Podcasts about Declination

Tony Howard shares valuable insight about the declination transits of February 2024. You'll hear about the Venus-Jupiter parallel and contraparallel as well as some thoughts about Pluto in Aquarius and the 5-planet lineup in Aquarius this month. Learn why February is a great time to reflect on your plans from last month with Mars coming back into "normal" declination range. Learn about the 2 out of bounds Moon periods this month with some tips for the Moon in Gemini and the Moon in Sagittarius. Listen in for the best dates for support from the planets with important actions. To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

Tony Howard shares valuable insight about the "declination transits" of January 2024. You'll hear about the Moon and Mars out of bounds, and a triple parallel of Mercury-Mars and Pluto. Learn why January is great for new starts this year, but a little better in the second half of the month. Learn about the "talent triangle" aspect and its positive potentials for new starts this month. Tune in for some cautionary advice about communication and boundary setting this month, and hear about the pitfalls of Mercury square Neptune as the year kicks off. Get Tony's tips for the best day of the month to take important actions and why vision boarding is a great way to spend the beginning of the month. To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/ Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

Tony Howard shares an overview of the main transiting declination aspects for December 2023 along with some tips for how to navigate these important astrology events.This month you'll hear actionable tips for Mercury out of bounds, Mars out of bounds, as well as a triple parallel between Mercury, Mars and Pluto.Thinking - and acting - in bold new directions is in order, as long as you pay attention to the timing. Tune in to hear Tony's thoughts about when to implement any big changes. To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

Tony Howard shares an overview of the main transiting declination aspects for October 2023 along with some tips for how to navigate these important astrology events.This month you'll hear actionable tips for the Moon out of bounds, Mercury aspecting Neptune and Jupiter, as well as the contraparallel and opposition between Mars and Jupiter. Tune in to find out why you could learn something important by facing off with an adversary. To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

Join Tony Howard for an overview of the main transiting declination aspects for September 2023 along with some tips for how to navigate these important astrology events.This month Tony shares actionable tips for Mercury aspecting Mars and Neptune, the Mercury and Venus retrograde stations, and the opposition and contraparallel between the Sun and and Neptune. Tune in to find out why it's a good idea to get in right relationship with your ideals later this month. To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

Colin and Bo are joined by Detroit Hardcore legend/Cold as Life frontman Jeff Gunnels. A true bucket list HardLore guest that we thought would never be possible, we discuss their era-defining classic album Born to Land Hard, his thoughts on music while he was in prison, how it feels getting ready for Cold as Life's return to the stage on October 7th, their misunderstood follow up album The Declination of Independence and much more. Jeff is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating people to ever exist in hardcore music and we're honored to be able to share a small piece of his story. Cold as Life is BACK October 7th in Detroit, Michigan!!! Tix: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/cold-as-life-russell-industrial-center-tickets/13175078?pl=crofoot Jeff Gunnells' Official HardLore Playlist: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0KuJp5cBscHqeVEK7qaRS2?si=984e304945c34622 Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jeff-gunnells-hardlore-playlist/pl.u-06oxDP6CYxE0ZD8 Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Join WHATNOT with our special little link to get $15 off your first purchase. Get ready for the first ever Hardlore live auction TOMORROW, March 24th at 8:30 PM EST: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/hardlore Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW COLD AS LIFE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/coldaslifeofficial/ FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/coldaslifeofficial FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe Check out our merch at https://knotfest.com/store/?view=hardlore Find all of our videos at https://knot1.co/3vWXsbx #HardLore #JeffGunnels #ColdAsLife

Bazyk Bros, Matt and Nathan, try to guilt their way into the Fantasy Footballers Listener League! But also, check out that Lich League to find out the answer to the ever burning question, 'What up with that Hag, though?"

Join Tony Howard for an overview of the main transiting declination aspects for August 2023 along with some tips for how to navigate these important astrology events.This month Tony shares actionable tips for the Moon out of bounds in Cancer, the opposition and contraparallel between Mars and Neptune, Mercury parallel Mars while retrograde, and more. Tune in to find out why you should put some extra effort into consciously expressing anger this month.  To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

Join Tony Howard for an overview of the main transiting declination aspects for July 2023 along with some tips for how to navigate these important astrology events. This month Tony talks about the Mercury out of bounds in Cancer, the triple parallel between Venus, Mars and Jupiter, and the Mars-Saturn opposition and contraparallel. To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

The July 2023 replay of past episodes showcases five interviews on social determinants of health in neurology. The episode begins with an interview with Dr. Heather Leeper on the links between pain and depression with unemployment due to CNS cancer. The episode continues with an interview with Dr. Wyatt Bensken on racial and ethnic difference in antiseizure medication prescription. The next interview is with Dr. Scott Mendelson on race-ethnic disparities in stroke thrombolysis. The fourth interview is with Dr. Vikas Kotagal on neighborhood socioeconomic factors in people with various movement disorders. The final episode is with Dr. Daniel Di Luca on racial and ethnic differences in quality of life among people with Parkinson's disease.   Related Podcast Links: Links Between Pain & Depression with Unemployment Due to CNS Cancer:  https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/26356875 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Antiseizure Medications Among People with Epilepsy on Medicaid: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/25916646 Race-Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Thrombolysis: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/23377391 Social Determinants of Health in Patients with Movement Disorders: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/26531040 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Quality of Life in Parkinson Disease: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/27196008 Related Article Links: Association of Employment Status With Symptom Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life in People Living With Primary CNS Tumors: https://n.neurology.org/content/100/16/e1723 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Antiseizure Medications Among People With Epilepsy on Medicaid: A Case of Potential Inequities: https://cp.neurology.org/content/13/1/e200101  Race-Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Declination of Thrombolysis for Stroke: https://n.neurology.org/content/98/16/e1596 Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health in Patients Seen in Neurology Movement Disorders Clinics: https://cp.neurology.org/content/13/2/e200142 Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life for Individuals With Parkinson Disease Across Centers of Excellence: https://n.neurology.org/content/100/21/e2170   Visit NPUb.org/Podcast for associated article links

Join Tony Howard for an overview of the main transiting declination aspects each month along with some tips for how to navigate the important declination events. You'll hear about the most important parallels, contraparallels and out of bounds planets for the month, and standout events. This month Tony talks about the Mercury-Mars-Uranus parallel, Venus coming back down from being out of bounds in May, along with Venus parallel Pluto, and Mercury going out of bounds in Cancer. To learn more about declination check out Tony's course Intro to Declination at: https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/shop/four-year-courses/introduction-to-declination/Brand new to declination? Start with this blog post "What is Declination?": https://www.astrologyuniversity.com/what-is-declination/

The world of FCPA enforcement is always changing, and in this episode of Corruption, Crime and Compliance, Michael Volkov catches us up on three recent enforcement actions. From Corsa Coal's rare declination to SEC settlements with Flutter Entertainment and Rio Tinto, each case offers important insights into the current state of FCPA enforcement. He shares how voluntary self-disclosure, appropriate due diligence processes, and enhancements to compliance programs and accounting controls can help companies avoid penalties and strengthen their position.You'll hear Michael discuss these ideas:Companies are encouraged to voluntarily self-disclose bad behavior to the DOJ, which may result in a declination and significant reductions in penalties.Corsa Coal earned a rare declination from the DOJ after cooperating in the prosecution of two former executives and meeting their burden to establish inability to pay. Their disgorgement was significantly reduced from $31 million to $1.2 million.Flutter Entertainment, which acquired PokerStars, was fined $4 million by the SEC for improper payments to Russian-based consultants made by Stars Group, its previous owner. Stars Group failed to conduct due diligence or maintain appropriate written contracts for third parties, leading to bribery violations.Acquiring companies should conduct appropriate due diligence on the acquired company's FCPA compliance.Rio Tinto paid $15 million to settle FCPA violations arising from a bribery scheme involving a senior Ghanaian government official. Despite red flags indicating that the consultant was advising the Ghanaian official and preserving Rio Tinto's ability to operate in Guinea, Rio Tinto eventually approved two lump sum payments totaling $10.5 million.Companies should pay attention to red flags when paying high commissions to sales agents involved in extractive industries.Rio Tinto implemented enhancements to their compliance programs and accounting controls after FCPA violations.KEY QUOTES:"As part of DOJ's push on voluntary self-disclosures in changes to its corporate enforcement policy, they really are encouraging companies to come in and voluntarily disclose when they find bad behavior." - Michael Volkov"...when acquiring a company, you've got to conduct due diligence and make sure that you do not find any FCPA violations or any problems like that." - Michael Volkov"Rio Tinto strengthened its ethics and compliance organization, enhanced its code of conduct, as well as its policies and procedures, gifts and hospitality, due diligence, and use of third parties. In addition, Rio Tinto enhanced its whistleblower program and improved its monitoring systems and internal controls related to payments to third parties. Finally, Rio Tinto enhanced its anti-corruption risk assessments and transactions testing and increased training of employees and third parties." - Michael VolkovResources:Michael Volkov on LinkedIn | TwitterThe Volkov Law Group

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance brings to you four compliance related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen in to the Daily Compliance News. All, from the Compliance Podcast Network. Stories we are following in today's edition of Daily Compliance News: ·       Peru arrests generals for corruption.  (DW) ·       Safran gets Declination. (WSJ)  ·       Meta settles for Cambridge Analytica. (BBC) ·       Angola court orders dos Santos asset seizure. (Al Jazeera) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys fight through adversity to put out a real indie rocker of an episode. Catastrophes sporting and otherwise are discussed, as is the phenomenal Weird Al biopic. Pete strikes gold with a new word. Support the podcast and get bonus content: patreon.com/listentobrunch

I read from declarative to declination.     The word of the episode is "declaw" which is also called "Onychectomy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onychectomy     Theme music from Jonah Kraut https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/     Merchandising! https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar     "The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar 917-727-5757

GROW  Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom The Moon is in the 7th House an AwakeningJupiter and Mars alignedPiscesJupiter is currently in the constellation of Pisces. The current Right Ascension is 00h 17m 27s and the Declination is +00° 35' 46”I'm a Pisces,  7 is for Wisdom       

GB2RS News Sunday the 5th of June 2022 The news headlines: Amateur radio to be shown on television Thank you to all the Society's volunteers Platinum Jubilee activities underway The hobby of amateur radio, and portable operating in particular, will receive some television coverage today, Sunday the 5th of June. The long-running BBC Countryfile programme airs at 6 pm on the main BBC 1 channel. It will be based from Flat Holm Island in the Bristol Channel, the site of Marconi's first radio transmissions over the sea. Presenters Ellie Harrison and Matt Baker will be with leading Summits on the Air operator Ben Lloyd, GW4BML as he sets up a portable station on the island in order to contact SOTA activators on hill and mountain summits around the UK. Volunteers Week takes place between the 1st and the 7th of June every year. It's a chance for the RSGB to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to the work of the Society. From news readers to the National Radio Centre, the regional teams to committees and everything in between, the RSGB would like to thank the hundreds of people who make a difference in amateur radio every week, not just during Volunteers Week. If you would like to join them, go to rsgb.org/volunteers to see what vacancies are available. The RSGB's Platinum Jubilee activities have started with the GB70 Special Event Stations up and running. The call signs to look for are GB70E in England, GB70M in Scotland, GB70W in Wales, GB70I in Northern Ireland, GB70J on Jersey, GB70U on Guernsey and GB70D on the Isle of Man. You can find out more about these special events at gb70.co.uk. Many amateurs are already using the Regional Secondary Locator, the letter Q. If you would like to join them, the free-of-charge Notice of Variation to your licence that is needed is available via the RSGB website, see rsgb.org/jubilee. If you would rather, you may use the suffix /70 to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. An NoV is not necessary for the /70 addition to your callsign. The RSGB's Tonight@8 will be live on Monday the 6th of June. Professor Ian Morison, G0DMU will give a review of the history of Jodrell Bank, one of the world's premier radio astronomy observatories. From its founding in 1945 through the completion of the Mk I radio telescope in 1957 to the building of the Merlin array in the 1980s and 1990s, Ian will discuss some of its most exciting discoveries. Due to recent poor propagation on the original 3727kHz frequency and increasing local background noise levels on the 80m band generally, the National Radio Centre net has moved to 7130kHz. The net is on air every weekday morning starting at 10.30 am on 7130kHz. The net is open to all licensed radio operators, whether to join in with the chat or just for a signal report.  Belgium's communications regulator has said 50.200MHz and 51.075MHz will be used until the 18th of June during a military exercise in Elzenborn. In Belgium, the amateur radio service has a secondary status in this band with the military services having primary status. Radio amateurs are asked to avoid the use of these frequencies if possible and to listen carefully to whether the frequency is in use if they still wish to use the frequencies concerned. And now for details of rallies and events  Please send your rally and event news as soon as possible to radcom@rsgb.org.uk. We'll publicise your event in RadCom, on GB2RS, and online.  Today, Sunday the 5th of June, the Spalding Radio Rally will be held at Holbeach United Youth FC, Pennyhill Road, Holbeach, Lincolnshire PE12 7PR. Doors open at 10 am, with disabled guests gaining access at 9.30 am. Entry is £3. There will be a car boot area, flea market and trade stands. Catering is available on site. A prize draw/raffle will take place. More from Graham, G8NWC on 0775 461 9701. Next Saturday, the 11th of June, the Rochdale & District ARS Summer Rally will be held at St Vincent de Paul's, Caldershaw Road, off Edenfield Road (A680), Norden, Rochdale OL12 7QR. Doors open at 10.15 am with disabled visitors gaining access at 10 am. Details from Robert, M0NVQ, m0nvq@outlook.com. Next Sunday, the 12th, two rallies are on the calendar. The Mendips Radio Rally is at Farrington Gurney Memorial Hall and Playing Fields, Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Somerset BS39 6TY. There is free parking available, and doors will be open between 9.30 am and 1 pm. Admission is £3. There will be inside tables and a large field for car boot traders. Hot and cold refreshments will be available. For all enquiries call Luke on 07870 168 197. The Junction 28 Radio Rally will be in Alfreton Leisure Centre, Church St. DE55 7BD. Traders and clubs will be in the indoor hall alongside a bar and café. Admission is £3. More from Alan, M0OLT, secretary@snadarc.com. Now the DX news Harald, DF2WO will be active again as 9X2AW from Rwanda until the 22nd of June. He plans to operate on all bands and satellite QO-100, he will operate FT8, CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via M0OXO's OQRS. Reiner, DL2AAZ will be active holiday style as TO2AZ from Guadeloupe, NA-102, until the 10th of June. He will operate CW and SSB on the 10 to 40m bands. QSL via home call, direct or bureau. Due to the postponement of the expedition to Rockall until June next year, five team members will conduct pre-expedition training from Goose Rock, EU-005, an uninhabited rocky islet off the coast of Newquay, between Monday the 6th and Thursday the 9th of June. Nobby, G0VJG will be testing his radio equipment and be on the air as G0VJG/P. Now the Special Event news IY4ELE will be on the air today, Sunday the 5th of June. The aim of this event is to highlight the historical value and meaning of the yacht Elettra, the floating laboratory of Marconi. The station will be set up close to the yacht. More information on the amateur activity can be found at arifidenza.it.  GB0LIZ will be on the air today, Sunday the 5th of June, to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. It will be operated by members of Guisborough & District ARC from the Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge, Kirkbymoorside YO627LQ. They will be using as many bands as possible and visitors are welcome. Wales Digital Radio group will be active using GB0JBL until Monday the 6th of June celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee from the Refreshment Rooms in Cymmer, South Wales. GB2JCM will be operated by the James Clerk Maxwell Radio Society to commemorate the anniversary of the mathematician and scientist's birth on the 13th of June. They will operate from the Church at Parton in Dumfries & Galloway where Clerk Maxwell both worshipped and is buried. Should you be interested in joining with the society and taking part in the special event, please come along on the day between 9 am and 5 pm. They can be contacted via QRZ.com. Now the contest news This weekend is a busy one for contests. The ARRL International Digital Contest ends its 48-hour run at 2359UTC today, Sunday the 5th of June. Using digital modes, but no RTTY, on the 1.8 to 50MHz bands where contests are allowed, the exchange is your 4-character locator. The UK Six Metre Group's Summer Contest ends its 24-hour run at 1300UTC today, Sunday the 5th. Using all modes on the 50MHz band, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and membership number. Ending its 48-hour run at 2359UTC today, Sunday the 5th is the International Pride Contest. You can enter as a single operator, multi-operator or a single QRP operator. Check out the rules at prideradio.group/contest The RSGB National Field Day ends its 24-hour run at 1500UTC today, Sunday the 5th. Using CW only on the 1.8 to 28MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Today, Sunday the 5th of June, the UK Microwave Group's Low Band Contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using all modes on the 1.3, 2.3 and 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Monday, the 6th, the 80m Club Championships contest runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using RTTY and PSK63 only, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Tuesday the 7th sees the 144MHz FM Activity Contest run from 1800 to 1855UTC. It is followed by the all-mode 144MHz UK Activity Contest running from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange is the same for both contests, signal report, serial number and locator. The 432MHz FT8 Activity Contest takes place between 1900 and 2100UTC on Wednesday the 8th of June. The exchange is your report and 4-character locator. Thursday the 9th of June sees the 50MHz UK Activity Contest take place between 1900 and 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The weekend of the 11th and 12th of June is another busy one for contests. Saturday the 11th is the day of the RSGB's Jubilee Tournaments. The first is the CW Jubilee Tournament which runs from 0900 to 1010UTC. Using the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.  This is followed by the Jubilee Tournament which runs between 1400 and 1510UTC on the 144MHz band. Using phone and CW, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator.  Finally, the SSB Jubilee Tournament runs between 1900 and 2010UTC. Using the 3.5, 7 and 14MHz bands where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report and serial number.  Note that the three Jubilee Tournaments are 70 minutes in length in keeping with the Platinum Jubilee theme. The IARU ATV Contest runs from 1200UTC on Saturday the 11th of June to 1800UTC on the 12th. Using the 432MHz band and up, the exchange is the P number, serial number and locator.  On Sunday the 12th of June, the second 144MHz Backpackers contest runs from 0900 to 1300UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also next Sunday, the 12th, the Practical Wireless 2m QRP contest runs from 0900 to 1600UTC. It is phone only and the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The maximum power allowed for this contest is 5W. The UK Six Metre Group's Summer Marathon runs until the 2nd of August, with contacts on the 50MHz band exchanging your 4-character locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA, and G4BAO on Wednesday the 1st of June 2022. What a difference a week makes! Last week we were looking at a solar flux index of 137 and a mass of sunspots. This week the SFI is standing at 101 with only three active regions visible, and one of those is about to rotate out of view. Geomagnetic conditions have been relatively stable, but a little unsettled with a maximum Kp index of three over the past few days as this report was being prepared. The solar wind stream remained elevated above 500km/s due to a coronal hole stream combined with possible weak Coronal Mass Ejections, or CME, effects. As a result, HF conditions have been a little lacklustre with the Chilton Ionosonde showing a critical frequency of between four and five Megahertz. This equates to a maximum usable frequency of around 18-21MHz over a 3,000km path. As we said, nothing to write home about. But all is not lost as the experts feel this will be a short-lived decline in solar activity and normal service will soon resume! NOAA thinks the SFI will decline a little more by the end of this week, before coming back with a roar from around Tuesday the 7th of June. It predicts the SFI could be 110 on Tuesday the 7th and then rise to 150 by the 14th. So next week could see the bands opening up again, at least for a while. Geomagnetic conditions are predicted to remain quiet with a maximum Kp index of two, at least until the 10th when it could rise to perhaps four or five.  It looks like the Jubilee weekend may offer fairly flat HF conditions, but this may improve as we head into next week. And now the VHF and up propagation news. There are no signs at the moment of really strong long-lasting areas of high pressure so any Tropo is likely to be temporary. On today's forecast charts, the only one that shows up develops over Scotland during the holiday weekend but declines as the weekend finishes. The rest of the weather story is focused upon showery activity and with the prospect of some being heavy and thundery, it bodes well for rain scatter, but could also play havoc with HF CW NFD static levels. The early days of June are regarded as prime time for Sporadic-E, and with this season getting off to a slow start, it's high time we saw some activity.  There are a few jet stream segments over Europe during the week to come, but nothing looks too strong. This may be compensated for by the increase in the background meteor input in this period and, hopefully, there will be plenty to celebrate. After the excitement of last week's “will they, won't they” Eta Aquarids meteor shower, this week is going to be something of a back to normal situation.  June is usually a slow month for meteors with no major showers. However, the daytime Arietids, which is a minor meteor shower, may provide some useful radio reflections on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th and 8th. Sky noise will be quite low this week with the Moon full next Tuesday, the 14th of June. Declination reduces throughout the week as the moon moves towards perigee. Path loss for Moonbounce will reduce as the week progresses. Once again, low declination will favour stations with little or no antenna elevation, potentially increasing operation time beyond that around moonrise and moonset. And that's all from the propagation team this week.  

