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When Florian Aufdenblatten signed up to be a foreign exchange student, he didn't expect to land in Gravette, Arkansas, but he did. Listen to our conversation with him as we discuss stereotypes, coming from Switzerland to Arkansas, and chase more than a few rabbits down some holes. Give it a listen, it's a good one. #switzerland #gravette #foreignexchange

Christy shares devos around the fire as she is snowed in with her hot chocolate and marshmallows. Plus, Mark shares a powerful story about a firefighter in Gravette who is beating the odds and how the community is coming together after a life threatening accident. 

On July 25, 1989, 18-year-old Dana Stidham had just graduated from high school in Gravette, Arkansas and had her whole life in front of her. Dana had moved out on her own for the first time to Centerton where she was living with her older brother Larry and a cousin. She was starting her life and excited about the future, but on that day, she had to do some laundry and like a lot of kids that age, she was going to do her laundry at home. And she was a little homesick; she wanted to spend some time with her dad.  Her parents Lawrence and Georgia Stidham lived in Hiwasse, an unincorporated area in Benton County about a ten minute drive to where she liveD. So Dana drove home. She started doing a big pile of laundry with her dad. And then her dad said he was not feeling well, so he asked Dana to run some errands for him and she said yes. She was planning on coming right back. She had clothes in the wash cycle, and her dad said that he would put them in the dryer if she wasn't back by then. There has been a lot of publicity about this case, but no real answers.  We're going to try to relive the last day of Dana Stidham's life and see if there's anything that was missed that can help get us closer to finding out what happened to her and who killed her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Gravette teacher who has taught three generations of students headlines our Positive Difference story-of-the-day! We get you ready for Memorial Day weekend with a special edition of 50/50 and a family fun calendar!

If you are a veteran, thank you for your service! In recognition of all veterans, Rural Health Leadership Radio is proud to publish this special episode to honor all veterans this Veterans Day Nearly a quarter of all U.S. veterans choose to live in rural areas upon their return from active military service. Rural communities offer strong community support and close-knit relationships, enhancing the appeal of rural living for veterans. On the other hand, veterans contribute valuable leadership skills and core values to these rural areas. In this episode of Rural Health Leadership Radio, we are celebrating veterans and the great ways they contribute to rural communities. We are joined by three veterans and rural health leaders:  Athena Minor, CNO/CCO of Ohio County Healthcare in Hartford, Kentucky. Hannah Zaun, CNO of Dakota Regional Medical Center in Cooperstown, North Dakota. Kenda Clopton, CNO of Ozarks Community Hospital in Gravette, Arkansas. We welcome these three healthcare and military heroes to celebrate Veterans Day with us on Rural Health Leadership Radio! “Veterans are all over the place using those things we learned from being in the military in our daily lives. We are in your local hospital, and ready to serve you in a new and different way now” -Hannah Zaun Athena Minor, hailing from Ohio County, Kentucky, enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1985 and completed specialized Leadership Training with honors. She transitioned to a nursing career, earning her nursing degree from Owensboro Community College and a master's in Executive Leadership from Walden University. Currently pursuing a doctorate in Executive Leadership, Athena boasts diverse nursing experience, from neonatal and critical care to emergency and cardiac care in rural and urban settings. She's dedicated to managing chronic healthcare populations and led initiatives against infant mortality and childhood obesity in the Green River District during her five-year tenure in public health leadership. Athena serves as Chief Nursing and Clinical Officer at Ohio County HealthCare, actively participating in advisory committees, the Green River District Executive Board of Health, and healthcare panel discussions. Kenda Clopton, RN, BSN is the Chief Nursing Officer of Ozarks Community Hospital. She has been married to her husband Marty for 32 years and they have three grown sons that are her absolute pride and joy. She graduated from Cox College of Nursing in Springfield, MO in 1998 with her ASN and returned to obtain her BSN in 2017. Currently, Kenda is taking graduate courses to obtain a Masters in Community-Based Health from Oklahoma City University. The calling to be a nurse and desire to help people needing care came early in life for her. She joined the U.S. Army Reserves in 1989 and proudly served as a surgical technologist (91D) until 1997. Her husband, oldest son, youngest brother, and brother-in-law are all veterans or still serving in the military today. Hannah Zaun is the Chief Nursing Officer for Dakota Regional Medical Center and Griggs County Care Center in Cooperstown North Dakota.  Originally from Texas and a veteran of the United States Air Force, she has chosen to put all of her experience and efforts into making nursing and healthcare a better experience for all involved.  She is a graduate of Mayville State University with a Bachelors in Nursing and plans on continuing into a Masters in Nursing.  An ER nurse by trade, Hannah has a passion for emergency medicine, for creating safe spaces for nurses to work, mental health, policy change, and increasing resources and services in rural healthcare.

After years of being based out of Pahrump, Nevada... then Gravette, Arkansas... the boys meet up with their cousin Scott, and go on a desert run thru Oracle, Arizona, then hit Phoenix. This journey would lead to the, making a major move to Music City, USA!

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html         Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew:  https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/    Coming Events:   SWIS 2023 - https://www.elitefts.com/elitefts-2023-swis-symposium.html        In today's 203rd episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast (#DTTTP), guests Jim Wendler, Matt Rhodes, and Vincent Dizenzo sit down.   Jim Wendler is one of the first employees of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona, where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375-pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.   Matt Rhodes began his coaching career in football at the University of Richmond and later interned for Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh. After eight years as a personal trainer, he returned to the collegiate ranks as a strength and conditioning coach with stops at Yale, the University at Albany, and the University of Rhode Island as an assistant. Rhodes oversaw the strength and conditioning program at Morehead State University for eight years. He is currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Gravette High School in Gravette, Arizona, where he has been tasked to build the program from scratch.   As a self-coached athlete, Vincent Dizenzo held an all-time world record in the bench press and was a top-ten-ranked lifter for over a decade. He has benched 600 or more raw in three different weight classes and has a 900-equipped bench. Now Vincent is focused on becoming a more fit version of himself. With his undertaking of Operation Be Less Fat, Vincent has lost over 100 pounds. Through this journey, he continues to provide invaluable advice on training, nutrition, and conditioning.     Jim's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jimwendler/   Jim's Website: https://www.jimwendler.com/   Vincent's IG: https://www.instagram.com/vincentdizenzo/         ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.   Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en      SPONSORS       Marek Health   Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine—offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization.   Use Code Tabletalk for 10% off your first order.   Check out the Table Talk Lab Panel (84 different biomarkers + urinalysis) AND the NEW! Check-up Panel (an affordable option for a monthly check-up).   https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/      elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered.   https://www.elitefts.com/  Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.       SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast. Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/    Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew. https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/    elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/    elitefts IG: https://www.instagram.com/elitefts/    #DDTTTP   #DTTTP   #DDTTP

Hour 1 * LRT Welcomes New Affiliate, KALM, down with thought-provoking news and talk”! – Part of The Yosemite Breeze Radio Network broadcasting from Mariposa, California in the shadow of Yosemite National Park – YosemiteBreeze.com * Guest: Richard Barnett, 62, also known as “Bigo,” was charged with 8 federal crimes! * Richard is scheduled to be sentenced on May 24, 2023. * On January 8, 2021, Barnett was arrested. He was indicted on January 29 of 4 misdemeanour and 4 felony charges: Disorderly conduct, Obstruction of an official proceeding, Aiding and abetting, Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, Parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building, and Theft of government property. * On February 4, 2021, Richard pleaded not guilty to all charges. * Richard Barnett, from Gravette, Arkansas, was found guilty on all counts after the jury deliberated for about two hours – Not even time to Fairly Evaluate The Evidence! * Barnett recounted taking the envelope – “I didn't steal it,” – I put a quarter on her desk. * Federal and local law enforcement had at least 40 confidential informants or CIs (also known by federal agencies as Confidential Human Sources – CHSs), embedded with protestors and rioters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. * The government admitted that eight FBI confidential human sources were embedded among the Proud Boys on Jan. 6. Hour 2 * Guest Interview Continued: Richard Barnett, 62, also known as “Bigo,” was charged with 8 federal crimes! * Please Help Him And Donate Now! – GiveSendGo.com/richardbarnett * GiveSendGo – : The #1 Free Christian Fundraising Site. * Mr. Barnett, Only spent a total of 6 minutes in the capitol building! * Guest: James Edwards – Race, Politics & Hypocrisy in 21st Century America – thepoliticalcesspool.org * Article: I've Gone to Twitter Heaven – James Edwards, ThePoliticalCesspool.org --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loving-liberty/support

* LRT Welcomes New Affiliate, KALM, down with thought-provoking news and talk"! - Part of The Yosemite Breeze Radio Network broadcasting from Mariposa, California in the shadow of Yosemite National Park - YosemiteBreeze.com * Guest: Richard Barnett, 62, also known as "Bigo," was charged with 8 federal crimes! * Richard is scheduled to be sentenced on May 24, 2023. * On January 8, 2021, Barnett was arrested. He was indicted on January 29 of 4 misdemeanour and 4 felony charges: Disorderly conduct, Obstruction of an official proceeding, Aiding and abetting, Entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, Parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building, and Theft of government property. * On February 4, 2021, Richard pleaded not guilty to all charges. * Richard Barnett, from Gravette, Arkansas, was found guilty on all counts after the jury deliberated for about two hours - Not even time to Fairly Evaluate The Evidence! * Barnett recounted taking the envelope - "I didn't steal it,” - I put a quarter on her desk. * Federal and local law enforcement had at least 40 confidential informants or CIs (also known by federal agencies as Confidential Human Sources – CHSs), embedded with protestors and rioters at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. * The government admitted that eight FBI confidential human sources were embedded among the Proud Boys on Jan. 6.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/407  Presented By: Mavrk, Range Meal Bars, Stonefly Nets, Trxstle Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors       Pro skateboarder and fly angler, David Gravette, takes us into his world of broken bones and what keeps him going strong. We hear about my connection to skateboarding back as a youth and how I first connected with David and where our connection in fly fishing in the northwest comes from. We also find out how he dealt with a toxic storage mess under his house. Western Fly Fishing Show Notes with David Gravette 4:22 - David shares a story about his major shoulder surgery in 2017 and his hip dislocation and how fly fishing helped him recover from that and his depression. 13:13 - I ask him about his target species. 14:52 - He mentions KC Badger, angler and BMXer, who is one of the first dudes he ever fished with. 15:10 - He talks about his first Redington setup and his first rod which was his dad's old fly fishing rod. He gives a tip on getting a good line for your setup. 17:50 - I tell about that time in grade school when I tried skateboarding. He shares his first memories of skating and his first time in a skate park when he was just 10 years old. 20:41 - We talk about the film A River Runs Through It. We had John Dietsch who was the stuntman for Brad Pitt in the movie in episode 135.  23:20 - He shares his perspective on skateboarding now versus that time before the internet became a huge thing which he considers the golden years of skateboarding. 25:38 - He says how fishing keeps him sane every time he recovers from an injury. 28:49 - He talks about that time when he went out to fly fish while having a pin sticking out of his foot. 33:09 - I ask him what fly fishing trips he wants to do. 35:06 - He shares his opinion about how skateboarding now became more focused on one's ability and skills to market himself on social media. 38:00 - He talks about some skateboarding tricks. 40:07 - He mentions some fellow fly anglers whom he learned fly fishing from like KC Badger and Kayla Lockhart. 42:35 - He tells his preferred waters to fish in. We also talk about his steelhead trip in Seward, Alaska which he considers his best day of fishing. 00:50:09 - We talk about The Nine Club skateboarding podcast. 00:50:37 - I ask him if he's going to pursue fly fishing as a career or stick with skateboarding. 00:52:45 - He talks about his childhood and his dad who is also a fly fisher and an athlete back then. 00:55:39 - He shares the story of when he was a toddler and got lost out in a forest while they were camping. 00:58:07 - I ask him about his techniques in stillwater fishing. 00:59:26 - He tells one of his least favorite things about fly fishing. 00:59:58 - We share our encounters with rude fly fishers. 01:10:17 - He talks about scootering. 01:12:02 - He takes us to that time when he became a professional skateboarder. 01:15:00 - He talks about Creature Skateboards. 01:16:27 - He talks about the brand which kicked him off their company and the struggles and risks as he travels to skate. 01:23:39 - He talks about the dead crash. He also mentions some big names in the sport like Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek. 01:26:28 - I ask him about tropical fly fishing. 01:28:09 - I give him a tip on gloves. I recommend the Fox gloves from REI. 01:29:48 - I asked him about his plan for the next five years, and he shared this funny clip with The Illusion in Tosh.0. 01:32:35 - He tells the story of the oil spillage in their house which took four years to be fixed. It was the biggest residential contamination in Portland City history. 01:35:42 - I ask him about his skateboard tricks. He shares his trick that became his most significant mark on skateboarding. 01:38:18 - I ask about Thrasher Magazine. He tells his kayak of choice which is from Dagger. 01:39:55 - He tells his choice of weed. He gives a shout-out to his rolling paper company called Parachute Papers. 01:42:12 - He shares what he's looking out for this year that gets him excited. 01:46:50 - We talk about his social media presence. He mentions his skateboards in Creature that feature fish graphics which include the Gravette Lures Pro Creature Skateboard Deck. 1:48:41 - I mention our episode with Kris Bare on urban carp. Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/407 

elitefts Limited Edition Apparel: https://www.elitefts.com/shop/apparel/limited-edition.html      Support and help the Podcast grow by Joining The Crew: https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/     Jim Wendler & Matt Rhodes take a seat in this 161st podcast episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk.   Jim Wendler was the first employee of elitefts. He is worldly known as the creator and author of the 5/3/1 Training Program. Jim played football and graduated from the University of Arizona where he was a three-time letter winner. Wendler went on to squat 1000 pounds in competition and is an accomplished Elite Lifter with a 2,375 pound total. He serves the London, Ohio, community as a strength coach at London High School.   Rhodes began his coaching career in football at the University of Richmond and later interned for Buddy Morris at the University of Pittsburgh. After eight years as a personal trainer, he went back in the collegiate ranks as a strength and conditioning coach with stops at Yale, the University at Albany, and the University of Rhode Island as an assistant. Rhodes oversaw the strength and conditioning program at Morehead State University for 8 years. He is currently the head strength and conditioning coach at Gravette High School in Gravette, AR where he has been tasked to build the program from scratch.    ABOUT THE HOST   Dave Tate is the founder and co-owner of elitefts.com. He is the author of twenty books and has logged more than 40,000 hours of training and consulting. Dave is married to elitefts co-owner Traci Arnold-Tate, and they reside in London, Ohio, with their two sons. Personal Credo: Live, Learn, Pass on™.   Dave's IG: https://www.instagram.com/underthebar/?hl=en         SPONSORS   Marek Health    Marek Health is the telehealth platform that connects customers to partnered providers focusing on hormone optimization and preventative medicine—offering self-service labs at great prices and guided optimization.  https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/    Use Code Tabletalk for 10% off your first order. Also, check out the Table Talk Panel:  https://marekhealth.com/tabletalk/       LMNT   A tasty electrolyte drink mix.  https://DrinkLMNT.com/TABLETALK    for a FREE 8-flavor sample pack with any purchase!      elitefts   If you can put it in a gym bag or load weight on it, we have you covered.   https://www.elitefts.com/    Use Code TABLE TALK for 10% off your first elitefts order.     SUPPORT THE SHOW   All profits from elitefts Limited Edition Apparel, Table Talk Coffee, and Team elitefts Workouts, Programs, and Training eBooks support Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast.   Shop these elitefts items: https://www.elitefts.com/content/table-talk/     Support Dave Tate's Table Talk podcast by joining the crew.  https://glow.fm/davetatestabletalk/       elitefts Shop: https://www.elitefts.com/

Little Rock's new permanent police chief; Updates on Gravette man charged in the U.S. Capitol riot; Governor elect selects next head of Department of Energy and Environment

In 1989 Dana Stidham had just graduated High School in Gravette, Arkansas. She had recently moved into an apartment with friends. On July 25, 1989, she went home to do laundry at her parent's house. Her dad asked her to run to the store for him. Dana never returned.

In this episode, we talk fly fishing, dislocations, skateboarding, rules of the water, more injuries, and fun. David Gravette is a professional skateboarder who loves fly fishing. Probably more than you. While "newer" in the fly fishing game, he is making his mark in the industry as a feign. Just like he is on a skateboard. He's done it all...including butt chugs and don't think he's going anywhere soon. Check his Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/davidgravette/?hl=en He loves Kendama and you can check his signature model here: https://sweetskendamas.com/pages/sweets-mob-skateboarding Use code 'damadave' for a discount. He also runs his own paper company, Parachute Papers, for rolling on and off the river. Get some of these amazing papers here: https://www.parachutepapers.com/ Did I say butt chug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAlaHp9iY-Y&ab_channel=VICETV

Gravette man charged in Capitol riot rejects plea deal; Arkansas COVID hospitalizations rise slightly; UA weighs whether to keep undergrad admissions test-optional; Pine Bluff lawyer sues to be on candidate list

State's new COVID cases continue to decline; Trial set for Gravette man in Capitol riot; Teacher Retirement System's investments increase; Hodges took steps to fight allegation

Arkansas Governor urges holiday caution; Tax-cut session sought; Gravette man's Capitol riot case continued; No more money in endowment for Terry House, filing states

An Arkansas man held for three months after the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot was “tortured” in the District of Columbia jail, according to his attorney. Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 61, of Gravette was slammed into a concrete floor, threatened, kept in solitary confinement and denied prompt medical treatment when he thought he was having a heart attack, Joseph D. McBride of New York City wrote in an “emergency request” to Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union seeking an investigation into the way Barnett and four other “January Sixers” were treated in the jail. Barnett is charged with carrying a dangerous weapon — a stun gun — into the Capitol during the riot. He also faces six other charges. On April 27, Barnett was released from the District of Columbia jail and ordered to home detention pending trial. “My client, Richard Barnett, who did not assault any Capitol Police or destroy any property, was detained by the federal government for 109 days before being released over the objections of the Justice Department since he was neither a danger to society nor risk of flight,” McBride wrote in the letter dated Aug. 3. “His crime was putting his feet on one of [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi's desks at the request of a press photographer.” http://globalreportage.org/2021/11/02/lawyer-says-gravette-man-charged-in-capitol-riot-tortured-in-d-c-jail/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/global-reportage/support

Kevin Kowalski has walked the blood-line going from LIFE BLOOD to BLOOD WIZARD. We discuss growing up in Oregon, meeting Red, getting enough money to build a park in his backyard, meeting P-Stone and Hitz camping on the beach, Life Blood days with BK, getting on Blood Wizard, blowing it at Gravette's, getting knocked out in Brazil and waking up a week later, the harsh run at the Olympics, the Rip Ride Rally at Lincoln City, starting his own brand Portal Dimension and much more... ------------------------------ SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: BLOOD WIZARD: http://bloodwizard.com/ BLUE PLATE: http://www.blueplatesf.com/ ------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://bit.ly/2RYE75F ------------------------------ FOLLOW ALBINO: http://www.instagram.com/kevin_kowalski --------------------------------------- TALKIN' SCHMIT SOFT GOODS AT AWH SKATEBOARD DIST: http://awhsales.com/search.aspx?SearchTerm=Talkin IN JAPAN: https://www.instagram.com/underdogdis... IN CANADA: https://www.instagram.com/platformdis... --------------------------------------- INTRO MUSIC: "Mary's Cross" by Natur CREDITS MUSIC: “Adirondack gate” by Shane Medanich FIRST IMPRESSION: David Gravette CLOSING MONOLOGUE: Noelle Fiore EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Sharal Camisa INTERVIEW & EDITED: Greg "Schmitty" Smith If you want to help support the show, tickity tac over to https://www.talkinschmit.com/ and pick up some merchandise. There's also lots of photos, video and extras to help complement each interview. WEBSITE: https://talkinschmit.com/ YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/epiclytrife INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/Talkin_Schmit FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TalkinSchmit/ CONTACT with comments or suggestions: TalkinSchmit@Gmail.com During these difficult times I encourage you to help your local skate shops, your favorite restaurants, friends and family. Be kind and give what you can to those that are in need. If you have good friends, tell them you love them while you still can. #skateboarding #podcast #TalkinSchmit #KevinKowalski #PortalDimension #BloodWizard --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talkin-schmit/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkin-schmit/support

In episode 94, host Eric Dickmann interviews Brian Roland and Travis Gravette. Brian is a social entrepreneur and Founder of Abenity and Travis is its CEO. Abenity is a company that powers corporate perks for top businesses. They have partnered with the world's top brands to provide member-only access to private discounts and corporate rates on everything from pizza and the zoo, to movie tickets, oil changes, car rentals, and hotels.Abenity provides millions of subscribers with perks and benefits while pursuing the company's social mission of fighting extreme poverty. Recently, the company exceeded a million dollars of total giving.Together, Brian and Travis used their entrepreneurial skills to build a company using remote talent with a strong focus on corporate culture and making a social impact together with their corporate partners. For more information and access to the resources mentioned in this episode, please visit: https://fiveechelon.com/creating-culture-through-remote-relationships-s6ep13/A fractional CMO can help build out a comprehensive marketing strategy and execute targeted campaigns designed to increase awareness and generate demand for your business...without the expense of a full-time hire. The Five Echelon Group - Fractional CMO and strategic marketing advisory services designed for SMBs looking to grow. Learn more at: https://fiveechelon.com

The latest COVID-19 data in Arkansas; How will terminations for vaccine refusal affect Arkansas unemployment benefits?; A section of West Markham Street will be shut down for the weekend; The latest on the case of a Gravette man charged in the U.S. Capitol riot

MIRANDA DEVINE OPINION   New York attorney a brave devil's advocate By Miranda Devine June 27, 2021 | 10:32pm | Enlarge Image Joseph McBride's client Richard Barnett is back home now under house arrest. Washington County Sheriff's Office via AP File MORE FROM: MIRANDA DEVINE FBI tears innocent New Yorker's life into shreds after Jan. 6: Devine   Did Joe inadvertently pay for Hunter Biden's wild night with a prostitute?   The media bought Vladimir Putin's flattering lies: Devine   Joe Biden's a Putin-like polarizer: Devine   American moms are taking a stand against Critical Race Theory: Devine Lawyers haven't exactly been flocking to defend Trump voters charged in the Capitol riot. It's an unpopular cause, and likely to lead to an attorney being shunned by colleagues or worse, and the defendants for the most part can't afford to pay legal fees.  But Joseph McBride is one of the heroic few attorneys who has stood up in the name of equal justice for the most reviled people in the nation. As a former Manhattan public defender, it's what he always has done.  McBride's client today is the most reviled of the reviled: Richard “Bigo” Barnett, 60, the window installer from Arkansas who put his feet up on a desk in Nancy Pelosi's office and has come to symbolize the “insurrection” that wasn't.  “I made my bones at Manhattan Legal Aid and the Innocence Project,” says McBride.  “None of my colleagues from those places have supported my representing Bigo in any way. This is because . . . they fear being canceled by their own group more than anything.”  After Barnett spent almost four months in solitary confinement without trial in a DC jail, McBride managed to secure his pretrial release. He is back home now under house arrest in Gravette, Ark., and must do battle with an adversary with infinite resources and a vested interest in maintaining the fiction that the Capitol Hill riot was an insurrection.  Not one of 510 people arrested over the Capitol riot has been charged with insurrection, says McBride.  He spoke up in court about the inhumanity of jail conditions endured by his client and other January Sixers. He called it “torture,” and said they were “political prisoners.”  “The guards want to hurt them, and . . . feel like they have a green light from the government to do whatever they like.”  Barnett complained that he was bashed by guards. He blew the whistle on physical abuse of other inmates, including one beaten so badly he went blind in one eye and started to suffer seizures, an incident the FBI reportedly is investigating. Barnett said the man's face looked like “chopped meat.”  No one deserves that, no matter how heinous their crime.  For McBride, 43, preventing such injustices has been his life's work. It's why he became an attorney.  Richard Barnett, a supporter of Donald Trump, sits inside the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protests inside the US Capitol. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images He was raised in Brooklyn in the violent 1980s and '90s. “I was lucky to have two good Catholic God-fearing parents . . . but everybody I grew up with with — except for a handful — is dead or in jail.”  His Irish father was from Flatbush and worked at Con Edison, and his mom was Puerto Rican, from Spanish Harlem. They fostered about 20 children, “the most damaged ones,” and ended up adopting a mentally disabled 6-year-old boy who had been born addicted to heroin.  McBride saw his vulnerable adopted brother railroaded by the justice system, threatened into pleading guilty and spending 10 years in jail for a crime McBride said he didn't commit.  “It changed my world. I dropped everything to become a lawyer . . . to try to get him out.”  By the time he graduated, his brother had been released, a broken man. But McBride vowed to beat a rigged system, working for six years as a legal aid attorney in Manhattan, defending mainly black and Hispanic defendants. More than 98 percent of people charged with a felony in New York City at that time pleaded guilty, and never went to trial, because they knew they couldn't win, a sure sign the system is rigged, he says.  “I learned when defending people who weren't able to afford representation that the rules of the game were changed to disadvantage them . . . They were threatened with jail sentences so large they could take a plea for five years or risk going to jail for 50. Defendants made an informed decision that ‘this isn't going to work out for me.' ”  That's what happened to his brother and it's what he sees happening to the January Sixers.  In Barnett's case, prosecutors offered seven years in jail in exchange for a guilty plea, which Barnett rejected.  The charges he faces include obstructing Congress, entering the Capitol while armed with a stun gun and stealing an envelope, which could see him jailed for more than 10 years if convicted.  The charges Richard Barnett faces include obstructing Congress, entering the Capitol while armed with a stun gun and stealing an envelope SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images On the charge of possessing a “deadly weapon,” McBride says the stun gun, which doubled as a flashlight and walking cane, was “disarmed” because there were no batteries in it.  Barnett had been with friends in a DC bar the previous evening showing off the new gadget and had worn out the batteries, which he threw in the trash. He never replaced them before going into the Capitol, as evidenced, says McBride, by the fact that a white indicator light, which should be visible on the device if it is charged, was absent from every photo of his client taken that day.  Barnett maintains he was pushed inside the Capitol in the second wave of protesters well after the initial violent breach.  He went into Pelosi's office through an open door looking for a bathroom because Mayor Muriel Bowser had ordered all Porta Potties removed from DC.  An AFP photographer asked him to pose at the desk, which he stupidly did. A cut on his finger bled on an envelope, so he left a quarter to pay for it, and a rude note for Pelosi.  No one condones Barnett's actions that day.  But he committed no violence and seven years in jail is disproportionate punishment in any language.  The FBI circulated a notice labeling him a “Tier One” terrorist — the worst category.  How then should we describe someone who kills thousands of people by flying a plane into a building or plants a bomb at the Boston Marathon?  Last summer's rioters were treated with kid gloves, although more than two dozen people were killed.  The terrorism label is just used to dehumanize Barnett and his ilk and make it acceptable to shun them and everyone associated with them.  “Before I took this case I counted the cost,” says McBride. “I knew it would be difficult and that I would make enemies. That is OK. I know deep in my soul that we are on the right side.”  Bravo to a good man.

North Little Rock Memorial Day ceremony held in-person; Fundraising effort launched for Gravette man charged in Capitol riot; Arkansas records 30 new covid cases; Act seeks creation of arts, culture and tech database

State COVID-19 cases rise by 229; Judge allows Barnett to return to Gravette; Early voting bill fails in House; Sultana museum to receive state funds

Official Hot Country Podcast Website: http://www.hotcountrypodcast.com   Chris McKay interviews ACM Award Winner Jeff Carson. Jeff shares insights to his humble beginnings, the road to Nashville and leaving country music to pursue his passion of becoming a Police Officer. Stories behind "Yeah Buddy", his first number 1 single "Not On Your Love", "Holdin On To Something", Real Life, award winning "The Car" and the re-release of "God Save The World. Recorded March 8, 2021 Episode Sponsored by: Surfshark and Passport America.   WIKI: Jeff Carson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Gravette, Arkansas. In his childhood, he played harmonica and guitar and sang in church. In high school, he and some friends formed a band. They won second place at a local talent show for performing the song "Seven Bridges Road". After graduating, he moved on to another talent competition held at a park in Rogers, Arkansas. The winner of that competition then asked Carson to play in his band, which he did for four years until the band split up. Carson later moved on to Branson, Missouri, where he found work playing bass guitar in local bands, in addition to writing songs. While in Branson, he met his then-future wife, who persuaded him to move to Nashville, Tennessee, which he did in 1989. In Nashville, he found work with a band that played at the Opryland Hotel, before convincing the hotel to book him as a solo act. He eventually recorded demos for other artists, before he was discovered by record producer Chuck Howard in 1994 and signed to Curb Records.   https://jeff-carson.com/store  https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJeffCarson https://jeff-carson.com   https://www.facebook.com/hotcountrypodcast https://www.hotcountrypodcast.com  https://www.facebook.com/OfficialChrisMcKay  

Median salary for Arkansas teachers to increase by $2K; State sees four new virus deaths; Gravette man poses 'danger', says assistant U.S. attorney; State waives death penalty in teen’s murder case

Jeff Carson was one of the new country singers who was able to parlay the mass success of country music in the early '90s to a massive hit with his eponymous first album. Carson was born in Tulsa, OK, but raised in the small Arkansas town of Gravette. As a child, he sang in church and played harmonica and guitar. While he was in high school, he and his friends formed a band to play their school's talent show, performing the Eagles' "Seven Bridges Road." After the ad hoc group won second place, Carson was convinced to pursue a musical career. Following his high-school graduation, he entered a talent contest at an entertainment complex called Ozark Mountain Music in Rogers, AR. Although he didn't come in first, the winner asked Carson to play in his house band. For the next four years, he played with the outfit, until they finally disbanded. Carson moved to Branson, MO, where he played bass in local bands and started writing his own songs. In Branson, he met and married his wife, Kim Cooper, who encouraged him to move to Nashville. Kim had a friend who played at the Opryland Hotel and his group Texana needed a bassist -- hence, Carson moved to Music City in 1989. After some persuasion, he convinced the hotel to book him as a solo act. Around the same time, he signed a songwriting deal with Little Big Town Music and began singing on demo tapes for a variety of companies. Eventually, publisher/producer Chuck Howard heard Carson's original material and signed a publishing and development deal with him. By 1994, Jeff had signed with Curb Records. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ray-turnerofficial/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ray-turnerofficial/support

Thanks for stopping by. This week's topics include David Gravette's "Worst Skatepark Ever" video, Brandon Biebel's fork in the road moment revealed, and whether or not a subscription based service like ETN would thrive in 2021 and beyond. Email your worst skatepark pics to nomongopodcast@gmail.com  Intro/Outro music by Bobb Amidon David Gravette - Worst Skatepark Ever Brandon Biebel - Foooour Wheels Live 

We Stop And Chat with David Gravette to discuss fly fishing from his kayak, his ongoing hip problem, launching his rolling paper company “Parachute Papers”, his pet ducks, back 5-0 down El Toro, his female lookalike on Thrasher King Of The Road, going to the hospital to get his shoulder popped back in, breaking down some of his clips and much more!

The Gravette Public Library has brought back its popular Blind Date With a Book program for the month of February. The annual event introduces patrons to new authors and genres by concealing the book's cover.

Governor won't extend 11 p.m. virus curfew for bars; Gravette man indicted in D.C. riot case; and finalists compete for statue designs to represent Arkansas in U.S. Capitol

You could say one good thing about the War of 1812.  We know what year it happened.  Other than that it was ugly.  As British Troops fought their way toward washington President Madison and top officials evacuated to Maryland…sleeping at people’s homes…. the night the Brits burned down the White House… which wasn’t even called the White House yet.  It was the Presidential mansion.    That same night... the Brits set fire to the Capitol.   And it was the British.  Wasn’t French people dressed in British swag.  History has proven that sometimes… it is what it is. For 206 years since the Brits sparked the fire … the Capitol Building has stood as the stone embodiment of national pride. Til a ragged mob cast aside the heavy wood doors… and their good judgement. Because regardless of the dirty business of politics taking place under that rotunda… it’s the People’s building.  It doesn’t belong to James Angeli… a Q-Anon leader photographed in the house chamber with a megaphone yestereay.  Confirmed by his family it was him. The Capitol doesn’t belong Nich Ochs…. the founder of the Proud Boys Hawaii Chapter…. who tweeted Hello from the capitol … as smoked a cigarette. Nor Bigo Barnett… the leader of an Gravette, Arkansas Gun Rights Group… who put his feet up on Nancy Pelosi’s desk and stole her paperwork… and bragged about it. These were not Trump supporters.  These were Trump diehards … tried and true…breaching the US capitol…   Disproven social media posts  say otherwise… but sometimes… it is what it is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The small city of Gravette is in the spotlight this week after a man who appeared in a photo of House Speak Nancy Pelosi's offices during Wednesday's pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol went viral. Mayor Kurt Maddox addressed the situation in a statement on the city's Facebook page as staff and police were flooded with calls, emails and messages via social media once the man was identified as Richard Barnett. Barnett was arrested this morning by the FBI on charges of entering and remaining on restricted grounds, violent entry and theft of public property. Embed from Getty Images

On today's show, we find how monoclonal antibodies are being used to treat COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms in the hope of reducing hospitalizations. Plus, we speak with a local woman and therapist for tips on how to navigating dating during a pandemic. And, we hear from the mayor of Gravette after his small city landed in the spotlight when a resident was photographed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk during Wednesday's pro-Trump riots at the U.S. Capitol.

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Jim Hendren of Gravette is a Republican candidate in District 2 for the Arkansas Senate in the Nov. 3, 2020, general election. A map of District 2 can be found here. Hendren is owner of a plastics company and is a military veteran. Prior elective office includes the Gravette School Board and the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He’s been in the state Senate since 2013 and currently serves as the Senate’s president pro tempore. Hendren faces Democrat Ryan Craig of Prairie Grove. Craig has not responded to repeated emails and phone calls.

Jim Hendren of Gravette is a Republican candidate in District 2 for the Arkansas Senate in the Nov. 3, 2020, general election. A map of District 2 can be found here. Hendren is owner of a plastics company and is a military veteran. Prior elective office includes the Gravette School Board and the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He’s been in the state Senate since 2013 and currently serves as the Senate’s president pro tempore. Hendren faces Democrat Ryan Craig of Prairie Grove. Craig has not responded to repeated emails and phone calls.

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Dave and I get together via Zoom and discuss quitting Kronik the same day they turned him pro, riding for Creature, King of the Road, getting married, getting his car stolen multiple times and much more... If you enjoy the show please HIT SUBSCRIBE and leave a 5 star review in the iTunes store—it really helps the show and if you want to go even further, head over to https://talkinschmit.com/ and pick up some merchandise. Either way though, thanks so much for listening. Cheers! Follow Dave on Instagram: @DavidGravette Intro Music: "Mary's Cross" by Natur Closing Monologue: Noelle Fiore Executive Director: Sharal Camisa Website: https://talkinschmit.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @Talkin_Schmit Friend us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkinSchmit/ Contact with comments or suggestions: TalkinSchmit@Gmail.com During these difficult times I encourage you to help your local skate shops, your favorite restaurants, friends and family. Be kind and give what you can to those that are in need. —Schmitty --- This episode is sponsored by · That's Really Cool Man Podcast: That's Really Cool Man is the official podcast of the internet's worst animator, Danny Casale aka Coolman Coffeedan. https://www.coolmancoffeedan.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talkin-schmit/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/talkin-schmit/support

On today's show, we have the latest information from Governor Asa Hutchinson's cornovirus response briefing. Plus, we hear from the mayor of Gravette about a grant that will allow the city to collect more census reponses from its residents. And, we launch a new series of reports called "Business As Unusual" to find out how niche businesses in our region are faring during the pandemic.

Topics for today: Sand filled skateparks, switch backside boneless, Born to Blew, Dalton Dern 3 Chip, Gravette’s outtakes, Jason Falcon, Lance Mountain, Beefs TV waterpark footage, Tony Hawk on Vans, and Aaron’s New Snacks podcast. Thanks for all the love and support! Join the discussion in the Barn Burner Crew FB group AUDIO VERSION: VIDEO(...) The post Skatosis 158 – The Double Pandemic appeared first on Skatosis - An Obsession with Skateboarding.

Star Trek First Contact is my favourite Star Trek movie. It was a wonderful way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our beloved franchise. In this video, I geek out with delight over the movie, and yes, I point out a couple of things that could have been even better. Join me as I review the 10 episodes and movies that you should watch before Star Trek Picard. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AdamDavidCollings ----more---- Transcript Welcome to Nerd Heaven.I’m Adam David Collins, the author of Jewel of The StarsAnd I am a nerd. This is episode 6 of the podcast, and we’re continuing our look at the 10 episodes and movies you should check out before watching Star Trek Picard, which goes live late January. Today, we’re looking at Star Trek First Contact. The IMDB description for this movie readsThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth’s first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.And this movie first appeared in cinemas on the 13th of November 1996, which was in the UK, prior to the american release on the 22nd of November. Here in Australia, we didn’t get it until the 28th. Let’s do it. This is my favourite Star Trek movie. It came out during the year of the 30th anniversary of Star Trek. What an awesome year that was. We got Trials and Tribble-ations, which was amazing. We get this movie, which was amazing, and we got Flashback over on voyager, which was really good. There are some nice 30th anniversary tidbits in this movie that link it to other Star Trek shows. We’ll cover them as we get to them. Let’s start by saying that the music in this movie is incredible. Jerry Goldsmith composed a hauntingly beautiful theme for First Contact.I always sit through the opening credits just to listen to it. Plus, the names slowly coming into focus looks pretty cool. Nice little callback at the start, seeing Picard in his TNG uniform for the flashback to Best of Both Worlds. That pull back shot gives us a sense of the vastness of the Borg ship. And as Picard wakes from his nightmare, we get our first glimpse of the new TNG movie-era uniforms. This is my favourite Star Trek uniform. It looks so cool. I really want one. Picard is still having nightmare about his assimilation. I image, after going through something like that, the nightmare would never stop. Of course it’s implied that the nightmare is caused by the proximity of the Borg ship.You gotta wonder what made the Borg decide to send another shop to assimilate Earth at this moment. Clearly, they still think one cube is enough. And then we get another first. Our first glimpse at the new USS Enterprise, NCC 1701-E.The last Enterprise was destroyed in the previous movie, Star Trek Generations.The Enterprise E looks fantastic. Sleeker, meaner than the D. Of course, I also loved the D. But this new Enterprise was made for the big screen, and it fills it beautifully. Gorgeous image of a nebula behind the ship, too. Do you think Starfleet’s reluctance to let Picard anywhere near the Borg is more related to his previous assimilation, or his handling of the Hugh situation? Either way, it’s a foolish decision. No one knows the Borg better than Picard. The voice effect used for the Borg collective in this movie is creepier than in the TV show. I love the bridge of the Enterprise E. Those little screens for Picard, Riker, and Troi, the little corner desks for Data and Hawke. Fantastic production design. And that Borg cube. So much more detailed than the model used on the TV show. And here’s a first connection to other Star Trek. The Defiant from Deep Space Nine has joined the fight against the Borg. Obviously. This ship was designed to fight the Borg. It was likely one of the weapons shelby was working on prior to Best of both Worlds. Remember, those new weapons that weren’t ready yet. The Defiant gives us the perfect opportunity to bring Worf into the story, who was a series regular on Deep Space Nine at this time. I love the holographic viewscreen on the Enterprise E. I wish they’d continued to use that effect in subsequent movies. Picard can still hear the Borg in his head. Surprising, since he no longer has any implants. But given how hard it was for the doctor to remove all of Seven’s implants in Voyager, let’s assume maybe there’s still a little something in there.He gets some inside information on a weak spot that allows them to destroy the cube. This seems a little problematic. Remember, Borg cubes are extremely redundant. They shouldn’t have weak spots like that that cause the whole thing to blow up. I mean, this isn’t the blooming death star.But, they need to keep the story moving. The Borg need an excuse to time travel into the past.This, of course, makes absolutely no sense.First, if the Borg simple go back in time and assimilate species when they were vulnerable, why not just do that to begin with. But there’s a bigger problem. What do the Borg gain by assimilating a broken earth that is still recovering from world war 3? Their technology is useless. Biologically, humans are that different to many other species. It makes zero sense for the Borg to want to assimilate 21st century earth.So, the very premise here is filled with plot holes.But, I forgive them, because this movie is awesome. What do you want from me? So the Borg and the Enterprise arrive on my 85th birthday. And you better believe, when I turn 85, I’ll be making a pilgrimage to Montana, USA to meet the Vulcans.But I digress.Interestingly, 2063 is also the 100th anniversary of Star Trek. First Contact presents us with a very different Zephram Cochrane that we are used to, from his appearance in the original series.He’s not the amazing historical figure that starfleet puts on a pedestal. One of the first things we hear him say is “I sure as hell am not going up there sober.”Surprise surprise, Cochrane was human. This is a theme through the whole movie. We have a tendency to venerate great men and women from history, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t, but, these people were human just like us, with the same flaws and emotions. They burped and broke wind just like we do. James Cromwell and Alfre Goodard are both great as Cochrane and lily. Woodward is especially awesome as lily. The enterprise destroys the Borg sphere. Again, it all seems too easy. I remember thinking, the first time I saw this, they had 2 Borg ships, and they’re both destroyed. We’re not even 30 minutes into this movie. So much for a movie about the Borg.Of course, seeing the enterprise slowly get turned into a Borg ship ended up being much more compelling. So, it’s all good. I love time travel stories, especially if they are internally consistent.We’d never seen the TNG crew interact with present day. This was as close as we’d get. This was kind of TNG’s Star Trek 4. I also like the new engineering set for the Enterprise E, with that massive warp core. The idea of tunring a left-over nuclear missile into Earth’s first warp-speed ship is symbolic. And kinda cool. The sickbay on the Enterprise E looks very much like the Voyager sickbay. This was probably just a cost-saving choice to re-use an existing set, but in my mind, back in the day, it was a deliberate creative choice, to make the two newer ships, Enterprise E and Voyager, look alike.And now we get our next link to other Star Trek. And this is brilliantly done. Crusher needs a diversion to get every away from sickbay before the Borg break in, so, of course, they activate the Enterprise EMH, brilliantly played by Robert Picardo from Voyager. I love this scene. I always have. Obviously the enterprise sickbay would have an EMH. They simply don’t use it because they have a medical staff. If you count Zephram Cochrane as a TOS reference, then this movie has now included cameos of ships and characters from all the other Star Trek shows that existed at the time. Troi’s character doesn’t get a lot to do in this movie. In the previous movie, she had some fantastic scenes where she actually got to be a counselor. Here, she’s mainly relegated to comic relief. Still, Marina Sirtis does a good job of it. The emotion chip is put to good use in this story.And despite Data initially being quite annoying (deliberately so) I thought it was used effectively back in Generations as well. It was very thematic in that movie.And it plays an important part in First Contact as well. It’s interesting to know that data can de-activate the chip. Don’t you wish you could simply turn off your emotions sometimes. It would be handy. And now we get our first proper look at the Borg in their new big-screen, bigger budget glory. They look fantastic. So much detail. The chalky skin that looks like makeup is replaced with slimy pasty skin that looks a lot more realistic. The costumes are more detailed. And the Borg represent many different species. There are Klingon Borg, Cardassian Borg, Bolian Borg. If you look closely, you’ll notice all sorts of species. The Borg visual effects for things like their personal force field have also been updated. This is the first time we see the use of assimilation tubules.The assimilation process has always been a bit of a mystery. But here we see the injection of nano-probes (not specifically mentioned in this movie, but explored later in voyager). There’s a chilling moment when an assimilated crew member asks Picard for help.Picard shoots him dead.They don’t have the resources or the ability to surgically disconnect and restore each assimilated crew member right now, and Picard knows from personal experience, that it’s better to die than be a Borg drone. Riker and Troi explain the Roddenberry philosophy to Cochrane. Tomorrow morning, earth will make first contact with aliens after his successful warp test. Within a few decades, war, poverty,disease are all erased. This makes First Contact a very Star Trek show, again cementing it’s place as a 30th anniversary celebration movie. Picard meets Lily. I really like the friendship that develops between them.Picard manages to convince her that he really is from the future.I have to say I really like that when the window opens, and they see earth, they’re over Australia.Yeah! And we meet the Borg queen for the first time. The visual effect of her coming down from the ceiling is fantastic. The Borg queen is a really interesting concept.In a way, she contradicts what the Borg have been established to be.She refers to herself as I. Saying I am the Borg.Here’s the way I’ve always thought of her.She is the central hub of the Borg.Up until now, we’ve always assumed the Borg collective was a peer-to-peer network, but now it seems they are a client-server network. The queen is the server. You could say that the collective consciousness is her consciousness.This is not really what was previously established, but it’s interesting.I think that the Borg work better without the queen.But I think they felt a movie must have a villain that audiences can relate to. And I do admit that the Borg queen fits this bill very well. Alice Krige plays her brilliantly.There’s a lot about the queen that doesn’t make sense. She was on the Borg cube that was destroyed in best of both worlds. The same biological organism. But that ship was destroyed. And after she dies here, we’ll see her again in Voyager.Her explanation for this is “You’ve become small. You humans think in this three-dimensional terms”, which is a total cop-out. This is writer slang for “I don’t have an explanation for this that makes sense.” Picard gives Lily the ridiculous line about there being no money in the 24th century. Everyone works to better themselves and the rest of humanity.Which is total nonsense, of course. A system like that cannot work.The biggest issue I see is the unwanted jobs. Who cleans the toilets? Sure, in the Star Trek world, I would work hard writing books or exploring space, all in an effort to better myself and humanity. But who does the menial jobs that nobody wants? What motivates people to take that on? And we know that people do these menial jobs, it’s not all just robots, because Rom works waste extraction, literally wading in sewage, on deep space nine.Anyway. The holodeck scene is FANTASTIC.It ties us all the way back to TNG season 1, where Picard used to play Dixon Hill on the holodeck. But Dixon Hill never looked this good, with massive sets, heaps of extras and exciting action set pieces.I love it.The idea to use a holographic tommy gun to kill the Borg is very clever. Bullets are not something they’ll have adapted to. We see first hand just how much hurt and pain Picard still has buried, as he continues to pump the Borg full of bullets, long after it’s dead.It’s all come back to the forefront for him, like it was yesterday.And the carelessness when he says “this drone was ensign lynch.”I understand. In his mind, this is not ensign lynch. This is a drone.But still. This scene is really powerful. Nice little cameo from Reg Barclay. It doesn’t make a heap of sense that so many people from the enterprise d wind up on the enterprise e. Not just the senior staff, but people like Nurse Ogawa and Barclay. But, it’s nice to see them so whatever. Cochrane is finding it very difficult to live up to the celebrity everyone keeps telling him he’ll have.His discomfort make sense. Who could live up to that kind of hero worship.But at the same time, given his importance in their world, I understand the hero worship. This is the first time we see the new space suits, which will come back again in Voyager.The battle on the hull near the deflector dish is fantastic. Slow, but awesome. It’s pretty unique. But Worf’s line “Assimilate this” is cheesy and feels like it’s out of a really bad action movie parody.Also, why is his voice distorted? He sounds like a robot. Data’s assimilation is interesting. Usually, they add cybernetic implants into biological beings. But here, they’re adding biological elements to a cybernetic being. They do like the mixture.There’s a whole lot of manipulation going on here.The queen reactivates his emotion chip, which makes him a LOT easier to manipulate. Cochrane is a far cry from the historical figure they all talk about, but, as he gets older, he will become more like that figure. There’s some fantastic drama between Picard and Worf on the bridge.Worf accuses Picard of allowing his personal experiences with the Borg to influence his judgement.And of course that’s influencing his judgement. How could it not?The scene between Picard and Lily in the conference room is amazing and powerful.Alfre Woodard and Patrick Stewart are incredible. This scene gives me so many chills.And there’s lots of thematic stuff in here too.Lily helps Picard realise that he’s being motivated by revenge and hate.And so he changes his plan. When they’re preparing the evacuate the enterprise, Picard says “see you on Gravette island.”I’ve tried googling this, to see if it’s a real place.I came up empty.But I have a head canon about this. I imagine that Gravette is an island that remains unpopulated through most of human history. And that Starfleet has standing orders that any crew who get stranded in earth’s past are to set themselves up there and stay out of history’s way.I think that would make a good TV show actually. Gravette Island, about a Starfleet crew making a new life on present day Earth. Of course, something would have to entice them out of hiding to interact with the rest of the world, or there’d be no storyBut I’m getting quite off topic now. I love how Zephram Cochrane can’t take off without his music.The Pheonix looks great. The perfect mix of old-fashioned real world space program, and the star trek future.I remember geeking out that the bussard collectors at the front of the nacelles resembled those on the original series enterprise. Does Picard really mean it when he offers to become Gorg again, in order to free Data?I have to think that he does.But, how could he possibly be willing to go through that again.That’s self-sacrifice. That’s friendship.But to willingly go into that living hell? It like how the Phoenix takes a few minutes to accelerate up to warp 1.The climactic battle in engineering has some awesome visual effects, included the death of the queen.The Borg shouldn’t really explode when the queen dies, but it kinda works for the movie. The flight of the phoenix, and the landing of the alien ship are full of the sense of wonder that Star Trek is sometimes known for.I remember sitting on the edge of my seat in the cinema, thinking “please be the Vulcans. Please be the Vulcans.”It had to be.I read that the design of the Vulcan ship was based on real-world descriptions of UFOs.The implied idea being that Vulcans had previously visited earth discreetly. So there you have it. My favourite Star Trek movie.It’s got some little flaws, but there’s so much good stuff they’re easy to forgive. Do you think we’ll see the Borg Queen again in Star Trek Picard? Will they acknowledge her? It’ll be interesting to find out. Next time, we delve into the origin of another character that is returning for Picard. Seven of Nine.I’ll see you for my favourite episode of Star Trek Voyager.Scorpion. Live long and prosper.Make it so.

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Join Chip Souza, Rick Fires and Henry Apple on this week's episode of 'The Shop.' The trio talk about the impending football weather, this weekend's Chili Pepper Cross Country Festival with Fayetteville cross country coach Michelle Fyfe, Gravette head football coach Kelby Bohannon, how coaches that started in Northwest Arkansas are doing coaching college teams, prep volleyball, a follow to the 6A state girls golf championship and more.

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On a very windy day in Oshkosh, we’re talking about the new video from Vans called Take it Back with Rowley, Barros and Sandoval, then we talk about David Gravette and his Bronson part rough cut. Sorry for all the wind noise! Join the discussion in the Barn Burner Crew FB group SPONSORS: Amazon Old(...) The post Skatosis 132 – Gravette’s Rough Cut & Vans: Take It Back appeared first on Skatosis - An Obsession with Skateboarding.

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Travis Gravette is the Vice President of Business Development at Nisolo, which makes handcrafted leather shoes and other leather goods. However, Travis is probably best known for being the founder of Know Think Act, a non-profit he started to serve the needs of impoverished communities in Africa. In the interview, we learn about Travis's journey, why he decided to started a non-profit right out of college, and why he ended up leaving the non-profit world to work in fashion.   If you've been listening to the podcast but have not yet been to the website, you should really check it out. On the website you'll find original photos I took of all the guests I've interviewed, as well as show notes, and links to social media. The show notes include quotes and links to things mentioned in the podcast such as books, organizations, people, music, etc. So please check it out. I personally prefer the desktop version of the website, but it is mobile friendly. The web address is thestoriespodcast.com

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Pride Night Gravette Day by Lion Lettermen

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