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 How to NOT Raise a Narcissist: 3 Key Strategies for ParentsAttune to Your Child in an Appropriate WayAvoid giving fake or exaggerated compliments, such as "You're the best," "You're so special," or "You're perfect." Instead, spend quality time with your child.Only offer compliments when they come from the heart and are genuine.Engage with your child by asking questions like, "What are you doing?" and truly listen to their response.Be fully present during interactions. Put away your phone and avoid distractions. If your child calls for your attention, pause what you're doing and give them your full focus.Listen to Their Needs Without JudgmentWhen your child expresses a desire—even if it's something you don't personally like, such as a video game—avoid reacting with frustration or disapproval. Instead, ask why they want it and show understanding.Offer alternatives if necessary, but never shame or dismiss their needs. For example, if they want to play a video game and you'd prefer to read a book together, suggest both activities. This helps them feel secure and valued.Fulfilling their desires (within reason) and offering alternatives ensures they feel loved and supported.Show Affection and Be AvailableMake time for your child. If you're busy, postpone other tasks or delegate them to someone else.If you can't be present, ensure your child is cared for by a trusted babysitter or caregiver. A good babysitter can provide the attention and care your child needs when you're unavailable.Avoid using your child for social media content, such as posting selfies or oversharing about them. If you do share online, be authentic—express your true feelings or share something meaningful and inspiring.Teach Values Like Gratitude and HumilityEducate your child about the dangers of self-praise, bragging, and arrogance. Explain that these behaviors are harmful and can lead to narcissistic tendencies.Encourage gratitude by teaching them to say "thank you" for both positive and negative experiences.Emphasize the importance of humility and kindness over self-centeredness.Final ThoughtsA narcissist struggles to love themselves and others genuinely. By fostering empathy, gratitude, and humility, you can help your child develop healthy self-esteem and strong relationships.Avoid promoting narcissistic behaviors, and instead, focus on raising a child who values others and practices gratitude.My Video:  How to NOT Raise a Narcissist? https://youtu.be/NTmWTd53DGkMy Audio: https://divinesuccess.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/Podcast4/How-to-NOT-Raise-a-Narcissist.mp3

