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In this episode of All About Home Construction, we dive into the different types of studs used in residential building — from traditional wood studs to innovative T-studs, durable metal, and engineered options like LVL and LSL. We break down the pros, cons, and costs of each so you can choose the best materials for your next project. Plus, we answer a listener's question about how to repair ant-damaged logs in a home — a must-listen for anyone dealing with pest damage or log home maintenance!

In this episode, we're answering another great audience question: What does LSL actually do—and what don't we do? Spoiler alert: It all leads back to Nelson Nash and Becoming Your Own Banker. We'll break down our unwavering focus on Infinite Banking, share personal stories, and discuss why we stay in our lane. Plus, we've got […] The post What We Do & Don't Do… Psst, It's All IBC! appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

Infeksi Menular Seksual (IMS), atau sering juga disebut Penyakit Menular Seksual (PMS), adalah jenis infeksi yang umumnya ditularkan melalui kontak seksual. Laporan terbaru Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) menunjukan angka kematian akibat infeksi menular seksual melonjak setiap tahun. Kementerian Kesehatan Indonesia (Kemenkes RI) menyatakan pada kuartal pertama tahun 2023, lebih dari 5.000 kasus infeksi menular seksual (IMS) yang ditemukan melalui pendekatan sindromik, sementara terdapat lebih dari 10.000 kasus yang ditemukan melalui tes laboratorium. Jumlah kasus IMS terbesar berdasarkan kelompok risiko adalah pasangan suami istri, disusul kasus pria yang berhubungan seks dengan pria (LSL), pekerja seks baik pria maupun wanita dan para kliennya, wanita transgender, sampai pengguna narkoba suntik. Pelarangan pekerja seks komersial dan penutupan lokalisasi di Indonesia telah mendorong praktik seks komersial menjadi semakin tersembunyi. Akibatnya, pemantauan penyebaran IMS menjadi sulit dan akses terhadap edukasi dan pencegahan IMS terbatas. Orang yang berisiko enggan mengunjungi klinik IMS karena takut stigma dan diskriminasi. Karena itu, AIDS Healthcare Foundation bersama Yayasan Kasih Globlaindo dan Klinik Milenia berinsitif mendirikan “Wellness Center”/ Klinik Kesehatan IMS pertama di Asia. Lebih jauh kita berbincang tentang hal ini bersama dr. Herru Adriansyah selaku Medical Program Coordinator AHF dan dr. Hanif Rahman mewakili Klinik Globalindo Jakarta. *Kami ingin mendengar saran dan komentar kamu terkait podcast yang baru saja kamu simak, melalui surel ke podcast@kbrprime.id

Send us a textThis week on The Less Stressed Life, I'm so excited to welcome back Dr. Bill Rawls! In this episode, Bill dives deep into cellular wellness and shares powerful insights from his own health journey with chronic Lyme disease. We explore how the health of each cell affects our overall wellness, why chronic illness can often feel like a “perfect storm” of symptoms, and the best ways to fortify ourselves against stress and toxins. Bill breaks down his “five pillars of cellular health” and shares how nutrient-rich foods, herbs, and lifestyle choices can work together to strengthen our resilience. If you're dealing with chronic illness or just want to up your health game, this episode is packed with valuable takeaways!Check out Bill's other episode on the LSL here: #364 Antibiotics vs Herbs: Recovering from Lyme and InfectionsKEY TAKEAWAYS:Cellular resilience's role in chronic healthHow stress reactivates dormant microbesWhy testing often falls short in chronic illnessDr. Rawls' Five Essentials: sleep, nutrients, movement, environment, immune balanceFocusing on resilience over perfectionTips for managing daily mold exposureABOUT GUEST:For over 30 years, Dr. Bill Rawls dedicated his life to medicine. After a chronic Lyme disease diagnosis revealed the limits of modern medicine, he turned to holistic and herbal therapies, restoring his health and inspiring a focus on cellular wellness. Now, through his bestselling books, Unlocking Lyme and The Cellular Wellness Solution, and as the founder of Vital Plan, Dr. Rawls advocates for the power of herbal phytochemicals in defending against illness. His signature Restore Kit™ has helped thousands reclaim their health. As a bestselling author and speaker, Dr. Rawls makes complex science accessible to all. WHERE TO FIND:Website: https://vitalplan.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vitalplan/Website: https://rawlsmd.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawlsmd/WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionistPodcast Instagram: @lessstressedlifeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlifeLeave a review, submit a questions for the podcast or take one of my quizzes here: ****https://www.christabiegler.com/linksNUTRITION PHILOSOPHY:Over restriction is deadWhole food is soul food and fed is bestSustainable, synergistic nutrition is in (the opposite of whack-a-mole supplementation & supplement graveyards)You don't have to figure it out aloneDo your best and leave the restSPONSOR:  Thanks to Jigsaw Health for sponsoring this episode! Try their MagSoothe or MagSRT for better sleep and less stress. Use code LESSSTRESSED10 at JigsawHealth.com for 10% off—unlimited use!

Send us a textThis week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, we're diving into the world of gut health, metabolism, and the hottest new trend in health: GLP-1 medications!

Send us a textThis week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I'm thrilled to have Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE, back with us! In this episode, Lily gives us the scoop on her latest book, Real Food for Fertility, co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack, which focuses on preconception nutrition for both women and men. We cover everything from improving sperm quality to the crucial role of nutrient-dense foods for both partners. Lily is all about breaking down myths, especially when it comes to avoiding fats and animal proteins, which are actually key players in healthy pregnancies. I love Lily's no-nonsense, research-backed approach, and I think you will too!Check out Lily's other books Real Food for Gestational Diabetes and Real Food for Pregnancy here: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/books/KEY TAKEAWAYS:Why conventional guidelines for gestational diabetes often fail, and what actually helps with blood sugar controlHow preconception nutrition for both men and women affects fertility and pregnancyThe benefits of nutrient-dense foods like liver, meat, and seafood for hormone health and egg/sperm qualityThe role of environmental toxins in fertility and simple steps to minimize exposureWhy fats and animal proteins are essential for healthy pregnanciesHow myths around prenatal nutrition can hurt rather than helpLily's other episodes on the LSL:#031 Do you really need to eat for 2? 3 myths in prenatal nutrition & how to have a healthy pregnancy and postpartum experience with Real Food for Pregnancy Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE#204 Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols, RDNABOUT GUEST: Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is the founder of the Institute for Prenatal Nutrition™, co-founder of the Women's Health Nutrition Academy, and the author of three books: Real Food for Fertility (co-authored with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack), Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. Lily's bestselling books have helped tens of thousands of mamas (and babies!), are used in university-level maternal nutrition and midwifery courses, and have even influenced prenatal nutrition policy internationally. She writes at https://lilynicholsrdn.com. WHERE TO FIND:Website: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilynicholsrdn/WHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionistPodcast Instagram: @lessstressedlifeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlifeLeave a review, submit a questions for the podcast or take one of my quizzes here: ****https://www.christabiegler.com/linksNUTRITION PHILOSOPHY:Over restriction is deadWhole food is soul food and fed is bestSustainable, synergistic nutrition is in (the opposite of whack-a-mole supplementation & supplement graveyards)You don't have to figure it out aloneDo your best and leave the rest

Locomotive Services Ltd has a uniquely comprehensive collection of locomotives at their main headquarters in what was once Crewe Diesel Depot. We were privileged to have the chance to tour the site and find out more about the incredible work they do preserving such a comprehensive collection of railway assets for future generations, in what they describe as the 'Noah's Ark' of the railway. Owned by Jeremy Hosking, LSL is part of the wider Locomotive Services Group, encompassing well-known brands InterCity, Blue Pullman, Saphos Trains, Statesman Rail and Steam Dreams. And if you need more persuasion to watch, here's a flavour of their locomotive collection that we feature in the film: Class 47 D1924 47810 Crewe Diesel Depot Class 47 D1948 47712 Lady Diana Spencer Class 50 50050 Fearless Class 20 D8118 20118 Saltburn-by-the-Sea Class 20 D8132 20132 Class 43 43047 Midland Pullman (Midland Blue Pullman) HST Peppercorn A2 60532 Blue Peter Gresley A4 Pacific 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley Class 45 Peak D67 45118 The Royal Artilleryman 5-BEL Brighton Belle Class 55 Deltic D9000 55022 Royal Scots Grey Class 40 D213 40013 Andania LMS Royal Scot 4-6-0 46100 Royal Scot GWR King 4-6-0 6024 King Edward I GWR Castle 4-6-0 5029 Nunney Castle Class 121 55022 960014 Flora Bubble Car Stanier Black Five 4-6-0 45231 The Sherwood Forester Membership: If you want to see even more from Green Signals, including exclusive content, become a member and support the channel further too. YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GreenSignals/join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GreenSignals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Green Signals: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-list⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow: X (Twitter) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Credits: Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)

In this episode, Chris has the pleasure of interviewing two of the LSL Team's favorite people: Pei and Nino. They are not only valued clients and enthusiastic advocates for LSL but are also embarking on many exciting adventures of their own. Tune in to discover how you can get involved with what they're up to! […] The post Interview with Pei Chen and Nino Gonzalez! appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

Gaby Appleton joined Trade Show Talk to share her experience as Chief Digital Product Officer at RX, a public company that produces more than 400 events in 22 countries. In this newly created position that she's now held for three years, Appleton and her team have been building and commercializing digital products that enhance the value of RX events, by connecting buyers and sellers across 43 different industry sectors. With more than 20 years of experience in product development, sales and marketing, digital transformation and strategy, she told us she loves tackling complex problems. In fact during the pandemic, she led the UK's National Health Service (NHS) Covid-19 contact tracing app, which was the second-most downloaded free app in the UK in 2020 with 30 million users.  At RX, she has overseen the rollout of the company's own registration system Mercury, the mobile badge-scanning app Emperia and an Exhibitor Dashboard to analyze their results and improve their performance. Most recently, RX introduced Colleqt QR, where visitors can capture information about RX exhibitors, sponsors, and their products by scanning Colleqt QR codes at exhibitor booths and at product feature zones with their mobile phones. We talked about the company's digital strategy and execution. She shared insight on how and when RX determines whether to build proprietary systems vs. buy services from vendors. Find out the scoop on what's working to increase adoption and engagement of RX's digital products.    Our guest: Gaby Appleton, Chief Digital Product Officer for RX  Appleton is a customer-focused digital leader, with board- and C-level experience with more than 20 years of experience in product development, sales and marketing, digital transformation and strategy, gained at RELX, Procter & Gamble, the NHS and McKinsey. She also serves as a non-executive director at LSL plc, one of the UK's largest providers of services to mortgage brokers, estate agents and lenders.  She helps organizations find data-driven ways to serve customers better, and to grow revenues as a result. She loves tackling complex problems, working in networked and global environments, and building empowered teams with high levels of trust and collaboration. She holds a BA from Cambridge University in Natural Sciences, and in her spare time she plays touch rugby and tries to improve her DJ skills.   Our sponsor: Connect Marketplace Connect Marketplace: Where Events Business Get Done. Connect Marketplace is headed to Milwaukee from August 27 to 29. Don't miss your opportunity to join thousands of passionate event experts from around the globe for unparalleled networking, one-on-one business meetings, innovative education sessions, and a dynamic tradeshow overflowing with the latest event solutions. Find out more at    Connectmeetings.com  

In this episode, Chris has the privilege of interviewing Shelley Forbis! While she prefers to stay in the background, ensuring our clients receive the highest level of care, her story deserves to be shared. Take a listen, and you'll understand why the LSL team feels 100% blessed to have her. The post Shelley Forbis Interview! 2024 Updates appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

I'm not often left speechless when I'm interviewing guests, but for a few moments here I struggled to digest what Rebekah Kik was telling me about Kalamazoo. If you're a planner, you must listen to this episode. This is a truly inspirational effort in a city that doesn't get the limelight. For a city of about 75,000 people in a quiet corner of Michigan, the staff and community have done amazing work.The story is mostly about a planning effort called Imagine Kalamazoo, which sounds like every garden-variety planning effort everywhere. But, the way it came together and what it produced in short order is truly unique. Learn how a plan executed at a high level helped attract corporate funding on the back side that will help the day-to-day livability of the city.Along the way, we trace Rebekah's career from a small college in Michigan, Andrews University, to working as an architect and planner. She talks about how her drawing skills helped her survive the Great Recession, and how her tenacity is helping her home town get better.I've said before, and I'll stand by it, that the most innovative work in local governments happens in smaller cities and towns. Kalamazoo definitely rings the bell for that theory - accomplishing the kinds of successful efforts that we so rarely see in large cities. More to come on that at a future date.Find more content on The Messy City on Kevin's Substack page.Music notes: all songs by low standards, ca. 2010. Videos here. If you'd like a CD for low standards, message me and you can have one for only $5.Intro: “Why Be Friends”Outro: “Fairweather Friend”Episode Transcript:Kevin K (00:00.802) Welcome back to the Messy City Podcast. This is Kevin Klinkenberg. Sometimes you, over the course of your career, you get to know people and see them and see, watch their careers evolve along with yours. And if you're fortunate, you can see people, meet people when they're young and see them grow into all sorts of new positions and do interesting work. And today I'm fortunate to have a guest that's a little bit like that. We have... The assistant city manager for Kalamazoo, Michigan, Rebecca Kick here. Rebecca, how you doing? Rebekah Kik (00:39.082) I'm really well Kevin, thank you. Kevin K (00:41.666) I was just thinking earlier, I think I met you originally when you were a student at Andrews, is that right? Rebekah Kik (00:47.594) That's correct. We got to intersect our paths when I was on charrette with Professor Philip Bess. Kevin K (00:58.594) Yeah, yeah. So, and Phil, we've had Phil here on the show before. He'll probably do so again, I'm sure, especially now that he's in retirement and his schedule is going to open up a little bit more. But yeah, those were some fun days that seemed like about a million years ago. Rebekah Kik (01:17.194) It really was. Mostly because I used to just chase Philip at his heels. I knew he was doing cool things. I did. I just knew he was doing cool things and I wanted to know desperately what he was doing and I begged him to take me. where he was going. I told him I would do anything. I would fetch coffee. I would make copies. You know, get lunches. I would do whatever he needed me to do. I would be that gopher, that little sponge, because I knew he was hanging around with cool people and I wanted to learn and know and do. And I believe that charrette Kevin K (01:48.61) You Rebekah Kik (02:14.633) was in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And it was in the Hartside neighborhood. And that was the first time I had ever heard, I believe at that time, we were calling them traditional neighborhood codes or they weren't called form -based codes yet. They were regulating plans or something like that. They were much more technical still at that point. But they were... Kevin K (02:16.609) Yep. Yeah, that was all like early days stuff for new urbanism and coding and all that. So let's just go back to that a little bit, Rebecca. I just, I think it's interesting. So you went to a really small college in Michigan, Andrews University. Did you, did you like grow up in Michigan or how did you find Andrews? Rebekah Kik (02:45.834) Yes. Rebekah Kik (02:56.394) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (03:02.058) Yes, I did. So I grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and I didn't know I wanted to be an architect. My mother was an administrative assistant in an architecture firm and I had my own desk at the firm. She would pick me up from school and I would sit at my desk and I was given different kinds of plans all the time that I would be finishing with different templates that I would draw and I would be picking out finishes and finish drawing, finish the plans. They would teach me how to add walls, tell me about wall thicknesses, things like that. They were building foam core models that, you know, maybe that model didn't meet the... client specs or whatever. So I would take the model home and I would finish it myself. I was doing architecture all the time and the architects at the time would just laugh at me because I'd be like, I can't be an architect. That's not a real job. And the whole time just loving everything that they were doing. And so finally, of course, here was graduating from high school and I told my mom's boss. Kevin K (04:13.826) Hehehehe Rebekah Kik (04:26.378) I was looking for an architecture school and that's when he said, where are you visiting? Where are you going? And I said, well, I just visited University of Michigan. Went to Lawrence Institute of Technology and he said, have you gone to Andrews University yet? And I said, no, you know, where's that at? And he goes, well, please do. You know, it's down in Bering Springs. And I... have to say I walked through the door I saw this nearly four foot tall and it was built completely out of wood and it was this craftsman, this quarter scale craftsman home. And the details were so beautiful and hanging behind it was this analytics. Rebekah Kik (05:29.418) It was hand drawn. It was ink rendered, you know, like the Chinese style ink, you know, Richard Akonomakis from the University of Notre Dame came and taught this third year course, this analytic course. And then in your fourth year, you built this model. I was captivated. That was it. It was this. moment and then I met with Lou Seibold and I walked around that it's a pole barn. Let's be honest, if you have not visited Andrews University, you look at the work on the walls and you can't peel your eyes away. But if you zoom out for a second, you will lose it because it is a pole barn and a series of trailers. But the work Kevin K (06:19.17) Hehehe Rebekah Kik (06:25.738) and the students and the heart and the community that is built at Andrews will suck you in and you will know. Kevin K (06:36.962) Yeah. Yeah. I had the pleasure to come speak at Andrew's one time and then do some critiques. And it's a really unique, it's a very small college. And it's a religious college or it's affiliated with the Seventh -day Adventist. And it's one of the few colleges in the country that for lots and lots of years has actually taught a more sort of traditional pre -war. Rebekah Kik (06:46.378) Mm -hmm. Kevin K (07:04.738) approach to architectural design and urban design. So, I mean, that all, when you're 18 years old, you don't really know or understand any of that stuff. But I mean, how do you think that shaped your educational experience? Rebekah Kik (07:18.922) my goodness. The first book that I was handed in my first year, first class, Timeless Way of Building. And that was it. It shaped everything. When you're handed a treatise like that, your whole life is set on this path. And you realize Kevin K (07:30.242) Hmm. Yeah. Rebekah Kik (07:48.33) that there's. There's a healing you can do in the work. that. Rebekah Kik (08:05.482) Yeah, there's a healing that you can do in your work and there's a harm that you can do in your work. And I chose the path of healing. And you realize that when you graduate, let me be clear, once you get out into that world and you, especially in your fifth year at Andrews, by your fifth year, you're doing sort of these professional practice classes. you are seeing, and finally with these eyes, you're at the, you know, the scales fall off and you're like, my God, you know, suburban sprawl. And you understand like what the built environment is. And you, you understand like what your responsibility to, you know, how you place your buildings and, that you have this moral responsibility, for what you're doing in. in the space and you now want to repair and you want to show others that you can repair. And I remember entering professional practice and driving every architecture firm that I then proceeded to work for insane. Kevin K (09:33.666) You Rebekah Kik (09:34.377) Because I catch, they'd be like, okay, in turn, you know, read the zoning rules, tell us where we can put the building. And I'd say, but these are wrong. We shouldn't put our building like this. And they go, Rebecca, come on, like, really, just tell us where does the building go? Like, tell us the building envelope, like, just do the sketch. And I'm like, but we can't do it like this. it shouldn't be this way. Like, look at the, look at across the street. Like, this isn't responsible. You have to go somewhere else. Kevin K (10:10.178) Yeah. Yeah, it does kind of ruin you for working in like a lot of typical architecture firms, especially like big shops. Rebekah Kik (10:21.386) It does. It does. And so you have to be, and this is what I tell architects who are graduating, like you, I'm so sorry, like you're ruined now. Like you have to be really, really careful about who you're going to work with and for, and where you're going to go because you are going to be frustrated and you're going to frustrate others. Kevin K (10:37.762) Yeah. Kevin K (10:44.098) Yeah. Well, I will tell you one thing I do remember from my visits to Andrew's is I was so jealous of the drawing ability of what I saw the students creating. And long after I had gone off and graduated from college and I would see the work that you all were producing and the work that students at Notre Dame was producing, I would just think, my God, these students are all going to get great jobs because look at this They can all draw and it's beautifully done. And it really, you know, it left me feeling like, okay, I better go find something else to do. Rebekah Kik (11:21.578) You know, I do say that kept me employed during the downturn. And it kept me flexibly employed. So I got laid off three times. And that was hard. And it allowed me to seriously surf those crazy waves. because I could draw. So I got employed by, this is how I learned planning by experience. Because I was never interested in planning school. I could never have just planned school. I just, I don't have the patience for it. But I was able to walk alongside of planners. Kevin K (12:07.778) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (12:18.858) and transportation planners especially, and engineers. And I could help them express their vision. So when they were doing road diets, you know, I worked for Gladding Jackson in Orlando. And that was so much fun. My time with them, I spent six years with them after UDA. Because, and that's what I did. I was there, one of their lead illustrators on their transportation planning team. And that's how I got hired was because I could draw. And I did everything vertical because they could, they had great planners and they could do everything flat. And they needed someone to vision everything vertical and do all the infill when they were doing the sprawl repair, when they were doing highway teardowns. then I could come in, do the SketchUp model, and then vision everything vertical for them. Yeah. Kevin K (13:23.234) Interesting. So one thing I will say real quick is, I think I may have pushed you to move the mic a little too close. I'm getting a touch of static off of it. So there you go. That's fine. Test that there. Okay. Let's try that. don't worry, I can edit and cut things. That's not a big deal. So, well, I think about that and I think it's a great testimony to having an actual skill. Rebekah Kik (13:36.906) Okay. Rebekah Kik (13:43.274) Okay. Kevin K (13:53.058) You know, and you, you know, you and some of the others that came out of those schools had to have a real marketable skill, which was really learning how to draw beautifully by hand, which, you know, I think a lot of people think that that's just something you can either do or you can't do, but it actually is teachable. And, and so I've always been jealous of that. And I've observed something similar to what you talked about that the folks that I knew in the profession who had that ability to draw by hand. Rebekah Kik (13:53.738) Yes. Rebekah Kik (14:09.994) Yes. Kevin K (14:22.626) They have never lacked for work. They have always had people wanting to hire them. And of course, the better you are at it, the more work that you get. So it's even in our high tech age, that ability to just be able to sit down and draw beautifully by hand is incredibly valuable. Rebekah Kik (14:41.226) Yeah, it is. And I feel like even in my job now as city, when I, when I got hired by the city of Kalamazoo, even as city planner, just being able to sit down with whoever I'm talking to, when I can pull out a piece of paper and draw, it's like a universal communication. It just feels really good. I love it. Kevin K (15:12.546) Well, it's like a superpower. I mean, I've seen that, you know, so many, so many times even, you know, with fellow architects in other firms, like when I was a young person and I, there was a project manager I worked with when we did a lot of schools and he had a great ability to just like, we would meet with a client and all of a sudden he could just whip out a sheet of paper really quickly, three -dimensionally diagram what we were talking about and everybody got it. And it was just like, bam. Rebekah Kik (15:19.946) Yeah. Kevin K (15:41.538) I never really had that ability very well. So I probably appreciate that in other people. And then I've often like overpaid for it just because like, you know, I know how important those drawings are. So I always like to hire good, good renders and people who can really, really draw. So you talked about, you bounced around a little bit. You survived the meltdown, the economic meltdown in 2008, 2010. Rebekah Kik (16:04.298) Yeah. Kevin K (16:10.69) How did you end up back in Kalamazoo? Which I didn't know you grew up there. That's really cool. So you're working for a city government and a place you grew up. Rebekah Kik (16:16.618) Yeah. Yeah, so that's a little bit about how I ended up back here. So the last layoff in 2010, Gladding Jackson merged with AECOM. Kevin K (16:33.89) huh. Rebekah Kik (16:36.138) I was a tough one. I was a little too much for a lot of me and my Gliding Jackson colleagues kind of scattered after that one. And I ended up with a really great freelance contract after that one. I was doing a lot of fun on -call planning, transportation planning work in Southern Colorado. And lots of good things came out of that. But one good relationship that came out of it was a transportation planning relationship with Brad Strader out of LSL planning who was in Detroit at the time. And so I was coming back to Michigan. I had grandparent who passed away who was in Richland, Michigan, which is just outside of Kalamazoo and Me and my brother had actually inherited her home and My brother was gonna remain in Kentucky. He didn't want to move back home and I said well I had just had my son and just got married and we had our first child and I was like Those are the things that bring you home Kevin K (18:04.418) Sounds familiar. Rebekah Kik (18:05.61) Yep. So Xander was 10 months old and we moved back to Michigan and I started contracting with LSL planning and I started doing some charrette work with them in Kalamazoo and Lansing. And I was doing some traveling to Toledo and Detroit and doing some charrette work and things like that with them. It was fun. And so one of those projects was on Portage Street here in Kalamazoo. And we were doing some work and the city of Kalamazoo was like, what is this team? Like, what is this process that they're doing? We did all kinds of really cool exercises on this road diet that we were going to do on this four lane road. And they were like, whoa, this. She's a planner and architect and she talks like an engineer and we need a city planner. Let's take her out to lunch. She says she's from Kalamazoo. Does she know we need a city planner? So they did. They took me out to lunch and I told them, you know, gosh, I really love my work with LSL right now. you know, I kind of have a really cake job. They pay me really well and working on all these really fun projects. That's when the Q line was about to go into Detroit. I had already done some light rail in Vancouver and Minneapolis, and I really loved doing light rail projects. And... they started to tell me, we're about to start this new master plan for the city of Kalamazoo. Gosh, we haven't had a city planner in like a year. We really need somebody like you here. We really, you know, don't have a vision for transportation for the city. And I just thought, gosh, I was like, I'm not a planner, though, you guys. Like, I don't really, I don't really know if you would Rebekah Kik (20:30.346) like somebody like me here, they said, well, why don't you just interview? Would you just interview, just meet us? And so I said, OK, well, maybe I'll just interview. So I went back home and I talked to my husband about it. And I said, you know, maybe I'll just interview. Maybe. You know, I wouldn't be traveling so much and things like that. And Zana is still little, so maybe that's better, you know, that I'm just home more. So, you know, I interviewed, and then they asked me for a second interview. And they said, would you prepare a PowerPoint about how you would run a master plan process for us? Kevin K (21:24.898) You're like, well, yeah, I can do that. Rebekah Kik (21:26.73) And I thought, okay, sure, why not? I'll show you how I'd run your master plan process. So I put this Imagine Kalamazoo process together and I thought, okay, now we'll see if they really want to hire me. I'll blow them away, right? Like I'm just gonna do the kitchen sink it down. Let's see if they're up for this. And I did, I threw the kitchen sink at them. I was like, who is it? Kevin K (21:42.914) He he. Rebekah Kik (21:54.762) here's what you're gonna do. You're gonna have 70 person work group. You're gonna engage 5 ,000 people in your city and you are gonna, you're gonna go to where they are. You're not having these town hall meetings. You're gonna have youth development. You are going to, you know, because I did all this stuff in Colorado. I did these 26 like county meetings and I had them all build off of each other. I did like these really crazy engagement kind of things. And they lapped it up. Like they loved it so much. And they were like, yes, you know, you're hired. And that's like, my gosh, now I have to deliver. Kevin K (22:37.858) Hahaha Rebekah Kik (22:41.354) and I did, I delivered it. I became city planner. I ran the largest community engagement, the city has ever done. I engaged nearly 5 ,000 people through 75 ,000. Kevin K (23:01.086) my God. And how big is Kalamazoo? Jeez. So like, boy, about 15 % or so of the population. That's incredible. Rebekah Kik (23:08.554) Yes, and this is where the surreal meter just goes off the chart. It resulted in... several billionaires in our city creating a permanent $500 million endowment called the Foundation for Excellence for the City of Kalamazoo to permanently implement Imagine Kalamazoo forever. Kevin K (23:52.546) So, I mean, my jaw is dropping here. I'm sitting here trying to absorb this. So, all right. So first of all, I have to, so how does a town of 75 ,000 people have billionaires at all? Rebekah Kik (24:05.93) Striker, Pfizer, Zollettis. What else do we have? The Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company started here. Yeah, we have several medical manufacturing and pharmaceutical, like the... COVID vaccine ground zero is here. Yeah. So. That's how we have like the billionaires are here, but they saw that we were doing something drastically different with our community outreach. They saw that. Kevin K (25:03.042) So when, I mean, that's an enormous amount of money in any community to contribute to some sort of, what sorts of things did they think they wanted to immediately fund? Rebekah Kik (25:15.818) So they, the first thing they did was they made us economically competitive with all of the other municipalities around us and they lowered our tax villages to be even with everyone else around us. So that's one thing that they did was they stabilized all of our property taxes. So they actually Yes. Rebekah Kik (25:44.906) give the city seven million dollars a year so we had a level playing field for all of our. Secondly, the priorities within Imagine Kalamazoo are things like making sure that we have all of our sidewalk connections. We have all of our potholes filled. We have all of our core services are taken care of. All of our trees are trimmed. All of our lights are lit. All of our streets are swept. Like we have solid core services. Then all of our parks are moat. All of our football fields look amazing. All of our youth programs are taken care of. We have things like summer camps. It's called Super Rec. Recreation programs, our pools are open always. You know, those are like what? call like our community promise that all of those things are tip top shape, always quality and level of service are met. And then we have what are called like our aspirational things. So maybe we want to make sure that Every neighborhood that has a major park also has a splash pad. That would be aspirational. So we've been working on making sure that those parks have great splash pads. And we've installed about four of those now. The next aspirational thing that we have is making sure that Rebekah Kik (27:43.658) All of our bike lanes are connected throughout the city so that you can ride from your, you know, just about every school is connected or elementary school is connected within a quarter mile distance, you know, reasonably. So we're kind of mapping that out and making sure that we have like that good safe routes to school plan. So that's another aspiration that we have. Kevin K (28:09.186) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (28:13.738) So things like that. Kevin K (28:13.986) So then like how much of those things that you described are like under the banner of like the city government, it's what it does year after year and how much of it is like through this additional corporate support. Rebekah Kik (28:26.666) Yeah, we would never be able to do this under what the city government has. We just don't have enough tax base and enough of our own funding to do that. And so we use this additional five to $8 million per year that we get from that $500 million endowment. That's what we get about like the interest. Kevin K (28:37.058) Mm -hmm. Kevin K (28:49.026) Okay. Rebekah Kik (28:53.034) from that $500 million is about $5 to $8 million additional aspirational funding is what we get to go with. Kevin K (29:02.082) So their idea is to try to keep that $500 million as capital long term. And then they're spending the interest or giving it back to the city. Just by comparison, what's your city budget overall? The total city budget. Do you have an idea? Rebekah Kik (29:06.026) Mm -hmm. Yep. Rebekah Kik (29:10.922) Yep. Yes. Rebekah Kik (29:17.61) Yeah, it's about 182 million. Yeah. We're like 25 square miles, just to give you an idea. We're pretty compact city. We're very, I mean, we've got some big streets. We're pretty walkable. Pretty compact. Kevin K (29:23.746) Okay. So cute. Kevin K (29:31.266) Okay, 180, yeah. Yeah. Kevin K (29:40.77) Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's an older city that was probably largely built out pre -World War II. Yeah. So, so that's interesting. So then maybe in any given year, it could be five to 10 % of the city budget more or less, depending on how it works out that that's getting kicked in extra. That's pretty cool. Rebekah Kik (29:44.554) Yes. Mm -hmm. Yes. Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (29:56.97) Yes. Yeah, and we do, we also have like a incremental development loan program for housing. We've got pre -permitted housing plans. We do small business development out of those funds. Yeah, we've got a lot of buckets. Kevin K (30:20.898) Well, so let's talk about some of those buckets. What do you mean by your incremental development fund? What's that all about? Rebekah Kik (30:24.842) Yeah. Rebekah Kik (30:29.258) Yeah, so back in that day also when I was the Young City Planner in 2015, Kevin K (30:39.266) And how many planners are on staff? Rebekah Kik (30:42.762) So at that time, there were five of us. Okay? And everybody had their own job. So, you know, I had a historic preservation coordinator. I had a zoning administrator. I had a site plan coordinator. I had no general planners. That was me. I was the generalist on staff as the quote unquote city planner. Kevin K (31:08.482) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (31:14.026) And so I. I knew the zoning code was completely broken. And before I was going to start the master plan, I read all the past master plans back to 1977. So there were four master plans. And the 1998 plan was the most curious. And it had said, it's in this little sidebar, which send it to you. It says, you have a problem to solve. You have a contradiction to solve. You're a city that relies on a tax base. However, you want to reduce that by expanding your lot sizes. because it was saying, you know, you wanted to go to the suburban model. They wanted to create 60 foot wide lots and really suburbanize, creating this R1 district. However, you're a city that relies on taxes. And their standard lot size at that time was 32 feet. And so they're like, basically, you're crushing your tax base. Kevin K (32:43.618) Yeah, so kind of a classic Strong Town's math problem here with the development pattern. Rebekah Kik (32:45.418) And so. Yes. And so here it is in that 1998 sidebar, like some consultant just like shoved it in there and said like, warning, warning, Will Robinson, it's over here. And so I had read that and at that time, Jim Cooman was the executive director there and he was in town doing this. Kevin K (32:58.786) Hahaha Rebekah Kik (33:20.554) developer boot camp with us and I handed the zoning code to Jim and John Anderson and I said hey you guys I think I'm reading our master plan and what I would really love is if you guys just maybe just flip through this with your small developer brains and maybe mark it up a little bit and Tell me what I need to do through like maybe a first blush. Like what if I could do anything right now, change anything, what would I do? And I still have John Anderson's red lines of my zoning code. I refuse to get rid of that. I swear, I'm gonna give it to the museum. Yes, and. Kevin K (34:08.514) Hehehe Yeah, you should frame it and, you know, hang it up. Rebekah Kik (34:17.994) Because it is the first text amendment and this is when we decided we would not do a full overhaul of the zoning ordinance and we would do an incremental Zoning Changes because that's what we would do. We would just say okay. Well, we can just do this. We will just do these text amendments Kevin K (34:44.642) because you didn't want to hire a consultant for a million dollars and take five years to overhaul the zoning code and then have it fail. Rebekah Kik (34:48.778) No, because that's right. And that's not what we needed to do. Because we just needed to do some tweaks. Because it was just the setbacks. The setbacks were the issue. And unlocking those stupid square footage requirements. And we had this really, really great, we had like this. tea room requirement. Like you could do this tea room as long as your house. I still wish we could find like who the hell was this for? It was like a tea room and the house had to be like 50 years old and it could be open from like 9 a to 7 p I mean it was so utterly specific. Like it had to be for somebody but... I mean, I wish we could figure out whose address that was for. Kevin K (35:47.554) you Rebekah Kik (35:50.09) It was unreal. But so, yeah, so that incremental development fund was again born out of this two and a half day session. We knew the Foundation for Excellence was kind of rolling in. And so I posed to the room. I said, OK, you guys, if I had a million dollars, what would you do with it? And they're like, what? What are you talking about? I said, no, seriously, a million dollars cash. I got a million dollars cash, what do I do with it? And they said, well, okay, Rebecca, if somebody graduated from this class, it's an equity fund. And you put those dollars aside and if you have it as a gap loan and it's 1 .5 % interest and it's for four units. And it's, you know, 80 to 120 percent AMI. And it's, you know, 30 year amortized, you know, here's the performance, here's how it fits in. And I was like, great, that's what it is. Okay. Kevin K (37:02.273) Hmm. So basically a way for like a small developer who's getting started to be able to work through basically to get bank financing because there's this other gap financing that can help out along the way. Rebekah Kik (37:17.93) Yes, and we also, so we do that loan program and we do it for four units. We do it at one and a half percent. We'll do it out for as long as we need to. We can be as patient with the capital as necessary. And we also can push it out further. Kevin K (37:46.818) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (37:47.914) So we can make it do, we can be two years out. We can do it after two years or five years if that helps so that you can get some rental income in for a couple years. For five years if that helps your bank as well. Kevin K (38:05.89) Interesting. Kevin K (38:10.946) So have you had some takers on this program? Rebekah Kik (38:13.674) Yeah, we've done, I think we've done at least four of those loans already. So, and we started that, unfortunately, so it started in 2019. We got that loan program and the policies up and going in 2019. So obviously COVID affected that. Kevin K (38:31.074) Mm -hmm. Kevin K (38:41.442) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (38:42.602) quite a bit, so we really hope that we can get some more of that out starting soon. Kevin K (38:48.45) Yeah. That's cool. That's a really interesting idea. So along with that, then you said you mentioned you've got a pre -permitted plan program. And I've talked with some of the folks in that world, the Jennifers and the Mats who do this kind of work. What all have you adopted or what have you done in Kalamazoo? Rebekah Kik (38:53.93) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (38:58.794) Yes. Rebekah Kik (39:10.25) Yeah, so we have duplexes. We have up and down duplexes and an ADU unit that we built. So it took us four years to get this launched as well. But that's because we started building with a nonprofit builder first. We built three duplexes and ADUs. and a cottage, a 900 square foot cottage as well. And we wanted to be sure that we had the Performa like as tuned as possible and that we got all of the kinks out in the plan also. And we have comps now because we built them. And we knew we needed that for the duplexes, not so much the cottage. I mean, we do have some smaller homes in the city. We also have some ADUs in the city. But we now have at least our pre -permitted ADU in the city. But the up and down duplex, we need banks. We're probably going to stop at that a little bit. We now have three of those built. Kevin K (40:23.81) That's cool. And do you think you'll expand that to other plans, other building types? Rebekah Kik (40:30.218) Absolutely, we have four plex, six plex, and 12 plexes coming. And we also have lined up our nonprofit builder to also be, and we're also funding our nonprofit builder with those Foundation for Excellence funds. Again, for us to take the risk in building those, putting the comps on the market. making sure we're getting the performer right. And it gives the developer a model, you know, to really see and touch and feel the quality of it, take a little bit of that risk out for them to see us build it and understand it as well. Kevin K (41:18.562) So along the way, you became the assistant city manager as well, moved up from planner to that. How and when did that happen? Rebekah Kik (41:31.498) So that happened in 2022. Yeah, and how that happened was a couple of things. So one was I had been in my direct, I moved from city planner to the director of community planning and economic development. in 2017. And so I was director for the longest time at the city. And as I was director, I absorbed economic developments. And I did that between 2018 and 2019. Our economic development director at the city retired. And he only had a staff of three. And I had been shadowing and working with Kevin K (42:02.466) Mm -hmm. Kevin