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While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways.Audio narration by Ad-Auris.  India Policy Watch: प Se Pew. प Se Pluralism  Insights on burning policy issues in India- RSJI’m sure by now most of you would have seen the findings of the new Pew survey on religion in India. The report is here and the methodology is outlined here. The size of the sample chosen, the extensive field work done, the questionnaire used and the index devised to measure religious segregation are rigorous and thorough. This is a solid survey that should be basis for further academic work. It will be useful for Pew to publish the raw data soon for further research. What The Survey Says About UsMy first reaction reading the findings was here’s a giant Rorschach test for all political commentators in India. What you might conclude from the report will reveal more about you than about India. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Here’s a short summary of the findings if you found the report TL;DR:Indians believe they have religious freedom. Respecting all religions to them is an important marker to being truly Indian. It is also core to their own religious identity. Further they don’t see widespread religious discrimination around them.Indians value religious diversity. However, Indians of a religion see themselves as very different from others of a different religion. A few things therefore follow from here: Stopping religious intermarriages is a high priority for everyone.Substantial proportion of Indians (upwards of 30 percent) won’t like to have followers of other religions as neighbours.A majority of Indians have almost all their close friends from within their religious groups A majority of Hindus conflate their religious identity with their national identity. They believe it is important to be a Hindu to be a true Indian (64 percent).Caste is still an important factor for cultural reasons. People don’t prefer caste intermarriages as much as religious intermarriages. But a surprisingly low proportion of Indians (below 20 percent) feel there is a lot of discrimination against SCs, STs and other backward classes. Even those in the ‘lower’ castes don’t feel so. Yet, most Indians don’t make close friends outside of their caste.There’s almost a universal belief in God. Religion is central to the lives of Indians. There’s limited evidence of ‘secularisation’ of the society with economic progress in the last 30 years.South is quite different from the rest of the country especially Central (UP, Uttarakhand, MP) and North in almost every parameter. Interestingly, more people from South feel there is caste based discrimination in society than Indians from any other region. The 16-page report is rich on insights. Yet at its heart is that old feature about India that confounds those who study it. A paradox. Indians are tolerant of other religions but will have nothing to do with people belonging to them. Our affairs are our affairs. Your affairs are yours. Never the twain shall meet and we all live happily ever after. That’s pretty much it. Predictably people have used this paradox in the findings to push what they believe is their truth. To some the report is a vindication of their belief that India continues to be an open, tolerant society. To others the report is a proof Indians are intolerant in practice while preaching otherwise. And it is getting worse.Confirming My PriorsSo, why should I be left behind? Why shouldn’t I use the survey to reinforce my priors? Let me do that before I write about the political frame to use to interpret the survey. Here’s my list of truths that will from here on be served by the findings of this surveyThe central paradox the survey reports has been true for the Indian society for centuries. I don’t want to lapse into romanticism but this is why people of diverse ethnic and religious groups settled here over time while retaining their identities. And this is why large parts of India could be under non-Hindu rulers (Buddhist, Jain or Muslim) for long periods in history while still remaining a Hindu majority land. This idea of ‘our religious affairs are ours, yours are yours” became the credo of the rulers too. This is not to say there wasn’t any religious persecution or proselytising in India. There was. But it never lasted long or spread wide to change the composition of its society. As they say, this paradox is a feature, not a bug. We might have a Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb but the two rivers don’t end up merging into one. We live together, separately. This is the secret of our longevity. Allama Iqbal, once wrote“Yunan-o-Misr-o-Roma sab mit gaye jahan se ab tak magarHai baki naam-o-nishan hamara,Kuchh baat hai ke hasti mit’ti nahin hamariSadiyon raha hai dushman daur-e-zaman hamara”Translation: The cultures of ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Romans have disappeared from the face of this Earth. But we still draw our tradition from the civilisation that flourished around Indus. We weathered many assaults from invaders, yet we didn’t lose our essence. There must be something unique in us.To me, the ability to live with this paradox is the uniqueness that Iqbal was looking for. I quote Iqbal here on purpose. I think he was one among the few original political thinkers to have emerged from the East in the last many centuries.We are a conservative society with streaks of liberalism. Not the other way around as we are often led to believe in certain sections of media and commentariat. I use conservative and liberal in the classical sense. We like to conserve what we think is good in us. The overwhelming belief in the religious rituals at key life events that shows up in survey is an indication of this. As is the aversion to intermarriages of any kind. If it has lasted so long it must be good, is a core belief. Surely, economic progress and urbanisation are changing our behaviour in public sphere. But we remain steadfastly conservative in private. We spoke about pluralism in the edition last week. I’m sorry to be quoting myself but it is appropriate here: The construct (value pluralism), popularised by Isaiah Berlin, allows for two or more incommensurable values to be held at the same time by a polity each of which may be true and still be at odds with one another. For Berlin, these differences are unlike a titanic battle between the right and the wrong; instead they are about accepting contradictions and differences in values which then deliver diversity and strength to a society. In the sense that Berlin thought of pluralism, I’d argue, we are truly plural. We can hold the two seemingly conflicting ideas of religious tolerance and communal separation of identities at the same time and live with the contradictions. Those looking to change this pluralism instead of trying to understand it are toying with something precious. The survey is a valuable aid in understanding what constitutes the identity of an Indian. This is important for politics in India. After all, identity and ideology are the two axes on which Indian politics operates (Chhibber & Verma). The role of the state in recognising and advancing the rights of the minorities and the marginalised is an ideological dividing line. Some parties want a proactive role of the state. Others like the society to solve its issues. Electoral studies have shown a clear divide among voters on this which dictate their choices at the polls. The Constituent Assembly debated this vigorously and the Indian constitution leaned towards state taking a more proactive role on this. But the lurking suspicion all along was that the society wasn’t in favour of this. The survey results confirm those suspicions to some extent. Framework For Classifying Societies Over the past year, I have spent some time reading up on authoritarianism and the rise of majoritarian instinct in societies. I have come to develop a crude classification of a diverse society with one dominant identity group. There are a total of five positions a society could be in at a point in time:Tinderbox: This is the scenario just short of ethnic cleansing or civil war. There is visceral hatred for other communities in the society and there are historical grievances, real or imagined, that won’t permit even an uneasy truce. Things are on the brink and a mere spark is enough to engulf the society in flames either through state sponsored cleansing or riots.Under the thumb: There’s a simmering hate for the other in private but it is mostly couched in public. The other communities are seen as inferior and undeserving of an equal status. There is an institutionalised effort to suppress them or to show them their place. If this is achieved, there’s peace and stability but on the terms of majority community. Others will need to make peace with it. If they resist, it will take the society into the ‘tinderbox’ zone.Living together, separately: There’s a strongly held belief in equality of all communities. This is accepted by all and the public behaviour of people is consistent with this. But there’s a deeply held belief about the other communities being different from you. Therefore, there is no coming together of identities in the personal domain. There’s also an understanding that the dominant identity is the ‘true’ identity of the society and this is manifested in everyday practices though not enforced. We have discussed this scenario. This is what the survey tells about India of the present.Syncretism (later multiculturalism): The multiple identities blend into one another through kinship and social relationships to create a super identity that people hold dear over other identities. This is the American myth of being a melting pot blending immigrants and their cultures into one that originated from a play of the same name. Syncretism is the dominant cultural strand of such societies with willing efforts by everyone to forget, or diminish, collective histories, religion and culture. Over the last two decades, this idea has lost steam. It has given way to cultural pluralism or multiculturalism where the coming together of identities is achieved without the radical act of forgetting your past. Easier said than done.Global village: This