Podcasts about Northern Hemisphere

To celebrate the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, we compare the fictional musicians with the longest names.  With entries from Kids in the Hall, Wayne's World, Arrested Development, George Carlin, Adult Swim, Ray Stevens, Marvel Comics, and Monty Python, there has to be at least one entry that you're curious about, right?

Jump into Talk Cosmos on June 21 from 1-2 p.m. PDT for the “Summer Solstice Vibrational Patterns”. Join us as we explore these vibrant energies through VA's unique lens and embrace the solstice as an energy portal into this season's full potential!Through the unique lens of Vibrational Astrology's software system, we will discover distinct collective consciousness patterns. Deep within the 2026 summer solstice chart, these frequency patterns profoundly shape this season.Since pre-historic days, humanity kept watch on the seasonal turns by observing the sky. Embraced as a spiritual portal to celebrate abundance, the Summer Solstice launches the return of the light in the Northern Hemisphere. Traditional bonfire rituals lit up the night sky, to symbolize life's manifestation and renewal.SOLSTICE LATIN ROOTS On June 21st at 8:24:13 a.m. GMT and at 4:24:13 a.m. EDT, the Sun transits 0° Cancer while it appears to stop for three days and ‘hover' over the northern Tropic of Cancer. This apparent ‘celestial pause', known as SOL-STICE derived from Latin roots, literally means: “Sun” "Stops".Earth tilts on its 23°26' north south axis, placing Earth's northern hemisphere to lean closest to the Sun during its annual orbit. Daylight stretches to its fullest, casting long shadows to ignite our spirits with warmth and possibility.UPCOMING: FRACTAL COSMOS CONFERENCERegistration for the 2nd Annual Fractal Cosmos Vibrational Astrology Conference on November 22-24, 2026 (fractalcosmos.org) opens during July. Online – join from anywhere.LINDA BERRY, PAC, MSSW: received her Professional Astrology Certificate (PAC) in Vibrational Astrology January 2015 from Avalon School of Astrology studying with David Cochrane the Founder of Vibrational Astrology (VA). They continue to share their research material to build Vibrational Astrology knowledge. Linda created “Frequency Finder”, a VA Add-on to Sirius and Kepler Astrological Software.Linda's an International Consultant with clients worldwide, Teaches VA classes, the VA Research Group Moderator, and Author. Website: Astrosleuth.org | Fractal Cosmos Vibrational Astrology Conference - Annual. Website: fractalcosmos.comHer free Daily Blog: “The Vibrational Astrology Diary” Vibrational Astrology & Sabian Symbols, and for a paid Personalized Monthly Report. email: Linda @ AstrologicalDepth dot com.ROBERT PACITTI: Professional consulting astrologer; visionary behind Deep Earth Astrology. Specializing in vibrational and psychological techniques. Over a decade of experience in the world of natural magic. Grand Pendragon in the Ancient Order of Druids in America & Director of the MAGUS Druid Gathering in Gore, VA. Co-Director of the Fractal Cosmos Vibrational Astrology Conference. Faculty for the Centre for Relationships and Astrology. Consultations focus, Archetypal & Harmonic.Email: deepearthastrology@gmail.com. Website: deepearthastrology.com | Facebook.com/SacredConnections13; Facebook.com/rjpacittifractalcosmos.org SUE ‘ROSE' MINAHAN: Evolutionary Astrologer & Consultant. Speaker, Writer. Student of Vibrational Astrology with Linda Berry, Dwarf Planet University graduate, Kepler Astrologer Toastmaster (KAT); Founder of Talk Cosmos since April 7, 2018. Weekly conversations awaken heart and soul consciousness, TalkCosmos.com | YouTube.com/@TALKCOSMOS.#SummerSolstice #VibrationalAstrology #Astrology2026 #TalkCosmos #SueRoseMinahan #lindaBerry #RobertPacitti #DavidCochrane #AstroSleuth #DeepEarthAstrology #MagusGathering #Tarot #ancientOrderofDruidsinAmerica #EvidenceBasedVibrationalAstrology #ChironinTaurusSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jump into Talk Cosmos on June 21 from 1-2 p.m. PDT for the “Summer Solstice Vibrational Patterns”.  Join us as we explore these vibrant energies through VA's unique lens and embrace the solstice as an energy portal into this season's full potential! Through the unique lens of Vibrational Astrology's software system, we will discover distinct collective consciousness patterns. Deep within the 2026 summer solstice chart, these frequency patterns profoundly shape this season. Since pre-historic days, humanity kept watch on the seasonal turns by observing the sky. Embraced as a spiritual portal to celebrate abundance, the Summer Solstice launches the return of the light in the Northern Hemisphere. Traditional bonfire rituals lit up the night sky, to symbolize life's manifestation and renewal. SOLSTICE LATIN ROOTS  On June 21st at 8:24:13 a.m. GMT and at 4:24:13 a.m. EDT, the Sun transits 0° Cancer while it appears to stop for three days and ‘hover' over the northern Tropic of Cancer.  This apparent ‘celestial pause', known as SOL-STICE derived from Latin roots, literally means: “Sun” "Stops". Earth tilts on its 23°26' north south axis, placing Earth's northern hemisphere to lean closest to the Sun during its annual orbit. Daylight stretches to its fullest, casting long shadows to ignite our spirits with warmth and possibility. UPCOMING: FRACTAL COSMOS CONFERENCE Registration for the 2nd Annual Fractal Cosmos Vibrational Astrology Conference on November 22-24, 2026 (fractalcosmos.org) opens during July. Online – join from anywhere. LINDA BERRY, PAC, MSSW: received her Professional Astrology Certificate (PAC) in Vibrational Astrology January 2015 from Avalon School of Astrology studying with David Cochrane the Founder of Vibrational Astrology (VA). They continue to share their research material to build Vibrational Astrology knowledge. Linda created “Frequency Finder”, a VA Add-on to Sirius and Kepler Astrological Software. Linda's an International Consultant with clients worldwide, Teaches VA classes, the VA Research Group Moderator, and Author. Website: Astrosleuth.org | Fractal Cosmos Vibrational Astrology Conference - Annual. Website: fractalcosmos.com Her free Daily Blog: “The Vibrational Astrology Diary” Vibrational Astrology & Sabian Symbols, and for a paid Personalized Monthly Report. email: Linda @ AstrologicalDepth dot com. ROBERT PACITTI: Professional consulting astrologer; visionary behind Deep Earth Astrology. Specializing in vibrational and psychological techniques. Over a decade of experience in the world of natural magic. Grand Pendragon in the Ancient Order of Druids in America & Director of the MAGUS Druid Gathering in Gore, VA. Co-Director of the Fractal Cosmos Vibrational Astrology Conference. Faculty for the Centre for Relationships and Astrology. Consultations focus, Archetypal & Harmonic. Email: deepearthastrology@gmail.com. Website: deepearthastrology.com | Facebook.com/SacredConnections13; Facebook.com/rjpacitti fractalcosmos.org SUE ‘ROSE' MINAHAN: Evolutionary Astrologer & Consultant. Speaker, Writer. Student of Vibrational Astrology with Linda Berry, Dwarf Planet University graduate, Kepler Astrologer Toastmaster (KAT); Founder of Talk Cosmos since April 7, 2018. Weekly conversations awaken heart and soul consciousness, TalkCosmos.com | YouTube.com/@TALKCOSMOS. #SummerSolstice #VibrationalAstrology #Astrology2026 #TalkCosmos #SueRoseMinahan #lindaBerry #RobertPacitti #DavidCochrane #AstroSleuth #DeepEarthAstrology #MagusGathering #Tarot #ancientOrderofDruidsinAmerica #EvidenceBasedVibrationalAstrology #ChironinTaurus

Yep it's been a buzz word in testis cancer for a while now, but with the read-out of the CLIMATE and SWOG 1823 trials in the past six months, we thought we better get ourselves updated on this exciting biomarker. We are joined in studio by testis cancer gurus Ben Tran (Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne), and online by Aditya Bagrodia (Urologist, UCSD, San Diego), to give us a bluffers guide to miR-371. Plus we hear about the fantastic MaGIC Consortium global testis cancer meeting which takes place in Melbourne 8-11 January 2027. See links below. A great excuse to come to Melbourne, especially to escape the Northern Hemisphere winter!Links:MaGIC Consortium Conference, January 2027 Some coverage of the ANZUP CLIMATE trial from ASCO GU 2026 Some coverage of the SWOG 1823 trial from ASCO 2026 

Darrell Castle talks about Father’s Day, what it means, and why it is important to honor fathers. Transcription / Notes: FATHER'S DAY Hello, this is Darrell Castle with today's Castle Report. This is Friday the 19th day of June in the year of our Lord 2026. I previously did a Report on Mother's Day and what it means so today I will be talking about Father's Day, what it means and why it is important to honor fathers. Yes, we are two days away from Father's Day which falls on the 21st of June this year. It is dedicated as a Federal Holiday falling on the third Sunday of June each year. The holiday was started in Spokane, Washington in 1910 by a woman named Snora Smart Dodd who was inspired by a Mother's Day sermon and she wanted to honor her father in the same way. Her father was a Civil War veteran named William Jackson Smart who was the father of 6 children. His wife died in childbirth and he raised his 6 kids alone. His daughter thought that he had lived his life with honor so she persuaded local authorities to set aside a day to honor her father and all the others. In1972 President Nixon made it a federal occasion and now we celebrate it each year by honoring or remembering our fathers. The National Retail Federation (NRF) tells us that the average gift per person given to each father in terms of dollars is $196.23. Interestingly for this year June 21st is the summer solstice or the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere which means it is the day of maximum daylight. So, I guess we can spend more daytime at all those cookouts with our fathers. In this Report I will endeavor to make recognition of fathers something you can easily see as vitally important. Social scientists tell us that data overwhelmingly confirms that children born to their married parents have much better outcomes than children born to single mothers. The data indicates that children born to married parents are “significantly more likely to be on track” at every life stage than children who are born to unmarried parents. Children who are “on track” are those who achieve age-appropriate benchmarks for every stage in life. At the end of elementary school an on-track child has mastered basic math and reading skills, has behavioral competencies that predict later success, has a strong relationship with parents and is in good health.  From elementary school to adulthood the child born to married parents is more likely to be on-track and significantly so than the child born to single or unmarried parents. The report from which I am quoting said that even babies benefit greatly from married parents. A baby born to an unmarried mother is three times more likely to need Medicaid or other government assistance to pay for the delivery of the child and is twice as likely to have received late or no prenatal care. That child is twice as likely to be born prematurely and much more likely to be born at a low birth weight. That child is 14 times more likely to have been fathered by a man not identified on the birth certificate (29% versus 2%). This all serves to illustrate the importance of fathers involved in the upbringing and in the lives of their children but there's a lot more. The data also shows many other problems which present themselves when a father is not involved in the raising of a child. The study shows that the absence of a father leads to children who report feeling abandoned, struggling with their emotions, and experiencing self-loathing, increased behavioral problems, poor academic performance, much higher rates of delinquency, youth crime, promiscuity, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and homelessness. If that were not all fatherless children are at greater risk of suffering physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and many times more likely to experience physical and emotional maltreatment with the risk of fatal abuse 100 times greater. The report from the Institute for Family Studies concludes that there is a growing list of disadvantages for children in households without fathers but the report concludes that current U.S. welfare policies tend to encourage fatherlessness. The current policies subsidize unmarried parenting by paying for prenatal care, delivery and postnatal care while allowing the men who fathered the children to escape accountability. The authors of the article conclude that as a society, and especially our churches we have to start recognizing the value of fatherhood again. Our education system in general seems to be failing right now and the belief is that our moral standards have fallen first and a large part of that failing is how we view fathers. The poverty rate in the black and Hispanic communities lowers by 80% when the parents are married. So, why wouldn't fathers want to remain with the children they fathered. Why wouldn't people want to get married and remain married if the statistics I just recited are true. That's a good question but it seems that our society now sets up marriage to fail from the outset. There are many exceptions to that such as mine for example. I'm in the 49th year of my marriage and many people ask me how I do it because they recognize that lifetime commitment is unusual enough to deserve explanation. To continue the point of absent fathers and no marriage I reviewed a recent report done by The American Enterprise Institute in which the authors looked at the issue from a purely economic standpoint. The report was entitled; “Land of Opportunity: Advancing the American Dream.” From their report I learned that one of the chief things causing failure or at least lack of success is the gap between married and non-married Americans. In the middle of the last century and I mean the 1900's, one in 20 children were born out of wedlock. Now it's two in five. America has the world's highest rate of children living in single parent homes: 23% in the U.S. against 7% internationally. Forty percent of millennials from intact, two-parent families graduated from college and 77 % achieved middle class incomes or higher. For those who didn't grow up in intact families, only 17% graduated from college and 57% achieved middle class income. They are twice as likely to be incarcerated, even after other socioeconomic factors are considered. Quoting from the article for a moment. “Research using tax-return data suggests that neighborhoods with high rates of single parenthood cultivate lower social mobility, including among kids who themselves are not raised by single parents.”  The conclusion from the research is that absence of fathers on their offspring has very long-term negative effects on the well-being of children. This study concludes that among all races marriage protects against poverty. From a personal perspective I can say that for 46 years I counseled thousands of people in my law office and my conclusion has been that divorce especially for women and their children leads to a life of poverty. Married parents regardless of race and education suffer significantly less poverty than unmarried mothers. Another interesting thing about these reports is that the phenomenon is not happening evenly but it seems to have a self-perpetuating pattern. For example, from 1970 to 2018 marital births dropped by 29 points overall but they dropped 47 points for the bottom education group and just 6 points for the top. From the early 1960's to the late 2010's marriage rates fell by roughly 46 percentage points for the least educated young women compared with 17 points for the most educated which leaves those least able to bear the cost of single parenthood the most likely to experience it. Government, for whatever reason seems to be putting its thumb on the scale to tilt the outcome against marriage. The institution of marriage is obviously the most important factor in raising children and for income mobility, but that is not how the government views it apparently. For example, a couple with two kids, with each parent earning $30,000 receives around $5000 in earned income tax credits benefits if they remain unmarried. They lose all the benefits if they marry which is in effect a tax on marriage. Medicaid, housing vouchers and SNAP benefits all phase out and punish couples who get married whereas they do not if the couples live together without marriage. It seems that careful research keeps finding the same conclusion regarding economic success and opportunities for children despite efforts to debunk it. In conclusion, I would like to thank the occasion that is Father's Day for the opportunity to be honored by my wife and our daughter. In addition, it gives me the opportunity to talk about something besides war and the opportunity to put into words something that I have observed over a very long legal career. Speaking of families, I have a family obligation next week so there is no Castle Report next week. Finally, folks, may God bless you and your families. If you can't visit your father on Sunday, at least give him a call because he will be so glad you did. At least that's the way I see it, Until next time folks, This is Darrell Castle, Thanks for listening.