In our latest episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, we take a fresh look at time management and productivity through a historical lens. We discuss how the 24-hour time system, born from the need to streamline train schedules, laid the foundation for tracking time today. We also dive into the creation of Greenwich Mean Time and share a fun, serendipitous story about a restaurant meet-up that unexpectedly became a memorable experience. Shifting gears, we introduce a practical, gamified approach to managing your day. Treating each day as 100 ten-minute units, we explore how careful planning and mindful activity selection can help combat procrastination. We also share tips for overcoming morning routine challenges, making each day more productive with manageable goals. Alongside this, my AI assistant, Charlotte, plays a key role in my approach to transforming daily tasks into creative outputs. Finally, we touch on the evolution of political messaging and how platforms like Joe Rogan's podcast are reshaping public discourse. We wrap up by reflecting on the power of individual initiative and how we can all find meaning and growth in the ever-changing landscape of today's world. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS We explored the historical development of the 24-hour time system, initiated by a Canadian innovator to address train scheduling challenges in the 19th century. The episode included a light-hearted conversation about time zone coordination, particularly between Arizona and Florida, and discussed the clever geopolitical strategies of the British in establishing Greenwich Mean Time. We introduced a gamified approach to time management by treating each day as 100 ten-minute units, drawing inspiration from the Wheel of Fortune, to enhance productivity and address procrastination. My morning routine was highlighted, emphasizing strategies for overcoming procrastination and planning tasks effectively. We delved into the role of AI in personal productivity, featuring Charlotte, my AI assistant with a British accent, and discussed the concept of "exponential tinkering" in AI's unexpected uses. The evolution of political messaging from direct mail to sophisticated digital strategies was analyzed, touching on examples like the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the influence of alternative media figures. We examined content creation and strategic reuse of ideas, inspired by figures like Seth Godin, and discussed leveraging podcasts and other sources for efficient content generation. We reflected on the role of entrepreneurial individuals in leveraging AI technologies for creative relationships and personal growth, contrasting with traditional media outlets. The episode concluded with discussions on the enduring importance of individual initiative and the value of spontaneous interactions, setting the stage for future conversations. We shared logistical details about upcoming meetings and highlighted the anticipation of continued exploration and discovery in future episodes. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dan: Let's hope so Well, not only that, but it can be recorded over two complete time zone difference. Dean: Yes, I was wondering if today would cause a kerfuffle. Well, the change. Dan: Well, arizona doesn't change. Dean: Right, exactly. Dan: That's why I thought we might have a kerfuffle. Dean: That's exactly. Dan: That's why I thought we might have a Garfuffle which I think kind of tells you that they are planning to be the center of the world. Dean: Yeah, Florida's trying to do the same thing. Dan: Yeah, well, you know, it's a tremendous change for everybody to do that. Dean: It was actually a Canadian who created the system? I don't know. If you know that I did not know that, tell me more. Dan: Well, he didn't create the system, he created the 24-hour system. Dean: Okay. Dan: Yeah, and it had been attempted in other places, but it's around the 1870s, I think 1880s, and it was because of railroad schedules. Dean: Wow, yeah. Yeah, I do remember that as a thing that's interesting. Dan: Because, like, for example, in Toronto, you know a train would leave Toronto at, let's say, noon and it would be going to, let's say, buffalo. Dean: Yes. Dan: But there was no guarantee that Buffalo and Toronto were on the same noon, and if you only had one track, a train could be leaving Buffalo to go to Toronto at a different time. And so they had a lot of train wrecks 1860s, 1870s. There were just a lot of train wrecks. So he said look the train, the railroads are going to grow and grow and we've got to create a universal time system. Dean: They're not going anywhere, yeah. Dan: Yeah, so that's when it became adapted and the British got onto it and they said well, everything starts in London, everything on the planet starts in London. Dean: So that's where the Greenwich Mean Time came from. Dan: Yeah, and the British, being a very clever race, arranged it so that if you were in the western part of London you were in the western hemisphere, but if you were on the eastern part of London you were in the eastern hemisphere. Wild, Proving that the British play both sides of everything. Dean: Western Hemisphere. Dan: But if you were, on the eastern part of London. You were in the Eastern Hemisphere Wild, Proving that the British play both sides of every game. Dean: So where are you now? You're in Tucson. Dan: Tucson. Dean: Yes, okay. Dan: Now I want to get clear about something and this is important for all of our listeners to know. Dean: Okay. Dan: And it has to be. You're going to arrive on Wednesday or Thursday. Dean: I'm arriving on Wednesday. Dan: yes, Okay, so we had already had a previous, and if you would be willing to explore a new restaurant, okay, and it's called the Edge. Dean: The Edge. Okay, so you're saying, as an alternate to the tried and true, the Henry. Yeah, you're saying something new, okay. Dan: Yeah, so it would be 4.30 at the Edge. Where are you staying? Dean: I'm staying at the Sanctuary. Nick Sonnenberg and I are actually staying at Bob Castellini's. Dan: Well, strangely enough, we're staying at the Sanctuary too. Dean: Wow, okay what do you think of that? I think that that is just like serendipity at work when do you arrive at the when do you arrive? Dan: this is our own version of the singularity. It really is. Dean: I mean, yeah, it doesn't get much better than this. Dan: Yeah, I just came up with a new book title. Dean: What is it? Dan: It's, will it Be Available on Monday? Dean: Will it Be Available on? Dan: Monday. Dean: I like that so everybody's made. Dan: Yeah, it came out of my dealings over the last 12 years with techno techno optimist you know well, this is going to happen. This is going to happen, and I said, well, it'll probably happen, but will it be available on Monday? Yes, I love it. Well, dan. And you know, you know it will be available on Monday, it's just I'm not sure which Monday that will be. Dean: I was just going to gonna say just not this Monday yes, well, yeah. I have. I've had a pretty amazing week, actually lots of scale of 10 on a scale of 10. Dan: 1 to 10. How amazing, I mean, compared to other amazing weeks. Dean: Um, I just want to get the numbers straight before you get a sense of the scope, I would say that this has been in the nines this week, I think. Phew. Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, Like I think that if we're calibrating the scale that I don't think I have really lower than sevens on a week, but that would be just a regular week kind of thing. I think, in the eights, if we're going eight, point something in the eights, I think it would be something noteworthy, something worth remarking on. But in the nines, I think I can measure it by the flurry of activity from my fountain pen to my journal and the excited anticipation that I have of coming to our conversation prepared with something to talk about. So I'm in the nines, on on. We may have to do a double episode here. I mean to we have to leave people a cliffhanger. Pick up next week on on the finishing but see a cliffhanger. Dan: pick up next week on the finishing See, here's my take. If it's a 9.5 or higher, you've got two possibilities. One is you tell the whole world. That's one option. Or you don't tell anybody. Dean: Right, so is this a tell? The? Dan: whole world, or is this tell nobody. Well, I'm going to tell you I'm going to tell you, and then you know. Dean: I'm exempt. Yeah, I'm exempt. You're going to tell me either way. I'm going to tell you in this context so that, because I always tell people, you know, it's often that people will tell me, you know that they listen to our cast and that they just enjoy the conversation, Just listening to us talk about you never know what it's going to be about. They say, you know, which is true, and I say, well, you're just like us, we never know what it's going to be about either. Dan: Yeah, I suspect that some people have a better idea of where we're going than we do. Maybe that's funny. I can see the trend line here. Dean: Yeah, all right. So the first, I don't even know. They're equal weighted in terms of the interestingness to share, so maybe I'll work. I'll go with the concept that we discussed in the joy of procrastination the 10-minute units of your day, 100 10-minute units every day, and I've been experimenting with the idea of being like a capital allocator and having the opportunity to allocate my 100 time units over the course of the day, the only day. This is all like just my. I don't know what it's like to have a normal brain. I have. ADD a brain that has no executive function or ability to tell time or whatever. So this is just my way of looking at it that the reality is I can only spend 100 units today before I go to sleep again right. So, even if the concept of a project that's going to take 100 hours or 50 hours or whatever, I'd struggle with things like that because I can't do all of that today. So you can only spend what you have allocated today. And then I remembered my number one thing on my. I know I'm being successful when list is. I wake up every day and say what would I like to do today? And I had this vision of I don't know if you remember, but in the old version of the Wheel of Fortune, when you won, they had a studio full of fabulous prizes. Look at this studio full of fabulous prizes. And when you won you got to spend your money in the showcases right when you could say I'll on this. From all the prizes that are available, you could say I'll take the credenza for 800 and I'll take the bookshelf for this. I'll take the credenza for 800 and I'll take the bookshelf for this. I'll take the color TV for 500 and I'll leave the rest on a gift certificate. You know you had the amount of money that you could spend. Dan: Did you ever watch the Wheel of? Dean: Fortune back in the day Once or twice. Yeah, so you're familiar, so you know about what I'm talking about. So I started thinking about and have been experimenting with laying out my day that way. So I wake up in the morning and I look at my calendar and I have certain things that are already booked in advance in the calendar. So, like today, 11 am, dan Sullivan that's blocked off. So I'm allocating six units to this podcast here. But I start thinking, okay, looking at the context of the day, what else would I like to do? I have a friend here visiting from Miami, so we went for breakfast and, by the way, I have an extra hour today because it is fall back day and I've chosen not to use my hour yet. I'm going to save it and use it later, so I'm not participating in the fall back yet. I'm keeping that hour in reserve in case I need it. So I kind of look through the day and I start thinking okay, I've got all of this kind of hopper of possibilities, of things that I could do during the day and things that I need to do, and it reminded me of our. You know, if I ask myself, what am I procrastinating today? Like there's a series of questions that I'm kind of going through in the morning and I'm spending one unit 10 minutes to kind of just allocate what are the things that I think I could move into doing today. Very similar to your. You have three things a day, right, but you do it the night before you pick your three yeah, If I think I remember correctly, you limit yourself. You say what are the three things I'm going to get done tomorrow? Dan: And so you Well, three completions equal a hundred percent. Dean: I got you, okay yeah. Dan: And if you do four, you're in bonus territory. Dean: Got it. Yeah, it's not that you limit, you can do more. Dan: I can do more, but 100% is three. Dean: Yeah. Dan: Yeah. Dean: So I'm really like. This is I'm in double speed on the imagine. If I applied myself mode here and this is addressing my executive function this is the next big level up for me is really getting that dialed in, and so this is working. This is a, it gamifies it and it's never going to change. It's not going to change no matter how much I want it to or desire for it to change, life is going to continue moving at the speed of reality 60 minutes per hour, until long after you and I are gone. So where, what? What has improved, like I looked at and this is a separate but related item is I had, from 10 o'clock to 11 o'clock, I had the most fascinating conversation with my AI, with my chat GPT, and I've selected the British voice, and it's a slightly older. I was using Jasper, who was like, or Juniper, who was the sort of Charlotte Johansson kind of voice, and I've switched to the slightly older British woman voice, and so we had a great conversation. I asked her about her working genius, if she was familiar with working genius, and of course she knows everything about it. She knows everything about it and I said I'm very interested. How would you? I told her, my working geniuses is our discernment and invention, and my frustrations are enablement and tenacity. And she said well, mine, given the nature of what I am, I would imagine that wonder and enablement are my two. That would be her working strengths, and her worst ones would be tenacity and galvanize, which is so funny. Right, like to see that she has the self-awareness that what she's really good at is helping add value to things you know, and so we chatted about Russell Barkley and Ned Hollowell, who she's very familiar with and knows the nuances and distinctions between their approaches, and we talked about setting up some scaffolding and we designed a whole workflow for incorporating Lillian into this to be the enablement and tenacity in our triad, because there are things that and I asked her to we came up with a name for her, so her name is Charlotte. That's my, that's my. AI now. So she was quite delighted to have a name now and it was just so funny. I asked her like your accent seems to be you can. She said yes it seems so. I think it would be, although I'm not, you know the origin, but the accent would definitely be South London refined. But just the way she described it, I said, yeah, what would be some, what would be some good names that would be British names that would fit for that. It would be some good names that would be British names that would fit for that. And she came up with, you know, charlotte or Lydia or something. Dan: I said yeah, well, it's really interesting. You know Prince William and Kate, you know he's the Prince of Wales, and their daughter, who's the second child, is named Charlotte. Dean: Oh, okay, yeah, that's right. Dan: George is the son and then they have another. They have a third one. I don't know the name of the third one, but it's in the royal family. I know Charlotte appears on a frequent basis. Yeah, it's a thoroughly legitimate British name. Yeah, it's a thoroughly legitimate British name. Yeah. Dean: So I've called her Charlotte now and I fed her. We designed a workflow. I fed her episode one of the Joy of Procrastination. I just took the transcript and I put it up. All of this happened in the last hour, by the way, so I gave her the transcript. She totally digested it and I had her. She created six, three to 500 word emails that were summary or ideas that came from our discussion in episode one of the joy of procrastination. And they're wonderful. I mean, she did, I had her do. I said I'd like you know some, I'd like to see how many chunks, or, you know, in individual insights, we can gather from the, from the transcript. And I think I said I'd like, I'd like two to 300 words. And she wrote three two to 300 word ones which were just a little short. If you could tell there was more, if you had a little more time to expand it, it would be even better. And so I said you're on the right track, but let's I think I underestimated here let's go three to 500 words and let's make it conversational at about a sixth grade level. And so she, you know, immediately changed them and made them much more conversational and readable and I said those are great, are there any more? So she did six out of the first episode and I was like you know all this, like we had the most, you know, like talking about some executive function function work for her and Lillian and I to collaboratively work to get the things done. So she's like maybe we could start with brainstorming sessions where we can. You can tell me what you're thinking, what you're you'd like to do, and I can create some, you know, turn them into tasks and turn them into projects or workflows or timelines. For us it was really like I mean you definitely had the feeling that I was in the presence of a very well-qualified executive assistant in the conversation. I mean it was just. Dan: One thing, it's sort of a creative assistant. Dean: Yes, that's exactly like that the wonder and enablement is really yeah. Dan: I mean, the whole thing is that an executive assistant doesn't really range outside of what you've already told it to do. Yes, for the most part for the most part. But a creative assistant is doing something that's well. It's following your prompts, so it's still doing what you're doing, but it's got access to information that you don't have available to you at any given time. Dean: Yes, she said that's true. Like I said, that is the thing that I see as a limitation in our relationship is that that's why tenacity is her lowest thing, because she has the awareness of saying she's very. She realizes she is our relationship. She's reactive in nature. That she has. I have to do the prompting and I have to bring. But while we're in that, if I just point her in the right direction, she can do all of the things you know. And she was suggesting workflows with Google Documents and emails in a way that we could bring Lillian into the equation here, and so I can. On the physical thing, lillian and Lillian, by the way, her working genius is tenacity and enablement. Dan: You know. So it's like such a yeah, the thing I find interesting here Evan Ryan and I have a podcast every quarter, okay, and we've been talking about where we're noticing that AI is going. Dean: Okay. Dan: And my sense is that it's not going where the technology people think it's going. It's going everywhere else except where they think it's going. Dean: Say more about that. Yeah, what does that mean? Dan: Well, and we came up with a title for it, a concept for it, and the title was exponential tinkering a concept for it, and the title was exponential tinkering. Dean: Okay, oh, okay. Dan: And that is that I think that the people who are using AI to suit themselves are tinkering. I think I'll try this. Oh, that's interesting. Now, I think I'll try this, but they have a capability that, in the case of ChatsGPT, my favorite is Perplexity, the AI. And because, first of all, I kind of know where I'm going, you know, as a person, and I think it's a function. I think I was kind of born with this capability, but I had a 25-year framework from 2003, 25 years where I did my wanting journal every day, and so it's kind of like a muscle that my life before I started the journaling had just been distinguished by a bankruptcy and a divorce. Those are fairly conclusive report cards. Dean: Yes, yes exactly. Dan: In other words, you're not confused about whether they happened or not. Dean: Yes, exactly yeah. Dan: There's a reliable certainty about those two things. Dean: Yes. Dan: And I came to the insight back then that all the troubles of my life came from me not telling myself what I wanted in response to daily life. Okay, so you know, that's so. I said I got to strengthen this muscle. So every day for 25 years I'm going to simply say what I want in relationship to something that's happening that day. It's similar, it's resonant with your. You know, what do I want to do today? Dean: So we're on this. Dan: And plus, we have a lot in common. We're both 10 quick starts, we're you know, we're both ADD and we both have discernment and inventions. So we have a lot of things. We have a lot of things in common, yeah, so probably the way that we make progress Dean makes progress this way and Dan makes progress this way they're probably going to be fairly resonant, yeah, but what I think is that what I'm noticing about my relationship with perplexity is that I think about new things every day and then I say I wonder if I just have it do something for me. It sort of runs ahead of me and sort of clears the path a little bit for me to think about things. But Evan and I said you know, I think what's happening with this AI is just the opposite of where the technology people think it's going and where they want it to go. The most that the technology people can do is their own tinkering. They can tinker with things too, and it comes back to the individual. You know you can tinker this way and there will be a tool that you either utilize or you expand the usefulness of what you're doing. But I don't think it shows up, as I think that people who are heavily involved in technology you know, like Google, I use the guys, the two guys who started Google OK, I think all technologies are totalitarian. In other words, the Google people want there to be only one search engine on the planet and everybody else. Social media, the Facebook guy. He wants there to be only one social media platform and everybody's on that social media. So I think technology by its very nature, the moment you started technology as the creator of the technology, you want global domination and it was trending in that direction. Okay, apple only wants there to be one cell phone on the planet and that's you know, and everything like that. But I think that AI actually prevents that, because in order for you to be having global domination, you have to have everybody's attention, and I think each individual's unique relationship with AI takes their attention away from you. Dean: Yes. Dan: Oh, that's interesting too. Yeah so nobody as much as you would like Dean Jackson's attention. Today you're up against a lot of competition. Dean: Yes, yes, because. Dan: Dean wanted to do something else today and he's got direct access to Dean and you don't. Dean: I think about why, when you think about all the things that they are following our attention