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The Anabaptists, alongside the Lutheran and Reformed churches, were the third major current in the sixteenth century Reformation movements. From their beginnings, the Anabaptists were highly diverse and yet they shared some central beliefs and practices for which they were quickly persecuted – for example, defenselessness and nonresistance, the refusal to swear oaths, and the separation of church and state. Ideal for both teachers and students, this book provides a comprehensive and scholarly account of the history and development of the Anabaptists, alongside the Mennonite, Hutterite, and Amish traditions that emerged from their movement. Anabaptists: From the Reformation to the 21st Century (Pandora Press, 2024) shows the cultural diversity of the Anabaptists over five centuries as they moved between persecution and toleration, isolation and social integration, and traditionalization and renewal. Amidst these tensions, the Anabaptist story is told here anew based on the current state of the field on the eve of its 500-year anniversary. Written by an established scholar of Anabaptist history, and expertly translated into English by Victor Thiessen, this comprehensive study appears in the Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies series, edited by Maxwell Kennel, and published by Pandora Press. Maxwell Kennel is Senior Research Fellow with the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies (CIFRS), Director of Pandora Press, and Pastor at the Hamilton Mennonite Church. Caleb Zakarin is editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Anabaptists, alongside the Lutheran and Reformed churches, were the third major current in the sixteenth century Reformation movements. From their beginnings, the Anabaptists were highly diverse and yet they shared some central beliefs and practices for which they were quickly persecuted – for example, defenselessness and nonresistance, the refusal to swear oaths, and the separation of church and state. Ideal for both teachers and students, this book provides a comprehensive and scholarly account of the history and development of the Anabaptists, alongside the Mennonite, Hutterite, and Amish traditions that emerged from their movement. Anabaptists: From the Reformation to the 21st Century (Pandora Press, 2024) shows the cultural diversity of the Anabaptists over five centuries as they moved between persecution and toleration, isolation and social integration, and traditionalization and renewal. Amidst these tensions, the Anabaptist story is told here anew based on the current state of the field on the eve of its 500-year anniversary. Written by an established scholar of Anabaptist history, and expertly translated into English by Victor Thiessen, this comprehensive study appears in the Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies series, edited by Maxwell Kennel, and published by Pandora Press. Maxwell Kennel is Senior Research Fellow with the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies (CIFRS), Director of Pandora Press, and Pastor at the Hamilton Mennonite Church. Caleb Zakarin is editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

The Anabaptists, alongside the Lutheran and Reformed churches, were the third major current in the sixteenth century Reformation movements. From their beginnings, the Anabaptists were highly diverse and yet they shared some central beliefs and practices for which they were quickly persecuted – for example, defenselessness and nonresistance, the refusal to swear oaths, and the separation of church and state. Ideal for both teachers and students, this book provides a comprehensive and scholarly account of the history and development of the Anabaptists, alongside the Mennonite, Hutterite, and Amish traditions that emerged from their movement. Anabaptists: From the Reformation to the 21st Century (Pandora Press, 2024) shows the cultural diversity of the Anabaptists over five centuries as they moved between persecution and toleration, isolation and social integration, and traditionalization and renewal. Amidst these tensions, the Anabaptist story is told here anew based on the current state of the field on the eve of its 500-year anniversary. Written by an established scholar of Anabaptist history, and expertly translated into English by Victor Thiessen, this comprehensive study appears in the Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies series, edited by Maxwell Kennel, and published by Pandora Press. Maxwell Kennel is Senior Research Fellow with the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies (CIFRS), Director of Pandora Press, and Pastor at the Hamilton Mennonite Church. Caleb Zakarin is editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

The Anabaptists, alongside the Lutheran and Reformed churches, were the third major current in the sixteenth century Reformation movements. From their beginnings, the Anabaptists were highly diverse and yet they shared some central beliefs and practices for which they were quickly persecuted – for example, defenselessness and nonresistance, the refusal to swear oaths, and the separation of church and state. Ideal for both teachers and students, this book provides a comprehensive and scholarly account of the history and development of the Anabaptists, alongside the Mennonite, Hutterite, and Amish traditions that emerged from their movement. Anabaptists: From the Reformation to the 21st Century (Pandora Press, 2024) shows the cultural diversity of the Anabaptists over five centuries as they moved between persecution and toleration, isolation and social integration, and traditionalization and renewal. Amidst these tensions, the Anabaptist story is told here anew based on the current state of the field on the eve of its 500-year anniversary. Written by an established scholar of Anabaptist history, and expertly translated into English by Victor Thiessen, this comprehensive study appears in the Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies series, edited by Maxwell Kennel, and published by Pandora Press. Maxwell Kennel is Senior Research Fellow with the Canadian Institute for Far-Right Studies (CIFRS), Director of Pandora Press, and Pastor at the Hamilton Mennonite Church. Caleb Zakarin is editor at the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

About the Guest Matthew Gross is a Hutterite. Hutterites are very open-minded, but still cherish their community values. Matthew is a generational pig farmer, with an open mind towards technology and productivity. At their farm they are currently using PigFlow as a means to run a more efficient operation. Hutterite's have always embraced technology as […]

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In this episode of the Woodpreneur podcast, host Steve Larosiliere interviews Juan Bruera from Reclaimed Wood Source. Juan shares his journey from construction to entrepreneurship, discussing how he built his reclaimed wood business. The conversation covers business operations, family-work balance, material sourcing, and digital marketing strategies, highlighting how creating engaging content and building community relationships have contributed to his success. Key Takeaways: Juan's journey into reclaimed wood began with construction experience and grew through his passion for recycling materials and preserving history.Building a successful reclaimed wood business requires balancing multiple operations, from sourcing and production to marketing and sales.The unique value of reclaimed wood comes from its history and character, though this makes it more expensive due to labor-intensive sourcing and preparation.Digital marketing, particularly through social media and blogging, plays a crucial role in business growth and customer engagement.Creating engaging content and building community relationships are essential for long-term business success in the reclaimed wood industry. Chapters: 00:00 The Journey Begins: From Construction to Reclaimed Wood 09:15 Building a Business: Operations and Growth 13:38 Vision and Reality: Reflecting on Progress 19:06 Family and Business: Balancing Priorities 22:19 Sourcing Materials: The Story Behind the Wood 26:32 Exploring the Hutterite and Mennonite Communities 28:22 Insights from Reclaimed Wood Projects 29:12 Navigating Google AdWords Challenges 30:28 Leveraging Social Media for Business Growth 31:52 The Importance of Blogging for Visibility 34:02 Creating Engaging Content and Community Building 37:34 Maximizing YouTube and Video Marketing Strategies Get a FREE Trial to our Woodpreneur Network Community and get the skills, network, and mentoring to level up your business join here: https://woodpreneurnetwork.com/ You can connect with Juan at: https://reclaimedwoodsource.com/ https://www.instagram.com/reclaimedwoodsource/?hl=en

Ganas is an intentional community founded in 1979 in Tompkinsville, Staten Island that is still active. Is it also a cult? What is an "intentional community" And why was one of the founding members, Jeff Gross, shot and nearly killed (allegedly) by a disgruntled, former member, in 2006?  Visit CrimeWaveatSea.com/SCARED  to claim your fan code in order to register and join us November 3rd-7th, 2025!!! Merch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89vWant to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :)For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste)Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcastWanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast.Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch.

The Wilson Hutterite Colony has been in existence in its present location since 1918 when the original settlers arrived from North Dakota. Originally they came from Europe where people in parts of Austria speak a language similar to theirs even now. Today there are 128 people residing on the colony, located south of Coaldale. The successful farming operation includes livestock and poultry production as well as beautifully crafted goods for colony use sold both locally and even internationally. Some of their products include broiler chickens, fertile eggs and dairy milk. They manufacture custom made western saddles, saddle pads, chaps, gloves, handmade shoes and boots for men as well as furniture, kitchen cabinets, grandfather clocks. From the wool of their Merino sheep they made in-soles. Our presenters will discuss life on the Colony as well as the farming operation and variety of agricultural-based industries. This presentation will be a panel format and out of respect for our speakers, please do not take photos at this session. Speaker: Paul Wurz Paul Wurz has been financial and supervising manager of the Wilson Hutterite Colony for 8 years. He was born in the colony and held the positions of carpenter and shepherd before becoming manager. He and his wife have seven children, six girls and a boy.

Presented in partnership with Fertility and Sterility onsite at the 2024 ANZSREI meeting in Sydney, Australia.  The ANZSREI 2024 debate discussed whether patients with unexplained infertility should go straight to IVF. Experts on both sides weighed the effectiveness, cost, and psychological impact of IVF versus alternatives like IUI. The pro side emphasized IVF's high success rates and diagnostic value, while the con side argued for less invasive, cost-effective options. The debate highlighted the need for individualized care, with no clear consensus reached among the audience. View Fertility and Sterility at https://www.fertstert.org/ TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to Fertility and Sterility On Air, the podcast where you can stay current on the latest global research in the field of reproductive medicine. This podcast brings you an overview of this month's journal, in-depth discussion with authors, and other special features. F&S On Air is brought to you by Fertility and Sterility family of journals in conjunction with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and is hosted by Dr. Kurt Barnhart, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Eve Feinberg, Editorial Editor, Dr. Micah Hill, Media Editor, and Dr. Pietro Bordoletto, Interactive Associate-in-Chief. I'd just like to say welcome to our third and final day of the ANZSREI conference. We've got our now traditional F&S podcast where we've got an expert panel, we've got our international speaker, Pietro, and we've got a wonderful debate ahead of us. This is all being recorded. You're welcome, and please think of questions to ask the panel at the end, because it's quite an interactive session, and we're going to get some of the best advice on some of the really controversial areas, like unexplained infertility. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the second annual Fertility and Sterility Journal Club Global, coming to you live from the Australia and New Zealand Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility meeting. I think I speak on behalf of everyone at F&S that we are so delighted to be here. Over the last two years, we've really made a concerted effort to take the podcast on the road, and this, I think, is a nice continuation of that. For the folks who are tuning in from home and listening to this podcast after the fact, the Australia and New Zealand Society for Reproductive Endocrinology is a group of over 100 certified reproductive endocrinologists across Australia and New Zealand, and this is their annual meeting live in Sydney, Australia. Today's debate is a topic that I think has vexed a lot of individuals, a lot of patients, a lot of professional groups. There's a fair amount of disagreement, and today we're going to try to unpack a little bit of unexplained infertility, and the question really is, should we be going straight to IVF? As always, we try to anchor to literature, and there are two wonderful documents in fertility and sterility that we'll be using as our guide for discussion today. The first one is a wonderful series that was published just a few months ago in the May issue, 2024, that is a views and reviews section, which means there's a series of three to five articles that kind of dig into this topic in depth. And the second article is our professional society guideline, the ASRM Committee Opinion, entitled Evidence-Based Treatments for Couples with Unexplained Infertility, a guideline. The format for today's discussion is debate style. We have a group of six experts, and I've asked them to randomly assign themselves to a pro and a con side. So I'll make the caveat here that the things that they may be saying, positions they may be trying to influence us on, are not necessarily things that they believe in their academic or clinical life, but for the purposes of a rich debate, they're going to have to be pretty deliberate in convincing us otherwise. I want to introduce my panel for today. We have on my immediate right, Dr. Raewyn Tierney. She's my co-moderator for tonight, and she's a practicing board-certified fertility specialist at IVF Australia. And on my immediate left, we have the con side. Going from left to right, Dr. Michelle Quick, practicing board-certified fertility specialist at IVF Australia. Dr. Robert LaHood, board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and clinical director of IVF Australia here in Sydney. And Dr. Clara Bothroyd, medical director at Care Fertility and the current president of the Asia Pacific Initiative in Reproduction. Welcome. On the pro side, going from right to left, I have Dr. Aurelia Liu. She is a practicing board-certified fertility specialist, medical director of Women's Health Melbourne, and clinical director at Life Fertility in Melbourne. Dr. Marcin Stankiewicz, a practicing board-certified fertility specialist and medical director at Family Fertility Centre in Adelaide. And finally, but certainly not least, the one who came with a tie this morning, Dr. Roger Hart, who is a professor of reproductive medicine at the University of Western Australia and the national medical director of City Fertility. Welcome, pro side. Thank you.  I feel naked without it. APPLAUSE I've asked both sides to prepare opening arguments. Think of this like a legal case. We want to hear from the defence, we want to hear from the plaintiffs, and I'm going to start with our pro side. I'd like to give them a few minutes to each kind of introduce their salient points for why we should be starting with IVF for patients with unexplained infertility. Thanks, Pietro. To provide a diagnosis of unexplained infertility, it's really a reflection of the degree investigation we've undertaken. I believe we all understand that unexplained infertility is diagnosed in the presence of adequate intercourse, normal semen parameters, an absence ovulatory disorder, patent fallopian tubes, and a normal detailed pelvic ultrasound examination. Now, the opposing team will try to convince you that I have not investigated the couple adequately. Personally, I'm affronted by that suggestion. But what possible causes of infertility have I not investigated? We cannot assess easily sperm fertilising capability, we cannot assess oocyte quality, oocyte fertilisation potential, embryonic development, euploidy rate, and implantation potential. Surely these causes of unexplained fertility will only become evident during an IVF cycle. As IVF is often diagnostic, it's also a therapeutic intervention. Now, I hear you cry, what about endometriosis? And I agree, what about endometriosis? Remember, we're discussing unexplained infertility here. Yes, there is very good evidence that laparoscopic treatment for symptomatic patients with endometriosis improves pelvic pain, but there is scant evidence that a diagnostic laparoscopy and treating any minor disease in the absence of pain symptoms will improve the chance of natural conception, or to that matter, improve the ultimate success of IVF. Indeed, in the absence of endometriomas, there is no negative impact on the serum AMH level in women with endometriosis who have not undergone surgery. Furthermore, there is no influence on the number of oocytes collected in an IVF cycle, the rate of embryonic aneuploidy, and the live birth rate after embryo transfer. So why put the woman through a painful, possibly expensive operation with its attendant risks as you're actually delaying her going straight to IVF? What do esteemed societies say about a diagnostic laparoscopy in the setting of unexplained infertility? The ESHRE guidelines state routine diagnostic laparoscopy is not recommended for the diagnosis of unexplained infertility. Indeed, our own ANZSREI consensus statement says that for a woman with a minimal and mild endometriosis, that the number of women needed to treat for one additional ongoing pregnancy is between 3 and 100 women with endometriosis. Is that reasonable to put an asymptomatic woman through a laparoscopy for that limited potential benefit? Now, regarding the guidelines for unexplained infertility, I agree the ASRM guidelines do not support IVF as a first-line therapy for unexplained infertility for women under 37 years of age. What they should say, and they don't, is that it is assumed that she is trying for her last child. There's no doubt if this is her last child, if it isn't her last child, sorry, she will be returning, seeking treatment, now over 37 years of age, where the guidelines do state there is good evidence that going straight to IVF may be associated with higher pregnancy rates, a shorter time to pregnancy, as opposed to other strategies. They then state it's important to note that many of these included studies were conducted in an area of low IVF success rates than those currently observed, which may alter this approach, suggesting they do not even endorse their own recommendations. The UK NICE guidelines, what do they say for unexplained infertility? Go straight to IVF. So while you're listening to my esteemed colleagues on my left speaking against the motion, I'd like to be thinking about other important factors that my colleagues on my right will discuss in more detail. Consider the superior efficacy of IVF versus IUI, the excellent safety profile of IVF and its cost-effectiveness. Further, other factors favouring a direct approach to IVF in the setting of unexplained infertility are what is the woman's desired family? We should not be focusing on her first child, we should be focusing on giving her the family that she desires and how we can minimise her inconvenience during treatment, as this has social, career and financial consequences for those impediments for her while we attempt to help her achieve her desired family. Thank you. APPLAUSE I think the young crowd would say that that was shots fired. LAUGHTER Con side? We're going to save the rebuttal for the time you've allocated to that, but first I want to put the case about unexplained infertility. Unexplained infertility in 2024 is very different to what it was 10 and 20 years ago when many of the randomised controlled trials that investigated unexplained infertility were performed. The armamentarium of investigative procedures and options that we have has changed, as indeed has our understanding of the mechanisms of infertility. So much so that that old definition of normal semen analysis, normal pelvis and ovulatory, which I think was in Roy Homburg's day, is now no longer fit for purpose as a definition of unexplained infertility. And I commend to you ICMART's very long definition of unexplained infertility, which really relies on a whole lot of things, which I'm going to now take you through what we need to do. It is said, or was said, that 30% of infertility was unexplained. I think it's way, way less than that if we actually look at our patients, both of them, carefully with history and examination and directed tests, and you will probably reduce that to about 3%. Let me take you through female age first. Now, in the old trials, some of the women recruited were as old as 42. That is not unexplained infertility. We know about oocyte aneuploidy and female ageing. 41, it's not unexplained. 40, it's not unexplained. 39, it's not unexplained. And I would put it to you that the cut-off where you start to see oocyte aneuploidy significantly constraining fertility is probably 35. So unexplained infertility has to, by definition, be a woman who is less than 35. I put that to you. Now, let's look at the male. Now, what do we know about the male, the effect of male age on fertility? We know that if the woman is over 35, and this is beautiful work that's really done many years ago in Europe, that if the woman is over 35 and the male is five years older than her, her chance of natural conception is reduced by a further 30%. So I put it to you that, therefore, the male age is relevant. And if she's 35 and has a partner who's 35 years older than her or more, it's not unexplained infertility. It's related to couple age. Now, we're going to... So that's age. Now, my colleagues are going to take you through a number of treatment interventions other than IVF, which we can do with good effect if we actually make the diagnosis and don't put them into the category of unexplained infertility. You will remember from the old trials that mild or moderate or mild or minimal endometriosis was often included, as was mild male factor or seminal fluid abnormalities. These were really multifactorial infertility, and I think that's the take-home message, that much of what we call unexplained is multifactorial. You have two minor components that act to reduce natural fecundability. So I now just want to take you through some of the diagnoses that contribute to infertility that we may not, in our routine laparoscopy and workup, we may not pick up and have previously been called unexplained infertility. For instance, we know that adenomyosis is probably one of the mechanisms by which endometriosis contributes to infertility. Chronic endometritis is now emerging as an operative factor in infertility, and that will not be diagnosed easily. Mild or minimal endometriosis, my colleagues will cover. The mid-cycle scan will lead you to the thin endometrium, which may be due to unexpected adhesive disease, but also a thin endometrium, which we know has a very adverse prognostic factor, may be due to long-term progestin contraception. We are starting to see this emerge. Secondary infertility after a caesarean section may be due to an isthma seal, and we won't recognise that unless we do mid-cycle scans. That's the female. Let's look at the male. We know now that seminal fluid analysis is not a good predictor of male fertility, and there is now evidence from Ranjith Ramasamy's work that we are missing clinical varicoceles because we failed to examine the male partner. My colleagues will talk more about that. We may miss DNA fragmentation, which again may contribute via the basic seminal fluid analysis. Now, most of these diagnoses can be made or sorted out or excluded within one or two months of your detailed assessment of both partners by history and examination. So it's not straight to IVF, ladies and gentlemen. It's just a little digression, a little lay-by, where you actually assess the patient thoroughly. She did not need a tie for that rebuttal. LAUGHTER Prasad. Thank you. Well, following from what Professor Hart has said, I'm going to show that IVF should be a go-to option because of its effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and safety. Now, let me first talk about the effectiveness, and as this is an interaction session, I would like to ask the audience, please, by show of hands, to show me how many of you would accept a medical treatment or buy a new incubator if it had a 94% chance of failure? Well, let the moderator please note that no hands have been raised. Thank you very much. Yet, the chance of live birth in Australian population following IUI is 6%, where, after IVF, the live birth is 40%. Almost seven times more. Now, why would we subject our patients to something we ourselves would not choose? Similarly, findings were reported from international studies that the hazard ratio of 1.25 favouring immediate IVF, and I will talk later about why it is important from a safety perspective. Cost-effectiveness. And I quote ESHRE guidelines. The costs, treatment options have not been subject to robust evaluations. Now, again, I would like to ask the audience, this time it's an easy question, how many of you would accept as standard an ongoing pregnancy rate of at least 38% for an average IVF cycle? Yeah, hands up. All right, I've got three-quarters of the room. OK. Well, I could really rest my case now, as we have good evidence that if a clinic has got an ongoing pregnancy rate of 38% or higher with IVF with single embryo transfer, then it is more effective, more cost-effective, and should be a treatment of choice. And that evidence comes from the authors that are sitting in this room. Again, what would the patients do? If the patients are paying for the treatment, would they do IUI? Most of them would actually go straight to IVF. And we also have very nice guidelines which advise against IUI based on cost-effectiveness. Another factor to mention briefly is the multiple births, which cost five to 20 times more than singleton. The neonatal cost of a twin birth costs about five times more than singletons, and pregnancy with delivery of triplets or more costs nearly 20 times. Now, the costs that I'm going to quote are in American dollars and from some time ago, from Fertility and Sterility. However, the total adjusted all healthcare costs for a single-dom delivery is about US$21,000, US$105,000 for twins, and US$400,000 for triplets and more. Then the very, very important is the psychological cost of the high risk of failure with IUI. Now, it is well established that infertility has a psychological impact on our patients. Studies have shown that prolonged time to conception extends stress, anxiety, and depression, and sexual functioning is significantly negatively impacted. Literature shows that 56% of women and 32% of men undergoing fertility treatment report significant symptoms of depression, and 76% of women and 61% of men report significant symptoms of anxiety. Shockingly, it is reported that 9.4% of women reported having suicidal thoughts or attempts. The longer the treatment takes, the more our patients display symptoms of distress, depression, and anxiety. Safety. Again, ESHRE guideline says the safety of treatment options have not been subjected to robust evaluation. But let me talk you through it. In our Australian expert hands, IVF is safe, with the risk of complications of ectopic being about 1 in 1,500 and other risks 1 in 3,000. However, let's think for a moment on impact of multiple births. A multiple pregnancy has significant psychological, physical, social, and financial consequences, which I can go further into details if required. I just want to mention that the stillbirth rate increases from under 1% for singleton pregnancies to 4.5% for twins and 8.3% for higher-order multiples, and that multiple pregnancies have potential long-term adverse health outcomes for the offspring, such as the increased risk of health issues through their life, increased learning difficulties, language delay, and attention and behavior problems. The lifelong disability is over 25% for babies weighing less than 1 kilogram at delivery. And please note that the quoted multiple pregnancy rates with IUI can reach up to 33%, although in expert hands it's usually around 15%, which is significantly higher than single embryo transfer. In conclusion, from the mother and child safety perspective, for the reason of medical efficacy and cost effectiveness, we have reasons to believe you should go straight to IVF. We're going to be doing these debates more often from Australia. This is a great panel. One side, please. Unexplained infertility. My colleagues were comparing IUI ovulation induction with IVF, but there are other ways of achieving pregnancies with unexplained fertility. I'm going to take the patient's perspective a little bit here. It's all about shared decision-making, so the patient needs to be involved in the decision-making. And it's quite clear from all the data that many patients with unexplained infertility will fall pregnant naturally by themselves even if you do nothing. So sometimes there's definitely a place in doing nothing, and the patient needs to be aware of that. So it's all about informed consent. How do we inform the patient? So we've got to make a proper diagnosis, as my colleague Dr. Boothright has already mentioned, and just to jump into IVF because it's cost-effective is not doing our patients a justice. The prognosis is really, really important, and even after 20 years of doing this, it's all about the duration of infertility, the age of the patient, and discussing that prognosis with the patient. We all know that patients who have been trying for longer and who are older do have a worse prognosis, and maybe they do need to look at treatment quicker, but there are many patients that we see that have a good prognosis, and just explaining that to them is all they need to achieve a pregnancy naturally. And then we're going to talk about other options. It's wrong not to offer those to patients, and my colleague Dr. Quick will talk about that in a moment. Look, we've all had patients that have been scarred by IVF who've spent a lot of money on IVF, did not fall pregnant, and I think the fact that they weren't informed properly, that the diagnosis wasn't made properly, is very frustrating to them. So to just jump into IVF again is not doing the patients a justice. And look, there are negatives to IVF. There's not just the cost to the patient, the cost to society. As taxpayers, we all pay for IVF. It's funded here, or sponsored to some degree, and it's also the family and everyone else that's involved in paying for this. So this is not a treatment that is without cost. There are some harms. We know that ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome still exists, even though it's much less than it used to be. There's a risk of infection and bleeding from the procedures. And we can look at the baby. The data still suggests that babies born from IVF are smaller and they're born earlier, and monozygotic twinning is more common with IVF, so these are high-risk pregnancies, and all this may have an impact on the long-term health of the babies somewhere down the track at the moment. That is important to still look out for. But I come back to the emotional toll. Our colleagues were saying that finishing infertility quicker helps to kind of reduce the emotional toll, but the procedure itself does have its own toll if it doesn't work, and so we've got to prepare patients, have them informed. But at the end of the day, it's all about patient choice. How can a patient make a choice if we don't make a proper diagnosis, give them a prognosis and offer them some other choices that exist? And running the anchor leg of the race for the pro side. IVF in couples with unexplained infertility is the best tool we have in our reproductive medicine toolkit for multiple reasons. Professor Hart has clarified the definition of unexplained infertility. As a reflection of the degree of investigation we've undertaken. He's explained that IVF is often importantly diagnostic as well as therapeutic, both demonstrating and overcoming barriers to natural conception. Dr Stankiewicz has convinced us that IVF is efficient, safe and cost-effective. My goal is to show you that IVF is the correct therapy to meet the immediate and big picture family planning goals for our patients with unexplained infertility. More than 80% of couples with defined unexplained infertility who attempt IVF treatment will have a baby. In Australia, ANZSREI data shows us that the average age of the female patients who present with primary unexplained infertility is over 35 years. And in fact the average is 38 years. We're all aware that the average age of first maternity in Australia has progressively become later over the past two decades. Currently it stands in the mothers and babies report at 32 years. If the average age of first maternity is 32 years, this means that at least 50% of women attempting their first pregnancy are over 32 years. Research I conducted in Melbourne University with my student Eugenie Pryor asking university students of their family planning intentions and aspirations demonstrated that most people, male and female, want to be parents and most want to have more than one child. However, in Australia, our most recent survey shows that births are at an all-time low, below replacement rate and falling, with an ever greater proportion of our population being unable to have the number of children they aspire to and an ever growing proportion seeking assisted reproductive care. Fertility declines with age. Factors include egg quality concerns, sperm quality concerns and the accumulation of pathologies over time. Adenomyosis, fibroids, endometriosis are concerns that no person is born with. They exist on a spectrum and progress over time and may be contributing factors for unexplained infertility. Our patients, when we meet them, are the best IVF candidates that they will ever be. They are the youngest they will ever be and they have the best ovarian reserve they will ever have. They will generate more euploid embryos now than they will in years to come. The sooner we get our patients pregnant, the sooner they will give birth. It takes nine months to have a baby, 12 months potentially to breastfeed and wean and of course most patients will need time to care for a young infant and recover prior to attempting another pregnancy. IVF and embryo banking may represent not only their best chance of conception with reduced time to pregnancy but also an opportunity for embryo banking to improve their cumulative live birth rate potential over time. By the time our 38-year-old patient returns to try to conceive for a second child, she will undoubtedly be aged over 40. Her chance of live birth per cycle initiated at IVF at this stage has reduced phenomenally. The ANZSREI dataset from our most recent report quotes that statistic to be 5%. Her chance of conception with an embryo frozen at 38 years, conversely, is one in three to one in four. There is no room for doubt that IVF gives couples with unexplained infertility not only the most effective treatment we have to help them have a baby, but their best opportunity to have a family. Last but certainly not least, Dr. Quick, to round out the con sides arguments before we open up for rebuttal. And I'll make a small plea that if you have questions that you'd like to pose directly to the panel, prepare them and we'll make sure we get to them from the audience shortly. Thank you. So, whilst we have heard that we may be bad doctors because we're delaying our patients' time to pregnancy, I would perhaps put it to you that unexplained infertility is a diagnosis which is made based on exclusion. So perhaps you are the bad doctors because you haven't looked hard enough for the cause of the unexplained infertility. So, in terms of the tests that we all would do, I think, we would all ensure that the woman has an ovarian reserve. We would all ensure that she has no structural anomaly inside the uterus. We would all ensure that her tubes are patent. We would all ensure that she has regular cycles. We would ensure that he has a normal semen analysis. I think these are tests that we would all do when trying to evaluate a couple for fertility who are struggling to conceive. And therefore, the chance of them getting pregnant naturally, it's never going to be zero. And one option therefore, instead of running straight to IVF, would be to say, OK, continue timed intercourse because the chance of you conceiving naturally is not actually zero and this would be the most natural way to conceive, the cheapest way to conceive, the least interventional way to conceive. And whether that be with cycle tracking to ensure appropriate timed intercourse, whether that be with cycle tracking to ensure adequate luteal phase support. When you clear the fallopian tubes, we know that there are studies showing an improvement in natural conception. Lipidol or oil-based tubal flushing techniques may also help couples to conceive naturally. And then you don't have this multiple pregnancy rate that IVF has. You don't have the cost that you incur with IVF, not just for the couple but to Australian society because IVF is subsidised in this country. You don't have the risks that the woman goes through to undergo IVF treatment. You don't have the risks that the baby takes on being conceived via IVF. And so conceiving naturally, because it's not going to be zero, is definitely an option for these couples. In terms of further tests or further investigations that you could do, some people would argue, yes, we haven't looked hard enough for the reason for infertility, therefore we know that ultrasound is notoriously bad at picking up superficial endometriosis. We know that ultrasound cannot pick up subtle changes in the endometrium, as Dr Boothroyd referred to chronic endometritis, for example. So these patients perhaps should undergo a hysteroscopy to see if there is an endometrial issue. Perhaps these patients should undergo a laparoscopy to see if there is superficial endometriosis. And there are meta-analyses showing that resecting or treating superficial endometriosis may actually help these couples conceive naturally down the track and then therefore they avoid having more interventional treatment in order to conceive. There is also intrauterine insemination with or without ovarian stimulation, which may improve their chances of conceiving naturally. And that again would be less invasive, less intervention and cheaper for the patient. And we know that therefore there are a lot of other treatment options available to help these couples to conceive. And if it's less invasive, it's more natural, it's cheaper, that ends up being better for the patient. Psychologically as well, which the other side have brought up, even with Dr Stankiewicz's 38% ongoing pregnancy rate, that also means that 62% of his patients are not going to be pregnant. The psychological impact of that cannot be underestimated because for a lot of patients, IVF is your last resort. And when you don't get pregnant with IVF, that creates an issue too for them. Embryo banking, which was also brought up, what happens when you create surplus embryos and what's the psychological impact of having to deal with embryos that you are then not going to use in the future? So therefore for those reasons we feel that IVF is not your first line treatment for couples who are diagnosed with unexplained infertility. There are many other ways to help these couples to conceive. We just have a multitude of things to unpack. And I want to start off by opening up an opportunity for rebuttal. I saw both sides of the panel here taking diligent notes. I think all of us have a full page worth of things that kind of stood out to us. Since the pro side had an opportunity to begin, I'm actually going to start with the con side and allow the con side to answer specific points made by the pro side and provide just a little bit more detail and clarity for why they think IVF is not the way forward. My learned first speaker, wearing his tie of course, indicated that it was all about laparoscopy and IUI, and it's way more than that. I just want to highlight to you the paper by Dressler in 2017 in the New England Journal of Medicine, a randomised controlled trial of what would be unexplained infertility according to the definition I put out, the less than 35 ovulatory normal semen analysis. And the intervention was an HSG with either oil-based contrast or water-based contrast. And over the six months, there was clear separation, and this is an effective treatment for unexplained infertility or mild or minimal endometriosis, however it might work. And there's probably separation out to three years. So as a single intervention, as an alternative to IVF, the use of oil-based contrast is an option. So it's not just about laparoscopy and IUI. I guess the other thing the second speaker did allude to, fairly abysmal success rates with IUI being 6%. That is a problem, and I would like to allude to a very good pragmatic trial conducted by Cindy Farquhar and Emily Lu and their co-workers in New Zealand that really swung the meta-analysis for the use of clomiphene and IUI to clinical efficacy. And they reported a 33% chance of live birth in their IUI and clomiphene arm. I'm going across to Auckland to see what the magic is in that city. What are they doing? The third speaker did allude to the problem of declining fertility, a global problem, and Australia is not alone. We have solved the problem to date, which we've had for 40 years, with immigration. But Georgina Chambers' work shows beautifully that IVF is not the answer to the falling fertility rates. It is a way more complex social problem and is probably outside the scope of today's discussion. So those are my three rebuttals to our wonderful team. Thank you very much. So... You can't bury them. We'll give them an opportunity. Thank you for the opportunity. So I'd like to address some of the points that my learned debaters on the opposition raised. The first speaker really suggested quite a few things that we probably omitted, like endometritis, failing to examine the male. I think things like that... I think, at a good history, that is essential what we do as part of our investigation. We're looking for a history of cesarean section, complications subsequent to that. We're doing a detailed scan, and that will exclude the fact that she's got a poor endometrium development, she's got a cesarean scar niche. A good history of a male will allude to the fact that he has some metabolic disorder, degree of hypogonadism. So we're not delaying anything by these appropriate investigations. Adenomyosis will be raised. I talked about a detailed gynaecological examination. So I honestly think that a very... As my opening line was, a detailed gynaecological scan, obviously with a very good history taken, is essential. We're not delaying her opportunity to go straight to IVF if we've addressed all these factors. The second speaker talked about shared decision-making, and we'd all completely agree with that. But we have to be honest and open about the success, which my second speaker talked about, the success of the treatment we're offering. And one thing we should sort of dwell on is it's all... It's a fundamental description of the success of treatment is probably all about prognostic models, and that who not model, that's the original model about the success of conception, is really... Everything flows on from that, which basically talks about a good prognosis patient. 30% chance of live birth after a year. That's what they talk about, a good prognosis patient. Perhaps the rest of the world is different to your average Australian patient, but if we talked about that being a good prognosis, you've got a one in three chance of being pregnant by a year. I think most of our patients would throttle us. So that is what all the models are sort of based on, that being a good prognosis patient. So I completely agree with the second speaker that we do have a shared decision. We have to be honest with our patients about the success. We have to be honest about giving them the prognosis of any treatment that we offer. But really, as my third speaker was talking about, it's about giving the patient the opportunity to have a family, minimal career disruption, minimal life disruption. We have to be honest and talk about the whole picture. They're focused on the first child because really they can't think beyond that. We're talking about giving them the family that they need. The third speaker spoke very eloquently about the risks associated with the treatment we offer. I believe we offer a very safe service with our IVF, particularly in Australia, with our 2% twin pregnancy rate. We talk about the higher risk of these pregnancies, but they perhaps don't relate to the treatment we're offering. Perhaps, unfortunately, is the patient, if she's got polycystic ovary syndrome, if she's more likely to have diabetes, premature delivery, preeclampsia. So I think often the risks associated with IVF and potentially the risks associated to the child born from IVF perhaps don't relate to the treatment of IVF per se. It may well be the woman and perhaps her partner, their underlying medical condition, which lead those risks. So I strongly would encourage you to believe that you take a very good history from your patient, you do a thorough investigation, as I've alluded to, looking for any signs of ovulatory disorder, any gynaecological disorder by a detailed scan, checking tubal patency and a detailed history and the similarities from the man, and then you'll find you're probably going straight to IVF. APPLAUSE I'd like to talk a bit about the embryo banking and having been in this field for a long time, as a word of caution, we're setting a lot of expectations. I remember going to an ASRM meeting probably 10 years ago where they had this headline, all your embryos in the freezer, your whole family in the freezer, basically expecting that if you get four or five embryos frozen that you'll end up with a family at the end. We all know that for the patient, they're not a percentage, it's either zero or 100%. And if all the embryos don't work, they don't have a family at the end, you know, it didn't work for them and their expectations haven't been met. And the way we talk about the percentages and that we can solve the patient's problems, that we can make families, it doesn't always happen. So the expectations our position is setting here, we're not always able to meet and so we're going to end up with very unhappy patients. So this is just a warning to everyone that we need to tell people that this doesn't always work and sometimes they'll end up with no success at all. And from that point of view, I think the way it's presented is way too simplistic and we've got to go back to looking at the other options and not promising things we can't always deliver. So just taking into account all our esteemed interlocutors have said, we don't necessarily disagree with the amount of investigations that they described because nowhere in our argument we said that as soon as the patient registers with the receptionist, they will direct it to an IVF lab. I think to imply so, we'd be very rich indeed. Maybe there are some clinics that are so efficient. I don't know how it works overseas, but certainly not in Australia. The other point that was made about the cost of IVF and our, again, esteemed interlocutors are very well aware from the studies done here in Australia that actually every baby that we have to conceive through IVF and create and lives is actually more than 10 to 100 times return on investment because we are creating future taxpayers. We are creating people that will repay the IVF treatment costs over and over and over again. So I'll put to you, Rob, that if you are saying that we can't do IVF because it costs money, you are robbing future treasurers of a huge amount of dollars. I hope the American audience is listening. In America, we call embryos unborn children in freezers in certain parts and here they're unborn taxpayers. Con side, final opportunity for rebuttal before some audience questions and one more word from the pro side. Well, actually, Dr Stankiewicz was very happy to hear that you're not going to send your patients straight to the IVF lab because we've managed to convince you that that's not the right thing to do. I clearly have forgotten how to debate because I did all my rebuttals at the end of my presentation but essentially I'll recap because when we're talking about IVF, as we're saying, the chance of pregnancy is not going to be 100% and so there is a psychological impact to IVF not working. There is a psychological impact to banking embryos and creating surplus embryos that eventually may not be used and they were my main rebuttal points in terms of why IVF was not the first-line treatment. Thank you. So we've heard from the opposition some very valid points of how our patients can be psychologically impacted when fertility treatment is unsuccessful. I will again remind you that IVF is the most successful fertility treatment we have in our treatment armoury. We are most likely to help our patients have a baby with IVF. The cumulative pregnancy rates for IVF have started back in the late 70s and early 80s in single-digit percentages. We now, with a best prognosis candidate, have at least a one-in-two chance of that patient having a baby per embryo transfer and in our patients with unexplained infertility, the vast majority of our patients will have success. We also heard from the negative team about the significant chance of pregnancy in patients with expectant management. You're right, there's not a 0% chance of natural conception in patients who have unexplained infertility, but there is a not very good chance. We know from data that we've had for a really long time, going back as far as the Hutterite data, to today's non-contradictory models, which tell us that a couple's chance of conception per month in best prognosis candidates is one in five. If they've been trying for six months, it's one in ten. If they've been trying for 12 months, it's only 5%, and if they've been trying for 24 months, it's less than 1%. So it may not be zero, but it isn't very good. In terms of our team reminding us of the extended ICMART definition of unexplained infertility, we don't argue. When we say someone has unexplained infertility, we make the assumption that they have been comprehensively diagnosed by a robust reproductive endocrinologist, as everyone in this room is. And I would say one closing rebuttal. IUI success rates have been the same for the last 50 years, whereas IVF success rates continue to improve. Why would you offer your patient a treatment from 50 years ago when you can offer them one from today? Thank you. APPLAUSE I'm going to take a personal privilege and ask the first question, in hoping that the microphone makes its way to the second question in the audience. My colleagues on the pro side have said IVF, IVF, IVF. Can you be a little bit more specific about what kind of IVF? Do you mean IVF with ICSI? Do you mean IVF, ICSI, and PGT? Be a little bit more deliberate for us and tell us exactly how the patient with unexplained infertility should receive IVF. As I said in my statement, I think it's a diagnostic evaluation. I think there is an argument to consider ICSI, but I think ICSI does have some negative consequences for children born. I think perhaps going straight to ICSI is too much. I think going straight to PGTA perhaps is too much, unless there is something in their history which should indicate that. But we're talking about unexplained infertility. So I believe a standard IVF cycle, looking at the opportunity to assess embryonic development, is the way to go. I do not think you should be going straight to ICSI. I think the principle of first do no harm is probably a safe approach. I don't know whether my colleagues have some other comments, but I think that would be the first approach rather than going all guns blazing. I can understand, though, in different settings in the world, there may have... We're very fortunate in Australia, we're very well supported from the government support for IVF, but I think the imperatives in different countries may be different. But I think that approach would be the right one first. We'll start with a question from the audience. And if you could introduce yourself and have the question allowed for our members in the audience who are not here. It's Louise Hull here from Adelaide. The question I would like to put to both the pro and con team is that Geeta Mishra from the University of Queensland showed that if you had diagnosed endometriosis before IVF, you were more likely to have a pregnancy and much less likely to have high-order IVF cycles. Given that we now have really good non-invasive diagnostics, we're actually... A lot of the time we can pick up superficial or stage 2 endometriosis if you get the right scan. We're going to do IVF better if we know about it. Can you comment on that impacting even the diagnosis of unexplained infertility? Thanks. I'd love to take that. Can I go first, Roger? LAUGHTER Please do. Look, I'd love to take that question. It's a really good question. And, of course, this is not unexplained infertility, so this is outside the scope here. And I think, really, what we're seeing now, in contrast to where we were at the time of the Markku study, which was all... And the Tulandy study on endometrioma excision, we now see that that is actually damaging to fertility, particularly where there is ovarian endometriosis, and that we compromise their ovarian reserve by doing this surgery before we preserve their fertility, be it oocyte cryopreservation or embryo cryopreservation. So I think it's a bit outside the scope of this talk, but I think the swing of the data now is that we should be doing fertility preservation before we do surgery for deeply infiltrated ovarian endometriosis. And that would fit with Gita's findings. A brief response. Thanks very much, Louise. Yeah, we're talking about unexplained infertility here, and my opening line was we need a history, but a detailed gynaecological ultrasound. I think it's important it's a really good ultrasound to exclude that, because the evidence around very minor endometriosis is not there. I agree with significant endometriosis, but that's not the subject of this discussion. But I do believe with very minimal endometriosis there is really no evidence for that. Janelle MacDonald from Sydney. I'm going to play devil's advocate here. So everyone is probably aware of the recent government inquiry about obstetric violence. I'm a little concerned that if we are perceived to be encouraging women to IVF first, are we guilty as a profession of performing fertility violence? That's just digressing a little bit, just thinking about how the consumers may perceive this. I think our patients want to have a baby, and that's why they come to see us, and that's what we help them to do through IVF. I'm not sure the microphone's working. And just introduce yourself. I'm from Sydney, Australia. Can I disagree with you, Roger, about that question about minimal and mild endometriosis? I'm 68, so I'm old enough to have read a whole lot of papers in the past that are probably seen as relics. But Mark Khoo published an unusual study, because it was actually an RCT. Well, sorry, not an RCT. It was a study whereby... Well, it was an RCT, and it was randomised really well. It was done in Canada, and there were about 350 subjects, and they were identified to have stage 1 or stage 2 endometriosis at laparoscopy. And the interesting thing is it was seen as an intervention which didn't greatly increase the chance of conception, but it doubled the monthly chance of conception. So there was clearly a difference between those patients who didn't have endometriosis and those that had stage 1 and stage 2 endometriosis. So the intervention did actually result in an improvement. One of the quotes was, well, I heard since then, well, it didn't make much difference. But when you realise that infertility is multifactorial, there were probably other factors involved as well. So any increase like that in stage 1 and stage 2 endometriosis sufferers was clearly beneficial for them. So I wouldn't disagree with you completely, but I do think you've got to take it on board that there is some evidence that surgical intervention can help. And certainly in those patients whereby the financial costs of IVF are still quite, even in Australia, astronomical. Many patients can get this through the public sector or the private sector treatment of their endometriosis laparoscopically very cheaply or at no cost. Thanks, Dr Persson. So you're right that there was also a counter-randomised controlled trial by the Grupo Italiano which was a counter to that. And actually did not show any benefit. But I believe the Marcu study demonstrated an excess of conception and with treatment of minima and endometriosis of about 4% per month for a few months. So absolutely, that shared decision-making. Personally, I wouldn't like a laparoscopy to give me an extra 4% chance of a natural conception for four months, which I think the data was. So basically, the basis to my statement that I said without going into great detail was a review article published by Samy Glarner recently in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. And their conclusions were what I basically said, that from looking at all the data, there is no real evidence of intervention for minor endometriosis. We're not talking about pain or significant diagnosed endometriosis on the outcomes of IVF, ovarian reserve, egg quality, embryo development, and euploidy rate. So that was the basis of my... I hate to disagree... I hate to agree with my opponents in a debate, but I'm going to... But there is actually a new network analysis by Rui Wang and some serious heavyweights in evidence-based medicine that pulls together the surgical studies. And the thing that made the most difference to this of mild and minimal endometriosis from a fertility point of view, not pain, is the use of oil-based uterine contrast. And I commend that paper to you, which fits with exactly what Roger is saying. Hi, my name's Lucy Prentice.  I work in Auckland. And I just wanted to point out the New Zealand perspective a little bit. Where we come from a country with very limited public funding for IVF. I'm currently running an RCT with Cindy Farquad directly looking at IVF versus IUI for unexplained infertility. And I'd just like to point out that both the ASRM and ESHRE guidelines, which are the most recent ones, both suggest that IUI should be a first-line treatment with oral ovarian stimulation. We have no evidence that IVF is superior based on an IPD meta-analysis published very recently and also a Cochrane review. And although we would love to be able to complete the family that our patients want from IVF and embryo banking, that option is really not available to a lot of people in New Zealand because of prohibitive costs. We know that IUI with ovarian stimulation is a very effective treatment for people with poor prognosis and unexplained infertility. And I also would just like to add that there's not a cost-effectiveness analysis that shows an improvement in cost-effectiveness for IVF. There's also never been a study looking at treatment tolerability between the two, so I don't think that you can say that IVF is a treatment that people prefer over IUI. So I may turn around and shoot myself in the foot based on our results that will be coming out next year, but I think at the moment I don't think you can say that IVF is better than IUI with ovarian stimulation for unexplained. We have time for two more questions from the audience, and we have two hands in the back. Now we can. It's the light green. OK. Hossam Zini from Melbourne. Thank you very much for the debate. It's very interesting. The problem is that all of the studies that have been done about comparing IUI to IVF, they are not head-to-head studies. The designs are different. They are having, like, algorithmic approach. For example, they compare three or four or five cycles of IUI to one cycle of IVF. But about 10 years ago, our group at the Royal Women's Hospital, we have done a study, a randomized control study, to compare IUI to IVF head-to-head, and we randomized the patients at the time of the trigger who only developed, so we did a low stimulation to get two to three follicles only, and that's why it was so hard to recruit lots of patients. So the criticism that was given to the study that it's a small sample size, but we end up with having IVF as a cost-effective treatment. Our IVF group had a live birth rate about 38%, and on the IUI, 12%. And with our cost calculations, we find out that the IVF is much more cost-effective than the IUI. But I believe that we all now believe in individualized kind of treatment, so patients probably who are younger than 34 years old probably wouldn't go straight to IVF. Maybe I'll do a laparoscopy and a histroscopy first, okay, and we may give them a chance to achieve a natural conception in the next three months or so. Patients who are older than 35, 37 years old probably will benefit straight from IVF. But again, in day-to-day life cases, we will not force the patient to go straight to IVF. I will talk to her and I'll tell her, these are your options, expectant treatment. This is the percentage that you would expect. IUI, this is what you expect. IUI with ovulation induction, this is what you expect. IVF, this is what you expect. And then she will discuss that with her partner and come back to me and tell me what she wants to do. Thanks. I saw a hand show up right next to you, so I'll add one more question given our time limitation. Thanks so much, Kate Stone-Mellon. I'd like to ask our panel to take themselves out of their role playing and put themselves in another role where they were the head of a very, very well-funded public service, and I'd like to ask the two sides what they really think about what they would do with a patient at the age of 35 with 12 months of unexplained infertility. Well, can I say that? Because that's my role in a different hat. LAUGHTER So, yeah, I run the state facility service in Western Australia. We looked at the data, because obviously that's what we're doing, IUI, IVF, and unfortunately we stopped doing IUI treatment. The success rate was so low. So we do go straight to IVF with unexplained infertility. Disappointing, as I'm sure you hear that, Kate, that we do. We looked at the data. Yeah, I think that I would still offer the patients the options, because some people don't want to do IVF. Even though it's completely free, they may not still want to do the injections and the procedure and take on the risks of the actual egg collection procedure. I don't know, religious issues with creating embryos. Yeah, I would still give patients the option. We have time for one more question in the back. We'll take the other ones offline afterwards. We'll get you a microphone just to make sure our listeners afterwards can listen. Following on from the New Zealand experience, which I've experienced... Hello? Yeah. From the New Zealand experience, and having worked here extensively and in New Zealand, you're not comparing apples with apples, Claire. That unexplained couple in New Zealand will wait five years to get funding and currently perhaps another two years to get any treatment. That's then an apples group compared to the pilot group who may, in fact, walk past the hospital and get treatment. The other thing about this, I think, that we need to forget, or don't forget, is the ethics of things here, two of which is that the whole understanding of unexplained infertility needs research and thinking. And if it wasn't for that understanding of what is the natural history of normal and then the understanding of pathology, we wouldn't do a lot of things in medicine. So if we have got a subgroup here that's unexplained, it's not just to the patient, we have a responsibility to future patients and ourselves to be honest and do research and learn about these factors. Now, it doesn't answer the debate, but it is something that's what drives the investigation and management of unexplained delay. And, for example, at the moment, there's quite a discussion about two issues of ethics, one about the involuntary childlessness of people that don't get to see us but don't have those children that they wanted to have because they didn't want to undergo treatment, or it was the involuntary childlessness of a second or subsequent child. And that's quite a big research issue in Europe, I realise, at the moment. And the final thing is about the information giving. The British case Montgomery 2015 has changed consent substantially, for those of you from England, that all information given to patients must include and document the discussion about expectant management versus all the different types of treatment, for and against and risks. And we're not currently doing that in IVF in this area, but if you read about what's happened in England, it's transformed consent in surgery. And I think a lot of our decision-making isn't in that way. So there are a couple of ethical principles to think about. Wonderful questions from the audience. Since we're coming up at the end of our time, we typically end the debate with closing remarks, but we'll forego that for this debate. And I'd actually like to just poll the audience. After hearing both the pro and the con side's arguments, by a show of hands, who in the audience believes that for the patient with unexplained infertility, as defined and detailed here broadly, should we be beginning with IVF? Should we be going straight to IVF? So by a show of hands. And I would say probably 50% of the room raised their hand. And those who think we should not be going straight to IVF? It feels like a little bit more. 40-60, now that I saw the other hands. Well, I'm going to call this a hung jury. I don't know that we have a definitive answer. Please join me in a round of applause for our panelists. In America, we would call that election interference. I wanted to thank our panelists, our live audience, and the listeners of the podcast. On behalf of Fertility and Sterility, thank you for the invitation to be here at your meeting and hosting this debate live from the Australian New Zealand Society for Reproductive Endocrinology meeting in Sydney, Australia. Thank you. This concludes our episode of Fertility and Sterility On Air, brought to you by the Fertility and Sterility family of journals in conjunction with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. This podcast was developed by Fertility and Sterility and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as an educational resource and service to its members and other practicing clinicians. While the podcast reflects the views of the authors and the hosts, it is not intended to be the only approved standard of living or to direct an exclusive course of treatment. 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Warning: this is a rough draft read without sound editing. Thanks for your patience. This is the first three chapters of a book I am working on which includes the memoir of my wife's experiences growing up in a Hutterite colony. Before I spend a lot more time on the project I am interested in whether people find the device of nesting the historical memories with in a fictional plot is compelling. Mike and Chloe are fictional. If you end this wishing there were more chapters please tell me.

About the Guest Anne Miller from Montana earned the Paulson-Whitmore Award for State Executives. Miller's loyalty to Montana agriculture led her down the path as a dual state executive for the Montana Pork Association and Wyoming Pork Producers Council. Her notable accomplishments included volunteering on the committee that developed the We Care® Ethical Principles; serving on […]

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Derek Hofer was raised on a Hutterite Colony in Manitoba, Canada. He ran away from the Colony in his teens to enjoy the pleasures of the world, but the Lord intervened in his life to bring him to salvation. Derek grew up believing a person can never truly know they are saved – but he learned differently through the preaching of the gospel from the Bible. Reading: John 19:30. (Message preached in Chalfont St Peter Gospel Hall, 7th Jan 2024) The post I Ran Away from a Hutterite Colony (37 min) first appeared on Gospel Hall Audio.

Cameron and I had a very enjoyable and uplifting conversation about his life in the Hutterite colony. I can see a lot similarities between Mennonites and Hutterites, but there's a fair share of differences as well! One conclusion is sure... both groups need to come to Christ in faith and accept salvation by grace!

Kelly Hofer - From Hutterite to HeathenDivorced: Hutterite ChristianityMy guest today is fellow Canadian, Kelly Hofer, who is a visual content producer in Calgary, Alberta. Kelly grew up on a Hutterite colony in Manitoba. At age 19, Kelly made the difficult decision to leave his home on the colony due to his sexuality and to pursue art as a career.Kelly now works in the mediums of Photography, Film, Wearable Tech, Electrical Engineering, Furniture Design, and other experimental art forms. Today, Kelly shares about growing up and leaving his family and culture and how he helps other gay Hutterites today.FIND KELLY:https://www.kellyhofer.comhttps://www.instagram.com/kellyhofer/Support this podcast on Patreon (starting as low as $2/month) and get access to bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/janiceselbie Thanks to my newest patrons: Marie, Mary, and Peter. Every dollar helps.Subscribe to the audio-only version here: https://www.divorcing-religion.com/religious-trauma-podcastFollow Janice and the Conference on Religious Trauma on Social Media: Mastodon: JaniceSelbie@mas.toTwitter: https://twitter.com/divorcereligionTwitter: https://twitter.com/Wise_counsellorTwitter: https://twitter.com/ComeToCORTFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DivorcingReligionTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@janiceselbieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wisecounsellor/The Divorcing Religion Podcast is for entertainment purposes only. If you need help with your mental health, please consult a qualified, secular, mental health clinician.Support the show

Andrew Penner grew up in the Mennonite tradition of the Anabaptist movement. The Anabaptists have a colorful history of subversion from the Catholic Church, despite their commitment to pacifism. There's an awful lot to learn on these subjects, including the connection with the Amish and Hutterite branches, as well as the variation within the Mennonite conferences. (Jakob Amman and Jakob Hutter were a little more extreme than Menno Simons.)Early Anabaptist beliefs are outlined in the 1527 Schleitheim Confession of Faith, so we discuss these points with Andrew, and get the lowdown on their importance in Menoism, in contrast with the greater network of Anabaptism. Andrew relates these subjects to his own experiences and his family history, and he shares with us how this is affected by his being a Freemason, too.You can WATCH this interview on YouTubeThis interview continues on Patreon Find Holy Watermelon merch at  SpreadshopJoin the Community on DiscordGet more great religion facts in your feed on Facebook and Instagram

Beckler & Seanna talk about Hutterite jams, booing your own team, and a silly lyric.

Our Sponsor: ⁠⁠⁠ShirtOutlets.com⁠⁠⁠ It's an all "Great White North" show with Gabriel joining us from his new place in Montreal to talk about the AFC East! Once we get through our drink selections and that Gabriel is now living next to one of his favourite micro-breweries, we actually talk some football. Still no major RB signings, but something has to give soon, right? It could even be one of the Bills, Dolphins, Patriots, or Jets that could land one of the big names out there. This division is already shaping up to be a strong group, but if they add an elite or former elite running back, ooooh. Let's talk about it. Hutterite wine vs moonshine Camp depth charts are like cotton candy on a rainy day AFC East Breakdown Some bold NFC playoff predictions Just because its the off season doesn't mean there isn't anything to talk about on and off the field. We're going to keep you "Poorly" informed and entertained until the season comes back in the fall. See what I did there? ;) How excited are you for some real football? Our Socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠; ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ Contact: PoormanFootball@gmail.com

Cody Waldner grew up on a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, Canada. He kept all the rules, went to church regularly, got sprinkled, took communion, and even studied the Bible in German – but he could find no peace. His sins troubled him and his efforts to make himself acceptable to God weren't working. At one point he even turned to alcohol just to soothe his pain. Listen to find out how Cody finally found true and lasting peace in Jesus The post How a Zealous Hutterite Man Found Peace in Christ (14 min) first appeared on Gospel Hall Audio.

News; Karolína Muchová stuns Sabalenka to reach French Open final; Prague gardens open to the public; north American pilgrims walk across Moravia to rediscover their Hutterite past

News; Karolína Muchová stuns Sabalenka to reach French Open final; Prague gardens open to the public; north American pilgrims walk across Moravia to rediscover their Hutterite past

Julian Waldner, a young Hutterite, considers the legacy of his Anabaptist forebears.

Strange places you've seen a Hutterite. More egg talk. Easter traditions. CISN Love Court: I'm going to bring my brother's ex who I've been dating to Easter dinner. Quick Draw! Weird sandwiches.

Sam & Melissa react to a Hutterite Colony from the National Geographic Docuseries "American Colony: Meet the Hutterites" as well as other YT sources. Current Hutterite Vlogger @gisellewaldner9406 : https://www.youtube.com/@gisellewaldner9406 If you or someone you love has left polygamy and needs assistance, please reach out to "Holding Out HELP" at 801-548-3492 or visit their website at www.holdingouthelp.org At Growing Up In Polygamy our mission is to "Create compassion for communities that have been marginalized and abused by their leaders, and to empower those who have left by giving them a platform to share their stories with the world." If you would like to DONATE to this cause you can do so here: https://donorbox.org/growing-up-in-polygamy New website is now up! www.growingupinpolygamy.com Please feel free to reach out to us! growingupinpolygamy@gmail.com PO BOX 753072 Las Vegas, NV 89136 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/growingupinpolygamy/support

Nate Pike from the Breakdown Alberta Podcast is back and we're going off the board with Nate today! - Canada VS CHINA The Chinese Communist Party Government has been working over Canadians and our political/business elites for YEARS. They are sloppy and dumb, and don't pick sides other than their own. Global News has been a firehose of unconfirmed reports about Chinese Interference in Canadian Politics on both sides of the aisle but it comes at a cost. CSIS is now a comp[promised institution. Compromised by Political agents who've managed to convince a CSIS agent to act as a whistleblower, putting Canada's democratic principles and process to death. Did Liberal Dan Hong actually tell a Chinese Government Diplomat to keep two Canadians in a Chinese prison as a political favour to Canada's Liberals? Is this a paid operation on behalf;f of the CCP and Canadian Conservatives, who have also been compromised by Chinese Communist Party infiltration and rhetoric? Listen, if you live in Canada, you already know the CCP has weasel their influence into our everyday life. Banking, Tourism, Media, Businesses and boards, and lobby groups align with every party. CCP's strategy is to own Canada through political and business relationships, and I think Canadians wouldn't mind getting to the fucking bottom of all of it. It's been going on for decades. Andrew Wiggins has been on Personal leave from the Golden State Warriors for a month, and there is no timetable for his return. If you believe the rumours, the reason for his absences is fucked. His best friend MIGHT be the father of his kids, and he MAY have found out a month ago, and the details are too much for any man to handle. OR, a get-out-of-family-jail-free card. You decide. Natee's here to talk about the lovely province of rabid Oil And Gas fans; ALBERTA. There's a new movement afoot in Alberta to extreme their governing religious extremist party, the UCP. #TakeBackALberta is a movement of extremists and religious elites who want to remove Alberta from "Woke Canada" in favor of a provincial Hutterite colony where you can beat your kids, covid, science, and gay people don't exist. #TakeBackAlberta is heavily aligned with Russian Christian Orthodoxy and supported by Russia in more ways than one. We explain! Lock reads a few paragraphs from his book, "This book might save mankind." Buckle up. He's no Hemingway.

Listen in as Luke Hofer from Swift Current Saskatchewan shares about the way life is as a member of a Hutterite colony. Luke is the assistant dairy manager in his colony and talks about what a typical day is for him. Luke shares about his faith, life in general and making business decisions. Thank-you Luke for joining us!

Elaine Hofer lives in Green Acres, a Hutterite colony nestled in the southwestern corner of Manitoba. Elaine spends her days working with her community and teaching at the local school. And although she is 38 years old, as an unmarried woman Elaine lives at home with her parents and two adult siblings. But for all the tradition and responsibility, there is one thing Elaine does just for herself... Elaine is a trail runner, running across the fields with her long skirt flapping in the breeze. Her love of running is sparking something bigger, and Elaine is bumping up against the edges of tradition. (Originally broadcast Sepember 2019)

Welcome to another episode of Steady at the Wheel, in this episode, we discuss Jaxon’s recent experience as an auctioneer at a benefit for a school where the cast of Yellowstone offered some incredible experiences. We talk about the Hutterite culture in Montana – customs, farming techniques, and the value of their community lifestyle, and then we get into livestock hauling in our industry. There are about as many ways to handle livestock as there are producers, but if you want to get into livestock hauling as a trucking career, you better first get a job somewhere that handles livestock, or you’re going to have a horrible time. We end with stories of gratitude and how thanking the people you interact with as a trucker goes so far as to make life much easier in your travels. The Steady at the Wheel podcast is hosted by brothers Jaxon and Luke Allen. They grew up in the 80s, driving truck with their dad, Russ "Rooster" Allen, in his old cabover freightliner - hauling hogs from Fairfield MT back east to South Dakota. Trucking was a family business and the brothers worked and rode alongside Rooster during every season of the year from age 2 through high school and beyond. From scabbed knuckles that wouldn’t heal to dangerous near-misses with boars and hogs, to breathing soybean and straw dust, what may seem harsh to some was just the way it was back then and the boys are who they are today because of it. Tune in to future episodes of Steady at the Wheel to hear great old-school stories, entertainment, news, education, and mentorship aimed at a trucking industry audience. Discussion points: Jaxon was an auctioneer at benefit for a school in Darby MT Some of Yellowstone cast offered an enormous package at the auction with time on set and lunch! Issues with the show Yellowstone and its MT representation Award given to female truck driver 4 million miles incident-free – her tips Hutterites, Amish, and Mennonites Hutterite customs, farming, lifestyle The Fall Run, cattle breeding, time frames and the market How can someone get into the business? A dental patient asks Luke to arrange for him to donate his body to science Livestock handling as a trucker - cattle, sheep, goats, etc. Small kindnesses to truckers and expressing gratitude If you are interested in hauling livestock, you must work with them somewhere, handling first Get in touch with us on our socials, we want to hear from you! Resources: Steady At The Wheel Podcast Instagram Jaxon Allen Instagram Jaxon Allen Website Wild Wild West Youtube Email Jaxon and Luke

Reverend Thomas Malthus reveals that we live in a universe run by a trickster god.  As soon as the basic principles are figured out and explained: that human economies operate basically the same as animal economies, it ceases to be true.  We cover the basic operation of Malthusian economies.  And move into the demographic changes that begin to happen during the Age f Walpole.  This is the breakdown of the Western Marriage Pattern and its cultural ramifications, as described by Hajnal.   The Western Marriage pattern of late marriages, substantial numbers who never marry, reduce potential fertility by about 50%.  Along the way we cover how Hutterite women are used (well, their data is used) by anthropologists to analyze and compare the possibilities of human fertility.

Interview on an encounter with God in Heaven by Joe Morris who was Hutterite and Mennonite taken to Heaven.   Ladies 4 Jesus.org

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Retrospective on Shall the Religious Inherit The Earth, published by isabel on February 22, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Thanks to Leopold Aschenbrenner, Max Daniel and Will MacAskill for feedback on this post, and for the Forethought Foundation for providing research support during the creation of this post. Introduction This piece is a retrospective on "Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth", a book by Eric Kaufmann published in 2010 which goes into one possible way that the future might go based on past demographic trends: in societies in which it is common for some couples to choose to have small families, there is a substantial gap between the fertility rates of the most religious, and everyone else. The book focuses especially on the growth of fundamentalist religious groups. In some cases, like the Amish, these groups have a near total rejection of modern technology. The book makes a number of predictions, some of which should have materialized by now, while others are still decades out. I will evaluate the claims about the specific high fertility religious groups the author brings up, as well as discussing overall global trends in religion and fertility. Future posts will delve further into arguments for why fertility rates matter and what influences them. TL;DR Book focuses on high growth rates of various religious groups, but for the most part they are experiencing substantial fertility decline in parallel with more secular groups, as well as secularization In the US: Identification with Protestantism, both mainline and Evangelical, is in decline, and there is little evidence of high growth from a committed core Hispanic immigration did not deliver a boost as large as predicted to Catholicism, both because of lower fertility and because of growing secularism Mormon fertility has declined In the Middle East, North Africa and Asian countries with high Muslim populations, fertility has fallen substantially, with many places now close to or below replacement fertility While the Muslim share of Europe will grow, it is likely that it will not grow fast enough to prevent population decline in the medium-term future (i.e. by 2050) without substantial further migration Of the groups discussed in the book, the only substantial exceptions in terms of declining fertility are: Old Order Anabaptists (Amish, Hutterite, Old Order Mennonite) Though future growth may be difficult to maintain as farmland is growing less affordable for them, and farming is associated with higher fertility within these groups Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jews Though there are signs of increasing acceptance of the usage of technology and of higher labor force participation rates among both men and women, this has not had a clear impact on fertility or retention But I'm interested in hearing arguments for other groups! Globally, the dynamic will be driven by declining populations in highly secular Asian countries and rapidly growing highly religious countries in sub-Saharan Africa, which was not discussed in any detail in the book Much of the uncertainty about the future global share of the religious stems from uncertainty about the future religiosity of sub-Saharan Africa, and whether the current ongoing fertility decline in Africa will continue at the current pace, accelerate, or slow down Birth rates matter for future economic growth, technological development and political power. Immigration might help in the short run for countries facing population decline in the immediate future, but is often domestically unpopular and does not help with global fertility rates falling below replacement. Central claim of book The book argues that Religious people have higher fertility rates than non-religious people, and within a religion, fundamentalist groups have higher fertility rates than moderate ...

Peace Activist and Nuclear Disarmament Expert, Dr. Rebecca Johnson, grew up in a Hutterite community in the rural US. After living in Japan and visiting Hiroshima she was moved to join the women's peace camp at Greenham Common, protesting against nuclear weapons. She's driven supplies into war-torn Bosnia, sailed the seas on Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior, worked with the UN in Geneva and spent time with the Fidel family in Cuba. In 2017 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside her ICAN team. Rebecca is also never far from the sea and a song and is a captivating story teller. An unmissable episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever heard about the $2.5 billion anti-ballistic missile compound that was shut down after one day of being fully operational and is now run by the Illuminati?! Ok well part of that is true. In this episode Aaron and Ryan talk about the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex in Langdon, North Dakota. A relic of the Cold War era US, that is now owned by a Hutterite colony. Don't know what Hutterite are? Well listen in and you'll find that out too. Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/wdtp Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/wdtppodcast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/wdtppodcast Anchor: anchor.fm/wdtppodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wdtppodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wdtp/support

一个阳光明媚的午后，正在打盹的我被手机消息提示震醒了。打开一看，第一条信息是寒潮蓝色预警，紧接着，是朋友奇奇发来的一连串消息。原来最近她去北京出差，被冻得够呛。为了省下行李空间，只带了大衣。计划去买件羽绒服，选花了眼，拿不定主意。毕竟上次买羽绒服，还是两三年前了。奇奇给我下了最后通牒：「我这周一定要买到羽绒服！你要帮我选！」看她冻得可怜，我连声应着，去做了一番功课。今天也想和你分享一下。奇奇公司附近的商场里，可以找到几百元到上万元不等的羽绒服。她都去逛了，跟我形容说，光看外表，都像米其林轮胎。「一件羽绒服上万块，真的值这个价格吗？」上万块的羽绒服品牌中，比较有代表性的有加拿大的CANADA GOOSE（加拿大鹅）、法国奢华羽绒服品牌Moncler（盟可睐）、始祖鸟等等。国产品牌里，波司登可以算作佼佼者了。技术不断突破羽绒服界天花板，价位区间也越来越宽，近两年推出的登峰系列，也妥妥地站上了上万的价位。图片来源：开源证券可是万元价位的羽绒服，买一两件，可能全年的衣服开支就超预算了。听了好几位导购小姐介绍，似乎都提到了产地。奇奇感到有些迷惑，问我：「衣服这么贵，是因为产地特殊带来的差异性吗？」答案是否定的。我找出了9月份的时候，一份关于「加拿大鹅虚假宣传」的处罚决定书。当时因为网友评价「堪比羽绒服选购指南」而火上了热搜。图片来源：截自新浪微博之所以说虚假宣传，是因为加拿大鹅官方天猫旗舰店发布的内容中，说道「我们的所有羽绒混合材料均含有Hutterite羽绒，这是优良且最保暖的加拿大羽绒」。这里提到的Hutterite，就是加拿大北部的一个地区，有着禽鸟养殖场。他们声称在这个特定地区采集的羽绒，是「品质更高、最保暖的加拿大羽绒」。这种说法是没有事实依据的。处罚书的撰写者们向中国羽绒协会专家了解到，在禽鸟品种相同的情况下，羽绒的品质和禽鸟的成熟度有关。体型越大、发育越成熟的禽鸟，它们的羽绒成熟度越高，羽绒保暖性也越强，和产地、气候无关。「那么，是因为原材料的成本高吗？」奇奇的这个问题，我也想过。一件羽绒服的重点，毫无疑问就在于「羽绒」。闲暇时看《本草纲目》，里面对鹅绒也有记载：「选鹅腹绒毛为衣、被絮」。鹅绒只选择鹅脖子和胸脯之间的绒毛来采集，一只鹅大概也就能薅下1.5g优质鹅绒。这么少，想必很贵吧？我带着好奇，去中国羽绒信息网上查了查价格。从价格排名来看，白鹅绒>灰鹅绒>白鸭绒>灰鸭绒。按照美标，选最贵的白鸭绒，1000克含绒量高达95%的白鸭绒，价格是460元左右。 来源：中国羽绒信息网-价格平台我给奇奇发去这个官方价格信息，她惊道：「一件普通中长款的羽绒服，我逛街看到基本上用到的羽绒是400g，算下来的话......羽绒的成本也才184元！」这和上万元的价位，离得是十万八千里。当然了，羽绒服毕竟不是羽绒枕头，把羽绒塞进去就完事。还要考虑外部面料和五金、人工成本、固定成本、销售费用等等。具体分摊到一件羽绒服上占比多少，一来具体品牌具体分析，二来非业内人士细节成本难查询。不过，我们可以通过羽绒服龙头的毛利率，来感知一二。02羽绒服的高毛利我和奇奇一起扒了扒羽绒服中的「国货之光」波司登。之所以注意到波司登，是因为最近它出现的频率实在是太高了。打开微博，都能弹出波司登的海报。上周五，波司登还公布了2021/22财年年中财报。品牌羽绒服业务的毛利率在今年中期提升了4.7%，突破了60%。这意味着什么呢？如果一件东西毛利率60%，相当于一个成本400块的东西，卖它1000块。赚的600元，就收归公司的钱袋了。另外，波司登的羽绒服价格区间很宽，从百元价位的冰洁、雪中飞，到上万的「登峰」系列都有。但是分价位来看的话，还是发力高端线的波司登品牌毛利率更高。*注：波司登公司旗下，波司登品牌走中高端路线，雪中飞和冰洁走下沉路线图片来源：华西证券而对比一下平均单价更高的加拿大鹅，它的毛利率也基本上超过了60%；羽绒服中的奢侈品Moncler，更是接近80%。奇奇若有所思：「好像卖得越贵的羽绒服，加的水分越多呢？」我们还去翻了官网，看Moncler、加拿大鹅、波司登的创业故事。它们也有一些共同之处，比如频频提到「登珠峰」、「南极科考队」、「冬奥会法国滑雪队」等等关键词，强调极寒环境下的抗寒抗风。再看近年来它们的动态，又加上了「爱马仕合作走秀」、「亮相伦敦时装周」等等在设计感和品牌营销上大发力。这也侧面说明，那些贵价的羽绒服，一方面要考量极端天气下防风防寒防水的硬核技术，另一方面还在努力迎合时尚来做设计，砸了不少钱在请明星做宣传上。另外也不乏「通过产品营销占据消费者心智，再以提高价格打出高端化」的品牌战略。一点点加码，再通过各种渠道销售出去的途中一层层「加水」，品牌溢价挺严重的。刚升职加薪的奇奇，看的羽绒服多了，有些膨胀。本打算买件贵价的犒劳自己，这下感觉不太值。于是她又回归了抠门金牛座的本质，发出核心提问：「那如果想挑一个性价比高的羽绒服，到底应该怎么选呢？」03怎么挑选羽绒服我们仔细拜读了「堪比羽绒服选购指南」的加拿大鹅处罚书，也从网上文献里找了不少资料。总的来说，判断羽绒服是否「真保暖」，可以看这3个指标：蓬松度、含绒量和充绒量。1）蓬松度（FP）。越大越好，目前测试的最高值是1000FP。它指的是一盎司（28g）的羽绒，能抓住多少英寸的空气。这是因为空气的导热系数远远低于固体的导热系数，羽绒能储备的空气越多，也就越暖和。奇奇不耐烦地说：「就是说一朵羽绒的尺寸嘛！越大越蓬松，就越暖和！」 图片来源：网络入门级的羽绒服起码要有480FP。800+FP的基本上就是十分高品质的羽绒了。2）含绒量。奇奇逛了不少店，发现除了波司登、加拿大鹅等大品牌，很多羽绒服都没有标明蓬松度。不过大部分都会写明含绒量。它是指一件羽绒中「绒子」占的比例。其实就是不带梗的绒毛和羽毛分别占总含量的比例，绒子保暖，羽毛不保暖。比如90%指的就是，90%的绒毛，10%的羽毛。图片来源：网络含绒量一般是一个百分数，数值越高越保暖。它也是个强制性的规定，我国羽绒服的最低国家标准是50%，如果发现衣服连这个值都达不到，就不要买了。一般标明90%的，基本上是十分抗寒了。3）充绒量。奇奇迷惑：「跟含绒量好容易搞混哦......」Emm，不如这样解释吧：它指的就是羽绒服里，「填充」的羽绒的重量，所以是「充」绒量。一般短款建议180g以上，长款建议300g以上。不过它比较像是前面两个指标之外的补充指标，不完全是越高越好。太低羽绒不足均匀遍布全衣；太厚又会因为羽绒太过密集，蓬松度降低，保暖性能下降不说，穿在身上还更重。另外，根据冬天常待的地区来挑选，可以避免买了一直穿不上或者不够穿的烦恼。就比如说奇奇，大部分时间在南方，冬天气温几乎很少低于0度。之前买了一件羽绒服，却两年都没穿上，就还挺浪费的。南方可以考虑轻羽，充绒量在70g~130g，北方羽绒服参考200g~350g，户外的则需要250g~450g才比较够。总的来说，这三个指标首先看蓬松度和含绒量，其次再和充绒量结合。其他还可以留心一下拉链之类的五金件是否顺滑，衣服是否无异味，拍压衣服看看弹性是不是很好等等，更周全。奇奇这次可能会在北京外派两年，她最后买了件原价一千多，打折下来800元的户外羽绒服：含绒量90%蓬松度700+充绒量260g填充物是白鸭绒对比一下她最初看上的一件贵牌的羽绒外套：含绒量80%（

Interview on an encounter with God in Heaven by Joe Morris who was Hutterite and Mennonite taken to Heaven

Ep83 Kyle travels to Winnipeg to party with Chad, then the boys head to a family wedding. The post Hutterite Wedding appeared first on Canada Comedy.

Ep82 The boys are getting ready for a Hutterite wedding. Chad finds two cucks in the wild. Kyle breaks his vows on a horny boat ride. The post Horny Boat Ride appeared first on Canada Comedy.

Joining me for this conversation was Filmmaker and owner of CACHE Productions Rueben Tschetter. The theme of the show was about understanding how to communicate with people of different cultural backgrounds. Rueben spoke to his childhood and what it was like going from a Hutterite community into live in mainstream society. Rueben also gave insight on how he developed a passion for storytelling and how his film-making work aims to capture the stories of those who might otherwise be forgotten such, as people living in rural Alberta communities. Share this episode with someone who loves people, culture, film, storytelling and communication. Find Rueben Tschetter through: Website: https://thecacheproject.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecacheproject/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cacheproject Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cacheproductions/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/localreddeer Linkedin: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/rueben-tschetter-747aa779 Find the Teawithmikeshow through: Website: http://teawithmike.com Podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-johnson933 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TEAWITHMIKEJ/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tea_with_mike?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithmike/?hl=en Thank you for listening. Teawithmike

Julian is a friend I met in the community around Paul VanderKlay. He is a Hutterite from Canada who has recently taken upon himself to learn more about the Trinity. We discuss the connection between belief and practice, trinitarian education, the historical connections between Hutterites and Unitarians, primitivism, Schleiermacher, Fred Sanders, Michael Reeves, Karl Barth, Jordan Peterson, evangelical identity, cardinal sins, Michael Polanyi, tacit belief, the difficulties of interpretation, Bart Ehrman, proper Christian cultural engagement, Neoplatonism, Alister McGrath, the Bible Project, and just who is this Jesus? The conversation ends abruptly due to connectivity issues, but we hope to resume it again soon.

Empathy… Repentance… Faith-marriage… Cake… Pie… All that and more in this very special bonus episode in which Twinkie and Dave talk to Dr. Cory Anderson. (Recorded March 23, 2021) Dr. Anderson is a rural sociologist researching structural, cultural, and demographic changes among the Amish, Mennonites, and other plain Anabaptists--including the Apostolic Church, which is where we center our discussion. He is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Population Research Institute at PennState University. He has taught at Truman State University in Missouri and The Ohio State University, the University of Akron, and Ashland University in Ohio--everything from “Intro to Sociology,” “Geography and Demography” courses to classes about the “Sociology of Religion,” “Amish History & Popular Culture,” “Technology and Human Values,” and even “Dress and Self-Image”! With over 30 journal articles to his name, Dr. Anderson’s work has been referenced worldwide-- from The Daily Record in Wooster, the Associated Press, The New York Times, and CCTV in China. He is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of the Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed publication that focuses on the plain branches of the seven major Anabaptist religious traditions: Amish, Apostolic Christian-Nazarene, Brethren-German Baptist, Hutterite, Swiss Mennonite, and Russian Mennonite. Dr. Anderson is also the founder and executive director of the Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies Association, a registered 501c with a board of directors and two subcommittees You can learn more about that @ http://www.amishstudies.org. Our conversation with Dr. Anderson focuses on his 2018 article, "A Socio-Religious Introduction to the Apostolic Churches in North America,” which was among Twinkie’s list of favorite things from 2020, as discussed in episode 86. Read Dr. Anderson’s article, “A Socio-Religious Introduction to the Apostolic Churches in North America” @ https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/amishstudies/vol6/iss1/3/ You can learn more about him @ https://pop.psu.edu/people/eva5449 Write to Twinkie directly: 330cabinkid@gmail.com Email the show: lwsdpod@gmail.com FOLLOW US on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lwsdpod https://lwsdpod.com for the show archive and links to other related media. Subscribe, rate, and review using your favorite podcast app: iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/long-walk-short-drink/id1184182879?mt=2 Stitcher -https://www.stitcher.com/show/long-walk-short-drink Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2P12taMW2rmcL1L5X2VPhA?si=6cnnqG5vRGu5IdTrKK4DMw Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI3MTg3MTA4OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz YouTube - http://youtube.com/LongWalkShortDrink

Jack Gould tells the wonderful story of the progress of the gospel among the Hutterite colonies of Manitoba, Canada. Hutterites are religious group who share a common European ancestry with the Mennonites and Amish, differing with them in that they believe in sharing their possessions in common and thus living in ‘colonies'. Jack Gould has been labouring among the Hutterites for a number of years and here tells the thrilling story of souls being saved and lives being transformed. (Report The post The Gospel among the Hutterite Colonies (31 min) first appeared on Gospel Hall Audio.

In this episode of Will Work For Purpose, I speak with Julian, who is a blogger, frequent conversation partner on the Randos United YouTube Channel, and a Hutterite. Our conversation covers a broad number of topics from propaganda, politics, Christian doctrine, meaning-making, and religious experience. Given Julian's unique perspective, we were able to talk about familiar topics within religion and politics in a way that brings life back to them.

On todays show, we sit and chat with Kelly Hofer, a gay activist and photographer in Calgary who grew up in a Hutterite religious community in southern Manitoba. Find out about his amazing story of leaving the Hutterite community, coming out as a gay man and how he inspires others to do so.

It has been hypothesized that the upper limit for our network we can keep in our minds is roughly 150 people, and this also springs from evolutionary patterns of behaviors. Before humans domesticated livestock and learned about agriculture and cultivating harvests, we were largely nomadic tribes, and these tribes naturally sustained a size of roughly 150 people. Obviously, this has changed in modern times, and it’s no small wonder that it’s been a confusing, anxious, and even depressing time for many of us, as the software for our brains hasn’t been updated in a few thousand years. Hear it here - https://bit.ly/socialintelking Show notes and/or episode transcripts are available at https://bit.ly/social-skills-shownotes Patrick King is an internationally bestselling author and social skills coach. emotional and social intelligence. Learn more or get a free mini-book on conversation tactics at https://bit.ly/pkconsulting For narration information visit Russell Newton at https://bit.ly/VoW-home For production information visit Newton Media Group LLC at https://bit.ly/newtonmg #RobinDunbar #Hutterite #Neolithic #PatrickKing #PatrickKingConsulting #SocialSkillsCoaching #Pleistocene #RussellNewton #NewtonMG #Sociality #TheScienceofSocialIntelligence Robin Dunbar,Hutterite,Neolithic,Patrick King, Patrick King Consulting,Social Skills Coaching,Pleistocene,Russell Newton,NewtonMG,Sociality,The Science of Social Intelligence,

This episode takes a deep dive into what community means, featuring a "loaves and fishes" story from an MCC partner in Colombia, an interview with Elaine Hofer, a Hutterite woman, and a story about the "dragon" of Addis Ababa.

Karen Briere of The Western Producer reports on the media focus on Hutterite colonies in Saskatchewan surrounding COVID-19 and what steps are being taken to reduce infection rates; Ed White of The Western Producer explains hog cut-out values and how some independent producers are fed up with the current pricing […]

Karen Briere of The Western Producer reports on the media focus on Hutterite colonies in Saskatchewan surrounding COVID-19 and what steps are being taken to reduce infection rates; Ed White of The Western Producer explains hog cut-out values and how some independent producers are fed up with the current pricing […]

The city approves $20 million for Starlight Construction as they look to revamp Portage Place Mall (0:51); Tristan Field-Jones stops by for some strange fiction (6:40); Why our chief soldier Jonathan Vance has up and quit (14:41); the Weird Week in History with Cameron Poitras (25:02); Cineplex is opening its doors again (31:10); a look at the outbreak of Covid-19 on Hutterite colonies (36:26); the final word (50:03).  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A christian agriculture community, the Hutterite Colony, meets with Dr. Spencer Wayne from Pipestone. Through the SwineTime Podcast, Dr. Wayne and two guests from different Hutterite communities discuss lifestyles and farming as a colony.

It's the first episode and Bonnie is interviewing her co-host and sister, Madeleine, about her vision for the future. One word: Community. Find out how getting back to community living can benefit our health, our families, and the future of our planet.SHOW NOTES:Utopic community living in Georgia - https://serenbe.com/Connection between disconnection/loneliness and mental health - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4225959/Simon Sinek on why communities/groups of 150 or less are ideal for humans (from Leaders Eat Last) - "The earliest groups of Homo sapiens lived in hunter/gatherer tribes that maxed out between 100 and 150 people. Amish and Hutterite communities are about 150 in size. The Bushmen of South Africa and Native Americans also live in groups that cap out at 150. Even the size of a company of Marines is about 150 people. That magic number is the number of close relationships we are naturally designed to manage...The reasons groups function best when they do not get bigger than about 150 people make perfect sense when you look closely. The first is time. Time is a constant --there are only twenty-four hours in a day. If we gave only two minutes to everyone we knew, we wouldn't get to know people very well and deep bonds of trust would likely never form. The other is brain capacity. We simply can't remember everyone. Which is why Dunbar's Number is about 150; some can remember more and some fewer...as Dunbar has noteiced in his research, when groups get bigger than about 150, the people are less likely to work hard and less likely to help each other out."Ethical online shopping - DoneGood (online shop and plugin)Educational resources:Books by Michael PollanThe Biggest Little Farm movieFood Fix by Dr. Mark Hyman

OFF TO PLATTE, SOUTH DAKOTA : ADDRESSING COVID 19 IN HUTTERITE COLONY SCHOOLS : Though many of us are more familiar with Amish and Mennonite cultures, The Hutterites  settled in the Northern Great Plains of the Dakotas. We, of course, have an equity obligation to teach their children and keep them healthy while learning. Superintendent Joel Bailey joins us for a discussion about his district. I am really looking forward to this show and want to thank Waterford Institute for setting it up. FREE TO EDUCATORS ... JOIN THE AMERICAN CONSORTIUM FOR EQUITY IN EDUCATION PreK-12 AT WWW.ACE-ED.ORG GREAT NEWS AND INFO  ON EQUITY AND ACCESS . MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IF YOU WISH AND ENJOY YOUR  INCLUDED SUBSCRIPTION TO OUR OFFICIAL JOURNAL  "AC&E: ACCESSIBILITY, COMPLIANCE & EQUITY "

OFF TO PLATTE, SOUTH DAKOTA : ADDRESSING COVID 19 IN HUTTERITE COLONY SCHOOLS : Though many of us are more familiar with Amish and Mennonite cultures, The Hutterites  settled in the Northern Great Plains of the Dakotas. We, of course, have an equity obligation to teach their children and keep them healthy while learning. Superintendent Joel Bailey joins us for a discussion about his district. I am really looking forward to this show and want to thank Waterford Institute for setting it up. FREE TO EDUCATORS ... JOIN THE AMERICAN CONSORTIUM FOR EQUITY IN EDUCATION PreK-12 AT WWW.ACE-ED.ORG GREAT NEWS AND INFO  ON EQUITY AND ACCESS . MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IF YOU WISH AND ENJOY YOUR  INCLUDED SUBSCRIPTION TO OUR OFFICIAL JOURNAL  "AC&E: ACCESSIBILITY, COMPLIANCE & EQUITY "

Michelle found herself at a young age suddenly joining into a Hutterite community when her parents decided to for-go the quiet suburban lifestyle. Not satisfied with the community, her family then continued to pursue various cults, finally ending up at the Elmo Stoll community in Cookeville, Tn. 

Those darn Hutterites are at it again, peacefully raising turkeys in their communal society. Of course leftist radical vegan protestors can't let them get away with that! Radical animal rights activists seem to have no problem lying about their enemies - just wait till you get a load of what they claim the Hutterites have been up to...https://calgarysun.com/news/local-news/demonstrators-cry-foul-after-four-charged-in-turkey-farm-protestWebsite : www.radiobaloney.com Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzk18m2eP8NiT-rp_7Hu_PA/aboutBitchute : https://www.bitchute.com/channel/t3bYMIC3ygoL/Minds : https://www.minds.com/radio_baloney/?referrer=radio_baloneyDaily Motion : https://www.dailymotion.com/dm_e6b6b940dce04dec7af03b7ecb11a53aD.Tube : https://d.tube/#!/c/radiobaloney01Spreaker podcast : https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-richie-baloney-showSpotify : spotify:show:7dzAquhzWqc06eHEXEyUyEApple podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-richie-baloney-show/id1479355356?uo=4Google Podcasts : https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDAzNjc4MS9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVkPodcast addict : http://podplayer.net/?podId=2452790Castbox : https://castbox.fm/channel/id2360272

The Ezra Levant Show (November 27, 2019) — Fort Macleod, Alberta — In September, more than two dozen animal rights activists invaded a Hutterite turkey farm in nearby Jumbo Valley. But with the snow falling and cars off the road, today's court case has been cancelled and rescheduled. GUEST Joel Pollak

Jason Sims talks with Jenna, who's studying civil engineering. There's talk of dirt, trees, the East Village and a the icy stare of small Hutterite child. Want to have your own Converjason? Email Carman at converjasons@gmail.com.

What do you think when you hear the word commune? In this week's episode, Kimmy explores two different communal living situations. Her first interview is with Elizabeth Flinn - a woman raised in a religious commune. Elizabeth talks to Kimmy about her life in a Hutterite colony and addresses the pros and cons of living in this community.Next, she speaks with Stephanie Willoughby, a mother of three, and part of a 'modern commune' in her New Jersey neighborhood. Kimmy learns about Stephanie's parental utopia.And Rebekka Johnson (actress, writer, Glow) and Amanda Diebert (tv and comic book writer) stop by to break down the realities of communal life with comedy. Could living in a commune be the answer to your childcare issues? What if you don't eat dairy? Do all communes become sex cults? Listen to find out. Panel:Rebekka Johnson @hellorebekka @hellorebekka twitterAmanda Deibert @amandadeibertofficial @amandadeibert twitterPlease send your thoughts to -motherofallshows.com or reach out through social media @MOASpod, facebook page Mother of All Shows. Additional references:Hutterite - a short film by Becca Flinn https://www.hutteritethemovie.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sarah and Julian talk farming. Farming in Mozambique, in the US, in Hutterite colonies, and the different techniques to employ from novelty and to rediscover from the past. Original YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQkDGOUbjwk

“When you’re the best of friends, Having so much fun together”•We have been preparing for this episode since we started the podcast and we CANNOT wait for you guys to dive in! •We got the ol’ gang back together, so sit back and enjoy as they discuss motherhood, friendship and everything in between. •Highlights include hot lunches, talents, road trips and of course the infamous Hutterite retreat!

Today on Renewalcast we hear from Bethel Church member, Marlana Wallman. In this episode you’ll hear Marlana’s story, starting with her Hutterite upbringing, her journey to Christianity, to finally joining Bethel Church. You will hear about Marlana’s passion in Missionary work -- This interview takes place just prior to her previous trip to Mexico.

Hutterites are taxed under section 143 of the Income Tax Act. Colonies are taxed as if they were a trust so the collective income of the community gets allocated to colony members who are 18 years of age and older Section 143 does not allow Hutterite colonies to allocate income to community members under the age of 18 while other farmers are allowed to do so. For example, a regular farmer can pay his child who is under the age of 18 up to $ 10,000 tax free, while Hutterites cannot. This is a arguably a disadvantage for Hutterite communities where both male and female young people usually join the colony workforce at age 15. It wasn't until 1997 that colonies were allowed to allocate income to their spouses while other farmers have had that ability for many years.  Nor do they collect premiums from the Canada Pension Plan or receive social assistance. The income allotted to individuals gets reported on personal income tax returns and colony members pay taxes at the applicable personal tax rates.   Hutterites contributes more than 2 billion dollars to the annual economy of Canada. Do they pay taxes?  Yes, and the speaker will explain in more detail why they often pay more than their fair share. Speaker: Gord Tait Gord Tait, CPA, CA, is a Partner and Business Advisor with MNP, focused on client service delivery to over 300 Hutterite colonies in Lethbridge, Red Deer, Grand Prairie, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Brandon, Portage and Winnipeg. Prior to joining MNP, Gord operated a family business working exclusively with Hutterite colonies. Gord began his career at MNP in 1999 as the Regional Managing Partner for Lethbridge. Under his leadership, the region experienced tremendous development, growing from 11 to more than 100 team members in only eight years. As former Director of Hutterite Services, Gord developed recruitment strategies, cultural awareness programs and focused on new products and services for Hutterite clients that go beyond MNP's traditional services. Gord is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Accountant (CA) who received his Bachelor of Commerce degree with honours from the University of Saskatchewan. Moderator: Susan Giffen Date: Thursday, May 31, 2018 Time: Doors open 11:30 am, Presentation 12 noon, buffet lunch 12:30 pm, Q&A 1 – 1:30 pm Location: Royal Canadian Legion (north door) 324 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Lethbridge Cost: $14 buffet lunch with desert & coffee/tea/juice or $2 coffee/tea/juice. RSVP not required

Hutterites are taxed under section 143 of the Income Tax Act. Colonies are taxed as if they were a trust so the collective income of the community gets allocated to colony members who are 18 years of age and older Section 143 does not allow Hutterite colonies to allocate income to community members under the age of 18 while other farmers are allowed to do so. For example, a regular farmer can pay his child who is under the age of 18 up to $ 10,000 tax free, while Hutterites cannot. This is a arguably a disadvantage for Hutterite communities where both male and female young people usually join the colony workforce at age 15. It wasn't until 1997 that colonies were allowed to allocate income to their spouses while other farmers have had that ability for many years.  Nor do they collect premiums from the Canada Pension Plan or receive social assistance. The income allotted to individuals gets reported on personal income tax returns and colony members pay taxes at the applicable personal tax rates.   Hutterites contributes more than 2 billion dollars to the annual economy of Canada. Do they pay taxes?  Yes, and the speaker will explain in more detail why they often pay more than their fair share. Speaker: Gord Tait Gord Tait, CPA, CA, is a Partner and Business Advisor with MNP, focused on client service delivery to over 300 Hutterite colonies in Lethbridge, Red Deer, Grand Prairie, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Brandon, Portage and Winnipeg. Prior to joining MNP, Gord operated a family business working exclusively with Hutterite colonies. Gord began his career at MNP in 1999 as the Regional Managing Partner for Lethbridge. Under his leadership, the region experienced tremendous development, growing from 11 to more than 100 team members in only eight years. As former Director of Hutterite Services, Gord developed recruitment strategies, cultural awareness programs and focused on new products and services for Hutterite clients that go beyond MNP's traditional services. Gord is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Accountant (CA) who received his Bachelor of Commerce degree with honours from the University of Saskatchewan. Moderator: Susan Giffen Date: Thursday, May 31, 2018 Time: Doors open 11:30 am, Presentation 12 noon, buffet lunch 12:30 pm, Q&A 1 – 1:30 pm Location: Royal Canadian Legion (north door) 324 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Lethbridge Cost: $14 buffet lunch with desert & coffee/tea/juice or $2 coffee/tea/juice. RSVP not required

Hutterites are taxed under section 143 of the Income Tax Act. Colonies are taxed as if they were a trust so the collective income of the community gets allocated to colony members who are 18 years of age and older Section 143 does not allow Hutterite colonies to allocate income to community members under the age of 18 while other farmers are allowed to do so. For example, a regular farmer can pay his child who is under the age of 18 up to $ 10,000 tax free, while Hutterites cannot. This is a arguably a disadvantage for Hutterite communities where both male and female young people usually join the colony workforce at age 15. It wasn't until 1997 that colonies were allowed to allocate income to their spouses while other farmers have had that ability for many years.  Nor do they collect premiums from the Canada Pension Plan or receive social assistance. The income allotted to individuals gets reported on personal income tax returns and colony members pay taxes at the applicable personal tax rates.   Hutterites contributes more than 2 billion dollars to the annual economy of Canada. Do they pay taxes?  Yes, and the speaker will explain in more detail why they often pay more than their fair share. Speaker: Gord Tait Gord Tait, CPA, CA, is a Partner and Business Advisor with MNP, focused on client service delivery to over 300 Hutterite colonies in Lethbridge, Red Deer, Grand Prairie, Saskatoon, Swift Current, Brandon, Portage and Winnipeg. Prior to joining MNP, Gord operated a family business working exclusively with Hutterite colonies. Gord began his career at MNP in 1999 as the Regional Managing Partner for Lethbridge. Under his leadership, the region experienced tremendous development, growing from 11 to more than 100 team members in only eight years. As former Director of Hutterite Services, Gord developed recruitment strategies, cultural awareness programs and focused on new products and services for Hutterite clients that go beyond MNP's traditional services. Gord is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Accountant (CA) who received his Bachelor of Commerce degree with honours from the University of Saskatchewan. Moderator: Susan Giffen Date: Thursday, May 31, 2018 Time: Doors open 11:30 am, Presentation 12 noon, buffet lunch 12:30 pm, Q&A 1 – 1:30 pm Location: Royal Canadian Legion (north door) 324 Mayor Magrath Dr. S. Lethbridge Cost: $14 buffet lunch with desert & coffee/tea/juice or $2 coffee/tea/juice. RSVP not required

In this episode we explore the research that's going on pertaining to the microbiome as we talk with Jack Gilbert. He is one of the leading scientists in the area of microbial ecology. If you have done any reading about the microbiome online, you've probably come across his name.Jack has been involved in many research projects, and has published studies which relate to many areas of microbial ecology. He shares with us a bit of his story and we cover a lot of ground relating to all things microbial, but the theme that stood out to me is how we are all connected, how we need to steward our environment wherever we are, and how we need to use our brains to critically evaluate the information presented to us.Jack does a great job communicating these concepts and ideas, and I really enjoyed chatting to him.If you also get some value out of this show we'd appreciate if you'd take two minuets to give us a rating and review. This is a simple way of supporting us to keep doing what we're doing what we're doing.If your business wants to partner with the Probiotic Life, we're still looking for some strategic sponsorships. We're also doing some more collaborations to get things moving, so if you'd like to collaborate, reach out and connect!Here are some ways to find out more about Dr. Jack Gilbert:Lab WebsiteGoogle ScholarTwitterShow Notes- faculty director of The Microbiome Centre- professor at the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago- senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory- co-author of Dirt Is Good (with Rob Knight)- learned microbiology & physical chemistry in many different fields- spent time in Antartica studying bacterial proteins- got interested in understanding how microbes reacted & adapted to their environments in the world- this became his new passion- over the last ten years has become involved with human microbiome research- came to view the human body is simply another ecosystem seeking equilibrium, much like the sea/soil/plants, and we can treat it as suchWhat Aspect of Research is Jack Excited About Currently?- systems biology: viewing the world in a very connected way- how do microbes affect everything else in their environment?- capturing the complexity of these connections, so it can be predicted and adjustedGaps & Progress in Modern Research- concept of “one health”, the health of humans and all ecosystems are intrinsically linked- discussion of microbial environments in Amish and Hutterite communities- what are the associations between people and their disease, and other issues?- research is suggesting that consequences of severing ourselves from our environment could be much more severe than the risks of interacting with that environment- interact with your environment while still using common sense, e.g. wash your hands after petting animals- some authorities say they must give blanket statements regarding possible exposure to pathogens, in case of people not using common sense- you may be saving lives by doing this, but what is the cost to people's quality of life and potential to develop lifelong health complications?- what product could be created to provide to people who don't have access to a natural environment, to help their immune systems develop?Making Changes- for specialised information to become actionable to people who don't know that field, it must be put in a form that people can understand- Jack goes out and talks to many groups of people, because for change to happen, popular opinion needs to be swayed- finding a balance between letting the public know scientists are working on solutions to help them, but discouraging them from taking the untested research into their own handsContext is Everything- in a public bathroom, hot soapy water for cleaning is fine, sterilising the floor does little to prevent someone catching infectious illness- however, where someone is immunocompromised or with open wounds, e.g. a hospital, sterilisation is more beneficial- gearing public statements of what the public should be doing are geared towards protecting the most vulnerable in our society; unfortunately, this could potentially have negative impact on those who are not so vulnerable- listen to your doctor, be informed, and critically evaluate whatever you are toldCurrent Projects- boosting children's immune systems, immunology- ways to make plants more resilient to stress and disease- ways to negate use of fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides- all these contribute to the “one health” mandateClosing Thoughts- examining the role by which the world around us can be leveraged to impact health positively- being more engaged with the world around us, cultivating and interacting with a more biodiverse environment- Jack's book “Dirt Is Good” is a guide, with all the questions Jack's ever been asked about how the microbiome relates to our health; the decisions we can make with the information we currently have

The ongoing Epipen pricing controversy. Guests: Dr. David Patterson, Academy Allergy; Dr. Mark Holbreich, a local allergist and one of the authors of the recently published New England Journal of Medicine study on the prevalence of asthma and allergies in the Amish vs the Hutterite populations.

Both share a common genetic heritage, yet 20% of the Hutterite children in North Dakota have asthma, while only 2% of the Amish children in Indiana suffer. And so we ask...

Artist Series Episode 3 With a career spanning over 40 years, Laura Wilson is a respected photographer in the art world. Laura has published five monograph books. The first three are studies in people: Hutterite communities, small town six-man football and a beautiful study of a Texas rancher. Avedon at Work is a unique documentation of her years as Richard Avedon’s research assistant from 1979 to 1985 on his “In The American West” project. In 2015, That Day was published as a career retrospective with an accompanying solo exhibition at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, TX. She is currently working on two new book projects, Writers and Making Movies. Laura’s 3 sons have all become well known movie actors – Andrew, Owen and Luke Wilson. LAURA’S BOOKS That Day http://amzn.to/1TNpI68 Avedon at Work: In the American West http://amzn.to/1T43n4f

Feat: Dewy x Joey Chronic x T.J. Hooker We play trivia with shots, tell stories from the marathon and we talk about the douche of the week!

William Albert Allard is a National Geographic photographer who is among of my personal favorite shooters. His work pushes the limits of what photographers think they can do with light and color, all the while creating images that tell amazing stories. His monographs on the photo essay as well as his classic photo stories on minor league baseball, the Hutterite community and blues musicians are classics and his work continues to provide inspiration for generations of photographers. A recent adopter to digital image making, he continues to explore the possibilities of what can be captures with a camera.

My soul! be on thy guard,Ten thousand foes arise,The hosts of sin are pressing hardTo draw thee from the skies.Audio  43 mb, approx. 2 hrs

Blest are the souls that hear and knowThe gospel's joyful sound;Peace shall attend the path they go,And light their steps surround.Audio 43 mb, approx. 2 hours

Glorious things of thee are spoken,Zion, city of our God!He whose word can not be broken,Form'd thee for his own abode.On the rock of ages founded,What can shake thy sure repose?With salvation's wall surrounded,Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.Audiocast  40MB, mp3, approx. 2 hr.

Grace, 'tis a most delightful theme:'Tis grace that rescues guilty man,'Tis grace divine, all-conq'ring, free,Or it had never rescu'd me.'Twas grace that quicken'd me when dead,And grace my soul to Jesus led;Grace brought me pardon for my sin,And grace subdues my lust within.Audiocast  40MB, mp3, approx. 2 hr.

Far down the ages now,Much of her journey done,The pilgrim church pursues her way,Until her crown be won.No wider is the gate,No broader is the way,No smoother is the ancient pathThat leads to life and day.Audiocast 40MB, approx. 2 hr

Must Jesus bear the cross alone,And all the world go free?No, there's a cross for every one,And there's a cross for me.The consecrated cross I'll bear,Till death shall set me free;And then go home my crown to wear,For there's a crown for me.Audiocast  43MB, mp3, approx. 2 hr.