Podcasts about march april

Long-running native plant cultivar debate stems from concern about their ecological functionality and possible environmental consequences. This is the audio version of an article from the March/April 2021 issue of Mother Earth News magazine. Music is “Fingerlympics” by Doctor Turtle.

Ethan and Josh cover resolution analysis, definition of terms, key arguments, strategy suggestions, and value premises on the March/April resolution dealing with universal child care. Let us know what you think! Email - WhatsTheRes@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram/Reddit - @Whatstheres_ Facebook - Facebook.com/Whatstheres

LLN (3/1/21) – Missouri lawmakers are taking another stab at reforming police-dispatched towing, and OOIDA will join other trucking groups to speak out in favor of it. Also, ever see those trucks that have the spiky lug nut covers – like they’re trying to imitate the bad guy’s chariot in Ben Hur? It’s one of many cheesy mods trucks make to their rigs. We’ll discuss the upsides and downsides of a few of those with Bryan Martin of the Chrome Shop Mafia. And Senior Editor Mark Schremmer and Digital Content Editor Greg Grisolano stop by to tell us what’s inside the March/April issue of Land Line Magazine, starting with a look back at how truckers have been treated over the past 12 months as they carried the country through the pandemic. They’ll also talk about efforts to open the eyes of lawmakers on Capitol Hill regarding issues that would make drivers’ lives better – and those that would make things worse. 0:00 – Newscast. 10:15 – Cheesy mods. 25:09 – Land Line Magazine Preview. 39:32 – Missouri towing reform.

Diana Concannon joins SM Highlights host Chuck Harold to discuss how public–private partnerships are changing amid civil unrest, COVID-19, and evolving expectations and resources. Then, Joshua Sinai explains the various risks facing tall buildings—from high-rises to skyscrapers—and how their unique footprints affect active assailant responses. Read more about these topics in the March/April 2021 issue of Security Management. https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/monthly-issues/archive/2021/marchapril/

Steph Conner is driven be a love of story to create pages that are fresh, colorful, and full of intentional embellishments. In this episode for our My Way series we'll dig into her background, inspirations, creative process, and of course, what she's loving right now. Our creative team worked with sketches and templates inspired by Steph pages for the March/April issue of SPARK, which is available now to members. You can find the full show notes for this episode at simplescrapper.com/syw106.

On episode three hundred and eighty-nine, the story of William Levery is told. All stories in January and February have been recipients from the Spanish-American War; March & April stories will be from the Mexican Campaign. To participate in the 2021 Annual Medal of Honor Mail Call, visit: https://mohmuseum.org/mail-call-2021/ Check out new swag available where 50% of profits get donated to the Medal of Honor Museum: https://bit.ly/TOHswag Be sure to visit our website for more information as the show goes on at: www.talesofhonorpodcast.com. Thanks for listening and be sure to share with friends and family!

From Ajahn Sona's book "Bloom: Buddhist Reflections on Serenity and Love", narrated by Upasika Bodhipala. Serenity: Chapters 1-8 | Love: Chapters 9-17 Published weekly March-April 2021. Music Credit: Riley Lee Photo Credit: Adobe Stock

From Ajahn Sona's book "Bloom: Buddhist Reflections on Serenity and Love", narrated by Upasika Bodhipala. Serenity: Chapters 1-8 | Love: Chapters 9-17 Published weekly March-April 2021. Music Credit: Riley Lee Photo Credit: Adobe Stock

I love my monthly catch-ups with Kim and this time around we're stirring up the excitement for our March/April creative journey. You'll hear some of our personal updates along with sneak peeks of what you can expect at Simple Scrapper in the weeks to come. We've got chilly chickens, story mapping, and lots of organization banter in this final episode for February. You can find the full show notes for this episode at simplescrapper.com/syw105.

(Apologies for the sound distortion which affects the first couple of minutes of the show). If you are someone who loves to pack your bags and hit the road to see your Tudor history and want loads of inspiration and top tips for travelling and visiting historic locations here in the UK, then this show is for you. Each month, I will be teaming up with Philippa Brewell from 'British History Tours' to answer your most pressing travel-related questions, hearing from a guest about their favourite historic place to stay (or take rest and refreshment) and a couple of highlights of Tudor-themed events, both online and in-person, for you to book into your calendar. In episode two of ‘The Tudor History & Travel Show: Travel Essentials’ Philippa and I talk about how much things cost here in the UK, particularly in relation to travel. There are also some great tips around how you can save money and pitfalls you might want to avoid as you navigate your way around the UK.  Also, I chat with one of the show's listeners, Lisa, about her recommended place to stay in Suffolk, plus a couple of not-to-be-missed events coming up in the next couple of months (March/ April 2021).   To buy 'Your Tudor Weekend Away...in Suffolk' visit my shop here: http://bit.ly/3oPAopZ To see the show notes, with the links mentioned in this episode, follow this link   In the meantime, if you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.   This podcast now has an accompanying closed Facebook group, dedicated to discussing the places and artefacts discussed in each episode. it is also a place to ask your fellow Tudor time travellers questions about visiting Tudor locations or planning your Tudor-themed vacation or sharing your top tips to help others get the most out of their Tudor adventures on the road. Go to The Tudor History & Travel Show: Hitting the Road to join the community.    You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.   Show Credits: Presenter: Sarah Morris with guests: Philippa Brewell from British History Tours Lisa Pegg Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Learn how to build a black soldier fly bin to supplement your chicken feed with healthy, protein-rich food. This is the audio version of an article from the March/April 2021 issue of Grit magazine. Music is "Golly Gosh" by Les Hayden.

