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History is in the making folks! Because April, that's right, APRIL is bringing us a TWO PARTER!  *Sings “It's the end of the world as we know it, it's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine…” * In all seriousness though, she will be telling us about The Evangelista Occult Murders, an unsolved case of the murder of an entire family of six in Detroit, Michigan in 1929. The parents were found beheaded and their four children were also slaughtered. There are numerous theories that go along with the case, ranging from The Black Hand (a money extortionist group) that was beginning to morph into the traditional day Mafia, a real estate deal gone wrong, or shady doings related to the occult. She will continue to dive into the case in Part Two, so stay tuned! Email us at: nocturnaldistractions@gmail.com  Here's the link to all our listening platforms, socials, tip jar, Patreon page, etc: https://linktr.ee/nocturnaldistractionspodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nocturnaldistractions/support

Today's episode may ruffle your feathers, so to speak. Why? Because April asks a question that many will find uncomfortable to hear. But she's willing to accept that risk, because answering this question honestly and courageously can help you have a more amazing life!This promises to be a show you do not want to miss!

Well, it's a rainy Saturday. Hello, I'm Dan Clark and welcome in my neck of the woods. It's raining and I'm having to do some things outside in the rain today that just aren't the most comfortable thing to do. You know, complaining about the weather is always what we do, right? It's hard to not to and yet we also know that rain is necessary. So my focus today is to enjoy the rain regardless of whether I have to be out in it or not. Because April showers bring May flowers. I hope that you have the most wonderful Saturday ever. I love you. I'm Dan Clark. --- 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/daniel-c-clark/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-c-clark/support

April Jone Prince is the one who discovered my voice and sold my first books to the publishers.  I feel rich to have a friend like her in my life. April's book You Are A Reader, You Are A Writer is out on August 3, 2021 Let's read what the tough and prestigious reviewers at Kirkus Review say about her new book. A Starred Review! Woot. ★  ”This cleverly designed picture book is actually two rhyming stories, bound back to back. The stories meet in the middle in a page with text printed in a circle that repeats the mantra that “readers and writers and writers are readers.” This innovative design reinforces the book's central ideas: that reading and writing go together and that, fundamentally, every child is capable of creativity. . . . Taken together, the text and pictures articulate a quirky, inspirational call to creative action that is sure to empower young children to explore the wild world of words. A cleverly designed, engaging picture book about the joy of text.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Congratulations dearest April on your latest book.  Dear listeners, in this episode we talk about different genres within the Children's Picture Book Genre. Listen to learn about April, how she became an author and her path to creativity. Because April teaches at a great school for illustrators, she also gifts us with many morsels of wisdom unique to her nurturing nature. Hope you listen and enjoy.  For more information about April Jones Prince, and her books, please visit her website below http://www.apriljonesprince.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mina-javaherbin/support

In this BONUS Episode, Tejana Host Karen Alvarado spotlights Liz Hensel - - Latinx Marine, Podcast Host,  Mother, Military Spouse and Writer!   Through her piece called "Little Medina" Liz Hensel shares what it was like to care for a wounded little girl while serving in Afghanistan. Liz  unpacks how that experience changed her and eventually reinforced the mothering of her own children back in America.  Because April is Military Child Month, this episode is dedicated to military children everywhere!***Warning: This episode contains references to ethnic discrimination and graphic images of war.***RESOURCES:Latina She Served PodcastPTP Veteran VoicesTeatro VivoThinkery & VerseArt Spark Texas Direction and hosting by Karen Alvarado, dramaturgy by Dr. JM Meyer, sound engineering by Erin Bogert, *Bonus episode edited by Karen Alvarado, original sound by David Demaris, image design by Paul Del Bosque, video by Jose Lozano/Magic Spoon Productions, guitar by Estrella Saldana and Ulises Ortega Escalante, and vocals by Estrella Saldana and Diana Guizado. Special thanks to Mateo Marlowe, Kelly Teaford, Jeremy Karafin, and Babylove.For more FREE content go to thinkeryandverse.org Decameron 2020 PODCAST: Survival Through Stories, That's How the Story Goes - the Hall-Mills Murders PODCAST and Ghost Hunt: a geocache & audio adventure uncovering a true1922 double homicide.

