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People maybe are used to being bombarded at this point with the news of what's happening. And that's the reality. And we need to face that. I think alongside that, we need to make moments of grounding, of rootedness and remembering our real belonging to this earth. Because without that, we don't quite have the energy. I think we're really zapped of that based from stress or from what we're hearing. It is oppressive to hear what's happening and to experience it for those of us who are experiencing that and have been. I guess for me, that's really what draws me to arts-based kin making is that we have to find ways to reconnect. And that's inevitably going to shift, in my opinion, how we then act in the world and that kind of transformation is deeply important in times of crises. - annais linaresMy conversation with annais linares and Ben Finley, artists, researchers, sound makers, about their performance of Alchemizing Earthfullness a composition that explores self-rootedness, community connectedness and earth intimacy. The concert was as part of a Westben Chalk Talk Concert on November 9, 2024 on the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg nation near what is now known as Campbellford, Ontario.This episode is bit unusual because you'll hear excerpts from the concert combined with a post-concert conversation with annais and Ben about this composition and how it addresses issues of crisis and collapse, renewal and joy. Quite a bit of joy. A reminder that you can learn more about Green Dreamer's alchemize program in e161 alchemize circle - a conversation with kamea chayne, of this podcast.  Show notes generated by Whisper Transcribe AIAction pointsExplore the themes of self-rootedness, community connectedness, and earth intimacy through the arts.Understand how the “Alchemize” program influenced the creation of original songs focused on regeneration and healing.Recognize the importance of balancing awareness of global crises with moments of grounding and reconnection.Consider how artistic expression can foster a sense of belonging and inspire action in the face of collapse.Discover the cyclical nature of creation and return, using art as a compost-like process for renewal.Story PreviewImagine a world where music heals, communities connect, and the earth feels closer. Join annais linares and Ben Finley as they share their journey of creating “Alchemizing Earthfulness,” a performance born from a desire to reconnect and find joy amidst crisis.Chapter Summary00:00 Facing Reality and Finding Grounding01:34 Introduction to Alchemizing Earthfulness02:58 The Venue and the Event04:00 Composing Alchemizing Earthfulness07:02 Themes of Connection and Healing10:16 Breathing Through Crisis12:11 Musical Reflections and CyclesFeatured Quotesannais linares : We need to make moments of, you know, of grounding, of rootedness and remembering our real belonging to this earth.annais linares : That kind of transformation is deeply important in times of crises.Ben Finley : …just being there opens something in us, too.Behind the Storyannais linares and Ben Finley, inspired by the Green Dreamer's “alchemize” program, co-composed five thematic songs exploring self-rootedness, community, connectedness, and earth intimacy. Their performance at the Westben Schoolhouse aimed to offer a space for healing and regeneration, a “breath out” from the constant barrage of crisis news. The cyclical nature of their music, beginning and ending with a similar “scaling” motif, symbolized a composting process of renewal. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODES Hey conscient listeners, I've been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa). It's my way to give back.In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Threads or BlueSky. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude Schryer Latest update on June 24, 2025

Toledo vs. Akron College Football Betting Pick Prediction 11/26/2024 by Tony T. Recent Box Score Key Stats Toledo at Akron 7PM ET—Toledo fell to 7-4 with their 24-7 home defeat to Ohio. The Rockets gained 212 yards with 39 rushing on 25 carries. On defense they allowed 367 yards to the Bobcats with 238 rushing for 4.4 yards per run. Tucker Gleason completed 9 of 17 for 136 yards and a touchdown. Akron improved to 3-8 with their 38-17 road win at Kent ST. The Zips gained 281 yards with 52 rushing for 1.9 yards per rush. On defense they allowed 527 yards to the Zips with 277 rushing for 6 yards a carry. Ben Finley hit 14 of 29 for 250 yards with a touchdown.

Akron vs. Kent St College Football Betting Pick Prediction 11/19/2024 by Tony T. Recent Box Score Key Stats Akron at Kent St 7PM ET—Akron is 2-8 following their 29-16 road defeat at Northern Illinois. The Zips gained 255 yards with 50 rushing yards for 2 yards per run. On defense they allowed 439 yards to the Huskies with 295 rushing for 7.2 yards per run. Ben Finley completed 19 of 52 for 205 yards with a touchdown. Kent drops to -10 with their 34-7 road defeat at Miami Ohio. The Golden Flashes gained 189 yards with 96 rushing for 2.5 yards per run. Defensively they allowed 477 yards to the Redhawks with 275 rushing for 6.9 yards per run. Tommy Ulatowski hit 10 of 21 for 82 yards with a touchdown and interception.

Akron vs. Northern Illinois College Football Betting Pick Prediction 11/13/2024 by Tony T. Recent Box Score Key Stats Akron at Northern Illinois 7PM ET—Akron drops to 2-7 following their 41-30 home defeat to Buffalo. The Zips gained 452 yards with 74 rushing for 2.7 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 390 yards to the Bulls with 180 rushing for 4.1 yards per run. Ben Finley hit 22 of 41 for 354 yards with four touchdowns and an interception. Northern Illinois improved to 5-4 after their 42-28 road win at Western Michigan. The Huskies put up 411 yards with 255 rushing for 5.9 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 390 yards to the Broncos with 211 rushing for 5.9 yards a carry. Ethan Hampton went 13 of 16 for 156 yards and two touchdowns.

Buffalo vs. Akron College Football Pick Prediction 11/2/2024 by Tony T. Buffalo at Akron 12PM ET—Buffalo drops to 4-4 following their 47-16 road defeat to Ohio. The Bulls gained 383 yards with 126 rushing for 3.8 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 489 yards to the Bobcats with 258 rushing for 6.3 yards a carry. C.J. Ogbonna went 24 of 39 for 257 yards with a touchdown and interception. Akron is 2-6 with their 25-21 home win to Eastern Michigan. The Zips posted 378 yards with 220 rushing for 7.1 yards a carry. Defensively they allowed 481 yards to the Eagles with 367 passing on 48 attempts. Ben Finley completed 12 of 23 for 122 yards with a touchdown and interception.

Eastern Michigan vs. Akron College Football Pick Prediction 10/26/2024 by Tony T. Eastern Michigan at Akron 3:30PM ET—Eastern Michigan improved at 5-2 following their 38-34 home win to Central Michigan. The Eagles 450 yards with 150 rushing for 3.6 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 383 yards to the Chippewas with 285 rushing for 6.3 yards a carry. Cole Snyder completed 17 of 38 for 300 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. He rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown. Akron fell to 1-6 with their 34-24 road defeat at Western Michigan. The Zips put up 501 yards with 88 rushing for 3.3 yards a carry. Defensively they allowed 387 yards to the Broncos with 196 rushing for 5 yards a carry. Ben Finley went 24 of 36 for 395 yards.

Akron vs. Western Michigan College Football Pick Prediction 10/12/2024 by Tony T. Akron at Western Michigan 3:30PM ET—Akron fell to 1-5 following their 27-20 home defeat to Bowling Green. The Zips gained 321 yards with 115 rushing for 5.2 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 385 yards with 268 passing on 30 attempts. Ben Finley completed 21 of 32 for 206 yards. Western Michigan is 2-3 after their 45-42 road win at Ball St. The Broncos put up 461 yards with 197 rushing for 4.9 yards a carry. Defensively they allowed 397 yards to the Cardinals with 329 passing on 35 attempts. Hayden Wolff went 26 of 29 for 264 yards with three touchdowns.

Bowling Green vs. Akron College Football Pick Prediction 10/5/2024 by Tony T. Bowling Green vs. Akron 3:30PM ET—Bowling Green fell to 1-3 following their 30-27 home defeat to Old Dominion. The Falcons gained 399 yards with 96 rushing for 2.9 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 333 yards to the Monarchs with 189 rushing for 5.3 yards a carry. Connor Bazelak hit 28 of 37 for 303 yards with two touchdowns and a pick. Akron drops to 1-4 with their 30-10 road defeat at Ohio. The Zips put up 214 yards with 18 rushing on 20 attempts. Defensively they allowed 440 yards to the Bobcats with 236 rushing for 4.6 yards a carry. Ben Finley went 25 for 38 for 196 yards with a touchdown and interception.

Akron vs. Ohio College Football Pick Prediction 9/28/2024 by Tony T. Akron at Ohio 3:30PM ET—Akron is 1-3 following their 50-7 road defeat at South Carolina. The Zips gained only 154 yards with 37 rushing for 1.8 yards per run. On defense they allowed 549 yards to the Gamecocks with 276 passing on 27 attempts. Ben Finley hit 14 of 27 for 110 yards with a touchdown and interceptions. Ohio moves to 2-2 with their 41-6 road defeat at Kentucky. The Bobcats posted 223 yards with 113 rushing for 3.5 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 488 yards to the Wildcats with 282 passing on 27 attempts. Paker Navarro is questionable with a wrist injury. Nick Poulos hit 8 of 19 for 110 yards and a pick.

Akron vs. South Carolina College Football Pick Prediction 9/21/2024 by Tony T. Akron at South Carolina 7:30PM ET—Akron 1-2 following their 31-20 home win to FCS Colgate. Two weeks ago, they dropped the 49-17 decision at Rutgers. The Zips gained 307 yards with 156 rushing for 6.1 yards a carry. On defense they allowed 515 yards to the Scarlet Knights with 285 rushing for 6.5 yards a carry. Ben Finley hit 14 of 31 for 138 yards with a touchdown and pick. South Carolina fell to 2-1 with their 36-33 home defeat to LSU. The Gamecocks put up 398 yards with 243 rushing for 5.9 yards per carry. On defense they surrendered 417 yards to the Tigers with 285 passing on 40 attempts. LaNorris Sellers went 9 of 16 for 113 yards and a pick. He did rush for 88 yards and two touchdowns.

Akron vs. Rutgers College Football Pick Prediction 9/7/2024 by Tony T. Akron at Rutgers—Akron is 0-1 following their 52-6 road defeat at Ohio St. The Zips gained 177 yards with 47 rushing for 1.3 yards per carry. Defensively they surrendered 404 yards to the Buckeyes with 170 rushing for 5.2 yards per carry. They were just 4 of 16 on third down and had three turnovers. Tahj Bullock hit 9 of 13 for 68 yards with 5.2 yards per attempt. Bullock did rush for 42 yards on 14 carries. Starting quarterback Ben Finley has a rib injury and is questionable. Rutgers is 1-0 after their 44-7 home win to FCS Howard. Rutgers finished at 7-6 in 2023. Greg Schiano has seven starts returned on offense with eight to the defense. They put up just 20.8 points per game last season with 4.1 yards per run.

Akron vs. Ohio St College Football Pick Prediction 8/31/2024 by Tony T. Akron at Ohio St—Akron went 2-10 in 2024 for head coach Joe Moorhead in his third season. The Zips return three starters on offense with six to the defense. The Zips were 129th in scoring offense by putting up 15.5 points per game. The team rushed for only 3.1 yards per run and averaged only 5.4 yards per pass attempt. On defense they allowed 28.6 points per game with 4.2 yards per run. Akron held opposing quarterbacks to 57% completions. Exiting for the Zips is their starting quarterback along with their top receivers and running back. NC State and Cal transfer Ben Finley will start at quarterback. The senior completed 57.4% of his passes last year for 6.1 yards per pass attempt. Ohio St finished at 11-2 last year for head coach Ryan Day who is in sixth year at the school. The Buckeyes brought back six starters on offense with nine to the defense. The Buckeyes put up 35 points per game with 4.2 yards per run.

