allow time for fellowship and team building. If the conference follows closely after unit elections, some units also combine the planning conference with the Introduction to Leadership Skills for Troops (ILST) or Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews (ILSC), the first step in the youth leadership training continuum.
Most adults should not play active roles in the planning conference. Instead, they should give their input ahead of time to the unit leader for program. If extra adults attend, keep them busy by putting them in charge of cooking and cleanup, and allow the youth leaders to focus on the task at hand.
Besides the materials described above, you might prepare poster-size calendars for each month that will be planned. (Office supply stores offer a variety of products that will work, including wall planners with erasable surfaces.) Pencil in the dates from the draft plan, as well as other important district, council, community, school, and chartered organization dates.
Another useful tool is the program planning chart, a worksheet for recording by month the program features, activities, courts of honor, service projects, leader meetings, and more. This worksheet can help ensure, for example, that leader meetings are scheduled every month and that courts of honor and service projects are evenly spaced throughout the year.
The outcome of the conference should be an annual calendar, a list of monthly program features (e.g., hiking, engineering, wilderness survival), and a set of unit goals. The amount of detail in the plan will vary. For some months, the group will decide both where it wants to go and what it wants to do. For other months, the group may choose either the destination or the outing's focus.
Ideally, the calendar should include a mix of familiar and unfamiliar activities and destinations. A few traditional outings each year are fun; more than a few can make the program feel repetitive. Even traditional outings can benefit from occasional tweaks, such as doing a favorite activity at a new location.
While discussing ideas at the conference, use these ground rules.
It is important to respect one another's views. Listen and don't interrupt.
Keep focused on the task to plan the unit's annual program. Don't get sidetracked.
Write out ideas so everyone can see them.
Step 1—The Unit leader leads a discussion on the unit's goals for the coming year. Write the goals on a flip chart or eraser board, and agree to that list of goals.
Step 2—Share with the rest of the meeting attendees the printed draft of the calendar that shows the dates researched (or review the dates listed on poster-size calendars around the room) and events planned. Ask if anyone has other dates and events to add.
Step 3—Take a few minutes to discuss these dates and events. Once you feel comfortable with this stage of the calendar, you might take a vote to approve the dates and activities listed so far.
Step 4—The top youth leader shares updates from members about what they want to do. This exercise can be the most challenging in the program planning conference, so take as much time as is needed. The program features could be used as a foundation for the group's desired programs or themes. You might take it one month at a time. Don't forget to include advancement opportunities. The flow of the program is up to you and could be driven by your goals. As an example, if one of your goals is for the unit to take a wilderness trip to Alaska, some of the programs could focus on traveling to Alaska, wilderness survival, trip planning, wilderness first aid, and van safety.
Again, as the group agrees on a monthly feature or program theme, write it on a flip chart or board and take a vote. Designate someone to record all this on a master calendar, and take good notes!
Step 6—Hold a final discussion on the plan, calendar, and goals, and then take a vote for approval. Once youth members approve the annual plan, it will go to the unit committee for final approval. Work with the chartered organization representative to make any facilities reservations at the chartered organization. As soon as possible, begin making campsite reservations for the dates and locations selected.
Step 7—To make this plan a truly valuable tool, it must be shared with each unit family, the chartered organization, and all other interested parties. The unit must follow its plan, share it with everyone, and review it regularly to see if modifications are needed.


Version 3.0 of the PCI Data Security Standard is coming, and draft guidelines reflect the impact of recent retail breaches. The big message to merchants and card issuers: When it comes to payment card security, organizations need to be worried not about threats, but about their own business processes, says Russo, general manager of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. Russo says the problem is that most organizations are not compliant at the time of these attacks. Changes they've made to network infrastructure, software and/or hardware can impact compliance, and this is definitely an area the updated DSS version addresses, he says.
Education and awareness - Lack of education and awareness around payment security, coupled with poor implementation and maintenance of the PCI Standards, gives rise to many of the security breaches happening today.
Increased flexibility - focus on some of the most frequently seen risks that lead to incidents of cardholder data compromise—such as weak passwords and authentication methods, malware, and poor self-detection—providing added flexibility on ways to meet the requirements.
Clarification – Clarifies intent of requirement. Ensures that concise wording in the standard portrays the desired intent of requirements.
Additional Guidance – Explanation, definition, and/or instruction to increase understanding or provide further information or guidance on a particular topic.
Evolving Requirement – Changes to ensure that the Standards are up to date with emerging threats and changes in the market.


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People circlesing all over the world in countless different ways and it dates back to the earliest forms of human singing. Under Patricia Norton's guidance, our circle will use techniques developed by Bobby McFerrin, Rhiannon, and the amazing faculty at the Omega Institute circlesinging workshops. It will be different every time, and singers of all levels of experience are included.
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Circlesinging draws on traditions of chant, jazz and gospel improvisation, meditation and mindfulness to create one-of-a-kind choral improvisations. It is accessible to beginning singers, but also challenges and inspires the very experienced. The fundamental building blocks of rhythm, melody, and harmony are used in repeated patterns, creating music unique to the moment.
Sometimes the circle invites a solo improviser into the center, sometimes it stays in the meditative pulse of a musical pattern. Circles reflect the people in them -- folk, jazz, African, bluegrass, Mediterranean, South-American, pop, gospel, rock, hip-hop, classical, funk, new-age, Québécois, beat-boxing -- you bring what is in you, no need to label it, and it becomes part of the circle.
Circlesinging is an opportunity to tune in, listen deeply, shed beliefs and judgments, and tap into something larger than a single individual. It's powerful. It's embodied. It's bonding. It's healing. It's life-affirming. Some practicioners call it "my church", others simply call it fun. There's only one way to find out what it will be to you....
A history & links about current circlesinging, thanks to vocal improviser and educator Amado Ohland:
Many attribute the renaissance of the practice of circlesinging to Bobby McFerrin. There may have been other leaders who were experimenting with this form at about the same time, but Bobby helped raise it as an art and increase its visibility. Bobby recruited singers for a group he dubbed "Voicestra." They appear on two tracks of his 1990 album "Medicine Music," are recorded in the act on the 19th of July, 1997 episode of "Sessions at West 54th," and are featured on the 1997 album "Circle Songs."
Several members of that ensemble, perhaps most notably the WeBe3 trio of Rhiannon, Joey Blake, and Dave Worm (Sovoso, Glass House, Oakland Circlesings), kept the tradition going and developed other techniques for improvised choral singing. Together with Bobby McFerrin, Voicestra alumni Judi Donaghy Vinar and Christiane Karam, body percussionist and cooperative practicioner Zuza Gonçalves, and beatboxing artist Tiago Grade (Rizumik) they make up the faculty of a week-long workshop called Circlesongs, held at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. Patricia has attended the workshop four times.
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How to Invest in the 2014 IPO Market
[Editor's Note: This inside look at profiting from the 2014 IPO market was first published March 19 in Michael A. Robinson's Strategic Tech Investor.]
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI • March 20, 2014
Michael A. Robinson
High-tech IPOs are white hot right now, which is why many investors are trying to figure out how to invest in the 2014 IPO market.
But it's easy to look in the wrong places for IPO profits…
For example, over the last month or so, I'd bet that I've seen three or four dozen stories about the initial public stock offering of King Digital Entertainment, the company that markets the smash-hit "Candy Crush Saga" game for smartphones.
And with every single story I just shake my head and grin.
I grant you that King Digital is currently a better financial proposition than, say, arch-rival Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) – which is rolling up losses in a way that should scare investors away.
But as alluring as the IPO market can be, it's not a place to play unless you have the "connections" needed to access the best deals – or have a special "angle" to play.
I can't help you with the connections.
But I can give you that special angle.
And that angle will give you access to the profits that roll out of the IPO market – but at a much lower level of risk.
Here's how.
An Insider's View
As a tech-sector insider, I've watched, played, and profited from IPO deals for years. So I understand the allure. I mean, who wouldn't want to pull down a year's worth of profits from the one stock-offering deal that everyone has been talking about?
And right now, the allure is as strong as it's been in years.
In that regard, 2013 ranks as a milestone in the five-year rally from when the market hit bottom in early 2009.
Market research firm Dealogic says there were roughly 230 U.S.-listed IPOs issued last year – a 58% increase from the 145 deals of 2012 and a high-water mark that came five years after the bear-market bottom of 2009.
Those offerings raised $61.7 billion, up 31% from a year earlier – and the largest annual haul since 2007.
Tech investors were especially well rewarded. Although these stock offerings averaged a 33% return, the tech-focused deals generated an average gain of nearly 60%, Dealogic says.
As good as all that sounds, the best is yet to come. A recent report by consultant Ernst & Young says 2014 is shaping up to become a "record year" for worldwide new issues.
"The strong recent uptick in listings indicates a recovery in investor confidence and better market fundamentals," the report says. "The overall trend is an improving one, and activity should trend noticeably higher in 2014."
Little wonder folks are drooling about the King Digital deal, which could value the company at $7.6 billion.
But there's just one problem…
Most retail investors won't profit from this deal … because they'll never get a piece of it.
An Insider's Game
It's a hard reality to accept: If you're not an "insider" – like the venture capitalists, investment bankers, or early employees who have a connection with the company, and were granted shares in return – you'll be watching from afar when an IPO makes its debut.
And even if you had a shot at some of the small allotment that makes its way to brokers, keeping track of when a new issue is to hit the market is really tough for an individual investor to do.
It's not unusual for both the timing and offering price to change several times in the weeks before the IPO begins trading.
Given all these factors, most retail players end up buying the stock after it starts trading – at the inflated post-offering price. That means you can easily lose money – even a lot of money – if you snag the shares at their peak, and then watch them close down from that apogee for the session.
But don't worry: there's a better strategy for investing in IPOs …
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Michael A. Robinson is a 35-year Silicon Valley veteran and one of the top technology financial analysts working today. He regularly delivers winning trade recommendations to the Members of his monthly tech investing newsletter, Nova-X Report, and small-cap tech service, Radical Technology Profits. In the past two years alone, his subscribers have seen over 100 double- and triple-digit gains from his recommendations.
As a consultant, senior adviser, and board member for Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Michael enjoys privileged access to pioneering CEOs and high-profile industry insiders. In fact, he was one of five people involved in early meetings for the $160 billion "cloud" computing phenomenon. And he was there as Lee Iacocca and Roger Smith, the CEOs of Chrysler and GM, led the robotics revolution that saved the U.S. automotive industry.
In addition to being a regular guest and panelist on CNBC and Fox Business Network, Michael is also a Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and reporter. His first book, "Overdrawn: The Bailout of American Savings" warned people about the coming financial collapse - years before "bailout" became a household word.
You can follow Michael's tech insight and product updates for free with his Strategic Tech Investor newsletter.
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Williamson | March 21, 2014
Interesting analysis of the state of private equity. The IPO market is up and the prospects look good for PE's looking for an exit, private equity firms opting to exit their portfolio companies via an IPO will find it easier now with the JOBS act making it easier for emerging companies to go public. I work for McGladrey and there is a whitepaper "IPOs are hot—are your portfolio companies ready?" it offers good information readers will find it helpful.
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Since the Republican victories in the 2010 midterms, Congress has become dysfunctional on a historic scale. Lawmakers have no meaningful legislative accomplishments since the Democratic majorities of 2010, and tasks that were once simple are now nearly impossible.
But since January 2011, Congress has excelled in one area: manufacturing avoidable crises. If there's one thing a GOP majority has guaranteed, it's that the nation's legislative branch will careen, over and over again, from one self-imposed crisis to the next.
* April 2011: House Republicans threaten a government shutdown unless Democrats accept GOP demands on spending cuts.
* July 2011: Republicans create the first-ever debt-ceiling crisis, threatening to default on the nation's debts unless Democrats accept GOP demands on spending cuts.
* September 2011: Republicans threaten another shutdown.
* April 2012: Republicans threaten another shutdown.
* January 2013: Republicans raise the specter of another debt-ceiling crisis.
* September 2013: Republicans threaten another shutdown.
* October 2013: Republicans actually shut down the government.
* February 2014: Republicans raise the specter of another debt-ceiling crisis.
* December 2014: Republicans threaten another shutdown.
* February 2015: Republicans threaten a Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
I suspect for many Americans who only passively follow current events, the crisis cycle has become exasperating, and they're right – great nations can't expect to function this way indefinitely. But it's important to realize this isn't just the result of historic differences between the two major political parties. Rather, it's the result of a deliberate approach to modern governance – and it's quite new in historic terms.
Partisan bickering and gridlock are timeless, but there's never been an era in the American tradition in which the legislative branch of government stopped working on legislation and started creating one crisis after another, on purpose.
It's not, however, an accident. Republicans came to a realization a few years ago that hostage-taking may be an effective approach to governance. They could, in theory, choose a priority – spending cuts, taking away families' access to medical care, stripping immigrants of legal protections, etc. – and draft legislation to advance their goals, but why bother? As GOP lawmakers quickly discovered, (a) writing and passing bills is hard work; (b) President Obama probably wouldn't sign partisan, far-right bills into law; and (c) Republicans weren't willing to compromise or accept concessions that would bring them closer to those goals incrementally.
So, they embraced a shortcut: GOP officials told Democrats to accept Republican priorities or Republicans would impose a hardship on the nation. GOP leaders and lawmakers assumed Dems would care too much about the real-world consequences of the Republican tactics, so Republicans could get what they want through radical and unprecedented brinkmanship – legislating is hard; threatening is easy; so why invest energy in the former when the latter is largely effortless?
A new staple of GOP governance was born: hostage crises, all of a sudden, were a credible substitute for the traditional legislative process.
Americans may say they're tired of these tactics, but they're not, at least not tired enough to vote against those who keep taking hostages in exchange for unreasonable demands. The result, just two months into the new Congress, is a potential shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security this week, which will very likely be followed in the months to come with new crises surrounding the debt ceiling, the Highway Trust Fund, and in the fall, the federal budget.
To be sure, the GOP gambits started struggling when Democrats decided to stop paying ransoms. President Obama, for example, has said he will not negotiate with anyone threatening the nation with default. Republicans may huff and puff about blowing the economy down, but Dems tend to believe they're bluffing.
But these far-right habits won't fade anyway soon. Assuming the DHS standoff is resolved this week before a shutdown – an outcome that is hardly assured – the next hostage will be taken once again very soon.
Thanks to my colleague Rawan Jabaji for tracking down some of the above links.


Only a few Oscar contenders remain unseen at this point, and the last few weeks have held more and more movies showing off their wares for the first time, with AFI Fest bringing the premieres of "A Most Violent Year" (probably too grown-up to make much impact), "Selma" (a potential front-runner) and "American Sniper" (either another dull Eastwood movie or a potential nominee, depending on who you ask).
Last night, they were joined by "Big Eyes," the long-gestating biopic of artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), who painted popular and distinctive pictures of children with oversized eyes, only for her husband Walter (Christoph Waltz) to claim the credit. Reteaming director Tim Burton with "Ed Wood" writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, the film was unveiled last night at the Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, an appropriate setting for a film revolving around paintings. And the word is… mixed.
There don't seem to be any official reviews yet — possibly an embargo still in place? — but reactions on the Twittersphere and elsewhere vary from acute disappointment to the belief that it's a return to form for Burton. Take a look and click through some of the responses below, along with ten new images from the film.
"Adams gives a nuanced performance as Margaret, a timid single mother in the male-dominated 1950s who allows her showy second husband to co-opt her painfully personal art, becoming increasingly trapped in the lie as their fortunes swell.
Big Eyes is delightful. Tim Burton's most personal, emotional, and charming movie in years.
Big Eyes is definitely a return to Ed Wood territory. Often outrageous but totally human. An all around good film.