April has been a visionary and challenger her entire life. In 2019, she founded Ezer + Co., a company committed to activating women toward wholeness in life and leadership in full partnership with men. April pastored in the local church for nearly 20 years at two of the most influential churches in the country. For the last 5 years she's coached hundreds of leaders and has spoken nationally. She's crazy passionate coming alongside leaders who are influencing along the margins of culture. Her first book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker: A Manifesto for Integration is a compelling vision for the church's role with teenagers. Because April loves teenagers, she loves partnering with Stuff You Can Use and Fuller Youth Institute. She coaches, speaks, and writes frequently on living and leading with wholeness. She loves talking about leadership, soul care, youth ministry, and caring for your body. She's always been a tomboy with sparkly shoes and reads more than she can put into practice. She's still madly in love with her high school sweetheart, Brian. Together, they co-parent 3 fabulous kiddos and live in Orange County, CA. WEBSITE: EZERANDCO.COM FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ezerandco/ INSTAGRAM: @ezerandco @aprilldiaz TWITTER: @ezerandco @aprilldiaz She podcasts at The Global Fringe Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen.  On Clubhouse @loriadbr. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook on Twitter at @loriadbr https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app (https://anchor.fm/app) Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lori-adams-brown/support (https://anchor.fm/lori-adams-brown/support) 7GCqDnj1ZLq7ksi9yGbH Mentioned in this episode: Patreon Support us for as little as $5/month at Patreon.com/aworldofdifference and receive exclusive audio content and free merch. Coaching Sept 22 Want to get unstuck and make a difference? Go to loriadamsbrown.com/coachnig for a free exploratory session. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

April has been a visionary and challenger her entire life. In 2019, she founded Ezer + Co., a company committed to activating women toward wholeness in life and leadership in full partnership with men. April pastored in the local church for nearly 20 years at two of the most influential churches in the country. For the last 5 years she's coached hundreds of leaders and has spoken nationally. She's crazy passionate coming alongside leaders who are influencing along the margins of culture. Her first book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker: A Manifesto for Integration is a compelling vision for the church's role with teenagers. Because April loves teenagers, she loves partnering with Stuff You Can Use and Fuller Youth Institute. She coaches, speaks, and writes frequently on living and leading with wholeness. She loves talking about leadership, soul care, youth ministry, and caring for your body. She's always been a tomboy with sparkly shoes and reads more than she can put into practice. She's still madly in love with her high school sweetheart, Brian. Together, they co-parent 3 fabulous kiddos and live in Orange County, CA. WEBSITE: EZERANDCO.COM FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ezerandco/ INSTAGRAM: @ezerandco @aprilldiaz TWITTER: @ezerandco @aprilldiaz She podcasts at The Global Fringe Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen.  On Clubhouse @loriadbr. Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook on Twitter at @loriadbr https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app (https://anchor.fm/app) Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lori-adams-brown/support (https://anchor.fm/lori-adams-brown/support) 7GCqDnj1ZLq7ksi9yGbH Mentioned in this episode: Patreon Support us for as little as $5/month at Patreon.com/aworldofdifference and receive exclusive audio content and free merch. Coaching Sept 22 Want to get unstuck and make a difference? Go to loriadamsbrown.com/coachnig for a free exploratory session. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Our guests for the day are Anita and Matthew Webb, Indian Food Gurus. Because April is National Poetry Month, they're hosting a special event at Naomi Gardens in coordination with O Miami.  And we'll also be serving up some tips for great Indian food at home. We'll have Restaurant News with Jen Karetnick, restaurant reviewer for Miami Magazine.And our Quick Fix Dinner in Minutes: Chicken Tikka Masala Enjoy!