Here’s how you spot a real estate charlatan, someone who likes to present themselves as a real estate expert but who in reality knows nothing worth hearing … 1. They speak of Australia as a single property market; and/or 2. They attribute price growth to “record low interest rates” Mostly these pretenders are economists. I would remind you of a much-quoted definition of an economist: Someone who can tell you tomorrow why their predictions yesterday didn’t come true today. We have learnt over the years, but particularly in 2020, that the bigger the name and the media profile, the worse they are at analysing residential real estate and forecasting outcomes. Cast your minds back to the predictions in March/April 2020 from senior economists employed by the major banks, big institutions like AMP and even those working for specialist real estate research entities. And then again later in the year when the so-called September Cliff was proclaimed an impending disaster. There was a chorus of predictions of a long recession, with double-digit unemployment and real estate values collapsing. How spectacularly wrong they were. Only the specialist property analysts got it right. But the appalling track record of economists with real estate analysis stretches back years and includes the alarmist predictions about property prices in the wake of the GFC – also proven to be spectacularly wrong. It’s remarkable that media continues to give these charlatans airplay. Credibility, it seems, is optional, so long as you have “economist” in your title. So the nation’s gaggle of chattering economists has been compelled to admit they got it wrong in 2020 and most of them are now forecasting big price growth this year. You will note that what they are predicting is already happening, highlighting another characteristic of this bloated and overblown profession: predicting the recent past. And how do they explain the gathering boom? Record low interest rates! God help us. The lack of expertise among the talking heads who clutter up the airways with their simplistic analysis is quite breathtaking. As we all know, we’ve had ultra-low interest rates for years. Very little has changed in that regard to explain the recent uplift in sales activity. When Sydney and Melbourne were having their real estate boom from 2013 to 2017-ish, economists generally explained the price rises with “record low interest rates”. They had no response to the obvious question at the time: how come prices in Perth and Darwin were falling, while Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide were stagnating? The “low interest rates = property boom” theory also fails to explain why the last two genuine nationwide property booms, in the late 1980s and in the early years of this century, both occurred during periods of very high and rising interest rates. My view, strongly, is that record low interest rates do not explain what’s happening in real estate across most of Australia. The growth is being fueled by multiple factors, including …  A stronger-than-expected economy  Lower-than-predicted unemployment  State and federal stimulus measures  The build-up of savings during the pandemic period  People in lockdown reviewing their life choices  Ultra-low vacancies, putting upward pressures on rents and prices  Pent-up demand, leading to rising sales activity  Low listings levels, relative to rising buyer demand  The Exodus to Affordable Lifestyle trend, which is hugely influential  Increased spending on major new infrastructure  The revival of the resources sector  The return of ex-pat Australians in large numbers  The belated entry of investors to compete with owner-occupiers  Perceptions about the safety and solidity of bricks & mortar in times of uncertainty  The growing prevalence of e-commerce and its impact on industrial property, which has repercussions for residential demand  Access to low-cost finance And you’ll notice that I mention low interest rates as just one of 16 different factors – and I mention it last and definitely least.

Return neglected forest to balanced, healthy state with restoration forestry and mitigate wildfires on your land. This is the audio version of an article from the March/April 2021 issue of Grit magazine.

In today's podcast I talk about: The caffeine overdose at night. My morning session. Foundation Training session. Creating MBH for March April. MIM video for beginners created. Changes in workout based on feedback. India England test match. Being extraordinary.

Bad news Spoilerites, the Karate Kids series continues until issue #15. The good news is, we review issue #13, and we won't review any more after that... Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #237 “No Price Too High” March 1978 w: Paul Levitz a: Walt Simonson The name is… Arma Getten! KARATE KID #13 "Tomorrow's Battle... Yesterday!" March/April 1978 w: Bob Rozakis a: Juan Ortiz A mystery villain threatens Karate Kid’s past, present and future

Would you believe the arrest of a CIA double agent who spied for Russia and had at least ten foreign agents killed wasn't the headline story? What possibly could have had everyone's attention so that nothing else mattered? Find out in this episode of Top Fold!Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold.What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.Sources for S2 Ep 4 Skating the Lawhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldrich_Ameshttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/aldrich-ames#:~:text=Aldrich%20Hazen%20Ames%20was%20arrested,for%20the%20Russians%20since%201985.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/02/24/even-a-mailbox-has-its-15-minutes-of-fame/4f3daacd-317d-4d15-b6ab-77f5ec68fbb4/http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/March-April-08/On-this-Day--Aldrich-Ames-Sentenced-for-Role-as-Double-Agent.htmlhttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/aldrich-ames#:~:text=Aldrich%20Hazen%20Ames%20was%20arrested,for%20the%20Russians%20since%201985https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/skater-nancy-kerrigan-attackedhttps://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a15172746/tonya-harding-nancy-kerrigan-timeline-scandal-hit/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Hardinghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana_Baiulhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Kerriganhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-10-23-9410230405-story.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2014/02/gif-guide-figure-skaters-jumps-olympics/357723/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA32W9t8YOUhttps://www.oregonlive.com/tonya-harding/1994/02/1994_winter_olympics_tonya_har.htmlhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-02-25-9402250278-story.html

We interview Chef Jeffrey Jew about Lingr, his new restaurant opening in March / April in downtown St. Petersburg. The eatery will provide a unique combination of Norwegian and Chinese cuisines. They will be serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. After chef, we talk about the incredible St. Louis Style Ribs we got from St. Pete Meat & Provisions. They provide restaurant quality meats, and other items for cooking at home. They have some hard-to-find cuts, and their meats come from local independent farms where the animals are humanely raised, free range, organic, and non-GMO.

It’s 2021, baybee! Ardo and Yash are once again joined by their pal and friend of the pod, Angel Cruz, to discuss their anticipated reads. Then they talk about Yash's favourite topic: reading resolutions! How will the hosts and Angel approach reading this year while the pandemic still rages and the outside is but a distant memory? Anticipated Reads 3:48 - January 10:48 - February 17:35 - March/April (also 52:04) 25:29 - May 41:54 - Summer 58:26 - Fall/Unknown release dates Reading Resolutions The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

It’s the year 2020 in Chicago, IL, and three roommates are trying to make the best of the March-April lockdown by throwing a weekly, themed party to entertain themselves and their downstairs neighbors. Vowing to never throw the same party twice and take the time to radically change themselves, they set out to party away what they think is just a month. But as the pandemic drags on and the days and parties start to meld together, the parties get weirder and their relationships grow strained. Can they make it through the year together? How long even is a year? A week? I honestly can’t remember.

This dark-haired bombshell placed in the Top 4 of the Maxim Magazine Cover Girl competition & was featured in the March/April 2020 issue of Maxim Magazine (which can be purchased where found). She earned that position with her flawless beauty that capture all that meet or see her at first glance, as well as starting to make waves in hosting of different shows & writing for different outlets as well. This guest Sherry Nelson! Follow Crazy Train Radio Facebook: www.facebook.com/realctradio Instagram: @crazytrainradio Twitter: @realctradio YouTube: www.youtube.com/crazytrainradio

Mike Lee is the co-founder of Alpha Food labs and the future market. He spends his time thinking about innovation in the food world and the future of food. Mike had the Coronavirus in March/April and is a new dad. Today Harry and Mike discuss life in the time of Coronavirus, social media content and more!  Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Feast Yr Ears by becoming a member!Feast Yr Ears is Powered by Simplecast. 

In this podcast I talk about how fiction and film can be used to raise consciousness about honor-based crimes and violence against women. I hope this will be useful to my students who study this topic and useful to anybody, who is interested in exploring the themes of honor crimes and violence against women in their film and book discussion groups. Recommended literary texts:“Resho Agha”, a short story by Turkish author Bekir Yildiz. An Anthology of Modern Turkish Short Stories. Edited by Fahir İz. Published by Bibliotheca Islamica in 1990. “Hanife”, a short story by Turkish author Sevgi Soysal. Short Stories by Turkish Women Writers. Translated by Nilüfer Mizanoğlu Reddy. Publisher: Indiana University Turkish Studies. “Bliss”, a novel by Turkish author: Zülfü Livaneli. Published by St. Martin's Griffin. Recommended films: Bliss on IMDB & When we leave on IMDB ReferencesHonor Crimes and Forced Suicides, an article by UNICEF Turkey, Protective Environment for ChildrenCelebrations of Love: Women Denounce Honor Killings in Turkey, an article by Efsa Kuraner in Off Our Backs, March-April 2002.

In this entry, I’m taking back ground. After a long period of losses, the end of 2020 is actually turning into a win for me personally. At the beginning of this entry, I talk way to long about a Hot Toys 1/6 Scale Batman Returns that I sold back in March/April, but repurchased at the end of November. It’s important though, because it was an anchor, a reminder of who I want to be as a person. When you don’t always have the supportive voices you need in your life to be the best version of yourself, you have to be your own support system. Totems can help in that goal and I just bought back mine. Beyond that, I also talk about the recent Harry Styles controversy where he modeled in Vogue in a series of dresses. Of course this offended a lot of fragile oppressive voices, which I think is a good sign that we’re doing something right. Carving your own path, breaking norms, confronting what it means to be normal, it’s all covered here.     Help Support This Podcast: https://patreon.com/elenichols   Website: http://houseofele.com Store/Art: http://eluded.ltd Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @elenichols Email: info@elenichols.com   Music was provided by Damn The With Siren, featuring the song, “Big Mouth”, and was used with their permission.  If you want to hear more of their incredible music, go to www.DamnTheWitchSiren.com.

Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to discuss Joshua Rovner’s recent War on the Rocks article, “Intelligence in the Biden Administration.” Rover argues that President-elect Joe Biden should immediately rebuild relations with the intelligence agencies. How can he go about doing that in difficult political circumstances and after years of them being treated with contempt during the Donald Trump administration? What role does Congress have in ensuring our intelligence agencies are functioning properly? How will Biden use the intelligence community to enhance U.S. security and prosperity? The crew also wonders why, with other national security team members in place, Biden has not yet named a secretary of defense. Finally, Chris surprises us with a promise to make a holiday dessert, Melanie has some praise for those working on vaccines, and Zack gives a shout out to the Bombshell podcast hosts as their amazing show ends.    Links Joshua Rovner, "Intelligence in the Biden Administration," War on the Rocks, November 25, 2020 Robert Jervis, "Why Intelligence and Policymakers Clash," Political Science Quarterly, November 02, 2010 Samantha Lee, "Moderna's Groundbreaking Coronavirus Vaccine Was Designed in Just Two Days," Business Insider, November 26, 2020 Rosa Brooks, "It's Time for a Woman to Run the Defense Department," The New York Times, November 30, 2020 Christopher Krebs, "Trump fired me for saying this, but I'll say it again: The election wasn't rigged," The Washington Post, December 1, 2020 Jack Detsch and Robbie Gramer, "Pentagon Purges Leading Advisors From Defense Policy Board," Foreign Policy, November 25, 2020 Zack Cooper, "Bad Ideas Series: 'Great Power Competition' Terminology," Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 1, 2020 Brad Stapleton, “The Problem with the Light Footprint: Shifting Tactics in Lieu of Strategy,” Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 792, June 7, 2016 Paul R. Pillar, “Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq,” Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006

Shockingly, cooking fires now kill more people on average per year in the US than they did in the 1980s. As Thanksgiving approaches—the day with by far the most incidents—we take a look at the growing problem of cooking fires. First, Jesse talks to NFPA communications manager Susan McKelvey about the causes of cooking fires (0:55), why the problem seems to be getting worse, and resources available for educators to turn the trend around. After that, we explore the science behind the viral videos of turkey-fryer fireballs, and why this popular cooking method can be so dangerous (24:07). Links: Dangers of Turkey Fryers Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUynq0HXdQ   NFPA cooking fire resources: www.nfpa.org/cooking www.nfpa.org/fpw   NFPA Journal article on new UL smoke detector standards: https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2018/March-April-2018/Features/UL-Smoke-alarm

A Self Directed Brokerage Account or SDBA is a niche option buried deep inside many employer-sponsored plans like 401(K), 403(B) or 457 plans. This option gives the employee the ability to potentially minimize losses and maximize gains by using professional money management. Steve Allbritton is a professional in money management and he shares his expertise on SDBA which sidesteps bad stock market days to secure a comfortable retirement.  2:06 Steve shares what makes Howard Capital Management different from most other professional money managers. A demonstration of Returns Matter, Risk Management Matters.A proprietary system, investment model called the HCM - BuylineThe HCM - Buyline is non-emotional.   3:55 Steve explains the importance of being able to sidestep the worst stock market days and its potential impact on the plan’s participants' retirement future. Emphasis on avoiding large losses which can significantly impact growth in a long term portfolio.A demonstration of simple math used in market volatility over a 40+ year period.   6:21 The easiest way for employees to find out if their plan has the Self Directed Brokerage Account (SDBA) option. A phone call into your human resource or plan administration department.Howard Capital Management has access to a national database of every 401(K), 403(B), and 457 plans in the country.   7:12 The SDBA option is an individual decision to enact.  A professional advisor comes in to help with guidance on what investment is available and best suits the client.   7:52 How easy of a process is it to activate the SDBA into someone’s plan? Plan participants can usually open an SDBA in their 401(K) by simple access to their plan’s website.If online access is unavailable, their employers can provide the necessary documents to enable the process.The documents are completed with the help of their advisor.   8:58 Is it all over if someone’s plan does not currently have the SDBA option? Not necessarily.   9:20 Are there any additional costs involved with the plan? The plan participant will not receive any sort of external billing for the benefit of having professional management models in their SDBA.   10:12 How did the Howard Capital Management SDBA perform against the traditional accounts during the market crash in March - April 2020 timeframe?  Monthly performance reports made available on the fund’s website at www.howardcmfunds.com.Mutual funds positioning helped investors avoid a large part of the pandemic related stock market downturn.  11:20 A recap of the valuable information learned on implementing a professionally managed SDBA. There is a clear and distinct advantage of utilizing an SDBA in an attempt to minimize losses and maximize gain inside employer-sponsored plans like 401(K), 403(B) or 457 accounts.There is no additional cost involved.It requires minimal paperwork.Your money never transfers or moves from its current location.You have 24/7 access to your plan’s online portal which they already have so that they can check the SDBA.By having professionally managed 401(K) you can potentially have more peace of mind and confidence in your retirement dollars.    Michael’s contact info. Tel: 727 243 6467

Feeling particularly reflective as the US electoral process inches toward a conclusion, Allan and Darren chat about what they see as the short- and long-term challenges facing Australian foreign policy. In the short term, the bilateral relationship with China looms largest. Allan makes that case that the Prime Minister (or Foreign Minister) should make a speech clearly outlining Australia’s position, while Darren wonders whether the PM has already said what he wants to say. And what specific diplomatic moves available to the government? Darren offers some thoughts on whether the ongoing trade disruptions are simply coercion, or whether other geoeconomic or industry policy motives may be a factor. The two also debate the distinction between “the Chinese government” and “the CCP”, and compare it to distinguishing the Trump administration from the United States as a whole. The other major short-term issue discussed is cooperation with Australia’s regional partners, Southeast Asia in particular. The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) may offer an opportunity for Australia to develop deeper ties, though Darren raises whether shared security interests are a necessary condition for really substantive cooperation. He also speculates on whether Australia’s experience with economic coercion and protecting against foreign interference could be a useful source of advice, while Allan counters that Asian nations have been grappling with these questions for decades, even centuries! Allan also previews PM Morrison’s trip to Japan this week. Looking to the longer term, Allan and Darren describe a range of possible futures, the kinds of investment strategies Australia could pursue now to prepare for future challenges, and potential risks to a long-term strategy. We thank AIIA intern Mitchell McIntosh for his help with research and audio editing and Rory Stenning for composing our theme music. Relevant Links PM Lee Hsien Loong gave the keynote address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue Opening Dinner on 31 May 2019 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore: https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/PM-Lee-Hsien-Loong-at-the-IISS-Shangri-La-Dialogue-2019 Lee Hsien Loong, “The Endangered Asian Century: America, China, and the Perils of Confrontation”, Foreign Affairs, July/August 2020: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/2020-06-04/lee-hsien-loong-endangered-asian-century Stephen Dziedzic, “Scott Morrison unveils Government plans to reassert Australia's influence in South-East Asia”, ABC News, 14 November 2020: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-14/australia-canberra-new-aid-south-east-asia-scott-morrison/12883088 Joe Biden, “Why American must lead again: Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy After Trump”, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2020: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-01-23/why-america-must-lead-again Government of Victoria, “Victorian Pledge For Institute Of Infectious Disease”, 13 November 2020: https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/victorian-pledge-institute-infectious-disease Tim Alberta, “Elissa Slotkin Braces for a Democratic Civil War”, 13 November 2020: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/13/elissa-slotkin-braces-for-a-democratic-civil-war-436301 David French, Divided we fall: America’s secession threat and how to restore our nation”, Pan Macmillan Australia: https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781250201973/  Ezra Klein podcast interview with Evan Osnos, “Joe Biden, explained”, 7 November 2020: https://www.vox.com/ezra-klein-show-podcast/2020/11/7/21554198/joe-biden-evan-osnos-president-2020-election-white-house-donald-trump Little Red Podcast, “Xi Dada and Daddy: Power, the Party and the President”, 2 November 2020: https://omny.fm/shows/the-little-red-podcast/xi-dada-and-daddy-power-the-party-and-the-presiden?in_playlist=the-little-red-podcast!podcast “P.E. with Joe”, Monday 23 March 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz0go1pTda8

The Batman Family comic book series ran for 20 issues from September–October 1975 to October–November 1978 and featured solo and team-up stories starring Batgirl and Robin. The lead story in the first issue teaming Batgirl and Robin was originally intended for publication in an issue of 1st Issue Special. The series additionally featured reprints of Golden Age and Silver Age stories. Many issues of Batman Family featured Batman supporting characters such as Alfred Pennyworth, Vicki Vale, the Elongated Man, the Huntress, and Ace the Bat-Hound. Writer Bob Rozakis introduced the Duela Dent character in issue #6 (July–August 1976) and revived the original Batwoman in issue #10 (March–April 1977). The series began featuring only new material as of issue #11 (May–June 1977) and the Man-Bat began appearing as a regular feature. Batman Family converted to the Dollar Comics format with issue #17 (April–May 1978).

The Batman Family comic book series ran for 20 issues from September–October 1975 to October–November 1978 and featured solo and team-up stories starring Batgirl and Robin. The lead story in the first issue teaming Batgirl and Robin was originally intended for publication in an issue of 1st Issue Special. The series additionally featured reprints of Golden Age and Silver Age stories. Many issues of Batman Family featured Batman supporting characters such as Alfred Pennyworth, Vicki Vale, the Elongated Man, the Huntress, and Ace the Bat-Hound. Writer Bob Rozakis introduced the Duela Dent character in issue #6 (July–August 1976) and revived the original Batwoman in issue #10 (March–April 1977). The series began featuring only new material as of issue #11 (May–June 1977) and the Man-Bat began appearing as a regular feature. Batman Family converted to the Dollar Comics format with issue #17 (April–May 1978).

Since the mid-March/April coronavirus pandemic market meltdown, broad basket commodities (precious and industrial metals, energy, agriculture) have enjoyed a strong recovery alongside other reflationary asset beneficiaries like equities.  Robert (Bob) Minter, Head of Investment Strategy at Aberdeen Standard Investments, shares his outlook on how the second act for commodities plays as we face some near-term headwinds such as U.S. government impasse over further pandemic spending and a renewed upswing of COVID-19 positive cases.   

Cases of coronavirus are once again on the rise in Idaho. According to Dr. David Pate, during today's panel of Idaho doctors, we are in "Idaho's third spike," following phases of rising infections in March-April and again in July-August.

Episode 20 in the fourth season of the podcast dedicated to the half-demon hero, Hellboy. Before the pages of BPRD 1946 Chapters 3 & 4 (March-April 2008) are discussed, Kait and MDC chat about Mignola using Hellboy to encourage voting and to endorse Biden/Harris, which your hosts do as well in this year's presidental election, and they are excited for an upcoming fan made Hellboy short film scheduled to debut online October 2nd - https://www.instagram.com/hellboyfanfilm/ - check it out! We love you and remember to give us a Five Star Review starting with the word BOOM on Apple Podcasts/iTunes for a shoutout on the show. Be Anti-Racist, Love is Love, Black Lives Matter, wash your darn hands, wear a darn mask, and don't forget to Vote! -- SHOW INFORMATION Instagram: @AwCrapAHellboyPodcast Twitter: @AwCrapHellboy Email: AwCrapAHellboyPodcast@gmail.com Aw...Crap, A Reading Guide for Listeners Hellboy Resource: https://hellboy.fandom.com/wiki/Hellboy_Wiki Buy Hellboy: https://www.darkhorse.com/Zones/Hellboy

Simon Shares Day 181 of lockdown. The Tongaat (JSE code: TON) deal to sell their starch unit to Barloworld for R5.35billion is happening and the Tongaat share price loved the news. We're seeing a strong bounce locally while the US markets are also having a better run, risk back on (for now). But what was odd was gold. It didn't run as stocks were selling off and has actually weakened. The point is that if fears were of a longer sell off gold should do better, except for two things. Firstly nothing is linear and secondly when there is real fear as we saw back in March everything is correlated at 1 and everything sells off. The UK back into lockdown, not the hard lockdown of March / April. But lockdown that the government is saying may last six months. This pandemic is not over. Property stock results are coming thick and fast and frankly, most are not as bad as I expected. Make no mistake, they're ugly. But I had expected worse and while distributions are being delayed and valuations were written down they're mostly staying within their debt covenants which is hugely important. That said it remains a long road back to the glory days. Value Capital Partners (VCP) has bought a 5.28% stake in Cashbuild (JSE code: CSB). VCP has a reputation of not being quiet silent shareholders, but also have an excellent record of fixing broken companies. Now Cashbuild is not broken, but worth watching. Under the hood of the SYG4IR ETF. Upcoming events; 08 October ~ JSE Power Hour: Investing in local and global listed property Subscribe to our feed here Subscribe or review us in iTunes Missing the bus How often do we not buy a stock only to watch it move higher and regret not buying as we think we missed the bus. Then it just continues moving higher and higher? The mistake we make is that we think there is a limit to the upside of what stocks can do. But consider for example Capitec* (JSE code: CPI), 2000c during the last crisis and it eventually it some R1,500. There are plenty of other examples, most recently gold miners. The problem is that while we want a ten-bagger stock we truthfully struggle with the concept of such huge gains. Further, as I have mentioned before a ten-bagger first has to be a one-bagger and as such buying when it's on the move reduces risk markedly. So we need to double down on our work. What makes this an excellent stock, no the best stock, to own. What are the real fundamentals and growth prospects and will the rest of the market catch on? Lastly, use a PEG ratio. Is the expected HEPS growth higher than the PE ratio? This is far from a perfect science, but don't abandon the bus just because you missed the first one. * I hold ungeared positions. JSE – The JSE is a registered trademark of the JSE Limited. JSE Direct is an independent broadcast and is not endorsed or affiliated with, nor has it been authorised, or otherwise approved by JSE Limited. The views expressed in this programme are solely those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect the views of JSE Limited.  

Take the AP Now Payments and Remote work poll at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PayRWPollSign up for AP Now’s free twice-a-week ezine. Use box at the left of www.ap-now.com In this episode of the AP Now podcast, Mary Schaeffer discusses some of the areas where best practices are changing in the accounts payable function. She specifically addresses remote work and payment practices.   She begins with a quick overview of the state of remote working in accounts payable before COVID. She then compares that to where we stood in March/April of 2020 and where we stand in September 2020, based on some very preliminary results of a poll AP Now just started. She invites listeners to take part in the poll. The goal of the poll is not only to measure where we stand today as far a remote working is concerned, but also to identify common problems (and hopefully provide some solutions to those issues. She then moved on to the issue of payments. Paper checks are still a popular payment method in the US. Many professionals wondered if the pandemic would be the final straw the US needed to finally move away from paper checks. The answer is not completely. Paper checks, while less popular than before, still have a stranglehold on the payment process in many organizations. The goal of this poll is to see just how much. One last issue has emerged. The use of Instant Payments (long thought a consumer payment option) for B2B payments. The poll is measuring just how frequently they are being used.  Your participation is needed – even if you are not doing anything different. That needs to be counted also in order to get an accurate reading. The podcast ends with a reminder that 127 Best Practices for Accounts Payable was just released and an invitation to take part in the poll – and get the results. Take the poll at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PayRWPoll Host: Mary Schaeffer (https://www.ap-now.com/) Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 

In today's episode: More violence! Violence after the RNC, murder of a Trump supporter in Portland, innocent people getting their heads smashed with bricks, and roving bands of dumb communists marching the streets of Los Angeles shouting "Death to America" New CDC statistics and reporting from the New York Times on PCR testing failures bring the public up to speed on what many of us have been saying since March/April

In this week’s episode, Gary Takacs shares tips on how you can take actionable measures to avoid the coming crisis in your hygiene schedule. Due to the Lockdowns that prevailed in March-April, most of us have not had any patients who came in those two to three months. What happens if they did not show up for their hygiene appointment? You will have a hole in your schedule by no show appointments. Learn how to fill up those holes and what is the best way to get in touch with patients who haven’t turned up for their hygiene appointments in a long time, and how to handle patients who are scared to turn up for their hygiene appointment in this testing time. There is a direct correlation to the number of hygiene appointments you have and the busy productiveness of your doctor's schedule. This episode is all about taking action to solve it ahead of time, so you don't end up dealing with that crisis.

Guests discuss money, banking and real estate financing, describing March/April as "pretty dark days," and commenting on positive effects of the government's intervention. Even with government help, borrowers are suffering. How long can loans be deferred; how to prepare for the third and fourth quarters - issues discussed. Pt. 1

We recorded this episode during the Coronavirus pandemic shutdowns in March/April. Lots of time at home got us to thinking about home decor, making inviting spaces, and interior design. We discuss two of Myquillyn Smith’s books The Nesting Place and The Cozy Minimalist Home. Smith’s books encourage jumping in and not waiting for the perfect time or materials to make your home more inviting. She helps point us toward gratitude for “the space I’m in now.” Books and Links:  "The Nesting Place" by Myquillyn Smith "The Cozy Minimalist Home" by Myquillyn Smith The Nester Blog

Characteristics and Strength of Evidence of COVID-19 Studies Registered on ClinicalTrials.gov Looked at ClinicalTrials.gov identified 1551 studies registered fromMarch 1, 2011, to May 19, 2020, Lets look at the gold standard RCT Of the 664 RCT (76.1%) were single center. PROBLEM! Weather analysis! Only half of the rct looked at clinical course with only 8% of the rct looking at mortality and this is a problem because blinding was only reported for half of the trials so half of the time your outcome is clinical course and half the time you are not blinding them to the treatment do you think the people you knowingly got the treatment drug will ‘get better’ faster. And maybe they got better because they knew they were getting the good stuff or maybe they got better because eh provider knew they were getting the active. Both can be bias when they know if the patient is getting placebo or active arm. The authors state it best “evidence, the large proportion of studies with an expected low level of evidence is concerning. Rapid dis- semination of studies with low-quality evidence studies can influence public opinion, government actions, and clinical prac- tice in potentially harmful ways,3 And I couldnt agree more so lets talk about something else that has no evidence-- MASK Lets be clear about mask—we have no evidence that they work for what we think they work for—we have evidence they says they help decrease the spread of droplets when you speak but we don’t have evidence that then says that this decrease in droplets leads to a decrease in coronavirus cases and rememeber we don’t care about cases we care about deaths and does that lead to a decreaes in deaths. We don’t have evidence on this so ANYONE that has an opinon on mask is purely giving you their opinion—zero fact! Well my hospital sent out an email saying hey look at this study https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768533 In the journal of the american medical association PROOVES that mask actually work!!!! A research letter- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768533 Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers The study assessed the association of hospital masking policies with the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among HCWs. 12 hospitals and more than 75 000 employees in Mass General They looked at HCWs who tested + for SARS-CoV-2 between March 1 and April 30, 2020 This was broken down into 3 time periods before implementation of universal masking of HCWs (March 1-24, 2020) intervention period with universal mask (April 11-30, 2020). out of the 75000 employees – only 10k got test and only 1271 had a positive result- During the preintervention period, March 1-24, 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate increased exponentially from 0% to 21.32%!! During the intervention period requiring mask from April 11-30, 2020 the positivity rate decreased linearly from 14.65% to 11.46% THUS Universal masking at mass general was associated with a significantly lower rate of SARS-CoV-2 positivity among HCWs. This association may be related to a decrease in transmission between patients and HCWs and among HCWs. MAY BE or may not!! Always be careful! The decrease in HCW infections could be confounded by other interventions inside and outside of the health care system (Figure), such as restrictions on elective procedures, social distancing measures, and increased masking in public spaces, which are limitations of this study. this study doesnt say that mask prevent infection because what we were doing during the rest of the time was drastically different!! how we handled covid on march 1 was drastically different than april1! they are not even close to the same, we shut down bards and restauranted by april 1 and we didnt do that by march 1 so if you want to say look at the huge benefit mask made then you have to say look at t a huge benefit mask, and social distance and limits to group gatherings and economic shut down had on the cases of covid19 for of health care workers--- this is just another article that spins the numbers come up with a covid conclusion that is not accurate or tell the whole story. As far as the answer on mask, the answers will vary wide and far – they are kind of like butts, everyone got one and none of them are evidence based or something like that But the next article has also hit the press and a popular title saying ‘kids don’t spread covid’ Which comes from this article Posfay-Barbe KM et al. COVID-19 in children and the dynamics of infection in families. Pediatrics 2020 May 26; 146:e20201576. (https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-1576) What is a child’s role in transmission of COVID-19? This study looked at 39 patients

Research begins at 19:42Oi, como vai Bunk Funkers! Today we take a little trip to Brazil to discuss a 50 year old unsolved mystery! Two men found peacefully dead atop Vintém Hill in Brazil. Who brought about their death? Were they attempting to contact aliens? And what’s the deal with these lead masks? Thanks to Megan Peace Hand Symbol Emoji for the suggestion!Andy and Art are NOT captured once again by the titular Mr. Bunker - what postcard did he send them this time?In the second segment, Andy and Art give you, the listeners, an uninterrupted presentation of their research into The Lead Mask Deaths of Brazil .Finally, Andy and Art discuss This Old House, sausages, playing with electrical outlets, and so much more!Send us your thoughts to @MrBunkerPod and mrbunkerpod@gmail.com using the hashtag #LeadAstrayMusic by Michael MartelloArtwork by Hannah RossAudio Editing by Arthur StoneFollow Us:TwitterInstagramWebsiteYoutubeLinks Mentioned:The Lead Masks of Vintém Hill - YouTube The Lead Masks Case: An Analysis - YouTubeLead Masks Case - WikipediaBodies on the Hill: The Enduring Mystery of the Lead Masks Case - The Line UpSolving the Lead Masks of Vintem Hill - SkeptoidRadioactivity, UFOs, cults, or just plain weirdness: The Lead Masks Case of Brazil is a baffling unsolved case - The Vintage NewsLead Masks Case - RationalWikiFlying Saucer Review, March-April 1967, Vol13 No. 2 (PDF) Espiritismo - Brown University Library

This week the MMWR released an article about the Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Use of Emergency Departments in the United States, an article looking at a COVID-19 Outbreak Among College Students After a Spring Break Trip to Mexico, an article looking at characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 based on data from Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia during March-April 2020, and article that looked at the relationship between laboratory confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection among women of Reproductive Age by their Pregnancy Status.

This week the MMWR released an article about the Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Use of Emergency Departments in the United States, an article looking at a COVID-19 Outbreak Among College Students After a Spring Break Trip to Mexico, an article looking at characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 based on data from Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia during March-April 2020, and article that looked at the relationship between laboratory confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection among women of Reproductive Age by their Pregnancy Status.

Simon Shares “This week’s episode of JSE Direct is courtesy of OUTvest, our preferred supplier in retirement products.” Day 98 of lockdown and Covid-19 cases are spiking in South Africa. Local GDP for the first quarter came in at -2%, helped by agriculture +27.8% For the first time since July 2019, PMI respondents expect conditions to improve in six months’ time. The index tracking expected business conditions rose to 51.2 in June. Overall PMI for June was 53.9 but remember this index records monthly changes in expectations so it is expected to improve as lockdown levels improve. Barloworld (JSE code: BAW) results were a horror even as they were for the period ending March. The stock lost 11.5% on Tuesday and the headline news was Tweeted by Hilton Tarrant; Avis and Budget Rent a Car Southern Africa (owned by Barloworld): 🚗 Will retrench 50-60% of staff. 🚗 Close at least 26 of its 90 branches (1 in 3). Already down from 150. 🚗 Rental fleet already cut from 27,000 to 22,000. Will remove another 10,000 vehicles by February. — Hilton Tarrant (@hiltontarrant) July 1, 2020   New Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) coming from Satrix and it covers China. It'll be the first China ETF for the JSE (there was a Deutsche Bank ETN that closed in January). The TER is pricy (0.63%), but that's often the case with an ETF like this and it is in IPO until 14 July and thereafter will trade on the JSE and will be eligible for tax-free accounts. An update from the JSE (JSE code: JSE) was maybe a little lighter than I would have thought. But it is seeing improved revenue due to increased trade on the market and this does mostly drop to the bottom line, except for some increases in executive pay that took off some of the shine. Intu (JSE code: ITU) finally it the wall as they couldn't get a standstill on debt last Friday. The stock is suspended with a market cap under R400million and some R100billion of debt. Shareholders are likely to get nothing from the ruins. ADP was a slight miss, 2,369million new jobs vs expected 3million. Crunching the data, the US has lost 14million jobs during the pandemic and only 27% of the March-April job losses have returned. This translates to an unemployment rate of around 13%. Upcoming events; 01 July ~ The world after Covid-19 08 July ~ Know your derivatives: Long, short or hedge? 15 July ~ Trading 101: Managing risk 16 July ~ JSE Power Hour: How to manage your portfolio during a pandemic Subscribe to our feed here Subscribe or review us in iTunes Listed property, watch the V Redefine (JSE code: RDF) has sold assets worth R7.7billion to pay down debt. This improves their LTV (loan-to-value) to around 40.6%, but the risk remains as the V part of LTV is also a moving target and will likely be moving lower when their yearend comes around in August. LTV is a very important data point in listed property and bank loan covenants will be based on this figure. Listed property revalues their assets on a rolling three-year review. Every year a third of properties have a full revaluation. Somebody checks the lifts etc. Also important is occupancy levels and rental payment rates and increases in rentals. The other two-thirds of the properties are adjusted in the year they're not having a hard revaluation. Helping is that lower rates will boost valuations and debt may also in part be floating. But we can expect valuations to be 10%-20% lower and this will spike the LTV levels really hurting the LTVs. That said, bankers are not likely to be calling in the loans as they don't want to be landlords but remember my podcast of earlier in the year about maintaining REIT status, this is a sector under serious pressure. https://justonelap.com/podcast-property-losing-reit-status/ Lastly, adding to the woes is that the debt is often debt notes that will need to be rolled, who's going to be buying listed property debt in this market? JSE – The JSE is a registered trademark of the JSE Limited. JSE Direct is an independent broadcast and is not endorsed or affiliated with, nor has it been authorised, or otherwise approved by JSE Limited. The views expressed in this programme are solely those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect the views of JSE Limited.  

The Cato Institute's Emma Ashford joins Melanie and Zack to discuss her recent article on how to "Build a Better Blob." They debate whether the foreign policy community is hostile to non-mainstream thinking, or just to non-experts. Emma outlines why the foreign policy community needs to embrace many forms of diversity (and why we all need to wear face masks). Melanie calls out Michael Pack, the new director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, for appearing committed to dismantling his own organization. And Zack questions National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien's recent op-ed on withdrawing U.S. troops from Germany.   Links Emma Ashford, "Build a Better Blob," Foreign Affairs, May 29, 2020 Susan Glasser, “Trump Takes on the Blob,” Politico Magazine, March/April 2020 Emma Ashford, “Stay Home, Save the World,” Instick, April 13, 2020 Paul Farhi, “After Departure of Voice of America Editors, New Trump-Appointed Overseer Fires Heads of Four Sister Organizations,” Washington Post, June 18, 2020 Will Saletan,Tweet, June 5, 2020 Tom Cotton, "Send in the Troops," New York Times, June 3, 2020 Alan Hawkes, Tweet, June, 22, 2020 Hal Brands, Peter Feaver, and William Inboden, "In Defense of the Blob," Foreign Affairs, April 29, 2020 Robert Jervis "Liberalism, the Blob, and American Foreign Policy: Evidence and Methodology," Security Studies, 2020 Mira Rapp-Hooper, Shields of the Republic (Harvard University Press, 2020) Robert O'Brien, "Why the U.S. Is Moving Troops Out of Germany," Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2020

Insha Rahman is the director of strategy and new initiatives at the Vera Institute of Justice. She believes that mass incarceration is solvable.  At Vera, Rahman’s work is focused on prosecutorial reform, bail, and decarceration, with an emphasis on developing advocacy-related strategies and accountability. Prior to Vera, Rahman worked as a public defender at The Bronx Defenders. She currently serves on the boards of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Brooklyn Community Bail Fund, and the New York State Appellate Division's Indigent Defense Organization Oversight Committee. Here are a few of the resources mentioned in this episode: 13th, Ava Duvernay Locking Up Our Own, by James Foreman Solitary, by Albert Woodfox How Conservatives Learned to Love Prison Reform, March/April 2014, Mother Jones Prison reform: A smart way for states to save money and lives, January 2011, Washington Post

Welcome Amy Vu and Dr. JC Rodriguez! We discuss the Asian Giant Hornet “murder hornet” with Amy, Extension coordinator for the Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab (HBREL) @ UF, and Dr. JC Rodriguez, appreciated member of our staff. Amy and JC are both passionate about bees, both started their bee keeping journey during college. JC shares with us his experience handling Africanized “killer” bees, and the bad reputation around these bees and any other bees named “killer” or “murder.”It is important to emphasize that everyone will experience a different reaction to any insect. The safest is to keep your distance form any stinging insect. Amy shares about two (2) types of Asian hornets(1) Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia): Also known as “murder hornet”(2) Asian hornet (Vespa velutina): NOT present in the USAAsian giant hornet first appearance was at the end of 2019. A press release was issued to report on the findings on a small area of Washington State. During the moths of March/April, coming out of the winter, 2 species were found dead.No one is 100% sure on how this specie reached the continental US, but it is believed that a queen bee was transported by a cargo ship. The Washington State Department of Agriculture has put compiled comprehensive material on the Giant Asian Hornet, how to identify it and its differences from other similar looking hornets. The Asian Giant Hornet preys on more insects than just honey bees, this kind of hornet can cause harm to other pollinators as well. Please, keep a safe distance form any stinging insect. Snap a picture if possible, that is the best proof to identify species. Visit the Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab website to learn more about Amy Vu and the Research Lab!For more information on this topic, check out this document by the University of Florida’s Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory FAQs - Asian Giant Hornet. Interested in bees and managed honey bees? Check out our episode SAVE THE BEES, with Dr. Jamie Ellis from the UF Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory! Image Credits:By Alpsdake - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21275572Support the show (https://foginfo.org/donate/)

Welcome Amy Vu and Dr. JC Rodriguez! We discuss the Asian Giant Hornet “murder hornet” with Amy, Extension coordinator for the Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab (HBREL) @ UF, and Dr. JC Rodriguez, appreciated member of our staff. Amy and JC are both passionate about bees, both started their bee keeping journey during college. JC shares with us his experience handling Africanized “killer” bees, and the bad reputation around these bees and any other bees named “killer” or “murder.”It is important to emphasize that everyone will experience a different reaction to any insect. The safest is to keep your distance form any stinging insect. Amy shares about two (2) types of Asian hornets(1) Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia): Also known as “murder hornet”(2) Asian hornet (Vespa velutina): NOT present in the USAAsian giant hornet first appearance was at the end of 2019. A press release was issued to report on the findings on a small area of Washington State. During the moths of March/April, coming out of the winter, 2 species were found dead.No one is 100% sure on how this specie reached the continental US, but it is believed that a queen bee was transported by a cargo ship. The Washington State Department of Agriculture has put compiled comprehensive material on the Giant Asian Hornet, how to identify it and its differences from other similar looking hornets. The Asian Giant Hornet preys on more insects than just honey bees, this kind of hornet can cause harm to other pollinators as well. Please, keep a safe distance form any stinging insect. Snap a picture if possible, that is the best proof to identify species. Visit the Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab website to learn more about Amy Vu and the Research Lab!For more information on this topic, check out this document by the University of Florida’s Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory FAQs - Asian Giant Hornet. Interested in bees and managed honey bees? Check out our episode SAVE THE BEES, with Dr. Jamie Ellis from the UF Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory! Image Credits:By Alpsdake - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21275572Support the show (https://foginfo.org/donate/)

Jessica Marie is never short on ideas to grow her business, whether it’s during a slow period or a pandemic. Tune in to hear how she plans to reopen and what she has been building during quarantine. Her passion and drive are sure to inspire your skin care business. You gotta love a girl boss! Jessica Marie’s Bio: Jessica Marie has always had a desire to help people. She spent nearly two decades in the medical field in a wide range of positions and settings, including as a nursing assistant, medical assistant, phlebotomist, medical thermographer, and EMT. She entered medical esthetics to help people in a different way. After spending years as a certified cosmetic injector, Jessica decided to go to esthetician school so she could help her clients from start to finish, beginning with skin care all the way up to injectables. She is passionate about working with people with cancer given her background in oncology, and she is certified in permanent cosmetics and 3D areola pigmentation. Jessica is the founder of J Marie Skin Studio in Longmont, Colorado, and J Marie Signature Skincare and Makeup. Jessica won ASCP Skin Deep’s Avant Garde Makeup Challenge, and is also the proud recipient of ASCP’s 2020 Esthetician of the Year Award. Jessica continues to mentor others in the industry and is currently working on expanding her business with a third location in Atlanta, Georgia.   To connect with Tracy Donley, ASCP Executive Director, click here    To join Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP) click here    Questions about Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP) membership or professional liability insurance for estheticians call 800-789-0411   If you are interested in adding Business Personal Property (BPP) insurance to your membership click here    Follow Associated Skin Care Professionals (ASCP) on Instagram    To access ASCP’s extensive Back to Practice guide click here    ASCP Skin Deep Magazine (digital edition) March/April 2020 Esty of the Year   Associated Skin Care Professionals YouTube Channel   Smoky Eye   Avant Garde Lashes—Jessica’s team   Jessica’s Resources   Book: UnF*ck Yourself by Gary Bishop   Your local chamber of commerce Make an appointment with your banker, bookkeeper, and/or CPA   Jessica’s social channels   Instagram/Facebook   Website   The Glossy Magazine   HydroPeptide Social media channels   Instagram   Facebook   Website   YouTube   Courtesy marketing support: mention ASCP ESTY TALK (even if your not a client)   marketing@hydropeptide.com   contact@hydropeptide.com   800-932-9873

As you many remember in March / April we switched to daily episodes called the super special. While we aren't going back to daily episodes for the time being after what happened this week here in the states, I couldn't NOT talk about the email I sent my list this week about how to handle your business and community when horrible things are happening real time. If you need to vent feel free to email me kate@katedoster.com or dm over on Instagram @kate_doster

Jan. - Feb., 2020 was a period of ‘psychological inoculation’, in that we have heard this before, viruses come and go, like the flu and N1H1, and we will be okay. March - April, 2020 was a period of acknowledgment, that this virus is real and dangerous. Followed by the rapid onset of fear, resulting in a stress response. Fear is usually a quick moment that passes. That has not happened with the pandemic. Stress usually results in action, and there was some actions by individuals and governments that were surprisingly bipartisan and encouraged safety measures. Although these government responses across the world were confusing at times, which increased stress from more unknowns. Continued stress response can be physically and emotionally damaging. Read more on stress in #1 bestselling stress book “Why Zebras Don’t get Ulcers” by Robert M. Sapolsky (link below). For many people there are continued unknowns associated with job loss and financial and or food insecurity which may continuing the fear and stress response long past the current time period. May - June, 2020 is a period of psychological relief from virus concerns in that there is a period of predictability. Good health practices and ‘physical distancing’ are being setup and implemented. Links: “Why Zebras Don’t get Ulcers” by Robert M. Sapolsky https://www.amazon.com/Why-Zebras-Dont-Ulcers-Third/dp/0805073698 Guide to stress and stress related diseases.

This special episode is the audio of the Facebook Livestream of the March/April 2020 meeting of the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, On the Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux. If you'd like to join the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, all the info is at https://notaballerina.com/bookclub, and you can keep up with all the thoughts about our current books in the Thoughtful Travellers Facebook Group at https://facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers