Podcasts about Fair Lawn

Send us a textWe welcome back one of the hottest and consistently top ranked Men's College Basketball Teams around as Zips Men's Basketball Coach John Groce joins us on the latest Full Court Press : A College Basketball Coaches Show to talk about the upcoming MAC Tournament, his love for Starbucks in Fairlawn, Ohio and the song that best describes him. Great episode as always and big fans of Coach Groce!Our NCAA coverage brings you the latest College Hoops news and tournament predictions, with exclusive insights from our experienced team at the Full Court Network.

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Guest: Amy Zembriski, MBA, MS, CCC-SLPEarn 0.1 ASHA CEU for this episode with Speech Therapy PD: https://www.speechtherapypd.com/course?name=Neurodiversity-Affirming-Feeding-Therapy-Where-do-I-StartIn this episode of First Bite, host Michelle Dawson introduces a valuable conversation between Erin Forward and Amy Zimbrisky, a seasoned speech therapist specializing in neurodiversity affirming feeding therapy. After highlighting insights from the Feeding Matters Conference, Erin and Amy delve into practical strategies for beginning feeding therapy with neurodiverse children. They discuss creating a safe and welcoming environment, the importance of caregiver education, and the significance of understanding each child's unique relationship with food. Amy shares her personal journey in overcoming challenges and learning to support her clients in a more holistic and relationship-based manner, emphasizing the significance of autonomy and trust. Tune in to learn how to build therapeutic strategies personalized for each child, utilize AAC effectively, and foster a positive mealtime experience. Episode Timeline: 00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview00:41 Feeding Matters Conference Highlights01:31 Creating a Safe Space for Feeding Therapy03:33 Personal Reflections and Announcements05:25 Introduction to Amy Zembrisky07:16 Amy's Journey in Feeding Therapy11:44 Building Trust and Autonomy in Feeding Therapy15:29 Caregiver Education and Support17:44 The Importance of Routine and Flexibility35:28 Validating Caregiver Concerns36:44 Navigating Social Media Judgments on Parenting37:51 Understanding Children's Food Preferences38:54 The Importance of Flexibility in Feeding Therapy40:24 Building Trust and Safety in Therapy42:10 Case Study: Engaging a Child in Mealtime43:42 Personalizing Therapy Approaches47:45 The Role of Caregivers in Feeding Therapy58:12 Advice for New Therapists01:00:55 Resources and Mentorship01:05:19 Conclusion and Contact InformationAbout the Guest: Amy Zembriski, MBA, MS, CCC-SLP is a certified speech language pathologist with an extensive background working in a variety of settings, including acute care, skilled nursing facilities, schools, early intervention, and private practice. Additionally, she has had past experience working as an adjunct professor supervising graduate students during their diagnostic clinical practicum. She is the owner of Speech Therapy Connections in Fair Lawn, NJ, where she specializes in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and gestalt language processing; Amy offers expert support for families with autistic children. Her passion lies in educating and empowering both professionals and families through neurodiversity-affirming practices.

Send us a textIn this engaging episode of Greetings from the Garden State, host Mike Ham welcomes Tory Anne Daines of Fair Panic (with a special guest appearance by Duck the dog!) to discuss the band's evolution, new EP release, and upcoming live shows. From Tory's early musical influences and opera/violin roots to wild tales from hardcore and country gigs, this conversation is filled with heartfelt stories and raw insights into the New Jersey music scene.Key Topics & HighlightsFair Panic's Evolution & Unique SoundLearn how Fair Panic's eclectic alt-rock sound has evolved over time.Discover humorous anecdotes—like the “kick 'em out” story that led to the current band lineup.New EP Release & Track InsightsGet the scoop on Fair Panic's first new original music since 2018.Explore the significance of standout tracks: Entirely True, Oh My, and Love Could.Hear about creative processes, production with John Agnello, and even a jazz single version of Entirely True.Behind-the-Scenes Stories from the RoadTory shares her early musical journey from opera rehearsals to playing violin on a tissue box.Relive an unforgettable live show moment—20 minutes hiding in a dish cupboard during a snowed-in gig.Insights into the New Jersey Music & Live SceneDiscussions about the dedication, sacrifices, and the obsessive passion needed in the music industry.Upcoming live shows include Stoshes in Fairlawn, a release party at Stash's, and a Bowery Electric performance.Personal Reflections & Music Industry WisdomTory's honest reflections on balancing a stage persona with personal identity.Stories of loss, friendship, and growth within the dynamic world of music.Sponsors & Shout-OutsPowered by the New Jersey LotteryMayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC): Explore world-class concerts, comedy, and family events at mayoarts.org.Meghan Carroll of Re Max Elite: For expert real estate advice in Monmouth or Ocean counties. Call 732-508-7402 or visit mcsellsbythec.com.Connect with Fair PanicInstagram: Follow Fair Panic for updates and behind-the-scenes content.SpotifyAdditional Info: Reach out on Instagram for personal responses and to get the full link tree.Final ThoughtsMike Ham and Tory Anne Daines wrap up the episode by reflecting on the journey of Fair Panic and the powerful stories behind each new track. Whether you're a longtime fan or discovering Fair Panic for the first time, this episode offers an insider's look at the raw energy and passion driving the New Jersey music scene. Support the show

Episode 180 - Feb. 9th, 2025 - Horrible Decisions  - Violation Counter Ceddy - 10 x DJ Intence - An ANGEL of 0  - DJ Intence & Ceddy Ced Outtings  - The Railyard, Fairlawn, NJ & The Straphangers, Hackensack, NJ  - Super Bowl 59 Recap with Philadelphia Eagles vs Kansas City Chiefs  - Chiefs OLine was AWFUL & Offensively Offensive  - The On The Rekord Podcast Crew RANT for Saquon Barkley against The New York Giants next SEASON…. - Kendrick Lamar Half-Time Show Recap  - Audible b/c of Laura Bobert Tweet & What's SOUNDING?  - What happened to the good ole days of just NORMAL ADULT ACTIVITIES?!?!?  - Elon Musk, FAFO & Regret certain voters have had for Voting For Donald Trump. Also a FUN Fact about NPR  - Dan Snyder Hating On The Washington Commanders Success  - AUDIBLE - Wise Guys Segment - Kansas City Chiefs Reporter Found Dead In Hotel, & Suspect Caught  - Wise Guys Segment - Black History Month Represents Of Former Sega President Stan Thomas (The 1st Gaming Streaming Service called Sega Channel)  - Wise Guys Segment - STORY TIME…..Guy starts dating a DANCER & has issues with her…. - Wise Guys Segment - Ceddy Ced of always knowing your Situationships & When to STAY or BOUNCE…. - Why ADULT NIGHT LIFE is suffering? Its due to LACK of Professionalism in THE NIGHT LIFE setting….

It's Monday, December 2nd, A.D. 2024. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Mexican Baptists displaced again Do you remember the story about a group of 151 Christians, including over seventy children and babies, from the Great Commission Baptist Church in southern Mexico's Hidalgo state? They had been forced out of their villages in April 2024 because of their religious beliefs. Then, they were later permitted to return home. Well, on November 21st the Baptists have been displaced again because local authorities reneged on an agreement allowing them to move back into their homes, reports Church in Chains. Village authorities had forced the Baptists out of the neighboring villages by cutting off electricity and water, vandalizing their church building, and blocking access to some of their homes. The group lived in very difficult circumstances until state and municipal officials brokered an agreement in September between village authorities and the Baptists, allowing them to return home. Electricity and water were reconnected, they were promised state aid if needed, and village authorities agreed to uphold freedom of religion or belief for all. Sadly, village authorities reneged on the agreement. The Baptists are living in tents while they wait to receive government aid. British Parliament votes for pro-euthanasia bill The British Parliament has voted in favor of a bill permitting doctors to help patients kill themselves, reports LifeSiteNews.com. In a 330-275 vote, they advanced the highly controversial assisted dying legislation, so-called “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill” that allows doctors to euthanize their patients under certain conditions. Kamala Harris' self-congratulatory phone call with donors and activists Appearing on News Nation, Lindy Li, who served on the Harris National Finance Committee, complained about an oddly self-congratulatory 25-minute phone call with Kamala Harris. LI: “She actually held two calls, one for her top donors and one for grassroots. I was speaking and texting with fellow attendees of the call, and we were amazed by how self congratulatory the tone was. The call was about 20-30 minutes. “I don't recall anyone taking responsibility for the fact that we spent about $2 billion across the super PAC and the campaign, and came up so significantly short.  We lost seven swing states.” When asked to provide more detail on the self-congratulatory tone, Li said this. LI: “They praised Harris as a visionary leader. I believe at one moment during the call she was talking about her Thanksgiving recipe. I think I was stunned to hear that, given just the extent and brutality of the loss, and the fact that DNC staffers, at least two-thirds, have been fired summarily. And a lot of them are at a loss as to what to do. “I'm just frankly stunned that there was no sort of postmortem or an analysis of how we can do better, what sort of lessons were learned. It was really just patting each other on the back, congratulating each other on, I'm not sure what, and saying we'll see you for Christmas.” 2024 presidential news coverage most tilted to Democrat nominee ever The 2024 presidential campaign made history in at least one humiliating respect: Broadcast evening news coverage of the candidates was the most wildly imbalanced in history.  It favored Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris over former Republican President Donald Trump by the greatest margin ever recorded, reports NewsBusters.org. The final Media Research Center study, released on October 28th, showed evaluative coverage of Harris — excluding “horse race” assessments — on ABC, CBS and NBC was 78% positive vs. 22% negative. For Trump, those numbers were flipped: just 15% positive press vs. 85% negative coverage. Subtracting Trump's positive press from Harris's positive press, the advantage to the Democratic nominee was 63 points, the greatest in the modern media age. Kay Jewelers fires Christian associate over affirmation of Biblical sexuality Mika Cohen was fired from her position as Assistant Manager for Kay Jewelers in Fairlawn, Ohio, for sharing her Christian beliefs with a co-worker after repeatedly being asked to do so, reports the American Center for Law and Justice which is representing the Christian. While working at Kay Jewelers in June 2023, Ms. Cohen's co-worker repeatedly pressed her to articulate her view on homosexual Pride Month.  While Cohen initially chose not to answer the pointed question, she finally shared her opinion in the employee lunch room, affirming  God's definition of marriage and sexuality.   Proverbs 28:1 says, “The righteous are as bold as a lion.” Despite the fact that there was no quarrel or hostility, Cohen was shocked a few weeks later when an HR investigator at Kay Jewelers informed her that allegations regarding inappropriate discussions of religion at work had been filed against her. Later, a Kay Jewelers manager told Cohen that she had been fired for “talking about God at work.”  She was asked to pack up her things and leave. Christian talk show host Todd Starnes said, “It certainly appears as though Cohen is the victim of a setup by a pro-LGBT staffer. To make matters even worse, it appears as though Kay Jewelers is anti-Christian. Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but Kay Jewelers is certainly no friend to Christians.” Kirk Cameron reinvents kids' TV with Biblical values And finally, Kirk Cameron and Brave Books have launched a new venture into children's entertainment, a show the "Growing Pains" actor hopes becomes a significant, Bible-based player in the battle for children's hearts and minds, reports The Christian Post. Cameron hopes the new series called "Adventures with Iggy and Mr. Kirk"  will fill a critical void in children's programming as it blends moral lessons with family-friendly adventures. The series will be available to stream for free on Brave Books' YouTube channel in early 2025. The "Left Behind" star said that he's heard repeatedly from parents that they are "tired of all the indoctrination and the subverting of good, wholesome family values we're seeing from Disney and Nickelodeon." Cameron added, "We want to be one of the tools in their toolbox to help reinforce the lessons that they're already teaching at home, lessons about forgiveness, about the value of all life, pre-born life, disabled life and elderly life. We want to teach kids about courage, about the importance of family and teamwork, and facing your fears." The series follows a puppet named Iggy, a green Iguana, and his mentor, Mr. Kirk (played by Cameron), on adventures that teach Biblical values through engaging storytelling. With a production team featuring veterans from "VeggieTales" and "The Muppets," along with former Disney star Leigh-Allyn Baker, the show aims to rival the quality of mainstream entertainment while offering a distinctly Christian-based perspective. Luke 18:16 says, “Let the children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, December 2nd, in the year of our Lord 2024. Subscribe by Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Send us a textIs voting third party a wasted effort, or does it hold the potential to reshape the political landscape? Join us as we navigate this perennial debate on Election Day, where one of us casted his vote for Peter Sonsky from the American Solidarity Party, sparking a lively discussion on third-party voting. We consider how these votes can spotlight alternative policies and challenge the overpowering factions of the present political landscape. Through the lens of Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative, we question if voting your conscience could lead to a more diverse political arena. Despite differing viewpoints, there's a shared acknowledgment of the hurdles the two-party system and monetary influence present in American politics.St. Hillary's in Fairlawn is this week's Church Search. Readings for the 32nd Sunday in OT are here.With gratitude for our country and optimism for its future, we wrap up with a reminder of the enduring sovereign presence of Jesus Christ, regardless of who leads politically. 

New Song: "Together Again" #Kolisha YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESSraPI2vJA Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2pFt5drG98vA3iSZz1JVdL?si=5b323f0d276c45fa   Message Franciska to share how a specific episode has impacted YOU. franciskakay@gmail.com     Navigating ADHD: Insights, Strategies, and Community Support with Dr. Sara Markowitz   In this episode of the Jewish Coffee Podcast, the host introduces a heartfelt new song dedicated to hostage families before welcoming Dr. Sara Markowitz, a clinical psychologist and co-author of 'Kosher ADHD'. The conversation explores the multifaceted nature of ADHD and its impact on the Jewish community. Dr. Markowitz shares her extensive background and discusses comprehensive treatment approaches, including the role of medication, developmentally attuned parenting, and the significance of fostering self-esteem and self-control in children. The episode delves into practical strategies like the 'Five Ps' approach: Perspective, Planning, Practicing, Performing, and Praising, and emphasizes the importance of mindfulness, compassion, and community support. Listeners gain valuable insights into balancing expectations, setting appropriate goals, and understanding the challenges faced by individuals with ADHD.   00:00 Introduction and New Song Announcement 01:04 Welcoming the Guest: Dr. Sarah Markowitz 01:14 Understanding ADHD: Personal and Professional Insights 04:38 The Role of Medication in ADHD Treatment 10:21 Developmentally Attuned Parenting for ADHD 22:10 Setting Specific Goals for Children 23:04 Balancing Expectations in Jewish Parenting 25:03 Understanding Individual Development 28:24 Encouraging Children's Strengths 32:04 Managing ADHD in a Stimulating World 37:19 Personal Reflections and Strategies 39:14 Concluding Thoughts and Community Support   Buy The Book: https://www.amazon.com/Kosher-ADHD-Surviving-Thriving-Torah-Observant/dp/B0CLY8TNB8   Listen to the episode on Orthodox Conundrum: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overcoming-the-eisav-complex-raising-orthodox-adhd/id1289716034?i=1000646809711   About Our Guest: Dr. Sara Markowitz, Ph.D. has achieved an incredible amount, in large part due to her personal “ADHD” superpowers.  In addition to obtaining a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Farleigh Dickinson University, Dr. Markowitz is is the founding director of an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for Jewish Women at Achieve Behavioral Health, the largest behavioral health center serving the greater Jewish community. Dr. Markowitz continues to develop curriculum and measure clinical outcome research for ADHD parenting groups and integration of ADHD individuals within the Jewish community.  She has developed curricula, currently utilized in schools and families focusing on overcoming challenges of multiple origins. In addition to her formal professional activities, Dr. Markowitz is a mother to five awesome children and is the Rebbetzin of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fairlawn, New Jersey.   Check out: www.JewishCoffeeHouse.com for more Jewish Podcasts on our network.

TorahWeb.org event, Sept. 8, 2024, Fair Lawn, NJ

TorahWeb.org event, Sept. 8, 2024, Fair Lawn, NJ

It couldn’t happen but it did. Now, we have to survive.By ronde, in 3 parts. Listen to the ► podcast at Connected.I’d learned how to field dress an animal from Dad, but not how to cut it into steaks and roasts. As far back as I could remember, Dad had always taken his deer and the steer he killed every fall to a locker plant in town to be cut up and packaged. Mom said when they were starting out, they did that all themselves to save money and Christy said she’d watched her grandpa butcher several steers and thought she remembered what to do. Between them cutting and me carrying, it took us a whole day to get the steer cut up into manageable pieces and down in my freezer room.I figured that steer had stretched our food supply by at least six months, and it broke the ice, so to speak. I planned on killing a steer or an older cow every winter after that. If things got turned around, I’d just pay the rancher for the beef. If they didn’t, well, we needed the meat to survive and the rancher apparently didn’t. About half the herd were cows, so there would be calves born the next spring. According to Christy, we’d have to watch which bull we let breed each cow, but if we kept half dozen bull calves, the herd would be self-sustaining. Over the summer, our meat would be beef stretched with rabbits, pheasants, and fish.Reproduction.We settled into a sort of routine for the rest of the winter. If it was sunny, I’d take my solar panels outside to charge the battery pack while Mom and Christy made breakfast. While I was outside, I’d see if there was anything on the radio. Usually there wasn’t. Even the ham radio operators seemed to have gone quiet.After breakfast, Mom and Christy would clean up the bunker or heat some water and wash our clothes. I’d take an axe and go split firewood or drive my truck into the trees to find some dead wood to carry back to the bunker. Once a week, we’d heat enough water that the three of us could take a shower.I was happy that Mom and Christy got along so well for two reasons. Mom really needed another woman for company and so did Christy. They spent most days helping each other and talking about everything under the sun.The other reason was now that I wasn’t working my ass off at Ellison, I had some time to think about the future, not whether the world would ever be the same again, but about my personal future. Was this all there was to my future, to spend the rest of my life in an underground bunker and then die without leaving anything behind? That’s what it was looking like more and more every day.It was good that I had Mom there to talk to about it. She understood.“I know what you mean. I used to worry about that when your dad and I were starting out. All we had was a few cattle and each other. If we’d died, nobody would have cared. It was after you were born I understood what my legacy would be. It would be you. That’s every mother’s legacy - her children.”I said there wasn’t much of a chance of that happening, at least in the near future, but Mom just grinned.“What if I told you that Christy thinks you’re a pretty great guy? She does, you know. She’s just too modest to tell you. If what you’ve been telling me is true, she might be your only chance. I can tell you that you could do a lot worse. Don’t you like Christy?”I did like Christy. She wasn’t movie star beautiful, but she was still pretty, and I liked her personality. Because she was wearing Mom’s clothes and they didn’t fit, it was hard to tell much about the rest of her, but she looked pretty normal to me. She was also pretty practical about things just like I was, and she seemed to be adapting to what we now called life.What Mom said about Christy liking me started to bring some things into focus too. Often, even though it was really cold when I went outside to do something, Christy would put on her coat and come out with me. Sometimes she’d just sit with me and other times, if the horses were close, she’d call to them and get them to come up to her. I thought she only did this to get some fresh air, but maybe she was trying to tell me something.I told Mom I did like Christy, but even if we decided we fit together, it wouldn’t do any good because there was no way we could get married. Mom just smiled.“In case you’ve forgotten what your dad told you, you don’t have to be married to have children. I promised your dad I’d never tell you this, but I think he’d understand. Teddy, you were born six and a half months after your dad and I were married. We went to Vegas and he paid the minister fifty dollars to backdate the marriage license so our parents wouldn’t know. With things like they are right now, I don’t see why you and Christy should have to be married. She’s living with you right now. If things get back to normal, you can get married then. In the meantime, you can give Christy her legacy. Your legacy too.”Well, I never thought I’d hear anything like that from my mother, but the more I thought about it, she was right. I'd  read somewhere that if the electricity was out for a year, most of the people in the metropolitan areas would die either from lack of food or because of disease or riots. Anybody who was left would be the ones to repopulate the U S, and they’d most likely be in the rural areas of the country. The problem was I didn’t know how to ask Christy how she felt. She might think I was telling her she had to have sex with me in order to stay with us.Mom solved that problem by asking Christy for me, though I didn’t know it until Christy came out of the bunker one day while I was listening for anything on the radio. She sat down beside me and didn’t say anything for a while. Then, she reached over and touched me on the arm.“Ted, your mother asked me a funny question this morning. She asked me if I’d ever thought about having kids. I told her I wanted at least two, but that probably wasn’t going to happen now. She said it could happen if I wanted it to happen. I think she was talking about you and me.”I nodded.“She was. She had about the same conversation with me a couple days ago. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to make you think you had to do that to stay here. You don’t need to worry about that, by the way. I’d never turn you out.”“That’s what your mother told me too. Sometimes I wonder about what will happen in the future though. Do you think they’ll get things fixed and life will get back to normal? What will we do if it doesn’t?I stopped tuning the radio and turned to Christy."I don’t want to scare you, but we’ve been here for almost four months and it doesn’t look to me like anything’s changed. I haven’t seen a light anywhere since that day, and I haven’t seen anyone since that day you jumped in my truck. If there was a quick fix, the power companies would have already done it and they’d be back on line by now."I think the equipment damage must have been pretty extensive, and the problem is a lot of the equipment that keeps the grid running isn’t sitting somewhere on the shelf. It’ll have to be made from scratch somewhere where the electricity is still on because most of the manufacturing process is computer controlled. Even if the equipment does exist somewhere, that would only let a tiny little part of the grid start back up. It took almost a hundred years to get the grid to the state it was before. Getting the entire grid working again could take almost that long."I don’t know when or if things will ever be what we used to call normal. What I do know is that if nothing changes, we’ll find a way to survive here, all three of us. I don’t know what that way is yet, but we’ll find it.”Christy surprised me with her next statement.“If we’re going to live together for a long time, wouldn’t it be natural for us to really live together? I mean, I like you and I think you like me. We seem to work together pretty well. I got married the first time based on less.”I put down the radio.“Are you saying we should start living like man and wife?”Christy grinned.“Unless you don’t want me.”Christy's Initiative.That night, Mom went to bed but Christy stayed up until I’d banked the fire in the stove and started turning off the lights. When I asked her why she was still awake, she just smiled.“I thought maybe tonight would be our first night together. If you don’t want that, I’ll go sleep with your mother, but if you do?”Christy pulled the sweater over her head and tossed it on the table. Evidently Mom’s bras were too big for Christy because she wasn’t wearing one. Her breasts weren’t as small as I’d thought, probably because she hadn’t been holding them up with anything.I hadn’t said anything yet, so Christy looked up at me and smiled.“You better tell me now so I can get under the blankets and not freeze.”I was pretty stunned by what she’d done, so I couldn’t talk. Christy grinned again.“I guess you don’t know yet, so maybe this will convince you.”With that, she pulled down the pants she was wearing and I saw that apparently Mom’s panties didn’t fit Christy either. I also saw that Christy hadn’t shaved since I brought her to the bunker. The pale blonde hair on her arm pits, mound and legs was hard to see, but it was there.Christy kicked off her shoes and then walked over to the fold out couch, pulled back the blankets, and climbed in. She looked up then and held out her arms.“Don’t make me wait too long or I’ll fall asleep.”That first time with Christy was an experience I will never forget. When I took off my clothes and slipped under the blankets, she snuggled up to me and hooked one leg over mine.“Umm”, she murmured. “This is a lot nicer than sleeping with your mother. I couldn’t snuggle with her.”I had to admit that it wasn’t just nice, it was great. I was feeling Christy’s soft breasts against my side and her smooth inner thigh was lightly touching my cock. She felt it start to rise and ran her hand down my belly until she was holding it.Then she giggled. “You don’t know how many times I’ve thought about this, about what it would be like. I think I’m going to like it a lot.”That night was probably typical of any newlywed couple’s first night. It was more exploration and learning than anything else. Christy surprised me by being more active than the other two partners I’d had.She didn’t take charge or anything like that. She let me set the pace, but she wasn’t backward either. When I stroked her breasts, she sighed and wiggled close enough I felt the hair on her mound against my leg. When I lightly stroked her nipples, they stiffened and she reached for my cock again.When Christy started rubbing her mound against my leg, I slipped one hand down between us until I felt hair, then gently moved it down until I felt the separation of her lips. Christy opened her thighs then, and moaned when I slipped a fingertip between her soft lips. After the moan, she whispered, “Kiss me, Ted”.When I did, for a second I felt her lips against mine, but then I felt her tongue trying to slip between my teeth. She moaned again when our tongues met, and I felt her push herself into the finger stroking between her thighs. When that caused my finger to slip down to her entrance, Christy caught her breath and gave my cock a few more strokes.She was wetter than I had expected when I slowly slipped that finger inside her. When I pulled it back out, I stroked up to the little button at the top of her lips. When I gently rubbed the tip, Christy broke our kiss and whispered, “I think I’m ready”.She didn’t roll over and spread her legs. Instead, she gently guided my cock down as she wiggled up a little further, pushed it up and down between her lips a little, and then positioned my cock head at her entrance. She pushed her body toward my cock at the same time I pushed toward her. When my cock slipped inside her a little, Christy moaned and pushed harder.She wasn’t wet enough that my cock went home on that first try, so I eased back out almost all the way and then pushed in again. My cock slipped through the tight spot just inside her and Christy caught her breath. I pulled out, then pushed back in again, and this time, kept pushing until I felt hair around the base of my cock. Christy put her hand on my ass and held me there for a few seconds, then eased away.That’s how it went for a while. Christy met my strokes and rocked herself into me at the end of every stroke. If I kissed the nipple I could reach, she’d gasp and push a little harder. When I managed to suck that nipple into my mouth, Christy murmured, “Oh God, I forgot what that does to me.”I’d forgotten what it feels like to have my cock buried inside a very willing woman as well. It was either that or I’d never been with a woman as willing as Christy. I knew I’d never been with a woman who was as actively engaged or who was getting to her peak so fast. I was getting there really fast too. It had been so long that all that desire had built up until it was about to explode.Christy got there first. I was slowly stroking away when she gasped, then held her breath, and started rocking herself over my cock. That put me in a position where I couldn’t hold back anymore. I groaned when Christy cried out and started to shake as the first spasm raced through her. Seed flew out the tip of my cock and deep inside her. I pulled back out a little, but Christy held my hip and gasped as another wave shook her.That happened twice more before I was laying there and panting and felt my cock being squeezed inside Christy’s writhing body as little contractions kept making her jerk. Even when she calmed down, she didn’t pull away. She held me tight inside her, kissed me sensuously, and then whispered, “I think this is going to work out just fine.”I can’t honestly say when I fell asleep or if Christy moved off me after I did. When I woke up the next morning, she was in the same position, one leg over me, and with her breasts against my side. When I opened my eyes, I saw she was awake.Christy fluttered her eyelashes at me and grinned.“Your mom will be up pretty soon, so we probably shouldn’t start anything, but I wish we could.”She kissed me then, just a soft kiss, and then got up and dressed. By the time Mom came out, Christy had the stove warmed up and the coffeepot was percolating. Mom looked at me, winked, and then smiled. She knew what we’d done, and she was happy about it.Mated.Our lives changed after that day. Christy and I got closer every day. It wasn’t the sex, though that was fantastic. It was because I let myself see her as a woman I was starting to love instead of just a woman I’d accidentally rescued from some serious trouble. I guess it was what I overheard my grandma once say - that in her day, people got married to share the work and have children and that love came later.We didn’t make love every night. It depended upon what we did during the day. If Christy and Mom were doing the laundry or if I was splitting more firewood, we were usually pretty tired and just went to sleep. Whether we made love or not, I was starting to realize I could never let Christy go.By May, I started thinking about our food supply again. We were still doing all right, thanks to the beef I’d killed, but what we really needed was some fresh vegetables. Christy had insisted we take a vitamin C and vitamin D tablet every day, but she said fresh vegetables and fruit would be better. I remembered that Mom had always had a garden and that’s what we needed now. When I told her about my seeds, Mom agreed.“If you can dig up a garden, we can raise enough vegetables to see us through the next winter. I used to can a lot of what I raised in my garden. I can’t bottle anything here, but I used to dry tomatoes outside in the sun. We could try drying things like green beans and peppers. Things like beets and carrots and squash will keep all winter if you keep them cool.May was too early to start a garden, but the weather was getting warm enough for another idea that had been filling my mind. I wanted to go back to Rapid City to see what was going on. I didn’t intend to take any risks. I was just curious about how many people were still alive and what they were doing. If I had a chance, I’d check some grocery stores to see if anything was left.Christy also liked the idea."I’d like to see if I can get into my apartment and get some of my clothes and other things. If you think it’s too dangerous, I won’t push the idea, but it would be nice to have clothes that fit.”I had no idea what we might find in Rapid City, so I was against taking Christy with me. She argued that she could take care of herself as well as I could. When I asked her how she’d manage to do that since she hadn’t that day at Fairlawn, she shrugged.“I didn’t have any way to fight back that day except to run. My grandpa taught me to shoot a rifle and a pistol, so give me one of yours. Besides, if you should get hurt, how will you take care of yourself? I’m a nurse, remember? I can do that.”I did make Christy prove to me that she knew how to handle a firearm, and she did just fine with my Sig and with my pump shotgun. I spent some time on my battery-charging rig charging up my truck battery, and when I got done, my truck started. A day later, we put my bug-out bag in my pickup and after making sure Mom locked up everything, Christy and I drove to Rapid City.Itinerary.We decided to go to Christy’s apartment first since we could get her clothes and anything else she wanted pretty fast. After that, we’d go to a couple grocery stores that were on the outskirts of town. I didn’t want to go anywhere near Ellsworth or the city proper. Everything I'd  read said if there was a problem the major population centers were where that problem would be.I wasn’t really surprised that we didn’t see any vehicles on the road or even people walking. What I'd  read was that by now, five months after the power went out, most people would either be dead or had moved to someplace where there was food and shelter. My guess was the U S government had set up Ellsworth as a refugee center and that’s where most of the people would be.They apparently weren’t all there, though. When we started walking up to Christy’s apartment, I heard a gunshot and the dirt off to my left splattered onto my pants and jacket. The voice that came from somewhere in the building sounded both scared and angry.“Just turn around and go back to wherever the hell you came from. If you don’t, I’ll shoot you both dead before you take another step.

It couldn’t happen but it did. Now, we have to survive.By ronde, in 3 parts. Listen to the ► podcast at Connected.I’d learned how to field dress an animal from Dad, but not how to cut it into steaks and roasts. As far back as I could remember, Dad had always taken his deer and the steer he killed every fall to a locker plant in town to be cut up and packaged. Mom said when they were starting out, they did that all themselves to save money and Christy said she’d watched her grandpa butcher several steers and thought she remembered what to do. Between them cutting and me carrying, it took us a whole day to get the steer cut up into manageable pieces and down in my freezer room.I figured that steer had stretched our food supply by at least six months, and it broke the ice, so to speak. I planned on killing a steer or an older cow every winter after that. If things got turned around, I’d just pay the rancher for the beef. If they didn’t, well, we needed the meat to survive and the rancher apparently didn’t. About half the herd were cows, so there would be calves born the next spring. According to Christy, we’d have to watch which bull we let breed each cow, but if we kept half dozen bull calves, the herd would be self-sustaining. Over the summer, our meat would be beef stretched with rabbits, pheasants, and fish.Reproduction.We settled into a sort of routine for the rest of the winter. If it was sunny, I’d take my solar panels outside to charge the battery pack while Mom and Christy made breakfast. While I was outside, I’d see if there was anything on the radio. Usually there wasn’t. Even the ham radio operators seemed to have gone quiet.After breakfast, Mom and Christy would clean up the bunker or heat some water and wash our clothes. I’d take an axe and go split firewood or drive my truck into the trees to find some dead wood to carry back to the bunker. Once a week, we’d heat enough water that the three of us could take a shower.I was happy that Mom and Christy got along so well for two reasons. Mom really needed another woman for company and so did Christy. They spent most days helping each other and talking about everything under the sun.The other reason was now that I wasn’t working my ass off at Ellison, I had some time to think about the future, not whether the world would ever be the same again, but about my personal future. Was this all there was to my future, to spend the rest of my life in an underground bunker and then die without leaving anything behind? That’s what it was looking like more and more every day.It was good that I had Mom there to talk to about it. She understood.“I know what you mean. I used to worry about that when your dad and I were starting out. All we had was a few cattle and each other. If we’d died, nobody would have cared. It was after you were born I understood what my legacy would be. It would be you. That’s every mother’s legacy - her children.”I said there wasn’t much of a chance of that happening, at least in the near future, but Mom just grinned.“What if I told you that Christy thinks you’re a pretty great guy? She does, you know. She’s just too modest to tell you. If what you’ve been telling me is true, she might be your only chance. I can tell you that you could do a lot worse. Don’t you like Christy?”I did like Christy. She wasn’t movie star beautiful, but she was still pretty, and I liked her personality. Because she was wearing Mom’s clothes and they didn’t fit, it was hard to tell much about the rest of her, but she looked pretty normal to me. She was also pretty practical about things just like I was, and she seemed to be adapting to what we now called life.What Mom said about Christy liking me started to bring some things into focus too. Often, even though it was really cold when I went outside to do something, Christy would put on her coat and come out with me. Sometimes she’d just sit with me and other times, if the horses were close, she’d call to them and get them to come up to her. I thought she only did this to get some fresh air, but maybe she was trying to tell me something.I told Mom I did like Christy, but even if we decided we fit together, it wouldn’t do any good because there was no way we could get married. Mom just smiled.“In case you’ve forgotten what your dad told you, you don’t have to be married to have children. I promised your dad I’d never tell you this, but I think he’d understand. Teddy, you were born six and a half months after your dad and I were married. We went to Vegas and he paid the minister fifty dollars to backdate the marriage license so our parents wouldn’t know. With things like they are right now, I don’t see why you and Christy should have to be married. She’s living with you right now. If things get back to normal, you can get married then. In the meantime, you can give Christy her legacy. Your legacy too.”Well, I never thought I’d hear anything like that from my mother, but the more I thought about it, she was right. I'd  read somewhere that if the electricity was out for a year, most of the people in the metropolitan areas would die either from lack of food or because of disease or riots. Anybody who was left would be the ones to repopulate the U S, and they’d most likely be in the rural areas of the country. The problem was I didn’t know how to ask Christy how she felt. She might think I was telling her she had to have sex with me in order to stay with us.Mom solved that problem by asking Christy for me, though I didn’t know it until Christy came out of the bunker one day while I was listening for anything on the radio. She sat down beside me and didn’t say anything for a while. Then, she reached over and touched me on the arm.“Ted, your mother asked me a funny question this morning. She asked me if I’d ever thought about having kids. I told her I wanted at least two, but that probably wasn’t going to happen now. She said it could happen if I wanted it to happen. I think she was talking about you and me.”I nodded.“She was. She had about the same conversation with me a couple days ago. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to make you think you had to do that to stay here. You don’t need to worry about that, by the way. I’d never turn you out.”“That’s what your mother told me too. Sometimes I wonder about what will happen in the future though. Do you think they’ll get things fixed and life will get back to normal? What will we do if it doesn’t?I stopped tuning the radio and turned to Christy."I don’t want to scare you, but we’ve been here for almost four months and it doesn’t look to me like anything’s changed. I haven’t seen a light anywhere since that day, and I haven’t seen anyone since that day you jumped in my truck. If there was a quick fix, the power companies would have already done it and they’d be back on line by now."I think the equipment damage must have been pretty extensive, and the problem is a lot of the equipment that keeps the grid running isn’t sitting somewhere on the shelf. It’ll have to be made from scratch somewhere where the electricity is still on because most of the manufacturing process is computer controlled. Even if the equipment does exist somewhere, that would only let a tiny little part of the grid start back up. It took almost a hundred years to get the grid to the state it was before. Getting the entire grid working again could take almost that long."I don’t know when or if things will ever be what we used to call normal. What I do know is that if nothing changes, we’ll find a way to survive here, all three of us. I don’t know what that way is yet, but we’ll find it.”Christy surprised me with her next statement.“If we’re going to live together for a long time, wouldn’t it be natural for us to really live together? I mean, I like you and I think you like me. We seem to work together pretty well. I got married the first time based on less.”I put down the radio.“Are you saying we should start living like man and wife?”Christy grinned.“Unless you don’t want me.”Christy's Initiative.That night, Mom went to bed but Christy stayed up until I’d banked the fire in the stove and started turning off the lights. When I asked her why she was still awake, she just smiled.“I thought maybe tonight would be our first night together. If you don’t want that, I’ll go sleep with your mother, but if you do?”Christy pulled the sweater over her head and tossed it on the table. Evidently Mom’s bras were too big for Christy because she wasn’t wearing one. Her breasts weren’t as small as I’d thought, probably because she hadn’t been holding them up with anything.I hadn’t said anything yet, so Christy looked up at me and smiled.“You better tell me now so I can get under the blankets and not freeze.”I was pretty stunned by what she’d done, so I couldn’t talk. Christy grinned again.“I guess you don’t know yet, so maybe this will convince you.”With that, she pulled down the pants she was wearing and I saw that apparently Mom’s panties didn’t fit Christy either. I also saw that Christy hadn’t shaved since I brought her to the bunker. The pale blonde hair on her arm pits, mound and legs was hard to see, but it was there.Christy kicked off her shoes and then walked over to the fold out couch, pulled back the blankets, and climbed in. She looked up then and held out her arms.“Don’t make me wait too long or I’ll fall asleep.”That first time with Christy was an experience I will never forget. When I took off my clothes and slipped under the blankets, she snuggled up to me and hooked one leg over mine.“Umm”, she murmured. “This is a lot nicer than sleeping with your mother. I couldn’t snuggle with her.”I had to admit that it wasn’t just nice, it was great. I was feeling Christy’s soft breasts against my side and her smooth inner thigh was lightly touching my cock. She felt it start to rise and ran her hand down my belly until she was holding it.Then she giggled. “You don’t know how many times I’ve thought about this, about what it would be like. I think I’m going to like it a lot.”That night was probably typical of any newlywed couple’s first night. It was more exploration and learning than anything else. Christy surprised me by being more active than the other two partners I’d had.She didn’t take charge or anything like that. She let me set the pace, but she wasn’t backward either. When I stroked her breasts, she sighed and wiggled close enough I felt the hair on her mound against my leg. When I lightly stroked her nipples, they stiffened and she reached for my cock again.When Christy started rubbing her mound against my leg, I slipped one hand down between us until I felt hair, then gently moved it down until I felt the separation of her lips. Christy opened her thighs then, and moaned when I slipped a fingertip between her soft lips. After the moan, she whispered, “Kiss me, Ted”.When I did, for a second I felt her lips against mine, but then I felt her tongue trying to slip between my teeth. She moaned again when our tongues met, and I felt her push herself into the finger stroking between her thighs. When that caused my finger to slip down to her entrance, Christy caught her breath and gave my cock a few more strokes.She was wetter than I had expected when I slowly slipped that finger inside her. When I pulled it back out, I stroked up to the little button at the top of her lips. When I gently rubbed the tip, Christy broke our kiss and whispered, “I think I’m ready”.She didn’t roll over and spread her legs. Instead, she gently guided my cock down as she wiggled up a little further, pushed it up and down between her lips a little, and then positioned my cock head at her entrance. She pushed her body toward my cock at the same time I pushed toward her. When my cock slipped inside her a little, Christy moaned and pushed harder.She wasn’t wet enough that my cock went home on that first try, so I eased back out almost all the way and then pushed in again. My cock slipped through the tight spot just inside her and Christy caught her breath. I pulled out, then pushed back in again, and this time, kept pushing until I felt hair around the base of my cock. Christy put her hand on my ass and held me there for a few seconds, then eased away.That’s how it went for a while. Christy met my strokes and rocked herself into me at the end of every stroke. If I kissed the nipple I could reach, she’d gasp and push a little harder. When I managed to suck that nipple into my mouth, Christy murmured, “Oh God, I forgot what that does to me.”I’d forgotten what it feels like to have my cock buried inside a very willing woman as well. It was either that or I’d never been with a woman as willing as Christy. I knew I’d never been with a woman who was as actively engaged or who was getting to her peak so fast. I was getting there really fast too. It had been so long that all that desire had built up until it was about to explode.Christy got there first. I was slowly stroking away when she gasped, then held her breath, and started rocking herself over my cock. That put me in a position where I couldn’t hold back anymore. I groaned when Christy cried out and started to shake as the first spasm raced through her. Seed flew out the tip of my cock and deep inside her. I pulled back out a little, but Christy held my hip and gasped as another wave shook her.That happened twice more before I was laying there and panting and felt my cock being squeezed inside Christy’s writhing body as little contractions kept making her jerk. Even when she calmed down, she didn’t pull away. She held me tight inside her, kissed me sensuously, and then whispered, “I think this is going to work out just fine.”I can’t honestly say when I fell asleep or if Christy moved off me after I did. When I woke up the next morning, she was in the same position, one leg over me, and with her breasts against my side. When I opened my eyes, I saw she was awake.Christy fluttered her eyelashes at me and grinned.“Your mom will be up pretty soon, so we probably shouldn’t start anything, but I wish we could.”She kissed me then, just a soft kiss, and then got up and dressed. By the time Mom came out, Christy had the stove warmed up and the coffeepot was percolating. Mom looked at me, winked, and then smiled. She knew what we’d done, and she was happy about it.Mated.Our lives changed after that day. Christy and I got closer every day. It wasn’t the sex, though that was fantastic. It was because I let myself see her as a woman I was starting to love instead of just a woman I’d accidentally rescued from some serious trouble. I guess it was what I overheard my grandma once say - that in her day, people got married to share the work and have children and that love came later.We didn’t make love every night. It depended upon what we did during the day. If Christy and Mom were doing the laundry or if I was splitting more firewood, we were usually pretty tired and just went to sleep. Whether we made love or not, I was starting to realize I could never let Christy go.By May, I started thinking about our food supply again. We were still doing all right, thanks to the beef I’d killed, but what we really needed was some fresh vegetables. Christy had insisted we take a vitamin C and vitamin D tablet every day, but she said fresh vegetables and fruit would be better. I remembered that Mom had always had a garden and that’s what we needed now. When I told her about my seeds, Mom agreed.“If you can dig up a garden, we can raise enough vegetables to see us through the next winter. I used to can a lot of what I raised in my garden. I can’t bottle anything here, but I used to dry tomatoes outside in the sun. We could try drying things like green beans and peppers. Things like beets and carrots and squash will keep all winter if you keep them cool.May was too early to start a garden, but the weather was getting warm enough for another idea that had been filling my mind. I wanted to go back to Rapid City to see what was going on. I didn’t intend to take any risks. I was just curious about how many people were still alive and what they were doing. If I had a chance, I’d check some grocery stores to see if anything was left.Christy also liked the idea."I’d like to see if I can get into my apartment and get some of my clothes and other things. If you think it’s too dangerous, I won’t push the idea, but it would be nice to have clothes that fit.”I had no idea what we might find in Rapid City, so I was against taking Christy with me. She argued that she could take care of herself as well as I could. When I asked her how she’d manage to do that since she hadn’t that day at Fairlawn, she shrugged.“I didn’t have any way to fight back that day except to run. My grandpa taught me to shoot a rifle and a pistol, so give me one of yours. Besides, if you should get hurt, how will you take care of yourself? I’m a nurse, remember? I can do that.”I did make Christy prove to me that she knew how to handle a firearm, and she did just fine with my Sig and with my pump shotgun. I spent some time on my battery-charging rig charging up my truck battery, and when I got done, my truck started. A day later, we put my bug-out bag in my pickup and after making sure Mom locked up everything, Christy and I drove to Rapid City.Itinerary.We decided to go to Christy’s apartment first since we could get her clothes and anything else she wanted pretty fast. After that, we’d go to a couple grocery stores that were on the outskirts of town. I didn’t want to go anywhere near Ellsworth or the city proper. Everything I'd  read said if there was a problem the major population centers were where that problem would be.I wasn’t really surprised that we didn’t see any vehicles on the road or even people walking. What I'd  read was that by now, five months after the power went out, most people would either be dead or had moved to someplace where there was food and shelter. My guess was the U S government had set up Ellsworth as a refugee center and that’s where most of the people would be.They apparently weren’t all there, though. When we started walking up to Christy’s apartment, I heard a gunshot and the dirt off to my left splattered onto my pants and jacket. The voice that came from somewhere in the building sounded both scared and angry.“Just turn around and go back to wherever the hell you came from. If you don’t, I’ll shoot you both dead before you take another step.

Loading Up for Mayhem.By ronde, in 3 parts. Listen to the ► podcast at Connected.One thing that nagged at me was what I’d do in a medical emergency, like if I cut myself chopping firewood or fell down and broke my arm or leg. The first aid kit in my bug-out bag wouldn’t do anything for either of those situations. I did a lot of reading and finally bought what would probably be in any combat medic’s kit. I couldn’t do surgery, but I had enough to splint a broken limb, stop severe bleeding, and sew up a bad cut.Every week, I stopped by the local liquor store and bought a bottle each of reasonably good scotch, bourbon, vodka, and rum. My logic for that much alcohol was it’s a good mild anesthetic and all the experts said it would be good trading material if money became worthless. I figured the extra hundred dollars a week that cost me was just good preparation, and I could always drink it or give it away if things got back to normal.Another piece of advice I learned from one book was the saying, “Two is one and one is none.” What that means is if you have only one of something, like say, an axe, if it breaks you have none. If you have two or more, you’ll at least have one that’s usable while you’re fixing the other. When I was buying tools, I made sure I had duplicates of anything that I thought would be vital to my survival.The last thing to go into my storage space was more of an impulse buy than anything else. I was browsing through the gardening department of a local big box store that September and looking for what they’d put on sale when I passed a display of garden seeds. They were marked down by half. I’d been reading that having a garden is a must for long-term survival. Like Jeff had said about the guy in Montana, I had no idea what might happen, but being prepared was better than not being prepared. I searched through the seed packets looking for “heirloom” varieties because they’ll reproduce true from seed year after year. I bought enough to plant a huge garden and hoped I’d never need to.It was surprising how little money I really spent and how much food and other stuff that money bought. Once I had a year’s supply, I looked at it and it didn’t seem very big so I just kept buying food and supplies like I had before. By the summer after my bunker was built and furnished, I figured I had enough food and other supplies to last me about five years if I didn’t hunt and fish and I’d spent a total of about fifteen grand.That was less than two months of my salary, and if I hadn’t spent it, it would have just sat in my bank. I figured having the stuff more than made up for the loss of interest my bank would have paid me. A lot of articles I  read said in a lot of SHTF situations, money wouldn’t be worth anything anyway.Prepper Drills.Once I started stocking my bunker, I started making the drive out there on Friday night after work and staying until Sunday about noon. That gave me a chance to practice using the stove, food, and lighting to see if I needed to change anything. I did miss having a TV at first, but a good selection of books were almost as good and I didn’t have to watch any dumb commercials. If I got tired of reading, I could go outside and listen to music, news, and even some people on short wave on my hand-cranked radio.What I found is that living in my bunker wasn’t all that bad. I learned how to cook on my little wood stove and how to make my beans and rice taste good. I even figured out how to make cornbread in the little oven. That all worked out really well up until the twenty-eighth of December of the next year.White-out.When I woke up, it was snowing up a storm, but I had to go to the base. There was a software upgrade to one of our simulators that absolutely couldn’t wait until after New Year’s Day. It took me an hour to drive the twenty miles.I was making pretty good progress on the upgrade when about ten in the morning all the lights in the building went out. The emergency lights came on when the emergency generators started, so I figured for some reason one of the main circuit breakers in the building had tripped. Sometimes one would trip for no apparent reason, and resetting it fixed the problem.When I went to the power house in the building to see, they were all fine. The meters on the main switchgear were all dark though, and that told me there was no power coming into the building. That meant it was probably a circuit breaker at the base substation, but when I went outside, there were people coming out of all the other buildings as well. It looked as if the whole base had lost power.That couldn’t happen, or at least it wasn’t supposed to happen. The base was connected directly to the grid and the base substation and lines that serve it were supposed to be hardened against about any natural disaster. There was no natural disaster taking place, so at least a major part of the electrical grid must have gone down.I was rapidly getting a funny feeling in my gut, because there were only three reasons I could think of that would cause a major part of the electrical grid to go down.One was a nuclear device detonated high in the atmosphere. That would cause a massive EMP that could take the control systems at almost all the generating plants and distribution stations off-line. It would also disable most communication systems, including communications satellites and their ground-based relay stations. At least some of the military communications equipment on the ground, in the air, and at sea would survive, but without the satellites, they would be useless.Protecting against EMP was expensive and troublesome to work with because it entailed enclosing all equipment in a wire cage that was grounded to the earth. That’s why most protection was done by the military. They could afford it.Power companies and factories couldn’t afford to protect the huge substations they had without government money, and the cost to do so was astronomical. So far, Congress hadn’t seen fit to provide that money because doing so would have meant cutting back on the social programs most politicians used to keep getting themselves elected.Another was a solar flare big enough to do the same thing, but NASA would have figured out that it was going to happen and sent out a warning days before it was to hit the earth. They hadn’t.The other was a terrorist attack, either physical or cyber that did the same thing. All it takes to effectively kill the U S electrical grid is to shut down ten major distribution substations. We know that because of studies that were done by Homeland Security after 9 11. Terrorists may be a lot of things, but they keep proving they’re not stupid. It wasn’t crazy to think at least one group knew what ten substations would kill the grid and had a plan to take them out when they were ready.Even if something or someone didn’t manage to take out all ten, once part of the grid was down, operators would try to shift the load to another part. This would quickly overload the grid in that area and operators would shut it down in an attempt to keep from damaging their equipment. It would be a chain-reaction of shut-downs until the whole grid lost power.It really didn’t matter why the grid went down. Whatever the cause, it might take a long time to get it back up again. Any damaged hardware would have to be replaced and a lot of that equipment is not on the shelf someplace. It’s made to order and delivery times are months to over a year. If there was no power, there would be no way to make replacements. Even if there were replacements available, they’d have to be installed and then the grid brought back on-line in a very controlled manner to prevent phase mismatch and overloads.Doing that was sort of a “Catch 22” scenario. Some of the electricity generated by a power station is used to run the control systems for that station. Without some source of power, even if everything was repaired, they’d have to get electricity from somewhere in order to fire up the generating plant. The plan for most of the generating plants on the grid was either one special generating plant or diesel-powered generators mounted on trucks. An EMP pulse big enough to take out the grid would also take out the control systems for those special generating plants and truck mounted generators. A terrorist attack would surely have included those special generating plants and at least some of the standby generators.Taking Action.I left everything where it was and got in my truck. The fact that my truck started pretty much eliminated an EMP event as the cause of the black-out. Any electronic device would be affected by EMP, and the computer controls in cars and trucks would be among the first to go unless they weren’t older than a couple years. My truck was five years old.My first stop was my apartment. I put all my clothes in plastic garbage bags, filled a plastic storage box with all my pots and pans and kitchen stuff that didn’t need electricity, and filled another plastic storage box with my books and magazines about survival and engineering. After I hauled all that out the door and dumped it in the bed of my truck, I took a last look around for anything I’d missed that I might need. All I picked up was a picture of me, Mom, and Dad in front of the old farmhouse on the farm taken when I graduated from high school. I didn’t need it, but I wanted it.My second stop was the assisted living home where my mother was staying. I wasn’t about to leave her there with no guarantee that she’d be safe. I tried the local radio stations, both AM and FM on the way. They were broadcasting with generator power and confirmed the blackout was across at least the entire state, but had no explanation for what happened.As I drove into the drive of Fairlawn Retirement Community, the newsperson said they had unverified information that the entire U S electrical grid was down. Cell phone towers would continue to work until their battery backups failed, so law enforcement was still monitoring the 911 system and responding as quickly as they could.It might take weeks to find out what really happened if we ever could. With no electricity, it would be impossible to check any servers for any unauthorized entry of any computer control system for manipulation of the control parameters. Since nobody seemed to know the cause, I was putting my money on a cyber attack on the U S electrical grid, and probably the attack had been aimed at damaging as much equipment as possible.With no electricity, Fairlawn’s intercom system didn’t work so I had to pound on the door for a while before one of the nurses came to the door. Thankfully, she recognized me and let me in. When I found Mom’s room, I didn’t give her a chance to tell me no. I just grabbed all the clothes in her closet and told her we were leaving. All she said was she needed some underwear and shoes too, so I waited until she stuffed them in a suitcase. I wouldn’t have let the nurses stop me from taking Mom out if they’d tried, but they were too busy trying to make sure everybody was in their rooms.From there, I drove to my bunker and parked my pickup beside the hatch, then helped Mom down the stairs and inside. After a couple trips back to my truck to get her clothes and my other stuff, I parked the truck behind some trees, went to the bunker, and locked the door behind me.Mom was pretty shaken up.“Teddy, what happened and why did you drag me out of Fairlawn? The electricity has gone out before. It always comes back on in a day or two at most. At least at Fairlawn I’d have been warm. It’s like a refrigerator in here.”As I built a fire in the stove, I tried to explain what I thought had happened and why I wanted her here with me.“Mom, you heard the radio. It’s not just this area or even just South Dakota. It’s the whole U S. My best guess is somebody hacked into the U S electrical grid and shut it down. The grid and other businesses have been hacked before, just not on this large a scale. There was even a nuclear power plant in Kansas that was hacked in 2017. It’s also happened in South Korea, India, and Germany. In the Kansas plant, the FBI said it looked like the hackers were mapping the computer systems in preparation for another attack. I think this was that attack."If the whole grid is down like they’re saying, the U S will basically come to a screeching halt, because nothing will work. Factories won’t be able to make anything, including food. Trucking companies won’t be able to dispatch trucks or re-fuel them. Warehouses won’t know what inventory they have or where it is. You won’t even be able to pay for something a store has and you need because the cash registers won’t work."What that means is people who need food will be breaking into anyplace that has food. Other people will be waiting to take that food from them. People who are cold will be trying to find someplace with heat that still works and they’ll break in if they have to.”I put my hand on her shoulder so she’d know I was serious.“Mom, I really, really hope I’m overreacting, but what I’m talking about is riots in the streets and nobody there will be safe. Here, I have enough food to keep us going for at least a couple years, I can keep you warm, and nobody can break in here. That’s why I dragged you out of Fairlawn. Please don’t be mad at me.”Mom looked up and smiled.“I’m not mad at you Ted. Your dad would have done the same thing in this situation. He’d be proud that you did."So, what do you do down here for entertainment? I guess I won’t be playing Hearts with the girls for at least a while.”Settling In.I gave Mom the bedroom and I slept on the fold-out couch. After I cooked a couple of meals, Mom laughed and said she hadn’t done a very good job in teaching me. I had to admit her meals were a lot better than mine. At night, we’d read or just talk. We hadn’t just talked for a long time.I guess that’s what happens when your parents are close enough you see them a lot. You tend to talk about the small stuff instead of what’s really important. I found out more about Mom and Dad and their relationship than I’d ever even suspected.I’d always thought Mom was a prim and proper housewife who lived for her husband and me. Well, she was that, but apparently not before I was born. She was waiting tables in a bar when Dad and a couple of his friends walked in and sat down at one of her tables. Dad took one look at her and said, “Honey, what time do you get off?”Mom laughed then and said he only looked at her because she was only half dressed at the time.“I knew guys liked to see boobs and long legs and I had both so I dressed to show them off. They got me a lot of tips. They also got me your Dad, though I didn’t know it at the time. He said he had a little ranch and he’d teach me to ride a horse if I’d come out. Well, I did, and he did teach me. I moved in with him two months later, just to try things out. After another three months, we decided we fit together pretty good, so we got married.”Apparently, their first years had been a struggle. Cattle prices were down so Dad went to work at a sawmill so they’d have enough money to eat. Mom told me some of the ways she stretched the food budget, ways I hadn’t thought of but proved to be useful as time went on.Every day for the first week, I’d crank up my radio and go outside to see if anything had changed. The only thing that had changed was the radio stations had evidently used up their generator fuel supply because none of them were broadcasting. I did tune in a couple of ham radio operators every day. They didn’t know anything more than I did, but they confirmed the entire U S was affected as well as at least some of the European Union. They were able to transmit only because they had solar panel arrays and battery packs.I also watched the sky in the direction of the base. In addition to housing the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB was a training center for B 1 B bomber crews. All training flights had been cancelled for the holidays, but now that it was January, there should have been at least one or two flights a day. I didn’t see anything in the sky except two turkey vultures and one bald eagle. If the training flights weren’t taking place, the base wasn’t up and running, and that probably meant nothing else was either.At night, I noticed another thing. My bunker was about twenty miles from Rapid City, but on the nights I’d stayed there, I could see the lights of the city reflected by any clouds in the sky. I hadn’t seen that since the power went out, so Rapid City and Ellsworth were still in the dark. I decided I needed to find out for sure.It was a Tuesday morning, if I remember right, when I told Mom what I was going to do.“I’m going to drive over to the base and see what’s going on. Don’t worry. I’m not going to take any chances. I’m just going to drive close enough to the main gate to see if anybody’s going in or out. If things look OK, I’ll take you back to Fairlawn. If not, well, at least we’ll know."Now, I showed you how to lock the deadbolts on the door. Lock them all when I leave. When I come back, I’ll tap on the door three times, wait for two seconds, and then tap two more times. If you don’t hear that, don’t open the door.”I strapped the 3 57 Mag on my belt and left. When I was outside, I waited until I heard each bolt slide. Ten minutes later I was on the county road and headed toward Ellsworth.National Emergency.I got within a block of the main gate at Ellsworth and it was worse than I thought it might be. Before, the main gate was always open and guarded by two guards with M-4 rifles from the 28th Security Squadron. If you had a sticker on your windshield, they’d salute you as you drove through. If you didn’t they’d stop you and ask why you wanted on base. If your name was on the access list for the day, they let you through. If it wasn’t they’d ask for the name of the person you were going to contact. They’d phone that person and ask if you had a legitimate appointment. If you did, they’d apologize for the inconvenience and let you through. If not, they’d respectfully tell you they couldn’t let you on base and show you where you could turn around.That day, I counted ten guards with M-4’s, three standing in front of the closed gate and the rest behind sandbags on each side of the entrance drive. When I looked closer, there was a machine gun with crew on each side as well.I didn’t try to drive in. I’d seen enough to know that Ellsworth was in a maximum security scenario. Instead, I turned down the street before the gate and then drove to Fairlawn because I knew Mom would want to know if everything was all right there. Along the way I passed several gas stations and stores that were all closed. A couple of the grocery stores had plywood screwed over the windows.Because of that, I decided not to tell Mom about

Loading Up for Mayhem.By ronde, in 3 parts. Listen to the ► podcast at Connected.One thing that nagged at me was what I’d do in a medical emergency, like if I cut myself chopping firewood or fell down and broke my arm or leg. The first aid kit in my bug-out bag wouldn’t do anything for either of those situations. I did a lot of reading and finally bought what would probably be in any combat medic’s kit. I couldn’t do surgery, but I had enough to splint a broken limb, stop severe bleeding, and sew up a bad cut.Every week, I stopped by the local liquor store and bought a bottle each of reasonably good scotch, bourbon, vodka, and rum. My logic for that much alcohol was it’s a good mild anesthetic and all the experts said it would be good trading material if money became worthless. I figured the extra hundred dollars a week that cost me was just good preparation, and I could always drink it or give it away if things got back to normal.Another piece of advice I learned from one book was the saying, “Two is one and one is none.” What that means is if you have only one of something, like say, an axe, if it breaks you have none. If you have two or more, you’ll at least have one that’s usable while you’re fixing the other. When I was buying tools, I made sure I had duplicates of anything that I thought would be vital to my survival.The last thing to go into my storage space was more of an impulse buy than anything else. I was browsing through the gardening department of a local big box store that September and looking for what they’d put on sale when I passed a display of garden seeds. They were marked down by half. I’d been reading that having a garden is a must for long-term survival. Like Jeff had said about the guy in Montana, I had no idea what might happen, but being prepared was better than not being prepared. I searched through the seed packets looking for “heirloom” varieties because they’ll reproduce true from seed year after year. I bought enough to plant a huge garden and hoped I’d never need to.It was surprising how little money I really spent and how much food and other stuff that money bought. Once I had a year’s supply, I looked at it and it didn’t seem very big so I just kept buying food and supplies like I had before. By the summer after my bunker was built and furnished, I figured I had enough food and other supplies to last me about five years if I didn’t hunt and fish and I’d spent a total of about fifteen grand.That was less than two months of my salary, and if I hadn’t spent it, it would have just sat in my bank. I figured having the stuff more than made up for the loss of interest my bank would have paid me. A lot of articles I  read said in a lot of SHTF situations, money wouldn’t be worth anything anyway.Prepper Drills.Once I started stocking my bunker, I started making the drive out there on Friday night after work and staying until Sunday about noon. That gave me a chance to practice using the stove, food, and lighting to see if I needed to change anything. I did miss having a TV at first, but a good selection of books were almost as good and I didn’t have to watch any dumb commercials. If I got tired of reading, I could go outside and listen to music, news, and even some people on short wave on my hand-cranked radio.What I found is that living in my bunker wasn’t all that bad. I learned how to cook on my little wood stove and how to make my beans and rice taste good. I even figured out how to make cornbread in the little oven. That all worked out really well up until the twenty-eighth of December of the next year.White-out.When I woke up, it was snowing up a storm, but I had to go to the base. There was a software upgrade to one of our simulators that absolutely couldn’t wait until after New Year’s Day. It took me an hour to drive the twenty miles.I was making pretty good progress on the upgrade when about ten in the morning all the lights in the building went out. The emergency lights came on when the emergency generators started, so I figured for some reason one of the main circuit breakers in the building had tripped. Sometimes one would trip for no apparent reason, and resetting it fixed the problem.When I went to the power house in the building to see, they were all fine. The meters on the main switchgear were all dark though, and that told me there was no power coming into the building. That meant it was probably a circuit breaker at the base substation, but when I went outside, there were people coming out of all the other buildings as well. It looked as if the whole base had lost power.That couldn’t happen, or at least it wasn’t supposed to happen. The base was connected directly to the grid and the base substation and lines that serve it were supposed to be hardened against about any natural disaster. There was no natural disaster taking place, so at least a major part of the electrical grid must have gone down.I was rapidly getting a funny feeling in my gut, because there were only three reasons I could think of that would cause a major part of the electrical grid to go down.One was a nuclear device detonated high in the atmosphere. That would cause a massive EMP that could take the control systems at almost all the generating plants and distribution stations off-line. It would also disable most communication systems, including communications satellites and their ground-based relay stations. At least some of the military communications equipment on the ground, in the air, and at sea would survive, but without the satellites, they would be useless.Protecting against EMP was expensive and troublesome to work with because it entailed enclosing all equipment in a wire cage that was grounded to the earth. That’s why most protection was done by the military. They could afford it.Power companies and factories couldn’t afford to protect the huge substations they had without government money, and the cost to do so was astronomical. So far, Congress hadn’t seen fit to provide that money because doing so would have meant cutting back on the social programs most politicians used to keep getting themselves elected.Another was a solar flare big enough to do the same thing, but NASA would have figured out that it was going to happen and sent out a warning days before it was to hit the earth. They hadn’t.The other was a terrorist attack, either physical or cyber that did the same thing. All it takes to effectively kill the U S electrical grid is to shut down ten major distribution substations. We know that because of studies that were done by Homeland Security after 9 11. Terrorists may be a lot of things, but they keep proving they’re not stupid. It wasn’t crazy to think at least one group knew what ten substations would kill the grid and had a plan to take them out when they were ready.Even if something or someone didn’t manage to take out all ten, once part of the grid was down, operators would try to shift the load to another part. This would quickly overload the grid in that area and operators would shut it down in an attempt to keep from damaging their equipment. It would be a chain-reaction of shut-downs until the whole grid lost power.It really didn’t matter why the grid went down. Whatever the cause, it might take a long time to get it back up again. Any damaged hardware would have to be replaced and a lot of that equipment is not on the shelf someplace. It’s made to order and delivery times are months to over a year. If there was no power, there would be no way to make replacements. Even if there were replacements available, they’d have to be installed and then the grid brought back on-line in a very controlled manner to prevent phase mismatch and overloads.Doing that was sort of a “Catch 22” scenario. Some of the electricity generated by a power station is used to run the control systems for that station. Without some source of power, even if everything was repaired, they’d have to get electricity from somewhere in order to fire up the generating plant. The plan for most of the generating plants on the grid was either one special generating plant or diesel-powered generators mounted on trucks. An EMP pulse big enough to take out the grid would also take out the control systems for those special generating plants and truck mounted generators. A terrorist attack would surely have included those special generating plants and at least some of the standby generators.Taking Action.I left everything where it was and got in my truck. The fact that my truck started pretty much eliminated an EMP event as the cause of the black-out. Any electronic device would be affected by EMP, and the computer controls in cars and trucks would be among the first to go unless they weren’t older than a couple years. My truck was five years old.My first stop was my apartment. I put all my clothes in plastic garbage bags, filled a plastic storage box with all my pots and pans and kitchen stuff that didn’t need electricity, and filled another plastic storage box with my books and magazines about survival and engineering. After I hauled all that out the door and dumped it in the bed of my truck, I took a last look around for anything I’d missed that I might need. All I picked up was a picture of me, Mom, and Dad in front of the old farmhouse on the farm taken when I graduated from high school. I didn’t need it, but I wanted it.My second stop was the assisted living home where my mother was staying. I wasn’t about to leave her there with no guarantee that she’d be safe. I tried the local radio stations, both AM and FM on the way. They were broadcasting with generator power and confirmed the blackout was across at least the entire state, but had no explanation for what happened.As I drove into the drive of Fairlawn Retirement Community, the newsperson said they had unverified information that the entire U S electrical grid was down. Cell phone towers would continue to work until their battery backups failed, so law enforcement was still monitoring the 911 system and responding as quickly as they could.It might take weeks to find out what really happened if we ever could. With no electricity, it would be impossible to check any servers for any unauthorized entry of any computer control system for manipulation of the control parameters. Since nobody seemed to know the cause, I was putting my money on a cyber attack on the U S electrical grid, and probably the attack had been aimed at damaging as much equipment as possible.With no electricity, Fairlawn’s intercom system didn’t work so I had to pound on the door for a while before one of the nurses came to the door. Thankfully, she recognized me and let me in. When I found Mom’s room, I didn’t give her a chance to tell me no. I just grabbed all the clothes in her closet and told her we were leaving. All she said was she needed some underwear and shoes too, so I waited until she stuffed them in a suitcase. I wouldn’t have let the nurses stop me from taking Mom out if they’d tried, but they were too busy trying to make sure everybody was in their rooms.From there, I drove to my bunker and parked my pickup beside the hatch, then helped Mom down the stairs and inside. After a couple trips back to my truck to get her clothes and my other stuff, I parked the truck behind some trees, went to the bunker, and locked the door behind me.Mom was pretty shaken up.“Teddy, what happened and why did you drag me out of Fairlawn? The electricity has gone out before. It always comes back on in a day or two at most. At least at Fairlawn I’d have been warm. It’s like a refrigerator in here.”As I built a fire in the stove, I tried to explain what I thought had happened and why I wanted her here with me.“Mom, you heard the radio. It’s not just this area or even just South Dakota. It’s the whole U S. My best guess is somebody hacked into the U S electrical grid and shut it down. The grid and other businesses have been hacked before, just not on this large a scale. There was even a nuclear power plant in Kansas that was hacked in 2017. It’s also happened in South Korea, India, and Germany. In the Kansas plant, the FBI said it looked like the hackers were mapping the computer systems in preparation for another attack. I think this was that attack."If the whole grid is down like they’re saying, the U S will basically come to a screeching halt, because nothing will work. Factories won’t be able to make anything, including food. Trucking companies won’t be able to dispatch trucks or re-fuel them. Warehouses won’t know what inventory they have or where it is. You won’t even be able to pay for something a store has and you need because the cash registers won’t work."What that means is people who need food will be breaking into anyplace that has food. Other people will be waiting to take that food from them. People who are cold will be trying to find someplace with heat that still works and they’ll break in if they have to.”I put my hand on her shoulder so she’d know I was serious.“Mom, I really, really hope I’m overreacting, but what I’m talking about is riots in the streets and nobody there will be safe. Here, I have enough food to keep us going for at least a couple years, I can keep you warm, and nobody can break in here. That’s why I dragged you out of Fairlawn. Please don’t be mad at me.”Mom looked up and smiled.“I’m not mad at you Ted. Your dad would have done the same thing in this situation. He’d be proud that you did."So, what do you do down here for entertainment? I guess I won’t be playing Hearts with the girls for at least a while.”Settling In.I gave Mom the bedroom and I slept on the fold-out couch. After I cooked a couple of meals, Mom laughed and said she hadn’t done a very good job in teaching me. I had to admit her meals were a lot better than mine. At night, we’d read or just talk. We hadn’t just talked for a long time.I guess that’s what happens when your parents are close enough you see them a lot. You tend to talk about the small stuff instead of what’s really important. I found out more about Mom and Dad and their relationship than I’d ever even suspected.I’d always thought Mom was a prim and proper housewife who lived for her husband and me. Well, she was that, but apparently not before I was born. She was waiting tables in a bar when Dad and a couple of his friends walked in and sat down at one of her tables. Dad took one look at her and said, “Honey, what time do you get off?”Mom laughed then and said he only looked at her because she was only half dressed at the time.“I knew guys liked to see boobs and long legs and I had both so I dressed to show them off. They got me a lot of tips. They also got me your Dad, though I didn’t know it at the time. He said he had a little ranch and he’d teach me to ride a horse if I’d come out. Well, I did, and he did teach me. I moved in with him two months later, just to try things out. After another three months, we decided we fit together pretty good, so we got married.”Apparently, their first years had been a struggle. Cattle prices were down so Dad went to work at a sawmill so they’d have enough money to eat. Mom told me some of the ways she stretched the food budget, ways I hadn’t thought of but proved to be useful as time went on.Every day for the first week, I’d crank up my radio and go outside to see if anything had changed. The only thing that had changed was the radio stations had evidently used up their generator fuel supply because none of them were broadcasting. I did tune in a couple of ham radio operators every day. They didn’t know anything more than I did, but they confirmed the entire U S was affected as well as at least some of the European Union. They were able to transmit only because they had solar panel arrays and battery packs.I also watched the sky in the direction of the base. In addition to housing the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB was a training center for B 1 B bomber crews. All training flights had been cancelled for the holidays, but now that it was January, there should have been at least one or two flights a day. I didn’t see anything in the sky except two turkey vultures and one bald eagle. If the training flights weren’t taking place, the base wasn’t up and running, and that probably meant nothing else was either.At night, I noticed another thing. My bunker was about twenty miles from Rapid City, but on the nights I’d stayed there, I could see the lights of the city reflected by any clouds in the sky. I hadn’t seen that since the power went out, so Rapid City and Ellsworth were still in the dark. I decided I needed to find out for sure.It was a Tuesday morning, if I remember right, when I told Mom what I was going to do.“I’m going to drive over to the base and see what’s going on. Don’t worry. I’m not going to take any chances. I’m just going to drive close enough to the main gate to see if anybody’s going in or out. If things look OK, I’ll take you back to Fairlawn. If not, well, at least we’ll know."Now, I showed you how to lock the deadbolts on the door. Lock them all when I leave. When I come back, I’ll tap on the door three times, wait for two seconds, and then tap two more times. If you don’t hear that, don’t open the door.”I strapped the 3 57 Mag on my belt and left. When I was outside, I waited until I heard each bolt slide. Ten minutes later I was on the county road and headed toward Ellsworth.National Emergency.I got within a block of the main gate at Ellsworth and it was worse than I thought it might be. Before, the main gate was always open and guarded by two guards with M-4 rifles from the 28th Security Squadron. If you had a sticker on your windshield, they’d salute you as you drove through. If you didn’t they’d stop you and ask why you wanted on base. If your name was on the access list for the day, they let you through. If it wasn’t they’d ask for the name of the person you were going to contact. They’d phone that person and ask if you had a legitimate appointment. If you did, they’d apologize for the inconvenience and let you through. If not, they’d respectfully tell you they couldn’t let you on base and show you where you could turn around.That day, I counted ten guards with M-4’s, three standing in front of the closed gate and the rest behind sandbags on each side of the entrance drive. When I looked closer, there was a machine gun with crew on each side as well.I didn’t try to drive in. I’d seen enough to know that Ellsworth was in a maximum security scenario. Instead, I turned down the street before the gate and then drove to Fairlawn because I knew Mom would want to know if everything was all right there. Along the way I passed several gas stations and stores that were all closed. A couple of the grocery stores had plywood screwed over the windows.Because of that, I decided not to tell Mom about

The team behind Brine, a fast casual with a location in New York City and another in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, invited 100 of the restaurant's regulars (plus some media folks) to taste test new menu items and evaluate them. Chef-partner Joe LoNigro was behind the counter as guests helped themselves to grilled chicken with a “umami” sauce, roasted Brussels sprouts, a spicy chicken sandwich, elote corn ribs, tostones and Brine's new take on its house-made Pop-Tart-inspired dessert. It will be interesting to see what makes it onto the menu, but we liked those corn ribs, grilled chicken and Brussels sprouts. Bret returned to Momofuku, celeb chef David Chang's NYC flagship, with some out-of-town friends who wanted to go for dinner. Although it wouldn't have been Bret's first choice, everything was better than he expected. Of particular note was a new tomahawk pork katsu with a Japanese-style curry sauce and the kimchi, which got the seal of approval from both Bret and his Korean-American dining companion. We also talked about how and why Pete Wells is ending his 12-year-run as restaurant critic of The New York Times, citing how dining out four or five times a week can become a health hazard—even if it sounds like an enviable job. Our guest this week is Jacob Bickelhaupt, chef-owner of Konro in West Palm Beach, Florida. The self-taught chef trained under culinary icon Charlie Trotter, and at Konro, he offers a 10-14 course tasting menu serving just 10 guests nightly, all of whom sit at the chef's counter. Although the artful cuisine is not Japanese, it is an intimate omakase-style experience, complete with wine pairings by sommelier Nadia Bickelhaupt, Jacob's wife. Jacob is six years sober and has created a selection of non-alcoholic pairings that closely mimic the wines, each house-made through a multi-step process. The couple orchestrates the evening at Konro to be as much an extension of their home as a unique and memorable gastronomic experience.

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What's the best way to pick an executor for your will or a trustee for your trust? In this enlightening discussion, attorney Ariel Rosenzweig dives deep into the nuances of selecting the right person for these crucial roles. Our guest this week shares his invaluable insights on setting financial boundaries, communicating end-of-life wishes, and avoiding posthumous conflicts among beneficiaries. To learn more about navigating the complexities of estate planning, tune in to this informative episode. ______________________________________________________________ ABOUT OUR GUEST: Ariel S. Rosenzveig is an elder law and trusts & estates attorney, and is the Managing Partner at Ely J. Rosenzveig & Associates, PC, located in Elmsford, New York. Ariel brings more than 13 years of experience to the table, assisting families in all aspects of elder care law, including trust and estate planning, administration , and litigation, tax counsel , asset protection and special needs planning, Medicaid, Medicare, guardianships, long term care planning, spousal recovery claims, and Medicaid lien resolutions. The law firm of Ely J. Rosenzveig & Associates, PC, prides itself on its compassionate attentiveness to the needs of their clients. Their knowledge of the law enables them to provide cost-effective and valuable direction in addressing estate, elder care, and tax planning needs. Ariel is an active member of the New York State Bar Association's elder law and trusts & estates sections. Ariel lives in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, with his wife, Amanda, and their 3 children. ______________________________________________________________ CONTACT ARIEL: Website: https://www.ejrosenlaw.com/ Email: info@ejrosenlaw.com ______________________________________________________________ SOCIAL LINKS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AaronKatsmanLC/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AaronKatsman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-katsman-6550441/ ______________________________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aaron-katsman-show/id1192234142 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-aaron-katsman-show Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1lePc1pC0giBFV1nzCGsQR ______________________________________________________________ VISIT MY WEBSITE: Website: https://www.aaronkatsman.com/ ______________________________________________________________ CONTACT ME: Email me: aaron@lighthousecapital.co.il ______________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: Aaron Katsman is a licensed financial professional both in the U.S. and Israel. Call 02-624-0995 for a consultation on how to handle U.S. brokerage accounts from Israel. This video is for education purposes only and is not intended to give investment, legal or tax advice. If such advice is needed, contact a licensed professional who can help you. Securities offered through Portfolio Resources Group Inc. Member FINRA, SIPC, MSRB, FSI. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not of Portfolio Resources Group Inc., or its affiliates. Neither PRG nor its affiliates give tax or legal advice.

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The 11th Street Bridge Park will link Capitol Hill and Navy Yard with the Anacostia and Fairlawn neighborhoods. We spoke with Ronald Moten from Don't Mute DC and Scott Kratz of the 11th Street Bridge Park Project about what to expect from this mega project. Plus! City Cast's Priyanka Tilve caught up with Casey Trees' director of policy and land conservation about their work preserving green spaces in DC. Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter Hey DC. You can also become a member, with ad-free listening, for as little as $8 a month. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE And we'd love to feature you on the show! Share your DC-related thoughts, hopes, and frustrations with us in a voicemail by calling 202-642-2654. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Dr. Simcha Chesner is a clinical psychologist, trained and raised in the USA. He has lived in Israel for the past 33 years. He founded a network of junior high and high schools for boys with ADHD in Israel and has served the Israeli community for the past three decades. He has written several books in Hebrew and Kosher ADHD is his first book, co-authored with Dr. Sara Markowitz in English for the Jewish communities of the United States Dr. Sara Markowitz,Ph.D. has achieved an incredible amount, in large part due to her personal “ADHD” superpowers. In addition to obtaining a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Farleigh Dickinson University, Dr. Markowitz is is the founding director of an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for Jewish Women at Achieve Behavioral Health, the largest behavioral health center serving the greater Jewish community. Dr. Markowitz continues to develop curriculum and measure clinical outcome research for ADHD parenting groups and integration of ADHD individuals within the Jewish community. She has developed curricula, currently utilized in schools and families focusing on overcoming challenges of multiple origins.In addition to her formal professional activities, Dr. Markowitz is a mother to five awesome children and is the Rebbetzin of Congregation Shomrei Torah in Fairlawn, New Jersey. Kosher ADHD: Surviving and Thriving in the Torah-Observant World  https://a.co/d/5qRJCHH _______________________________________________________ Sponsor the JOWMA Podcast! Email digitalcontent@jowma.org Become a JOWMA Member! www.jowma.org  Follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/JOWMA_org  Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/JOWMA_med  Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/JOWMAorg/ Stay up-to-date with JOWMA news! Sign up for the JOWMA newsletter! https://jowma.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9b4e9beb287874f9dc7f80289&id=ea3ef44644&mc_cid=dfb442d2a7&mc_eid=e9eee6e41e

Christa Alaburda from the Young Adult Advisory Board and parishioner at St Hilary's Parish in Fairlawn(1:05)  Christa is a Godparent to her nephew. 1:25:  What are the responsibilities and requirements to be a Godparent?2:05:   It's a gift!2:20:  To be a witness and accompany.2:40:  Did Christa have active Godparents?3:20:  You might have wonderful parents but you need people who are not them to support your faith.3:45:  Who were Fr. Damian's Godparents?4:10:  We share the Body of Christ with others who are not blood relatives.4:40:  Mike's Godparents were one of both.  Mike is a Godparent as well.5:15:  FD has 12 Godchildren what does he do for them?6:45:  What does Christa do with her Godson?7:45:  What was Mike's best birthday present?8:30:   FD tries to go to sacraments and send notes on retreat.8:50:  Christa babysits for her Godson too.9:05:  Weddings sometimes features Godparents.9:40:  What do you have to be to be a Godparent? 10:55:  St. Hilary parish in Fairlawn, OH is this week's Church Search.12:25:   Deacon Michael Garvin is being ordained and he is a son of that parish.13:25:   Check out Holy Night Hike this Holy Thursday.18:00: FD is celebrating Mass at St Wendelin at 7PM18:15: Christa did this last year.19:30:  Mike met his wife on Holy Thursday.20:55:  No monstrances on Holy Thursday.21:45:   Palm Sunday Readings can be found here.22:30:  Holy week is awesome.   

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 3/02/24 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hillary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 3/01/24 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hillary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 2/29/24 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hillary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 2/28/24 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hillary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 2/27/24 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hillary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 2/26/24 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hillary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 2/25/24 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hillary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

This week's episode is sponsored by Lauren and Michael Mandelstam and family in honor of their brothers, Rabbi Raphi Mandelstam & Rabbi Yoni Mandelstam, for all of the torah they teach to their talmidim in TABC and the Teaneck and Fairlawn communities. And in honor of Rabbi Shalom Rosner for his tireless devotion to spreading torah to all of klal Yisrael. May our learning be a zechus for our chayalim and all of klal Yisrael.In this episode Rabbi Shalom Rosner discusses the Melachot of Shabbat. Follow along using Tzurba Volume 17.Tzurba is a revolutionary Halacha sefer guiding the learner through the Halachic process from the Talmudic source through modern day halachic application. Each volume contains clear and concise color-coded sections with a modern English translation alongside the original Hebrew text.The Tzurba Hilchot Shabbat Program is a 2 year cycle in which one can master all of Hilchot Shabbat by learning weekly with Tzurba's signature seforim and style.Tzurba seforim are all available on Amazon worldwide (for those in Israel you can purchase on our website)Have a question for Rabbi Rosner? Want to sponsor a shiur? Contact us at neil@tzurbaolami.com or WhatsAppFollow us on social media for more content:WhatsAppInstagramTwitterYouTubeLearn more about The Lax Family Tzurba M'Rabanan SeriesChapters00:00 Introduction01:37 Exploring the Concept of Bishul d'oraysa & D'rabanan04:17 Understanding the Definition and Measure of Bishul24:17 The Concept of Cooking in Fire and Water24:47 Cooking in a Microwave on Shabbos27:41 Heating Systems and Cooking32:39 Reheating and Cooking Already Cooked Food

Fr. Pat gave this talk on Sunday, Jan 28 at St. Hilary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

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Jeff Cohen recently met Rabbi Reuven Boshnack at a Shabbaton he organized in Fair Lawn, NJ for more than 50 Yeshiva University students. Watching how he navigated Shabbos with so many students, Jeff was surprised to find out that Boshnack didn't grow up religious. This is his full circle story.  Saturday to Shabbos is a […]

12All music used with permission by Max Schlenk. Northeast Ohio native Max Schlenk returns from a stint in New York City to present the Sunset Suite, a group of compositions that relate to a series of experiences on his larger journey since the pandemic in 2020. The goal of this week and this performance is to provide a space and context to reflect on the hardships and challenges encountered over the last few years and to provide hope for the future to come. This performance reunites Max with some of his prior collaborators and includes Garrett Folger on trumpet, Jonah Ferguson on guitar, Owen Frankel on bass, Jeremy McCabe on drums, and Max on saxophone and piano. From July 20th 2023 Max Schlenk presents the Sunset Suite Live at the Bob Stop.    Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here

All music used with permission by The Danjo Orchestra.   It's time for your Christmas favorites – big band style. The Danjo Orchestra is a 17 piece big band that performs regularly throughout Ohio. Led by Trombonist Andrew Wegierski the group has a monthly residency at Akron's Jilly's Music Room. On the heels of releasing their debut EP Danjo, they joined us for this week's holiday special. From December 8th, 2022 it's the Danjo Orchestra Christmas Show – Live at the Bop Stop.   Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here  

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All music used with permission by Hubb's Groove.   Normally, Hubb's groove joins us for an evening of classic r&b-soul-smooth jazz and gospel. But this week they joined us to celebrate the holidays.  With a lineup including Robert Hubbard junior on drums- cliff coleson on bass – and a host of guest performers from a sold-out show on December 17th, 2022 here's Hubb's Groove-Live at the Bop Stop.   Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here  

12All music used with permission by John Petrucelli Quntet.   New Jersey native John Petrucelli leverages his diverse background to provide a hard charging, heavily improvisational based performance on this week's program. From his beginnings on the Trenton and Newark jazz scenes, to his work with Delfeayo Marsalis' Uptown Jazz Orchestra in New Orleans to his work with the NYYS Jazz Orchestra and Electric Trio, John mixes these influences into a powerful saxophone sound. From an October 28th, 2022 performance and featuring Tommy Lehman on Trumpet, Joey Skoch on Piano, Jordan McBride on Bass, Zaire Darden on drums and John Petrucelli on Saxophone, it's the John Petrucelli Quintet – Live at the Bop Stop.   Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here  

All music used with permission by Third Law Collective.   Thriving jazz communities offer performers at all skill levels not only stages to play on but places to compose and perform original works. Northeast Ohio is no different, and the Third Law Collective is the music settlement's initiative with this goal in mind. Periodically musicians from throughout the area meet up and share original works with each other and audiences. This week, we feature one of those performances.  Led by bop stop director Bryan Kinnard on flute with a host of guest musicians and from a January 26th, 2023 performance – it's the Third Law Collective – Live at the Bop Stop.   Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here  

All music used with permission by Yoron Isreal Trio.   New York City Based Drummer Yoron Israel has performed with many of the giants of jazz in the over 200 recordings he's appeared on, including Sonny Rollins, Tony Bennett and Art Farmer. In addition to his own solo recordings he serves as the Chair and Professor of Percussion at the Berklee College of Music.  Working alongside Aiden Plank on bass and Joey Skoch on piano, in this September 9th, 2022 performance, it's the Yoron Israel Trio Plus. Live at the Bop Stop. Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal. This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here  

All music used with permission by USAF Flight One Combo.   The United States Air Force Band of Flight's "Flight One Combo" is a versatile small group performing the uniquely American art form of Jazz. The members featured in this group are all active-duty musicians serving in the United States Air Force and all but one are stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. This performance will be the last for this quintet as they're being reassigned to other groups performing in other parts of the world. We're honored they could join us and we hope you enjoy their performance here. Featuring Master Sergeant Gregory Pflugh on saxophone, Technical Sergeant James Hubbard on Trombone, Technical Sergeant Shawn Hanlon on Piano, Technical Sergeant Joseph Whitt on bass, Airman First Class Hayden Johnson on Drums and Technical Sergeant Kayla Richardson guesting on Vocals, it is the United States Air Force Band of Flight's "Flight One Combo" - Live at the Bop Stop.   Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here  

Don't fall for the click bait! Joe Rizzo and "The Dawg" Jeff Healy welcome you to November with grace and enthusiasm as they take a look at the Mets' front-office decisions, the off-season MLB carousel of managers, a possible deal between the Yankees and the Red Sox, plus the beleaguered states of the Giants and the Jets in the NFL. It all streams live on the Diamond Diehards Facebook group during the barnburner between the Carolina Panthers and the Chicago Bears. Please check out FMS Graphics (https://www.fmsgraphics.com) for all your print and promotional needs. For all your real estate needs in the Northern Valley, Pascack Valley and North Jersey areas, you need to contact Gary and Michele at the award-winning Mascolo Group. For more information, go to GaryMascolo.com or call 201-615-3665. Big Ed's Car Wash http://www.bigedscarwash.com/ is the place to go if you're in Bergen or Passaic Counties, NJ. Get over to Fair Lawn and get your automobile cleaned and your oil changed. Tell Big Ed that Diamond Diehards sent you! Pain got you down? Gatto Acupuncture & Wellness might be the elixir for your woes. Book online at GattoAcu.com or call 551-212-3845 to find the path toward feeling great with Dr. Melissa! We need you to subscribe to the podcast! Please hit the SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button from wherever you get your podcasts. Watch, Listen Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2JzUd5e Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KPgZq9 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3M1Puny Youtube: https://bit.ly/3pBAvFE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Diamo... Interact: Website: https://DiamondDiehards.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamonddiehards? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diam... Twitter: twitter.com/DiamondDiehards, twitter.com/JeffHealy8

12All music used with permission by Grant Heineman.   Cleveland native Grant Heineman returns as a graduate of the Berklee College of Music – where he directed the award winning vocal jazz quartets The Bean Tones and Point of Departure and as a winner of a 2020 Downbeat Magazine award for vocal arrangements. He impressed us with his performances at our open jam session, and he'll impress you with his trio this week. Featuring Taylor Arbogast on bass, Colin Dorion on drums and Grant Heineman on vocals and piano it's the Grant Heineman trio – Live at the Bop Stop.  Live At The Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction – music therapy and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn – create – inspire – and heal.   This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at The Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of Gilazar Media in Fairlawn, Ohio. Additional production at The Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Doctor Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media.     The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production from Bryan Kennard.   For extended version of all of our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link. Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!   Contact us here  

Accountability is something you rarely see in the media today, but on this episode of Diamond Diehards, you get it from Joe Rizzo and "The Dawg" Jeff Healy as they scrutinize their pre-season MLB predictions. Riz & Dawg have often talked about time traveling, and they got some forecasts correct and others wrong, but some of the good ones were so shocking that you might not believe them! You can find the original predictions episode at https://youtu.be/YMtNClnl9b4. It also includes a soliloquy on where we think Shohei Ohtani will end up. The main "wrongs" on the prognostications were regarding the Yankees and Mets. After their respective disappointing seasons, it was time for a rant on Yankees management and Aaron Boone, and the Mets and their brass. Please check out FMS Graphics (https://www.fmsgraphics.com) for all your print and promotional needs. For all your real estate needs in the Northern Valley, Pascack Valley and North Jersey areas, you need to contact Gary and Michele at the award-winning Mascolo Group. For more information, go to GaryMascolo.com or call 201-615-3665. Big Ed's Car Wash http://www.bigedscarwash.com/ is the place to go if you're in Bergen or Passaic Counties, NJ. Get over to Fair Lawn and get your automobile cleaned and your oil changed. Tell Big Ed that Diamond Diehards sent you! Pain got you down? Gatto Acupuncture & Wellness might be the elixir for your woes. Book online at GattoAcu.com or call 551-212-3845 to find the path toward feeling great with Dr. Melissa! We need you to subscribe to the podcast! Please hit the SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button from wherever you get your podcasts. Watch, Listen Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2JzUd5e Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KPgZq9 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3M1Puny Youtube: https://bit.ly/3pBAvFE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Diamo... Interact: Website: https://DiamondDiehards.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamonddiehards? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diam... Twitter: twitter.com/DiamondDiehards, twitter.com/JeffHealy8

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers' ruptured Achilles tendon was the snap heard 'round the world, but what does it really mean? Dr. Stacey Paukovitz of High Performance Foot and Ankle Podiatric Medicine and Surgery in Manasquan, NJ, joined Joe Rizzo to explain what happened, what Rodgers can look forward to after surgery and in rehab, and how his plan to return might be affected. Dr. Paukovitz also went over the toe injury to Aaron Judge, giving a new perspective and expert insight into what the New York Yankees megastar could be facing in the off-season after the injury. You want credentials? Dr. Paukovitz has been in private practice for 22 years and treats the entire spectrum of foot and ankle conditions, including advanced reconstructive procedures. A former captain of the Fordham University women's basketball team, she was a 1,000-point scorer and a two-time Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year, among her many accomplishments on the court. In the classroom, Dr Paukovitz graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Pre Med/Biology and a MS in Biology/Education. She is a graduate of The Temple School of Podiatric Medicine and completed three years of foot and ankle surgical training at The Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, where she was Chief Resident. To find out more about Dr. Paukovitz, go to https://hpfoot.com. Please check out FMS Graphics (https://www.fmsgraphics.com) for all your print and promotional needs. For all your real estate needs in the Northern Valley, Pascack Valley and North Jersey areas, you need to contact Gary and Michele at the award-winning Mascolo Group. For more information, go to GaryMascolo.com or call 201-615-3665. Big Ed's Car Wash http://www.bigedscarwash.com/ is the place to go if you're in Bergen or Passaic Counties, NJ. Get over to Fair Lawn and get your automobile cleaned and your oil changed. Tell Big Ed that Diamond Diehards sent you! Pain got you down? Gatto Acupuncture & Wellness might be the elixir for your woes. Book online at GattoAcu.com or call 551-212-3845 to find the path toward feeling great with Dr. Melissa! We need you to subscribe to the podcast! Please hit the SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button from wherever you get your podcasts. Watch, Listen Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2JzUd5e Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KPgZq9 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3M1Puny Youtube: https://bit.ly/3pBAvFE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiamondDiehards

Baseball has been awful in the New York area this season, and just when you thought it could not get worse, the Mets are reportedly talking about trading away slugger Pete Alonso in the off-season. So, since baseball sucks, Joe Rizzo and "The Dawg" Jeff Healy decided to talk about football! The baseball talk ended up enduring, however, since the scenarios were built on how Alonso's final destination could end up influencing Shohei Ohtani's decision, somehow leaving him in the Yankees outfield. Then there was the requisite Jets and Giants talk, where the importance of the beginning of the season for each franchise was broken down and the reasons were giving for why Aaron Rodgers and Daniel Jones have must-win games right off the bat! Please check out FMS Graphics (https://www.fmsgraphics.com) for all your print and promotional needs. For all your real estate needs in the Northern Valley, Pascack Valley and North Jersey areas, you need to contact Gary and Michele at the award-winning Mascolo Group. For more information, go to GaryMascolo.com or call 201-615-3665. Big Ed's Car Wash http://www.bigedscarwash.com/ is the place to go if you're in Bergen or Passaic Counties, NJ. Get over to Fair Lawn and get your automobile cleaned and your oil changed. Tell Big Ed that Diamond Diehards sent you! Pain got you down? Gatto Acupuncture & Wellness might be the elixir for your woes. Book online at GattoAcu.com or call 551-212-3845 to find the path toward feeling great with Dr. Melissa! We need you to subscribe to the podcast! Please hit the SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button from wherever you get your podcasts. Watch, Listen Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2JzUd5e Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KPgZq9 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3M1Puny Youtube: https://bit.ly/3pBAvFE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiamondDiehards Interact: Website: https://DiamondDiehards.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamonddiehards? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diamond-diehards Twitter: twitter.com/DiamondDiehards, twitter.com/JeffHealy8, twitter.com/Erin_Mulligan23

The Mets blew it up at the trade deadline while the Yankees froze and did virtually nothing. Both fan bases were left irate at the action of the Mets and inaction of the Yankees, so Joe Rizzo & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy had to join in. They also broke down what other teams did and how it leaves the baseball landscape for the rest of the season. Please check out FMS Graphics (https://www.fmsgraphics.com) for all your print and promotional needs. For all your real estate needs in the Northern Valley, Pascack Valley and North Jersey areas, you need to contact Gary and Michele at the award-winning Mascolo Group. For more information, go to GaryMascolo.com or call 201-615-3665. Big Ed's Car Wash http://www.bigedscarwash.com/ is the place to go if you're in Bergen or Passaic Counties, NJ. Get over to Fair Lawn and get your automobile cleaned and your oil changed. Tell Big Ed that Diamond Diehards sent you! Pain got you down? Gatto Acupuncture & Wellness might be the elixir for your woes. Book online at GattoAcu.com or call 551-212-3845 to find the path toward feeling great with Dr. Melissa! We need you to subscribe to the podcast! Please hit the SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button from wherever you get your podcasts. Watch, Listen Subscribe: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2JzUd5e Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KPgZq9 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3M1Puny Youtube: https://bit.ly/3pBAvFE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiamondDiehards Interact: Website: https://DiamondDiehards.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@diamonddiehards? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diamond-diehards Twitter: twitter.com/DiamondDiehards, twitter.com/JeffHealy8, twitter.com/Erin_Mulligan23

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 7/29/23 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hilary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

Daily Mass Readings and reflection for 7/28/23 from Fr Cameron Popik, from St Hilary Parish in Fairlawn, Ohio.

June 21, 1998. Father's Day. At the Church of the Atonement in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Jon and Michael Galluccio are ready to tie the knot, in front of family, friends, reporters, and one lone picketer. The Galluccios are already public figures—a few months earlier, they had secured the right for gay and unmarried couples to jointly adopt children. And today, they pull up to their wedding in a minivan, with their son in tow: as a family. How did this family come together? And how did their son's adoption end up changing the lives of other families all across the country? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.