If our expectations affect our own behavior, the behavior of others, our relationships and even our health, then they're pretty important. We talked about how disappointment is the difference between expectation and reality. But where do our expectations come from? What is it that's setting us up for those differences and that disappointment? We begin filling up our backpack of expectations from the moment we're born. Some of us learn to expect attention, food, dry clothes, or snuggles when we cry. Some of us learn to expect anger or neglect. These are expectations set from experience. Other expectations are set by observation, how we see our friends and family interact with each other and with strangers in all types of circumstances. Where we live, both the macro and micro cultures we live in form expectations. Society at large sets expectations, norms and standards for us as well. Today I want to talk a bit about those expectations, the ones set for us by society and culture. And I want to talk about it because those expectations translate so subtly into our own “shoulds” that unless we're hyper-vigilant, can seriously affect our own sense of self. What kind of norms am I talking about? We live in a curated world. This has always been true, but technology has made so much more of that world so accessible, that we're inundated with the message more and more. Let's talk through a few examples. I'm a photographer. I owned a portrait studio for awhile and I also took travel, landscapes and dog portraits for years. I started shooting in college with film, left it completely for many years and started again at the beginning of the digital revolution. I've watched digital photography and processing come of age over the last few decades. I am not declaring either digital photography nor processing an enemy in what I'm about to say, please don't misunderstand. They are tools, tools that can be used to make great art, tools that can be used for social commentary, tools that can be used to portray emotion, portray reality, and to manipulate reality. This has always been true. Darkroom images were manipulated as well. Images that move you…so most photos that are used in media, whether that's to sell you something or convince you of something are pretty significantly manipulated. Many of us are aware of the degree of manipulation of images of women in print and we're aware of the damage it causes. I'm not going to rehash that. Although, I may post an example of typical adjustments made to images before publication. It's actually not just photographic processing that manipulates reality, but the whole process, including styling hair and especially makeup and lighting. So, we know that images of women in media are highly manipulated and damaging. We know. And it still makes little difference. We're still faced with social norms of impossible standards. And we still feel the expectation within ourselves and from others to meet those standards. But, we can't. It's impossible to do so. That's a really obvious example, one that's made the news frequently in the last several years. But, let's talk about a few more. Think of every example of a beach you've seen in print, movies or online. Think of every example of images of Fall foliage shots. Think of mountain lakes and country roads. The images we see of our natural world are manipulated too. They're curated to include only the most breathtaking shots and then those shots are enhanced. What are the images of the travel photos you see of your vacation location? They're taken from the most flattering angle at the most flattering time of day. Is this wrong? Not necessarily. It can be if it's completely intentionally misleading. But, I just want you to think about how your expectations are being unconsciously formed. Are your expectations of the beach, or the woods, or the mountains affected by the curated images you see? Of course, they are. Our world is stunningly beautiful. Grand. Magnificent. But, if your real life experience is being compared to manipulated, curated images, your experience might come up on the short end of the stick. Your expectations weren't based on a healthy model. It's not just photography that does this for us. I'm going to read you a few paragraphs from a piece published last week by Robert Finch about his first experience visiting Walden Pond. It was not until much later that I realized I had been disappointed, not by Walden, but my own expectations. I had read the book and then had gone out and expected the reality of the natural setting to unfold, chapter by chapter, with the same ease and drama that Thoreau had quarried out of it only after years of hard work fashioning the landscape into the stuff of literature. It was my first lesson in mistaking art for place. What we see, or experience in nature depends, not so much on where we are as on an almost infinite number of other factors: how much we know, or think we know about a place, our physical condition and mood, the time of day or year, the weather, the wind, the sky, the clothes we wear, whether we are alone or with other people, and so on. But often the most important factor is how we have experienced a place vicariously before we actually experience it in person. Most of us are, in a sense, crippled in our encounters with nature because our formative experiences of the natural world are not first-hand but “packaged” – in books, movies, television documentaries, museum exhibits, guided nature walks, lectures, and of course the infinite representations of nature on the Internet. No matter how informative or professional these representations may be, we are conditioned by them to expect nature itself to appear before us in a condensed, narrated, edited, illustrated, and above all entertaining form, one that requires no investment from us. Here's the thing. We expect our lives to unfold in that same “condensed, narrated, edited, illustrated, and above all entertaining form.” But they don't. Our lives are not curated. Not edited. Not enhanced. The colors aren't saturated all the time. The walls of my apartment aren't magnificent. They're not Pinterest or Instagram worthy. When we allow culture to set our norms, standards, and expectations, we're dooming ourselves for a life filled with a vague or not-so-vague sense of, “I'm not good enough.” I'm not pretty enough. Not together enough. Not stylish enough. Not athletic enough. Not loved enough. Not organized enough. Not rich enough. Not perfect enough. Not enough. We know our friends' social media accounts are a curated subset of their lives. We know the fights, the late nights, the falling apart marriages, the financial stresses, and the kids checked in to addiction centers don't usually make our social media feeds. Our whole kitchens don't look like that pretty corner where the Instagram image was taken and our kids only hugged for a second, bribed with an ice cream cone before adorable little Emily shoved that cone up Jennifer's nose and an all-out war broke out. Again. We know it. The problem is that knowing doesn't keep us from comparing. This isn't an episode about the damaging effects of social media on teen self-image, depression, and anxiety, but those statistics are becoming more available. Yes, this is an issue for teens, especially because their brains, their social skills, and their coping mechanisms aren't fully developed. But, it's an issue for adults too. We live in a very false, highly curated world. If you let your expectations be set by traditional media, popular culture, or social media, your life is going to fall short every time. I just want to remind you today to start being aware of what is setting your expectations. You will be affected by this curated world we live in. We can't help it. I'm not suggesting you withdraw. I'm suggesting you be wise and aware of where your expectations come from. Be smart about the kinds of media you consume. Be aware of the intention behind every image, story, or entertainment. Have conversations with your family and friends about ways you can reinforce healthy expectations with each other. Expectations about our relationships, our bodies, our homes, and our natural world. Base your expectations for experiences on values rather than appearances. So, make the beach trip about family, laughter and togetherness and less about the perfect accommodations and weather. Make the point of a vacation internal rather than external. Make the dinner date about exploration, new experiences, and learning rather than about the perfect meal in the perfect place with the perfect people. Pay attention when you think, “I should” and ask yourself where that should originates from. If it came from your values and desires, that's great, listen to it. If it came from your parents, your friends, your social media field, then evaluate it against your own values and desires before complying with its demands. Do not let Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or any other social media feed tell you who you should be. You do you. If you need a break from social media because it's setting up damaging expectations in your life, then, by all means, take a break. I promise it will all still be there when you come back. Pay attention to your own expectations, and those you're setting up for your kids, intentionally and unintentionally. Make sure those expectations are healthy for you and healthy for their future. That wraps up our March series on expectations. Because April has 5 Sundays, I think next week, I'm going to give you an update on the changes I've been working on this year and how those are going. The good, the bad and the ugly. And then we'll jump into another four week series for the rest of April.

April 23 is a famous day. For one, it’s Shakespeare’s birthday. For another, it’s St George’s Day, so if you’re English April 23 is a day to celebrate. But, thousands of miles west of England, April 23 1985 was a momentous, historic, even world-changing day for less joyous reason. Not a day of celebration, but of dismay; not of glory but of ugliness; not of jubilation but of catastrophe. April 23 1985. If you were alive that day, what were you doing? Where were you enjoying that beautiful spring morning, what daffodils were you picking, what blossoms were you sniffing, what birdsong were you enjoying? I hope you were oblivious to the pain caused by that day. I hope the agony did not trouble you or the despair come near your door. Because April 23 1985 will long live in the archives of infamy.

Because April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, we are continuing to share stories of children in our care so you can hear exactly how Children’s Hope Alliance helps kids heal... Read more » The post ChildLife Podcast – Episode 10 appeared first on Childrens Hope Alliance.

Heyang:大家好！我是赫扬~欢迎来到这周RT英语词汇小百科。今天和马克我们要一起来聊一聊关于shower的那些事儿。Mark: Yes, and today we are going to be talking about a phenomenon of…either the weather or the bathroom. Right? HY: I guess so. Actually this word has a surprisingly wide range of different meanings. M: And the word is…HY: Shower!M: Yeah, we’re going to be talking about shower. So most of us are familiar in getting up in the morning and have a shower. Or actually many of my Chinese friends tell me that they have a shower last thing at night. There’s a cultural difference. Some people have a shower both at night and in the morning. HY: And that’s a waste of water. But anyway, I think that going to bed without a shower is dirtying the bed. M: Some people never have a shower. Isn’t it funny how you can always tell who those people are on the subway. HY: Yes, it’s pretty obvious. One thing that always interested me and at first got me a bit confused is, in English, there’s this phrase “baby shower.” At first, I thought it’s about giving a bath to a baby. And it turns out to be a completely different thing. M: This is an American thing actually. I don’t think it appears outside of America. But maybe it’s spreading through films and TV shows like Friends. I don’t know if there ever was a baby shower in Friends. But I’ll bet there was. Because it’s just the kind of thing that they would include in something like Friends, isn’t it? Baby shower, as far as I know not being an American citizen and my knowledge of this is limited, I think it is where friends of the new mother buy gifts and give the gifts to the mother and have a sort of party. Why not? And they would get thing that are quite useful like nappies or sometimes in America known as dippers, blankets, useful stuff. I think it’s a good new tradition really the baby shower. HY: Yeah, I think it’s the perfect occasion to celebrate the transformation of a woman into a mother. That’s something quite culturally unique, coz we don’t see that very much in China. But I do think it is an opportunity and occasion worth celebrating. M: Sometimes it’s the companies themselves that are behind these new traditions. Is ‘new tradition’ an oxymoron? I think it is, isn’t? It’s something where each word contradicts itself. Anyway, it could be that it’s the manufacturers of the baby products that are behind this. So what, people don’t have to do it. Actually they do, it’s become part of the baby tradition in America. That’s quite a good word to use for it. Coz they ‘shower’ the baby with gifts. We said that there’s two meanings to this word, but there aren’t really. Because there’s the shower you take in the morning, there’s the baby shower, or there’s a shower of rain which is light rain usually not lasting for very long. In fact, they all have the same meaning. Meaning something descending on you from above whether it be rain or water from the shower or presents. It’s pretty much the same meaning in all the uses of the word shower.HY: And what about that phrase called “April showers bring May flowers.” What does it mean? Is it a nursery rhythm?M: I’ve never heard of it. I don’t know where you’ve got it from. I’m always impressed when you find these ancient bits of English culture and literature. And I’ve never heard of any of them. But it makes sense, doesn’t it? Because April showers gets the ground moist in April. So that means the seeds will pop up in May as flowers I suppose that’s what it refers to. HY: It is a reminder that even the most unpleasant things, in this case the heavy rains of April, can bring about very enjoyable things indeed – in this case, an abundance of flowers in May. Many of life’s greatest things come only to those who wait, and by patiently and happily enduring the clouds and damp of April you can find yourself more easily able to take in the sights and smells of May. After all, it’s easier to love something if you begin with an optimistic outlook. I think it’s actually quite a nice phrase.M: There’s one more meaning of shower that does have a different meaning. Our listeners who like watching old English films starring people like Terry Thomas perhaps you’ve never heard of him but it’s worth watching some of his movies and it was used to describe a bunch of losers. He’d say something like ‘What an absolute shower!’ that’s how he’s pretty much spoke. I think that was quite a good impression of him. So that’s another use of it which is different to the other meanings. HY: That’s all the time we have for this week’s Word of The Week. We’ll see you next week!

Do you love comics? Who doesn't?! Are you sad to see so few of them in newspapers now? What are newspapers?! Do you want to know what the cartoonists think of the whole thing? Trust me, you really do!Fred Schroeder and Dave Kellett (of the webcomic Sheldon) have traveled the globe for 4 years, interviewing some of the best comic artists ever to take you on an incredible look into the world of comic strips. Fred was gracious enough to spend some time with us and tell us what comics meant to him and how this project got started. We could have talked with him for days, but we haven't yet figured out a way to do that without overloading our storage on the server! Instead, we hope you enjoy this hour.NOW, important for our listeners and followers: Stripped launches on iTunes on April 1. We are trying to help them hit #1 on the iTunes download list that day and hope to see everyone go out and get their copy of it then. There are three very important reasons why you should do this:1. Because it's an awesome film that you should see no matter what day it comes out on,2. Because April 1 is Stolendroids' birthday (both the site AND the podcast), and this would be an awesome gift to us. And finally . . .3. The documentary on Justin Beaver comes out that day and it's only right that these guys beat that!Be sure to check out the Stripped website and enjoy the trailer below. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.