On August 3, 2019, Patrick Crusius drove from Allen, Texas to El Paso, Texas. When he arrived, he went to the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall, where families were spending their Saturday morning grocery shopping and doing their back-to-school shopping. After uploading a “manifesto” to the website, 8Chan, Patrick went on a shooting rampage in the Walmart. In the attack, 23 people were killed and 22 people were injured. Join as we discuss the details of this horrific case.   Sources:  Dana Branham, “El Paso massacre suspect wrote an anti-immigrant 'manifesto' before the attack, authorities say”, The Dallas Morning News, 08-03-19, https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2019/08/04/el-paso-massacre-suspect-wrote-an-anti-immigrant-manifesto-before-the-attack-authorities-say/  “2019 El Paso shooting”, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting  Nate Ryan, “El Paso Walmart manager relives mass shooting terror at his store”, ABC7,08-08-19, https://web.archive.org/web/20190811123110/https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/walmart-store-manager-relives-saturday-s-shooting/1107366007 Bill Hutchinson, Aaron Katersky, and Josh Margolin, “Alleged shooter cased El Paso Walmart before rampage that killed 22: Law enforcement officials”, ABC News, 08-05-19, https://abcnews.go.com/US/death-toll-rises-22-el-paso-shooting-victims/story?id=64780680 Scott Stump, “Hero Walmart employee snuck dozens out of store during El Paso shooting”, Today, 08-07-19, https://www.today.com/news/walmart-employee-helped-save-dozens-people-during-el-paso-shooting-t160233Cindy Ramirez, ““I think of them always,” survivor of El Paso Walmart shooting says of those who were killed three years ago”, The Texas Tribune, 08-03-22, https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/03/el-paso-walmart-shooting-survivor/  Ellen Cranley and Lauren Frias, “The El Paso Walmart mass shooting claimed 22 victims. Here are their stories.”, Business Insider, 08-06-22 https://www.businessinsider.com/el-paso-shooting-victims-walmart-2019-8  Amanda Jackson, Emanuella Grinberg and Nicole Chavez, “Police believe the El Paso shooter targeted Latinos. These are the victims' stories”, CNN, 08-07-19, https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/us/el-paso-shooting-victims/index.html  Daniel BorundaBriana Sanchez, “El Paso Walmart shooting victim 'Tank tough' Guillermo 'Memo' Garcia mourned a hero”, El Paso Times, 05-16-20 https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/community/2020/05/16/el-paso-walmart-shooting-victim-guillermo-memo-garcia-mourned/5188180002/   Alyssa Choiniere, “Patrick Crusius' Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”, Heavy, 08-08-19, https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/patrick-crusius-parents-family-dad-grandparents/ Ashley Killough and Holly Yan, “Suspect in Texas Walmart massacre that left 23 dead in El Paso pleads guilty to 90 federal charges”, CNN, 02-08-23, https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/08/us/el-paso-shooting-suspect-patrick-crusius-federal-plea/index.html Rosa Flores, Andi Babineau and Ray Sanchez, “Man who killed 23 people in Texas Walmart shooting targeting Latinos sentenced to 90 life terms by federal judge”, CNN, 07-07-23 https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/us/el-paso-walmart-shooter-sentencing-friday/index.html Maria Cortes Gonzalez, “What is schizoaffective disorder? El Paso Walmart shooter diagnosed with illness”, El Paso Times, 07-07-23 https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/health/2023/07/07/what-is-schizoaffective-disorder-patrick-crusius-el-paso-walmart-shooter-ailment/70392362007/ Raja Razek and Hollie Silverman, “El Paso Walmart shooter has mental disabilities and was in a psychotic state after the shooting, defense counsel says”, CNN, 07-14-20, https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/us/el-paso-shooter-psychotic-state/index.html   Alex Brandon, Ben Finley, “‘Bodies drop' as Walmart manager kills 6 in Virginia attack”, AP News, 11-23-22, https://apnews.com/article/walmart-shooting-chesapeake-virginia-b52927596381aa65efed367ce0c81c83, Adam Powell, “El Paso Walmart mass shooting: 'We are in a constant healing process' as victims are mourned”, El Paso Times, 08-03-24, https://www.yahoo.com/news/el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-230027490.htmguccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIiZBxmWaZTNCLg2-VVtA8Hrw2i9oMuxxDkWiBqks2rpQkfbJ4DjpQ0m5lY8xTx6AbSBxfURnBaxZvYa8JEH1xlQ3fnnWhJSuovEk211kipaD3jJnK42yuQfPE7VzaCdn9MhI-2HfaqwS6nvt8ZvWosbn-xNYHsVQgizgx0kuW6t “Texas Walmart shooting: Hero who saved baby from attack was homeless man”, Sky News, 01-29-20, https://news.sky.com/story/texas-walmart-shooting-hero-who-saved-baby-from-attack-was-homeless-man-11920536

On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, employees at the Wal Mart in Chesapeake Virginia were preparing for their evening shift when gunshots ran out through the store. Sadly, 6 employees, Lorenzo Gamble, Kellie Pyle, Tyneka Johnson, Randall Blevins, Fernado ‘Jesus' Chavez-Barron, and Brian Pendleton lost their lives in this attack along with the gunman, Andre Bing. It was identified that the gunman, Andre Bing, was a team lead at the Wal Mart.   Sources:  Ben Finley, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Hannah Schoenbaum, “Walmart shooting claims teen, young woman, father, mother”, AP News, Nov 27, 2022, https://apnews.com/article/business-shootings-virginia-30958aa5e765cde6fd3529e9d0ca6f3a, accessed July 19, 2024.  Karina Elwood, Laura Vozzella, Clarence Williams, Olivia Diaz, Casey Parks and Maham Javaid, “Families of Chesapeake Walmart shooting victims mourn their losses”,  The Washinton Post, Nov 23, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/23/chesapeake-walmart-shooting-victims/, accessed July 19, 2024.  Aya Elamroussi, “Survivors and investigators are spending Thanksgiving questioning the motive behind a mass shooting in a Virginia Walmart that left 6 workers dead”, CNN, Nov 25, 2022, https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/24/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting-thursday/index.html, accessed July 20, 2024.  Alex Brandon, Ben Finley, “‘Bodies drop' as Walmart manager kills 6 in Virginia attack”, AP News, Nov 23, 2022, https://apnews.com/article/walmart-shooting-chesapeake-virginia-b52927596381aa65efed367ce0c81c83, accessed July 20, 2024.  Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, “Virginia Walmart gunman's manifesto claims he was 'betrayed' by coworkers he killed, felt 'led by' Satan”, Fox News, Nov 25, 2022, https://www.foxnews.com/us/virginia-walmart-gunman-manifesto-says-he-was-betrayed-coworkers-he-killed-felt-led-satan?msockid=0aeb90933b7b60c21f4d84af3ac36177, accessed July 20, 2024.  Morgan Winsor, Jon Haworth, and Melissa Gaffney, “Virginia Walmart mass shooting: Survivors and witnesses speak out”, ABC News, Nov 25, 2022, https://abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-fatalities-walmart-shooting-virginia-police/story?id=93832868, accessed July 7, 2024.  Aya Elamroussi, Eliott C. McLaughlin, “Authorities disclose note found on Walmart shooter's phone”, CNN, Nov 25, 2022, https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/us/chesapeake-virginia-walmart-shooting-friday/index.html, accessed July 20, 2024.  Awanish Kumar, “Andre Bing: Chesapeake Walmart shooter was 'hunting for his targets' and ensured they were dead”, Gadget Any, Nov 25, 2022, https://www.gadgetany.com/news/andre-bing-chesapeake-walmart-shooter-was-hunting-for-his-targets-and-ensured-they-were-slain/, access July 20, 2024.  Julia Varnier, “Chesapeake Walmart to reopen nearly 5 months after 6 employees were killed in mass shooting: Official”, WTKR News, April 3, 2023, https://www.wtkr.com/news/chesapeake-walmart-to-reopen-nearly-5-months-after-6-employees-were-killed-in-tragic-shooting-official, accessed July 20, 2024. 

'It's kind of like sacred medicine or sacred plant medicine in a way where it meets you where you are, based on your intentions, on your setting, your relationships and everything. Where that space in between is the most powerful piece and it's us holding the container and guiding people in certain directions. But then, here's the silence: go run with it and see what comes up for you'. - Kamea Chayne, host of the alchemize program and  the Green Dreamer podcast, March 28, 2024, conscient podcast e161This is a special episode of the conscient podcast about Green Dreamer's alchemize program, which is a ‘10-week audio-based program of daily creative prompts and imagination practices'. This episode features 4 of my fellow course participants: singer and music researcher annais linares, bass player and music researcher Ben Finley, climate educator Barbara Leckie, social innovator and educator Michelle Baldwin and myself in conversation with Kamea Chayne, host of the alchemize program and of the Green Dreamer podcast. I also want to mention that a 6th member of our alchemize circle, educator Dorina Husain, was not able to attend this recording on March 28th, 2024.Our group of 6 alchemize participants met every Saturday morning during the course to discuss what we were experiencing and check in with each other. What you're about to hear is our exchange with Kamea about our experience with alchemize and how it is, literally, transforming our lives.Now, admittedly, the alchemize program is not specifically about art and the ecological crisis, as per the mandate of this podcast, however, this series of 40 creative exercises integrates all kinds of artistic and cultural practices - storytelling, drawing, soundscape composition, poetry, and much more - and I consider alchemize as a whole, to be a work of art. A work of art that you can come in and out of. A process that invites the participant, the learner, to both grow, and let go. This 55 minute exchange concludes the way we did at every Saturday alchemize circle meeting, with a moment of gratitude and an example of what brought us joy on that day. Please see https://www.greendreamer.com/alchemize for more information on the program. Big thanks to my alchemize circle colleagues, annais, Ben, Barbara, Michelle and Dorina and also warm thanks to Kamea and her team at Green Dreamer for their brilliant, generous and spirited work.Spoiler alert: if you plan to take the alchemize program and prefer not to hear about some of the exercises then please listen to this episode AFTER you do alchemize. If, however, you want to know more about our experience with the course in order to better understand how it works, then listen to it before doing the program,.. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

Join us as we discuss the new One Pack NIL Collective, all the latest news in the Transfer Portal, Preview the HUGE game tomorrow vs. UNC, along with discussing all other things NC State! Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Join us as we discuss the HUGE Upcoming Game vs the Holes, the incredibly successful weekend for Pack Athletics, Pick a Winner for our Jimmy V Giveaway, along with discussing all other things NC State!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we finish our interview with Former NC State Women's Basketball Star Center, Elissa Cunane!  Make SURE to go follow Elissa on ALL of her Social Media!Twitter: https://twitter.com/ecunane_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elissacunane/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elissacunanePlease also go check out our sponsor Sticker Mule for all of your Custom Sticker, Magnet and other merchandise needs!Check out Sticker Mule: https://www.stickermule.com/uses/car-decalsPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin our interview with Former NC State Women's Basketball Star Center, Elissa Cunane!   Make SURE to go follow Elissa on ALL of her Social Media!Twitter: https://twitter.com/ecunane_Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elissacunane/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elissacunanePlease also go check out our sponsor Sticker Mule for all of your Custom Sticker, Magnet and other merchandise needs!Check out Sticker Mule: https://www.stickermule.com/uses/car-decalsPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Join us as we discuss the DOMINANT win for NC State Football over Wake Forest, the HUGE win over #2 UConn for Women's Basketball, along with all other things NC State!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we finish our interview with Class of 2025, 4 Star Tight End Commit, Gus Ritchey!   Make SURE to go follow Gus on ALL of his Social Media!Twitter: https://twitter.com/RitcheyGusInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gus_ritchey06Please also go check out our sponsor Sticker Mule for all of your Custom Sticker, Magnet and other merchandise needs!Check out Sticker Mule: https://www.stickermule.com/uses/car-decalsPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin our interview with Class of 2025, 4 Star Tight End Commit, Gus Ritchey!  Make SURE to go follow Gus on ALL of his Social Media!Twitter: https://twitter.com/RitcheyGusInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/gus_ritchey06Please also go check out our sponsor Sticker Mule for all of your Custom Sticker, Magnet and other merchandise needs!Check out Sticker Mule: https://www.stickermule.com/uses/car-decalsPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Check out our Head Women's Basketball Coach, Wes Moore, being interviewed on the ACC Network as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Check out our Head Women's Basketball Coach, Wes Moore, Saniya Rivers and Madison Hayes being interviewed as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Check out our Head Men's Basketball Coach, Kevin Keatts, being interviewed on the ACC Network as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