As we move through the Solstice portal and enter Cancer season, this week's Akashic Records bring forward a simple but powerful message:✨ Keep your faith in the light.The Records showed the image of a radiant heart—light pouring outward from within—and spoke of greater access to the heart, a spirit of goodwill, and a reminder that growth does not need to be rushed.In a world that often encourages us to maximize every opportunity and treat every supportive moment as our "one chance," this week's guidance invites something different:

June 2026 Solstice guided meditation for Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice energy, grounding, renewal, and balance.In this Solstice meditation, Crystal of The Psychic Soul Meditations guides you to ground, release, and realign through Mother Earth and the five Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Ether.This 30-minute guided meditation includes gentle 7 Hz binaural beats to support a calm, receptive state as you restore your energy, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with the natural rhythm of the season.The June 2026 Solstice marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. Wherever you are in the world, this sacred seasonal turning point invites you to pause, breathe, receive, and remember the light within.Listen with headphones if possible. After your meditation, download your free Solstice Ritual Guidebook to journal, reflect, and continue your seasonal practice.Free Solstice Ritual Guidebook Here!Follow The Psychic Soul Meditations for guided meditations, moon meditations, Solstice meditations, nervous system regulation practices, intuition development, and energy healing tools.

In this third episode of our season-long exploration of Quakers and Money, Peterson Toscano and Diana Yañez turn toward one of the largest and most difficult questions of the series: How do Friends live with integrity inside capitalism? Last month, we explored relational finance and asked whether taking responsibility for our money and institutional assets can lead to deeper integrity and more equitable power-sharing. This month, Peterson names the friction many Friends feel: the sense of being trapped in a massive economic system built on extraction, inequity, colonialism, and environmental harm. Through conversations with Lisa Graustein, Nathan Kleban, David Watt, and Traci Hjelt Sullivan, this episode examines the spiritual dissonance between Quaker values and capitalist structures. We hear about stolen land, inherited wealth, paternalism in charitable giving, the legacy of slavery in Quaker history, and the denial made possible by class and racial privilege. Rather than offering easy answers, Peterson and Diana ask what it means to stay on a journey with truth. If capitalism harms people and the planet, how might Friends move beyond individual purity or denial and toward mutual aid, community wealth-building, repair, and solidarity? In This Episode The Dissonance: Peterson reflects on the gap between Quaker faith and a global economy built on extraction and inequity. Capitalism and White Supremacy: Lisa Graustein names capitalism and white supremacy as forces that keep the here and now from becoming the realm of God. Stolen Land and Reparative Responsibility: Lisa shares the story of New England Yearly Meeting selling property after repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery and raises questions about what should happen to profits from land acquired through colonization. From Charity to Right Relationship: Nathan Kleban of Right Sharing of World Resources challenges paternalistic models of giving and asks who the economy is actually for. Quaker Wealth and Enslavement: David Watt, professor of Quaker studies at Haverford College, reminds us that some early Quaker wealth in Philadelphia was tied to Barbados, sugar plantations, and the labor of enslaved people. The Wealth of Not Having Debt: Traci Hjelt Sullivan expands the definition of ancestral wealth, naming the opportunities that come from beginning adult life without student debt. The Inner Capitalist: Diana reminds us that the Quaker belief in “that of God in everyone” also extends to capitalists, and to the parts of ourselves that continue to benefit from extractive systems. Our Guests Lisa Graustein Lisa Graustein is a Quaker educator, activist, and writer whose work often explores money, power, race, and reparative justice. In this episode, she reflects on inherited wealth, stewardship, and the responsibility to repair harm caused through the accumulation of resources. Nathan Kleban Nathan Kleban works with Right Sharing of World Resources, a Quaker organization that supports women-led economic projects in the Global South. Nathan brings a relational and community-centered lens to economics, asking how people get their needs met and how communities express their gifts outside extractive systems. David Watt David Watt is the Douglas and Dorothy Steere Professor of Quaker Studies at Haverford College. In this episode, he offers historical context about Quaker wealth, including the connections between early Philadelphia Friends, Barbados, sugar plantations, and slavery. Traci Hjelt Sullivan Traci Hjelt Sullivan is the executive director of Right Sharing of World Resources. She brings decades of nonprofit leadership and international experience to her work. In this episode, she reflects on truth, denial, race, class, debt, and the spiritual work of recognizing our own responsibility. Resources and Recommendations QuakerSpeak: “What If Wall Street Were Honest?” https://quakerspeak.com/video/what-if-wall-street-were-honest/ North Carolina Quaker Mark Hulbert has tracked investment advisors since the early 1980s. In this QuakerSpeak video, he talks about how his Quaker background and commitment to integrity led him to ask whether Wall Street advisors were telling the truth. Spent https://playspent.org/ Diana recommends Spent, a free browser-based survival game that places players inside the poverty trap. You begin with $1,000 and try to survive for 30 days while making impossible choices: pay rent, fix the car, buy medicine, or keep the lights on. It offers one way to better understand how expensive it can be to be poor in the current economic system. Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1575 Diana references Federici's work while discussing the relationship between capitalism, labor control, gendered violence, and colonialism. The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything/ Diana also points to this book while reflecting on European colonialism, the construction of human hierarchy, and the ideas that shaped the modern world. Organizations Mentioned Right Sharing of World Resources: https://rswr.org/ A Quaker organization that supports women's self-help groups in the Global South through seed grants and relationship-based partnerships. Earth Quaker Action Team: https://eqat.org/ A grassroots Quaker organization that uses nonviolent direct action to challenge systems of economic and environmental injustice. New England Yearly Meeting: https://neym.org/ A regional body of the Religious Society of Friends is mentioned in Lisa Graustein's story about land, reparative responsibility, and the Doctrine of Discovery. Haverford College / David Harrington Watt: https://www.haverford.edu/users/dhwatt David Watt teaches Quaker studies at Haverford College and appears in this episode to discuss Quaker history, wealth, slavery, and capitalism. Listener Voicemails Thank you to John Choe for sharing his reflections and concerns about Quakers, financial discernment, and the role of institutions like Friends Fiduciary. Thank you also to Richard Tindall for his faithful reminder to drink a glass of water first thing in the morning. As summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere, it is a timely invitation to stay hydrated and care for our bodies. Question for Listeners How do you navigate the tension between Quaker values and capitalism? Where do you feel dissonance between your financial life and your spiritual commitments? Share your thoughts: · Voicemail: Call 317-QUAKERS, 317-782-5377 · Email: podcast@friendsjournal.org · Social Media: Respond to us on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok Sponsors Friends Fiduciary https://friendsfiduciary.org/ Friends Fiduciary unites Quaker values with expert investing. They serve Friends meetings, churches, schools, and organizations through ethical portfolios, shareholder advocacy, and a commitment to justice and sustainability. American Friends Service Committee https://afsc.org/ The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization working with communities worldwide to challenge injustice, meet urgent community needs, and build conditions for lasting peace. 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Send us Fan MailJune 21st is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. For thousands of years and across countless cultures, it has been a moment worth pausing for. In this episode, Jeanie explores what the solstice actually is, why it has mattered to humans throughout history, and how you might choose to acknowledge it in your own life today.Support the showWe're eager to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts through our anonymous form or simply write to info@freshouttaplans.com with your topic requests or any burning questions you'd like us to explore on the podcast.https://linktr.ee/freshouttaplans

Grains reverse higher after pushing to new swing lows; crop progress and condition report; wheat quality becoming a concern in the Northern Hemisphere.

A federal court restores the 5% safe harbor for wind tax credits, Norway’s parliament pauses the 35 billion krone Utsira Nord floating wind program, and the crew digs into Australia’s battery boom and the looming blade technician shortage. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly newsletter on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard’s StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on YouTube, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Uptime324 Matthew Stead: [00:00:00] The Uptime Wind Energy podcast, brought to you by StrikeTape. Protecting thousands of wind turbines from lightning damage worldwide. Visit StrikeTape.com. And now, your hosts Allen Hall: Welcome to this edition of the Uptime Wind Energy podcast. I’m Allen Hall here with Matthew Stead, Rosemary Barnes, and Yolanda Padron. And our week starts off in the courtroom. And if you’ve been watching the news lately, there’s a pretty substantial IRS case involving large-scale wind and solar having to do with the, uh, production tax credit and, uh, investment tax credit at the same time on the safe harbor, 5% safe harbor rule. Uh, a federal judge handed the wind industry and solar industry a pretty substantial legal win that could reshape how the [00:01:00] projects qualify for tax credits. So a judge up in, uh, the District of Columbia vacated IRS Notice 2025-42. So if you remember that, uh, from a- about a year or so ago, uh, f- it found that the, that notice was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. The notice, which was issued following a July 2025 executive order, had eliminated the 5% safe harbor for wind projects, uh, a provision developers have relied on since about 2013 to establish construction start dates without breaking ground. The court found the IRS failed to justify removing it, ignored industry comments, which I had read, and I agree with that, and gave no reason for treating wind differently f- than other clean energy technologies. So That his executive order came down and said, “Hey, we don’t like wind. [00:02:00] IRS, write a rule and make it hard for wind to get installed in the United States.” And so they dutifully did it, but a court is throwing it out. This has some pretty significant implications because if you hadn’t broken ground before this ruling, I think the– what was happening was be- if you hadn’t broken ground by July 4th, your project wouldn’t qualify for some tax credits. But now, if you have 5% safe harbor, you still are in the game, at least for now. Now, Wanda, that’s gonna make a big difference to asset managers and developers, won’t it?  Yolanda Padron: Yeah, it’s really exciting. I think it opens up the, the playing field for, for some of these projects that might be a little bit behind schedule. Um, of course, a lot of teams had to change their plans and their pipeline when, um, you know, the big, beautiful bill passed and, I mean, it’s– of course, it adds a little bit of additional volatility, right, to, to wind and, and solar in the US, but it’s exciting to see at least things for, [00:03:00] for those of us that are in the wind and solar side, the, it’s a little, little bit of, of hope there. Allen Hall: And Matthew, uh, even in terms of opening up o-o-operations and, uh, getting contracts signed, this should make a big difference in sort of opening the floodgates a little bit. Although there is a short timeframe. We’re, we’re recording on, what, what is today? June 10th. So you have, in theory, less than 30 days before the July 4th deadline, but hopefully this stays. You think there’s a chance this just gets completely, uh, wiped out, the executive order and the IRS notice and- It’s back to what we remember for the, for the last, ooh, 12, 13 years?  Matthew Stead: Uh, yeah. I’m, I’m, I’m hopeful, and I, I agree with Yolanda. I think you, you said it really well. Um, I think this is a, a glimmer of hope in, um, a sometimes gloomy, um, environment. So I think that’s great. In terms of going back to where it was, um, I mean, I guess my observation has been that, [00:04:00] you know, things in the US were a bit, um, distorted. You know, distorted through the, the PTC, um, and the whole repowering thing after 10 years is quite a distortion. So I think, um, you’re not necessarily going back to the good old days, um, might be the way, what will happen. Allen Hall: I think there is a lot of people actively trying to dig holes at the moment, and I, I’m sure they’re gonna continue to do that. Yolanda, do you th- you think anybody’s gonna stop and kinda say, “Oh, we have the 5% rule. We’re, we’re good”? Do you think, or you think they’re gonna still go ahead and really start construction and then just keep things continually moving on site? Yolanda Padron: I don’t think they, they can really stop, right? Because you, you don’t know if, if anything strange happens. A lot of people didn’t think the, a lot of the provisions in the big beautiful bill were gonna, were gonna see the light of day, and they did. Um, but it does, I really hope it brings at least a little bit of breathing room for some people. I know it’s, it must be… I mean, I have some friends in development, and they’re, they’re q- a little [00:05:00] bit stressed right now just with everything going on. Um, so, so I really hope for them at least they, you know, if, if they’re a little bit behind schedule, then it, it’ll be, it’ll still be fine.  Allen Hall: Delamination and bondline failures in blades are difficult problems to detect early. These hidden issues can cost you millions in repairs and lost energy production. CIC-NDT are specialists to detect these critical flaws before they become expensive burdens. Their nondestructive test technology penetrates deep into blade materials to find voids and cracks traditional inspections completely miss. CIC-NDT maps every critical defect, delivers actionable reports, and provides support to get your blades back in service. So visit cicndt.com because catching blade problems early will save you millions[00:06:00] Norway’s Storting has voted to pause the 35 billion Norwegian krone support program for floating offshore wind at Utsira Nord. The Conservative Party secured a parliamentary majority for the external quality assurance review, a socioeconomic analysis, and a technology development assessment, all before the Storting will authorize any commitments. Equinor and Vårgrønn, along with EDF and Deepwind Offshore, each hold allocated 500-megawatt areas and were preparing to compete for that subsidy. Equinor says the project will continue for now. I think everybody is saying that at the moment. But, uh, Equinor cannot rule out consequences as framework uncertainty compounds in the already challenging nature of floating offshore wind development. So Utsira Nord is a massive project. So it’s, it’s about three and a half billion US dollars [00:07:00] to go do this. We had Mads Furuseth and Anders Naslund about a year or so ago, maybe a little bit longer, talking about the project and how big it was and how important it was that Norway did this for floating offshore wind. But with this, uh, recent change in the parliament of Norway, it does seem like they’re slowly going to try to kill it by putting in a number of, uh, reviews, which is how bureaucracies tend to kill things. Is put it under six, seven, eight reviews, different committees. They all take time to get together. They have to put out a report. It could be two, three years from now. At that point, the world has completely changed, and everybody’s moved on. Does that seem like the outcome here at the moment?  Matthew Stead: Yes.  Allen Hall: In my mind, there’s really two big areas for floating offshore, which UK, right? That there, there’s some massive projects there, Green Volt being one of them, and then there was Sue & Nord. So between the two, I feel like the, the UK one was going to [00:08:00] happen. The question whether the world was gonna move towards floating offshore wind was gonna happen up in Norway. If Norway decided to do it and could get it developed, and it has the capability to do it because, because they have that skill set, uh, right there in Norway. If they could do it in Norway, everybody in the world would learn from it and figure out how to do it. Does this really set back floating offshore wind globally?  Matthew Stead: Yeah. I mean, going back to what I said before, and I, I’ll defer to Rosie on this as well, but, um, when I was at, at Blades Europe, um, one of the, one of my long-term contacts, um, y- was in floating wind, um, and had, um, left the industry. He basically said i- in his view that the offshore wind industry was slowly, um, in decline or slowly dying. Um, so I’m just wondering if this is just evolution of viability of offshore wind.  Rosemary Barnes: Is offshore wind in decline? I think if you look globally, it’s, it’s not in decline. I, I haven’t looked in, in depth at the figures just based on what, you know, [00:09:00] headlines I’ve seen and podcasts I’ve heard, but I think that globally it’s still on the rise. It’s just that- It’s only in Europe that things are really moving with speed, right? Like, people were expecting heaps of growth in the US and now no- nobody expects that. Floating offshore wind, it’s… I th- I still think it’s too early to say. There are plenty of countries that don’t have any good energy options besides, um, floating offshore wind, like Japan. What their energy transition looks like is gonna depend a lot on their culture and what people think, ’cause, like, if you go through, like, the engineering solutions that Japan could have, the ones that make the most sense from an engineering point of view are not popular at all, are not politically viable. Like, Japan could easily have a subsea cable connecting it with, um, with China, for example, or Korea, but I don’t think anybody, anybody thinks that that will ever happen because, you know, politically it’s, it’s very far from being possible. What else could they have? Geothermal. They’ve got heaps of [00:10:00]geothermal resources, like really good traditional geothermal resources, but my understanding is that it’s super unpopular because their onsen, um, community doesn’t want it. Uh, my understanding is that they’re worried that if you put geothermal, um, if you exploit geothermal resources, then the onsens will not be hot anymore, and again, my limited research understanding is that it’s not true. It’s different resources. The two aren’t connected in any way. Um, and yeah, there’s actually a community geothermal, um, facility near Fukushima. I’m trying really hard to get over there, but I’m, I’ve got a roadblock at the moment because, uh, n- no one there speaks English, so I need to find somebody to, to come with me and, you know, I’ll have one, one day to try and get there on the fast train and back to Tokyo in, in a single day. So it’s, it’s a bit of a stretch, but I’m gonna try. But anyway, so yeah, what have we… We’ve ruled out, like, subsea cables, ruled out geothermal. Floating wind is good.  Allen Hall: Well, speaking of Fukushima, [00:11:00] there’s been a more recent push in Japan to start up some of the nuclear facilities. So after the tsunami, was that 2012, 2014 when that happened? It was a while ago. Uh, when the tsunami happened and h- had that, uh, nuclear accident, they, they s- shut down all the nuclear facilities in Japan, but it does seem like they’re trying to restart some of them And, and maybe it’s just the demand for energy and, and they’re trying to weigh that off with offshore wind or floating offshore wind. At what point, you know, which one do you choose? It has to be driven by cost and availability.  Rosemary Barnes: Yeah. And so Fukushima, I just looked it up, it was 2011. Um, and yeah, so I mean, I think it is very fair that they had a reaction to that and they wanted to put the handbrake on nuclear at that time, or they did more than put the handbrake on, they did like a handbrake turn. Allen Hall: They shut it down.  Rosemary Barnes: So, and it, you know, it’s gradually ramping up. I think that their target for nuclear now is to, to regain, um, 20% of their electricity from [00:12:00] nuclear by 2040, something like that. It was 30% prior to that incident. Um, so that will be part of it, but it’s not, um, it’s not all of it. And then even if you think of, uh, okay, so forget climate change, just, you know, we want, Japan just wants energy and they don’t care about climate change, you know, ’cause that, that, that could be true. What are their ch- choices for that? They import a whole bunch of… They, they import nearly all their energy. Everything that’s not nuclear basically is, is imported. Um, coal, but a lot of LNG, and, you know, that is not exactly an appealing prospect at the moment either. It’s not secure. Prices are very volatile. We’ve had, like, two fossil fuel shocks in the last, what, like four years or something like that, and how many more, how many more are we g- are we going to have? You know, like energy security is important, totally separate from climate change issues. So I don’t think we need to rely on Japan, like, you know, [00:13:00] steadfastly staying the course because their, their existing o- opportunities are not, are not great for fossil fuels either. Allen Hall: I don’t know what country’s gonna stay the course right now, really. Maybe the UK?  Rosemary Barnes: Oh, I think it’s- Countries that have other reasons for going to renewables are the ones that are gonna stay the, stay the course. Um, and there are plenty of examples of countries where it just, it is by far the easiest, cheapest, fastest option to get more electricity. Um, you know, like all of Africa, for example, is, is facing that as a, uh, a better development path than trying to build big, um, fossil fuel power plants. But even that, you know, like in India, they’re making a huge transition, Pakistan, not to mention Australia, where now batteries are having more of an impact on electricity prices than gas is. So our electricity prices now finally are dropping, um, this year for the first time because of how many batteries have come on and are now, you [00:14:00]know… Like they’ve just flattened. The evening price peak used to be on average about, like, I think $400 or something dollars a megawatt hour, and now it’s like 100. In one year we had that, we had that change, yeah, just from the amount of batteries that have come on in the last year or two.  Allen Hall: Why does that make such a big difference in the price of electricity, the battery aspect?  Rosemary Barnes: Because, so the way that Australia… Australia’s electricity market is pretty similar to Texas, so if you understand that, then you can probably understand Australia’s. But, you know, at any five-minute interval, people, like, they know how much demand there’s going to be, and then people are bidding in how much they would supply electricity for in that five minutes, in real time as well. It’s not like day ahead or anything like that in Australia. The, like, last one they need is what everybody gets paid. So, like, solar power is gonna bid in at, like, you know, practically zero, um, or maybe negative prices actually if they’ve got power purchase agreements in place. And then, you know, wind a little bit more, and then coal, uh, you know, a, a bit [00:15:00] more than that, and then gas, the open cycle gas turbines, the peakers, they’re very expensive. They’re bidding in at 400, $400 a megawatt hour. If there’s enough batteries that that gas doesn’t need to bid in, then all of a sudden we don’t have the gas price that everybody has to pay. We have the battery price that everyone has to pay, and that is very, very cheap and will become cheaper as there’s more of them in the, in the system. So it’s like a threshold event. You, you know, um, even if you’re using only a tiny bit of gas, if you need any gas at all, even like, you know, one megawatt of gas, everybody gets paid the gas price. If you just get a little bit more battery in and you don’t need it anymore, bam, the price just falls. So that’s what we… We’ve passed that threshold now.  Allen Hall: Isn’t that where the UK is trying to get, is to get past that threshold where renewables are that last addition to the grid and kick off peaker plants and some expensive other- fuel sources. That’s I, I [00:16:00] think where everybody’s gone because they have the same system where the, the last one in is what sets the price for everybody. Rosemary Barnes: Yeah. The UK’s a little bit different because one, they’re connected to Europe, and two, they’ve got nuclear, so they do have that kind of base load.  Allen Hall: Let’s go down the rabbit hole just for a second. So if the peaker plants don’t come on, that means that the battery electricity supplying the grid is pretty low in price. It seems like they are losing money on their investment in the battery That they were hoping the price would be higher. Because if the peaker plants are still going on, that would be a $400 price and they’re gonna come in at, like, 350, so that would make sense. It, it helps pay off the battery investment. But if they’re dropping the price down from 400 to 100, it would seem like the battery investment may not be a, a wise decision.  Rosemary Barnes: For sure they’re making less money, but it was– they were making crazy profits for the first little, the first few, few years of, you know, grid-scale batteries. And even [00:17:00] home batteries, people were making a l- a lot of money off that, and it was crazy. Like, I’m on some, um, some Reddit subreddits about, uh, you know, people with home batteries and-  Allen Hall: Slash battery?  Rosemary Barnes: Matt probably is too. Matt’s a Beta G enthusiast, so I’m sure that he is just as excited as me. But anyway, so on one of these subreddits, you know, people used to talk about, “Oh, I made 100 bucks last night,” um, or, or whatever, you know, just a household. And now all the posts are complaining about there’s been no price spikes all year. You know, I thought that I was gonna make heaps of money off my battery, but people are really change- changing how they think of it. And now it’s like… And l- like I want– used to want to do this. I don’t have solar panels yet ’cause we need a new roof, and I’ve been waiting a few years to, one, live in a house that I own, and then two, get a freaking new roof. Um, and I thought I’m gonna just, like, cover it in solar panels, get a huge battery, and I’m gonna be an energy trader in my free time and make heaps of money, and now that is [00:18:00] not the strategy anymore. The strategy is to just reduce your bills to the m- the minimum that you can. Um, that’s basically, that’s basically it. So you are right that some of this arbitrage is, um, the opportunity’s over, and that it will be less, um, exciting for, uh, opportunity for people to put more, more batteries in.  Matthew Stead: Just to add to that, through the middle of the day quite often there’s, uh, negative pricing. So if you’ve got a battery, you’re being paid to charge through the middle of the day. So that actually takes away some of the pain from having a lower, a lower price, um, during the peak.  Rosemary Barnes: But the thing about negative prices is that you need coal power plants for them to be… Like, the only reason we have such pervasive negative prices is not because solar plants have PPAs that are, you know, make it worthwhile for them to generate even when the price is slightly negative. The real thing is that coal power plants don’t want to turn down below, I don’t know, yeah, like 20, 30% during the middle of the day. They have to be on if they want to make money in the evening, and that means that they bid in at, like, [00:19:00] negative 50, um, so that people– so that they can stay running. And that’s where the bulk of our negative prices come from. So As coal power plants close, those negative prices will go away. Um, and when they close, we should get some better evening price spikes again. So, you know, like nothing ever stays the same for long, which is why it is such a fascinating hobby to have, being interested in the electricity market, because it’s never the same from one year to another. You’ll never understand it, ’cause it’s never, it never stays the same long enough to really get your head around it.  Allen Hall: You need other hobbies. You really do.  Matthew Stead: A friend of mine works in trading, and, uh, he said, “As long as there’s volatility, there will be progress.” So much like what Rosie was saying is the more volatile it is, the more opportunity there is for people to come in, um, and change it. Allen Hall: I just don’t know how the battery thing plays out once that threshold is reached. When you have more batteries on the system and you knock down the price that [00:20:00] much, I think battery sales, industrial batteries really slow down because they’re all looking for that quick ROI And they’re not gonna get it. Rosemary Barnes: You have to wait for all of the coal to close before you would find out what’s the right amount of batteries to have in the, in the grid.  Allen Hall: Yeah, yeah, yeah. That, I totally agree there, yeah.  Yolanda Padron: You’d still get, like in extreme weather events and stuff, you’d still get a big price spike, right, for all these batteries. Allen Hall: Back to Matt’s point, more volatility.  Rosemary Barnes: If you want the market to respond, you need to give enough incentive to invest in assets so you’ll have enough when it’s needed. And because it’s really infrequent, then it has to be a super high price to, um, bring on enough investment. And will this system… The system has worked absolutely, you know, pretty well in Aus- Australia at least. Will it continue into the future with more variable prices and renewables? I, I don’t know, and the government is starting to do some things like, uh, you know, like a lot of [00:21:00] electricity markets have, um, not just energy markets but also capacity markets where you will pay a battery or a gas plant something to be on standby basically, um, so that if there is, um, if there’s a shortfall then they, then they have to respond. So in Western Australia they have that, but across the east of Australia th- they currently do not, do not have that. It’s energy only.  Allen Hall: Really? How do you not have capacity payments?  Rosemary Barnes: The majority of their profits are made in just a few hours a year when there are those price spikes, so that’s, that’s h- part of their business case. Allen Hall: I mean, there, there is arbitrage happening on the electricity grid. That’s not the best place to be arbitraging things because you will have players that won’t provide electricity just to drive up the price.  Rosemary Barnes: Uh, and it happens in Australia too, but, um, you know, because batteries are such a distributed resource, it, it will become harder and harder to do that when, you know, the, um, the ownership of these batteries is, you know, households as well as, um, yeah, as well as [00:22:00] big companies. Matthew Stead: So offshore wind, I was talking to an OEM a, a little while ago and, uh, talking about blade repairs for offshore wind, you know, floating, floating wind. Um, so specifically floating wind. The OEM was extremely concerned about floating wind, um, because it makes it very, very, very hard to change blades. So the story was that if you’ve got an offshore floating platform, you’re basically gonna have to tow the wind turbine back to port to change a, a blade. Rosemary Barnes: They see that as a, as a pro, not a con though. Yeah. That, that’s because it’s very hard to… Like, it’s not only floating offshore wind where it’s very hard to remove a, a blade out at sea, like fixed bottom offshore wind, that’s incredibly expensive to remove a blade. So floating is like, well, you can just tow it back to shore and then you can do it all in the port. I, I, you’re looking skeptical, Matt, and I’m also skeptical about how it actually plays out. I know that, um, what was it? The, [00:23:00] the one- An EOL project off the coast of Scotland. I can’t remember what it’s called now. Like what, the first big one, the big wind farm, a floating offshore wind farm  Allen Hall: HiWind Scotland  Rosemary Barnes: They had a, a problem. I don’t know if it was a serial issue or also, like it’s the first big wind farm, and there might have been like some operating condition they weren’t aware of that caused some problems. They had to tow back everything to port, and they stayed there for months and months. So like maybe, maybe close to a year or over a year, I’m not sure. It was a really long time. And so, um, yeah. But then, you know, like what’s the alternative? If that had happened out at sea, it would’ve been more expensive. If, it still would’ve been shut down, not doing anything, and you would’ve had like helicopters out there every single day bringing teams and, um, you know, huge vessels with cranes and yeah. So like it’s, maintenance at sea is never good.  Allen Hall: But the whole point of the HiWind project was to get some of these problems figured out, and one of them was just towing it back to port and [00:24:00] doing major repairs or component exchanges make sense. I think it’s a, it’s a lesson well learned, and we’ve moved on. I guess the question is, does offshore, floating offshore in particular, have much of a future if Norway’s not willing to do it?  Matthew Stead: I think it’s a good comparison with, um, data centers in space.  Rosemary Barnes: You know where else they’re planning to put data centers? Not just space and offshore, also like, um, underwater ones, like on the deep ocean floor, um, on the moon somewhat. Like there’s an actual company that is apparently developing a, a data center on the moon  Allen Hall: As wind energy professionals, staying informed is crucial, and let’s face it, difficult. That’s why the Uptime podcast recommends PES Wind magazine. PES Wind offers a diverse range of in-depth articles and expert insights that dive into the most pressing issues facing our energy future. Whether you’re an industry veteran or new to wind, PES Wind has the high-quality content you need. Don’t [00:25:00] miss out. Visit peswind.com today. Well, in this quarter’s PES Wind magazine, there are a number of great articles, and if you haven’t downloaded your copy, you should do that at peswind.com. There’s a good article from Global Blade Services USA, and it’s talking about the technician problem and how it’s not gonna, it solve itself, obviously. But Global Blade Service is putting some numbers to it. And Rosemary, this is really directed at you. Blades represent roughly 20% of the total, total turbine capital cost and are the leading driver of unplanned downtime.  Rosemary Barnes: Yeah, 40% of O&M.  Allen Hall: Right, and 75% of all blade repairs are already handled outside OEM warranty. That number seems really high, but maybe after the warranty expires?  Rosemary Barnes: Do you say 30% of, of repairs are repaired under warranty? That’s, uh, unexpectedly high from my point of view. [00:26:00] But, you know, how would I know? No one’s getting in touch with me if, you know, they’ve got a problem with their blades and it just got fixed under warranty. Then they’re not paying a consultant to come sort it out. I only, I’m, I’m only there when the warranty is nearly up or it’s already over.  Allen Hall: So they, they’re saying that the, the ratio’s even gonna grow more towards out of warranty repairs. But the problem is having technicians. And the deeper problem is developing all those technicians in time as that need grows. Uh, reaching full structural repair competency takes a rope access technician eight to 10 years. A basket technician is five to seven, and a factory technician is four to five years, meaning the workforce, uh, the industry needs for the next decade has to start training now. I, I think we’re seeing this in full force. I- the issue is keeping good people in the industry as it fluctuates up and [00:27:00] down all the time and is very seasonal. Because there are really good rope technicians out there who know what they are doing, and it does take a, a minimum of three years to be competent. And then to be that lead person, it takes four or five solid. And to be, uh, the, the relied-upon person, especially for some of the more complicated repairs, it’s gonna be six, seven, eight years before you’re there. It’s just an exposure thing. Are we in a technician crisis?  Rosemary Barnes: Crisis is maybe a little bit inflammatory, but, uh, we’re in a technician challenge  Matthew Stead: But it’s a pretty, it’s a pretty basic topic, Allen, isn’t it? Like, um, you know, there’s more and more wind turbines, there have to be more and more technicians. It takes time to train. So, you know, it’s, it’s just, it’s pretty much basic maths and, um, you know, it’s like te- you know, tradies to build houses. Um, you know, unless you’ve got the tradies, you can’t build houses in a cheap way. Yolanda Padron: Part of the issue is that, you know, say there’s [00:28:00] 10 technicians that are available in the area, right? Then you … maybe they work under two different companies, and then one company goes bankrupt, so then they all work with the same company. Another company pops up, or someone gets kicked off site from the OEM side, and then a month later they’re back with the third party. And then it’s just really difficult to keep track of kind of who’s still there and who’s not, because some people have the certifications and maybe they’re not really, really great at what they do, or other people have a lot of training and a lot of experience, and it’s just difficult to track exactly, you know, where they are now. I know that the, the strategy here oftentimes is you’ll find one person that you like and you kind of follow him around, or follow them around whatever company they’re, they’re with at the moment, and then just use that company.  Matthew Stead: The other point I was going to make is that there’s also the seasonality, isn’t there? So you know, if you’ve got a great, a great technician, when it’s cold, they can’t earn cash from [00:29:00] repairing blades.  Rosemary Barnes: Aren’t they hired as, like, seasonal workers in America and they just don’t get paid for part of the year? That’s not how it’s done here. I mean, I guess we don’t have the climate where you have to, like, totally shut down, so they’re not, like, sitting around getting paid for nothing. But, like, that’s a really unim- unappealing feature of the of the, um, field, isn’t it? If you’re deciding what you wanna, what kinda job you wanna do, you want one where you can get paid for 12 months out of the year, not just, I don’t know, like eight or whatever it is.  Matthew Stead: I know there’s been a lot of discussion between, like, Australian US repair companies of, like, shipping technicians down here during the Northern Hemisphere winter and vice versa, and it gives, you know, chance of exploring the world. But, you know, if you’ve got kids and family, you’re not gonna necessarily wanna do that either.  Rosemary Barnes: It’s such a tiring job, though. I don’t… Like, there’s, um, I think it’s fine if people do it for, like, a hard 10 years and then, um, yeah, move on to… Because you obviously learn a lot as a technician, so y- you know, like, there’s a lot of office jobs that you would be really good at [00:30:00] because you had that physical experience. But yeah, like, I, I do think that there’s heaps of young people that are traveling the world being wind turbine technicians.  Yolanda Padron: At least in Texas, I know a lot of rural areas where they don’t necessarily have a lot of opportunities to get higher education, and so going to be a technician is a good route for them to then go into a larger part of the industry, um, to, to kinda get a head start there. Um, and they get a lot of really valuable skills, and oftentimes, like you said, Rosie, they’ll, they’ll get picked up by, um, by the owners or the OEMs or someone, um, because of their experience there. But it, but it is quite a bit of, of hard work and, and physical, physical labor. I climbed one tower and I was sore for two weeks, so really, really not my cup of tea. Rosemary Barnes: I’m always, like, so excited to, to be climbing towers ’cause I only do it, like, you know, sometimes no times in a year, sometimes twice a year. Um, yeah, so, like, I’m really excited to go climb, and it’s really cool the first day, and then the second day it’s like, “Oh, this harness is [00:31:00] so heavy. Am I really putting this on again? Oh my God.” Yeah, so it’s, uh, it’s ob- obviously you get used to it if you, um, if you do climb a lot. The last, uh, last site that I was at, a lot of the technicians were just climbing the ladders so that they wouldn’t have to, you know, go to the gym afterwards. So there’s a lift there, but they use the ladder because then they get their cardio for the day. So, you know, they’ve obviously got some surplus energy.  Allen Hall: I think it is kind of a myth outside the US, uh, uh, seasonal workers, uh, at least in Europe, I haven’t seen a lot of seasonal workers. It doesn’t mean they don’t exist, of course. But in the United States, there’s a lot of seasonal workers from construction and all kinds of other industries. People figure it out And it, it’s a lot more common than I think y- being an engineer you think it is, but there are a lot of seasonal workers. So being a, a wind technician is not a bad job.  Rosemary Barnes: I guess they’re just getting [00:32:00] paid extra for the time that they’re working and they just know they’re used to budgeting to cover the few months off. Allen Hall: They have a winter job. They’ll, they have employment. They already have it lined up where when it gets cold outside, they have someplace else to go. Back into construction for a few months. They’re maybe driving a truck or doing other things that, that bring in income. They have it pretty well figured out. When– At least the technicians I’ve talked to seem to have a, a plan about it, and they’re not sitting by the television for six months. That’s not what’s happening. It, that there’s a lot of employment opportunities here in the States, and so they, they’re pretty nimble. So if you haven’t read this article or a number of our other great articles in PES Wind, you should go to peswind.com right now and download a copy today. That wraps up another episode of the Uptime Wind Energy podcast. If today’s discussion sparked any questions or ideas, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to us on LinkedIn, and don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. [00:33:00] For Yolanda, Rosemary, and Matthew, I’m Allen Hall, and we’ll see you here next week on the Uptime Wind Energy podcast.

If you've ever felt that tug in your chest at this time of year — the craving for warmth, quiet, softness, or a return to yourself — you're already responding to the power of Winter Solstice. Most people rush through June (or December if you're in the Northern Hemisphere) thinking it's ‘just cold', but it's not.   Winter Solstice is one of the most ancient and meaningful turning points on Earth's calendar, and if you've ever wondered why humans from every culture, in every era, stopped everything to celebrate one single night…  Well… today you'll find out.   Because Winter Solstice isn't only the darkest and most Yin day of the year — it's a powerful reset. A moment where the sun literally stops moving in the sky. A pause so profound that ancient people believed time stood still.  And that stillness?  It matters for us just as much today as it did thousands of years ago.   So if you've been feeling tired, stretched thin, or like you could use a good soul-level exhale… This episode on I Love Me The Podcast,  is your permission slip to step into the magic of Yule.   You can take a peek at the full episode show notes (and resources I refer to in the show) here: https://gettingnaked.com.au/2026/06/17/94-how-to-celebrate-winter-solstice-in-a-modern-world/   Resources…   Ep.3 Fill Yourself Up With Love https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/02/21/ep-3-fill-yourself-up-with-love-your-go-to-self-love-tool/   Ep.4 Meet Your True Self. A Journey To Authenticity. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/02/28/ep-4-meet-your-true-self-a-journey-to-authenticity/   Ep.20 Journaling. The Cheapest Therapy Around. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/06/19/ep-20-journaling-the-cheapest-therapy-around/   Self-Love Starter's Kit https://gettingnaked.com.au/self-love-starters-kit/   About me…   Hi, I'm Tamra Mercieca, a Self-Love Therapist, Women's Pelvic Health Guide, and host of I Love Me The Podcast. For 20+ years I've been teaching people worldwide how to heal depression and anxiety naturally, strengthen pelvic health, and cultivate radical self-love.   In 2011, I founded Getting Naked, an online school offering resources and programs that help people strip away limiting beliefs and childhood conditioning so they can feel confident, connected, free in their bodies and able to love and accept themselves unconditionally.   Alongside being a mum, wife, tea lover, and drummer, I'm qualified in more than a dozen holistic healing modalities. I've written two books, been published worldwide (print, TV, radio, etc), and often share my passion for self-love, mental health and pelvic wellbeing at yoga and spirituality festivals.   My own journey began when I learned how to overcome suicidal depression and anxiety without medication. From that, I created a ten-session self-love therapy program that now helps others do the same.   On the podcast, I share personal stories, tools and science-backed down-to-earth practices for emotional healing, women's health, and living with more joy and freedom. May you feel more whole and more complete, by simply tuning in!   If you'd like to read my full love story and bio - including all my credentials - head to https://gettingnaked.com.au/tamra/   Contact…   Website: https://gettingnaked.com.au/    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gettingnaked/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RelationshipQueen/   Music written by Tamra Mercieca and Grey Milton. Performed by Xani Kolac and Grey Milton.