is John Lennon’s Imagine territory. All the people sharing the world together as one happy family.If I were to generalise (further), I’d suggest through human history ‘tinderbox’ or ‘under the thumb’ have been the predominant positions of societies. The advent of liberal democracies in the west nudged these societies gradually into the ‘living together, separately’ position till around 1960s. The civil rights movement and the strengthening of the ‘left liberal’ platform meant a move towards syncretism. Further deepening of identity politics brought in multiculturalism to the fore. This is the ongoing tussle between conservative and liberal positions. Where should a society be? I’d say the natural state of a society is ‘tinderbox’ or ‘under the thumb’ positions. This is the Hobbesian view. The desire among liberals would be to edge it closer to ‘multiculturalism’ while the conservatives would like to be in the ‘living together, separately’ state. There’s some evidence to suggest India possibly has a longer history of being in the ‘living together, separately’ position than western nations. I say this despite caste oppression and violence being a stark reality in Indian society. Like the Pew survey shows even the members of the ‘lower’ caste don’t believe this discrimination exists as much as outsiders do. It is something I cannot get my head around. But like Naipaul wrote at the beginning of The Bend In The River: “The world is what it is” .The Constitution nudges India towards syncretism or multiculturalism but as the survey shows it is a bridge too far. It is easier to lapse to the ‘under the thumb’ position from where India is today than to transition into a syncretic society. In that sense, the political right has it easy. It can exploit the current position or dog-whistle for the less liberal position without losing electoral strength. The political left or the liberals have the more onerous task of not letting the society slide while nudging it forward towards a more liberal position. This is fraught with electoral risks. On identity, therefore, the right will hold sway. Of course, elections aren’t won only on identity. But it will help the right to keep it at the front and centre of all political debates. And we have seen they are good at it. Matsyanyaaya: AfghanistanBig fish eating small fish = Foreign Policy in action— Pranay KotasthaneMatsyanyaaya accurately describes what Afghanistan is heading towards. With the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) — a US-dominated support force — planning to complete the withdrawal process by September 11, another chapter in Afghanistan’s political journey is set to begin. How did we get Here?It’s easy to point out many mistakes with the benefit of hindsight but equally difficult to pinpoint the main cause behind a tragedy. The US military withdrawal too can be explained by multiple causes. Let’s trace the points of failure in reverse chronological order. Failure point 1: The Doha DebacleThe US signing an uncharacteristically submissive ‘peace’ agreement with the Taliban only brought more violence to Afghanistan. While the agreement went to great lengths to refer to the Taliban as ‘the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban’, the semantic acrobatics fooled none. It left the state of Afghanistan demoralised and gave a boost to the Taliban and its backers in the Pakistani military-jihadi complex. Even back then, this newsletter argued that:“Essentially, the US has committed to a full-withdrawal over 14 months. But the Taliban has not conceded much at all. I do appreciate that a withdrawal was inevitable but the way in which this has happened, it seems to be another humiliating moment for the US.”And:“To give any serious consideration to guarantees by a terrorist group that it would not support other terrorist groups indicates incompetence, short-sightedness, or both.”— Misguided Talks With the Taliban Won’t Bring Peace to Afghanistan, TheWire.inThese fears have come true. The agreement has only increased Taliban’s preference for violence. The lesson they took away was that violence delivers more than negotiations. Failure point 2: The premature withdrawal of ISAF in 2014The withdrawal of foreign presence in Afghanistan, in fact, started way back, in 2010. By 2014, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had transferred security provision at the district-level to an underprepared Afghanistan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF). Apart from the obvious problem of corruption, the ANDSF was hobbled not by financial resources, but by a lack of human capital, poor leadership, and lack of training. Meanwhile, a recent paper by Fetzer et al. shows that the Taliban took advantage of the vacuum created by this change of guard:“We find a significant, sharp, and timely decline of insurgent violence in the initial phase – the security transfer to Afghan forces; we find that this is followed by a significant surge in violence in the second phase – the actual physical withdrawal of foreign troops. We argue that this pattern is consistent with a signaling model, in which the insurgents reduce violence strategically to facilitate the foreign military withdrawal to capitalize on the reduced foreign military presence afterwards.”In other words, this is not the first time that a withdrawal is being bungled up in Afghanistan.Failure point 3: The Inability to See Through Pakistan’s Double-GameTo get to the original sin of the US strategy, one has to go back even further. Even after 9/11, the US refused to see through the Pakistani military-jihadi complex’s duplicitous game. Through some strange calculations, Pakistan became a US ally in the Global War on Terrorism, while also providing shelter to the likes of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban leadership. Meanwhile, Pakistan also succeeded in getting the US to believe that the latter had to solve Kashmir and Afghanistan together, lest the South Asian nuclear tinderbox catch fire. Over the last five years or so, the US has become much better in understanding Pakistan’s game. Yet, Afghanistan continues to bear the consequences of this strategic blunder.How might the Future pan out?What’s likely to happen next? To me, it seems that three scenarios are possible.Scenario 1: A Power Sharing Arrangement between Taliban and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan takes shapeThis is the scenario that most countries are hoping for, and a possibility that many Afghans have reconciled with. And yet, this scenario seems unlikely. Taliban bombing spree through the last twelve months in Kabul and the continued attacks on security forces in the northern provinces suggest that it has no inclination towards a detente. Buoyed by the US withdrawal and the MJC’s support, the Taliban is more likely to aim for a complete monopoly over the use of force.Scenarios 2a and 2b: The ANDSF defeats Taliban or vice versaAn outright military by either side also seems unlikely. The ANDSF doesn’t have the might to protect every inch of territory from the Taliban but it does have the capability to defend key urban centres. On the other hand, the Taliban is not a national movement and will face significant headwinds in provinces dominated by non-Pashtun forces. Scenario 3: Return of a Civil WarEven if Taliban were to take over Kabul and overthrow the State, it will face dogged resistance from regional warlords, who are already shaping up to make a comeback. Husain Haqqani, writing for The Hill suggests that even the US should embrace this approach:“That all is not lost in Afghanistan is exemplified by the willingness of Afghan civilians to form militias to resist the Taliban. The U.S. armed various Iraqi militias against ISIS, and there is no reason why a similar approach cannot be adopted in Afghanistan.Of all the three scenarios, it is this one that seems most likely at the moment. In other words, peace will remain elusive, US withdrawal or not.What About India?Regardless which scenario plays out, the rise of the Taliban does not augur well for the India in the short-term. Taliban’s victory reaffirms the Pakistani military-jihadi complex’s faith in using terrorism as state policy, a lesson it might then apply against India with renewed energy. Second, India’s economic and diplomatic footprint will reduce. Indeed, this process has already begun with the closure of two consulates in Herat and Jalalabad. Third, given the close ties of the LeT, JeM, and the Taliban, there is a tangible fear that these forces will regroup in eastern Afghanistan, a hotbed of anti-India activities in the past. This could allow Pakistan to use terrorism against India while claiming that it has driven terrorists out of Pakistan. All in all, India’s reluctance to play a bigger role in Afghanistan earlier has meant that it is left with far fewer options at hand. Engaging with some elements of Taliban might hold India in good stead if Scenarios 1 or 2b emerge. Nevertheless, given that Scenario 2 is more likely, India must prepare to help its friends, not just in the north but also to anti- Taliban forces in the south. India’s focus over the long-term should shift towards eliminating Pakistan-backed terrorist outfits’ relocation to eastern Afghanistan. The long-term hope for India is that as the US reduces its presence, Pakistan will be left with the unenviable task of managing the volatile situation in Afghanistan. It will be drawn into the seemingly irreconcilable differences in the Afghanistan polity. The Afghanistan-Pakistan rivalry is an enduring one. Even though a much smaller state, Afghanistan retains asymmetric capabilities to hurt Pakistan. The victory for the MJC might turn out to be a pyrrhic one. All said, hope is not a policy. For now, India must contend with a re-energised Pakistani military-jihadi complex.HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Podcast] “Religion and Identity in Contemporary India”: The Grand Tamasha podcast where Milan Vaishnav discusses the survey with Neha Sahgal from the Pew Research [Video] Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Oxford University on his book “Exodus: immigration and multiculturalism in the 21st century”. Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com

It all started with a corporate layoff and a superintendent just trying to help a single mom get her new business off the ground. Learn the story of #SocialSchool4EDU in today’s podcast interview! #SocialSchool4EDU CIO Heidi Feller gets to ask ALL the questions of our host, Andrea Gribble.IN THIS EPISODE, ANDREA WILL SHARE:How she got started in social media for schoolsWhy she almost gave up on building the business in 2014The biggest mistakes she made while running the businessWhere she and her team plan to go from hereSPECIAL GUESTAndrea GribbleFounder and Social Media Storyteller#SocialSchool4EDUEmail Andrea at: andrea@socialschool4edu.com Website: socialschool4edu.com Twitter: @AndreaGribbleInstagram: @SocialSchool4EDUFacebook: @SocialSchool4EDULinkedIn: Andrea GribbleYouTube: SocialSchool4EDUUSEFUL INFORMATIONGet access to the 3-part video series - Social Media Secrets for SchoolsMORE RESOURCESSign up for our free e-newsletter - click herewww.SocialSchool4EDU.comFree Video Training: Learn the simple secrets behind social media for K12 schools!

Original Date: December 15, 2014The holidays are rapidly approaching, so it’s only appropriate your friends in podcasting gift you with one of their most heartfelt shows of the year as they welcome special guest Suli McCullough. Suli is an accomplished, talented and hilarious writer, producer, actor and stand-up comic who has written for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, acted in such films as Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and is currently producing a documentary about stand-up comedy featuring the biggest names in the business. Suli and Phil grew up together, so in addition to fascinating and irreverent stories of show business adventures, this week’s episode will boast thoughtful and moving discussions about race, art, culture and communication. Even after more than 7 1/2 years of free, weekly podcasty goodness, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness keep coming up with new and ever-more nourishing helpings of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