The guys from Dawgman.com - Kim Grinolds, Chris Fetters, and Scott Eklund - once again get up bright and early Saturday to offer their insight and analysis into tonight's California-Washington game, as the Huskies and Golden Bears play the first game of what is now the final season of the Pac-12 in its current form. But before they delve into the matchups between Cal and UW on both sides of the ball, they briefly go back and look at what the Huskies did to Michigan State last weekend in East Lansing, including a quick injury update and an overall look at the experience of traveling to Big Ten country with more road trips that direction starting in 2024. Then the Cal talk starts, beginning with how the Golden Bears look on offense. They have two quality running backs in Jaydn Ott and Isaiah Ifanse and two quarterbacks in Sam Jackson V and Ben Finley, but how will they be used? And how does Jake Spavital's offense look at Cal now compared to when he was running it when Sonny Dykes was the Golden Bears' head coach? After a quick break to pay some bills, the guys turn the tables and wonder how Cal is going to stop Washington's ridiculously prodigious offense, led by Michael Penix Jr., Rome Odunze, Jalen McMillan, Ja'Lynn Polk, and Jack Westover. They also offer up a little mention to just how jam-packed this weekend is out west for quality football. The Pac-12 has three games where both teams are ranked in the top-25 (UCLA-Utah, Oregon State-Washington State, and Colorado-Oregon), and five of their six games feature at least one team in the top-25, including California at No. 8 Washington. Scott also provides a quick recruiting update, including an official visitor in town for the 2024 recruiting class, and Kim talks about the three 2025 recruits that are also checking out UW on their official visits, before offering up their final thoughts on the Cal-UW game. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dawgman.com's Kim Grinolds spoke this week with BearTerritory.net's Jackson Moore to get the inside scoop on the California Golden Bears and what to expect from the visitors when they travel to Seattle to face No. 8 Washington Saturday night at Husky Stadium. It's already been a strange year and it got a little stranger when Cal and Stanford announced their move to the ACC starting next season. Moore talked a little bit about that news as well as the future of Cal Head Coach Justin Wilcox, who seemed to be moving forward pre-COVID but hasn't really progressed their football program since. Ahead of the 2023 season, the Cal coaches flipped the roster with 50 new faces and three new assistant coaches, including new offensive coordinator Jake Spavital, who was California's OC during Sonny Dykes's final year in Berkeley. Spavital has two main quarterbacks - Ben Finley and Sam Jackson V, with the recent nod going to Jackson. But it's a legitimate quandary right now, as both have their strong points and clear weaknesses. The play of the quarterbacks mirrors the offense in general, as the Golden Bears can be explosive at times, and they can also struggle with multiple three-and-outs. Jaydn Ott and former Bellevue star Isaiah Ifanse lead a thin running backs room, and they are playing very well. But Ott didn't play last week against Idaho and is expected to play against the Huskies. How effective will he be. To round out the offensive side of the discussion, Moore talks about Washington receiver transfer Taj Davis and his impact on the team so far. After a quick break, the talk turns to California's defense, led by former UW assistant coach Peter Sirmon and his son, former Husky linebacker Jackson Sirmon. According to Jackson, they've changed their front scheme to more of a nickel base and even front. He talked about some of the new players that have been brought in to help shore things up on that side of the ball. And Jackson answers the biggest question for California's defense: Can the Golden Bears try and cope with Michael Penix Jr and Washington's prolific offense? What has it been about the recent Cal-Washington matchups that create close contests, even when they're not expected to be that close? And it seems fitting that Washington's first night game with their LED lights happens to be against California. Could we be in for some more weirdness between the Golden Bears and Huskies? There's only one way to find out... To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Check out our NC State Football Quarterback Brennan Armstrong being interviewed on the ACC Network as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikdfp-tQ47e3OQXRZ1_3WAPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Check out our Head Football Coach, Dave Doeren, Quarterback Brennan Armstrong, Linebacker Payton Wilson and Cornerback Aydan White being interviewed as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikdfp-tQ47e3OQXRZ1_3WAPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Check out our Head Football Coach, Dave Doeren, being interviewed by Mark Packer from the ACC Network as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikdfp-tQ47e3OQXRZ1_3WAPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Check out our Head Football Coach, Dave Doeren, being interviewed on the ACC Network as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikdfp-tQ47e3OQXRZ1_3WAPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Check out our NC State Football Linebacker Payton Wilson and Cornerback Aydan White being interviewed on the ACC Network as a part of the 2023 ACC Kickoff!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikdfp-tQ47e3OQXRZ1_3WAPlease give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Rescuers in a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean are racing against time to find a missing submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for five people who were on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic. Despite an international rescue effort, US Coast Guard officials said the search covering 26,000 square kilometres had turned up no signs of the lost sub known as the Titan, but they planned to continue looking. Authorities reported the carbon-fibre vessel overdue Sunday night, setting off the search in waters about 700km south of St John's, Newfoundland. Aboard were a pilot, renowned British adventurer Hamish Harding, two members of a Pakistani business family, and a Titanic expert. The submersible had a 96-hour oxygen supply when it was put to sea at roughly 6am Sunday, according to David Concannon, an adviser to OceanGate Expeditions, which oversaw the mission. That means the oxygen supply could run out tomorrow night (NZ time). Titanic tourist submersible missing graphic CBS News journalist David Pogue, who travelled to the Titanic aboard the Titan last year, said the vehicle communicates by text messages that go back and forth to a surface ship and safety pings that are emitted every 15 minutes to indicate that the sub is still working. Both systems stopped about an hour and 45 minutes after the Titan submerged. “Either they lost all power or the ship developed a hull breach and it imploded instantly. Both of those are devastatingly hopeless,” Pogue told CBC yesterday. The submersible had seven backup systems to return to the surface, including sandbags and lead pipes that drop off and an inflatable balloon. One system is designed to work even if everyone aboard is unconscious, Pogue said. The Titan is prepared for a dive into a remote area of the Atlantic Ocean on an expedition to the Titanic on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Photo / AP Experts said the rescuers face steep challenges. Alistair Greig, a professor of marine engineering at University College London, said submersibles typically have a drop weight, which is “a mass they can release in the case of an emergency to bring them up to the surface using buoyancy”. “If there was a power failure and/or communication failure, this might have happened, and the submersible would then be bobbing about on the surface waiting to be found,” Greig said. Another scenario is a leak in the pressure hull, in which case the prognosis is not good, he said. “If it has gone down to the seabed and can't get back up under its own power, options are very limited,” Greig said. “While the submersible might still be intact, if it is beyond the continental shelf, there are very few vessels that can get that deep, and certainly not divers.” Even if they could go that deep, he doubts rescuers could attach to the submersible. By Tuesday morning, 26,000sq km had been searched, the US Coast Guard tweeted. The Canadian research icebreaker Polar Prince, which was supporting the Titan, was to continue conducting surface searches with help from a Canadian Boeing P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, the Coast Guard said on Twitter. Two US Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft also conducted overflights. The Canadian military dropped sonar buoys to listen for any possible sounds from the Titan. Concannon, who said he was supposed to be on the dive but could not go, said officials were also working to get a remotely operated vehicle that can dive to a depth of 6km to the site as soon as possible. OceanGate's expeditions to the Titanic wreck site include archaeologists and marine biologists. The company also brings people who pay to come along, known as “mission specialists”. They take turns operating sonar equipment and performing other tasks in the submersible. The Coast Guard said Monday that the Titan carried a pilot and four “mission specialists”. However, OceanGate's website suggests that the fifth person may be a so-called “content expert” who guides the paying customers. Authorities have yet to formally identify those on board, though some names have been confirmed, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who, according to the company, was a member of the crew. Billionaire adventurer Hamish Harding looks out to sea before boarding the submersible Titan for a dive into the Atlantic Ocean on an expedition to the Titanic. Photo / AP Rush told the Associated Press in June 2021 that the Titan's technology was “very cutting edge” and was developed with the help of Nasa and aerospace manufacturers. “This is the only submersible – crewed submersible – that's made of carbon fibre and titanium,” Rush said, calling it the “largest carbon fibre structure that we know of,” with 12cm-thick carbon fibre and 8cm-thick titanium. Harding, who lives in Dubai, was one of the mission specialists, according to Action Aviation, a company where Harding is chairman. Harding is a billionaire adventurer who holds three Guinness world records, including the longest duration at full ocean depth by a crewed vessel. In March 2021, he and ocean explorer Victor Vescovo descended to the lowest depth of the Mariana Trench. In June 2022, he went into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, talks about the search for a missing submersible that carries people to view the wreckage of the Titanic. Photo / AP Also on board were Pakistani nationals Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, according to the family. The Dawoods belong to one of Pakistan's most prominent families. Their eponymous firm invests across the country in agriculture, industries and the health sector. Shahzada Dawood also is on the board of trustees for the California-based Seti Institute that searches for extraterrestrial intelligence. French explorer and Titanic expert Paul-Henry Nargeolet was also aboard, according to David Gallo, a senior adviser for strategic initiatives and special projects at RMS Titanic. Gallo identified Nargeolet, a friend who has led multiple expeditions to the Titanic, on Tuesday during an interview with CNN. Greg Stone, a longtime ocean scientist based in California and a friend of Rush, called the lost submersible “a fundamentally new submarine design” that showed great promise for future research. Unlike its predecessors, the Titan was not spherical.  “Stockton was a risk taker. He was smart. He had a vision. He wanted to push things forward,” Stone said. The expedition was OceanGate's third annual voyage to chronicle the deterioration of Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank in 1912, killing all but about 700 of the roughly 2200 passengers and crew. Since the wreckage's discovery in 1985, it has been slowly succumbing to metal-eating bacteria. OceanGate's website said the “mission support fee” for the 2023 expedition was $250,000 a person. Recalling his own trip aboard the Titan, Pogue said the vessel got turned around looking for the Titanic. “There's no GPS underwater, so the surface ship is supposed to guide the sub to the shipwreck by sending text messages,” Pogue said in a segment aired on CBS' Sunday Morning. “But on this dive, communications somehow broke down. The sub never found the wreck.” - Ben Finley & Holly Ramer, APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we discuss now transition to discussing NC State Football! Specifically the news of Brennan Armstrong being announced the Starting Quarterback, along with discussing all other things across NC State Athletics!Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we finish our interview with All-American and Star Player on the 2023 NC State Women's Tennis National Finals Team!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin our interview with All-American and Star Player on the 2023 NC State Women's Tennis National Finals Team!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Join us as we discuss and breakdown how the Columbia Regional went for the #PACK9, start to discuss next year's NC State teams, along with discussing all other things across NC State Athletics!Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin a BRAND NEW SERIES, where we break down different Past NC State Team's!  And TODAY we finish with Part 2 of our breakdown of the 2013 NC State Football Team!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin a BRAND NEW SERIES, where we break down different Past NC State Team's!  And TODAY we start Part 1 of our breakdown of the 2013 NC State Football Team!Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Join us as we discuss and breakdown the Columbia Regional and what the #PACK9 has to do to advance out of the Regional Stage, along with discussing all other things across NC State Athletics!Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we finish our interview with Class of 2024, 3 Star Running Back Commit, Jayden Scott!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin our interview with Class of 2024, 3 Star Running Back Commit, Jayden Scott!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we finish our interview with Class of 2024, 3 Star Quarterback Commit, Cedrick Bailey!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Join us as we discuss all of the CRAZY Conference Alignment rumors, ACC Football Coach rankings, along with discussing all other things across NC State Athletics!Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin our interview with Class of 2024, 3 Star Quarterback Commit, Cedrick Bailey!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Join us as we discuss our outlook for the rest of the #PACK9 season, Women's Tennis going for our 2nd National Title this Academic Year, along with discussing all other things across NC State Athletics!Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we finish our interview with Class of 2024, 3 Star Cornerback Commit, Asaad Brown!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

For this episode, we begin our interview with Class of 2024, 3 Star Cornerback Commit, Asaad Brown!  Please also go check out our sponsor Flatlands Jessup Group,Website: www.flatlandsjessup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flatlandsjessupInstagram: @flatlandsjessupYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCikd...Please give this podcast a 5 Star Rating if you enjoyed the episode and want more of our weekly episodes!Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @TuffyTalkNow Enjoy!Support the show

Kyle Filipowski is staying with Duke for his sophomore season in men’s basketball. Ben Finley, NC State’s QB, has entered the transfer portal. The Carolina Hurricanes are towing a thing line

Since the day he found an old pair of skis in his family's hotel attic, Henri Rivers has found a special joy in skiing. It didn't matter to him that he was the only black skier on his high school ski team. He just loved to ski. Today, as president of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), Rivers is making a difference helping the ski industry better understand how to embrace black skiers with programs like Ski Utah's Discover Winter.The first thing that strikes you when you meet Rivers is not that he is black, but the importance of family and his passion for skiing that comes through quickly in a conversation. Before they married, he told fiancé Karen that he would be skiing six months a year. Without hesitation, she learned to ski and is always at his side. And it became the same for their triplets, who have long been a part of their family ski trips to the mountains!Since he found that old pair of wooden skis with leather thongs when he was 10, skiing has been a part of his life. He long ago discovered NBS and passionately engaged in the organization's mission to put a black skier onto the U.S. Ski Team. It was pretty natural for the outgoing Rivers to take on the presidency of NBS in early March, 2020. What was not natural was the pandemic that swept the world a few weeks later, or the Black Lives Matter uprising that came that May.Within NBS, he held the organization together through the pandemic. Outside of NBS, he became one of the most sought-out leaders in the sport as ski industry executives from every corner reached out to him for help navigating the diversity waters.This month he will preside over the 50th anniversary of the National Brotherhood of Skiers when it comes together for Black Summit.But what he's most proud of is the undying support NBS has provided towards its mission of advancing Black athletes in the sport. He speaks proudly of athletes of the past, and with eagerness when he talks about today's Team NBS. And he's set lofty fundraising goals for the organization to support the cause.“We're always hoping that people can see the value of what we do and donate to our cause,” said Rivers. “So once we decided or once they decided to come up with that mission. That's when we got a different drive. You know, we went from just partying and having fun on the hill to gathering funds to support young athletes of color so that we could promote them and get them to training, develop them into elite racers.”This is a conversation that blends the passion for skiing we all share, along with a special message of diversity. Take a listen to this episode of Last Chair featuring Henri Rivers: Bringing Diversity to the Mountain. How did you discover skiing yourself?I grew up in Jamaica, Queens, in New York. Around ten years old, my parents moved us up to upstate New York – a little town called Big Indian in the Catskills, about six miles from Belleayre Mountain and 10 miles from Phoenicia Ski Center. By Thanksgiving, you had three feet of snow outside. Either you stayed inside from Thanksgiving to March or you found a way to make all that snow out there your friend. I found a pair of skis in the attic of my parents' hotel – skis, boots and poles. I tried them on and they all fit.But how did you learn?I had no clue what I was doing. I figured out how to lace up the boots and strap in. They were cable bindings. I would put them on and I would just push off and go straight down the hill until there was an obstacle. And whenever a tree popped up, I would just tip over and fall. As a skier in the Catskills back then, you probably were the only person of color on the mountain. How was that?That was part of life. That's part of the American society. In most areas, if you're outside of an urban community, you're usually one of the only persons of color. Now you ratchet that up a little bit more when you're in a mountain community. You're definitely one of the only people of color. I was fortunate there was a guy a couple of years ahead of me in high school. He was such a phenomenal skier. And I'm telling you as a kid, my eyes would be wide open. You ask how it felt. It really didn't have any different feeling because that was society at that time. That was the community you were in. So just because we're skiing now, it's still the same community. If you were the only person of color, you will look at it a little differently, of course. You develop a thick skin because just living life was hard enough. Now you're into the ski world, into their environment. And it was the same thing. So you dealt with it the same way.This year we're celebrating 50 years of the National Brotherhood of Skiers. It's quite an amazing history.You know, that is something that I think about often going back to 1973, 1972. These two gentlemen (Art Clay and Ben Finley) decided to get together, form a bond and bring as many Black ski clubs as they could across the United States and gather them and get them to ski together. They wanted to ski together for several reasons. Camaraderie and definitely security. Getting together with a group of people that enjoy the same thing you do, and that look the same as you do, tends to give you a little bit higher safety factor. And then you wouldn't have to worry about some of the rhetoric or some of the things that were said in your direction because they wouldn't be said when you were there in numbers. So as a result of coming together and enjoying the sport and finding that many Black skiers were proficient skiers, it wasn't like a bunch of people skiing down, bumbling and falling. And, you know, they were quite proficient. And after the ski community saw that, I think they accepted it more and more.Henri, what role did NBS play in the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020?Everything stopped. May 25th, George Floyd gets murdered in the street, and we all see this. My phone rang off the hook every single day from the ski industry. We had large resorts, large manufacturers write letters in support of Black Lives Matter. So they were looking to the National Brotherhood of Skiers for guidance on how should they move forward in supporting human equality and to try to stop the racist system that exists.Henri, one of the things I've learned from you is that sometimes racism isn't very overt. Can you give an example.The first thing that comes to me is this. You have a black skier or a group of black skiers that will come to a ski area. White skiers will come to them and, you know, be a little bit too overly helpful. ‘Oh, let me show you how to put on your boots. Oh, your boot goes here into these little black things called bindings.' And, don't get me wrong, if you've never been on skis, you do need some guidance. But just because they're just coming up onto the hill doesn't mean they've never skied before. So you get people that want to help them or direct them. And sometimes it's a little bit too much. And that can be thought of as microaggressions that are unnecessary.You've been a big supporter of Ski Utah's Discover Winter program. What makes it unique?They've done their homework and the program is going well. I was fortunate that Raelene Davis reached out and invited this out to watch the program and to be involved with one of the weekends. What they're doing is hitting a different demographic. The other winter outreach programs, they're looking at small children, eight to 18, which is ideal. We need them. But, none of the programs have ever really focused on that 20-year-old plus population. We don't want to lose them. So this is great what they're doing.A famous person you've skied with?Bode MillerListen to Henri Rivers' fascinating story on Last Chair from the boyhood passion for skiing he developed to his leadership role helping the ski industry make a difference in bringing diversity to the mountain. Discover WinterNow in its second season, Ski Utah's Discover Winter program has taken a different approach to help bring people of color to the mountains. While most diversity programs focus on youth, Discover Winter has set its sights on adults, offering turnkey programs to introduce newcomers to skiing and snowboarding at seven different Utah resorts.Debuting in 2021-22, the program introduced 140 to snow sports. A year later, 89% of them are still skiing or riding. This year, 150 new participants took part in four different introductory sessions. It truly is a turnkey program with complimentary jackets, pants, gloves, goggles, socks and neck gaiters provided. Rental gear and instruction is also included, as is bus transportation to the resorts. And when you complete the program you get a Ski Utah Yeti Pass, with a lift ticket to each of Utah's 15 resorts.In just two seasons, Discover Winter has truly touched its target market with a broad range of participants including both native Utahns and immigrants from literally around the world.“What I like about Ski Utah's Discover Winter program is that they are targeting the 20 plus year age,” said National Brotherhood of Skiers President Henri Rivers.  “I think that age demographic is pivotal. And their retention rate is pretty good.”To learn more about Discover Winter, check out the Ski Utah website.National Brotherhood of SkiersIn the early 1970s, skiers of color on the slopes were a real rarity. An exception were the Black ski clubs that dotted the country. When Ben Finley from Los Angeles and Art Clay from Chicago met, the two club presidents decided that they needed to bring all the clubs together into what became the annual Black Summit. This season, the National Brotherhood of Skiers will celebrate its 50th anniversary.From the very start, NBS had a sense of purpose. One was to socialize – and the annual Black Summit quickly became skiing's biggest party! But more deeply, the organization wanted to focus on challenges unique to the Black skiing population. Out of that grew its still omnipresent mission to put a Black skier onto the U.S. Ski Team and on to the Olympics.

Since the day he found an old pair of skis in his family's hotel attic, Henri Rivers has found a special joy in skiing. It didn't matter to him that he was the only black skier on his high school ski team. He just loved to ski. Today, as president of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), Rivers is making a difference helping the ski industry better understand how to embrace black skiers with programs like Ski Utah's Discover Winter.The first thing that strikes you when you meet Rivers is not that he is black, but the importance of family and his passion for skiing that comes through quickly in a conversation. Before they married, he told fiancé Karen that he would be skiing six months a year. Without hesitation, she learned to ski and is always at his side. And it became the same for their triplets, who have long been a part of their family ski trips to the mountains!Since he found that old pair of wooden skis with leather thongs when he was 10, skiing has been a part of his life. He long ago discovered NBS and passionately engaged in the organization's mission to put a black skier onto the U.S. Ski Team. It was pretty natural for the outgoing Rivers to take on the presidency of NBS in early March, 2020. What was not natural was the pandemic that swept the world a few weeks later, or the Black Lives Matter uprising that came that May.Within NBS, he held the organization together through the pandemic. Outside of NBS, he became one of the most sought-out leaders in the sport as ski industry executives from every corner reached out to him for help navigating the diversity waters.This month he will preside over the 50th anniversary of the National Brotherhood of Skiers when it comes together for Black Summit.But what he's most proud of is the undying support NBS has provided towards its mission of advancing Black athletes in the sport. He speaks proudly of athletes of the past, and with eagerness when he talks about today's Team NBS. And he's set lofty fundraising goals for the organization to support the cause.“We're always hoping that people can see the value of what we do and donate to our cause,” said Rivers. “So once we decided or once they decided to come up with that mission. That's when we got a different drive. You know, we went from just partying and having fun on the hill to gathering funds to support young athletes of color so that we could promote them and get them to training, develop them into elite racers.”This is a conversation that blends the passion for skiing we all share, along with a special message of diversity. Take a listen to this episode of Last Chair featuring Henri Rivers: Bringing Diversity to the Mountain. How did you discover skiing yourself?I grew up in Jamaica, Queens, in New York. Around ten years old, my parents moved us up to upstate New York – a little town called Big Indian in the Catskills, about six miles from Belleayre Mountain and 10 miles from Phoenicia Ski Center. By Thanksgiving, you had three feet of snow outside. Either you stayed inside from Thanksgiving to March or you found a way to make all that snow out there your friend. I found a pair of skis in the attic of my parents' hotel – skis, boots and poles. I tried them on and they all fit.But how did you learn?I had no clue what I was doing. I figured out how to lace up the boots and strap in. They were cable bindings. I would put them on and I would just push off and go straight down the hill until there was an obstacle. And whenever a tree popped up, I would just tip over and fall. As a skier in the Catskills back then, you probably were the only person of color on the mountain. How was that?That was part of life. That's part of the American society. In most areas, if you're outside of an urban community, you're usually one of the only persons of color. Now you ratchet that up a little bit more when you're in a mountain community. You're definitely one of the only people of color. I was fortunate there was a guy a couple of years ahead of me in high school. He was such a phenomenal skier. And I'm telling you as a kid, my eyes would be wide open. You ask how it felt. It really didn't have any different feeling because that was society at that time. That was the community you were in. So just because we're skiing now, it's still the same community. If you were the only person of color, you will look at it a little differently, of course. You develop a thick skin because just living life was hard enough. Now you're into the ski world, into their environment. And it was the same thing. So you dealt with it the same way.This year we're celebrating 50 years of the National Brotherhood of Skiers. It's quite an amazing history.You know, that is something that I think about often going back to 1973, 1972. These two gentlemen (Art Clay and Ben Finley) decided to get together, form a bond and bring as many Black ski clubs as they could across the United States and gather them and get them to ski together. They wanted to ski together for several reasons. Camaraderie and definitely security. Getting together with a group of people that enjoy the same thing you do, and that look the same as you do, tends to give you a little bit higher safety factor. And then you wouldn't have to worry about some of the rhetoric or some of the things that were said in your direction because they wouldn't be said when you were there in numbers. So as a result of coming together and enjoying the sport and finding that many Black skiers were proficient skiers, it wasn't like a bunch of people skiing down, bumbling and falling. And, you know, they were quite proficient. And after the ski community saw that, I think they accepted it more and more.Henri, what role did NBS play in the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020?Everything stopped. May 25th, George Floyd gets murdered in the street, and we all see this. My phone rang off the hook every single day from the ski industry. We had large resorts, large manufacturers write letters in support of Black Lives Matter. So they were looking to the National Brotherhood of Skiers for guidance on how should they move forward in supporting human equality and to try to stop the racist system that exists.Henri, one of the things I've learned from you is that sometimes racism isn't very overt. Can you give an example.The first thing that comes to me is this. You have a black skier or a group of black skiers that will come to a ski area. White skiers will come to them and, you know, be a little bit too overly helpful. ‘Oh, let me show you how to put on your boots. Oh, your boot goes here into these little black things called bindings.' And, don't get me wrong, if you've never been on skis, you do need some guidance. But just because they're just coming up onto the hill doesn't mean they've never skied before. So you get people that want to help them or direct them. And sometimes it's a little bit too much. And that can be thought of as microaggressions that are unnecessary.You've been a big supporter of Ski Utah's Discover Winter program. What makes it unique?They've done their homework and the program is going well. I was fortunate that Raelene Davis reached out and invited this out to watch the program and to be involved with one of the weekends. What they're doing is hitting a different demographic. The other winter outreach programs, they're looking at small children, eight to 18, which is ideal. We need them. But, none of the programs have ever really focused on that 20-year-old plus population. We don't want to lose them. So this is great what they're doing.A famous person you've skied with?Bode MillerListen to Henri Rivers' fascinating story on Last Chair from the boyhood passion for skiing he developed to his leadership role helping the ski industry make a difference in bringing diversity to the mountain. Discover WinterNow in its second season, Ski Utah's Discover Winter program has taken a different approach to help bring people of color to the mountains. While most diversity programs focus on youth, Discover Winter has set its sights on adults, offering turnkey programs to introduce newcomers to skiing and snowboarding at seven different Utah resorts.Debuting in 2021-22, the program introduced 140 to snow sports. A year later, 89% of them are still skiing or riding. This year, 150 new participants took part in four different introductory sessions. It truly is a turnkey program with complimentary jackets, pants, gloves, goggles, socks and neck gaiters provided. Rental gear and instruction is also included, as is bus transportation to the resorts. And when you complete the program you get a Ski Utah Yeti Pass, with a lift ticket to each of Utah's 15 resorts.In just two seasons, Discover Winter has truly touched its target market with a broad range of participants including both native Utahns and immigrants from literally around the world.“What I like about Ski Utah's Discover Winter program is that they are targeting the 20 plus year age,” said National Brotherhood of Skiers President Henri Rivers.  “I think that age demographic is pivotal. And their retention rate is pretty good.”To learn more about Discover Winter, check out the Ski Utah website.National Brotherhood of SkiersIn the early 1970s, skiers of color on the slopes were a real rarity. An exception were the Black ski clubs that dotted the country. When Ben Finley from Los Angeles and Art Clay from Chicago met, the two club presidents decided that they needed to bring all the clubs together into what became the annual Black Summit. This season, the National Brotherhood of Skiers will celebrate its 50th anniversary.From the very start, NBS had a sense of purpose. One was to socialize – and the annual Black Summit quickly became skiing's biggest party! But more deeply, the organization wanted to focus on challenges unique to the Black skiing population. Out of that grew its still omnipresent mission to put a Black skier onto the U.S. Ski Team and on to the Olympics.

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NC State got out to an early lead and had a defense that held tough all day long, but couldn't finish offensively in a 16-12 loss to Maryland in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. Michael Clark and Cory Smith discuss the loss, how it happened and look ahead to the offseason. How much of a hindrance was Ben Finley's performance for the offense? Why couldn't the running game get going against Maryland's defense? What did Friday's game say about the defense's strength all season long? The guys cover all of that and more on the Postgame Podcast!

Besides the fact that I can't believe that there's actually a bowl game where the winning coach gets mayo dumped on him, this game features two teams who fell short of fairly high expectations. Who will show up motivated? Will Taulia Tagovialoa play like the best QB in the game, or will he be erratic? Will NC State have MJ Morris at QB, or Ben Finley? We talk a bit about the QB situations for both, opt-outs, and how, despite losing four top receiving weapons, how Maryland actually still may hold an edge with offensive skill players. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bigtenfootballtalk/support

Besides the fact that I can't believe that there's actually a bowl game where the winning coach gets mayo dumped on him, this game features two teams who fell short of fairly high expectations. Who will show up motivated? Will Taulia Tagovialoa play like the best QB in the game, or will he be erratic? Will NC State have MJ Morris at QB, or Ben Finley? We talk a bit about the QB situations for both, opt-outs, and how, despite losing four top receiving weapons, how Maryland actually still may hold an edge with offensive skill players. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bigtenfootballtalk/support

Yesterday in Chapel Hill, NC State was able to claim bragging rights for another 365 days as they defeated North Carolina with a 30-27 double overtime win. Players such as Ben Finley and Thayer Thomas were fired up, and head coach Dave Doeren expressed his emotions regarding the win.

NC State went into Chapel Hill with a fourth-string quarterback and came away with a massive win to close out the regular season. Michael Clark and Cory Smith take a look back on the win for NC State in Chapel Hill to move to 8-4 (4-4 ACC) on the season. How did the Pack pull off the upset? What went so right for Ben Finley and the offense (in the first half, at least)? Who stood out for the Pack's defense? How significant was this win for the program on and off the field? We'll cover it all on the postgame podcast!

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (4:15).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments ImagesExtra Information Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 11-4-22. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the weeks of November 7 and November 14, 2022.  This is a revised version of an episode from November 2014.SOUND – 3 seconds – “Mayday!  Mayday!  Anybody got a copy?”  In this episode, in honor of Veterans Day on November 11, we focus on the “anybody” that did copy and respond to the distress call you just heard: that is, the U.S. Coast Guard.  Have a listen for about 45 seconds more of the Coast Guard's first response to that vessel sinking off Virginia's coast in April 2010. SOUND – 46 seconds – Boater: “I've struck an object and my boat is going down.  It's going down fast.”  Coast Guard: “Vessel in district, this is Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads.  Request to know your GPS position.  Over.” Boater: “I'm unable to get a GPS position.  I'm off South, South Cape, about three miles off South Cape.  I've gotta deploy my raft.  She's goin' under.” Coast Guard: “Captain, request to know if you have a life jacket on.  Over.” Boater: “I do have a life jacket on.” Coast Guard:  “Hello all stations.  This is United States Coast Guard, Hampton Roads, Virginia, Sector.  Time 0737 local, the Coast Guard has received a report of a vessel taking on water and going down, with one person on board. … All vessels in the vicinity are requested to keep a sharp lookout, assist if possible, and advise the Coast Guard of all sightings.”The Coast Guard began in 1790 as a 10-ship fleet established to enforce trade laws and reduce smuggling.  In 1915, Congress merged this fleet—by then called the Revenue Cutter Service—with the U.S. Life Saving Service to form the Coast Guard as a branch of the nation's military forces.  Later, the Lighthouse Service and the functions of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, also became part of the Coast Guard.  Today's missions include law enforcement; national defense and homeland security; marine safety; environmental protection; navigation; and search and rescue activities, including the rescue of 13 people from a fishing vessel in the Atlantic off Virginia's coast just this past October 28.  Virginia's connections to the Coast Guard range from George Washington presiding over the establishment of the revenue cutter fleet; to life-saving stations put in service in the 1800s; to the first ice-breaking by a revenue cutter in the Chesapeake Bay in 1906; to today's several active units, including the large Portsmouth base, which started as a depot for lighthouse equipment and is now headquarters for the Coast Guard's Fifth District.Thanks to the Coast Guard for this long history of service “through surf and storm and howling gale,” as the lyrics say in the Coast Guard anthem, “Semper Paratus,” the Latin for “always ready.”  And we close with a short sample of that anthem, played by the U.S. Coast Guard Band. MUSIC -  22 seconds – instrumental. SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close this episode.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Virginia Water Radio episode revises and replaces Episode 239, 11-10-14. This episode's sound was excerpted from “Rudee Inlet Rescue Distress Call,” April 2, 2010, a public-domain recording of a U.S. Coast Guard radio communication from Portsmouth, Va., accessed at the audio link of the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS), online at http://www.dvidshub.net/audio/34895/rudee-inlet-rescue-distress-call#.VGDcZMm_4_t. The U.S. Coast Guard Band's performance of the Coast Guard anthem, “Semper Paratus” (arrangement by Matthew Lake) was accessed November 10, 2014, at the Band's Web site, http://www.uscg.mil/band/recordings.asp, which stated at the time that “The Coast Guard Band produces CD recordings for public relations, educational purposes, public libraries, and morale purposes. ...MP3 recordings are made available here by permission.”  That Web site was not longer available as of November 7, 2022.Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com. IMAGES Old Coast Guard Station in Virginia Beach, Va., October 17, 2014.  The station was built in 1903 by the U.S. Life-saving Service, one of the predecessors of the U.S. Coast Guard.  Photo by Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert, accessed online at http://www.dvidshub.net/image/1636546/old-coast-guard-station-virginia-beach#.VGDt6sm_4_s.U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater (right), escorting vessels during Operation Sail 2012 in Norfolk, part of the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.  Photo by Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class David Marin, accessed online at http://www.dvidshub.net/image/595969/coast-guard-leads-parade-ships#.VGDspMm_4_s.EXTRA INFORMATION ABOUT VETERANS DAY The information below is quoted from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “History of Veterans Day,” last updated July 20, 2015, accessed online at https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp, 11/3/22. “World War I—known at the time as ‘The Great War'—officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France.  However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.  For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of ‘the war to end all wars.' “…In November 1919, [U.S.] President [Woodrow] Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: ‘To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…'  The original concept for the celebration was for a day observed with parades and public meetings and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m. “The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words: Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed, and Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared November 11 to be a legal holiday, Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples. “An Act [of Congress] (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day.' Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen in the Nation's history, [and] after American forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word ‘Armistice' and inserting in its place the word ‘Veterans.' With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.” SOURCES Used for Audio City of Portsmouth, Va., “Official Coast Guard City,” online at https://www.portsmouthva.gov/603/Official-Coast-Guard-City. Steve Jones, “Old Coast Guard Station Museum” [Virginia Beach, Va.], online at https://www.virginiabeach.com/listing/attractions-museums/old-coast-guard-station-museum. Military.com, “Coast Guard Birthday,” online at https://www.military.com/coast-guard-birthday. Militarybases.com, “Virginia Military Bases,” online at https://militarybases.com/virginia/. Mark Pratt and Ben Finley, “Coast Guard: 13 Rescued from Sinking Vessel off Virginia,” October 31, 2022, Associated Press, as published by Military.com, online at https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/31/coast-guard-13-rescued-sinking-vessel-off-virginia.html, as of 11-3-22. William H. Thiesen [U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian], “The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard's Fifth District—Home of Founders, Firsts and Flight for over 230 years!”  February 26, 2021, online at https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/2508958/the-long-blue-line-coast-guards-fifth-districthome-of-founders-firsts-and-fligh/. U.S. Coast Guard, main Web site, online at https://www.uscg.mil/.  Specific pages used were the following:“Frequently Asked Questions,” online at https://www.history.uscg.mil/Frequently-Asked-Questions/;“History,” online at https://www.history.uscg.mil/;“History/Timeline 1700-1800,” online at https://www.history.uscg.mil/Complete-Time-Line/Time-Line-1700-1800/;“Missions,” online at https://www.history.uscg.mil/home/Missions/;“Moments in History: 200th Anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1990, online (as a PDF) at https://media.defense.gov/2020/May/21/2002303961/-1/-1/0/MOMENTSINHISTORY.PDF;“Semper Paratus (Always Ready)—The Official Coast Guard Marching Song,” online at https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/History-Heritage-Traditions/Semper-Paratus/;“Traveling Inspection Staff,” online at https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Traveling-Inspector-Staff-CG-5P-TI/history/. U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, “Sector Virginia,” online at https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Atlantic-Area/Units/District-5/Sector-Virginia/. For More Information about Veterans Day U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “History of Veterans Day,” last updated July 20, 2015, online at https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp; and “Veterans Day,” online at https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See especially the “Community/Organizations” and “History” subject categories. Following are links to other episodes for Veterans Day. Episode 289, 11-9-15 – Navy.Episode 341, 11-7-16 – Air Force.Episode 394, 11-13-17 –  Army.Episode 446, 11-12-18 – Marine Corps.Episode 498, 11-11-19 – All U.S. military services except the Space Force. FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grade 66.9 – Humans impact the environment and individuals can influence public policy decisions related to energy and the environment. Earth ScienceES.6 – Resource use is complex.  2015 Social Studies SOLs Grades K-3 Civics Theme3.12 – Importance of government in community, Virginia, and the United States, including government protecting rights and property of individuals. Virginia Studies CourseVS.10 – Knowledge of government, geography, and economics in present-day Virginia. United States History to 1865 CourseUSI.5 – Factors that shaped colonial America and conditions in the colonies, including how people interacted with the environment to produce goods and service. United States History: 1865-to-Present CourseUSII.6 – Social, economic, and technological changes from the 1890s to 1945.USII.9 – Domestic and international issues during the second half of the 20th Century and the early 21st Century.Civics and Economics CourseCE.6 – Government at the national level.Virginia and United States History CourseVUS.14 – Political and social conditions in the 21st Century.

Show notes:Links:Hook RelaySSL Server TestSecond brand marketing tips Twitter thread XhtmlchopHook Relay Twitter announcementHook Relay blog announcementDerrick Reimer & Corey Haines Product Hunt launch Startup Director List Indie Hackers launch repeatedly Not very accurate auto-generated transcript:Ben - you know, last week I recorded a quick little message talking about why we weren't recording our podcast. That was in the middle of the let's encrypt ssl certificate fiasco that swept across the internet and you know, at the time it really didn't feel like a huge problem. Uh like from our perspective there wasn't much of an impact, but there was some impact, but then later on that day and the next day I was reading some articles and like apparently it was a pretty big deal for a lot of people. So uh yeah, wasn't wasn't just us, it's one Josh - of those things like I could just kept seeing it more and more like just pop up in random places though to like, not, not necessarily in our world, but it was just like affected all kinds of different things. Ben - Yeah, yeah, so shout out to ssL labs for their ssl testing tool to put a link to that in the show notes. Whenever you have a question about your ssl you should check that first because it does tell you when, when things are bad. Josh - Yeah, I hadn't used that tool before and it was very very helpful on customer support. Especially like sending to people and we needed to like prove that we were, we were not at fault like you know, it gave us like a smoking gun that we could. Yeah. Yeah. Really great. Starr - That's always a weird thing to do in customer services and it's like um it's like no, actually like I found the line in the library you mentioned. That's actually the problem. It does everything to do with this. Yeah. Yeah. And then um and then facebook goes down so I'm thinking I'm thinking we are like, like spooky Tober is starting up like things are starting to get witchy. Josh - I kind of like I I was like checked out the day facebook went down so I like missed most of like the fun on whatever online and I guess on what the other social networks that didn't go down, twitter mostly. But yeah, that's kind of wild. The story that I at least what I picked up. Yeah, I'm not on facebook. So Starr - my favorite part is how they house since everything was tied together, they couldn't get access to the building. They have the servers to do the like you know, manual physical reset then you had to do Josh - because of that security. Starr - Yeah. Like that's like I don't know that. It seems like it's out of some sort of movie or something. Yeah. It's just like a comedy. Josh - They like accidentally deleted their private keys to the building or something. Starr - Yeah. Or maybe like in oceans  type movie where um like they like the crew does that like the cruise like well if we mess with their DNS records and they'll be locked out of the hotel for six hours, let's give us time to like airlift the loot out. Josh - Yeah. Or what about like just like mission impossible. But with nerds. Uh huh. You know like trying to break into the building. Starr - I mean that's what we are here at found requests aren't right. Mission impossible with. Starr - Okay. Um So in addition to all that um just terrible stuff happening, there was um some good stuff happened. We had our, you know we have the hook relay, we did a little launch to our user base or honey badger user base. Um Do you wanna talk about that a little bit? Ben - Yeah that was that was the day before the ssl problem. So Josh - that was it. Yeah that's maybe that's why I was like the details. I was like trying to like remember what I did last week or whatever and I was like I could and then I remembered I'm like how did I forget about the hook really launch. But yeah, maybe that's I spent the next day, like on support. Ben - Yeah, yeah. Unfortunately, who really was impacted by the ssl thing. And so like, the day after our launch day, we had to deal with the on fire kind of situation. But you know, props to kevin very quickly finding that issue and fixing it. And uh, it's nice to have, you know, the service, uh, deployment that we have, pushing it out was quick. That was that was nice. But yeah, we, we were able Josh - to help some people on twitter because we, uh, we did some crowd sourced troubleshooting and yeah, we're able to share our fix with a few friends. So that was heroes. Hopefully we Starr - were, hopefully we think people like you for everyone. Ben - Yeah, but I think think the launch went well. We had an email out to our, to leveling up mailing list and got a pretty good response right on that. We had put a banner up and on the, on the website and put a banner up on the app. And those had some pretty good click throughs as well. I'm just looking at the stats from Fathom this morning and yeah, it's a good good share of traffic from those sources. So it's nice to see that people care enough to click through and zero working on that was pretty cool. Josh - Yeah, because I think, I think like the, uh, it was, I felt pretty encouraged by just the, you know, the level of engagement that we got from, from everything, like it seems like, I mean the worst that could happen is like you put out the, you know, you put out everything that's just crickets, like, you know, and so yeah, I mean people signed up, we got some sign ups and we started, I mean like we've our support and feature request throughput has increased for sure on like from almost zero to something. So, you know, we got, we got some feature requests coming in, that's that's all good. Starr - Alright. I suppose we should mention what hook really is and why people should be interested in it. Um since, yeah, that's some people might want to know, Ben - are you gonna tell the star what it is? Oh, I, I mean, I'm trying to find out Starr - your, well, uh, I'm on the edge of my Ben - seat over here. Starr - There you go. I don't know. Hook relay is an enterprise level Blockchain analysis tool. It's not love it, look really uh, lets you have um, web hooks that are, you know, as high quality of stripes. Web looks like very high quality, very fully featured and just like a couple of minutes without much code or work. And um yeah, and honey badger. We have a lot of, you know, web hooks that go out and stuff and we use that for all of ours, I think right now for some of them at least. And yeah, so so that's what it is. Ben - Yeah, great for debugging and in the past week I've been doing a little side project that has inbound web books and so uh since I don't have it's launched yet, it's been handling my inbound web books for me and just storing them so I can go back and you play the we play the payloads against my uh my test instance. And uh there's a there's a button in hickory. They that I think I think kevin added, which I'm totally in love with now it's the copy as curl button. And so I can just click that button and dropping my terminal and boom, now I have a curl payload that I can send to my my dove, you know, server great. Starr - So you can be so so the the thing you're working on the like you can just like go do other things and will collect your inbound web hooks like just like your Jeffrey Bezos or something like you could be on the beach um doing whatever you want and then just um yeah, then just copy the curl Ben - you got it. Yeah. And then and then even better once I do launch, I would just add my production U. R. L. As the hook relay in point and then we'll actually start delivering them. So I want to change anything with that web provider that's sitting in the stuff right? Josh - Doesn't have as replay to right, Like if you if you have a bunch, can we do we do that add or? Yeah there Ben - is a re send button so you can okay you can send it again. Josh - So like for local development you could also like pointed out like an end rock like to your local host or something and replacing my books or something if you wanted to do if you wanted to do it in real time. Right? Yeah, Starr - that's cool. Yeah, pretty heavy. Josh - Maybe we should make like a like a hook relay native End Rock. They just like, you know, you can spin up your hook directly to your local host or something. That would be kind of cool. Ben - I had the same thought this morning. Yeah like stripe provides you a cli tool that will listen to their web hooks and then relate it to your local instance while you're developing. I'm like oh yeah, we should have the same thing really. So they can just listen to your endpoint and suck it down and replay it for you with it on the feature list. Josh - Yeah I do. Starr - I mean what's there? There is a danger here though that like if you make it too easy for people like they might not feel like they're being productive or like they really bring much value. Like if you make it also turnkey for developers and so easy. Like the developer just might be like what what am I even here for What's my job? Josh - You wouldn't feel like a hacker anymore. Starr - No, no, like that's something we've got to watch out for as we move forward boldly. Josh - Well how do you like write some like assembly code for a capture or something? Mhm. Josh - So yeah, we got a lot of the ideas for the uh hook relay uh launched a honey badger customers through a tweet that I had sent out a few weeks before just asking like like what's the best way to um launch for, you know, for what company with one product to launch another product and let their existing customers. No, and ah asking twitter is always, I mean it's usually helpful at least in our indie hacker space, everyone's always got ideas so we got a lot of good ideas from people there um including I think one of, one of the ideas was like depending how far along we are, like, you know, do you make a separate brand or like how do you like, like how does it change the, like the parent company, you know, if you're moving from, Josh - You know, a one product company to multiple products. That's all, that's all interesting. We opted just, you know, we're kind of like honey badger is the company and then it's hook relay by honey badger, I think it's kind of our our approach there but there's a lot of different ways you can do it. Ben - Yeah the one the one snag on that has been the other day. I was poking around in stripe and I was looking at the email setting options. They have, you can, you know, have stripes and emails when a payment fails for example and then it points them back to a payment collection page. I was like, yeah, we should have that, it's like click the button to turn it on and I preview the email and the, it's based on the business name. So uh it says oh honey badger industries LLC, you know, payment page or whatever. And I was like, well people who are hungry customers aren't really going to recognize that name necessarily. Uh so I Ben - can't have that. And so I went dug around the stripe settings and it's like, well you can't really do anything but the actual business name on that particular page, even though on the end of stripe settings you can set the credit card like, you know, that shows up on the actual payment thing, you can change that and uh so that's set in our case to hook dot gov but you can't change the the email header from to be something different from the business name and well we haven't registered cookery they as a business name because it's like yeah, it's just a, it's just a product, right? So I didn't feel comfortable changing that in stripe because like, well it's really not our business name so I think what can you Josh - do like a D. B. A. Or something? Yeah. Ben - Yeah that's what I thought it's like, well I guess perhaps it's time to register that? D be a for every day so I can actually change the business name and blah blah. Josh - Yeah. It's kind of exciting though, like all the all these, you know, new problems come up, but it's because we have this new product that has to become more official. So um we're like we were also talking about like like now that we actually have some people using it, we're gonna need a way to like notify them of changes to the product or improvements or you know, all the all the little infrastructure things that we have for honey badger that we haven't quite gotten around to yet on hook relay. Mm Ben - Yeah, these are nice, nice things to deal with as opposed to like crickets. Josh - Yeah. Ben - So glad that somebody showed up to actually use the app. Nice. Josh - So next up for hook relay is this quarter, we've decided to do some uh spend some additional time on product development and implement some of those feature requests. I think that should be uh should be a good time. Ben - Yeah, I think I think we have a backlog of like  or so items and in good health, so I think we have plenty of stuff that we could keep us busy for the next few months on a greeting. It's cool. Starr - Yeah and you were talking about taking a, um, and sort of multi lunch approach, right? We just got out of always been watching. Yeah, always be launching. So we're going to just have from now on every episode of this podcast, we're just gonna launch really, I'm gonna make people explain what it is. Uh, Josh - next week is show hacker news. Starr - Yeah. Yeah. So I guess at some point like you have to just call these things campaigns and instead of launches, but it feels very dynamic to call them launches. Josh - Yeah. Well you got to call him a launch. Like for the sake of the whatever platform you're your campaign is speaking to because you know, you got to make them feel special first. It's the launch for them. It's, you know, it's, it's for them. It's, it's a, you know, it's the first launch ever. I've never heard of us before, I'm sure. Starr - Oh, that makes sense. It's like you're launching the campaign, Josh - right? Yes, you're launching the campaign. So I think we'll probably be doing, I will do a show H N. And we'll do a, we'll probably do something with indie hackers at some point. I imagine. Um, there's a list, I, I saw a list somewhere, I'll take it if I can find it, but just a list of like all those little, like all those, like a big list of platforms basically like that that you can, you know, forearms basically. But Ben - yeah, you know, we should go, we should go old school and we should do regional launches. Like I used to work for a company where it was very much local and so like every, every few months would be a new city. We're gonna send the crew, we're gonna set up stuff and we're gonna launch in this city. So we should totally do that. Like we should start and of course here in the Seattle area and then branch out to California and then you move across the country and you're saying Josh - we're gonna do a national tour. Starr - Does that mean you like, can we get a bus, you lock access based on geo location? A very p Ben - it's like, yeah, sorry, we're not in your area yet. Please check Josh - back. Mhm. Ben - Please sign up to be notified when we're in your area. Starr - Nice. Josh - Well if we do regional launches, we might have to have regional managers. Oh, you know, I gotta think about your chart. Mhm. Josh - Yeah. So I think like the launch, you know, there's a lot of small places you can kind of launch to. Um, I think the big one that is on our um, on our radar is product cut. But I think we're quite, you know, based on the advice, we've heard about doing an effective like initial product launch. It sounds like maybe it would be better to polish polish the product hops and feedback feedback about it. Maybe like be a little bit more established or something. Um it just seems like the, the products lately that have been really had really successful product launches have been, have had like um they put were like a lot of work into the actual like launch campaign Josh - before products like had a video and some of them almost seem like Kickstarter quality type campaigns or something, I don't know how over the top we're going to go, but I think that the current plan is to uh you know, kind of do some of the smaller things and implement some feedback and start to, you know, we might we're planning on doing like a redesign of the website eventually um with what we learn, so um then you have a designer in progress I think Ben - Yeah, three years. Yeah, yeah, first I guess it's the first time we've had an external designer working on one of our products, so we have a we have Josh - someone do, we had someone do the honey badger website at one point started, I think you did yeah, yeah, way back, I thought that was all star Starr - um now I built it, I built the html but I built it based off of uh like pds or something. Ben - Yeah, well this time it's being built so it's even more hands off, that's nice uh someone reached out to me on twitter and uh we mentioned a few episodes ago that we were getting this design done and I didn't know at the time what kind of built was option we had, whether it's going to be a tailwind, which is what our new hotness these days that we love or is going to be something else and it's going to be something else going to bootstrap, but even