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Are democracies better at following international rules than autocracies? ... Eli: The world is better off with America in charge ... Debating US policy toward Cuba ... Bob: What's the difference between America's authoritarian allies and its authoritarian enemies? ... Does China see liberal democracies as a threat? ... The virtue of epistemic humility ...

Are democracies better at following international rules than autocracies? ... Eli: The world is better off with America in charge ... Debating US policy toward Cuba ... Bob: What's the difference between America's authoritarian allies and its authoritarian enemies? ... Does China see liberal democracies as a threat? ... The virtue of epistemic humility ...

Bob: Do you personally feel disease and sickness? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. Bob: Is this a result of your past karma? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. Bob: So one in this material world never escapes his karma completely? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, he escapes. No more karma for a devotee. No more karmic reaction. Bob: But you must be the best devotee. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Hm-m... No, I don't consider myself the best devotee. I am the lowest. Bob: No! Śrīla Prabhupāda: You are the best devotee. Bob: [Laughs.] Oh, no, no! But, see, you say—what you say... always seems right. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. Bob: Then you must be the best devotee. Śrīla Prabhupāda: The thing is that even the best devotee, when he preaches, comes to the second-class platform of a devotee. Bob: What would the best devotee be doing? Śrīla Prabhupāda: The best devotee does not preach. Bob: What does he do? Śrīla Prabhupāda: He sees that there is no need of preaching. For him, everyone is a devotee. [Bob laughs heartily] Yes, he sees no more nondevotees—all devotees. He is called an uttama-adhikārī. But while I am preaching, how can I say I am the best devotee? Just like Rādhārāṇī—She does not see anyone as a nondevotee. Therefore we try to approach Rādhārāṇī. Bob: Who is this? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Rādhārāṇī, Kṛṣṇa's consort. Bob: Ah. Śrīla Prabhupāda: If anyone approaches Rādhārāṇī, She recommends to Kṛṣṇa, “Here is the best devotee. He is better than Me,” and Kṛṣṇa cannot refuse him. That is the best devotee. But it is not to be imitated: “I have become the best devotee.” īśvare tad-adhīneṣu bāliśeṣu dviṣatsu ca prema-maitrī-kṛpopekṣā yaḥ karoti sa madhyamaḥ (Bhāg. 11.2.46) A second-class devotee has the vision that some are envious of God, but this is not the vision of the best devotee. The best devotee sees, “Nobody is envious of God. Everyone is better than me.” Just like Caitanya-caritāmṛta's author, Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja. He says, “I am lower than the worm in the stool.” Bob: Who is saying this? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja, the author of Caitanya-caritāmṛta: purīṣera kīṭa haite muñi se laghiṣṭha. He is not making a show. He is feeling like that. “I am the lowest. Everyone is best, but I am the lowest. Everyone is engaged in Kṛṣṇa's service. I am not engaged.” Caitanya Mahāprabhu said “Oh, I have not a pinch of devotion to Kṛṣṇa. I cry to make a show. If I had been a devotee of Kṛṣṇa, I would have died long ago. But I am living. That is the proof that I do not love Kṛṣṇa.” That is the vision of the best devotee. He is so much absorbed in Kṛṣṇa's love that he says, “Everything is going on, but I am the lowest. Therefore I cannot see God.” That is the best devotee | Read along with me: www.biglink.to/perfect_questions_perfect_answers

Today we've read chapter 3 “The Goal of Life”: Bob: [...] So if the soul is inside me, then should I be able to feel God inside me? Not all of God, I mean, but a... Śrīla Prabhupāda: Part of God. Bob: But I don't feel God in me, but God may be here, separate - separate from me. But should I be able to feel God inside me, since my soul is Part of God? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. God is inside also. God is everywhere. God is inside and outside also. This is to be known. Bob: How do you feel God inside you? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Not in the beginning, but you have to know from the śāstras (scriptures), by the Vedic information. For example, in the Bhagavad-gītā it is said, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati: (BG 18.61) God is there in everyone's heart. Paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham: God is also within every atom. So this is the first information. And then, by the yogic process, you have to realize it. Bob: Yogic process? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. Bob: Is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa such a yogic process? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, it is also a yogic process. Bob: What kind of yogic process must I do to find out - to feel this information - to feel the soul inside? Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes, there are many different yogic Processes, but for this age this process is very nice. Bob: Chanting. Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. Bob: Through this I can feel not only God outside but God inside? Śrīla Prabhupāda: You'll understand everything of God - how God is inside, how God is outside, how God is working. Everything will be revealed. By this attitude of service, God will reveal Himself. You cannot understand God by your endeavor. Only if God reveals Himself. For instance, when the sun is out of your sight at night, you cannot see it by your torchlight, or any light. But in the morning .... | read along with us! www.biglink.to/perfect_questions_perfect_answers

Matt's new book, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger ... Matt: "Immigration is very underrated" ... Bob: What about the political backlash against low-skilled immigration? ... Why people have fewer kids than they want ... Matt: Climate change isn't a good reason not to have children ... Is international cooperation on climate change possible? ... Did we make a big mistake on China and information technology? ... The case for solidaristic American patriotism ...

Matt's new book, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger ... Matt: "Immigration is very underrated" ... Bob: What about the political backlash against low-skilled immigration? ... Why people have fewer kids than they want ... Matt: Climate change isn't a good reason not to have children ... Is international cooperation on climate change possible? ... Did we make a big mistake on China and information technology? ... The case for solidaristic American patriotism ...

Bob: What countries you lived in? Gia: lived in the US, UAE, Senegal and now Ireland Bob: Your parents rich or something? What are their jobs? Gia: Dad's in the airlines industry Bob: What company? Gia:*Stated* Bob: What's his position? Gia: *Stated* Bob: So you're rich... Gia: Uhhh Bob: Fly first class? Gia: Welll Bob: Yea Ight you rich Gia: NO! Don't assume someone is rich, stuck up, think they are above others because they are a third culture kid. In addition don't put someone in an uncomfortable situation where you're trying to put words in their mouths. Yes we are fortunate but at the end of the day we live off of perks that comes from the hard work of parents. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/agnes-clara-dikoum/message

What about Bob? What about Mike? What about being a high school principal? You know I tried everything I could to work "What about Bob?" into the title, but it just didn't work... Part 2 of 2. 1996 Crash “It’s All Good” Bar and Grill Muppets Joe Arpaio Business license 2018 raid and arrest Booking Our music is "Back to the Grind" by Billie Stevens. Podcast logo by Lazy N & Micah Myers. You can find J & Lazy N Ramble On... at Anchor.fm and Spotify, or subscribe wherever you currently subscribe to podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, &tc. We now have merch! Check out our wares at TeePublic. You can also support us at Patreon, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, leave us a voice message, or email us at jandlazyn@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This one is a little different... What about Bob? What about Mike? You know I tried everything I could to work "What about Bob?" into the title, but it just didn't work... Part 1 of 2. 1996 Crash “It’s All Good” Bar and Grill Muppets Joe Arpaio Business license 2018 raid and arrest Booking Our music is "Back to the Grind" by Billie Stevens. Podcast logo by Lazy N & Micah Myers. You can find J & Lazy N Ramble On... at Anchor.fm and Spotify, or subscribe wherever you currently subscribe to podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, &tc. We now have merch! Check out our wares at TeePublic. You can also support us at Patreon, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, leave us a voice message, or email us at jandlazyn@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

After a well-deserved winter break, we are back with our first episode of 2020. In this episode, we will be talking with Linda Watkins. Currently, Linda is Senior Director of Marketing at Gatsby, a modern website framework that creates blazing fast, secure, instantly scalable websites. She is sought after for her marketing expertise and frequently consults with large brands worldwide. But first and foremost, she is a practitioner that enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience by engaging with marketers and technologists. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and in her free time, plays flute with the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony and enjoys Netflix documentaries. Linda Watkins has worked for some of the biggest technology brands in the world including Amazon and Cisco Systems. She has also worked for various technology startups that specialize in modern website development. She has over 10 years of experience building scalable marketing programs, driving demand for new services, and planning and executing go-to-market strategies. She is a Stanford Certified Project Manager and has an MBA from Brigham Young University. Project Pick Gatsby Preview Interview Mario: Tell us about your role as a Senior Director of Marketing at Gatsby? Mario: For those listeners who aren’t familiar with Gatsby JS, can you tell us what it is? Bob: What benefits does Gatsby bring to large scale enterprise web teams? What’s attractive to marketers and IT managers? Mark: Are any notable brands using Gatsby? Who are they? Mark: Where does Gatsby fit into a martech (Marketing Tech

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To find out more about the Wisconsin Great River Road please check out the website www.WiGRR.com Stockholm website: stockholmwisconsin.com Stockholm Pies website: stockholmpieandgeneralstore.comAlan: All along the Great River Road – in Stockholm, Pepin, Maiden Rock – fall is absolutely the most spectacular time of year to come here. It’s beautiful all year. But fall, because of the mix of hardwoods and these beautiful bluffs and the reflection on the water, and the way the road weaves along the shore of Lake Pepin, there is not a more beautiful fall destinationBob: Where is Stockholm?Alan: On the Mississippi River. We’re in an area we call ‘The West Coast of Wisconsin.’ Do you know where Red Wing, Minnesota is?Bob: Yup.Alan: We are 17 miles downriver from Red Wing on the Wisconsin side.Bob: What are some of the fun things to do there?Alan: Here, it’s a lot about the scenery, and it’s a lot about the shopping and the food. Stockholm is a town of 66 people, but there are about 15 little shops, galleries, boutiques, cafes, and of course our pie shop. It’s kind of like a movie set. The other little villages along the area are filled with all kinds of cool stuff and great restaurants and shops. Then there’s the bluffs and the river and the lake. It’s incredible.Bob: Did you say 66 people?Alan: Sixty-six people, yeah.Bob: I couldn’t imagine just having 66 [people]. Is it a block long?Alan: Basically, it’s a block wide and a block long. It’s two streets wide, and there’s one street that divides at the highway and the county road that goes out of town. [It’s] the smallest village in the smallest county in Wisconsin. And it’s become one of the top day trip destinations in the region.Bob: What makes it a day trip destination, do you think?Alan: The drive has a lot to do with it. It’s just a mind-blowingly beautiful drive along the bluffs and the river. I don’t remember what year it was – it was in 2012 or 2013, something like that – The Huffington Post did a big competition for the most beautiful drive in America. Our stretch beat out Highway 1 and the Kona Highway for the most beautiful drive in America.Bob: Which part of the drive – the entire Wisconsin Great River Road?Alan: It is all beautiful, but what’s considered the most scenic section is actually between Bay City, which is just outside of Red Wing, to Pepin. And literally, the most beautiful six miles are Maiden Rock to Stockholm.Bob: Is that why you decided to move there?Alan: Exactly. It started as a second home in the area, which is how a lot of people start because it’s the opposite direction of the traffic for second homes in the Twin Cities. And it is magnificently beautiful – it’s all the food options and everything else.Bob: So how did you start the Stockholm Pie Company and General Store?Alan: Well, the Stockholm Pie Company started almost 11 years ago now. My sister, who lived in Chicago, moved here. She had come to visit my spouse and I, and [she] fell in love with it, just like the rest of us around here. And lo and behold, it turned out that we had this little tiny space in the building that we had just bought where an art gallery was. We thought, what the heck? So we put in the kitchen, and it was supposed to be a little weekend gig for her. It didn’t last to the weekend gig very long. It soon expanded and expanded. It originally started in a space that was about 250 square feet, and it now encompasses about 3,000 square feet. It seats about 60. [There are] multiple production kitchens. We also have a second location in Red Wing. It caught on, is the gentlest way to put it. We were kind of discovered by the Road Food Guide, which then led us to Splendid Table and Gourmet Magazine. It just keeps going on and on from there.Bob: What I think is great is you can seat 60 people in a town of 66.Alan: Isn’t that amazing? And our performing arts center will hold 120, so how many places have a performing arts center with twice the capacity of the town?Bob: I’m guessing Stockholm, Wisconsin, is probably the only place in the world that has that.Alan: Probably.Bob: What do you like best about living in a river town?Alan: A lot of it has to do with the scenic element of it – the bluffs, the views. It is truly magical. There’s really nothing else like it the way we are situated – not just on the river, but where the river becomes Lake Pepin. It gets very wide here. It’s actually the widest natural spot on the Mississippi. It has created this environment of bluff and water that doesn’t exist anywhere else. And there is a whole series of little villages in Bay City, Maiden Rock, Stockholm, [and] Pepin. Tourism kind of took root in Stockholm, and it’s kind of spreading along the ‘West Coast of Wisconsin.’Bob: Does Stockholm have a website?Alan: It does: stockholmwisconsin.comBob: Does Stockholm Pies have a website?Alan: It does: stockholmpieandgeneralstore.com

To find out more about the Wisconsin Great River Road please check out the website www.WiGRR.comIrishfest- https://www.irishfestlacrosse.orgRiverfest- https://riverfestlacrosse.comRotary Lights- https://www.rotarylights.orgCountry Boom- https://www.countryboom.comBob: I’ve lived in La Crosse since 1992, and I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of different things. One of the persons I’m pleased to know is Mr. Festival. Those of you who don’t know who Mr. Festival is, it’s Pat Stephens. Pat is involved in everything – well, almost everything. Pat, thanks for being on with us this month for the Great River Road Podcast. Tell me about some of the things you’re involved in.Pat: Well, in the summer months, of course, you have Riverfest, which is right on the Mississippi River in Riverside Park in La Crosse. It’s always a huge success [and] a lot of fun – [it’s] a great family festival as well. That’s followed just a couple weeks later with Country Boom that’s held at Maple Grove Country Club just outside of La Crosse. That’s growing significantly. [There are] probably 20,000 to 25,000 people in attendance out there. It’s a great country [music] fest. We get into August, and then we’ve got Irishfest. It’s a little bit better and more improved each and every year, so that keeps us busy. Oktoberfest comes around at the end of September, then we take a little break as we get into Rotary Lights, [which is] the largest holiday display in the Midwest. It starts the day after Thanksgiving. There’s never a dull moment.Bob: I was going to say, what do you do in your spare time, Pat? Is there such a thing as spare time when it comes to being Pat Stephens?Pat: Not really, because beyond the festivals there’s a whole host of other community things that I try to take a leadership role with as well, so there’s never a dull moment.Bob: How did you get involved with helping out the community?Pat: I think it all started back in high school. I was very active and involved in all sorts of clubs and organizations, and [I was] class president and all those sorts of things. When I got to the University of [Wisconsin]-La Crosse as a student, I immediately got involved with one of the social fraternities, Delta Sigma Phi. We got extremely involved with things on campus, with student government, with getting a fraternity house and putting on a couple concerts on campus as well. It just kind of carried over after we graduated so we could continue that involvement.Bob: What do you like best about living on the Wisconsin Great River Road?Pat: Oh, my goodness. I drove back from the Twin Cities yesterday and took the Great River Road on the Wisconsin side. When we went up for the weekend, we went on the Minnesota side, which is also very beautiful. I had my two older sisters with me in the car, and they had never been on the Great River Road while in the Milwaukee area, so they just tremendously enjoyed it. We stopped in a lot of the small towns. The people are friendly. The architecture that some of those towns have maintained is simply beautiful. The water is always something to watch. They were so fascinated with the barge traffic, which they had never seen, either. You just kind of take it for granted as a daily activity.Bob: Let’s kind of look at that a little bit, because I think a lot of people that don’t live in this beautiful area where we live don’t tend to know what they’re missing.Pat: There is nothing like it. I enjoy driving people who come to La Crosse for the first time. It’s amazing how many people on the east side of the state have never discovered Wisconsin’s western coast. They get over here, and generally they’re in awe of the bluffs, the river, [and] the beautiful forests that we have. And of course, we have all sorts of amenities in our areas using the rivers: canoeing, kayaking, the bike trails, the hiking trails. There’s a lot to offer over here. That’s why we call it home.Bob: How do people get involved in some of the festivals that you’re involved in as Mr. Festival?Pat: Usually your ambassadors, your current volunteers are your best recruiters. They have the best networking to get friends and family involved. It’s something that they themselves enjoy. In addition to that, of course, all of the festivals have websites. And I think to my knowledge, all of the websites have a place to put comments if you’d like to volunteer and help with a particular cause.