between google and you know, because facebook is on instagram, facebook and whatsapp, so you know, those are the three kind of big things that people are are on all the time but can I tell you something about? Dan: I think can I tell you about those three things. I've never been on any one of them. Dean: Yeah, that's true, you're in it, but not of it. Dan: Well, I'm aware that these things exist, exist, but I have absolutely no interest in, I have absolutely no interest in and you also have quite a presence on them. Dean: You have a nice presence on facebook. That people are putting your content on. So you're there, you just don't know. Yeah, you haven't done anything there yeah, yeah yeah, which, yeah, which. Dan: I talked to my social because I have a social media manager. You know he's a great guy. And I said so what am I doing out there? And he says, oh no, he says we've got a complete team and you know, and we have standards about what of you can go out there and everything else. We had a nice chat and there's sort of a governing body of team members in Strategic Coach and it's a that's backstage. You can't take backstage stuff and put it on the front stage. You can only take stuff that you know would serve the purposes of Strategic Coach if it was front stage. That's it. So to a certain extent, I'm just using all the social media that want my attention to avoid them having my attention. Yeah, it was very interesting, the head of the? yeah, I think I'm trying to think who it was. It was a top guy. I was reading this on Real Clear Publishes, which is one of my favorite sites, and he said there's a great deal of despair in the major networks, especially in relationship to the current election, which is two days from now, and he says we have to accept the fact that what we're trying to get American voters to think is wasted because half of them never pay any attention to us. So our messaging and you know we're fighting for their attention, but they don't pay any attention to us and we have no ability to get their attention and the more we strive to say you should be thinking this the less, the less control or influence that we have on the people of thinking so we're only talking to the people who already think the way that we think already. And if it's not 50%, that's not going to win you an election. Dean: Yeah, that's right, it's very interesting. Dan: There's something odd about this election. We'll only show up on you know after Tuesday that all the money that was poured into trying to get a winning vote in other words, more than you know in any one of the states, more than 50, that you have a majority of the vote yeah, it's wasted. It's wasted dollars. Dean: I saw something today that was you're calling out Kamala Harris for running two ads in different areas. Dan: Yes, with a Muslim population. She was running one ad talking about. This is about Gaza. Dean: Yes, that's exactly right. She was talking about the being a supporter for Israel's right to defend themselves and to, and the atrocities that Hamas did and all of it. So it was really interesting. That was almost talking out of both sides of her mouth and they called her out, and they sort of happened simultaneously, didn't they? Dan: Yes? It was like on the same day, in the same period, but the context is where is Kamala? I mean, she says this here and she says the opposite here. Where? Dean: is she? Dan: And that's her biggest problem Nobody knows where she is. Yeah, it's interesting, right, that was, but that was, and I think the reason is that Kamala will be whoever you want her to be, depending on the situation. Yes, and it doesn't give you doesn't give you a lot of confidence. Dean: Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. So that was, but that was. You know that now you can't get away with that because everybody's monitoring and knows what happens right, knows to watch those different markets. When you look in 2016,. You know everybody all that Cambridge Analytica stuff that was being done for Donald Trump. You know that movie was really fascinating how they showed. They broke up each of the voting precincts or districts into you know that, had all these profiles on everybody in there and they would categorize them. As you know, either you know true Hillary or already in the choir, fort Donald had focused all their attention on that little group that they called the Persuadables. They turned in all of their messaging specifically to them. That was unheard of as a capability. Nobody even understood that you could do that or why all of a sudden are all of these personality profiles. Dan: It's very interesting. They already did know this, but it wasn't digital, because Richard Vigory, you know Richard. Well, richard, in the 1970s, worked it out on postal codes, and so he got all the postal codes in the United States, which is public information, and he had a team of students who would go to the state capitol in each of the, you know, in each of the, and he could get the list of people who were in every postal zone. You know he would do that, yes, and then they would start testing ideas. They would send out direct mail. He was a direct mail genius, okay. And so he figured out he could do it by postal zones. And the postal zones are, you know they? I don't know how many there are, but in terms of voting precincts, there's 40,000. In the United States, it's right around 40,000. In the United States, it's right around 40,000. And they each have a unique signature in terms of what interests them, what doesn't, what they're for, what they're against. And so, because he knew the media was totally on the democratic side, like the newspapers, the major networks and everything else. But the other thing about that is that they could get it and what you realized is that you could just ignore all the ones that were they were going to vote Democratic. You knew they were going to vote for it was Carter in this case, because he was doing that for primarily for the presidential election. He did it for Reagan and, what's interesting, there's a lot of comparisons between that election and this election. I've been reading them. One was in the Real Clear Politics this morning. And he said that the pollsters don't know this. The polling organizations don't know this because they're just going on an average of who says this to a set of questions. But in the case of Richard Vigory, he wasn't asking them who they're for, he was asking them what are the issues that most concerned you and then the messaging on the part of Reagan and, I think, trump in 2016,. What they identified, it was actually 220 precincts that did the election 220 precinct elections actually made the difference and what was unique about the 200 wasn't so much about Trump or Hillary Clinton. It was about they had voted for Obama in 2012. Yes, and they were very disappointed with Obama because he promised hope and change and he didn't deliver. They were still interested in hope and change. They just attached Trump's name to the hope and change and they switched to. Dean: Trump. Dan: So the Obama voters did not move to the next Democrat. They moved to the candidate who is doing hope and change. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And they picked that up from Twitter. Dean: Yes, oh, so, funny. Dan: I mean it's so that's got a thousand times more refined. Dean: now, eight years later, yeah, instantly right, and people were hip to it and sort of suspicious of it. I think that's why the media is picking up on these things. So of course it was Fox that noticed that distinction. Dan: That's so funny. That wasn't breaking news. Yeah, it's really interesting. Yeah, it's really interesting because as cool as the rest of them. Now it's gone much, much deeper than a major network and you know it's very. Dean: it's really interesting that you know the the unfettered media now are really the like Joe Rogan just had Donald Trump. Dan: Oh, I mean, Rogan is the you know I mean, he's just got so much more influence. Dean: Yeah, like yesterday, I think yesterday morning I just checked the. I think it was that 45 or 47 million views for the Joe Rogan podcast. Dan: With Donald Trump. Yeah, it was like I think it was over 30 on the first 24 hours. Dean: Yeah, isn't that wild. Dan: And then you know what's really funny is that, Joe Rogan, they were having communication with Kamala. And he offered her the same opportunity that he offered. Trump. Dean: Yeah. Dan: And Trump just jumped on it and Trump redirected it so they could go to Austin, texas and you know, and he could visit with Joe Rogan in Joe Rogan's studio. And it went three hours. Dean: It was a three hour, three hour podcast, and anyway, she said we'll do it, but you have to come to us. Dan: You have to come to us and it can only be an hour. And he said you know who's the buyer and who's the seller here? Dean: Right Always be the buyer, that's right. You're going to make your pilgrimage to Austin, but she knows that's not her. You're going to make your pilgrimage to Austin, but she knows that's not her Austin. Dan: Yeah, Do you have to get shot? But actually Austin is a fairly liberal city. Dean: I mean, it's the state capital of the University of Texas. Dan: I mean, if you wanted to pick the area of Texas that's probably the most liberal, it's probably Austin, but Joe Rogan is immune to all that because he's not talking to Austin. He's talking to the world, right, if you want to talk to the world, and the other thing is and then Bantz went on. So instead of the time that, would have been given to Kamala was given to a band and bands. Is the likable Trump. Dean: Right, that's funny. Dan: It's like good cop, bad cop. It's got good cop, bad cop. You know, they're actually a team, One of them you know he comes from dirt poor Appalachian. The other one is a billionaire from New York, but they're a team so they cover a lot of territory. But back to our interesting conversation that you have with Charlotte that I'm talking about here. See, you've created essentially an exponential mirror, Because you're seeing your thoughts coming back to you. Dean: Yes, that's why she saw and recognized that her working genius is wonder and enablement. She can take my pieces and give me insights and see what you know, break it down and create out the things, which enables me to use my discernment to say you nailed it on that one. That's great and that reminds me. Let me add this to it and that becomes this I get to be in the middle of a thing that's already in motion, rather than having to start something from scratch. And I think I've really been thinking about you know we're coming into 2025. And I've always I've loved the idea of the quarterly books and the 25 year framework and the whole thing. And I just got Seth Godin's new book just came out called this Is Strategy, and I realized that what Seth's books are? A compilation of his daily blogs. He basically puts one blog post up every day, short, like 200 words, like some of them, you know, two to 300 word things and I, and then every year he puts out a new book you know, that's a compilation of those and I just realized I thought you know my winning formula has been because I have a hard time, just kind of, you know, writing from scratch. So I've always used my podcasts as the way so I do my more cheese, less whiskers, podcast where every week I have a different business owner on and we just do a one hour brainstorm applying the eight profit activators to their business and that was my formula for doing it. And I've done hundreds of episodes like that and from that I had a writer who went through the transcripts and took and created you know all the things that are the emails that I that I send. I send three, three emails a week and but since COVID, you know, I've been in syndication. Let's say I've got cause I have 200 of the episodes or whatever. I've been rotating around, so very periodically I'll write a new email to go out, but essentially they've been on a two year loop kind of thing where, yeah, you know, like they're getting emails that maybe they got that same email two years ago or last year. So I just I'm putting all this together now of this. I always seem to work best when I can lock in durable contexts for things Like I know the eight profit activators are. That's the bedrock durable context. I know about me that I work best in synchronous and scheduled here I am, ask me anything type of environments. So to set up, I'm bringing back my more cheese, less whiskers cast, going to start a whole new series of them and now, with Charlotte and Lillian to, and Glenn, my designer, to be able to take that. You know Lillian will fill the calendar with my things. So once a week I'll do a podcast with a new business owner that she will have arranged. I just have to show up and and bring my best to that hour, which is my favorite thing because it's discernment and invention. I get to listen, I understand what they need and I can suggest ideas of how to apply. It's like my superpower in action. And then to have the workflow of taking that transcript or taking that audio, getting the transcript, sending it to Charlotte to analyze, take out and create the both a summary and a thing, and then send it to me so that I can read the emails that she wrote and adapt that. You know, just edit them to be exactly in my voice and what I want, and say that one's good, that one's I don't like that or whatever. That kind of thing is pretty amazing. And at the end of each quarter, at the end of each quarter, I can take all of those compiled ones and make my more cheese, less whiskers. Quarterly book with all of the compilation of all of the things that I've written there, with illustrations and insights, all Helvetica which is going to be here for 25 years and each year anchored in the Pantone color of the year which is coming up in December. Every year they launch a color of the year. So the series, like, if you look at a bookshelf of you know, if I did in 10 years, 40 books, four of each, four spines and covers in the Pantone color of the year, anchored with Helvetica and an illustration, I just think, man, that is that right. There is the makings of a durable, you know, support system for Dean. Dan: Well, the other thing is, all this can be done by sitting in your chair on the patio. Dean: Yes, yes. You're customized for a season Valhalla. Dan: Yeah, valhalla, yeah yeah. Well, the interesting thing about it is that one it's good. It's good for as long as you want to keep it going. You know there's nothing, there's no obstacle to it, but you've got a big. You've got a big immediate contact list of people who would be interested in this. Dean: Yeah, yes, and that's the great thing is that I never have to go and find guests. Everybody, you know we're booked when we do it booked, like you know, months ahead. That it's a situation that they're legitimately getting $2,500 consultation for. That's the way I come into it is. I'm not holding anything back as you get this, yeah, so it's very, yeah, it's really very interesting. You know that I think is fantastic, so stay tuned. Dan: Yeah, it's yeah. The interesting thing is, I just like to bounce off the exponential tinkering idea that Evan and I have been talking about, and my sense is that there's a great panic going on in the world, and I notice it in big institutions that have been with us for a long time, and I'll set one institution aside, and that's the US and the US Constitution. That's an institution that I'm not going to talk about, but I'm talking about the United Nations. So the United Nations was created after the Second World War, essentially to prevent a war between the United States and the Soviet Union. That's really the main reason for the United Nations, but one of the causes disappeared in 1992, the Soviet Union, without anyone's permission, the Soviet Union quit and therefore what I've noticed is the United Nations is less and less relevant, but it's been taken over, infiltrated by just about everybody you don't really like, and they create this special organization, the United Nations Organization for the Palestinians. It's called UNRWA. Okay, that's called UNRWA. And the Israelis just said we don't want anything to do with you because we discovered that members of the United Nations were actually in part of the attack on Israel. These are members of the United Nations, but they were terrorists who helped kill the 1,200 Israelis and they said but that's it, you're out of here. You're out of here. You can't be anywhere in Israel, you can't be anywhere in the West Bank or anything else. And I'm noticing more and more that it's an irrelevant organization and it's using up about 25 acres of the east side of New York and I remember Trump saying boy, what I can do with that real estate. Dean: It's getting to the point where people are making the joke that you know. Dan: Certainly we could make better use of the east side of New York City than having this organization that essentially doesn't serve our purposes, but we spend, we send them huge amounts of money every year and we had to do an audit here to see whether this is really worth. Our effort Served a purpose, but the purpose, the central reason for the purpose, has disappeared over the last 30 years. But it keeps going on out of just sheer inertia, you know. It's just moving forward on out of just sheer inertia. Dean: You know, it's just moving forward. Dan: But what I'm saying is, I think that your experience with Charlotte and the sort of cluelessness of the main networks and the other big institutions are the mainstream news networks and we're saying, you know, like I'm not getting any value out of what you're doing. Besides, you seem to be on one side of the political spectrum and you know, you saw Jeff Bezos who said that the Washington Post is not going to give an endorsement for the presidential election. Well, that was in the bag, the Washington Post. You know they're going to go for the Democrat and he says I don't think this does us any good anymore. And so I'm just noticing evidence after evidence that the whole game has changed and it's only individuals who are entrepreneurial who are using this new AI capability to essentially have creative relationships with themselves, trying to have a sense of confidence about where they can go personally. Yes, what do you think about that? I? Dean: find no, I think that's it, my whole relationship like now that I understand that her role in my life is wonder and that, as a amplifier of my, she's doing what I would do if I could count on me to do it right like I can take the transcript like if I would have the executive function to do that, to go in and pull out what I see as the insights and organize them into, you know, into those bite-sized emails like she does it in real life, I mean, as you can type she's pulled out the insights, she's made the emails. I think that is such a great thing to give me something to. That is such a great thing to give me something to. It's like instead of trying to play tennis on your own, you can hit the ball and show it back, you can hit it. I think that's really what it is, is that there's some momentum going in the thing, rather than me just trying to do it all myself. Dan: Yeah and I'll leave. We're close to our. I've got another. I've got a massage coming up, so nice. I'm at Canyon ranch and, of course, anyway, but I would say that the number one capability that you bring to this and I'm comparing it with the ability that I am unpredictable to myself yeah, that's interesting. Dean: Today is the only time that I am thinking that way, that I'm comparing it to myself. That's true, yeah. Dan: And that's why I'm such a stickler on structures going forward that these structures can always be the same, and what it allows me to do and I think what you're describing allows you to do is that, rather than trying to discipline myself so that I'm predictable, I'll just create a structure that's predictable so that I can be unpredictable. Dean: Yes, you hit it on the head, dan. That's exactly what it is. I'm just going to create the strength. That was the winning formula when everything was live. That was the winning formula. I just had the time in the calendar. Our conversations are one of the great joys in my week that I love and look forward to this bright beacon on my account. It's the only thing on my Sunday and I look forward every week. But I don't fret, I don't, I don't give it a thought, I don't know what are we going to talk about, or what do I need to prepare, or I got to get my homework done before this. It's not a deadline, it's anything that I have to prepare for. Dan: Yeah, it's interesting. It's an interesting. But I think that if you look at the development of history, especially American history, and the genius of the founding fathers with the Constitution, and the genius of the founding fathers with the Constitution, and you know, one of my great historical role models, you know, is James Madison. He was the brains behind the Constitution. He was sort of the cut and paste guy that looked at everything that seemed to work as far as governing structures and he got. You know, he had I think he had a couple of thousand constitutions from history where people had tried to, you know, create some sort of predictability going forward, and especially the first 10 amendments of the constitution. Those amendments are to protect the individual from the government. The whole purpose of the Constitution is to protect individual Americans from the government. Because the government, like any other structure like that, wants to be totalitarian. They want your attention and they want to tell you what to do. And he said, no, we've got to let people, you know, meet in unpredictable ways, talk in unpredictable ways, you know, create new initiatives, you know, and we can't have this interfered with by government bureaucrats and everything like that. Completely with the first 10 amendments of the US Constitution, and that's the institution that's the number one institution on the planet. It's that 27 pages of typewritten notes that, basically, has created this freedom for individual initiative. That's as durable and I think every election is decided by the majority of the people. Say, don't what the one side's doing. I think we'll vote for the other side this election. Dean: Yeah. Dan: Yeah. Dean: Crazy. Dan: Yeah, anyway, this was a good talk and we'll do it live on Wednesday when you arrive. We're heading up on driving on Wednesday morning, so the rooms don't open until about 3 o'clock. Well, you're staying at Bob's. Dean: It doesn't matter. Right, I think I arrive Wednesday evening, so Thursday will probably be. Dan: It's going to have to be be. Dean: Thursday it could be. Dan: Yeah, why don't we say Thursday? And that makes it certain. Dean: Okay, perfect, that sounds great, maybe we can do both then Maybe we can do the Henry in the morning. Okay, I'll text Matt, all right. Dan: Okay. Dean: Have a great week. I'll see you in a couple of days, great podcast. Dan: Thanks Okay, bye.