Welcome to the only roundtable podcast in compliance. In 2021, Everything Compliance was honored by W3 as a top talk show in podcasting. In this episode, we have the quintet of Jay Rosen, Jonathan Armstrong, Jonathan Marks, Karen Woody and Matt Kelly. We conclude with our fan favorite Shout Outs and Rants. 1. Jay Rosen discusses the increased antitrust enforcement by the DOJ in the healthcare arena. Rosen shouts out to Rachael Smith, Gilnet Sainvil and High-Five Man which reminded Rosen of Johnny Bank from his childhood 2. Matt Kelly takes a deep dive into the SEC proposed rules cyber security disclosure.  Kelly gives a ‘mild' rant to the SEC for proposing companies should have to disclose with 4 days after a cyber breach even if law enforcement asks a company not to do so. 3. Jonathan Armstrong looks data transfers from the EU to US and UK. Armstrong goes on his most epic rant ever using 2 funerals and a birthday party to excoriate Tory Politicians to not simply talk the talk but follow the rules when it comes to Covid-19 protocols. 4. Karen Woody wades into Elon Musk and his dalliances about investing in and potentially buying Twitter. Woody rants about the recent Declination with Disgorgement given to a MarshMac subsidiary in the UK, the Jardine Group Holdings  and says this is simply a NPA and should be monikered as such. 5. Jonathan Marks discusses the difference between Tone at the Top and Conduct at the Top and why so many companies are falling short in the latter. Marks shouts out to Phillies 3rd baseman Alec Bohm who went from Phillies' fan goat to hero with a mea culpa and SF Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken, who became the first female to take the field and coach in the history of MLB. 6. Fox shouts out to author Margaret Atwood and in her book The Handmaiden's Tale, which is not a dystopian novel but a prophecy of current Texas in 2022.  The members of the Everything Compliance are: •       Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com •       Karen Woody – One of the top academic experts on the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu •       Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com •       Jonathan Armstrong –is our UK colleague, who is an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com •       Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader - Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at jonathan.marks@bakertilly.com The host and producer, ranter (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Everything Compliance Shout Outs and Rants. 1. Jay Rosen shouts out to Rachael Smith, Gilnet Sainvil and High-Five Man which reminded Rosen of Johnny Bank from his childhood 2. Matt Kelly gives a ‘mild' rant to the SEC for proposing companies should have to disclose with 4 days after a cyber breach even if law enforcement asks a company not to do so.  3. Jonathan Armstrong goes on his most epic rant ever using 2 funerals and a birthday party to excoriate Tory Politicians to not simply talk the talk but follow the rules when it comes to Covid-19 protocols.  4. Karen Woody rants about the recent Declination with Disgorgement given to a MarshMac subsidiary in the UK, the Jardine Group Holdings  and says this is simply a NPA and should be monikered as such. 5. Jonathan Marks shouts out to Phillies 3rd baseman Alec Bohm who went from Phillies' fan goat to hero with a mea culpa and SF Giants assistant coach Alyssa Nakken, who became the first female to take the field and coach in the history of MLB.  6. Tom Fox shouts out to author Margaret Atwood and in her book The Handmaiden's Tale, which is not a dystopian novel but a prophecy of current Texas in 2022.   The members of the Everything Compliance are: •       Jay Rosen– Jay is Vice President, Business Development Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors. Rosen can be reached at JRosen@affiliatedmonitors.com •       Karen Woody – One of the top academic experts on the SEC. Woody can be reached at kwoody@wlu.edu •       Matt Kelly – Founder and CEO of Radical Compliance. Kelly can be reached at mkelly@radicalcompliance.com •       Jonathan Armstrong –is our UK colleague, who is an experienced data privacy/data protection lawyer with Cordery in London. Armstrong can be reached at jonathan.armstrong@corderycompliance.com •       Jonathan Marks is Partner, Firm Practice Leader - Global Forensic, Compliance & Integrity Services at Baker Tilly. Marks can be reached at jonathan.marks@bakertilly.com The host and producer, ranter (and sometime panelist) of Everything Compliance is Tom Fox the Voice of Compliance. He can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Everything Compliance is a part of the Compliance Podcast Network. 

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On this April Fool's Day for 2022, Tom and Jay are back to look at some of the week's top compliance and ethics stories in the Slap Seen ‘Round the World edition.  Stories The Slap Seen ‘Round the World and Compliance. Tom in FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. Will CCOs have to certify compliance? Text of Kenneth Polite speech. Tom and Matt in Compliance into the Weeds. Matt in Radical Compliance. Coal exec indicted under the FCPA. Harry Cassin in the FCPA Blog. Good bribes. Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog. Why controls are key to compliance. Chris Audet in CCI. MarshMac UK sub garners Declination with Disgorgement. Dylan Tokar in WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal. ZTE whistleblower feared for his life. Ashley Yablon in CCI. Whistleblowing keys. Jan Stampers In Risk and Compliance Matters. Fine line between compliance and evasion of OFAC sanctions. Mike Volkov in Corruption Crime and Compliance. ISSB delivers sustainability guidelines. IFRS Press Release. Podcasts and More What is the intersection of Sports and Ethics? Each year, Jason Meyer holds Ethics Madness, a discussion of this intersection done during March Madness. This year, Jason engaged Tom for Ethics Madness in the podcast format. It was cross-posted on Jason's site Eight Mindsets, which he co-hosts with Nicole Rose and on Tom's site, Greetings and Felicitations. Tom has a two part series with Aly McDevitt on her recent Ransomware case study, on Greetings and Felicitations, Part 1 and Part 2. Why should you attend Compliance Week 2022? Find out on this episode of From the Editor's Desk. Listeners get a $200 discount to CW 2022 with the code Fox200. More here. Tom visits with longtime MS 150 rider Alan Peterson on The Hill Country Podcast. Donate to the fight against MS here. Why should compliance lead corporate ESG? Kristy Grant-Hart explains on the ESG Compliance Podcast. Tom Fox is the Voice of Compliance and can be reached at tfox@tfoxlaw.com. Jay Rosen is Mr. Monitor and can be reached at jrosen@affiliatedmonitors.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's edition of Daily Compliance News: ·      MarshMac UK sub garners Declination with Disgorgement. (WSJ)   ·      Corruption a worldwide crisis. (Aeon) ·      SEC threatens to delist Chinese company over audit failings.  (Insider) ·      ZTE whistleblower pens book on experience.  (CCI) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Khadijah Queen homes in on her selections by following three keywords through the archive: disobedience, Detroit, and joy. She introduces Rachel Zucker's lecture on the confessional mode in poetry (“What We Talk About When We Talk About the Confessional and What We Should Be Talking About”), francine j. harris's lyric dense with complicated emotions (“katherine with the lazy eye. short. and not a good poet.”), and Monica Sok's poem of gentle power in the face of trauma (“The Woman Who Was Small, Not Because the World Expanded”). Queen closes by reading “Declination,” which approaches her chosen keywords through the lens of making art. Watch the full recordings of Zucker, harris, and Sok reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:Rachel Zucker, lecture (2016)francine j. harris (2015)Monica Sok (2020)You can also find a reading by Khadijah Queen on Voca, which was given in 2016.

In the eighth episode of Season 4, Hollis Swan, Founder & Lead Roaster of Declination Roasting Company in Soldotna, Alaska joins the show to talk about slowing down, welding, and incorporating his passion for the outdoors into his work. Check out NPR's list of humanitarian aid groups supporting the Ukraine here: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082992947/ukraine-support-help Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Follow us on Instagram: @RoastWestCoast or Facebook: @RoastWestCoast ROAST! West Coast is a new podcast bringing together a community of coffee lovers in Southern California. Host Ryan Woldt interviews local roastery founders, roasters, coffee shop experts, farmers, green coffee brokers and more about their coffee origin stories, how they've dealt with the impacts of Covid-19, why they love coffee and much more. If you love coffee, entrepreneurship, shopping local and learn how things get made and why things are done a certain way you will love ROAST! West Coast presented by One Wild Life Co. We dive deep into the hyper-local coffee region of Southern California with the help of Industry Legacy Partners including: Ignite Coffee Company, Steady State Roasting, Zumbar Coffee & Tea, Leap Coffee, Marea Coffee, Mostra Coffee, Cafe LaTerre, First Light Whiskey, Camp Coffee, and Cape Horn Coffee. Plus, Coffee Sensei Chris O'Brien of Coffee Cycle is back as our resident coffee expert helping us all learn a little more about coffee together, and Siri Simran Khalsa, Executive Director of Lofty Coffee, joins the show as a recurring guest to answer our roasting specific questions.Roast! - --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roastwestcoast/support

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In this episode of #AskPaulKirtley I answer questions about water purification for self-propelled journeys such as back-packing and bike-packing. I also answer a question about an often misunderstood or ignored area of navigation related to magnetic variation and the necessary compass adjustments...

From Jan 6th until today it has been one big lie. Food, drug and commodity shortages, rise in prices on food, gas, oil, and other energy, supply chain bottlenecks, everything has been a bold face lie. Inflation in Aug was 8.3% and is still rising today Meat Reserves are at a dangerously low level after farmers were made to kill their livestock supposedly because of COVID-19. The shipping issues are not due to the truckers they are manufactured by the U.S. Government. The cost from Shanghai to New York for a single shipping container has went from $2,000.00 to as much as $12,500.00. The Biden administration has destroyed our domestic economy, gas, oil and coal industries, and industry as a whole in the United States. Now farmers are being forced to not grow crops or destroy the crops they have. They get more money for destroying crops with lawn mowers to reduce the carbon footprint. While world leaders take 400 private Jets to a G-20 summit to discuss climate change, and our own POTUS uses an 85 car motorcade on the same trip. New Yorkers fed up with Kamala, Joe and DE Blasio let the sentiments be heard. Is Kentucky's Declination of Mandatory Epidemic-Related Vaccine another move closer to the "Mark of the Beast?" Below is how you can find all our other show locations, and how to donate to Re-Fund the Police. Zoom Meeting 9:30- pm Monday-Friday to be on the show and take part in the lessons. Bill Moss is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Bill Moss' Zoom Meeting Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7256164405?pwd=Y3JYN2JKOGlibDJ4aXU4SklSTEF1UT09 Meeting ID: 725 616 4405 Passcode: 9MYKz9 One tap mobile +19292056099,,7256164405#,,,,*442462# US (New York) +13017158592,,7256164405#,,,,*442462# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 725 616 4405 Passcode: 442462 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcDkyzLckI Where to find American Patriot News on video. Brighteon: https://www.brighteon.com/channel/billmoss Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/BSeXR1st.p9zU/ (We are currently having trouble loading on to BitChute.) You might want to check out one of the other platforms for missed episodes,) Rumble: Https://rumble.com/c/c-291321 Where to Listen to American Patriot News on Celestial Radio. Anchor.fm: https://anchor.fm/bill-moss0 Breaker: https://www.breaker-audio/american=patriot=newsrch/American%20Patriot%20News On Google Podcast: Search for: American Patriot News Pocket Cast: https://pca.st/hw7p2U0r Radio Public: https://radiopublic.com/American-Patriot-News-GADAV4https://anchor.fm/s/601b68a8/podcast/rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/search/American%20Patriot%20News Please Donate to: Re-Fund the Police https://www.gofundme.com/f/w7hqnc-refund-the-police?qid=668be3c54dac741be901f98e5b68333a --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bill-moss0/message

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It's tough enough to be born with a genetic predisposition to heart disease. Tougher still to suffer advanced heart failure at 43. Then add in an HIV diagnosis and a hyper-fragmented healthcare system. What if your health plan won't pay for your heart transplant because of a pre-existing condition or some other reason? Join Joel Sloan and Brenda Gazzar as they delve into the disturbing details of his extraordinary fight to live.

