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In this episode of the Coaching 101 Podcast, host Daniel Chamberlain welcomes Akron University's Head Football Coach, Joe Moorhead, to discuss offensive play calling, strategies, and the impact of recent changes in college football. The conversation covers everything from Moorhead's favorite motivational quotes to the intricacies of play calling and adjusting schemes. The duo also delves into the evolution of football offenses, the complexities of situational game planning, and the influence of the transfer portal and NIL on recruiting high school athletes. Wrapping up, Coach Moorhead shares his approach to helping young coaches and staying connected with the coaching community.00:00 Introduction and Host Update00:23 Guest Introduction: Coach Joe Moorhead00:50 Quote of the Week01:25 Offensive Play Calling Insights05:01 Evolution of Offensive Schemes10:34 Game Planning Strategies22:57 Impact of NCAA Changes on High School Recruiting29:15 Coaching Philosophy and Culture32:19 Closing Remarks and Contact Information
Our Lead Minister, Dan Smith, interviews 4 of our Young Adults who attend Momentum and 3 are also a part of a Small Group meeting at Akron University. Thanks to Chris, Zion, Bri and Azlan for sharing their stories of transitioning into Young Adults, working, attending college and how they are finding ways to grow in their faith and support each other in their walk with the Lord.
On Episode 54 of Winners Win, Leaders Lead Van sits down with Akron University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Charles Guthrie. Winners Win, Leaders Lead, was started by Coach Van Malone. He talks to leaders in coaching, athletic departments, business leaders and CEOs. In his over 20 years of coaching, he's been around some of the greatest leaders in his field and had the opportunity to coach thousands of young men and women himself. And now he wants to share that leadership knowledge with you!
Charlie is having a rough morning. Krystle is easily duped. Dieter says he could puke at any moment. Duji has to leave the studio. A player made a big mistake during the Kent State vs. Akron University basketball game. A man, seen masturbating outside of a variety of businesses, was found to be depositing his sperm onto fruits, vegetables and baked goods. An 11-year-old boy pulled out a butcher knife and threatened to kill his sister, and himself, over a video game. A caller asks for Rover's advice.
Life's one non-negotiable is to be loved and to see our love make a difference. - Matthew T. Lee "Are we becoming more fully alive through Education?" After a decade of conventionally successful research and university teaching as a sociologist, Matthew T. Lee, Ph.D., found himself meditating upon this existential question. It triggered a shift in how he showed up in class, and what emerged at Akron University from collaborations with colleagues were Unclasses. He began to meet the students downtown instead of in a classroom. Each class would begin with a heart check-in (and sometimes haikus!). Open space was carved for silence, contemplation, and even rest. As he changed the context, shifts in content naturally followed. His intense course "Conflict and Justice" at Harvard University expanded to "Conflict, Justice and Healing". A sociologist and former criminologist, Matt is one of the leading experts in research on human flourishing - a relative state in which all aspects of a person's life are thriving, including the contexts in which that person lives. To "measure what we truly treasure", he took an interdisciplinary approach integrating quantitative social sciences with the deep wisdom of humanities. Currently, he serves as a Research Associate at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University and is co-leading the working group on love and care for the Global Study of Human Flourishing, one of the largest studies of its kind. He is also the Director of Flourishing Network, the program's community of practice. Alongside, he is a Professor of the Social Sciences and Humanities at Baylor University and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Health, Flourishing, and Positive Psychology at Stony Brook University, as well as a Visiting Scholar at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Matt has extensively researched and written on shifting current extractive systems towards regeneration and "daring to say love". How do we bring the grammar of business into a constructive dialogue with the grammar of love? How might we re-imagine health as flourishing that locates the individual in social, ecological, and spiritual contexts beyond merely the absence of disease? What's the role of creating open spaces in education for greater self-discovery and transformative growth? His most recent three books are: Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities; The Heart of Religion; and Transcending Crisis by Attending to Care, Emotions, and Flourishing. Underneath the long list of his leadership positions, courses taught, papers published and awards, a simple insight grounds his daily actions - "Every person is infinitely valuable." Join us for an illuminating conversation with this inspiring teacher dedicated to fostering flourishing and well-being in our world. This call will be moderated by our past guest and volunteer Navin Amarasuriya, who is passionate about bringing scientifically evidenced practices of well-being to schools around the world, and into his own heart. [Some useful resources - Measure Your Flourishing Score, Flourishing App, Articles and Journals by Matt. And a couple of recent articles by others that Matt invites you to pre-read for this call --From Accessing Your Ignorance to Accessing Your Love and Fixing The System.]
The life and legacy of World War I general & early civil rights leader Charles Young was the topic of a lecture by Le'Trice Donaldson, history professor at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. This lecture was hosted by Akron University in Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coach Rodriguez returns! Coach Rodriguez is the Offensive line coach at Akron University. We discuss Coaches first year with Akron. How much the culture has grown since they got there. Recruiting in today's college football. And much more! Twitter: @Coach_J_Rod Please like, subscribe, review, and share out! https://linktr.ee/thecoachsteveshow Check out belly up sports podcast network! https://bellyupsports.com/ Head to www.guardiansports.com/guardian-caps and use the code: “15OFF” – good for 15% off Guardian Caps to help the impact for football players Get back to the basics with Coach Stone: https://www.coachstonefootball.com/ Get the best sunglasses in the game today! Use for any activity! Go to https://www.yeetzofficial.com/ use the code CSS for 10% off Looking for the cleanest nutrition drink? Looking for the cleanest drink to give you energy without the crash? Head to https://www.swiftlifestyles.com/ and use the code: coachsteveshow to get 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coach Rodriguez returns! Coach Rodriguez is the Offensive line coach at Akron University. We discuss Coaches first year with Akron. How much the culture has grown since they got there. Recruiting in today's college football. And much more! Twitter: @Coach_J_Rod Please like, subscribe, review, and share out! https://linktr.ee/thecoachsteveshow Check out belly up sports podcast network! https://bellyupsports.com/ Head to www.guardiansports.com/guardian-caps and use the code: “15OFF” – good for 15% off Guardian Caps to help the impact for football players Get back to the basics with Coach Stone: https://www.coachstonefootball.com/ Get the best sunglasses in the game today! Use for any activity! Go to https://www.yeetzofficial.com/ use the code CSS for 10% off Looking for the cleanest nutrition drink? Looking for the cleanest drink to give you energy without the crash? Head to https://www.swiftlifestyles.com/ and use the code: coachsteveshow to get 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we have with us my friend and teammate Ryan Cohen. Ryan is a Athlete Engagement Manager for the We Defy Foundation in the Midwest & Rocky Mountain Regions. The We Defy Foundation is a foundation started to help disabled combat veterans get started in Jiu Jitsu all around the United States. We Defy has given out over 600 athlete scholarships, there are over 500 affiliate gyms across 45 states. Ryan got started as an Ambassador with We Defy, he was then moved up to a Mentor position. But he was interested in doing more so they made him the Athlete Engagement Manager. That was a little too much for him to handle alone so now there are two other people helping with different regions. Ryan went into the Marine Corp after high school. He served for four years and did two combat tours in Iraq during his time in the military. Ryan is passionate about helping other combat veterans thrive in life after the military. He has an undergrad in business from Akron University and got his MBA while working for Akron Children's Hospital. Ryan was looking for something more as he was struggling mentally with PTSD and moved on to help his father part time in a consulting business to allow him to have more time to get involved with the We Defy Foundation. If you would like more information about the We Defy Foundation please visit their website. https://wedefyfoundation.org/ If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at uncensoredhumanitypodcast@gmail.com. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you. © 2018 Uncensored Humanity Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library
"Outwork Everybody" -Hanna Luburgh Hanna Luburgh is a former college/professional basketball player that had many achievements during her playing days. She led Akron University to its first Conference Championship and first NCAA Division 1 Tournament appearance in school history. Notably, Hanna holds the Single Season Scoring Record at Akron University, along with the countless other records she holds at her alma mater(s). Currently she is a Financial Advisor, High School Coach, and Community Leader in her hometown of Zanesville, OH.
Abdul Sunni GhaniBorn Edward Lee Williams in Atlanta Georgia, he later embraced Islam and changed his name to Abdul Sunni Ghani. Poetry and lyrical words came easily for Abdul, having a passion and gift for the expression of his feelings and beliefs. During the early 70's, Abdul was able to get over a dozen of his poems published in various books. These poems were written over a span of fifty years beginning in 1972 to present. He is a graduate of Akron University with a BA degree in Technical Education. After working thirty-seven years at the Ford Motor Company, he retired in 1997 to live out his dream as a poet. Today he resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his lovely wife, Diane.About the BookWalking through a Maze will take you on an edifying journey of life, lessons learned and realizing how these experiences will prepare and cultivate you into being the best version of yourself. It is only then, that you can embrace hope, love and understanding life and commitment. It's like a puzzle, where all the pieces finally come together.Get It Here: https://www.authorhouse.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/843267-walking-through-a-maze-of-lifehttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/walking-through-a-maze-of-life-abdul-sunni-ghani/1142487410
Jared Embick, a fellow Granite City High soccer alum, joined me to chat all things soccer, coaching, USMNT, KSHE95, and more. The current Akron University Men's head soccer coach is rolling into his 11th year and a new challenge as they enter in as the newest member of the Big East Conference.
On this midweek show, Crystal chats with Chipalo Street about his campaign for State Representative in the 37th Legislative District - why he decided to run, how he would approach legislating and his thoughts on addressing issues such as housing affordability and zoning, data privacy, public safety, homelessness, and climate change. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Follow us on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find Chipalo Street at @ElectChipalo. Resources Campaign Website - Chipalo Street South Seattle Emerald's 37th LD Representative Position 2 Debate (October 4, 2022) - Moderated by Crystal Fincher Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today, I'm excited to welcome Chipalo Street, who is running for 37th Legislative District State Representative. Welcome to the program, Chipalo. [00:00:49] Chipalo Street: Thank you for having me. [00:00:50] Crystal Fincher: Excellent - so what made you decide to run for office and what are you bringing to this race? [00:00:57] Chipalo Street: Yeah - the two second answer is I came to this race through a program called Institute for a Democratic Future. But I think - as I look back on even how I got to IDF, which is the shorthand term for Institute for a Democratic Future - [00:01:12] Crystal Fincher: Which we are well aware of - and I am on the board of, as are you, full disclosure. [00:01:18] Chipalo Street: Yes, it goes back to how I have tried to give back to different communities throughout my life. And so - I grew up in D.C. and was very lucky to have a family that valued education - going to college was not a question for me. I actually got to go to my grandmother's college graduation because she had to drop out to have my dad and his family, but education was so important to her that she then got a job at Akron University and took night classes slowly to graduate, even though her kids had already gone to college and graduated. So when - I think I was in junior high school, going to my grandmother's graduation - whether I was going to go to college or not was not an option for me. But I didn't really understand why I wanted to go to college or what I would do with that degree. And so my parents had made sure to get me into the best public schools in D.C. And I was thankful for that because by the time I got to high school, I was in a school - the only public school in D.C. - that had a computer science department. And that's where I really learned that I loved computers, loved programming. And then that sort of motivated me, and I knew what my purpose was for in college. Went to Brown University and realized that there weren't a ton of people in engineering that looked like myself. We had a lot of folks in pre-med that had created a group that would support each other through the pre-med process, but we didn't have that at Brown University. And so I co-founded our chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers so that we had that support group to help folks go through engineering. After I left Brown, I came out to Seattle and again, realized there weren't many people that looked like myself in computer science. And so I worked with a woman named Trish who founded Technology Access Foundation - and myself and three other Microsofties created a computer science curriculum down at TAF and taught that for six years to a school in South Seattle. And that sort of pattern is - finding ways where I can use my time to give back to the community, but also leverage it. I think there's a 100% place for direct service, and I am so grateful for folks who do direct service. But for myself, I've always tried to figure out - hey, if I put an hour in here, how do I get five hours out? If I put two hours in here, how do I get 10 hours out? And so starting our chapter of National Society of Black Engineers, creating curriculum and teaching that at TAF - I thought would create a legacy that lived on past me. Again, then start looking around - hey, these state laws and policies really impact and shape our society - how can I help get involved in that? And so I went to United Way of King County - served on their Public Policy Impact Council. And while we did advocate for laws and policies, it was frustrating because that's a very - we had to advocate for very middle-of-the-road policies because we didn't want to alienate our more conservative donor base, and so that felt like my time was not best used. At that same time, I was going through this program Institute for a Democratic Future - they were really pushing for progressive policies and training a next generation of Democratic leaders. And so - I loved that program and then started serving on the board after that point. So I've been on the board for maybe six or seven years - and that has been a very fulfilling experience because I love the work that they did, but one of the things I did not see was as much equity and inclusion. So I've been trying to push for more board members of color, and also more fellows of color, and also geographic diversity - because we are a statewide program and so having folks east of the mountain is really important. And that's a long way of saying that's how I've gotten actually to this opportunity because through that board service - when this opportunity came up - some of the board members approached me and said, Hey, you match the district really well, you should consider running. I was like, Oh no, you got the wrong guy - I love my full-time job - I don't think I'm ready to take on that type of extra work, my ego couldn't take the loss if I was to lose. And so we talked about all my bad reasons not to run. Senator Nguyen - he serves in the Senate, he works at Microsoft - he's able to do it. So talk to him, talk to your boss, see if they're both supportive of that - they were, that conversation went well. And I was like, Oh well, you just retired from being a pro-soccer referee, you have some extra time - so what about that? I was like, Yeah, I know - the work is an excuse, I always do a good job of what I do - I will put my all into it. It will be fine. But my poor little ego couldn't take a loss. And they're like - Look, ego-based decisions aren't how you should be making your decisions. And even just running would help the community - you'd learn it better, you'd expand your network. And we think you'll win because you have great experience. It's - Man, I'm not really excited to do this - it's changing my plans for all of my summer and fall. So since then, I've just been knocking on doors, fundraising, attending candidate forums, talking about the different experiences that I think I can bring to this district. And we could go into that, we could go somewhere else - all these things are great. And I know that was a long-winded way of answering your question. [00:06:22] Crystal Fincher: And so I'm wondering what are you running to accomplish? [00:06:25] Chipalo Street: Yeah, for sure. So there are things that - there's some really major issues that are affecting everyone, and then specifically the 37th. So for example - housing. I think housing prices are going up across the country, but it is impacting the 37th District in specific ways. So we're a historic district - we have been generally a district - we were the most diverse district in the country for quite some time. However, as those housing prices are rising, folks are getting displaced, neighborhoods are getting gentrified, and it is having unique impacts on our district. So fixing housing, I think, is super important. And the way I think about that is - three buckets of solutions. One is how do you stop harm now? How do you get more units on the market in the long term? And then how do you tide ourselves to the point where those units are on the market? So stopping harm now looks like anti-displacement measures - so we can't stop people from moving to the 37th. However, we can make sure that the folks who live here have an opportunity to take part in the evolution of that community. So seniors who are on fixed incomes - making sure they have tax breaks so that as the property values rise, they can afford the taxes. That generational homes that have been passed down through families - those families can afford the taxes and aren't forced to sell. And then we also need increased renter protections. There's some pretty crazy things that landlords can do from the types of fees they charge, to who they provide housing to, and who they discriminate against based on prior felonies or involvement with the criminal justice system. Or even just lifting the statewide ban on rent control so that municipalities have different tools in their tool belt to address housing affordability. So that would stop harm right now. Investment in low-income housing through the Housing Trust Fund will get more units on the market and that's something the State has to do. There's also - we need to figure out something around workforce housing. We underpay our teachers, but even two teachers living together can't afford housing in the area. And then we also need to invest in mass transit so that we can increase density. Mass transit gets us towards a greener climate future, which is a whole 'nother set of issues that we can talk about. But also increasing density around that transit allows more units to get on the market. And those are three things that are going to take a while to come to fruition. And so we also need means to tide ourselves there. So increasing temporary rental support, I think, is important so that a short-term hardship doesn't snowball and turn into someone losing their house - makes it harder for them to work, makes it harder for their kids to go to school. And then making sure that we have a robust voucher program so that working people can live in existing market rate units without spending their full paycheck. So housing is super important - it's the number one issue I hear at doors. Then there's things around criminal justice reform. Climate justice is really important in that, again, if we don't have a habitable world to live in, it doesn't really matter. But the 37th itself gets disproportionately impacted by our environment - like we have planes flying over Beacon Hill, one of our large borders is created by I-5 - and so we have air pollution, noise pollution that impacts our district on top of all of the other things like climate change and global warming and stuff like that. And then there's some unique experiences that I bring that I think are necessary for our society. For example, I work at Microsoft. I think it's really important that we have people who understand technology in the Legislature. And we could snicker about that - six months ago, where you'd see federal hearings where you have senators saying, Why didn't my tweet go to my inbox? And it's just, Oh, God - no, you should really understand this. But with the Roe decision, we're getting tangible examples of how our data can be used against people. So I think it's really important that we don't have our data used to go after folks who are seeking abortions, but it also applies to our providers as well, right? Telehealth is a thing - providers can work across state lines. And if they're working in a state that has banned abortion, what does that mean for their ability to be sued, to be subpoenaed, to possibly lose their license? So making sure that we can protect everyone involved in the abortion ecosystem through our data and technology legislation, I think, is really important. It's given us a tangible reason why this is so important to us today. So that's a quick way of saying there's many issues - I would love to support on all of them, and then bring unique experience and to solve things and apply them to things like data privacy. [00:11:13] Crystal Fincher: So now you mentioned housing, you mentioned a number of things, lifting the ban on rent control and rental assistance. There is a bill that has been attempting to make its way through the Legislature, the middle housing bill, to address the housing shortage - up-zoning in single-family zoned areas, which would impact several neighborhoods around the City, including those in the 37th district. Do you support that bill? Would you be a yes vote on that bill? [00:11:39] Chipalo Street: Yeah, you're talking about Jessica Bateman's bill - the missing middle one. Yeah, I think that's a great bill. What's interesting with any of these conversations is understanding how it will impact the existing communities and my impression is that that will not have a disproportionate negative impact on the 37th - because Seattle has already done some pretty progressive zoning reforms in terms of land use, in terms of ADUs and detached - with DDUs, or ADUs and DDUs - but what's really important about that bill is that it enforces it statewide, right? So that we can't just allow Seattle to increase density. And then when Seattle increases density, it really gets pushed into a neighborhood in Seattle because certain enclaves within Seattle say, Oh, no density in my backyard - let's push it down into - usually communities like Black and Brown communities. And so doing it at a statewide level makes sure that we're all in density together. And understanding what those impacts are, I think, is really important. And luckily, I don't think it would increase displacement given the existing zoning laws of Seattle, but that is the one area that I would want to dig into that bill and make sure that we aren't, again, increasing displacement within the 37th. But at a statewide level, it's 100% necessary. [00:13:00] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, definitely at the statewide level. And some would argue that within the City, as you - I think - alluded to, that there are disproportionate impacts of development and the 37th Legislative District is being more negatively impacted to date than others are. And the 37th having accepted more density already, already having a lot of development and redevelopment that has resulted in the way that it's done in displacement. And so how do you balance looking at that within the district and the need to build more housing in the city overall, but to do so equitably throughout the city - and other districts that have a much higher percentage of areas zoned for single-family and that are basically exempted under current zoning laws from additional development and not having to deal with some of the impacts of that the 37th is? How do you manage wanting more density, but making sure it is equitable throughout the city and doesn't displace more people in the 37th? [00:14:04] Chipalo Street: Yeah, I think this is an example where the devil's in the details. So here's my understanding, and I would love to make sure that my understanding is correct as I move into the Legislature. But one of the things that has been so harmful to the 37th is upzoning. And so let's separate upzoning from, say, increased density on single-family lots - whereas upzoning is, Hey, here is a small area that we can build extremely tall buildings on. Generally, I believe they've been called urban villages - I think there are four or five areas within the city that were zoned for urban villages. Compared to - okay, any single-family lot can be built up to four units - you can put a very small garden apartment there or a set of townhomes on there. So Jessica Bateman's bill is the latter, the any single-family home can be built up to four or six units, whereas serious upzoning for urban villages is large apartment buildings. And the difference there is - our current tax code taxes property based on highest and best use. And so the tax on the highest and best use for something that's zoned for an apartment building is different than zoned for a single-family house, even if single-family house includes a small fourplex. And that's where a lot of people have been displaced because the CD contained one of those urban villages. And so everyone who was within that urban village - their property value skyrocketed and they had to figure out a way to pay the taxes. And so - why I'm hopeful that Jessica Bateman's bill won't exacerbate that is that Seattle already has allowed ADUs and DDUs on single-family lots. And so I don't think that should make the tax rate jump as much as upzoning did for these urban villages. And so I don't think we should necessarily be having urban villages in the 37th - additional ones - unless that comes with a way to allow existing homeowners to afford the taxes. And so understanding the difference between urban villages and additional density on single-family lots, I think, is important. And that's how I would start to think about that equity, because to your point - those urban villages aren't equally distributed around the city. [00:16:27] Crystal Fincher: And also, relying on just urban villages to increase density does not seem like it would get enough housing stock on the market to eventually make a difference. So it seems like allowing single-family, currently single-family zoned areas citywide, would be more of an equitable solution - not just areas that are disproportionately in the 37th district - might help to, if people with higher property values can have a higher and best use, and not just people clustered in the 37th or other already very dense areas, then that helps to spread out the development and where more dense development can happen. But appreciate hearing your thoughts on that. I'm also curious - we had a legislative session this past session where there were rollbacks of a number of public safety policies that had been previously passed. Do you agree with those rollbacks? What was your evaluation of the session and those rollbacks? [00:17:33] Chipalo Street: The thing I do agree with is some of the processes that went into it - I was very happy to see Representative Johnson do ride-alongs with police to understand how the new legislation impacted their ability to provide public safety. I personally have a hard time believing that I would have voted to roll them back. [00:17:52] Crystal Fincher: Well, I guess that is the question. Would you have voted to roll them back? [00:17:56] Chipalo Street: I don't think so. I would - that said, I did not do those ride-alongs, I did not, I have not sat there and listened to debriefs on exactly how the minutiae of these policies are implemented or did it impact the police's ability to provide public safety. But what I will say is - the reason I say I have a hard time believing I would roll them back is because I think those types of policies would have saved me from the situation I went through. So when I was at Brown, myself and my best friend were walking around campus, which was a public campus, so anyone could be there. We were actually walking from campus onto a public street. And Brown police asked us for our IDs. And it was like, Hey, I'm on a public street. I didn't do anything. Why do I need to show you my ID? I kept on walking. My friend actually stopped, showed him his ID, and told the police who I was. So they knew who I was, I hadn't done anything wrong. So it should have ended there. It didn't. They called out an APB for me - Providence police picked it up. And they beat me so badly that I ended up in the hospital before they took me to jail. And so I believe that the regulations that were implemented and rolled back would have prevented the police from even having that interaction. And so that is something that's near and dear to my heart. And one of the reasons why I say I think it does provide trust with the police to make sure that there are - when we are having interactions with them, that it is for a valid reason and it's not based on a hunch, it's not based on a best guess by a police officer. But that said, I also do realize that the legislation that we passed has unintended consequences. And so working with the police department to understand what those were - I am open to the option that I could have voted to roll them back, but without some very, very strong reasons to do so, I don't think I would have. [00:19:54] Crystal Fincher: Okay. So looking at the issue of homelessness, which is related to housing affordability - but also because it has been so criminalized, also related to public safety. In your capacity as a legislator, what would you do to reduce the amount of people living without homes? [00:20:15] Chipalo Street: This is one of those issues where understanding different populations of our unhoused people, and then making sure that we are targeting money at solutions that are needed by each of those populations is really important. Whereas just sometimes we throw money at issue and say, Hey, we upped homeless funding by 10%, but we didn't see a drop in 10% - what's happening? It's probably because we didn't really understand where that money was going or fund the right programs. And when we look at our different populations - the supports that someone needs who has addiction issues is different than the support that, say, a family who just got evicted needs, right? Cash assistance to the family will probably go a lot farther than cash assistance to someone who has an addiction issue. Or someone having mental health issues needs different support than say, an LGBTQ teen that got kicked out of the house, right? They all need different support. They all need shelter, but the shelters that they need are probably different - I don't think teens need the same shelter as someone going through mental health crises either. Or families shouldn't be staying with folks with addiction issues and may choose not to have shelter if they are all housed together. So really understanding the different populations of our homeless brothers and sisters, and then making sure that the money that we're providing actually is going towards services that address the root cause of their issues, I think, is important. And then making sure that these are sort of buckets that pour into each other. If we start with a Housing First solution, then that can start to stabilize people. Once they either get clean or can address some of their mental health issues, then they can move into a different type of shelter with other folks. And making sure that we have a sort of pipeline that can bring them back into being productive members of our society, I think, is really important. [00:22:07] Crystal Fincher: So as we look at that, there's obviously lots of different kinds of programs, as you just talked about, that could be helpful in stabilizing people and taking a Housing First model. Right now, there seems to be a lot of competition between money and resources being allocated towards criminalization that could be used, and would otherwise be used for things like providing housing first and allowing people to be stabilized. So in terms of where your votes would be to appropriate money, would you appropriate or vote for anything that advanced criminalization before providing housing? [00:22:46] Chipalo Street: No, to your point - in some ways, we are going to provide housing in one way or the other. Either we provide it in a humane way, or we provide it through the criminal justice system, which doesn't address any of these issues and is super expensive. And so I think that making sure that - as we look at housing and criminal justice reform in a more comprehensive way - towards what are the things that get us the outcomes that we want. Even if they haven't been necessarily labeled as housing or criminal justice in the past, I think, would be really - Republicans do great jobs at labeling things, and I think Democrats do a horrible job at it. But there's so many ways that we could think of expanding criminal justice or "criminal justice" or "homeless housing" or funding for homeless and homelessness and housing that would get us to these better outcomes. And wouldn't then end up paying on the backside in the form of increasing people in jails - the number of people in jails - and the very, very large cost that goes along with that. So I think solving those root problems is the first thing that we should be doing, and then we'll see the savings in other systems. And just understanding how we're appropriating that money is really important. [00:23:59] Crystal Fincher: Okay, so you would not vote for any appropriation of money that would go towards criminalization or penalization of homelessness. [00:24:06] Chipalo Street: I don't think so - what are some examples of some of these? We can easily talk about bills, but no, that does not make sense. I would rather prevent that so that it's not even a question about - are these people criminals or just trying to live and get by? [00:24:24] Crystal Fincher: So you also mentioned environmental justice. Obviously we are facing significant challenges in both the mitigation of climate change, the impacts that are disproportionately felt in the 37th Legislative District. As you evaluate the Climate Commitment Act, do you think it goes far enough? And if not, what additional steps or what other things should we be doing right now to meet our climate goals and mitigate the harm being committed right now? [00:24:52] Chipalo Street: Climate, for me, is something like racial justice and economic justice. I think we should use a climate lens for all the bills that we pass because there is no one or two things that we can do to solve climate - that ship has sailed a long time ago and it's like a all-hands-on-deck mission. And it's critical that we understand how to get ourselves out of this. There are certain things I love to see - like in the HEAL Act, there is additional money for collecting data so that we understand what harm has been done so that we can target again the money in better ways to undo that harm and move towards a greener climate future. I was glad to see that we passed our carbon tax - making sure that gets implemented and stood up, I think, will be one step towards moving the business community towards a greener future. We need to invest in mass transit like we had mentioned before so that we have places where we can increase density and people can access that, but also because it's towards a greener climate future. I personally am a proponent of trying to get out of cars as much as possible. I've tried to bike to work twice a week and that sort of exposed the patchwork of dangerous roads but really nice bike trails. And making sure that any transit network is well connected, I think, is really important. Even roads - people wouldn't use roads if we had dead-end roads to nowhere, so why are we surprised that people don't use bike trails or other types of mass transit when they don't connect? We have a monorail that goes from downtown to a stadium a few blocks away. What are we doing? Why are we surprised no one uses it? We have streetcars that finally are starting to connect to stuff but for quite some time the different lines didn't connect to anything else - so they were set up for failure in the first place. So making sure that all of our transit infrastructure is designed in a way that people will use it is really important. And again that sort of overlays on the 37th again - when we're talking about getting people out of cars and increasing bike safety and pedestrian safety. We have two of the most dangerous roads in the city in MLK Way and Rainier Ave. And so making sure that those areas are safer is paramount. We have 10 or 11 schools around there so that's protecting our children. I think it's another place where we could gain common ground with business community because there's studies that show that businesses that are in walkable and bikeable areas get more foot traffic which leads to more sales. And especially for businesses that are small businesses - like restaurants and things like that that are especially common in immigrant, refugee, and BIPOC communities - creating a great business environment for folks to create these legacies is really, really important. And something that you see in the 37th and which is why people are moving here because we have great culture. We have a diversity of food, a diversity of people, a diversity of shops and small businesses. So I think that's another area where we can marry climate, business, safety for our kids - all in one go. [00:28:06] Crystal Fincher: Well and this is another area where there are tensions in different areas of funding. Absolutely - I agree with the urgent need for more transit, better transit that better serves more people, that is more accessible for more people. But it is competing for funding currently with highway expansion. And obviously we need to maintain the roadways that we have, but there are still projects being planned and even - there was just coverage of one in South Park the other day that may jeopardize healing the division and the cleaving of that community basically with a highway. And so, highway expansion projects which lots of people talk about - well, we need to address traffic. Unfortunately, it has been shown that expanding highways does not reduce traffic. In fact, it does increase it. So would you vote for any package that does expand highways, I guess, first off? [00:29:11] Chipalo Street: No, with the exception of instances where it helps freight mobility - we need - freight mobility helps union jobs, and so making sure that if there's something that helps the Port, I think that's really important. I think keeping our highways intact as people get displaced outside of the urban cores - that just adds to folks' commute, unkept highways adds to car maintenance and things like that. So no I don't believe in highway expansion. We should be funding transit and to your point, there's competing funds within transit like as we do light rail expansion. Again affects the 37th - we're talking about light rail expansion through the CID. How are we going to do that? Are we going to do a deep bore tunnel or are we going to do that at grade? Doing deep bore is, I think, 30% more expensive - however, it doesn't disrupt the CID, a community that has been disrupted multiple times with the streetcar going through it, with I-5 going through it - just continually disrupted. But it costs more and so the question always is - at what expense are we going to do this? And so something like that, I think we should go deep bore - we should make sure that this community that continually bears the brunt of expansion and transit-related issues can not be disrupted yet again even though it will cost a little bit more. So that's one thing - I think another issue, or many issues, that vie for funding - that comes back down to our most regressive tax code in the country, despite how progressive and liberal Washington State, we claim we are - we have the most regressive tax code. We force our tax burden onto people through sales tax. We force our tax burden onto homeowners through property tax. We force our tax burden onto small businesses through the B&O tax and then let larger corporations get away with not paying much through tax loopholes. And so that's another area that I would love to improve is - closing our tax loopholes so that corporations pay their fair share, but also implementing - ideally an income tax - that is not either super popular or necessarily doable through constitutional issues, but I do think income tax is the best way to balance our tax code because a income tax is predictable, it can be withheld, it has been done before. But given all of the barriers to it, we'll probably have to try something like a billionaire tax so that every individual and business does pay their fair share to fund the services that are important for our state. [00:31:52] Crystal Fincher: So now in terms of transit - just one more question there - Sound Transit and the plans that they have, plans around the state for increasing transit - a number of them are suffering from delays and setbacks which obviously is a challenge towards adoption. If people are not getting what they're paying for or already being taxed for, it creates more opposition to transit, frankly. Would you support making legislative investments to accelerate light rail transit implementation, bus rapid transit connectivity? [00:32:29] Chipalo Street: Interesting - I assume you would do that as part of one of the big transportation packages? Yes, it seems reasonable. I am not 100% clear about how all these things are funded - that's one of the things I'm really interested, when I and if I get into the Legislature, of understanding where money is coming from and where it's going to. One of my lifelong models is follow the money and you'll get answers. And so really understanding all those funding mechanisms is important. It does seem like something that would be valuable. However, I could imagine the pushback that we may get outside of the Puget Sound region for folks wondering why their perceived taxes are going to light rail within the Puget Sound region, even though when you look on net, my impression is that tax dollars actually flow out of the Puget Sound region to the rest of the state than vice versa - but sometimes perception is reality and that may end up being a harder sell for a large number of legislators outside of Seattle, King County, Pierce County. [00:33:35] Crystal Fincher: I guess that opens up a philosophical question in how you see your role and what your approach is. Do you generally see yourself as - Hey, you're operating based off of data, we know that these things would be helpful - you talked about more transit is beneficial, we need to invest more, we need to have more. And so if there's opposition elsewhere, do you view your role as compromising with what other people think, or maybe addressing - just anticipating - what their challenges may be and stripping down your proposal to something that may be palatable to your colleagues in other parts of the state? Or do you see your role as being more of a spearhead, I guess - would be there and saying, This is right, this is what we need to do. I need to figure out how to build the coalition, how to bring my colleagues along - and maybe not everybody is coming, but can I build a coalition to pass it? Are you starting from - we need transformative change and I need to push for that, or we need change and we need to get what we can given challenges that other colleagues may have from it? Lots of people see pros and cons with either approach - what is your approach? [00:34:56] Chipalo Street: I don't know if this is a cop-out - hopefully it's like a And - quite frankly - I think there are certain issues where I could be that spearhead, where I hopefully can help influence and it may end up taking a longer time to get to where we want to go without compromise. Whereas there are other issues that I think are - I want to say better-suited for data - one of the things I do pride myself on is bringing a data-oriented solution to things. I think we need to elect more scientists because we are trained to use data in decisions. But there, I think, incremental compromise is a lot easier. And I'll give you examples - so we talked about the police reforms. There, I see myself on the tip of the spear there - I've gone through this, I know people who've gone through that, it affects my community specifically. I want - we need a productive relationship with the police force, but that doesn't mean that I can't push for exactly what we need to do - racial justice - we had parole rolled back in 1984. Why can't we bring back the option of parole? Why aren't we doing a better job of training people as they come out of the correctional system so that they have a chance to be members of our society - productive members of our society? Why are we discriminating against them and not allowing them to get housing easily? I think those are things that we can be the tip of the spear and push for and fight for hard, whereas other things we can do more incremental change and work based on data. And I think if you have both of those - when we're compromising and working based on data, we are also building relationships with the folks that may completely disagree with us on the issues that we are tip of a spear. And that gives us a better opportunity - if we have a relationship with them - to start to change their hearts and minds on those issues. So I really think it's - it can - I hopefully think it can be a And - judiciously choosing what issues we fight for and want to get to what is just and right right now versus slow incremental change, I think, is important based on who's being impacted and what the harm is being done. [00:37:16] Crystal Fincher: And I guess that leads into another question just based off of what you talked about earlier - as you were considering running - Hey, my ego may not be able to take it. This is hard and rough. And campaigns are rough and it's a very brave thing to stand up and run, but sometimes I think it's - you're so stuck in this that it's easy to miss that governing is tougher. [00:37:45] Chipalo Street: For sure. [00:37:46] Crystal Fincher: And the pressures get magnified and you talk about hits to the ego - you got special interest groups looking over your shoulder and are in your ear and saying good and bad things about you publicly. As you're going through legislation, you have pressure from within the caucus to vote the way that the caucus wants you to vote. You have pressure from the community, you have pressure from your donors and businesses. And so as you think about even the consideration of - I don't know if my ego could take losing - and you win, so you don't have to deal with that in the campaign - how do you deal with the pressures of governing? And how do you navigate the different pressures from people who were part of your winning coalition and the community and those in the Legislature versus what your community needs? [00:38:46] Chipalo Street: Yeah, yeah - I think it's a good point where the ego consideration is a point in time of did you win the election. And then how you deal with the wear and tear on your heart is very different as you govern because there are so many things - the power to change our society lies in the Legislature and the policies that shape our state. And not getting to where we want to go in Day One and seeing the effect of that on people in the community, I think, is going to be very hard. And the folks in the community want change immediately - rightfully so - and talking about how we are getting there and maybe we won't get there immediately on every issue is going to be hard. And so I think for me, it's number one - understanding where I come from, understanding that I am part of these communities that I am trying to help serve. And then also understanding the wins that we get and seeing the progress that we make so that it is not just a futile effort of - hey, we are advocating for what's right, but not actually making any change - I think is really important and quite frankly one of the things that scares me is how much compromise is good? The legislative process is built around - to be slow - and you have to compromise, but at some point you can compromise out of any progress at all and you can start to compromise out of your morals and things like that. And so really understanding where you come from, what you're trying to change, what progress you have made - so that you understand that you are making progress towards your goal - and who's being impacted, I think, is what will get me through it because I - when I look at professional experiences - people in general tend to focus on the negative and what we can do better. But when you take a step back and say, Okay, let me look at everything that has gone right and has gone well - that adds wind to your sails - and so making sure that we have that comprehensive view of what has gone well, as well as where do we need to go - I think will make that journey give you stamina to continue that journey and continue fighting. And if you get to the point where you don't care anymore and it's just - okay, we have one more session, then I think that's the time when you need to get out - you need to have that fire and it should be wearing in some degree, because if it's not wearing then you probably don't care enough, quite frankly. [00:41:25] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, it makes sense. So now as you talk to voters and people are trying to make a decision between you and your opponent Emijah Smith, what do you tell them in terms of the advantage that you offer as a candidate, what sets you apart, and how their life will be different if you are elected to be their State Representative? [00:41:46] Chipalo Street: Yeah, the thing I say is - we are lucky, we're in the 37th, we're a very Democratic district so we're only going to elect a Democrat. So I just start with being thankful for that baseline because it's more than can be said in many districts. However, once you get to that point then it really becomes who's going to be the most effective legislator and I think there's some specific examples - I have experience that the other candidate doesn't with tech - and we talked about earlier how it wasn't quite clear how - it was clear that technology was impacting us, but it wasn't really clear exactly how it impacted our daily lives. With Roe, I think it's really important that we have people in the Legislature making sure that folks who are either providing or accessing abortion care are not persecuted because of that, or prosecuted because of that. I am the only candidate who's been a member of a union - I stood with that union during a work stoppage, so that provides evidence that I will strongly support all of our other working brothers and sisters as they're trying to improve compensation, benefits, working conditions. I have lived experience with our criminal justice system unfortunately, and so that really - it is near and dear to my heart - Emijah is a Black woman - she has sons, so she also understands it as well. That is no takeaway from her lived experience as well, but that is something that is core to how I've come up in my worldview. And then I say these next things in half-jest, but part of the job of a legislator is establishing trusted relationships with your other legislators so you can move them towards your point of view. And that's especially important in the Democratic caucus as our majority is likely going to be narrowed - everyone in the Democratic caucus doesn't vote the way we want them to and so our ability to move their points of view really impacts how what type of legislation we can move through Olympia. And that's exactly what my job at Microsoft is - I advise our executives on emerging technology. I don't control their headcount - I don't control how many people they have to work on stuff - and I can't tell them where to put their people, so the only way I can get them to try and do the things that I would like them to do is by establishing trusting relationships with them and then moving them towards my point of view. That's exactly what you have to do in Olympia and it - that's also what I did as a professional soccer referee in some ways - there's one thing that 22 players on that field can agree on is - is that you suck and so my effectivity as a referee increases drastically if I can quickly establish relationships with these 22 sometimes prima donnas at the pro level and get them to understand that - hey, I am trying to ref this game fairly and objectively and that is what you want. So we are in this together and being able to admit my own mistakes helps build those relationships with them because if I can't be objective about my own performance, how am I going to be objective about their performance? But my relationship with those 22 players on the field really does have an impact as to how I can officiate that game and get it to - get them to play in a manner where it is safe, where it is enjoyable for the crowd, and really just and also abides by the laws of the game. So these - this relationship building is something that I do daily and I think will be very important in Olympia as well. [00:45:21] Crystal Fincher: Thank you so much for joining us today, Chipalo - much appreciated. [00:45:24] Chipalo Street: Thank you for having me. [00:45:25] Crystal Fincher: Thank you all for listening to Hacks & Wonks. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is Lisl Stadler, our assistant producer is Shannon Cheng, and our Post-Production Assistant is Bryce Cannatelli. 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The Rickety Rocket by James TitmasDuring a “show and tell” presentation by one of their classmates, two children hear about a trip to a space camp. They learn about budgets and how to manage with what they have. There is a teaching on the merits of forgiveness and how to accept forgiveness and learn humility when they make a mistake. They learn that if they want to buy something, they need to earn the money. Working with their extended families, they gain insights about rocket building and rocket science from their parents and grandparents. They learn about preparing a fabrication design drawing, a plan. The children and their families create their own space camp. They are made aware they can try and learn by doing. They learn about setting goals and setting objectives step-by-step.James A. Titmas, P.E., holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree from the University of Akron in Ohio. He is a recipient of the coveted “Distinguished Alumni Award” from the Akron University's College of Engineering alumni. He began work as an engineer in training in November of 1957. After serving over three years as an airborne ranger officer in the Corps of Engineers, his career in consulting engineering started in electric power generation, electric rate analysis, thermal and chemical mass balance, coal-steam power generation, fossil fuel emissions control, starved air combustion (gasification), innovative engineering design operational troubleshooting, monitor -control methods, and bond financing. He has had lead responsibility in over eight hundred projects, spanning twenty-four States, and nineteen foreign countries. Projects included structural design standards, soils science, wastewater treatment, public water supply, road and railway design, airport design, research & development of advanced wastewater treatment, municipal solid waste ultimate disposal, foundations, commercial and industrial site design, subdivision design, City planning, public water supply and distribution, bridge design, paving, storm drainage, flood plain and wetlands analysis, building code section authorship, software authorship, seminar chairmanships, expert witness services, insurance claims analysis, and electrical engineering projects. In 1996 he co-authored papers for the volume reduction of organic debris from low level mixed radioactive wastes and chemical-biological weapons demilitarization. He has authored twenty-six US method and/or apparatus patents. Patents include the recovery of acids and toxic metals from coal combustion emissions, supercritical wet oxidation, as well as conversion of municipal-commercial-industrial wastes to bio-fuels, food proteins, and biodegradable plastics. James is also a recipient of the Ohio Historical Society William H. and Benjamin Harrison Award for An Ohio Related Family History.https://www.amazon.com/Rickety-Rocket-James-Titmas-ebook/dp/B0B69TFPG3/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9781662422799&qid=1662770353&sr=8-1https://jbjbooks.com/homehttp://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/91522kppa.mp3
What you'll learn in this episode: Why being a jewelry artist is like being an engineer How Barbara got her jewelry in the hands of famous rock-and-rollers like David Bowie and the Rolling Stones Why Barbara doesn't separate her jewelry into women's and men's lines Why talent is only a small part of what it takes to become a successful jeweler About Barbara Klar Barbara Klar was born in Akron, OH, with an almost obsessive attention for details. The clasps on her mother's watch, the nuts, bolts and hinges found on her father's workbench, the chrome on her brother's '54 Harley Hog...Barbara's love of hardware and metal and "how things worked" was ignited and continues to burn bright. Coming of age in the Midwest, Barbara was part of the burgeoning glam rock explosion making the scene, discovering Pere Ubu, DEVO, The Runaways, Iggy Pop and David Bowie in out-of-the-way Cleveland nightclubs. Cue Barbara's love of music and pop culture that carries on to this day. New York...late 1970's, early 80's. Barbara began making "stage wear" for friends in seminal punk rock bands including Lydia Lunch, The Voidoids and The Bush Tetras, cementing Barbara's place in alt. rock history as the go-to dresser for those seeking the most stylish, the most cutting edge accessories. She certainly caught the attention of infamous retailer Barneys New York, who purchased Barbara's buffalo skin pouch belts, complete with "bullet loops" for lipstick compartments. Pretty prestigious for a first-time designer! Famed jeweler Robert Lee Morris invited Barbara into a group show at Art Wear and Barbara joyfully began to sell her jewelry for the first time. Barbara opened her first standalone store, Clear Metals, in NYC's East Village during the mid - 80's. In 1991 she moved that store into the fashion and shopping Mecca that is SoHo, where it was located for ten years until Barbara has moved her life and studio upstate to the Hudson Valley. She continues to grow her business, her wholesale line and her special commission work while still focusing on those gorgeous clouds in the country sky. Barbara's work has been recognized on the editorial pages of Vogue, WWD, The New York Times and In-Style Magazine as well as featured on television shows including "Friends," "Veronica's Closet" and "Judging Amy." Film credits have included "Meet The Parents," Wall Street," "High Art" and The Eurythmics' "Missionary Man" video. Barbara has been hailed in New York Magazine as being one of the few jewelry designers who "will lend her eclectic touch to create just about anything her clients request, from unique wedding bands and pearl-drop earrings to chunky ID bracelets and mediaeval-style chains." Additional Resources: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Blog Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: Barbara Klar's jewelry has been worn by the like of David Bowie, Steve Jordan and Joan Jett, but Barbara's celebrity fans are just the icing on the cake of her long career. What really inspires her is connecting with clients and finding ways to make their ideas come to fruition. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about the crash course in business she got when she opened her store in 1984 in New York City; why making jewelry is often an engineering challenge; and why she considers talent the least important factor in her success. Read the episode transcript here. Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is a two-part Jewelry Journey Podcast. Please make sure you subscribe so you can hear part two as soon as it comes out later this week. Today, my guest is Barbara Klar, founder and owner of Clear Metals. Barbara began her work as a jeweler in 1980 in New York and has grown her business from there. She has a roster of celebrity clients. She has also developed a successful line of men's jewelry. Steve Jordan, who replaced Charlie Watts throughout a recent Rolling Stones tour, sported her jewelry throughout. Most recently, Barbara has become interested in reliquaries. She is also writing a book. We'll hear more about her jewelry journey today. Barbara, welcome to the program. Barbara: Thank you, Sharon. I'm so happy to be here talking about my favorite subject, jewelry. Sharon: So glad to have you. I want to hear about everything going on. Tell us about your jewelry journey. Did you always like it? Barbara: I was obsessed with my mother's jewelry box. She wasn't a huge jewelry collector, but she had some gemstone rings from the time my father and her spent in Brazil in the semiprecious capital, Rio. I just loved her selection and got obsessed. Sharon: Did you decide you wanted to study jewelry then? Barbara: No, I really didn't. My sister was the artist in the family, and I was always trying to play catch-up with her. Eventually I took a class at Akron University in Akron. Well, I made some jewelry in high school out of ceramics. I loved to adorn myself. I loved fashion. I loved pop culture. I was always looking at what people were wearing, and jewelry was so interesting to me because it was so intimate. It was something you could put on you body, like a ring. You could look at it all the time, and it became part of your persona, part of your identity. Sometimes it represented the birth of a child. I used to go to the museum in Cleveland a lot, and I started seeing these top knuckle rings on women in the Medieval and Renaissance paintings. I ran home and went to my mother's jewelry box because I remembered she had my sister's baby ring in there. I put it on my little pinkie finger. She saw me wearing it and she got very upset, but I started scouting flea markets until I could find my own top knuckle ring. I wear a lot of them at this point in life. Sharon: Wow! We'll have to have a picture of that. I can see your fingers. You have a ring on every finger, it looks like. Barbara: Practically. Sharon: So, you went to the Cleveland Institute of Art. Did you think you'd be an artist or a graphic designer? What did you think you'd do? Barbara: Like I said, when I went to Akron University, I studied beginning jewelry. My teacher at the time noticed I had an aptitude, and he said, “If you really want to study jewelry making, you should go to the Cleveland Institute of Art.” At that point, I made an application and I got in. Sharon: Did you study metalsmithing there? When you say jewelry making, what did you study? Barbara: It was called metalsmithing. It was a metalsmithing program, and at that point in time, Cleveland had a five-year program. You didn't really hit your major until your third year, so you had a basic foundation of art history and drawing and painting. It was really a great education. I feel like I got a master's of fine arts rather than a bachelor of fine arts. When we studied, our thesis was to do a holloware project. A lot of people did tea sets. I did a fondue set and it took me two years to complete. It was a great training, but it was also very, very frustrating because it was a very male-dominated profession. Sharon: Do you still have the fondue set? Barbara: I do. I entered it into a show, and they dropped it and it got dented. I have yet to repair that. Over the years, the forks have gone missing, but I have incredible photographs of it, thank God. Sharon: Wow! So, you were the only fondue set among all the tea sets. Barbara: Yeah, I was. I had to be different. Sharon: You opened your own place right after you graduated. Is that correct? Barbara: Pretty much. All my friends were moving to New York City, so I said, “Hey, I'll go.” I'd been commuting there because my boyfriend at the time was Jim Jarmusch, and he had moved to Columbia to study. I had been going there off and on for a couple of years and when everybody moved to New York City. I was like, “Why not?” So, I went. Sharon: How far is it from Cleveland or where you were going to school? Barbara: It's about 500 miles. Sharon: So, you would fly? Barbara: No, I would drive. Those were the days you could find parking in the city. Sharon: That was a long time ago. I'm impressed that you would open your own place right after you graduated. Some people tell me they knew they could never work for anybody else. Did you have that feeling, or did you just know you wanted your own place? Barbara: No, I didn't. It took me a couple of years. I was in New York a couple of years. I moved in '79 and I opened my store in '84. One thing I did discover in those five years is that the jobs I did have—thank God my mother insisted that I should have secretarial skills to fall back on in high school. She said, “You're not going to depend on any man.” So, she got me those skills, and I became a very fast typist. I realized eventually that to save my creativity, I needed to have a job that was completely unrelated to jewelry work. I would work during the day, and I found a jewelry store where I could clean the studio in exchange for bench time. I started doing that. A lot of my friends were in rock-and-roll bands, and I started making them stage ware when I could work in the studio for free. It just evolved into that before I opened my store. Sharon: Tell us about your jewelry business today. Do you still make it? Barbara: Oh yes, I still make everything. I have one part-time assistant. I no longer wholesale. I do a little bit of gallery work. I wish there was more, but I consider myself semi-retired. I'm trying to work on my book. Mostly I do commission work, and I do maybe one or two shows a year. I like to say I have a cult following that keep me in business. Sharon: When you say you have a cult following, do rock-and-rollers call you and say, “I need something for a show”? How does that work? Barbara: Pretty much. I'm lucky enough to have been in this business since 1984, so a lot of my private clients, now their children are shopping with me and they're getting married. It's really nice. I feel very blessed to have that. Sharon: Yeah, especially if it's a second generation. Barbara: That means something to me because they have a different sense of style. The fact that they would find my work appealing moves me, makes my heart sing. Sharon: Do you find that you go along with their sense of style? If you have one style you were doing for their parents, let's say, do you find it easy to adapt? Do you understand what they're saying? Barbara: I do. I try to understand. First of all, I listen. I'm a good listener, but I'm still old-fashioned. I still like streetwear. I still love pop culture. A lot of times I'll ask them what they're looking for, and I can always tell. Even when I had my store, when somebody would walk into the store, I can get a sense of their style. I'm one of these designers who can design very different, very eclectic work, from simple and modern to intricate and whimsical. That used to be a problem for me in my early days because the powers that be—I had a rep. They were like, “Barbara, your work is so different. Why don't you try to make it coherent?” I couldn't. I tried to and I came up with beautiful lines, but for me, the joy is the variation and never knowing what I'm going to come up with. Sharon: Is that what's kept your attention about jewelry? Barbara: I think so. And being challenged by commission work and by getting an idea and trying to make it come to fruition. I actually think jewelry designers are as much architects and engineers as anything else, because you get an idea and you're like, “How am I going to make that happen?” That keeps me inspired and challenged. Sharon: I remember watching a jeweler making a ring. This was several years ago, but they were talking about how jewelry is engineering because of the balance and all of that. Barbara: Oh yes, totally. There was time when I really wanted to study CAD. I looked into it a bit, and I realized you also have to be able to draw in order to do CAD. It really helps if you have some knowledge of metalsmithing or jewelry making before you enter into a program like that, because you have to be able to visualize it and see how it's going to come together, how it's technically going to work. That interests me a lot. Sharon: So, that's not a problem for you. You can do that in terms of visualizing or seeing how it would come together. Barbara: It's a challenge. I'll find myself getting inspired by an idea and spending a couple of days or even a week thinking about how it's going to be engineered, how it's going to fit together. I made a tiara for the leader of a local performance group. He's very flamboyant, and he sings and has a beautiful band. I made him a crown out of a crystal chandelier that I got at a flea market. It was an engineering challenge. It was really fun. Sharon: It sounds like it. I don't know if I could even imagine something like that. I wanted to ask you about something you said a little while ago, that you wished there were more galleries who wanted your work. What was it you said? Barbara: I've been making my living doing limited-production items that sell very well. I have a classic piece—I call it the pirate, which is a lockdown mechanism earring that is kind of my bread and butter. But what I've been doing in my off time is making, like you mentioned in your opening, reliquaries or pieces that are more art than jewelry specifically. That's what I've been doing during Covid and everything. It's like a secret group of pieces I've been working on. It would be nice to have a gallery to show them in, but they're very unique and different, so I haven't found that yet. Sharon: Tell us a little bit about the reliquaries. Tell us what they look like and what they're supposed to represent. Barbara: I got obsessed with reliquaries when I was going to the Cleveland Institute of Art because right across the street was the Cleveland Museum of Art. I spent a lot of time there, and they have a fabulous armor hall for armor and a 17th century room that's filled with religious reliquaries. I was fascinated by how these fragments of bone or hair were incorporated into jewelry and what they represented as objects, how people would pray to these things or display these items with great meaning. It really moved me, and I started making them in college covertly. I continued that living through the AIDS crisis and now Covid. I did some pieces recently for people who had lost their loved ones, incorporating pieces of hair or fragments of letters from their loved ones. I find that so meaningful because you have something to hold in your hands that gives you a link to this person whom you've lost. I made a beautiful reliquary for an ex of mine which was based on the dog they lost. Buddy was its name. I got a piece of the dog's tail when he died and made a little charm out of it. It was under a little window. Then I had another artist make this beautiful portrait of the dog when it was a baby. I made a little locket-type thing that could be put on your desk, or it could be hung on the wall or you could wear it. That's what I describe as tabletop jewelry. Sharon: That's interesting. When I think of a reliquary, I think of exactly what you're saying, but without the jewelry—a piece of bone, hair, whatever, that people venerate. Barbara: Yeah, absolutely. Sharon: How do you incorporate it? You're saying for this piece you put it in a locket, but how else have you incorporated it? Barbara: Pretty much lockets, things that open. I have another piece I made that was based on a monk. I found a little porcelain painter's image—it was about three inches tall—at a flea market years ago. I could hardly afford it. It was hand-painted porcelain. I kept it in my bench drawer for years, 20 years probably, and one day I pulled it out and thought, “You know, this monk needs to be seen.” So, I made a beautiful locket. It's probably about four inches long that you too can display it on your desk. It has little doors that open, and you can hang it on your wall or you can wear it. It's a very large piece, obviously, if you're going to wear it, but it's a statement piece and it's very precious. I did this piece actually about 10 years ago after living through the AIDS crisis. My friend, one of my clients, looked at this monk and said, “I know who that is.” I did the research. It's on my blog. It is this monk who was from a very wealthy family that gave his life to treat lepers in Spain. He was the patron saint of healers. It touched me so deeply that I was creating this piece after everything I'd watched and lived through with Covid, with the AIDS crisis. Sharon: Wow! Do pieces hit you as you're going through a flea market? Do they hit you and you say, “That would be perfect”? How is that? Barbara: I'm a collector. I collect things. I'm fascinated. I love to look at things. One time at a flea market when I had my store in Soho, I found this—I didn't know what it was. It was like a little skeleton paw. It had no fur on it. It was a little skeleton about two inches long, probably a racoon's hands. I used to make incredible windows to get people to come into the store. It was Halloween. At the same flea market, I had gotten some of the old-fashioned glass milk containers that used to have the paper caps on top. So, I had gotten those, and I thought, “I'm going to do a Lizzie Borden window.” I made Lizzie this incredible watch fob, and hanging from that was this little skeleton paw inside the milk container. It was great. You never know. I sometimes hold onto things until it's like, “Whoa, O.K. Now's the time.” Sharon: I'm imaging it. It's a drawerful of things, a shoebox full of things that you paw through and say, “Oh, this would be perfect.” Barbara: Absolutely. That's the great thing about being an artist. You never know when it's going to hit. Like I tell people, I would never not have my studio inside my home, because you never know when you're going to be inspired and have to make something.
Our guest this week is an American professional basketball player busy playing overseas! Kwan Cheatham Jr. played for Akron University before turning pro and heading overseas to chase his dream! He is also the tallest person to come on Locker Room Dads!!! This episode goes out to all the dads out there having to travel abroad for work and bringing the family with them. How hard is it to figure out the balance abroad as opposed to home? Learn about the international experience for the whole family! Getting your car seat installed can be tough, are you prepared for your car seat experience? Get some great tips this week and learn about the international lifestyle from this dad with plenty of experience!
We have back with us one of our favorite guests, Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage. Dane and I always have fun and interesting conversations. Dane and I have been talking and we want to sit down more often for podcasts. Today we talked about Dane finishing up his first year of his PHD program at Akron University. To say that it was a little overwhelming would be an understatement. At one point through the year I had to ask him if he was doing okay. Because he definitely did not look okay. He looked like he hadn't slept in over a week. We also talked about me missing competition. I miss competing and want to find something to compete in. But I also don't want it to consume my life like weightlifting did. I still want to do other activities and not just put in all my time and energy into one thing. Hopefully I can find something that will be enjoyable and fulfilling to compete in. Dane Lee is the owner of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage and experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach. You can find Dane on Facebook at Elite Recovery Sports Massage, on Instagram @Elite_Recovery_LMT and online at https://www.eliterecoverymassage.com/. Or you can email him at EliteRecoveryMassage@gmail.com. If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at uncensoredhumanitypodcast@gmail.com. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you. © 2018 Uncensored Humanity Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library
This week on Inside the Headset, we are featuring Wayne State University Head Coach, Paul Winters. In this episode, Coach Winters highlights the various factors that go into selecting a coaching job, shares his thoughts on the evolving nature of college football, and details his personal involvement with the AFCA. Paul Winters is entering his 19th season as the Wayne State University head football coach this upcoming football season. Winters is the school leader in coaching victories with 93 and is a three-time GLIAC Coach of the Year award winner (2006, 2008, and 2019). His 2011 squad set the school record for overall wins (12) and road wins (8), while winning four consecutive road playoff games to reach the national title contest. After guiding the winningest team in school history in 2011, he was honored for his efforts with the AFCA NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year award. Since 2004, Coach Winters has coached 197 All-GLIAC award winners as well as 515 Academic All-GLIAC honorees. Prior to his appointment at WSU, Winters was the offensive coordinator and running backs coach at his alma mater Akron University (1995-2003). After the 2000 season, and for the second time, Winters was nominated for the Broyles Award, a national honor recognizing the nation's top Division I-A assistant coach. In addition, he was chosen Assistant Coach of the Year by the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation from among 13 universities and colleges in the region. Before returning to Akron following the 1994 campaign, Winters was an assistant football coach at the University of Wisconsin for two seasons (1990-91). Prior to UW, he was on the coaching staff at the University of Toledo for four seasons (1986-89). A former member of the AFCA Division II Board of Coaches, Winters served on the NCAA Regional Ranking Committee as well as the NCAA Rules Committee. Winters is entering his fifth year on the AFCA Board of Trustees after being selected in January of 2017. [1:49] Start of interview [2:28] Maintaining longevity at one program [4:32] Factors that go into accepting a new job [6:10] Being where your feet are [7:10] Evolving nature of college football [10:21] Inspiring others to coach [11:54] Building a coaching staff [13:18] Personal involvement with the AFCA [15:11] Working in compliance at Wisconsin
I feel them 3 words coming... I'm EXCITED!!! YEAH!!! This interview hits home because I know this QUEENS and young KINGS struggle. Antwaine Jr. is soon to be a high school graduate and is heading to Akron University! He has autism but they refuse to let that be the reason that he doesn't achieve his goals. Like, subscribe, leave a review and share! The best is yet to come and SUCCESS IS THE ONLY OPTION!!! VIST MY WEBSITE TO GRAB YOUR COPIES OF MY BOOK GOALS GIVE DIRECTION WWW.JBLACKINSPIRES.COM
Week 3 of Collegiate Rainbow Six Siege. Streamed match of the week saw another Open League matchup between Alabama-Huntsville and Georgia Tech. This was a Best of Three Series like how all the other matches were The match was a complete sweep in favor of Alabama-Huntsville. Premier League matches that took place in Week 3: Grand Canyon University def. Akron (2-1) University of Colorado Boulder def. University of Texas at San Antonio (2-0) Boston University def. Boise State (2-1) Illinois State def. Oklahoma State (2-1) Purdue def. Michigan Tech University (2-1) Texas Tech University def. NC State (2-0) Information regarding matches and their start times can be found on the Collegiate R6 Twitter and Discord Plus, everything You need to know about the Overwatch Collegiate Championships. University of Missouri vs University of Akron - University of Akron won 2-1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute vs Kennesaw State University - Worcester Polytechnic Institute won 2-0 Miami University of Ohio vs Ohio State University - OSU wins 2-1 The big picture - This week Ohio State became the real deal. They beat Miami of Ohio and University of Utah on the same day. Next week they play two games against University of Minnesota, who are also undefeated See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The first of the where are they now series! This is an interview I did with my son Vince, who was a former student of mine and is currently studying Computer Engineering at Akron University. We talk about what college life is like in a dorm during COVID, asynchronous and synchronous classes, and the pros of vocational education. Want to help? - Give me give me a 5 start review on apple podcasts. If you really really want to help, write a written testimonial on apple podcasts saying what you like about the podcast. This is the best way to promote the show. Share it with friends too! Thanks - Sam
Our first three guest podcast ever. I talk with eFuse's Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Klein, Northwood University's Head Coach / Esports Program Director Cody Elsen and Akron University's Program Director / Coach Nate Meeker. Akron and Northwood are the two dominant collegiate Rocket League programs and they have an upcoming showmatch hosted by eFuse on Tuesday, the 16th beginning at 6:30 PM ET at https://www.twitch.tv/efuseofficial. Watch The Gamer Hour - Esportz Network's new show hosted by Chris Puckett from Times Square. This week's guest was guitarist Herman Li. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGSLEPlNgNUNfeo_FeYnGng) If you are interested in being a sponsor for the Esports Minute, Esports Network Podcast, College Esports QuickTake or The Gamer Hour, please reach out to Esportz Network CEO Mark Thimmig by emailing mthimmig@esportznetwork.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe, it helps us out a ton! Three new episodes each week. Monday - An interview with a leading exec in esports / gaming Wednesday - The Gamer Hour w/ Chris Puckett Friday - An interview with a leading exec in esports / gaming For daily esports news, check out the Esports Minute (https://esportsminute.fireside.fm/). If you're interested in learning about college esports check out the College Esports QuickTake (https://esportzcollegequicktakecom.fireside.fm/). Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come! Special Guests: Cody Elsen, Nate Meeker, and Patrick Klein.
Our first three guest podcast ever. I talk with eFuse's Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Klein, Northwood University's Head Coach / Esports Program Director Cody Elsen and Akron University's Program Director / Coach Nate Meeker. Akron and Northwood are the two dominant collegiate Rocket League programs and they have an upcoming showmatch hosted by eFuse on Tuesday, the 16th beginning at 6:30 PM ET at https://www.twitch.tv/efuseofficial. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe, it helps us out a ton! New episodes Monday through Friday. For daily news hits on everything in the wider esports industry, check out the Esports Minute. (https://www.esportstopstories.com/) For more in-depth news check out our feature show the Esportz Network Podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come! Special Guests: Cody Elsen, Nate Meeker, and Patrick Klein.
Darren is joined on this episode of the Pottscast by legendary ex Seattle Sounders winger, Steve Zakuani. Steve started his career at Arsenal under Academy Director, Liam Brady, before being scouted to go to Akron University in Ohio to play football at NCAA level, before being drafted (first, by the way) to Seattle Sounders. He played alongside Clint Dempsey, Freddie Ljungberg, and Kasey Keller to name a few. After a few superb seasons, Steve suffered a horrific injury. He required 9 surgeries but after 500 days, he made his return and played a few more years before retiring. We discuss his journey on the show. Steve's book - 500 Days, is available on Amazon.
Over the course of the season, Northwood University and Akron University were the best two College Rocket League teams in the country. The final bracket told us more of the same. This epic game was one to watch and some of the best Rocket League gaming we've seen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kevin Byrne is in his third season as the Boys’ Varsity Basketball Head Coach at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Prior to returning to his alma mater, Byrne was the assistant men’s basketball coach at Akron University for two seasons. Before his D1 stint with the Zips, Byrne was the head men’s basketball coach at Ohio Northern University. While at Ohio Northern, Byrne guided the Polar Bears to a 41-38 record, a winning percentage of .519. ONU had a 16-10 record and finished fourth in the Ohio Athletic Conference in 2013-14. Byrne went to Ohio Northern after a 4-year stint at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he served as their associate head coach. Prior to MIT, Byrne was the assistant coach at his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon. During Byrne's eight-year tenure, the team set the school record for wins with 19 (2004-05 season) and experienced the first 20-win season and first ever UAA championship. After graduating from CMU, Byrne enjoyed a three-year professional career playing in England and Ireland. While at Carnegie Mellon, he graduated as the third all-time leading scorer and fifth all-time leading rebounder. Byrne's class graduated with the most wins of any graduating class in Carnegie Mellon history. We recently launched the Hoop Heads Mentorship Program. We believe that having a mentor is the best way to maximize your potential and become a transformational coach. By matching you up with one of our experienced mentors you’ll develop a one on one relationship that will help your coaching, your team, your program, and your mindset. The Hoop Heads Mentorship Program delivers mentoring services to basketball coaches at all levels through our team of experienced Head Coaches. Find out more at hoopheadspod.com or shoot me an email directly mike@hoopheadspod.com Our roster of shows is growing so don’t forget to check out all our other podcasts on the Hoop Heads Pod Network including https://thrive-with-trevor-huff.captivate.fm/listen (Thrive with Trevor Huffman), https://beyond-the-ball.captivate.fm/listen (Beyond the Ball), https://coachmayscom.captivate.fm/listen (The CoachMays.com Podcast), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/players-court/id1528381758 (Player’s Court), https://bleachers-boards.captivate.fm (Bleachers & Boards) and our team focused NBA Podcasts: https://cavalier-central.captivate.fm/listen (Cavalier Central), https://grizz-n-grind.captivate.fm (Grizz n Grind), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knuck-if-you-buck/id1528874607 (Knuck if you Buck), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-305-culture/id1532785121 (The 305 Culture), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blazing-the-path/id1536055102 (Blazing the Path), https://anchor.fm/hashtaglakerpodcast (#Lakers), https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/motor-city-hoops/id1542163027 (Motor City Hoops,) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/xs-and-os-nba-breakdown/id1542743872 (X’s and O’s: NBA Breakdown & )https://spanning-the-spurs.captivate.fm/ (Spanning the Spurs )The LA Hoops Report is coming soon! We’re looking for more NBA podcasters interested in hosting their own show centered on a particular team. Email us info@hoopheadspod.com if you’re interested in learning more and bringing your talent to our network. Take some notes as you listen to this episode with Kevin Byrne, Boys’ Basketball Varsity Head Coach at Walsh Jesuit High School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Website - https://www.walshjesuit.org/team-detail?fromId=217263&Team=182797&SeasonLabel=2020%20-%202021&siteId=1030 (https://www.walshjesuit.org/athletics) Email - https://www.walshjesuit.org/olearx@jnyfuwrfhvg.bet (byrnek@walshjesuit.org) Twitter - https://twitter.com/WJ_Warriors (@WJ_Warriors) Support this podcast
Sat down with 2015 graduate Christian Yoder. He has had a ton happen since graduation, including a double lung and liver transplant. He, just this fall, got accepted to Akron University where he plans to attend next fall. Tune in and listen to a great conversation with an amazing young man!!
Thanksgiving Eve Junior sat down with Soccer Player Dyson Clapier who has played for the Portland Timber's 2 since he was 16. He is also going to continue his soccer career further at Akron University. Kade Stever Our Son & Dyson's good friend also sits in while he is home for the Holidays & talks about his Soccer experience so far at Treasure Valley CC in Oregon.
In today’s episode: Paul interviewed forward Jon Lewis of the Colorado Rapids. Jon discusses leaving Akron University after one year to go pro, playing in the MLS, and the Black Players for Change initiative. $5 MINI BALL SPECIAL! Shop our Best Sellers Now: http://www.PerfectSoccerSkills.com/BestSellers
Go Zips! The best college rocket league team comes from Akron, Ohio. Here's what you need to know about one of the leading D1 varsity esports programs. If you enjoyed the podcast, please rate and subscribe, it helps us out a ton! New episodes Monday through Friday. For daily news hits on everything in the wider esports industry, check out the Esports Minute. (https://www.esportstopstories.com/) For more in-depth news check out our feature show the Esportz Network Podcast The Esports Network Podcast (https://www.esportznetworkpodcast.com/). Follow Mitch on Twitter @Mitch_Reames (https://twitter.com/Mitch_Reames) Follow Esportz Network on Twitter (https://twitter.com/EsportzNetwork), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/esportznetwork/), and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EsportzNetwork) @EsportzNetwork Or visit our website esportznetwork.com (https://www.esportznetwork.com/) for updates on what's to come!
This week we continue our examination of the Israeli Lobby which, for decades has distorted both the Israeli and Palestinian narrative to advance Israel’s colonization of Palestine. Its enormous power was manifested this past week when it pressured Facebook, Zoom and ultimately YouTube to deny their platforms to broadcast a pro Palestinian forum at San Francisco University. Backed by millions of dollars of funding, the Israeli Lobby has established a stranglehold on US Institutions of government, which historically have helped establish and continue to fund Israel’s colonial project and their creation of a discriminatory, Apartheid society on Palestinian land. Today we feature Akron University professor Walter Hixson, who has studied and written about the Lobby over the past couple of decades putting the issue in context at the Palestine Center in Washington, DC. It begins with the introduction of Walter Hixson by the Center's executive director, Mohammed Mohammed.
Run The Globe: See The Possibility - Experience The Breakthrough
It is very difficult to figure out who is going to be great in the sport of running. Sometimes it can be obvious and easy to pick out the kids who could possibly go pro in football and basketball at an early age. Which could often be as early as their early high school years. However, that isn’t quite the case with running. No one really knows how many reps it takes along the spectrum of repetition to get so good that you’d one day become a professional runner. Today’s guest went from good to great rather quickly once he attended Akron University for both cross country and track and field. No one knows how long it takes to get great, but we can all look at Clayton Murphy’s journey and see exactly how long it took for him. Clayton progressed so quickly within the middle distance races while at Akron that he finished 3rd at both the NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Championships in just his sophomore season in the 800 meter run. During his time at Akron he became a 4 x All-American and a 3 x National Champion (2x 800 meters 1x1500). In 2015 we would see Clayton win his first Pan-American games in the 800 meter run followed up by his bronze medalist performance in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games in the 800 meter run. Clayton currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife Ariana Murphy, who is an olympian herself. In this episode we discuss: How Clayton made the jump from good to great Clayton’s training in High School How he handled Quarantine How he was able to balance being a college student and athlete simultaneously during the time of his breakthrough How important it is to be flexible throughout the training process The advantage of having a support system and what drives him to be better Fulfilling running moments How he prepares in practice to execute in races and the importance of. Communications with your coach Why Akron University decided to cancel the Men’s Cross Country program His current training and parting piece of advice Accomplishments & Personal Bests 4x NCAA D1 All-American 3x NCAA D1 National Champion He was the gold medalist in the 800-meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games. He won the bronze medal in the 800-meter run at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 800 | 1:42.93 1500 | 3:36.23 Clayton’s Sponsors | Nike, XENDURANCE, Firefly Follow | claytonmurphy.com Show is sponsored by | AUDIBLE Click here for your FREE 30-day free trial www.audibletrial.com/runtheglobe2020
Former D1 Student-Athlete, Mady Wolfe, weighs in on attending the Weil Tennis Academy, the life for athletes at mid-major schools, transferring, Coronavirus, and more. (Music: Coldplay - Viva La Vida)
We start of the show at (4:36), as the Farleys go camping with monsters. We are joined at (9:45) by our guests from the Central Park Track Club, club president Greg Cass and club board member Michael Basen. We start off talking about the central park track club before discussing the virtual race Connect the Corridor, a competitive venture to align the DC, NY and Boston running communities. We ask the guys what life is like in NYC these days and discuss their own running. At (45:03) we are back to wrap up the interview and find out that Docs has a lot to lose before (46:01) we discuss recent news of NCAA athletic cuts at Akron University, including their cross country team. At (53:26) Farley wants to get Docs opinion on the Survivor finale and inquires about his application. At (58:45) we wrap up the Docs heavy topics with a docs work story and at (1:02:30) Farley backs Docs in a corner and asks him to go to the way back machine and share something.
In this episode, we talk about Zion Williamson and his recent law suit. We also interview the director of compliance at Syracuse University and talk about the likelihood of college football. Lastly, we talk to the head Women’s swim coach at Akron University about recent cuts in the Akron athletic department. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spencer-kelly/message
In this episode of SPINcast, Rick and Nate Meeker, Esports Director at Akron University, discuss the development and growth of collegiate esports as the boom continues to bring in new colleges. Akron is one of the pioneers of collegiate esports, listen in to Nate's unique insight on collegiate esports and the future growth of it! Learn more about Akron here: https://www.uakron.edu/esports/ @ZipsEsports Stay Plugged In here: www.staypluggedin.com @Stay_Plugged_In
Brooklyn and I sit down to talk about her journey through coaching. We discuss her time with the "So" program, her time as a GA with Mercer WBB, and her past two season with Akron. Book: What Made Maddy Run by Kate Fagan Podcast: Coaching U Contact Info: BrooklynRTaylor@gmail.com 724-854-2062 @BrooklynRTaylor --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/zachary-stitt/support
In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I caught up with Akron Zip and New York State Champion thrower William Gross IV. I had the opportunity to work with William the summer before his senior year of high school through the indoor track & field season as William prepared for a run at winning a New York State Championship in the 25# weight throw. William and I discussed his high school career, what it meant to win a New York State Championship, the recruiting process, selecting a college, and making the transition to Division I thrower. William gives some great advice for up and coming throwers about being focused, having a plan, and what to look for when making the decision to select the college/university you want to attend after high school. William is one of 6 male throwers in New York State history to throw the 25# weight over 70' and throw the 12# shot-put 50' in the same season. William accomplished this feat in the same meet, his New York State Championship qualifier meet. William is now completing his freshman year at Akron University. He is a Chemical Engineering major. Click here to watch our interview on our Forza Athletics YouTube channel.
InternCLE Episode 21st Century FinancialKelly Dolanhttp://www.xxiadvisors.com“21st Century Financial is in business to help provide for the financial planning needs of its clients. This is done through a discovery process - we gather facts, analyze data, and design solutions in several key areas of planning. We will work with you to identify and focus your unique financial goals and objectives. We then develop a step-by-step process to design a plan that will help you to address those needs. At 21st Century Financial, our client is our number one priority. We are dedicated to providing you with products and services best suited to meet your needs, and we welcome the opportunity to work with you. Please access the link below to get a 5 minute summary of the work that we do for our clients http://youtu.be/NmWlBDtJ-Wg “#ImpactingLivesThroughoutLifetimesKelly Dolan is very involved with volunteer work and helping in the community. She serves as an Advisory Board member for the Institute of Leadership Management at Akron University. The talent acquisition community in the region has given her great support and feedback. 21st Century Financial has offices Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cincinnati, Beachwood – Financial Advisory services but Kelly finds that it is very much a relationship business. The advisors have tons of autonomy and are essentially supported entrepreneurs. The summer Internship program has been around for a very long time and is ever evolving. The most important thing to 21st Century Financial is the experience that the intern has. Interns learn all about the industry and the soft skills that need to be developed in this profession. The 4 I’s at 21st Century Financial· Intellect – be creative, keep up with regulation· Income – direct correlation between success and income – you aren’t trying to beat the person next to you – the entrepreneurial mind set· Independence – flexibility in their schedule and pace of their career development· Impact – Recognizing the influence and impact you can have on the families that you work with and in the communities they live in Around Town: GCP Internship Summit recap – check out the blog for more of my thoughts on the event https://interncle.com/blogGratitude:Brenee Brown Rising Strong https://brenebrown.com/books-audio/Her methods for digging into your anger, frustration and fears – “The story I am telling myself right now is…”
Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep Once considered an undersized project from Akron University, Jason Taylor went on to become the most storied defender in Miami Dolphins history and as dynamic of a defensive playmaker that the National Football League had ever seen. As a pass rusher, Taylor shattered the Dolphins sack record and finished his career ranked sixth (now seventh) all-time in league annals with 139.5 quarterback takedowns. A six-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time first-team All Pro, Taylor was named the 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and 2007 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. In 2017, his first year of eligibility, he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In The Tank, JT discusses overcoming early questions about his size and toughness, questioning his own ability in his first Jimmy Johnson training camp, and the value of having learned under Nick Saban. He also vividly recalls a brawl with former Fins guard, John Bock, an ill-advised motorcycle ride with defensive tackle Daryl Gardener, his unique relationships with Cam Cameron and Bill Parcells, and the time Michael Jordan visited him during a post-practice meeting. OJ and Seth couldn't let JT go without addressing his reputation at Juice's weekly basketball games. This episode is sponsored by: A&T Dry Cleaners https://www.drycleanertoyou.com/ Fish Tank listeners will receive 50% off their first order and 25% off all dry-cleaning afterwards! Call Ara at (954) 610-9383 Planet Protein https://www.planetprotein.com/ Use the code FISHTANK and receive 20% off ALL of your Planet Protein purchases. AutoNation https://www.autonation.com/ If you are in the market for a new car, DM @TheFishTank81 on Twitter and we will give an AutoNation senior manager so they can reach out to you directly and walk you through the buying process. ARS & Associates https://www.arsaccounting.com/ Wizard Creations https://www.wizardcreations.com/ Use the code FISHTANK to receive 10% off your first order along with free set-up.
Join Amie Grant, WTI Education and Community Outreach Coordinator and Joey Lee III, WTI Construction Manager as they discuss the opportunities through Akron University to obtain a construction degree. Created in collaboration with the University of Akron with roofing professional needs and aspirations in mind, WTI, a subsidiary of Tremco Roofing, offering 100% of online tuition once accepted students can also gain invaluable work experience as a part-time or full-time WTI employee. You can choose between an Associate of Science degree or a Bachelor of Organization
I had a chance to get with my niece Megan and her fiancé, Justin. We talk about what kind of work they do, how they met, and gaming. *language*
On this week's podcast we discuss a few things that caught our attention in the media these past few weeks. We discussed Lebron James' media scrutiny and his big move announcing the IPromise school in conjunction with Akron University and Public School system, the new Netflix movie featuring Sanaa Lathan, and also debated the best sport movies of all time, along with many other things. An entertaining pod nonetheless so ENJOY Outro Song: King Promise- Abena Africanist Email: africanistpodcast@gmail.com Website: www.africanistpod.com Facebook: The Africanist Podcast Hotline: 301-887-3375 Instagram & Twitter: @africanistpod SoundCloud: @the-africanist Mixcloud: Africanistpod iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-a…nist/id950115888 Google Play: playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.googl…o-pr-mu-pod-16
Dom Polito is an athlete who recently graduated with an Engineering degree from Akron University. @Dom_Polito on Twitter.
Dom Polito is an athlete who's currently studying Engineering at Akron University. @Dom_Polito on Twitter.
Dom Polito is currently in the engineering program at Akron University.
Run The Globe: See The Possibility - Experience The Breakthrough
Becki Spellman is a Akron native who attended college in her hometown at Akron University. In this interview Becki tells us how important sleep is for training, how she overcame her racing anxiety, and what running in the Olympic Trials feels like. Please join us for Episode 10 as Becki educates, inspires, and empowers us through her personal running journey. Pr's: mile-4:51 5k- 16:44 10k 34:57 1/2 marathon 1:16:05 marathon 2:40:16 *3 Time Olympic Marathon Qualifier *2 Time Akron Marathon Female Winner TWITTER & INSTAGRAM HANDLE: Beckispell
Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Zakuani, former professional soccer player, author, and philanthropist. Steve got his start in soccer in London, England with the Arsenal youth academy. Steve eventually ended up in the states playing at Akron University where he led the nation in scoring en route to being the first pick in the 2009 MLS Draft to the Seattle Sounders. Steve suffered a traumatic injury that ultimately led to him announcing his retirement in 2014. Steve recently released his new book, 500 days: What I learned from the moment that changed everything. You can purchase his book at 500daysbook.com
RSL's Chris Wingert and Crew Soccer Academy and Akron University star Wil Trapp join the show this week.
Floriana Berdych Hall, b. 10/2/27, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 1945 graduate and distinguished Alumna of Cuyahoga Falls High School in Ohio. attended Akron University, married Robert Hall now married 62 years, five children, nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, author, editor of seventeen books, nine non-fiction and eight inspirational poetry books. SMALL CHANGE, THE ADVENTURES OF FLOSSIE, ROBBIE, AND JUNEY, During The Great Depression, DADDY WAS A BAD BOY, OUT OF THE ORDINARY SHORTSTORIES, HEARTS ON THE MEND, FRANCIS, NOT THE SAINT, FRANCISCO, NO EL SANTO, SIMPLE PLEASURES, and MISS FLOSSIE'S WORLD – Coping with Adversity During The Great Depression Then and the Recession Now (2011) Poetry: THE SANDS OF RHYME, GATHERING GRACES, SELECT SANDS OF RHYME AND REASON. Founder/coordinator of the Poet's Nook at Cuyahoga Falls Library, compiled and edited five of The Poet's Nook's books; THROUGH OUR EYES, POEMS OFBEAUTIFUL NORTHEAST OHIO, POET'S NOOK POTPOURRI, TOUCHING THE HEARTS OF GENERATIONS, VOICES IN VERSE, Weaving Words, and POEMS OF BEAUTIFUL OHIO – Then and Now (2011).
Floriana Hall, b. 10/2/27, Pgh Pa., graduate and Distinguished Alumna of Cuyahoga Falls High School, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, attended Akron University, married Robert Hall 59 years, five children, nine grandchildren, one great–granddaughter, author/editor of ten nonfiction inspirational books, SMALL CHANGE, self published; THE ADVENTURES OF FLOSSIE, ROBBIE, AND JUNEYDuring The Great Depression (2006), published by www.Booksurge.com;THE SANDS OF RHYME, poetry, self published; DADDY WAS A BAD BOY(to be ordered from me); OUT OF THE ORDINARY SHORT STORIES, published by www.Authorhouse.com : HEARTS ON THE MEND(2006), published by www.PublishAmerica.com; FRANCIS, NOT THE SAINT(2008), published by www.Booksurge.com; GATHERING GRACES,poetry (2008) printed by Cyberwit, to be ordered from me.Founder/coordinator of the Poet's Nook at Cuyahoga Falls Library, Editor of The Poet's Nook's three books, THROUGH OUR EYES, POEMS OF BEAUTIFUL NORTHEAST OHIO, POET'S NOOK POTPOURRI, and TOUCHING THE HEARTS OF GENERATIONS. Winner of many poetry contests. Published in United States, England, France and India. Poetry teacher, YOU, ME, AND POETRYfor www.LssWritingSchool.comWHO'S WHO IN US WRITERS, EDITORS AND POETS, WHO'S WHO IN INTERNATIONAL POETRY, MARQUIS WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Works compared to Poe and Hawthorne style by Taj Mahal Review.
It's been a while. I had to prepare for and then take my final exams and my first semester at Akron University is in the books. FINALLY. Get ready for "12 Daves of Christmas" coming tomorrow! Dave tells about a fun trip to eat at Friendly's. Now we can't complain about children in this restaurant, but if you can't hear yourself think, it's time to take some action and THE NURSE STIKES BACK. MUSIC from the Podsafe Music Network (music.podshow.com ) Hello Operator www.hellooperatormusic.com "So Free" BUY THE EP AT CDBABY.COM
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