Waltz and Adams are both great in BIG EYES. Waltz gets some of he biggest laughs of the year – has some hilarious moments.
Sitting here trying to figure out how to explain why I really didn't like Big Eyes. Bizarre tone throughout. Over the top.
At LACMA's world premiere screening of 'Big Eyes' with Tim Burton, Amy Adams, and Christoph Waltz. The film is all kinds of terrific.


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How Do the Quran and the Bible Honor the Prophets?
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How do the Quran and the Bible narrate the story of these Prophets? Do they honor them? How are these prophets described in these Books?
God the Almighty has chosen some prophets and sent them to their people to convey His message to them.
We read in the Quran what means:
"Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him." (Al-Baqarah 2:136)
"Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous." (Al-Baqarah 2:177)
"Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed. And none differed over the Scripture except those who were given it – after the clear proofs came to them – out of jealous animosity among themselves. And Allah guided those who believed to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission. And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path." (Al-Baqarah 2:216)
"Those messengers – some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the Son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit. If Allah had willed, those [generations] succeeding them would not have fought each other after the clear proofs had come to them. But they differed, and some of them believed and some of them disbelieved. And if Allah had willed, they would not have fought each other, but Allah does what He intends." (Al-Baqarah 2:253)
"The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers." And they say, "We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination." (Al-Baqarah 2:285)
"Indeed, those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers and wish to discriminate between Allah and His messengers and say, "We believe in some and disbelieve in others," and wish to adopt a way in between – Those are the disbelievers, truly. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment. But they who believe in Allah and His messengers and do not discriminate between any of them – to those He is going to give their rewards. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. (An-Nisaa' 4:150-152)
Now, how do the Quran and the Bible narrate the story of these Prophets? Do they honor them? How are these prophets described in these Books?
Watch this video to know the answer.
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Bardwell, TX
528 Population
0.3 square miles 1,732.6 people per square mile
about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.1
about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 34.6 ±0.1
about half the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $35,278 ±$160
about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $31,277 ±$113
about two-thirds of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $70,281 ±$312
about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $61,874 ±$208
15.7% ±8.1% (81 ±45) Persons below poverty line
about 1.4 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 11.7% 843,711 (±0.2% / ±12,020)
about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,072,194 (±0.1% / ±34,216)
26.5 minutes ±3.3 (5,640 ±1,562) Mean travel time to work
about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.5 97,341,240 (±0.1 / ±403,834)
about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.6 331,801,795 (±0.1 / ±983,868)
the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,553,470 ±5,426
Texas: 9,691,647 ±18,858
3.1 ±0.9 (528 ±110) Persons per household
about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,238,610 (±0 / ±2,512)
about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,661,312 (±0)
5.6% ±5.3% (8 ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 105,265 (±0.2% / ±2,820)
about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 398,679 (±0.1% / ±4,907)
the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,764,978 ±979
Texas: 10,937,026 ±905
$70,300 ±$15,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
about one-third of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $215,700 ±$779
about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $172,500 ±$355
2.9% ±3.2% (15 ±17.1) Moved since previous year
about one-fifth of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 15.7% 1,132,975 (±0.2% / ±14,195.4)
about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 15.6% 4,358,441 (±0.1% / ±28,790.1)
57.2% ±11.2% (202 ±56.2) High school grad or higher
about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 85.6% 4,047,826 (±0.3% / ±15,309.2)
about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 83.7% 15,173,595 (±0.2% / ±35,698.2)
4.3% ±9.5% (15 ±33.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
about 10 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2% 1,664,280 (±0.2% / ±8,943.7)
less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 29.9% 5,420,676 (±0.1% / ±20,956.8)
20.1% ±8.7% (106 ±51) Foreign-born population
about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.7% 1,365,622 (±0.1% / ±9,951)
about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17% 4,814,638 (±0.1% / ±22,758)
7% ±5.3% (27 ±21) Population with veteran status
about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 6.2% 335,110 (±0.1% / ±4,015)
about the same as the rate in Texas: 7% 1,453,450 (±0.1% / ±10,182)
27 Total veterans ±21 23 Male ±17 4 Female ±6


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Blog Tour: Everyone Dies In the Garden of Syn by Michael Seidelman
Welcome to my stop on the Everyone Dies in the Garden of Syn blog tour!