In today's edition of Daily Compliance News: Following DOJ, SEC to close FCPA inquiry into Pactiv Evergreen. (WSJ) Does more money counter work-burnout? (NYT) Corruption targeted in Australia. (The Guardian) Will anti-cheating czars come to colleges? (WSJ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A customer declines your services so you're going to send a declination letter--but is that enough? Should you send a waiver? Does the customer have to sign your document? How do you protect your company from customers that reject important services? We're revisiting declination letters--what they are, when you should use them, and what they should say. Welcome to the next installment of the Technology Bradcast.   Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

GB2RS News Sunday 25th July 2021 The news headlines: RadCom Basics latest issue NRC Net to close DARC reports survey results   The latest issue of RadCom Basics is now available from the RSGB website. In this edition, you can read about split frequency operation and more on logging and eLog, amongst other subjects. RSGB Members can read previous editions of RadCom Basics by going to rsgb.org/radcom-basics. You can register at the same address to receive notification of subsequent issues as they become available. As life returns, we hope, to a degree of normality, the regular weekday National Radio Centre net will cease. Instead, at 10.30 am on 3.737MHz an informal gathering will take place for those that want to call in and have a QSO. The RSGB would like to thank Nigel, G4RWI, who ran the NRC 80m net every day in 2020 and on weekdays throughout 2021. There were over 400 nets with hundreds of callers and thousands of QSOs. The German national society, DARC, has published the results of the amateur radio survey they conducted for the IARU. They had 550 respondents. The results are available via the DARC website, in German. There are some similarities with the RSGB's survey, as well as opinions on FT8 and licensing. On the third weekends of April and May, the IARU Region 1 organised the first 50MHz and 70MHz Machine Generated Modes-only contests. The official results are now published at iaru-r1.org. Congratulations to G4PLZ, who achieved top placing in both contests in the 6-hour section. His best DX on 50MHz was in excess of 1700km, and he achieved almost 1600km on 70MHz. In line with Government advice, Bletchley Park has relaxed their requirement for mask-wearing and social distancing. Their visit-booking system is still in place. Whilst the RSGB acknowledges that the legal requirement of Covid precautions has been reduced, we wish to take a more cautious approach at the National Radio Centre. As space in the NRC is restricted and there is limited airflow, the wellbeing of visitors and volunteers is paramount. This means many Covid precautions such as face coverings and social distancing within the NRC will still be required. The GB3RS station is still unavailable for visiting amateurs, but we will bring you news when this situation changes. As GB2RS continues to expand, it is a pleasure to extend a warm welcome to two new newsreaders. Leigh, M5GWH has joined the existing team in the Stoke-on-Trent area. Essex newsreaders have been joined by Richard, G0NAD. In addition to reading a brand-new broadcast on 70cm, Richard is also assisting with the 4m service in that area. And listeners in the north of England may like to note that the 145.525MHz broadcast from MM0JNL is now additionally covering Northumbria. The QSL Bureau sub-manager for the G4T-Z group is retiring and a replacement volunteer to distribute cards to this active sub-group is urgently needed. If you are an RSGB Member with time, a little space, some basic computer skills plus the desire to help your fellow members, the bureau would like to hear from you. You can find out more by emailing qsl@rsgb.org.uk. And now for details of rallies and events Before travelling to any rally or event, please check the event's website as there may be alterations or cancellations due to the current restrictions. Finningley ARS Car Boot will be outdoor only on the 25th of July, with doors opening at 10 am. It is located near M18 junction 2, Doncaster. Admission is £3. The Wiltshire Radio Rally, Electronics Fair & Car Boot Sale is planned for Sunday the 1st of August at Kington Langley Village Hall & fields, SNl5 5NJ. Doors are open from 9 am to 3 pm and admission is free. Details are at chippenhamradio.club. On the 1st of August, the radio operators of Cornwall are holding the 1st Cornwall Antenna Build-Off. This is a free event. As well as the Build-Off there are Bring & Buy tables available as well as refreshments. For details search @g5xdx on Facebook or email G5XDX@gmx.co.uk. The King's Lynn ARC radio rally will go ahead on the 1st of August at Gaywood Community Centre, King's Lynn PE30 4EL. Doors open at 9 am and the entry is £2.50. There will be trade stands, a Bring & Buy and car boot pitches outside. Catering is available on site. See klarc.org.uk. Dartmoor Radio Rally has moved to the 15th of August at Yelverton War Memorial Hall. Now the DX news Brian, GW4DVB will once again be active as J88PI from Palm Island in the St Vincent and the Grenadines Island group, IOTA reference NA-025, until the 1st of August. Activity will be holiday style on the 40 to 6m bands using CW, SSB, SSTV and FT8. He will use a Yaesu FT-991A into a 10m vertical antenna, an M0CVO HW-40HP off centre fed dipole and possibly new antennas. QSL GW4DVB direct only, g4dvb.co.uk. Laurent, HB9HKE will be active as TF/HB9HKE from Iceland until the 7th of August. His main trip will be for paramotoring, but operations will be on various HF bands using a wire antenna for 20m. QSL via Logbook of The World and eQSL. Jim, W6PQL will be active as CT8/W6PQL from Pico Island, EU-175, Azores until the 4th of September. He will operate FT8 on all bands and SSB on 20 metres. Between the 1st of August and the 3rd of September, he will operate 2m EME and Tropo. QSL via Logbook of The World, or direct to home call. Now the Special Event news Coventry ARS is running two special event stations until May 2022 to celebrate Coventry being the City of Culture. GB1COC & GB8CCC will be running most days, with GB8CCC passing between members of the club. Dates and times will vary. Now the contest news With different parts of the UK having different lockdown restrictions, please make sure you follow the appropriate regulations. Keep yourself and fellow amateurs safe. The 24-hour Islands On The Air Contest ends its run at 1200UTC today, Sunday the 25th. Using CW and SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz bands on which contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report, serial number and your IOTA reference. Stations on the UK mainland are IOTA reference EU-005; a full list can be found at iota-world.org. The UK Microwave Group Contest runs from 0600 to 1800UTC today. Using all modes on the 5.7 and 10GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Monday, the 6th FT4 Series will run between 1900 and 2030UTC using the 80m band. The exchange is your 4-character locator. On Tuesday the SHF UK Activity Contest takes place between 1830 and 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 2.3GHz and up bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Worked-All-Britain 144MHz Low Power Contest will take place on Saturday the 31st of July between 1400 and 1800UTC. The input power is limited to 10 watts and the full rules are on the WAB website. Entries are to be with the contest manager by the 10th of August. Due to the easing of restrictions, the mobile and portable categories will be resumed; but the organisers ask that entrants ‘please act sensibly'. On Saturday, the Fourth 144MHz Backpackers Contest runs from 1400 to 1800UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. The 144MHz Low Power contest also takes place on Saturday from 1400 to 2000UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. Next Sunday, the 1st of August, the 432MHz Low Power Contest runs from 0800 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number, locator and postcode. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA & G4BAO on Friday the 23rd of July Sunspot numbers were down at the start of the week but increased dramatically as the week went on. By Thursday the solar flux index was up to 94 with a sunspot number of 86. There were six active regions visible on the Sun. Although many of these sunspots were quite small and not very complex, they all contributed to the higher solar flux, which is now nudging 100. The region that was active on its last rotation, 2835, and was responsible for multiple coronal mass ejections, appears to have quietened. Nevertheless, the Sun may well be more active next week as some of the regions have produced low-level C-class flare activity over the past few days.  NOAA reports that solar cycle sunspot progression over the past several months has actually been ahead of the cycle 25 forecast. This may bode well for the future. HF propagation remains dominated by Sporadic-E, with daily openings on the upper bands. F2-layer propagation is at seasonal levels, with openings up to 14 and sometimes 18MHz being recorded. We are not seeing much in the way of 21MHz F-layer propagation, but that will kick in as we head into Autumn. Thirty metres, or 10MHz, remains a band to check overnight with MUFs over a 3,000km path typically exceeding 10MHz. Due to all this activity, NOAA has upped its forecast for the coming week. It now has the solar flux index at 85 next week, rising to 90. The geomagnetic prediction is for a maximum Kp index of 2, possibly due to a lack of coronal holes. However, it is too early to say whether we may have any solar flares and CMEs from the new regions currently rotating into view. And now the VHF and up propagation news. After some very good days of Tropo recently, it seems that the picture will look very different in the coming week. The decline of the high pressure will be complete by this weekend and heralds a week of unsettled weather with showers or longer periods of rain. On the upside, this puts rain scatter back on the agenda for the microwave operators. Sporadic-E is still a good contender for DX although heading into August usually thins out the activity. The meteor input to E layer ionisation should keep hopes alive of renewed openings. The jet stream placements are mainly favouring the path to the south into Iberia initially, before moving east later to open up other more eastern parts of Europe. Around we go again into another lunar cycle with negative, but increasing declination, this week. This of course means that we'll see the Moon for longer as each day progresses. Declination goes positive on Thursday, but losses will rise daily after last Wednesday's perigee. Random or sporadic meteor rates are approaching their annual maximum around now, and the Southern delta Aquarids meteor shower is under way. This has a broad ZHR peak of 25 running from the 26th of July through to the 31st. Note that in Europe, the shower radiant is only above the horizon during the night and early morning. There are some other minor showers peaking next week, so we should see excellent meteor scatter conditions. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

In this episode of Fandom University, we discuss Alien: Resurrection and the pair of Alien vs Predator movies as well as sit down with Sarah Welch-Larson, author of Becoming Alien: The Beginning and End of Evil in Science Fiction's Most Idiosyncratic Film Franchise. Her book is an examination of the six films in the Alien franchise through a feminist and theological framework. Sarah Welch-Larson on Twitter - @dodgyboffin Buy Becoming Alien here, here, or here! And you can pick up a signed copy here! If you are interested in continuing the discourse or entering our current giveaway, please follow us on Twitter. For a list of all our other social media links including email and Discord, please visit our Linktree page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's our first trip into chatting with Pumpkast listeners! Today we have musician and illustrator Stephen Patrick Kelly (The Heirs of the Supernova, Have Strat Will Travel, Shane Longshadow is Hungry) on the show to discuss how he came to SP, the diverse makeup of their fanbase, Pumpkin tattoos and the similarities Billy shares with Superman in The Justice League comics. We also discuss respecting Billy's boundaries and a POC's place in the world today. All that plus Stephen's band The Heirs of the Supernova and their new album Instruments for Declination. Hopefully you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as we enjoyed having it. Thanks, Stephen! Twitter @PumpkinsPodcast Instagram: @smashingpumpkast e-mail: thesmashingpumpkast@gmail.com Please rate and review us!

