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In this episode of Vestiges After Dark, we welcome returning guest James Ferrera, an accomplished Tarot reader and empath with a deep commitment to ethical divination. James brings a unique blend of scholarship, intuition, and spiritual connectedness through meditation to his Tarot practice. As a certified Tarot reader and Reiki practitioner, James will guide us through the essential topic of Divinatory Ethics—discussing the responsibility that comes with interpreting the cards, the boundaries of spiritual insight, and the importance of sincerity and compassion when working with clients. Join us as we delve into the ethical considerations of Tarot reading, and learn how James' empathic approach helps him navigate the balance between intuition and accountability. Whether you're a seasoned Tarot reader or simply curious about the ethical framework behind the practice, this episode promises to offer meaningful insights into the moral dimensions of divination.To call into the show with your questions, comments, or stories, dial: (802) 321-0073.International callers may call free 'Skype to Skype' by dialing: eyeoftheseer They will also be taking your questions from the YouTube chatroom, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, and Spreaker.Music Credits (for full list click here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/vestige... Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release] Crowd Hammer Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Bumper Music: NoCopyrightSounds Marin Hoxha & Chris Linton - With You [NCS Release] Tobu & Syndec - Dusk [NCS Release] Codeko - Crest [NCS Release] Syn Cole - Feel Good [NCS Release] Floatinurboat - Limbo (feat. ELIØTT) [NCS Release] Rival x Cadmium - Seasons (feat. Harley Bird) [NIVIRO Remix] | NCS Release] Robin Hustin x Tobimorrow - Light It Up (feat. Jex) [NCS Release] Jim Yosef & Anna Yvette - Linked [NCS Release] Kozah - Heavens [NCS Release] NIVIRO - Memes [NCS Release] Song: Mendum & Abandoned - Voyage (Feat. DNAKM) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Voyage Watch: • Mendum & Abandoned - Voyage (Feat. DN... Song: Unknown Brain & Hoober - Phenomenon (ft. Dax & VinDon) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Phenomenon Watch: • Unknown Brain & Hoober - Phenomenon (... Song: Robin Hustin & Jessica Chertock - Burn it Down [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/BurnItDown Watch: • Robin Hustin & Jessica Chertock - Bur... Song: Kozah - Nobody [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/Nobody Watch: • Kozah - Nobody [NCS Release] Song: NIVIRO - Demons [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NDemons Watch: • NIVIRO - Demons | Electronic | NCS - ... Song: Unknown Brain - Childhood Dreams [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/ChildHoodDreams Watch: • Unknown Brain - Faceless (Album MIX) ... Song: Syn Cole - Time [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Time Watch: • Syn Cole - Time [NCS Release] Song: Jim Yosef - Fall With Me [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/FallWithMe Watch: • Unknown Brain - Waiting (feat. Lox Ch... Song: Mike Vallas, Jagsy & quaggin. - Left My Heart In Pain [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/LMHIP Watch: • Mike Vallas, Jagsy & quaggin. - Left ... Song: Barren Gates - Devil [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Devil Watch: • Barren Gates - Devil | Trap | NCS - C... Song: Inukshuk - The Long Road Home [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TLRH Watch: • Inukshuk - The Long Road Home [NCS Re... Song: Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TooFarGone Watch: • Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release] Song: Inukshuk - A World Away [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/aworldaway Watch: • Inukshuk - A World Away [NCS Release] Song: Voicians - Seconds [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/seconds Watch: Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NeedYou Watch: • Lost Sky - Need You | Electronic | NC...
In this episode of Vestiges After Dark, we welcome returning guest James Ferrera, an accomplished Tarot reader and empath with a deep commitment to ethical divination. James brings a unique blend of scholarship, intuition, and spiritual connectedness through meditation to his Tarot practice. As a certified Tarot reader and Reiki practitioner, James will guide us through the essential topic of Divinatory Ethics—discussing the responsibility that comes with interpreting the cards, the boundaries of spiritual insight, and the importance of sincerity and compassion when working with clients. Join us as we delve into the ethical considerations of Tarot reading, and learn how James' empathic approach helps him navigate the balance between intuition and accountability. Whether you're a seasoned Tarot reader or simply curious about the ethical framework behind the practice, this episode promises to offer meaningful insights into the moral dimensions of divination.To call into the show with your questions, comments, or stories, dial: (802) 321-0073.International callers may call free 'Skype to Skype' by dialing: eyeoftheseer They will also be taking your questions from the YouTube chatroom, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, and Spreaker.Music Credits (for full list click here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/vestige... Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release] Crowd Hammer Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Bumper Music: NoCopyrightSounds Marin Hoxha & Chris Linton - With You [NCS Release] Tobu & Syndec - Dusk [NCS Release] Codeko - Crest [NCS Release] Syn Cole - Feel Good [NCS Release] Floatinurboat - Limbo (feat. ELIØTT) [NCS Release] Rival x Cadmium - Seasons (feat. Harley Bird) [NIVIRO Remix] | NCS Release] Robin Hustin x Tobimorrow - Light It Up (feat. Jex) [NCS Release] Jim Yosef & Anna Yvette - Linked [NCS Release] Kozah - Heavens [NCS Release] NIVIRO - Memes [NCS Release] Song: Mendum & Abandoned - Voyage (Feat. DNAKM) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Voyage Watch: • Mendum & Abandoned - Voyage (Feat. DN... Song: Unknown Brain & Hoober - Phenomenon (ft. Dax & VinDon) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Phenomenon Watch: • Unknown Brain & Hoober - Phenomenon (... Song: Robin Hustin & Jessica Chertock - Burn it Down [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/BurnItDown Watch: • Robin Hustin & Jessica Chertock - Bur... Song: Kozah - Nobody [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/Nobody Watch: • Kozah - Nobody [NCS Release] Song: NIVIRO - Demons [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NDemons Watch: • NIVIRO - Demons | Electronic | NCS - ... Song: Unknown Brain - Childhood Dreams [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/ChildHoodDreams Watch: • Unknown Brain - Faceless (Album MIX) ... Song: Syn Cole - Time [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Time Watch: • Syn Cole - Time [NCS Release] Song: Jim Yosef - Fall With Me [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/FallWithMe Watch: • Unknown Brain - Waiting (feat. Lox Ch... Song: Mike Vallas, Jagsy & quaggin. - Left My Heart In Pain [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/LMHIP Watch: • Mike Vallas, Jagsy & quaggin. - Left ... Song: Barren Gates - Devil [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Devil Watch: • Barren Gates - Devil | Trap | NCS - C... Song: Inukshuk - The Long Road Home [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TLRH Watch: • Inukshuk - The Long Road Home [NCS Re... Song: Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TooFarGone Watch: • Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release] Song: Inukshuk - A World Away [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/aworldaway Watch: • Inukshuk - A World Away [NCS Release] Song: Voicians - Seconds [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/seconds Watch: Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NeedYou Watch: • Lost Sky - Need You | Electronic | NC...
Rayim Ferrera es Maestro de Meditación y Yoga con más de 25 años de experiencia en filosofía Vedanta y Shivaísmo. Fundador de la escuela MAHADEVA, enseña meditación, canto devocional y música de conciencia. Esta conversación comienza con Rayim contándonos sobre su iniciación en el camino espiritual y como éste comenzó al ver a su padre llorar con la música, revelándole desde niño la conexión profunda que se puede tener con el sonido y la vibración. Hablamos del ego espiritual y de la figura del maestro, cuestionando la necesidad de soltar definiciones y permitir que el aprendizaje fluya. Exploramos la relación entre el dinero y la espiritualidad, y cómo integrarla en una vida consciente, así como el papel de las redes sociales como potencial canal de crecimiento interior. Rayim comparte su estudio de la Bhagavad Gita, profundizando en las enseñanzas de la India sobre el bien y el mal, y en la figura de Lahkshmi, la diosa de la abundancia, como una invitación a sentir la verdadera satisfacción. Finalmente, discutimos la importancia de los mantras y el silencio en el yoga, y cómo la voz, esculpida por el espíritu, se convierte en un canal para conectar con lo sagrado.
In this latest episode, Mustansir Saifuddin is joined by Barry Sjostedt and Julea Ferrera to take a look back at what has transpired since SAP SAPPHIRE 2024. Was it all hype or was the conference content applicable to clients and partners like them? Listen in for an engaging conversation on what still resonates months later and suggestions for organizations on how to navigate the SAP ecosystem and leverage conferences like SAP SAPPHIRE. Julea Ferrera is the Founder of J. Ferrara Consulting Solutions, Founding Director of Techqueria x MKE and is on the America's SAP User Group WI Board of Directors. She has worked in Business Transformation as a Technofunctional consultant in a variety of different companies globally throughout the years promoting lean process and operation excellence through community impact. Barry Sjostedt is a Business Operations Consultant specializing in Finance and Organizational Excellence, having collaborated with numerous global organizations to drive lean processes and optimization through innovative technology solutions. His expertise spans various business areas, uniting teams for enhanced collaboration and future success. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrysjostedt https://www.linkedin.com/in/juleaferrera https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/midwest-tech-week/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/asug https://www.linkedin.com/company/techqueria-x-mke https://www.linkedin.com/company/isolutionpartners https://www.linkedin.com/in/mustansirsaifuddin X : @mmsaifuddin IG:@asug365 @midwesttechweek Learn more at www.isolutionpartners.com Episode Transcript: [00:00:00] Mustansir Saifuddin: Welcome to Tech Driven Business brought to you by Innovative Solution Partners. Now that several months have passed since Sapphire 2024, I invited Barry Sjostedt and Julea Ferrera to share their insights on the post Sapphire landscape, including the role of AI and best strategies for navigating the S4 journey. [00:00:26] Listen in for the customer and service provider viewpoints to see how your team can stay ahead in the ever evolving SAP ecosystem. [00:00:38] Welcome you both. How are you? [00:00:40] Julea Ferrara: Doing pretty good. [00:00:43] Thank you for having us. [00:00:45] Barry Sjostedt: Yeah. Good seeing you both again. [00:00:48] Mustansir Saifuddin: I know we were all at Sapphire back in June and it was a great event and I thought, Coming out of the event I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about [00:01:00] the experience and the reality. You know, that's what I wanted to cover in this show because I think it's always good to look back and see where we have come and where we are heading in the future. [00:01:12] There are a few observations that I would like to share with you both and then like to open it up for your take on. How have you seen things unfold over the past couple of months and where do you see the direction in the future? So I know that the Sapphire event itself this year was full of learning and networking and it was great. [00:01:33] And it was filled with opportunities as well as it was a bit of an overload of information as you can tell by the amount of information being shared and a lot of different things that were happening during the conference. Now, if I look back, it is in our rearview mirror. I think this is time that we talk about and revisit what we got out of Sapphire and see what resonates with different [00:02:00] people. [00:02:01] Just like you, who touch the SAP ecosystem. Coming back to some of the content. Sapphire, we focused on Gen AI. That was like the the theme that was going on in different sessions, different conversations, and on the show floor, in the presentations, and those networking events. [00:02:20] Gen AI, Juul, You know, SAP talked about some key partnerships with their hyperscalers like AWS, Google, NVIDIA, Microsoft. I mean, you name it, right? We also talked about CleanCore, what that means, and a lot more. So, I know there was a lot of things were covered. And based on my experience, I would say some folks even thought that it was a lot of hype. [00:02:47] So, that brings me to you both, and, this conversation today. And I'd like to start with what did you get out of the show and where do you think we are heading? So, let me start with you, Julea. You know, when you left Sapphire, [00:03:00] what was top of your mind? And what was your first action step after coming out of the conference? [00:03:06] Julea Ferrara: I first went to honestly, LinkedIn, and I'm a part of BTP a lot of group sessions shared groups on there to kind of understand, like, different polls. A lot of people put a lot of different polls out there to understand the five different pillars with BTP and where we're at, and 100 percent across the board was on AI. [00:03:28] These last few weeks, since Sapphire, it's been again, a big thing around the AI aspect. I think, yes, there's a lot of hype around it, which is exciting. But as much as I love A. I. I still believe we have to tell the A. I. what to do. So it's what I see missing is people having those general conversations in the S. [00:03:50] A. P. space of how do we do that? What do we work with to do that? A lot of amazing tools. The problem is I don't think people understand like where to [00:04:00] go to get everything set up. So , I realized the importance of all working with all these partners and vendors to get, to understand and having really the ASUG network, the ASUG pre conference conversations were great to help you get [00:04:15] those things set up for your data processes for the AI to work. Barry, what did you think? [00:04:23] Barry Sjostedt: Yeah, I mean, it was a lot. I think, you know, going in there from a focus standpoint, you kind of almost had to know what you were looking for. My feeling is cloud is really the big initiative. I was trying to learn a little bit more about their positioning, you know, what they're really truly trying to accomplish. [00:04:43] And, you know, at the end of the day is my strategy aligned with theirs? My view of it is slightly different from yours, from, you know, you're a customer, whereas I'm trying to assist the customer. So of course I had that slightly different view. AI, [00:05:00] I think. It's AI is more of in its infancy. [00:05:05] It's here. It's evolving. It's quick and it's going to happen faster. So what they laid out is Kind of more as this is what's to come but we know having worked in the space for quite some time. It's It's really not super efficient today, and I agree with you. Where are the resources going to come from where? [00:05:28] They're already trying to look for resources for people to transition and still transition over from ECC to S4. So from my perspective, we're looking, you know, at where SAP is going, and more importantly, where are organizations going? What's most important to them? Who's going to what sessions? [00:05:51] As are they in the same sessions I'm in and who's in the sessions that are in, let's say cloud facing or cloud alignments, you know, and what's more [00:06:00] important to them. Because what's important to you is different than what's important to another organization. And let's say, you know, not all Molson Coors, but let's say something in a you know, a small manufacturer. [00:06:17] So there's a big difference there, and I think it's layered. [00:06:21] [00:06:21] Julea Ferrara: Yeah, you do have a great point. The one thing I have learned by going to Sapphire over these years is everybody tends to take their IT department. And you have a little bit more understanding of, like you said, Barry, Hey, we're more concerned about the cloud aspect. [00:06:40] When companies, customers send their people there, they need to send more of their business teams out there, business process teams, and that's not really happening. So the biggest encouragement I offer is you need to have more of your business functioning teams [00:06:56] to attend because they hear, they hear all these [00:07:00] hype words and around AI, they're ready to go. They don't realize that we have to still do all this work. Ahead of time. And there that's the gap that I see is people don't understand, okay, you have this available. This tool can do all this stuff for us. And I see a lot of different industries keep buying the tools and tools and tools, but they don't understand all the data and all the business processing that needs to be done with that for that automation to work. [00:07:30] So. My biggest takeaway for any customer and send more business functioning groups to those conversations. Sapphire being that. [00:07:40] Barry Sjostedt: That's such a great point. It really is, working with all different aspects of businesses. And this is not just kind of in this circumstances, but just, you know, from years of experience. [00:07:52] There is such a vast difference between the person who's in IT, who gets the complete and total understanding of, how it works, [00:08:00] and how I'm gonna put it into your system, to the individual actually using it, and is it functionally sound for their day to day. And it's almost, you know, sometimes I feel that the representatives that they send to some of the shows, it becomes that telephone game, when they get back to the organization and say, "I saw the coolest thing ever." And then the person sitting at the desk saying, yeah, but only one aspect really kind of helps me. [00:08:27] It's great. But overall for the organization, does it fit the need for where we're going not just daily, but in the future? How are we going to accomplish that? So, yeah, I mean, that's a great point. I enjoy meeting several different people from several different areas. And I think that's kind of where I think I really like more from an ASUG point of view. [00:08:50] When you start to get a little bit more granular in some of the smaller shows, you get to meet the users and understand where their difficulties is in that chain of how it can [00:09:00] go up and it can benefit the organization as a whole and not just one instance. [00:09:06] Mustansir Saifuddin: You both made a great points on this particular conversation. [00:09:11] One thing that I've seen, and this is what is going to persist going forward, especially when we are transitioning from the current environment customers are in, either you take your ECC environment or on prem or whatever the current situation is from their ERP to their data and analytics to any of the technology that they're currently using in their organization is having that path available to them. [00:09:38] You know, having that advisory kind of role, someone who is capable of understanding their current landscape and then walking them through the path to the new technology, to the generative AI type of discussions because the path has to be clear. Because you're not jumping to the [00:10:00] new technology, you know, in the next move. [00:10:01] You're going through those steps to make sure that you are getting to the destination in a way that is helping and benefiting the business, right? In the end of the day, a customer is looking at ways to make sure their systems are running flawlessly. You know, their path to technology and future trends is aligned with what their business strategy is. [00:10:24] That brings me to my next question So Sapphire is in the back view mirror now. A couple of months into it and the dust has kind of settled down How has your outlook changed since you left Sapphire? Barry, I would like to start with you this time. [00:10:41] Barry Sjostedt: For me, my outlook hasn't changed a lot . Having, you know, done a little bit of research prior to going to Sapphire and what we were looking to accomplish. [00:10:54] It's really kind of the same thing. My follow up from the show and the outlook [00:11:00] is, I'm a little bit more focused on some of the, the technology, obviously cloud was being one of them for us. The onset of BTP and trying to roll out the different portions of what they're, you know, trying to make it bigger and better, but really it's much of the same. [00:11:20] How am I going to be able to help organizations and align with their strategies? And really try to help them to make these moves. I mean, we, you know, we've made mention, you know of some of the the people having to move over, whether it's just to S4 or being a part of the Rise journey, or Hana cloud for that matter, How can I help be a value and a benefit for the organizations to make these moves? I always turn back to my past experience of just working in operations. Operations is costly for [00:12:00] groups. It's a cost. How do you defray that cost? How do you make that cost as small as possible to help the profitability in the future? [00:12:08] How can I make, that process more lean and a more efficient, saving more money for them to make this upgrade. Because these upgrades are costly. And that's what we see a lot of is, our focus is solely on this. And it's like, yeah, however, if you have terrible process today here, you can upgrade, but you've just upgraded to another terrible process. [00:12:36] And you just paid a lot more money to do a terrible process. So again, it's getting that mindset. So for me, not a lot has changed in that aspect. I think it's just more of understanding what the messaging is and also aligning with the organizations to make sure they understand what the messaging [00:13:00] is and is it being, is it being relayed from that show to Julea, just like you said, to your business people, to your end users. [00:13:10] If I'm at a slightly larger organization and I'm going to send people down to Sapphire, I'm going to have that mindset of a divide and conquer. And I am going to pick, do you know what I mean? Three groups. I'm going to have an IT, I'm going to have a finance, I'm going to have an end user group. [00:13:28] Do you know what I mean? And I'm going to say this is what I would like to find out. And then All three groups collaborate when they get back. What did you find out? What did you learn? And then once you do that, I think you're really on the path to making the best decision moving forward. [00:13:45] Do we do this? And in what order do we do this? What is most financially advantageous to the group? So we're prepared not only today, but we're prepared for tomorrow when we have to make yet another jump or do we do [00:14:00] it incrementally? That's smart. [00:14:02] Mustansir Saifuddin: That makes sense. [00:14:03] Julea, what's your take on it? I mean, have you seen any change in your perspective after this couple of months? [00:14:11] [00:14:11] Julea Ferrara: Generally, you don't. Again, it's all hype. It goes back to more the cloud perspective and automating. Different aspects and going to the AI route because again not everybody understands that you're putting additional costs onto the problem you already have of upgrading and everybody's too worried about the maintenance side of things. [00:14:33] Instead of fixing the issue right now, everybody's more focused on the tool . The business sees, Hey, you have all these awesome tools. They push and the business gets what the business wants. They have the money. They can say , Hey, I want these tools. And then you have these complicated webs. [00:14:50] I liked the point that you said, bring your finance person, bring your business person. People forget, is bring your data people . Your data people need to be a [00:15:00] part of these conversations. That is one group I do not see a lot of, data people. Yeah, maybe on the analytics side, but you need your master data governance team there. [00:15:10] I think security is another one. [00:15:13] Mustansir Saifuddin: Thank you for sharing your thoughts on that. This is very good to hear the two perspectives. And that was the whole idea of this conversation was to get what you have seen from your point of view, and then how it has progressed since that event happened. [00:15:29] So from your purview, where do you see SAP customers heading when it really comes to this S4 journey we all talking about and a 2027 deadline from SAP? [00:15:39] Julea, what's your take on it? I mean, this is coming up quickly. [00:15:44] Julea Ferrara: Yeah. I see a lot of people scrambling. Again going back, they just, what do we do? Are we taking all the initial steps that we need to, all the checks and balances ahead of time? It kind of goes back to what [00:16:00] I'm previously referencing is people are scrambling. [00:16:03] They're focusing on the tool to get it done and not really understanding that they need to be more involved. And this is where I plug in the ASUG: ASUG plug is even part of your S. A. P. membership is the customer excellence team that you can tap into to help you. And that's where my recommendation seeing those pre conferences, I was like: if you want to work with bigger, like Deloitte and Accenture and EY, to help navigate these things, you still need small providers to come in, to really understand your landscape a little bit more, to help guide those teams. [00:16:41] Those are the disconnects I'm seeing, and I think if you get the mapping and all that stuff done ahead of time, you're in, you're aware of what maintenance fees and stuff. People are there to guide you through all that. And not enough customers know about those benefits. [00:17:00] As being a part of an ASUG membership where you're amongst a group of all these subject matter experts who can guide you, you know, it's, it's full of customers, partners, and vendors, not everybody realizes that. [00:17:13] I mean, I'm still. Been trying to get that out as a champion myself. [00:17:18] Mustansir Saifuddin: That is great. [00:17:20] Barry Sjostedt: Well, pressure's on, isn't it? Right? I mean, that clock has been ticking. There's been that push and I think that some of the early adopters obviously had some pains and let's also remember COVID was slammed right in the middle of this. [00:17:38] So I know that they went from, and correct me if I'm wrong, I think it was 2025 was the original date. I think they're two years out considering the COVID and I don't know if that's enough. The last time that I checked, I want to say that there were still 68 percent of [00:18:00] organizations still on ECC. [00:18:01] I could be wrong on that number you know, obviously, but that's quite a bit. So now we're going to have this mad dash in two years. My concern becomes resources. These organizations if they're not adopting earlier and stuff, are they doing the right thing? Piggybacking off what you said Julea too is you know I couldn't stress enough of using, you know organizations like the ASUGs and the education. And more importantly the peer to peer contacts and I can't tell you how many people I have talked to here in the new england chapter. Use the people who have already moved over. [00:18:39] What approach, what would they do different? If they had to do it over again, spend time on this, clean up this, don't do this. And there I agree again, Julea, it's just that I think that the smarter organizations are taking a step back, they're taking a look and doing just kind [00:19:00] of what I said before. [00:19:02] Thanks. What we have internally. Clean up. I mean the clean core concept is really kind of what I was talking about a little bit more about being lean. let's clean up what we have now clean up some dead data clean up some stuff that we have to do so when you actually make that transition You're not bringing over junk. [00:19:23] You're actually starting and think about the cost and I mean we promote that a lot here. As we're doing our projects, is that working with a documentation, organization, and optimization that we do is if we can assist you to clean up that whole entire area within your documentation, you're not bringing that stuff over. [00:19:46] I mean, I know we've saved organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars in just migrations and think about that. That can go to what you're moving over. This is just one small piece, one small [00:20:00] area of your SAP ecosystem. Think about where else you can clean up. So again, I think that the smarter organizations are really taking a harder look at that move and what makes sense. [00:20:11] And does it make sense if I'm going to do just do S4? Do I do S4 cloud? Do I do it all at once? And how do I do that and how do I go about it? So. Yeah. I think really organization is the key and communication is really big, internally and externally, and who works best for your organization. [00:20:33] You have some of these larger groups, they might be more suited to work with you. But there are a lot of smaller groups that need kind of more boutique, more hand holding, more understanding, and more experience in that area. Someone working on a multi billion dollar corporation, might not be the best fit for a smaller organization. [00:20:58] You know what I mean? That's revenue under a [00:21:00] hundred million. And there are all different levels for that. I think it's going to be interesting to see over the next couple years. I'm starting to see a smaller shift kind of on my end from an interest standpoint of I think that people are learning from the smaller groups and that peer to peer contact. And I actually couldn't encourage that enough from my end. And Julea and Mustansir and we're being part of these organizations is where you kind of get the most benefit. [00:21:25] Talking to each other, get an understanding. And it's amazing how willing people are to help each other in this capacity. I really enjoy that part of the, the group of the organization. [00:21:37] Mustansir Saifuddin: Yeah, totally agree. [00:21:39] Julea Ferrara: I've seen different industries who rely on SAP education to only be in the IT department. You talk to business departments and they're like they solely rely on IT creating the documentation, putting everything together, and really not going [00:22:00] in to do transactional work or understand what they're doing versus they're relying on the reports that are coming out. And my biggest takeaway to customers, the ones that are successful is you have SAP education throughout your whole organization. [00:22:18] Not just your IT department. So if you're doing integrated business planning, it needs to be a part of the whole integrated business planning teams conversation to, like you said, Barry, going back to that documentation, cleaning up the data, cleaning up the process to then move it all over. The hard part is people don't know how to educate others. [00:22:44] And that's why we have great groups like ASUG. I said, you don't have to leave the company to learn other best practices. So focus on educating your people and having that organizational change management process set there for [00:23:00] everyone. [00:23:00] Mustansir Saifuddin: I think that's a great takeaway, I think, from both of you, and you touched upon it, right? [00:23:03] I mean, it's all about peer to peer education, just learning and utilizing the resources available to you to be more prepared before you get on the journey. And the journey is going to be challenging for folks who have not gone through all the work that you folks mentioned about doing the homework, cleaning up, getting your house in order. [00:23:24] All those things are important for you to be successful in this journey, right? And I know we covered a lot today. What would be one key takeaway that you would both want our listeners to leave with? Julea, please start from your perspective. [00:23:38] Julea Ferrara: I know a lot of people are going in the AI route and we're talking data, process and then, big key takeaway is utilize the networks that you have, to come together, share. When it comes to the A. I. aspect of it all: to have the greatest prompting you can. Describe your [00:24:00] scenarios as descriptive as possible when you are building out the AI for these tools. If you leave things very blank, if you leave things very from the box add your operations to that, consider your operational changes, consider the process, and then consider what the software does. [00:24:22] Cause you can customize to that and utilize the SAP excellence center, utilize ASUG. Get some smart, smaller partners in to understand your landscape. If you're a big company to help get those SOWs going in the right direction that work for you and you're not just putting money out the door and out the door and out the door. And you're creating more webs of Disarray, focus on those avenues and I think you'll do, you know, do do really well. [00:24:54] Mustansir Saifuddin: Great. Barry, what's your take? [00:24:57] Barry Sjostedt: I can't stress enough the [00:25:00] peer to peer, partner, collaboration, communication network. I think that's the most helpful. People like to talk about their accomplishments. People like to talk about what works, their successes and how it works. The more you get to know people and the more you kind of get yourself out there and you get more in these groups, you know, they're not afraid to talk about, yeah, we tried this and it didn't work. [00:25:29] And they explain why. Then that relationship continues. And between reading and trying to collaborate on linkedin, which I try to use a fair amount. I try to share as much as I can so that people can learn more about their space . Whether it's the people that I follow or the people that I am connected with I think there's a lot of value in there. But again, it's that research And I agree with you Julea. [00:25:52] It's just vetting out What is best for your organization? What I've seen a lot of is that you have organizations that [00:26:00] come in and say, Oh, don't worry. We have that. We have that solution for you. That's in our portfolio. Well, great. [00:26:09] Does it work? Do you know what I mean? Like, you know, it's great that you have it in your portfolio, but is it a right fit for us today? At the end of the day, if you actually have something in mind and you have a project in mind, take a step back and say," Hey what are the best ones out there right now?" [00:26:26] And let's look at three, four, five and find the best fit with your organization. You know what I mean? We're a good fit for you as you are for us because that means we're setting you up for success. [00:26:39] We're a valued partner and we're going to move forward with you. And I think oftentimes it gets lost because people are trying to sell. People are trying to put stuff in there. It's all great if I put something in your system, But if a year or two later, it doesn't work, [00:26:54] it's bad. It's bad for both of us. Bad for business. Bad for reputation. And it doesn't work. That's [00:27:00] no good. So the combination of that peer to peer contact and understanding and having a true understanding Of your organization and what fits best for your needs for your groups and that comes with communication and collaboration. [00:27:13] Julea Ferrara: I say there's a lot of as for supply chain groups. There's a lot around the finance groups. There's the latest and greatest, and that's where I'm getting a lot of my information from. So I suggest customers do the same as well. Go in those groups and learn, like you said, peer to peer. [00:27:30] Barry Sjostedt: Well, you know, and that's funny. When you mention the latest and greatest here, it's great, right? You take a look at it, and is it a good fit for you today, right? Maybe not. But I think the key is, is that by looking at the different organizations, who is set up the best for you to make that move. [00:27:45] So if you are in fact on ECC today and you want to fix it, is that next step for you S4 and will that solution or that particular idea move over to S4 in an easy [00:28:00] transition.. Or is it more of a, well, since you're going on this version, the next version is going to be twice as expensive to make a move. [00:28:08] And I see that a lot too. Whereas, you know, and it's nice part about stuff that we will do here is that it doesn't matter what version you are on and it's an easy transition. You can just bring everything over once you're ready to move. And I feel that's a true valued partnership. Is that we're, we're looking to move forward with your roadmap and we are aligned with all versionings of SAP. [00:28:33] There's that nice collaboration, right? We're collaborating with the organization. But we're also just going to be right along with the roadmap. If they're going to move forward, we have the capability of moving forward with you and it's not at an outstanding cost. A better ROI at the end of the day. [00:28:50] And ultimately that's what you want. You got to look hard at that. [00:28:53] Julea Ferrara: Yeah. What people don't do is discuss the how together. [00:28:58] Barry Sjostedt: Right. Yep. [00:29:00] No, that's exactly right. [00:29:02] Mustansir Saifuddin: I think this is great and great takeaways from both of you and I think that this is where the real value comes in from sharing this kind of format with listeners so they can get, Hey, what is really out there and what should be focusing on in order for me to be successful in my organization and in the future I want to move forward to. [00:29:24] Thank you again both of you for joining the session and it's been a great conversation. Look forward to talking to you in the future Thank you again for joining us today. [00:29:34] [00:29:34] Mustansir Saifuddin: Thanks for listening to Tech Driven Business brought to you by Innovative Solutions Partners. Barry and Julia shared their unique perspectives to give a 360 view of SAP Sapphire. As we heard from both of them, the key to success in navigating the SAP ecosystem lies in collaboration, [00:30:00] communication, and a focus on business processes. [00:30:03] Don't hesitate to leverage the resources available within the SAP community and seek guidance. from experts when needed. We would love to hear from you. Continue the conversation by connecting with me on LinkedIn or X. Learn more about Innovative Solution Partners and schedule a free consultation by visiting isolutionpartners.com.
Hablamos con Aldar Ferrera, responsable LGTBIQ+ de Más Marid Sanse, por el I Concurso de Relato Corto "Furia Trans Madrileña"
Carol Ferrera compartilha sua jornada de emagrecimento, revelando como superou desafios pessoais e criou um método eficaz que já ajudou mais de 30 mil alunas. Através de conexão emocional e suporte, ela transforma a relação das pessoas com a comida, enfatizando que o emagrecimento vai além da dieta, envolvendo mudanças comportamentais.Já conhece o método CAQUER? Dê o play no episódio e saiba como Carol Ferrera ajudou mais de 30 mil alunas a emagrecer sem dietas frustrantes.
Gran comienzo de la Feria de San Lucas de Jaén con Antonio Ferrera, El Fandi y Manuel Escribano a hombros por la Puerta Grande. Especialmente brillantes Ferrera y Escribano ante toros en general bravos y encastados de las ganaderías de El Torero y Fuente Ymbro. Con lleno de no hay billetes, orejas para los rejoneadores Diego Ventura y Duarte Fernandes en el cierre de la Feria del Pilar de Zaragoza. El Mene gana el Circuito de Novilladas de Castilla y León tras imponerse en el Alfarero de Oro de Villaseca de la Sagra y la Vid de Oro de Arganda del Rey en el último mes. Iker Fernández El Mene cuenta sus primeras impresiones en los micrófonos de Clarín. Presentación de la Feria de Cali en la cuenta atrás para la prohibición de las corridas de toros en Colombia. Tarde muy emocionante en la corrida solidaria de la Fundación La Sonrisa de María contra el cáncer infantil en Torrejón de Ardoz.Escuchar audio
Get to know UB's new Deputy Athletic Director for External Relations Sean FerreraSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In today's episode of Soccer Matter with Glenn Davis. The european league's season has started after a busy summer with the Euro and Copa America. Messi will miss the qualifying matches in september, Mexico will face USA in Guadalajara, Gundogan chosen to leave Barcelona. Mauricio Pochettino is the main candidate to be the U.S. Head Coach. LALIGA first week results. Victor Araiza joins SM to talk about the Leagues Cup. Carlos Alberta Ferrera who has gone to the world cup five times with different countries won it with Brazil joins SM.
Cette année, La Page Blanche fête ses 5 ans. Pour cette occasion, je vous propose tout au long de l'été une série de 5 épisodes inédits, autour de la poésie. Après une soixante d'épisodes consacrées aux romancières et à l'écriture de roman, il était grand temps de s'intéresser aux poétesses, et de questionner les mille et une manières possibles d'écrire de la poésie. Car le “poète” ou “la poétesse” peut faire tout autant l'objet de fantasmes, de représentations que la figure de l'écrivain ; comme si l'écriture de poésie était une sorte de don, et le poème, un miracle. Or il n'en est rien, et si la poésie réserve, comme l'écriture en général, sont lot de mystère ou de surprise, elle est aussi le fruit d'un long travail de création, de rumination, d'essais et de fausses routes, d'évidences ou de hasards, bref, un chemin pavé de doutes mais aussi, vous le verrez, de grandes joies. Tous les 15 jours, vous retrouverez donc un nouvel épisode qui mettra en lumière trois autrices différentes.Photo Hortense Raynal : ©,Heinui PourraPhoto Carole Bijou : ©,Yann MorrisonPhoto Margot Ferrera :© Margot FerreraHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
ROMA (ITALPRESS) - “La nostra struttura demografica sta cambiando rapidamente e renderà il nostro modello sociale ed economico insostenibile nel medio e lungo periodo. La cosa grave è che manca la consapevolezza della gravità e della serietà di questo problema”. Così Maurizio Ferrera, scientific supervisor di Secondo Welfare e docente del Dipartimento di scienze sociali e politiche dell'università degli Studi di Milano, ospite di un dibattito al Centro Studi Americani a Roma in occasione della presentazione dell'Agenda FAST per la natalità in Italia, il primo rapporto promosso da Fondazione Lottomatica sull'emergenza demografica e le strategie per contrastarla, realizzato da Secondo Welfare.xp3/sat
AdTechGod sits down with Nicole R. FerreraNicole's impressive journey doesn't stop.Before starting NRF Media, Nicole served as the Head of Product & Ad Sales Marketing at Inmar Intelligence. There, she played a pivotal role in driving product innovation and marketing strategies that revolutionized ad sales.Nicole was also the Head of Platform Partnerships & Emerging Media Revenue at Paramount. She wasn't always on the publisher and advisory side having previously worked at some of the biggest agencies in the US including her time as Group Director at Omnicom, where her leadership and vision were instrumental in shaping successful campaigns and driving substantial growth for a diverse range of clients.Thank you Hatty Group for sponsoring this episode
I hope I got it right this time! This *should* be the full audio of both Tom and myself having a conversation about data in The Hobby. My apologies to both my special guest Tom and to you, the listener, for not uploading the episode correctly the first time and for taking so long to make it right. Thank you to those of you who reached out to let me know about the issue and thank you all for your patience and understanding. - Denny --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hobbysthompson/support
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On the latest episode of Confessional we discuss the worlds of White Magic, and Tarot, with our ol' pal, comedian Christine Ferrera, as well as her friend, artist/musician, Jake Budenz. We talk about spirit worlds, divination, card reading, ritual, and more. Jake has published the short story collection, Tea Leaves, and fronts the Queer Psychedelic Pop band, Moth Broth. Confessions from Atlanta, Toronto, and more! Find Jake at www.jakebeearts.com, or on Insta @dreambabyjake.2
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 21, 2024 is: neophyte NEE-uh-fyte noun A neophyte is a person who has just started learning or doing something. // As an acting neophyte, Femi took a while to adjust to his newfound Hollywood fame. See the entry > Examples: "First premiering in 2006, Ugly Betty … built up a devoted fanbase. The series, which is now streaming on Netflix, starred Ferrera as the titular 'Ugly' Betty Suarez, a braces-wearing 22-year-old fashion neophyte from Queens." — Alec Bojalad, Den of Geek, 4 Aug. 2023 Did you know? Neophyte is hardly a new addition to the English language—it's been part of the English vocabulary since the 14th century. It traces back through Late Latin to the Greek word neophytos, meaning "newly planted" or "newly converted." These Greek and Latin roots were directly transplanted into the early English uses of neophyte, which first referred to a person newly converted to a religion or cause. By the 1600s, neophyte had gained a more general sense of "a beginner or novice." Today you might consider it a formal elder sibling of such recent informal coinages as newbie and noob.
Episode 76 welcomes Tom Ferrera (on IG @pancake_analytics), where we talk about data analytics and how it applies to The Hobby. We talk about glitches in the Matrix, aka eBay's Terapeak, being on panels for The Hobby, and the reason sometimes we buy into breaks even when we know from an analytical standpoint, it may not make the most sense. We also of course talk about the biggest debate between pancakes and waffles. You can email the show with your thoughts, questions and comments @hobbysthompson@gmail.com or you can reach me on Instagram @denny_cards. I also have these podcasts up on YouTube with full video (also @denny_cards on YouTube). If you like the podcast, please share it with a friend in The Hobby. Thanks for tuning in! - Denny --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hobbysthompson/support
There's no denying the strategy, the undeniable levels of skill, and the precision involved in American Football, but it's also a sport, a little like rugby, where a good part of your time is spent picking yourself up off the floor after being knocked on your ass. In this episode of Eighty Percent Mental, Dr Pete Olusoga explores the psychology involved in collision sports. What are the unique mental challenges of taking (or dishing out) massive hit after massive hit? Joining Pete on this episode are special guests, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being at the University of North Carolina, Dwight Hollier, and Performance Consultant and Therapist, Dr Adrian Ferrera. Follow Dwight Hollier on Twitter: @Dfin50 Check out Dr Ferrera's website:dradrianferrera.com Follow Dr Adrian Ferrera on Twitter: @dradrianferrera Follow Dr Adrian Ferrera on Instagram: @dradrianferrera Follow Dr Ferrera on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-ferrera-phd-lpc-8a01724a/
Un magnífico Antonio Ferrera corta una oreja en la primera corrida de la temporada en Las Ventas, este Domingo de Ramos. Con casi tres cuartos de entrada, Ferrera y su excelente cuadrilla protagonizan un encierro decepcionante de los toros de Cuadri. Emilio de Justo, Juan Ortega y Roca Rey salen a hombros en Arenas de San Pedro. Entrevista al ganadero de Jandilla Borja Domecq una semana después del impresionante Leguleyo que propició el rotundo triunfo de Roca Rey en Valencia. Tertulia de Clarín con Federico Arnás y Paco Delgado sobre balance de Fallas. Escuchar audio
In this episode of the BackTable Podcast, host Dr. Chris Beck interviews guest Dr. Dean Ferrera about treating acute limb ischemia with mechanical thrombectomy. Dr. Ferrera is an interventional cardiologist at Community Care Network in northwestern Indiana. Dr. Ferrera emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration, early detection, and selection of appropriate intervention techniques. He also discusses threading issues, bleeding complications, use of lysis, and understanding the nature of clots. He recommends thrombectomy systems such as the Pounce Thrombectomy System for removing thrombus and embolus. Furthermore, Dr. Ferrera highlights the significance of continued learning and mentorship in managing these complex conditions. --- CHECK OUT OUR SPONSOR Surmodics Pounce Thrombectomy https://pouncesystem.com/ --- SHOW NOTES 00:00 - Introduction 04:21 - Patient Presentation and Workup 09:23 - Treatment Options for Acute Limb Ischemia 17:48 - Crossing the Clot and Treatment Options 25:18 - Device Capabilities and Limitations 28:43 - Procedure Steps and Reusability 31:26 - Device Selection and Aspiration Devices 37:07 - Post-Procedure Considerations and Follow-Up 43:16 - Complications and Risk Management --- RESOURCES Pounce Thrombectomy System: https://pouncesystem.com/ Thrombus Structural Composition in Cardiovascular Disease: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34261330/
What Is This Episode - Top of Show . THE 2023-24 OSCARS RECAP SHOW: Red Carpet Report: Really Good! - 3:22 Kimmel's Monologue: Ok! - 10:20 . Supporting Actress' Hall of Heroes Accented Da'Vine's Moment - 15:17 Animated Categories Gave Our First Surprise - 21:16 Screenplays Got 2 Worthy, Grateful Winners - 25:43 Billie and Finneas Perform w/ Pure Class - 32:56 Makeup and Hair + Production Design Were a Harbinger - 36:06 John Cena May Have Stolen the Show w/ Costume Design - 40:31 Whazhezhe Ruled - 45:07 Zone of Interest Won International Feature, Had an Important Speech - 46:04 A Necessary Surprise Stunt Homage - 49:04 . Downey is the King, and Finally Got His Crown - 51:03 Danny DeVito, Arnold Had a GREAT Bit - 53:16 Then Presented VFX and Editing to Audience Darlings - 54:04 John Baptiste Performs, American Symphony Should've Been Nom'd - 56:57 McKinnon, Ferrera, and…Spielberg?! Were Hilarious?! - 58:48 20 Days in Mariupol Had a Moving Speech - 1:00:51 Hoyte! Wes! - 1:02:29 Becky G Does Diane Justice - 1:05:37 Mulaney is Definitely Our Future Host. Gives Zone a Big Win for Sound. - 1:06:23 It's Ryan Gosling's World. I'm Just Ken Ruled - 1:08:52 Score, Song, Go Exactly As They Should've - 1:11:28 Navalny's Video Began Bocelli-Lead In Memorium - 1:14:21 . Cillian Murphy, a Reluctant, Enthusiastic Champ - 1:16:37 Spielberg Adorns Nolan - 1:19:40 Emma Stone Upsets Lilly, Wins Her 2nd - 1:20:51 Kimmel Shouts Out Trump's Real Time Insults - 1:25:50 Oppenheimer Wins Best Picture, Despite Pacino's Confusing Presentation - 1:28:06 . Final Words - 1:30:27 . . Your Homework/LEAVE US 5 STARS! - 1:32:44 Words of Wisdom/What's Coming Next - 1:33:50
Fe hecha canción es el programa de EWTN Radio Católica Mundial que promociona la música de los grupos y cantantes católicos del mundo hispano. Desde el Estudio 3 de Radio Católica Mundial, Douglas Archer comparte con ustedes una hora cargada de canciones, incluyendo las últimas novedades y estrenos, y con invitados que cantan o tocan en vivo.
Festeggiamo i 50 episodi (+1) di Potrebbe Piacerti con una nuova formula: i Pipponi. Saranno puntate aperiodiche di approfondimento su argomenti che ci stanno a cuore e che (ovviamente) Potrebbero Piacervi. Iniziamo parlando di "Barbie", non tanto per il film in sé ma per le polemiche che l'hanno accompagnato all'uscita e in quest'ultimo mese. Di che si tratta? Sono fondate? Qual è la nostra (non richiesta) opinione?Grazie a tutti per averci accompagnati fin qui e fateci sapere se vi piace questa formula aggiuntiva!---Qui tutti i link:https://oldmanaries.it/index.php/potrebbe-piacerti/https://silviacolaneri.it/potrebbe-piacerti/---Per contattarci:Pagina Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potrebbepiacertiAccount Instagram: @potrebbepiacertiSergio: https://www.oldmanaries.it - Instagram: @OldManAriesSilvia: https://www.silviacolaneri.it - Instagram: @Silosa
"Barbie" was the highest-grossing film of 2023, became a cultural phenomenon, and has now earned eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera, and Best Production Design for production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer. The three of them were kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their experiences in making the film alongside Academy Award-nominated director and writer Greta Gerwig. First, we have Ferrera speaking with Nadia Dalimonte, followed by Greenwood and Spencer talking with Ema Sasic. Please give both a listen as they go into detail both in front and behind the camera on the brightest, pinkest, and most beloved film by audiences from last year. Please be sure to check out the film, which is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Production Design. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Stanfield & Andy Shaver are joined by the owner of US Fire Pump, Chris Ferrera. Chris was the owner of Ferrera Fire Apparatus, specializing in fire truck innovation and manufacturing rigs that would shipped all over the world. He would later sell that company and go on to create US Fire Pump. Chris and his team also assembled a crew of expert firefighters that specialize in fighting fires at the industrial level. They discuss how a volunteer project put him on the path of starting his first company, fighting large scale industrial fires, including, the Deer Park, Texas fire, and his innovating methods to fighting fire.
Fe hecha canción es el programa de EWTN Radio Católica Mundial que promociona la música de los grupos y cantantes católicos del mundo hispano. Desde el Estudio 3 de Radio Católica Mundial, Douglas Archer comparte con ustedes una hora cargada de canciones, incluyendo las últimas novedades y estrenos, y con invitados que cantan o tocan en vivo
In an enlightening conversation with our esteemed guest, John Ferrera, PhD, a seasoned neuropsychologist and certified Chris Kresser Foundation Medicine Practitioner, we delve into this intriguing confluence of neuropsychology, diet, and health. John opens up about his personal health journey, sharing how he discovered his sensitivity to gluten and occasional psoriasis flare-ups, leading him to his current specialties in integrative and functional medicine.As John elaborates on the profound impact of diet on these conditions, this episode takes you on an insightful journey into low-carb and high-protein diets and their significant role in reducing autism symptoms. We also touch upon the influence of environmental toxins on our bodies and the potential implications of the CDC's lengthy immunization schedule.Imagine a world where a few dietary tweaks could transform your child's life forever. In this episode, we share an inspiring success story of a parent who experienced a significant improvement in their child's autism symptoms through a gluten-free, sugar-free diet. Join us in this enlightening conversation, and let's together uncover the transformative power of diet in managing chronic conditions, including autism!Find Dr. John Fererra at-https://www.inpnyc.com/TW- @JohnFerreraPHDDocumentary on Autism- https://www.restoringbalanceautism.com/the-movieFind Boundless Body at- myboundlessbody.com Book a session with us here!
Mä Ji (Mi Sangre) es el nombre de un destilado de aguamiel que preserva su origen ancestral de la agricultura tradicional del pueblo Hñähñú originaria del Alto Mezquital, en el Estado de Hidalgo.El aguamiel es la materia prima del pulque. Mä Ji nace de la idea de Tamara Pedraza Rodríguez, joven emprendedora hidalguense, quien busca rescatar sus tradiciones ancestrales para trasladar sabores y aromas de su bisabuela Doña Gilberta Hernández Ferrera, primera mujer que abrió una cantina en el municipio de Tasquillo, Hidalgo, a finales de 1930 y cuya imagen se presenta en la etiqueta. La experta nos da los detalles sobre el pulque y por qué su distribución no es la misma que un mezcal o tequila.Consulta este y otros deliciosos temas en Aderezo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You are in for a treat in today's episode! I'm sharing a clip from a teaching given by my dear friend and former podcast guest, Rachael Ferrera. She teaches about healing and the power of letting go of competition and becoming more of ourselves and our businesses through tapping into self-love, trust, and intuition. This clip is from a class that she delivered in one of my group programs, and I wanted to share it here because Rachael is amazing and inspiring. Last year, she had an episode of sepsis that almost took her life. As her friends and support, many of us have been rooting her on and trying to help her as she heals. A GoFundMe has been a lifeline to help with her medical bills and recovery, but it's still about $5000 short of her goal. If you get something out of this episode and want to help Rachael, find the GoFundMe link in our Resources section and please support Rachael. She's someone who wears many hats with her work as an actor, singer, transformational speaker, spoken word poet, and Reiki Master Practitioner. Join us to hear more from Rachael!Show Highlights:Learn breathwork with RachaelHow to hold space for your intentions and open yourself up to energiesHow Rachael came to her healing work as a theater student at NYUWhy people need the gifts you offer them through your workHow Rachael's business offerings have shifted and been reshaped as she experienced growthHow to allow your business to unfold as you reach your highest potentialWhy blocks happen when we need to uplevel self-love, intuition, and trustA three-step process to increase your level of self-love and activate belief in yourself:Identify the negative storiesIdentify three truths about you and your business–and write them down!Integrate Steps 1 & 2 by recognizing each negative story and replacing it with one of your truths. Rachael leads us in an exercise to allow healing energy to flow in and wash over usResources:Connect with Rachael Ferrera: WebsiteHelp with Rachael's GoFundMe.Get the 2024 Astrology Guidebook and receive all my hand-picked lay-low and auspicious days for the year, plus major transits and auspicious dates from the Indian calendar that you can drop right into your Google calendar. We have added exciting, new features in the latest version of the Guidebook! 100% of the profits go to a school for underprivileged kids in Varanasi.Sign the 2K for Change Pledge, committing as a spirit-led entrepreneur to give $2000 to causes in 2024 in cash and/or services. Learn more and sign up HERE. Help us with research so that we can create the tools to help you build giving into your business (this is also research for a book I'm writing!) Thank you. Click HERE.Join the newsletter for my weekly Resonance Love Letters. Get these exclusive Friday emails with tips on your business, astrology explained, and behind-the-scenes of running a multi-six-figure business! Sign up here.Will you do us a favor?If you love this episode, I ask you to 1) share it with a spirit-led entrepreneur you think could benefit
oin Vestiges After Dark for an intriguing and captivating episode as we welcome brand new guest, James Ferrera, to delve into the depths of the film industry, archetypal patterns, and the fascinating world of tarot. Engaging in a thought-provoking conversation, James will share his personal journey and profound insights that have influenced his work, life, and even his perspective on cats.James Ferrera, an accomplished figure in the film industry, will shed light on the intersection of his craft with archetypal patterns. Drawing upon his extensive experience, he will reveal how these patterns shape and influence the stories we see on the big screen, enriching our understanding of cinema's deeper meanings.Furthermore, James will take us on a personal journey of self-discovery, as he unveils the transformative power of tarot in his life and work. Exploring the connections between the archetypes depicted in tarot cards and the narratives of movies he has worked on; he will illustrate the profound impact this ancient divination tool has had on his creative process.During the show, we invite you to participate and share your thoughts, questions, or stories. To call in and engage with the host and guests, simply dial (718) 362-6380 and enter the PIN: 855-4111. International callers can connect for free via Skype by dialing "eyeoftheseer."In addition to phone calls, we welcome your questions from the YouTube chatroom.Don't miss this captivating episode of Vestiges After Dark, where the worlds of film, archetypal patterns, and tarot merge in a symphony of knowledge, inspiration, and self-discovery. Tune in and be part of the conversation that will leave you enlightened and intrigued.Music Credits:Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release]Crowd Hammer Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Bumper Music NoCopyrightSoundsYouTube character limits prevent us from providing a complete list, please go to https://www.spreaker.com/show/vestige... for a list of all bumper music uses on hour show.Marin Hoxha & Chris Linton - With You [NCS Release]Tobu & Syndec - Dusk [NCS Release]Codeko - Crest [NCS Release]Syn Cole - Feel Good [NCS Release]Floatinurboat - Limbo (feat. ELIØTT) [NCS Release]Rival x Cadmium - Seasons (feat. Harley Bird) [NIVIRO Remix] | NCS Release]Robin Hustin x Tobimorrow - Light It Up (feat. Jex) [NCS Release]Jim Yosef & Anna Yvette - Linked [NCS Release]Kozah - Heavens [NCS Release]NIVIRO - Memes [NCS Release]Song: Mendum & Abandoned - Voyage (Feat. DNAKM) [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/VoyageWatch: http://youtu.be/uzwUNS0IjC8Song: Unknown Brain & Hoober - Phenomenon (ft. Dax & VinDon) [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/PhenomenonWatch: http://youtu.be/LO9vChXMBp8Song: Robin Hustin & Jessica Chertock - Burn it Down [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/BurnItDownWatch: http://youtu.be/xMCXZj5zwBESong: Kozah - Nobody [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/NobodyWatch: http://youtu.be/QXMg9ATSKE8Song: NIVIRO - Demons [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NDemonsWatch: http://youtu.be/PbEGWtcUnK0Song: Unknown Brain - Childhood Dreams [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/ChildHoodDreamsWatch: http://youtu.be/gdnzYaTcypwSong: Syn Cole - Time [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TimeWatch: http://youtu.be/XDNFAujgJb0Song: Jim Yosef - Fall With Me [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/FallWithMeWatch: http://youtu.be/BG_W8Z74nG8Song: Fareoh - Illuminati [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/IlluminatiWatch: http://youtu.be/l3qvZbLlwJkSong: Unknown Brain - Waiting (feat. Lox Chatterbox, BLVKSTN & Salvo) [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/ReloadedWatch: http://youtu.be/nLru93KPMjcSong: Mike Vallas, Jagsy & quaggin. - Left My Heart In Pain [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/LMHIPWatch: http://youtu.be/hiK6LkKsqpo
oin Vestiges After Dark for an intriguing and captivating episode as we welcome brand new guest, James Ferrera, to delve into the depths of the film industry, archetypal patterns, and the fascinating world of tarot. Engaging in a thought-provoking conversation, James will share his personal journey and profound insights that have influenced his work, life, and even his perspective on cats.James Ferrera, an accomplished figure in the film industry, will shed light on the intersection of his craft with archetypal patterns. Drawing upon his extensive experience, he will reveal how these patterns shape and influence the stories we see on the big screen, enriching our understanding of cinema's deeper meanings.Furthermore, James will take us on a personal journey of self-discovery, as he unveils the transformative power of tarot in his life and work. Exploring the connections between the archetypes depicted in tarot cards and the narratives of movies he has worked on; he will illustrate the profound impact this ancient divination tool has had on his creative process.During the show, we invite you to participate and share your thoughts, questions, or stories. To call in and engage with the host and guests, simply dial (718) 362-6380 and enter the PIN: 855-4111. International callers can connect for free via Skype by dialing "eyeoftheseer."In addition to phone calls, we welcome your questions from the YouTube chatroom.Don't miss this captivating episode of Vestiges After Dark, where the worlds of film, archetypal patterns, and tarot merge in a symphony of knowledge, inspiration, and self-discovery. Tune in and be part of the conversation that will leave you enlightened and intrigued.Music Credits:Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release]Crowd Hammer Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Bumper Music NoCopyrightSoundsYouTube character limits prevent us from providing a complete list, please go to https://www.spreaker.com/show/vestige... for a list of all bumper music uses on hour show.Marin Hoxha & Chris Linton - With You [NCS Release]Tobu & Syndec - Dusk [NCS Release]Codeko - Crest [NCS Release]Syn Cole - Feel Good [NCS Release]Floatinurboat - Limbo (feat. ELIØTT) [NCS Release]Rival x Cadmium - Seasons (feat. Harley Bird) [NIVIRO Remix] | NCS Release]Robin Hustin x Tobimorrow - Light It Up (feat. Jex) [NCS Release]Jim Yosef & Anna Yvette - Linked [NCS Release]Kozah - Heavens [NCS Release]NIVIRO - Memes [NCS Release]Song: Mendum & Abandoned - Voyage (Feat. DNAKM) [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/VoyageWatch: http://youtu.be/uzwUNS0IjC8Song: Unknown Brain & Hoober - Phenomenon (ft. Dax & VinDon) [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/PhenomenonWatch: http://youtu.be/LO9vChXMBp8Song: Robin Hustin & Jessica Chertock - Burn it Down [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/BurnItDownWatch: http://youtu.be/xMCXZj5zwBESong: Kozah - Nobody [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/NobodyWatch: http://youtu.be/QXMg9ATSKE8Song: NIVIRO - Demons [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/NDemonsWatch: http://youtu.be/PbEGWtcUnK0Song: Unknown Brain - Childhood Dreams [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/ChildHoodDreamsWatch: http://youtu.be/gdnzYaTcypwSong: Syn Cole - Time [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TimeWatch: http://youtu.be/XDNFAujgJb0Song: Jim Yosef - Fall With Me [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/FallWithMeWatch: http://youtu.be/BG_W8Z74nG8Song: Fareoh - Illuminati [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/IlluminatiWatch: http://youtu.be/l3qvZbLlwJkSong: Unknown Brain - Waiting (feat. Lox Chatterbox, BLVKSTN & Salvo) [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/ReloadedWatch: http://youtu.be/nLru93KPMjcSong: Mike Vallas, Jagsy & quaggin. - Left My Heart In Pain [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/LMHIPWatch: http://youtu.be/hiK6LkKsqpo
We finally caught up with the craze that is Barbie (2023). A movie with a strong female message took the world by storm. As husbands and fathers, we understood the importance of this film. As film fans, we were happy to see something different. Come and find out what we thought of the movie.Subscribe, rate, and review:Apple Podcasts: Our Film FathersSpotify: Our Film FathersGoogle Podcasts: Our Film Fathers---------------------------------------------Follow Us:Instagram: @ourfilmfathersTwitter: @ourfilmfathersEmail: ourfilmfathers@gmail.com
Sponsorship is one of the most powerful tools to advance women in the construction industry. Once you learn about this concept, it's easy to want to implement it. But it isn't always straightforward. There's no sign-up sheet or 3-step plan; it's a mutually beneficial relationship. Rachael Ferrera from Zachry Construction unpacks how sponsorship has shown up for her over her 15-year career - even though she couldn't recognize it then. She shares how she's intentionally leveraging these relationships and sponsoring the next generation of leaders. Highlights How sponsorship creates value for a company. What a Sponsorship - Protegé relationship looks like. How you can sponsor the next generation of leaders. Links: Download the Building Better Report https://ambitiontheory.com/building-better-report/ Book a Call with us at https://www.ambitiontheory.com/bookacall Leadership Accelerator Program Details: https://ambitiontheory.com/lap Connect on LinkedIn: Ambition Theory https://www.linkedin.com/company/ambition-theory/ Andrea Janzen https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreajanzen/ Rachael Ferrera https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachael-ferrera-58b5167/ Special Thanks to Lucinda Dykens of Coastal Virtual Solutions for editing this episode.
From the profound connections between metabolic health and conditions such as autism and ADHD to nutrition, integrative neuropsychologist Dr. John Ferrara has utilized functional medical care to improve the situation of children with these conditions. This episode tackles the evolution of our food quality, the complex world of vaccines and their critical, yet controversial, role in health, the emotional debate surrounding adjuvants, and the potential impact of diet and lifestyle changes on the severity of conditions in diagnosed children. Our guest also discussed the intriguing correlation between metabolism, diet, and autism, and why metabolic dysfunction often goes unnoticed in individuals with psychiatric conditions.Finally, we touched on the compelling connections between geographical factors and autism prevalence. Ever wondered why there's a particularly low rate of autism among the Amish population and if there is a possibility of geographically mapping metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity to autism? John Ferrera's insights on the potential of metabolic health interventions to reverse conditions once believed to be irreversible, such as Alzheimer's and Multiple Sclerosis can surely revolutionize your understanding of metabolic health and autism.Get to know our guest Integrative neuropsychologist and learning specialist John Ferrera, Ph.D. has a wealth of experience in treating kids, teenagers, and young adults with developmental disabilities, and disruptive behavior disorder. His approach includes mindfulness techniques, behavioral modification, and cognitive re-framing."And we talk about behaviors that they can change and thoughts that they can change. And that's all very, very true and very valid. We recommend medications, of course. But nobody talks about, or until now, thanks to people like Chris Palmer and yourself, but we're really talking about the link between metabolic health and mental health. And so that's something that is not being addressed when I think people come into most psychologists or psychiatrists office."Connect with himTwitter: https://twitter.com/JohnFerreraPhDInstagram: @johnferreraphdWebsite: https://www.inpnyc.comDocumentary on Autism: https://www.restoringbalanceautism.com/the-movie Chances are, you wouldn't be listening to this podcast if you didn't need to change your life and get healthier. So take action right now. Book a call with Dr. Ovadia's team. One small step in the right direction is all it takes to get started. How to connect with Stay Off My Operating Table:Twitter: Dr. Ovadia: @iFixHearts Jack Heald: @JackHeald5 Learn more: Learn more about Dr. Ovadia's personalized health coaching Get Dr. Ovadia's book Stay Off My Operating Table on Amazon. Take Dr. Ovadia's metabolic health quiz: iFixHearts visit Dr. Ovadia's website: Ovadia Heart Health visit Jack Heald's website: CultYourBrand.com Theme Song : Rage AgainstWritten & Performed by Logan Gritton & Colin Gailey(c) 2016 Mercury Retro Recordings
Visit our BuyMeACoffee platform to hear an exclusive author reading and excerpt from Jessica Ferrera's upcoming release Stem & Stone. Join us as we talk about her experience with our partners Tea with Coffee Media, writing, books, and so much more. Stem & Stone is slated for release on September 19th! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewritingwall/support
Today, we've got Dr. Adrian Ferrera (@dradrianferrera) in the lab, and I couldn't be more excited. As you'll hear soon - Adrian and I go way back, and it was amazing to get to hear so many amazing and applicable tools from an old friend. Adrian spent a lot of time unpacking the power of self-regulation, how awareness acts as the first step of the mental training journey, and how he gets parents and coaches to be his greatest ally as he's working with teams and athletes. I got ahead of myself though. Who is Adrian? Adrian's a licensed professional counselor and performance consultant. He's directed both mental health and performance services at the University of Washington, Auburn, and West Virginia University, and before that he worked with US Army special operations at Fort Bragg. Look, he's the real deal, having worked with pros, national champions, and world champions. He's now ventured into the world of executive coaching. Simply put, he's great at what he does, and he shared a ton of it with us today. To connect with Adrian, visit www.dradrianferrera.com!
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The Florida Pokers go #WorstToFirst and take home the 2023 SFCBL Championship. Hear about this incredible season from the sources themselves! Christian Katt breaks down how the Florida Pokers took home their first SFCBL Championship in team history.
Barbie is a 2023 Fantasy Comedy directed by Greta Gerwig who has a fantastic acting career and has also directed Little Women and Lady Bird. Barbie is the story of Barbie, played by Margot Robbie. She's living in Barbie land (Margot is ‘Stereotypical Barbie') with all the other Barbies and of course the Ken's. Mainly played by Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu. Oh, and Allan played by Michael Cera. But something goes wrong with Barbie, somethings not quite right, and after gaining some sage wisdom from another Barbie played by Kate Mackinnon, Barbie realizes she must travel into the real world to find the person playing with her. We also have America Ferrera and Will Ferrell in this film. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Often on this show we mention that we are doing the science in regards to a deeper level analysis of the food we are eating. Well on this episode we have a legit scientist who has knowledge of things chemical, physical, and tasty. This accomplished scientist is Tessa Porter of Sprinkk and Norma's Snacks. She has worked with the Hershey company, Ferrera candy, and now has her own lab to bring sweet dreams into sweet reality as well as her own candy line based on her Grandmother's holistic approach to food, oh yeah and burrito tape! Hang on to your fork and listen if you're hungry!
[This blog will always be free to read, but it's also how I pay my bills. So, if you like what you read, please consider a paid subscription. And yes, I do speaking engagements.]There are two highly anticipated films being released this week. One of them is about an iconic and controversial public figure from the 20th century, their influence on how we perceive ourselves and each other, and how they reflect the enduring cognitive dissonance between our stated values as a society and the reality of our myriad systemic hypocrisies.The other movie is about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb.Greta Gerwig's “Barbie” is somehow both the perfect summer flick—hilarious and fun as hell—and an unflinching critique of a universal brand that has sold more than a billion dolls since its launch in 1959.This is the fourth directorial effort from Gerwig, who received consecutive Oscar screenplay nominations for her two previous films, “Little Women” (2019) and “Lady Bird” (2017), the latter of which garnered her a directing nod, only the fifth woman to be in that category.She is also an exceptional actor. Her performance in “Frances Ha” (2014)—one of my favorites—was widely praised and led to a Golden Globe nod for Best Actress in a Comedy.Gerwig does two things particularly well in her work: she makes us laugh, and she makes us think. It is no surprise then that “Barbie” feels like an especially potent trojan horse, beckoning us with well-earned laughter into a larger conversation on gender and how Barbie—the defining cultural symbol of high femme expression—has shaped that discourse over the past six decades.Neither preachy nor pandering, Gerwig is searingly honest and admirably fair in the screenplay she co-wrote with longtime partner Noah Baumbach. Barbie, the iconic doll, is rendered here—played brilliantly by Margot Robbie—as neither saint nor villain. She is an ever-changing projection of social views that have amalgamated during her tenure at the top of the toy world. Gerwig drills into that dynamic at the center of the film's plot. Barbie, who is initially depicted in a montage of the Barbieworld utopia—a gorgeous Dreamhouse, a sexy Barbie Convertible, great friends, perpetual sunshine—is randomly confronted with thoughts of death and finds herself literally caught flat-footed. She consults with Weird Barbie—the iconoclast of Barbie Land, played pitch perfect by Kate McKinnon—who explains to her that these changes are from the outside world, the thoughts of a girl playing with her.Barbie reluctantly sets out to find this girl in the real world and make things right, so she can get back to her daily utopia. She is joined by Ken (Ryan Gosling), who cannot perceive of himself as anything other than an extension of Barbie and the two are shocked to find that the real world is an inverse of gender power dynamics. In Barbie Land, the Barbies run everything and the Kens (and poor Allan) are merely accessories, but in the real world, Ken discovers the fast-food-like joys of patriarchy in a hilarious sequence of scenes while Barbie contends with unbridled misogyny for the first time. Moreover, upon finding the young woman who played with her, she learns that Barbies are considered by many girls to be enablers of the patriarchy.If this all seems like a lot, it's a testament to Gerwig's brilliance in putting it onscreen, in which zippy dialogue and clever sight gags in a visual feast acknowledge the nuances of Barbie's complicated legacy without even a hint that we should give up on Barbie. On the contrary, Robbie imbues Barbie with such empathy and charm that it's impossible not to root for her.And yet, Gerwig doesn't shy away from putting Mattel on blast, whom are depicted in the film as an all-male Board of Directors led by Will Ferrell, who humorously attempts to get Barbie out of the real world and back to Barbie Land. Ferrell's clumsy attempt to insist to Barbie that women are important to Mattel's history while surrounded by his all-male colleagues is one of the funnier bits of dialogue in a flick packed with hilarious exchanges and zingers.Many of those zingers and other thoughtful lines are delivered by an outstanding supporting cast: Rhea Perlman, Issa Rae, and Emma Mackey among them. I was quite delighted to see Hari Nef play one of the Barbies with substantial dialogue, and she is magnificent in this. Some fun cameos include Dua Lipa and John Cena as mermaids (ahem, excuse me, Cena is a “Kenmaid”).Without giving anything away, I was particularly taken with America Ferrera's performance as Gloria, an employee of Mattel and mom of the teen girl being sought out by Barbie. Ferrera is an outstanding generational bridge between contrasting views on Barbie, her character having a complicated nostalgia for the doll while her daughter rejects it. But it's Ferrera's monologue on what it means to be a woman about two-thirds through the film that marks a standout moment. Honest, funny, and a bit depressing, the speech captures the essence of what makes Barbie's legacy so uneven. It serves as an anchor for the story, forcing the viewer to confront some unhappy but necessary truths.Again, what makes Gerwig's vision so brilliant is in how the seriousness of the film's discussion on gender neither washes out the fun nor is diminished by it. It's a tightrope act that Gerwig walks with fantastic balance. The film wouldn't be nearly as fun without her honest framing.Gosling is especially a joy to watch. The Ultimate Himbo, after discovering patriarchy in the real world, Ken rushes back to Barbie Land to become something of a Jordan Peterson guru to the other Kens, except where Peterson has zero charm and is the dipshit's idea of a smart man, Gosling is quite hilarious and charming in parodying him.As Ken realizes that he has to define himself separate from Barbie and not treat her as the source of his self-worth and therapeutic needs—HINT HINT HINT—Barbie is realizing that she may want a lot more with her existence than what she's always had.Don't worry: no spoilers, but the ending is particularly moving and well-written.I'm going with my girlfriends to see it again on Saturday. We will all dress in hot pink and laugh at the biting humor. Then, we'll probably get drinks and talk about Gerwig's clever approach in unpacking the complexity of Barbie and the closing line of the movie, which alludes to how this whole conversation on gender and womanhood is based on a doll without a vagina.“Barbie” is in theaters this Friday, July 21st. Four stars. Go see it.Charlotte's Web Thoughts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Hi, I'm Charlotte Clymer, and this is Charlotte's Web Thoughts, my Substack. It's completely free to access and read, but it's also how my bills! So, please do kindly consider upgrading to a paid subscription: just $7/month or save money with the $70/annual sub. You can also go way above and beyond by becoming a Lifetime Member at $250. Get full access to Charlotte's Web Thoughts at charlotteclymer.substack.com/subscribe
Christian Katt and Hanna Freund give you everything you need to know about the SFCBL playoff push, with the regular season ending in just over a week. Several SFCBL Alumni had their name called in the first 10 rounds of the 2023 MLB Draft, Hanna has the scoop on who is going to the next level. The SFCBL Pitcher and Players of the Week share what's making this year's team not the "same old Pokers." PLUS: What would your MLB Draft party be like? Would you rather win the MLB Home Run Derby or win ASG MVP?
Jimmie Ferrera was an actor who had several bit parts in some Western movies. He later became a businessman. Then in 1985, he was executed in his home. For decades, it was a mystery as to who killed the actor-turned-businessman, and why they killed him.
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La memoria de la siderurgia y la contaminación asociada a sus años más duros continúan pesando en el inconsciente colectivo. Aunque hace tiempo que Avilés completó su reconversión postindustrial, su espléndido casco antiguo medieval y sus espacios naturales siguen siendo los grandes desconocidos de Asturias. En compañía de la cronista oficial Pepa Sanz Fuentes damos un largo paseo por esta villa atravesada por el Camino de Santiago del Norte. La ruta jacobea enlaza algunas de las calles peatonales, plazas y espacios verdes más señeros de la ciudad; el parque de Ferrera, la plaza de España o la calle Galiana son rincones muy especiales. También lo es el imponente Centro Niemeyer, símbolo del renacimiento de la ría de Avilés y de la apuesta por la cultura como motor de cambio. Su director, Carlos Cuadros, nos muestra la gran plaza y sus cuatro edificios, una exaltación de la línea curva. Como también nos interesa la historia del puerto, nos asomamos al Espacio Portus de la mano de Nicolás Alonso, responsable de este centro de interpretación que también atiende a la singularidad geológica de los cañones submarinos. Sumamos al relato la voz de las guías oficiales del Principado Iris Hermoso y Ana González, que nos invitan a conocer respectivamente las iglesias del barrio de Sabugo y el cementerio monumental de La Carriona. Antes de despedirnos buscamos el mar en el vecino concejo de Castrillón, que además de playas cuenta con la mina de carbón más antigua de España: la visitamos con su guía, Argentina García. Escuchar audio
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The first of a two-part series on the short-lived 80s American distribution company responsible for Dirty Dancing. ----more---- The movies covered on this episode: Alpine (1987, Fredi M. Murer) Anna (1987, Yurek Bogayevicz) Billy Galvin (1986, John Grey) Blood Diner (1987, Jackie Kong) China Girl (1987, Abel Ferrera) The Dead (1987, John Huston) Dirty Dancing (1987, Emile Ardolino) Malcolm (1986, Nadia Tess) Personal Services (1987, Terry Jones) Slaughter High (1986, Mark Ezra and Peter Litten and George Dugdale) Steel Dawn (1987, Lance Hook) Street Trash (1987, Jim Muro) TRANSCRIPT From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. Have you ever thought “I should do this thing” but then you never get around to it, until something completely random happens that reminds you that you were going to do this thing a long time ago? For this week's episode, that kick in the keister was a post on Twitter from someone I don't follow being retweeted by the great film critic and essayist Walter Chaw, someone I do follow, that showed a Blu-ray cover of the 1987 Walter Hill film Extreme Prejudice. You see, Walter Chaw has recently released a book about the life and career of Walter Hill, and this other person was showing off their new purchase. That in and of itself wasn't the kick in the butt. That was the logo of the disc's distributor. Vestron Video. A company that went out of business more than thirty years before, that unbeknownst to me had been resurrected by the current owner of the trademark, Lionsgate Films, as a specialty label for a certain kind of film like Ken Russell's Gothic, Beyond Re-Animator, CHUD 2, and, for some reason, Walter Hill's Neo-Western featuring Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe and Rip Torn. For those of you from the 80s, you remember at least one of Vestron Pictures' movies. I guarantee it. But before we get there, we, as always, must go back a little further back in time. The year is 1981. Time Magazine is amongst the most popular magazines in the world, while their sister publication, Life, was renowned for their stunning photographs printed on glossy color paper of a larger size than most magazines. In the late 1970s, Time-Life added a video production and distribution company to ever-growing media empire that also included television stations, cable channels, book clubs, and compilation record box sets. But Time Life Home Video didn't quite take off the way the company had expected, and they decided to concentrate its lucrative cable businesses like HBO. The company would move Austin Furst, an executive from HBO, over to dismantle the assets of Time-Life Films. And while Furst would sell off the production and distribution parts of the company to Fox, and the television department to Columbia Pictures, he couldn't find a party interested in the home video department. Recognizing that home video was an emerging market that would need a visionary like himself willing to take big risks for the chance to have big rewards, Furst purchased the home video rights to the film and video library for himself, starting up his home entertainment company. But what to call the company? It would be his daughter that would come up with Vestron, a portmanteau of combining the name of the Roman goddess of the heart, Vesta, with Tron, the Greek word for instrument. Remember, the movie Tron would not be released for another year at this point. At first, there were only two employees at Vestron: Furst himself, and Jon Pesinger, a fellow executive at Time-Life who, not unlike Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire, was the only person who saw Furst's long-term vision for the future. Outside of the titles they brought with them from Time-Life, Vestron's initial release of home video titles comprised of two mid-range movie hits where they were able to snag the home video rights instead of the companies that released the movies in theatres, either because those companies did not have a home video operation yet, or did not negotiate for home video rights when making the movie deal with the producers. Fort Apache, The Bronx, a crime drama with Paul Newman and Ed Asner, and Loving Couples, a Shirley MacLaine/James Coburn romantic comedy that was neither romantic nor comedic, were Time-Life productions, while the Burt Reynolds/Dom DeLuise comedy The Cannonball Run, was a pickup from the Hong Kong production company Golden Harvest, which financed the comedy to help break their local star, Jackie Chan, into the American market. They'd also make a deal with several Canadian production companies to get the American home video rights to titles like the Jack Lemmon drama Tribute and the George C. Scott horror film The Changeling. The advantage that Vestron had over the major studios was their outlook on the mom and pop rental stores that were popping up in every city and town in the United States. The major studios hated the idea that they could sell a videotape for, say, $99.99, and then see someone else make a major profit by renting that tape out fifty or a hundred times at $4 or $5 per night. Of course, they would eventually see the light, but in 1982, they weren't there yet. Now, let me sidetrack for a moment, as I am wont to do, to talk about mom and pop video stores in the early 1980s. If you're younger than, say, forty, you probably only know Blockbuster and/or Hollywood Video as your local video rental store, but in the early 80s, there were no national video store chains yet. The first Blockbuster wouldn't open until October 1985, in Dallas, and your neighborhood likely didn't get one until the late 1980s or early 1990s. The first video store I ever encountered, Telford Home Video in Belmont Shores, Long Beach in 1981, was operated by Bob Telford, an actor best known for playing the Station Master in both the original 1974 version of Where the Red Fern Grows and its 2003 remake. Bob was really cool, and I don't think it was just because the space for the video store was just below my dad's office in the real estate company that had built and operated the building. He genuinely took interest in this weird thirteen year old kid who had an encyclopedic knowledge of films and wanted to learn more. I wanted to watch every movie he had in the store that I hadn't seen yet, but there was one problem: we had a VHS machine, and most of Bob's inventory was RCA SelectaVision, a disc-based playback system using a special stylus and a groove-covered disc much like an LP record. After school each day, I'd hightail it over to Telford Home Video, and Bob and I would watch a movie while we waited for customers to come rent something. It was with Bob that I would watch Ordinary People and The Magnificent Seven, The Elephant Man and The Last Waltz, Bus Stop and Rebel Without a Cause and The French Connection and The Man Who Fell to Earth and a bunch of other movies that weren't yet available on VHS, and it was great. Like many teenagers in the early 1980s, I spent some time working at a mom and pop video store, Seacliff Home Video in Aptos, CA. I worked on the weekends, it was a third of a mile walk from home, and even though I was only 16 years old at the time, my bosses would, every week, solicit my opinion about which upcoming videos we should acquire. Because, like Telford Home Video and Village Home Video, where my friends Dick and Michelle worked about two miles away, and most every video store at the time, space was extremely limited and there was only space for so many titles. Telford Home Video was about 500 square feet and had maybe 500 titles. Seacliff was about 750 square feet and around 800 titles, including about 50 in the tiny, curtained off room created to hold the porn. And the first location for Village Home Video had only 300 square feet of space and only 250 titles. The owner, Leone Keller, confirmed to me that until they moved into a larger location across from the original store, they were able to rent out every movie in the store every night. For many, a store owner had to be very careful about what they ordered and what they replaced. But Vestron Home Video always seemed to have some of the better movies. Because of a spat between Warner Brothers and Orion Pictures, Vestron would end up with most of Orion's 1983 through 1985 theatrical releases, including Rodney Dangerfield's Easy Money, the Nick Nolte political thriller Under Fire, the William Hurt mystery Gorky Park, and Gene Wilder's The Woman in Red. They'd also make a deal with Roger Corman's old American Independent Pictures outfit, which would reap an unexpected bounty when George Miller's second Mad Max movie, The Road Warrior, became a surprise hit in 1982, and Vestron was holding the video rights to the first Mad Max movie. And they'd also find themselves with the laserdisc rights to several Brian DePalma movies including Dressed to Kill and Blow Out. And after Polygram Films decided to leave the movie business in 1984, they would sell the home video rights to An American Werewolf in London and Endless Love to Vestron. They were doing pretty good. And in 1984, Vestron ended up changing the home video industry forever. When Michael Jackson and John Landis had trouble with Jackson's record company, Epic, getting their idea for a 14 minute short film built around the title song to Jackson's monster album Thriller financed, Vestron would put up a good portion of the nearly million dollar budget in order to release the movie on home video, after it played for a few weeks on MTV. In February 1984, Vestron would release a one-hour tape, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller, that included the mini-movie and a 45 minute Making of featurette. At $29.99, it would be one of the first sell-through titles released on home video. It would become the second home videotape to sell a million copies, after Star Wars. Suddenly, Vestron was flush with more cash than it knew what to do with. In 1985, they would decide to expand their entertainment footprint by opening Vestron Pictures, which would finance a number of movies that could be exploited across a number of platforms, including theatrical, home video, cable and syndicated TV. In early January 1986, Vestron would announce they were pursuing projects with three producers, Steve Tisch, Larry Turman, and Gene Kirkwood, but no details on any specific titles or even a timeframe when any of those movies would be made. Tisch, the son of Loews Entertainment co-owner Bob Tisch, had started producing films in 1977 with the Peter Fonda music drama Outlaw Blues, and had a big hit in 1983 with Risky Business. Turman, the Oscar-nominated producer of Mike Nichols' The Graduate, and Kirkwood, the producer of The Keep and The Pope of Greenwich Village, had seen better days as producers by 1986 but their names still carried a certain cache in Hollywood, and the announcement would certainly let the industry know Vestron was serious about making quality movies. Well, maybe not all quality movies. They would also launch a sub-label for Vestron Pictures called Lightning Pictures, which would be utilized on B-movies and schlock that maybe wouldn't fit in the Vestron Pictures brand name they were trying to build. But it costs money to build a movie production and theatrical distribution company. Lots of money. Thanks to the ever-growing roster of video titles and the success of releases like Thriller, Vestron would go public in the spring of 1985, selling enough shares on the first day of trading to bring in $440m to the company, $140m than they thought they would sell that day. It would take them a while, but in 1986, they would start production on their first slate of films, as well as acquire several foreign titles for American distribution. Vestron Pictures officially entered the theatrical distribution game on July 18th, 1986, when they released the Australian comedy Malcolm at the Cinema 2 on the Upper East Side of New York City. A modern attempt to create the Aussie version of a Jacques Tati-like absurdist comedy about modern life and our dependance on gadgetry, Malcolm follows, as one character describes him a 100 percent not there individual who is tricked into using some of his remote control inventions to pull of a bank robbery. While the film would be a minor hit in Australia, winning all eight of the Australian Film Institute Awards it was nominated for including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and three acting awards, the film would only play for five weeks in New York, grossing less than $35,000, and would not open in Los Angeles until November 5th, where in its first week at the Cineplex Beverly Center and Samuel Goldwyn Pavilion Cinemas, it would gross a combined $37,000. Go figure. Malcolm would open in a few more major markets, but Vestron would close the film at the end of the year with a gross under $200,000. Their next film, Slaughter High, was a rather odd bird. A co-production between American and British-based production companies, the film followed a group of adults responsible for a prank gone wrong on April Fool's Day who are invited to a reunion at their defunct high school where a masked killer awaits inside. And although the movie takes place in America, the film was shot in London and nearby Virginia Water, Surrey, in late 1984, under the title April Fool's Day. But even with Caroline Munro, the British sex symbol who had become a cult favorite with her appearances in a series of sci-fi and Hammer horror films with Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee, as well as her work in the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, April Fool's Day would sit on the proverbial shelf for nearly two years, until Vestron picked it up and changed its title, since Paramount Pictures had released their own horror film called April Fools Day earlier in the year. Vestron would open Slaughter High on nine screens in Detroit on November 14th, 1986, but Vestron would not report grosses. Then they would open it on six screen in St. Louis on February 13th, 1987. At least this time they reported a gross. $12,400. Variety would simply call that number “grim.” They'd give the film one final rush on April 24th, sending it out to 38 screens in in New York City, where it would gross $90,000. There'd be no second week, as practically every theatre would replace it with Creepshow 2. The third and final Vestron Pictures release for 1986 was Billy Galvin, a little remembered family drama featuring Karl Malden and Lenny von Dohlen, originally produced for the PBS anthology series American Playhouse but bumped up to a feature film as part of coordinated effort to promote the show by occasionally releasing feature films bearing the American Playhouse banner. The film would open at the Cineplex Beverly Center on December 31st, not only the last day of the calendar year but the last day a film can be released into theatres in Los Angeles to have been considered for Academy Awards. The film would not get any major awards, from the Academy or anyone else, nor much attention from audiences, grossing just $4,000 in its first five days. They'd give the film a chance in New York on February 20th, at the 23rd Street West Triplex, but a $2,000 opening weekend gross would doom the film from ever opening in another theatre again. In early 1987, Vestron announced eighteen films they would release during the year, and a partnership with AMC Theatres and General Cinema to have their films featured in those two companies' pilot specialized film programs in major markets like Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston and San Francisco. Alpine Fire would be the first of those films, arriving at the Cinema Studio 1 in New York City on February 20th. A Swiss drama about a young deaf and mentally challenged teenager who gets his older sister pregnant, was that country's entry into the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race. While the film would win the Golden Leopard Award at the 1985 Locarno Film Festival, the Academy would not select the film for a nomination, and the film would quickly disappear from theatres after a $2,000 opening weekend gross. Personal Services, the first film to be directed by Terry Jones outside of his services with Monty Python, would arrive in American theatres on May 15th. The only Jones-directed film to not feature any other Python in the cast, Personal Services was a thinly-disguised telling of a 1970s—era London waitress who was running a brothel in her flat in order to make ends meet, and featured a standout performance by Julie Walters as the waitress turned madame. In England, Personal Services would be the second highest-grossing film of the year, behind The Living Daylights, the first Bond film featuring new 007 Timothy Dalton. In America, the film wouldn't be quite as successful, grossing $1.75m after 33 weeks in theatres, despite never playing on more than 31 screens in any given week. It would be another three months before Vestron would release their second movie of the year, but it would be the one they'd become famous for. Dirty Dancing. Based in large part on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's own childhood, the screenplay would be written after the producers of the 1980 Michael Douglas/Jill Clayburgh dramedy It's My Turn asked the writer to remove a scene from the screenplay that involved an erotic dance sequence. She would take that scene and use it as a jumping off point for a new story about a Jewish teenager in the early 1960s who participated in secret “Dirty Dancing” competitions while she vacationed with her doctor father and stay-at-home mother while they vacationed in the Catskill Mountains. Baby, the young woman at the center of the story, would not only resemble the screenwriter as a character but share her childhood nickname. Bergstein would pitch the story to every studio in Hollywood in 1984, and only get a nibble from MGM Pictures, whose name was synonymous with big-budget musicals decades before. They would option the screenplay and assign producer Linda Gottlieb, a veteran television producer making her first major foray into feature films, to the project. With Gottlieb, Bergstein would head back to the Catskills for the first time in two decades, as research for the script. It was while on this trip that the pair would meet Michael Terrace, a former Broadway dancer who had spent summers in the early 1960s teaching tourists how to mambo in the Catskills. Terrace and Bergstein didn't remember each other if they had met way back when, but his stories would help inform the lead male character of Johnny Castle. But, as regularly happens in Hollywood, there was a regime change at MGM in late 1985, and one of the projects the new bosses cut loose was Dirty Dancing. Once again, the script would make the rounds in Hollywood, but nobody was biting… until Vestron Pictures got their chance to read it. They loved it, and were ready to make it their first in-house production… but they would make the movie if the budget could be cut from $10m to $4.5m. That would mean some sacrifices. They wouldn't be able to hire a major director, nor bigger name actors, but that would end up being a blessing in disguise. To direct, Gottlieb and Bergstein looked at a lot of up and coming feature directors, but the one person they had the best feeling about was Emile Ardolino, a former actor off-Broadway in the 1960s who began his filmmaking career as a documentarian for PBS in the 1970s. In 1983, Ardolino's documentary about National Dance Institute founder Jacques d'Amboise, He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin', would win both the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special. Although Ardolino had never directed a movie, he would read the script twice in a week while serving on jury duty, and came back to Gottlieb and Bergstein with a number of ideas to help make the movie shine, even at half the budget. For a movie about dancing, with a lot of dancing in it, they would need a creative choreographer to help train the actors and design the sequences. The filmmakers would chose Kenny Ortega, who in addition to choreographing the dance scenes in Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, had worked with Gene Kelly on the 1980 musical Xanadu. Well, more specifically, was molded by Gene Kelly to become the lead choreographer for the film. That's some good credentials. Unlike movies like Flashdance, where the filmmakers would hire Jennifer Beals to play Alex and Marine Jahan to perform Alex's dance scenes, Emile Ardolino was insistent that the actors playing the dancers were actors who also dance. Having stand-ins would take extra time to set-up, and would suck up a portion of an already tight budget. Yet the first people he would meet for the lead role of Johnny were non-dancers Benecio del Toro, Val Kilmer, and Billy Zane. Zane would go so far as to do a screen test with one of the actresses being considered for the role of Baby, Jennifer Grey, but after screening the test, they realized Grey was right for Baby but Zane was not right for Johnny. Someone suggested Patrick Swayze, a former dancer for the prestigious Joffrey Ballet who was making his way up the ranks of stardom thanks to his roles in The Outsiders and Grandview U.S.A. But Swayze had suffered a knee injury years before that put his dance career on hold, and there were concerns he would re-aggravate his injury, and there were concerns from Jennifer Grey because she and Swayze had not gotten along very well while working on Red Dawn. But that had been three years earlier, and when they screen tested together here, everyone was convinced this was the pairing that would bring magic to the role. Baby's parents would be played by two Broadway veterans: Jerry Orbach, who is best known today as Detective Lenny Briscoe on Law and Order, and Kelly Bishop, who is best known today as Emily Gilmore from Gilmore Girls but had actually started out as a dancer, singer and actor, winning a Tony Award for her role in the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line. Although Bishop had originally been cast in a different role for the movie, another guest at the Catskills resort with the Housemans, but she would be bumped up when the original Mrs. Houseman, Lynne Lipton, would fall ill during the first week of filming. Filming on Dirty Dancing would begin in North Carolina on September 5th, 1986, at a former Boy Scout camp that had been converted to a private residential community. This is where many of the iconic scenes from the film would be shot, including Baby carrying the watermelon and practicing her dance steps on the stairs, all the interior dance scenes, the log scene, and the golf course scene where Baby would ask her father for $250. It's also where Patrick Swayze almost ended his role in the film, when he would indeed re-injure his knee during the balancing scene on the log. He would be rushed to the hospital to have fluid drained from the swelling. Thankfully, there would be no lingering effects once he was released. After filming in North Carolina was completed, the team would move to Virginia for two more weeks of filming, including the water lift scene, exteriors at Kellerman's Hotel and the Houseman family's cabin, before the film wrapped on October 27th. Ardolino's first cut of the film would be completed in February 1987, and Vestron would begin the process of running a series of test screenings. At the first test screening, nearly 40% of the audience didn't realize there was an abortion subplot in the movie, even after completing the movie. A few weeks later, Vestron executives would screen the film for producer Aaron Russo, who had produced such movies as The Rose and Trading Places. His reaction to the film was to tell the executives to burn the negative and collect the insurance. But, to be fair, one important element of the film was still not set. The music. Eleanor Bergstein had written into her script a number of songs that were popular in the early 1960s, when the movie was set, that she felt the final film needed. Except a number of the songs were a bit more expensive to license than Vestron would have preferred. The company was testing the film with different versions of those songs, other artists' renditions. The writer, with the support of her producer and director, fought back. She made a deal with the Vestron executives. They would play her the master tracks to ten of the songs she wanted, as well as the copycat versions. If she could identify six of the masters, she could have all ten songs in the film. Vestron would spend another half a million dollars licensing the original recording. The writer nailed all ten. But even then, there was still one missing piece of the puzzle. The closing song. While Bergstein wanted another song to close the film, the team at Vestron were insistent on a new song that could be used to anchor a soundtrack album. The writer, producer, director and various members of the production team listened to dozens of submissions from songwriters, but none of them were right, until they got to literally the last submission left, written by Franke Previte, who had written another song that would appear on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, “Hungry Eyes.” Everybody loved the song, called “I've Had the Time of My Life,” and it would take some time to convince Previte that Dirty Dancing was not a porno. They showed him the film and he agreed to give them the song, but the production team and Vestron wanted to get a pair of more famous singers to record the final version. The filmmakers originally approached disco queen Donna Summer and Joe Esposito, whose song “You're the Best” appeared on the Karate Kid soundtrack, but Summer would decline, not liking the title of the movie. They would then approach Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates and Kim Carnes, but they'd both decline, citing concerns about the title of the movie. Then they approached Bill Medley, one-half of The Righteous Brothers, who had enjoyed yet another career resurgence when You Lost That Lovin' Feeling became a hit in 1986 thanks to Top Gun, but at first, he would also decline. Not that he had any concerns about the title of the film, although he did have concerns about the title, but that his wife was about to give birth to their daughter, and he had promised he would be there. While trying to figure who to get to sing the male part of the song, the music supervisor for the film approached Jennifer Warnes, who had sung the duet “Up Where We Belong” from the An Officer and a Gentleman soundtrack, which had won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and sang the song “It Goes Like It Goes” from the Norma Rae soundtrack, which had won the 1980 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Warnes wasn't thrilled with the song, but she would be persuaded to record the song for the right price… and if Bill Medley would sing the other part. Medley, flattered that Warnes asked specifically to record with him, said he would do so, after his daughter was born, and if the song was recorded in his studio in Los Angeles. A few weeks later, Medley and Warnes would have their portion of the song completed in only one hour, including additional harmonies and flourishes decided on after finishing with the main vocals. With all the songs added to the movie, audience test scores improved considerably. RCA Records, who had been contracted to handle the release of the soundtrack, would set a July 17th release date for the album, to coincide with the release of the movie on the same day, with the lead single, I've Had the Time of My Life, released one week earlier. But then, Vestron moved the movie back from July 17th to August 21st… and forgot to tell RCA Records about the move. No big deal. The song would quickly rise up the charts, eventually hitting #1 on the Billboard charts. When the movie finally did open in 975 theatres in August 21st, the film would open to fourth place with $3.9m in ticket sales, behind Can't Buy Me Love in third place and in its second week of release, the Cheech Marin comedy Born in East L.A., which opened in second place, and Stakeout, which was enjoying its third week atop the charts. The reviews were okay, but not special. Gene Siskel would give the film a begrudging Thumbs Up, citing Jennifer Grey's performance and her character's arc as the thing that tipped the scale into the positive, while Roger Ebert would give the film a Thumbs Down, due to its idiot plot and tired and relentlessly predictable story of love between kids from different backgrounds. But then a funny thing happened… Instead of appealing to the teenagers they thought would see the film, the majority of the audience ended up becoming adults. Not just twenty and thirty somethings, but people who were teenagers themselves during the movie's timeframe. They would be drawn in to the film through the newfound sense of boomer nostalgia that helped make Stand By Me an unexpected hit the year before, both as a movie and as a soundtrack. Its second week in theatre would only see the gross drop 6%, and the film would finish in third place. In week three, the four day Labor Day weekend, it would gross nearly $5m, and move up to second place. And it would continue to play and continue to bring audiences in, only dropping out of the top ten once in early November for one weekend, from August to December. Even with all the new movies entering the marketplace for Christmas, Dirty Dancing would be retained by most of the theatres that were playing it. In the first weekend of 1988, Dirty Dancing was still playing in 855 theaters, only 120 fewer than who opened it five months earlier. Once it did started leaving first run theatres, dollar houses were eager to pick it up, and Dirty Dancing would make another $6m in ticket sales as it continued to play until Christmas 1988 at some theatres, finishing its incredible run with $63.5m in ticket sales. Yet, despite its ubiquitousness in American pop culture, despite the soundtrack selling more than ten million copies in its first year, despite the uptick in attendance at dance schools from coast to coast, Dirty Dancing never once was the #1 film in America on any weekend it was in theatres. There would always be at least one other movie that would do just a bit better. When awards season came around, the movie was practically ignored by critics groups. It would pick up an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and both the movie and Jennifer Grey would be nominated for Golden Globes, but it would be that song, I've Had the Time of My Life, that would be the driver for awards love. It would win the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The song would anchor a soundtrack that would also include two other hit songs, Eric Carmen's “Hungry Eyes,” and “She's Like the Wind,” recorded for the movie by Patrick Swayze, making him the proto-Hugh Jackman of the 80s. I've seen Hugh Jackman do his one-man show at the Hollywood Bowl, and now I'm wishing Patrick Swayze could have had something like that thirty years ago. On September 25th, they would release Abel Ferrera's Neo-noir romantic thriller China Girl. A modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet written by regular Ferrera writer Nicholas St. John, the setting would be New York City's Lower East Side, when Tony, a teenager from Little Italy, falls for Tye, a teenager from Chinatown, as their older brothers vie for turf in a vicious gang war. While the stars of the film, Richard Panebianco and Sari Chang, would never become known actors, the supporting cast is as good as you'd expect from a post-Ms. .45 Ferrera film, including James Russo, Russell Wong, David Caruso and James Hong. The $3.5m movie would open on 110 screens, including 70 in New York ti-state region and 18 in Los Angeles, grossing $531k. After a second weekend, where the gross dropped to $225k, Vestron would stop tracking the film, with a final reported gross of just $1.26m coming from a stockholder's report in early 1988. Ironically, China Girl would open against another movie that Vestron had a hand in financing, but would not release in America: Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride. While the film would do okay in America, grossing $30m against its $15m, it wouldn't translate so easily to foreign markets. Anna, from first time Polish filmmaker Yurek Bogayevicz, was an oddball little film from the start. The story, co-written with the legendary Polish writer/director Agnieszka Holland, was based on the real-life friendship of Polish actresses Joanna (Yo-ahn-nuh) Pacuła (Pa-tsu-wa) and Elżbieta (Elz-be-et-ah) Czyżewska (Chuh-zef-ska), and would find Czech supermodel Paulina Porizkova making her feature acting debut as Krystyna, an aspiring actress from Czechoslovakia who goes to New York City to find her idol, Anna, who had been imprisoned and then deported for speaking out against the new regime after the 1968 Communist invasion. Nearly twenty years later, the middle-aged Anna struggles to land any acting parts, in films, on television, or on the stage, who relishes the attention of this beautiful young waif who reminds her of herself back then. Sally Kirkland, an American actress who got her start as part of Andy Warhol's Factory in the early 60s but could never break out of playing supporting roles in movies like The Way We Were, The Sting, A Star is Born, and Private Benjamin, would be cast as the faded Czech star whose life seemed to unintentionally mirror the actress's. Future Snakes on a Plane director David R. Ellis would be featured in a small supporting role, as would the then sixteen year old Sofia Coppola. The $1m movie would shoot on location in New York City during the winter of late 1986 and early 1987, and would make its world premiere at the 1987 New York Film Festival in September, before opening at the 68th Street Playhouse on the Upper East Side on October 30th. Critics such as Bruce Williamson of Playboy, Molly Haskell of Vogue and Jami Bernard of the New York Post would sing the praises of the movie, and of Paulina Porizkova, but it would be Sally Kirkland whom practically every critic would gush over. “A performance of depth and clarity and power, easily one of the strongest female roles of the year,” wrote Mike McGrady of Newsday. Janet Maslim wasn't as impressed with the film as most critics, but she would note Ms. Kirkland's immensely dignified presence in the title role. New York audiences responded well to the critical acclaim, buying more than $22,000 worth of tickets, often playing to sell out crowds for the afternoon and evening shows. In its second week, the film would see its gross increase 12%, and another 3% increase in its third week. Meanwhile, on November 13th, the film would open in Los Angeles at the AMC Century City 14, where it would bring in an additional $10,000, thanks in part to Sheila Benson's rave in the Los Angeles Times, calling the film “the best kind of surprise — a small, frequently funny, fine-boned film set in the worlds of the theater and movies which unexpectedly becomes a consummate study of love, alienation and loss,” while praising Kirkland's performance as a “blazing comet.” Kirkland would make the rounds on the awards circuit, winning Best Actress awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Golden Globes, and the Independent Spirit Awards, culminating in an Academy Award nomination, although she would lose to Cher in Moonstruck. But despite all these rave reviews and the early support for the film in New York and Los Angeles, the film got little traction outside these two major cities. Despite playing in theatres for nearly six months, Anna could only round up about $1.2m in ticket sales. Vestron's penultimate new film of 1987 would be a movie that when it was shot in Namibia in late 1986 was titled Peacekeeper, then was changed to Desert Warrior when it was acquired by Jerry Weintraub's eponymously named distribution company, then saw it renamed again to Steel Dawn when Vestron overpaid to acquire the film from Weintraub, because they wanted the next film starring Patrick Swayze for themselves. Swayze plays, and stop me if you've heard this one before, a warrior wandering through a post-apocalyptic desert who comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control. Lisa Niemi, also known as Mrs. Patrick Swayze, would be his romantic interest in the film, which would also star AnthonY Zerbe, Brian James, and, in one of his very first acting roles, future Mummy co-star Arnold Vosloo. The film would open to horrible reviews, and gross just $312k in 290 theatres. For comparison's sake, Dirty Dancing was in its eleventh week of release, was still playing 878 theatres, and would gross $1.7m. In its second week, Steel Dawn had lost nearly two thirds of its theatres, grossing only $60k from 107 theatres. After its third weekend, Vestron stopped reporting grosses. The film had only earned $562k in ticket sales. And their final release for 1987 would be one of the most prestigious titles they'd ever be involved with. The Dead, based on a short story by James Joyce, would be the 37th and final film to be directed by John Huston. His son Tony would adapt the screenplay, while his daughter Anjelica, whom he had directed to a Best Supporting Actress Oscar two years earlier for Prizzi's Honor, would star as the matriarch of an Irish family circa 1904 whose husband discovers memoirs of a deceased lover of his wife's, an affair that preceded their meeting. Originally scheduled to shoot in Dublin, Ireland, The Dead would end up being shot on soundstages in Valencia, CA, just north of Los Angeles, as the eighty year old filmmaker was in ill health. Huston, who was suffering from severe emphysema due to decades of smoking, would use video playback for the first and only time in his career in order to call the action, whirling around from set to set in a motorized wheelchair with an oxygen tank attached to it. In fact, the company insuring the film required the producers to have a backup director on set, just in case Huston was unable to continue to make the film. That stand-in was Czech-born British filmmaker Karel Reisz, who never once had to stand-in during the entire shoot. One Huston who didn't work on the film was Danny Huston, who was supposed to shoot some second unit footage for the film in Dublin for his father, who could not make any trips overseas, as well as a documentary about the making of the film, but for whatever reason, Danny Huston would end up not doing either. John Huston would turn in his final cut of the film to Vestron in July 1987, and would pass away in late August, a good four months before the film's scheduled release. He would live to see some of the best reviews of his entire career when the film was released on December 18th. At six theatres in Los Angeles and New York City, The Dead would earn $69k in its first three days during what was an amazing opening weekend for a number of movies. The Dead would open against exclusive runs of Broadcast News, Ironweed, Moonstruck and the newest Woody Allen film, September, as well as wide releases of Eddie Murphy: Raw, Batteries Not Included, Overboard, and the infamous Bill Cosby stinker Leonard Part 6. The film would win the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture of the year, John Huston would win the Spirit Award and the London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, Anjelica Huston would win a Spirit Award as well, for Best Supporting Actress, and Tony Huston would be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. But the little $3.5m film would only see modest returns at the box office, grossing just $4.4m after a four month run in theatres. Vestron would also release two movies in 1987 through their genre Lightning Pictures label. The first, Blood Diner, from writer/director Jackie Kong, was meant to be both a tribute and an indirect sequel to the infamous 1965 Herschell Gordon Lewis movie Blood Feast, often considered to be the first splatter slasher film. Released on four screens in Baltimore on July 10th, the film would gross just $6,400 in its one tracked week. The film would get a second chance at life when it opened at the 8th Street Playhouse in New York City on September 4th, but after a $5,000 opening week gross there, the film would have to wait until it was released on home video to become a cult film. The other Lightning Pictures release for 1987, Street Trash, would become one of the most infamous horror comedy films of the year. An expansion of a short student film by then nineteen year old Jim Muro, Street Trash told the twin stories of a Greenpoint, Brooklyn shop owner who sell a case of cheap, long-expired hooch to local hobos, who hideously melt away shortly after drinking it, while two homeless brothers try to deal with their situation as best they can while all this weirdness is going on about them. After playing several weeks of midnight shows at the Waverly Theatre near Washington Square, Street Trash would open for a regular run at the 8th Street Playhouse on September 18th, one week after Blood Diner left the same theatre. However, Street Trash would not replace Blood Diner, which was kicked to the curb after one week, but another long forgotten movie, the Christopher Walken-starrer Deadline. Street Trash would do a bit better than Blood Diner, $9,000 in its first three days, enough to get the film a full two week run at the Playhouse. But its second week gross of $5,000 would not be enough to give it a longer playdate, or get another New York theatre to pick it up. The film would get other playdates, including one in my secondary hometown of Santa Cruz starting, ironically, on Thanksgiving Day, but the film would barely make $100k in its theatrical run. While this would be the only film Jim Muro would direct, he would become an in demand cinematographer and Steadicam operator, working on such films as Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves, Sneakers, L.A. Confidential, the first Fast and Furious movie, and on The Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies and Titanic for James Cameron. And should you ever watch the film and sit through the credits, yes, it's that Bryan Singer who worked as a grip and production assistant on the film. It would be his very first film credit, which he worked on during a break from going to USC film school. People who know me know I am not the biggest fan of horror films. I may have mentioned it once or twice on this podcast. But I have a soft spot for Troma Films and Troma-like films, and Street Trash is probably the best Troma movie not made or released by Troma. There's a reason why Lloyd Kaufman is not a fan of the movie. A number of people who have seen the movie think it is a Troma movie, not helped by the fact that a number of people who did work on The Toxic Avenger went to work on Street Trash afterwards, and some even tell Lloyd at conventions that Street Trash is their favorite Troma movie. It's looks like a Troma movie. It feels like a Troma movie. And to be honest, at least to me, that's one hell of a compliment. It's one of the reasons I even went to see Street Trash, the favorable comparison to Troma. And while I, for lack of a better word, enjoyed Street Trash when I saw it, as much as one can say they enjoyed a movie where a bunch of bums playing hot potato with a man's severed Johnson is a major set piece, but I've never really felt the need to watch it again over the past thirty-five years. Like several of the movies on this episode, Street Trash is not available for streaming on any service in the United States. And outside of Dirty Dancing, the ones you can stream, China Girl, Personal Services, Slaughter High and Steel Dawn, are mostly available for free with ads on Tubi, which made a huge splash last week with a confounding Super Bowl commercial that sent millions of people to figure what a Tubi was. Now, if you were counting, that was only nine films released in 1987, and not the eighteen they had promised at the start of the year. Despite the fact they had a smash hit in Dirty Dancing, they decided to push most of their planned 1987 movies to 1988. Not necessarily by choice, though. Many of the films just weren't ready in time for a 1987 release, and then the unexpected long term success of Dirty Dancing kept them occupied for most of the rest of the year. But that only meant that 1988 would be a stellar year for them, right? We'll find out next episode, when we continue the Vestron Pictures story. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again next week. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode. The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
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