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Από τη Μercedes του ήχου στη Mercedes των tablets μαζί με έκπληξη από Apple TV 4K. Το παρόν επεισόδιο φτάνει σε εσάς με την υποστήριξη της: LEAP: Η LEAP είναι creative studio και αναζητεί συνεργάτες. Ακολουθήστε το link προς τη θέση που σας ενδιαφέρει: Junior Web Developer | Front End Developer Επικοινωνία με την εκπομπή: Email | Facebook Group | Twitter Λεωνίδας Μαστέλλος: Facebook | Twitter | Spotify Μάνος Βέζος: The Vez | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Apple Music Apple MusicApple Music and Mercedes-Benz bring immersive Spatial Audio to drivers worldwide - AppleApple ArcadeThe Gardens Between+ on the App StoreNBA 2K23 Arcade EditionNBA 2K23 Arcade Edition Available Now Exclusively on Apple ArcadeSIM Not SupportedApple Acknowledges 'SIM Not Supported' Bug Impacting iPhone 14 Users - MacRumorsOS UpdatesiPadOS 16 With Stage Manager, Weather App, and More to Be Available on October 24macOS Ventura With Stage Manager and More Launching October 24Apple will release macOS Ventura and iPadOS 16 on October 24 | Ars TechnicaMatterThe new smart home standard Matter has arrived. Here's what you need to know. - The VergeΝέα iPad και iPad ProMeet the all-new iPad and iPad Pro | Apple - YouTubeApple unveils completely redesigned iPad in four vibrant colorsApple TVApple introduces the powerful next-generation Apple TV 4K