bootstraps as long as as long as we can modify it, that's that's my thing. Like, I remember back and way, way back in the day before a bootstrap when we were doing, you know, freelancing for people, we would get those designs from the designers and it would be a PSD Ben - right? And then I had no, no way to really deal with that. And so I would send it off to this chop chop shot. Yeah. X. Html shop I think was the name of the business, I think they're still around even and and they would they would take the PSD and convert it into html and CSS, which was, you know, of questionable quality I guess. I mean it worked, but it's like, oh, it's ugly, like just like I don't ever want to touch that and uh and being able to actually have like a designer give you html CSS and it's actually going to be, you know, structured like in the same way because it's based on a framework like Duceppe like that's that's awesome. That's much as Josh - an alternate, like tabs and spaces. Mhm Ben - Yeah, the good old days Starr - they just wanted to keep you on your toes josh. Josh - I remember, yeah, I used to do why I didn't do, I wasn't a chop shop, but I used to, you know, implement my own Photoshop, um, yeah, designs and html and stuff and yeah, that was, that was fun. Like getting all the pixel dimensions and the, you know, in your overall Photoshop layout, piecing it all together. Kind of like, it's kind of like a puzzle. Like you're putting a puzzle together. Starr - Yeah. I mean they called it a chop shop because like it was, they made a lot of, they made big use of the slice tool in Photoshop. Josh - Yeah. Starr - Where you basically, you basically went in and you know, you couldn't do CSS borders or drop shadows or anything like that. I mean, I guess you could do borders but not like nice. They didn't have rounded corners. They didn't drop shadows, anything like that. And so, um, you basically had to go and like tell Photoshop like, okay, like, like you could you tell it to split up the image in these parts and then like, you know, leave make this middle sort of a place for you to put some html so you can put stuff in the middle of your box and then, I don't know, it was just, it was not the best and so a lot of that bad. Html and CSS was, I mean, I imagine a lot of it was auto generated. Yeah. Josh - Yeah. Yeah. There were even some, some tools just to like that, you know, you kind of like dry your borders and stuff and fill out, I don't know, like fill out some stuff in the app and then it just like generates the html page for you. And that was always like the worst, like the absolute worst thing you could go with. But you know, it, I guess the people's standards weren't as high in those days either. So you could get away with a lot, Starr - I guess not. Josh - But yeah, we'll, uh, we'll get to product hunt eventually. And uh, yeah, I guess if if you as a listener have a tip for us on how to get a good product launch, go and let us know. Um, and also we will hopefully involve, um, we're gonna want to like bring in our networks to this, I think eventually. So, uh, yeah, I hope that all of our listeners will, um, will help us when the time comes to, uh, to have a good product launch with lots of up votes and, you know, telling your friends and whatnot. Ben - And, and maybe we could even get one of our listeners who might be interested in a half a particular talent for doing a product promotion. Like we could even just hand out to someone and say, hey, go go do that for us. Josh - Yeah, that would be, that would be nice too. Because then we wouldn't have to do it ourselves. Yeah, like a product consultant. Ben - Exactly, there's gotta be some out there, I mean product has been around long enough now, there's got to be specialists. Right? Josh - Yeah. Well isn't that kind of uh Cory Haynes helped derek with for the cow? Right. Yeah. Yeah, Ben - I'm sure Corey is really busy, so if someone wants to be like Corey do that for us, that would be totally awesome. Josh - We just need a we just need a guru. Ben - I was surprised on the day I signed up for the uh product hunt rss feed, I put that in my news reader and I was I mean I've seen you know probably things on twitter from time to time and I click through and I look at stuff but I never really followed closely, I was surprised how many launches there are products on every day, There's a lot there, so I think you really got to stand out in some way to be able to mix them, get some head space because there's just a lot of competition for things on the products on, Josh - I gotta say like just the Indy hacker space, like not indie hackers dot com but like just the overall in the hacker community is just like wild lately, like I don't know about you but I feel like a total just like dinosaur. Um Like I feel like I've like like I'm becoming out of touch so I need to like I need to I probably need to pay a little more attention to like, you know what the what the new uh what the latest is? Starr - I think it's inevitable that you get out of touch, right? I mean that's that's why Josh - Yeah, but like people I don't I don't think there yet, like I don't I don't want to be there yet, I'm not ready for it start. Josh - Uh huh Ben - Yeah geriatric highly valued developers there we are Josh - now we're we're you know, we're getting back out there. We did our we did our Emma or any hackers Emma. Starr - Uh that's right Josh - yeah, we'll have to do it, we'll have to do some Amas for uh for relay to like all that sort of stuff. I just like that. I love that. Like it just think it seems like the ecosystem is just much, it's so much more developed than when we launched honey badger. There's so many more places to go, especially if you have a tool that appeals to like the, you know, developer, you know, I guess just developers and yeah Ben - and it feels like there's so many people in the community now who are, you know, identify in that group. Uh you know like there were three micro conferences in the past three weeks or four weeks right? There was to locals and then one in europe. So Uh that's just one indicator that there are a lot of people out there like us, you know definitely more than there were  years ago who are enjoying this life of building things and sell them to people. It's nice Josh - love. It's awesome. We should talk about um the Q one  marketing campaign that we have in the works for Hook really? Because I thought that was an interesting idea. The I guess I'll just say it the the idea, I think this was been your idea uh to basically we want we want to like try some marketing like you know, putting some dollars behind Hook really and see if we can actually generate some, you know new customers that way. And um we already have like a marketing budget and um like a bunch of you know ongoing relationships and campaigns and stuff that we run for honey badger. So the idea was to basically just like have a swap. Josh - Not I think we're gonna go with a quarter, not a month, like just basically try swapping out some of our advertisements for honey badger which are typically like um more like just kind of general awareness brand style. I'm like, you know, keep us top of mind sort of advertisements. Um you know like we do a lot of podcast ads and that sort of thing, newsletter sponsorships. So swap them out for a little while and just replace them with hook relay and uh you know, see how that goes um at this, you know, I guess a side benefit of that approach is that we we get to see what happens when we stop putting money into the honey badger advertising, which is always, I mean like that's a good experiment in its own like, Josh - you know, so I'm interested to see how that how that turns out both on both sides. Like you know, do we, do we lose any momentum with honey badger? Do we gain a lot of, you know, how much momentum do we gain with hook? Really? Ben - It feels like kind of like the pricing experiments that you're always nervous about doing because you don't know if you're going to like royally hose your business, you know, you won't and in our case you don't know for a while you have to let it play for a few months before you find out. Right. And so uh yeah, so switching the marketing like that feels like one of those experiments like well this could be really bad or it could be like there's no impact. And so it's like, oh well then maybe it's we re evaluate how we spend our marketing dollars for honey badger at that point, you know? So yeah, I'm pretty exciting, nervous and excited about trying that. Experiment Josh - my prediction. I'll make a prediction is that I don't I don't really think it's I don't I don't imagine it's going to uh have a huge impact on honey badger, like conversions and sign ups and all that at least not if we do, if we do like a quarter, I would all kind of be surprised if we see any difference if we, you know, as long as we resume at some point. Um Just because like a lot of our advertising and we just we really don't have like clear, you know, like clear objectives necessarily. It's more just like brand advertising. Like and we see we do see a lot of sign ups like Josh - of people coming to us because they heard us heard about us on a podcast, or they saw us in a newsletter, but it's not like click click through, it's not like a like pay per click or something or like click through this and you're gonna convert and we're going to track that. So I think like the it would be bad if we stopped advertising entirely for like a year or two because people forget about you. Like I think that's why we do advertising for the most part at this point, it's just like so people remember that we're here. Um and so that's my prediction is that I don't think we'll see a huge impact on honey badger. Um but I think that because no one knows about hook relay, it could potentially have a big impact for hook relay Starr - uh side now. Um you know, just all of it, all of our listeners, you all should really um you know, enable tracking on your browser's disable your ad blocks and that will make life a lot easier for us because we will be able to um, you know, track funnels a lot easier. So Josh - we can do, we can do marketing, do real marketing on the internet. Um we are using uh, we're using fathom on hook relay and they're like the privacy, whatever privacy first um analytics tool that a lot of people use these days and they're also indie hackers and I don't know, maybe twitter friends for some of us, but they're pretty cool. And uh, they have a feature that um, you can set up like a custom, like domain that like hosts, they're tracking scripts like, because it's all like GDR and like privacy compliant like by default. But even so like if they're added to like a ad blocker, you know, like tracking prevention thing, um you can't host on your own domain so that, you know, it's, it's, you're guaranteed to have accurate accurate results Ben - except for those people who are still using links as their browser, Josh - right? If they're using or Yeah, they're like if they're browsing from their terminal that or if they have javascript disabled. Um Yeah. You know, I mean, I guess if you're, if your audience, your Starr - richard Stallman, if your Josh - if your audience is Lennox, it's like arch Linux users, you're, you're kind of out a lot. Like no matter no matter what. Ben - Just, just put ads on on slash dot and call it a day. Yeah Starr - slash hot. That's that's a tragedy in that they really went downhill. Ben - They're still around though. Like one of the cockroaches of the internet last time is still there. I don't know. I haven't looked at it for years, but you know, but back when I was posting my code to source forge, I was reading slash out everyday Josh - source forage Starr - source for it for ages Josh - still there, isn't it? It's Starr - really hard to use. Ben - It's probably still there. I don't even know. Yeah. Josh - And that was two cows Ben - subversion instead of get we're just this this is the way back episode. We're going back to P. S. D. S. And S. V. N. And slash talk. Josh - Every episode is kind of the way back episode. I mean, yeah, we're way back founders. So Ben - I mean our our company name is now a vintage meme. So it's gotta be a way back. Yeah. Josh - All right, okay. I just got like we had a marketing meeting earlier and Ben Finley, our marketing manager was like looking at R. S. E. O. Performance. He's like, Like we we could improve our website if we if we like if we optimize the three MB Jeff on the home page. I'm like wait we have like a three, we have like a chip on the home page and I remembered I had like this easter egg that if you click like the resolve button in the, in like the screenshot of our, of honey badger on honey badger. Yo it well you can go and do it and you can see what happens. Um We'll make sure we leave it in even if we optimize it. But yeah, that's how we roll is like, we just like kill our search engine optimization. Because Josh - we had to have uh like, yeah, for the walls, we had to have this easter egg. Starr - That's awesome. Ben - Uh The the main thing reminded me that I have an interview being published tomorrow. I believe in Saas Mag at a link that in the show notes but had a great chat. Uh And it was funny because I was like, we were talking about humor and that's like one of our core values of the honey badger our business. And I was like, well, yeah, because like, I mean, we named our company after me, right? So like, you got to have fun in that kind of business, right? Josh - For sure. We should, we should like send out a leveling up email that just is designed to rick roll our customers. I don't know if they'd appreciate that. Starr - We should rename hook related berries and cream. Josh - Uh huh. Yeah, that's a that's creative. You can do that. I mean hook really is kind of like, very like business business formal descriptive. So we could, we could definitely get weirder Ben - for sure. Yeah, that was, that was not one of my more creative days when I picked that name. Josh - I mean the other, you know the upside is that it actually tells people what it does. It's instead of, it is not just named after a, after an animal joke on the internet. Ben - Yeah. Josh - Yeah. Um also it has a proper casing. Ben - Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's you know, one of the things that's funny, I have this I now for whenever we write anything, like we're doing any kind of copy or a blog post or whatever and if we ever reference get hub without the capital agent. And I always catch it now because because of how many people miss capitalized honey badger, like so I knowing how much that like I catch that. I was like, I bet they get how people really appreciate what people actually capitalize their name properly. So yeah, it's like six out to me all the time. Starr - Just for the listeners. The proper capitalization is one capital at the front because it's one word. It's not two words Ben - and go, Josh - yep. For honey badger. Starr - Yeah, yeah, sorry, not get up Josh - as uh two capital letters to capitals. Get lab. But I also now notice the companies that are like us where they have just, they have opted for the lower case in the second word as well. There's a few of those out there. I'm not remembering them off the top of my head, but they always stick out. I mean, I usually remember those now too if I'm familiar with them or I I know that I need to go check and I always go and like check when I'm writing their name at least usually. Starr - And then if you just want to, oh I'm sorry. And then just like if you just want to like just set the world on fire, you can be stripe and have your logo, your name of the logo, low, all lower case. But then in your body text capitalize it. Like they just want to watch the world burn. Uh huh. Ben - Oh, Ben - they're probably trying to punk the new york times editors, you know? Starr - Yeah, probably. Starr - Well, um we're getting a little quiet. Are we reaching the end? Ben - I think we are Josh - depends how far you want to go because I mean like we've got a whole list of topics here, but we are already into this episode of ways. And uh I think like this has been a pretty good episode, you know, it's it's for once. We've actually like managed to stay on topic for the most part. Like this has been mostly a hook really episode. So I think we should probably quit while we're ahead. All right now. And you better you better wrap this up quick start because I'm like, I'm ready to like Starr - dive in the rest of this. So you're about to explain this episode of founder class has been brought to you by hook relay a striped quality web hooks in minutes. That's awesome. Thank you. Uh, if you want to give us a review on Apple podcast, whatever they call it now, I don't know itunes, music to itunes. Um, please do that. If you want to. If you're just in writing for our blog, we are, you know, currently looking for um, ruby python, PHP writers. Um, go to our blog, honey badger to I.  slash blog and look for the request page. And yeah. All right. So I will talk to you guys next week. 

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The start of the regular season is still months away, but NC State fans will get their first taste of the 2021 football season on Saturday. With the Spring Game just over 24 hours away, Cory and Michael preview what Wolfpack Nation should expect when the game kicks off. What should Pack fans expect from Devin Leary? Who will emerge between Ben Finley and Aaron McLaughlin? Who are the offensive and defensive players to watch? We break it all down in the Pack Pride Podcast.

When people ask me what my favorite sport is-- they always expect me to answer with running; but that’s not exactly the truth.  I love skiing, and I have loved it since 1998 when I joined the Charlotte Breezer ski club. I initially joined to meet some people, and discovered a sport that I am passionate about.  Since 2002, I’ve joined every National Black Ski Summit hosted by the National Brotherhood of Skiers ( NBS) except when I was in for the  four years while I was in surgical  residency.  It is because of Art Clay and Ben Finley and the NBS I not only found a sport I love, I found a family that has given me countless friends. This family grows every year.  If you’re thinking about skiing or snowboarding as a sport you’d be interested in trying out-- you should take this as a sign and do it! Because no matter how many injuries, I can’t imagine myself ever stopping.  Episode Highlights: How I discovered The National Brotherhood of Skiers  The National Brotherhood of Skiers and its history Why I love Skiing so much  My knee injuries from skiing Skiing in this new normal due to Covid Mentioned in this Episode:   National Brotherhood of Skiers | Website   Did you enjoy today’s episode? Please subscribe and leave a review. If you have questions, comments, or possible show topics, email runningischeaperthantherapyolb@gmail.com. To subscribe and review use one links of links below  Apple Spotify Google  Get a copy of the book  Running Is Cheaper Than Therapy: A Journey Back to Wholeness

Goodson has a theory why NC State is riding Bailey Hockman with Devin Leary out rather than looking at Ben Finley more. Moose would take being 4-3 at this point in the year if you'd given him the option before the season.

NC State moved to 4-1 on the season with a 31-20 win over Duke to win a second straight home game, but it came at a cost. Cory and Michael take a look back on the in-state win, including a look at the impact of Devin Leary's injury and a breakdown of the defense stepping up in the second half. What does Saturday's win mean for the program with a tough stretch coming up? Will Bailey Hockman remain the starter, or is Ben Finley set to get playing time? Just how good has this defense become -- when it's not dealing with self-inflicted penalties?

Art Clay is the co-founder of the National Brotherhood of Skiers, and he and his NBS co-founder, Ben Finley, are the first African Americans to be inducted into the US Ski-Snowboard Hall of Fame. This past weekend, Jonathan Ellswoth sat down with Art at his home in Chicago to talk about growing up in Chicago in the 1940s; his first time skiing; the idea to start the National Brotherhood of Skiers; cutie pies; the Black Summit; and more.TOPICS & TIMES:Growing up in Chicago in the 1940s (3:52)College at Clark (12:51)Serving in the army, learning about skiing (15:34)Ski Club meeting in Chicago (20:28)1st time you went skiing (23:05)The long coats of “The Gang” (32:24)When did you start thinking about creating a national organization (37:16)Black Ski Summit (39:39)NBS’ Olympic Scholarship Fund (46:24)LINKS:Website: National Brotherhood of SkiersFilm: Brotherhood of SkiingApplication: NBS Olympic Scholarship Fund See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In 1974, Ben Finley and his friend Art Clay founded the National Brotherhood of Skiers, the largest group of African American skiers in the country. The NBS aims to get more skiers of color out in the mountains, and to send black skiers to the Olympics and Paralympics. On today’s episode, Ben Finley (who is now 81 and still skiing regularly) and his co founder Art Clay tell Shelby about the NBS’s legendary Black Summit events, the love stories that bloom from yearly gatherings, and how you can help the pair’s induction into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. Connect with guests:WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagramResources:Fundraiser to induct Ben Finley and Art Clay into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of FameU.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of FameNBS 2020 Black Summit RegistrationShow sponsors: Hydro Flask

NC State locked down 17 new football signees for the 2020 class on the 2019 Early Signing Day. The Wolfpack got multiple big-name targets on both sides of the ball, but also missed out on some of the highest-ranked targets it was aiming to sign. Michael and Cory take an in-depth look at several topics surrounding the 2020 class, including the impact of Ben Finley and Porter Rooks, rise of Davin Vann and what position groups the Wolfpack must target ahead of National Signing Day in February. Listen to the full podcast below and subscribe on iTunes, the Google Play Store or find us on Spotify by searching for "Pack Pride Podcast" under the podcasts section.

On this episode, we have a conversation with Ben Finley & Mike Nelson. Ben is the Chief Information Officer for LTC Health Solutions & Mike is the Senior Help Desk Specialist for LTC Health Solutions. We talk all things Medical IT and why this is so important for patient care. IT has a direct effect on patient care and can even save lives through the systems that they employ and use. Enjoy this nerdy episode!

Today on IPS Live we discuss NC State quarterback commitment Ben Finley.  Who was the competition?  What will he add to the Wolfpack?  How does he fit the system? Who is left on the recruiting board? James and Steve answer those questions and much more!

On this week's Postgame Podcast, Cory and Michael discuss the win for NC State over Louisville. The Wolfpack left Cardinal Stadium with its first win over Louisville on the road in the most lopsided victory of the season at 52-10. Who were the offensive and defensive MVPs in the rout on Saturday? What led to the Wolfpack unleashing its offense in the second half against Louisville? How much confidence does this team have heading into Chapel Hill on Saturday? Listen to the full podcast below and subscribe on iTunes, the Google Play Store or find us on Spotify by searching for "Pack Pride Podcast" under the podcasts section.

Ben Finley joins Gordon to discuss his startup in the woodworking industry and the evolution of the DuckHill workshop!