Welcome to the first episode. There are a few people to thank. Joe Schine for the amazing art. Drake Stafford for the intro song, and Cullah for the outro song. Really we are just so excited that this is happening and can't wait to go on the journey with you all. Below are the show notes from the first episode. Thanks for the listen.If you like us and rate us that helps out a lot. Also here is how to contact us.Bob at BMaze19 @twitterDave at Davepeachtree@gmail.comFour people killed and 13 shot at at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970.   Star Wars Day started in 2011.  “May the Fourth” be with you.Hay Market Riots started with a bomb that was thrown into a crowd on May 4 in Hay Market Square in Chicago in 1886.  It was never determined who threw the bomb, but 9 labor organizers/anarchists were executed for plotting a riot.  There is evidence that the bomb was thrown by the police. Dave and Al married April, 19th 2014The name of the class that Dave took at CU was a writing course called “Topics in Writing: Dystopias” taught by the great Jim “Jam” Miller. “Crazy” is an ableist word.  I’m sorry I used it. Children of Men.  Is a dystopian movie directed by Alfonso Cuaron, staring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore.  The plot takes place in 2027 after 2 decades of human infertility.1984 by George Orwell. This is Orwell’s last and perhaps greatest book.Back to the Future came out in 1985.COLA struggle at UCSC. The struggle started in Fall quarter of 2019 with a grading strike.  It escalated to a full strike with a large picket in Winter quarter.  The university used militarized police, surveillance, and extreme punishment to break the strike.  The university faces a unfair labor practice lawsuit in the wake of this repression.Japanese Knotweed is a prolific plant.Emergent Strategy and biomimicry. Emergent Strategy is a book by adrienne maree brown, who has a podcast called How to Survive the End of the World.  We will return to her work in episode 3.Beyond Survival by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha focuses on alternatives to retributive justice and the prison system for communities in struggle. 

Principal Flute Joshua Smith explains how performing Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen left a lasting mark and why the dragonfly just may be his favorite insect.Featured Music:JANÁČEK – The Cunning Little Vixen(sung in Czech)The Cleveland OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, conductorMartina Janková, soprano (Vixen)Jennifer Johnson Cano, soprano (Fox)Samantha Gossard, soprano (Owl)Marian Vogel, soprano (Blue Jay)Sandra Ross, soprano (Woodpecker)Recorded live from Severance Hall in May of 2014The connection we share through music is more important than ever — and so is your support. To support The Cleveland Orchestra, please visit clevelandorchestra.com/donate.

Joanne Ratcliffe (11) and Kirste Gordon (4) were abducted while attending an Australian rules football match at the Adelaide Oval on 25 August 1973. Despite the case making national headlines at the time, the presumed abduction and murder is often linked and overshadowed by the disappearance of the Beaumont children in 1966. The case is also referred to as the Adelaide Oval Abductions.Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the girls and their families, the details of the abductions, sightings of the perpetrator, police investigation and suspects. In the latter part of the episode, as Shaun dug deeper into the research of this case, two seemingly missed leads and a disturbing theory in connection with a remote South Australian town surfaced, suggesting a potentially dark and twisted end to this case and possibly many others...Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/truebluecrimeWebsite - www.truebluecrimepodcast.com - includes our merch storeFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/380493356066315/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/truebluecrime/Email - truebluecrime@gmail.comThis episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: The Missing Beaumont Children by Michael MadiganThe Cruel City by Stephen OrrMan claims he saw Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon loaded into van at a boarding house after their disappearance from Adelaide Oval - Craig Cook, Sunday Mail (SA) August 31, 2013Excavation in South Australia’s mid-north for clues to 1973 abduction of Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirste Gordon from Adelaide Oval - Bryan Littleley and Steven Rice, The Advertiser, September 18, 2014The city of kidnapped children by Marnie O’Neill, The Morning bulletin, 23rd Jun 2018https://www.facebook.com/AMMGSAOSS/posts/2086183821625094https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_DHOwqpfbY&fbclid=IwAR17Dr29Bn78mskq4mKIJRHihg3ekeIJiwzWpbBedk0svtsIBBpmHlvFOlg&app=desktopmurderpedia.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Programs 31-60Travelers in The NightProgramsContents 1 31-A Gentle Breakup Of An Asteroid 2 32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a Moon 3 33-A Busy Month in the Earth's Neighborhood 4 34- Number 5000 5 35-An Asteroid With A Ring 6 36- Earth and Moon as Evening Stars 7 37-Slow Movers At The Edge of Our Solar System 8 38-The Big Ones 9 39-Dash Cams and the Anatomy of An Airburst 10 40-Itokawa A Strange Space Peanut 11 41-Navigating The Night Sky 12 42-Astronauts Reveal Sobering Data On Asteroid Impacts 13 43-First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone' 14 44-A Unique Metal World; Asteroid Psyche 15 45-A World Full of Holes 16 46-How Far Is Forever 17 47-Earth Approaching Space Rocks Collected Over 6 Nights 18 48-Large Dangerous Asteroids Still Appear Suddenly Without Warning 19 49-Earth Approaching Wannabees 20 50-Asteroid 2014 JO25: What An Incredible Ride 21 51-Asteroid 2007 VK184 - Eliminated As An Impact Risk to Earth 22 52- Another Large Bright Suddenly Appearing Asteroid 23 53- Where Is Juno 24 54- Tour a Neighbor World 25 55-RADAR Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid 26 56-A Whopper or A Comet 27 57-Hold A Traveler In The Night In Your Hand 28 58-NASA Hunts for A Special Asteroid 29 59-Spotting Travelers In The Night 30 60-A Close Visit With A Message31-A Gentle Breakup Of An AsteroidClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 21, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Newton formulated that the change in motion for an object depends on the amount of force and the length of time it is applied. For this reason a baseball pitcher tries to have a long pull on the ball before releasing it.Astronomers have a theory, called the Yorp effect, that light from the Sun produces a very tiny torque which increases the rate of spin of an object. The effect is so small that it would take billions of years to be produce a measurable outcome. How can such an idea ever be tested?In September of 2013, the Pan-STARRS group found a strange moving object in the night sky. The plot thickened when the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea Hawaii found that instead of being a single body it appeared to be three small objects embedded in a cloud of gas and dust several thousands of miles in diameter. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to see what is going on.Hubble found that this object changes significantly over a period of months, that it has 6 tails, and that pieces of it continue to emerge from the center and slowly move away at a walking pace.An asteroid collision is too violent to cause what is seen. The object is too cold for expanding gases to cause it to break up. The best explanation which fits the data is that Sun light has slowly, over billions of years, increased P/2013 P5's rate of spin causing it to gently come apart. Some of the dust and small particles which escape from it will orbit the Sun. When the Earth runs into them we may see them as meteors in our night sky.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information On The Break Up Of An Asteroid32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a MoonClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 29, 2014remixed July 15, 2014It appears that Hektor and its moon were created by a collision between two icy asteroids early in the 4.5 billion year history of our solar system when things were more chaotic. They happened to land in a gravitational dip which has allowed them to remain relatively undisturbed for billions of years.The asteroid Hektor orbits the Sun at a point where the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter create a stable point 60 degrees in front of the giant planet. In 1907 Hector was discovered as a moving point of light in the night sky. For the next 99 years its true nature remained unknown. In the past few years the Keck Telescope in Hawaii has discovered that the main body is a 230 mile long peanut shaped object. Most recently Keck was used to discover that Hektor has a 7.5 mile diameter moon which has a dense core surrounded by icy layers. This asteroid moon orbits the peanut shaped Hektor in a stable orbit every 3 hours.Recently, NASA scientists using the Goldstone Radar telescope were taking advantage of a close approach of a potentially hazardous asteroid to obtain radar images. These data show 2006 DP14 is a peanut shaped object about 1300 feet long. It slowly spins with a 6 hour period. Previous data from Goldstone and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suggests that more than 10 % of near Earth asteroids larger than 650 feet in diameter have a peanut shape. This knowledge will be important if we find one of these strange objects is on a collision course with our planet.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information on This Program33-A Busy Month in the Earth's NeighborhoodClick to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014For us who look for Earth approaching objects, March of 2014 was a busy month. Six asteroids which pass closer than our Moon were discovered and tracked. The smallest of them is the size of an SUV and the largest would fill an NBA basketball court. Fortunately none of them were on a collision course with Planet Earth.Interest in smaller space rocks has increased since a semitrailer truck sized asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia in February of 2013. Most of the nearly 1500 injuries could have been avoided if people in the impact area had been warned to stay away from windows.In January of 2014 a refrigerator sized asteroid was discovered about 20 hours before it exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is estimated that there are a billion near Earth Asteroids of similar size.It is likely that we have discovered 90% of the approximately one thousand near Earth asteroids whose impact would cause global climate change. There are probably 300,000 smaller Earth approaching asteroids whose impact would devastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's surface. So far we have discovered about 5,000 of them. There are many millions of space rocks which could cause window breaking sonic booms. Happily we have not discovered any of these objects which will impact the Earth any time soon.An Asteroid impact is a natural disaster whose effect we have the ability to minimize . The NASA Near Earth Object Program's goal is provide the early detection essential to mitigate such an event.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore On Asteroid Close Approaches to Earth34- Number 5000Click to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014The 5000th Earth approaching asteroid discovered by the University of Arizona's NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey was found early in 2014. It is approximately 3 times the size of the one which injured 1491 people in Russia in February of 2013. It was discovered by my teammate Jess Johnson. Happily, its closest approach to Earth is slightly farther than our moon.The other 4999 asteroids discovered since 2003 consist of:> 141 that are large enough to cause global climate change,> 1892 that are large enough todevastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's Surface, and> 2966 that upon entering our atmosphere would createwindow shattering sonic booms.Fortunately none of these objects will impact the Earth anytime soon.Our team operates two telescopes, 24 nights per month in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. This effort has discovered 47% of the near Earth Asteroids known to exist. We are part of the NASA near Earth Object Program who goal is to provide the early warning time which is essential to mitigate the effects of an asteroid impact.Fortunately large asteroids which impact the Earth are extremely rare. Small asteroids are the most numerous and thus mostly likely to present a problem. In the future we hope to have the equipment in place to obtain a heads up if a small asteroid is likely to be an impactor. Then people that are in a potentially effected area will be warned to seek shelter in a manner similar to a tornado warning.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore on the 5000th Asteroid35-An Asteroid With A RingClick to ListenPublished PRX April 18, 2014Recorded April 12, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Saturn had a strange appearance in Galileo's telescope. At first he described it as being a composite of three objects. A few years later, better telescopes showed a beautiful ring system surrounding Saturn. For more than 350 years Saturn was the only known planet with rings. Now we are aware that Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune also have ring systems.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is an asteroid which orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus every 63 years. It was discovered in 1997 by James Scotti an astronomer with Spacewatch on Kitt Peak in Arizona.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is the first asteroid to show a ring system. Perhaps there are others.