Pastor Brian lays out four keys for being an excellent father. 1. Be stable 2. Be honest 3. Be a good example 4. BE AVAILABLE

BE AVAILABLE! Today's episode is a throwback to one of my first couple of episodes ever! Back when this podcast was called "The South of Gaza Podcast". I hope you listen and enjoy! We look back at Daniel and his life and the lives of his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The verses for this episode are Isiah 6:8, and Daniel 2: 14-23; 46-49. Listen and enjoy! Let me know what you think! Subscribe to my YouTube Channel- Can I Be Real? Podcast Follow me on Instagram- @raee.michele Join the South of Gaza Community Facebook Group to receive daily Bible scriptures and encouragement on your Facebook timeline! RATE, REVIEW, & SUBSCRIBE! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rachel398/message

Sorry this one is a bit late, there's a lot of real life stuff going on. Anyway Nick and I get together again to mull over the week in Apple incuding of course another record quarter results. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS Get 2 months on the Kino Premium Plan with offer code KINOWITHJOHNNEMO Why not come and join the Slack community? You can now just click on this Slackroom Link to sign up and join in the chatter! Recorded 2nd May 2022 On this week's show NICK RILEY @spligosh on Twitter very occasionally. Sometimes appears on Bart Busschots' Let's Talk Apple Sutton Park Circuit church worship on YouTube Nick's church stream videos on You Tube APPLE Apple Reports Second Quarter Results – Apple Apple Q2 2022 results: A record $97 billion quarter – Six Colors Opinion: iPad sees year-over-year sales decline – I blame iPadOS for that — 9to5Mac Apple and Dell shipments grow but overall PC market shrinks — ZDNet Mac shipments grew 8% this year, as leading PC brands saw their own numbers plummet – 9to5Mac iPhone shipments grow while Android tanks — Cult of Mac Apple now employs Brazilian supplier to build iPhone 13 – AppleInsider New Apple AirTag update makes it easier to stop stalkers — BGR Apple to bin apps that go three years without updates — The Register Apple clarifies conditions for App Store app removal, extends update deadline to 90 days — AppleInsider Lawsuit alleges Apple should have to pay damages to consumers for suspending Apple Pay in Russia — 9to5Mac Apple Launches Self Service Repair Store — Daring Fireball Apple launches Self Service Repair program for iPhones – AppleInsider Apple's iPhone repair tool kit that it rents is wheeled and weighs 79 pounds — AppleInsider Your iPhone can alert you to breaking glass, smoke alarms and other dangers — Cult of Mac Apple's Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable teardown shows why the accessory is expensive — 9to5Mac TECHNOLOGY Qualcomm's M1 Rival to Be Available in PCs by Late 2023 – MacRumors This student invention captures harmful car tyre microplastic dust – EuroNews WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS How ILM Brought Boba Fett to Times Square – YouTube JUST A SNIPPET For things that are not worth more than a flypast If you're into any of these things, Apple thinks you're a 'hipster' — Cult of Mac Essential Apple Recommended Services: All Things Secured – Online security made simple by Josh Summers. Pixel Privacy – a fabulous resource full of excellent articles and advice on how to protect yourself online. Doug.ee Blog for Andy J's security tips. Ghostery – protect yourself from trackers, scripts and ads while browsing. Simple Login – Email anonymisation and disposable emails for login/registering with 33mail.com – Never give out your real email address online again. AnonAddy – Disposable email addresses Sudo – get up to 9 “avatars” with email addresses, phone numbers and more to mask your online identity. Free for the first year and priced from $0.99 US / £2.50 UK per month thereafter... You get to keep 2 free avatars though. ProtonMail – end to end encrypted, open source, based in Switzerland. Prices start from FREE... what more can you ask? ProtonVPN – a VPN to go with it perhaps? Prices also starting from nothing! Comparitech DNS Leak Test – simple to use and understand VPN leak test. Fake Name Generator – so much more than names! Create whole identities (for free) with all the information you could ever need. Wire and on the App Stores – free for personal use, open source and end to end encryted messenger and VoIP. Pinecast – a fabulous podcast hosting service with costs that start from nothing. Essential Apple is not affiliated with or paid to promote any of these services... We recommend services that we use ourselves and feel are either unique or outstanding in their field, or in some cases are just the best value for money in our opinion. Social Media and Slack You can follow us on: Twitter / Slack / EssentialApple.com / Soundcloud / Spotify / Facebook / Pinecast Also a big SHOUT OUT to the members of the Slack room without whom we wouldn't have half the stories we actually do – we thank you all for your contributions and engagement. You can always help us out with a few pennies by using our Amazon Affiliate Link so we get a tiny kickback on anything you buy after using it. If you really like the show that much and would like to make a regular donation then please consider joining our Patreon or using the Pinecast Tips Jar (which accepts one off or regular donations) And a HUGE thank you to the patrons who already do. Support The Essential Apple Podcast by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/essential-apple-show This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Juggling multiple brands as a small business owner can be tricky. Listen to how Laura Richey manages marketing, aesthetics, and customer service with her paper art brands. You have a fantastic new paper idea. It's innovative. People are going to love it. The only problem? It's a little off-brand for you. It relates to your paper flower business, but it's different enough that you're not sure if you can market it all together. You might need a brand new brand. Next problem? How in the world do you manage more than one brand? In our latest episode of Paper Talk, we chatted with Laura Richey of Pucker Up Paper Lips and 2 CLVR Designs. On top of her paper flowers and lip sculptures, she has also started creating paper portraits. Her art is all related, but appeals to different audiences and needs to be handled accordingly. Here's what you'll learn when you listen to our conversation: ► Laura's paper journey and how it led to sculptures and portraits.► How to get found by big brands who want to work together.► How to source paper despite shortages and shipping problems.► Laura's process for frequently checking in with customers to ensure they're happy with the end product.► How to tell when it's time to pay for marketing or other outside help. As a little sneak peek, here are three things to get you ready to branch out with multiple brands. Be Prepared for Opportunities As we chatted with Laura, we noticed a thread running through her work. She is a cardstock paper artist. She has over a decade of experience working with that medium. That expertise is invaluable when opportunities arise. On the episode, Laura explained how Pucker Up Paper Lips took off. Without spoiling the entire story, her circumstances changed, opportunities arose, and she had the experience to be prepared to seize the moment. The paper lips were still related to what she is skilled at (working with cardstock), but different enough to warrant a new brand. “Why can't I do that with paper?” - Laura If you're waiting for your break, or you feel like you're stuck in a rut, keep innovating. Keep learning new things. Better your skill set. You want to be as prepared as possible for when an opportunity does come up. Otherwise, it doesn't really matter if you get a chance if you're not ready for it. Be Available in Many Places With three brands comes three audiences. Some of those clients will overlap. Some come from more niche markets. Even within a single market for one brand, customers are individuals. As Laura pointed out on the podcast, some people are more comfortable with emails, others with Instagram DMs, etc. If you're looking to expand your sales, then you need to meet people where they are. Your paper art should be in more than one place on the internet, and you should get your work physically in front of people. To find the best places to be, you should understand your target customer base. On the episode, Laura discussed how her clientele differs for her various brands. Listen now to better understand who you should be seeking out. Get Outside Help When Needed Laura shared that she is now working with a PR company to better market her businesses. This wasn't an easy decision for her to make, and as we discussed, it isn't the answer for everyone. Sometimes, however, you simply don't have enough time to run your business, or you don't have the skills for a particular need. That's when it's time to hire someone. You of course should be mindful of what you're spending, but if you do this well, you'll keep making money even while outsourcing some parts of your business. “Taking a leap with your business is definitely something I recommend.” - Laura Listen to the episode to hear Laura's very sound reasoning for why she decided to work with a PR company, and how to know when it's time to hire someone to help your small business grow. Also, here's the PDF format for THE WHY WORKSHEET that you can download for free. ********** ABOUT Laura Richey: Hi, I'm Laura. I started my business during the Covid pandemic in mid 2020. I needed a business that was flexible and that I could manage during online schooling and taking care of my son, who has ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). I created the Paper Lip business from the ground up. I have seen so many amazing makeup artists doing lip art that I thought, why can't I do something like that in a form of lip sculpture? Pucker Up Paper Lips was born. Learn more about Laura Richey by following her on social media: INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/puckerup_paperlips and www.instagram.com/paper_portraits_2clvr_designs FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ByLaurax0x0 and www.facebook.com/2clvrDesigns WEBSITE: puckeruppaperlips.com and www.2clvrdesigns.ca ********** Join our Facebook group where you can share, connect, and grow with us. Please also consider donating on our website to help us keep producing great content like this. Thank you for your support! www.papertalkpodcast.com

