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Many American students left for Spring Break in March 2020, and will be returning to in-person school for the first time this Fall. It sounds nice in theory -- some time away from the classroom. But schooling never stopped, and it was difficult. Bethany Teachman says that some students got hooked on social media apps like Tik Tok to cope. And: These days we recognize that teachers are superheroes. But that celebration may be too little, too late. With low pay and high stakes testing, Brad Bizzellsays teachers are under burnt out. Later in the show: When the pandemic brought everything to a halt, nature still did her thing. Alan Forrest led Mindfulness Mondays that became a lifeline for many of his colleagues and students around the country. Plus: As students enter another uncertain pandemic year, Robert McNab says that we need to prioritize funding mental health resources.

Many American companies have now set their minimum wage at over $15 an hour, and it's got Anna and Raven thinking about the old days!  Raven's first job paid him just over 4 dollars, and you won't believe how old Anna was when she was earning $3 an hour under the table!  

China's arrangements to cover up the truth about the origin of the corona virus infection. When an object cannot be searched in a lost place, how foolish it is to search in a place where it can be searched, as well as to say that one should not search there again for having missed one of his searches. This is exactly what China is doing now in relation to the origin of the virus. More than a year and a half after the onset of the corona infection, it can be said that there are no people in the world who are not directly or indirectly affected by the impact of this disease. There are tens of millions of people who have lost their homes and jobs due to the impact of this disease. So every citizen of the world has the right to know where the virus originated and who caused it. If you want to know the truth, the only way is to do a proper study in every possible place. As such, China, with 90% of the world's population and countries, refuses to cooperate. The WHO's special team, which went to China last February to investigate the so-called "lab leak theory", had initially speculated that the corona virus was caused by a mistake in one of China's laboratories. . But China's actions were responsible for making the results of this study unacceptable. During the course of the study, China declined to provide the study group with a number of data that could jeopardize its national security and be exclusive to its country. As a result, Western nations, including the United States, have refused to accept the decision, citing a lack of transparency in the investigation. Following this, suspicions about China intensified and scientists in the United States and other countries began searching for data that China was trying to hide. The resulting data added to the lab leak theory. Many American scientists have now presented evidence of this. It is important to note that in the middle of last year, China deleted data from a database on viruses that were mainly controlled by the United States, and the deleted data included experimental images of early corona patients. In addition to this, there is further evidence that scientists were infected with a new type of infection in a laboratory in the Wuhan area, which is a suspicious laboratory before China officially announced the infection. Following the strengthening of suspicions and evidence against China, the G7 summit called on the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Japan to jointly organize a second inquiry into China, and this time, unlike the first, to conduct the inquiry in a transparent manner. . Following this, WHO President Dr. A.S. Tedros made a second official announcement for an investigation.

One of the most impactful--but least discussed parts-- of the recently released Joe Biden tax plan is the elimination of the "step-up-in-basis" upon death. Many American families have enjoyed the ability to pass on appreciated assets like the family home, real estate, and stocks held at brokerages to the next generation without any capital gains tax.  Whether you have built up a nice stock portfolio or paid off your home and hope to leave it to your kids, Biden's plan would eliminate that privilege and impose a capital gains tax upon.  But wait, there's more! His plan also makes gains taxable at the ordinary income rate, rather than the lower capital gains rate. We'll review the Tax Foundation's analysis. Then Medicare expert Shelley Grandidge joins us. A really important show you don't want to miss....MASTERING MONEY is on the air!!!  

God's Guidance Bible Study with Jairus – 1 Corinthians 7   Have you ever been in a situation where you faced a tough decision? How did you deal with the ambiguity and uncertainty? Often, when we don't know what to do, we search for a dogmatic command from God to eliminate all uncertainty. However, God wants us to get to know him personally and accept his unique guidance in each specific circumstance of our lives.   Today we are going to discover that God's word provides unchanging principles, as well as specific guidance that helps us navigate the ups and downs of life.   Avoiding Extremes. In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul continues his discussion of sexual purity (Ch. 6) by focusing on marriage and singleness. Paul emphasizes the importance of loving God from the heart rather than merely conforming to a rule or imitating a standard. No matter our external circumstances, we must respect God from the heart.   Paul explains the dangers of two extremes. On the one hand, immorality is not good, as Paul explained in chapter 6. On the other hand, it is not helpful to completely ban natural desires. In the spiritual experience, we tend towards one of two extremes. Either we indulge the lust of the flesh, or we swing to the opposite extreme of total sexual abstinence. In the Catholic church, we see these two extremes played out. On the one hand, we see the indulgence of clergy in Catholic history, and on the other hand we see the abstinence in the monasteries later in church history.   Paul explained that spirituality does not come merely from imitating another believer's way of life. Believers in the Corinthian church wanted to imitate Paul's singleness, perhaps in response to the rampant immorality described in chapter 6. But Paul stated that true spirituality lies in learning to live in the Spirit in any circumstances and in always putting God first. Whether we are married or unmarried, circumcised or uncircumcised, slave or free, God does not require us to change our outward experience. Instead, he wants us to honor Him from the heart. Although Paul is single, he does not want the Corinthian believers to automatically imitate him. Instead, he wants everyone to learn to serve God according to God's guidance.   Paul's words were aimed towards specific problems in the Corinthian church. Although God's words transcend time and space, we still must not regard Paul's words as laws and dogmas. Throughout the ages, many Christians took Paul's words as dogma, which caused a lot of harm to the church. For example, when Paul talked about the question of whether slaves should be freed, he was not at all supporting slavery. He was emphasizing that true spirituality does not lie in external imitation or in changing the outward environment, but in finding inner freedom and exalting Christ in all circumstances.   No Shortcuts to Spiritual Growth. Understanding the context in which the biblical authors wrote these words will help us better understand the text. Through the Holy Spirit's illumination, we can interpret God's words accurately and avoid misunderstanding. For example, 1 Corinthians 6 discusses the issues of litigation and immorality. How does a discussion of marriage connect to these topics? 1 Corinthians 7:1 gives us a clue: "As for what you wrote, I think it is better for men not to be close to women..."   Theologians believe Paul wrote more than two epistles to the Corinthian church. Some other epistles were lost. The Corinthian church also wrote many letters to Paul, but these epistles were also lost. These verses give a clue to what the Corinthians may have asked Paul in their letters.   We know that some people in the Corinthian church were involved in immorality, but certainly not everyone was. When church problems arise, there are often certain members who are particularly disgusted with what is going on. For example, Boaz did not concur with the prostitution his mother was involved in. Jephthah, the son of another prostitute, was a judge of Israel and dedicated his daughter to keep her virgin for God. Although he swore rashly, it was definitely not accidental (Judges 11). Similarly, some believers in the Corinthian church were uncomfortable with the promiscuity all around them. Like the Catholics who reacted to sexual indulgence by forming monasteries, the Corinthians may have protested against the immorality in the church by making vows of sexual abstinence. They were eager to imitate Paul and learn to stay single. They may have asked Paul if they should stay single and lead a life of total abstinence.   In context, we see that the topic of marriage and singleness in chapter 7 are a continuation of the discussion of immorality in chapter 6. Members of the Corinthian church could not accept the behavior of the promiscuous believers, and they wanted this behavior to be corrected. But since they were spiritually immature, and their spiritual father, Paul, was single, they concluded that being single was a more spiritual way to avoid impurity.   However, Paul tells the church that his singleness was a special gift and calling of God. Without this special gift, believers would not be able to sustain their commitment to abstinence. A believer who is relying on their own sexual abstinence to please God will start to burn with passion and be easily tempted towards immorality.   Paul instructs couples to meet each other's physical needs in order to avoid temptation (1 Corinthians 7:1-7). He counsels married couples not to sleep in separate rooms, so that Satan does not seduce them. The only exception would be when both partners agree to a short time of dedicated abstinence for the purpose of intense prayer. Paul specifically stated that his words are not commands, but suggestions. Not everyone has the gift of being single like Paul.   In verses 8-9, Paul tells the unmarried and widows that it is best for them to be single like he is. However, if they cannot control their lusts, it is better to marry. In verses 10-16, Paul discusses the topic of divorce. He says it is best that the husband and wife remain together. But if the unbelieving spouse wants to leave, let them leave. Paul's discussion of divorce continues the conversation about avoiding immorality. Paul specifies that these directions are from the Lord, not merely his own opinion.   Paul continues, “Let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him.” (vs. 17, ESV). As he responds to the Corinthians' questions, Paul acknowledges that each person's gifts and callings are different. As we pursue spirituality, we should not simply imitate another believer's external life choices. At the same time, imitation is an important first step for every young believer. We all start our Christian lives as spiritual babies, imitating people who led us spiritually. Our spiritual parents subtly shaped our spiritual growth, and we imitate them unwittingly. This is understandable. But when our spiritual life has reached a certain stage and it's time to enter into a deeper and more abundant spiritual life, simply imitating others is not enough. We must strengthen our fellowship with God, understand the gifts and unique calling God has given us, and then personally and subjectively follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we continue to pursue spiritual growth.   I heard a story about a spiritual sister who discipled many other ladies in their spiritual growth. This sister walked very slowly. Many people she discipled began to think that walking slowly was a manifestation of spirituality. They imitated her by deliberately walking slowly. This is not spiritual growth, but just imitation.   Another time, several Christian sisters in Korea read from the Bible that Peter walked on the water. They imitated him to show their faith. But unfortunately, they drowned. Another brother from Taiwan tried to imitate Daniel by entering the lion's den at the zoo to show his faith. Unfortunately, he was bitten by the lion. An American pastor who saw that Paul was bitten by a poisonous snake but did not die, took a poisonous snake in his hand. Tragically, he was killed by the poisonous snake.   I cannot confirm the authenticity of these stories, but there are countless examples of such imitations. Each of these stories remind me of the Corinthians. Throughout the ages, many Christians have tried to show their faith by imitating Paul, Peter, or other saints. But they only imitated them on the outside. What seems like a shortcut to growth is actually a dead end.   In the next section of the chapter, Paul continues to contrast outward imitation with inward obedience. Paul says that obeying God's commands matters more than outward circumcision (verse 18). Today, Christians easily accept the fact that circumcision is not required. But for Jewish believers, this assertion was a major betrayal of all they had learned throughout Jewish history. The topic of circumcision led to many disputes between Jewish believers and Gentile believers. However, Paul emphasized that external surgery (circumcision) had no real impact on the heart.   There are no shortcuts to spiritual growth. We must not rely on imitating other believers' outward choices. Instead, we should get to know God personally and ask him what his will is for our life.   Slavery In verses 21-22, Paul seems to imply that slaves who were believers should not seek freedom. Paul explains, “Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called. Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity. For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord's freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave.” (BSB) Many believers in history have misused these verses, asserting that Paul was supporting slavery. This opinion comes from a legalistic, dogmatic interpretation of Paul's words. What Paul meant was that true spirituality does not lie in external behavioral changes. We don't please God by changing our environment or our identity, but through worshiping God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).   God's Guidance. In verse 25, Paul shares his opinion about singleness. He seems to encourage individuals to stay single, even encouraging those without wives not to seek wives (verse 27). Verse 38 says, "It is good to ask your virgin daughter to marry, and it is better not to ask her to marry" (verse 38). Paul also said that although widows can remarry, it is best to preserve chastity (verse 39). Paul mentions that though his opinions do not reflect a specific command from the Lord, they are guided by the Spirit of God (verse 40).   Though Paul seems to lean towards the opinion that virgins and widows should not marry, we must look at these words in the overall context of the chapter. Paul's desire is to encourage people to learn how to best serve the Lord in their own environment. For example, he instructed people who are bound to marriage to stay faithful to that commitment (vs. 27). If you are married, you understand that marriage is full of difficulty. Many people are eager to be free from the commitment to each other. Many couples don't seek a divorce because they want to commit immorality with someone else. They simply are tired of the difficulty of getting along with another person. Corinthian believers may have raised the issue of singleness because they wanted to break free from the bondage of marriage. However, Paul clearly told them that those who are married should stay faithful to that commitment.   Paul said in verse 26, "Because of the current hardship, I think it is best for people to maintain the status quo." The Holy Spirit highlighted the words "the current hardship.” What does Paul mean by this phrase?   Even though the United States is a Christian country, Christians still feel great pressure from the secular world. Similarly, the brand-new Corinthian church faced powerful social pressures toward idolatry, secularization, and immorality. The pressure they faced were even greater than the pressure Americans face in their “Christian” nation.   Corinthian believers experienced pressure from the outside, as well as from the inside. Their own weaknesses caused spiritual problems. Therefore, in their specific situation, Paul advised them to maintain the status quo. Perhaps the " current hardship " referred to the secular pressure faced by the Corinthian church at the time.   When the Lord Jesus was on earth, some Pharisees tested Jesus by asking if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife. Jesus quoted Genesis 2:24, where God commanded the husband and wife to unite and become one flesh. Jesus explained that in the beginning, divorce was not God's plan. Because of the hardness of Israelites' heart, Moses allowed them to divorce their wives (Matthew 19:8).   In this chapter, Jesus explains the difference between the overarching principle established by God, and the unique methods that we deal with problems in special circumstances. Christians often make the mistake of reading about God's unique ways of dealing with special circumstances, and then applying those solutions as universal principles from God. The words of the Bible are undoubtedly from God's inspiration, but some words clarify divine nature and overarching principles, while other words clarify God's guidance in a certain situation.   Therefore, we need both Bible teachers and prophets in the church. Bible teachers help us understand God's word, nature and principles. Prophets help us obtain God's timely words about how to deal with special situations. We must understand the true meaning of God's words in the Spirit, and we must not misinterpret God's words. We need to understand God's words in light of the linguistic context and target audience at the time. I absolutely believe that the words of the Bible are the breath of God and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. However, when we actually apply it, we also need to pray to God and receive revelation from the Holy Spirit on how to apply it to our lives. For example, Paul's encouragement towards singleness was specifically related to the "current hardship" they faced in their unique circumstances.   When we use the word of God, we need to avoid dogmatism and legalism. I once heard a parable about a believer who decided to read God's words and literally obey every word. For example, when he reads about giving alms to others, he gives alms to others. When he reads that he should love his neighbor, he will love his neighbor. He is very dogmatic and stubborn, literally imitating every Bible character he reads about. One day, he read that the Bible says that Judas went out and hanged himself. He did not know what to do. Although this story is a joke, it demonstrates that we should not interpret God's words mechanically, out of context. We should interpret them in context in accordance with the personal guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit.   As we interpret God's word, we must make a distinction between God's nature and principles, and his specific guidance for special circumstances. For example, Scripture tells us about God's overarching principle of purity. God is not pleased with sexual immorality. This principle applies to anyone at any time. In the same way, God's principle unites a man and a woman in marriage for life. God's unchanging character values purity and faithfulness in marriage.   But does this mean that people can never get a divorce? No. The Lord Jesus explained that spouses should not separate unless one partner is unfaithful. If a husband or wife commits the crime of fornication, divorce is permissible. Paul also added that if an unbelieving spouse insists on leaving, believers can get divorced. God provides guidance for these specific situations. Each person's situation is different, so God's guidance for each person is also different.   The same principles apply to the decision to marry or stay single. From Paul's personal point of view, it is better to remain single. But he explains that this is not an issue of God's nature and principles, but of specific guidance. God may lead a person to remain a virgin, like he led Paul. He may lead another person to marry, establish a family, and have children. God provides different guidance to different people.   Paul was an apostle and a pioneer of the gospel. If he had a wife or children, it might prevent him from preaching the gospel unhindered. Practical considerations and worry for his family would hinder his gospel ministry. But for a person serving as a pastor in a local church, getting married and having children could be a good thing. Having a family enables the pastor to serve not only brothers in Christ, but also sisters and children. Because of their experience in married life, they can serve everyone.   Living a Life that is Free from Worry At the end of the chapter, Paul shares some fascinating verses that appear to be contradictory at first glance. Paul says, “What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing; and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away." (BSB)   What is Paul trying to say here? Verse 32 to provides some insight: “I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.” Paul wants us to be free from worry so we can focus on the Lord. Ultimately, Paul is not concerned with whether or not you are married, whether or not you decide to make a purchase, and whether or not you are happy. He is concerned that you are free from worldly worry and care. He wants us to have nothing to worry about so we can worry about the things of the Lord.   Paul's words provide a powerful word of encouragement to believers today. Many American churches today are full of worries. These worries distract us and keep us away from the Lord. What is the solution? Do we need to swing to the opposite extreme, resign from work, divorce our spouses, stay single, and live in a monastery? No, God wants us to turn our hearts to him in all circumstances. As we allow the Lord to reign in our daily lives, we will learn to please Him. Rather than imitating other people externally, we must follow God alone according to the specific gift, calling and guidance that God gives us. We must not treat God's words mechanically and dogmatically, turning them into "laws" for beating people over the head.   I trust these words have been an encouragement to you. God offers you a personal relationship with him and personal guidance in your unique circumstances. Open yourself to his loving guidance today.

The TransUnion v. Ramirez  decision from the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to have massive implications for standing for class certification and class actions, and potentially for the en banc petition seeking a rehearing on the panel opinion issued in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection & Mgmt. Servs. Inc. In the 5-4 opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the court held that the class in the case did not have standing to sue—only the original plaintiff, Sergio Ramirez. Justices Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan dissent on the opinion, ACA International previously reported.On this episode of ACA Cast,  Jason Tompkins and Jonathan Hoffmann, partners at Balch & Bingham LLP, talk with ACA Director of Education Kelli Krueger about the implications of the Supreme Court's decision on other case law and at the state level.They also reference a footnote in the court's opinion:For the first time in this court, the plaintiffs also argue that TransUnion “published” the class members' information internally—for example, to employees within TransUnion and to the vendors that printed and sent the mailings that the class members received. That new argument is forfeited. In any event, it is unavailing. Many American courts did not traditionally recognize intra-company disclosures as actionable publications for purposes of the tort of defamation. See, e.g., Chalkley v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 150 Va. 301, 326–328, 143 S. E. 631, 638–639 (1928). Nor have they necessarily recognized disclosures to printing vendors as actionable publications. See, e.g., Mack v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 639 Fed. Appx. 582, 586 (CA11 2016). Moreover, even the plaintiffs' cited cases require evidence that the defendant actually “brought an idea to the perception of another,” Restatement of Torts Section 559, Comment a, p. 140 (1938),  the defendant actually “brought an idea to the perception of another,” Restatement of Torts Section 559, Comment a, p. 140 (1938), and thus generally require evidence that the document was actually read and not merely processed, cf. Ostrowe v. Lee, 256 N. Y. 36, 38–39, 175 N. E. 505, 505–506 (1931) (Cardozo, C. J.).That evidence is lacking here. In short, the plaintiffs' internal publication theory circumvents a fundamental requirement of an ordinary defamation claim—publication—and does not bear a sufficiently “close relationship” to the traditional defamation tort to qualify for Article III standing.Contact ACA Cast host, ACA Director of Education Kelli Krueger, at krueger@acainternational.org or Member Services at memberservices@acainternational.org  if you have a podcast idea for ACA Cast.Support the show (http://www.acainternational.org)

Many American families host game nights. These fun evenings unite the whole family, creating a fun, yet competitive, environment that can last for hours. Choosing which game to play can sometimes be the most stressful part, though.DialogueA: O Monopoly tá pronto! Qual peça você quer ser? B: Aff, esse jogo demora muito. A: Mas é tão divertido! E é perfeito para uma noite de jogo. B: Tá bom, tudo bem, eu jogo. Mas só se eu for a banqueira. A: Nada de trapaça desta vez! Você sempre rouba o dinheiro. B: Mas faz o jogo acabar mais rápido. A: Vou pegar uns lanchinhos na despensa. B: E eu vou pegar uns jogos reserva caso ninguém queira jogar Monopoly. A: Que rude! B: Eu tenho Pictionary, Scrabble, e Uno. Esses as pessoas vão querer jogar com certeza.A: I got Monopoly ready! Which piece do you want to be? B: Ugh, that game takes too long. A: But it's so fun! And it's perfect for game night. B: Okay fine, I'll play. As long as I get to be the banker. A: No cheating this time! You always steal the money. B: But it speeds up the game. A: I'm gonna get the snacks from the pantry. B: And I'll get backup games in case no one wants to play Monopoly. A: Rude! B: I have Pictionary, Scrabble, and Uno! People will definitely want to play those.

Many American families host game nights. These fun evenings unite the whole family, creating a fun, yet competitive, environment that can last for hours. Choosing which game to play can sometimes be the most stressful part, though.DialogueA: O Monopoly tá pronto! Qual peça você quer ser? B: Aff, esse jogo demora muito. A: Mas é tão divertido! E é perfeito para uma noite de jogo. B: Tá bom, tudo bem, eu jogo. Mas só se eu for a banqueira. A: Nada de trapaça desta vez! Você sempre rouba o dinheiro. B: Mas faz o jogo acabar mais rápido. A: Vou pegar uns lanchinhos na despensa. B: E eu vou pegar uns jogos reserva caso ninguém queira jogar Monopoly. A: Que rude! B: Eu tenho Pictionary, Scrabble, e Uno. Esses as pessoas vão querer jogar com certeza.A: I got Monopoly ready! Which piece do you want to be? B: Ugh, that game takes too long. A: But it's so fun! And it's perfect for game night. B: Okay fine, I'll play. As long as I get to be the banker. A: No cheating this time! You always steal the money. B: But it speeds up the game. A: I'm gonna get the snacks from the pantry. B: And I'll get backup games in case no one wants to play Monopoly. A: Rude! B: I have Pictionary, Scrabble, and Uno! People will definitely want to play those.

On Friday's Mark Levin Show, one fearless and outspoken New York parent, Tatiana Ibrahim, blasted her school board accusing them of educational treason for teaching children to hate the police, to be labeled homophobic if they don't agree with the LGBT agenda, and for teaching them communism. This parent challenged them respectfully and directly pushing back on their policies of indoctrination and division. Then, it's highly likely that Anthony Fauci's organization funded a third party to make the coronavirus more lethal and there is a massive cover-up to hide the truth. This has been going on throughout our media and the government. Namely, the notion of man-made climate change. Big Tech and Big Media shut down any discussion regarding the origins of the virus. Later, this weekend is the 77th Anniversary of D-Day. Has the entire bureaucracy forgotten the sacrifice that was made in World War II? Many American soldiers died on the shores of Normandy, France. What exactly have our politicians done to advance the cause of liberty? Afterward, Jeff 'Mother' Zucker and Don Lemon from CNN continue presenting that which they disagree with as racist and that which they agree with as bi-partisan. Labeling the filibuster as racist will hurt America, it's not racist, it's basic civics.

On Friday's Mark Levin Show, one fearless and outspoken New York parent, Tatiana Ibrahim, blasted her school board accusing them of educational treason for teaching children to hate the police, to be labeled homophobic if they don't agree with the LGBT agenda, and for teaching them communism. This parent challenged them respectfully and directly pushing back on their policies of indoctrination and division. Then, it's highly likely that Anthony Fauci's organization funded a third party to make the coronavirus more lethal and there is a massive cover-up to hide the truth. This has been going on throughout our media and the government. Namely, the notion of man-made climate change. Big Tech and Big Media shut down any discussion regarding the origins of the virus. Later, this weekend is the 77th Anniversary of D-Day. Has the entire bureaucracy forgotten the sacrifice that was made in World War II? Many American soldiers died on the shores of Normandy, France. What exactly have our politicians done to advance the cause of liberty? Afterward, Jeff 'Mother' Zucker and Don Lemon from CNN continue presenting that which they disagree with as racist and that which they agree with as bi-partisan. Labeling the filibuster as racist will hurt America, it's not racist, it's basic civics.

For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality (Princeton University Press, 2021) presents an inspiring look at how US women and their global allies pushed the nation and the world toward justice and greater equality for all. Reclaiming social democracy as one of the central threads of American feminism, Dorothy Sue Cobble offers a bold rewriting of twentieth-century feminist history and documents how forces, peoples, and ideas worldwide shaped American politics. Cobble follows egalitarian women’s activism from the explosion of democracy movements before World War I to the establishment of the New Deal, through the upheavals in rights and social citizenship at midcentury, to the reassertion of conservatism and the revival of female-led movements today. Cobble brings to life the women who crossed borders of class, race, and nation to build grassroots campaigns, found international institutions, and enact policies dedicated to raising standards of life for everyone. Readers encounter famous figures, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, and Mary McLeod Bethune, together with less well-known leaders, such as Rose Schneiderman, Maida Springer Kemp, and Esther Peterson. Multiple generations partnered to expand social and economic rights, and despite setbacks, the fight for the many persists, as twenty-first-century activists urgently demand a more caring, inclusive world. Putting women at the center of US political history, For the Many reveals the powerful currents of democratic equality that spurred American feminists to seek a better life for all. Marshall Poe is the founder and editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com.

"The rise of civil unrest in 2020 is propelling the restructuring of culture, business, and cities in our society today. As Americans watch and experience a pandemic unfold and a sharp divide across political and economic lines, the mismanagement of public safety - including domestic terrorism - has been apparent to citizens, eager for the storms to calm. How will we respond? The new uprise of movements calls for new and innovative ways to manage them. Rise of the Emergency Manager is a fresh look at how emergency management has evolved immensely, along with the role of the emergency manager today. Award-winning Brian Rand shares a long-awaited avant-garde guide to emergency management inspired by his 20 years of public service. "The role of the Emergency Manager in today's public and private emergency services is misused and clouded. Perhaps the most flexible and adaptable role within the emergency services' canon, the Emergency Manager is a master problem-solver, a vital link between all emergency agencies, and the key to a community, city, or private business's successful response and recovery during times of crisis.In this book, I define the theory of 'Proxyism', and discuss techniques that enable new, or veteran emergency managers to hone their skills to combat it. Many American states, counties, cities and towns are battling the rapid growth and destructive capabilities of Proxyism, at an alarming rate. No one is exempt, and the Emergency Manager is the key to successful training, preparation, mitigation, response, recovery and innovation against this new-age terroristic threat.Rise of the Emergency Manager is a call to action for all community leaders, private sector CEO's, and elected or appointed government officials to understand and prioritize the vital role of the Emergency Manager appropriately. These master strategists are an essential force-multiplier, capable of enhancing emergency planning and response models to new state-of-the-art standards. It is time for the Emergency Manager to rise from deep within the vast emergency services arsenal, and lead the way forwardBrian RandWeb - https://www.authorbrianrand.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/Brian59219443Facebook -https://www.facebook.com/RiseoftheEMLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/riseoftheemergencymanager/Todd De VoeWebsite - https://toddtdevoe.com/Website- www.crisis-cafe.comSpeak N Spark-https://bit.ly/3sTVUfrLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3sVHL1gEM WeeklyWebsite - https://bit.ly/3jj5ItlTwitter - https://bit.ly/31z8MeXFacebook - https://bit.ly/3dMlbRPLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/2FQDhWdSister ShowsEM Student Web - https://bit.ly/2Hw0sFxTwitter - https://bit.ly/31z8MeXFacebook - https://bit.ly/3dMlbRPLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/2FQDhWdThe Business Continuity ShowTwitter - https://bit.ly/3ojEIO2Facebook - https://bit.ly/2Tjqv5HLinkedIn - https://bit.ly/34mXyfzYouTube - https://bit.ly/3mePJyG

" Many American and Canadian border towns operate as one big town. The border is simply an invisible boundary that residents cross several times each day. But during the pandemic, the border was closed to non-essential traffic. This divided towns, families, lovers, and even left some towns completely isolated. Plus, learn “closely-knit.” -- At Plain English, we make English lessons for the modern world. -- Today’s full English lesson, including a free transcript, can be found at: https://plainenglish.com/358 -- Learning English should be fun! That’s why our lessons are about current events and trending topics you care about: business, travel, technology, health, science, politics, the environment, and so much more. Our free English lessons always include English expressions and phrasal verbs, too. -- Learn even more English at PlainEnglish.com, where we have fast and slow audio, translations, videos, online English courses, and a supportive community of English learners like you. Sign up free at PlainEnglish.com/Join -- Aprende inglés gratis en línea con nuestro curso de inglés. Se habla a una velocidad lenta para que todos entiendan. ¡Aprende ingles con nosotros ahora! | Aprenda Inglês online grátis com o Plain English, a uma velocidade menor, para que todos possam entender. Contact: E-mail jeff@plainenglish.com | WhatsApp +1 312 967 8757 | Facebook PlainEnglishPod | Instagram PlainEnglishPod | Twitter @PlainEnglishPod "

How many American's support the legalization of marijuana? Ian tells you the answer to this question in this episode of The Dignitary Cannabis Podcast. Thanks for listening to this episode and be sure to check out this episode sponsor, The Terp Pen XL. The Terp Pen XL is an electronic nectar collector that runs on […] The post The Cannabis Podcast: How Many American's Support Legalization of Marijuana? appeared first on Radio Influence.

How many American’s support the legalization of marijuana? Ian tells you the answer to this question in this episode of The Dignitary Cannabis Podcast. Thanks for listening to this episode and be sure to check out this episode sponsor, The Terp Pen XL. The Terp Pen XL is an electronic nectar collector that runs on […] The post The Cannabis Podcast: How Many American’s Support Legalization of Marijuana? appeared first on Radio Influence.

The bubblefication of the United States is much written about and much talked about. We tend to live around, interact with, watch media outlets populated, and are entertained by...people who think like we do and probably look like we do. That’s too bad, because while bubbles can feel safe, they are also limiting. The scary part of our bubbles is that they are reflected in our schools. Many American students learn in monochromatic settings. Their peers largely look like they do and probably think like they do as well. Youth should be a time of healthy exploration. What can be done? Today I’m going to talk to David McCullough. He has an interesting idea on how to get students at your school out of their bubbles. His creation, the American Exchange Project offers a 10-14 day summer experience for graduating seniors. It’s like a mini gap year. Students will live and experience, for a brief time, a community that’s different than their own. This experience is:FreeOpen to All

Will you take a road trip this summer? Many American's will!

Many American paw-rents, millennials in particular, tend to fascinate over their pets. Kenyan broadcaster, Prince Nesta, joins us to discuss what he's observed about American pet owners and more!

Salmon talks about having almost no mechanical skills but realizes he is not alone. Many American's can't fix cars either. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/josh-salmon/support

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup! Without further ado, the news update from the week of 15 - 21 Feb. 1) Russia and China close to signing an MoU on Lunar ExplorationAccording to Andrew Jones of Space News, Russia and China are close to signing an MoU on the “International Lunar Research Station” project (ILRS), a concept revealed by China in 2016. China has a very strong lunar exploration program known as the China Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP). The program was initiated by the orbiter Chang’e 1 in 2007, followed by Chang’e-2 (another orbiter), two lander/rover missions (Chang’e 3 and 4), and a sample/retrieve mission (Chang’e) 5 completed at the beginning of this year. CLEP also plans a second sample return mission in 2023 with Chang’e 6; little is known of the Chang’e 7 and 8 missions, which will focus on critical technologies such as ISRU. For follow-up missions, which would put us well into 2030, China has mentioned long-term robotic missions, as well as possibly crewed missions to the southern pole. It has been developing a super heavy launch vehicle the Long March 9, which is planned for maiden flight in the early 2030s. It has also tested in 2020 its next-generation crewed spacecraft.2) Release of a new report on the Chinese space sectorEarlier this week, we saw the release of a new report from the Secure World Foundation and the Caelus Foundation, “Lost Without Translation”. The report was built on research efforts by the SWF and Caelus to understand perceptions of the US/China relationship, specifically in the context of commercial space.Primarily reporting from a US perspective, the report brings up some important findings. Some takeaways include:Information asymmetry. There is a lot more information available for Chinese actors about the activities of their US counterparts than vice versa. Put another way, today, the US space industry is largely in the dark about China’s activities, and they seem to acknowledge this. Desire by US companies and other actors to engage with their Chinese counterparts, but to do so in ways that are well-defined, in areas that allow for protection of IP, settlement of conflicts in neutral areas, and generally a “rule-based” system for space transactions. Many American respondents (nearly half) were “not sure” about the question of whether there are Chinese commercial space companies, with roughly ¼ each answering definitively yes or no. 3) Announcement by Geely about their satellite factory getting the “green light”Almost exactly 1 year ago, Geely announced its plans for a constellation of enhanced navigation satellites, as part of Li’s larger vision to transform Geely from an auto manufacturer into an autonomous mobility service provider. At the time, the company announced RMB 2 billion (US$325M) to be invested into the factory in Taizhou, with plans for manufacturing thousands of satellites for Geely’s planned constellation. While China’s state-owned broadband constellation plans are primarily aiming to provide broadband, Geely’s constellation aims to provide enhanced navigation and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. This is particularly interesting because it basically implies that the biggest customer that Geely has in mind for the constellation is….Geely. ------------------------Thanks for watching! And don’t forget to follow us on YouTube, Twitter, or LinkedIn, or your local podcast source.

Hearkening back to the 2010 documentary film 'Waiting for Superman,' parents of students find themselves at odds with teachers and their unions insisting to remain locked down due to COVID-19. This, despite the fact that science has shown children are not primary vectors of the disease. A father in Virginia voices his frustrations to his neighborhood school board, will President Biden turn a blind eye in deference to the unions who line Democrat pockets?

Many American schools were forced to hastily transition to online learning in late March 2020. Dr. Ian Kingsbury, of the Empire Center for Public Policy, saw this rush to educate online as an opportunity to study how the online learning experience of students enrolled in brick and mortar schools that transitioned to online learning in Spring 2020 compared to the experience of students who were already enrolled in virtual schools with K12 when the pandemic began. A summary of the study can be found here: https://www.k12.com/parent-student-resources/inside-look/research.html The complete study can be found here: https://www.edchoice.org/research/online-learning-how-do-brick-and-mortar-schools-stack-up-to-virtual-schools/ To learn more about what K12 schools offer, go to https://www.k12.com/

Neutral Voices Media Group Presents: "What's GoingOn?" in this episode we begin our discussion on poverty. Many American face some sort of poverty. Since Covid-19 the porvety rates are seemingly increasing. Join us as we try to see, What's Going On with Poverty. 

Update on our week:  As we get back together this week, the guys retell some highlights of there week.  Andy goes down the rabbit hole with YouTube and watches Twisted Tea smashed on side of face of racist man in gas station.  We can't believe the impact of the tea can on the side of this guys face.  We get educated on LatinX and its meaning.  Many American's are waiting there Covid relief money.  Andy see $600 TV's on sale at Walmart just in time for the Covid checks.  Daniel Junior had a good Christmas since Mom and Dad didn't buy anything for themselves.  Gifts were plentiful for Jr with a snow sled, alarm clock, Spiderman Miles Morales with Spiderman Adidas shoes and Daniel helped him buy an Oculus VR headset.  Are Andy and Daniel too old for VR gaming?  With the big game for the Bears, we have some conversation about Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers (spoilers the Bears lost).  What is the fix for the Bears in the future?   Article for the week: If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/27/tech/coronavirus-vaccine-passport-apps/index.html   Warning: May have Strong Language and Content.   ========== Thank you to everyone who enjoys what we do.  If you like what we do, please spread the word of our show. Email questions or suggestions to ffnquestions@gmail.com ========== See FACEBOOK page https://www.facebook.com/freeformnetwork Follow us on TWITTER https://twitter.com/FFRpodcast ========== Free Form Network and all our podcast are available on many platforms including STITCHER, ANDROID, IPHONE, IPAD, IPOD TOUCH and PODBEAN   IPHONE, IPAD & IPOD TOUCH http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/free-form-network/id995998853 SPREAKER http://www.spreaker.com/show/free-form-network STITCHER http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/free-form-network SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/free-form-network OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes995998853/free-form-network SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/0QKRhkXDmQ9cxItaiu49Vy GOOGLE MUSIC https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/ps/Iefi4cm2cahq6dg6upjs2exf52e IHEART RADIO http://www.iheart.com/show/53-Free-Form-Network/ TUNE IN RADIO http://tunein.com/radio/Free-Form-Network-p784190/ PLAYER FM https://player.fm/series/free-form-network  TUMBLR https://freeformnetworkpodcast.tumblr.com/ WORDPRESS https://freeformnetwork.wordpress.com/ YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0LNZRJHyW7sQwM5ZdOCQg DEEZER https://www.deezer.com/show/1215892 PODCHASER https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/free-form-network-1193319 PODCAST ADDICT https://podplayer.net/?podId=2920676 PODBEAN DESKTOP http://freeformnetwork.podbean.com/ PODBEAN MOBILE http://freeformnetwork.podbean.com/mobile   ========== Free Form Radio - Episode 135 - 01/17/2021 Hosted by Daniel, Andy and Noel ==========   FREE FORM NETWORK

Scott Gunnip, a North Texas man who attended the rally in Washington D.C., joined the WBAP Morning News to give his story from Wednesday's events at the Capitol. He says that it was a peaceful rally. It wasn't until the march that things got out of hand.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE Eve Picker: [00:00:12] Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing. My guest today is Daniel Parolek. Daniel's an architect and rising star urbanist. His firm, Opticos Design, has been working in urban placemaking and master planning for two decades now. But Daniel is best known for framing the idea of "missing middle housing." Just delivering more housing is not enough, says Daniel. We need to think about how this housing reinforces a high quality built environment, and how to provide a range of housing for all segments of the market, including moderate- and low-income households. Daniel's new book, "Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today's Housing Crisis," is a how-to book exploring these issues. Please listen in to our fascinating conversation, and if that's not enough, be sure to go to EvePicker.com to find out more about Daniel on the show notes page for this episode. You can sign up for my newsletter to access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small Change.   Eve: [00:01:44] Hello, Daniel. I'm really excited to have you on my show.   Daniel Parolek: [00:01:48] Thank you, Eve. I'm really excited to be here.   Daniel: [00:01:50] Good. I wanted to dive right in and talk about what's wrong with housing and housing choice in the U.S. today. And you coined a phrase that's really widely used now, and that is "missing middle housing." And I'd love to know what  that is. What is missing middle housing?   Daniel: [00:02:10] Yeah, it's a great starting point. So, it's a topic I'm obviously very passionate about. And the reason that I decided to emphasize, and and I coined this term back in 2011, is I wanted to help emphasize and frame a conversation about the broad range of housing choices that the market is wanting and needing, that the development industry is not delivering, in any market across the United States. And historically, right, we've done a really great job of defining policy, creating zoning, and creating development industries that can deliver single-family homes in large quantities. So, we've done a really great job with that over a series of five or six decades. I'd say over the course of the last couple of decades, starting in the early 2000s, really, in the United States, cities started figuring out how to plan for, and zone for, in the development industries and financial industries. Figured out how to deliver, the larger, you know, five, six, seven-plus story condos, a mixed-use or apartment buildings. What the missing middle is, is it's all of these housing types in between those single-family homes, such as a duplex, a fourplex, a cottage court, a small courtyard apartment, that existed in neighborhoods prior to the 1940s and delivered a broad range of price points and types of housing. And, really since the 1940s, put barrier after barrier in place for the delivery of these. So, starting in the 1970s, based on some research we, I did for my book, an American Housing Survey, there has been a steady decline in the percentage of overall housing that is missing middle since the late 1970s. And I think, in 2013, the missing middle housing, which I define, and it sort of ties into the categories of an American Housing Survey, as 19 units or less per building. But typically it's really kind of that eight-unit or less. Less than three percent of housing delivered in 2013 was missing middle housing. And so, what we're seeing is that there's a shift in demand in the markets and people want walkability. They want mobility choices. They want more compact living. They want access to goods and services around the corner from their households. But that sort of lifestyle in home is being delivered less and less.   Eve: [00:04:44] So, the question I have really is why is that? I mean, we, you know, I suspect some of it is financing, but ...   Daniel: [00:04:53] Yeah.   Eve: [00:04:54] ... why has it, you know, why has it declined so much?   Daniel: [00:04:57] One of the things I really enjoyed about writing my book is I got to actually sit down and do some research and write a chapter on the many barriers that are in place for the delivery of missing middle. And, you know, we could talk for a couple of hours just about those barriers. But I think the real starting point for a good conversation about why they're not being delivered really starts with antiquated zoning. We're utilizing a zoning system that was created over, as an operating system, that was created over 100 years ago.   Eve: [00:05:29] You know, the more I do these podcasts, the more zoning seems to be the root of all evil.   Daniel: [00:05:37] Yeah. I sort of often ask the question when I'm talking to an audience of like how many operating systems that are 100 years old are we still using? And there's very, very few of them. But zoning is one of them. So, actually, starting 20 years ago when I started my firm Opticos Design, one of our real focuses was pushing for zoning reform, because both with our developer clients as well with our clients that were cities, we were finding that everybody wanted the right kind of projects, but the zoning was in the way. Now, that's just one of many barriers, as I mentioned before, right? That's, there's everything from, right, there's construction defect liability that makes it really hard in many states, or risky, I will say, in many states for developers to build condos at the missing middle scale, just too much risk to sort of warrant taking that type of condo project on, right? It's really hard for developers to finance condos, and for households to purchase condos. It's just not an easy system that's set up ...   Eve: [00:06:45] Right.   Daniel: [00:06:45] ... in the same way as you can buy a single-family detached house.   Eve: [00:06:49]  Yeh, I built a built an eight unit condo building years ago. And it was pretty miserable.   Daniel: [00:06:55] Yeah. And obviously there is, you know, community pushback from, you know, this whole NIMBY conversation that's happening, that there's just a lot of communities that are kind of afraid of anything that's not in single-family detached. I think a big part of why the missing middle concept has spread so broadly is that it's giving communities a way to talk about the need for a broader range of housing choices without using these intimidating and scary terms like density or multifamily or upzoning, but rather talking about a cottage court. Like how can a college court be that intimidating to somebody, and personalizing those stories. Because most people, when we're talking about this in communities to try to build support, have either lived in one of these types, they have kids that have lived, or are living in these types, or a relative or a good friend. Or maybe there's a duplex right around the corner on their block that some of their friends live in. So, that, we find that sort of shifting that conversation away from some of this terminology like density that brings really negative perceptions to people's minds is a really important way to kind of remove that community pushback barrier.   Eve: [00:08:11] Right. So, you talked about a decline since the 1970s, but I mean, these zoning systems were already in place. So, what prompted that moment in time for people to stop building that way? Because zoning had already been pushing against it for a while, right?   Daniel: [00:08:31] Yes. Zoning in the United States really started in the late 20s, sort of through the 30s and early 40s in terms of its initial application. And what I would say is I don't actually know and I don't know of anybody that's done the research to understand why there was such a specific threshold or turning point in the 70s to shift this. I mean, it must have had to do with federal funding or federal programs. But I don't, I don't actually know the answer to that. But it would be really, it's a good sort of research project for a graduate student to take on for sure.   Eve: [00:09:06] It does align with, you know, suburban flight, which was happening around then. Certainly, the city I'm in, and many others, 70s and the 80s were kind of that moment in time where people left inner cities and went to the suburbs where there are many more single-family homes. And so, maybe the demand just increased then.   Daniel: [00:09:29] Yeh.   Eve: [00:09:29] They left the inner cities, which probably had more of the housing types that you're talking about, the missing middle, right?   Daniel: [00:09:35] Yeah, absolutely. Many American cities by the, sort of, 1970s were in a pretty large state of decline or had seen several decades of decline and disinvestment. So, I'm sure that was part of that. And so, it was just a much more rational or easier choice for households to buy that single-family detached house in the suburbs. One of the things I like to talk about is that I feel that it's really time, just based on the affordable housing crisis that we're having across the country, this shift in demand and what households are looking for. Chris Nelson did a, some great research for my book and he wrote a chapter – he's a, he teaches at the University of Arizona – that found that 60 percent of all housing built between now and 2040 would need to be missing middle in walkable urban context to meet the demand.   Eve: [00:10:34] That was my next question for you, actually ...   Daniel: [00:10:36] Yeh.   Eve: [00:10:36] ... that was actually, you know, how much can that address the deficit? That's interesting.   Daniel: [00:10:41] Yeah. And we, you know, I think we can all acknowledge that the industry isn't just going to all of a sudden shift and sort of shift in delivering 60 percent of housing and missing middle and in walkable urban context. But that's what it would take. So, it's a pretty, pretty dramatic number. And I think it's just a really strong call to action for planners, for city decision makers, for federal housing policymakers, development industry, to just think very carefully and play their role in sort of this shift, this dramatic shift, that needs to happen. And really delivering what households across America want as home in the 21st century, which is very different than what households wanted in the 50s, 60s or 70s. And we're still kind of hanging on to that single-family detached home mantra, which is not what households are looking for these days.   Eve: [00:11:41] So, I'm wondering, like, what's the big fix? How does this shift really happen? I mean, you have a number of things that need to be addressed. How do you take that on so that you can start building these types of products again?   Daniel: [00:11:55] Yeah, I think that it's a little bit intimidating. There is a tremendous amount of change that needs to happen, right? It's not just a change in the development industry. It's change in city policy, city zoning, development industry, financial industries, federal housing policy. But what I would say is that there has been some tremendous progress in the last year and a half, that because cities have failed to make the changes in their policy and zoning that are necessary, so, like the state of Oregon last year passed statewide legislation, it's called HB2001, that allows up to three or four units on any lot, statewide, even those that are zoned for single-family. So, that was really a major milestone in sort of removing those barriers.   Eve: [00:12:45] Yeh, and I have been offering on my website that actually went live today that takes advantage of that zoning law.   Daniel: [00:12:53] Yeah, I think that's a tremendous opportunity. The city of Minneapolis did something similar city-wide, allow up to three units ...   Eve: [00:12:59] Yeah.   Daniel: [00:13:00] ... per lot. And state of Nebraska, even, my home state, recently passed the Missing Middle Housing Act, which will allow multiple units on all lots, across the country. So, that's happening, I would say that from the development industry standpoint, I see the most change from outside of kind of the typical players. I think it's new players coming into the real estate industry, a lot of it tech-influenced. I guess this whole prop tech influence, I think is likely what's going to have the most impact, because I see an inability or reluctance to change in a lot of the major development players, the reluctance or inability to change at a pace that is actually necessary. And, you know, there's a lot of innovation happening on alternative construction delivery systems, whether it's prefab or modular or, you know, like how do you deliver housing quicker, more cost effectively? And I think there's a lot of change happening. It's just a lot of it hasn't been proven yet, and is kind of having a hard time to scale up. So, I think all of those are interesting shifts that are happening.   Eve: [00:14:09] Yes. So, I want to go back to the statewide legislation.   Daniel: [00:14:13] Um hmm.   Eve: [00:14:13] So, when the state legislates you can now put up to four units on a lot ...   Daniel: [00:14:18] Um hmm.   Eve: [00:14:18] ... but zoning doesn't change. What does that look like? When you have typical single-family house setbacks and statewide legislation that now says you can squeeze more into the site? How does everyone manage that?   Daniel: [00:14:35] Yeh. So, as part of that legislation, as it requires the local jurisdictions to change their zoning by a specific time, in a specific time period. And so, like the state of Oregon right now is going through a large process where they're providing grants to local jurisdictions to change that zoning and they're creating a model code.   Eve: [00:14:54] That's expensive.   Daniel: [00:14:56] Yeah, and it's not simple.   Eve: [00:14:58] No.   Daniel: [00:14:58] It's not simple. And what I see is, and I noticed that there was, I think it was a podcast or blog post on your site about the barriers of parking requirements ...   [00:15:10] Yes.   [00:15:10] ... you can have on housing and the cost of housing. And I think it's going to be really interesting to see, because I don't think it was specifically part of the legislation that local jurisdictions had to remove or reduce parking requirements, and based on our work, both with cities and with developers, we found that it's absolutely necessary for cities to, ideally, remove and at least dramatically reduce their parking requirements to really make missing middle feasible.   Eve: [00:15:39] You know, I interviewed Donald Shoup.   Daniel: [00:15:41] Oh, yeah.   Eve: [00:15:42] Who basically says, you know, those thousands of pages of parking requirements and zoning laws should be replaced with one line. Parking not required.   Daniel: [00:15:52] Yes. Yes. Yeah. And I know you you focus and talk a lot about sort of mobility choices. And I like that your change index, that you use to score projects, really focuses on sort of these walkable, urban mobility-rich contexts, which is fantastic. And I feel like the demand for that walkable urban living, and I think that's a term Chris Leinberger coined, and I know he, you interviewed him ...   Eve: [00:16:20] Yes.   Daniel: [00:16:20] ... is, it's like a third of baby boomers, which is the largest market segment, and two thirds of millennial households, want this walkable urban living and, right, it's a really simple supply and demand equation that you have a really high demand and a low supply that's not really growing. Like it's a really, I'm not an economist, but it's a pretty easy, basic economic equation that sort of is going to, the response, or the result is going to be really unaffordable, high-cost housing in those areas that are delivering that walkable urban living. And we're working on a project right now called Culdesac Tempe, which will be the largest car-free community in the country when it's built next year. And it's in Tempe, Arizona. And the developers, our clients, their name is Culdesac, it's obviously an ironic name.   Eve: [00:17:14] Yes, it is.   Daniel: [00:17:14] They believe very strongly that there is a demand for this car-free living and they have more deposits from interested renters than they have units in the first phase. And they have, I think ...   Eve: [00:17:30] Wow.   Daniel: [00:17:30] ... something like 3,000 interested renters signed up to lease future phases. And so, it's proving that there's a really strong demand for choice. I think it's really about ...   Eve: [00:17:43] Yes.   Daniel: [00:17:43] ... providing a choice. And even in the Phoenix Metro, the one of the most auto-centric places in the country, that you can deliver this car-free living and people are super-interested in it, and it's ...   Eve: [00:17:55] Well, probably because the product they can afford to build is probably higher quality because they don't have to add in parking spaces, and the cost of those. And the person renting those apartments also doesn't have to pay for the cost of those. It seems like it's a win-win, if you can locate living units close to transit ...   Daniel: [00:18:16] Yeh.   Eve: [00:18:16] ... it's just better for everyone.   Daniel: [00:18:18] Yeah, it's along the light rail line.   Eve: [00:18:21] Oh, that's fabulous.   Daniel: [00:18:22] They're, you know, being very thoughtful about bikeshare stations, electric scooter stations, you know, pick up and drop off from the, you know, Lyft and Ubers of the world. And they're, you know, even getting funding from tech companies that are testing some of the technology within the project, things like delivery, you know, robot delivery, and, you know, delivery of groceries and things like that. So, it's kind of a testing ground of sorts. And yeah, it's, absolutely they're not having, so, you know, if they're having to build even one parking space per unit, right, you know, it would end up needing ...   Eve: [00:19:03] A lot of land.   Daniel: [00:19:03] ... a parking garage, a big expensive, at 30 or 40 grand per space, and a lot of land. And as the master planner of that project, you know, it just opened up so many opportunities to create the most high quality public spaces. 60 percent of the project is public space because, because cars are having to slice through the project or being parked on the project, and the housing types we were able to create our courtyard based. They're very responsive, both the plan and the housing types are responsive to the desert climate. And so, it's a really compact urban design ...   Eve: [00:19:42] Interesting.   Daniel: [00:19:42] ...and really narrow asseyos and courtyard housing that's focused on, you know, comfort in the hot season, but also fostering a really strong sense of community as well ...   Eve: [00:19:53] Wow.   Daniel: [00:19:53] ... which is a big goal of the project.   Eve: [00:19:55] So, is this typical of the work you do it at Opticas?   Daniel: [00:19:58] Yeah. So, yeah, it's, we're, about half of our work is with cities. And so, with those cities we're doing, usually doing urban revitalization, transit oriented projects, you know, downtown plan, corridor revitalization plan, new transit, sort of thinking about the impact of future transit and how a place might evolve. And that entails everything from, you know, the community participation process, the sort of visioning, sort of what's the defining the future form of the physical environment, as well as rewriting the zoning. And then the other half of our projects are with developers. And the types of developers we work with are, tend to be the more innovative, forward thinking developers who really want to do something that's not being delivered in a market.   Eve: [00:20:46] Um Hmm.   Daniel: [00:20:47] And so, the Culdesac Tempe project is a super exciting one. We're, we've also delivered the country's first missing middle neighborhood. It's in the Omaha, Nebraska, Metro in a small town called Papillion, Nebraska. And it's a 40-acre neighborhood created with buildings that are no more than eight units per building. And there's now 132 units built and the market is responding super well. It's performing financially very well for our client. And he is super excited. He can't build fast enough to keep up with the demand for it.   Eve: [00:21:22] Wow.   Daniel: [00:21:23] So, it's exciting to see that. And it's transforming a somewhat suburban context into a more walkable context. And part of that is we introduced a small neighborhood main street that has flex spaces on the ground floor of the live/work units that have incubated a small pizza shop, small yoga studio, sounds like a coffee shop may be coming shortly, sort of got stalled due to Covid. But it's just, we just get excited about those sorts of projects that can sort of move the bar. And that projects redefining what Class A multifamily can look and feel like. The Culdesac project is proving that car-free living, there's demand for it and, you know, like our, we did a project in the Salt Lake City region for one of the largest builders in Salt Lake City that basically enabled them to deliver a high quality for sale housing choice to entry-level buyers that they couldn't figure out how to deliver, and weren't able to deliver, even with a fairly conventional tuck under townhouse product type. So, yeah, we're having a lot of fun.   Eve: [00:22:37] It sounds like, it sounds like a lot of fun.   Daniel: [00:22:40] Yeah.   Eve: [00:22:41] So, what led you to this work?   Daniel: [00:22:44] Yeah, it's really interesting and sort of looking back at it and I sort of wrote the foreword to my book that sort of talks about the evolution of missing middle and my interest in walkable urbanism, sort of over the course of my life. And it's interesting because I do feel it really starts with growing up in a small town in the Midwest that was actually very walkable and very bikable and sort of kind of quintessential small town urbanism that functioned in a lot of ways, like neighborhoods function in larger cities ...   [00:23:18] Um hmm.   [00:23:18] ... a vibrant main street, you know, could bike across the town at the age of six or seven. And so, that planted the seeds. My grandmother,sorry, my great-grandmother, actually lived in a duplex, a block and a half from the small main street of my town. So, right, that was an introduction to sort of different housing types and housing choices. And I, you know, I have an undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Notre Dame, and I was fortunate enough that it was one of the few programs in the country that, as part of the focus of the program, teaches urbanism and trains you in good urbanism just as much as architecture. And I've lived in a number of places across the country like Chicago, Park Slope in Brooklyn, that these neighborhoods that had a really great mix of these missing middle housing types ...   Eve: [00:24:07] Um hmm.   Daniel: [00:24:07] ... and ended up coming out to UC Berkeley to get a master's degree in urban design and just had a really amazing faculty here that, a group of mentors that enabled me to explore this, this concept of these housing types. And as soon as I graduated from that program, I opened Opticos, which, you know, in 2000, we wrote our first zoning code that had the, we didn't call them missing middle at the time, but it had cottage courts and courtyard apartments ...   Eve: [00:24:38] Um hmm.   Daniel: [00:24:38] ... that were embedded in that zoning code. And, at that time, the planners, you know, thought we were really crazy. They didn't know what we were, they were like how can, you can't do this. This isn't the way we do this. And at this point, I would say that the approach which is, in what we call "form based coding," is fairly common practice. A lot of cities are doing it. Cities are asking for it. Cities are realizing it's a more progressive and thoughtful way ...   Eve: [00:25:08] Yeh, yeh.   Daniel: [00:25:08] ... to approach zoning. So, I think over the course of my life, it's just that my understanding has evolved and it's been part of my daily life and part of the, our, my architecture and urban design practice, and even the neighborhood I live in now in Berkeley, California, about 20 percent of the lots have missing middle types. And what that does, it allows my son's first grade teacher to live in a triplex. Her mother lives in one of the other units and she's also a teacher at that neighborhood school. And the third unit is occupied by my daughter's middle school physical education teacher. So, right, it's, it's functioning and it's delivering that attainable housing choice in my neighborhood.   Eve: [00:25:53] Right.   Daniel: [00:25:54] And this is, it is just good to personalize stories in that way.   Eve: [00:25:57] Yeh, it is. So you've been doing this for a while and there's always things that work really well, better than you expect, and things that don't work so well. You have any stories about those?   Daniel: [00:26:07] You know, we found that it's actually a little bit hard for a lot of cities and their planners and sometimes their decision makers to make this mental shift to a conversation about form and scale and desired building types and away from density and FAR and these other metrics that zoning has been so reliant on. And it's, the transition hasn't been as smooth as I would have imagined when I wrote my book "Form Based Codes," I think it was in 2009 it was released. I would have hoped by now that this would have become, there'd be, you know, hundreds of really highly-qualified practitioners and planners out there writing really high quality form based codes. But it really hasn't. It's happened very slowly and so, way more slowly than it needs to be happening. And I think the same is it's, the level of change that's necessary within the development industry, it's hard, you know, we'll get clients that that call us and say, you know, we really like this idea of missing middle, but when push comes to shove, we're saying, well, you really need to be OK with only providing one off-street parking space per unit and letting the on street parking deliver that second space and they're just, sort of, it's just, takes them outside of their comfort zone to the point where it's not going to really deliver the choice and the quality of living that we feel is necessary or the type of living that the market is demanding.   Eve: [00:27:29] I mean, I really have to wonder how much of that is driven by, you know, pretty traditional financial institutions, and I'll probably sound a little bit like a broken record on this. But I know that, you know, when you go to a bank that hasn't seen a product like the one you're trying to build before, it's, it can be sometimes almost impossible to get it financed. And without financing, you don't have a project. So...   Daniel: [00:27:52] Yeah.   Eve: [00:27:53] ... is that kind of the last frontier? Banks? I don't know.   Daniel: [00:27:57] No, I think it is, because, right, you're right. If there's not a comparable project in the market, right, it's it's hard for a bank to go outside of their comfort zone to say we're going to finance that project.   Eve: [00:28:11] Yeah, they need appraisals ...   Daniel: [00:28:12] Yeah.   Eve: [00:28:12] ... and the appraisals need three like-kind properties. And then they need to see that you, you know, you have all the approvals and entitlements that you need. It's pretty complicated pieces.   Daniel: [00:28:25] Yeah. And I do feel that, you know, what you're doing with the crowdfunding at Small Change can really benefit the application of missing middle housing, because, you know, what those innovative small builders/developers that are looking for that capital, I feel like, you've provided that platform.   Eve: [00:28:46] Yeh, so we did, you know, one in L.A. that might interest you, that is a bungalow court project. Eight units in courtyard style. It hadn't been built, I think, since the 1950s and very much in line with this missing middle, except that they, they built it as homeless housing, which is also good.   Daniel: [00:29:05] Yeah, it's, I noticed  that Bungalow Gardens project, and that's really at the heart of missing middle housing types. It's a really fantastic type that we delivered historically in neighborhoods that we, it's almost impossible and illegal to build in most cities, that ... it seems so basic. And, but there are so many barriers in place. And, you know, we launched missingmiddlehousing.com in 2016 because there was such a growing demand and interest on this topic. And, I can't remember what the numbers, but there's a large volume of visitors to that site, sort of on a weekly and a monthly basis. And it just shows that there's really strong interest in ...   Eve: [00:29:52] Yeah, yeah.   Daniel: [00:29:53] ... in this idea of exploring, you know, what are some of the tools that cities and planners and developers can put in their toolbox to address this gap between the type of housing this market wants, and I feel like one of those tools, definitely, especially for the delivery of missing middle, is and, I think this crowdfunding you're doing is great, so ...   Eve: [00:30:14] I hope.   Daniel: [00:30:18] Yeh, it's, and I think it's just, it's the type of innovation that, sort of rethinking the way we're doing things that, you know, needs to be happening.   Eve: [00:30:27] Yeah.   Daniel: [00:30:28] Yeah.   Eve: [00:30:28] Just out of interest. Are there any other current trends in real estate development that you think are really important for either the future of housing choice or better cities, things that you've been watching?   Daniel: [00:30:42] There's a couple of things. I think that we really need to figure out how to deliver walkable urbanism in new communities. And there, in addition to zoning, there's a lot of other barriers, starting with street designs, infrastructure, or sort of utility requirements. So, there's a long list of barriers. But I think that, you know, we've been talking about it for a while here in terms of more sustainable development patterns, but we haven't made a lot of progress. I would say we're still battling the same battles, project by project, that we were 20 years ago in terms of trying to remove some of these barriers – the zoning, the thoroughfare designs, push back from communities. So, we need to figure out a way to continue to make progress as more and more households either choose to rent or need to rent. I think we do need to figure out how to deliver a broader range of choices in rental housing. And like our Prairie Queen neighborhood in the Omaha Metro, I think it's showing there is a strong demand for a more sophisticated renter that's looking for a neighborhood, high quality living in a neighborhood, not just a multifamily project that's clustering housing together. And I think that's partly why the single family home rental market has taken off so broadly. And I think the primary reason is that renters aren't being given a choice other than the conventional multifamily ...   Eve: [00:32:06] Yeh.   Daniel: [00:32:06] ... or sort of the urban product type. And I think that missing middle can slip in there and provide a type of living that they're looking for. On the for sale side, I think we just need to figure out a way to deliver smaller scale condominium choices at this missing middle scale, and that fourplex, you know, eightplex, even cottage court scale, both in terms of financing, in terms of zoning, in terms of households getting mortgages. So, I think those are the things that I often, ...   Eve: [00:32:36] Yeh.   Daniel: [00:32:36] ... you know, reinforce as real needs out there to really respond to this, the growing need.   Eve: [00:32:42] Yes, yeah. Well, I hope I get to visit the car-free Culdesac project sometime soon. That would be a highlight for me.   Daniel: [00:32:50] Yeah.   Eve: [00:32:51] Sounds fabulous. And I can't wait to hear what's next for you. So, thank you very, very much for joining me.   Daniel: [00:32:58] Thank you. I've really enjoyed this conversation and I look forward to future conversations.   Eve: [00:33:23] That was Daniel Parolek. He's taught us all about the missing middle, broadly defined as housing in between single-family detached and large apartment complexes. We're talking about multiunit housing types such as duplexes and fourplexes, bungalow courts and mansion apartments, all of which were typically mixed in with single-family homes in pre-war city neighborhoods. Post-War developments, by contrast, focused on single-family zoning, driven by the growth of the suburbs and many cities ended up restricting the building of new multiunit structures. So, Daniel is a strong advocate for zoning reform to bring back that missing middle.   Eve: [00:34:19] You can find out more about impact real estate investing and access the show notes for today's episode at my website, EvePicker.com. While you're there, sign up for my newsletter to find out more about how to make money in real estate while building better cities. Thank you so much for spending your time with me today. And thank you, Daniel, for sharing your thoughts. We'll talk again soon. But for now, this is Eve Picker, signing off to go make some change.

Many American households have at least one pet. In any given year, one in three of these beloved family members will need costly veterinary care, even if it is for routine exam visits and vaccinations. Should a pet become severely ill and need emergency care, costs can sometimes be more than pet owners can bear. However, if they have pet insurance, owners will never have to make a decision about their pets wellbeing based on cost.Though pet insurance is a nontraditional benefit and is generally paid for by the employee, it is becoming increasingly popular in the workplace to help employees care for their pets without going bankrupt. This benefit is particularly valuable, as pet care is increasingly expensive. In fact, offering insurance for man’s best friend is a great marketing and PR initiative for companies that want to add to their image of being a great place to work.Pets typically visit the vet for the following reasons:Accident careIllness careRoutine preventive careLab workX-raysSurgeriesDiagnostic testingPrescription therapyThese services are the same or similar to the reasons why you or your employees would visit the doctor, and often carry a steep price tag. Specifically, here are the typical costs for the following common pet injuries and illnesses:Dog involved in a motor vehicle accident = $4,890Dog or cat ingesting a foreign body = $4,280Dog cancer treatments = $3,570Dog bladder infection treatment = $2,760Dog hip dysplasia = $2,390Cat fractured leg = $2,300Cat pneumonia treatment = $1,900Cat diabetes treatments = $1,740Coverage DetailsEmployers sign up for a group discount code that can be used by their employees, typically without a minimum enrollment number required. Then, pet owners can select a coverage percentage or monthly premium that will work best for their budget and needs. Under the policy, the pet must have an annual examination and the owners must adhere to the recommendations given by the veterinarians to remain covered. Beyond that, most policies do not cover existing conditions or injuries but do assist in paying for the following:New accidents and injuriesX-raysSurgeriesCancer carePrescriptionsHospitalizationVaccinationsHeartworm therapyFlea controlUrinalysisDental careSpay/neuterCompare Your OptionsIf your organization is considering this benefit for your employees, consider asking the pet insurance companies the following questions before making your selection:How long has your company been in business?Is coverage available in our area?Is coverage available where our employees may travel?Can employees use any veterinarian and animal hospital?Do you offer discounts for multiple pets?What are your customer service hours and availability?What are the coverage plan options available to employees? What are the deductible options?What is the average annual premium increase?Can our company lock in a premium rate?Is there a penalty for changing plans?Is preapproval for services required?What are the limits to the policy? Lifetime caps?Can employees find out the insurance reimbursement before authorizing their pet’s veterinarian to perform procedures?Do reimbursement amounts vary depending on the specific veterinarian’s fees?Can pets be dropped from the coverage? If so, why?What is the claims filing process?How long does it typically take to receive payment for a claim?How are claim disputes resolved?How does the policy determine reimbursement for claims?Is there a maximum amount paid per procedure? Per calendar year? Per disease?What diseases are excluded from the policy coverage?Are there breed-specific diseases excluded from the policy coverage?Are pre-existing conditions covered after a certain amount of time?Are alternative medicine techniques covered?Are consultations with specialists covered? Second opinions? After-hours emergency care?Does the policy provide coverage for behavioral problems?Is preventive care covered (vaccinations, heartworm testing, spaying/neutering, dental work, flea/tick control, microchipping, etc.)?If you are considering offering this benefit to your employees, visit www.petinsurance.com. 

Most of today’s show is a recreation of 2008’s Christmas special. Today we pause and take a moment to reflect on Christmas and how it has become the Holiday we celebrate today. Many American’s have no idea just how Christmas … Continue reading → The post Episode-146- TSP Rewind – The Christmas Special 2020 first appeared on The Survival Podcast.

Many American workers fear that the Social Security trust could be depleted in the not-so-distant future, which may lead some individuals to collect their benefits early – a decision that can significantly reduce their earned benefit. In this episode of Plan Talk, Retirement Director Ben Rizzuto explains research-based techniques that can be used to help ensure people more fully consider their options and make better decisions regarding when to claim this important earned benefit.

From 9 to 10:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Pence and Harris face off in the vice-presidential debate at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. What are the challenges that face both candidates, and what's at stake for each of them?Kyrgyzstan's "electoral agency annulled the results of Sunday's disputed parliamentary elections and the president offered to mediate," the New York Times reported Tuesday. "But it remained unclear who was in control." What's going here, and why now? "The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court late Monday largely revived a South Carolina law requiring that absentee ballots contain a witness signature, a Republican-passed mandate that could increase voters' exposure to the coronavirus," Common Dreams reported Tuesday. How could this affect the forthcoming elections?"Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and longtime confidant of Julian Assange, has been fastidiously reporting on the Australian publisher's extradition hearing to the United States. Yet few people have been reading it," Alan MacLeod wrote in a Monday piece for MintPress News. "This, according to Murray, is because of a deliberate decision by online media giants to downplay or suppress discussion of the case." "China, Russia and two dozen other countries called on the United States and Western nations to end the use of unilateral sanctions, which they said make it harder to deal with COVID-19," AFP reported Monday. "In a statement read by Chinese envoy Zhang Jun at the United Nations, they accused the US of violating human rights, systematic racial discrimination and hindering development in countries it places economic sanctions on." Has the moral high ground shifted?"Iran and Venezuela are two of President Donald Trump's most frequent foreign-policy targets, and increasing US pressure has only brought the two closer," Business Insider reported Sunday. "Their ties are again on display ahead of the presidential election, as US actions directed at Iran raise concerns Trump could seek a confrontation for political benefit." What are we to make of this? There's a great piece in Responsible Statecraft by William Smith making the assertion that "empire is destroying the American republic." Smith opens by writing, "Many American hawks fail to grasp one of the most axiomatic rules of history: when a republic becomes an empire, it is no longer a republic." What are the highlights?"The United States is arguably the most secure country on Earth, with friendly nations to the north and south and great oceans isolating it from its claimed biggest rivals, China and Russia," read a South China Morning Post editorial published on September 20. "But superpower status demands shows of strength and that has driven military budget increases that if approved, will push spending for fiscal 2021 to US$740 billion, more than one-third of the global total." Is this show of military strength really necessary?Guests:Daniel Lazare - Investigative journalist and author of "The Velvet Coup"Mark Sleboda - Moscow-based international relations and security analystGreg Palast - Investigative reporterDaniel Lazare - Investigative journalist and author of "America's Undeclared War"Dr. Margaret Flowers - Pediatrician, health reform activist and co-director at Popular ResistanceJim Jatras - Retired US diplomat and GOP Senate foreign policy adviserRichard Lachmann - Professor at the State University of New York at Albany and author of "First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline Great Powers"Leo Flores - Latin America coordinator for Code PinkRicardo Vaz - Political analyst and editor at Venezuelanalysis.com

Many American states use the labor of inmates to help fight its fires, but none so more than California. Using incarcerated firefighters saves the state’s taxpayers an estimated $100 million a year.The women that choose to enter the firefighting camps are afforded better pay, by prison standards, and an improved quality of time served. However, the money they earn from putting their lives on the line is dwarfed by the salaries of the civilian firefighters they work alongside — one woman reports to earn $500 a year, compared with the $40,000 starting salary on the outside.On today’s episode of The Sunday Read, Jaime Lowe explores California’s invisible line of defense against wildfires.This story was written by Jaime Lowe and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.

Now that the convention full of scripted feel-good speeches is over, it's time to start dissecting the policies of Joe Biden. One of the most impactful--but least discussed parts-- of the recently released Joe Biden tax plan is the elimination of the "step-up-in-basis" upon death. Many American families have enjoyed the ability to pass on appreciated assets like the family home, real estate, and stocks held at brokerages to the next generation without any capital gains tax.  Whether you have built up a nice stock portfolio or paid off your home and hope to leave it to your kids, Biden’s plan would eliminate that privilege and impose a capital gains tax upon.  But wait, there's more! His plan also makes gains taxable at the ordinary income rate, rather than the lower capital gains rate. We'll review the Tax Foundation's analysis. Then Medicare expert Shelley Grandidge joins us. A really important show you don't want to miss....MASTERING MONEY is on the air!!!  

The U.S. has now recorded more than 5 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 160,000 deaths -- over 22 percent of the worldwide totals. Many American public health experts warn that the U.S. is at another important crossroads in its response to the pandemic. Dr. Peter Hotez, an infectious disease specialist at the Baylor College of Medicine, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his recommendations. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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One of the most impactful--but least discussed parts-- of the recently released Joe Biden tax plan is the elimination of the "step-up-in-basis" upon death. Many American families have enjoyed the ability to pass on appreciated assets like the family home, real estate, and stocks held at brokerages to the next generation without any capital gains tax.  Whether you have built up a nice stock portfolio or paid off your home and hope to leave it to your kids, Biden’s plan would eliminate that privilege and impose a capital gains tax upon.  But wait, there's more! His plan also makes gains taxable at the ordinary income rate, rather than the lower capital gains rate. We'll review the Tax Foundation's analysis. Then Medicare expert Shelley Grandidge joins us. A really important show you don't want to miss....MASTERING MONEY is on the air!!!

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The rapid decline of urban America. Coronavirus news, and where is the death toll or lack thereof in the mainstream media? Latest mortality numbers. Fixing America, thinking outside the box. Uber/Postmates merger.

The rapid decline of urban America. Coronavirus news, and where is the death toll or lack thereof in the mainstream media? Latest mortality numbers. Fixing America, thinking outside the box. Uber/Postmates merger.

The current investigations into Russian meddling into US elections could potentially be one of the biggest scandals in American history. With the intelligence community in agreement as to Russia’s role in undermining the election by producing fake news, attempting to hack election systems, as well as its theft and proliferation of DNC emails, it’s hard not to conclude that Russia’s meddling was an overwhelming success. Many American citizens have expressed outrage over the breach of their hallowed institutions, with some even calling it an act of war.

Do you know your blood type? Many American’s don’t, but it can be a true vital sign when it comes to dealing with your health. Dr. Peter D’Adamo is a naturopathic physician, distinguished professor of clinical sciences, author, and much more, who is passionate about converging science and nature to find whole-body health.  By using blood types, epigenetics, and computer science, Dr. D’Adamo is individualizing medicine while still honoring the inherent idea of the healing power of nature. Different blood types respond differently to stress, environment, and the microbiome, and it is only by understanding how your blood type impacts your health that you can start to personalize your health to you. The evidence and utility of your blood type and secreter status is overflowing, and with the information that Dr. D’Adamo shares today, you can get a handle on how your body works so that you can treat it better and promote your longevity. Everything from your blood viscosity to your diet can play a role in how your blood and body reacts to your lifestyle. If you are looking for a science-based framework to understand your body better and give it what it needs, this is an episode you cannot miss.  Discovering how your body works is not a ‘one size fits all’ undertaking. By using technology to provide you with the insights that can bring you back to what you are strongest at, you can learn about the pathways of your body and treat it better.  Are you ready to take a step back and appreciate the theory of generative medicine? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section of the episode page.    In This Episode Learn about the different blood types and how they can be determinant of health  Understand the differences between the blood types and why it matters  Why a one size fits all approach to blood type and treatment is a dangerous theory Basic diet strategies for each blood type and how they relate to generativity  Discover why naturopathic medicine was responsible for uncovering the differences in solutions for individual blood types   Quotes “The idea that blood type influences personality is kind of silly. The reality is though that there are chemical and immunological and genetic things that do differ by blood type that has to do with how we deal with stress.” (12:10) “The reality is that we are constantly molding ourselves and remolding ourselves and remaking and remodeling ourselves in response to the environment. And if we didn’t, we wouldn’t be here today.” (15:57) “Food is a political issue in this particular time period. And to be able to simply anything beyond this idea that there is a one size fits all that is going to work for everybody, that is a very very dangerous thought.” (27:28) “I decided that I would write software that would simply write everybody their own book. So in our clinic, we do an analysis and generate software, one of a kind diets, that essentially result in the patient having a book written for them right then and there.” (38:52) “These variations, we shouldn’t be running away from it. We should be accepting it, we should be exploring it, turning it sideways, upside down. Because it is all about learning, it is all about finding out more about ourselves. We should be celebrating the differences rather than trying to sweep them away into a one size fits all thing.” (45:28)   Links Live Right For Your Type by Dr. Peter D’Adamo 4 Your Type Blood Test Find the full show notes for this episode here Keep up with all things Love Is Medicine Follow Razi on Facebook |Instagram

The Cinematography Podcast Episode 80: Xavier Grobet Mexican-born DP Xavier Grobet grew up surrounded by visual images. His mother was a professional photographer, and from an early age, Xavier made his own Super 8 movies every summer with his cousins and family members. He started out going to architecture school, but soon decided his passion was film. Xavier's generation of fellow Mexican filmmakers, “Chivo” Emmanuel Lubezki, Rodrigo Prieto, and Alfonso Cuarón were also attending film school at one of the two main colleges in Mexico City. One of Xavier's early experiences was operating the third camera on a French film, Les Pyramides Bleues, with Alfonso Cuarón as the assistant director. Many American productions were shooting in Mexico at the time, so Xavier was able to work on huge movies like Tony Scott's Revenge and Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Once he moved to America, it took awhile to get established again, but he got a big break shooting the Julian Schnabel film Before Night Falls and the series Deadwood. Xavier Grobet's most recent work has been on HBO's phenomenal series Watchmen, on episodes three, five, and seven. Going into the world of Watchmen proved to be a huge challenge, because each episode works as its own separate piece, but required a familiarity with the script for the entire series to ensure the consistency and look of the story. He always found ways to shoot from different angles, and used blue lighting selectively to suggest and reveal Dr. Manhattan. It was daunting working within the framework of the show's look and following its guidelines, but Xavier embraced it and made it his. See Watchmen on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/watchmen Find Xavier Grobet: http://xmexdp.com/ Instagram: @xmexdp Find out even more about this episode, with extensive show notes and links: http://camnoir.com/ep80/ Sponsored by Hot Rod Cameras www.hotrodcameras.com Website: www.camnoir.com Facebook: @cinepod Instagram: @thecinepod Twitter: @ShortEndz

Many American school children of a certain generation, or perhaps several generations, were introduced to writing poetry through the Japanese form – haiku. It is very simple, and allows for great creativity within a defined structure – 3 lines, 17 syllables total, 5 – 7 – 5. Easy enough for even a child, but never Read More

1:30 - Paddy from Providence "Hope ya well, first time long time here, ... Gotta ask, isn't the Austin Gabronis and the Los Angeles Crantinis owned by the same guy a bit of a conflict of interest? That's it. Feel free to discus..." Okay, so everyone has heard that Adam Gilchrist has purchased his second Major League Rugby team. Similar to the Austin based "Gilgronis" (a Texas sized cocktail to be named in the future...), the Los Angeles franchise has been dubbed as the "Giltinis" (a California martini with the perfect amount of smugness). But what does this mean for the future of the league? Many American rugby "old boys" who have spent their life trying to legitimize rugby in the states consider the branding a disaster. Others have more of an open mind. After all, Gilchrist did make some serious promises in Austin regarding youth rugby and seems ready to drop some serious coin. There's no doubt that he has pissed off some some USA rugby fans. I'm sure he'll make his players happy (after all, what aging stars wouldn't want to end their career in L.A. or Austin?), by paying them slightly higher salaries than the rest of the league (the cap is the cap, but there are ways to skirt it .... (stock options, free luxury housing, no show side jobs). My guess is that he has certainly rattled some cages within the MLR ownership groups. I'm only speculating here, but if I was an original founder of an MLR team, and all of the sudden a multi-millionare (soon to be BILLIONARE, pending an American I.P.O. of F-45) had purchased not one, but two teams, then re-branded them after cocktails and starting shipping in ex-Wallabies ... I'd probably be a little shook. But there are probably other ownership groups that are ecstatic to see money poured into the still fledgling league (2.25 seasons under the MLR belt). Remember, the league has MANY years before profitability and after an economic recession, the ownership group as a whole has to be relieved to see Gilchrist back up the Brinks Truck. The question is, .... can their egos handle a young, rich, move-maker like Gilchrist who now has the "hottest" (if we're just going by the 70's neon, vice colors) team in the west. If Gilchrist follows through on all his USA youth rugby promises in Los Angeles AND Austin ..., and truly does try and grow American talent, then I'm sure people will eventually give in on the alcoholic related branding. Only time will tell. 3:30 - Stewart McClanahanahan "Do you Yanks put any value in the theory that if the best athletes in the States picked up a rugby ball, the US would instantly become the best side in the world? Do you buy that ? or is rugby different and is there more skill involved. Something to think about while your stuck at home staring at your own Grogan. 7:00 - Guru "Are people training for 7's yet? Running, spacing, kicking the ball, perhaps some Fiji flair? Can you train and social distance? Also, great (rugby) book: Trinity by Leon Uris" Shoutout to the Guru, thanks for calling ... (again). Right now only New Zealand is ready to start playing rugby again. Lucky for us, as far as rugby quality goes, the kiwis are simply the best. 12:25 - Caller Ceesh "Will the Gilgronis and Giltinis be throwing games to each other, and does this undermine the entire MLR? We hopped back in and discussed this at length (more so about the alcohol branding). Uncle Johnny raises a great point ... if branding and selling drinks is the primary goal, what will the quality on the field look like? TommyNoPiks also raises the idea that if we cater to fans that love drinking, we may be pushing away families with kids, etc ... Plenty more to come in the Gilchrist era of the MLR, but stay tuned for our call with MLR draft prospect (and Central Washington LEGEND) Cole Zarcone

Many American cities are on fire - literally - as tensions over systemic racism erupt. How do we enact our bodhisattva vows in the face of all of this suffering - caused by racism, the global pandemic, the breakdown of earth's natural life support systems, and global heating? Our vow is to "save all beings" but - at least in terms of an individual's goal - that is impossible. How do we honor our bodhisattva vow in a vital and authentic way, as opposed to it being a largely irrelevant ideal?

In this episode of Food Talks, Dallas Townsend and Jordan Townsend talk about what inflammation is and how it can affect your body.Many American's live in a state of constant inflammation which can lead to a wide variety of health problems.Sometimes the solution is right in front of us, but requires a bigger change to our lives than we are willing to commit to.It's your health and wellness at stake, and no one can make the healthy choices for you!Enjoy, drop a like, comment, and subscribe!

Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats are trying to play politics with the Chinese Coronavirus to push through their radical policy proposals.How many Americans just had their lives ruined because the Democrats blocked the Coronavirus relief bill? 

On today’s episode of Felony Friday Claus “Moffe” Nielsen joins the show. Claus has a very important story to tell. Many American politicians, such as current Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, paint Denmark to be a liberal utopia. Claus pulls back the current to reveal the truth by sharing the injustice he suffered while living in Denmark. Claus had his life life turned upside down while living in Denmark. It all started when he began to produce his own THC-oil to help his daughter fight cancer. The THC oil helped his daughter to beat cancer and soon demand grew from others who were sick and wanted his THC-oil for their ailments. Eventually Claus was arrested, tried and convicted. Show notes: https://lionsofliberty.com/2020/02/21/in-denmark-claus-nielsen-went-to-prison-for-making-thc-oil-to-help-his-daughter-fight-cancer/Commercial free broadcast from February 21, 2020 on the Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network, online at heartlandnewsfeed.com, Spreaker and other platforms.Listen Live: https://www.heartlandnewsfeed.com/listenliveFollow us on social mediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hlnfradionetworkTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/HLNF_BulletinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heartlandnewsfeedMastadon: https://liberdon.com/@heartlandnewsfeedDiscord: https://discord.gg/6b6u6DTSupport us with your financial supportStreamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/heartlandmediaPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/heartlandmediaSquare Cash: https://cash.app/$heartlandnewsfeedPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/heartlandnewsfeedCrypto via 1UpCoin: https://1upcoin.com/donate/heartlandmediaBusiness contact: jake.leonard@heartlandnewsfeed.com

On today's episode of Felony Friday Claus "Moffe" Nielsen joins the show. Claus has a very important story to tell. Many American politicians, such as current Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, paint Denmark to be a liberal utopia. Claus pulls back the current to reveal the truth by sharing the injustice he suffered while living in Denmark.  Claus had his life life turned upside down while living in Denmark. It all started when he began to produce his own THC-oil to help his daughter fight cancer. The THC oil helped his daughter to beat cancer and soon demand grew from others who were sick and wanted his THC-oil for their ailments. Eventually Claus was arrested, tried and convicted. 

Most of today’s show is a recreation of 2008’s Christmas special. Today we pause and take a moment to reflect on Christmas and how it has become the Holiday we celebrate today. Many American’s have no idea just how Christmas … Continue reading →

Jerrod Laber and Zachary Yost join Underscored to review the contents of the Washington Post report on Afghanistan, and the US government's effort to cover-up the failure of the 18-year war.  --- ---- -- --- --  Many American’s concerns about the country’s long-standing war on terror were well-founded. In the “Afghanistan Papers,” a 2,000-page collection of numerous interviews with high-level U.S. defense officials by the Washington Post, a disturbing PR effort was uncovered to spin the Afghan war effort into the best light possible, even though leaders at the time knew it was not a winning situation. This, of course, resurrects the age-old question: how can Americans trust their government when things like this occur, and have occurred before? Two generations before me a similar lesson was supposedly learned by the American public about open-ended war, mission creep, government lies and cover-up. Yet, here we are again. 

I am thrilled to welcome Pete Gail to the Clear Choices podcast! He is bringing something a little different and unique from others that I have interviewed because he is going to be telling us about how he guides others on making big decisions and choices in their lives as a youth sports consultant. Youth sports is a big industry in America- a $17 billion industry. To put that in perspective, that is as large as Major League Baseball. Many American families are spending an average of $100-$500 per month on one child. With the increase of parents hoping to get their child athletes into college by way of scholarship, the pressure is on. There is fierce competition because only about 5.5% of high school athletes go on to play college sports. Pete joins us to provide insight into how he helps athletes and families navigate youth sports and the choices they face when trying to play at the college level. Pete was born in Portland, Oregon, and currently lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with his family. He grew up in a sports family and was a successful soccer player playing at Duke University where he was captain of his team. He went on to play professionally and then later became a coach at Loyola Marymount University. His professional path of coaching and mentoring led him to starting his own business. He is the owner and operator of the PG Method, an athletic recruiting mentorship program which has literally helped hundreds of kids, in multiple sports, find their path to play college sports and obtain college scholarships. "I do think that hunger and drive is essential. At the same time, I think you have to have a healthy love of the sport. That passion has to be there and if it is, you’re going to want to work hard.” In this episode, you will hear: - How Pete made choices when faced with his own college decisions - How he helps student athletes and their families navigate the recruiting and academic college process - The process of mentorship, guidance, and strategy he provides his student athletes to help them make the best college choices for themselves Thank you so much for listening! Please subscribe to the show, leave a review, and share it with a friend. If you have a guest idea or want to connect with me, please visit my website www.clearchoices.live or find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Clear-Choices-104719800920939/. I am also available for speaking engagements. Other resources and links mentioned in this episode: https://www.pgmethod.com/

Many American churches focus on growth. While this doesn’t necessarily mean they can’t also have a vibrant community, it makes close-knit community harder. Churches should consider focusing instead on developing a close-knit community, because this will foster better discipleship (and also alleviate America’s loneliness problem).

This health show is designed to inform everyday people about the benefits of healthy food and it affect on our mind, body and soul.On this show people will learn how to prepare easy meal, how to use food for medicine and much more. Today Marsha will be talking with Tammy King about her cancer journey with Cannabis Oil. Many American is turning to cannabis oil for rheumatoid arthritis, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic pain, and cancer. Cannabis oil is used to help children with seizures. Many families shared their, testimonies about their children having 50- 100 seizures a day. When they started using cannabis oil many of the children's seizures decrease greatly or stop altogether. Tammy King's story is powerful her goal is to help others just like someone helped her.  To all my 4 Your Health Listeners this program/radio show advises all that the information presented here is for the purpose of information, and education only. It should not be construed as offering medical advice or the diagnosis and / or treatment of any illness, injury, condition or prevention for any health problems the viewer should consult licensed physician or health care practitioner for proper diagnosis and / or treatment.

I'm in my old apartment in Nanning, China now! I came back for about 12 days to clear the apartment of my things because I won't be working here anymore. I have a lot of work to do, figuring out what to do with all my stuff! I taught English in China for 19 1/2 years. I also have a lot of people to say goodbye to, and that will be hard. I'm honored right now to have two of my former students from about 12 years ago come down from Xi'an to spend a couple days with me, to say goodbye and to help me pack. Here's a podcast episode from 2 1/2 years ago: ............................... LnR 088 (Casual Language) Loan, Lend or Borrow 1. Could you loan me your pen for a minute? 2. I'd like to borrow your pen for a minute. 3. She borrowed my laptop last week. 4. I loaned her my laptop last week. 5. I'm going to the bank today to borrow money to start my business. 6. The bank is going to loan me money to start my business. 7. My daughter borrowed money from me. 8. I loaned money to my daughter. 9. Many American students borrow money from the government to pay for school. 10. The government loans money to college students.

The United States remains the only industrialized country that does not provide some form of universal paid family leave. Many American workers continue to have to choose between maintaining their livelihood and caring for loved ones. There is some momentum in Congress to potentially change that, and meanwhile policy varies widely at the state and employer levels. In the St. Louis region, some organizations are recognizing the positive impact that paid family leave can have, and that trend is the focus of a free Tuesday evening panel, The Future of Family Leave.

Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The day Allied Forces stormed Normandy beaches. Many American soldiers, as well as Allied soldiers, gave the ultimate sacrifice on this day.

Many American men suffer from one form or another of urinary incontinence and they may not tell anyone about their symptoms as they may be embarrassed to discuss it with their physician. Uwais Zaid, M.D discusses Overactive bladder (OAB) and how providers can start this discussion with their patients and offer them one of the many treatment options available.

Many American men suffer from Erectile Dysfunction. It may be a result of a medication they are on, treatment for cancer or another reason. They may be hesitant to tell anyone about their symptoms as they may be embarrassed to discuss it with their physician. Uwais Zaid, M.D discusses Erectile Dysfunction and how providers can start this discussion with their patients and offer them one of the many treatment options available.

Many American churches, including All Saints Lutheran Church, have resurrected an old Easter custom begun by the Greeks in the early centuries of Christianity - “Holy Humor Sunday” celebrations of Jesus’ resurrection on the Sunday after Easter. The custom was rooted in the musings of early church theologians (like Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and John Chrysostom) that God played a practical joke on the devil by raising Jesus from the dead… “Risus paschalis - the Easter laugh!” Today, our church service is a mixture of tradition and frivolity, a time for celebration and humor where we hear about Thomas. We’re glad you are here!Scripture Reading: John 20:19-31, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Many American women in their 20s and 30s have monthly cycles in which they don’t ovulate. Infertility is at an all time high. The reasons for anovulation are that we have severe biochemical imbalance and stress caused by xenoestrogens, which I discussed previously. Stress promotes biochemical imbalance by overtaxing the adrenals, which then steal progesterone to make more adrenal hormones, which further promotes estrogen dominance. Listen! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gianna-micel5/support

Download the audio Here! Julian Hayes II - Getting back to Peak performance Limitless potential Have you had the life-changing moment of making a change in your life for the better? Julian Hayes the II had that moment early in his life after being introduced to the premise Age is number but a marker of time of earth. After noticing an elderly gentleman run circles around younger men, he began to question his path to longevity and productivity. Julian decided to do something early in his life, which many humans require at least half a lifetime to understand. What are you putting inside? The big question Julian has is, What are you putting in your mind, body, and spirit. The journey revolves around the time we live. Julian as well as I understand we have the ability to live much longer than was historically possible. Human longevity is expanding as we progress through time. No is the time to connect to the positive knowledge and life exploration available to us. We are all unique. Each of us is a very particular being. As we are very different but the same biologically, one size does not fit all. According to Julian, we must discover the properties related to diet, exercise and understand which specifically resonates with our own biology. Julian and I have a kindred experience from traveling outside of the United States. Americans by and large rarely travel outside the continental US. A few items to consider in your own life to unlock your potential. Get at least 7-8.5 hours of sleep. Many American are sleep deprived. We consistently are trying to juggle family duties, working outside the home and social performance pressures. Sleep deprived people suffer many performance issues, depression, anxiety, and the largest factor is a failure to lose weight or maintain proper body mass index. Julian Hayes II Bio Julian Hayes II is an author, high-performance health & sleep consultant, and most importantly, a believer in limitless human potential. After deciding to leave the pursuit of medicine behind after one year to pursue an even bigger dream, Julian started the Art of Fitness & Life where the mission is to help entrepreneurs and high achievers create more energy with predictability so they can make a bigger impact and operate with an unfair advantage in business and life. In addition to helping clients in his private wellness & concierge practice, Julian has a weekly column at Inc along with frequently appearing at places such as Entrepreneur, Success, Bodybuilding.com, and many others. To contact Julian Hayes II  https://theartoffitnessandlife.com/ https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/julian-hayes-ii

Russian Nation State Hackers & What We're Not Doing About It.  - By Bob Flores – former Chief Technology Officer of the CIA & Babak Pasdar CEO and CTO of Acreto IoT Security The effective use of Russian nation state hackers led to a hacked election that has resulted in a hacked America. We're still licking our wounds and not doing anything about it. In fact we are arguing if it happened at all! Cybersecurity strategy incorporates the confluence of technology, business and geopolitics with so many moving parts that to call them complex is an understatement. Strategies must span multiple geographies across a plurality of nations and continents. That is why no one can “go it alone”.  Today we need our friends more than ever – not just for geopolitics, but also for cyber defense. Collaboration is the underpinning of cybersecurity. As the largest global economy that comprises infrastructure, industry, enterprise and institutions, the US is the most technologically advanced. Many American companies span the globe making them one big glass house while the rest of the cyber world are kids with rocks on a dare. These "kids with rocks" fall into four major categories. First, there are hacktivists, who hack for their cause. The most well known of these being the loosely bound group called Anonymous. The second category is terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Al Qaeda. These organizations recognize cyber warfare as a cornerstone to their mid to long-term strategy and are working feverishly and investing heavily to get them to maturity. The third group is financial hackers. The best way to describe financial hackers is the Mob and Cartels' online arm. And finally, the most dangerous are state-sponsored hackers. Even though they operate behind triple or quadruple blind systems, which makes tracking them extremely difficult, they can be identified by their unique hacking techniques or fingerprints. Nation state hackers are not the moody lone-wolf nocturnal teenagers cranking death metal and surviving on Amp energy drinks. That's a TV cliche. And hacking is not an organic game of pickup, where individual hackers are swapped indiscriminately. Nation state hackers are carefully curated teams that train, collaborate and solve problems together. Not only do they have to get along and gel over time, but they have to build and test many foundational tools they need to perform the advanced objectives they are charged with. Sometimes this can take years! Lets Talk Hacking Fingerprints: Cyber-threat intelligence organizations that monitor and track Advanced Persistent Threats – APT.s - use their threat fingerprints to build a profile on each team over time. The collection of fingerprints defines each team, otherwise called an APT. The profile fingerprints for the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans and Iranians all vary. Each APT, or different hacking group, is assigned a unique number for identification. For example, APT37 is North Korea, APT34 is Iran, and the American election hacks are associated with APT.28 and AP.29 - which are obviously Russian nation state hackers. In fact, APT.28, otherwise known as "Fancy Bear", is a completely different team than APT29, "Cozy Bear", both of which work for the Russian Government.  As an example, here is a sample of the fingerprint for Fancy Bear – APT28- that has been tracked since 2007, and the reasons for American intelligence agencies' confidence in Russia as source for the election hacks: Here are some quick hit details for APT28: Its Target Sectors includes: The Caucasus, particularly Georgia, eastern European countries and militaries, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and other European security organizations and defense firms. APT. 28 is focused on Cyber-Espionage As a summary overview: APT28 is a skilled team of developers and operators collecting intelligence on defense and geopolitical issues—intelligence that would be useful only to a government. This APT group compiles malware samples with Russian language settings during working hours (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.), consistent with the time zone of Russia’s major cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. This suggests that APT28 receives direct ongoing financial and other resources from a well-established organization, most likely the Russian government. Tools commonly used by APT28 include the SOURFACE downloader, its second-stage backdoor EVILTOSS and a modular family of implants dubbed CHOPSTICK. APT28 has employed RSA encryption to protect files and stolen information moved from the victim’s network to the controller. It has also made incremental and systematic changes to the SOURFACE downloader and its surrounding ecosystem since 2007, indicating a long-standing and dedicated development effort. Known operations include Operation RussianDoll where Adobe & Windows Zero-Day Exploits were Leveraged in highly-targeted attacks. There are other means for determining the source of attacks.  Aside from fingerprinting, intelligence agencies do track the sale of zero-day exploits purchased on the markets. Zero-days are exploits for previously unknown vulnerabilities. There are numerous commercial and underground organizations whose business is finding, exploiting and weaponizing vulnerabilities.  Once the exploit is developed, it's put up for bid - and governments are the most affluent bidders. Commercial organizations offer them for sale on the public market to sanctioned agencies, while underground groups sell their exploits on the black market – Dark Net - to the highest bidder indiscriminately. In the case of juicy exploits, the buyer may pay significant sums for the privilege of exclusivity. The buyer wants the advantage of a weapon that nobody else has. All governments use a variety of proprietary techniques, technologies and informants to track the exploit inventory of both rival and ally countries. Ultimately the recourse to cyber attacks is a blunt instrument in the form of counter-attack. Counter attacks may include counter hacks, economic sanctions, embargoes, or a combination.  However, for a government to get involved in countering attacks large organizations or critical infrastructure are usually involved and even then it is reserved for the largest and most egregious attacks. American election compromise is such an example. At this particular point in time, America has opted for a "go it alone" approach to global relationships. Collaboration on cyber issues is not exempt from this. As the occupant of "The Big Glass House" in a world of rock-throwing kids, especially Russian nation state hackers, America needs its friends more than ever. Even though we have been hacked, America is still Not Minding The Store. Collaboration between government and commercial threat intelligence is key to a successful cyber strategy. The nation’s top intelligence officer, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, indicated on Friday, July 13 and I quote: "persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The system was blinking red," Coats said. (nytimes.com) "Here we are nearly two decades later and I’m here to say the warning lights are blinking red again. Today, the digital infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. Every day, foreign actors - the worst offenders being Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea - are penetrating our digital infrastructure and conducting a range of cyber-intrusions and attacks against targets in the United States". Recently, Congress has zeroed out nearly $400 million from the fund used to protect the integrity of our election and has blocked subsequent efforts to fund it across partisan lines. In April 2018, the White House Cybersecurity coordinator was relieved from his role less than six months from the November elections. As of the end of July no replacement has been named. Moreover, tough sanctions passed by congress in July 2017 are yet to be implemented as of July 2018. It may be too late for anyone to take the helm and implement meaningful protections at such a late stage. Collaborating to stop these attacks requires leadership, funding, a competent team, communications and sharing. At this point in time we have the competent team members in the form of our intelligence agencies that are raring to be let loose. However there is no leadership, no mandate and no funding. We also find ourselves in a strange situation with sparse dialog with our allies due to newly formed political trust issues. The patient is not in trouble because a first- year med student is the surgeon. Rather, the patient has been abandoned by the surgeon with little time to live while the operating room is dark because nobody paid the utility bill. Next in this series we will look at an example of Russia's nation-state hacking teams and their construct in our blog: Putin's Eleven – Nation State hacker teams uncovered. Learn more by visiting our web site: Acreto.io -- On Twitter: @acretoio and if you haven’t done so, sign up for the Acreto Crypto-n-IoT podcast. You can get it from Apple – Google or your favorite podcast app. About Acreto IoT Security Acreto IoT Security delivers advanced security for IoT Ecosystems, from the cloud. IoTs are slated to grow to 50 Billion by 2021. Acreto’s Ecosystem security protects all Clouds, users, applications, and purpose-built IoTs that are unable to defend themselves in-the-wild. The Acreto platform offers simplicity and agility, and is guaranteed to protect IoTs for their entire 8-20 year lifespan. The company is founded and led by an experienced management team, with multiple successful cloud security innovations. Learn more by visiting Acreto IoT Security on the web at acreto.io or on Twitter @acretoio.

Gov. Roy Cooper has signed an executive order calling on state agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The goal is to have North Carolina follow through on dictates of the Paris climate agreement, even though the Trump administration has pulled the United States out of that agreement. Donald van der Vaart, John Locke Foundation senior fellow and former N.C. environmental secretary, dissects Cooper’s order and analyzes its implications. Many American cities appear to face a state of decline. The group Strong Towns endorses action that would help reverse that decline. Development director Bo Wright discusses Strong Towns’ recommendations. That includes the roles public and private actors should take. After less than three years on the job, UNC System President Margaret Spellings has announced plans to resign in March. Despite the surprise announcement, Spellings told reporters she is proud of the system’s accomplishments during her tenure. She outlined some of those accomplishments during a recent news conference. Today’s college students have embraced activism to a degree last seen in the 1970s. But former Yale professor William Deresiewicz recently cautioned a Duke audience against treating college as a way to promote that activism. Deresiewicz made a plea for a traditional liberal-arts education that forces people to think, reason, and question their beliefs. The federal government has granted North Carolina a waiver to make major changes in its Medicaid program. Among the changes is a shift from a fee-for-service system to one in which the state allots a set amount of funding to address care for each Medicaid patient. Statewide and regional groups will contract with state government to manage its Medicaid services. Dan Way, Carolina Journal associate editor, discusses waiver details and assesses the significance for Medicaid’s future.

Martin Voigt,  the only beer blogger in Austria, is our first guest today, and Dr. Hoby Wedler is also here, together with Bob Sonnenberg and Jeff Harrington from the Earle Baum Center in Santa Rosa. Martin will talk about his trip to California to get better acquainted with the craft beer industry here. Then Dr. Hoby Wedler, an organic chemist who has been blind since birth and who is a flavor expert, will lead a blind taste test. Martin Voigt greets Steve Jaxon with “Servus!” which is a typical Austrian and central European greeting. Martin says that Marzen beer is the most popular style in Austria. It’s a lager beer. They have some Pilsners too, but mostly those are made in Germany. In the last decades, major companies have bought all the small breweries in Germany, but not in Austria, where they still have small or mid-size breweries that have existed for many years. Austrians like having beer that comes from a local brewery. So this makes it easier for Austrians to get into craft brewing. Herlinda has noticed that they like American beer there. Martin Voigt mentions that Lagunitas just got a distributor in Europe and they were at the craft beer festival in Vienna. US beer is known now as some of the best in the world. Many American breweries don’t ship to Europe so Martin had to come to California to meet the brewers and taste the beers. Martin Voigt's trip has included visits to Sierra Nevada in Chico and Moonlight Brewing (recent Brew Ha Ha guests). He will visit breweries for the next two weeks. Next they taste a cider flavored with hops called Black Stock. Martin says that cider has become popular in Austria too. Herlinda introduces some guests from the Earle Baum Center, a nonprofit regional community center in Santa Rosa California, serving people with sight loss in Napa, Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties. Bob Sonnenberg is Director of Development and Jeff Harrington is a Director and Assistive Technology Specialist. Dr. Hoby Wedler is also in today, he is a PhD organic chemist and a sensory scientist. As they taste the hop flavored cider, they notice the hop called Lemondrop among the other flavors. Everyone agrees it has a unique flavor. Herlinda tells about another cider called OMG Ugly cider. They brought some spice aroma ciders, one that tastes of cedar chips and star anise pods. Steve introduces Dr. Hoby Wedler and asks him to tell about his activity. He has a PhD in computational organic chemistry and is a sensory science specialist. He and his business partner have founded Senspoint Design. Steve then asks Bob and Jeff to talk about the musical event that usually happens at this time of year, but this year the Earle Fest wasn’t on target for what the organization does. So they are having another event, a community open house, where they can show what they do. Earle Baum was a blind farmer born in 1896 who lived to the age of 90. He wanted to be a journalist, but they did not have the technology he needed to do that as a blind person. So he stayed on his farm and designed a lot of assistive tools to help him do the job. “Your Vision Our Focus” is the name of the event. Bob and Jeff describe what the Earle Baum center does, including core services to help persons with visual impairment, to help people learn to live with significant vision loss. One of the services they have is some simulators to help family members understand the effects of different types of visual impairment. Herlinda mentions that pharmacies in Europe provide Braille information with prescriptions. Next, Hoby has brought some blindfolds for everyone to wear, in order to conduct a blind taste test. Steve puts on the blindfold and his first taste is Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA and they discuss its flavor profile.  Next they taste some anise mixed with cedar chips. Every item has a particular scent which they describe carefully. There is a blend of cacao and coconut too.

The western world has a perception that China is a copycat, and Chinese people do not innovate.  Many American technology companies become more cautious about their IP protection when partnering with Chinese companies. However, China's rising on economy is not deniable, and China is filing more patents than the US since 2012. Mr. Y.P. Chan, a successful business leader and consultant, as well as a researcher and lecture, will demystify the misunderstanding and share his own thoughts on the reality of Chinese technology innovation from a historical and a modern view. He will explain what China's innovation looks like and why he believes innovation is one of the key forces driven China's high-speed growth over the past 40 years.

It's time to travel to Pakistan! In this episode NYC comedian Amamah Sardar tells us stories about her visit too Pakistan, we discuss the geography of the country. Does the country have a beachfront? You will learn this and more. Many American's don't think to add Pakistan to their travel plans. Decide if you should after this episode. We also of course talk comedy in NYC and Amamah's EPIC show she has in NYC. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Women N Wellness dive into what the FDA approves and even what is the driving force behind their approval process. Many American’s and Canadians live by what is FDA approved and steer clear from things that have not been approved. Should we as a society be concerned with which foods are being labeled as safe? [...]

David Thornburgh chats with Jeremy Nowak (at right in photo) and Bruce Katz, authors of a new book called "The New Localism." Their thesis: Many American cities have more things going for them than they seem to realize - untapped wealth and assets that could enable them to address many of their challenges. Those cities just have to stop behaving in 20th-century ways, including waiting for federal help that isn't coming anytime soon. Nowak and Katz talk about cities on the rise - yeah, Pittsburgh, we're talking about you - that offer lessons in how to flip this switch.

Many American workers are unwell. They live with serious economic insecurity; succumb to diabetes, depression, and addiction at alarming rates; and struggle to balance the conflicting needs of their employers, their families, and their own well-being. That outlook won’t improve until we think of health as the driver of prosperity — not just the product of it. In the U.S., we spend extravagantly on treating illness but spend proportionally less on keeping people healthy than most developed nations. But research shows a strong correlation between healthy communities with little economic disparity and healthy economies. People live longer in the nation's more equal states. What can we do to change the country's focus from health care as a cost with limited returns, to health as an investment that pays off over the long term — socially and economically? How can we better elevate health as a policy priority? Join New America NYC for a conversation on the future of health and wellness — and what both governments and the private sector can do to improve its outlook. PARTICIPANTS Esther Dyson @edyson Executive Founder, Way to Wellville, and health investor   Dr. Herminia Palacio @HerminiaPalacio Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, City of New York Manmeet Kaur @ManmeetKaurNY Founder and Executive Director, City Health Works Melanie Lavelle @Mglavelle Founder, Benefit Kitchen Dan Goldberg @DanCGoldberg Senior Health Reporter, Politico

Happy 500th anniversary of the Reformation! This morning we are talking about the relevance of the Reformation for today and sharing a few random thoughts on Halloween. Whether you participate in Halloween, use it as an evangelistic tool, or go to a church Reformation celebration is not what we're debating. We believe this is an area of Christian liberty. You are free to choose how to best participate in your community. Ever wonder why Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the church? The church doors served as a community bulletin board! We've been talking to our kids and our church members about some Reformation history as the 500th anniversary approaches. One of the most fun resources we found was this song summarizing Reformation history. Shawn's kids have been walking around for a few weeks singing about papal bulls, indulgences, and transubstantiation! Though the Reformation Polka is slightly silly, the kids have picked up more historical facts from the song than most adults know. Finally, we conclude with some thoughts about why it's important to celebrate and study the Reformation. Many American congregations are dying out, people are no longer studying their Bibles, and many are reverting back to pre-Reformation religion. Meanwhile, in countries facing greater persecution, the church is growing as the believers hold fast to scripture.  

Many American's might think that you'd need to win the lottery or work until you were 75 in order to retire with financial security. Well, Wes Moss has some good news for you as he talks with Francesca about how you might be able to retire a lot sooner than you think. 

Many American parents are concerned about preschools becoming too formalized – with teachers being too focused on kids’ academic performance rather than play. But academically-rich activities at a young age is not a bad thing, according to Bruce Fuller, professor of education at the University of California, Berkeley. “Preschool educators then feel they gotta have kids ready to do well on tests and there’s been a good deal of research showing that in preschools that are just play-focused, a lot of kids spend time wandering around classrooms, a lot of youngsters are in dress-up corners for 40-50 minutes." Fuller says while children have a good time, they don’t learn as much as they should at a preschool age. “Kids’ brains are like sponges. They can pick up pre-literacy skills, new vocabulary. They can pick up understanding of math concepts quickly. Our finding pushed the early education establishment to think how can we blend playful activity and move from childrens’ natural curiosity while at the same time challenging them in cognitive ways to boost their growth, when they are three or four years of age.”

Many American citizens seem to have given up on certain things, things like a good public education or safe food and safe streets, and at times, even in democracy. One scholar and author feels the blame lies with capitalism’s triumph over democracy. That we often seem to go with our gut feeling instead of the facts … or science.  On Perspective this week, a look at what has been lost in America today, and one man’s thoughts on the responsibility we, as citizens, need to recognize to bring it back.   Guest:  Corey Dolgon is the author of Kill It To Save It: An autopsy of Capitalism’s Triumph over Democracy.  He is a professor of sociology and Director of Community Based Learning at Stonehill College in Maryland. Dolgon is also the author of "Social Problems: A Service Learning Approach." Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.

Many American men and women suffer from urinary incontinence. Some may be hesitant to seek treatment as they may be embarrassed about this condition, or they may think nothing can be done. In this segment, Dr. Erin Katz, Urologist and member of the Medical Staff at Corona Regional Medical Center, discusses urinary incontinence and why seeking treatment may offer a better quality of life for those that suffer with this highly treatable condition.

Many American states are now embracing the idea that the laws should be changed to legalize killing a patient in the name of compassion but this is a very ominous change. Commissioner Johnston reads an article that appeared in the New York Times in 1933. The the new national-Socialist government of Germany had proposed the compassionate killing of incurable patients. This small beginning was the origin of the human holocaust that spread from incurable “Aryans” to defective Germans, then to unwanted races like the Jews, the gypsies, and the Poles. Killing human beings in the name of compassion is a very bad idea. The group targeted for such compassionate elimination always seems to grow. Air Date: N/A

Three brutal attacks on elderly couples near Vancouver by pit bulls sparks breed ban demands while in Montreal the SPCA got an injunction to stop a breed ban and the Province of Ontario has one in place. Many American cities and entire European countries have passed breed bans against pit bulls and sometimes other breeds too like Rottweilers, but do they work? Are pit bulls that different from other dogs? They are over represented in fatal bite statistics but is that stat relevant to the mutt you might meet at the dog park who looks like a pit bull? Deborah asks Stan these questions and points out that she's experienced other breeds that more dangerous and met many pit bulls and pit bull crosses who are lovely. Dr. Stanley Coren explains the truth about pit bulls, Staffies, Rotties, Cane Corsos, Dogo Argentinos, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Jack Russels, behind the stats and stories and gives you solid advice for you and your kids on how to avoid being a bite victim. Is your dog kinda strange? Does he or she do something odd or weird? If you have any ‘why' type questions about the behavior of your dog please send them to me and I'll ask Dr. Stanley Coren your questions next time we are on-air in January. Questions or Comments? Send them to: deborah@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Pitbulls & Dangerous Dog Breed Bans & Safety Part 2 on Pet Life Radio.

Three brutal attacks on elderly couples near Vancouver by pit bulls sparks breed ban demands while in Montreal the SPCA got an injunction to stop a breed ban and the Province of Ontario has one in place. Many American cities and entire European countries have passed breed bans against pit bulls and sometimes other breeds too like Rottweilers, but do they work? Are pit bulls that different from other dogs? They are over represented in fatal bite statistics but is that stat relevant to the mutt you might meet at the dog park who looks like a pit bull? Deborah asks Stan these questions and points out that she's experienced other breeds that more dangerous and met many pit bulls and pit bull crosses who are lovely. Dr. Stanley Coren explains the truth about pit bulls, Staffies, Rotties, Cane Corsos, Dogo Argentinos, German Shepherds, Dobermans, Jack Russels, behind the stats and stories and gives you solid advice for you and your kids on how to avoid being a bite victim. Is your dog kinda strange? Does he or she do something odd or weird? If you have any ‘why' type questions about the behavior of your dog please send them to me and I'll ask Dr. Stanley Coren your questions next time we are on-air in January. Questions or Comments? Send them to: deborah@petliferadio.com. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Pitbulls & Dangerous Dog Breed Bans & Safety Part 1 on Pet Life Radio.

North Korea’s nuclear ambitions have persisted through the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations. Indeed, the North is expected to possess as many as 100 nuclear warheads by 2020. Pyongyang is also developing the missile capability to strike U.S. bases in the Pacific and someday even the American homeland. Virtually no one believes that the Kim regime will voluntarily relinquish its growing arsenal.Many American policymakers see China as the best means to pressure North Korea to change course. Yet Beijing so far has continued to underwrite the Kim regime. What must the United States and its allies do to convince Beijing to cut commerce with the North? Would such a course most likely result in reform in Pyongyang or a North Korean collapse? Could the latter be worse than the status quo?Join our panel for an open discussion of these and related questions, as they consider China’s role in confronting the “North Korea problem.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Mere Rhetoric, the podcast for beginners and insiders about the ideas people and movements who have shaped rehtorical history. Before we get started, big announcement: Rerecordings are over! We’ve re-recorded over 80 episodes here in the studio thanks to the Humanities Media Project at the University of Texas. That’s an incredible feat and now that we’re done, there’s no more reruns, at least for a while. We’ve had new ones interspersed yeah, but now it’s all new from here on out. The other news is that having defended my dissertation and finished my time here at the University of Texas --boo!--I’m headed to the University of Houston Clear Lake --yippie! That means this might we one of the last episodes we record here at the booth at the University of Texas. Well, I hope it’s a good one!   Today we’re talking about LuMing Mao’s Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie. This book is not, as you might suspect, a treatise on how to decipher phrases like “Your smile is your best asset” or “Defeat your enemies by making them friends.” Instead, Mao is talking about what the fortune cookie represents. It might surprise you to know that fortune cookies are not the traditional end of meals in China. They aren’t even the dessert when you go to a Chinese restaurant in Europe. The fortune cookie is an American-Chinese invention, combining an ancient way to pass notes undetected with the American proclivity towards dessert at the end of a meal (18). In this sense, “Like the Chinese fortune cookies, the making of Chinese American rhetoric is born of two rhetorical traditions, and made both visible and viable at rhetorical borderlands as a process of becoming” (18). That’s the meaning of Mao’s Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie--we’re not talking about Chinese rhetoric, and no American rhetoric, but something distinctively Chinese American All of this adds up to being more or less fluidly comfortable with these different elements. This might sound like a cheesy platitude about tolerance and strength of immigrants, but it’s more complex than that, argues Mao. “‘Togetherness-in-difference”--rather than harmony-in-difference--...becomes constitutive of the making of Chinese American rhetoric,” he writes (29). Instead of trying to be perfectly assimilated, this “togetherness-in-difference” highlights a distance between non-Western rhetoric and the other Americans around them. First, we need to “recognize that there will be times when instances of incommensrablity become irreducible” (28) Second this is not a matter of celebrating diversity because, as Mao says, “there is nothing to celebrate”--the emergence of Chinese American rhetoric is a rhetoric of survival based on as the scholar Mao cites, Ang says ‘the fundamental uneasiness’ of interconnection. Third, Mao points out “at rhetorical borderlands where there is more than one... rhetorical tradition, if nothing else, the basic question of commununication never goes away in terms of who has the floor, who secures the uptake, and who gets listened to” (29). Much of the book then focus on what these differences in rhetoric are and how we are to interpret them. For example, Mao talks about the (in)famous Chinese indirection. While the American academic writing values clarity, Chinese indirection communicates through “subtle, direct strategies, through innuendoes and allusions” (61). Many American writers, especialy those who teach first-year composition and English as a foreign language, or work in writing centers, find themselves slashing through sentences and paragraphs and repeated asking, “What are you trying to say here?” This deficiency model ignores the rich possiblities of indirection.   Okay, so get comfortable, because here’s a long quote from Mao: “Chinese indirection should not be seen, without discrimination, simply as an example of a non transparent style of communication or, worse still, of indecision and incoherence. Chinese indirection, be it realized or articulated by repeated appeals to tradition/authority or y recurrent parallel statements with or without a transparent profession of ideas, takes on new meanings or associations within its (newly-developed) context. To put the matter another way, the contextualized nature of the chinese language and the dominance of correlative thinking of the chinese language and the dominance of correlative thinking in Chinese culture both constitute a central context to understand the rhetoric of Chinese indirection more completely and provide a metadiscourseive language to talk about and reflect upon it more felicitously” (71). But remember the Chinese fortune cookie? Chinese American rhetoric doesn’t have a list of characteristics, but “border residents can behin to take advantage of this oportunity to develop and try out new ways of speaking, and to reconstitute rules of relationships and patters [sic] of communication” (75).   Another section talks about the mysterious and misunderstood concept of “face.” Americans will use phrases like “saving face” or “losing face” Mao points out, but they are talking about “the myth of the individual, of the individual’s need either to be free or to be liked” in contrast to the “public, communical orination, which underpins the original concept of Chinese face” (38). For one thing, there are two kinds of “face”: lian, which refers to moral dignity, integrity and shame and mianzi, which is more about what you do with your life, your position in society. Usually when Westerners think about losing face, they mean mianzi--prestige and position. Lian, though, the moral integrity, is consistered far more important and far worse to loose than mianzi (39). But Westerns think about pride, not the “ever-expanding circle of face-giving and -receiving in one’s own community and beyond” (43). This balance of self and community gets even more complicated as Chinese Americans negotiate and transform multiple communities. The urge to “yi”-- immigrate, move, transform-- re-emphasises that “togethenessr-in -difference”-- to “moliblize and put to practice a hybrid rhteoric that ...openly cultivates not a harmonious fusion,” but recognizes inherent tensions and potential” (50)?   This double-mindedness is not just a cultural sophistic exercise, but a robust theory that has implications in communities, in classrooms and in families. Mao closes his book with a sustatined case study of a statement prepared by Chinese Americans and others to protest the racist statements of a Cincinnati city councilman. Mao doesn’t just consider the document itself in this hybridity, but the process of putting together the document, of addressing the Westerner-American city council as well as the Chinese American community they are representing. Mao ends with three practical suggestions from his case study. First “we try to assert our agency and to establish our residency” to “speak out more openly about thee experiences” (141), and second “learn ow to place ourselves in the other’s position and ‘word the world through the other’s eyes”... “incorporating both self and other into a relaionship of interdependence and interconnectedness” (141-2). Finally, he calls for Chinese American scholars to “reconnect to our own rhetorical history”... as it “enables us to resist both the discourse of assimilation and the discourse of deficiency or difference” (142).   Reading this book reminded me of some of the other scholars who have felt pulled in two different traditions, like “Bootstraps” which was in an earlier episode. Well, I hope you don’t feel pulled in two different directions about this podcast. If you like us, please leave a message on iTunes or send us a message at mererhetoricpodcast@gmail.com, especially as I begin to figure out how Mere Rhetoric will continue at my new institutional home. And let me give one last thank you to the University of Texas for a great year of recording!

Many American pop hits have been used for a dark purpose.

author of two bestselling books, speaker, trainer, and his digital marketing insights have been featured in SUCCESS, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and other media. Good Morning Onward Nation...I’m Stephen Woessner. And I have to say -- today’s solocast topic has me so fired up because over the last couple of weeks -- we have been delving deep into some critical topics likes excuses -- or alibis as Napoleon Hill describes them -- and the week earlier -- I shared with you how destructive the imposter syndrome can be -- and -- how easy it can be to allow that to happen. Yesterday, Jodi Flynn -- one of our Onward Nation guests -- and the host of the brilliant podcast, Women Taking the Lead, invited me to be a guest on her show to discuss leadership, mentorship, and some of the influential women who have been powerful mentors in my life. The conversation was off the charts -- Jodi had me teary eyed with her very first question -- no joke. The interview goes live in late March and we will be sure to share the link. During the conversation with Jodi we talked about the imposter syndrome -- about the constraints the syndrome can place us under -- about how the syndrome can grip us in what seems to be paralyzing fear -- and then procrastination sets in. Lack of performance sets in -- loss of relationships can set in -- all the while -- the whirlwind of compounding negativity can easily swallow us up -- if we let it. And Jodi had a different term for the imposter syndrome, which I thought was spot on -- so I wanted to share it with you. When she is working with her coaching clients -- or even keeping herself on the right track moving onward with gusto -- she refers to the syndrome as her inner critic. She said that and I thought -- oh -- now that’s a perfect description. She made me laugh when she said, “Oh yeah, and my inner critic is mean -- she has a foul mouth and disposition.” I laughed -- but then I thought, wow -- this is such a brilliant point because our inner critic can get away with saying things to us that we likely would never allow another human being to say to us -- but those comments are going on in our heads every minute of the day. Why? The imposter syndrome works because the person’s words that have the most influence over you -- and that don’t have to ask your permission to speak up -- are yours, Onward Nation. You are the one who is speaking over and over again -- whispering in your own ear -- throughout the day -- day after day -- month after month -- year after year. So for today’s solocast topic...thanks to the inspiring conversation with Jodi Flynn...I am going to show you how your words become your reality. Your words are what empowers your inner critic. Your words, Onward Nation, are what empowers -- or -- disempowers your entire life. Every aspect. It is not some mystic dark magic voodoo -- luck -- destiny -- the winds of fate -- the power that someone else possesses and wields it for your misfortune. Well, actually -- that last part isn’t entirely true. Because the power to control your destiny is in someone’s hands -- your hands -- or more accurately said -- in your mind. And I will show you how during today’s topic -- your words become your reality. Let’s dig in by starting with a quote from Henry Ford. He said, “Whether you think you can -- or you think you can’t -- you’re right.” Success -- or accomplishing that which you seek and desire, Onward Nation, is oftentimes the result of simply deciding and being committed to the result outcome you want to produce. And believing -- and understanding -- it is up to you to make it happen for you. It is not someone else’s responsibility. It is your own. So if you have an idea you want to pursue -- a new product -- a new business -- a new service -- a once in a lifetime vacation -- and you begin to craft a plan -- your inner critic may try to derail your planning process right away with thoughts of self doubt, fear, you’re being too ambitious, what would your family think when you share the news with them, and so on. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t -- you’re right. Isn’t it fascinating that before you have even collected any data from the market -- given your idea of any sort of litmus test -- you already encounter obstacles. In my opinion, more than half the battle of being successful is getting the right words to yourself down on paper so you can retrain your brain -- your subconscious mind on what the plan of action will be. Again, Onward Nation, whether you think you can or you think you can’t -- you will be right. So let’s take this deeper. I have studied and continued to study Napoleon Hill’s timeless work, "Think & Grow Rich." Hill includes a verse that speaks directly to how your words become your reality, so I wanted to share it with you, Onward Nation. Hill writes: Please download the episode to hear Hill's verse. The words you speak to yourself -- the building blocks of the thoughts you think to yourself -- eventually become your actions. And your actions direct your destiny. So if you can get the words you speak to yourself correctly aligned with where you want to go -- then you will realize your full potential. Hill dedicates a full chapter to the technique of autosuggestion -- which is the process of getting the words you speak to yourself correctly aligned with your purpose -- your mission in life -- your most vital priorities -- what you are striving to accomplish. Tony Robbins also addresses autosuggestion -- although differently -- he calls the process “Incantations.” What I love about Tony’s process of incantations is how he breaks down the word when he is teaching this powerful technique because he ties it back to the Henry Ford quote I shared with you earlier… "Where you think you can or you think you can’t -- you’re right." Just look at the word incantation. You can either emphasize the “can” in the word...In - CAN - tation when you pronounce it. Or you can emphasize the word can’t...In - CANT - tation. And even just that subtly could tell you where your thought process is currently. But neither Tony Robbins or Napoleon Hill were the ones who discovered the power of autosuggestion or incantations. I will argue it comes from the book of Matthew -- but will also give you a more modern or recent example. Let me introduce you to Dr. Emile Coue, who was a French psychologist and pharmacist. It is he who introduced autosuggestion as a form of psychotherapy and self-improvement. Dr. Coue lived from 1857 to 1926. Napoleon Hill first published his Laws of Success in 1925 and then later refined the manuscript into Think and Grow Rich in 1937. In addition to his discoveries around autosuggestion, Dr. Coue also discovered what became known as the placebo effect. He became known for reassuring his clients by praising each remedy's efficiency and leaving a small positive notice with each given medication. His book, “Self-Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion” was first published in England (1920) and then in the United States (1922). Many American thought leaders of the time adopted his ideas and methods, such as Norman Vincent Peale, Robert H. Schuller, and W. Clement Stone, and then became famous in their own right by spreading his words. Dr. Coue developed what he later called, “The Coue Method”. The application of his mantra-like conscious autosuggestion, “Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.” It is sometimes quoted as saying, “Day by day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.” Or, “Day by day, in every way...I’m getting stronger and stronger,” which is similar to the Tony Robbins version. The Coué Method centered on a routine repetition of this particular expression according to a specified ritual—preferably as much as twenty to 100 times a day, and especially at the beginning and at the end of each day. And expressed out loud -- with full emotional power and belief. When asked whether or not he thought of himself as healer, Dr. Coué often stated that “I have never cured anyone in my life. All I do is show people how they can cure themselves.” Coué believed that curing some of our troubles requires a change in our unconscious thought, which can be achieved only by using our imagination -- and getting our thoughts correctly aligned with our goal. Coué noticed that in certain cases he could improve the efficacy of a given medicine by praising its effectiveness to his patients. He realized that those patients to whom he praised the medicine had a noticeable improvement when compared to patients to whom he said nothing. This began Coué’s exploration of autosuggestion. The good doctor certainly believed in the effects of medication. But also believed that our mental state is able to affect and even amplify the action of these medications. By consciously using autosuggestion, he observed that his patients could cure themselves more efficiently by replacing their "thought of illness" with a new "thought of cure". According to Coué, repeating words or images enough times causes the subconscious to absorb them. The cures were the result of using imagination or "positive autosuggestion" to the exclusion of one's own willpower. Coué thus developed a method which relied on the principle that any idea exclusively occupying the mind turns into reality, although only to the extent that the idea is within the realm of possibility. For instance, if a person firmly believes that his or her asthma is disappearing, then this may actually happen, as far as the body is actually able physically to overcome or control the illness. On the other hand, thinking negatively about the illness (for example, "I am not feeling well") will encourage both mind and body to accept this thought. Likewise, when someone cannot remember a name, they will probably not be able to recall it as long as they hold onto this idea (for example, "I can't remember") in their mind. Coué realised that it is better to focus on and imagine the desired, positive results (i.e. "I feel healthy and energetic" and "I can remember clearly"). So the experiment that lead to the discovery of the placebo effect went like this. Coue was making his rounds with patients and providing them with their medication. He also instructed each patient to say out loud to themselves with full enthusiasm, belief, and faith -- “Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.” And to repeat the process 100 times a day -- with conviction. What Coue noticed was an increase in the efficacy of the medication as a result outcome of the words his patients were audibly saying to themselves each and every day. So then Coue tried something even more radical. He replaced the medication with a placebo -- while instructing his patients to continue with the autosuggestion as they had been doing. And the result outcome was staggering. His patients continued to recover despite the absence of medication. Onward Nation...your words affect your thoughts...your thoughts affect your actions...and your actions affect the trajectory of your life. How often do we see professional athletes walking into a stadium before a big game listening to their noise cancelling headphones? Why are they doing that? To block out the distractions and to listen to music to increase their concentration -- their mood -- tempo -- their thinking. Or, how often do we see Olympic athletes getting ready to ski jump, race downhill, snowboard, do a gymnastic routine, and we can see them visualizing the result outcome -- rehearsing over and over in the mind the moves they need to make -- the result outcome they want to see. That is the power of visualization, Onward Nation. And it is a visual version of the principle of autosuggestion developed by Dr. Coue. Elite athletes know they need to get their words right -- their visualization right -- in order to direct the actions they take during their performance or competitive event. Well, if autosuggestion and visualization can be used to increase the efficacy of medication -- or to guide the performance of Olympic athletes -- and used by Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan, and many of the other industrial giants interviewed by Napoleon Hill to direct and influence the words they spoke to themselves...then why not you, Onward Nation? I mentioned earlier that autosuggestion can be connected back to the book of Matthew in The Bible. And perhaps in a future solocast -- we will dig deeper -- but for now -- let me just share with you...Matthew chapter 7 versus 7 reads, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” These are the power of your own words, Onward Nation. When mixed with faith and the belief that the result outcome will occur -- if we ask -- by conditioning our minds that the result outcome is indeed possible. But many of us don’t ask. Why? The fear of rejection. “What if I don’t receive what I have asked for?” Or, pride. “I don’t want to sound silly for asking.” Or, “I cannot ask because if I do ask, that means I am less because I was forced to ask -- or forced to submit.” Don’t fall into the mental trap that is as old as time itself, Onward Nation. Instead...realize that your inner critic attempts to derail you every day -- but -- as in all aspects of your life -- you have the power to change the outcome. Your inner critic will listen to you -- but -- you need the right script. You need to give conscious thought to the words that will create the right thoughts -- then the right actions. Your thoughts become your reality -- and the origin of your thoughts are the words you speak to yourself throughout each and every day...and what you ask for. Remember Dr. Coue’s autosuggestion… "Day by day...in every way...you are getting stronger and stronger,” Onward Nation! So with that...I want to say thank you again for taking the time to be here with me today. It is an honor to have you here -- thank you for tuning in -- I am delighted you chose this episode to be what you listen to, study, and take with you on your morning run, or maybe Onward Nation has become part of your daily commute, or in some other way has become part of your morning routine. However our daily podcast fits into your daily routine -- I want you to know how much I appreciate you sharing some of your invaluable 86,400 seconds you have in your day with me and the strategies we learn and share each day from today’s top business owners. And please continue to let me know what you think of Onward Nation...good or bad...I always want your feedback. My direct email address is stephen@onwardnation.com -- and yes -- that is my actual Inbox. No fancy filters or filing system and I read and reply to every single email. So please let me know how you think we are doing. I look forward to hearing from you. We will be back tomorrow with an incredible interview with John Warrillow -- he is the author of several groundbreaking books, “Built to Sell” and “The Automatic Customer”. His insights are counter intuitive, John’s strategies and recommendations are precise, and the entire conversation is packed full of wisdom that can be applied to your business right away. Please don’t miss it. Until then, onward with gusto! You can also find us here: ----- OnwardNation.com -----

To our American listeners, Happy Thanksgiving! To our non-American listeners, we are so thankful for you and the support you provide simply by listening and participating in the Profitcast community. Thankfulness is a hot topic this week in the States, and even though Brian has been reminding us to be thankful on a daily basis, because it’s a good and healthy practice, it’s always incredibly meaningful to me when everyone in this country takes an entire day to celebrate being thankful. Many American movies centered around the holidays like to almost glorify the troubled or comedic nature of family gatherings over Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s represented as the only times of the year when all the family gets together; when the mom and dad with the five homeschooled kids drive to the East Coast where their kids are subsequently exposed to the wild and unbridled nature of the unsupervised public school children of the 80-hour work week brother and sister-in-law. Chaos ensues, but somehow they manage to come full circle so that a moral conclusion can be had by the 90 minute mark, leaving enough time for non-ironic hilarity to ensue. Read more... The post PC 73 | How to Work for $5,000 Per Hour with Rob Slee appeared first on Profitcast: Profit with Your Podcast.

Many American craft distillers produce single malt whiskies, but Seattle's Westland Distillery is one of the few that only produces single malts. The distillery in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood also produces one of the few peated American single malts, and while Westland is currently importing peated malt from Scotland, that's about to change. The distillery has exclusive rights to one of the only harvestable peat bogs in the Pacific Northwest, and is working with Skagit Valley farmers and a local malting house to produce Washington-grown peated malt for distilling. We'll visit the distillery -- and the peat bog -- on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, Four Roses' Jim Rutledge goes out with a bang, Bowmore goes to Japan for its latest cask finish, and we'll go bottom-shelf in this week's tasting notes.

Many American children have developed a strong, stubborn preference for sweet and salty processed food before their second birthdays. If they haven’t, it could well be because they became accustomed to healthier flavors much earlier, beginning in breast milk or even in utero. What babies taste in the first weeks and months of life really matters, says Dr. Julie Menella of the Monell Chemical Senses Center. Her research suggests that school meals can only ever be just one of a much larger set of interventions, and that some of them need to occur before students are even born. This program was brought to you by Cain Vineyard & Winery “During childhood we learn what to eat, how to eat, how food should taste. Many children aren’t getting the experience to learn to like (healthy) food.” [11:00] “It can’t just be school, it starts in the home. As much as we’re focusing on the school nutrition program we have to focus on the barriers for healthy eating for families at home.” [13:00] –Dr. Julie Menella on Inside School Food

Many American soldiers have offered their lives on an altar of duty and love of country. Some of those offerings were consumated in death and their families and communities also paid the price. Many of our soldiers returned home as broken people with unspeakable injuries and their families and communities also paid a price, in decades of suffering and disability. Tonight we are going to offer evidense of treason in high places and we are going to name names of people who have sold themselves to do evil, in the sight of God and men. Let is consider that Americans who are afraid to speak out and demand that justice be done in the face of an evil tyranny are already enslaved and waiting for the cruelty of their vicious masters to overtake them. But a spirit that is inspired by liberty finds the grace to consider and protect the next generation and will resist evil by shining a light in the darkness.

Next, move to the nose of the Nieuport 28. This is the biplane with the blue and white striped nose. Many American aces flew the Nieuport 28 during World War I, including Columbus natives Eddie Rickenbacker and Fred Norton. Norton, who flew with the 27th Aero Squadron during the Chateau-Thierry Campaign, was severely wounded by ground fire while strafing a column of German troops. He was able to land his Nieuport behind Allied lines, but it took two days to get him to a hospital, and he contracted pneumonia. His last conscious act before he died was to scribble a note to his uddies: “Twenty-seventh, more power to you.” Displayed near this exhibit are some of Norton’s personal effects, including a flying jacket and his French hospital tags.

Many American’s dream of owning their own business. From their childhood they saw themselves running their business, but they never took the steps to start it. For some of them, not knowing where to begin or how to put a business plan together, or even, what business to start; have all been a challenges and have impacted their ability to move forward. But for others,it’s been a lack of money and a fear to get started. So often, un-launched dreams are the result of the fear to step out on faith. Tonight, we tackled all of those issues that have prevented you from living your dreams of owning your own business. My guests. Shavon J. Smith, Karen Todd, Enoch Hill, Shavannia Williams, and Doug Dillon together they “Transform Your Dreams into Business.”

After two very expensive National Jewish Population Surveys (1990 and 2000) and more than 55 local Jewish community studies, the number of American Jews is still unknown, with estimates varying from 5.2 million to 6.4 million. Even the question of whether the number of American Jews is increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same is a controversial issue. The American Jewish Year Book estimates have shown a steady rise over the past decade, increasing from about 5.9 million to 6.4 million, while the NJPS estimates indicate a relatively static population size. This presentation explores some of the methodological drawbacks that contribute to the difficulty in making estimates.

After two very expensive National Jewish Population Surveys (1990 and 2000) and more than 55 local Jewish community studies, the number of American Jews is still unknown, with estimates varying from 5.2 million to 6.4 million. Even the question of whether the number of American Jews is increasing, decreasing, or remaining the same is a controversial issue. The American Jewish Year Book estimates have shown a steady rise over the past decade, increasing from about 5.9 million to 6.4 million, while the NJPS estimates indicate a relatively static population size. This presentation explores some of the methodological drawbacks that contribute to the difficulty in making estimates.

Many American gardeners have tried to imitate aspects of English gardens.

In America, it is considered weak for men to talk about grief and loss. Not here. Without getting touchy-feely New-Agey Mansy, we offer sound, logical advice on the six distinct stages a man goes through after a serious breakup or divorce. Many American men are unaware of what the Mansy Deep Six is; they might be in the middle of it right now. And mishandling grief will make you prone to serious mistakes with women in the future. We discuss regaining control over your life; setting attainable goals; when selfishness is a virtue; and how confidence is a fundamental skill that you’re not born with, but something you build over time. The rewards are high, but nothing worthwhile happens overnight. The Mansy Deep Six – there’s always a way out, there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel, there’s always a way out of Mansy.

Join us as we give you a dose of "A Political Hot Mess" in Ameican society. The battle has begun with both sides and now it's SHOW TIME! Both of our political parties will dominate this year with this and that, but whose going to be real with their agenda's? "I guess we will see as we have a whole entire year to watch the political show." What we have going on now, is "extreme political bitterness." This type of political foolishness erupts like a bomb at the drop of a dime! Many American's are extremely bitter, radical and down right hateful when it comes to how they view our political society. It's being played out all across the country with shootings, acts of vandalism, and bombs. It's sad how many people bear the burden of this nonsense, but serious matter. At the end of the day; NO JOB=anger, disgust, no home, no food, unhappiness, and instability. Take into consideration all of those things that I just mentioned and more; now look and think about where America and it's politics stand today. Plus your latest political headlines. Stay tuned and keep it locked.