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Travel insurance has always been a topic of interest, but the Covid-19 pandemic really propelled it into the forefront in the last 13 months. Coincidentally, just before the pandemic hit, Brownell Travel brought Laura Heidt on board as its insurance desk manager. Internally, she answers travel advisors' questions about insurance, and will also work directly with clients. When she does the latter, she has an incredible 90-95% close rate. This week, Laura joins Jamie Biesiada and Emma Weissmann on Trade Secrets to talk all things travel insurance. In this episode: 1:07 - Meet Laura, and learn about what she does at Brownell Travel. 4:45 - Insurance can be a complicated product. That's where Laura steps in. 6:11 - When Laura works with travel advisors' clients to sell them insurance, she has an astounding close rate. How does she do that? 9:44 - Insurance commissions can have a pretty big impact on agencies' profits. 11:04 - It can be daunting for advisors to shift through insurance policies and read the fine print. Industry attorney Jeffrey Ment recommends agents have their clients do their own insurance research and plan-picking. What does Laura think? 13:15 - All about cancel-for-any-reason (CFAR) benefits. 16:41 - What does the future hold for CFAR? Will there be major changes? 21:19 - Why does change take so long when it comes to travel insurance? 22:47 - This is the bare minimum insurance Laura suggests for travelers. And it could be a gift to a client from their travel advisor. 25:23 - Declination waivers are important for liability purposes. Further resources: For more on Laura: Insurance desk debut a timely one at Brownell Travel - https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insurance-desk-debut-a-timely-one-at-Brownell-Travel Legal Lingo column by travel attorney Jeffrey Ment - https://www.travelagewest.com/Search?q=jeffrey%20ment Legal Briefs column by travel attorney Mark Pestronk - https://www.travelweekly.com/Mark-Pestronk Pestronk's resources - https://pestronk.com/resources/ Bad news, good sales for insurance - https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Bad-news-good-sales-for-insurance Five things to know about selling travel insurance right now - https://www.travelagewest.com/Industry-Insight/Business-Features/5-Things-to-Know-About-Selling-Travel-Insurance-Right-Now The benefits of education and travel insurance - https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insights/The-benefits-of-education-and-travel-insurance How the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world of travel insurance - https://www.travelagewest.com/Industry-Insight/Business-Features/How-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-Has-Changed-the-World-of-Travel-Insurance With a little help from our friends - https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insights/With-a-little-help-from-our-friends Making the case for travel insurance - https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insights/Making-the-case-for-travel-insurance Making travel insurance sales part of your workflow - https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Travel-Agent-Issues/Insights/How-agents-can-make-travel-insurance-sales-part-of-their-workflow Need advice? Email us: tradesecrets@travelweekly.com Theme song: Sock Hop by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4387-sock-hop License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GB2RS NEWS Sunday the 7th of March 2021 The news headlines: 350 days of Covid-19 net Ofcom EMF Notification news NHS lauds Get on the air to care   On Thursday the 4th of March, Hambleton ARS passed the 350th consecutive day of a daily net on 2m. It started on day one of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. Its aim was to keep members and amateurs in the area in touch and able to summon help or assistance if required. The net starts at 11 am on the calling frequency and usually moves to S18 if clear. The net is now looking forward to a full year of operating, which occurs on the 18th of March. All amateurs are invited to join and topics are wide and varied. So far, over 70 different stations have called in. A Cabin Fever award is available for any station taking part. It’s issued by Tim, G0TYM via email, see QRZ.com for details. On the 1st of March, Ofcom published a General Notification on their website that proposes to vary all amateur radio licences. It requires licensees to comply with the ICNIRP general public limits of EMF. Licensees have until the 18th of April to make any representations to Ofcom. They have also informed us that they are contacting all licensees, either via email or letter, to make them aware of this process. More information on the variation process and EMF conditions can be found on both the Ofcom website at ofcom.org.uk/emf, or the RSGB website at rsgb.org/emf. A report about the hugely successful RSGB and NHS 'Get on the air to care' campaign has been publicised in a blog on the NHS Networks website this week. The RSGB has committed to keeping 'Get on the air to care' running as long as the restrictions exist. The aim is to support radio amateurs and to share the benefits of amateur radio with the general public. The Society is about to launch several new initiatives and resources as part of the campaign. Look out for announcements shortly. To read the NHS Networks blog, use the link from the RSGB website at rsgb.services/gb2rs/005. Have you given your views in the RSGB’s consultation on a proposed new, Direct to Full licence exam? Over 1,000 people have responded already so make sure your voice is heard by completing the Society’s survey. The consultation closes on Sunday the 14th of March. The background to this consultation as well as links to the proposed syllabus and the survey are on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/direct-to-full. Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is inviting eight members of the public to join him on a trip around the Moon. The journey, planned for 2023, will be the first civilian mission to the Moon, not to mention the first human visit for over 50 years. According to his website, dearmoon.earth, anyone can apply, and the trip will be financed entirely by Maezawa. There is no word about whether amateur radio operation will be possible on the flight, but it is an interesting possibility. Sadly, another rally has been cancelled as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Dartmoor Radio Rally, planned for Monday the 3rd of May Bank Holiday, will not take place this year. US Army researchers have built a so-called quantum sensor. It can analyse the full RF spectrum and real-world signals, a report on Physics.org says. The quantum sensor can sample the RF spectrum from 0 to 20GHz and is able to detect AM and FM radio signals, as well as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and other RF communication protocols. The peer-reviewed Physical Review Applied published the researchers’ findings. Now the DX news Bill, K9HZ Dan, W0CN and Kyle, WA4PGM will be active from St Lucia operating as J68HZ, CN and PG respectively. They will be there until the 11th of March. QSL via Logbook of The World or direct to home callsigns. Andy, DK5ON is in Curaçao until the 23rd of March. He plans to operate SSB, CW and digital modes on the 80 to 6m bands as PJ2/DK5ON. QSL via Logbook of The World, Club Log's OQRS, or via his home call either direct or via the bureau. Now the Special Event news Chris, GM3WOJ will be active as GB2CR until the 18th of March. He will operate SSB and some CW on the 80 to 10m bands using vintage valve radio equipment manufactured by the Collins Radio Company. QSL via Logbook of The World. Paper QSLs will not be available. GB2VAX will be operational from the QTH of Andy, G4ISN of the Welland Valley ARS, from the 1st to the 28th of March. Modes will be SSB / FT4 / FT8 on HF bands. Coventry is The City of Culture in 2021. GB1COC is being operated until the 13th of March on behalf of Coventry ARS by Brian, G8GMU. He will be mainly on the 80m band using SSB, 2m FM and digital speech modes. See QRZ.com. Now the contest news Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. This weekend it’s the ARRL International DX Contest. It runs for 48 hours until 2359UTC today, the 7th. Using SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and transmit power. American stations will also exchange their State, and Canadian stations their Province. The 144/432MHz contest also takes place this weekend. Its 24-hour run ends at 1400UTC today, the 7th. All modes are permitted. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Today, Sunday the 7th, the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Worked All Britain 3.5MHz phone contest takes place today, the 7th from 1800 to 2200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and WAB square. Entries should be with the QSL manager by the 17th of March. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there will be no mobile or portable categories, and entries will not be accepted from mobile or portable stations. However, there will be a club category, with members operating from their home QTH. On Tuesday the 432MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. It is followed by the all-mode Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday it’s the CW leg of the 80m Club Championships from 2000 to 2130UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number. Thursday sees the 50MHz UK Activity Contest take place from 2000 to 2230UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next weekend the longest-running RSGB contest takes place. The Commonwealth Contest runs from 1000UTC on the 13th to 1000UTC on the 14th. It’s CW only and runs on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands. The exchange is signal report and serial number. HQ stations around the world will also send the letters HQ. Next Sunday, the 14th, the second 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1000UTC to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA & G4BAO on Friday the 5th of March. We had another week of geomagnetic disturbances due to high-speed solar wind streams. Although the week started well, with a Kp index of zero to three on Sunday, it went rapidly downhill. Monday saw the Kp index hit six and Tuesday evening saw it hit five after the solar wind speed exceeded 600km per second. The strongly-negative Bz field of the solar wind meant it coupled more easily with the Earth’s magnetic field – and plasma flooded in. It was not all bad news for HF propagation though. Earlier on Tuesday, the 17m band was open simultaneously to the Far East and the Caribbean via FT8. You were able to work both South Korea and Saint Lucia at the same time, which felt novel. This may have been a pre-auroral enhancement. But by Wednesday, with the Kp index at five, conditions had taken a hit. Maximum usable frequencies were struggling to get up above 14MHz, at least in the morning. There has been little to talk about regarding sunspots. We’ve had two groups, 2806 and 2807, but they have been relatively small, generating a solar flux index of 74 and a sunspot number of 30 on Thursday. As such, HF propagation has generally been a little lacklustre, other than the event noted earlier. Next week NOAA predicts the solar flux index will be in the range 70-76. We should start the week with a relatively quiet geomagnetic field and a maximum Kp index of two. But by Friday the 12th, the Kp index is predicted to rise to four due to returning coronal hole activity. As we head towards the Spring equinox we may expect geomagnetic disturbances to increase, due to the Russell-McPherron effect. The tilt of the Earth’s axis means the Sun and Earth’s geomagnetic field and solar winds all come into alignment and therefore encourage an enhanced chance of the particles emitted from the Sun entering our atmosphere. Fingers crossed that we have better HF conditions for the Commonwealth Contest, which takes place across next weekend, the 13th and 14th. And now the VHF and up propagation news. Good to see the return of some tropospheric propagation last week. It certainly perked up the 144MHz UK Activity Contest last Tuesday evening. All is set to change in the coming week though, so make the most of any lingering Tropo this weekend. The high will decline early next week, and thereafter, the week offers a succession of fast-moving weather systems crossing the country, bringing rain and, at times, strong southwesterly winds. At the end of the week, the unsettled weather comes more from the northwest, and it will turn colder again and perhaps wintry in the north. Either way, the main terrestrial mode of interest next week to VHF/UHF operators is likely to be predominantly GHz bands rain scatter. We are in an extended period where the lowest EME path losses coincide with low Moon declination. Declination is minimum today and tomorrow so moon visibility windows and peak Moon elevations will be at a minimum. As we passed perigee last Tuesday, path losses will still be low but increasing. The Gamma Normids meteor shower is just starting, peaking on Sunday the 14th of March with a Zenithal Hourly Rate of six and lasting until the 23rd. Nothing special, so pre-dawn continues to be the best time for random meteor scatter contacts. And that’s all from the propagation team this week.

We have reached a time in the era shift where living men and women no longer hold confidence in so called authority. Many have concerns that medical procedures will be forced on those in the public realm who engage in commerce. The ideas we cover here outline law and legal ideas to show how we […] The post 285- Implementing Declination for Unwanted Medical Procedures (Free) appeared first on Crrow777 Radio.

As part of the final section of Volume 1 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election," pages 174-199, this section explains the Special Council's decisions on whether to exercise its prosecutorial authority with regard to the evidence it found through the investigation. V. Prosecution and Declination Decisions (1:14) V. A. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign (3:03) V. B. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations (5:50) Section 1030 Computer-Intrusion Conspiracy (5:55) Potential Section 1030 Violation By [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (15:22) V. C. Russian Government Outreach and Contacts (18:00) Potential Coordination: Conspiracy and Collusion (19:52) Potential Coordination: Foreign Agent Statutes (FARA and 18 U.S.C. § 951) (22:37) Overview Of Governing Law (28:38) Application to June 9 Trump Tower Meeting (31:19) Application to WikiLeaks and Roger Stone (41:08) Campaign Finance (28:00) Overview Of Governing Law (48:36) George Papadopoulos (51:15) [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (56:15) Michael Flynn (56:27) Michael Cohen (59:38) Roger Stone (1:03:17) Jeff Sessions (1:07:23) Others Interviewed During the Investigation (1:10:48) Application to Certain Individuals (51:11) False Statements and Obstruction of the Investigation (48:18)   Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media - patreon.com/timberlanemedia Donate anonymously - glow.fm/insider Or donate with Crypto   Music by Lee Rosevere

As part of the final section of Volume 1 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election," pages 174-199, this section explains the Special Council's decisions on whether to exercise its prosecutorial authority with regard to the evidence it found through the investigation. V. Prosecution and Declination Decisions (1:14) V. A. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign (3:03) V. B. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations (5:50) Section 1030 Computer-Intrusion Conspiracy (5:55) Potential Section 1030 Violation By [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (15:22) V. C. Russian Government Outreach and Contacts (18:00) Potential Coordination: Conspiracy and Collusion (19:52) Potential Coordination: Foreign Agent Statutes (FARA and 18 U.S.C. § 951) (22:37) Overview Of Governing Law (28:38) Application to June 9 Trump Tower Meeting (31:19) Application to WikiLeaks and Roger Stone (41:08) Campaign Finance (28:00) Overview Of Governing Law (48:36) George Papadopoulos (51:15) [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (56:15) Michael Flynn (56:27) Michael Cohen (59:38) Roger Stone (1:03:17) Jeff Sessions (1:07:23) Others Interviewed During the Investigation (1:10:48) Application to Certain Individuals (51:11) False Statements and Obstruction of the Investigation (48:18)   Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media - patreon.com/timberlanemedia Donate anonymously - glow.fm/insider Or donate with Crypto   Music by Lee Rosevere

A brief description of Right Ascension and Declination and how they are used to locate objects in the sky.

