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Send us a textThomas, CEO of Sandlot Goods, shares the story behind their American-made hats and leather products, explaining how quality manufacturing and positive workplace culture create products meant to last generations.• Founded with the belief that everyone needs their own "sandlot" – a place where they work hard at something they love• Started as a leather goods company before expanding into high-quality, American-manufactured hats• Produces approximately 1500-1600 hats weekly through a meticulous 20+ step sewing process• Uses duck canvas as their signature material, creating durable hats that develop character with wear• Maintains rigorous quality control standards while balancing production needs• Employs core values like positivity and pride in work to shape company culture and reduce turnover• Creates custom hats for companies and other brands, including the New Heights podcast• Planning limited edition releases featuring rare, unique materials in the coming year• Focused on making high-quality products accessible rather than luxury-pricedCheck out their Negro Leagues partnership hats and other merchandise at the Sandlot Goods website, where you'll find American-made quality that's built to last.Sandlot Goods: https://sandlotgoods.com/The Dad Hat: Twitter: https://x.com/thedadhat216BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thedadhat216.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedadhat216/Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thedadhat216Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPk7lmGqgfNZNS4IM-M8XVwStadium Food Girl: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stadiumfoodgirlInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/stadiumfoodgirl/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@stadiumfoodgirl Curved Brim Media: https://curvedbrimmedia.com/Support the showMake sure to follow the Dad Hat Chronicles: https://linktr.ee/TheDadHatChronicles
Ephesians Series: Ephesians 4:14b-Paul Employs a Metaphor of Being at Sea to Describe a Spiritual Child-Lesson # 240
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Jase and Missy give Miss Kay's famous pie recipe the Elon Musk treatment and end up with surprising results. The Robertsons' reaction to Al's attempt at Phil's famous corn bread dressing leads to a conversation about forgiveness, especially within families, and Missy's reaction to Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter is swift and brutal. Jase takes a deep dive into a discussion of sexual morality, but he's gotta be careful with his Google research on the topic! In this episode: Colossians 3, verses 1-14 “Unashamed” Episode 1006 is sponsored by: https://preborn.com/unashamed — SAVE babies with your tax-deductible donation today! https://BlazeUnlimited.com/Unashamed — Claim your spot & join the mission to defend free speech & uphold the American way of life! https://philmerch.com — Get your “Unashamed” mugs, shirts, hats & hoodies! -- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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10/2/24 Hour 2 JD Vance explains how mass deportations would work and how the Democrat party is responsible for 320,000 family separations. Norah O'Donnel and Margaret Brennan's insecurity became visible when they muted JD Vance's microphone. Vince speaks with Luke Rosiak, Investigative Reporter for the Daily Wire and author of the book “Race to the Bottom; Uncovering The Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education” about Arlington Public Schools employing a teacher who has donated to Hamas-linked organizations, implied to students that Israel was committing genocide, sparred with superiors who prevented students from chanting anti-Semitic slogans, and dismissed colleagues who objected to her political statements. A deranged Arlington resident leaves harassing voicemails to the Arlington GOP. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm. To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese. Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Today, Walt Robillard and I are giving you a sneak peek at a new project we've been working on. Give it a read (below), or a listen (Above), and check it out, and yeah, that's Walt's killer voice doing the narration.Hobo Recon:Hard Luck and TroublebyNick Cole and Walt RobillardChapter OneHobos in the Wind“This is why we can't have nice things, Troubs!” Hardy shouted across the cargo containers in the yard. It'd been a while since he'd had to draw the heater, much less fire it. This wasn't the gun he'd normally shuck from beneath his worn patchwork “dirty” military jacket when things went south fast and desperate. The dialed-up M4. This was definitely the shotty he used for tense negotiations with uncertain characters who harbored bad intentions.Bad intentions was everyday and everyone now days. In these times.He pulled that shotgun from under the coat where it dangled on a single point underarm sling as he ate up the miles and rode the rails. A model 870 SPS Marine Magnum he'd rattle-canned to look more used, weathered, subdued. On the road and the kinda gun a desperate man lookin' for work might use to protect himself in these lawless times. He'd save his sidearm for the real intense gunfights up close that needed more rounds on target. Less fiddling with the firearm when he wanted to put a hurt on someone. The double stack mag held enough, “go screw yerself,” forty-five caliber ACP. Usually good to get out of whatever scrape he and Trouble had gotten themselves into this time behind enemy lines and in service to SOCOM and the Heartland that was all that remained of the U.S. Trouble—because it wasn't a middle name, it was really… who he was—Troubs had his head shoved into the open cargo container in the shipping yard, using his teeth to strip off the casing around a wire he was working. He had a multi-tool with wire strippers too. The ones all those old EOD guys carried back in the day on their rig and chest plate carriers in the wars in other places not the battleground they found themselves in now… America. Still America regardless of what all factions were involved and especially the ChiComs.The sudden appearance of a Chinese security agent had Trouble stripping wires with his teeth for expediency in order to, “get it done in one, son.”It didn't help that Hard Luck had been muttering that same phrase as he got ready to distribute some hate-spray from the barrel of the rattle-canned 870. Rattle-canned old BDU multicam because that was the way the world was now, and the lands they found themselves in, and was the camo of the day when they'd both started out as Eleven Bravo privates in the last days of the Old Cold War.Not the hot one now. The unlucky and early security agent was currently dead behind where Trouble was kneeling, large caliber holes bleeding over his gray uniform and onto the wet pavement of the yard. “Brah, that shot was like Mozart on a motorcycle. That's how we do it, my brother in combat arms!” Trouble quietly exclaimed as he twisted the end of the newly exposed wire, pumped his fist, and continued whatever Def Leppard song he was keeping time to, to get his EOD on like he'd always done. Then he pumped his fist again and bit his lip, hearing some searing unheard guitar solo from long ago. “Need me a little cover while I finish this last bit, Hardy.” Hard Luck. SFC James C. Hardy. SOCOM. Eighteen Bravo. Shoulda been a Master Sergeant before retirement. But he spent some unrated time doing dark stuff in uncertain places along the way for shadows that didn't want to come out into the light before America got sold out by those shadows and all that was left was SOCOM to defend the Heartland and give the Chinese and the rest a bad time. There was the 82nd too, even though they were stuck in the irradiated remains of Russian-occupied Poland and fighting for their lives living on dead horses and hate. The Marines held Sand Diego and were officially listed as insurrectionists and traitors, allies of Russia. But that wasn't true. Not at all. Eighteen Bravo. The weapons sergeant within the Special Forces career field, employs conventional and unconventional warfare tactics and techniques in individual and small unit infantry operations. Employs individual domestic, foreign small arms, light and heavy crew-served weapons, anti-aircraft and anti-armor weapons. He is… a master of all weapons. And don't ask about the Rangers and where they are in the mess we find ourselves in called America's Darkest Hours on a good day. All four Battalions were dead. As they say in SOCOM, “Ain't no Rangers here,” and then those that can, point to where they once rolled the scroll and wink. “They just on the fade.” Hardy leaned into the shadows beside his own container he was covering from. No use standing in the same spot as his partner. The guy was either going to blow himself up or get trounced by the incoming security responding to the shots. Why risk both of them getting schwacked? “You were supposed to wait,” Hardy muttered as he scanned the misty and wet dark. “I was supposed to be a rock star,” Trouble responded, humming metal to himself as he cursed the wire he was working with. “Playing the axe at night; beach, beer, fish tacos by day. Maybe even charm my way to seeing a bikini hanging off the end of the bed post, ya know? Life comes at ya fast, Hardy, but don't worry… Trouble's my name and causin' it is my… game,” he whispered almost to himself as he continued to solve the problems in his hands. SFC Stephen X. Bach. Eighteen Charlie. SFC when he shoulda retired at least an E8 just a few years ago as things began to get truly weird and surreal and even the Army lost its mind and lowered standards, painted nails and even let some girls wear