This week on The KOKO Show we are joined by one of the hardest men in All Blacks history. A blinding back-rower that made a living snapping necks, cashing cheques and hoisting silverware. It is of course the Manawatu Monster and still the middleweight champion of all of our hearts, it is the one and only Mr Chris Masoe. With Masi in tow the lads discuss the 2026 Hurricanes and how they will go about getting the choccies this weekend against the Chiefs in the Super Rugby Final. They also yarn about the best back-row Masi ever played with, their time in Toulon together and what it was like going from professional rugby to professional boxing. Plus, Goit has a little fun with Masi about how after 10 years of living in France, his French never got better and his English actually got worse.In the second half of the show the boys break a box of Australian Rugby collectors cards all thanks to TGI, we also debut a new segment called ‘Swopp Will Sort It' and the lads do a full run of all the footy action coming out of the Northern Hemisphere. Finally, the boys chat about their upcoming Wallabies House Live Show on the 4th of July and Drew goes on a true spiritual journey about his absolute love for sport. So sit back, relax, whip out a kebab and really enjoy the highlights of the mighty Socceroos feeding Turkiye at the FIFA World Cup. It is time now for an all new episode of Kick Offs and Kick Ons. KOKO is life! TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Start of the show 01:50 - Introduce Chris Masoe 05:20 - Masi on his two French titles 07:06 - Why the Hurricanes will win the Super Rugby title 10:25 - Masi's best back-row11:49 - The Tana Umaga handbag incident 12:55 - Masi on playing in Toulon15:15 - Masi's boxing career 17:15 - The boxing ring walk 20:00 - KOKO's Kiwi Questions 21:34 - Why the Wallabies can't win the Bled 26:00 - Rugby Round Up - CHIEFS V CRUSADERS 29:09 - HURRICANES V BLUES 31:11 - Super Rugby Final Predictions 34:40 - The public has their say about Tommy on the couch 35:55 - Super W Round 2 Scores 38:27 - Australia A coaching staff39:20 - Wallabies House Promo 43:00 - Wallabies 2026 International Calendar 51:05 - Swoop Will Sort It Segment 01:01:11 - Footy update from the Northern Hemisphere01:04:26 - Close of the Show BUY YOUR KOKO MERCHANDISE AND STAY TUNED FOR EVENTS - www.kickoffsandkickons.comMake sure you follow us on all socials:INSTA: @kickoffskickons TWITTER/X: @kickoffskickons YOUTUBE: @kickoffsandkickons TIKTOK: @kickoffskickons If you do want to talk about sponsorship or anything business related then please do get in touch with us info@shtn.com.au. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on June 13, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed. It's still spring in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but the world faces scorching hot temperatures. Summer heat has arrived early, setting records, claiming lives, and expected to get worse. Who's responsible and what should be done about it? In this episode: Johan Rockström (@jrockstrom), Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Jeff Goodell (@jeffgoodell), Author of “The Heat Will Kill You First” Episode credits: This episode was updated by Tamara Khandaker. The original production was Sarí el-Khalili, Khaled Soltan, Ashish Malhotra, Tamara Khandaker and our host, Malika Bilal. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Andrew Greiner is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on X, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube

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In feng shui, the Summer Solstice marks the peak of yang energy—the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. While it is often thought of as the beginning of summer, the Chinese solar calendar recognizes it as the height of the season, when fire qi is at its strongest. This powerful moment is associated with abundance, vitality, visibility, and growth. In this episode, we explore the significance of the Summer Solstice through the lens of feng shui and holistic living, and share practical ways to celebrate the season and align with its expansive energy.What we talk about in this episode:-Summer Solstice significance in Feng Shui-The peak of yang energy and fire element-Balancing fire and water elements-Using flowers and natural elements to celebrate-Reflecting on growth and fruition…and much more!Mentioned in this episode:Our Feng Shui Energy Map EkitRegister for our free & on-demand Feng Shui plant workshop, available for a limited timeHarmonize your Home with Feng Shui PlantsEnhance your qi, prosperity and wellnessThanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!-Sign up for our newsletter for exclusive complimentary special workshops and offers for our newsletter subscribers ONLY! -Make sure you're following us on Instagram for feng shui tips and live Q&A's.-Learn about our courses and certification on our website at: Mindful Design School.-Check out our older episodes on our Holistic Spaces Podcast archive.Time stamps for this episode:[00:00] Celebrating the Summer Solstice[04:10] Understanding Yang Energy and Its Significance[12:01] Feng Shui Practices for the Summer Solstice[19:56] Reflecting on Growth and AbundanceMORE QUESTIONSHire one of our Mindful design school Grads for a 1-1 consultation. We know so many personal questions come up. That's why you need a 1-1! Laura and Anjie offer all these freebies, but if you want to learn more it's time to ask a professional. learn more HEREORDER OUR NEW BOOK HERE

This week on the Disaster Podcast Dr. Joe Holley comes on the show for a clinical update episode on Heat-Related Medical Emergencies. As we head into the summer months here in the Northern Hemisphere, the likelihood of encountering patients with heat emergencies increases. For disaster responders in the summertime, the risks are even greater as they wear gear and carry equipment that adds to their load while working in hot weather. Co-Hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis join Joe on the discussion. Types of heat emergencies Heat Cramps – The symptoms of heat cramps include painful involuntary muscle spasms brought on by loss of sodium through excessive sweating. Most often seen in people exerting themselves in extreme heat situations without rehydrating themselves or taking adequate breaks to allow the body cool down. Heat Exhaustion – Next on the spectrum of heat emergencies is heat exhaustion which progresses from heat cramps as the body starts to lose the ability to compensate for lack of adequate cooling. Symptoms include early signs of shock like dizziness, nausea, cool, pale, and clammy skin. Heat Stroke – The most severe level of heat emergency is heat stroke which is a true medical emergency that may result in permanent disability or death. Hot, dry skin, loss of consciousness, and complete failure of the body’s cooling mechanisms are key signs. Scroll down for Podcast Discussion Summary Thank you as always to Paragon Medical Education Group for their long-term support of the Disaster Podcast. Dr. Joe Holley and the team at Paragon continue to provide excellent and customized disaster response training to jurisdictions around the U.S. and internationally as well. Podcast Discussion Summary Heat Safety and Weather Discussion The group discussed weather conditions and heat safety. Sam shared updates about her new home in Missouri, including drainage issues due to lower acreage and recent heavy rains. Joe explained how humidity affects the body’s cooling system, noting that high humidity makes sweat less effective at evaporating and cooling the body, which can increase the risk of heat illness for people transitioning from drier climates. Heat Illness Spectrum and Prevention Joe explained the spectrum of heat illnesses, from heat cramps (caused by heavy sweating and salt loss leading to muscle cramps) to heat exhaustion (when cooling mechanisms fail and body temperature rises, causing symptoms like nausea, dizziness, and clammy skin) to heat stroke (when internal temperature exceeds 104°F with severe neurological and cardiovascular effects). Jamie asked about factors affecting the progression from milder to severe heat illness, to which Joe responded that various factors including physical condition, medical conditions, medications, ambient conditions, and physical activity all influence how quickly someone might progress through the heat illness spectrum. Joe emphasized the importance of prevention through proper education, preparation, and having readily available cooling methods, noting that work cycles may need to be limited in extreme heat conditions. Heat Management in Disaster Situations Joe explained that preparing for heat management in disaster situations is crucial, especially for first responders working in austere environments with limited support systems. He highlighted the increased physical and mental demands of search and rescue operations in debris-filled areas following adverse weather conditions. When asked about immediate actions for heat stroke emergencies, Joe indicated that it is a life-threatening situation requiring immediate attention, though the specific response was not fully detailed in the transcript. Heat Stroke Treatment Techniques Joe shared his experience with a 16-year-old who suffered heat stroke during football practice, explaining the importance of cooling techniques like exposing skin, using water and fans, and eventually ice baths for treatment. He emphasized the need to monitor body temperature and avoid overcooling, noting that recovery from heat stroke typically requires intensive care and is not possible in the field. When asked by Jamie about managing teams in extreme conditions, Joe’s response was cut off at the end of the transcript. Heat Safety Response Procedures Joe explained the primary methods for managing heat safety during responses, including the buddy system and using cooling stations like ambulances or air-conditioned vehicles with vital sign monitoring every 30 minutes. He noted that dogs can only work for about 15 minutes in hot weather before needing downtime due to their fur covering and inability to communicate thirst effectively. Heat Stress Signs in Dogs The discussion focused on recognizing signs of heat stress in dogs, with Joe explaining that behavioral changes, lack of response to commands, stumbling, heavy panting, and laying down in cool areas are key indicators. Joe noted that dogs primarily regulate temperature through panting rather than sweating, and mentioned that temperatures over 103 degrees are considered high for dogs, with many dogs having temperature chips for monitoring. Jamie emphasized the importance of refreshing knowledge about heat stress as summer and hurricane season approach, highlighting the need for people to know their limitations and watch out for each other during emergency responses. Paragon Training Activities Planning Joe discussed upcoming training activities for Paragon, including attending the Gathering of Eagles conference in Florida and conducting cadaver-based procedural training for paramedic programs. The group shared their social media handles and podcast information, with Jamie encouraging listeners to subscribe to the Disaster Podcast. The conversation concluded with well-wishes for Joe’s upcoming conference trip and acknowledgment of his busy schedule. Wrap up and updates The team went through contact information and the team encouraged listeners to stay safe. The group discussed the role of specialized training, with Jamie highlighting the sponsorship of the Disaster Podcast by Paragon Medical Education Group. Catch the full episode using the player above or on your favorite podcast platform, and don't forget to subscribe to the Disaster Podcast for weekly insights from leaders in disaster response and research!

Approximately one-third (about 30%–34%) of the world's seaborne fertilizer trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz.With the Strait closed for so long now, there is growing concern there will be insufficient fertilizer for the Northern Hemisphere harvest this year (which contains 87% of the world's population)Is another Arab Spring -- this time, worldwide -- likely as a result?To find out, we talk with Bruce Sherrick, Professor at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.WORRIED ABOUT THE MARKET? SCHEDULE YOUR FREE PORTFOLIO REVIEW with Thoughtful Money's endorsed financial advisors at https://www.thoughtfulmoney.com#fertilizer #foodcrisis #iranwar _____________________________________________ Thoughtful Money LLC is a Registered Investment Advisor Promoter.We produce educational content geared for the individual investor. It's important to note that this content is NOT investment advice, individual or otherwise, nor should be construed as such.We recommend that most investors, especially if inexperienced, should consider benefiting from the direction and guidance of a qualified financial advisor registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or state securities regulators who can develop & implement a personalized financial plan based on a customer's unique goals, needs & risk tolerance.All the details on Thoughtful Money's relationship with the financial advisors it endorses, many of whom regularly appear on this program, can be found in the following documents. We highly recommend you review these documents as they cover the terms that will apply should you choose to work with one of these firms at any time after watching this video.Thoughtful Money Disclosure Document: https://thoughtfulmoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Thoughtful-Money-Disclosure-Document-12.6.23.pdf?pid=227Thoughtful Money Agreement: https://thoughtfulmoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Thoughtful-Money-Agreement-Agreement.docx?pid=227IMPORTANT NOTE: There are risks associated with investing in securities.Investing in stocks, bonds, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, money market funds, and other types of securities involve risk of loss. Loss of principal is possible. Some high risk investments may use leverage, which will accentuate gains & losses. Foreign investing involves special risks, including a greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods.A security's or a firm's past investment performance is not a guarantee or predictor of future investment performance.Thoughtful Money and the Thoughtful Money logo are trademarks of Thoughtful Money LLC.Copyright © 2026 Thoughtful Money LLC. All rights reserved.

Foundry Chocolate in New Zealand release only a single inclusion bar each year, but this annual release has become one of the hottest tickets in craft chocolate. Each fall (for the Northern Hemisphere—spring for NZ), they release a bar infused with a different whisky from artisan New Zealand distillery Thomson Whisky. Each year's release is a unique flavor concept, and co-founder David Herrick and his team spend time throughout the year perfecting each annual batch. In this nerdy, deep-dive conversation, David Herrick and host David Nilsen discuss the planning stages for each bar, walk through each annual release since 2021, and talk about the details of Foundry's process for infusing whisky into these bars. The Davids also talk about Foundry's origin story, the meaning behind their name, the thoughtful of their packaging, and what keeps them excited and curious.You can learn more about Foundry on their website, or follow them on Instagram.You can listen to episodes with New Zealander Luke Owen Smith here and here.1:00 - Introduction3:40 - Start of Interview: Foundry's backstory13:35 - The meaning of the name “Foundry”17:30 - Whisky and the Thompson Distillery21:50 - Whisky bar releases 2021-202542:45 - Whisky infusion process53:40 - Release events and enthusiasm54:55 - 2026 R&D57:50- What he's currently excited about1:06:55 - Packaging and the story Foundry is telling1:13:55 - End of interview1:20:40 - End of episodeGuest:David Herrick, along with his wife Janelle, are co-founders of Foundry Chocolate, a New Zealand-based bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker whose globally award-winning single origin, two ingredient bars make the flavor possible from single origins their absolute focus. Foundry only add a third ingredient to their chocolate once a year, and rather than more conventional approaches to flavored bars, they use liquid whisky to make an annual special release series of Thomson Whisky-infused bars, that have now gained such a following that they sell out in days and are sought the world over. Check out David's book Pairing Beer & Chocolate: A Guide to Bringing the Flavors of Craft Beer and Craft Chocolate Together.Follow Bean to Barstool on social media!InstagramFacebookPinterestSign up for host David Nilsen's beer newsletter for regular beer musings, and the Bean to Barstool newsletter for pairings, collaborations, and maker profiles.

After a short Northern Hemisphere spring break, we're back. Dan Akers & Garth Hill return with a 2-hour progressive house selection, moving through deep, melodic sounds that build steadily from start to finish. Dan Akers handles the first 60 minutes, with Garth Hill closing out the session. If you're into proper progressive, this one's for you. Enjoy. Follow UP Radio: www.facebook.com/Undergroundpolitics www.twitter.com/UndgrndPolitics www.instagram.com/undergroundpolitics

The May 29, 2026, broadcast of the Closing Market Report centers on agricultural commodity trends and the Midwestern weather outlook. Market analyst Mike Zuzolo notes that while wheat, cattle, and corn faced downward pressure from weak weekly export sales and shifting geopolitical conditions, soybean oil demonstrated strong performance driven by favorable crush margins, which helped stabilize the broader soybean market. Looking ahead, Zuzolo suggests that Northern Hemisphere weather uncertainties and the upcoming wheat harvest could introduce upward market potential in the latter half of June. On the agronomic front, meteorologist Eric Snodgrass explains that fluctuating spring temperatures caused atypical early corn root development in some fields he visit in the upper Midwest. He highlights a current warming trend in the Corn Belt, forecasting a generally drier June that will allow crops to accumulate essential Growing Degree Days, followed by a potentially wetter July. The broadcast also outlines upcoming University of Illinois extension events, including the Small Grains Field Day, the Weed Science Field Research Tour, and the "Sustaining Farm Legacy" series.- Ag Markets with Mike Zuzolo, GlobalCommResearch.com- Ag Weather with Eric Snodgrass, NutrienAgSolutions.com ★ Support this podcast ★

As we rapidly approach the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, many school schedules are preparing to slow down or take a break in the warmer months, as some work schedules do too. With this in mind, please enjoy this special reissue of our 35th episode on work-life balance in cultures around the globe, “‘Work to live’ cultures, and ‘live to work’ cultures”, from October 2022. We here at ‘Oops, Your Culture’s Showing!’ will also be taking a break from releasing episodes over the coming months, as we soak up some sun (hopefully on a beach with a cold drink in one or both hands), travel, and time with family and friends. We’ll see you out there on the beach, dear listeners – and while getting those rays, it’s a perfect time to visit/revisit our entire back catalogue of episodes! Listening to this while eating lunch in the workplace? Fais attention (be careful!) because if you're in France, that's illegal. In this episode, Dean and Tom get to work contrasting how countries from France to Japan to the US value, and even legislate, work-life balance – and, bien sûr (of course!), how it's all grounded in culture. Plus, a Grammar Time segment somehow sneaks up on all of us…est-ce possible? (Here are the referenced NPR articles on the French lunch law and the Portuguese ‘right to disconnect' law, from June 2022.) ***Dean's book, “Business Beyond Borders: Stories, Tales, and Lessons Learned from Working in 100 Cultures Around the World”, IS OUT NOW – order it today! And: Subscribe to Dean's Substack to find all of Dean's “Culture's Consequences” articles, CultureQuizzes, and much more!*** Have a cultural question or episode idea? Reach out on X/Twitter & Facebook (@OopsCultureShow) or by email at oopscultureshow@gmail.com. Hosts: Dean Foster & Tom Peterson Audio Production: Tom Peterson & Torin Peterson Music: “Little Idea” – Bensound.com

Wheat leads higher; markets waiting for crop tour results and Supply/Demand report; weather looking good for rest of Northern Hemisphere.

Spring and Easter go so well together for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere. The spring that has finally come makes it easy for us to be filled with Easter Joy. Learn from Fr. Kubicki other reasons for the significance of this time.

Dallas the Dog and the Territorial Bird Disputes of New South WalesGuest: Jeremy Zakis Summary: Jeremy discusses how his dog, Dallas, has established a territorial division in their yard to manage local bird species during the winter,. Dallas is highly protective of his "friends," specifically magpies and rosellas, allowing them on the grass while aggressively chasing minor birds and Currawongs into the driveway and garage areas,. This behavioral discrimination stems from a Currawong attempting to steal Dallas's tennis ball, an act the dog found unacceptable. Unlike birds in the Northern Hemisphere, these Australian species do not migrate for the winter and are known to huddle together even during rare snowfalls in the nearby Blue Mountains,.1981

The long-standing tradition of dedicating the month of May to the Virgin Mary began in the 13th century, though it became widely popular in the 1700s, particularly through the influence of the Jesuits. This month-long devotion's origins and historical development emphasized a christian custom that honors her as the Mother of God and Mother of the Church and highlights her role in salvation history and welcomes the spring season as a symbol of new life. May is considered the peak of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, with flowers and greenery representing new life, which is linked to Mary bringing Jesus into the world, symbolizing her queenship and purity. The Word on Fire bible available at https://amzn.to/4n8eugC Books by Bishop Robert Barron at https://amzn.to/44W7nwN The Theology of Robert Barron at https://amzn.to/4mTIkUf Books about the Virgin Mary at https://amzn.to/49fDf4r ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Mark's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast: https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's History of North America podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA & https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio credits: The Word on Fire Show with Bishop Robert Barron, episode 57, The Greatest Woman Ever, Dec. 10, 2018. Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether you’re enjoying the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, or autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s a great time for an outdoor stroll – with ‘Oops, Your Culture’s Showing!’ playing in your ears, of course. But when you’re navigating street crossings on this stroll, are there cultural implications attached to what you and those around you are doing? (Hint: There are!) Find out more about those, and much more, in this special reissue of our 34th episode, “There’s no chicken lane in Amsterdam!”, from August 2022. Enjoy, and don’t forget to look both ways! Why did Dean, the global cultures expert, cross the road? To chat with Tom about navigating street crossings in cities from Rome to Hong Kong, and the corresponding cultural implications – of course! Plus: Don’t miss the exciting premiere of Wordplay!, a subset of Grammar Time, later in the episode. We’re giving you the walk sign to stroll through this episode and enjoy it, hopefully without jaywalking involved (but if you do, we won’t – and can’t – tell on you). ***Dean's book, “Business Beyond Borders: Stories, Tales, and Lessons Learned from Working in 100 Cultures Around the World”, IS OUT NOW – order it today! And: Subscribe to Dean's Substack to find all of Dean's “Culture's Consequences” articles, CultureQuizzes, and much more!*** Have a cultural question or episode idea? Reach out on X/Twitter & Facebook (@OopsCultureShow) or by email at oopscultureshow@gmail.com. Hosts: Dean Foster & Tom Peterson Audio Production: Tom Peterson & Torin Peterson Music: “Little Idea” – Bensound.com

Grains higher, led by wheat and soybean oil; western plains stay dry while good weather prevails in most of Northern Hemisphere.

As we enjoy the deepening heart of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, we're back with another episode about everyone's favorite topic—flowers. One of the most beautiful ways to welcome the energy of spring is by incorporating seasonal flowers into your home's feng shui. In today's episode, we discuss flower choices for different rooms and the symbolic meanings that can help bring joy, renewal, and abundance into your space. Everyone loves flowers and today's episode is a fun one!What we talk about in this episode:Room-specific flower recommendationsSymbolic meanings of spring flowersHow flowers influence Feng Shui energy…and much more!Mentioned in this episode:2026 Feng Shui Amulet for Protection and LuckOur Feng Shui Energy Map EkitRegister for our free & on-demand Feng Shui plant workshop, available for a limited timeHarmonize your Home with Feng Shui PlantsEnhance your qi, prosperity and wellnessThanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!-Sign up for our newsletter for exclusive complimentary special workshops and offers for our newsletter subscribers ONLY! -Make sure you're following us on Instagram for feng shui tips and live Q&A's.-Learn about our courses and certification on our website at: Mindful Design School.-Check out our older episodes on our Holistic Spaces Podcast archive.Time stamps for this episode:[02:55] Room by Room: Entrance and Living Room Flowers[09:16] Kitchen and Dining Room Flower Recommendations[12:06] Bedroom Flower Choices for Energy and Love[15:58] Bathroom and Office Flower Suggestions[20:07] Recap of Favorite Spring Flowers for Feng ShuiMORE QUESTIONSHire one of our Mindful design school Grads for a 1-1 consultation. We know so many personal questions come up. That's why you need a 1-1! Laura and Anjie offer all these freebies, but if you want to learn more it's time to ask a professional. learn more HEREORDER OUR NEW BOOK HERE

Croup is a clinical syndrome of upper airway obstruction defined by barking cough, stridor, and hoarseness. Management hinges on severity assessment, universal corticosteroid use, and selective epinephrine. The key clinical task is distinguishing typical croup from high-risk mimics that require urgent airway intervention. Learning Objectives Differentiate croup from other causes of pediatric upper airway obstruction using key historical and physical exam features. Apply a severity-based approach to croup management, including appropriate use of corticosteroids and nebulized epinephrine. Recognize clinical features that suggest alternative or life-threatening diagnoses requiring escalation of care. References Cooke A, Conway S, Griffin L. Croup: Rapid Evidence Review. Am Fam Physician. 2026;113(3):254-258. Gates A, Johnson DW, Klassen TP. Glucocorticoids for Croup in Children. JAMA Pediatr. 2019;173(6):595-596. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.0834 Bjornson CL, Klassen TP, Williamson J, et al. A Randomized Trial of a Single Dose of Oral Dexamethasone for Mild Croup. N Engl J Med. 2004;351(13):1306-1313. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa033534 Bjornson CL, Johnson DW. Croup. Lancet. 2008;371(9609):329-339. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60170-1 Bjornson C, Russell K, Vandermeer B, Klassen TP, Johnson DW. Nebulized Epinephrine for Croup in Children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;(10):CD006619. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006619.pub3 Transcript This transcript was generated using Descript and subsequently reviewed and lightly edited for spelling, grammar, and clarity. Minor inaccuracies may remain, and the audio recording should be considered the definitive version of this content.  Welcome to PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast. As always, I'm your host, Brad Sobolewski. And today we're gonna talk about croup. We're gonna focus on diagnosis, severity based management, and how to differentiate it from scarier high risk conditions that may present similarly, but behave very differently. So croup is best understood as a clinical syndrome of upper airway obstruction caused by inflammation at the level of the larynx and subglottis. So in most cases this is viral laryngotracheitis, most commonly due to parainfluenza virus. But as you'd expect multiple viruses can cause it. The subglottis is the narrowest portion of the pediatric airway. So even small amounts of edema create large increases in airway resistance. So that's why the clinical picture is so consistent. You've got inspiratory stridor, hoarseness, and that characteristic barking cough, which either sounds like a seal or a dog, and yes, of course, I know the difference between the two coughs because I was a biology major. This is primarily a disease of children between six months and three years of age with a peak incidence in the second year of life. It's really, really common, like one and a half percent of all ED visits, maybe 350,000 visits a year, and 85% of these kids have mild disease. Hospitalization is rare. The range is variable, about two to 8% of cases, and return visits occur in about three to 5%. Fewer than 1% of children, a lot fewer, require intensive care or airway intervention. Honestly, most kids do really well. The ones who don't can get sick very quickly, and that's been my clinical experience. In the Northern Hemisphere, we see croup throughout the fall and winter, usually starting in around November and sort of tapering off by April. But that being said, I've seen croup-like symptoms every month of the year over the past couple of decades. Croup is absolutely a classic clinical diagnosis. A typical case begins with 12 to 48 hours of viral prodrome, you know, body aches, fever, congestion, cough, followed by often abrupt nighttime onset of barky cough and stridor. Symptoms fluctuate, and they're generally worse with agitation and get better when the kid is calm. That variability is the key feature. So what you'll have is a child who wakes up after sleeping for a few hours with a barky cough and then noisy stridor. This freaks parents out, and this is not hyperbole. There's this little center in the back of your brain that's like, please don't stop breathing and die. So appropriately, they're worried about the kid, they call emergency medical services, they bring them to the emergency department, and by and large, by the time they get there, the stridor has resolved. The kid is calm, and parents will say, I swear he looked a lot worse at home. Trust me, we believe you parents, this is what croup does. When I'm taking a history of croup, I get all of these details. Are there any sick contacts? If the parents are worried about a foreign body inhalation or ingestion, then I'm worried about a foreign body inhalation or ingestion. Listen to the lungs, inspect their airway. Always check the ears for concomitant otitis and I'll feel their trachea. I'll actually grab and hold the trachea and move it. Kids with croup really don't have a painful trachea. Kids with bacterial tracheitis, aside from looking more toxic, actually have a lot of pain when they move their trachea. Testing for croup is generally unnecessary. Labs and viral studies do not change management, and imaging is really reserved for atypical presentations or when you're considering an alternative diagnosis like a foreign body. If you do get an X-ray, what you're looking for is the classic steeple sign on the AP view. It is seen in croup, but it's not 100% sensitive nor specific. Once you've made the diagnosis of croup, it's important to assess severity, and remember that I said that most kids are mild. So mild croup is defined by the absence of stridor at rest. So they may have some stridor when they're upset or even a little bit of hoarseness or noise. It's important to listen to many, many children with croup to get a sense of this. Moderate croup includes stridor at rest with mild to moderate retractions. So at rest means that the child is in a position of comfort. They're calm with a parent, and they've generally been that way for about 10 to 15 minutes. Sometimes that's how long it can take for the stridor to dissipate once you get the kid calm. Severe croup, which is fortunately rare, involves marked work of breathing, agitation, fatigue, need for oxygen, altered mental status, and this aligns with the Westley croup score. It formalizes stridor, retractions, air entry, cyanosis, and mental status. But really, in practice, most of us get very good at bedside assessment of croup. Management of croup starts with corticosteroids. This is one of the highest-yield interventions that we have in pediatric emergency medicine. Every child with croup should receive dexamethasone. Typically 0.6 milligram per kilogram as a single dose up to a maximum of 10 milligrams. Some places will use 0.15 milligram per kilogram. Locally, we often give the IV formulation orally. It's 10 milligrams per mL. Tastes bad, but pairs reasonably well with apple juice. The oral suspension is 1 milligram per mL, tastes terrible, and pairs nicely with being spit on the ground by toddlers. The evidence behind dexamethasone is very robust. The main benefit is that it reduces return visits and hospital readmissions by about half, and those return visits include doctor's offices and emergency departments. In a Cochrane review of 1,679 children, glucocorticoids reduce return visits or readmissions with a risk ratio of 0.52, so that translates to a number needed to treat of seven. I've certainly seen seven or more croup kids during one shift, so for every seven children treated with dexamethasone, one return visit is prevented. Symptom improvement begins within about two hours and lasts at least 24 hours, but maybe up to a couple of days. Hospital length of stay for kids that get steroids is reduced by an average of 15 hours as well. Serious adverse events are rare. It's well tolerated, and other than the taste, kids do fine with it. And importantly, the benefit is consistent across all severities of croup, mild, moderate, and severe. So when you explain this to families who are very scared about their kids, but now their kid is looking better and you're only giving them a single medicine, not doing any tests or X-rays or anything, I think you have to frame the medicine in terms of what it's going to do for them over the next couple of days. So one way of explaining this to families would be to say something like this is a steroid called dexamethasone. It reduces the swelling in your child's airway that's causing the barky cough and noisy breathing. Most children start feeling better within a couple of hours, and the benefit lasts at least a full day, if not longer. Without this medicine, about one in five children need to come back because symptoms get worse again. You really get two bad days with croup in most cases. With this medicine, the risk of returning drops to about one in 10, so it cuts the chance of coming back in half. We can expect your child's cough to start improving over the next day or two. Most children are feeling a lot better within 48 hours, though a little bit of hoarseness and cough can last for a week to about 10 days. So it's possible that when your child goes to sleep later tonight, they may experience that barking cough and noisy breathing again. They're almost certainly going to be upset. The steroid blunts enough of the swelling so that you are much more likely to have them free of distress and stridor, that noisy breathing, once you get them calm. So if they're upset, get them calm, and if in about 10 minutes the stridor and noisy breathing get better, that's the dexamethasone doing its job and you can safely stay home. For children with moderate or severe croup, we're gonna use nebulized racemic epinephrine. It works fast by reducing airway edema by constricting inflamed blood vessels. You'll see improvement in stridor and work of breathing often within 30 minutes. The effect is transient and largely gone by about two hours, and you need to do a structured reassessment at about 30 minutes after the racemic epinephrine. If the child's clearly better, continue that observation for up to two hours. If they're unchanged or worse, repeat the epinephrine and start thinking more carefully about your diagnosis and disposition. Because it's got such a short duration, that two hours after treatment is the most common time period, though some institutions and some children will need to be observed a little bit longer. If they remain well appearing with no stridor at rest, normal oxygenation, minimal work of breathing, and they can tolerate oral fluids, they can be discharged. If symptoms recur, they require repeated epinephrine, or they fail to improve, then you may have to escalate care and consider admission. Honestly, with croup, supportive care is still one of the most important things. You gotta keep kids calm by minimizing agitation. Parents are experts at this with their own children. Agitation worsens airway obstruction. Airway resistance is fourfold greater when the kid's upset. Give oxygen if the kid's hypoxic. Fortunately, this is rare. Antipyretics and fluids are great, do them. Humidified air has not been shown to provide meaningful benefit, and obviously we should avoid sedatives because they can suppress respiratory drive without improving airway patency. Many parents will say that their kid was better when they were exposed to cool air or mist in the shower. Those can help, but honestly, don't stick your kid's head in the freezer if it upsets them. Keep them calm, hold them, and comfort them. Alright, croup, barking cough, stridor, variable symptoms, easy, right? There are some other diagnoses that can mimic this or overlap that you shouldn't miss. Spasmodic croup is a related phenotype. You've got sudden nighttime onset, often minimal prodrome, and recurrent episodes. These kids are typically well between episodes, and the pattern becomes more apparent over time. Some kids will bark with every mild cold or stuffy nose up until about eight or nine, but they usually don't have stridor and respiratory distress. Bacterial tracheitis is progression to a more severe and dangerous airway infection. These children often start with viral symptoms and then rapidly worsen. They've got a high fever, they appear toxic. Most importantly, they fail to respond to standard croup therapy. Toxic appearance plus lack of response should immediately shift your diagnostic reasoning. These kids may have a lot of pain when you grab and move their trachea. The cough can be more junky because again, they've got purulent mucus in their trachea. Epiglottitis is defined by the absence of barking cough and the presence of drooling, dysphagia, and tripod positioning. These children are very anxious, they're very ill, their airway is at risk, and so your immediate priority is keeping them calm and having the airway managed in the safest environment, generally the operating room. Deep neck space infections, including retropharyngeal cellulitis and abscesses and peritonsillar abscesses, present with fever, neck stiffness, sometimes even torticollis, and lymphadenopathy. Kids won't really have a barky cough and the exam localizes to the neck rather than the airway alone. Acute foreign body aspiration presents with sudden onset symptoms, no viral prodrome, no barking cough, and sometimes some asymmetric exam findings. The diagnosis is frequently missed when clinicians anchor too early on croup. If you have an esophageal foreign body, remember that 70% of these get stuck at the thoracic inlet. So always think about a kid who sounded like they had croup and got croup treatments, but also has some swallowing issues and is the right age to put things in their mouth. This is when you see coins and button batteries and other things stuck not in the upper airway, but in the esophagus right behind it. Alright, now when it comes to disposition, most kids with croup are gonna be sent home. Children who improve, they have no stridor at rest, minimal work of breathing, can be discharged home with clear return precautions. Those with persistent symptoms, need for repeated racemic epinephrine, hypoxia, or concerning features should be admitted. For kids who continue to worsen despite standard therapy, escalation includes high-flow nasal cannula, noninvasive ventilation as a bridge. Heliox can be used as a temporizing measure to reduce work of breathing. Fortunately, needing to intubate a child with croup is rare, but when it's needed, it can be challenging due to subglottic narrowing. You need the best proceduralists, and you should downsize your endotracheal tube by 0.5 to 1 millimeter smaller than usual. And I'll reiterate this again. The natural course of croup is really favorable for most kids. The fear's not gonna go away for the parents, this is a scary diagnosis, but I think with some reassurance, we can help them understand that this is something that is unlikely to cause significant problems and will get better. Most kids improve significantly within 48 hours, though like any other respiratory illness, symptoms can persist for a week or so. Severe outcomes are fortunately rare, and they almost always occur in children whose severity or alternative diagnosis was not recognized early. So again, here's my take-home points. Croup is a clinical diagnosis. Severity determines your management. Steroids, dexamethasone, should be given to all patients. Racemic epinephrine is used for moderate to severe disease with mandatory reassessment and observation. And most importantly, always reassess the diagnosis when the presentation does not fit the expected patterns. Things can get rough when you're barking up the wrong tree and thinking it's croup when it's actually something else. Well, I hope you enjoyed this episode on honestly one of the most classic conditions that we see in the pediatric emergency department. If you've got any feedback on the episode, send it my way. As the kids would say, like, rate, and review. I would love it if you left a review on your favorite podcast site. It helps more people find the show. I do this as a labor of love because I enjoy teaching, and I think that this is a wonderful way to reach my colleagues and learners. If you've got suggestions on other topics or episodes, I'd love to hear them. For PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, this has been Brad Sobolewski. See you next time.

Grains mostly lower last week; this week looks mixed to start as war leads crude oil higher; western plains missed key rains while most of Northern Hemisphere has adequate moisture; Commitment-of-Traders update; world FOB update.

It's spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This time of year soil is nourished to prepare for growing food and flowers. It is also a good time to nourish your inner soil with special practices. Listen to the sounds of a beautiful crystal quartz lyre.Sharon Carne, founder of the Sound Wellness Institute is a best selling author, international speaker, musician, recording artist, master sound healer and publisher.https://www.facebook.com/SoundWellnessSolutionSharon Carne: https://www.facebook.com/scarne1Please set the intention to receive then relax and enjoy!Discover Enlightened World Network: a safe space for spiritual growth. Explore archangels, Divine Mother, the Christ Consciousness, light codes, energy healing, and guided meditations all with the purpose of strengthening one's understanding and oneness with Source. Learn about spiritually transformative authors, musicians and healers. From motivational learning to inner guidance, you will find the best program for you.Check out our website featuring over 200 spirit-inspired lightworkers specializing in meditation, energy work and angel channelinghttps://www.enlightenedworld.onlineEnjoy inspirational and educational shows at http://www.youtube.com/c/EnlightenedWorldNetworkTo sign up for a newsletter to stay up on EWN programs and events, sign up here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/2TRBaeGEnlightened World Network is now available on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Podbean, Spotify, and Amazon Music.Link to EWN's disclaimer: https://enlightenedworld.online/disclaimer/

 Recording date: 7th April 2026The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered significant disruptions across global energy markets, creating what Samuel Pelaez, President & CEO, and Derek Macpherson, Executive Chair at Olive Resource Capital, view as structural investment opportunities extending well beyond the immediate crisis.While the Strait handles 20% of global crude oil, the more consequential impacts affect liquefied natural gas, petrochemicals, and fertilizers, where 20-50% of certain products originate from the Persian Gulf region. This supply shock is forcing countries like Japan and South Korea to fundamentally reassess their energy security strategies.Glencore emerged as the primary beneficiary in thermal coal, as reduced Qatari LNG availability extends the operational life of existing coal-fired power plants. The company controls 30% of seaborne coal trade and recently expanded its portfolio by acquiring Teck Resources' coal assets in 2025. Coal represents 30% of Glencore's EBITDA, with additional upside from its commodity trading division, which profits from supply chain disruptions.Woodside Energy and Santos offer compelling value propositions for Asian LNG markets. Australian producers sit 40% closer to key importers than Qatar, reducing shipping costs and insurance premiums, yet trade at half the valuation multiples of US peers like ExxonMobil and Chevron. Rolling spot contracts should reflect elevated pricing in second-half 2026 results.The disruption of 20% of global ammonia supply coincides with Northern Hemisphere planting season, driving dramatic appreciation in fertilizer stocks. CF Industries has gained 40% since the Strait closure, while Woodside's recently acquired Texas ammonia facility enters production at opportune timing.The team emphasizes discipline, separating conviction from entry points. They anticipate any diplomatic resolution could trigger profit-taking in names that have appreciated 40%+, providing better risk-adjusted entry opportunities. The core thesis rests on structural supply chain shifts prioritizing security over cost optimization—a behavioral change likely to persist for years regardless of near-term geopolitical developments.Sign up for Crux Investor: https://cruxinvestor.com 

Do you have plans for Easter Sunday? Are you making a list of groceries, responsibilities, and church events? Whether you'll be spending this important holiday alone, with friends or family... or possibly at work... I hope you'll center your heart on the peace Jesus provides. Bible Reading: On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” - John 20:19 The weekend when Christians celebrate Good Friday, Sabbath Saturday, and Resurrection Sunday occurs in the springtime in the Northern Hemisphere. So it's often dressed up in the colors, symbols, and delights of the season. From pastel candies to blooming flowers and baby birds—Easter often vibrates with signs of joy and rebirth. And although the word Easter was not the name of a dedicated holiday in the Bible, it is now widely associated with the celebration. If you’re like me, you can sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed during Christian holidays that are tightly (or loosely) tangled with non-Christian traditions and expectations. For many, Easter can be a busy blur, brimming with baskets, egg hunts, candy, and tall tales about a gift-bearing bunny. What I want to believe is that choosing to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ in this kaleidoscope of ways is a sign. It’s divine reassurance that Jesus lives—regardless of the chaos we create to distract ourselves from him. There’s no prescription or requirement for how a diversity of humans will spend this special Sunday appreciating what Jesus accomplished. Some are sick in the hospital, some choose to serve, others find church crowds overwhelming, and still others rush to sunrise service. Some turn up at wild parades with even wilder hats, while others prepare a meal for more guests than usual. Yes, when I was raising my children, I filled their baskets, shopped for chocolate, and made sure we attended service. I'm not sure, however, that my family was there in spirit, while marshmallow peeps were nesting back home. My point is that Resurrection Sunday, affectionately called Easter, can be celebrated in many ways, but the reason for it all is peace. And the truth is... we often forget to be peaceful on Easter Sunday. Which is why it’s good to revisit the simple, powerful words Jesus spoke after resurrection: Peace be with you. He didn't tell anyone to fret or rush, put a meal on the table, or even to gather sweets. And he certainly wasn't into hiding—or pretending to be someone he wasn't. As Easter approaches, I hope we can all consider this: his resurrection represents a shedding of fear and doubt. You see, there's nothing wrong with serving, resting, or attending church on Easter. It’s also beautiful to cook, gather, and give in all the ways we love to show love to ourselves and others. But I do hope on the Sunday set aside to glorify the ultimate gift—whether you call it Easter or Resurrection Sunday—you remember what Jesus said: peace be with you. Especially when any preparations or activities feel off-center. During the Last Supper, we read in John 14:27 that Jesus prepared his disciples, saying: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” I think this could also mean you don't have to be afraid you won’t find the perfect Easter outfit, or have perfectly well-behaved children, or know exactly what to say at the dinner prayer. Honoring the resurrection is admitting and embracing a victorious freedom — to receive the peace of Jesus. Let’s Pray: Lord, thank you for the marvelous and awesome gift of proving there is life after earthly death. What a joyous message that even after experiencing brutality beyond belief, you arrive with open hands and encouragement to not fear and to be at peace. This Easter holiday, help me not to allow plans, obligations, or lists overshadow the peace you have for me. Let this be the weekend I resurrect peace within. Let me not worry about who goes where, who shows up, or whether everyone’s holiday is unforgettable. Just help me remember that you are with us, keeping your promise of everlasting peace. In your precious name, Amen. If you like this podcast, be sure to check out our sister podcast, Your Nightly Prayer - an evening Christian prayer podcast to help you end your day in conversation with God. https://www.lifeaudio.com/your-nightly-prayer/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

This episode covers the apocalyptic traditions of some of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Siberia, and also the Celts, including their influence on medieval Christianity and even modern poetry. It finishes with more information on the two comets approaching earth vision this month, the best times for viewing, and some further reflections upon their significance. The view of the comets: Comet 'MAPS' between April 8th - April 22nd. one hour before dawn look low toward the southeast. In the Northern Hemisphere preferably on the coast or hill with clear view and low light pollution. In the Southern Hemisphere it will be higher. Binoculars required. Comet PanSTARRS. Northern Hemisphere: look very low in the East in the 'Great Square of Pegasus' around April 17th before dawn. Binoculars required. Ideal night: April 17th: new moon, dark sky. Southern Hemisphere: In mid-April, it is in the East before sunrise. But by late April and into May, it flips to very low in the West just after sunset. In early May it climbs higher in the evening sky as it moves away from the sun. Binoculars required to see its detail.