Programs 31-60Travelers in The NightProgramsContents 1 31-A Gentle Breakup Of An Asteroid 2 32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a Moon 3 33-A Busy Month in the Earth's Neighborhood 4 34- Number 5000 5 35-An Asteroid With A Ring 6 36- Earth and Moon as Evening Stars 7 37-Slow Movers At The Edge of Our Solar System 8 38-The Big Ones 9 39-Dash Cams and the Anatomy of An Airburst 10 40-Itokawa A Strange Space Peanut 11 41-Navigating The Night Sky 12 42-Astronauts Reveal Sobering Data On Asteroid Impacts 13 43-First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone' 14 44-A Unique Metal World; Asteroid Psyche 15 45-A World Full of Holes 16 46-How Far Is Forever 17 47-Earth Approaching Space Rocks Collected Over 6 Nights 18 48-Large Dangerous Asteroids Still Appear Suddenly Without Warning 19 49-Earth Approaching Wannabees 20 50-Asteroid 2014 JO25: What An Incredible Ride 21 51-Asteroid 2007 VK184 - Eliminated As An Impact Risk to Earth 22 52- Another Large Bright Suddenly Appearing Asteroid 23 53- Where Is Juno 24 54- Tour a Neighbor World 25 55-RADAR Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid 26 56-A Whopper or A Comet 27 57-Hold A Traveler In The Night In Your Hand 28 58-NASA Hunts for A Special Asteroid 29 59-Spotting Travelers In The Night 30 60-A Close Visit With A Message31-A Gentle Breakup Of An AsteroidClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 21, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Newton formulated that the change in motion for an object depends on the amount of force and the length of time it is applied. For this reason a baseball pitcher tries to have a long pull on the ball before releasing it.Astronomers have a theory, called the Yorp effect, that light from the Sun produces a very tiny torque which increases the rate of spin of an object. The effect is so small that it would take billions of years to be produce a measurable outcome. How can such an idea ever be tested?In September of 2013, the Pan-STARRS group found a strange moving object in the night sky. The plot thickened when the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea Hawaii found that instead of being a single body it appeared to be three small objects embedded in a cloud of gas and dust several thousands of miles in diameter. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to see what is going on.Hubble found that this object changes significantly over a period of months, that it has 6 tails, and that pieces of it continue to emerge from the center and slowly move away at a walking pace.An asteroid collision is too violent to cause what is seen. The object is too cold for expanding gases to cause it to break up. The best explanation which fits the data is that Sun light has slowly, over billions of years, increased P/2013 P5's rate of spin causing it to gently come apart. Some of the dust and small particles which escape from it will orbit the Sun. When the Earth runs into them we may see them as meteors in our night sky.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information On The Break Up Of An Asteroid32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a MoonClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 29, 2014remixed July 15, 2014It appears that Hektor and its moon were created by a collision between two icy asteroids early in the 4.5 billion year history of our solar system when things were more chaotic. They happened to land in a gravitational dip which has allowed them to remain relatively undisturbed for billions of years.The asteroid Hektor orbits the Sun at a point where the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter create a stable point 60 degrees in front of the giant planet. In 1907 Hector was discovered as a moving point of light in the night sky. For the next 99 years its true nature remained unknown. In the past few years the Keck Telescope in Hawaii has discovered that the main body is a 230 mile long peanut shaped object. Most recently Keck was used to discover that Hektor has a 7.5 mile diameter moon which has a dense core surrounded by icy layers. This asteroid moon orbits the peanut shaped Hektor in a stable orbit every 3 hours.Recently, NASA scientists using the Goldstone Radar telescope were taking advantage of a close approach of a potentially hazardous asteroid to obtain radar images. These data show 2006 DP14 is a peanut shaped object about 1300 feet long. It slowly spins with a 6 hour period. Previous data from Goldstone and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suggests that more than 10 % of near Earth asteroids larger than 650 feet in diameter have a peanut shape. This knowledge will be important if we find one of these strange objects is on a collision course with our planet.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information on This Program33-A Busy Month in the Earth's NeighborhoodClick to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014For us who look for Earth approaching objects, March of 2014 was a busy month. Six asteroids which pass closer than our Moon were discovered and tracked. The smallest of them is the size of an SUV and the largest would fill an NBA basketball court. Fortunately none of them were on a collision course with Planet Earth.Interest in smaller space rocks has increased since a semitrailer truck sized asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia in February of 2013. Most of the nearly 1500 injuries could have been avoided if people in the impact area had been warned to stay away from windows.In January of 2014 a refrigerator sized asteroid was discovered about 20 hours before it exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is estimated that there are a billion near Earth Asteroids of similar size.It is likely that we have discovered 90% of the approximately one thousand near Earth asteroids whose impact would cause global climate change. There are probably 300,000 smaller Earth approaching asteroids whose impact would devastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's surface. So far we have discovered about 5,000 of them. There are many millions of space rocks which could cause window breaking sonic booms. Happily we have not discovered any of these objects which will impact the Earth any time soon.An Asteroid impact is a natural disaster whose effect we have the ability to minimize . The NASA Near Earth Object Program's goal is provide the early detection essential to mitigate such an event.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore On Asteroid Close Approaches to Earth34- Number 5000Click to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014The 5000th Earth approaching asteroid discovered by the University of Arizona's NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey was found early in 2014. It is approximately 3 times the size of the one which injured 1491 people in Russia in February of 2013. It was discovered by my teammate Jess Johnson. Happily, its closest approach to Earth is slightly farther than our moon.The other 4999 asteroids discovered since 2003 consist of:> 141 that are large enough to cause global climate change,> 1892 that are large enough todevastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's Surface, and> 2966 that upon entering our atmosphere would createwindow shattering sonic booms.Fortunately none of these objects will impact the Earth anytime soon.Our team operates two telescopes, 24 nights per month in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. This effort has discovered 47% of the near Earth Asteroids known to exist. We are part of the NASA near Earth Object Program who goal is to provide the early warning time which is essential to mitigate the effects of an asteroid impact.Fortunately large asteroids which impact the Earth are extremely rare. Small asteroids are the most numerous and thus mostly likely to present a problem. In the future we hope to have the equipment in place to obtain a heads up if a small asteroid is likely to be an impactor. Then people that are in a potentially effected area will be warned to seek shelter in a manner similar to a tornado warning.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore on the 5000th Asteroid35-An Asteroid With A RingClick to ListenPublished PRX April 18, 2014Recorded April 12, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Saturn had a strange appearance in Galileo's telescope. At first he described it as being a composite of three objects. A few years later, better telescopes showed a beautiful ring system surrounding Saturn. For more than 350 years Saturn was the only known planet with rings. Now we are aware that Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune also have ring systems.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is an asteroid which orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus every 63 years. It was discovered in 1997 by James Scotti an astronomer with Spacewatch on Kitt Peak in Arizona.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is the first asteroid to show a ring system. Perhaps there are others.