You told your customer to purchase a particular solution and your customer declined. You know it will eventually come back to bite your customer—and maybe your company as well.  What should you do?  Protect (and market) your company with a "decline letter."     Music: "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

GB2RS NEWS Sunday the 13th of September 2020 The news headlines: RSGB Online Convention announces two more great talks AMSAT-UK Colloquium news Six Metre Group AGM goes online During the online RSGB Convention for 2020, you will be able to enjoy some excellent lectures. On Saturday the 10th of October, the RSGB will be putting on two streams online for everyone to enjoy. In An introduction to… we will have a pictorial introduction to data modes by Mike Richards, G4WNC. He will guide viewers through the basics of data modes operation, explaining the commonly used terms and the development of the modes in general use today. In the Learn more about… stream, Alwyn Seeds, G8DOH will look at VHF/UHF radios for contesting and DXing. The talk will discuss the important specifications for high-performance VHF and UHF radios and how these can most easily be achieved. For transmitters, the importance of achieving low radiated noise will be explained. The talk will be illustrated with measurements for a variety of radios based on both conventional and software-defined radio design approaches. You can find out more at www.rsgb.org.uk/convention. The AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2020 will also be online this year. Taking place on Sunday the 11th of October, there will be one lecture stream from 11 am to 4 pm. You can find out more at www.amsat-uk.org/colloquium. The registration URL is https://tinyurl.com/amsatukreg2020. The UK Six Metre Group will hold its Annual General Meeting by videoconference on Sunday the 27th of September at 1700UTC, that’s 6 pm UK time. The brief formal part of the meeting will be followed by a talk from Peter Lund, JW7QIA on his recent 50 and 70MHz operations from Svalbard, which is the northernmost year-round settlement on Earth and only 1000km from the North Pole. Non-members of the Group will be welcome to join the call, but will not be able to vote. Connection instructions will be issued the week before the meeting via the group website, www.uksmg.org. The RSGB administers a number of award programmes for HF and VHF, including the enhanced special awards for Foundation and Intermediate licence holders. A vacancy has arisen for a volunteer to promote and manage these programmes. For further information about the role, including how to apply, visit the Society’s volunteer web page at www.rsgb.org/volunteers. The IARU R1 has just published a further news release following the online CEPT-PTC and CEPT-PTA meetings for WRC-23 prep. The RSGB Spectrum Forum Chair and the RSGB Microwave Manager have been closely engaged at these meetings. Details at www.iaru-r1.org. Details of the Portable Operations Challenge given in last week’s news should have read the 3rd and 4th October. Find out all you need to know at foxmikehotel.com/challenge. The RSGB 2020 Construction Competition is open for entries. There are four categories, including one specifically for people who are new to amateur radio. The deadline for entries is the 25th of September. For more details, including how to enter, see www.rsgb.org/construction-competition. Mark, G0KZZ, has started a new internet forum for CW enthusiasts. It is wide-ranging, covering amateur CW operating to radiotelegraphy history and key collecting to internet-based CW contacts. In the UK, the 5MHz, or 60m band, has been available to Full UK licensees since August 2002. This we owe to the initiative of the late Gordon Adams, G3LEQ, who at the time was Spectrum Director of the Radio Society of Great Britain. He was central to negotiations with the Regulator and the UK Ministry of Defence, the Primary User of the band. One of the elements of Gordon’s proposals was a country-wide news reading of the GB2RS. This has taken place regularly on a Sunday since the band’s inception by a team of newsreaders. Gordon became a Silent Key in February 2018 and the GB2RS 5MHz newsreading team, as The 5MHz Pioneers Group, applied for and received the call G5MHZ. The call will be on the air in recognition and remembrance of the work done by Gordon at 5MHz for UK radio amateurs. Now the special event news Since the change of regulations applying to special event stations in the UK, many activations are now able to go ahead. UK amateurs would like to thank Ofcom for their help in making this happen. Members of the Royal Air Force ARS will be operating GB80BOB from the 1st to the 28th of September to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Due to Covid-19, Ofcom are allowing this call to be operated from homes. A list of operators and postcode locations will be displayed on the RAFARS website. A special QSL card is available. Details are at www.rafars.org/GB80BOB/ and QRZ.com. Now the contest news Please remember to check before the contest for new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your own national and local government’s advice first and foremost, especially in the instance of local lockdowns. The WAE DX SSB contest runs for 48 hours ending 2359UTC today, the 13th. Using SSB on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. Note the EU stations only work non-EU stations. The UK Microwave Group contest runs from 0900 to 1700UTC today, the 13th. Using all modes on the 24 to 248GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Also today, the 13th, the IRTS 70cm Counties contest runs from 1300 to 1330UTC. This is followed by the IRTS 2m Counties contest from 1330 to 1500UTC. Both use SSB and FM only and the exchange is signal report and serial number, with EI and GI stations also giving their county. On Tuesday the 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday the CW leg of the 80m Autumn Series runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Thursday it’s the turn of the 70MHz UK Activity Contest, running from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Next Sunday, the 20th, the 70MHz AFS Contest runs from 0900 to 1200UTC. Using all modes on the 4m band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The BARTG Sprint 75 contest takes place next Sunday, the 20th, from 1700 to 2100UTC. Using the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is serial number. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Friday the 11th of September. It was another week with zero sunspots, but the upside was that we had settled geomagnetic conditions. The maximum Kp index of two, but more often than not just one, was brought about by an absence of coronal holes last week. This meant that the ionosphere was pretty stable, with Maximum Useable Frequencies over a 3,000km path heading towards 18MHz at times. Next week, NOAA predicts the solar flux index to be 70 and the largest Kp index to be two, so expect similar conditions. NOAA also predicts the Kp index could rise to a maximum of three on the 18th and 19th, due to a high-speed stream from a returning coronal hole. Due to seasonal changes we do expect ionospheric conditions to improve slightly as we head towards the end of the month. We also expect to see transatlantic paths and openings to South Africa and South America improving around the time of the Autumnal equinox. There will also be a gradual improvement in daytime maximum useable frequencies as we head towards Autumn, but night-time MUFs will decline. Expect October to probably be the best month all round for HF propagation. And now the VHF and up propagation news. It seems like the main Sporadic-E season is over for the summer. With even FT8 paths hard to spot on the DX clusters. So, unless something exceptional turns up you’ll have to wait at least until the small secondary December Sporadic-E peak for that DX mode again. The basic weather pattern to end the current week and take us into early next week has high pressure over southern areas of the UK and cloudy unsettled weather over the north-western areas with wind and rain. This means that there is likely to be Tropo on offer over the next few days, with paths to the south across Biscay initially and later biased more towards northern Europe. There could be an unsettled showery period of weather in the south as the high weakens by midweek and, typically after a few hot days, there may be thundery showers, which is great news for the GHz rain scatter operators. A temporary return of high pressure later will probably put Tropo back into play again, but with a further return of unsettled weather after a day or two. Expect a good week for EME, with the Moon at maximum declination this weekend followed by shortening Moon windows as the week progresses. Declination goes negative on Friday and this coincides with perigee where losses are at their lowest. 144MHz sky temperatures are low apart from next Thursday morning when the Sun and Moon are very close in the sky. No meteor showers this week, so look for the best random meteors around local dawn while the Earth is rotating towards the orbital random meteor flux. And that’s all from the propagation team this week.

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On Friday, June 19, 2020, the Department of Justice released unredacted portions of the Mueller Report relating to Roger Stone. This episode is a re-release of this section of the Mueller Report with the newly available information. Apart from a couple of mentions of Roger Stone's name, the unredacted material is primarily from 7:34 to 9:04 and 49:17 to 53:23. As part of the final section of Volume 1, pages 174-199, this section explains the Special Council's decisions on whether to exercise its prosecutorial authority with regard to the evidence it found through the investigation. Prosecution and Declination Decisions (1:12) A. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign (2:51) B. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations (5:40) Section 1030 Computer-Intrusion Conspiracy (5:45) Background (5:51) Charging Decision As to [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (9:05) Potential Section 1030 Violation By [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (9:16) C. Russian Government Outreach and Contacts (10:12) Potential Coordination: Conspiracy and Collusion (12:07) Potential Coordination: Foreign Agent Statutes (FARA and 18 U.S.C. § 951) (14:53) Governing Law (15:13) Application (17:58) Campaign Finance (20:07) Overview Of Governing Law (20:47) Application to June 9 Trump Tower Meeting (23:26) Thing-of-Value Element (26:34) Willfulness (29:34) Difficulties in Valuing Promised Information (31:43) Application to [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (33:17) Questions Over Whether [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (33:28) Willfulness (33:37) Constitutional Considerations (33:59) Analysis as to [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (34:11) False Statements and Obstruction of the Investigation (34:24) Overview Of Governing Law (34:46) Application to Certain Individuals (37:21) George Papadopoulos (37:25) [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (42:23) Michael Flynn (42:23) Michael Cohen (42:32) Roger Stone (49:18) Jeff Sessions (53:24) Others Interviewed During the Investigation (56:47) Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media Support via PayPal: donate@timberlanemedia.com Donate with Crypto Music by Lee Rosevere

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Quick tip: Confirming magnetic declination

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Ep:012 Justene provides her selection of the best LGBTQ mystery novels of 2019, plus Brad gives one too. Listen in and add some books to your must reads list. gaymysterypodcast.comBooks noted on the show:Gregory Ashe Borealis Investigations series -Orientation, Declination, TriangulationOlivier Bosman Anarchy (D.S. Billings Victorian Mysteries #4)RE Bradshaw EmendareCharlie Cochrane Lessons in Playing a Murderous Tune (A Cambridge Fellows Mystery)John Copenhaver Dodging and BurningFrank Butterfield Nick Williams Mysteries, Daytona Beach BooksGreg Herren Royal Street ReveillonGarrick Jones The Cricketer’s ArmsStan Leventhal The Black Marble PoolJosh Lanyon The Monuments Men Murders: The Art of Murder 4Grant Michaels The Stan Kraychik MysteriesJohn Michaelsen The Deadwood Murders (Kendall Parker #2)Michael Nava Carved in BoneC.S. Poe Mystery of the Bones (Snow & Winter #4)Jeffrey Round Shadow Puppet: A Dan Sharp MysteryBrad Shreve A Body in the BathhouseMarshall Thornton Rewind (Pinx Video #4)Marshall Thornton Boystown 12: Broken CordSupport the show (http://patreon.com/gaymysterypodcast)

Everything you think you knew about the North Pole is a lie.

Here Be Monsters host Jeff Emtman climbs a tree, stops believing in God. 

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Series of episodes to practice cases. The “first and second declinations “ contain endings that decline slightly differently. Making up sentences can help with memorization and doing correct word endings more automatically.

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On July 19 - 20, 2019, Town Hall brought together nearly 100 local actors, journalists, and activists for a 24-hour live reading of Robert Mueller's (redacted) 448-page special council report. Audiences across our region attended by the hundreds, with more than a 1,000 more joining in throughout the livestream. To maximize access to this collective civic endeavor, Town Hall is releasing the recordings as a special In The Moment miniseries: Town Hall Seattle Reads The Mueller Report. In this episode, Anuhea Brown and Alyssa Woodbury read pages 174-188 of Volume 1.

On July 19 - 20, 2019, Town Hall brought together nearly 100 local actors, journalists, and activists for a 24-hour live reading of Robert Mueller's (redacted) 448-page special council report. Audiences across our region attended by the hundreds, with more than a 1,000 more joining in throughout the livestream. To maximize access to this collective civic endeavor, Town Hall is releasing the recordings as a special In The Moment miniseries: Town Hall Seattle Reads The Mueller Report. In this episode, Anuhea Brown and Alyssa Woodbury read pages 174-188 of Volume 1.

