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In this episode of The Soaring Child Podcast, we are continuing our Summer Series by sharing another fan favorite episode. Tune in as  Dana Kay talks with Child and Family therapist, Ashley Gobeil, about screen time and its effects on children, especially those with ADHD. Ashley Gobeil has over 15 years of experience in child and adolescent mental health, and this important discussion unpacks how technology impacts emotional regulation, impulsivity, and overall well-being. Ashley provides valuable insights into the neuroscience behind screen time's effects on ADHD brains, as well as practical strategies for parents to manage it. From setting boundaries to navigating meltdowns and fostering healthier habits, this episode equips parents with actionable tools to create a balanced approach to technology in their homes. To watch this episode on YouTube, go here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qhYty22QRg&t=8s  LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW Healthy Habits for Digital Kids: Managing ADHD and Screen Time – FREE PRINTABLE  – https://info.adhdthriveinstitute.com/free-guide-managing-adhd-and-screen-time  ADHD Thrive Jumpstart 4 Parenting: https://info.adhdthriveinstitute.com/parenting-landing-page  CONNECT WITH ASHLEY GOBEIL Ashley Gobeil's Website: https://ashleychildtherapies.com.au Ashley Gobeil on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healing_with_ashley Ashley Gobeil on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ashley.gobeil.50 ADHD Thrive Institute: https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/ ADHD Thrive Jumpstart 4 Parenting: https://info.adhdthriveinstitute.com/parenting-landing-page  Free ADHD Masterclass:  https://bit.ly/3QzvFHm KEY TAKEAWAYS [3:14] The Impacts of Screen Time on ADHD Symptoms [11:21] How Screen Time Affects Emotional Regulation and Dopamine Loops [11:47] Social and Cognitive Effects of Excessive Screen Time [12:04] Strategies for Managing Screen Time Effectively [16:08] Setting Boundaries Around Screen Time [20:21] Tips for Navigating Screen Time Detox and Alternatives [36:35] Practical Scripts and Tools for Parents MEMORABLE MOMENTS "Screen time can act as a temporary escape for kids, but it doesn't increase their internal regulation." "For children with ADHD, screen time often becomes a way of seeking dopamine, creating a reward loop that's hard to break." "Screen time doesn't just overstimulate—it can actually decrease a child's ability to control impulses." "Excessive screen use inhibits imagination, natural play, and the development of critical emotional processing skills." "We're not here to eliminate screens completely but to find a healthy balance that supports emotional and mental well-being." "Screen time is designed to leave children wanting more—it's a bucket with a hole that can never be filled." "Setting boundaries is hard but essential. It's okay for kids to feel big emotions when limits are set—it's part of learning." "Boredom isn't a bad thing—it's an opportunity for kids to build creativity, imagination, and self-regulation." "Start small, stay consistent, and be proactive about setting screen time rules—it will pay off in the long run." "Healthy screen habits are a team effort. Explain your decisions to your kids, and adjust based on what works for your family." DANA KAY RESOURCES

It's summer, and this episode's theme is heat. Hannah covers Death Valley and the lives it has (or probably has) claimed. Sheena covers "Hot Stuff" singer Donna Summer, aka the Queen of Disco. Lori covers Harry R. Truman, who refused to evacuate during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Why do some believers grow deep roots while others fade out fast? Jesus answered that question 2,000 years ago in the Parable of the Sower. Turns out, spiritual growth isn’t one big decision—it’s thousands of small, daily choices. Bible or phone? Church or no church? Those choices add up, and they shape who you become. Pastor Greg Laurie walks us through the four kinds of hearts Jesus describes: Hardened, shallow, crowded, and fruitful. And he shares the real “golden key” to lasting spiritual growth. Notes: Luke 8 The Christian life is more than praying a prayer and getting “fire insurance.” It's following Jesus as your Savior and as your Lord. Life is one long string of choices. By not choosing spiritual growth, we choose spiritual decline. Deuteronomy 30:19 (NKJV)"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life.” If you want to go forward as a Christian, you will. God has given us everything we need for spiritual growth and progress.2 Peter 1:3 Read Luke 8:11–15 (NLT) Which of these four soils represents you best?Only one out of four makes it. The job of the Sower is to throw the seed out far and wide. This type of sowing seed was known as “broadcasting.” Our job is to sow the seed of the word of God. God does the work of conversion. The Apostle Paul shows us how we each have a role to play.1 Corinthians 3:6–7 The only way to tell if someone is really a Christian is through the test of time. 1 John 2:19 (NLT)These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us. Prodigals come to faith, fall away, and return later. Some people have a weak beginning but a strong finish.That is better than a strong beginning and no finish. The Hardened HeartLuke 8:12 Mark 4:15 (NLT)“Only to have Satan come at once and take it away.” Whenever you share the gospel with people, expect satanic opposition. Every time you hear the gospel, your heart can get softer or harder. Shallow HeartsLuke 8:13 These are the hearers who seem to be converted but never get grounded in the faith. They are living on an emotional high and a state of spiritual euphoria. Perhaps they have experienced a supernatural touch from God. Faith that cannot be tested is faith that cannot be trusted. Christianity is Christ! “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.”—G.K. Chesterton Some people are simply impulsive by nature.Some people fall away because they have built their faith on the wrong foundation. Some people fall away because of persecution. Mark 4:17 (NLT)But since they don't have deep roots, they don't last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God's word. 2 Timothy 3:12 (NKJV)Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Some people fall away because unbelief set in, causing them to doubt God at the first emotional low. Infested HeartsLuke 8:14 Second best is often the worst enemy of the best. Excessive worry can crowd out spiritual growth.Mark 4:19 We live in a time when people are obsessed with extending their lives. God determines the length of our lives.Job 14:5 Fruitful HearersLuke 8:15 The golden key to spiritual growth is how you hear and respond to God’s word. Mark 4:20 (NLT)“Those who hear and accept God's word.” The difference isn’t exposure to the word.It’s what the heart does once it lands. The Bible is everywhere, but it’s not in our hearts. The issue is not access. It’s appetite. Luke 12:48 (NIV)From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. The hardest thing about studying the Bible is sitting down and opening it. Standing the test of time, finishing the spiritual life well, is not a mystery.It is maintaining a close and vibrant relationship with Christ. Read the Bible daily.Pray about things.Go to church regularly.Share your faith. — Become a Harvest Partner today and join us in knowing God and making Him known through media and large-scale evangelism, our mission of over 30 years. Explore more resources from Pastor Greg Laurie, including daily devotionals and blogs, designed to answer your spiritual questions and equip you to walk closely with Christ.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why do some believers grow deep roots while others fade out fast? Jesus answered that question 2,000 years ago in the Parable of the Sower. Turns out, spiritual growth isn’t one big decision—it’s thousands of small, daily choices. Bible or phone? Church or no church? Those choices add up, and they shape who you become. Pastor Greg Laurie walks us through the four kinds of hearts Jesus describes: Hardened, shallow, crowded, and fruitful. And he shares the real “golden key” to lasting spiritual growth. Notes: Luke 8 The Christian life is more than praying a prayer and getting “fire insurance.” It's following Jesus as your Savior and as your Lord. Life is one long string of choices. By not choosing spiritual growth, we choose spiritual decline. Deuteronomy 30:19 (NKJV)"I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life.” If you want to go forward as a Christian, you will. God has given us everything we need for spiritual growth and progress.2 Peter 1:3 Read Luke 8:11–15 (NLT) Which of these four soils represents you best?Only one out of four makes it. The job of the Sower is to throw the seed out far and wide. This type of sowing seed was known as “broadcasting.” Our job is to sow the seed of the word of God. God does the work of conversion. The Apostle Paul shows us how we each have a role to play.1 Corinthians 3:6–7 The only way to tell if someone is really a Christian is through the test of time. 1 John 2:19 (NLT)These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us. Prodigals come to faith, fall away, and return later. Some people have a weak beginning but a strong finish.That is better than a strong beginning and no finish. The Hardened HeartLuke 8:12 Mark 4:15 (NLT)“Only to have Satan come at once and take it away.” Whenever you share the gospel with people, expect satanic opposition. Every time you hear the gospel, your heart can get softer or harder. Shallow HeartsLuke 8:13 These are the hearers who seem to be converted but never get grounded in the faith. They are living on an emotional high and a state of spiritual euphoria. Perhaps they have experienced a supernatural touch from God. Faith that cannot be tested is faith that cannot be trusted. Christianity is Christ! “Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.”—G.K. Chesterton Some people are simply impulsive by nature.Some people fall away because they have built their faith on the wrong foundation. Some people fall away because of persecution. Mark 4:17 (NLT)But since they don't have deep roots, they don't last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God's word. 2 Timothy 3:12 (NKJV)Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Some people fall away because unbelief set in, causing them to doubt God at the first emotional low. Infested HeartsLuke 8:14 Second best is often the worst enemy of the best. Excessive worry can crowd out spiritual growth.Mark 4:19 We live in a time when people are obsessed with extending their lives. God determines the length of our lives.Job 14:5 Fruitful HearersLuke 8:15 The golden key to spiritual growth is how you hear and respond to God’s word. Mark 4:20 (NLT)“Those who hear and accept God's word.” The difference isn’t exposure to the word.It’s what the heart does once it lands. The Bible is everywhere, but it’s not in our hearts. The issue is not access. It’s appetite. Luke 12:48 (NIV)From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. The hardest thing about studying the Bible is sitting down and opening it. Standing the test of time, finishing the spiritual life well, is not a mystery.It is maintaining a close and vibrant relationship with Christ. Read the Bible daily.Pray about things.Go to church regularly.Share your faith. — Become a Harvest Partner today and join us in knowing God and making Him known through media and large-scale evangelism, our mission of over 30 years. Explore more resources from Pastor Greg Laurie, including daily devotionals and blogs, designed to answer your spiritual questions and equip you to walk closely with Christ.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 Introduction In this episode I will describe techniques for downloading podcasts using basic shell commands such as wget. I will illustrate this using a bash script that can be used to download HPR podcasts. Even if you do not have any interest in downloading your podcasts using this method, you may find some of the methods useful or interesting. It is the principles that are discussed here that are important, rather than the implementation. 02 I realize that there are already a number of different podcast download programs available, including at least one written in bash. However, you may feel that none of these suit how you wish to do things and want to create your own system tailored to your specific needs. If so, then I hope the following is of some use to you. If not, then you may still find some of the things discussed here to still be of interest. Some of the subjects I cover include wget to a user defined file name. parsing xml with xmllint. using inotifywait to trigger an action when a file is created or modified. using notify-send to send a message to the notification area. and a way of allowing a cron job to send a message to the user interface. 03 Background There has been an ongoing discussion in comments to some HPR episodes about problems downloading HPR podcast episodes. Apparently some people have been experiencing problems with the way the episode URLs are structured. 04 I am afraid that I don't fully understand the nature of these problems, so I won't be addressing that problem directly. Instead, I will present a bash script that I have written which can be used to download HPR podcasts. This bash script can be run using cron to automatically fetch new HPR podcasts and save them to a designated directory. This is a simplified version of a script that I have used for years to download HPR and other podcasts. 05 I won't try to read the full bash script out in this podcast, as that would be a bit dull to listen to. I will instead describe what each section does and why I chose to do things that way. Perhaps other people can offer suggestions of better ways to do things. I will post the full bash script in the show notes. 06 Fetching Podcasts The standard way of distributing podcasts is to publish an RSS feed containing URL links to the audio files. RSS is a very long established and widely supported mechanism for this and other purposes. An RSS feed is basically an XML document which can be accessed over HTTP. These URLs contained in the RSS XML document can then be used to download the actual audio files, such as MP3 or OGG files. 07 Basically what we need to do is the following • Download the RSS XML document. • Extract the URL links to the audio files. • Compare the list of these links to a previously saved list to see which ones are new and which ones are ones that we previously downloaded. 08 • Make a list of the new URLs. • Go through this list of new URLs and download each of the new audio files. • Check to see that we actually received the new audio file. • Add the URLs of the files we successfully downloaded to our saved list of podcast URLs 09 In addition to this, we would like to have the above happen automatically in the background without our having to take any action on our own. We may wish to receive a notification of when a new podcast has arrived however. We would probably also wish to receive notification of any errors or failures. 10 Fetching Podcasts - The Preliminaries Our desire to be able to run the script automatically imposes some requirements on our solution. To schedule the script we will use cron. Cron is a Linux facility to run scripts on a schedule. 11 One of the side effects of using cron however is that we need to specify the full path to the locations where we intend to keep any data files, plus also the full path to where we intend to put the downloaded podcasts. 12 So the first thing we need to do in our script is to specify a number of different values for things like file location, the URL for the HPR RSS feed, and several other things as well. I will skip over the details of these, although I may make reference to them later. 13 Get the RSS Data The first thing of real substance to do is to fetch the current RSS feed data. I have put this in a bash function called getrssurldata The contents of this function are a one liner, but with a number of elements chained together through pipes. 14 Downloading the RSS XML Document • First we use wget, which is a standard command on most Linux distros. • We specify four things. • First we set a timeout. I have chosen 20 seconds. • Next we set the retry limit. I have chosen 3. 15 • Then we specify that the output of wget is sent to stdout rather than saved as a file. • This is done by using the -O option followed by a space and then a dash. • The O option is usually used to specify a file to save the output to, but when used with a dash causes output to go to stdout. • Then we specify the URL of the HPR RSS feed. 16 Contents of the XML Document This gives us the HPR RSS XML document. There are about 5,000 lines in this RSS document. Most of those lines are the show notes which are also included in the feed. 17 Extracting the Podcast Episode URLs There are only 10 lines of the document that contain information that we are interested in however. These lines are enclosed in "enclosure" XML tags. We just need to find those lines and separate out the URLs 18 Standard Command Line Tools There are two ways that we can do this. One is to use a combination of grep, sed, and cut. Grep can find the lines containing the enclosure tags. Sed and cut can extract the URL from the surrounding extraneous data. 19 However, this method does not discriminate between real enclosure tags in the data portion of the RSS feed and enclosure tags in the show notes which are included in the feed from episodes such as this one. This may be an acceptable problem in practical terms, but we can do better. 20 Using an XML Parser The other method is to actually parse the XML document. there are at least two command line XML parsers that I am aware of. These are "xmllint", and "xlmstarlet". I have used xmllint in this example. I have not used xmlstarlet, so I can't offer any comment on how easy or difficult to use it is. 21 I won't give a detailed explanation of all the things that xmllint can do. It has many features, most of which, as the name suggests, have to do with finding formatting problems with the XML itself. Describing everything it can do would be at least one episode in itself. I will instead just give the particular command used and explain each element of it. 22 In this example assume that we are piping the output of wget directly into xmllint. The complete command is xmllint --xpath "//channel/item/enclosure/@url" - | cut -d'"' -f2 23 In this example, xmllint is the name of the command. --xpath tells it to parse the document according to the string which follows. "//channel/item/enclosure/@url" tells it to find a series of tags in the hierarchy of channel, followed by item, followed by enclosure, and then extract the url attribute from the enclosure tag. The "-" which follows tells it to look for input from stdin rather than from a file. 24 The result is a string which has the url attribute name, an equal sign, and the URL that we want enclosed in quotes. To get just the URL itself, we pipe the output from xmllint into cut, using the doublequote characters as delimiters. We then save the result in a temporary file. 25 Finding the New Episodes Next we wish to find the new podcast episodes. Each HPR episode is identified by a unique URL. This means that if we save the URLs of episodes that we have already downloaded, we just have to look for the URLs that do not appear in this saved list. https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4659/hpr4659.mp3 26 The easiest way to do this is to take our two lists of URLs, sort each into temporary files, and then compare the sorted URLs using the "comm" command. 27 This is simple, but has a drawback. Some podcasts occasionally change distributors. When they do this, the old podcasts are re-published with new URLs and you end up downloading a lot of old episodes over again. 28 With HPR we could get around this by extracting just the file name and looking for that instead of the full URL. I will however leave that problem as an exercise for the student and just accept that if the URL format changes we may end up downloading old episodes over again. Since the feed has a maximum of only 10 episodes in it however, that isn't really that big of a problem. It would be more of a problem with podcasts which have very large numbers of episodes in their feed, but the solutions to those will be feed specific. 29 Downloading the New Podcasts We should now have a list of URLs for the new podcasts we do not already have. Typically this should be only one file, but there could be several, or even as many as 10, if we have not turned on our computer in a while. Therefore, we need to iterate through the file of new podcast URLs and download each one. 30 Before we do that however, we should check to see if there is in fact anything new to download. To do this, simply use "wc -l" to count the number of lines in the list of new URLs and save the resulting number. 31 If this number is zero, there is nothing to download, we can skip the download step. As an additional check, we should see if the number of downloads exceeds some threshold value that we wish to set. This is not a major problem with HPR, but some podcasts have hundreds of files in their RSS feed rather than just the most recent ones. If we do exceed our download limit, then we need to log an error and skip downloading. 32 Assuming there are no problems so far however, the first thing we need to do is to extract the name of the audio file from the URL. We can do that using the "basename" command. We will use this to specify the name that we use when we save the audio file. 33 HPR has a very well formed file name. Some podcasts do not however, and for those you would need to construct some sort of suitable name either using information found in the URL or simply creating a name using a time stamp. 34 Next we download the audio file using wget. This is similar to how we downloaded the RSS feed, but with a few changes. One is that I have increased the timeout to 90 seconds. This may not have been necessary, but seemed like a good idea. 35 The next is that when specifying the output file name using -O, we use the file name we extracted from the URL. The third is that we specify a destination directory using the -P option. 36 After wget has finished, including any retries that it had to do, we next check that the expected new file is both present and not empty. We did this using an "if" statement with the "-s" option. If the file was found and not zero, then we add that URL to a temporary list of downloaded URLs. 37 If the file was not present, or was zero length, we output an error message to an error log. I will come back to this point later. 38 Next, if there is more that one podcast to download we sleep for 3 seconds. While not strictly necessary, it is considered to be "polite" to not hammer a server repeatedly, but rather to put a small delay between file downloads.. 39 After we have downloaded all the audio files in our list, we can add the list of URLs for the files downloaded to the permanent list. While we are at it, we should use "tail" to trim the permanent log to keep it from growing indefinitely. This limit should be several times bigger than the number of files in the RSS feed. In this case I selected 50. 40 Finally we write any errors to the permanent error log, and also write these same errors to another file used to signal errors for display to the user. We have now successfully downloaded at least one HPR podcast. 41 Notify the User of Events It would be convenient to be informed of new podcast downloads when they occur, and also be notified of any errors. One of the limitations of cron jobs is that they cannot access the user interface. This means that we cannot readily send a message directly to the notification system to inform the user of the presence of new podcasts or of errors. 42 inotifywait The solution to this is to use "inotifywait" to monitor particular files and directories for changes. The man page for inotifywait states the following - 43 inotifywait efficiently waits for changes to files using Linux's inotify(7) interface. It is suitable for waiting for changes to files from shell scripts. It can either exit once an event occurs, or continually execute and output events as they occur. End of quote. 44 In many Linux distros, inotifywait is provided by the "inotify-tools" package. I won't go over all the features of inotifywait. Instead, I will just describe how to use it for our purposes here. 45 inotifywait Modes I should point out first though that inotifywait operates in two different modes. In the normal default mode, it exits after being triggered by an event and must be re-established again in order to resume monitoring. In monitor mode, which is enabled by using the "-m" option, it runs indefinitely, responding to events. I will use the default mode here. 46 The man page for inotifywait provides a simple example that we could copy and modify for our purposes. A great many examples that you will find are based on this example. However, it doesn't quite do what we want, so we need to change a few things. 47 podfetchnotify The first shell script is one which monitors for the arrival of new podcasts and sends a notification to the user. I will call this "podfetchnotify". The complete scripts are in the show notes, I will just provide a brief description here. 48 Setting Up Event Watches Using inotifywait The script is enclosed in a while loop which run indefinitely. In the first line inside the while loop, we call inotifywait. inotifywait will then block until the event it is told to look for occurs. In short, execution of the script will wait there until an event occurs. 49 The names of the events are listed in the man file. In this case we are looking for "modify", "create", and "moved_to". Each of these does pretty much as you would expect, reacting to modifying an existing file, creating a new file, or moving a file to that directory. 50 Problems When Testing Using Text Editors I should point out that if you are testing a script which uses inotifywait, then modifying a file with a text editor may not produce the results that you may think it would. Instead it treats this as a new file with the same name, with the original file being erased. Since inotifywait attaches itself to the inode rather than the filename, it sees the file that the text editor changed as being a new file. If you wish to test this realistically, then use "echo" to overwrite the file by using I/O redirection. 51 Capturing Output In my example I capture the output from standard out into a variable, but I don't do anything with it. If you wish to for example display the name of the newly downloaded podcast file, then use the --format option along with an appropriate formatting code. There are details about this in the man page. On the next line we capture the exit code using "$?" 52 Responding to Exit Codes If the exit code was zero, then a monitored event was triggered and there should a new podcast in the directory. In this case we display a message indicating that a new podcast has arrived. I will describe how to send notifications shortly. If the exit code was not zero, then an error occurred. An example of such an error would be if the directory were not present when monitoring was started. In this case we display a message indicating that a fatal error has occurred and then exit. 53 Delay for More Podcasts Finally, we use "sleep" to wait for some arbitrary period of time to prevent notifications from being triggered multiple times if several podcasts were being downloaded in succession. In this case I chose to wait for 60 seconds. 54 We have now completed the process and can return to the top of the loop and resume waiting using inotifywait. 55 Sending Notifications to the User I mentioned above about sending notification messages to the user. In the Gnome desktop, notification messages appear from the centre of the top bar in a list. Other desktops or operating systems may have something similar. 56 To send a notification message to the notification area, you use the "notify-send" command. Simply follow notify-send with a quoted string and it will be displayed in the notification area. 57 podfetcherrornotify The second shell script is one which notifies the user of errors. I will call this "podfetcherrornotify". With this shell script we set up a watch on a file which contains any error messages from podfetch. This script is very similar to podfetchnotify. 58 The exceptions are With inotifywait we only monitor for "modify". There is no sleep command at the end of the loop. Instead we sleep for a few seconds just after getting the exit code from inotifywait. This helps prevent problems caused by race conditions. 59 Next we check the inotifywait exit code. If it was zero, then we read the error report file and send a notification message to the user containing that error message. 60 If it was not zero, then we check to make sure that the directory that should contain the error log exists. If it does not exist, then we send a notification message to that effect to the user and terminate the script. 61 If the directory exists, then we check to see if the error message file used for signalling exists. If the file does not exist, then we create it. 62 One of the reasons for an inotifywait error is that if the file that it is told to monitor does not exist, it cannot set up a watch condition. By creating the file we correct the cause of the error and allow inotifywait to operate normally. 63 Finally we increment an error counter and check to see if the limit is exceeded. If there are excessive errors, then send a notification message to the user and exit. The reason for this is to give the user an indication that the error notifications are not working for some reason and there may be a problem that needs looking into. 64 The error counter is reset every time the inotifywait exit status is ok, so occasional unexpected glitches should be something that is ignored. Of course podcast fetching errors are something that will probably happen only rarely if at all, so this final step may be seen as an unnecessary embellishment. 65 Installing the Scripts Next I will describe how to install and prepare the scripts to run. We need to perform the following steps. 66 • First, we need to create a directory to hold the scripts and their associated data files. • Next we need to create a directory to hold the downloaded podcasts. • Then we must copy the scripts to these directories and make them executable. • Then, we must edit the scripts to have the file path in the script match the locations of the new directories that we created. 67 • Then we need to install xmllint, or alternatively modify the download script to comment out the use of xmllint and enable the alternative method using grep and sed instead. • Then we need to run each script manually from the command line to check for errors. • If podfetch ran correctly, it should download the most recent 10 podcasts during this test. 68 Adding podfetch to the Crontab The above describes how to run the scripts manually. In order to fetch podcasts automatically, we need to add the podfetch script to the cron schedule. To do this, open a terminal. 69 Type "crontab -e", and then press return. A text editor should open up containing the crontab file. On Ubuntu, this editor is GNU nano. Enter the appropriate cron parameters. I will provide an example here for running it 12 minutes past the hour every three hours. 70 12 */3 * * * /home/username/pathtofiles/podfetch.sh 71 I won't explain cron in detail here. The example that I have just given should be good enough for most people. The "*/3" parameter will cause it to run every three hours. The "12" parameter will cause it to run 12 minutes past the hour when it does run. 72 Checking every three hours should be good enough for most people, but you can adjust that as you see fit. I would recommend however that you don't check more frequently than once per hour. Checking more frequently than necessary puts extra load on the distribution servers. It is very unlikely that you really do need each new episode the moment it is available. 73 I would also recommend changing the "12" parameter to some other random minute value. I would suggest avoiding on the hour or on the half hour, as a lot of other people are probably checking at those times, and it would be better to spread the load out more evenly over time. 74 The file path parameter should of course match the actual path to wherever you have located the script, including the correct user name. 75 Making the Notification Scripts Start Automatically The two notification scripts can be made to start automatically. The exact method to do this may vary according to distribution or desktop. 76 On Ubuntu this is done using the Startup Applications Preferences GUI program, which should come already installed. 77 I won't go into details on this here, it should be fairly self evident how to use it once you see it. What this program does is to create ".desktop" files in the ".config/autostart" directory in your home directory. 78 These ".desktop" files are all run automatically on start up. Once you have added the notification scripts, you will need to log out and then log back in to make them active. 79 Conclusion I this episode I explained how to write a set of simple shell scripts to automatically download each new episode of HPR as it comes out and to notify you of its arrival. 80 The download script described here is tailored specifically for use with HPR only. However, it was derived from a larger script that downloaded other podcasts as well, based on information read in from a text file. If you are feeling ambitious, you can add those features back into this to handle all of the podcasts that you listen to. 81 In a comment to another episode of HPR I had said that I would cover ID3 tags in MP3 files, but this episode is long enough now, so I will leave that subject for later. I look forward to seeing you again later on another episode of Hack Public Radio. # ====================================================================== podfetchdownloader #!/bin/bash # Fetch pending HPR podcasts listed in the HPR RSS feed. # 8-Jun-2026 # Licensed under GPLv3 or later. # ====================================================================== # Today's date and time as YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. podttimestamp=$( date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S" ) # The absolute path to the script. This is necessary when running it # using a cron job. podpath="/home/me/Apps/hprfetch" # This is the absolute path to where to store the podcast files. podfilepath="/home/me/Music/Podcasts/HPR" # Create the full path names here for all the text files used. podcastsfetched="$podpath/podcastsfetched.txt" poderrorslog="$podpath/poderrorslog.txt" poderrorsreport="$podpath/poderrorsreport.txt" tmpoldurlssorted="$podpath/tmpoldurlssorted.txt" tmppodsnew="$podpath/tmppodsnew.txt" tmppodstodownload="$podpath/tmppodstodownload.txt" tmppodserrors="$podpath/tmppodserrors.txt" tmppodcastsfetched="$podpath/tmppodcastsfetched.txt" tmplog="$podpath/tmplog.txt" # The URL for the HPR RSS feed. PodURL="http://hackerpublicradio.org/hpr_rss.php" # Limit on number of podcasts to download. DownloadLimit=11 # Name of the podcast. PodName="Hacker Public Radio" # ====================================================================== # Check if the required paths exist. # If this path does not exist, cannot log the error. if [[ ! -d "$podpath/" ]]; then echo "$podttimestamp Error - Could not find $podfilepath." exit 1 fi # Where to store the podcast file fetched. if [[ ! -d "$podfilepath/" ]]; then echo "$podttimestamp Error - Could not find $podfilepath." >> $tmppodserrors # Copy the errors log from the temporary errors file to the permanent files. LogErrors exit 1 fi # ====================================================================== # Check if the podcast log exists. We read it before we write to it, # so it must exist or we will hang on it not being present. if [[ ! -e $podcastsfetched ]]; then touch $podcastsfetched fi # ====================================================================== # Delete the specified files if they exist. # This accepts multiple file names in a variable number of parameters. 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What does it take to build behaviour analysis in the middle of economic collapse, political instability, and war? In this episode of Behaviour Speak, Ben Reiman speaks with Christine Der Sarkissian, President of the Association for Behavior Analysis in Lebanon (ABAL), about the remarkable growth of ABA in Lebanon. They discuss parent advocacy, professional certification, culturally responsive practice, inclusion, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the challenges of delivering autism services during ongoing crisis. Whether you're interested in global behaviour analysis, autism services, cultural responsiveness, or systems change, this conversation offers valuable lessons in resilience and leadership. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/x9mYHLNXy6c Continuing Education Credits BACB: 1.0 Ethics IBAO:  1.0 Cultural QABA: 1.0 Ethics CBA/CPD: 1.0 Cultural Diversity   Complete The Behaviour Speak CE Knowledge Check To Earn Your CEUs Enter your answers here:  (https://www.cbiconsultants.com/shop) Question 1 According to Christine, what factor played the most foundational role in establishing ABA services in Lebanon? A. Government funding initiatives B. Universities creating ABA programs C. Parent advocacy and initiatives D. International insurance companies Question 2 Which challenge did Christine identify as one of the greatest barriers to expanding high-quality ABA services throughout Lebanon? A. A lack of interest from families B. Too many certified supervisors C. A shortage of supervisory-level behaviour analysts D. Excessive government regulation Question 3 Which practice best reflects the culturally responsive approach to ABA described by Christine? A. Using identical intervention procedures regardless of family culture B. Adapting intervention goals to align with family values, culture, and meaningful daily life C. Prioritizing standardized protocols over family preferences D. Limiting family involvement to reduce treatment interference Contact Christine LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-der-sarkissian-6a667750/ Links: ABA Lebanon http://abalebanon.com/ https://www.instagram.com/abalebanon/ https://www.facebook.com/abalebanon/ Learn more about some of the great work being done by Lebanese Behaviour Analysts in these interviews: Behaviour Analysis in Lebanon and Qatar with Rola El Annan https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/ep-94-behaviour-analysis-in-lebanon-and-qatar-with-rola-el-annan-med-bcba/ Threads Of Hope: Addressing Trauma Amid War and Civil Discord with Sawsan Razzouk https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-139threads-of-hope-addressing-trauma-amid-war-and-civil-discord-with-sawsan-razzouk-ma-bcba/ Safeguarding Vulnerable Children In The Arab World With Dr. Asmahan Saleh Khalil https://www.behaviourspeak.com/e/episode-200-safeguarding-vulnerable-children-in-the-arab-world-with-dr-asmahan-saleh-khalil/  

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The skills that help climate tech founders survive the early years can become liabilities as companies scale.This minisode explores the tension between founder mode and manager mode, and how CEOs can know when to optimize for speed versus systems.Founder mode creates momentum — Fast decisions, direct involvement, and relentless problem-solving are often essential in the earliest stages of a company.Manager mode creates scale — As teams grow, CEOs must shift from personally solving problems to building systems that solve problems repeatedly.The risk of staying in founder mode too long — Teams become dependent on the CEO, decision-making bottlenecks emerge, and organizational learning slows.The risk of switching too early — Excessive process, bureaucracy, and meetings can suffocate innovation before product-market fit is secure.A practical leadership question — Is this situation best served by speed and direct intervention, or by creating a repeatable system that works without you?

The heatwave continues and analysis finds that most news reporting fails to mention climate change. In TWISH we hear about the founding of Accademia del Cimento, in many ways the start of scientific experimentation during the enlightenment. Then we go into the news:UK / RUSSIA / US: Musk family foundation funded Tommy Robinson's trip to MoscowGERMANY: IGeL Monitor rates osteopathy for non-specific low back pain as unclearSWEDEN / INTERNATIONAL: Quackery round-up: Excessive testosterone usage, and pointless IVF supplementsSo-called ‘pet whisperers' are all around us, making money by pretending to talk to our dogs and cats. Of course, they are Really Wrong.Enjoy!https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-540.htmlSegments:0:00:27 Intro0:00:50 Greetings0:07:16 TWISH0:16:09 News0:33:03 Really Wrong0:42:03 Quote0:43:33 Outro0:44:56 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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When building a custom home, it is easy to spend money on upgrades that look impressive during the design process but provide very little value once you move in.In Episode 38 of Building With Breven, Steven and Mike break down 10 custom home upgrades that are worth every penny—and 10 that may waste your budget.They discuss practical upgrades such as wider garages, functional pantries, layered lighting, better windows, improved insulation, outdoor living infrastructure, accessible storage, and future-ready electrical planning.They also explain why homeowners should think carefully before spending heavily on oversized bedrooms, enormous kitchen islands, complicated smart-home systems, trendy permanent finishes, expensive decorative fixtures, and premium cosmetic selections that come at the expense of the home's core construction systems.The biggest takeaway: Spend first on the parts of your home that are difficult, expensive, or disruptive to change later. Cosmetic upgrades can often be replaced or added after you move in.IN THIS EPISODEUpgrades worth considering:• A wider and deeper garage• A functional pantry with outlets and counter space• Thoughtful electrical planning and future-ready wiring• Layered lighting and dimmers• Better windows and intentional natural light• Improved insulation, air sealing, and HVAC design• Accessible storage in practical locations• Outdoor living infrastructure and rough-ins• A well-designed laundry room• Whole-house surge protection and backup-power preparationUpgrades that may waste your budget:• An oversized primary bedroom• A massive bathtub that rarely gets used• Too many complicated smart-home systems• An enormous kitchen island• Too many highly specialized rooms• Excessive built-in cabinetry• Trendy finishes in permanent locations• Expensive decorative fixtures throughout the home• Too much glass without considering orientation• Premium finishes purchased at the expense of windows, HVAC, insulation, drainage, or waterproofingABOUT BUILDING WITH BREVENBuilding With Breven provides an inside look at custom homebuilding, design, construction, budgeting, and the decisions homeowners face when creating a one-of-a-kind home.Breven Homes builds thoughtfully designed custom homes for busy professionals throughout the Central Texas Hill Country.Planning a custom home in Central Texas?Contact Breven Homes to discuss your property, plans, budget, and goals. www.brevenhomes.com

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Product teams often struggle to deliver meaningful outcomes. Why? Because they confuse activity with progress. Understanding that challenge is the focus of our chat with David Pereira, recorded in person at the 2026 ITX Product + Design Conference, in Rochester, NY. David is a product management coach, speaker, and author of Untrapping Product Teams: Simplify the Complexity of Creating Digital Products. He has spent that past 17 years helping organizations create more value by eliminating busy work. In his conference workshop and keynote, David drew from his work with product teams around the world, explaining how eliminating unnecessary work, validating assumptions early, and staying close to customers enable teams to make better decisions and build products that solve real problems. Eliminate Busy Work to Create More Value Many organizations unintentionally create systems that reward activity instead of outcomes, David argues. Excessive meetings, backlog maintenance, and decision making based on conjecture rather than evidence consume valuable time without moving products forward. Rather than accepting these practices as status quo, David believes that product leaders should ask whether these activities contribute to customer or business value. Set clear boundaries around focus time and make every meeting earn its place on the calendar, he adds. “Bullshit management is an art,” Davids says. “It's the art of doing things that create no value, but drain everyone's energy.” Build To Learn: Testing Assumptions Before Crafting Solutions David's central message in his day 1 conference workshop is that successful product teams learn before they build. Teams naturally become attached to their ideas, making it easy to seek evidence that confirms existing beliefs instead of challenging them. By identifying assumptions, prioritizing the most critical risks, and defining success criteria before running experiments, teams can quickly separate fact from opinion. AI can accelerate experiment design, but only when it supports disciplined learning – not when it replaces critical thinking. “You will build to learn, because you’ll learn from reality,” David continues. “If you don’t do that, you’re gonna make something that only works in fantasy.” Customer Reality Should Drive Every Product Decision In a return to timeless product principles, David reinforces the mantra that decisions should be grounded in real customer behavior rather than internal assumptions. Using examples drawn from his own work, David reveals customer friction that internal discussions had completely overlooked. For product managers and UX professionals alike, direct observation remains among the most effective ways to uncover opportunities that analytics and meetings often miss. “You need to go and check the users' reality,” David says. “Because if you limit your discovery to the clinical environment of your cozy office, you'll quickly learn that that is not how users work. You need to get out there to truly understand their reality.” [03:29] Bullshit management is the art of doing things that create no value, but drain your energy. The more bullshit you do, the less value you create. [04:47] [As a product manager,] your job is to simplify what others complicate. So many times we have meanings because it’s the default way of collaborating. So we need to step back and say, what on earth am I trying to achieve? [05:51] We all need time for focus. So I block my morning; nobody can reach out to me in the morning because it’s the time I’m going to do deep work. As for meetings, they need to have a few things: what is the objective? What is the context? And what is agenda? If the meeting invitation can’t answer those questions, I immediately reject. [09:56] In order to test our assumptions, we need to understand the following: If my assumption is proven false, is my idea still valid? If yes, you can ignore this assumption because your idea will still survive. But if the assumption is proven false, my idea is worthless and I start looking at things differently. [17:05] When [AI-driven] execution becomes cheap, where do you put your energy? Your energy goes to thinking, decision making. But thinking and decision making should be a collaborative exercise, not a siloed one. [20:49] What is NIHITO? NIHITO is ‘nothing important happens in the office.’ It’s an important lesson about how teams and organizations make product decisions. We need to get out of the office and into our users’ environment if we are ever to understand their reality. The post 192 / David Pereira: How Product Teams Can Deliver More Value By Doing Less Work appeared first on ITX Corp..

Sorrow is excessive when it hurts and overwhelms nature itself, and destroys bodily health or understanding. Grace is the due qualification of nature, and duty is the right employment of it; but neither of them must destroy it. As civil, ecclesiastic, and domestic governments are for edification and not for destruction, so also is self-government. God will have mercy and not sacrifice. Mat 9.13 He that would not have us kill or hurt our neighbor on the pretense of religion, would not have us destroy or hurt ourselves, for we are bound to love our neighbor as ourselves.

What if everything you thought you knew about menopause was either wrong, incomplete, or decades behind the science?Tammy Hadfield has been a women's health nurse practitioner for over 35 years — 25 of those as a hormone specialist. She was in the field in 2001 when the Women's Health Initiative scared an entire generation of women away from hormone therapy. Instead of backing down, she leaned in. She spent years being called one of the "crazy gals" giving hormones to women when most of the medical community said not to. The science eventually caught up. Her patients were better long before it did.This conversation covers everything you've been wondering about perimenopause and menopause — bioidentical versus synthetic hormones, why your cholesterol and your weight might have more to do with estrogen than your diet, what the hormone cascade actually looks like, and why the annual Pap smear is not the appointment to bring up your hot flashes, your mood changes, or your missing libido.But this episode also becomes something deeply personal. Tammy attended the BEST LIFE Retreat in Sun Valley in October 2025 — and what happened in the months after, including a planning meeting where she took a black Sharpie to her patient load and crossed out the number she'd been chasing, is one of the most honest things Laurie has heard in a recording studio.What we coverTammy's origin story: from postpartum nursing to military service in Alaska to hormone trailblazerWhat happened on the Today Show in 2001 — and how a single news segment derailed decades of women's healthWhy Tammy was considered "crazy" for giving hormones to women — and what the data eventually showedBioidentical versus synthetic hormones: what the difference actually means and why it matters for dosing and side effectsPremarin — the story behind the name, and why Tammy tells patients "I'm not a veterinarian and you're not a horse"Why all your hormones come from cholesterol — and what that means for women who are told their cholesterol is too highWhy your body holds onto fat when estrogen is low — and why estrogen is not making you fat; excessive estrogen isThe full hormone picture: estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, and DHEA — what each does and why all four matterWhy women who've had a hysterectomy are often wrongly told they don't need progesteroneThe difference between progestin (synthetic) and progesterone (bioidentical) — and why they are not the same thingADHD in menopause: why symptoms spike when estrogen and testosterone declineAlzheimer's, brain protection, and why 70% of new Alzheimer's cases are womenWhen hormone deficiencies actually start — and why Tammy says mid-30s, not menopauseWhy your annual Pap smear is the wrong appointment for this conversationTammy's biggest pet peeve: the male testosterone formulation being prescribed to women with instructions to use "a tenth of the packet"The four cornerstones that support hormones: nutrition, sleep, movement, and connectednessWhy Tammy closed her brick-and-mortar practice, stopped taking insurance, and launched Only HormonesHow to work with Tammy — including insurance, labs, FSA/HSA, and what the process looks likeThe BEST LIFE Retreat: what shifted for Tammy, the planning meeting with the blank calendar, and why she took a Sharpie to the patient number she thought she wantedRedefining success: from 30 patients a week to 12 — and why that's the better versionPermission to dream again — and why wanting what you want is not selfishWhat Tammy loves most about being a midlife womanWhat she'd tell her 20-year-old self: glimmers, breathing, and relaxingQuotable moments"I'm not a veterinarian, and you are not a horse — so we're not going to use this for your hormone replacement therapy.""All of your hormones come from cholesterol. Every single hormone.""Estrogen is not going to make you fat. Excessive estrogen will. But we need some estrogen so that our body can actually get rid of fat.""I just do hormones. I love hormones. That's all I wanna do.""Your appointment with me should be the easiest appointment you ever have.""I'm just your girlfriend on FaceTime.""We are taught as little girls not to be selfish — over and over again. And it's not selfish. It is figuring out what kind of life I want.""I took a freaking black Sharpie to that number of patients and said, 'Screw it. I'm gonna see 12.'""It's a redefinition of what I think success is. That's probably the bottom line.""I don't have to accept a smaller version of what I want my life to look like.""I would just tell myself: take a moment for yourself and breathe, girl. Just breathe."Resources + links mentionedThe Menopausal Brain by Lisa MosconiOnly Hormones — Tammy Hadfield's practiceApply for the BEST LIFE MastermindBook a 15-minute call with LaurieConnect with Tammy HadfieldWebsiteEmailInstagram

Listen to the SF Daily podcast for Monday, July 13, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. Start your morning with the latest agriculture news, commodity market updates, weather impacts, and the stories shaping farming and rural America. Today's episode covers: • Grain markets: Corn and soybeans remain firm, while wheat markets see profit-taking.• USDA WASDE report: Tighter ending stocks for corn and soybeans provide market support.• Global trade: Black Sea tensions could impact grain exports and global supply concerns.• Market trends: Investors increased bullish soybean positions, while speculators reduced short positions in corn and wheat futures.• Livestock markets: Live cattle and feeder cattle futures posted losses, while wholesale box beef prices moved higher.• Agriculture weather: Excessive rain and drought concerns continue across parts of the Corn Belt, with extreme heat warnings impacting the northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Subscribe to SF Daily for quick, trusted updates on farm news, grain markets, livestock, USDA reports, and weather conditions affecting agriculture every morning. Listen to the SF Daily podcast for Monday, July 13, 2026, with host Lorrie Boyer. Start your morning with the latest agriculture news, commodity market updates, weather impacts, and the stories shaping farming and rural America. Today's episode covers: • Grain markets: Corn and soybeans remain firm, while wheat markets see profit-taking.• USDA WASDE report: Tighter ending stocks for corn and soybeans provide market support.• Global trade: Black Sea tensions could impact grain exports and global supply concerns.• Market trends: Investors increased bullish soybean positions, while speculators reduced short positions in corn and wheat futures.• Livestock markets: Live cattle and feeder cattle futures posted losses, while wholesale box beef prices moved higher.• Agriculture weather: Excessive rain and drought concerns continue across parts of the Corn Belt, with extreme heat warnings impacting the northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Subscribe to SF Daily for quick, trusted updates on farm news, grain markets, livestock, USDA reports, and weather conditions affecting agriculture every morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, Jeff Mains sits down with Preston Zeller—SaaS operator, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and founder of Psalm Log—on what it actually takes to scale a founder-led company intentionally in the age of AI. The conversation pulls back the curtain on the messy reality of implementing artificial intelligence inside fast-growth organizations, the tension between efficiency and humanity, and why performative AI adoption falls flat.Together, they dig into agent orchestration, shifting buyer behavior, the shrinking value of classic SEO, and what a truly AI-native company looks like—not just as a tech stack, but as a culture built to last. Preston also shares leadership lessons from his days scaling at DiscoverOrg (now ZoomInfo) and A Cloud Guru, and how storytelling has underpinned every move he's made—from startups to the grief community. If you want to deploy AI without burning out your team or gutting your culture, this conversation gives you intelligence you can use and a challenge to keep humans at the center.Key Takeaways00:00 Scaling AI with Intentionality05:51 Understanding the adoption curve07:25 Excessive spending at Twitter13:02 Finding purpose in work challenges14:13 Implementing new tools effectively18:44 Managing AI with Paperclip AI20:21 Discussing different AI model uses25:18 Challenges in scaling SaaS startups27:48 Automating digital advertising32:09 Balancing AI use with human input34:54 Financial literacy and communication gap37:09 Understanding the impact of work42:06 The importance of authenticity online45:15 Discussing grief and mental health documentary46:13 Show resources and future proof takeawayTweetable Quotes“Strategic AI is when you can say in one sentence the problem it solves and who it frees up.” — Jeff Mains 47:10“If you're not careful, you'll get people who are just clerical button-pushers, rubber-stamping whatever comes out of AI instead of using it as a collaborator.” — Preston Zeller 32:09“High performers get more work but not more reward—culture eats meritocracy if you're not intentional.” — Preston Zeller 11:02“You can scale headcount and revenue, but if your team checks out, you've already lost.” — Jeff Mains 32:08“Own the niche and you're in a better position than just being general. That's more true now than it's ever been.” — Jeff Mains 26:27“If you can't explain why you're rolling out a tool, then don't roll it out. That's not a caution—that's the whole strategy.” — Jeff Mains 47:04SaaS Leadership LessonsJust because you can automate doesn't mean you should; clarity on impact matters more than speed.Champion upskilling inside your company, not just tool adoption; AI is a paradigm shift, not an incremental upgrade.Don't let technology turn contributors into button-pushers. Guard against mental checkout by keeping humans in the loop and critically engaged.If you can't explain the business problem a tool solves, don't roll it out—strategy beats performative urgency every time.Leading through change means over-communicating the ‘why'—especially as context differs between leadership and the front lines.You can build a company that lasts AND live a life worth remembering; don't buy the false choice between significance and adventure.Guest Resourcespreston@zellerhaus.comhttps://psalmlog.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/prestonzeller/https://www.instagram.com/prestonzellerhttps://x.com/prestonzellerEpisode SponsorThe Futureproof Series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfkXKUPZ5xuOqMPR7_gzGybncTtavyR1NThe Captain's KeysSmall Fish, Big Pond – https://smallfishbigpond.com/ Use the promo code ‘SaaSFuel'Champion Leadership Group – https://championleadership.com/https://jeffmains.com/books/SaaS Fuel ResourcesWebsite - https://championleadership.com/Jeff Mains on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkmains/Twitter - https://twitter.com/jeffkmainsFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/thesaasguy/Instagram - https://instagram.com/jeffkmains

In this this episode I discuss how over-thinking (rumination) and excessive need for reassurance can show up in eating disorder recovery, and how to handle this in a more productive way. Topics covered include:Healthy reflection vs obsessive rumination and overthinkingReassurance seeking, and when it becomes a destructive habit Excessive research behaviours as a way to seek reassurancePractical ways of dealing with overthinking and urges to research, ruminate and reassurance-seek1:1 Coaching: letsrecover.co.ukSubstack: letsrecover.substack.comArticles mentioned: 'How to Stop Ruminating' & 'How Do I Stop Thinking About This? What To Do When You're Stuck Playing Mental Ping Pong'

Melatonin can reduce chronic pain; Ultra-processed foods are becoming a worldwide scourge; Do biopsies spread cancer? Sauna benefits for staving off dementia; What may cause blood sugars to deteriorate in a heretofore well-controlled diabetic? Causes of excessive sleepiness.

I have had enough. I've spent a good chunk of my career nodding politely while a brand guideline told me to do something daft. Excessive use of all caps, color combinations that are unreadable and a complete lack of visual hierarchy in typography. I have seen all kinds of horrors and for a long time I went along with it, because questioning the brand felt a bit like questioning someone's child. Lately, though, I've run out of patience. I keep meeting people who use their brand as a reason not to change anything. The logo is sacred. The colors are locked. The fonts came down from a mountain on stone tablets. So the brand ends up quietly undermining the business completely untouched, because nobody wants to open that particular Pandora's box. A brand is not a mood board Don't get me wrong, I think branding matters enormously. Get your visual identity right, and it can shape whether an organization sinks or swims. I'm not one of those people who thinks design is decoration you sprinkle on at the end. But a good brand has to earn its keep. It has to work in the real world, on a real phone, for a real person squinting at the screen in bright sunlight. Looking pretty isn't the job. Looking pretty while also being legible, scannable, and accessible is what matters. This is where a lot of brands fall down. Somebody picked a color palette in a quiet studio on a lovely big monitor. It looked gorgeous. Then it hit the website, where it has to convince a distracted human to actually do something, and it fell apart. The web is an afterthought, and it shows Most branding is now seen online. That's where the majority of people meet your brand. Yet most branding agencies I come across still don't approach the work with a digital-first mindset. Oh sure, they'll tell you they know about digital. They might even include the odd mock-up for a website or a social media platform. But they're not specialists in usability or conversion, and the gaps in their knowledge shine through. And they do zero testing, despite having access to all the same testing tools the rest of us in UX use every day. They design for the brochure, the business card, and the launch presentation. The website is treated as one more place to paste the logo. So you get text baked into images, type that's beautiful at poster size and unreadable on mobile, and a palette that looks confident on a wall and washed out on a screen. It's a slightly depressing way to build something that lives mostly online. What this actually costs you I've had two clients recently where the visual branding was genuinely not fit for purpose. In one case it failed on accessibility. It flunked the legal tests, sure, but it also let people down in a simpler way. They just couldn't read it easily. In the other, the brand was all over the place. It may well have started life as a decent identity, but years of inconsistent use had distorted it beyond recognition. Different rules on every page, no hierarchy, and nothing to guide the eye. The symptoms are always familiar. There are walls of capital letters, which have been shown to cut readability by as much as 20%. There are color combinations that make body copy hard work. There's no typographic hierarchy, so headlines and sections blur together. And there are no visual containers, so the whole page becomes a soup of elements with nothing pulling your attention anywhere. None of these feels like a disaster on its own. Stack them up and you get a page that quietly repels the very people you spent a fortune attracting. The bit that tends to land Clients don't always take my word for this, which is fair enough. So recently I ran two versions of a homepage through an AI attention tool. The current brand-compliant design, and a tweaked version of mine. The numbers were uncomfortable for the brand identity and the existing website. Clarity and focus both climbed by around 20% in the new version. Predicted engagement with the main call to action jumped by more than 80%. Same content, same offer. The only real difference was loosening the grip of a brand that was fighting the reader instead of helping them. That's the conversation I would encourage you to have. Not "is the brand sacred," but "is the brand costing us more than it benefits us." At some point you have to decide which matters more. Honoring a set of brand assets that were never designed for the web, or actually converting the people who land on your site. What to do about it You don't need to burn the brand to the ground. That's rarely the answer, and it's rarely on the table anyway. Start small. Look at where the brand and basic readability are openly at war. Look for restrictive layouts, poor image choice, low-contrast text, and headlines you can't tell apart from the body copy. Fix those first, and you'll usually claw back most of the benefit without getting into a complete rebranding exercise. While you're at it, do the testing those branding agencies never bother with. You don't need a big research budget for it. A couple of cheap, practical checks will tell you most of what you need to know: A semantic differential survey, to see whether the brand actually communicates the values you think it does rather than the ones you hope it does. Accessibility and readability testing, to see whether it genuinely works on a screen rather than just in a presentation. Then push for one slightly braver conversation. Ask whether the brand was ever really designed for the screen, or just retrofitted onto it. If the honest answer is the second one, you've got a case for a proper digital-first refresh rather than another round of polishing something that doesn't work. And if you're the one clutching the brand guidelines like a holy relic, I'd gently suggest having a word with yourself. I've been that person. The brand is meant to serve the business, not the other way around. The moment it starts costing you customers, it's stopped doing its job, however nice it looks in a style guide.

Colleen's oldest son still hasn't moved his stinky baseball cleats, you can buy a Ferris wheel in NE Minneapolis, things are afoot at Jason's beloved Southfork Ranch, an upsetting story about people taking things from the set of "The Bear," and AI Gene Wilder voices the new trailer for "Wonka's The Golden Ticket" and it's an irritating experience. Jason has never seen a Minions movie, Dolly Parton has a new truck stop, and RIP Victor Willis of The Village People. We try to convince our boss that buying a Ferris wheel is a good business proposition, AITA: Family World Cup ticket debacle, and Blake Lively is asking for Justin Baldoni to pay legal fees. Plus, Bethenny Frankel buys a stake in local haircare company, dpHUE. SCREEN QUEENS: Robyn Bird documentary, "People We Meet on Vacation," and "Inside The Attraction." We play the trailer for "The Devil's Mouth," which looks delightfully trashy. And 7Brew charms seem charming! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ready to perform veterinary dentistry with greater confidence? Enroll in our FREE RACE-accredited online veterinary dentistry course and gain practical, step-by-step training designed to help general practitioners improve case outcomes and elevate the standard of dental care in their practice. Get started today: https://ivdi.org/free -- Host: Dr. Brett Beckman, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC, DAAPM -- Questions from practicing veterinarians often highlight the real-world challenges encountered during dental procedures, and this episode is dedicated to answering them. Dr. Brett Beckman responds to a wide range of clinical questions submitted during recent online training sessions, covering everything from feline and canine extraction techniques to regenerative therapies, instrumentation, and surgical decision-making. Throughout the discussion, Dr. Beckman shares practical guidance for reducing complications during difficult extractions, selecting the right burs for specific procedures, preventing mandibular fractures in small breed dogs, and understanding current recommendations for guided tissue regeneration and bone grafting. He also explains why proper training, repetition, and cadaver practice are essential for developing surgical confidence and predictable outcomes. What You'll Learn in This Episode

It starts with one surprising fact that changes how you think about erectile dysfunction.In this episode, discover why low testosterone is often not the real cause of ED and learn which everyday habits may be affecting your sexual health more than you realize. Also, discover why persistent testicle pain should never be ignored and when it's time to seek medical care. The science behind these common men's health concerns is simpler than you may think, and understanding it could help you avoid costly mistakes.Tune in now to learn what your body may really be trying to tell you.--------------Key TakeawaysErectile dysfunction usually has multiple causes.Low testosterone is rarely the primary cause of ED.Excessive alcohol is a leading contributor to erectile dysfunction.Smoking, obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure increase ED risk.Lifestyle changes may help reverse erectile dysfunction.Age alone does not cause erectile dysfunction.Persistent testicle pain requires prompt medical evaluation.A scrotal ultrasound can identify many causes of testicle pain.Do not self-diagnose ongoing testicle discomfort.Treating the root cause leads to better long-term outcomes.--------------Resources mentioned:Modern Man CribMediterranean DietGood Morning Wood SmoothieRenew with Dr. Anne--------------Curious about how you can boost your bedroom game and build lasting confidence? Check out the course at getwoodnow.com and start your journey to feeling like yourself again!--------------If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more and get more tips, subscribe to The Modern Man newsletter for exclusive content delivered straight to your inbox! https://dranne.co/themodernman--------------Follow Me On:InstagramTwitterFacebookTikTokYouTube--------------For all links and resources mentioned on the show and where to subscribe to the podcast, please visit https://truongrehab.com/real-erectile-dysfunction-causes-explained--------------Want to regain control of your sex life? It's time to reverse the effects of ED on your life. Join the Modern Man Club and embark on your journey to complete recovery and community.--------------Reveal the FREE treatment most men ignore that solves thousands of erectile dysfunction cases every year, plus the 5 biggest mistakes you must avoid if you want to say goodbye to your ED. Uncover it all in my free eBook, available to download now.https://dranne.co/ebook

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The Rebbe writes that while self-reflection is necessary, it should only be done occasionally, not constantly. Excessive introspection can disrupt learning and well-being. Joy and adherence to medical advice are emphasized, along with positively influencing others. https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/igroskodesh/012/006/4169

The thyroid gland is like a precision instrument that requires the right amount of iodine to function properly. Excessive iodine intake can lead to the Wolff-Chaikoff effect, causing a temporary shutdown of hormone production. Influences promoting high-dose iodine supplementation may be counterproductive, and the solution may be to take less iodine. The importance of proper testing and a balanced approach to iodine intake is emphasized.TakeawaysWolff-Chaikoff effect causes temporary shutdown of hormone productionHigh-dose iodine supplementation may be counterproductiveBalanced approach and proper testing are crucial for iodine intakeChapters00:00 The Sensible Approach to Iodine Intake

An EXCESSIVE amount of talent, an EXCESSIVE amount of twists, and an EXCESSIVE amount of roundhouse kicks fill the screen in 1992's Excessive Force! Thomas Ian Griffith writes, produces, and stars in this crime thriller alongside James Earl Jones, Tony Todd, and Lance Henriksen that entangles everyone in a war between the mob and crooked cops. The action gets brutal and intense with an EXCESSIVE amount of shootouts and mob hits, but you'll get the occasional chance to catch your breath before you're thrown back into the action! Don't just watch Action, B-Action!!!

Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I'm a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients. Episode Overview Dr. Warrick Bishop, a cardiologist, author, keynote speaker, and CEO of the Healthy Heart Network, hosts this solo episode focused on practical lessons from recent patient consultations. Using two anonymized patient cases, he explores the psychological and emotional dimensions of managing chronic conditions and medication adherence. Key Takeaways: A reframe from frustration to gratitude can transform a patient's relationship with their medications — Dr. Bishop shares his own experience with glaucoma eye drops as a personal example of this mindset shift. Modern medical treatments, whether tablets or eye drops, represent remarkable advances that deserve appreciation rather than resentment. There are only three types of medication side effects: anaphylactic reactions, idiosyncratic reactions, and dose-related intolerances — and only the third is typically negotiable. Anaphylactic and idiosyncratic reactions are absolute contraindications to restarting a medication, while dose-related intolerances can often be managed by adjusting the amount taken. When managing dose-related intolerances, starting at an extremely low dose is a valid and sensible medical strategy, not a compromise. Excessive anxiety about a medication can block productive clinical conversations and prevent patients from receiving beneficial treatment. Patients sometimes invest disproportionate emotional energy into manageable medical decisions, energy better reserved for truly serious life challenges. Doctors should meet patients where they are emotionally before attempting to problem-solve or prescribe. Staying on even partial therapy (such as ezetimibe alone) during a medication dispute is better than stopping treatment entirely. Calm, collaborative problem-solving between doctor and patient leads to better outcomes than fear-driven decision-making.

Welcome to another episode of Death Don't Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It's June, so that means it's time for our “Junesis” series! Where we cover movies based on/revolving around video games! In this week's episode, Alex, Tim, and first time guest Gordon Jones discuss the first ever video game movie sequel, 1997's Mortal Kombat: Annihilation! Daddy issues! Cyber Ninjas! A hot goth baddie! Animalities! A lady with four arms kinda! Speedy sleeve removal! Goofy cybernetically-enhanced arms! Abundant flips! Evil eyebrows! Weird gyroscopic transport spheres! Surprise landmarks! Fun miniature FX! Cheesy designs and poorly executed CGI monsters! Excessive use of possibly one sandpit! Fun sets! Extra budget for campiness! An occasionally imposing villain! Awkward attempts to emulate gameplay! Shockingly few fatalities! An iconic soundtrack that does a lot of heavy lifting! Very noticeable recasting! Nearly-great fight scenes featuring stunt performances from future action movie legends Tony Jaa and The Furious director Kenji Tanigaki! All that and more in this infamous sequel that resulted in Paul W.S. Anderson holding onto the Resident Evil franchise like his life depended on it! In addition, the gang shares some spoiler-free thoughts on Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride, Backrooms, and Travis Knight's Masters of the Universe, while Alex declares his new found love for the filmography of Korean director Ryoo Seung-wan, including Humint, Veteran, I, the Executioner, The City of Violence, The Battleship Island, and Escape from Mogadishu! You can find Death Don't Do Fiction on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. As always, if you enjoy the podcast, be sure to leave us a positive rating, subscribe to the show, and tell your friends! The Death Don't Do Fiction podcast brings you the latest in movie news, reviews, and more! Hosted by supposed “industry vets,” Alex Harris and Tim Gardiner, the show gives you a peek behind the scenes from two filmmakers with oddly nonexistent filmographies. You can find Alex on Twitter, Bluesky, or Letterboxd @actionharris. This episode's guest, Gordon Jones, can be found on instagram @heyitzjonesy. Tim can't be found on social media because he doesn't exist. If you have any questions or suggestions for the Death Don't Do Fiction crew, they can be reached at aiptmoviespod@gmail.com, or you can find them on Twitter or Instagram @aiptmoviespod. Theme song is “We Got it Goin On” by Cobra Man.

Conrad Black. Conrad Black discusses the excessive size of Canada's government relative to its population. He argues that overlapping jurisdictions lead to a top-heavy, expensive bureaucracy and recommends reducing the public service through attrition.1903 ST. LAWRENCE

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Why do some kids and teens get overly frustrated and bored when it's time to turn off their video games? How to know when game playing has become excessive? What are tips that all families should know for ensuring healthy video game play? In today's episode of The Screenagers Podcast, Dr. Delaney Ruston explores these issues along with a new model of brain biology to help explain irritability and boredom associated with video gaming. We hear from teens along with psychiatrist Dr. Clifford Sussman who specializes in helping young people regain tech balance. We also hear from Andrew Fulton who was in the film, Screenagers, when he was getting treatment at an internet rehab center, and is now working at the same center helping others recover from video game overuse.   Additional Links Andrew in this episode works at the internet recovery center called reStart To learn more about Dr. Clifford Sussman, go to his website. Dr. Sussman et al.,  Internet and Video Game Addictions: Diagnosis, Epidemiology and Neurobiology.   Here are links to some Tech Talk Tuesday articles about video games: Digital Binging, Is it a Problem? Why 3 Hours is Too Much Fake Identities and Real Concerns Watch What Happens When Kids Have No Screen Time Rules ‍ Additional Resources Screenagers Website Bring Screenagers to Your Community

At first reading, Isaac's words can sound severe, even shocking. He speaks of idle speech as fornication, unhealthy attachments as adultery, and certain forms of companionship as idolatry. Yet behind these warnings lies something far deeper than moral anxiety. Isaac is not obsessed with sin. He is consumed with the preservation of desire for God. The entire homily is built upon a single conviction: the human heart was created for divine communion, and anything that captures its attention, dissipates its energy, or redirects its longing away from God becomes a threat to its deepest purpose. For Isaac, impurity begins long before outward acts. It begins when the heart loses its simplicity. When affection becomes possessive, when companionship becomes emotionally intoxicating, when curiosity about others replaces watchfulness over oneself, the soul gradually drifts from its center. The danger is not merely moral failure. The danger is fragmentation. This is why Isaac speaks so strongly about particular attachments and associations. He understands that the heart cannot be divided indefinitely. Every affection shapes desire. Every conversation leaves a trace. Every companionship either strengthens recollection of God or weakens it. His concern is especially acute regarding spiritual relationships because these can easily disguise passion beneath the appearance of virtue. A person may speak about holiness while secretly seeking emotional gratification, admiration, dependence, or control. One may appear spiritual while feeding hidden desires. This is why Isaac repeatedly returns to self-deception. The greatest danger is not obvious sin but the passions clothed in religious garments. Against this, Isaac presents another image: the elder who has guarded his heart through silence, purity of thought, humility, and disciplined speech. Such a person no longer seeks particular people to satisfy hidden needs. He loves everyone equally because his heart has become free. Compassion has replaced possession. Love has become universal because it no longer springs from lack. This is the perfection Isaac describes. The issue, then, is not whether one has relationships. It is whether one's relationships nourish the fire of God or extinguish it. For Isaac, solitude is not an end in itself. Silence is not a technique. Withdrawal is not misanthropy. All of these exist to protect a flame. The Holy Spirit has kindled a fire within the heart, and that fire is delicate. Excessive familiarity, endless conversation, emotional entanglements, and worldly distractions scatter the mind and cool the soul. Yet Isaac is careful to make one exception. There are companions who do not extinguish the fire but increase it. There are friendships rooted in God. There are conversations that awaken the soul, expose the passions, deepen humility, and enlarge desire for divine things. Such communion is not a distraction from the spiritual life but one of its greatest supports. The test is simple: after leaving someone's company, does the heart burn more brightly for God or less? Everything in this passage revolves around that question. Isaac's warnings are not expressions of fear. They are acts of protection. He sees the heart as a sanctuary and desire for God as its most precious treasure. Therefore he urges vigilance, not because human relationships are evil, but because divine love is so extraordinarily precious. The entire passage can be reduced to a single plea: Guard the fire. Choose companions who increase it. Flee whatever diminishes it. And allow your love to become so purified that it belongs to everyone because it belongs first to God. --- Text of chat during the group: 00:09:26 James Hickman: Father, I was away for about a year…moved across the county and my faith formation role was on Wednesday evenings 00:09:50 James Hickman: I have loved The Watchful Mind…love your recommendation…summer break 00:11:05 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://www.philokaliaministries.org/post/nazareth-and-the-hidden-life 00:12:21 Anna: 91 in GA right now 00:13:28 Anna: My grandpa had his first class relic 00:16:38 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://www.philokaliaministries.org/post/nazareth-and-the-hidden-life 00:16:54 Bob Čihák, AZ: P 206, #11, last paragraph, Fr. A said we should get back to the 2nd sentence. 00:31:04 James Hickman: “…his heart is grievously injured.” Is Isaac speaking of the older monk, ie the one at fault? If so, I like Isaac's compassion to warn against the danger the offended faces. We don't want anyone's heart injured, whether a potential offender or a potential victim. 00:37:51 Bob Čihák, AZ: The double negative in the last sentence of the paragraph tends to confuse my weakening mind. 00:42:37 David Swiderski, WI: It is interesting the human brain only matures after 25 years old. I think most parents can capture this as the entire idea of consequences does not develop till after that. That is why around the world to rent a car you need to be 25. I see people below this age as children still developing but I see others that year to live again in a world without consequences. 00:43:05 Anna: Too often we run to therapy versus running to Christ in prayer and confession 00:44:03 una: Can you speak to how to have a solid spiritual friendship between consecrated people or with priests/monks 00:46:14 Nypaver Clan: Reacted to "It is interesting th..." with

Looking to strengthen your veterinary dentistry skills and improve patient outcomes? Access our FREE RACE-accredited online veterinary dentistry course and join thousands of veterinary professionals advancing their dental knowledge. https://ivdi.org/free --- Host: Dr. Brett Beckman, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC, DAAPM Guest: Annie Mills, LVT --- Building a successful veterinary dental service takes more than purchasing equipment—it requires education, team development, realistic scheduling, and a commitment to raising the standard of care. In this episode, Dr. Brett Beckman interviews Annie Mills, LVT, about the practical steps general practices can take to strengthen their dental programs before investing in advanced technology. Annie shares her recommendations for developing a focused dental team, identifying staff members who are passionate about dentistry, maximizing continuing education opportunities, and creating a foundation for long-term success. The discussion also explores the growing role of Veterinary Technician Specialists in Dentistry, the transformative impact of dental radiography, and why quality-focused dentistry ultimately leads to better outcomes for both patients and veterinary teams. Whether your practice is just beginning its dentistry journey or looking to elevate an existing service, this episode provides actionable guidance for building confidence, improving patient care, and creating sustainable growth within your dental department. What You'll Learn in This Episode

Jeff's Bagel Run summer cream cheese flavors inspired by Jeremiah's Italian Ice Scoop Froggy Frog mint chocolate chip, mango, peach, and banana pudding cream cheese reviews Otto's coffee, Jeff's Jolt, cookies-and-cream cold brew, and Melted Snow Cone drinks Favorite savory bagels, specialty spreads, and buying extra cream cheese for home Jeff's Bagel Run expansion, rewards app, and #TDBagel promotion Ross McCoy joins the show How having kids changes the feeling of summer break Summer spending habits, family budgets, and kids repeating parental complaints Hat collecting obsession and a new Atlanta Braves City Connect hat Review of a surprisingly good knockoff Braves jersey Counterfeit jerseys vs authentic merchandise debate Sports merch prices pushing fans toward knockoffs Fake jerseys, fake Rolexes, status symbols, and "fronting" Celebrity interviews arranged through Billy the Phone Freak Lou Gramm interview preview and Foreigner history Brain tumor recovery, solo career, and born-again Christian phase Using TikTok "mini documentaries" to research guests Fact-checking questionable Lou Gramm trivia AI-generated celebrity facts and misinformation online Graham Bonnet confusion tied to a Black Sabbath rumor Why believable fake stories spread across the internet Appreciation for Lou Gramm's memorable on-air yawn Confrontation vs conflict avoidance personalities Gym story involving shirtless, barefoot teenagers Older gym member attempts to enforce unwritten rules Teens exploit vague gym-attire language Getting dragged into the argument as an unwilling witness Deferring the dispute to gym management Community pool closed after someone washed a dog in it Pool hygiene concerns, screaming swim lessons, and public-pool grossness Medical marijuana renewal stories with BudDocs Grocery cart child-seat contamination realization Bathroom hygiene debates and airborne germs Networking outside familiar circles at Colette's book event Holy City BBQ connection through a marketing agency Key lime pie confrontation with a restaurant owner Holy City BBQ closes after a short run Restaurant startup risks, overspending, and failed concepts Marketing vs operational execution in the restaurant business Political branding and alienating potential customers Backyard cleanup and the rise of "Patio Tut" Resort-style pool furniture that nobody actually uses The backyard graveyard of abandoned purchases Broken umbrellas, cluttered sheds, and pool-toy overload Twenty-year-old borrowed Sawzall finally discovered Valuable collectibles vs worthless stored junk Rare vinyl toys, MF DOOM figures, and hidden collectibles Bearcat THC seltzers as an alcohol alternative International Space Station air-leak concerns Astronaut emergency procedures and ISS size misconceptions Ukraine drone warfare and battlefield debris How criticism can ruin enjoyment of a new purchase Listener feedback on Blue Bell ice cream packaging Nostalgia, branding, and family-owned food companies Military missile-silo injury story involving a lotion bottle Emergency-room embarrassment and medical oddities ChatGPT-assisted self-diagnosis and health questions Excessive caffeine linked to pelvic-floor muscle twitching Levator Ani Syndrome discussion Adult-site restrictions, VPNs, and T-Mobile workarounds Smart-home devices creating awkward viewing risks Cheap TV packages and digital antenna recommendations Dating someone who resembles a deceased partner Having a "type" vs seeking variety in relationships Dating again after a long marriage Ross McCoy comedy dates and upcoming shows Moe Comedy Jam lineup and Drew Garabo appearance Hollerbach's German Restaurant BDM dinner announcement Planning the next Bad at Business Beerfest Recruiting couch teams for upcoming competitions Tattoo-themed couch team sponsored by The East Tattoo Invitation to email the show for couch-team participation ### Social Media https://tomanddan.com https://x.com/tomanddanlive https://facebook.com/amediocretime https://instagram.com/tomanddanlive Where to Find the Show Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-mediocre-time/id334142682 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FtZWRpb2NyZXRpbWUvcG9kY2FzdC54bWw Tom & Dan on Real Radio 104.1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-corporate-time/id975258990 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Fjb3Jwb3JhdGV0aW1lL3BvZGNhc3QueG1s Exclusive Content https://tomanddan.com/registration Merch https://tomanddan.myshopify.com/

Looking to strengthen your veterinary dentistry skills and improve patient outcomes? Access our FREE RACE-accredited online veterinary dentistry course and join thousands of veterinary professionals advancing their dental knowledge. https://ivdi.org/free --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Host: Dr. Brett Beckman, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC, DAAPM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week's episode tackles some of the most challenging extraction scenarios encountered in veterinary practice. Dr. Brett Beckman answers clinician-submitted questions on managing ankylosed roots, performing mandibular canine extractions safely, preventing jaw fractures, and handling complications when fractures occur during surgery. Drawing from decades of clinical and teaching experience, Dr. Beckman explains the surgical principles behind difficult extractions, including bone removal strategies, handpiece positioning, patient luxation techniques, and when referral is the best option. The discussion also highlights the importance of deliberate skill development, cadaver practice, and case selection as veterinarians build confidence in advanced dental procedures. What You'll Learn in This Episode

Marcy Sagel is the founder and principal of MSA Interiors, a commercial interior design firm specializing in multifamily housing, student housing, senior living, affordable housing, and other complex commercial projects. With over 30 years of industry experience, Marcy has built a reputation for creating innovative, functional spaces that align with her clients' strategic and financial goals. She also co-founded Designer Bank, an online education platform that teaches design skills, space planning, software, and product knowledge to developers, investors, and aspiring designers.     Make sure to download our free guide, 7 Questions Every Passive Investor Should Ask, here.     Key Takeaways Audit your top ten competitors before making a single design decision Prioritize closet space, in-unit laundry, lighting, and cabinetry in unit renovations Full-size stackable washers and dryers outperform compact units in resident satisfaction Furniture layout planning, including TV placement and door positioning, directly affects rentability Looking high-end and being expensive are not the same thing Cheap materials that fail early cost more over time than durable materials installed once Differentiate from the competition rather than replicate it     Topics What Residents Actually Want in a Unit Walk-in or large closets are now a baseline expectation, not a premium feature In-unit full-size stackable laundry is the preferred standard for most unit types Updated lighting, countertops, and kitchen cabinetry signal value to prospective residents Common Design Mistakes in Multifamily Layouts are not evaluated for furniture placement before construction or renovation TV placement and couch space are often afterthought considerations Excessive interior doors fragment rooms and reduce usable wall space Simple layout adjustments, such as moving a door 12 inches, can unlock meaningfully higher rents How to Stand Out Against the Competition List every competitor, their amenities, finishes, unit quality, and rents before setting a design direction Identify what the market is missing, then build toward that gap Boutique, differentiated spaces lease faster than properties that blend in Marcy cites a university-area project where a speakeasy-style hangout space and boutique design drove strong lease-up against large institutional competitors Looking Premium Without Overspending A $1.50 tile can look high-end with the right design approach Affordable housing projects should look as good as the budget allows, not be deliberately toned down Cheap, low-durability materials often require costly mid-cycle replacements that eliminate any initial savings Work with established vendors who can offer warranties and guarantee product longevity Designer Bank: Design Education for Developers Designer Bank is an online platform offering modules on Revit, rendering, space planning, lighting, flooring, and tile Modules are taught by industry practitioners with deep product knowledge Targeted at developers, investors, and anyone who wants to make better-informed design decisions    

Episode 114: “I guess when it comes to us knowing and fulfilling our missions, God is a God of ‘just enough.' Yeah, I guess ‘just enough' is all we really need.” – Julia Monnin (From Reflection #96 titled “Just Enough” in the book The World Is Noisy – God Whispers: Volume I)---Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin reflects a little on the reality of the feeling of "excessive demands." In this episode, Julia quotes a few words from Wilfrid Stinissen's book Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us*. In this book, Stinissen writes, "‘You can do more than you realize.' There is so much that slumbers and waits to be awakened within us. God also wants to use our unconscious powers and possibilities. This explains the feeling of Überforderung (excessive demands), which sooner or later arises when we place ourselves at God's disposal. We believe that we do not have the strength; that God asks too much; but we have more than we think. We have just enough strength as God wills. When he gives a mission, he is obliged to give the strength necessary to carry it out. If awakening the dormant powers is not enough, he creates new ones or does everything himself.” ---* The book Into Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us by Wilfrid Stinissen is published by Ignatius Press and can be found here.---⁠⁠theworldisnoisy.com⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠journeysrevealed.com

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What if the reason leaders stay stuck in stress, overwork, or emotional reactivity has less to do with discipline—and more to do with unconscious survival patterns? In this episode, Dean Newlund and Lisa Riegel explore how hidden conditioning shapes leadership behavior, decision-making, and the ability to stay calm and present under pressure.   In this episode, Dean Newlund and Lisa Riegel discuss: How the brain and nervous system influence stress and leadership behavior Why do people naturally resist change and uncertainty The role past experiences play in emotional reactions and decision-making How technology and constant stimulation affect focus and regulation Ways leaders can create cultures built on trust and psychological safety   Key Takeaways: The brain prioritizes safety over growth, so uncertainty and change can trigger fear, anxiety, and resistance even when the change is positive. Stress, sedentary lifestyles, and constant digital stimulation can dysregulate the nervous system and reduce emotional resilience and self-awareness. Leaders often underestimate how deeply identity, past experiences, and unconscious associations shape employees' reactions to change. Strong workplace cultures are built through consistent human connection and shared belonging—not slogans, posters, or surface-level initiatives. Excessive dependence on social media, AI, and digital stimulation may weaken emotional regulation, cognitive engagement, and authentic human connection.   "You construct your own identity, and you construct your own reality, and you have a lot of control over how you do that.” — Lisa Riegel   About Lisa Riegel: Over the past twenty years, Dr. Lisa Riegel has worked with organizations to leverage their human systems as a key driver for organizational climate, productivity, and engagement. She facilitates strategic planning and is sought for her ability to operationalize vision and lead transformation that sticks.  She partners with leaders who want to create sustainable engagement—not through policy, but through people. Together, she works with leaders to translate brain science into action, alignment, and meaningful growth. She brings a simple philosophy to complex change: policies shape change, but people make change. When people learn how to think differently, they lead differently, and that's how organizations thrive.   Connect with Lisa Riegel:   Website: https://lisariegel.com/ Email: lisariegel@epinstitute.net LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisariegel/       See Dean's TedTalk “Why Business Needs Intuition” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEq9IYvgV7I Connect with Dean:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqRK8GC8jBIFYPmECUCMkwWebsite: https://www.mfileadership.com/The Mission Statement E-Newsletter: https://www.mfileadership.com/blog/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannewlund/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/deannewlundFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MissionFacilitators/Email: dean.newlund@mfileadership.comPhone: 1-800-926-7370 Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

We'll hear about research that linked working long hours with obesity and a Biblical diet on this roundup. Featuring audio from the Dana & Parks Show out of Kansas City and the Adam & Jordana Show out of WCCO News Talk in the Twin Cities.

We'll hear about research that linked working long hours with obesity and a Biblical diet on this roundup. Featuring audio from the Dana & Parks Show out of Kansas City and the Adam & Jordana Show out of WCCO News Talk in the Twin Cities.

May 12, 2026; 8 pm: Tonight, as the president leaves for China, Sen. Chris Murphy on Trump's costly war and souring economy. Then, today's intervention with Kash Patel. And as Democrats look to take back Congress, Iowa governor candidate Rob Sand on what it takes to win in Trump country. Want more of Chris? Download and follow his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Most resistance training studies focus on untrained people, but what happens when you push the volume in trained athletes? In this eye-opening episode, Jerred Moon and Dave reveal a groundbreaking study showing that increasing training volume by up to 120% doesn't impair muscle growth or recovery in trained individuals. The surprising part? Muscles seem to have a protective ceiling, making mega-volume jumps less beneficial than you'd think. Discover how this research challenges traditional beliefs about muscle hypertrophy, especially for seasoned athletes. We break down the specific protocols—like training to failure multiple times per week—and discuss how these findings can reshape your approach. You'll learn why adding more sets or increasing weight isn't always the answer and how to spot the point of diminishing returns. Perhaps most importantly, we explore the concept of the minimum effective dose—what's the smallest amount of work needed to keep progressing—and how to apply it to your training.

8/16: Bob Zimmerman critiques the failure of UK spaceports due to excessive bureaucracy. He provides updates on NASA's Curiosity rover, which recently freed a stuck rock from its drill on Mars. Furthermore, the Juno mission continues its observations of Jupiter's moons despite running low on fuel.1900 VERA CRUZ

PREVIEW for Later Today: Red Tape Grounds United Kingdom's Space Ambitions. Guest: Bob Zimmerman. The UK has failed to launch from its spaceports for a decade due to excessive bureaucracy. Zimmerman explains how regulatory delays effectively killed the Sutherland spaceport and bankrupted a promising rocket startup.OCTOBER 1957

“The Atlantic” has published an article sourcing multiple current and former officials within the FBI that details deeply concerning behavior from Director Kash Patel. The reported behavior includes excessive drinking to the point that meetings have to be rescheduled and equipment was requested to break down locked doors to gain access to him when he can’t be woken up when he is needed. Patel has reacted forcefully on social media, denying the reports and threatening a lawsuit. Patel’s lawyers published the letter they sent “The Atlantic” saying the article is one of the most absurd things they’ve ever read. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“The Atlantic” has published an article sourcing multiple current and former officials within the FBI that details deeply concerning behavior from Director Kash Patel. The reported behavior includes excessive drinking to the point that meetings have to be rescheduled and equipment was requested to break down locked doors to gain access to him when he can’t be woken up when he is needed. Patel has reacted forcefully on social media, denying the reports and threatening a lawsuit. Patel’s lawyers published the letter they sent “The Atlantic” saying the article is one of the most absurd things they’ve ever read. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.