Want to help us make Syzygy even better? Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypodSyzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York.Visit us at syzygy.fm or find us on Twitter: @syzygypodThings we talk about in this episode:SYZYGY LIVE! Podcast recording at YorNight 2018 https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/Fermi’s new constellations for the high-energy sky: https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/yornight/2018/Imaging the SMBH at the centre of the Milky Way: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/magazine/how-do-you-take-a-picture-of-a-black-hole-with-a-telescope-as-big-as-the-earth.htmlEvent Horizon Telescope: https://eventhorizontelescope.orgEmily’s Astrocampus at the Uni of York : https://eventhorizontelescope.orgSagittarius A*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A*Star S2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2_(star)A truck-full of data: https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/The Black Hole (movie): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1002497_black_holeInterstellar (movie): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/interstellar_2014The physics of the Interstellar black hole: https://www.wired.com/2014/10/astrophysics-interstellar-black-hole/Gravitational lensing: https://www.spacetelescope.org/science/gravitational_lensing/Pale Blue Dot: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/536/pale-blue-dot/Carl Sagan on the Pale Blue Dot image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g

Solemn Assembly Part 2                       by Jay Meyer               September 21, 2014The who it pertains to,  the what it is all about and why we're doing it of the upcoming Solemn Assemblies. 

Multifamily Market UpdateDate: 07/24/2014The apartment market continues to prosper, but how long will the rent growth and improved occupancy last? How are class “B” and “C” communities performing? How is new construction impacting the sector? Will an improving housing market impact multifamily performance? How can operators best attract and retain tenants today? How will tapering effect interest rates and financing terms?The host and guests shared what to expect for the remainder of 2014.

U.S. Multifamily Market UpdateOriginal Air Date: May, 1 2014The show provides enlightening industry intel on the U.S. apartment market. Experts take a look at the performance of the market in the first quarter of 2014, and share what to expect moving forward.Discussions include cap rates, how levels of new construction will affect the market and investment opportunities for this point in the cycle. Your comments and questions welcome. 

April 10, 2014 Thursday 8-10:00 p.m. call 347-326-9626 or Listen at www.planetgreentrees.comHosted by attorney Michael Komorn from Komorn Law and Chad from Birmingham Compassion-Contributions from Rick Thompson from The Compassion Chronicles and Jamie Lowell from The 3rd Coast Compassion Center-Tonight:Legalization in Michigan for 2014The statewide 2014 local ballet initiative for decriminalization and legalization was announced this past week for the cities Lapeer, Bay City, Utica, Hazel Park, Oak Park, Clair, Harrison mi, Onaway, Benzie County, East Lansing, Mt. Pleasant, and Port Huron.  Calling in to discuss their undefeated record and the philosophy behind this strategy will be The God Father of Marijuana in Michigan, Tim Beck and 40 year cannabis Reform activist and kindergarten teacher Chuck Reem.Hash BashWe will be recapping the hash bash 43, speakers and event organizers calling in, for the impact the event from this past and the overall of Hash Bash has had on prohibition.Can Cannabis Cure CancerWe will be continue our ongoing discussion about the medical effects of cannabis in treating cancer. Calling in to offer her courageous patient testimonial will be Cancer patient Sandra Hanes, she will be discussing how whether her use of cannabis has in treating her cancer has been effective.Michael's rant, news, current events and more!

Zoning For DollarsOriginal Air Date: April 10, 2014The timing has never been better to buy properties and rezone them to increase the value. Fortunes have been made rezoning properties to higher and better uses.  Join show host Michael Bull as he interviews leading zoning attorneys on best practices and winning strategies to create value by rezoning properties.Your questions and comments welcome. Show Host   Michael Bull, CCIM888-612-SHOW Michael@CREshow.com Founder Bull Realty, Inc. 800-408-2855 x 2001Michael@BullRealty.comMichael on TwitterMichael on LinkedIn

Laodicea, The City Church                   by Jay Meyer               March 30, 2014The letter to the Church of Laodicea, in the book of Revelation.  These people lived their lives  like something God spit out of his mouth instead of living as if they were God's people.  But he still loved them, therefore He sent a message to them, so they could be earnest and repent.

Boulder Arts Week, March 28-April 6, 2014The first, large-scale, inclusive celebration of our community's vibrant arts and cultural offerings. This city-wide event will highlight Boulder's distinguished arts and cultural programming and will include NoBo Art District's First Friday, exhibitions, performances, dance, music, theater, artist demonstrations, lectures and symposia.  Artist participants + more: AnnetteColemanArtist.com LisaNesmith.com CarolSilks.com 1. Here's how to be prepared to call in live on the show:  Introduce yourself, talk about your work and how it relates to the show topic.  NEW! record on your memo function on your phone and email to: AnnetteColeman@yahoo.com a few hours in advance of the show.  2. Call in live during the show  9-10 pm MST: Call 646-915-9294 Thanks for letting us interview you. Your thoughts will help other artists with their art career.     3. Listen live on your computer BlogTalkRadio.com/annette-colema All the best for your art career, Annette Coleman Artist and founder 88 88 ArtLook 

Whats Up with Senior Housing Original Air Date: February 27, 2014The $270 billion seniors housing market exhibited remarkable resilience throughout the recession. The sector is poised for even more growth as 75 million baby boomers expand the market. Hear the latest on the sector including cap rates, financing, yields and the latest trends affecting the market. Join show host Michael Bull and senior housing experts as they share market intelligence and successful strategies to benefit from and serve the growing seniors housing market.Complimentary one year subscription to Seniors Housing Business a France Media, Inc. publication.Send questions or comments for the host or guests by e-mail or twitter or call 888-612-SHOW.  Show Host   Michael Bull, CCIM888-612-SHOW Michael@CREshow.com Founder Bull Realty, Inc. 800-408-2855 x 2001Michael@BullRealty.comMichael on TwitterMichael on LinkedIn

Multifamily Market UpdateOriginal Air Date: January 30, 2014The apartment market continues to prosper, but how long will the rent growth and improved occupancy last? How are class “B” and “C” communities performing? How is new construction impacting the sector? Will an improving housing market impact multifamily performance? How can operators best attract and retain tenants today? How will tapering effect interest rates and financing terms? The host and guests also share how 2013 rates and occupancy wrapped up, and what to expect in 2014.If you have any questions or comments for the host or guests about this topic, or if you would like to discuss any real estate related endeavors, you're invited to contact us at 888-612-SHOW or by e-mail or twitter.  Show Host   Michael Bull, CCIM888-612-SHOW Michael@CREshow.com Founder Bull Realty, Inc. 800-408-2855 x 2001Michael@BullRealty.comMichael on TwitterMichael on LinkedIn

with Rev. Deb PhelpsRecorded January 23rd, 2014The power of deep listening and what it does for us. Rev. Deb shares her personal story of a recent dark night of the soul. Rev. Deb is also available for Spiritual Direction sessions.Rev. Deb Phelps is the author of "I am Entitled to Miracles! Simple Ways to Apply the Principles in A Course in Miracles." She is also the Senior Minister of MiraclesOne, which is a center and ministry devoted to the practical application of the spiritual text, A Course in Miracles. For more information: www.miraclesone.orgYour donation is appreciated.

with Rev. Deb PhelpsRecorded January 23rd, 2014The power of deep listening and what it does for us. Rev. Deb shares her personal story of a recent dark night of the soul. Rev. Deb is also available for Spiritual Direction sessions.Rev. Deb Phelps is the author of "I am Entitled to Miracles! Simple Ways to Apply the Principles in A Course in Miracles." She is also the Senior Minister of MiraclesOne, which is a center and ministry devoted to the practical application of the spiritual text, A Course in Miracles. For more information: www.miraclesone.orgYour donation is appreciated.

