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Anti-social behaviour in Clare's social housing estates is said to have "escalated out of all control" since the lockdown. Reports of disturbances such as excessive noise and joyriding are on the rise in estates across Clare with new figures pointing to a near 20% spike. When tenants in Clare local authority housing complain about anti-social behaviour, the complaints are dealt with by Clare County Council, the county's Estate Management Team and Gardaí. Since the beginning of the year, 449 such complaints have been made, which is up by more than 18% on the same period last year. In its efforts to combat the growing problem, a staggering 1,054 housing inspections have been carried out in Clare in 2024 to date. Although the complaints aren't broken down by category or issue, the majority are said to relate to noise, cars driving around estates late at night and unauthorised parties. Ennis Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat Daly claims many tenants are "living a nightmare" due to the behaviour of their neighbours. The vulnerability of children is a point of particular concern for those monitoring social housing in Clare, as evicting problematic tenants can often lead to children falling into homelessness. Following inspections that have taken place this year, 37 referrals have been made by the county's Estate Management Team to Tenancy Support Services such as TUSLA. Clare County Council says the team "engage proactively with tenants to help prevent anti-social behaviour, facillitate the daily patrol of local authority sites, arrange specific meetings with tenants as well as engaging with local communities". Sixmilebridge Fine Gael Councillor and Clare County Council Social Development Strategic Policy Committee Chair, John Crowe believes the spike in domestic incidents started during the lockdown.

02.10. Shannon Electoral area Count 8  22.13- Cllr Michael Begley discusses the situation  in Shannon 28.34. Shannon Electoral area Count 9 30.59 Successful candidate in Shannon Donna McGettigan   55.10 Kevin Heaps of RCB 01.00.05 Successful candidate in Shannon David Griffin 01.17.40.Kilrush electoral area Count 8 recount  01.18.34. Shannon Electoral area Count 10 01.34.34 Successful candidate John Crowe in Shannon 01.42.32 Successful candidate Rachel Hartigan in Shannon 01.53.09 Cillian Murphy eliminated candidate in Kilrush  02.03.20 Kilrush electoral area Count 9  02.09.40 Declaration of results in Shannon 02.10.47 Successful candidate Rita Mcinerney in Kilrush 02.28.32- Cllr Michael Begley discusses the situation  in Shannon 02.29.40 Kilrush electoral area Count 10 02.34.30 Dan Danaher Clare Champion  02.43.57 Successful candidate Michael Shannon in Kilrush 02.43.57 Successful candidate Gabriel Keating in Kilrush 02.48.50 Mairead O'Higgins Finnegan and Jim Collins  sum up the weekend  and the joint simulcast between RCB and SBCR 

There were contrasting pictures in the counts for the Shannon and Killaloe Local Electoral Areas over the weekend. South-east Clare has seen a considerable shake-up with familiar faces departing and new ones being ushered in while in East Clare, continuity was the word on everyone's lips. A very different-looking Shannon Municipal District will be representing the region over the next five years as a result of how its electorate voted on Friday. It was certain that at least two new faces would be elected there following the retirements of Councillors Pat "Mace" McMahon and Gerry Flynn. Although Pat "Mace" won't be on the scene, Newmarket-on-Fergus residents can rest easy that they'll have a representative for the foreseeable future. First-time candidate David Griffin caused a massive upset by securing over 1,500 first preference votes, thus electing him on the first count. The 28-year-old Fianna Fáil councillor-to-be says he couldn't possibly have predicted such a positive reaction on his first time out. It was a day for young candidates in the Shannon area as 22-year-old Rachel Hartigan, also of Fianna Fáil, was the third to be elected in the region. The Ardnacrusha native insists giving young people a voice is something she's particularly passionate about. While it was all smiles for many party candidates, Independent candidates didn't fare as well as anticipated. The number of Independents on Clare County Council has shrunk from five to two and long-time Sixmilebridge Councillor PJ Ryan was one of those to lose his seat. Clonlara Independent Councillor Michael Begley did manage to hold onto his, while Fine Gael's John Crowe and Fianna Fáil's Pat O'Gorman also secured their re-election, and former Fine Gael senator Tony Mulcahy has successfully returned to local politics. On his elimination, PJ Ryan claims you can't always trust what you hear while canvassing. There was considerably less drama in the counts for the east of the county, as bookies' favourite Joe Cooney topped the poll with 2,819 first-preference votes. The Bodyke Fine Gael councillor and current Mayor of Clare insists consistently engaging with the electorate remains the name of the game. Incumbents Alan O'Callaghan and Tony O'Brien of Fianna Fáil, as well as Pat Burke of Fine Gael, filled the remaining seats with ease in the Killaloe local electoral area. Despite national polls and predictions to the contrary, Fianna Fáil was far-and-away the most successful in Clare over the weekend. The party saw 14 of its candidates elected, meaning it now makes up half of Clare County Council, however it's just one shy of gaining a majority. Maghera Councillor Pat Hayes, who sailed across the finish line in the second count, believes the public still value the work that the party's representatives carry out on a daily basis.

In this 283rd episode I introduce a new podcast from University of Cincinnati Department of Anesthesiology hosted by Dr. John Crowe. This episode is about Primate Anesthesia and John interviews one of his colleagues who does some anesthesia for primates at the local zoo. I think they're doing great work on this podcast and look forward to more episodes to come!Our Sponsors:* Check out Neurohacker: neurohacker.com/ACCRACAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Eine Frage spaltet Amerika: Ist es legitim, Sklaven zu halten? Die Unabhängigkeitserklärung behauptet großspurig, alle Menschen hätten in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika dieselben Rechte. Die Wahrheit aber ist, dass in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts Großgrundbesitzer noch Millionen schwarzer Sklaven halten. Und das Leben eines Indianers zählt ebenso wenig.

Rapid ReadsShow NotesFor our first Rapid Reads episode we gave short reviews of six different books:Militia House by John Milas“This is a beautiful horror story told masterfully and elegantly. It is a brilliant, different kind of warnovel, one that reveals the insidious ways the violences of war can tear people apart from the insideout. “Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead“a gothic Southern thriller about a killer haunting a small Louisiana town, where twooutcasts―the preacher's daughter and the boy from the wrong side of the tracks―hold the key touncovering the truth. “Murder with Chocolate Tea by Karen Rose SmithTea shop owner and bride-to-be Daisy Swanson must solve a murder before she can say “I do”in the latest Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery set in Pennsylvania's Amish country...What Wild Women Do by Karma BrownTwo women's lives unexpectedly collide at a camp in the Adirondacks in this fascinating dual-timeline novel full of ambition, secrets, betrayal, mystery, intrigue, nature, inspiration, and a journey ofself-discovery.Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen“This is a nice take on retirement—five old spooks whose bones may ache but whose mindsremain sharp. You can expect mystery, action, and bloodshed in this exciting thriller launched straightfrom the peaceful shores of Maine.”TRIVIALast week's question was:Which mystery author used the pseudonym Mark Sadler, John Crowe, Carl Dekker and William Arden?a. Dan Brownb. John Grishamc. Mickey Spillaned. Michael CollinsThe answer is d. Michael Collins but the name Michael Collins is actually a pseudonym for Dennis Lynds.Beginning in 1968 with The Mystery of the Moaning Cave and ending in 1989 with Hot Wheels, Lynds wrotefourteen novels under the pen name William Arden for the juvenile detective series The Three Investigators,which was originated by Robert Arthur, Jr. Under this same name, he also wrote five novels featuring privateeye Kane Jackson, a former military policeman who has become an industrial security specialist after leavingthe military. The first Jackson novel, A Dark Power, appeared in 1968.Prolific, explaining that he had more ideas than he knew what to do with, in addition to his Collins name, hecreated additional series under the pseudonyms Mark Sadler, John Crowe, and Carl Dekker. For a few years,he published under three of these pseudonyms at the same time at three different publishing housesThis week's question is::Mark Andrew Twitchell (born July 4, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker. He became famous in April 2011 forwhat?a. He used a fictional murderer as a guideline for the crimeb. He pulled off the biggest jewel heist in historyc. He murdered his wife and 6 childrend. He murdered a man and filmed the murder

Lee GoldbergMalibu Burning Show NotesToday we talked with our old friend Lee Goldberg about his bool Malibu Burning. It is the first in hisnew seriues featuring arson investigators Walter Sharpe and Andrew Walker. It is published by Thomas &Mercer and was released on September 1 of this year.Hell comes to Southern California every October. It rides in on searing Santa Ana winds that blast at nearhurricane force, igniting voracious wildfires. Master thief Danny Cole longs for the flames. A tsunami of fire isexactly what he needs to pull off a daring crime and avenge a fallen friend.As the most devastating firestorms in Los Angeles' history scorch the hills of Malibu, relentless arsoninvestigator Walter Sharpe and his wild card of a new partner, Andrew Walker, a former US marshal, suspectthat someone set the massive blazes intentionally, a terrifying means to an unknown end.While the flames rage out of control, Danny pursues his brilliant scheme, unaware that Sharpe and Walker areclosing in. But when they all collide in a canyon of fire, everything changes, pitting them against anunexpected enemy within an inescapable inferno.TRIVIALast week's question was:John Dickinson Carr is famous for writing what?a. The most re-issued mysteriesb. Mysteries with hints given throughout the storyc. Impossible mysteries or locked room mysteriesd. First person mysteries.The answer is c. Impossible or locked room mysteries. John Dickinson Carr is credited with writing the first“impossible” mystery, Carr is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of so-called "Golden Age"mysteries; complex, plot-driven stories in which the puzzle is paramount. He was influenced in this regard bythe works of Gaston Leroux and by the Father Brown stories of G. K. Chesterton. He was a master of the so-called locked room mystery, in which a detective solves apparently impossible crimes. The Dr. Fellmystery The Hollow Man (1935), usually considered Carr's masterpiece, was selected in 1981 as the bestlocked-room mystery of all time by a panel of 17 mystery authors and reviewers.[1] He also wrote a number ofhistorical mysteries.This week's question is:Which mystery author used the psynonym Mark Sadler, John Crowe, Carl Dekker and William Arden?a. Dan Brownb. John Grishamc. Mickey Spillaned. Michael CollinsTune in next week for the answer.

A former Clare Senator and county councillor is set to contest next year's local elections following a seven year absence from politics. 64 Year-Old, Tony Mulcahy was selected alongside John Crowe at Fine Gael's selection convention for the Shannon Muncipal District last night. Mulcahy was first elected as a councillor in 1999 and retained his seat until 2009 while also serving as Mayor, before serving on the Labour panel of Seanad Eireann from 2011 to 2016. The Shannon Electoral Area has not returned more than one Fine Gael Candidate since the ticket of Crowe and Mulcahy in 1999, and the latter says that he believes the success can be repeated.

A couple of weeks ago I sat down with ABOR director (and Spyglass Realty associate broker) John Crowe. We went over several topics. What's happening with the local board, the status of NAR, and the industry in general. From the progress of the Austin Board of Realtors, to what John's thoughts are on the National Association of Realtors.

On Monday's Morning Focus, Morning Focus broadcast from the Perochial Hall in Sixmilebridge in honour of the unveiling of the Dr. Brendan O'Regan statue later today. Guests included Family members of Dr. Brendan O'Regan Andrew and Margaret, and long standing friend Fr. Harry Bohan. Andrew and Margaret explained how they had aided the creation of the statue. Fr.Harry, who had been featured on the show recently, described his and Dr. Brendan's relationship. Syl O'Connor, Sixmilebridge Hurling Club Chairman, Niall Gilligan, former senior hurling All Ireland Winner and Derrick Lynch, Clare FM's Sports Editor also joined the conversation and discussed Clare's recent heartbreak defeat in yesterdays All Ireland Semi-Final against Kilkenny. Afterwards, Shannon based Sinn Féin Councillor Donna McGettigan spoke about her recent achievement of becoming the first woman to be appointed Cathaoirleach and her main priorities. Owner of EI Electronics Mick Guinee also made an appearance to speak about Brendan and why EI Electronics has funded the statue. Communications officer of Sixmilebridge Town Team, Mark Noonan and Town regeneration Officer for the Clare County Council, Linda Earlie discussed the Sixmilebridge Town Team Plan. Alan then interviewed Neil Pakey, President and CEO of the Toronto City Airport's passenger terminal about his involvement in the funding of the statue. CEO of Shannon Chamber Helen Downes highlighted how Shannon Chambers helped to find sponsors for the project. John Crowe, Fine Gael Councillor for the Shannon area from Sixmilebridge and PJ Ryan, Independent Councillor for the Shannon area from Cratloe took the time to discuss some of the issues that the Sixmilebridge community are facing. Chairperson of the Sixmilebridge Historical Society, David Deighan stated that without the work of Dr. Brendan O'Regan, the community of Sixmilebridge may not even exist today. Finally, our final guest that had appeared was Seamus Connolly, one of the country's leading bronze sculptors and the creator of the statue of Dr. Brendan O'Regan. He described the process he went through to create the statue. To coincide with this event, Clare FM's programme director Padraic Flaherty has produced an hour-long documentary on the life of Brendan O'Regan and has recently been aired here on Clare FM.

A Fine Gael Councillor claims a prominent town in the south-east of county is struggling to keep up with its rapid population growth. The latest census results showed that an average of 183 people are living in each square kilometre of Sixmilebridge. There are currently fifteen housing estates under construction in the locality, while there are currently 55 people waiting on the town's approved social housing list. Sixmilebridge Councillor, John Crowe says its vital infrastructure keeps pace with demand for essential services to ensure the community can continue to thrive.

Actually, the story from one of these top-producing panelists is even worse than that. I don't want to spoil anything but here's the video of top producing agents Dena Davis, Adam Walker, John Crowe, and Adam Walker on how to be a top producer in real estate. They went over how they got to be where they are and what they're doing differently to adapt to this market.

Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 8, 2023. www.poets.org

Clare JPC Chair and Sixmilebridge-based Fine Gael Councillor, John Crowe, says the recent spate of violent crime in the county justifies additional resources being allocated here. The County's Joint Policing Committee Chair believes Clare has one of the strongest cases in the country to secure a substantial portion of new funding announced to expand the garda fleet.

5 Amish men plead 'no contest' to violating buggy law in Ashland, refuse to pay fines: https://www.richlandsource.com/news/5-amish-men-plead-no-contest-to-violating-buggy-law-in-ashland-refuse-to-pay/article_a5791221-69ba-52f6-a1f7-4a8b705d7ede.html Today – Five Amish men charged under Ohio's new buggy law pleaded no contest Tuesday in Ashland Municipal Court. Support the show: https://www.sourcemembers.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Members of Clare's Joint Policing Committee are to contact the Garda Commissioner amid concerns about the number of vehicles on the streets of the county. New figures have revealed the Clare Garda Division has the smallest vehicle fleet in the State.

A new chapter has begun in the long history of King John's Castle in Limerick, with the transfer of ownership and business operations from Shannon Heritage to Limerick City and County Council. But what is the latest in relation to the transfer of Clare sites? Where do they currently stand? For more on this, on Wednesday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by John Crowe, Fine Gael Councillor from Sixmilebridge, Cathaoirleach of the Shannon MD and Dolores Marron, member of the SIPTU workers' committee and a spokesperson for Shannon Heritage employees. Photo (c) by Boris Breytman via Canva

Catherine Ann Stevens nació en Borough Green, Kent, Inglaterra. Fue educada en casa, pasando la mayoría de su niñez en Kent. Se casó con un miembro del ejército, John Crowe (1783–1860) y tuvieron un hijo, John William (nacido 1823), pero el matrimonio no funcionó, y cuando conoció a Sydney Smith y su familia en Clifton, Bristol en 1828, les pidió ayuda. Poco se sabe sobre los siguientes años, pero en 1838 estaba separada de su marido, viviendo en Edimburgo, donde conoció a varios escritores, incluyendo Thomas de Quincey de Edimburgo y Harriet Martineau y William Makepeace Thackeray de Londres. Smith fue quien le animó en su escritura. El éxito de Stevens decayó un poco durante finales de 1850 y vendió sus derechos de autor en 1861. Después de 1852, vivió principalmente en Londres y en el extranjero, pero se mudó a Folkestone en 1871, donde murió un año después. (Fuente: Wikipedia)

The death of a child is brutally hard on us all.  Poet John Crowe Ransom writes of just such a hardship in beautiful rhyming lines in Bells for John Whiteside's Daughter.  He captures, brilliantly, the youthful excitement, wonder, and imagination of a young girl and her death before her time.  He uses beautiful, captivating imagery to which we can all relate.  This week, we explore his poem in this, our 4th explication.

On this week's show Jack Kennedy talks to Adam Woods, Darren Carty and John Crowe about CAP, and what it means for your farm.

This week Jack Kennedy talks to Darren Carty and Adam Woods on REAP rejection letters and to John Crowe on how to manage the grass burst. Jack also speaks with Zoe Kavanagh of National Dairy Council on the European Milk Forum (EMF) and all things dairy.

BECOME A PRODUCER! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast   Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp   And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.   Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE   A story from a Union Screaming House Survivor  By Steven LaChance, 2004 “Do you believe in ghosts? I used to be like many of you. I was a true skeptic. A true disbeliever. That was me until three years ago. Now I do believe. I wish I didn't. It would be easier for me to sleep at night. Even now, three years later, I am still woken up in the night by the memory of the screaming man, the child in pain, and the dark ghostly image that turned my world upside down and changed my beliefs forever. I do believe in ghosts.   It was in May 2001. I needed desperately to find a place for myself and three children to live in Union, Missouri. Our lease was up at the apartment where we had lived for two years. I was a single father, and I was about to find myself and my children homeless. Like many, I had answered just about every ad in the newspaper for rentals. One evening I received a call from this woman telling me about this house. She said it was a rather large old house that was in very good shape. She invited me to an open house which was to be held that coming Sunday. Sunday rolled around. You can't imagine the surprise when my daughter and I rolled up in front of this large old white house. We walked in. The smell of cookies baking hit us immediately upon entering through the front door. To our surprise, we were standing in a living room with cherubs surrounding the top of the walls all the way around the room. All of the original woodwork was intact and a large wooden pole ran to the ceiling creating a divider which separated the living room from the family room. The house had two floors with three bedrooms, and a large family kitchen with a mudroom that led to the back door. The upstairs bedrooms had a breezeway that could be accessed from all rooms.   The basement had an old butcher's shower and a fruit cellar. It was more house than we ever imagined for the price and immediately made up our minds that we had to have it. Anyone who has lived in an apartment for two years with three children would understand our desperation. We had to have this house.   We spoke with the landlady and she gave me an application to fill out. There were many people there looking at the house so we knew we would have to compete to be its tenants. I handed my application to the landlady. “You understand the responsibility that comes with living in an old house such as this?” she asked. “Oh, yes I understand. It's beautiful.”, I quickly replied, not really understanding to what I was agreeing to. “Well then I will get back to you,” she quickly retorted and was off to peddle her wares to another of the visiting house hunters. She was a strange old lady and the way she showed the house wasn't in a real estate type manner. She showed the house as if she were showing a museum. We felt like we were on one of the house tours often given each year for charity.   A week went by before the phone rang one evening. It was the strange landlady overly excited to tell me that she had selected me, my daughter and two sons to live in the old house. I was to meet her that following day at a restaurant to settle all of the paperwork and payment. I thought this was a little strange and I was a little disappointed because I couldn't wait to see the house that would now become our home.  The papers were signed on the following day. That weekend was Memorial weekend and we were all set to move in.   It seemed like years before Friday came that week, but we were finally there. Moving day. The move was a normal one and before we knew it all of our belongings were hidden safely inside the old white house. I was removing the last few items from the moving truck when a car slowed down, almost stopping in front of our new home. From the window of the slow-moving car, the passenger said, “Hope you get along okay here,” and then sped up and drove away. “What do you think of that dad,” my puzzled daughter asked. “Friendly neighbors I suppose,” I replied as I shut the sliding door to the truck.   The first night in the house went by without fanfare. Maybe because we were so tired from the move or perhaps because the house wanted to draw us in a little closer before beginning its series of attacks and assaults upon me and my family. The next morning started like most any other day. Except I did notice one strange thing about the house. Each of the houses' interior doors had an old-fashioned hook and eye latch, but not on the inside of each rooms doors to keep someone out. The latches were on the outside of the rooms doors, as if to keep something in. “What is it dad?” my youngest son asked from behind. “Oh nothing,” I replied and went about the business of unpacking our things.   The first incident happened in the living room when I was hanging a large picture of two angels. My daughter thought that this would complement the cherubs that surrounded the room. I hung the picture and turned to walk away. Crash! I turned to see that the picture had fallen to the floor. Re-hanging the picture once again, I turned away. Crash! The picture was once again on the floor. Hanging it for a third time, when I started walking away I felt a rush of air and something hit the back of my ankles. “What the hell…?” I turned to see the picture lying at my feet. More determined than ever, I hung the picture again and stated loudly, “Stay there dammit.” I had to laugh because I was alone. Who did I think I was talking to? The kids were playing on the front porch.   “Dad come and see this,” my daughter's voice rang through the front door. I stepped out onto the porch. “Sit down and watch this,” she said excitedly. “Watch what?” I replied. No sooner were the words out of my mouth when my daughter pointed to an old man walking down the sidewalk toward our house. However, when he reached our property line he quickly crossed the street and continued his walk on the opposite sidewalk. “They don't like walking in front of our house dad. Isn't that weird?” my daughter, breathless with excitement stated. And right she was. I sat on that porch for a good three hours watching our neighbors cross the street away from our house any time they walked along our street. A couple of times I motioned as if to say hello, but they just dropped their heads and continued on their way at a brisker pace.  “Maybe they are uncomfortable with new neighbors?” I rationalized trying to make sense out of the senseless situation. We went inside for dinner and the rest of the night went normally without incident.   Sunday. The kids came home from church excited because we had set aside the whole day to work on our yard. This was a big deal for us because the only outside area our apartment provided was a front balcony. We mowed the grass and cleaned out the leaves from under the porch and in the front yard. Strangely enough, the trees seemed to be shedding their leaves as if it were Fall. Strange tree behavior, I thought, and made a mental note to mention it to the landlady when I talked with her next. I asked my youngest son to go inside and bring out the garden hose from the basement so we could clean off the walkways and wash down the weathered white of the house.   A few moments passed when I heard him screaming from inside the house. Running frantically into the house, I found him standing in the kitchen shaking, in the middle of a  puddle of urine. “What's wrong? What happened?” Looking at me with the scared eyes of a child, he said, “Something chased me up the basement steps.” “What chased you?” I asked, already thinking the overactive imagination of a little boy was at play here. “I don't know daddy, but it was big.” Me and my other two children checked the basement but found nothing except for the garden hose that had been dropped during his frightened escape. “Let's get you cleaned up,” I said. Naturally, there was teasing from my other two children about the proverbial basement monster. “Better watch out when you go into the basement because…” The glare of my eye finished my middle boy's sentence. The rest of Sunday and Monday went without any other incidents and we were so happy those first few days in the house. My daughter was making plans about gardens, decorating, and my boys thought it would be easy to walk to their baseball games because the park was very close. It was a normal, happy time which, unfortunately, did not last for long.   Monday came. The last week of school for my kids and a long week of work for me. Each day we would leave the house and return each evening to find every light in the house turned on. I blamed the children for leaving the lights on in the morning. However, on Friday, my daughter and I sent the boys to the car while we toured the house making sure that every light was off. That night we returned home to again find every light burning. When I walked into the house I was a little shaken – there being no logical reason for all of the lights being on other than there was someone in our house. Searching the house in a panic, I found nothing. “Daddy, it's cold in here,” my daughter stated from the living room. What was she talking about? Sweat was pouring down my back and across my brow. However, when I stepped into the living room, the temperature dropped a good thirty degrees. That was the first time I felt its presence. I can't describe it any better than it felt like an electrical current running through my body, bringing tears to my eyes and bumps to my arms. It passed quickly. I remember thinking, “What the hell was that?”  Soon, my daughter stated, “Daddy it's getting warm in here,” and sure enough the temperature was rising as I watched the thermostat climb. That night my children slept with me – what little sleep I got.   Sunday night.  We were sitting in the living room talking. I was getting ready to take a trip the following morning to Indianapolis for work and we were discussing their plans for a stay at Grandma's. The kids had their backs to the living room, for which I am still thankful because the memory of what happened next still haunts my dreams to this day. I noticed it first out of the corner of my eye. A quick glance. Something moving, standing at the kitchen doorway that led into the family room. Not something – someone. I looked toward it again. It was a dark figure of a man, even though there was full light. He was solid in form except there was a moving, churning, dark gray, black smoke or mist that made up his form.   I looked down because I was sure I wasn't seeing this and that my eyes were playing tricks on me. One or two good rationalizations and we could go on with our lives without incident. A few moments passed and I was sure that when I looked up again that it would be gone. But, he was still there and he began to move.   Moving into the family room and pausing in the center of the room, his form was still a mass of churning, turning blackness. He stood there for what seemed an eternity, but in actuality, it was only a few moments and then he melted into the air. Gone. I remember the thoughts that were racing through my head. ” I have two choices. We could run out of the house screaming into the night like those crazies you always see in the movies. You know the ones that are always based on fact. Or, the other choice, we could get up quietly, leave the house and figure all of this out.” My hands were shaking uncontrollably. “That's what we'll do. We will go quietly, orderly as if nothing was wrong”   Standing up on shaky legs, I said in my calmest daddy voice,  “Let's go get a soda and see grandma.” My youngest was instantly excited at the prospect of a soda before bed and the older two looked at me as if I lost my mind. “Come on guys, it will be fun.” Thank God, my car keys were on the coffee table in front of us. We moved orderly out the front door and I turned to lock the door,  when a loud painful scream of a man came from inside the house. It sounded as if he was screaming in pain, so loud that it could be heard throughout the neighborhood and the dogs began to bark. To hell with orderly, “Get in the car!” I screamed at my children.   At a dead run, we headed to the car and to drive to my Mom's house, which is still a blur to this day. I was in a panic and I knew that we had to get away from the old white house. But before we were away from the neighborhood, my youngest son, in a very scared voice, said, “Daddy the basement monster is standing in the upstairs window.” I looked back and sure enough, the black form was standing in the window watching us leave.   That night we stayed at my parents' house. Early the next day, I gathered my things and left for my business trip. I had a whole week of rationalizations by the time I returned home to pick up my children. Where else were we to go? I had put everything I had saved, and then some, into the move. We had no other choice but to go back to the big old white house. Besides, after a week of talking myself out of the events of that night I was ready to return, so on Friday night we returned to the house. The weekend went by without incident, though we got very little sleep.   I was taking another extended weekend to make up to my kids for my week away. On Saturday we explored the big shed at the back of the yard and in it, we found a number of personal belongings that appeared to belong to different people. My parents convinced me that maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to call the strange old landlady and ask her some straight forward questions about the house.   It was to be one of the most awkward and strangest phone calls of my life. Once I was able to reach her, I carefully chose my words and asked in a normal voice if any of the previous tenants had ever mentioned a ghost. Well of course, she said at first that she could not remember. However, she went on to say that one female tenant had claimed that her dead father came to visit her, but the old woman always thought she was crazy. The landlady said that some of the stuff in the shed had been left behind by the girl, but she couldn't get her to come pick it up.   The other stuff in the shed evidently belonged to a man who had lived there but left in the middle of the night, leaving behind his things. But, no she had never heard of anyone talking about the house being haunted. I asked her how long ago did these people live there? And she said, “Not much more than a year honey, why do you ask?” The phone call wasn't of much help. And it didn't calm my fears much, but what else could I do?   The rest of the long weekend came and went. I actually had convinced myself that it was just a one-time ordeal because nothing more was happening. That was until Monday night. I was on the phone with my mom. The kids were off playing in my bedroom which was located on the first floor. While on the phone, I began to hear the inside doors rattling. Listening closely, they rattled again and I yelled at the kids to quit playing games. I told my Mom that everything was okay, just the kids playing tricks. They rattled again, this time harder. So, I scolded the children this time louder to behave and stop playing tricks. At this time they rattled louder, but before I could scold them, my daughter's scared voice cut me off., “Daddy, I'm in here reading and my brothers are asleep.”   Now I will try to recreate what happens next to the best of memory. Some of it I remember clearly. Other parts are a blur to this day. Just as soon as I heard my daughter the temperature in the house instantly dropped a good thirty degrees. With it came the feeling of the electrical charge running through my body. Along with its energy a horrible stench that I cannot describe permeated the room. And then, the screaming started – softly at first, but building in momentum. I yelled through the phone to my mother to come help – we were getting out. Then the whole house began to shake and come alive. From above, I could hear something large coming down the stairs. Boom. Boom! BOOM! The screaming of the man over and over. The screaming of my daughter, “Daddy what is happening!” Along with this came the thought that one of my two bedroom doors connected to the stairs. BOOM! BOOM! It was coming down those stairs! I had to get to my children! The whole house was alive with noise. The floor beneath me was shaking as I made my way to the bedroom door.  I felt something behind me and I knew I didn't want to turnaround to see it! BOOM! SCREAMING!  A new scream mixed into the man's scream – this one from a child. BOOM! SCREAMS! BOOM! I made it to my bedroom door but it wouldn't open. By this time I, too, am screaming. Throwing myself against the door it still wouldn't budge. I continued to throw myself against the door again and again until it finally slammed open.   My daughter was in shock by this point. I instructed my middle son to grab his brother and run out the front door and head for the car. BOOM! BOOM! SCREAMS! My daughter won't move and I finally had to slap her to bring her to life. Finally responding, I grab her and head for the door as I hear the other bedroom door slam open behind us. It was on our trail and I knew I couldn't let it reach us. The whole house was still shaking and alive with noise and something big on our heels. When we reached the front door and out onto the porch, I slammed the front door behind us. As we got into the car we could still hear the noise coming from the house. I drove away and parked at the top of the street where I could still see the house and wait for my parents to arrive. We could see “it” searching through the house. Searching! Searching for us! It's blackness moving from room to room methodically.   That was our last night in the house. My children never returned. When I returned to get a few of our things on several occasions I never went alone. Everyone I brought into that house with me would also witness something happen. A scream. Whispers. Pounding from the floor above. It was not selective anymore at who it let hear its fury. I remember what the old lady said to me as I turned over the key.  Standing there, the whole side of my arm and torso still bruised from throwing myself against that bedroom door, she said, “Some people are meant to live in an old house like that. And some people aren't. I never thought you were the old house type.” And I guess she was right. About a month after moving out of the old house a friend sent me a website address that she wanted me desperately to see. “Put John T. Crowe, Union, Missouri into your search engine,” she said. When I did, the face of a man came onto my screen. The same face that showed up in a picture my brother took in the fruit cellar one afternoon while I was packing for the move. The man was famous. The land itself is famous, with a history dating back to the civil war.   About a year ago, someone I know saw a police car race up to that house one night and witnessed a family running out of its front door in their nightclothes.   As for the house today – the old lady turned it into a dog kennel this past fall. I guess she ran out of people that could live in an old white house like that one.   You see I do believe in ghosts. I still drive past that house every once in a while and when I get enough nerve I look up at the upstairs window and it's there. Watching. Waiting. Angry. Sometimes its screams still wake me from my sleep, its infectious scream creeping into my dreams, turning them into nightmares. I still don't sleep very well. In my dreams I see a faceless man standing in that basement washing away blood from his naked blood-covered body. Grunting. Panting. Breathing.   The breathing you'd hear when you were alone with it in a room. The breathing you would hear when you knew it was there. Heavy. Labored. Breathing. Yes, I do believe in ghosts. I do believe in ghosts. And maybe you should too?   Submitted by Steven LaChance. Updated: March, 2017 who wrote a book about his experiences called The Uninvited.    Ok, so who was this captain John T. Crowe? Well, we found his actual obituary from 1923.   Obituary for John Thomas Crowe from the Republican Tribune, Union, Missouri April 20, 1923 Captain John T. Crowe died at his house nine miles west of Union Monday night, April 16, 1923, aged 81 years, three months and nineteen days having been born in the home in which he passed away, December 28, 1841. Captain Crowe belonged to one of the most highly respected families of the county and one that perhaps has been as long connected with the progressive spirit of the county as any of the many prominent families that have left their imprint upon our county's progress. Captain or Judge Crowe, as he was sometimes called, belonged to one of the oldest families in the state as well as in the county. His great-grandfather, Godfrey Crowe, was born and raised in Germany and came to Missouri in 1796 and settled in St. Charles county. Michael Crowe, the grandfather of Captain Crowe was born and reared in St. Charles county. He married a Miss Green, the daughter of Col. Jas. Green, who was born in Virginia and came to Kentucky, where he took part in the Indian troubles and was a close companion of Daniel Boone. When the latter came to Missouri, Colonel Greene came with him and settled in St. Charles county, towards the close of the 18th century. Michael Crowe and his wife came to Franklin county in 1808 and settled near Labaddie. March 1, 1818, he was killed while loading a log on a wagon. The father of Captain John T. Crowe, Martin Luther Greene Crowe, was born August 18, 1818. A few months after the death of his father, he was married to Jane Catherine Jump, daughter of Samuel Jump, July 25, 1838. The father died November 14, 1890 and the mother, February 7, 1891. Martin L. G. Crowe was elected county assessor in 1854. At the expiration of his term as assessor he was elected county judge and in 1859 he became county clerk and served faithfully in that capacity until January 1, 1871. To Mr. And Mrs. M. L. G. Crowe, six children were born: two died in infancy, one son, Samuel, died in 1886 at the age of almost 30 years, Mrs. William Leiser, the only daughter, died in Montana a few years ago and one son. George Crowe is at present living in Nogales, Arizona. When the father took charge of the county clerk's office in 1859, his son, John T., although only 18 years old, immediately became his father's assistant and main reliance and remained to the office until President Lincoln's first call for 75,000 men to serve three months. John Crowe was one of the first to respond to his country's call. At the end of three month's service, he returned to Union and enlisted in Co. E, 26th regiment of Missouri volunteers infantry. This company was organized in the southern part of the county in December 1861. It was recruited by Robert C. Crowell, who desired and expected to be captain. At the election of officers, however, John T. Crowe, who was just twenty years old, was almost unanimously elected captain. But owing partly to his youth, but more largely to the loyalty to his older friend, positively declined any office in his company whatever. He accepted, however, the position as adjutant for the regiment. He took this because he realized what all others knew, that owing to his office experience and education he was better fitted for the place than anyone in the regiment. He was appointed 2nd lieutenant of the company June 26, 1862 and six months later was transferred to company I and promoted to first lieutenant, August 22, 1862. He became captain of the company June 23, 1863 and remained at the head of his company until the expiration of his enlistment, which was December 25, 1864. He lacked three days of being 24 years of age and was one of the youngest captains in the service. Soon after its organization the regiment joined the expedition under General Pope against New Madrid and as an officer Captain Crowe took part in the following military activities: Battles of Tipton, Farmington, Corinth, Iuka, Port Gibson, Missionary Ridge and in Sherman's famous march to the sea and through the Carolinas. The late Judge Ryers, who made a study of the army reports told that the official records of Captain Crowe were among the very best of any in the state. When he reached Union after the expiration of his enlistment he was commissioned adjutant to the second military district of Missouri. When the war was over he came back to Union and resumed his duties in the office of the county clerk and continued to relieve his aged father of as much of the work as he could. He retired from his duties as deputy when his father's term expired, December 31, 1870. In 1868 he was admitted to the bar of Franklin county but did not enter the regular practice of law. In 1872 he was elected sheriff over John R. Roberson. He was reelected in 1874 and in 1876 he was elected probate judge over H. R. Sweet and served until January 1, 1881 when he was appointed deputy internal revenue collector at a much larger remuneration than he had received as probate judge. He served as deputy revenue collector until the election of Cleveland when he retired to the old homestead and where he has made his home practically ever since. He was elected as representative in the legislature in 1890 and served the county faithfully in the 36th general assembly. He was by nature a great lover of agricultural pursuits and sold all his real estate in Union and lived the remainder of his life on his farm which was well fitted with modern conveniences. On January 16, 1860, John T. Crowe married Minerva M. Breckenridge, a daughter of Asa Breckenridge, a most highly respected citizen and relative of the famous Breckenridge family of Kentucky. To this union four children were born, Asa B., a prominent merchant of Sullivan; Martin Luther, who was killed in a railroad accident October 17, 1890; Maude, the wife of R. L. Allen, a banker of Farmington; and Nellie, the wife of Lilburn W. Brown, with whom the father made his home on the old homestead. Mrs. Crowe died in July, 1874. On March 9, 1877, Mr. Crowe was again married, this time to Miss Sarah E. Hendricks, a member of an old and honored family. To this union three children were born; Addie, the wife of Fred Lyford, a civil engineer living in Iowa; and John and Howard Crowe, prominent business men of Southwest Missouri. The second wife died September 18, 1895. In addition to the six children above enumerated captain Crowe is survived by one brother, George Crowe, of Nogales, Arizona, who arrived at the bedside just four hours before his brother died. He also leaves sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Captain Crowe had been a prominent Mason since early manhood. He was a member of some three or four old soldiers' organizations and always attended their meetings as long as he was able to do so with comfort. Captain John T. Crowe was a patriot in the fullest sense of the word and proved it by his facing the enemies of this country in the most trying circumstances. He was always courteous and amiable in society and was always a gentleman. But above and beyond all he left a family that are each and all an honor to themselves, their country and the communities in which they live. No man could leave a greater or nobler heritage to posterity.   Paranormal groups and the Catholic Church were called in to investigate the home. Historically, the home was supposedly built on the remains of a slave quarters cabin from the pre-Civil War era. Within five hundred feet of the home was an older cemetery, while across the street in a separate home, a violent ax murder once took place.   Paranormal groups have documented dozens of EVPs and photographs of the activity in the home. Such documentation has not come without a price, while some investigators have been bitten or scratched. The Catholic Church issued a rare 156-page report on the home claiming it was indeed manifested with a strong demonic presence.   The Screaming House was built in 1932 and was placed upon the actual spot which once held the slave quarters. In all historical documents, you will not find one incident where the Captain admittedly was a slave owner. The slaves were always listed as belonging to his wife Minerva who came to Union, Missouri with her family from Kentucky. There is talk of Minerva having improper relations with at least one of her male slaves which may have led to her death and the deaths of all of the young male slaves on the property. One of the sources of this atrocity was an actual member and heir of the Captain himself. Captain Crowe sold his land in Union, Missouri to A.J. Saey who later became the first Governor of Oklahoma. Captain Crowe moved to Beaufort, Missouri where he spent the rest of his years.  Below you will see the grave sites of the Captain and his beautiful wife.   Standing on the hillside overlooking Union City Park is a huge Nursing Home. In its day this building was used as a Civil War Hospital and was also used after the war as the County Poor House. It is a well known fact among Union residents that if you don't know where one of your ancestors is buried they are most likely buried in one of the mass graves in the city park. One of these mass graves is not far from the Screaming House.   In 1974, a replaying of a modern Lizzy Borden case took place almost directly across from the Screaming House on the next street over. A woman took an ax and killed her husband. Once she had completed her dirty deed, she took a gun and committed suicide. You might be thinking that a woman using a gun to commit suicide is uncommon, but not in Union, Missouri. Several women have ended their lives at the end of a gun. Another house across from the Screaming House a man committed suicide in front of his young nephew with a gun. So all in all there is plenty of  reason for the Screaming House to be haunted. It seems the land on and surrounding the house is just bad. If you speak to some of the residents of the town who will talk about the haunting. They will tell you that you get an awful feeling from the home and some claim to even get physically ill when they are near it. Others will tell you that not only the house is haunted but the entire neighborhood as well.   It seems that Union, Missouri is rife with axe murders.   From Sue Blessing at emissouri.com   “A story from an 1875 issue of The Record first alerted me to this murder, as the woman accused of the crime was then being housed in the jail at Union. I was particularly drawn to the case because the account stated the perpetrator was the widow of Capt. William Eads, whose steamboats had plied the waters of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in an earlier era.   William Eads Sr., and William Eads Jr. were both riverboat captains. It is possible she could have been married to the younger Eads, who died in 1863 at age 27, but this is mostly speculation.   However, the case was an interesting one so I began searching for more information. I'll start at the beginning, drawing on at least a dozen resources. The murder was said to have taken place on April 1, 1872. At the time, Mrs. Eads was living on a farm in Jefferson County with a hired man by the name of Joe Howard, two children she had adopted, Louis Merrill Taylor, age 6, and his sister, Mary Josephine Taylor, age 13. Also living in the home was Charles Eads, a young man she had raised and apparently given her surname to. Whether she had any children of her own is not known.   According to an 1875 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mrs. Eads was very abusive to the young children, often cuffing them about. One day, two or three eggs were missing and she accused young Louis of taking them. He denied having done it and told Mrs. Eads the dog was the guilty culprit. Not believing the boy, Mrs. Eads became enraged. She picked up an axe handle and struck the child over the head. He fell to the floor dead. Howard and young Eads came into the house and, after seeing what had happened, volunteered to bury the body.   Mary Josephine had been churning butter in the next room, but had seen the killing. She ran away and hid. She was found and threatened with instant death if she ever told anyone. As was the case with several aspects of this story, there are two versions as to what happened to Mary Josephine. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch version, she was sent to live with her Uncle Eldridge who lived 3 miles northwest of Camden Point in Platte County.   The Record told a different story. Not wanting to kill Mary Josephine, Mrs. Eads came up with the idea of sending her off into the wilderness and leaving her to starve to death. Eads and Howard put the child on a bareback mule and took her 40 miles from the scene of the murder and left her in the woods far from civilization. In the meantime, Mrs. Eads left her farm home.   After much suffering, Mary Josephine found her way to a house but, because she feared for her life, did not tell the whole story. She asked for help and said she wanted to go to the home of her Uncle Eldridge, who lived in Platte County.   The plot thickens. Mary Josephine's Uncle Eldridge had no respect for Mrs. Eads because she had been caught in a conspiracy to have her parents done away with so she could get her hands on their fortune. Mary Josephine opened up to her uncle and told him everything. Both Mary Josephine and her uncle kept their own counsel until the day young Mary Josephine spotted Charles Eads in Platte County. She told her story to the authorities and Eads was soon arrested. Her uncle believed Eads had come to Platte County with the intention to do him harm.   While jailed, Eads wrote a letter to Mrs. Rebecca Boltinghouse, 2620 Papin St., St. Louis. The Platte County sheriff at once suspected that Mrs. Boltinghouse might be Mrs. Eads. He contacted the St. Louis chief of police and it was determined that his suspicions were right. Mrs. Eads, age 40-plus, had been living as the mistress of Frank Boltinghouse, a 24-year-old brakeman on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.   Mrs. Eads was arrested. Frank Boltinghouse came to the jail to see her and they had a good cry together. They decided to get married and the ceremony was performed in the police captain's office. Mrs. Eads, who had been living with Boltinghouse since November 1874, was expecting a baby.   Both Mrs. Eads-Boltinghouse and Charles Eads were jailed in Union for a time because an affidavit alleged the crime had taken place in Franklin County. The scene of the crime, however, was Jefferson County, and they were eventually sent to Potosi for trial. She was charged with killing young Taylor and Eads was charged with assisting her in concealing the body.   A change of a venue took the case to St. Francois County where Mrs. Eads-Boltinghouse was found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary. Due to a defect in the charge on which she was tried, the judgment was arrested and both Eads-Boltinghouse and Eads were remanded back to Jefferson County to wait for the grand jury to act on the case. In the January 1877 term, Mrs. Eads-Boltinghouse was again indicted, but Charles Eads was released. A second change of a venue resulted in the murder trial being moved to Iron County where she was tried and found guilty of murder in the second degree. She was sentenced to serve 10 years in the penitentiary.   According to a list of prisoners published in the Warden's Report, Rose B. R. Boltinghouse, white, born in Ohio, entered the penitentiary on Nov. 23, 1881. The 1888 Goodspeed history gives her complete name as Rosabelle Rebecca Boltinghouse.”   So, what the hell is going on in Union, Missouri? Axe murdering women… a creepy captain that just won't go away. Whatever it is that's haunting the area, it's a pretty amazing story and we want to know what you think! Is this house just someone's overactive imagination or is the Captain still lingering about, attempting to wash the blood from his hands, screaming and moaning, warning anyone that will listen.   (MOVIES INTRO)   Top Ten Movies About Haunted House Attractions   10 Awesome Horror Movies About Haunted House Attractions – Halloween Year-Round (wordpress.com) 

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One of the few ways to enhance HUMPDAY, add John Crowe to the mix.

Dale McCullers sits down with Saints In The South to discuss his faith, trials, and the joy in living the gospel of Jesus Christ. Dale shares a little of his early life growing up, the foundation in Christ he was given by his mother and maternal grandparents, and his journey as a college football All American line backer at Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. He set an NCAA single game record of 29 tackles and another one for 6 tackles for loss, both of which stand today. He spent a short time in the NFL before landing an investigative career with NCIS. That's right, the same NCIS that the TV show is based on. He was a member of the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl V. He met his sweetheart Nell, in 5th grade. They began dating in high school, attended FSU together, and were married during their senior year. Nell went on to have a wonder career in education and social services. Both have served extensively in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints but that came after their conversion as young married adults. They faced strong opposition to their conversion but they both knew what they had felt as they investigated the church. Dale joined 1st, then Nell. They haven't looked back. With all of the service they have given over the years, they have also had some challenging and trying times in their lives. They lost a son Ben, to a mysterious disappearance that is still unsolved today. Dale discusses the heart wrenching heart ache he and Nell have faced through this but also recognizes that without The Lord, and without each other, they would not have gotten through it. Dale shares what it takes to stray strong during challenging times. He also shares what having such a loss has allowed him to do in comforting others who have had major losses as well. Finally, we discuss a book that Dale Co-Authored with John Crowe, a teammate from the late 60's FSU Seminole football team. FSU's Sons Of The Sixties - A Case For The Defense. The best part is that the proceeds go to a Scholarship fund in honor of a late teammate John Stevens who died on his first tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Let's help them provide a scholarship by purchasing the book. Here is an Amazon link. https://www.amazon.com/FSUs-Sons-60s-John-Crowe/dp/1620236249/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=sons+of+the+sixties&qid=1615034916&sr=8-2

John Crowe joins Sun Chips and Buddy to get you ready for the Super Bowl. Who do the guys have winning, as MVP and why?

Do you know why books, mentors, and being curious are so vital to your future? I loved the "Rule of Thumb" that my friend Jon Appino uses. It's a joke, but exposes a truth. People do not like reading books because they were forced to in school. I was EXACTLY the same leaving college and working at GE as an engineer. But then I started my first side hustle as an Amway IBO and was encouraged to start reading personal growth books. I learned this right away, understood it, and decided to embrace it. "You will be in 5 years based on the books you read and the people you associate with." Then it all connected when I learned about the Four Windows from Amway legend John Crowe. This knowledge has served me well for over a decade and I hope it hits the nail on the head for you. Here's a word of warning. This episode will cut you open and expose some truths about you that you do not like.Think of a window with cross lattices and therefore 4 individual panes of glass in the same window. These are the four windows. Each has a different viewpoint on YOU!The top left window represents the THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE ELSE ALSO KNOWS. Typically, this window contains your physical appearance and outward habits. For example, I have brown eyes, brown hair, and record this podcast. We do not learn much in this window, but we tend to operate here in our life too often. Nothing ever changes and no growth occurs. This window represents the status quo.The top right window represents the THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT YOU THAT NO ONE ELSE KNOWS. This can be your dreams and aspirations and it can be your internal struggles, addictions, double talk, hypocrisy. Since no one else knows what is going on in your head, they can't help you. Therefore, if you remain in this window and keep doing the same thing over and over again, you'll get the same results. This is what Einstein calls insanity. Others choose to grow and pursue change based on what they know about them. This was me when I learned how important books were. I made the decision to read personal growth books in the areas I was strong and weak to improve both! This was my first step to becoming a lifetime learner.Read the rest of this article at the Solo Cleaning School website!

The way Florida State's teams practiced in the 1960s was enough to impress a Marine Drill Sergeant. Take it from John Crowe and Dale McCullers, who lined up at linebacker and safety respectively back then. They and their teammates set the standard for how Florida State defenses should play. And their book, “FSU's Sons of the Sixties: A Case for the Defense,” is a tribute to those guys who played their guts out, and how it formed a lifetime brotherhood. We invited John and Dale to talk about what it took to shut down opponents while building a tradition of stingy defense at Florida State. Though it's been over 50 years, you may be surprised by how much of it is still relevant.

John Crowe is a broker associate at Spyglass Realty. We sat down to chat about why 87% real estate agents drop out within the first year, how to best find a brokerage that supports your needs, and why company culture could make or break your career. 

So here's the thing. How do we MLM'rs use modern and current marketing techniques trends without having to bother or pester friends and family, but still grow a profitable business. How do we recruit a players into our down line? And yet still have time for our busy lives. We'll find out this and more on downline automation radio. What's going on. Downline automation, radio. Glad to be here with you. I'm so excited. Um, Culture let's get right into it. Culture is so important in this industry, in any business, right? Like we've all had a, that one job where the culture was bad and it was just miserable going to work. Now, add that into your business and what that's like. And you can imagine when culture is wrong, how awful businesses. So I want to talk to you a little bit about culture. I want to tell you a little bit of a story about culture. And how important it is. Okay. Um, and this is a story of one of my former mentors, his name's John Crowe. And, um, John was a successful gymnast in college, uh, superstar athlete. Um, good looking guy, beautiful wife had the world, uh, by its. By its toes or what do I don't even know what that saying me is, but, uh, he, he, he started a business, started a home business, um, and started to build it with his wife. And they started out just like everybody else, like needing the money and, and, and, uh, you know, wanting to do big things, but not having a lot of resources to do it. And he built it from scratch. And this is back in the early eighties, we're talking like 1980, early eighties. And he built himself a diamond ship business. Now almost almost a diamond ship business. Um, he had, it was a unit level plan, meaning that everybody is sponsored, just went personally beneath him. And then it grew from there. Um, he had three legs at the top of the bonus scale at that point and a whole bunch of volume and other legs outside of that, you needed six legs to go diamond. He had. Five, five of them already. Uh, at the top of the bonus scale, he needed one more. And, uh, he was on fire. He was like, he was the cat's pajamas. He was everything that you want to be. He was sought after, as a speaker and a trainer, he was, you know, rolling in money at that point in time, things were just common to him. Things were cracking. It was amazing. Amazing time Rolexes. And Bentley's you name it? John had it. John. Um, and his wife decided that, uh, their son was sick and that John's wife and their son was we're going to go to a different, uh, home. Uh, they were going to go to, if I remember correctly, it was a John's wife's mother, his mother-in-law, the wife and the son were going to go to the, to the inlaws and, uh, to help with the kid. And, um, John was still building business. He was going to meet him there after he got done. This is back in the days of hotel meetings. John goes out to the hotel meeting crushes that there's like a hundred people there, something silly. And, uh, you know, he's just crushes. It. He's feeling great comps home. And, uh, it turns out his wife and son are still there. They hadn't left yet. They were supposed to have gone. Hadn't left yet. There's a knock at the door. John goes, opens the door and this is like one o'clock in the morning. He just got home. He's just trying to relax, calm down off of, off of the high of teaching and training. He's feeling great. His wife is there. Everything's good. Everybody's sleeping. He opens the door. Knock opens knocks on the door, opens a door and there is a woman there and two guys, and one of the guys shoots John right in the head point blank range with a three 57. Now that's devastating. Absolutely devastating. John went on to survive that attack. They were robbing his place. They had seen him at a, at a meeting decided, Hey, this guy has got a Rolex. He drives around in a Bentley. I bet he's got a lot more at his house. Followed him home. And, uh, scoped the place for a couple of days. And then, uh, just so happened. He happened to be home that night and they shot him to Rob the place. Um, I don't tell you that because you know, to scare you off of doing hotel meetings, that's not my purpose. What happened next is what's fascinating to me, the culture that John had built. Kicked in one of John's guys who was with him at that time, who had already been up to the top of the bonus scale was actually on a run to diamond himself. He had four legs over at that point in time in a unit level plan, he needed six to go diamond. He was real close. He put his calendar aside, set it aside and said, I'll go diamond eventually, but we need to square things up for John's wife. Cause they didn't know if John was going to live. For John's wife and family and that guy, his name was Jack and a bunch of other people took over John's business for him. And they started to build his business for him. Now, there was so much passion and energy around John and the culture was so good around John, that when they started to do that, not only did they get that last leg. Over for the six that he needed to go diamond, but they did another three that bumped him up yet. Another level in that business plan, he skipped diamond altogether and went to whatever the next one is. He had nothing to do with it. He had exed himself out of the equation, unwittingly unknowingly, and his culture took over and created this massive business. For him. I mean, he, he laid the groundwork, but culture made the difference. Their culture is so important. Guys. Culture is huge. And if you don't have good culture, it's really tough to grow. How do you create good culture by raising belief? This businesses has traditionally been built around belief. You got to believe that what you're doing. And what you're asking other people to do is really gonna work for them. And that's why I love this system. All right. Now we're going to bring it home. I love this system because it's so easy to build belief. It's so easy to build belief because it's a system. I don't have to train people how to inflect their voices so that at the end of the sentence, it goes up or it goes down depending on what you're trying to accomplish. I don't have to train people to do that necessarily. They can learn that if they want to, if, if part of their publishing platform is learning how to speak publicly and stuff like that. And if you want to be a good leader, then yeah, you need to do that. Um, but, but I don't have to do that. I don't have to teach scripts. I don't have to teach like, okay, now here's how you close and here's how you do X and here's how you do. Y I hand them a kit and I say, publish document your journey. Drive people to these sites. Boom, easy peasy. And let me tell you what I found in my own business right now. We are putting together a small team already, right? And we're building these things and we're, we're, we're putting an application funnel together. We're building the membership site right now. The application funnel is 99.9% done. I just gotta tweak a couple little things in that bad boy will be done. I'll probably tell you about that next week. Maybe later this week, if I get it done, I might put out two this week. I don't know. I'm so excited about this. Um, but what ends up happening is our team is having so much fun. Like they're, they're loving it. They're loving this process. There's, there's not a, a dread of building any of this stuff. There's not a dread of like, how do I, what do I do? Like, they're like, okay, I gotta, I got to overcome my fear of publishing and publish. And then for the people that are doing that, it's going swimmingly well. And almost everybody is doing that because there's, you know why you're publishing, you have something to publish about. You're not just making it up. You're not just inventing something to talk about that day and you're repurposing your content. So you're not having to come up with new content every single day I get to struggle. Right. So it's very exciting to be able to do that. And, uh, and, and our team is super excited. They're super happy when I talk to them and I see them, they're like, this is amazing. We love this is right. Yeah. Whereas before I'd be like, okay, um, make a list for me. What'd ya? Alright, well, um, I gotta go wash my Chinchilla, you know, they're you can't get them white, so you gotta do like this dry rub thing and it's, it's a whole process. Oh, you don't want to get involved. And I go, yeah, you're right. I don't. But. Now they're like, okay, well, I'm building this and this is my offering to TA and I'm publishing and they're happy and they're engaged and they're excited. I haven't had this kind of culture in any of my business teams that I've built before this, early in the process. And that is so exciting to me. So exciting to me. So I wanted to share that with you. I wanted to share you like what this does for culture, what this can do for culture. Uh, And, and, and how it can really help you with culture because culture is going to make a big difference for you at some point in your business, as you're building a team, it's I promise you it's going to make a big deal. So I want to encourage you guys to go ahead and do this. If you haven't even started yet, check out a downline automation.com, get the, the offers that are there. And, ah, man, we're going to have an amazing, amazing time together. I'm really looking forward to hearing all the stuff that's coming out of, of your business. And what's going on. Have a great day. Hey, thanks for listening. Please remember to subscribe and leave feedback. 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É preciso um peixe forte para nadar contra a corrente. Pois até um peixe morto permite que a correnteza o leve - John Crowe

Tom and Keith talk recruiting, FSU basketball, and are joined by fomer Seminoles defensive back John Crowe as well as Seminoles.com Insider Tim Linafelt

Dwayne Cates a High Profile criminal lawyer, who is a frequent guest on Fox News, HLN, The Nancy Grace Show, Court TV and other National Cable outlets.  If you can work it in my website is AZLAW4u.com Eliot Kaplan,  Partner at Squire Sanders, one of the leading Business and Tax International Law Firms.  Eliot'spractice is focused on international, federal, state and local tax issues, real estate transactions, private equity transactions, commercial and contract matters, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters. He frequently provides advice concerning partnerships, limited liability companies and joint ventures, entity planning and structuring, entity formation and dissolution, fund formation and business reorganizations and restructurings.Eliot at one time worked for the IRS, and sat on an advisory council that advises the IRS commissioner and his staff on tax administration and policy issues.  Eliot is the immediate past chair of one of the key committees of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association. Tonia Vickery an Associate Broker with RE/MAX Renaissance Realty in Peoria Arizona. I have been a realtor since 2001 and work in the Phoenix area. I am experienced in Short Sales and Distressed Homeowners and have been successfully closing short sale transactions since our market and economy hit bottom.  John Crowe, founder of Crowe Homes - who through his company has guided thousands of buyers, sellers and INVESTORS through all types of residential real estate transactions.       

NSFW version of the song is at http://media.libsyn.com/media/airspeed/FirstSoloHeyDon.mp3.We're back from AirVenture Oshkosh 2007 and beginning the decompression process. For this episode, I'm hauling out a song I recorded about my first solo a few months after it happened.Many of you have heard the podcast episode about my first solo (the show notes for which are here), but there's a funny side, too. I loaded all of the angst and energy into a song called First Solo and recorded it and gave a copy to Don Fuller, the CFI who soloed me. I don't know why it hasn't occurred to me before now to include the song in an episode of the podcast, but I thought about it on the drive home and decided to do it.It's way too long, contains too many details, and isn't the best sound-engineering job I've ever done (I did all of the engineering in addition to performing all of the instrumental parts and all of the vocals except for two of the radio voices without much help in setting the levels, etc.) but it's a fun tune and you guys might appreciate it. So I post it now for what it's worth.Thanks to John Crowe and Doug Parker for playing the parts of YIP tower and Don Fuller respectively.