K (42:15.65) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (42:29.066) the Brownfield authority the full time. And I finally said to him, I was like, you just, you retire, let me take on your department, you know, planning and economic development just need to be won. He knew like the whole time I was just like, come on, you know, like development is just becoming my thing. Kevin K (42:42.434) Mm -hmm. Rebekah Kik (42:58.602) I never knew I was like this budding developer inside the whole time. I had no idea. They don't tell you that in architecture school that you are like the secret developer. Because they never teach you the finance side in architecture, which they should. Kevin K (43:17.154) Yeah. Rebekah Kik (43:27.05) They should definitely teach you that. So I had gotten my economic development, finance professional certification and I took my test and I did that all during COVID. And at the same time, or just as I was coming out of COVID, I also had been working with the IA Women's municipal leadership program through the state of Michigan, slowly thinking about city management and leadership. And so I had been thinking about it. I had been talking to my city manager and to my boss, William, about that and about what career path looked like for me, what roles they were looking for in city management. At that time, there was a city manager who was about to retire and what they were looking for in their team member. And so then that city manager had retired and they hadn't hired anyone. And then there was a person who joined the city manager's team and they called her like, she was like a project manager and they called her like, like the strategic innovation coordinator or something like that. It was kind of a weird goal. Kevin K (45:14.178) Hehehe. Hehehe. Rebekah Kik (45:14.538) like, that is so my role. I was like, wait a minute, but she's not a city manager. And then she got some opportunity and she left. And you may or may not know this about me, but I'm sometimes I can be a little bold. So I went to my boss. I said, Kevin K (45:21.442) Mm -hmm. Kevin K (45:26.594) Hehehe Kevin K (45:34.242) Yeah. Rebekah Kik (45:42.474) So you may or may not be hiring for that role, but I think that that's my job. I'm going to put a job description in front of you. And I think this is my job description. And I kind of went like that. Kevin K (45:57.89) I love it. That's great. Kevin K (46:08.354) I love it. So obviously he was like, well, clearly you're right. Rebekah Kik (46:11.946) Clearly you're right. Yes. Exactly. And so I said, look, the strategic vision, Magic Helmets, 2035 is coming up. 2025 is due. And by the way, at Magic Helmets, 2025 every year, Kevin K (46:14.85) There's no other conclusion I can draw at that point. Rebekah Kik (46:36.617) I give the City Commission an update. I call it the Imagine Kalamazoo Birthday Celebration. They're all online. And I show the Commission how Imagine Kalamazoo gets implemented every single year. And I tell them that, you know, by the way, in Kalamazoo, we implement our master plans. And here's how we do that. And here's how I've shown you how we implement our 138 goals. how we're on track, how much money we've spent, how we take our community's vision and how we've implemented it. And so now this year, I've been showing them how we are going to create the strategic vision for Imagine Calendly 2035. And as city manager, I'm showing them how their strategic vision for the entire organization. I have been... My role now is as an organization leader. I have. been engaging the organization because that's, I didn't do that last time. I only engaged the community. So since October of last year, I've done six internal staff retreats. I've done an entire organizational survey. I've just started doing my second round of small group meetings where I've been engaging in what's called a group governance. meetings and I'm responding to all of my internal staff their needs in terms of tools, resources, staff capacity, funding, technology, policies, leadership, support, everything they need in order to support the community's vision. Rebekah Kik (48:37.386) So that when I go out to the community to find out what the community wants us to do, my staff is prepared to do that work. Kevin K (48:48.258) I mean, I'm really just, I'm a little blown away by all this. I'm kind of having a hard time digesting and coming up with questions because it's so, I mean, obviously this is the work of an architect. I mean, right. I mean, clearly this is what you went to architecture school for, to help, you know, reorganize and prioritize city management and get everybody, you know, working together as a team. Why don't you tease out what may be, without naming names, like a couple of the challenges. Rebekah Kik (48:59.626) Right. Kevin K (49:16.322) along the way or maybe something you see as an opportunity by going through that kind of internal reassessment. Rebekah Kik (49:24.298) Yeah, I mean, number one, this group has no clue what I'm doing. Like, teamwork to a government, they're utterly confused. They do their work on their team, absolutely. Like, their work in their department in their division on their team. Completely on board with that. But understanding that they're part of a larger organization that may have to talk to each other. or know what someone else does at somebody else's job. It's been a real hurdle to get them to realize that it's not someone else's fault that they don't know what the reason someone else is doing something else. It's been tough. Survey after survey after survey or conversation after conversation people will constantly tell me What's the problem communication the problems communication? And then I will say well, how would you like to communicate it? Well And it's the same in the community as it is with my staff Well, I don't read email. Well, if you send me something more, I'm not gonna look at it. Okay. Well then Rebekah Kik (51:15.05) So tattoos, like what do you want me to do? I can't literally come and talk to you every single day. Carrier Vigin, like I can't help you not help yourself. So it's, I can only do what I can do. I think they've appreciated at least that I'm trying. Rebekah Kik (51:41.322) I have tried to create relationships with supervisors as far down into the organization as I possibly can. And I've tried to let them know that they must talk to their staff because I know they won't read the email and I know they won't read the posting that I put on the board. So I just really, really tried to compel them that they must talk to their staff. because that is really the only way that I know that they can get information that I really want them to have about something. And that's probably the best I can do. And I have worked really, really hard to help people in these cross -departmental teams. That's so far been my best. possible angle at getting people to understand each other as best I can. The first meetings are absolutely the best because when people look at each other across the table and they're like, why are we here together? This feels so weird. The first couple times and then they get it. And they're like, okay, okay, we're good now. But the first couple times, it's really awkward. Now we're okay. Kevin K (53:11.298) Yeah. I mean, it seems to be like a lot of what you describe is kind of the siloed nature of a lot of city government, which I've certainly experienced and continue to experience. And there's something interesting here though, that I think that may help you, you, you think about this differently than others. And I want to have you comment on this. And that is, you know, all those years that you spent doing design charrettes. you know, you and I both did a ton of those, we learned from all the other masters of the new urbanism. and they really, one of the things that that group did that people don't talk about as much that I think is incredible was this invention of the interdisciplinary design charrette. And, the whole notion being that we would get, everybody who needed to work together on a project in a room, for, you know, a week. and we'd spend a week together solving a problem together. And so you, we'd have, certainly we'd have architects and planners, but we also had engineers. you know, we had people who knew codes. we, we had everybody who might, we had developers and builders, anybody who might impact the built environment. And I think one of the things that I learned through that process, I'm curious if you did as well was just how, that inner, how well that interdisciplinary. process worked to solve problems and it was so much faster than a typical planning process. Rebekah Kik (54:48.298) Yeah, no question. The interdisciplinary process with all those perspectives is... probably the biggest lesson learned and probably the way that I think about things almost subconsciously. It's probably just built in to my thought process and I'm not even thinking about it, but yes, it's just there now. You're absolutely right, Kevin. It's probably just there now. Yeah, of course that's the way I'm. Kevin K (55:26.85) Yeah, it's like in the background, you think, obviously this is the way to do things. Yeah. Yeah. So you also mentioned that in your email to me that you've also had some success recently with some big grants to help with big projects. What are those all? Rebekah Kik (55:31.114) I'm going about things. Yeah. Rebekah Kik (55:44.938) Yes. So I was just reflecting on this because it has been such a labor of of love for a long time. And now I'm, it's one of those things where you just keep watering it and watering it and watering it. And now I am like seeing all of it come to fruition in such incredible ways. And the public works director and I were just like high -fiving like crazy yesterday. So 10 years ago when I started, Director Baker and I, when we started on Imagine Kalamazoo, we started writing our connected city chapter. We got bold and we decided we were gonna write a land use and transportation master plan. And because that's what I was writing when I was a consultant, right? And I said, look, this is the right thing to do. because I want to change the land use, you want to change the streets as well. And I said, we have to do this together. I can't change this built environment without you. And you don't want these streets to stay the same either. You know they're not safe. So we have to write this land use transportation plan together. We can't do that without two way traffic in our downtown. We can't do that without a network. And we got to really put pressure on Michigan Department of Transportation. So the first thing that we had to have happen was we had to put a lot of pressure on Michigan Department of Transportation. They, for lack of a better way to say it, they owned all of our trunk lines, which were our main streets, our main one -way pair, which kind of circled our downtown and our main east. Rebekah Kik (57:50.57) East West and our main North Souths. And we finally got, we had a couple of friendly people, one which was our region planner for MDOT in our area and the governor's liaison was a friend, Andrew Hahn and Jason Latham. And at that time, again, it's just city planner, but I knew the language. So we sat down with MDOT at that time. This was the first domino to fall. And I, again, city, sometimes I wonder, like the city was like, gosh, this girl's mouth. I just got in every meeting and I said, Kim, we studied the network. And they said, those aren't, those are your streets. These are our streets. And I said, yes, but can we study the network? No, we're going to study .streets and you're going to study your streets. And I said, but we're going to fail at your two -way network because we don't have the same values. Can we study the network? And then they said, well, maybe we should just give you the streets back. I said, OK, that sounds good. So we finally got them to give us the streets back. Kevin K (59:04.642) Hehehehe Hahaha. Rebekah Kik (59:16.298) And we got to study the network and we got to show everyone that the two way, the reversal, it works. We can restore two way traffic. And that's how we got the first raise planning grant. Thanks to Pete Buttigieg being, you know, in his seat as secretary of transportation. And because all of the the TIDER grants, the BUILD grants, everything before was never a planning grant. So a city the size of Kalamazoo, you don't have $6 million put up for engineering and planning of these streets, right? So we, this was monumental for a city of our size to get a planning grant. And that was it. That was the first. time we and with the MDOT transfer we got nearly 12 million dollars with that because it was like well MDOT said well we were going to spend 12 million dollars just milling and filling those roads so we'll give you the 12 million we got to put that money up with our act 51 dollars got the match we got the six million dollars to do the planning then we got the planning done now we could show we'll shovel ready And then Monday we just found out we got $25 million raised grant to do the construction for Kalamazoo Avenue or for Michigan Avenue because we already got $12 million reconnecting America grant for Kalamazoo Avenue. And yeah, by the way, we got $38 million protect grant because that's for the flooding that happens on Stadium Drive. So here we are, a hundred million dollars in little old Kalamazoo, Michigan, all because it's in, it's in Imagine Kalamazoo, it's in our master plan, it's in land use transportation, it's there, it says it, it transforms our community. Kevin K (01:01:39.714) That's really, that's an incredible story. That's really amazing. So clearly you have a staff of like about 200 people working with you, right? Rebekah Kik (01:01:47.242) You know, all five of us, we are like paralyzed. We're having a happy hour tomorrow. You're invited. Kevin K (01:01:55.138) Well, I, you know, I have, have long had this, suspicion that, or this belief that the most interesting work happening in our field is cities that were under like 50 ,000 people. And I see now, I think I just need to raise that threshold to like 75 ,000 to loop Kalamazoo in, but it is, it's amazing how often this happens that it's the smaller cities that are doing the most groundbreaking work and doing it. Rebekah Kik (01:02:14.797) Just a couple more. Kevin K (01:02:24.738) really well. That's pretty incredible. So now, you know, obviously Michigan is not exactly a booming state in terms of population. Have you seen an impact on the city's like economic fortunes with some of the planning work? Is the city growing at all or how's that work? Rebekah Kik (01:02:41.994) You know, we are and we aren't. I don't think at this point we're losing anyone, but we're certainly not booming in any capacity necessarily. No, we're not growing in any industry per se. pretty quiet there. I think we're just doing good, steady work and we're just trying to be great and steady and consistent and keep who we've got, you know? Kevin K (01:03:24.162) Well, it seems like in certainly in the Rust Belt, being able to keep who you've got, have happy citizens and have a high quality of life, you're like way ahead of the game. Rebekah Kik (01:03:35.85) Yeah, no question. No question. Kevin K (01:03:40.481) Yeah. Rebecca, this has been an incredible story. I'm sure there's a lot more to it. If people want to look up more about what you've done and what you're doing in Kalamazoo, what's the best way to do that? Rebekah Kik (01:03:55.978) Imagine Kalamazoo .com. It's, yeah, yeah, it's got the whole story. It's got a page with all our plans, our process, our public participation plan. We tried to codify it. It's got a toolkit. It's, you know, go to where people are and have fun. Yeah. Kevin K (01:03:58.242) Okay, that's straightforward. Rebekah Kik (01:04:24.202) It also if you go to Kalamazoo city org You can at the bottom of the page you can see the foundation for excellence story You can see our investments you can see the 50 million dollars that we've invested in our city in our neighborhoods you can Could check out that whole story. It's Really incredible and just know we're incredibly grateful for it. We understand what it means for us and Yeah, we don't take it for granted. Yeah, thanks, Kevin. Kevin K (01:04:58.666) that's fantastic. Rebecca, it's been great catching up. I really appreciate your time doing this and look forward to following more of what's going on in Kalamazoo. Rebekah Kik (01:05:08.874) Hey, I'm just grateful for that opportunity. Thanks for allowing me to catch up and share our unique story. Kevin K (01:05:15.618) my pleasure. Take care. Rebekah Kik (01:05:17.578) Yeah, take care, Kevin. Get full access to The Messy City at kevinklinkenberg.substack.com/subscribe

Rugby podcasters Brett McKay and Harry Jones are joined on The 8-9 Combo by Wallabies and former Queensland Reds lock/backrower and now Melbourne Rebels skipper Lukhan Salakaia-Loto for a thoroughly enjoyable chat about life, leadership and the difficulty the Rebels players are experiencing with their futures far from certain.   In a chat that covers everything from LSL's stratospheric rise from starting out in rugby to the Junior Wallabies in 12 months, to the mixed feelings of on-field confidence and off-field anxiety inside the Rebels camp currently, the conversation includes his emergence as a natural born leader within a group featuring a heavy Polynesian cohort, and what his time with the Northampton Saints taught him about his own game. Plus, Lukhan tries to blame his daughter for the current state of his playlist.   Social media: #89Combo Twitter: https://twitter.com/89combo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/89combo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@8-9Combo TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@89combopodcast   Brett: https://twitter.com/BMcSport Harry: https://twitter.com/HaribaldiJones   (Yes, Brett and Harry did used to host The Roar Rugby Podcast!)   Find Brett and Harry's written work on RugbyPass and The Roar: Brett: https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/contributor/brett-mckay/ Harry: https://www.theroar.com.au/author/haribaldi/   Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/track/oakvale-of-albion/extreme Voiceovers by Chookman + Amelia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Podcast with our Sponsor FPMS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7t0Vg4jmos OUR SPONSOR - https://fpms.ie In todays episode, our Guest is Danny Grant, current Bohemian FC Winger who talks to us today about his time in the LSL, moving to Huddersfield & dealing with injury setbacks - We hope you enjoy! 00:00 Intro 05:10 Underage Football 11:00 Playing at LSL Level 15:30 Going into Bohs Underage & Progressing into the 1st Team 26:00 Moving to Huddersfield 29:00 Dealing with Injuries 39:30 Going on Loan to Harrogate & Deciding to Move back Home 47:30 Dealing with Low Confidence 51:00 FAI Cup Final Experience 55:00 The Future of the LOI Let us know any of your thoughts below in the comments! The Training121 Podcast will cover various topics in football and highlight how lessons learned through football are intertwined in everyday life. If you like our content, we would really appreciate a like & subscribe - Thank you.#Training121​ #Football​ #Podcast​

Hello and welcome to the Last Save Loaded podcast with Colm and Justin.  This will be the final show released in 2023, but we'll be recording as normal to bring you another show at New Year.On the show this week, LSL has been a thing for 13 years now.Justin goes to the dentist.Colm is working as a classroom assistant.Justin has been dodging storms and being forgetful.Colm takes his programming test.Justin does some tidying.Colm has been sketching.Justin has been mean to his family in board games.Games we've been playing include Baldur's Gate 3, PowerWash Simulator, Death's Door, Middle-Earth : Shadow Of Morder, Dave The Diver, TMNT : Shredder's Revenge, Red Dead Redemption, Pokemon White and Pokemon Saphire.We finish the show asking what games people are looking forward to in 2024.  What are you looking forward to?  Let us know by email to lastsaveloaded@gmail.com or by tweeting @lastsaveloaded, @MultiPlatMan, or @Onyersix.We hope you have a wonderful festive time, whether you celebrate or not, and hope to have you back with us in the New Year.

This week on The Less Stressed Life Podcast, I'm excited to have Dr. Gary Kaplan back. Dr. Kaplan is a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). In this episode, Dr. Kaplan talks about what the treatment pie is for recovering from Long COVID, why you may be experiencing long term symptoms, how you can be evaluated for treatment, request treatment or get more information.Dr. Kaplan's other episode on the LSL: 323: Chronic pain, depression, and sleep issues with Dr. Gary KaplanKEY TAKEAWAYS:What are the symptoms of long COVID?COVID can affect every system in the bodyWhy are we seeing an increase in cancer?What helps with the loss of taste and smell?Why do you lose taste and smell when you have COVID?What is the treatment for a high fever?Why do people struggle with detoxing and alcohol tolerance after having COVID?What can you do to support the kidneys post COVID?Solutions for Long COVIDHow does metformin help Long COVID?How do you diagnose Long COVID?Benefits of methylene blueWhat are cytokines?ABOUT GUEST:Gary Kaplan, DO a clinical associate professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, founder and medical director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine and author of Why You Are Still Sick: How Infections Can Break Your Immune System and How You Can Recover. A pioneer and leader in the field of integrative medicine, Dr. Kaplan is one of only 19 physicians in the country to be board-certified in both Family Medicine and Pain Medicine. In November, Dr Kaplan will co-chair an international conference on New Developments in Understanding Chronic Illness: The Role of the Immune Dysfunction and Infections. Find Dr. Kaplan's conference information here: https://foundationfortotalrecovery.org/WHERE TO FIND:Website: https://kaplanclinic.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaplan_clinic/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KaplanCenterforIntegrativeMedicineYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjBaguhq1VYTBHMYlvKCMIwWHERE TO FIND CHRISTA:Website: https://www.christabiegler.com/Instagram: @anti.inflammatory.nutritionistPodcast Instagram: @lessstressedlifeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lessstressedlifeLeave a review, submit a questions for the podcast or take one of my quizzes here: https://www.christabiegler.com/linksANNOUNCEMENTS:WORK WITH CHRISTA IN 2024: https://www.christabiegler.com/fssRESET IN SEDONARetreat is full. Stayed tuned for info on future retreats!

In this episode, we revist the Life Success & Legacy story. It has been several years since we did a deep dive into the history of LSL and how each of us joined the team. For those of you who've been around a while, this is a fun refresh. If you're new, enjoy! The post LSL Story – 2023 Updates appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

Laurent Schroeder-Lebec's love of heavy, ground-breaking, earth-shaking music is well established by his band Pelican and their diverse discography over the past 20 years. But somewhere around 2012 LSL began to feel the tug of a different calling; starting a family and supporting that family to the best of his ability, and that included becoming beverage director for Big Star here in Chicago. Certainly Pelican had been experiencing success and was making money as a professional band, one that tours 8 months of the year and can sustain itself when not on the road. But raising a family is a different beast so he made the tough decision to leave Pelican. Shredder Dallas Thomas filled Laurents role heroically for several records until just recently when the band began to reissue their first 3 records on Thrill Jockey with new remasters and in the case of the last reissue, The FIre In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw, they were able to add a new remix in addition to remaster by original engineer Greg Norman, with spectacular results. These reissues sparkle and roar in all the right places and bring these records to the sonic level of later releases. With Laurent firmly back in the band, Pelican have been enjoying their reunification and showing the world they still got that thing that put them on the map in first place: the fire in their throats! 

Isidro Zuniga Vazquez is a rising senior at the University of Southern California, double majoring in Political Science and Spanish. At USC, Isidro is the Founder and President of the first cultural pre-law organization, Latino Students in Law (LSL). The organization, which consists of more than 60 members, provides resources such as mentorship, panel discussions with admissions officers, and LSAT tutoring. The goal of LSL is to increase diversity in the legal profession. Isidro looks forward to applying to law school in the fall of 2023.

This week the lads talk about the Great Bank Holiday weekend where they picked up 6 points from a possible 6. Talk about Kerry, Bray, look ahead to Athlone and talk everything LSL, flares , Haribos.

In this episode, Chris has the honor of interviewing Taryn Souza! She is an awesome entrprenuer who found Life Success & Legacy through a coworker, Haley! Taryn isn't an LSL client, but she is 100% invested in learning about Infinite Banking! Take a listen and hear her inspiring story and journey towards taking control of […] The post Interview of Taryn Souza appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

In this episode, Mike Everett and Mike Kwong dive into their experiences from this years Think Tank! Kwong has never been and Everett has only missed two! This is a cool look behind the curtain of the Nelson Nash Institute annual Think Tank from the LSL team! The post Thoughts from the Think Tank appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

Sylvia Rotfleisch, MSc(A), CCC/A, BSc(OT), LSLS Cert, AVT, is a certified Auditory-Verbal therapist, educator, and audiologist. She has devoted her career to providing therapy to families with children with hearing loss and teaching and mentoring other professionals. Trained at McGill University with Dr. Daniel Ling, Ms. Rotfleisch worked at Montreal Oral School for the Deaf, House Ear Institute, and Echo Horizon School before starting Hear to Talk (hear2talk.com), her own private practice. In addition to working with hundreds of families over more than 35 years, Ms. Rotfleisch has taught at University of Southern California, California Lutheran University, and led international master classes. She lectures, consults and mentors for school districts, helping to update their professional staff and mentors for LSL certification.  She has presented at a wide variety of workshops and conferences. Ms. Rotfleisch has also served a variety of committees, including for AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language® and the task Force on Principles of Auditory-Verbal Therapy. Maura Martindale, EdD, LSL Cert. AVEd, is a certified Auditory Verbal Educator. She received her doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California in 1999. She is the founder and director of the Master's Degree of Science in the Education of the Deaf and Credential Program, and is an Associate Professor, at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. She has provided guidance and support to families of children with hearing loss in listening and spoken language at No Limits for Deaf Children centers in Southern California for over 15 years. Throughout her 40-plus years teaching at numerous universities, Dr. Martindale has prepared hundreds of teachers of the deaf for schools and programs throughout the US. She was a teacher and Director of Educational Services at the John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles California for 26 years. You can listen to this episode wherever you listen to podcasts or at: www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/the-listening-brain-podcast You can get Sylvia's and Maura's book at www.pluralpublishing.com  

Hoy volvemos a las entrevistas con nuestro amigo y colaborador Carlos González, y esta vez lo haremos para charlar del proyecto Artemis, del módulo Orión y de las futuras misiones a la Luna y a Marte. Hemos analizado las características del LSL, del módulo Orión y los hemos comparado con los antiguos Saturno V y los módulos lunares de las misiones Apollo. Una verdadera aventura que reproduciremos después de 50 años.. Fuente de la fotografía //NASA

https://laughtersaveslives.org/ In 2011, John established the LAUGHTER SAVE LIVES FOUNDATION and COMEDY TOUR, with the mission to provide assistance to First Responders around the country trying to overcome financial hardship due to an unforeseen tragedy or illness. The LSL Comedy Tour produces high-quality comedy shows for any and all types of organizations and is unique in that it utilizes comics that are members of the Fire, Police, EMS, Healthcare, and Military communities on each show. They round out the show with other comics that work in major comedy clubs all across the country. The goal of the comedy tour is to make people laugh and raise money for charities and foundations related to, but not limited to, First Responders, Military, and Healthcare Professionals in the areas they visit. They do this as a way to remember the First Responders lost on 9/11 and because of 9/11. LSL wants to show that laughter can change and save lives for the moment and for a lifetime. Before each show, the comics remember some of those lost by telling a story of a time one of them made us laugh or smile. John Larocchia, who headlines many shows and is featured on all of the dates, has been a Stand-Up Comic for 32 years. For 21 of those years, John was a member of the FDNY, retiring in July of 2008. John also won the "Nation's Funniest Fireman" on ABC-TV's The View and is a National Instructor teaching topics related to Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

https://laughtersaveslives.org/ In 2011, John established the LAUGHTER SAVE LIVES FOUNDATION and COMEDY TOUR, with the mission to provide assistance to First Responders around the country trying to overcome financial hardship due to an unforeseen tragedy or illness. The LSL Comedy Tour produces high-quality comedy shows for any and all types of organizations and is unique in that it utilizes comics that are members of the Fire, Police, EMS, Healthcare, and Military communities on each show. They round out the show with other comics that work in major comedy clubs all across the country. The goal of the comedy tour is to make people laugh and raise money for charities and foundations related to, but not limited to, First Responders, Military, and Healthcare Professionals in the areas they visit. They do this as a way to remember the First Responders lost on 9/11 and because of 9/11. LSL wants to show that laughter can change and save lives for the moment and for a lifetime. Before each show, the comics remember some of those lost by telling a story of a time one of them made us laugh or smile. John Larocchia, who headlines many shows and is featured on all of the dates, has been a Stand-Up Comic for 32 years. For 21 of those years, John was a member of the FDNY, retiring in July of 2008. John also won the "Nation's Funniest Fireman" on ABC-TV's The View and is a National Instructor teaching topics related to Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

This week we welcome John Larocchia to the show! https://laughtersaveslives.org/ In 2011, John established the LAUGHTER SAVE LIVES FOUNDATION and COMEDY TOUR, with the mission to provide assistance to First Responders around the country trying to overcome financial hardship due to an unforeseen tragedy or illness. The LSL Comedy Tour produces high-quality comedy shows for any and all types of organizations and is unique in that it utilizes comics that are members of the Fire, Police, EMS, Healthcare, and Military communities on each show. They round out the show with other comics that work in major comedy clubs all across the country. The goal of the comedy tour is to make people laugh and raise money for charities and foundations related to, but not limited to, First Responders, Military, and Healthcare Professionals in the areas they visit. They do this as a way to remember the First Responders lost on 9/11 and because of 9/11. LSL wants to show that laughter can change and save lives for the moment and for a lifetime. Before each show, the comics remember some of those lost by telling a story of a time one of them made us laugh or smile. John Larocchia, who headlines many shows and is featured on all of the dates, has been a Stand-Up Comic for 32 years. For 21 of those years, John was a member of the FDNY, retiring in July of 2008. John also won the "Nation's Funniest Fireman" on ABC-TV's The View and is a National Instructor teaching topics related to Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction. www.counterpartsshow.com

Join Lylas for the seventh episode in the empowerment series as she talks about empowered self-care. What it means, why it's important and how you can empower your self-care.Let's Go!Timestamps:Contest Details: Enter by Friday October 7, 2022. Email me at coach@lylasleona.com with your favorite LSL podcast episode to date and why you love it. Winner will be announced on October 12, 2022 in Episode #58. The lucky winner will be personally emailed and get a special limited edition of Lady Sculpt tank top. Show Links:Lady Sculpt 2.0 MembershipFollow Lylas Leona on Social:Instagram @LylasLeona and @LadySculptFacebook Group Transformation HouseWebsite: www.lylasleona.comEmail: coach@lylasleona.com

Join Lylas for special announcement celebrating Lady Sculpt Lifestyle's 1 Year Anniversary with a series of contests starting this month. Let's Go! Contest Details: How to enter: Email coach@lylasleona.com with your favourite LSL podcast episode to date and why you love it. Enter by Friday October 7, 2022 Winner will be announced on October 12, 2022 in Episode #58 and personally emailed. Follow Lylas Leona on Social:Instagram @LylasLeona and @LadySculptFacebook Group Transformation HouseWebsite: www.lylasleona.comEmail: coach@lylasleona.com

Join Lylas for this fourth powerful episode in the empowerment series as she talks about empowered muscle development. What it means, why it's important and how you can empower your own muscle development.Timestamps:(02:05) - Lylas celebrates 1 year of Lady Sculpt Lifestyle with announcing a new contest!(03:46) - She defines empowered muscle development.(04:02) - She shares her story of how she became empowered by her own muscle development at a young age.(06:24) - Lylas outlines the three concepts for creating your own empowered muscle development.(15:09) - What the goal of empowered muscle development looks like. Contest Details: Enter by Friday October 7, 2022 by emailing coach@lylasleona.com with your favourite LSL podcast episode to date and why you love it. Winner will be announced on October 12, 2022 in Episode #58 and will be personally emailed. Show Links:Lady Sculpt 2.0 MembershipFollow Lylas Leona on Social:Instagram @LylasLeona and @LadySculptFacebook Group Transformation HouseWebsite: www.lylasleona.comEmail: coach@lylasleona.com

In this episode Chris interveiws Mike Crawford, again. Four years after the original interview, Chris and Mike catch up on what has changed since that recording. The topics include, how Mike's role has changed within LSL, family updates and policy design! This one is definitely worth a listen. The post Re-Interviewing Mike Crawford appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

Colm and Justin are back!Yes, after our hiatus for moving house and concentrating on college work, Last Save Loaded is back in your ears with a long overdue new episode.Listen along as we catch up on various events over the past 12 months, including console pickups, and discuss how the show is changing things up a little in this new 3rd season of LSL.Games we've been playing that we discuss this week include Yakuza Kiwami, KeyWe, Kena : Bridge Of Spirits, Dying Light 2, Batman Arkham City, and Sniper Elite 5.

In this episode, Mike Crawford interviews the newest team member of Life Success & Legacy, Mike Kwong. Many of you may already remember an interview Chris did with Mike and his wife Pei back in 2019. Since that interview, Mike has steadily become a more integral part of the LSL team and together Mike and […] The post Interview with Mike Kwong appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

Join me in this special interview with Lynn Wood.  This interview takes a trip down memory lane for both of us!  Lynn was one of my audiologists as a tween and has continued to be a mentor and friend throughout my personal and professional journey.  Lynn is a nationally recognized Listening and Spoken Language Specialist with over 35 years of experience. She is an audiologist by degree and specializes in pediatric LSL auditory verbal therapy, post cochlear implant auditory rehabilitation for children and adults, and therapy for individuals with auditory processing needs. Lynn is the founder of the Auditory Verbal Center of Wheaton and was one of the first audiologists to open a practice devoted exclusively to auditory rehabilitation. Lynn authors evidence-based LSL resources and Listen With Lynn™ is her online store that offers downloadable tools, games, and activities for children, their families, and the professionals who guide them. Find Lynn Wood at:  https://www.hearsaylw.com/ lynn@HearSayLW.com To access this episode as well as a transcript, please visit: www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/empowear-audiology-podcast  

In hour one the fellas start the show with Zoology with Mark; Drew talks with Ethan Moore from LSL about Louisville Football. Drew then talks with on JP Reynal from the womens cup to preview the cup. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Lame is trying to keep ASMR alive. Queen Laqueefa Laughs...... and laughs! We also find out LSL has a problem with ex wives and Ex-MIL. Patriot Woodworx - www.patriotwoodworx.us brandon@patriotwoodworx.us --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

LSL's Ethan Moore fills in for the final hour discussing all things Louisville football before being joined by his cohost Tayler Lynch to finish up the hour See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fellas start hour one discussing something related to the ACC meetings down south as they get into schedule realignment and then talk with Ethan Moore of LSL as he gives his take on all the latest with UofL Athletics.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie served as judge for the Environmental Policy Innovation Center's (EPIC) 2022 Water Data Prize. Submissions came form a diverse range of participants ranging from water utilities, to water tech companies, to professors and universities. Inventory, mapping, equity, and communications were the four award categories. The overall prize was awarded to the City of Newark, NJ and the engineer firm, CDM Smith. During this chat, Jessie (EPIC) shares an overview of the submissions and takeaways gleaned from the proposed solutions. Kareem (Newark) and Sandy (CMD Smith) then break down the winning project, their approach, and advice for other communities working towards meeting the requirements of the Lead and Copper rule updates. Meet the Guests: Jessie Mahr is the Director of Technology at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) where she focuses on the data gaps and capacity needs in environmental agencies that could speed up environmental progress. Prior to joining EPIC, she worked on climate change and environmental issues across sections in the US from engineering firms, technology companies, state agencies and non-profits. Jessie holds a Master of Science in Water Resource Engineering and Environmental Policy from Tufts University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from The University of Texas. Sandra Kutzing (Sandy) is a Professional Engineer and Vice President at CDM Smith in New Jersey with 20 years of experience in drinking water. Sandy is leading CDM Smith's Lead in Drinking Water Practice with a focus in regulatory compliance, corrosion control optimization, distribution system water quality and developing and managing LSL replacement programs. When not thinking about lead, Sandy spends time traveling, spoiling her nieces and nephews, exercising, reading, and always learning. Director Kareem Adeem is a Newark native who began working for Newark in 1991 in the Department of Engineering and has moved up the ladder in his field. In 2013, Director Adeem was elevated to Superintendent of Maintenance Operations, where he oversaw daily maintenance operations of the Department of Water & Sewer Utilities. He earned a promotion to Assist Director in 2016 and Acting Director position in 2018. In addition Director Adeem is a member of Water Supply Advisory Council of New Jersey and NJ Task Force on Lead. Director Adeem is credited with rebuilding and rebrand Water & Sewer Utilities. By upgrading the water and sewer infrastructure, the City works to replace every lead service line, Upgrade to its water treatment plant, and the Long term control program (LTCP). He is a dedicated public servant who has and continues to give back to his native community.

Lilian obtained a degree in Special Education in 1980. Has the specialization in Cognition and Language and a Master's in Educational Technology. She also has a Ph.D. degree in Pedagogy. She was certified in Auditory-Verbal Therapy in 2003 by the AG Bell Academy for LSL. She also was recognized with the award for the best professional of the year in 2005 by the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She is the author of four books related to hearing rehabilitation and an App.

As we embark on the next phase of the LSL podcast, we shift from Nelson's Becoming Your Own Banker and begin diving deeper into questions that we get repeatedly at our live or virtual boot camps. The first one is how to get started! Becuase Infinite Banking is so vastly different than what we've been […] The post How to get started with Life Success & Legacy appeared first on Life Success Legacy.

Pam Dawson, M.Ed., has been working in the field of Early Intervention for over 25 years. She holds a Masters degree in Early Intervention from the University of Maine. As the director of hear ME now, a listening and spoken language program in Maine, she works to promote access to qualified LSL providers to all families in northern New England, regardless of geographic location. hear ME now has been successfully using tele-intervention to coach families for over 10 years. Pam serves on the Board of Directors for OPTION, the EHDI Planning Committee, and facilitates the NCHAM Tele-Intervention Learning Community. She has also served as co-chair of the Maine Part C Interagency Coordinating Council and a Northern New England Collaborative to examine access to services for families in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

Hour number three Process, Phil, and Nicky V chat with Athletic CBB Editor, Brian Bennett talking IU, Bracketology, UK, and more!  Process does impressions of everyone, including Bobby V TO BOBBY V as he connects to the show to say hello.  The guys play some Greer sound too on Kenny Payne from last night on LSL. Twitter Polls, coaching takes,and texts too!  Tune in! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

— 03x26 Notes — Gangly talks about his Melee origin story, love of PM and Zhu, working as one of the directors of Last Stock Legends, working freelance now but STILL wanting to make LSL content, and more! Gangly's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gangly_ Gangly's Website: https://linktr.ee/depasquale Gangly's TFT YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/GanglyTFT — About the pod — Bottom of the Smash Mountain is a podcast created, hosted, produced, edited, and otherwise run by Jesse “cyfer003” Wall (he/him), aka yours truly. That's right, I even write this whole thing out. One of my main goals for this podcast is to emulate what I hope to see in the Smash Community at large: a welcoming and safe environment. A couple of things about me: I love the Super Smash Bros. franchise, especially Melee. My wife, Jen, is my biggest supporter and I would not be here without her. To our two children, Ellie and Ezra, I'm proud to be your Daddy. Jen and I believe in the gospel of Jesus, which declares: “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭ESV‬ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BSMPod Jesse's Twitter: https://twitter.com/cyfer003 BSM Twitter: https://twitter.com/bsmpod #BSMPod #Interview #SSBM #Melee — Credits — Podcast Logo: original artwork by Blake Wall; used with permission. If you want him to do art for you, just DM me on Twitter, because Blake has no social media presence. PoggieB also helped with the text specifically: https://twitter.com/poggieb?s=21 Intro and outro music by Reech Online https://twitter.com/reechonline?s=21 and it is specifically meant for me so don't let me find it elsewhere without our permission ;) Intro and outro video by sweetPopcorn who is available on Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/sweetpopcorn Interview overlays all done by Shiggles: https://twitter.com/shig_bot?s=21

Episode Notes Megan stalks...tracks down Lakeshore Lover at his home. Clips of LSL in the wild promoting his books. Not wild like the forest or jungle, but the wild as in public places. With people and everything. Also, LSL reads lines from unproduced songs that should probably stay unproduced. But are still awesome. And there's Brad. Hosted by Megan Moore. Presented by Wordella. CAST: Megan Moore - Kimberly Snapp Brad - Bryan Christopher Lily - Nancy Anne Lakeshore Lover - Lakeshore LoverSupport Lakeshore Lover: a Rap Retrospective by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/lakeshore-lover-a-rap-retrospe Find out more at https://lakeshore-lover-a-rap-retrospe.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Lakeshore Lover's knowledge goes back decades of years. Almost to the beginning of the late-middle and middle-later 20th century. That's a lot of rappers. Also find out how LSL was discovered. (READ AS A CLICKBAIT HEADLINE) It's more astounding than you think. And learn about LSL's first album of glorious magnitude. Hosted by Megan Moore. Presented by Wordella. CAST: Megan Moore - Kimberly Snapp Brad - Bryan Christopher Lakeshore Lover - Lakeshore LoverSupport Lakeshore Lover: a Rap Retrospective by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/lakeshore-lover-a-rap-retrospe Find out more at https://lakeshore-lover-a-rap-retrospe.pinecast.co

Barbara Hecht, director of Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech in the Boston area (Clarke Boston), received her undergraduate degree in linguistics and psychology at Harvard University and her PhD in linguistics and child language development at Stanford University. She has a long and accomplished career as an educator and deaf education specialist. She has long been an innovator in and advocate of distance learning. Prior to her work at Clarke, Dr. Hecht directed the John Tracy Clinic (JTC) in Los Angeles, CA. At Clarke, Dr. Hecht has been a leader in the development of teleservices for families of infants and young children.   About Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech & Clarke's Evidence-Based Teleservices  Children who are deaf or hard of hearing learn to listen and talk at Clarke. After expanding its brick-and-mortar locations along the East Coast, the national nonprofit organization continued to hear from families who were not able to access Clarke's in-person listening and spoken language (LSL) early intervention services.  In response to this need, Clarke created the tVISIT (telepractice: Virtual Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers) Program with support from private foundations and pilot funding from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Since 2013, tVISITs give families direct access to experienced, listening and spoken language, early intervention practitioners, regardless of the family's proximity to on-site services. The Donahue Institute (University of Massachusetts) has provided formative feedback and summative evaluation during all phases of Clarke's implementation of the tVISIT Program. In addition to increasing the accessibility of Clarke's early intervention services, evaluation data demonstrate the effectiveness of this mode of service delivery. Not only do tVISIT children make developmental progress comparable to that of in-person-only children, but tVISITs support professional-caregiver communication and parent coaching. For example, in a recent survey, more than 95% of caregivers participating in tVISITS said that they were able to establish effective communication and healthy relationships with their tVISIT provider and were confident that they acquired effective strategies for developing their child's communication skills. Today, Clarke has adopted tVISITs as an evidence-based standard of care in early intervention at its five locations.   

— 01X26 Notes — Executive Producer of Last Stock Legends, Brentos, appears on Bottom of the Smash Mountain! He and I talk about his Smash journey, poetry, LSL, Smash Code of Conduct Panel (he was a panelist), and more! There are swear words in this interview, and now you know. Brent's Twitter: https://twitter.com/brentos_fresh?s=21 In this interview, Brent and I talk about Sp1nda's YouTube video that was recently released about women (or lack thereof) in the Smash Community. It's a great video, so watch it by following this Link: https://youtu.be/fZhPaszgLzY Also, be sure to check out Last Stock Legends on YouTube if you haven't already: https://youtube.com/c/LastStockLegendsSSB And we gave a lot of shoutouts and love to Allston Melee, so you know what to do: https://youtube.com/c/AllstonMelee — About the pod — Welcome to Bottom of the Smash Mountain Podcast. I am your host, Jesse Wall, and my pronouns are he/him. I have a wife, Jen, and two children Ellie and Ezra. I love God, my family, my fellow humans, Super Smash Brothers, and the Philadelphia Eagles. My tag is cyfer003 but if you look that up you will only find my socials and no actual tournament results. I like to think that I'm good at Smash but I actually suck, and so in the grand scheme of things I am at the bottom of the smash mountain looking up. Aside from Smash related things, we also get into other topics. If you like what you hear (you are a brave soul btw, forcing your way through not-great audio), please share with people you like sharing stuff with. Those relationships are weird aren't they? ;) This is a family-friendly podcast, but if there are swears I will let y'all know in the episode notes. Don't get your hopes up for time-stamps, because this is a bit of a lazy podcast as well. Despite that, I try my best to give credit where credit is due in regards to sources and such. I also make a concerted effort to avoid ripping other people's content, but if anyone feels that I did that kind of stuff, my DM's are open on Twitter; we can get it figured out. Did I say something that offended you? Usually I am trying not to be offensive to anyone, but my attempts at humor might result in that. Either that or I'm being dumb. Either way, feel free to reach out and educate me so that you and I can level up :) Jesse's Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/cyfer003 BSM Twitter: https://twitter.com/bsmpod?s=21 #BSMPod — Credits — Podcast Image and “logo”: The picture was taken by Jesse Wall and I used https://imgflip.com/memegenerator to throw the words and a scuffed reflector onto it, which I guess belongs to Nintendo but you could make the argument that what I did was pretty transformative. Intro: Original audio by Jesse Wall Outro: Original audio by Jesse Wall, Ellie Wall, and Jennifer Wall This podcast was made with an iPhone using Anchor, which you can download onto your iOS here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anchor/id1056182234 Any music used thus far comes from the Anchor app as well. I have been using Discord and Craig to record interviews for most of Season 1. Here is a link to discord: https://discord.com And to Craig: https://craig.chat/home/

Lynn A. Wood, MA CCC-A LSLS Cert. AVT- Lynn is a nationally recognized Listening and Spoken Language Specialist with over 35 years of experience. She is an audiologist by degree and specializes in pediatric LSL auditory verbal therapy, post cochlear implant auditory rehabilitation for children and adults and therapy for individuals with auditory processing needs. Listen With Lynn™ is her online store that offers Listening and Spoken Language tools, resources and activities for parents and professionals. She is founder of the Auditory Verbal Center of Wheaton and was one of the first audiologists to open a practice devoted exclusively to auditory rehabilitation.

I have a great conversation with Kathy Newbern, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT. Kathy is an SLP and certified AV therapist in the Katherine Hamm Center, a listening and spoken language program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing at the Atlanta Speech School. She serves the E/I, preschool and elementary age students and coaches parents and caregivers. Kathy provides instruction and supervision to speech-language pathology grad students and CFY SLPs and mentors professionals pursuing LSL certification.  She received both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Georgia.