the Ranger Tab when no one who's actually earned one thinks they even got remotely close to meeting standard without a lotta help along the way. Eighteen Charlie. Special Force engineer sergeants are specialists across a wide range of disciplines, from demolitions and constructions of field fortifications to topographic survey techniques. Trouble was his tag with SOCOM, and it wasn't because he was cool. He caused it on mission more than effectively, on behalf of the teams, and didn't stop back behind the wire when it was generally not needed or in his own best interest. So… Trouble had run his mouth about the general current state of affairs, and if he wasn't so highly decorated that some of his awards were redacted, and so competent at the delicate art of high explosives… then he might have found himself with an even lower rank and very little retirement in light of the various courts martial and articles of offense. But he knew real bad guys in high places even there at the end of all things. And so, he'd gotten a chance to walk with some retirement and rank for the last six months of America. “Then get it done, and don't be that guy,” Hardy growled. Trouble liked to talk it up when things were getting thick.And things were getting definitely thick.Like the song lyrics from long ago Trouble always had running… It was distracting. Not to mention, Trouble had a tendency to sip his own cool aid, or so Hardy thought. “Got more coming.”Matter of fact statement. No drama. It was about to be get-it-on-thirty in the midnight yard of bad decisions and insertion behind enemy lines with assets to deny and mayhem to be caused. The sound of rushing boots thumping across the wet concrete was getting louder, as was the group barking loudly in Mandarin the way the Chinese do as they approached the x they had no idea they were walking onto. It was funny how the Chinese all ran the same way, or at least, that's how it sounded to Hardy. And it… bemused him. He was a thinker, and he'd never have used that ten-cent word on the teams. But in his mind, that and other words like it… they were there. He was a reader, and a thinker. And so, to Hard Luck all the Chinese seemed to have that same mincing pitter-patter run where they never really stepped it out like they were Usain Bolt intent on not just winning… but winning with icing. It was like watching that cartoon Martian run while trying to nab a, “P-32 ulidium space modulator!” Or whatever it was. Of course, the newer generation had no clue about good ol' Marvin, but that didn't mean it wasn't funny. And… “Sucks to be them,” exhaled Hard Luck and readied the shotty for sudden thunder. The Chinese shouts changed to whispers as the pitter-patter running soldiers got to the container group close to the two operators. Hardy knew the trick. Direct the guys into the target, then shift to the radios to keep their opponents guessing as to what came next. Only, the two operators had seen this particular Chinese trick before, as this wasn't the first time he and Trouble had gone up against the Puffies. Of course, their enemy didn't refer to themselves as Puffies because their units always went about with names to make them feel special. Hardy got the intel on these mooks a couple of weeks ago when Trouble blew up that cargo ship down in the gulf. They'd called themselves Thunder of the Gods and gay stuff like that. Because of course they did. And this was a reference to the People's Liberation Army Air Force's Airborne Brigade. Which was who they were facing today. This was their operation area on the road to New Orleans. Now, sounding all that out had been a mouthful for the various teams rolling out of the SRC, and instead of just shortening it to PLAAF, it came out like Puff. The few Puffies that Hardy's unit had managed to capture and talk to, got all sorts of mad about the slur. Which was great when they caught and released a few of them to spread the legend of the Special Reconnaissance Companies SOCOM had deployed into Occupied America. Get the rest of the Puffies all nervous about facing an invisible covert military force hiding in plain sight within the subjugated population. Ghosts in the night in plain sight. And deadly ghosts at that. Some of the SRC teams had even conducted massacres that were simply bone-chilling so the Chinese could have their very own boogie men to be afraid of in the night. What had Colonel Spear said when he created the Special Recon Teams for SOCOM as it waged its war out of what remained of North Carolina and the battle lines down in Georgia… "Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark. Now they learn why they fear the night." One of the nerdy Green Berets, an 18 Delta, had told everyone that was a line from Conan the Barbarian. No one cared and all agreed it was as cool as it gets. And if there's anything Green Berets love… it's cool stuff that's super deadly. See the tats since ‘Nam for examples. Cobras, skulls, knives… women. The Puffies had rightly guessed Trouble and Hardy would eventually come after this cargo depot along the gulf after they'd slagged that cargo ship. So, the Chinese high command out of New Orleans had deployed a company of PLAAF airborne forward in the hopes word would get out, and the “American GI special forces terrorists” prowling the Area of Operations North of New Orleans would come and enter the dragnet the PRC had thrown across much of the South and Southwest of what the maps once called the United States of America.They were anything but united.Most of the States that remained were fighting for themselves with what little was left of their veterans and National Guard. What was known as “Caliphistan” centered around the Midwest out of Michigan, was engaged in a brutal no-holds-barred plains war with the Chinese 3rd Army and being supplied and trained by SOCOM with what could be begged, borrowed, or stolen.California was behind enemy lines except for Marine-held San Diego and some warlord in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and parts of San Bernardino proclaiming an independent nation called Vanistan and being held by heavily armed and mobile militia.They had vans. Hardy scanned the angles and shadows of the cargo containers past where Trouble was working. Their night vision had been a step up from what he'd had when he'd been a regular grunt. The overhead lighting shining down on them from gantries and industrial light towers of the cargo yard situated around the cargo docks didn't even factor in to how these new NODs worked out in the dark. Running next gen night vision based on the ENVG-B—still in use—their gear just factored in the lighting and highlighted anything warmer than the surroundings. Complex motion tracking fed into augmented reality, highlighted potential targets and let the soldier see in complex low light conditions. “Trubs,” Hardy said quietly into his throat mic. “Hooking out to get an angle on our new friends.” “Gonna leave me here all by my lonesome,” Trouble joked. “You know… I'm afraid of the dark, right?” “NODs and that red lens you're working ain't enough?” Hardy asked. Trouble waved the flashlight in the direction of the incoming Puffies. “Seriously, come over here and hold my hand while I finish this. You know how I get.” Hardy knew all too well, which is why he left his partner alone to finish his chore. He slipped past several of the containers, then used a small stack of metal frames to vault himself to the top of the nearest CONEX. The cargo containers were the standard variety, so he had to move cautiously as he jumped, then crept across the top of the ribbed metal box. Walk too fast and he'd sound like he was pounding on a metal drum with each footstep. After jumping across several of the boxes, Hardy had a good line of sight to Trouble and several avenues of approach. The operator leaned into the shadows against the cargo container stack, then removed his cell phone from the sleeve pocket of his patrol parka. Set to lowlight conditions, the EUD—End User Device—was loaded with the latest and greatest ATAK interface, allowing Hardy to act as a battlefield information hub. The screen was already pinging two angles of approach off the trip sensors Hardy had placed when they'd first snuck into the yard. The fact they were coming at all worried the veteran operator. He scratched the few days' worth of stubble on his chin, trying to figure where they'd botched the insert and alerted this security detail tasked with holding the yards. The Chinese had their own version of EUDs, and if they ran something like the Android Team Awareness Kit, all it would've taken was for Hardy and Trouble to trip a sensor they'd missed, and the soldier responsible for the zone would have called it in. Hardy shook his head, internally bashing himself for not being more careful. It's why they'd taken to calling him Hard Luck for his call-sign. Throughout his military career and now out in the Special Recon Companies, he'd never found a stretch of bad luck that didn't stick to him. And that included being partnered with Trouble. That guy was bad luck personified. Looking up from his EUD, Hardy saw the Chinese first fire team angling on the objective. A single soldier with three more behind him was trying to pie the corner as though this was the first time he'd done it for real. Hardy had to give the Asian kid credit though, he was sticking his QBZ-191 rifle around the corner, trusting the optic to broadcast whatever was past the CONEX to his night vision, so the soldier didn't have to stick his head in the open and get it blown off. SOCOM's PsyOps guys had made sure all the illegal social media sites still operational were filled with GoPros of Chinese guys getting their heads blown off. Some of them were even real. AI made the rest. Hard Luck, that internal monologue, that