To find out more about the Wisconsin Great River Road please check out the website www.WiGRR.com to find out about Elmaro Vineyard check out http://elmarovineyard.com/Lynita Delaney: The name is Elmaro Vineyard, but I don’t care what they call us. It doesn’t matter to me. It’s like holding a wine glass. Do I care if somebody holds the bowl with the wine glass? Uh-uh. That’s up to them how they want to hold the wine glass, and it’s up to them what they want to call us. We’re getting to be [where] more folks just say ‘Elmaro,’ and they’ll know where it is and that’s good. It’s like Kleenex for facial tissues – it’s a good thing. One of the things we’ve always talked about is letting people feel special for a day, because people here in the Midwest have a lot of stress and have a lot of things going on in their lives. If they can come here and feel special, listen to music, have someone wait on them, drink a glass of wine and eat a cheese plate or whatever for a day, we’ve succeeded.Bob: I’m going to tell you that when my wife and I went out to Elmaro, and I explained to you that I wasn’t a wine drinker [and] that I’d stolen a bottle of wine as a kid and drank too much of it and didn’t like it. Elmaro changed my view on wine because I had two glasses of wine. I had a glass of the cranberry and I had the Duet, and they were both fantastic. Then we shared the local cheese and meat tray, and it was delicious. Every piece of that – everything that you just explained – encompassed our time. We enjoyed ourselves. It was at peace. It was a beautiful day. We got to be outside. We got to see the surroundings and your beautiful farm, and we tasted your great-tasting wine. It was an awesome day.Lynita: That’s what we’re going for: just to let people have somewhere that they can feel like a queen for a day or a king for a day.Bob: You guys have won a lot of awards. What different awards has Elmaro won?Lynita: We’re always striving for a little more, and to do it a little better, and we’re learning all the time. We have had one wine that won a sweepstakes out at Long Beach, and that is a suburb of L.A., and that we won the sweepstakes. The sweepstakes means we’re the best white wine in their competition according to the judges. That one we were really thrilled about after we learned what a sweepstakes was, because we didn’t know. When the lady who won the best red wine sweepstakes called me and congratulated me, I was like, ‘Oh, that’s nice. Thank you, and congrats to you, too.’ She said, ‘You don’t get it. We’ve tried 40 years to get a sweepstakes, and we finally got one, and you’ve got one now, too.’ We’d only been making wine four or five years when that happened. We were pretty thrilled.Bob: How did you come up with the name of Elmaro?Lynita: It happened in 1976. Mark and his mom and dad had farmed together, and when they incorporated they had to come up with a name. Mark’s dad said, ‘Let’s use all our names together,’ so it was Elaine, Mark, and Robert, which turned into Elmaro. It was Elmaro Farms for many years. When we built the winery we were trying to come up with a name, and we thought about Tremplo and Riverview and all sorts of things. Finally, Mark said, ‘Why don’t we use the name of the farm? It sounds like a winery.’ So we used Elmaro [and] we had a story behind it. We did some research to make sure it didn’t mean anything in Spanish, and then I was picking grapes with a kid out in Oregon for an experience trip for me. He started laughing when I told him what the name of the winery was. I said, ‘No, no, no. We checked and it doesn’t mean anything in Spanish.’ Elmaro, where he’s from, is slang, which means a child you can’t handle or someone who drank too much and you can’t control them. They’re elmaro.Bob: Are you guys happy to be on the Great River Road?Lynita: Yes, yes. The Great River Road is a great spot. We actually did some research before we built. We knew a winery had to attract 2 percent of the population in a 50-mile radius in order to survive. That’s where we started with the research. We also did research on how many cars go by Highway 35 on the Great River Road, and how many of them might stop based on how many cars were going by. That’s how we got here.Bob: Is Elmaro open year-round?Lynita: Yes. Thank goodness for the locals. Because we’re open during the winter Thursday through Sunday, the locals are what keep us alive. In fact, one day – and it’s very important to be open when we say we will be. One day, there was a blizzard on Sunday this winter, and everybody stayed home who worked here, except for me. Because I live walking distance away, I came down and opened the winery, and I had three guests all day. But those three guests had driven from Holmen, which is 20 miles away, and from Dodge, which is 10, 15 miles away on a bad road, to get here. If they would have come to the door and found out nobody was here, that would have been terrible. So yeah, you have to be open when you say you are.Bob: When is Elmaro open?Lynita: From the first of April to the first of January, we have summer hours, and those are every day except Monday. On weekdays it’s noon to 6. On Friday and Saturday it’s 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. On Sunday we’re not open in the morning because I don’t want it to be an excuse for kids not to go to church, so we’re open at noon and we close at 5 on Sunday.Bob: What a fun conversation with Lynita from Elmaro Vineyards, located on the Wisconsin Great River Road, Highway 35 north of Trempealeau, Wisconsin. [It’s] a wonderful place to visit, chill out, and enjoy a sip of some great wine. Check out their website at elmarovineyard.com, or find them on Facebook at facebook.com/elmarovineyard.

COME, TURN, BOW--ISAIAH 55-1-7--The Story of Bob--What would God say to Bob---- Bob, ---------------------------ISAIAH 55-1 - Ho- Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters- And you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price---ISAIAH 55-2 - Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy- Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.---- Bob, ---------------------------ISAIAH 55-6-7 - 6Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts- let him return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him- and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.-Our problem isn't just sins but sin.--The meaning of -seek- --- Bob, ----------------------------ISAIAH 55-3-5 - 3Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live- and I will make an everlasting covenant with you - the sure mercies of David. 4Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people, a leader and commander for the people. 5Surely you shall call a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and the Holy One of Israel- for He has glorified you.--Your next move-

To find out more about the Wisconsin Great River Road please check out the website www.WiGRR.com to find out about the Genoa Fish Hatchery find them at https://www.facebook.com/GenoaNFH This month on the Great River Road microcast we feature the Genoa Fish Hatchery. So, When is the Great River Road Interpretive Center open?Raena Parsons: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. We just opened this weekend for the weekends from 10:30 to 2:30 p.m.Bob: Are you guys the only fish hatchery? Or are there more fish hatcheries around?Raena: There are only two federal fish hatcheries within Wisconsin.Bob: What exactly happens at the Genoa Fish Hatchery? We drive by it all the time, but it’s usually 55 or 60 miles an hour. You kind of glance over and you see some pools, but I’m not really sure what they’re for. I’m guessing that most of the people listening right now have no idea what those even are.Raena: It varies by the time of year. We have 20 different ponds on station, ranging in size from one-tenth of one acre to 33 acres. We also have six raceways and seven intensive rearing buildings that make Genoa capable of collection, culturing, and rearing cold, cool, and warm-water fish species. On station, we rear anywhere from 15 to 20 different species of fish. The outdoor ponds are a great habitat for the fish in the summer when the water can warm up. Some of the ponds we use for broodstock production, and broodstock are spawning fish. They’re our own broodstock. We keep the little, small fish, and then we put them out there when they’re adults, and then they actually spawn and lay eggs. Right now, you can actually come down to the hatchery and see the smallmouth bass creating nests. They actually create nests along the shore, and then they spawn in those nests. Our largest pond, which is the 33-acre pond, is for our broodstock minnows. We actually raise our own minnows on station to feed our other fish, so it reduces our cost associated with fish food.Bob: Can anybody go by and check out the Genoa Fish Hatchery?Raena: Yes. Actually, the majority of the facility here is open to the public. There are a couple of facilities that are isolation facilities and quarantined for ill or diseased fishes or wild fish that we bring into the station, or eggs, that isn’t open to the public because of biosecurity concerns. But the rest of the station is actually open 7 a.m. until dusk. People can come and walk around the dike roads. The main buildings are going to be open 8 a.m. until about 3 p.m. You can into most of the buildings here on the station. But a good way to figure out where you can go or can’t go is actually to stop in the interpretive center, and we have a self-guided map that you can take, and it talks about what’s in each of the buildings and what changes in each of the ponds because the species of fish you’re going to see in the pond is going to change throughout the year depending upon what we have on station and what gets moved where.Bob: Can I bring a fishing pole?Raena: No, you cannot. We actually don’t permit any kind of fishing on station, except for special events. We do do a couple of kids fishing events here on station. We have a kids’ ice fishing day that we do in the winter that’s really popular. We did that one last February, and we actually had more than 450 people come to that event.Bob: What do you think of the Great River Road?Raena: I think it’s really a fantastic opportunity to see the region. To have this to go along and see all these different cities and towns is really fantastic.Bob: With the Genoa Fish Hatchery being on the Great River Road, does that help with the traffic of people that stop in and check it out because it is on such a beautiful, scenic byway?Raena: It is, and that’s actually part of the way that this facility was funded. That’s where the first original funding came from, through the Highways Commission, because Genoa actually bisects the highway. We have property on both sides of Highway 35, and we get a lot of people who come through here. This year, I think we’re going to get a really large increase of the number of visitors we get here because we have this great, new interpretive center that opened last June. Now it’s open every weekend. We have our volunteers who come in and work. Then I’m hoping this summer we’ll have some special events that happen on the weekends as well for the public, including guided tours and then some touch tanks.Bob: Raena, what will somebody find for the first time that they go to the interpretive center?Raena: Coming into the interpretive center, there’s a great map of the Great River Road. That’s the first thing people see. They can explore other options that are on the Great River Road. Upstairs on the main level, if you park in the parking lot, there’s a mezzanine that goes out and you can look over some of our ponds. We also have a green, living roof that’s visited by all four pollinators and bees. Downstairs, we have three main exhibit halls – one on the Mississippi River as a trade highway. Then we have one that talks about the fish and wildlife resources of the area. We have one dedicated to the Battle of Bad Axe, and then one that talks about the Mississippi River commerce. We also have two freshwater aquariums downstairs. We have a stream aquarium, and then a large, deeper water aquarium with sturgeon and catfish and perch and all sorts of stuff.Bob: Is there a cost at all?Raena: No, the entire facility is free. The interpretive center is free, and then coming to the hatchery is also free.

Invisible Fence Brand of the TriStates / E8 - 62,000 FencesInvisible Fence Brand of the Tri-States319 Northstar RoadWI 54636(608) 399-1266https://tri-states.invisiblefence.comhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Pet-Service/Invisible-Fence-209481692915/Karla: Sixty-two thousand Invisible Fence Brand systems were installed in 2018. Just think if there is one dog in each one of those houses, that means there are 62,000 dogs that are safe. They’re estimating that right now there are over 2 million dogs that are safe.Bob: Because of Invisible Fence products.Karla: Correct.Bob: What makes Invisible Fence Brand products different and better than what the other people are selling?Karla: I guess I would say the technology and our engineering. We’ve been around the longest, so we’ve got the most as far as research and technology into our products. We stand behind our products. The technology, I can tell you it’s patented. If you were to buy a cellphone today and wanted to compare it to a cellphone that maybe another company has, it might be a cellphone from 1993, that technology – analog versus digital versus smartphone. We’ve just come a long way, and we spend a lot of time and effort to make sure that what we put out there is safe for the pets.Bob: When we talk, we say Invisible Fence Brand rather than just Invisible Fence. Is that because you guys are kind of the Kleenex of the invisible fences?Karla: Yes. We are not a category. We are a brand.Bob: What does that mean?Karla: What you’re alluding to is that Kleenex is a brand. But if you say, ‘I need to blow my nose,’ you don’t say, ‘Can I have a facial tissue?’ You say, ‘Can I get a Kleenex?’ Why we add brand to that is to differentiate ourselves. We are a brand. We are not a category.Bob: But you’re the top brand of the category that’s named after you.Karla: Correct.Bob: Is Invisible Fence Brand the first?Karla: Yes, and it was invented by Mr. Peck, who was a traveling salesman. He got tired of seeing dogs dead on the side of the road and thought there had to be a better way. In the early 70s, if you were in the rural area and driving down the road, it wasn’t uncommon to see a dog dead on the side of the road. It just wasn’t. You don’t see very many dead animals on the side of the road like that anymore – not domesticated dogs or cats. You might see a deer, but I mean you just don’t see that anymore. And if you do see it, there’s someone there.Bob: Is that because people have taken more care for their animals now, or because of the Invisible Fence Brand products?Karla: I think that’s an encompassing question. I think it’s both. I think as time has gone on, we find value in our pets and we spend the money to keep them safe.Bob: How do we find Invisible Fence Brand?Karla: [The website is] invisiblefence.com.

Invisible Fence Brand of the TriStates / E6 - Consistency Invisible Fence Brand of the Tri-States319 Northstar RoadWI 54636(608) 399-1266https://tri-states.invisiblefence.comhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Pet-Service/Invisible-Fence-209481692915/Bob: Is it hard to train a dog, train an animal? As you mentioned in another podcast, you can put your Invisible Fence Brand products on other animals. Is it hard to train animals on the product?Karla: No, not at all. Invisible Fence has spent a lot of money on training us how to train animals. We are certified by animal behavioralists on looking for cues and being able to work with those animals. There have been studies done about our products, and I’m very confident that I know that it’s consistency, and that is the key for any animal in any training.Bob: When you start off with a puppy and you introduce your puppy to Invisible Fence Brand products, as that dog grows and becomes more a part of the family and integrated with the family, does the Invisible Fence Brand product continue to grow with that animal? Or do they end up outgrowing it?Karla: Oh, gosh no. It grows with them. It’s for them. Just like you teach your kids how to be potty-trained, once they learn that, that stays with them. [It’s the] same with the ‘nos’ and the ‘yesses’ of the rules for dogs. If it’s consistent, they know the rules. So it grows with them, absolutely.Bob: We talk about Invisible Fence Brand quite a bit. Is it more than just fences?Karla: It’s consistency. It’s being part of a family. It’s integrating your dog to teaching them right from wrong. It’s a great tool.Bob: You had mentioned how the Invisible Fence Brand products will help out multiple dogs. Different dogs have different lifespans. Lifespans are anywhere between 10 and 14 years. If you’re spending money on a product such as Invisible Fence Brand, you’ve got multiple dogs and you’re bringing multiple dogs in and out of your life throughout the course of your lifetime, do I have to keep rebuying the product, or is it going to last me a long time?Karla: Nope. It will last you a long time. With my animals – and I lost three last year – I’ve reused those collars.Bob: What about the unit itself for keeping my yard safe?Karla: Same thing. We went to this house we’d never been to before. They were in our database, and they had a system that they bought in 1984, I think. [We’d] never been there. [We] got there, and their collar wasn’t working. And crazy enough, it was the craziest looking thing I’d ever seen. They had purchased a lifetime warranty, which now a lot of our products just come with a lifetime warranty. But back then, you had to purchase it, and they got a whole new system. And she had – what did she tell me? – 12 dogs on it so far.Bob: How do we find Invisible Fence Brand?Karla: [The website is] invisiblefence.com.

Invisible Fence Brand of the TriStates / E5- RulesInvisible Fence Brand of the Tri-States319 Northstar RoadWI 54636(608) 399-1266https://tri-states.invisiblefence.comhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Pet-Service/Invisible-Fence-209481692915/Bob: What are the products Invisible Fence Brand has?Karla: We have outdoor containment products. We have indoor avoidance products. We have freedom products such as the door, and we have GPS products. We can do so many things. It’s just amazing what we can do.Bob: I know in the past we’ve talked a little bit about the GPS products. How big of a space can you legitimately contain with an Invisible Fence Brand product?Karla: As big as you want. It’s very cool. The things that we have up and coming are getting even better. Like I said, the technology is there. But Invisible Fence doesn’t just throw technology out and hope that it works. A lot of our products are in the field testing for five, 10 years before we ever see them.Bob: You mentioned to me a while back that you had an opportunity to talk with somebody that had used Invisible Fence for a shelter.Karla: Actually, she’s a rescue. She manages three different rescue groups. One is a national rescue.Bob: What is her name?Karla: Lisa.Bob: So tell me about Lisa.Karla: We got a chance to meet Lisa. Lisa is a very interesting gal, and I’m hoping I can connect you with her. One of things she’s doing with Invisible Fence Brand products, which is totally awesome … Invisible Fence Brand is a training tool. And a lot of dogs that end up in rescue are [there] because they’ve had some issues. Maybe they potty on the carpet. Maybe they have issues with other dogs being around them as far as eating. Invisible Fence Brand products can help with all those things. And what she does is she uses, with her foster groups, she uses Invisible Fence Brand products to help with those problems. It’s training and it’s consistency, and the cool thing about it is that with every dog that comes into that program, if the new adopters choose to purchase – and that’s up to them – Invisible Fence Brand products, those collars and everything go right with the dog so it stays consistent. A lot of people don’t realize this … She and I had a wonderful conversation about this because I’m a foster mom failure, but I’ve done a lot of rescue. It’s interesting when you put a collar on a dog, it’s almost like, ‘I’m yours.’ That dog is like, ‘I am yours.’ And it’s consistent. So if you’re taking the collar off and putting a different collar on and you’re moving that dog around, it’s very confusing for them. So to put an Invisible Fence Brand collar on and they learn the rules and they learn the consistency, that collar stays with them and goes with them to their new home. It gives them stability. It gives them confidence, and it helps prevent dogs from being returned. So it’s saving lives at the end of the day.Bob: So it must be important, as it is with a child, it’s important for a dog to have those same feelings.Karla: Yes, absolutely. Dogs technically have a mentality of a 2- to 3-year-old child.Bob: I’ve been told I do, too.Karla: You are a 3-year-old child. It’s been well-documented over and over again. But you know, the cool thing is that dogs have the sense of, ‘I belong to you. This is my family.’ And if they know the rules, the rules are right there.Bob: How do we find Invisible Fence Brand?Karla: [The website is] invisiblefence.com.

To find out more about the Wisconsin Great River Road please check out the website www.WiGRR.com to find out more about the Lock and Dam system please check out their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/usace.saintpaul/Bob: Jim Rand, Chief of Lock and Dams for the St. Paul District Army Corps of Engineers, joining us this month on the Wisconsin Great River Road Microcast. The first question I have for you, Jim, is, what is a lock and dam?Jim: A lock and dam has a dual function: to create pools, and to pass traffic. A lock and dam is very similar to a set of stairs. Each lock has its individual stair height. If we break into two parts, there’s a dam, and what that does is that allows us to maintain a 9-foot navigation channel in the upper Mississippi River. That 9-foot channel allows us to pass loaded commercial traffic – barges, towboats is what they’re commonly referred to – up and down the river system from St. Paul all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. Bob: So the purpose mainly is for commerce on the river?Jim: Correct. The dam itself is there to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel, and that will allow us to pass commercial traffic.Bob: How much traffic goes on the mighty Mississippi River on a typical year?Jim: Last year, for us, for the St. Paul District, from Lock 10, Guttenberg, Iowa, north, we passed around 107 million tons of commodities.Bob: And that keeps how many trucks off the road? Do you know?Jim: I do. One 15-barge tow is equivalent to about 1,050 semis. So if we look at that in a length scenario, a towboat fully loaded with 15 barges is about a quarter-mile long. And those equivalent commodities in semi trucks, it’s just shy of 14 miles, bumper-to-bumper.Bob: So you’re taking a lot of traffic off the roads. That way, people will be able to get out and enjoy the Great River Road from driving it rather than having to deal with all that traffic from here to there.Jim: CorrectBob: Jim, why would somebody want to stop by and see a lock and dam?Jim: We get a lot of people watching the eagles. We get a lot of otters around the locks, so we have a lot of people watching wildlife. The other thing that they do a lot is, they just stop by to watch boat traffic, and to watch fishermen. We get a lot of the cruise paddlewheelers – the American Queen, Delta Queen, Mississippi Queen. That’s a big event. They put their schedules out well in advance, so we get quite a turnout for those events when those boats pass through. We have several open houses at our locks and dams up and down the river that normally we try to coincide with a local community festival. We allow people on the site so they can see how everything works. We’ll let the kids blow the horn and all that kind of fun stuff. We do allow fishing around our structures from the shore, so we get a lot of fishermen in the spring, summer, fall timeframe. We’ve got a lot of ice fishermen around right now. There’s always quite a bit of action around the lock and dam.Bob: Jim, as you know, this winter has been a winter of records with all the snow that we’ve had. Once that snow starts to melt, it will obviously find its way to the Mississippi. When that happens, do you open up the locks and the dams and allow all of the water to flow so that way it doesn’t flood?Jim: The locks and dams in our district are for navigation purposes only. They’re not flood control structures. Congress has given us the authority to maintain these pools at a certain sea elevation. Our lock operators adjust that dam. There are big gates over there – roller and tainter gates – they adjust that plus or minus normally two-tenths of a foot tolerance from the guidance from our Water Control Management Office up in the district. We can hold back to only a certain flow of water – every site is a little different – and then we raise those gates out of the water and it becomes open river.Bob: What is the life expectancy of the lock and dam structure?Jim: When they were built in the 30s, the life expectancy was 50 years.Bob: Obviously, we’ve gone past that.Jim: Obviously, we’ve gone well past that. We’ve done some significant upgrades to both of our electrical systems, both to our operating systems, to our control houses. Based on our cyclical maintenance, we’ve been able to prolong the lifespan of these structures.Bob: That’s fantastic you’ve been able to do that and keep the history alive. We talked a little bit earlier about the barges. What about pleasure crafts on the Mississippi River? Are they able to lock through?Jim: Yes. We’ll lock just about anything through. The paddleboards where people stand up and paddle, we can’t lock those through, and a jet ski that you have to stand up on to operate, the reason being the operator would be in the water in the locking process. We don’t want that.Bob: Where can people find out more information about how they can see when boats may be going through, or when they can find out when some of the open houses are where they can actually go on and see the insides of a lock and dam?Jim: The best resource today is probably social media. We advertise all of our open houses through our St. Paul District Corps of Engineers Facebook page. That’s probably the one-stop shop for all of our events that are coming up.Bob: Is there a place close by each of those locks where you’re able to tie off and maybe see some of the communities like Perrot State Park or Trempealeau Mountain or downtown La Crosse or Prairie du Chien or any of those places?Jim: Yeah. Most of them have local marinas that rent out slips where you can dock your boat. I’m not sure if you can tie up a boat at Riverside [Park] in La Crosse, but I know Trempealeau, for example, has the Trempealeau Marina. They’ll allow you to tie up there. There are walking paths uptown. I know the Genoa Lock and Dam has tie-off points on the backside of their upper guide wall where recreational boaters can tie off there and go uptown. There are a lot of local resources for a boater to stop and then to walk uptown and check out the local communities.

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Take a moment to reflect on the past year in real estate… What were the hot topics of 2017? The appointment of a new NAR CEO is probably on your list, along with Zillow jumping into the iBuyer game and Redfin going public. Maybe the Upstream pivot came to mind, or one of the many stories around venture capital and private equity investing in tech-enabled brokerages. Rob and Greg are taking the time to look back at 2017 and discuss the top five issues that rocked residential real estate this year. They start with the appointment of Bob Goldberg as the new leader of NAR, evaluating his performance so far and how the proposed tax bill will test him in this role. Rob and Greg go on to cover 2017 as the year of the iBuyer, explaining how the model is yet to be profitable and the circumstances under which platforms like Opendoor and OfferPad might become more mainstream. Rob offers his take on the dynamics between Redfin and Zillow, discussing why he considers the Redfin IPO to be the biggest thing in real estate this year. Greg raises the issue of SoftBank’s investment in Compass, speaking to the influx of capital pouring into the space and the many examples of consolidation in the industry. They walk through the impact of MLS of Choice and what might change as a result of the new policy as well as the question of what success looks like for RPR as Upstream appears to lose relevance. Listen in for Rob and Greg’s overview of the hottest stories in real estate this past year and their insight on what’s to come in 2018. What’s Discussed:  The appointment of Bob Goldberg as NAR CEO How the tax reform bill will serve as a test for Bob What made 2017 the year of the iBuyer How market conditions and margins impact the popularity of iBuyers Why Rob considers Redfin going public the biggest event of 2017 Redfin’s employee-agent model and culture of consumer focus The influx of capital pouring into residential real estate -  SoftBank’s $450M investment in Compass -  Consolidation and tech-enabled brokerages The significance of ‘MLS of Choice’ The proposal to shut down RPR Upstream’s apparent loss of relevance   Resources: Brian Boero on 1000watt “Why Does Compass Keep Winning?” in Inman   Connect with Rob and Greg:  Rob’s Website Greg’s Website

We have all heard the axiom, "It's better to give than to receive." And although it sounds good in theory, is it actually true? What about in the cut throat business of selling? Many people are arguing that the old days of pressure sales are gone and a new era is upon us, yet we are reluctant to believe it. If you've ever been in sales, you have probably felt the pressure of "convincing" someone to buy. Well this week you will learn not only how to improve your sales game, but to become successful in all areas of life while also adding value to the world. By following the 5 Laws of Stratospheric Success, you can tap into the natural rhythm of a free-market economy and achieve your goals. Our guest this week is Bob Burg, a sought after speaker and best-selling author. One of his most popular books, The Go-Giver has sold over 250,000 copies. Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s businessperson. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations. Bob regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 — sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President. The Go-Giver shot to #6 on The Wall Street Journal’s Business Bestsellers list just three weeks after its release and reached #9 on BusinessWeek. Since its release it has consistently stayed in the top 25 on 800ceoread’s Business Book Best Seller List. It’s an international bestseller and has been translated into 21 languages. It is Bob’s fourth book to sell over 250,000 copies. ____ "Nobody is going to buy from you because you have a quota to meet. They are going to buy from you because there is more value in doing so than in not doing so." - Bob Burg Quotes from Bob: What we learn in this episode: What are the keys to providing value? How can you become a better salesman? Should a boss aim for commitment or compliance? Why? What are the 5 laws of stratospheric success? Resources: The Go-Giver: A Little Story About A Powerful Business Idea www.burg.com Twitter: @bobburg Bob recommends: How to Master the Art of Selling Think and Grow Rich As a Man Thinketh Psycho-Cybernetics The Magic of Thinking Big How to Win Friends and Influence People Peace, Power and Plenty -- This episode is brought to you by: Animoto: Visit Animoto.com/smartpeople and use promo code “SMARTPEOPLE” to get 15% off to receive 15% off an Annual Pro subscription! Lynda.com: Do something good for yourself in 2015 and sign up for a FREE 10-day trial to Lynda.com by visiting Lynda.com/smartpeople. Aspiration: At Aspiration, their investment strategies are built for the middle class. Signing up takes as little as $500 and five minutes of your time. You can sign up and find out more information at aspiration.com/smartpeople.