Everyone Dies in the Garden of Syn (Garden of Syn #2)
by Michael Seidelman
Release Date: October 23rd 2018
Chewed Pencil Press
When Synthia (Syn) Wade discovered a secret world where illness and death did not exist, for the first time in her life she didn't have to worry about her cystic fibrosis. However, a dark truth and a dangerous foe were waiting in the shadows.
Syn must now return to the Garden to save a loved one held captive by a madman and the odds are against her. The secret world is overrun by the terrifying Creepers. Her one-time allies have turned their backs on her. And worst of all, the healing powers of the Garden are no more. This time Synthia fears fighting alone, without respite from her life-threatening illness.
The last time Syn visited The Garden, death was held at bay.
Now Everyone Dies in the Garden of Syn.
Book One:
No One Dies in the Garden of Syn (Garden of Syn #1)
Release Date: April 26th 2016
Synthia (Syn) Wade is a teenage girl who struggles with cystic fibrosis, an incurable life-threatening disease. One day she is pushed into a pond by an unseen figure and wakes up in a new world – a mysterious garden where illness and death don't exist.
Welcomed by the garden's residents and now free of her symptoms, Syn decides to stay. But, before long, she realizes that this apparent utopia holds many dangers and dark secrets.
Surrounding the garden is a fog that Syn is warned never to enter. She encounters bizarre creatures that defy reason. And always lurking in the shadows is a masked woman - a woman who may have a connection to the disappearance of Syn's parents many years ago. A woman whom no one will speak of, but whom everyone fears.
While No One Dies in the Garden of Syn, Syn will soon discover that some fates are worse than death.
There is no way to get past my attacker and the two crocodile Creepers. The Creeper birds circling above the platform are an extra layer of security. I'm trapped. Is death the only way out of this? The only way to save Beth? I don't want to die. But unlike Beth, an early death was written in my cards long ago. She could live to eighty or even a hundred. I'll be lucky to make it to twenty. As much as I want to enjoy every moment of every day until my time naturally runs out, her life is worth more than mine. I swore to protect it. One thing is certain. If I live, she dies.
I take in the bird's-eye view of the Garden. The view of one world from the sky of another. The Creepers flap their massive wings, circling nearer, my hair whipping across my face from the draft.
"It's a long way down, Synthia."
"That's one thing we agree on." I shrug into my backpack and face him. "Another thing we agree on is that some things are worse than death. Like losing a loved one."
"A loved one someone takes from you," He says, with malice.
"I am sorry about that. But you're not going to kill Beth for revenge."
"Oh? Why is that?"
"Because you can't make me witness something if I'm dead." With that, I whirl around and hop onto the railing, teetering forward, gasping with panicked second thoughts.
"No!" He screams.
Defiantly, I heave myself off the railing.
Book 1 –
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Amazon Canada – http://a.co/d/7wzKkz0
Amazon UK - http://amzn.eu/d/803s2ja
Kobo - https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/no-one-dies-in-the-garden-of-syn
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Book 2-
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Amazon Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07FWWCDPM
Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FWWCDPM/
Kobo - https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/everyone-dies-in-the-garden-of-syn
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iBooks - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/everyone-dies-in-the-garden-of-syn/id1417615368
When Michael was growing up, his passions were reading, watching movies, enjoying nature and creative writing. Not much has changed since then.
Working in Online Marketing for over ten years, Michael felt it was time to pursue his passion as a career and wrote the first book in The Garden of Syn trilogy.Getting up every morning and sitting down to create new characters and bring new worlds to life is the most fulfilling job he's have ever had. He is currently writing the second book in The Garden of Syn series and, beyond the trilogy, has many ideas plotted out that he looks forward to sharing with the world!
Michael was born in Vancouver, BC Canada where he continues to reside.