thinking machine he was, a thinking-killing machine who'd even had profound thoughts while running a belt fed two-forty in a hostile combat zone and laying some serious hate, that thinking machine he was always… wondered… Warfare had gotten weird when advanced sighting devices operated on wireless link tech and rifles could see around corners. It wasn't… fair. But when was war ever fair. He'd seen enough kids get talked into it only to end up lying in the tall grass by some road a few days later. Just where he'd left them. No, there was nothing fair about war. Now that it wasn't close quarters in the dark, he gently let the shotty slide back under his old “down and out in occupied America” hobo-coat and shucked the heater. The heater. It wasn't an issued weapon. There were very few issued-weapons for SOCOM, and all the kids and whoever would show up to get trained on them and sent out to die in any of the seven directions the heartland was being attacked from. Plus… shipping and transport weren't easy. In the SRTs everything went on your back just like the old LRRP teams in Vietnam. And you looked like a hobo so you could pass with all the refugees, transients, and mad homeless displaced by the war, or just… whatever. You looked like a hobo because you were… a hobo. The heater was his own personal truck gun he'd dragged everywhere from Bragg to wherever he got stationed along the way. Everything on it was his. Paid for by his salary. Just in case it hit the fan. Just in case he got invaded at home one night, wherever home happened to be between deployments. Honestly, he'd never thought he'd need it for what he was using it for now. A domestic insurgency. But he sure had built it to do the trick. It was a Daniel Defense MK18 with a ten-inch threaded barrel he could go quiet with. He had jungle-mags ready to go and one stack in. Along the barrel he had illuminate and IR. He'd added a BCM foregrip and done some work with the internals to get it just where he wanted it to run. He had a match grade flat-trigger because that felt best for the tap. The optic was a basic Aimpoint T-1. It didn't look tactical-cool guy but if you knew you knew. The T1 was a great optic system if you needed to keep both eyes open and see everything while keeping the dot on target. And in the SRTs, outnumbered, behind lines, running gun fights and using everything and being as aware as possible, wasn't just optimal or maximal… it was vital to continued birthday parties. Hardy lined up his optic to target and let the heater bark. The first round caught the kid in the neck, splattering a good amount of the kid's blood across the CONEX's side panel. The assault took the trio behind the kid by surprise, forcing them to turn and instantly shoot in all directions except up because they weren't fighting Batman. Hardy covered behind the metal boxes, trusting their contents to bullet sponge enough of the bouncing rounds to keep him from getting accidentally blasted. Then… leaning from cover, Hardy put a trio of shots that tore off the commie soldier's face, before transitioning to the third trooper in the stack. Then he sent more rounds sailing past the number three paratrooper's chin and behind the space at the top of his chest where the armor didn't cover. And thinking-killing machine he was… he reflected that it was good “commie” was back in use as the dirty word it really was. It was the truth. And it was always good to stack them. The fourth Chinese paratrooper decided to run for it when he couldn't find the spot the shooting was coming from. In a show of solidarity, he grabbed the trooper who'd just soaked up rounds behind his chest plate, dragging the downed soldier to cover with him. Probably thinking he was gonna get a medal someday for this. Poor Schmoe, thought Hard Luck, guy didn't observe the first rule of combat first aid, and it was going to cost him. Now. Hardy lined up the optic dot to the soldier's hip, having already figured out the sight was probably off because he'd been shooting center mass but hitting high. The thinking but really killing machine part of his mind doing that math too… and then his suspicion got confirmed when the rounds punched into the spot on the Chinese soldier's back right behind and beneath his shoulder, once again where their PLA armor didn't cover. The round tore into the kid's torso, punching him to the ground next to his friend he was gonna rescue and get a medal for, and twenty years after, they'd drink Tsing Taos and celebrate a ChiCom-dominated world they'd made happen, with their little part, and managed to survive as they watched their loud children shout, and their pretty wives dote over them.Now both PLA troopers gasped for air and coughed out blood-soaked ragged Chinese, definitely drawing all sorts of attention to the hate he'd laid on them.Now we wait, he thought.Killing Machine taking over in the night and the dark and the mist. Hardy jumped across the space to the next set of containers, allowing him to get a better view of the opposite line of advance. “Trouble, how long, man?” The radio broke squelch in the small earpiece he wore under his hood. “Hard Luck, this is Trouble, coming at you with all the classic rock your ears can swallow!” Great, Hardy thought. Could this guy really not take anything seriously? The operator pushed the toggle for his PTT and growled, “Trubs, how long?” “Closing it up now,” Trouble said. “Moving to zone two, pushing out at the crane, toward the water.” “Roger out,” Hardy said, cutting the comms. They'd sand-tabled this. They'd done it many times without each other in other teams not this one and other days better than this. And together, lately, Hard Luck and Trouble were becoming known for this little act of behind the lines terrorism. Miss USA on the Nightly Free America Broadcast has even noted them in the scramble codes sent to the military and operators as far behind lines as North Dakota and New Mexico where the Chinese ran their death camps night and day, and hope is just a voice in the night right now. Near the end of the broadcast. Her warm voice coming in clear. “Chris… sleeps until dawn.” “The number is forty-two.” “And to all the patriots listening tonight out there in the dark… Our boys with the Raiders and the Packers thank two particular hobos for their roadside assistance at Route Twenty-Four with the Chinese Column moving in on Nashville that was causing many patriots in the area much Hard Luck and Trouble. The supplies are through, and the children have been evacuated back into the Homeland behind the Green Zone. Thank you, boys.” Then… “There's a match in Peterborough. No Slack in effect.” And finally… “That's the news for tonight, America. Stay in the fight. We aren't done yet. Good night. And now… The Star Spangled Banner. The lights are still on.” Both men had listened in that night after a long and very hard day on the hump, sleeping in a wet ditch out near a county road. It was cold. They'd said nothing. In the dark a few minutes later, Trouble spoke. He was gonna take first watch as they faded off the hit, avoiding Chinese Air Cav Hunter killer teams that had been roaming the countryside in HINDs.“She sounds hot, Hardy. Like that girl on the White Snake video back in the day. Remember her?”“Yeah,” said Hard Luck with his poncho pulled over him and the shotty in one hand nearby on his pack. “I do.”Pause.Then…“Do you think she's hot? Miss USA.”Hard Luck was fading. Dreaming that dream he never told anyone about.But just before he'd fallen asleep, he said, “I think she's good, Trouble. And that's what makes her beautiful.”And then Trouble might have grunted or said, “Okay.” But Hard Luck had gone to that other world that didn't exist anymore. Yesterday, some call it.But that wasn't now. Now they were in the fight in the supply yard with the PLA airborne thinking they had them right where they wanted them, barking Mandarin radio chatter and thumping hard heavy too-short-step boots and even untargeted fire at ghosts and phantoms in the mist.They were conscripts after all. They were afraid. Afraid of the PRC. And now, down range and right near the boogie men… they were afraid of the hobos that had come for them. Another fire team of Chinese paratroopers slowly advanced to the corner of the new row of containers Hardy now faced. They mimicked the first group of soldiers, sticking their rifles around the corner to let the optics assume the risk. When they dropped their field of view on the fire team dying across from them, they retreated from the corner and broke out in a heated conversation of harsh whispers. Yeah, the operator could smell their fear. Behind the dying paratroopers on the ground Hard Luck had put rounds on target into, a third fire team slowly advanced, careful not to get too close to the fatal CONEX corner. They fanned out, with the tail man in the stack launching a slick matte-black drone. Hushing-hushing in the way of Chinese battle-speak. That was smart of them, Hardy thought. Get some eyes in the air and cover the ground quickly to find their targets. What they didn't count on was Trouble sliding in behind them, running his knife out the front of the drone trooper's neck, starting from somewhere near his ear. The battlefield surgery was grizzly, wet work, but Trouble seemed to be totally cool with it, going so far as to gently lay the soldier down and relieve him of his drone controller even as his buddies, soon to be bodies, were eyes forward and fighting for the Fatherland or whatever the godless b******s believed in these days. With a few deft taps on the screen, Trouble had a good grip on the flight mechanic and stepped back into the shadows, fading from the fire team of Chinese paratroopers. Hardy watched as his wingman sailed the drone across the cargo yard, dropping it in line with the enemy crew close to him. They froze in place, unsure of what to make of the machine hovering in front of them at eye level. “Hard Luck, this is Trouble. If you wouldn't mind taking advantage of the little distraction I just created, I'd appreciate it.” There were times when James “Hard Luck” Hardy really wanted to punch his partner straight up in the grill. They all paled in comparison to those times when Trouble just couldn't be serious about an operation. Times like now. Hardy reached into his pack, pulling a grenade from where it was taped to the inside. He yanked the pin and let the spoon fly. After mentally ticking off a count of One Mississippi, the operator flicked the weapon over the CONEX boxes to land in the middle of the fire team. The grenade rolled and then popped, its kinetic fury suddenly and obnoxiously ignoring the Chinese soldiers' armor and planting them onto the pavement in piles of ruined meat and shredded gear.To them it was sudden and brutal, and none of the Chinese propaganda about “a glorious war of liberation” matched their violent deaths. The close proximity to the cargo containers funneled some of the blast and over-pressure across the way, startling the final team of Chinese paratroopers on approach to where they thought their boogie men might be. This group stumbled backward behind the cover of the containers, suddenly shouting in their hushed and harsh speech pattern… only to come face to face with Trouble ready to take advantage of their surprise, as they'd retreated to where they thought they might be safe.Trouble's thoughts were synched to “Breakin' the Law” by Judas Priest as he assessed the funnel they'd been forced into. The funnel and area they'd chosen as… safe.“Ain't nowhere safe in America for you,” hissed the operator. He muzzle-thumped the first man to see he was there, pushing the suppressed Berretta pistol into the soldier's throat. The paratrooper doubled over, coughing and holding his throat after the hit. Trouble lowered himself at the same time, using the stunned soldier as cover. Angling to the side, the predatory operator sent two rounds into the lower torso of the next guy in the stack, dropping him to the concrete. He lowered the pistol to the man recovering from the throat hit, sent a round through the top of the man's boot, then followed him through a series of pain-soaked hops as he tried to recover his balance. This was a song. Just like all the ones he'd learned on his guitar as a kid. And they were his sheet music as he moved them about in a fatal dance of lead and death at twenty-four hundred feet per second. Seeing how quickly things had devolved into chaos, the last man ran into the intersection, probably hoping the smoke and noise of the grenade going off in the intersection would hide his escape. All it did was bring him into Hardy's sight picture, where the concealed operator put a single round into the soldier's leg, adjusting the aim on the scope he needed to re-zero next chance he got. The paratrooper tumbled into the stack of bodies from the first fire team to get murked, a bloody mess on the ground really, screaming as he pushed himself to his back and frantically whirled his rifle in any and all directions. In a moment of clarity, the surviving para realized the nature of his injury. He expertly pulled a tourniquet from a pouch on his armor, then slid the contraption over his leg before tightening it down. “Fàngxià nǐ de wǔqì!” Trouble hissed from around the corner. The man had hugged the shadows until he got in position, then slid from the dark holding a confiscated QBZ-191. The Chinese soldier held his hands out wide at seeing his own style battle rifle pointed at him. He let the rifle slip from his fingers, while glaring daggers at Trouble coming in. As the dark and dirty man advanced, the paratrooper used his good leg to push himself against the other bodies and prop up to a sitting position. Trouble looked the part of a hobo riding the rails. He had an old-style military trench coat over a hoodie covering his normally unkempt hair. His beard was wispy, with patches of hair not growing in for some reason or another. His dirty military-style civilian pants seemed to have as many stains as they did pockets, lending credence to looking like someone who slept among the garbage. Trouble advanced on a set of well-worn high-top sneakers, complete with the Velcro strap at the top, a look no kid on either side of the Chinese militarized zone would be caught dead wearing. He got a few yards from the downed soldier, then repeated, “Move the weapon away,” in Chinese. He spoke with the inflection and tone of someone who knew the language intimately, although he'd never be truly taken as a native speaker. Trouble hovered over the man, both staring at each other over the sound of the paratrooper breathing rapidly after being badly wounded. The man flinched, and Trouble sent a single round center mass of the downed soldier's face. He immediately brought the carbine in line with the hopping foot injury guy, finishing him off with a series of quick staccato shots administered with cold brutality and efficiency. Weapon up. Bang bang bang. Weapon low and ready, scanning dark eyes for who else wants to die next. “You good?” Hardy asked over the net in the silence that followed. “Yeah. Guy on his butt was gonna try for the grenade he had on his kit. No sense in both of us dying.” “Give me a minute to scoop up their EUDs. Maybe the I&R guys can pull something off them,” Hardy said. “I'll scoop some of these rifles and this sweet, sweet ammo, my brother-man,” Trouble said, holding the Chinese carbine. “Might as well take their NODs too. Haul like this and we could be into some serious cash if we sell it all at the general store.” “I'll help you take some of it,” Hardy said as they both fell into the work of battlefield scavenging and asset management. “But hey, I ain't carrying a backpack full of rifles looking like a walking Middle East bazaar.” Trouble laughed and made a cat's low owwwwwwww like he was some rock singer hamming it up just before the bridge in some long-lost metal anthem. “Recycled due to lack of motivation,” announced Trouble. Both had been graduates of the Darby Queen and Robert Rogers school for wayward boys. Hardy had already grabbed several of the soldiers' battle boards when his own piped off from inside his jacket.Hardy checked the sitrep from the observers. Then… “Hey. More troops coming in. Gotta rabbit.” “But, but, all the gear,” whined Trouble. “I can do some stuff with this, Brother.” “Fine,” Hardy quipped. “You stay and get all the shwag. I'm avoiding the Chinese infantry platoon and jumping back into the water. Discuss division of assets with them and whatever indirect and air support that's all hot and bothered right now at oh-two hundred.” Trouble scooped up a few more rifles, then fell in step with his partner, catching up swiftly, eyes roving across all sectors each knew was their own. In moments consumed by fog and shadows, just two down and out tramps on the hump to the next refugee camp, work-gang project, handout, UN FEMA camp for indoc and digital ID assignment.Just two shadows in the night.“Time to get wet,” muttered one. “Well, when you put it like that,” hissed the other, each laboring under a huge pack, stepping it out like they were late for a better tomorrow that might just happen. “I am a bit swampy after all that work we just did. Maybe the right thing here is a nice dip in the ocean to cool a man off. Even if it is late.”Sirens began to sound in the distance. Doomsday and mournful. The music of a fallen America.A gunship could be heard in the swamps to the west. Coming in fast. Its echo thundering and reverberating off the bayous and swampy hills.“Got some blood on my hands.”“Bummer, dude.”And then they were gone.For those that wanna buy us a coffee until the next chapter drops. Thank you.CTRL ALT Revolt! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. We love the SOCOM M1 “The B*****d” because it sure shoots like one. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nickcole.substack.com/subscribe
On this episode of WSEG, we check in on KAmala HArris' attempt to erase her past failures with popular musicians. Dont worry, it worked! Nobody seems to care about her past transgressions or her future endeavors. ;p We also check out Kamala's VP pick, Tim Walz. HE is a weirdo! Video VErsion: https://youtu.be/xHGccG4uz5A
Sporting Kansas City allowed fans to have hope of a potential turn around for about 3 days after dispatching a terrible San Jose team on the road last Saturday. Unfortunately they followed it up by closing out this very dense stretch of the schedule with a loss in Vancouver and a 1-1 draw at home vs the Pink Dog Food CITY SC team on Saturday night. The good news is, this means Cody is sufficiently grumpy about this team again so you will get the entertainment you expect from this podcast. The secondary transfer window is open and while there is a lot of generalized talk about Sporting KC making a signing or two this summer, very little news of anything concrete has appeared as of yet. We'll discuss what the potential is for additions this summer, and what we should reasonably expect from the team the rest of the year. Tactical corner will be a look into a nuanced, but important change to the shape SKC and Vermes are employing with Pulido and Agada on the field at the same time. It has its positives, but it also has some dependencies that could be impacting the ability to use other players effectively. In Potpourri the KC Current sign a new Center Back, and kick off the Summer Cup with a 3-1 drubbing of Houston in a game that saw both teams reaching deep into their rosters to complete the game. Finally, we look into the beginning of Leagues Cup play as Chicago comes to town on Sunday night.
For review:1. Royal Australian Navy Destroyer Employs Naval Strike Missile at RIMPAC 2024.Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney (DDG-42) successfully fired a Naval Strike Missile and sank former amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1) in the waters off Hawaii during the biennial Rim of the Pacific 2024 exercise.2. China & Philippines open a direct line of communication between respective presidential offices to prevent escalation of events during territorial disputes in the South China Sea.3. Israel Prime Minister in Washington D.C. (Monday).PM Netanyahu will address a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday and will meet with President Joe Biden in the White House on Thursday. 4. At Farnborough Air Show, Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) partners (Italy, Japan, & UK), unveil a concept of the future crewed fighter. The concept design is a delta wing shape, with increased wingspan ,compared to previous iterations.5. At Farnborough, USAF Secretary comments on the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program.6. US releases Arctic Strategy document: 2024 National Strategy for the Arctic Region.7. US Army Reports 6 Month Schedule Delay in JLTV Production. According to PEO Combat Support & Combat Systems Support Spokesperson: AM General's initial delivery of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), has been delayed by six months- due to challenges starting up a new production line.
Seeds of Fortune partnered with Ratio.dev to create a no-code scholar portal aimed at aiding young girls of color in the college application process. This collaboration will streamline university applications, enhance access to higher education, and expand Seeds of Fortune's reach by 200%. Ratio.dev City: Orlando Address: 5764 N Orange Blossom Trl Website: https://ratio.dev
In this episode, Mikael Dia, Founder and CEO of Funnelytics, shares insights into the journey and growth of Funnelytics, a marketing analytics platform. Mikael discusses how Funnelytics helps businesses visualize customer journeys and overlay data to optimize conversions and identify bottlenecks.Product Overview:Funnelytics is a marketing analytics platform that allows businesses to visualize customer journeys on a digital whiteboard. It helps users see conversion rates, identify bottlenecks, and understand the flow through various touchpoints. The platform integrates with tools like HubSpot and uses a tracking script on websites to collect and visualize data.Customers:Thousands of customers across various industries, including agencies, e-learning, SaaS, and e-commerce sectors.Revenue Distribution**:** Approximately 30% from agencies, 30% from midsize in-house teams, and 30% from mapping-only users.Customer Acquisition**:** Acquires approximately 50 new customers per week. Around 200 new free trials per week.Top of Funnel Channels:Initially relied on paid advertising to promote the free mapping tool.Currently, most traffic is organic, driven by word-of-mouth and users sharing their experiences.Self-attribution from customers points to sources like YouTube, Instagram influencers, and LinkedIn.Conversion Strategy:Uses a product-led approach with a free mapping tool and a free trial model.Focus on optimizing the onboarding experience for new users.Employs an SDR process to identify high-value leads from free trials and schedules kickoff calls to demonstrate the platform and assess fit for higher-level plans.0 to 1 Journey (Initial Days):Mikeal built the first version of Funalytics for his own agency needs. To gain early users, he:Launched a free mapping tool and built a community on Facebook.Offered a lifetime deal for early access to the analytics feature, generating over $200,000 in 48 hours and closing seven figures in non-recurring revenue in the first 12 months.Company Funding & Team:Funding**:** Raised $3 million in VC funding, primarily used to rebuild the platform for scalability.Initial Development Cost**:** Built with a small team of developers, funded by lifetime deal revenue and early income.Team Structure**:** Initially had three full-time engineers and one part-time engineer.Vision:Funalytics aims to become the command center for digital marketing teams globally, providing a universal language through its visual canvas and data integration. The company is focused on sustainable, profitable growth and is considering raising a Series A round to further scale its operations.Conclusion:Mikhail's journey with Funalytics highlights the importance of adaptability, leveraging user feedback, and maintaining a clear vision for growth. The episode provides valuable insights into building and scaling a successful SaaS product in the competitive marketing analytics space.
Hello everyone, it's Bill Thompson – T Bill. Some of the things covered on today's session include: Mutual Funds – Leveraged Index Funds. The markets are at record highs. The job market remains hot. Southwest Airlines institutes a ‘Poison Pill ‘strategy. AI company reaches deal to use deceased actor's voices to narrate audio books.
Stephanie Cook, Executive Director of the San Diego Women's Foundation, and Julie McKay, Foundation Board President, talk about the Foundation's collective philanthropy mission; its grant cycle process; and how critical issues of the region are chosen for funding.
Mike and Steve interviewed Pete Jenkins, a legendary defensive line coach, and Greg Stock, the CEO of Thibodaux Regional Health System. Stock discussed the work Thibodaux Regional does to keep campers safe. Jenkins celebrated the incredible growth of the annual camp. Jenkins criticized the current landscape of college athletics. He also shared his thoughts on LSU's "barren" defensive line, the Tigers' lack of moves in the transfer portal, and new DL coach Bo Davis' challenge in 2024. Jenkins evaluated LSU's 2024 roster. He also remembered his relationships with Nick Saban and Andy Reid, two completely different championship-winning coaches. Mike reviewed Les Miles' claim for a spot in the College Football Hall of Fame.
Click here https://vnsh.com/reasonabletv to enter to win this $80,000 truck and get your VNSH holster $50 off for a limited time! In a bold move to combat rising theft and aggression, a New York Home Depot has introduced security dogs and guards to patrol its premises. The initiative aims to ensure the safety of shoppers from thieves and aggressive migrants known to congregate in the parking areas. Despite the substantial security measures, including guards equipped with bulletproof vests and German Shepherds, skepticism remains about their efficacy. Critics argue that visible security may deter some criminal activities but does little to address the broader issues of crime that continue to plague retail locations nationwide. This measure reflects a growing trend among stores to adopt more hands-off approaches to crime, emphasizing safety without direct confrontation. #HomeDepotSecurity #RetailTheftPrevention #SafeShoppingExperience --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/darien-dunstan3/message
It's (whatever day you're reading this) you know what that means: It's time to review the week in All Elite Wrestling! No Rampage or Collision this week so let jump into Dynamite:-Where are the fans?-“Huge, huge match”-The contrast in entrances-Did Okada drive his Ferrari from Toronto or..?-BTE Stutter Step-Darby Allin and Tony Hawk-Is Jericho going to manage Hook?-We don't know who's going to win but pretty sure Anna Jay will take the pin-Everyone loves Dustin Rhodes, even Canada-Toni Storm “visits” Turner Classics-ROH tag champs are jobbers-O-O-O-O'Reilly-5 Star main eventSubscribe on patreon.com/LingusMafia for ad-free and video versions of the show, exclusive PPV/PLE reviews and bonus shows including every Wrestlemania, Summerslam, Royal Rumble and Saturday Night's Main Event ever.Stay connected: All our social media (@LingusMafia) links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/lingusmafiaBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wrestle-lingus-show--6049959/support.
National security expert John Guandolo will blow your mind with a story about American Airlines putting the head of HAMAS in Phoenix in charge of baggage handlers at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and GIVING HIM AN AWARD - even after they were warned about Mohamed El-Sharkawy. You'll also be interested to hear who is funding the HAMAS groups that have been disrupting Joe Biden's motorcades and appearances as even CNN is forced to admit major swing states are swinging strongly in Donald Trump's direction. And a GOOD NEWS from Maine that involves a third grader's classy ripple effect on his school.
Especially when it concerns those who studied in Tomchei Temimim and are heads of Chasidic families, it's a pity for them. https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/igroskodesh/012/006/4178
For bush kids living in remote Australia, schooling is a virtual experience. Governesses are employed to assist in facilitating the School of the Air program.
ChatGPT: OpenAI, Sam Altman, AI, Joe Rogan, Artificial Intelligence, Practical AI
Step into the world of package security with UPS's innovative use of AI technology to mitigate the risk of package theft. Join us as we uncover the proactive measures taken by UPS to safeguard deliveries and ensure a seamless shipping experience for customers. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.aiJoin our ChatGPT Community: Facebook GroupFollow me on Twitter: Jaeden's Twitter
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Want to add strategic pricing to your marketing tool box? Go to InteliChek or call 877-827-7273 and ask about our InteliShare Series! InteliShare contains all of our promotional tools that you can use to promote your favorable prices, including our InteliAds, the printable flyers that you can show off in easel displays, InteliMedia, for your Digital Media Boards AND InteliWidgets, so you can show off price comparisons on your website and even let your customers schedule from the widget. If you've noticed a trend in previous episodes of The Multi-Point Inspection Podcast in the approach our guests have taken as leaders in their respective businesses, then you're not alone. I've noticed it as well. It's called Servant Leadership and according to Sarah K. White in a CIO article from Feb. 20222, it is QUOTE " A leadership style that prioritizes the growth, well-being, and empowerment of employees. It aims to foster an inclusive environment that enables everyone in the organization to thrive as their authentic self. When implemented correctly, servant leadership can help foster trust, accountability, growth, and inclusion in the workplace." ENDQUOTE And Jami Alexander has implemented this approach, which according to her, has led to exponential growth of the seven Meineke stores that she oversees. What We Talk About Servant Leadership Employee Retention Pay Structure Bridging The Gap Between The Counter & The Shop Bridging The Generation Gap Implementing Meineke's eInspection On Becoming A Rising Star On LinkedIn Meineke Commercial Music: Reveille-Autumnal Dreams Reveille-Honest Living Ends Of The Earth- The Gunslinger Reveille-Highways
#IRAN: #HEZBOLLAH: #MILITIAS: Tehran employs the surrogates like a chorus of predators, each in turn, and then together. Seth Frantzman, FDD, Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/01/israel-seeks-to-secure-borders-amid-multi-front-conflict.php 1925 Persia
This episode features Brandon Mulnix interviewing Meredith Dawson, an editor at Watt Publications, about her work and insights into the poultry industry. Here are the key takeaways:Meredith's Role at Watt Publications:Manages various publications, including the weekly Egg Industry Insight and the annual Top Broiler and Turkey Companies Review.Creates blog content and covers topics like Taylor Swift's impact on egg prices and advice for women entering the poultry industry.Analyzes data from various sources to compile reports and graphs on topics relevant to farm managers, such as industry trends and company performance.Watt Publications' Technology and Outreach:Utilizes AI for tasks like transcription and article generation, while cautiously exploring its potential for further applications.Organizes events like the Poultry Tech Summit and Feed Mill the Future conference to showcase new technologies and connect industry professionals.Employs various channels, including websites, email, and live events, to share information and reach farmers and other stakeholders.Challenges and Rewards of Being a Journalist in the Poultry Industry:Facing criticism for reporting negative news while balancing it with sharing the industry's positive stories.Finding newsworthy topics and managing information overload from diverse sources.Experiencing the satisfaction of impacting the industry through knowledge sharing and promoting positive change.Meredith's Passion and Advice for the Poultry Industry:Emphasizes the industry's ability to provide affordable protein and its potential for sustainable food production.Encourages young people to explore various career paths within the poultry industry, including roles in digital marketing, communications, and product development.Calls for industry professionals to share information and support Watt Publications in spreading good news and driving positive change.Additional Notes:Meredith offers to share her blog post on career advice for women in the poultry industry. Hens & TrendsAdvice for women starting careers in the poultry industryThe interview delves into the importance of finding interns and retaining talent within the industryMeredith highlights the value of communication and collaboration in addressing challenges and sharing best practices.Connect with Meredith Dawson - mdawson@wattglobal.comThis episode provides valuable insights into the poultry industry, Watt Publications' role, and Meredith Dawsons's passionate work as a journalist and advocate for the industry's positive impact.Hosted by Brandon Mulnix - Director of Commercial Accounts - Prism ControlsThe Poultry Leadership Podcast is only possible because of its sponsor, Prism ControlsFind out more about them at www.prismcontrols.com
ChatGPT: News on Open AI, MidJourney, NVIDIA, Anthropic, Open Source LLMs, Machine Learning
In this episode, we delve into the exciting collaboration between Snapchat and ChatGPT, exploring how ChatGPT's integration is making conversations on Snapchat smarter and more engaging. Join us as we uncover the innovative features and functionalities that this partnership has brought to the Snapchat app, transforming the way users interact and communicate. Discover how ChatGPT's capabilities are enhancing the Snapchat experience and what it means for the future of social media and messaging platforms. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai
We're in the workplace today talking with cofounder and COO, Tom D'Eri. Tom shares his experience growing up with an autistic brother and helping to create a sustainable employment opportunity for him and so many others. In This Episode You Will Discover How his family came up with the idea for Rising Tide Car Wash. […] The post Autism and Employment | How one family created a successful business model that employs individuals on the spectrum appeared first on Puzzle Peace Counseling.
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Remember, you can watch the Superpowers for Good show on e360tv. To watch the episode, download the #e360tv channel app to your streaming device–Roku, AppleTV or AmazonFireTV–or your mobile device. You can even watch it on the web.Devin: What is your superpower?Emmanuel: My superpower is very, very simple. I said yes to that inner voice, to that inner calling, that I should go back and help my fellow friends.You won't believe this story. Keep reading anyway!Emmanuel Trinity, founder and CEO of era92 Creative, was living on the streets of the slums of Kampala as a teenager when a caring Christian woman asked what she could give him to enable him to get off the streets. He asked for a computer. Remarkably, she gave him one.He used it to teach himself to do graphic design and quickly became adept enough to get work. Six years later, he got a position with Coca-Cola in Kampala. Working for one of the world's largest companies with an extraordinary commitment to protecting and enhancing its brand was an opportunity he didn't want to leave.After just six months, he quit the job to find a way to help others like him find a path out of poverty as he had.He shares the story of launching the company with the first employee:The first one that I worked with was Megan. The way I met Megan is a very, very interesting story. This is when I had quit my job at Coca-Cola after six months, and everyone called me crazy. I went back to the slums.It was a Friday. There was a crusade at the church, and we had this overnight. This girl came to me. She was on the verge of selling her body. She had given up on life because her dad, who was taking care of six siblings, fell off a building and broke his spinal cord. Now, this girl was stuck with a bedridden, sick dad and also had to find food for the other five siblings.What happened to her in the community where she grew up? You know, lots of poverty, no hope. Everyone told her the only quick way to get $1 or $2 a day was to sell her body to provide for her family. This girl came to me to ask for advice. I told her, “You're in church. As Christians, we don't believe in that. I won't allow you to do that. But what we're going to do, please join me in this program I'm starting. I'm starting with three people. If you bring two other people, I'd love to work with you. I'd love to pay you for one or two months. If you get these things, I'll be able to get you a job.”I was just guessing; this was a guesswork. I hadn't really figured out this model.Megan accepted, and she brought two other friends. I brought one other friend of mine, and we started the class.Surprisingly, after four months with my guidance, this girl was able to design a website on her own. She was able to design a website in Drupal and WordPress, and I was like, “This is it.” Megan became my first employee.Today, era92 Creative employs 1,800 young people like Megan, plucked from poverty and given an opportunity to gain valuable skills and then put to work using them.Era92 Creative works primarily with US companies, typically on $2,000 monthly contracts, effectively providing them with an outsourced graphic design team.In this work, Emmanuel uses his superpower, an ability to say yes to his inner voice.AI Episode Summary* Emmanuel Trinity is the founder of era92 Creative, a social enterprise providing affordable graphic design services.* The company employs young people from slums in Uganda, giving them training in design and web development.* Era92 Creative serves clients in the United States, particularly small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits.* The company offers a suite of web development and design services at a flat rate price.* Emmanuel's inspiration came from his personal experience of being rescued from the streets and a desire to address youth unemployment in his community.* Through era92 Creative, Emmanuel has created 1,800 skilled jobs for young people.* The work of era92 Creative has transformed the lives of many individuals, including Megan, who went from being on the verge of selling her body to leading a department of designers.* Emmanuel's superpower is his ability to say yes to opportunities and act on his inner voice.* He believes that everyone has the potential to make positive changes in their communities and should act upon their inner calling.* Anyone interested in working with era92 Creative can visit their website (era92creative.com) to learn more about services and engagement options.How to Develop Acting on Your Inner Voice As a SuperpowerEmmanuel explained his willingness and ability to say yes to his inner voice, driven by his Christian faith:One of the things that hinders us is the failure to jump off the cliff. Many times, if you don't have the wings to fly, then what are you going to be depending on? For me, in my case, I had God in my life, and I know that he's the one who rescued me from the streets. He's the one who rescued me from the danger that I've grown up with. Personally, I do not have anything that can back that up. I knew that all my story was covered by Jesus in my life. When that happened, I tell you, he brought me from the slums–he's given me this inner voice. One of the verses I stick with in the Bible is 1 Peter 4:10, “That as each has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's very grace.”So, I knew that I had already received a lot of gifts from God. For me to fly off the cliff with no wings, I knew that I had God in my life even if I lost this job that was paying me a lot of money.Emmanuel offers advice to everyone:Whoever is listening in and by any chance in their communities, in their families, in their workspace, they have felt that there is something that they are not comfortable with and they would wish to change it. That's their superpower; that's their calling.The only thing they need to do is to act upon it and make it a reality. If you're watching this, I know there was a time in your life when you felt there was something that has to be changing in your community. You're the one to champion that change in that community. Following Emmanuel's example and advice can strengthen your ability to follow your inner voice that tells you to take action for good. With practice, you can make this a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Guest ProfileEmmanuel Trinity (he/him):Chief Job Creator, era92 CreativeAbout era92 Creative: era92 Global is a social enterprise agency that trains and connects the Top 1% of African creative Talent to Global companies.Website:www.era92creative.comTwitter Handle: @era92mediaCompany Facebook Page:Other URL: causeartist.com/slums-of-uganda-innovative-tech-ceo/Biographical Information: Emmanuel Trinity is a serial social entrepreneur from Kampala, Uganda, with a passion for upskilling the next generation of digital talent in preparation for jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities in Africa.He's the founder of era92 Creative- a Subscription Creative Services Social Enterprise powering the Next Generation of Digital Talent Across Africa.Trinity is also the co-founder of era92 Group, a group of social enterprises on a mission to reverse engineer poverty and create prosperity for Africans through businesses & microfinance.Trinity has created 1,500 jobs for youth from the slums of Uganda and is on a mission to create 10,000 jobs for young people across Africa. Twitter Handle: @trinityheavenzLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/nsabaanye-emmanuel/Instagram Handle: @emmanuel_trinity_Superpowers for Good is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Superpowers for Good at www.superpowers4good.com/subscribe
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In this episode, we unveil a game-changing approach in biodesign as Scala Biodesign harnesses the power of AI for molecular protein engineering. Discover how this cutting-edge technology is revolutionizing the field, enabling breakthroughs in drug development, healthcare, and beyond. Join us for an illuminating discussion on the transformative potential of AI in the realm of biotechnology. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai
Today we meet a seven figure Amazon seller who has built her dream business around her core mission. She wanted to have a business that employed special needs and physically challenged adults- giving them the dignity of work while building a profitable business serving happy customers... and she's done it with BRANDED BUNDLES (the same way we teach it in the ProvenBrandedBundles.com course!) Check this out - one of her best workers assembling her bundles is legally blind, but he is a top performer making invaluable contributions! I LOVE working with and learning from Business Building Warriors like today's guest Kim Shanahan! You're going to love this episode! This episode is sponsored by https://humnbird.com - They help sellers get established on Amazon.com (sell in the US from anywhere in the world) They specialize in everything from Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Corporation Setup to Branding, Design and Marketing. We recommend their affordable systems and solutions giving you everything you need for your wholesale and private label business even overseas! Watch our interview on this YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Z_fE6QgP-DI Show note LINKS: SilentSalesMachine.com - text the word “free” to 507-800-0090 to get a free copy of Jim's latest book in audio about building multiple income streams online! If you live outside of the US or Canada please email support@silentsalesmachine.com for a copy! ProvenBrandedBundles.com - Learn to set up ASIN's (listings on Amazon) that belong ONLY to you and contain recognized, popular brand names! This all new training for FALL of 2023 is finally being released to the public after helping many of our top coaching students achieve multips six figures in sales PER MONTH on their branded bundles! TheProvenConference.com/virtual2023 - Our Oct 4-6 virtual event for online sellers. FREE for provenamazoncourse.com and coaching students! See site for details! My Silent Team Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mysilentteam 100% FREE! Join 72,000 + Facebook members from around the world who are using the internet creatively every day to launch and grow multiple income streams through our exciting PROVEN strategies! There's no support community like this one anywhere else in the world! JimCockrumCoaching.com - Get a free session with a business consultant on our team at 1-800-994-1792 / 1-801-693-1688 or TEXT US at 385-284-7701 (US & Canada only for Text) ALL of our coaches are running very successful businesses of their own based on the models we teach here! We've been setting the standard for excellence in e-commerce and Amazon seller coaching since 2002 with over 7,000 students served! Hundreds of our successful, happy students have been interviewed on our podcast! ProvenAmazonCourse.com - the comprehensive course that contains ALL our Amazon training modules, recorded events and a steady stream of latest cutting edge training including of course the most popular starting point, the REPLENS selling model. The PAC is updated free for life! https://giftsfulfilled.com - Kim's business website! Guest: Kim Shanahan
A social enterprise that's donated almost 100,000 meals is expanding quickly. It's the vision of an Australian entrepreneur who aims to break down barriers, through food.
Tucker's haters are seeing his exit from Fox News as a fantastic opportunity to divulge all of this deepest, darkest secrets. Most of them turn out to be nothing-burgers, but one text message is gaining traction in the media today. Grace discusses whether or not the text really is as offensive as people claim. Then, Grace shares the U.S. Navy's latest recruiting tactic: Drag Queens.
Andy Farnsworth joins KSL-TV to help audiences decipher #WhatToWatch for the weekend of April 14, 2023. Nicolas Cage employs all his Nic Cage-y powers as Dracula alongside Nicholas Hoult's “Renfield” in the new horror-comedy in theaters. It's funny, but it's also super violent & bloody. Also trying to pass off violence as humor is the Toni Collette starring “Mafia Mamma,” where the American housewife suddenly finds herself at the head of a crime family in Italy. The story of the first Black player to sign a contract in NBA history, “Sweetwater” hits theaters this week, and is pretty good! “The Last Thing He Told Me” is a new mystery thriller series on Apple TV+ starring Jennifer Garner for a streaming option. Other options include “Prom Pact” on Disney+ if your teens are in the middle of prom season at their schools and are looking for another take on the genre. There's also the gospel-and-soul music-infused “Praise This” on PeacockTV, where a wannabe pop star decides to join a competitive gospel music team. And, of course, the fifth and final season of “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” on Prime Video. Beyond Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Gaming, and Tech, the brains behind Fan Effect are connoisseurs of categories surpassing the nerdy. Brilliant opinions and commentary on all things geek, but surprising knowledge and witty arguments over pop culture, Star Trek, MARVEL vs. DC, and a wide range of movies, TV shows, and more. Formerly known as SLC Fanboys, the show is hosted by Andy Farnsworth and KellieAnn Halvorsen, who are joined by guest experts. Based in the beautiful beehive state, Fan Effect celebrates Utah's unique fan culture as it has been declared The Nerdiest State in America by TIME. Listen regularly on your favorite platform, at kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL App. Join the conversation on Facebook @FanEffectShow, Instagram @FanEffectShow, and Twitter @FanEffectShow. Fan Effect is sponsored by Megaplex Theatres, Utah's premiere movie entertainment company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
If you look a mess, you are a mess. Right or wrong, books are judged by their covers and so are CPG brands. So, what does your products' shelf presence say about your CPG brand? A LOT…actually! The store shelf is often a shopper's first point of interaction with your products and its appearance can make or break the sale. But how do you keep everything looking tidy throughout the day at 1000s of store locations? If you're a massive company like Hershey's, you have an army of field employees that does this routinely. What about a startup CPG chocolate brand though? A typical one is basically either out of luck or required to spend budget they might not have, but one co-founded by Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), he can mobilize his millions of loyal fans to help him clean up the Feastables shelf presentation the next time they're at Walmart. FOLLOW ME ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS LINKEDIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaschallmba TWITTER - https://www.twitter.com/joshua_schall INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/joshua_schall FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/jschallconsulting MEDIUM - https://www.medium.com/@joshuaschall --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joshua-schall/support
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Even nonprofits are on Shopify. In this episode of Shopify Masters, CEO Tom Vozzo explains how Homeboy Industries provides jobs for thousands of former gang members through the organization's various businesses, including a bakery and café.For more on Homeboy Industries and show notes: https://www.shopify.com/blog/homeboy-industries-creating-job-opportunities
When you purchase an item after clicking a link from this post, we may earn a commission.Devin: What is your superpower?Jed: I guess my superpower would be what I understand Walter Brueggemann spoke about. I'm not sure; I've never actually read this, but I had heard it attributed to him—the whole notion of humbition. By humbition, I mean the idea that we should be hugely ambitious in the agenda that we seek to advance but approach the advancement of that agenda with a posture of humility.Jed Emerson is one of the real O.G.s of impact investing. He conceived of and popularized “blended value” to describe seeking both profits and social impact. Today, he serves as the chief impact officer for Alvarium Tiedemann (AlTi).Though he has been teaching the idea of blended value for decades, I asked him to recap its significance:In the late eighties and the early nineties, I really moved out of traditional nonprofit work and into what's become known as impact investing. One of the things that really kind of helped me in that process was the realization that a lot of us were having very similar conversations with different people, all of whom thought they were having very different discussions, but all of which, to my mind centered on this issue of how we understand the nature of the value that we create. I think that in traditional practices of nonprofit versus for-profit, we're asked to choose. We're asked to function within a bifurcated value proposition that says that you either make an investment or you make a grant, you work for a nonprofit, or you work for a for-profit. And I think many of us have come to conclude that that actually it's a both-and proposition that companies and businesses create social and environmental value and impacts and that nonprofits have economic worth, and that we really need to take a more integrated blended value approach.His move to AlTi was motivated by a growing sense of urgency, spurred in part by the pandemic.“We're basically destroying the living planet in order to save ourselves and killing ourselves in that process,” he says. “That raises a whole host of issues in terms of how we interact with nature, how we think about the climate crisis—how we respond.”“George Floyd's murder, the rise of Black Lives Matter—all of this—raised serious issues for all of us,” Jed says. “For me, I'm 64; I started thinking about how I want to spend the next 5 to 10 years of my career.”“We are running out of time,” he says. “If we are serious about the climate crisis, if we're serious about social inequity, I do not think we have another 50 years to have conversations. We need capital at scale to respond, not necessarily answer, but to respond to the challenges that already are at scale.”He concluded that it was time to move from his private practice, despite the significant influence he wielded from that seat, to find a way to have an even more significant impact. “We need more of us to be kind of going into the belly of the beast, if you will, and grappling with the challenge of what that means.”“We need to really understand and explore and grapple really with the challenge of bringing those innovations into the mainstream so that as impact investing continues to scale, it does so with integrity, it does so with a focus and understanding of systems change as opposed to product offering and wealth accumulation,” Jed says.In this work, Jed now employs a superpower he calls humbition, borrowing the term, he says, from Walter Brueggemann.How to Develop Humbition As a SuperpowerJed has mastered the art of seeking to make change at scale while approaching problems humbly.Things change and evolve, so what we think we know isn't always true, even if earlier consensus suggested it was. “Answers and understandings of the world and reality and solutions evolve and change and shift, and what we understood to be true ten years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago, may look different today or from the way it will look tomorrow,” Jed says.As urgent as things now are, many of the challenges we face are challenges humans have wrestled with for a long time. “Nothing that we are grappling with today is anything other than what humanity has grappled with for millennia,” Jed says. “We need to just calm down and not fall victim to the idea that simply because we're the latest, that we're the best and the smartest and the most talented.” That's a serious dose of humility.Jed's perspective has changed over time. When I think of who I was in my twenties and thirties, I probably would have thrown myself out of my own office in my sixties because I was very passionate. I thought I was very smart. I couldn't figure out why these older people who were in positions of power to create change would not listen to me and create the change that I thought we should advance.Today, when I'm in meetings with colleagues, when I'm in meetings with prospective clients and with active clients, I'm trying to continually pause and simply be in that moment and hear what it is that that person is really stating what they're grappling with in terms of their issues and how are they showing up in the world.We have to get to a place where you can almost lose yourself in that in order to dial back your internal voice, your own ego, your own ideas to really receive and understand what the other person is grappling with, what that other community is grappling with in order to be able then to make a contribution.We can default into these oppositional places when the real solution, I hope, lies ahead of both of us. If we reorient away from “my position” to “our co-created solution,” that's really where we need to be directing our energies.This is not a perspective that I had, again, ten years ago. I certainly did not have it 30 years ago. The last book that I wrote, The Purpose of Capital, which we spoke about. I could not have written that book ten or 20 or 30 years ago because it basically says we need to sit more deeply with the questions.We need to reflect on what we collectively actually know as opposed to what I understand myself today. The righteousness of my ideas is not as important as the ability to influence and execute those ideas with others and a confidence that those ideas will shift and evolve and change as they see the light of day and as we move forward together.By following Jed's example and his advice for employing humbition, you can make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world. 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As a young man, Oleg Sutulov was a proud communist in the former Soviet Union. Now the Australian entrepreneur gives jobs to Ukrainians fleeing Russian missiles. One year since the war began, here's how his café is giving back. - ウクライナ独立後に自由を求めてオーストラリアに移住したアレク・ストゥロブさん。カフェをオープンした理由は一つ、ウクライナ難民の生活を支えることでした。
Revelation - Part Three: Apocalypse. This episode, Mike and Tim begin a conversation on 'genre,' and how the original audience understood and entered into the 'apocalyptic literature' of Revelation. How does the first sentence set up the book? What are we to understand from the time period? How does time itself inform how we approach Revelation? How is the Bible like a Barnes & Noble or any bookstore? How have we done a disservice to the text with a linear approach? First, Mike and Tim discuss an email asking about the "He Gets Us" ad campaign that will feature during the Super Bowl. Is this how "evangelism" should look? Would Jesus use this approach? Is more eyes on Jesus a good or bad thing, especially in a commercial setting? And Tim shares some Tim's Troubled Times over extreme conservatives who are attacking schools and why did Trump execute three times as many people during his Presidency that the US had in the last 60 years? Characteristics of Apocalyptic Literature: 1. Pseudonymous 2. Narrative Form 3. Filled with Symbolism 4. Employs esoteric language interpreted through a heavenly intermediary 5. Characterized by Dualism 6. Treats the final events as imminent. 7. Expresses a pessimistic view of the present time 8. Deterministic Future As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Always feel free to email in questions to hello@voxpodcast.com, and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram. We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV. Learn more about the Voxology Podcast Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify Support the Voxology Podcast on Patreon The Voxology Spotify channel can be found here: Voxology Radio Follow us on Instagram: @voxologypodcast and "like" us on Facebook Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy
Lawlessness/disorder & consolidation of power over masses always the theme of tyrants dictators & evil empires. Why are we surprised that wicked men attempt the same thing in our day as they've always done for ages? Communists bent on world domination is not a conspiracy theory!
Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) BuzzFeed creating content with AI 2) The tech industry's destiny to suffer alone in this economic drawback 3) Tesla stock's wild ride 4) Salesforce's challenge from an activist investor 5) Trump's return to Facebook 6) TikTok's recent lobbying efforts 7) Menswear guy on Twitter 8) Ticketmaster's Senate hearing. Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com
Joe Scarborough brings the strangest guest on MSNBC to denounce bias and bigotry: Al Sharpton, one of the most outspoken racist, anti-Semitic homophobes around. Then, Howie talks the impending rail strike because of our Commander in Chief's pure incompetence.
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President Biden admits drug crisis is a national security threat yet leaves the border wide open for cartels. DHS Sec Mayorkas tells media that the border is under control while he guarantees no interference with cartels. Biden White House is a criminal enterprise. The White House stays silent and does nothing as they allow China and Mexico to successfully destabilize the U.S. The Biden White House has enabled our enemies to make fentanyl the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45 years of age. Another Biden White House disaster. GUEST: DEREK MALTZ, FORMER HEAD OF SPECIAL OPS, DEA
Today on the Matt Walsh Show, NFL head coach Jon Gruden has been forced to resign after the media published his private emails containing “vulgar language.” Meanwhile, the NFL still employs domestic abusers, rapists, and drug addicts. But none of those crimes are as bad as thought crimes. Also, Southwest cancellations continue as the CEO of the company continues to deny that it has anything to do with a vaccine mandate. And California, always on the forefront of the culture of death, passes a bill making it easier for people to kill themselves. You petitioned, and we heard you. Made for Sweet Babies everywhere: get the official Sweet Baby Gang t-shirt here: https://utm.io/udIX3Subscribe to Morning Wire, Daily Wire's new morning news podcast, and get the facts first on the news you need to know: https://utm.io/udyIF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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