How to streamline your house flipping business, get your deals funded and Robert's market predictions for 2014!Robert Fragoso, a hard money lender with Anchor Loans in Southern California, has been in this business for over 20 years, has overseen loans totaling over $1.6 Billion (yes, Billion, with a “B”), and from the more than 5,000 deals he analyzes each year, has his hands in more than 1,500 transactions — per year!. Not only that but this guy is a Master Networker and all around great guy.Today he provides some incredible insights on the real estate investing business. From how money lenders analyze your deals, to the importance of networking in developing your business, Robert goes in to some amazing detail in this, the longest podcast we've ever produced. He even provides some great predictions on where the market will go in 2014.We discuss just about everything you can imagine, and if you've ever wanted to hear a conversation on some high-level investing topics, or just want to get an understanding of how a beginner house flipper can approach a lender, then this is something you need to listen to.And if you like what you hear, be sure to click here to subscribe in iTunes. And while you’re there, why not leave us a review and five-star rating?Show NotesIn this episode we cover:Robert's background in real estate investing and how he developed his business to over $1.6 billion in loans.Keys to hiring and where you can find the best people to learn your systemsRobert's number one goal with his businessHow to work with and qualify contractorsDo's and Don'ts of evaluating properties and how to analyze dealsThe importance of networking, including a recent networking event of Robert's which Justin attendedEffective things to do when attending a networking eventStrategies and practices of a hard money lenderThe first things you should do when you find a dealIn L.A. 38% of all deals are cash deals. Nationwide it is 58%.The #1 trigger word you should never use with lendersThe three things you absolutely should do when evaluating a hard money lenderRobert's number one pet peeve when it comes to writing offersThe things Robert looks for when new house flippers come to him with a dealThe one thing most beginners grossly underestimate with their dealsWhat Robert can offer to house flippers — from 100% financing, gap lending and even running the rehabRobert's analysis of today's Market and where he sees it going in 2014The best time to buy a propertyThe affect of the Affordable Health Care Act on the real estate market and what is means for borrowersFirst EVER House Flipping HQ COMPETITION!!! “STARTING or Taking Your Business to the NEXT Level!” Some more details … Robert and I are putting together an amazing opportunity for you to meet and discuss real estate investing with some of the top people in the game. Here's what you have to do:In the comments section below, write down something specific you will do in the next week to either get your house flipping business started or to take it to the next level. It should be specific, measurable, and actionable.Over the next week Robert and I will review your entries, provide some feedback/suggestions, to make sure you are on the right track and at the end of the week we will pick one of you to join us at an amazing networking event in the private Hyde Lounge at an upcoming Clippers basketball game.Don't over complicate it. The winner will be chosen based on the simplicity of their actionable item and how it will directly help them either begin or improve their business. Oh and you have to actually do what you say you are going to do Help out a Family this Holiday Season!Justin's iTunes charity challenge! Your iTunes ratings and reviews can help a family in need this holiday season. Plus you get a great free gift and amazing resources that Justin uses in his own business. Subscribe, rate and review the podcast and then e-mail me at justin@houseflippinghq.com with your iTunes name!Resources and Links MentionedAnchor LoansRobert's Facebook pageA Gilded Life (Robert's wife's website)House Flipping HQ's Forms ToolkitHFHQ Podcast Episode 5 with Kristi Cirtwill and Evan YoungerHyde Lounge at the Staples CenterThe Department of NumbersMemorable Quotes“The people you do a lot of business with you also have to get along with” ~ Robert Fragoso [Tweet this!]“The systems that you use when you're buying 1 house a year vs. 100's of houses a year are completely different.” ~ Robert Fragoso“The point where you're getting too busy, it's too late — you've already lost efficiency” ~ Robert Fragoso“We qualify our contractors much like we qualify our borrowers” ~ Robert Fragoso“You have to realize that in this business you're either a deal guy or a business guy” ~ Robert Fragoso [Tweet this!]“If this is your business, just like any other business, you have to invest in the tools of that business. You can't be a chef without a stove. You can't be a contractor without a hammer. You can't be a real estate investor without access to the MLS and the right valuation tools.” ~ Robert Fragoso“I love networking as a part of the system to buy more deals.” ~ Robert Fragoso [Tweet this!]“I would rather go out and leverage other people's work product than go out myself” ~ Robert Fragoso“Gone are the days where [you can] make 18% on a deal” ~ Robert Fragoso“We pay 100% of what the property is worth when we buy it. … We are adding value by the work product that we do.” ~ Robert Fragoso“You have to be willing to set up your business in such a manner that you can take off to Hawaii and not worry, and it still continues. If you leave at any point and it stops, then you don't have a business — you're a deal guy.” ~ Robert Fragoso“No agent expects you to buy everything. But when you think you're not going to buy it, get to that answer quickly.” ~ Robert Fragoso“There's always money for a good deal.” ~ Robert Fragoso [Tweet this!]“The good thing about real estate is that you can quantify most of your risk.” ~ Robert Fragoso“[House flipping] beginners grossly underestimate the cost of the rehab.” ~ Robert Fragoso [Tweet this!]“This isn't a business where you gamble. This is a … business with calculated risk. … It is more important to preserve your capital than make more capital.” ~ Robert Fragoso“Buy when the price is lower, not when the interest rates are lower.” ~ Robert Fragoso“Become the expert of your craft” ~ Robert Fragoso [Tweet this!] TranscriptClick here to Read and Download the Transcript for Episode 11Like what you hear?If you’ve found any value or helpful information in the House Flipping HQ Podcast, we’d love to hear about it! Head on over to iTunes and leave us a rating (5 stars would be great!) and review so that others who are interested in starting a house flipping business can find us and get in on the good stuff. Click here to leave a review and rating If you have any questions or comments about this show or it’s contents, please post them in the comments area below and I’ll be happy to answer them!The post HFHQ 11: Take your business to a whole new level with Robert Fragoso appeared first on House Flipping HQ. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.