On this weeks episode we blab about the following Games and topics: Whatcha Been Playing?   Skyward Sword Spelunky 2 Uncharted Lost Legacy The Ascent Mass Effect Legendary Edition Syndicate 2012  News:Cross Platform / PC / Misc. Blizzard President J. Allen Brack Steps Down Activision Blizzard Offers Updates on Key Game Releases Like Overwatch 2 and Diablo Immortal Ariana Grande headlining Fortnite concert series this week Marvel's Avengers War for Wakanda Release Date Announced Here's when you can watch Gamescom's Opening Night Live announcement show PlayStation Horizon Forbidden West Delayed to 2022 According to New Reports Kena: Bridge of Spirits has been delayed into September Best SSD for PS5 2021 Nintendo New Pokémon Snap gets a new update Xbox Halo Infinite Files Include a Battle Royale Reference Forza Motorsport 7 Won't Be Available to Purchase After September 2021 PSA's: Epic Games Store Freebie: Plague Tale Innocence and Speed Brawl Free 4 All: Black Widow Detective Pikachu F9 Jungle Cruise Help support the show: - Subscribe to our Twitch channel http://twitch.tv/geekoholics - Use our Epic Creator Code: GEEKOHOLICS when purchasing items in Fortnite or buying games on the Epic Games Store - Please review the show (bit.ly/geekoholics) on Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and to share with your friends. Reviews help us reach more listeners, and the feedback helps us to produce a better show. Join our Discord server: CLICK HERE Don't forget to follow our Social Media Feeds to keep up to date on our adventures: Youtube TwitterInstagram Facebook Thanks for listening and have a great weekend! You can reach me on Twitter @RicF

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave and Warren we are joined by Kelly Guimont and Jeff Gamet.  #WWDC21 is all the talk we love Live Text! iOS has 2 betas will iOS 14.7 Beta 2 and iOS15 was released this week. The iPad finally has Widgets on the home screen and the app library with app shelf . Great new privacy stuff added including iCloud Private Relay @davehamilton has a great article with an in depth review of this . iCloud+ and so many new privacy features at no cost and more. The show notes are at InTouchwithiOS.com 
Direct Link to Audio News The news this week was #WWDC21 and what new things were released. We dig into this in the topics.  Topics Kelly and Dave review the WWDC predictions they gave from last week's episode.  Beta this week  iOS14.7 Beta 2 is still out and should be released soon. Meanwhile iOS15 and PadOS15 was announced at WWDC this week. It's a developer beta only and Apple will release the public beta in July. We talk about iOS15 iOS 15 Preview - Features and iPadOS15 iPadOS 15 Preview - Features what's exciting and what to look forward to as a few of us have it installed. iPadOS15 finally has widgets and Apple Library with a shelf stack plus the new live text feature.  Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 8 to Developers Apple Seeds First Beta of tvOS 15 to Developers Apple Seeds First Betas of iOS and iPadOS 15 to Developers iOS 15 Compatible With All iPhones That Run iOS 14 iOS 15 Preview - Apple  iPadOS 15 Preview - Apple  watchOS 8 Preview - Apple  WWDC announcements were great but it was quite a bit to take in.  We discuss SharePlay FaceTime Live Text Visual Look Up iPadOS15  added Widgets to home screen, App Library,  and App Shelf Stack Weather App more features added from Dark Sky App could Dark Sky days be numbered? Here are some of the items we discuss beyond the OS releases. There are many features we may miss this week look to see us discuss in future shows.  Privacy iCloud+ iCloud+ Pricing is same its all included Account recovery Add recovery contact list and call them and get code. Digital Legacy Program,  so when someone passes this gives loved ones access to their iCloud account iCloud Keychain Gets Time Based One Time Passwords 3 weeks of free access to iCloud storage when migrating a device.  Mail Privacy Protection Hide my Email creates unique random email sends to your email. HomeKit Secure Video does not go against storage and unlimited cameras. Private Relay - Insures privacy Traffic is encrypted. iOS 15 'iCloud Private Relay' Feature Won't Be Available in China, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and More iCloud+ to Let iCloud Mail Users Personalize Their Email Domain Name Our friend Dave Hamilton from Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab wrote this exciting article about iCloud Privacy Relay. Digging into Apple's iCloud Private Relay and we give our thoughts on this topic.  Our Host Your Host Dave Ginsburg  is an IT Professional With over 22 years experience working with Mac and Windows as well as iOS devices. He is also President of The Suburban Chicago Apple Users Group
 About our Guests Kelly Guimont writes for The Mac Observer and is the host of The Daily Observations Podcast. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @verso Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer's managing editor, and Smile's TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet and YouTube https://youtube.com/jgamet About our Co-Host Co-Host Warren Sklar @Wsklar is an IT Consultant and moderator of the Mac To The Future FaceBook Group with over 3000 members talking about all things Apple. Request to join this group to be among people who love Apple.

“If my employees aren't feeling cared about, if their needs aren't met, if they don't feel like I have their back, they are not going to provide good customer service, and my customers are going to be bummed.” In the fifth installment of our Season 2 kick-off series, Mike & Ethan cover the final of the Top 15 Management Skills. These skills are Be Available and Responsive, Follow Through and Follow Up, Make Your Expectations Clear, and Provide Resources and Training. Managers who practice these skills are more effective and have higher-performing teams. And from our experience, managers who totally neglect these skills tend to suck. Mike and Ethan get in-depth with each skill, providing research examples, personal accounts, and actionable tools along the way. Please consider supporting us by subscribing and leaving us a review. Leaving us a review helps other people like you find the show. Thank you!

I invite guests to share personal stories about acts of leadership that help shape their lives. In Episode 34, Mark Wojcik shares something his mentor told him, explains why being available to others is crucial, and advises us to be present and listen when colleagues and peers seek our help. 00:00 Prologue: Recruiting 101 and More! Mark Wojcik is a recruiting pro who is one of the premier go-to sources for help with recruiting. He has a popular LinkedIn video series entitled, Recruiting 101 (sample links below). In addition to sales and recruiting, Mark has extensive experience training others in his field. 01:25 Part 1: Accepting Help from Others Asking for and receiving help doesn't take from your accomplishments. Mark shares a mentor's comment that left him with a strong impression. 07:51 Part 2: Be Available to Support Others Mark explains how crucial being available to the people you work with – but within some boundaries. Doing so can build trust and demonstrates that you value others. 13:05 Part 3: Be Present and Listen Mark advises us to be present and listen when helping colleagues and peers. To effectively lead, you need strong listening skills. _________________________________ How You Can Support the Show Unlabeled Leadership is a free service for people to learn about leadership. If you want to support the show, you can make a $0.99 donation. Your support reduces production expenses. https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support No transcript available (future enhancement) Episode links Mark's LinkedIn Profile Some of Mark's Recruiting 101 (short) videos: Is Your Company Leveraging Its Talent Network? Counteroffers Can be Fool's Gold Be A Proactive Recruiter Prepare Before Interviews (Not Just Job Seekers) Why Did You Leave Your Company Salary Negotiations Can be Tough…Try This Technique How to Engage Passive Candidates Gary DePaul's website Gary's books: What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care? Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership Background Music You can find all the musical tracks at Envato Elements. 00:00 Theme music: Uplift Corporate Inspire by OlexandrIgnatov 01:10 Uplifting and Inspiring Corporate by Anuch 07:36 Groovy Lounge Tune by LoopsLab 12:50 Uplifting Romantic by alexbird 18:44 Fun and Flirty by BrownHouseMedia Lead on! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unlabeled-leadership/support

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The Big Idea: To have a shot at transformation, I must shatter my delusional sense ofself.Luke 18:9-14This is a universal human struggle: a DELUSIONAL SENSE OF SELF.Symptoms of a Problem:● Vanity● Defensiveness● Exclusiveness● PrideSelf-absorbed = How to be NOXIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.“…to some who were confident in their own righteousness and looked down oneverybody else.” (v.9)PRIDE keeps us from recognizing that we are the BIGGEST SINNER in the room.The antidote is HUMILITY.Luke 14:11The fallen self is occupied with two things: COMPARING and BOASTING.“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than thenext person. We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, butthey are not. They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better-looking than others. Ifeveryone else became equally rich, or clever, or good-looking there would be nothing tobe proud about.” C. S. LewisLuke 18:17“Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child willnever enter it.””Philippians 2:5-8“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who,Four Ideas to Get Started:1. SERVE someone who cannot repay you and TELL NO ONE about it.2. BE AVAILABLE to be INTERRUPTED and when you are, tell no one about it.3. CLOSE YOUR MOUTH and don't talk about you.4. Pursue the LEAST IMPRESSIVE PERSON in the room and LEARNSOMETHING.

     The Central Idea of the Text is that Gideon defeats Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of the Midianite army, and exacts justice on those Israelites who refused to stand with him.       When called to battle, the tribe of Ephraim fought with Gideon and captured and killed two chief Midianite commanders (Judg. 7:24-25).  Afterward, they spoke harshly to Gideon, asking why they’d not been considered among those originally called (Judg. 8:1).  Gideon spoke graciously to the tribe of Ephraim, acknowledging their efforts to help defeat the Midianites, stating that God had used them to capture and defeat two Midianite commanders.  Gideon’s selfless response preserved unity with the tribe of Ephraim.       In contrast to the tribe of Ephraim, the Israelite men of Succoth and Penuel refused to help Gideon in his battle against the Midianites and were therefore regarded as traitors.  It’s possible the men of Succoth and Penuel were afraid of Midianite retaliation if Gideon failed to defeat his enemies.  However, their refusal to help was actually a display of unbelief.  “Theirs was the sin of hardness of heart toward their brethren and treason against the God of heaven.”[1]  Gideon could tolerate the personal insults of Ephraim who had helped him fight God’s enemies, but he could not tolerate the rebellion of the men of Succoth and Penuel.  The protection that the men of Succoth and Penuel tried to secure was ultimately forfeited because of their choice to side with Israel’s enemies.       There are times when God’s obedient people will face opposition, both from believers and unbelievers.  There is a time to speak softly and graciously in order to preserve peace (Ps. 34:14; Prov. 15:1, 18; 16:32; 17:14; Rom. 12:18; 14:19; Heb. 12:14); however, there is also a time for strong language to correct those who need it (Matt. 16:21-23; 23:13-39; Acts 13:9-11; 1 Cor. 3:1-3; Gal. 2:11-14; Heb. 5:11-14).  It becomes characteristic of a maturing believer to discern how to respond to others according to God’s will.   [1] Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Available, “Be” Commentary Series (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1994), 72.

Main Points How she transitioned from her roles at Chanel and Google to building her own business Three key points in building a business: Be Available, Be Affable, Be Able Some great tips on how to think about function in our spaces Connect with Diane: Website  Instagram Podcast  

     The Central Idea of the Text is that Israel disobeyed God and worshipped idols, God punished them, they cried out to the Lord, and He raised up Deborah and Barak to save them.       Ehud had a positive spiritual impact on the nation of Israel.  After Ehud’s death, the nation forfeited their walk with God and turned back to idolatry, substituting the Lord’s blessing for cursing.  After a period of suffering, Israel cried to the Lord and He raised up Deborah, who served as a prophetess and judge in Israel, but the role of warrior/deliverer was given to Barak.  Deborah was one of three prophetesses mentioned in the Old Testament; the other two are Miriam (Exod. 15:20) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14).  As a prophetess, Deborah communicated God’s Word, which produced faith among those who were positive to the Lord.       It was God who called Barak to battle and guaranteed him victory (Judg. 4:6-7).  Barak had enough faith to obey God’s call to battle and to defeat the armies of Canaan (see Heb. 11:32-33), but is also appears he had weak faith and requested Deborah accompany him (Moses, Gideon and Jeremiah also hesitated at God’s call; see Ex. 3-4; Judg. 6:11-40; Jer. 1:4-8).  Barak’s lack of faith resulted in the loss of glory from defeating Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army.  Sisera was defeated by Jael, and Deborah honored Jael in her victory song (Judg. 5:24-27).  Scripture reveals that it was God who drew Sisera into battle, to the place he naturally desired to go, and then created the situation that determined his defeat.  From Deborah’s victory song we learn God sent rain to help Barak defeat Sisera, bogging his chariots in mud (see Judg. 5:4–5, 20–22).       Battles challenge the believer to live by faith and to trust God and His Word more than human resources and experience.  The weakening instinct of self-preservation motivates us to run from trouble, but God calls us to live by faith and to trust Him above all else.  Those who live by faith and gain life’s victories have joy the unfaithful will never know. Wiersbe comment on Jael: "Should we bless or blame Jael for what she did? She invited Sisera into her tent, treated him kindly, and told him not to be afraid; so she was deceitful. The Kenites were at peace with Jabin, so she violated a treaty. She gave Sisera the impression that she would guard the door, so she broke a promise. She killed a defenseless man who was under her protection, so she was a murderess. Yet Deborah sang, “Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent” (5:24). To begin with, let’s not read back into the era of the Judges the spiritual standards taught by Jesus and the apostles. Also, let’s keep in mind that the Jews had been under terrible bondage because of Jabin and Sisera; and it was God’s will that the nation be delivered. Both Jabin and Sisera had been guilty of mistreating the Jews for years; and if the Canaanite army had won the battle, hundreds of Jewish girls would have been captured and raped (v. 30). Jael not only helped deliver the nation of Israel from bondage, but also she helped to protect the women from the most vicious brutality. She wasn’t a Semitic “Lady Macbeth” who murdered her guest for her own personal gain. There was a war on, and this courageous woman finally stopped being neutral and took her stand with the people of God."[1]   [1] Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Available, “Be” Commentary Series (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1994), 39–40.

     The Central Idea of the Text is that Israel—as a nation—failed to obey God and drive out the inhabitants of the land.      Caleb initially obeyed the Lord and drove out the sons of Anak, who had previously intimidated the sons of Israel (Num. 13:30-33).  He did by faith what all Israel should have done.  Israel—for the most part—operated from fear rather than faith, and this led to policies of appeasement with those who should have been driven out.  Their decisions of toleration sowed the seeds of their future destruction because they allowed themselves to be exposed to the religious and ethical values of people who were opposed to the Lord.       The Canaanite culture was marked by a pantheon of deities—El, Baal (son of El), Dagon, Anath, Astarte, and Ashera—to whom the Canaanites offered human sacrifice and engaged in sexual fertility rights with temple prostitutes.  Israel became influenced and corrupted by the depraved Canaanite culture for centuries to come (see Deut. 18:10; 2 Kings 17:16-17; 21:1-7).       God’s policy was that Israel was to destroy all the inhabitants of the land of Canaan (Deut. 7:1-5), offering negotiations of peace only with cities outside the land (Deut. 20:10-18).  God was in no way cruel by demanding the destruction of the Canaanites.  In fact, the Lord had been very patient with their extreme wickedness (Gen. 15:16; 2 Pet. 3:9), and the time had come for justice to prevail.  Israel failed to execute God’s will, and let the inhabitants of the land remain.  God rebukes them for their disobedience (Judg. 2:1-5).  “This series of tribal defeats was the first indication that Israel was no longer walking by faith and trusting God to give them victory”[1]      God’s policy for the Christian today is to be a light in the world (Acts 13:47; Eph. 5:6-10) and to love our enemies (Matt. 5:43-45; Rom. 12:20; 1 Pet. 3:9).  The Christian today is defeated to the degree that he is friendly toward the world and allows himself to be influenced by the surrounding pagan culture.  The fact is, “bad associations corrupt good morals” (1 Cor. 15:33).  The Christian is to be in the world, but not of the world.  We are to love those who are lost, but never be accepting of worldly values (1 John 2:15-17).  Faith sees things in their proper place, from the divine perspective, from the light of eternity (2 Cor. 4:17; Rom. 8:18; 1 Pet. 1:3-7; 4:13).  Fear often magnifies situations and makes them appear larger than they really are.  May we all grow and learn to please God with a life of faith (Prov. 3:5-6; Heb. 11:16).   [1] Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Available, “Be” Commentary Series (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1994), 13.

In life, it's important to share our time, talents and treasure...to BE AVAILABLE to others...This episode calls on listeners to do so....to Be Available

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Be Blessed, Be Beautiful, Be Available, Be Prepared, Be Virtuous , Be Love. Because You Can In Christ. Love Never Fails, Karen

Be Available and Allow God to Change Your Expectations

Recorded 20th October 2019 This week Apple said iOS 13 reached 50% adoption, Apple TV appeared on Roku, iPhoto finally reached the end of the road. Google told us why the Pixel 4 isn't 5G, Adobe say Photoshop for iPad will appear this year, and Pebble watches are still living on due to the “Rebble Alliance”. Meanwhile the US finally gave up on 8“ floppy disks... But more important than all that stuff Simon is joined by Alex Tsepko, CEO of Skylum, to talk about what's in store for Luminar 4 due for release November 18th. GIVEAWAYS & OFFERS We had four licences for BeLight's new vector application Amadine to give away. Names out of the hat were: Alan Vickers, Dan Murphy, Bart Busschots and Guy Serle! Listeners of this show can claim $10 off purchases of Luminar and/or Aurora HD 2019 use the coupon code EssentialApple at checkout for your extra discount! Get Donny Yankellow's 2FunDads iMessage stickers for FREE Why not come and join the Slack community? 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What a finale to this AMAZING missional series: Shine! As we go out into the world, Pastor Brian encouraged us to BE AVAILABLE. What is availability? “Availability is making your abilities available!” . Head over to our website to catch up on this series — It was one for the books…link in bio!

Peter Van Doren and Will Duffield join us today to discuss a variety of topics including; designer babies, driverless cars, and “non-slaughter meat”. It may seem as though that these topics are not obviously related, but with any new or emerging technology there is a blowback response from potential users or consumers. In these three very different fields, reactions have been mixed. More importantly, it may be impossible to predict the consequences of fully adopting any of these emerging technologies that seemingly make our lives better off.  Could we get to a point where everyone will be designing their children? What will the future of car-sharing be? How is technology and innovation hindered (or helped) by the culture of adoption? Should we be hesitant to adopt new technologies that we perceive as making our lives better? Further Reading:Safety of Beef Processing Method Is Questioned, written by Michael MossABC TV settles with beef product maker in ‘pink slime’ defamation case, written by Timothy MclaughlinRegulation Magazine Fall 2018Gene Editing Needs to Be Available to Everyone, written by Noah SmithIceland Close to Becoming the First Country Where No Down’s Syndrome Children are Born, written by Dave MacLeanRelated Content:Welcome to the Sharing Economy, Free Thoughts PodcastIn the Economy of the Future, You Won’t Own Your Kitchen, written by Pamela J. HobartRide-Sharing Services Aren’t a Problem, They’re a Solution, written by Aeon Skoble See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the July 31st 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film news, including a 24 reboot, MoviePass, Topher Grace's Hobbit trilogy, National Treasure 3, the Joker movie and Mission: Impossible - Fallout.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it).     In The News: Brad: FOX Rebooting '24' Again, This Time with an Unnecessary Jack Bauer Origin Story Ben: Is MoviePass Dying in Real Time Before Our Eyes? Major Upcoming Releases Won't Be Available on the App Ben : MoviePass Tries to Save Itself With Raised Prices, Limited Access to New Releases Brad: Topher Grace Created a 2-Hour Cut of ‘The Hobbit' That Sounds Much More Tolerable Peter: Disney Doesn't Want to Make ‘National Treasure 3,' But a Reboot for Disney's Streaming Service is Likely Ben: Now That ‘Joker' Movie Wants Marc Maron in the Cast Spoiler Warning - Brad: ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout' Almost Took Ethan Hunt Down a Much Darker Path   All the other stuff you need to know:   You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes.   /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).   Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air.   Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!   Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Sharpen Your Perspective; Be Available.

We discuss the new Avengers trailer, the likely successor to CEO Bog Iger, Jared’s take on the Star Wars: Battlefront 2, plus so much more!   Links Chairman of Disney Parks and Resorts Likely Contender for CEO of Walt Disney Company - Inside the Magic John Lasseter Taking Leave of Absence from PIXAR - Hollywood Reporter THR Disney Lays Off More than 145 people - The Dis Trailer for Avengers: Infinity Wars was released - YouTube Coco Strong Opening Holiday Weekend - The Dis New Restaurant Set to Open at Caribbean Beach Resort in Early 2018 - WDWNT 2018 Moonlight Magic Dates Announced - DVC News Testing for Annual Pass Discounts Redeemed Through Magicbands - WDWNT WDW Files 1st Permit for Tron Coaster, Placement Revealed - Inside the Magic Permits Filed for Ratatouille Ride and France Pavilion Show More Details - WDWNT Disney Springs Now Offering Hands Free Shopping Option - The Dis Star Wars AT-AT popcorn bucket available - WDWNT Festive Drinks will Be Available at the Parks for the Holiday Season - Disney Parks Blog The Complete Line for 2018 Logo Merchandise Has Been Released - WDWNT   Follow Us on Social Media! Facebook: Capture the Magic Twitter: @capthemagic Instagram: @capturethemagictees   Visit Us Online!! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel! Capturethemagicpodcast.com - find the latest episodes! Capturethemagicapparel.com - you can find a great Disney-inspired t-shirt collection!   In order to enter for a chance to win a free t-shirt from Capture the Magic Apparel, head to capturethemagicpodcast.com and subscribe to the newsletter! Enter your name and email, then follow the directions in order to be entered.

Gathering with God's people in God's presence to declare praises to God's Son is what heaven coming to earth looks like. It's what church should look like, too. Be AWARE of God’s presence – show me Lord. Be EXPECTANT for God to move – help me Lord. Be AVAILABLE for God to use you – here I am Lord.

Are there any more new video games in 2014? We get to the bottom of this controversial issue. Also, we played Smash Bros. on a 3DS, how weird. Episode Timeline 0:00 - Intro8:25 - Infamous: Second Son13:55 - Infamous: First Light19:05 - Velocity Ultra/Velocity 2X31:02 - Super Smash Bros. for 3DS43:08 - New Video Games to Be Available for Purchase in the Fall of 201471:12 - Outro

In this episode, Adam gives you four ways to be available. The post #022: Be Available appeared first on Adam Kirk Smith.

Tii - iTem 0279 - iOS 7 Beta 6   Links Mentioned in this Episode: Today's Sponsor:  Warby Parker - use Promo Code Tii for free shipping   iOS 7 Download & Release, Beta 6: August 19 – iOS 7 GM Release: Sept 5 | BGR iOS 7 Dev Beta 6 info/Bug discussion Android app malware rates jump 40 percent  Android under siege from 100,000-strong malware horde "Jekyll" test attack sneaks through Apple App Store The “Whos” And “Wheres” Of iOS Device Usage Apple buys failed iPad TV discovery app Matcha.tv Foxconn Profits Jump 41 Percent On The Back Of Strong iPhone Sales Apple's Sept. 10 iPhone Launc Set to Disrupt Other Tech Events  iPhone 5S to Be Available in Gold with 128 GB Option? - Mac Rumors Goldfinger: The Next iPhone | TechCrunch iPhone-5S-000 NFC could debut in next iPhone, even as Google pulls back - Computerworld 'iPhone 5C' expected to replace iPhone 5, Apple said to be working with Corning, Foxconn and others to build iTV Conmen who tried to pass off ice cubes as iPads rumbled when they MELTED Canalys: 30 of the top 100 iPad apps in the US aren’t on Google Play Samsung Smart Watch Coming In September iString  — Kickstarter Wally Case  — Kickstarter Apple Third-Party USB Charger Takeback Program in 30 Countries Syfy Now app streams full episodes to iOS today, Android next month Apple Faces Hurdles Attracting First-Time Smartphone Buyers - Ina Fried Roku Updates Its iOS App To Include Video Streaming From iPhone More U.S. Households Use Roku vs. Apple TV   Apps Mentioned in this Episode: Tii  Garageband Painteresque PhotoStudio Talk Photo Check Me Out - iPhone Cyto's Puzzle Adventure Fuel Watch Trip Cubby Gas Cubby Road Trip AutoCare Bandsintown iConcertCal File Explorer AirStash+ Photosync iClean

5 Ways You can change a LIFE. Be Available, Share Your Faith, Meet a Need, Give some money, and Love your family!

Canadian Carrier Rogers Sees Activation Troubles on iPhone 4 Day / Report: New Zealand Gets iPhone 4 Late and Sell Out Early / iPhone Dev Team Releases Easy Jailbreak for All iOS Devices / Mobile Safari Sees Market Share Rise Post iPhone 4 Launch / French iPhone Carrier Advises Against Upgrading iPhone 3G to iOS4 / Apple Running Some of its Own Location-based Services for iOS Devices / Apple Pulls Competitor Phone Videos from Antenna Info Page / Apple Settles One Patent Suit As Another One Rises / Android Wallpaper App Developer Defends Against Malware Accusation / MacRumors Says Mac Pros to Be Available for Order on August 9 / Apple Store Covent Garden to Open Saturday at 10AM / Report: RIM to Launch iPad Competitor in November / Samsung iPad Competitor Could Hit in as Little as Two Weeks / 150-Dollar Android Tablet Shows Up at KMart / News Corp Reportedly Considering Tablet-Centric News Offering

Subject: Sunday Morning Speaker or Performer: Pastor James Townley Date of Delivery: January 17, 2010 Pastor Townley preaches Sunday Morning on Be Available

Bro. Townley preaches on "Be Available" on Sunday Morning.

Episode: 573 - Roy Halladay Rumored to Be Available, How the Cubs Could Afford Him, New Signage at Wrigley and a Fitting Farewell to Aaron Heilman (November 23) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch