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Mike, Ali, and Beau react to Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson being named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for week three, and react to the Falcons signing defensive lineman Gervon Dexter Sr. to a four-year, $78 million-dollar contract extension with $46.5 million guaranteed.

Ceasar Cordon is the outside business development director at Fifth Gear Automotive in North Texas. He entered the automotive industry in 2017 after working in electronics and gained experience in shop management and service advising before moving into business development. At Fifth Gear, he leads a team that builds referral relationships with other repair shops, a channel he says influences approximately 35% of the organization's revenue. His perspective on auto repair shop expansion combines customer service experience with the practical work of reaching new markets.In this episode…Reaching customers in another city does not always require building another repair shop. Fifth Gear Automotive uses satellite service centers to establish a local presence while sending vehicles to existing shops for the actual work.Cordon describes permitting barriers in North Texas that made traditional expansion difficult. The company borrowed the operating model of a dry cleaner: customers use a convenient local storefront, and the service happens elsewhere. Customers also arrange vehicle pickup through these satellite locations.For owners planning their next location, the immediate decision is where to add customer access and where to add repair capacity. Those investments serve different purposes. Cordon reports that some satellite locations receive very little foot traffic, yet their local presence helps generate calls from customers who prefer a business in their own city.The lower overhead comes with operational responsibilities. Vehicles need transportation, calls need ownership, and customers need accurate expectations. Fifth Gear assigns satellite inquiries to an experienced service advisor who understands what its shops deliver. The storefront creates access; the existing operation still has to fulfill the promise.Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn: [01:31] Ceasar Cordon's experience in shop operations and business development[03:54] Building customer trust through clear repair recommendations[06:48] Fifth Gear's specialization in major repairs[09:15] Fifth Gear's satellite model for auto repair shop expansion[15:47] Extending market reach through shop referral partnerships[19:19] Coaching service advisors to convert calls into shop visitsResources mentioned in this episode:Fifth Gear Automotive on LinkedInFifth Gear Automotive WebsiteTread PartnersGain Traction Podcast on YouTubeGain Traction Podcast WebsiteMike Edge on LinkedInQuotable Moments:“We aren't the cheapest, and that's fine.”“We don't know what we don't know, and we're okay with that.”“You overpromise, underdeliver, and that's never what you want to do.”Action Steps:Map one potential satellite market. Plot your existing shops and identify a nearby area you want to serve. Use Fifth Gear's reported five-to-seven-mile range as a starting point for your own evaluation. Check actual drive times and vehicle transport requirements before selecting a location.Separate customer access from repair capacity in your expansion budget. Build a side-by-side estimate for a reception-only satellite and a full repair facility. Include staffing and vehicle transportation in the satellite estimate. Ground your auto repair shop expansion plan in the capacity your existing shops have available.Assign an experienced advisor to satellite inquiries. Choose someone who understands your repair capabilities and internal processes. Document who owns each customer's call, transportation arrangements, and repair updates so the handoff between locations stays clear.Review customer calls with your service advisors. Schedule a session this week and listen to calls that resulted in appointments alongside calls that did not. Identify one specific response to improve, practice it together, and check its use in the next review.Start a focused referral outreach list. Identify nearby shops that do not handle the major repairs your team performs. Contact their managers to explain your capabilities and establish a clear referral contact. Give them a practical reason to trust you with work they send out.

Wet weather has kept the combines out of the fields across the corn belt and through the Plains and Midwest, creating harvest delays and creating crop quality issues. Reports of corn sprouting have come out of Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Cattle futures were mixed today as we wait for cash trade. Packers may be short bought, but feedlots are dealing with deteriorating pen conditions. Doug Simon with Tredas recaps today's trade.

The Royals have finally wrapped up the disappointing 2026 season.  Soon JJ Picollo, Royals GM, and Matt Quatraro, Manager, will address the media regarding this season as well as looking ahead to the 2027 season. David Lesky (Publisher - Inside the Crown/@DBLesky) and Soren Petro (Sports Radio 810-WHB, 810whb.com/@SorenPetro) lay out what they want to hear from the Royals in their season ending press conference. Extending the young stars. Signing Starting Pitching. A thumper for the lineup. Walk more! More chase out of the bullpen. Base running is NOT the key to success. Swing at pitches you can drive. Everyone is available. Get more athletic! Acquire a true closer! Evaluate everyone! Timeline for Shields and Chourio. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Single-storey extensions can cost anywhere from £30,000 to £155,000 in the UK, so why such a massive range? An extension specialist breaks down the size, storeys, kitchens, and planning permission rules that quietly decide your final bill in Warrington. Learn more at https://www.mkwbuilders.co.uk/ MKW Builders Ltd City: Lowton, Address: Unit 2 Oakland Business Park , Website: https://www.mkwbuilders.co.uk/ Phone: +44 7429 519982

HeLIX Exploration PLC (AIM:HEX, OTCQB:HHEXF) CEO Bo Sears spoke with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion after extending its helium sales arrangement through March 2027. The deal commits 100% of available Rudyard volumes to an industrial gases group, following three initial tube-trailer sales during the project's start-up phase. Sears discussed the pricing achieved, which is significantly above the assumptions used in Helix's pre-IPO model, and the potential to agree longer-term, higher-volume arrangements. He also outlined the production expansion programme, with additional wells expected to increase volumes as Helix scales Rudyard. Visit Proactive's YouTube channel for more company interviews and market updates. If you found this video useful, give it a like, subscribe to the channel and enable notifications for future content. Read Proactive's Editorial Policy here: https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/pages/editorialPolicy #HelixExploration #Helium #HeliumMarket #HeliumProduction #HeliumPrices #HeliumSupply #BoSears #NaturalResources #Commodities #Exploration #MiningNews #InvestorNews #ProactiveInvestors #Proactive

Welcome to the KSL Greenhouse show! Join hosts Maria Shilaos and Taun Beddes as they talk about all things plants, tackle your toughest gardening questions, and offer tips that can help you maintain a beautiful yard.  Todays Topics:Plant of the Week: Bigtooth Maple Frost Protection and Extending the Growing Season How to Harvest Listen on Saturdays from 8am to 11am at 102.7 FM, 1160 AM, ksl.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio app. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @kslgreenhouse. Happy planting! #KSLGreenhouse 

Welcome to the KSL Greenhouse show! Join hosts Maria Shilaos and Taun Beddes as they talk about all things plants, tackle your toughest gardening questions, and offer tips that can help you maintain a beautiful yard.  Listen on Saturdays from 8am to 11am at 102.7 FM, 1160 AM, ksl.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio app. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @kslgreenhouse. Happy planting! #KSLGreenhouse 

Tell us what you think of the show! Utilities and grid operators face immense pressure to meet rising electricity demand, harden systems against extreme weather, upgrade and replace aging infrastructure, adapt to changing state and federal policies, and keep rates affordable. It's a juggling act, and with all of those balls in the air, the 'old-school' utility method of building more supply-side solutions just doesn't cut it anymore.As a result, distributed energy resources (DERs), or customer-sited technologies, are moving beyond the margins of reliability planning to the center of attention. This episode of the Factor This Policycast, presented in partnership with national business association Advanced Energy United, explores how mostly behind-the-meter tools like batteries, smart thermostats, backup generators, microgrids, rooftop solar, and flexible load can be aggregated and operated as dependable grid assets.Extending a conversation that began at DTECH Reliability & Resiliency 2026 in Chicago, Illinois, moderator Paul Gerke leads a discussion alongside Emma Heins, policy principal at Advanced Energy United, about what it takes to scale virtual power plants and other DER programs. The conversation, featuring Bart Jackson of Sunrun, ENERGYHUB's Maxwell Burke-Scoll, and Kahri Gerke at Alliant Energy, highlights practical lessons from states and utilities moving past pilots to full-scale implementation, focusing on how DERs can improve reliability, reduce peak demand, support resilience during emergencies, and lower customer costs. Also on the table: utility partnerships, market design, customer enrollment, dispatch performance, interconnection, data visibility, and compensation.Energy policy on your mind? Check out all episodes of the Factor This Policycast

The Government is considering extending the excise cuts on petrol and diesel until late February or early March. Will this make things better?To discuss further with Jonathan was Ger Hyland, President of the Irish Road Haulage Association and Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein Deputy Leader and candidate in Donegal.

The Government is considering extending the excise cuts on petrol and diesel until late February or early March. Will this make things better?To discuss further with Jonathan was Ger Hyland, President of the Irish Road Haulage Association and Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein Deputy Leader and candidate in Donegal.

Hello Beautiful, I'm so grateful you're here with me. Empathy allows us to connect more deeply with ourselves and the people around us. This meditation gently strengthens compassion, understanding, and emotional connection without losing sight of your own needs. Perfect for mindfulness, emotional intelligence, relationships, kindness, healing, and inner peace. Love,

This episode of ScaleUp Radio is a little different. We're taking you inside one of our monthly ScaleUp Club sessions, where members get the opportunity to explore some of the challenges that come with building and scaling a business, share their experiences and put questions to our guest. This month, our main theme was Aligning Personal & Business Goals, and we welcomed back James West, co-founder of ONLE, for a Q&A about building a business that supports the life you actually want to lead. We also had an AI Pulse update from Tim Winstanley, looking at AI watermarking, the implications for businesses using AI-generated content, and why every business needs to start thinking seriously about its AI policy. When the business starts running your life For many founders, one of the original attractions of starting a business is freedom and control. Yet, as the business grows, it can produce exactly the opposite. James and his wife and co-founder Kelly created ONLE partly because they wanted greater control over their lives. Their personal circumstances, including caring for a daughter with severe special needs, meant that flexibility wasn't simply a nice-to-have. But as ONLE grew, James and Kelly found themselves personally hosting all the networking meetings. The business they had created to provide greater freedom was filling their calendars and making holidays and strategic thinking increasingly difficult. It is a challenge many founders will recognise. The discussion explored the importance of turning the usual planning process around: rather than deciding what the business needs and fitting your life around it, start by defining what you want your life to look like and then ask what the business needs to become to make that possible. Practical tools discussed included: A Balance Wheel, scoring different areas of your life from 1 to 10 each quarter and identifying where attention is needed. A Bucket List, bringing personal ambitions into annual and quarterly planning rather than putting them off until some undefined point in the future. Extending the same thinking to your team, understanding what individuals want to achieve and finding ways of connecting those aspirations with the goals of the business. Scaling ONLE beyond its founders James also shared how ONLE tackled one of the classic barriers to scale: too much of the customer experience depending on the founders. Their answer has been the Pod Owner model. Rather than James and Kelly personally nurturing every networking group, responsibility is delegated to local pod owners. An important distinction emerged from the conversation: running a meeting and nurturing a community are not necessarily the same skill. ONLE therefore looks for people who naturally make newcomers feel welcome and who want to build relationships within their communities. It is a useful example of a wider ScaleUp lesson: delegation isn't simply about giving somebody your tasks. It can mean designing a model where the right people take ownership of the things they are naturally better placed to do. AI Pulse: watermarking, trust and the value of expertise Tim Winstanley's AI Pulse brought a very different issue into the room: the developing world of AI watermarking and what greater transparency around AI-generated content could mean for businesses. The discussion explored the prospect of statistical fingerprints being embedded within AI-generated text, allowing content to be identified as AI-generated even after it has been copied and pasted. That raises an important question for businesses. If AI-generated content can increasingly be identified, how will customers interpret that label? The issue isn't necessarily whether the work is good or bad. It is about credibility, transparency and whether a business can demonstrate that appropriate human judgement has been applied. The discussion highlighted the importance of developing a clear AI policy, including approved tools, human review, disclosure and appropriate safeguards around business and client data. One member shared their experience of implementing a comprehensive AI policy, restricting use to an approved tool, training the team, adapting client terms and conditions and requiring third-party suppliers to follow appropriate policies. The one key thing… Start with the life you want to create, then build the business that can deliver it — rather than allowing the business to dictate the life you're able to have. James and Kelly's experience with ONLE is a good illustration. Scaling wasn't simply about growing the networking business. It was about redesigning it so that growth no longer required the founders to be present everywhere. And perhaps that's one of the most useful questions any founder can ask: Is the business you're scaling taking you closer to your definition of success, or further away from it? From busy to focused: the G90 Summit Most founders I speak to feel busy but stuck. Plenty happening, but no real clarity on what matters most this quarter. Here's what more than 500 interviews on this show have taught me: the founders who scale choose less, and deliver all of it. That's what the G90 Summit is for. It's a structured half-day where we cut through everything competing for your attention, agree the three to five things that must happen in the next 90 days, and build the rhythm to make sure they do. Quarterly, virtual, £97 a seat. Find out more at Smart90.co.uk/summit.

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What if carbon is one of the most overlooked inputs in plant nutrition? In this episode of the Bioactive Podcast, Dr. Riley Kirk sits down with Nik Nikolayev, CEO of Rooted Leaf Agritech, to explore the science of carbon-based fertilizers, plant nutrition, biostimulants, organic acids, and the chemistry behind plant growth, yield, and quality. Nik breaks down how plants use carbon beyond simply taking up CO₂ from the atmosphere, and why forms of carbon such as acetate and citrate may provide important substrates that can enter plant metabolism. The conversation explores how carbon interacts with NPK nutrition, photosynthesis, energy allocation, nutrient uptake, and secondary metabolism, including the pathways involved in producing cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids, and sulfur-containing compounds. They also dive into natural fertilizers and plant-based biostimulants, including kelp, hibiscus, moringa, anthocyanins, humic and fulvic acids, and other botanical inputs. Nik explains the idea behind using medicinal plants and their chemistry in agriculture, how organic acids can interact with minerals, and why the form of a nutrient may matter as much as the nutrient itself. The conversation also explores the carbon economy of cannabis, trichome metabolism, terpene diversity, rare cannabinoids, sulfur chemistry, nutrient stress, and the challenges of testing compounds that occur at extremely low concentrations. Throughout the episode, Nik emphasizes the importance of connecting theoretical chemistry with practical growing results while acknowledging where the science is still developing. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Meet Nick Nikolaev 01:23 Fermentation Sparks Curiosity 02:19 Microbes Soil and Health 03:27 Medicinal Plants as Inputs 04:58 Biostimulants vs NPK 07:36 Feeding Plants Carbon 10:00 Citric Acid and Chelation 14:44 Extending the Rhizosphere 16:14 Energy Budget and Nitrate 19:01 Results More Terps Cannabinoids 21:19 CO2 The Carbon Lever 25:16 Terpenes vs Cannabinoids Pathways 26:18 Sulfur Thiols and Aroma 31:23 Stress Salts and Organics 33:04 Why Kelp Extracts Work 36:43 Medicinal Plant Inputs 37:52 Anthocyanin Foliar Shield 38:49 Carbon Four Rs Framework 40:17 Feeding Trichome Metabolism 42:07 Terpene Profile Shifts 43:59 Prenylation Chemistry Explained 45:42 Evolution Of Enzyme Promiscuity 48:56 Polyketide Pathway Variants 50:32 Rare Cannabinoids Potential 53:23 Testing Limits And Sulfur Trace 55:21 Bioavailable Carbon Forms 58:14 Bioaccumulation And Detox 01:02:58 Moringa Burn Lesson 01:05:30 Learning Loop And Field Data 01:09:40 Closing Thanks And Wrap Connect with Nik Nikolayev Nik Nikolayev CEO, Rooted Leaf Agritech Website: https://rootedleaf.com/ Want Exclusive Content and ad-free episodes? Join the Bioactive Patreon community for as little as $1/month to ask guests your burning questions, access exclusive content, and connect with Dr. Kirk one-on-one. www.Patreon.com/Cannabichem Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more expert insights into cannabis science, plant biology, and more! Sign Up for Emails! www.AppliedPharmacognosy.org Keep up with Dr. Riley Kirk: https://www.bioactivepodcast.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@cannabichem https://instagram.com/cannabichem https://www.appliedpharmacognosy.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rising star of stage and screen, Victoria Lockhart, traded kindness for cruelty out of necessity, giving rise to strange manifestations of her psyche. Genre: Mystery, Horror Note of CAUTION: This episode contains depictions and descriptions of workplace abuse, specifically on a movie set. Please listen with care. Excerpt:...there was one bulb that had somehow managed not to break. It lay a corner. And Victoria used its light to see what she had done. Shadows and glass, everywhere. Victoria came to a conclusion. Anger was her road to strength and power.    The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time?Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Shadow of Victoria Lockhart This episode landed on one of the mystery spokes, DRAW. Here are other episodes inspired by DRAW: The Golden Ratio Theater Garden of the Peculiar   MERCH!Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork?Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   NEWSLETTERSStoryfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES (New)Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station. I've also started posting some tips on Pinterest: pinterest.com/storyfeather/   MY FIRST BOOK (yay)Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITSStory: "The Shadow of Victoria Lockhart" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. PatelNarration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music:"Whispers" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro)"Inspector" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro)"Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)"Inspector""Killer escape""Unsolved""Evidence""In the shadows""The mirror""Whispers""Before the shadows"   Music by ALBERT FERNANDEZ (Potion Studio)"Mistery""Visiting Her Forest""Painful Memories"   All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.  Music by Albert Fernandez, Nicholas Jeudy, and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev MarketSound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and Soundly (through Hindenburg)Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy, Albert Fernandez, and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description:Digital drawing. Silhouette of a figure in a dress with bell sleeves and a hoop skirt, holding up a parasol in the right hand, with a gauzy veil flowing to the right. Bright light shines from above and behind the figure. Extending below the figure is her shadow. Leafy, bushy foliage frames the top half of the image, extending down either side of the frame into dark shadowy patches in the foreground and hazy patches in the background. The image appears to be right side up, but would still be so if it were flipped vertically.

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Dame Noeline Taurua is staying on as Silver Ferns head coach until the end of next year's Netball World Cup. The reappointment comes in the wake of the New Zealand side winning Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow last month - less than a year after she was stood down from the role and then reinstated. The 2027 World Cup begins in August in Sydney, and Taurua's feeling hopeful as training gets under way. "The Commonwealth Games is such a treat, a dream, and I'm heading to the Netball World Cup now for next year and I'm riding the wave." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The uranium spot price is back above $90 per pound, the long-term contract price has reached record nominal levels, and some of the world's largest nuclear fuel buyers are becoming increasingly aggressive. So why are uranium equities struggling to respond?On this episode of Going Nuclear, Trevor Hall and Uranium Insider's Justin Huhn break down the latest developments across the uranium and nuclear fuel markets. Justin explains what's driving the recent strength in spot uranium, why traders are increasingly reluctant to sell physical material, and why utilities and producers continue to step in on even modest price weakness.Trevor and Justin also examine the increasingly complicated relationship between AI, data centers and nuclear energy. While hyperscaler investment has helped fuel enthusiasm for nuclear equities, Justin argues the uranium bull thesis doesn't require an AI boom. Extending the operating lives of the existing reactor fleet alone provides significant long-term uranium demand, regardless of how quickly new data centers or SMRs are ultimately built.The conversation then turns to what may be the most important development in the uranium market: Russia is buying uranium. Kazatomprom has disclosed major contracts involving both China and Russia, with Justin explaining why Rosatom entering the market as a uranium buyer is particularly significant given Russia's enormous position across enrichment, conversion and uranium production. Meanwhile, China continues accumulating material, Japan has returned to the market, and Kazatomprom is warning Western utilities that future supply won't simply be waiting for them.Finally, Trevor and Justin discuss expectations for $130–$150 uranium, record pricing across much of the nuclear fuel cycle, and Saudi Arabia's headline-grabbing announcement of a massive uranium-bearing resource—and why Justin thinks that particular story matters far less to near-term uranium supply than the headlines suggest.

President Trump says concerns over AI are a "hoax", but the question remains whether Congress will do anything to rein in the industry. Dave Levinthal, senior editor with The Washington Sun tells us more.

What happens when modular construction expertise meets the booming golf entertainment market? In this season premiere of The ModGolf Podcast, host Colin Weston sits down with Matthew Towell (Founder/CEO) and Stephen Arnold (COO) of Cover The Tees to explore how they're transforming driving ranges across America into vibrant community entertainment hubs. From Matthew's unlikely golf start of hitting his stepmother's 7-iron over a house as a kid, to building a company that's now completed 100 modular installations nationwide, this episode is packed with insights on innovation, overcoming adversity, and the power of creating shared experiences through golf. Whether you're a golf course operator, an entrepreneur, or simply love hearing how businesses scale, you'll want to hear this conversation. Key Takeaways you'll discover: 1. Modular Construction = Speed, Scalability, and Season Extension Cover The Tees' modular approach allows facilities to install covered bays in just 10-14 days, scale from 10 to 20+ bays as demand grows, and add enclosures, heaters, and wind protection to extend operations into winter months. One Chicago-area facility tracked 1.5 million balls in the first four months of the year before the snow melted and their busy season even began. 2. Driving Ranges Are Becoming Community Entertainment Hubs The traditional "hit a bucket and leave" model is evolving. Cover The Tees clients are hosting line dancing, bands, trivia nights, and craft events, transforming ranges into year-round gathering spaces. Nicole Inkle's facility saw community engagement soar, while Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort quadrupled their revenue in year one. 3. Start Small, Prove Your ROI, Then Scale Cover The Tees encourages operators to start with 10 bays and expand later. One customer hit their previous year's ball sales in just the first month after installation, immediately requesting their second wing. The modular design makes expansion seamless. Are you more of a watcher than a listener? Then check out our extended bonus segment with Matthew and Stephen on The ModGolf YouTube channel as we run through a live demo of Cover The Tee's "Bay Builder" tool. Click on this link or the image below to watch.

Matthew 18:21–22Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!Jesus was not teaching the disciples that on the four-hundred-and-ninety-first time someone offends you that you can then take action against them. Peter obviously thought adding up to seven was a huge display of grace, but Jesus corrected his math using multiplication.The idea here is that we forgive so much that you stop counting. We don't add up offenses. We multiply grace and forgiveness.Another way of interpreting this passage is: Don't keep score, just like God doesn't with us. When you apply Jesus' answer to the context of all New Testament teaching, the bottom line is we must forgive others as often as God forgives us.Is there someone in your life that you feel has or is pushing you far past seven times? In fact, you are thinking right now that they might be nearing the “seventy times seven” range? Picture that person in your mind now.Listen to The Message Bible's version of this passage:At that point Peter got up the nerve to ask, “Master, how many times do I forgive a brother or sister who hurts me? Seven?” Jesus replied, “Seven! Hardly. Try seventy times seven. (Matthew 18:21–22 MSG)I don't know about you, but I am so glad that God doesn't keep score or have a “sin quota” that once we go over, we run out of His grace. Doesn't it make sense that as His followers He would expect us to do the same?Wounded people, like us, tend to want to apply justice to the wrongs that have been done, especially to us. Extending grace does not equal diminishing the offense, or the effect of it. Rather, Grace, in this case, is allowing God to be the judge and jury. Not us. He is our defender. In fact, letting go of offense is actually OUR pursuit of freedom and has nothing to do with the offender. Perhaps, this is why Jesus is so emphatic about it.As we said yesterday - in our strength alone it can feel impossible to let go of offenses.Ask your Father for the strength to surrender the offenses against you.Let's pray: “Father, thank you that You don't keep score with my sin. Please help me to stop keeping score with others. Help me to let things go, I confess I have a hard time on my own strength. Teach me to live in Your grace and share Your grace with others. As above, so below.” - Amen

Here's an event F&B stat that dumbfounds me: on average, 42% of the food we prepare for a buffet goes uneaten — and at one event, 72% of the special-dietary meals got thrown straight in the trash. As someone who has spent the last 16 years fighting to make sure every guest gets fed safely, that second number breaks my heart and lights a fire under me. Those are real stats from a 2026 World Wildlife Fund and ReFED study of six real business events. So when Chef Nettie Frank told me while we were at the ICA conference this summer that she'd built a company around rescuing flavor before it hits the bin, I said — okay, I need to hear exactly how you do that. Nettie is a chef who has worked every angle of feeding people: Culinary Institute of America grad, founder of Silver Whisk Catering, owner of the beloved Beyond Glaze bakery, cookbook author, and yes — you've seen her on Cake Wars and Chopped.  Now she's the founder and CEO of CITREVE, a chef-driven freeze-drying company that came directly out of a sustainability talk she gave to caterers. Her idea: freeze-dry the leftover sauce, the peak-season herbs, the citrus you'd normally toss — and bring them back to life later, color and flavor intact. Why should planners AND suppliers care? Because food waste is a cost line, a sustainability report, and a garnish bin at every bar you run. Extending a seasonal ingredient, cutting spoilage, designing a lower-waste cocktail program — that's money and impact on your F&B line, whether you're planning the event or catering it. Join us for this week's Eating at a Meeting. And tell me — what's the most food you've ever watched get thrown out at an event? Let's talk about it in the comments. Every meal matters. So does every ingredient.

In this episode of Money Matters, brought to you by Greenberg Financial Group, Dean Greenberg opens the Labor Day weekend show with a look at the tug of war between the Federal Reserve and the White House over interest rates, why today's rates are closer to historically normal than many people remember, and what a hot jobs report and a strong GDP print mean for inflation. He also makes the case for embracing AI rather than fearing it, shares how the firm is using it to streamline its own work, and explains why data centers may bring more to local communities than the headlines suggest. Then Dean, Dave, Sebastian, and Todd break down a flat week for the S&P 500 that hid a softer broad market, the September seasonality question, and the rising odds of a Fed move later this month. We get into why global bond yields have been climbing, how that pressures stock valuations, and whether the Fed can really push mortgage rates lower while the long end of the curve has other ideas. Todd's beach ball analogy explains it better than any economist. Hailey Glick joins the tax segment to clear up one of the most misunderstood parts of the tax code: withholding and estimated payments. Extending your return is not extending your payment, and the IRS charges interest and penalties that are tough to outrun. We cover who needs to make quarterly payments, the safe harbor rule, why a new pension or a January stock sale can catch people off guard, and the difference between your tax bracket and your effective rate. Plus the one bracket that actually deserves your worry. Estate planning attorney Jonathan Scibilia stops by to introduce HLAEstate.com, a new attorney-built site for simple wills, trusts, beneficiary deeds, and powers of attorney, complete with attorney review and remote notary signing now that Arizona allows it. Later, we get into NVIDIA's Hugging Face acquisition, what open source really means, a Tucson fun fact involving the boneyard on Kolb Road, and a few ticker symbols that made us smile. Your free financial plan is waiting whenever you're ready. No obligation, no phone tree, just a real conversation. If you would like to contact us to learn more about our firm, our seminars, and our process - call us at 520.544.4909 or go to our website at www.Greenbergfinancial.com or email us at Contact@Greenbergfinancial.com Disclaimer: This show discusses different investment products and strategies. Every product and strategy has some type of inherent risk and we strongly encourage our listeners to properly understand these risks. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. The information presented on this program is believed to be factual and up-to-date, but we do not guarantee its accuracy and it should not be regarded as a complete analysis of the subjects discussed. The material covered on this program does not involve the rendering of personalized investment advice, but is for general information purposes only. A professional advisor should be consulted before implementing any of the options presented. Greenberg Financial Group is registered as an investment advisor with the SEC and only transacts business in states where it is properly registered, or is excluded or exempted from registration requirements.

If a nice night on South Beach turns into Striking Vipers... *unplugs controller*J5 and MC return from the end of their BlkPrint Summer with an all-new episode of DSTP, looking straight ahead at the premiere they've anticipated for over a decade: Rockstar Games' 'Grand Theft Auto VI'. Netflix had the pleasure of hosting the beautiful return to Vice City, but we had to speak on all of the controversies that lead to this historic preview. Tune in to hear thoughts on the early leaks that sparked crazy online discourse, along with a full reaction to the entire day Jason and Lucia had in the 30-minute trailer. Where are we headed to first in the gigantic state of Leonida? Will we see the new generation of GTA Online before 2027? Most importantly, who's playing as Lucia if we get the chance to co-op? Find out as we count down the days to November 19!

In this episode, host David Turetsky speaks with Denise Triba, CHRO at Ingenovis Health, about how her HR team is using workflow mapping, ticketing data, and AI to improve service for clinicians and internal teams. The conversation centers on a practical, human-in-the-loop approach to AI, with Freddie, their internal AI tool, trained to handle repetitive HR questions faster and more accurately. We discuss how a workforce solutions company thinks beyond recruiting, why understanding the work before applying technology matters, and how better HR operations can improve clinician experience, response speed, and career development.  Key topics  David introduces Denise Triba, CHRO at Ingenovis Health, and frames the episode around operational data and AI in HR.  Denise explains that Ingenovis Health is a workforce solutions company supporting healthcare providers and life sciences organizations with the right workforce mix.  The discussion distinguishes Ingenovis from a traditional recruiting function, emphasizing a consultative model that optimizes client workforce needs.  Denise shares how the pandemic increased healthcare organizations' need for more precise staffing and stronger workforce partners.  The HR team started with workflow mapping to understand exactly how work was being done before adding technology.  A ticketing system was introduced to validate assumptions and quantify the most common HR requests.  The team identified high-volume issues such as benefits enrollment and leave requests, then began training Freddie to handle those questions.  Denise describes Freddie as an internal AI tool still in beta, used between HR and IT before external release.  The conversation covers human review, validation, and hallucination prevention, with subject matter experts writing and checking training articles.  Denise explains that AI is helping reduce repetitive work, improve first-response accuracy, and free HR coordinators for more valuable work and career growth.  The episode closes with advice for HR teams: start with the process and the people doing the work, then apply technology to enhance it.  Timestamps  00:00 - Opening and introduction to the episode 00:32 - David introduces Denise Triba and Ingenovis Health 01:01 - What Ingenovis Health does as a workforce solutions company 01:47 - The kinds of healthcare roles Ingenovis supports 02:38 - Denise's background and early interest in medicine 03:48 - Why the episode focuses on operational data and AI in HR 04:24 - Employee and clinician experience as a top priority 05:21 - Why Ingenovis is more than a recruiting team 06:33 - The mix of W-2 employees and 1099 contractors 07:34 - Why facilities choose workforce solutions over direct hiring 08:33 - How healthcare organizations changed after the pandemic 09:04 - Starting with workflow mapping before introducing AI 10:03 - Using ticketing data to validate top HR call categories 10:29 - Tracking 3,000 calls and training Freddie with real data 11:33 - How workflow data shows friction and points to automation 12:10 - Faster, more accurate information for clinicians and HR coordinators 12:55 - Benefits enrollment as the most common question 13:22 - Other repeat requests like leave support 14:34 - Writing articles to train Freddie on core answers 15:04 - Subject matter experts validating Freddie's responses 15:48 - Avoiding misinformation and limiting scope during early rollout 16:34 - How Freddie is used internally in beta 17:22 - Better capture rates and fewer repeat follow-up emails 18:44 - Extending clinician satisfaction through better service 20:15 - When Freddie needs human support and escalation 20:40 - Employment verification as an example of a hybrid workflow 21:43 - Using AI across client-facing and sales-side operations 22:59 - What surprised the team most about implementing AI 23:56 - How the project is expanding into other HR workflows 24:27 - Addressing fears that AI would take jobs away 26:05 - Cost considerations and working within budget 27:21 - The value of strong HR and IT partnership 28:37 - Advice for HR teams considering AI adoption 29:28 - Closing reflections on the scientific, process-first approach 29:54 - Looking ahead to future updates on Freddie and beyond  Notable quotes  “You really need to understand the what before you start to apply the how.”  “If you have to teach someone, you learn it.”  “This isn't about a workforce change internally. This is about how do we get better."

What do your words reveal about your heart?In this week's episode of The Extended Cut, Casey sits down with Pastor Chris Zahner to go deeper into Sunday's message, “Watch Your Mouth,” from James 3:1–12.We all know words matter. They can encourage, heal, guide, and give life—but they can also wound, divide, and leave an impact long after they've been spoken. James compares the tongue to a bit in a horse's mouth, a rudder steering a ship, and a spark capable of setting an entire forest on fire. Something small can carry incredible influence.But the conversation goes deeper than simply trying to “watch what you say.”Chris and Casey explore why our words are ultimately a heart issue, why discipline alone can't tame the tongue, and how Jesus transforms us from the inside out. They also unpack an area that didn't make it fully into Sunday's sermon: the words we speak about ourselves.What happens when criticism, hurtful words, or labels spoken over us become part of our own internal dialogue? How do we distinguish humility from destructive self-talk? And instead of simply replacing negative thoughts with positive affirmations, what does it look like to anchor our identity in what Jesus says is true about us?In this conversation:• Why our words carry more weight than we realize• What James 3 teaches about the power of the tongue• Why pressure often reveals what is already in our hearts• The danger of gossip and destructive speech• How negative self-talk can take root• Why behavior modification isn't enough• Finding our identity in Christ instead of self-affirmation• Extending grace when our words—or someone else's—cause hurt• The tension of preaching truth while still growing yourself• How the Holy Spirit brings transformation, healing, and freedom• How Establish can help us identify unhealthy patterns and learn to walk in victory through JesusThe goal isn't simply to become better at managing our mouths. It's to surrender our hearts to King Jesus and allow the Holy Spirit to transform us so that our words increasingly reflect the character of our King.If you haven't watched Pastor Chris' full sermon, “Watch Your Mouth,” check it out and then come back for this deeper conversation.

America's military leaders warn Pete Hegseth of grave consequences if the war doesn't end soon.  This as the president releases a fake video of a US attack. Plus, the Supreme Court gives the green light for Donald Trump to continue his ballroom.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

August 31, 2026 – 6am: WAPO: Military leaders warn against extending Iran operations U.S., Iran trade strikes for the first time in a month Trump announces U.S.-Venezuela oil deal Russian strike near Kyiv kills at least 37 Treasury Dept. blocks some journalists from G20 meeting Trump calls for ‘rebuke or punishment' for NBC's Kristen Welker POLITICO: The Republican party's midterm nightmare is taking shape POLITICO Playbook: Digging into the midterms, 2028 and more 5 years since U.S. Troops left Afghanistan, Taliban takeover 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.

Technology is constantly progressing, which means were often left with old, outdated, or broken electronics we have no use for. So what do you do with them? Since you can't just throw away your old electronics and appliances, Kate Hall has compiled some information on where they should go instead. Mobile phones, laptops, chargers, cables and tablets can often be recycled through retailers like Noel Leeming and other approved e-waste collection points. Larger appliances such as vacuum cleaners, microwaves and printers should be taken to your local e-waste recycling facility or transfer station. Sometimes the company accepts old appliances for responsible recycling or parts reclamation. Before recycling, ask yourself whether the item could be repaired, donated or refurbished. Extending the life of electronics is almost always the most sustainable option. Delete personal data from phones, laptops and tablets before donating or recycling them. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A guided loving-kindness meditation to cultivate compassion for yourself and all beings. Find deep peace through the ancient practice of metta, sending warmth to your heart and radiating it outward.This extended meditation guides you through seven stages of loving-kindness: generating warmth for yourself, extending it to loved ones, neutral people, difficult people, and all living beings. Each stage deepens your capacity for compassion and opens your heart to a more peaceful way of being.00:00 / Opening and Welcome02:00 / Settling In and Grounding05:00 / Generating Warmth for Yourself12:00 / Extending to Someone You Love18:00 / Extending to a Neutral Person22:00 / Extending to a Difficult Person27:00 / Extending to All Beings33:00 / Returning to Your Heart36:00 / Breathwork Integration42:00 / Affirmations and ClosingLoving-kindness meditation has been shown to reduce anxiety, strengthen empathy pathways in the brain, and create lasting changes in how we relate to ourselves and others. This practice draws from the Buddhist tradition of metta, the Christian concept of agape, and modern neuroscience research on compassion.This episode was created with AI assistance. The meditation script and vocal narration were crafted with care to guide you toward genuine inner peace.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/your-quiet-moment--6944063/support.Thank you for sharing this quiet moment with us.Follow Your Quiet Moment for daily guided meditations, calming affirmations, mindful breathing, gentle relaxation, and peaceful practices designed to fit into real life.If this episode helped you slow down, consider sharing it with someone who may need a quiet moment today.Support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible moments of calm:https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/your-quiet-moment--6944063/supportPlease do not use guided meditation while driving, operating machinery, or doing anything that requires your complete attention.This podcast provides general relaxation and wellness content. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, psychotherapy, or a substitute for professional mental health care.Your Quiet Moment is produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.

Why do kids almost never get osteoarthritis, despite putting their joints through far more than any adult does? I joined entrepreneur Mike Cormier on his show to unpack that question, along with stem cells for addiction, brain trauma, and hair loss with no clear treatment path.I explain how mesenchymal stem cells, sourced from fat, bone marrow, or umbilical cord tissue, travel through the bloodstream to support tissue repair and immune function when delivered by IV. Osteoarthritis reflects a decline in the body's regenerative capacity, not simple wear and tear. I cover an animal study showing a 70 to 80% reduction in relapse behavior among alcohol dependent rats treated with stem cells, and an ongoing clinical study using SPECT imaging to evaluate traumatic brain injury. I also detail my personal peptide protocol: BPC-157, Tesamorelin, Ipamorelin, CJC-1295, Epitalon, microdosed GLP-1, and GHK-Cu for skin structure.Mike traces his hair loss to years of business related stress, describing patches spreading across his scalp and eyebrows and the recovery protocol he built himself: PRP, BPC-157, red light therapy, and microneedling. I share a parallel case from my clinic, where IV stem cells regrew a physician's hair after a service related infection.It's a wide ranging look at how regenerative medicine adapts to what the body actually needs, whether that's a joint, a damaged brain, or hair that wouldn't grow back.Key Takeaways:00:47 From psychiatry to stem cells04:04 How stem cells build organs06:06 Mesenchymal stem cells and sources10:22 IV infusion versus local injection13:41 Why Dr. Joy built skincare22:32 Stem cells cut alcohol relapse24:21 Reversing brain damage from addiction26:00 Favorite peptides for muscle gain29:41 Cycling peptides and testing NAD34:52 What stem cell skincare involves37:58 Healing alopecia through gut health55:10 Extending human lifespan twenty yearsAdditional Resources✨ Follow Mike Cormier on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikecormieronair/ ✨ Follow The Inner Circle Studio on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theinnercirclestudio/ ✨ Subscribe to The Inner Circle On Air on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInnerCircleOnAir Visit My Clinic: Chara Health

Chris’s Summary Jim and I are joined again by Dr. Philip Snyder as we continue looking at narrowing the gap between healthspan and lifespan and extending your go-go years. We discuss a listener-submitted article on health-adjusted life expectancy, which argues for concentrating retirement spending in the first decade of retirement rather than following a static, Monte Carlo-based safe withdrawal rate. Dr. Snyder updates his coronary artery calcium scoring correction, introduces the CCTA angiogram for non-calcified plaque, and outlines the four components of exercise, cardio, strength, balance, and flexibility, for maintaining function as we age. Jim’s “Pithy” Summary Chris and I welcome back Dr. Philip Snyder to pick up right where we left off, because folks, this whole thing, all of it, is about extending your go-go years, and I’ll admit this episode gave me some homework of my own. Dr. Snyder corrects something he got wrong last time on coronary artery calcium scoring, breaks down a newer angiogram option for catching the sneaky non-calcified plaque a clean CAC score can miss, and even mentions a blood test called PLAC2 for folks who can’t do the angiogram. A listener sent in a short article about spending more in your first decade of retirement instead of hoarding it for some rainy day that never comes, and it is basically what I have been calling the Fun Number for years. You spend your whole life saving, and then you’re too scared to spend it. My dad used to warn me about the Debbie Downers in his retirement community, folks with plenty of money left but no health left to enjoy it. Nobody wants to be that person, and nobody wants to be the wealthiest person in the graveyard either. Dr. Snyder walks through the four pieces of exercise you need as you get older, cardio, strength, balance, and flexibility, and Chris and I both admit we need a grease gun just to get moving some mornings. We get into tai chi, stretching, why I still cannot make myself do it consistently, and why one-third of people who break a hip never fully bounce back. Show Notes: “The First Decade Retirement Plan” article The post Extending Your Go-Go Years: EDU #2633 appeared first on The Retirement and IRA Show.

We've launched Minimum Competence CLE, and our first course is now available completely free. Researching Federal Tax Issues After Loper Bright looks at how the Supreme Court's decision ending Chevron deference changes the way lawyers should research and evaluate Treasury regulations, IRS guidance, and other federal tax authorities.Take the course and earn CLE credit at cle.minimumcomp.com.This Day in Legal History: The Salem Witch TrialsOn August 19, 1692, five people—George Burroughs, John Proctor, John Willard, Martha Carrier, and George Jacobs Sr.—were hanged at Salem, Massachusetts, convicted of witchcraft. It was one of the darkest days in a period that has become the enduring American shorthand for a legal system gone catastrophically wrong.What makes the Salem trials so instructive for lawyers is that they weren't lawless in form—they had judges, juries, indictments, and testimony. They failed on substance, and specifically on evidence. The courts admitted so-called “spectral evidence”: testimony from accusers that the defendant's ghostly apparition had tormented them, something no one else could see or disprove. It was, by its nature, impossible to rebut—the perfect engine for convicting the innocent. The case of George Burroughs, a Harvard-educated former minister, captures the horror of it. At the gallows, Burroughs recited the Lord's Prayer flawlessly—something a witch, according to popular belief, should have been incapable of doing. The crowd was shaken; it looked like proof of innocence. He was hanged anyway. When the evidence and the conclusion pointed in opposite directions, the conclusion won.The significance of August 19, 1692 is that it became a permanent cautionary tale baked into American law. Within months, prominent voices—including the minister Increase Mather, who gave us today's opening quote about the danger of condemning the innocent—turned against the use of spectral evidence, and the trials collapsed. In the centuries since, the reforms we associate with due process—rules of evidence, the presumption of innocence, the requirement of proof that can actually be tested and challenged—are in many ways a long answer to Salem. It's a fitting backdrop for a day when two of our stories turn on evidence: what an insider witness reveals under oath, and what a litigant is allowed to keep hidden. Salem is the reminder of what happens when a legal system stops caring whether its evidence is real.In the landmark trial where 29 states accuse Meta of designing its platforms to addict and harm children, jurors heard from a powerful first witness: Arturo Bejar, a former Facebook engineering director turned whistleblower. Bejar worked at the company for years, and he told the Oakland jury that internal culture put growth ahead of kids' safety—that “move fast and break things” was the mantra, that Meta took a “don't ask, don't tell” approach to whether children under 13 were on the platform, and that the company used the softer euphemism “problematic use” instead of “addiction” in a way that, he testified, undercounted the real harm. His central accusation is that Meta's leadership knew, from its own internal research, what its products were doing to young users—and chose not to act. There's a revealing legal sub-story here, too. Meta tried hard to keep Bejar off the stand, arguing he'd failed to preserve evidence because he deleted some Signal messages with former colleagues. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected that as a long-shot bid to eliminate a key witness. Meta, for its part, flatly denies the claims, insisting it never set out to hook children and has worked to make its platforms safer. The significance is that this is the evidentiary heart of the case: not abstract allegations about algorithms, but an insider describing, under oath, what he says the company knew and how it talked about it internally. It's the same pattern that broke open the tobacco cases—a witness from inside translating the company's own euphemisms back into plain English for a jury. Whether jurors believe him will shape one of the most consequential product cases in years. Former Meta engineer resumes testimony in landmark trial over social media's harm to young users | ReutersThe Globe and Mail · LPM / NPRA federal judge in Texas has declared the Biden-era “ghost gun” rule unconstitutional—a striking move, because the Supreme Court upheld that very rule just last year. Some background: ghost guns are firearms assembled from parts or kits that lack serial numbers, making them largely untraceable, and in 2022 the ATF issued a rule bringing those parts and kits under federal firearms regulation. Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth had originally struck the rule down as exceeding the agency's statutory authority—but in March 2025, the Supreme Court reversed him, holding the rule was a permissible reading of the Gun Control Act. Here's the maneuver worth understanding: the Supreme Court decided a statutory question—whether the agency had the power to issue the rule. It did not decide the constitutional questions. So O'Connor has now ruled again, this time on entirely different grounds, holding that the rule violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment's due process clause. In effect, when the statutory door closed, the challengers walked through the constitutional one, and the same judge let them in—blocking the rule as to certain products for Defense Distributed and members of the Second Amendment Foundation. Gun-control advocates called the decision “egregiously wrong” and predicted an appeal. But there's a genuine wrinkle: the Justice Department that would normally defend a Biden-era rule is now the Trump administration's DOJ, which is far more sympathetic to gun-rights arguments—so whether the government vigorously appeals its own rule's defeat is an open question. The significance is a vivid lesson in how litigation adapts: a Supreme Court win on statutory grounds does not necessarily end a fight if constitutional theories remain, and a determined judge can find a new path to the same result. Biden-era ‘ghost guns' restrictions are unconstitutional, US judge rules | ReutersUS News · Maryland Daily RecordThe Trump administration has invoked presidential privilege to keep secret the identities of the people who crafted its executive orders targeting major law firms. The context: last year the American Bar Association sued the White House and Justice Department over what it calls a “law firm intimidation policy”—a series of executive orders aimed at punishing firms for representing clients, causes, or positions the president dislikes, and, the ABA argues, coercing lawyers into dropping those clients. In discovery, the ABA wants to know who was behind the orders and whether officials specifically intended to discourage firms from taking on cases against the government. The administration's response is what's notable. It has formally invoked the presidential communications privilege—the same doctrine at the heart of the Nixon tapes case—but stretched it in an aggressive direction: the DOJ argues the privilege shields not just the substance of confidential advice, but the very identities of the people who gave it, whether or not they're executive-branch employees, and whether or not they're even lawyers. In other words, the government is claiming it can keep secret who wrote the orders. Here's the tension. The presidential communications privilege is real and important—presidents need candid advice—but it's qualified, not absolute; the Supreme Court in United States v. Nixon made clear it can yield to a sufficient showing of need. Extending it to conceal the mere identity of outside advisers, people who may not work for the government at all, is a notably broad claim. The significance is a double irony worth sitting with: these are executive orders designed to punish lawyers for their advocacy, and now the government is using one of the law's most powerful secrecy doctrines to hide who dreamed them up. Whether a court accepts that will say a lot about how far executive privilege can be stretched to shield the process behind a controversial policy. Trump invokes presidential privilege in lawsuit over law firm orders | ReutersAbove the Law · Law & CrimeAnd finally, in a piece I wrote for Forbes this week, I take up a question the president has apparently been chewing on: can the federal government stop New York's new pied-à-terre tax—the surcharge on second homes I've written about before? My short answer is that there's a federal solution, but it almost certainly isn't the one Trump wants, because he has almost nothing he can do on his own.Start with the executive branch. The president cannot simply nullify a state tax by executive order—that's not a power he has. The Justice Department could jump into the existing litigation or file its own federal challenge, but neither goes anywhere useful. The big obstacle is the Tax Injunction Act, a federal statute that keeps federal district courts out of the business of blocking state tax collection whenever taxpayers have an adequate remedy in their own state courts—which, here, they do. And when the DOJ once tried to get around that law by suing on behalf of homeowners over an allegedly discriminatory New York property-tax system, a federal court said no, you can't evade the Tax Injunction Act that way. So the executive route is basically a dead end; the administration can litigate, apply pressure, and post on Truth Social, but it can't make the tax disappear.Congress, though, has a real—if difficult—path, and this is where it gets genuinely interesting as a matter of federalism. Congress has more power over state taxation than the president does. It has limited state taxes before: a federal railroad law, for instance, bars certain discriminatory property taxes on railroads and even gives federal courts jurisdiction to enforce it despite the Tax Injunction Act. And in a case called Arizona Public Service v. Snead, the Supreme Court upheld a federal statute enacted specifically to preempt a New Mexico tax that Congress found discriminated against interstate commerce. So using its affirmative Commerce Clause power, Congress can prohibit state taxes it decides burden interstate commerce. But there are two catches I walk through. First, anti-commandeering: Congress can't order New York to repeal anything—it would have to regulate all states directly, invalidating a defined category of tax. Second, and harder, New York drafted this tax cleverly to dodge the obvious constitutional attack: it taxes based on use—whether a home is your primary residence—not based on whether you're an in-stater or an out-of-stater. A New Jerseyan's Manhattan apartment can be exempt if it's their primary home; a New Yorker's second home gets taxed. That use-not-residency design makes the usual discrimination claim much harder, and it means Congress would have to build a long, strained logical chain connecting a residence-neutral property tax to interstate commerce, then tailor a preemption statute to it and defend the whole contraption in court. So, yes, a federal fix is theoretically possible—but it runs entirely through Congress, and it's a heavy lift. Which is a lawyer's way of saying there's probably not much the administration can actually do. My bet is that Trump just stops posting about it.Trump Can't Stop New York's Pied-À-Terre Tax This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

Nicholas "Harry" Callas reacts to the decisions from GM Omar Khan and the Steelers to extend the contracts of several young players who do not have much experience in NFL games yet.

Live from Identiverse 2026 in Las Vegas, Jeff and Jim sit down with Sachini Siriwardene, winner of this year's Kim Cameron Award, along with Ian Glazer of the Digital Identity Advancement Foundation (DIAF). Sachini shares how she moved from open banking API security into consumer identity work at a bank, and what led her to apply for the award named after identity pioneer Kim Cameron. Ian explains DIAF's mission to remove financial barriers to industry participation and previews the upcoming Vittorio Bertocci award for standards contributors. The conversation covers agentic AI and non-human identity governance, the AuthZen specification, continuous access management, and how practitioners can separate real AI capability from marketing hype. The group also swaps favorite hallway conversations from the show floor, including a discussion on extending the shared signals framework beyond RISC and CAPE, before wrapping with some very Vegas talk about the Sphere.Connect with Sachini: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sachini-siriwardene/Connect with Ian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglazer/Learn more about the Digital Identity Advancement Foundation: https://diaf.org/Connect with us on LinkedIn:Jim McDonald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmcdonaldpmp/Jeff Steadman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffsteadman/Visit the show on the web at http://idacpodcast.com00:00 - Cold open and conference banter01:35 - Jim's origin story with identity and Kim Cameron03:22 - Welcoming Sachini Siriwardene and Ian Glazer04:02 - Ian explains the Digital Identity Advancement Foundation05:54 - How Sachini got into identity through open banking08:46 - The moment identity clicked as mission critical09:47 - Agentic AI and non-human identity governance11:25 - Optimist or pessimist on AI and the job market14:45 - Applying for and winning the Kim Cameron Award15:41 - How DIAF selects award recipients17:21 - Standout sessions and the AuthZen specification18:36 - First impressions of Identiverse20:01 - Advice for future award applicants22:03 - Managing agentic identity in practice23:16 - Separating AI hype from real capability24:32 - Where the identity industry can improve27:08 - Acting fast without chasing hype28:05 - Favorite hallway conversations29:23 - Extending the shared signals framework30:39 - A D&D themed conference talk31:08 - Vegas talk and the Sphere experience34:19 - Wrap up and how to support DIAFIDAC, Identity at the Center, Jeff Steadman, Jim McDonald, Sachini Siriwardene, Ian Glazer, Identiverse 2026, Kim Cameron Award, Vittorio Bertocci Award, Digital Identity Advancement Foundation, DIAF, agentic AI, non-human identity, AuthZen, continuous access management, open banking, OAuth2, FAPI, shared signals framework

The Operational Blueprint for High-Yield Community Fitness: Efficient Systems, High-Touch Coaching, and Authentic Brand Growth with Dan KachtikIn a recent episode of The Thoughtful Entrepreneur Podcast, host Josh Elledge sat down with Dan Kachtik, Owner, Programmer, and Coach/Trainer at King William District CrossFit, to examine how local service businesses and fitness operators can build resilient, high-retention communities without sacrificing operational efficiency. Dan, a veteran fitness programmer and gym owner based in San Antonio, Texas, details how busy professionals and entrepreneurs can achieve peak physical condition with concise, highly structured training protocols. This conversation delivers an intentional blueprint for gym owners, fitness enthusiasts, and business leaders who want to leverage personalized coaching, implement high-touch nutrition systems, foster genuine community accountability, and utilize authentic media strategies to scale local brand authority.The Functional Fitness Engine: Streamlining Time-Efficient Workouts, High-Touch Nutrition, and Local Brand MarketingThe primary operational constraint preventing busy executives and founders from maintaining long-term physical health is a lack of time-efficient, structured workout systems that fit seamlessly into demanding professional schedules. Dan Kachtik explains that high-volume, multi-hour gym routines are inherently unsustainable for time-poor professionals, whereas constantly varied functional training delivers maximum physiological results in just three to four hours per week. By combining strength, gymnastics, and cardiovascular conditioning into concise, one-hour coached sessions, members achieve comprehensive physical fitness while mitigating burnout. Partnering this physical training with hands-on, expert coaching ensures that movements are modified safely for individual needs and past injuries, protecting long-term physical health and driving consistent member retention.Extending member results beyond physical gym walls requires an intentional shift toward high-touch digital nutrition support and flexible remote programming. Traditional, static meal plans routinely fail because they lack real-time accountability and fail to adapt to changing executive lifestyles or biological aging. By utilizing modern messaging channels to provide daily, real-time nutrition check-ins and developing custom remote programming tailored to available travel equipment, fitness operators can deliver personalized value anywhere in the world. This hybrid service model expands the business's market reach, ensuring clients maintain dietary discipline and training momentum even when traveling for high-stakes business operations.Furthermore, building long-term local market dominance demands that business owners replace expensive, impersonal digital advertising campaigns with authentic, story-driven media guesting. Appearing as a guest on local and niche podcasts allows gym owners and service providers to share real-world expertise, build immediate trust, and connect directly with high-value target audiences. While artificial intelligence and automated software can streamline administrative scheduling and backend communications, human accountability remains the non-negotiable core of client success and community building. When personalized coaching, daily high-touch nutrition support, inclusive community culture, and authentic podcast media strategies are synthesized into a single operational framework, business leaders eliminate customer acquisition friction, elevate member lifetime value, and predictably expand enterprise valuation.About Dan KachtikDan Kachtik is the Owner, Programmer, and Coach/Trainer at King William District CrossFit, a prominent fitness programmer, and an expert in functional strength and conditioning. Drawing from years of hands-on experience coaching busy professionals, business owners, and athletes in San Antonio, Texas, Dan specializes in building inclusive, high-retention fitness communities. He is a recognized health and business strategist focused on helping individuals optimize physical performance through efficient training, high-touch nutrition coaching, and authentic brand storytelling.About King William District CrossFitKing William District CrossFit is an elite functional fitness gym and health coaching facility engineered to deliver efficient, safe, and community-driven physical conditioning. The facility specializes in providing hands-on group CrossFit coaching, personalized injury-modification programming, high-touch daily nutrition counseling, and remote online fitness solutions. Through an inclusive environment and tailored fitness systems, King William District CrossFit enables busy professionals, parents, and entrepreneurs to optimize their health, build resilience, and achieve sustainable long-term fitness.Links Mentioned in This EpisodeKing William District CrossFit Official Website: kingwilliamdistrictcrossfit.comDan Kachtik on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dan-kachtikKey Episode HighlightsThe Time-Efficient Fitness Model: Achieving peak physical health with three to four hours of varied, functional training per week tailored for busy professionals.Injury-Free Adaptive Coaching: Modifying technical movements and scaling workout intensity to accommodate past injuries and ensure long-term physical safety.High-Touch Daily Nutrition Accountability: Utilizing real-time messaging and daily check-ins to help clients make sustainable dietary choices.Inclusive Community Retention Mechanics: Fostering member accountability and belonging to build a resilient, high-retention local business ecosystem.Organic Local Brand Building via Podcasting: Leveraging podcast guest appearances to share authentic stories, build authority, and attract local clients without heavy ad spend.ConclusionThe conversation with Dan Kachtik reinforces that scaling a successful fitness facility or personal health routine requires an intentional balance of efficient programming, high-touch accountability, and authentic human connection. By standardizing safety-first coaching protocols, offering flexible remote support, and engaging local audiences through genuine media channels, business leaders can transform an ordinary service business into a highly structured, self-sustaining community engine.More from The Thoughtful Entrepreneur

In this episode, we welcome Jay Risner to the studio. He is Lead Pastor of Faith Bible Church in Edmond, OK and the future Senior Pastor of a Faith Bible Church plant in NW Oklahoma City. In this interview, we discuss his pathway into ministry, what led him to Faith Bible Church, the challenges of doing ministry in a high income area where everyone thinks they're a Christian, the circumstances around the rapid expansion of Faith Bible, the issues that come along with “worship-music-focused churches”, why taking people back to the text is always the best plan for a teaching pastor, and much more. Let's get into it… Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Check out our SHOP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Athletic NBA Writer Law Murray joined OverDrive to discuss Kawhi Leonard's investigation, his future with the Clippers, the probe adding more elements, Steve Ballmer's position and if there is any supplemental discipline, if the trade does get voided, how he'd fit on the Raptors and more.

https://youtu.be/sOkqLZww1Rk Recorded Friday, July 10, 2026 In Episode 162 of the PetroNerds Podcast, Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds and Host of the PetroNerds Podcast, welcomes Doug Sandridge back to the show for a wide-ranging, unapologetically PetroNerdy conversation about nuclear power, electricity demand, energy security, and the global race for reliable energy. Doug is Senior Vice President of Fulcrum Energy Capital Funds, founder of Oil & Gas Executives for Nuclear Energy, an energy educator, and an adjunct instructor at the University of Oklahoma. This is Doug's second PetroNerds appearance, following Episode 132, Oil and Nuclear, recorded in April 2025. Key Takeaways The future is energy addition, not energy substitution. Rising electricity demand from artificial intelligence, data centers, manufacturing, and economic growth will require more nuclear, natural gas, and other reliable energy sources—not fewer. America’s nuclear industry is gaining momentum. Advanced reactor demonstrations, regulatory reforms, plant-life extensions, and supply-chain investments are laying the groundwork for long-term growth, even if those investments are not yet reflected in national electricity generation data. Protecting existing nuclear plants is the fastest path to expanding reliable power. Extending the lives of operating reactors and restarting facilities like the Crane Clean Energy Center and Palisades Nuclear Plant can strengthen grid reliability far sooner than building entirely new large-scale reactors. Natural gas and nuclear are complementary, not competing technologies. New nuclear projects require dependable natural gas generation while reactors are under construction, and growing electricity demand means both energy sources will likely operate side by side for decades. Reliable electricity depends on more than generation costs. Evaluating the true cost of electricity requires accounting for transmission, backup generation, storage, balancing services, and overall grid reliability—not simply the cost of producing power at a single facility. Trisha opens with the July 10 market backdrop: WTI at $71.58 per barrel, Brent at $76.04, Henry Hub natural gas at $2.94 per MMBtu, and the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.561 percent. Against that backdrop of geopolitical conflict, lower-than-expected oil prices, and rising borrowing costs, Trisha and Doug turn to the state of nuclear power in the United States.  Doug describes the nuclear industry as a duck that appears nearly stationary above the water while paddling furiously underneath. Although material growth in U.S. nuclear generation has yet to appear in the national electricity data, policy changes, regulatory work, pilot projects, supply-chain investments, plant-life extensions, and reactor demonstrations are creating the foundation for future growth. The two discuss the Department of Energy's Reactor Pilot Program and the four advanced reactor demonstrations that reached criticality by July 4, 2026—while emphasizing that achieving criticality is an important technology milestone, not the same thing as commercial electricity generation.  The conversation then turns to the lowest-hanging fruit in American nuclear energy: protecting the reactors already operating and restarting plants that were closed for economic or political reasons. Trisha and Doug examine the fight over Diablo Canyon in California, the importance of long-term operating certainty for fuel procurement and capital investment, and the broader consequences of removing reliable baseload generation before replacement power is available.  They also discuss the planned restart of the former Three Mile Island Unit 1—now the Crane Clean Energy Center—under a long-term power-purchase agreement with Microsoft; the effort to restart the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan; and the construction of TerraPower's Natrium advanced reactor project near Kemmerer, Wyoming. These projects demonstrate how rising power demand from artificial intelligence, data centers, manufacturing, and the broader economy is changing the economics of existing and new nuclear generation.  Doug explains that large AP1000 reactors, small modular reactors, and microreactors will not all serve the same markets or arrive on the same timetable. Reactor restarts and life extensions can affect the grid first. Small and advanced reactors may begin adding incremental generation later this decade, while a meaningful wave of large-reactor generation will take considerably longer. Trisha compares the nuclear timeline to the shale revolution: major energy-system changes require years of investment, infrastructure construction, market development, and operational learning before they become clearly visible in national data.  A central theme of the episode is that natural gas is not merely a temporary bridge to nuclear power. Nuclear developers need natural-gas generation to serve customers during the years between signing a power contract and bringing a reactor online. But with U.S. electricity demand growing, Doug argues that those gas plants are unlikely to be retired when the nuclear plants arrive. Instead, nuclear will be added to the system alongside natural gas and, where policymakers allow it, coal. This is not an energy transition based on substitution. It is an era of energy addition. Trisha and Doug then take the conversation global. They examine France's nuclear fleet, Germany's decision to close highly productive reactors, Belgium's attempt to preserve its plants, nuclear development in Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom's difficult energy position, and the relationship between energy costs and European deindustrialization. They contrast Europe's political and industrial challenges with China's long-term strategy of building coal, nuclear, transmission, manufacturing capacity, and energy redundancy simultaneously.  The episode closes with a discussion of the full-system cost of electricity. Wind and solar may appear inexpensive when evaluated only at the point of generation, but the grid must also pay for backup generation, transmission, balancing, storage, and duplicate capacity. Trisha and Doug discuss the consequences of these policies in California, Germany, and Colorado, including rising consumer electricity costs, coal-plant closures, restrictions on oil and gas development, and eliminating reliable generation.  This episode is ultimately about much more than nuclear power. It is about energy literacy, industrial capacity, economic competitiveness, national security, and the need for abundant, affordable, reliable, and redundant energy.

Strength and conditioning legend Christian Thibaudeau returns to share advanced training strategies for building muscle, improving performance, and programming with greater intent.Christian joins me to discuss:• Whether he feels pressure to remain visible and relevant on social media after a legendary coaching career• How experimenting with long-duration isometrics changed his training• What isometric training is and why it can be useful• The difference between overcoming and yielding isometrics• How to use overcoming isometrics in your own training• How to use yielding isometrics and loaded stretches• Applying isometrics safely and effectively with clients• Using pre-fatigue to improve muscular recruitment• Whether the eccentric phase is as important for muscle growth as we have been told• What newer research may suggest about eccentric training• The ideal tempo for productive training repetitions• Extending eccentric work beyond concentric failure• The tradeoff between muscle damage, recovery, and training stimulus• How eccentric overload can be misused• What training complexes are and how to program them• Using complexes to develop sport-specific qualities• How sled sprints can improve acceleration• What cluster sets are and how they can support muscle and strength gains• Overspeed drills, plyometrics, and the stretch reflex• Why every training method needs a clear purpose• And much moreFollow Christian on Instagram:@christian.thibaudeau.thibarmyCHAPTERS01:11 Staying Relevant Online04:00 A Breakthrough With Long Isometrics07:18 Pre-Fatigue and Muscular Recruitment12:01 Isometric Training Explained15:03 The Benefits of Overcoming Isometrics18:32 Yielding Isometrics and Loaded Stretching25:21 The Hypertrophy Plant Analogy32:29 Eccentrics and Chin-Ups34:09 Revisiting the Eccentric Research41:07 Finding the Ideal Rep Tempo44:51 Eccentric Training Beyond Failure46:53 Muscle Damage and Recovery Tradeoffs48:50 When Eccentric Overload Goes Wrong51:34 Training Complexes Explained55:57 Complexes for Sport-Specific Skills01:01:05 Sled Sprints for Acceleration01:07:31 Cluster Sets for Muscle Growth01:09:16 Overspeed and Fast Training Drills01:14:01 Programming With Intent01:17:04 Plyometrics and the Stretch Reflex01:19:01 Final Thoughts and Current ProjectsSUPPORT THE SHOWIf this episode gave you new ideas for using isometrics, eccentrics, complexes, or cluster sets:• Subscribe and check out more episodes• Share the episode on social media and tag @andrewcoatesfitness• Send it to a coach or lifter who enjoys experimenting with advanced training methodsFOLLOW ANDREW COATESInstagram: @andrewcoatesfitnesshttps://www.andrewcoatesfitness.comPARTNERS AND RESOURCESRP STRENGTH APPUse code COATESRP:https://www.rpstrength.com/coatesJUST BITE ME MEALSUse code ANDREWCOATESFITNESS for 10% off:https://justbitememeals.comMACROSFIRST — FREE PREMIUM TRIAL• Download MacrosFirst• Begin setting up your account• When asked, “How did you hear about us?” enter: ANDREWKNKG BAGS — 15% OFFhttps://www.knkg.com/Andrew59676VERSA GRIPPShttps://www.versagripps.com/andrewcoatesTRAINHEROIC — FREE 90-DAY TRIAL• Visit: https://www.trainheroic.com/liftfree• Reply to the email you receive or email trials@trainheroic.com• Let them know Andrew sent youL1 BIOMECHANICS AND ASSESSMENT COURSEUse code COATES:https://pro.activelifeprofessional.com/assessmentworkshopevents

Summary In this episode of Grit, Grace & Glitz, Erika Rothenberger sits down with networking expert, keynote speaker, and bestselling author Sean Hand to explore why awkwardness is actually a normal part of building relationships—and how anyone can become a more confident networker. Drawing from his 15 years in Big Four consulting and his bestselling book The Seven Secrets of Awkward Networking, Sean shares practical strategies for making conversations feel natural, memorable, and authentic. He explains why asking about someone's vacation is one of the most powerful networking questions, how to keep the spotlight on the other person, and why preparation creates confidence. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: Why networking feels awkward—and why that's completely normal. How confidence in networking is built through preparation and repetition. Sean's "WAVE" conversation framework for effortless conversations. Why asking about vacations creates deeper, safer conversations. How to keep the spotlight on the other person while leading the conversation. Simple ways to build meaningful relationships instead of transactional connections. How AI is changing networking—and why authentic human connection matters more than ever. Tips for creating an authentic personal brand on LinkedIn. Why consistency is the secret to building trust on social media. The importance of extending yourself grace after awkward moments. How self-confidence and forgiveness improve relationships and professional growth. Episode Timeline 01:55 – Why Sean created The Awkward Networker 04:30 – Confidence comes from practicing uncomfortable situations 05:35 – Sean's WAVE networking framework 06:30 – The "Vacation Question" that instantly improves conversations 11:20 – Why listening gives you more control than talking 13:20 – AI, networking, and the future of authentic communication 18:10 – Building a genuine personal brand on LinkedIn 22:45 – The importance of consistency on social media 24:00 – Using LinkedIn research before networking events 26:00 – Embracing awkward moments with humor 27:35 – Becoming your own biggest supporter 29:00 – Extending grace to others and strengthening relationships 31:20 – Final thoughts and closing message Where to Find Sean: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanhand/ Connect with your host, Erika: LinkedIn (primary) https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikarothenberger IG https://www.instagram.com/erikalearothenberger?igsh=MmhjeTRhbnB1aXM2 FB https://www.facebook.com/share/69wqEYVzFKKnci9u/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Monson of the Check the Mic Podcast joins Afternoon Drive on The Fan. He talks about the Browns quarterback battle, the talent on offense around whoever wins the competition, Mason Graham's rookie season, and more.

Regardless of what Iowa fans say, extending the Cy-Hawk game is great for both parties. Jake Brend makes the case to take some notes from Kirk Ferentz. Presented by Wyffles Hyrbids in the Northwest Bank Studios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most people think this breakfast food is healthy, but it's actually one of the worst breakfast foods you could eat. Discover the worst breakfast foods for your health and the healthiest breakfast to eat instead.0:00 The worst breakfast foods0:21 Whole-grain cereal2:16 Whole wheat side effects2:51 Phytic acid3:27 Gut inflammation and whole grain cereals 6:44 What is the best breakfast?8:29 No breakfast benefits9:20 Protein breakfast