As part of the final section of Volume 1, pages 174-199, this section explains the Special Council's decisions on whether to exercise its prosecutorial authority with regard to the evidence it found through the investigation. Prosecution and Declination Decisions (0:24) A. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign (2:01) B. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations (4:50 ) Section 1030 Computer-Intrusion Conspiracy (4:56) Background (5:01) Charging Decision As to [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (6:51) Potential Section 1030 Violation By [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (7:02) C. Russian Government Outreach and Contacts (7:58) Potential Coordination: Conspiracy and Collusion (9:52) Potential Coordination: Foreign Agent Statutes (FARA and 18 U.S.C. § 951) (12:38) Governing Law (12:59) Application (15:43) Campaign Finance (17:53) Overview Of Governing Law (18:32) Application to June 9 Trump Tower Meeting (21:12) Thing-of-Value Element (24:19) Willfulness (27:19) Difficulties in Valuing Promised Information (29:28) Application to [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (31:01) Questions Over Whether [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (31:12) Willfulness (31:22) Constitutional Considerations (31:43) Analysis as to [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (31:55) False Statements and Obstruction of the Investigation (32:09) Overview Of Governing Law (32:31) Application to Certain Individuals (35:06) George Papadopoulos (35:09) [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (40:08) Michael Flynn (40:17) Michael Cohen (43:25) [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (47:02) Jeff Sessions (47:11) Others Interviewed During the Investigation (50:34) Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media  Support via PayPal: donate@timberlanemedia.com Donate with Crypto Music by Lee Rosevere

In this Episode 3 of my special Live from London series, Jonathan Armstrong interviews me on the recent on the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp FCPA enforcement action, declination and C-Suite criminal indictments which were all recently announced. I highlight the significance of the declination for for the compliance professional. Some of the highlights include:The underlying facts of the case.How did the company obtain a Declination with Disgorgement in the face of C-Suite involvement?What prior FCPA enforcement actions could provide guidance for the resolution in this matter?What are the lessons to be learned by the CCO and compliance professional from this enforcement action?What are the lessons for Boards of Directors from the Cognizant enforcement actions? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special bonus episode I visit with Mike Volkov on the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp FCPA enforcement action, declination and C-Suite criminal indictments which were all announced on Friday of this past week. Highlights from the podcast include: What were the underlying facts of the case?How did the company obtain a Declination with Disgorgement in the face of C-Suite involvement?What prior FCPA enforcement actions could provide guidance for the resolution in this matter?What are the lessons to be learned by the CCO and compliance professional from this enforcement action?What are the lessons for Boards of Directors from the Cognizant enforcement actions? Mike Volkov is running a five-part blog post series on the Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp FCPA enforcement action this week on his award-winning blog siteCorruption, Crime and Compliance. You should check it out each day and you can begin by reading Part I, by clicking here. See also, Matt Kelly’s blog post $25 Million to End the Cognizant FCPA Caseon his Radical Compliance blog.  Additional Resources:SEC Cease and Desist OrderDOJ DeclinationDOJ Press ReleaseCoburn and Schwartz Indictment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Trump has shut down the government over the holidays, compliance and ethics has not been shutdown. With Jay taking some time off to spend time with the family over this holiday week, Tom takes a solo pull on this week’s top compliance and ethics stories.  1.    Two FCPA settlements this week. Polygram receives a Declination with disgorgement from the DOJ and SEC resolution. Sam Rubenfeld reports in the WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal. Electrobras settles with the SEC. Dick Cassin reports in the FCPA Blog. 2.    Why is it important to fight money-laundering? ISIS has $400MM to spend on terrorism. Jonathan Rausch explains on Dipping Through Geomotries. 3.    How can the US prosecute foreign bribe takers? Tom Firestone and Maria Piontkovska suggest ways to do so in the FCPA Blog.  4.    What is ‘Brexhaustion’ and how does it impact compliance? Neil Hodge explores in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)5.    What are four top cybersecurity issues every small business should address going into 2019? Pamela Passman explores in Navex Global’s Ethics and Compliance Matters. 6.    Ten ways to improve your risk assessment process. Jim DeLoach in Corporate Compliance Insights. 7.    Measuring and assessing corporate culture becomes more important in the UK. Op-Ed piece in the Financial Times(sub req’d)8.    Colin Brady completes first ever unassisted trek across Antartica. Adam Skolnick reports in the NY Times. 9. In the post holiday blahs? Get back some of that holiday spirit with the new podcast series, Popcorn and Complianceas Tom and Jay consider the holiday favorite Elffor some compliance lessons. The podcast is available on multiple site: the FCPA Compliance Report, iTunes, JDSupra, Panoplyand YouTube. 10. Start your new year off with the Compliance Evangelist in the Compliance Master Class training. The first session, hosted by Baker Tilly, will be in San Fransicso on January 28 and 29. For information and registration details, click here.  For more information on how an independent monitor can help improve your company’s ethics and compliance program, visit our sponsor Affiliated Monitors at www.affiliatedmonitors.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Trump has shut down the government over the holidays, compliance and ethics has not been shutdown. With Jay taking some time off to spend time with the family over this holiday week, Tom takes a solo pull on this week’s top compliance and ethics stories.  1.    Two FCPA settlements this week. Polygram receives a Declination with disgorgement from the DOJ and SEC resolution. Sam Rubenfeld reports in the WSJ Risk & Compliance Journal. Electrobras settles with the SEC. Dick Cassin reports in the FCPA Blog. 2.    Why is it important to fight money-laundering? ISIS has $400MM to spend on terrorism. Jonathan Rausch explains on Dipping Through Geomotries. 3.    How can the US prosecute foreign bribe takers? Tom Firestone and Maria Piontkovska suggest ways to do so in the FCPA Blog.  4.    What is ‘Brexhaustion’ and how does it impact compliance? Neil Hodge explores in Compliance Week. (sub req’d)5.    What are four top cybersecurity issues every small business should address going into 2019? Pamela Passman explores in Navex Global’s Ethics and Compliance Matters. 6.    Ten ways to improve your risk assessment process. Jim DeLoach in Corporate Compliance Insights. 7.    Measuring and assessing corporate culture becomes more important in the UK. Op-Ed piece in the Financial Times(sub req’d)8.    Colin Brady completes first ever unassisted trek across Antartica. Adam Skolnick reports in the NY Times. 9. In the post holiday blahs? Get back some of that holiday spirit with the new podcast series, Popcorn and Complianceas Tom and Jay consider the holiday favorite Elffor some compliance lessons. The podcast is available on multiple site: the FCPA Compliance Report, iTunes, JDSupra, Panoplyand YouTube. 10. Start your new year off with the Compliance Evangelist in the Compliance Master Class training. The first session, hosted by Baker Tilly, will be in San Fransicso on January 28 and 29. For information and registration details, click here.  For more information on how an independent monitor can help improve your company’s ethics and compliance program, visit our sponsor Affiliated Monitors at www.affiliatedmonitors.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why should we remember the Protestant Reformation? What is the importance of the Reformation for our lives as Christians today?

Lori, Lawrence and John discuss some very curious findings about how compasses work on the flat earth. They would never work for navigation on the AE map. Declination is an ad hoc theory made up to confuse the issue. Join us for this discussion. Visit our website at www.FlatEarthConspiracy.com for all the MP3 podcasts of all our hangouts. It's the best way to listen to hours of discussion. Thanks for watching and listening!

Lori, Lawrence and John discuss some very curious findings about how compasses work on the flat earth. They would never work for navigation on the AE map. Declination is an ad hoc theory made up to confuse the issue. Join us for this discussion. Visit our website at www.FlatEarthConspiracy.com for all the MP3 podcasts of all our hangouts. It's the best way to listen to hours of discussion. Thanks for watching and listening!Subscribe to Flat Earth Conspiracy - Earth Is A Construct on Soundwise

Lori, Lawrence and John discuss some very curious findings about how compasses work on the flat earth. They would never work for navigation on the AE map. Declination is an ad hoc theory made up to confuse the issue. Join us for this discussion. Visit our website at www.FlatEarthConspiracy.com for all the MP3 podcasts of all our hangouts. It's the best way to listen to hours of discussion. Thanks for watching and listening!

In this week which starts the 4th of July holiday weekend, Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories, including:  The second Declination of the Session’s Justice Department, CDM Smith. For a copy of the Declination click here. For article in the FCPA Blog, click here.  The son of Equatorial Guinea's president went on trial this week in France for embezzlement of funds from the country. See trial reports of Days 2 & 3 in the Global Anti-Corruption Blog. Is the DOJ afraid to go to trial in white collar prosecutions. Jesse Eisinger considers this issue in his new book The Chickenshit Club. See review of Eisinger’s book in the Financial Times by clicking here.   Tom nominates former Uber engineer Susan Fowler for top blog of the year (so far). Who is your nominee from the first half of the year? See Tom’s article in the FCPA Blog.  Hui Chen talks to Matt Kelly on a podcast on Radical Compliance. Jay discusses his weekend report, which came out yesterday. You can read by clicking here. At nearly the half-way mark, the Astros lead the majors with the best record. Tom announces the premier of the Compliance Podcast Network, which will make its debut the week of July 10. It will be the only Podcasting Network dedicated to compliance, the compliance profession and compliance practitioners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week which starts the 4th of July holiday weekend, Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories, including:  The second Declination of the Session’s Justice Department, CDM Smith. For a copy of the Declination click here. For article in the FCPA Blog, click  here. The son of Equatorial Guinea's president went on trial this week in France for embezzlement of funds from the country. See trial reports of Days 2 & 3 in the  Global Anti-Corruption Blog.Is the DOJ afraid to go to trial in white collar prosecutions. Jesse Eisinger considers this issue in his new book  The Chickenshit Club. See review of Eisinger’s book in the Financial Times by clicking  here.  Tom nominates former Uber engineer Susan Fowler for top blog of the year (so far). Who is your nominee from the first half of the year? See Tom’s article in the  FCPA Blog. Hui Chen talks to Matt Kelly on a podcast on  Radical Compliance.Jay discusses his weekend report, which came out yesterday. You can read by clicking  here.At nearly the half-way mark, the Astros lead the majors with the best record.Tom announces the premier of the Compliance Podcast Network, which will make its debut the week of July 10. It will be the only Podcasting Network dedicated to compliance, the compliance profession and compliance practitioners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After last week’s guest announcers, Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories, including:  The first Declination of the Session’s Justice Department, Linde gas. For a copy of the Declination click here. For Tom’s discussion of the lessons learned, click here.  The son of Equatorial Guinea's president went on trial this week in France for embezzlement of funds from the country. See article by Dick Cassin in the FCPA Blog. See Day 1 of trial report in the Global Anti-Corruption Blog. The UK SFO charges four former senior executives at Barclays Bank criminally around funding issues in the 2008 financial crisis. See Tom’s article by clicking here.   Embattled Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns under pressure. Will there be a backlash, who will run the company? See articles in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.  Compliance in the 21stcentury, welcome to ComTech. See Tom’s article in Compliance Week.  Hui Chen departs the Justice Department with a flurry of tweets. Matt Kelly reports on Radical Compliance. Jay previews his weekend report. Everything Compliance-Episode 13 is in production and will be released next Thursday. Topics include Matt Kelly on Uber and the need for policies and procedures, Jonathan Armstrong on fake news around GDPR, Mike Volkov on blockchain and how it may change compliance, and Jay Rosen, Linde notwithstanding, on the dearth of recent DOJ FCPA activity. For a sneak peak, listen to Matt Kelly’s rant at the end of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After last week’s guest announcers, Jay and I return for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the week’s top compliance related stories, including:  The first Declination of the Session’s Justice Department, Linde gas. For a copy of the Declination click here. For Tom’s discussion of the lessons learned, click here. The son of Equatorial Guinea's president went on trial this week in France for embezzlement of funds from the country. See article by Dick Cassin in the  FCPA Blog. See Day 1 of trial report in the  Global Anti-Corruption Blog.The UK SFO charges four former senior executives at Barclays Bank criminally around funding issues in the 2008 financial crisis. See Tom’s article by clicking here.  Embattled Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns under pressure. Will there be a backlash, who will run the company? See articles in the  New York Times and  Wall Street Journal. Compliance in the 21stcentury, welcome to ComTech. See Tom’s article in Compliance Week. Hui Chen departs the Justice Department with a flurry of tweets. Matt Kelly reports on  Radical Compliance.Jay previews his weekend report.Everything Compliance-Episode 13 is in production and will be released next Thursday. Topics include Matt Kelly on Uber and the need for policies and procedures, Jonathan Armstrong on fake news around GDPR, Mike Volkov on blockchain and how it may change compliance, and Jay Rosen, Linde notwithstanding, on the dearth of recent DOJ FCPA activity. For a sneak peak, listen to Matt Kelly’s rant at the end of this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 16, 2017, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Declination to Linde North American Inc. and Linde Gas North America LLC (collectively “Linde”). This is the first Declination issued by the DOJ in the era of the Trump Administration. For that reason alone, it was instructive and should be studied by the compliance profession. However, the case presented several interesting factors which merit consideration so we are discussing in depth to present lessons to be learned for the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) or compliance practitioner.  The Bribery Scheme  Linde acquired Spectra Gases, Inc. (Spectra Gases) in October 2006. In November 2006, it purchased certain assets from the National High Technology Center (NHTC) of the Republic of Georgia. One of the keys to this purchase was a piece of equipment called the ““boron column,” which were used to produce boron gas.” Sales of boron gas after the acquisition helped fund the purchase price and payout to Spectra executives who stayed on after Linde purchased Spectra Gases.  Unfortunately, the three Spectra executives who stayed on were in cahoots with corrupt offices from the NHTC who made the sales agreement with Linde. Part of the Earn-Out by the former Spectra (now Linde) officials was paid to these corrupt government officials, both directly and through certain third parties. But the funding scheme to pay the bribes was quite creative and demonstrates once again to the compliance practitioner the myriad ways in which funds can be generated to pay bribes.  For reasons not made clear, Linde did not purchase the boron column outright but allowed the former Spectra executives and the corrupt NHTC officials to form two new entities to own and operate the boron column, Spectra Investors LLC (Spectra Investors) and Spectra Gases Georgia, which was wholly owned by Spectra Investors. Spectra Investors was owned 51% by the corrupt NHT officials and 49% by the Spectra Gases executives who now worked for Linde. Spectra Gases Georgia was formed as a separate management company, by the NHTC officials, which was claimed to provide services to Spectra Investors for which it would receive recompense. Of course, there was no evidence of services being delivered under this arrangement as it was simply a mechanism to funnel monies to the corrupt officials.  As a result of the ownership structure of Spectra Investors, with 51% being owned by corrupt NHTC officials and the management services contract, the corrupt NHTC officials received “approximately 75% of the profits generated by the boron column” while Spectra Gases received 25% of the profits. Clearly even with bribery and corruption, it was a bad business deal. In January 2010, Linde dissolved Spectra Gases and became its successor-in-interest and at some point later discovered the illegal conduct. Prior to the time of the dissolution, Spectra Gases had “received approximately $6,390,000”. After Linde became the direct owner, it “received approximately $1,430,000 as a result of the corrupt” actions.  The Declination  While there is a dearth of fact about how the matter came to the attention of Linde and when it disclosed the matter to the DOJ, the decision to decline to prosecute was based on the following factors: (1) Linde’s timely self-disclosure; (2) a “thorough, comprehensive and proactive investigation” [emphasis supplied]; (3) Linde’s full cooperation and meeting the Yates Memo requirement for disclosing all known relevant facts about the “individuals involved in or responsible for the misconduct”; (4) full profit disgorgement; (5) Linde’s enhancement of its compliance program and internal controls; and (6) Linde’s full remediation, including termination or discipline of the three Spectra executives and lower-level employees involved in the misconduct; termination of the fraudulent management contract between the corrupt NHTC officials and Spectra Investors and termination of the Earn-Out payment due to the former Spectra executives who became Linde employees. The company also made the following payments.   Lessons Learned  This was yet another Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) action where a company performed insufficient due diligence in the acquisition phase. The timing of the Linde purchase of Spectra Gases and Spectra Gases’ purchase of the income producing assets is too close in time to be a coincidence. It would certainly appear that Linde purchased Spectra Gases to facilitate its acquisition of the boron column and other assets. If your company is going to make such a multi-step acquisition, you must perform due diligence on all the actors and the assets involved.  The Byzantine corporate structure created for the ownership of the boron column, its operation and management contract are clear red flags that any CCO should sniff out immediately. While I am sure the internal corporate excuse for this clear ruse was the ubiquitous ‘tax considerations’; every such transaction should be reviewed by compliance as well. Anytime there is more than one entity to accomplish one task, there is the possibility of fraud present. Further, it is not clear how Linde could not have been aware of the ownership interests of a company which it ultimately controlled. It would seem that the company did not even make any inquiry.  Even in 2006, the Republic of Georgia’s reputation for bribery and corruption was quite high. The 2006 Transparency International-Corrupt Perceptions Index (TI-CPI) listed Georgia at 99 out of 176 countries listed so that alone warranted red flag scrutiny. If you are purchasing an entity in a country with such well known affinity for corruption, extra care is warranted. Perhaps back in 2006, Linde did not view the FCPA as something which it would deal with in such a situation.  Yet even with all the apparent miss-steps and non-steps of compliance, the company was able to secure a declination from the DOJ. While there may be some additional penalties or sanctions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the failures of internal controls, the result obtained by Linde was certainly a superior result. The company would seem to have met the four pillars under the FCPA Pilot Program through (a) self-disclosure, (b) extraordinary cooperation, (3) full remediation, and (d) profit disgorgement. Interestingly, the profit disgorgement in this case would appear to have been beyond the five year of limitations for profit disgorgement under the recent Supreme Court decision in Kokesh. If there is a FCPA enforcement action brought by the SEC perhaps additional facts will be recited in any resolution documents.  Nevertheless, kudos are due to Linde and its counsel for obtaining this declination. Every CCO should study it for both the superior result received and underlying facts to see if you face anything similar in the Republic of Georgia or elsewhere. For a full copy of the Linde Declination, click here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 16, 2017, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a Declination to Linde North American Inc. and Linde Gas North America LLC (collectively “Linde”). This is the first Declination issued by the DOJ in the era of the Trump Administration. For that reason alone, it was instructive and should be studied by the compliance profession. However, the case presented several interesting factors which merit consideration so we are discussing in depth to present lessons to be learned for the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) or compliance practitioner. Lessons Learned This was yet another Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) action where a company performed insufficient due diligence in the acquisition phase. The timing of the Linde purchase of Spectra Gases and Spectra Gases’ purchase of the income producing assets is too close in time to be a coincidence. It would certainly appear that Linde purchased Spectra Gases to facilitate its acquisition of the boron column and other assets. If your company is going to make such a multi-step acquisition, you must perform due diligence on all the actors and the assets involved. The Byzantine corporate structure created for the ownership of the boron column, its operation and management contract are clear red flags that any CCO should sniff out immediately. While I am sure the internal corporate excuse for this clear ruse was the ubiquitous ‘tax considerations’; every such transaction should be reviewed by compliance as well. Anytime there is more than one entity to accomplish one task, there is the possibility of fraud present. Further, it is not clear how Linde could not have been aware of the ownership interests of a company which it ultimately controlled. It would seem that the company did not even make any inquiry. Even in 2006, the Republic of Georgia’s reputation for bribery and corruption was quite high. The 2006 Transparency International-Corrupt Perceptions Index (TI-CPI) listed Georgia at 99 out of 176 countries listed so that alone warranted red flag scrutiny. If you are purchasing an entity in a country with such well known affinity for corruption, extra care is warranted. Perhaps back in 2006, Linde did not view the FCPA as something which it would deal with in such a situation. Yet even with all the apparent miss-steps and non-steps of compliance, the company was able to secure a declination from the DOJ. While there may be some additional penalties or sanctions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the failures of internal controls, the result obtained by Linde was certainly a superior result. The company would seem to have met the four pillars under the FCPA Pilot Program through (a) self-disclosure, (b) extraordinary cooperation, (3) full remediation, and (d) profit disgorgement. Interestingly, the profit disgorgement in this case would appear to have been beyond the five year of limitations for profit disgorgement under the recent Supreme Court decision in Kokesh. If there is a FCPA enforcement action brought by the SEC perhaps additional facts will be recited in any resolution documents. Nevertheless, kudos are due to Linde and its counsel for obtaining this declination. Every CCO should study it for both the superior result received and underlying facts to see if you face anything similar in the Republic of Georgia or elsewhere. For a full copy of the Linde Declination, click here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of The Gritty Bowmen Aron Snyder of Kifaru International shares Navigation Basics. Brian Call is known for his knack of getting "misplaced" which is a polite way of saying getting lost. Aron shares a wealth of information in his typical no-nonsense, funny way that will hopefully leave you entertained and educated. We hope you enjoy this podcast and we'd like to thank Aron for all the time, effort, thought and hardwork he put into making this podcast. -Stay Gritty

An overview of Earth's magnetic field, and how to use it to navigate. To be efficient, the field is described as being spun up by the spinning Earth. It is generated by the liquid outer core, and the convection in that layer is influenced by crystallization at the Inner/Outer core. As this proceeds, the inner core grows at the expense of the outer core. A recent paper shows the same holds for asteroids, so we can look at them and infer the Earth's distant future. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7535/full/nature14114.html

Part 1 of 4, this series asks some tough questions. Is there really an absolute truth? Is there a moral compass we can all follow? There is a major difference between magnetic north & true north. Could it be that Christians have followed something that SEEMED to be the right way, but really took them off course in life and faith? Join us for a conversation in the all the ways that Jesus is our TRUE NORTH.

Transcript: The celestial sphere is an imaginary sphere surrounding the Earth onto which are projected the objects of the night sky.  There are several fixed points on the celestial sphere that are important.  The Zenith is the point directly over your head.  The Nadir is the point directly below your feet.  The line drawn across the sky that represents the highest elevation of the sun or any other object as it traverses the sky is called the Meridian.  The sun rises through to its highest point and then starts setting as it passes the Meridian.  The other important points are to define two angles anywhere on the celestial sphere that give uniquely the position of any star or object.  Altitude and Azimuth are two angles that can do this.  Altitude is the angle with reference to the horizon, and Azimuth is the angle along the horizon.  Astronomers use a different coordinate system based on Right Ascension and Declination.  The other important track on the sky is the Ecliptic, the path traveled by the sun. This is also the region of the sky within which you will see the motions of the moon and the planets.

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Tracklisting: 1. Slyde "Frequency" 2. Fred Falke "Sanctuary" 3. Sandy W "Bleep" 4. Jan Driver "Ring my balls" 5. Sebo K "Diva" 6. Lucio Aquilina "Disco Bus" 7. John Starlight "Road rage" 8. Madox & Dopanine "Distorted mind" 9. Foog "Declination" 10. Steve Rachmad "Bot" 11. Vitalic "Chicken lady" 12. Japanese Popstars "Get down" 13. Sebastian "Motor"