Determined to make their mark in the New World’s Northern Hemisphere, the English doggedly pursue strengthening their fledgling foothold on the eastern shores of the continent (1497-1618). Enjoy this ENCORE Presentation! Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/kfwkvpSugeA which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. England History books https://amzn.to/4526W5n Age of Discovery books available at https://amzn.to/3ZYOhnK Age of Exploration books available at https://amzn.to/403Wcjx ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Summary 1 Jeremy Zakis discusses the failures of England's aggressive "Bazball" strategy in five-day test matches. Australian cricket legends urge England to adopt a more conservative approach to remain competitive. The conversation also highlights a critical shortage of cricket balls in the Northern Hemisphere caused by supply chain disruptions in the Gulf. (1)1920 EDWARD BALES, WARWICKSHIRE

Let’s continue sailing (1497-1618) with the English across the Ocean to North America’s Atlantic coast and put in perspective the results obtained from the headlong momentum pushing this small European Island nation forward with its daring plans to make its mark in the New World’s Northern Hemisphere. The term 'Albion' is a poetic or literary term for Britain or England (often used in referring to ancient or historical times). E209. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/7atBUDN8sC8 which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. England History books https://amzn.to/4526W5n Age of Discovery books available at https://amzn.to/3ZYOhnK Age of Exploration books available at https://amzn.to/403Wcjx ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first 125 years of England’s exploration and colonization attempts in North America paints a vivid picture of ambition, curiosity, greed, religious fervor, and innovation. Let’s revisit this century and a quarter of exploits, mishaps, and adventures to try and put in perspective the results obtained from the headlong momentum pushing this small European Island nation forward with its daring plans to make its mark in the New World’s Northern Hemisphere. E208. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https://youtu.be/CftRNh-dRlM which has accompanying visuals including maps, charts, timelines, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. England History books https://amzn.to/4526W5n John Cabot books https://amzn.to/3pPD4cf Age of Discovery books available at https://amzn.to/3ZYOhnK Age of Exploration books available at https://amzn.to/403Wcjx ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you). Mark Vinet's HISTORICAL JESUS podcast at https://parthenonpodcast.com/historical-jesus Mark's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/MarkVinet_HNA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us Fan MailAs we (in the Northern Hemisphere) enter spring, can we trust that we are on the right path, even if the balance we seek is only an illusion? Maybe we, like the Earth are only meant to find balance at times, Thank you for listening and being part of this community! Let's get social. Follow me on Facebook,  on Twitter @reframing_me, on Instagram @reframingme and on TikTok @reframingmeI hope you enjoyed the episode! Please leave a review, catch up on any missed episodes, and be sure to follow the show, so you don't miss new content! 

This hour long mix comprises of field recordings made on and around Spring Equinoxes of various years. It takes you down through the Northern Hemisphere – from my sitting room in East London to a cottage balcony in the tropical  forests of Borneo. Listen for Slovenian jackals, Polish moor frogs, a Himalayan shepherd herding sheep, a hippopotamus getting ready for the night in Sierra Leone and choirs of birds singing across the globe. It was only in researching for this show that I realised the equinox actually refers not to a whole day but a single moment in time, when the sun faces directly over the equator, granting the entire globe with roughly equal length days and nights around it. I was captivated by this idea of a single moment of equilibrium and the impossibility of capturing that – which is much like the experience of listening itself, always dissolving as soon as you try to catch hold. And the equinox moment itself is both something of a physical reality, and pure idea, constructed entirely by an imaginary line humans have drawn and named the equator. Again, this paradox seems to resonate with the act of field recording, which both records a physical reality of a time and place through the sound waves that are imprinted through a microphone, but also creates a totally new and artificial object of its own. Whilst lines of longitude go from east to west and determine clock time, lines of latitude go from North to South and determine climate, with the suns rays becoming more intense the further south we go. Whilst enjoying one of the first sunny days we've had in London (where I am) in a long time, I decided to structure this mix along lines of latitude, moving from North to South through the Northern Hemisphere. I wonder if listeners will be able to feel the sun's intensity increasing through their ears. It was a privilege to shape these extraordinary sounds into a journey. Whilst making it I found myself contemplating the equinox as a time of both stillness and motion, sameness and divergence, meeting and departure – and I invite you to listen into this space of contradiction with me. Anna Clock is a composer, sound artist and researcher. Their practice is rooted in live acts of listening and challenging audiences to listen to each other, and their world, in new ways. They play the cello and also cut hair. They are currently pursuing an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award with the Science Museum and Royal Holloway University exploring quantum aurality and how we listen to outer space.  Recent works have been heard in Barbican, Royal Court Theatre, Wellcome Collection, The Albany, 100 years Gallery (UK), Project Arts Centre, Gate Theatre (IRL), Times Square Arts, Irish Arts Centre (USA) Dresden Staatschauspiel, Staatstheater Mainz (GER), CIRKO (FIN) and on Radio 4, Radio 3, Resonance FM and RTE Lyric radio. Playlist: [01:19-03:45] A mysterious voice memo at the piano (me) [03:45-05:20] Bartlett park (me) | UK [05:20-07:16] Dawn's Chorus: Mating Calls of Moor Frogs at Sunrise: Jakub Orzecki | Poland [07:16-10:11] Howling Jackals: Jan Brelih | Slovenia [10:11-12:01] Wood Frogs at the Library: Mike Bullock | USA [12:01-15:10] Dawn Chorus in the Early Days of Spring: Enis Çakar | Türkiye [15:10-20:05] Incoming Tide at Gold Bluffs Beach: Kelly Rafuse | USA [20:05 -25:45] Snowfall in Himalayas: Jan Brelih | India [25:45-31:59] Soft Dawn Chorus in the Jungles of Nepal: George Vlad | Nepal [30:22-35:37] Himalaya Forest Valley: Jan Brelih | India [35:37-40:36] Himalayan Shepherd: Jan Brelih | India [40:36-45:33] Dawn Chorus at Mora River: Giselle Ragoonanan | Trinidad and Tobago [45:33-48:07] Busy Dawn Chorus in the Savannah: Sounding Wild | Sierra Leone [48:07-49:38] Gentle Wind at Dusk in the Savannah: Sounding Wild | Sierra Leone [49:30-51:42] Hippopotamus Preparing for the Night: Sounding Wild | Sierra Leone [51:42-52:24] Nocturnal Pulse: Usun Apau Ancient Forest: Jan Brelih | Malaysia [52:24-53:51] Night Walk in Rainforest Discovery Center: Gina Lo | Malaysia [53:51-58:05] Bornean Anura: Gina Lo | Malaysia

This week, Venus squares Jupiter, placing individual desires in conflict with the expectations of others. The Sun makes an exciting sextile to Uranus, then enters Aries and the equinox. The Pisces New Moon carries the influence of unpredictable Uranus, and Mercury in Pisces moves direct. Emotions risk boiling over when Mars meets with Jupiter, and the Sun and Neptune spotlight creative pioneers. Plus: An epidemic of fatigue, a season of new beginnings, and mentors are people, too! Read a full transcript of this episode. Have a question you'd like answered on the show? Email April or leave it here! Subscribe to April's mailing list and get a free lunar workbook at each New Moon! Love the podcast? Donate here! Timestamps [1:22] Venus squares Jupiter (Mar. 18, 9:08 am PDT), 15°10' Aries-Cancer. What you want for yourself might conflict with what others need from you. [4:00] Sun sextiles Uranus (Mar. 18, 1:20 pm PDT), 28°14' Pisces-Taurus. Sabian symbols: The Sun is on 29 Pisces, A prism, and Uranus is on 29 Taurus, Two cobblers working at a table. This combination invites an awakening, the chance to see the world with fresh eyes. [7:10] Moon Report! The Pisces New Moon (Mar. 18, 6:23 pm PDT), 28°27' Pisces. The New Moon in Pisces is a good time to escape ordinary reality through healthy routines and habits, to spend time alone in reflection or meditation, and to allow yourself to drift a little bit instead of trying to push things in a particular direction. [11:19] Lunar Phase Family Cycle (LPFC). The First Quarter (first action point) in this LPFC is on Dec. 16, 2026 (25º17' Pisces), the Full Moon (awareness point) is on Sep. 15, 2027 (22º52' Pisces), and the Last Quarter (final action point) is on June 14, 2028 (24º36' Pisces). [13:52] Void-of-Course (VOC) Moon periods. The Moon in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus (Mar. 16, 12:57 pm PDT), is VOC for 3 hours 19 minutes and then enters Pisces (4:16 pm PDT). Expand your involvement with unconventional networks of people. [15:06] The Moon in Pisces conjoins the Sun (Mar. 18, 6:24 pm PDT), will be VOC for 2 hours 39 minutes, and then enters Aries (9:03 pm PDT). Build the habit of retreating from reality in a beneficial and inspiring way. [16:17] The Moon in Aries conjoins Venus (Mar. 20, 2:23 am PDT), is VOC for 21 hours and 12 minutes, then enters Taurus (11:35 pm PDT). Resolve to develop a habit of spending quality time with your friends and cutting loose in appropriate ways. [17:26] The Sun enters Aries (Mar. 20, 7:46 am PDT, until April 19, 2026), marking the Aries equinox (spring in Northern Hemisphere, autumn in Southern Hempisphere). This is the season of assertiveness, independence, and beginnings. [20:53] Mercury stations direct (Mar. 20, 12:33 pm PDT) at 8°53' Pisces. Mercury's been retrograde since Feb. 25, 2026, when it stationed at 22°33' Pisces. Be mindful of your words and movements, double-check your facts, and heed your instincts. Mercury remains in Pisces until April 14. [23:26] Mars trines Jupiter (Mar. 21, 5:01 pm PDT) at 15°16' Pisces and Cancer. Confidence, physical vitality, and initiative are pronounced. Just be mindful not to push too far too fast. [25:18] The Sun conjoins Neptune (Mar. 22, 4:18 am PDT) at 1º50' Aries.  Take on a pioneering spirit in your creativity. Ideals can inspire us, but they can also disappoint us if we forget that no one is perfect. [26:40] Unfortunately, there was too much to cover in this week's sky for a Listener Question – but keep those questions coming in! Leave a message of one minute or less at speakpipe.com/bigskyastrologypodcast or email april (at) bigskyastrology (dot) com; put “Podcast Question” in the subject line. Free ways to support the podcast: subscribe, like, review and share with a friend! [27:30] A tribute to this week's donors! If you would like to support the show and receive access to April's special donors-only videos, go to BigSkyAstropod.com and contribute $10 or more. You can make a one-time donation in any amount or become an ongoing monthly contributor.

This week marks a powerful turning point in the sky as the Spring Equinox arrives and the Sun crosses 0° Aries—the beginning of the zodiac.As this new astrological year begins, the Sun illuminates the territory where Saturn and Neptune have recently begun their new cycle, signaling the early emergence of a profound new chapter in our collective story.Several important movements weave together this week:Monday, March 18: Venus in Aries square Jupiter in Cancer expands emotions, desires, and generosity. This aspect can reveal where the heart wants to grow—and where we may need balance.Monday, March 18: New Moon at 28° Pisces invites release and completion. Pisces closes the zodiacal cycle, dissolving old forms and preparing the ground for something new.The New Moon occurs close to the territory where Saturn and Neptune have begun their new cycle, highlighting a collective question:What dreams are ready to become real, and what structures can no longer hold the future that is emerging?Friday, March 20: Spring Equinox – The Sun entering Aries marks the beginning of a new astrological year as light begins to grow again in the Northern Hemisphere.Friday, March 20: Mercury stations direct at 8° Pisces, gradually bringing clarity after three weeks of reflection and recalibration. In Pisces, insight often arrives through intuition, dreams, and quiet realization.Saturday, March 21: Mars in Pisces trining Jupiter in Cancer supports compassionate action and courage guided by emotional wisdom.Sunday, March 22: Sun conjunct Neptune in Aries opens a doorway to vision and imagination as new possibilities begin to appear.Early next week, Sun conjunct Saturn in Aries will begin grounding these visions into responsibility and form.By mid-April, Mercury will also cross this Aries threshold, bringing our thinking and communication more fully into this emerging era.This week feels like standing at a shoreline—leaving one landscape behind while the next one slowly comes into view.Reflection Questions for the WeekWhat in your life feels complete or ready to dissolve as this Pisces cycle ends?What small spark of new direction is quietly asking for your courage?What dream might be asking not only to inspire you—but to become something real?Invitation:If you feel something shifting in your own life, you're invited to join the free workshop Alchemize the Old on March 21.Together we'll explore the Fire element and the archetypal energies of Aries, Taurus, and Gemini to support the release of old identities and the emergence of something new.Register here:https://ontheedgesofchange.com/alchemize-the-old-taster-workshopSupport the showGo to Sheila's website for information for transformational resources: https://www.ontheedgesofchange.com/home-page This episode was co-created with generative AI, engaged as a soul-aligned ally in service of transformation. At the edge where technology meets myth, I choose insight over noise, and alchemy over automation. Thank you for dreaming the future with me.

Sponsor LinksThis episode is brought to you by Squarespace. When it's time to get online you need Squarespace to make the process straightforward and easy. To check out how they can help you and our special offer to get started, visit www.squarespace.com/spacetimeSpaceTime Series 29 Episode 31   *Planet Earth's balance is shifting A new study claims planet Earth's balance is shifting with the Northern Hemisphere absorbing significantly more solar energy than the Southern Hemisphere -- a shift that could reshape global weather patterns. *A unique insight into the Sun's inner life Astronomers discover that the Sun's internal structure changes from one solar cycle minimum to the next. *Landsat 9: More than just a picture For over 50 years, the Landsat program has provided the longest continuous satellite record of Earth's land surface from space. *The Science Report New warnings about the bleak future for Victoria's critically endangered Brush-tailed rock-wallabies. Study shows teens who use cannabis are more likely to develop psychiatric disorders. Research shows bird watchers develop denser attention and perception-related areas in their brains. Skeptics guide to Elon Musk's opinion on UFOs   https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com  https://www.bitesz.com/show/spacetime/   This week's guests include: Professor Michele Trenti from the University of Melbourne Artemis II astronaut Christina Cook Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hanson Orion and Artemis systems food lab manager Ashua Ook NASA Artemis flight controller Wyatt Mckinley    And our regular guests: Alex Zaharov-Reutt from techadvice.life Tim Mendham from Australian Skeptics And senior science writer and Sky and Telescope magazine contributor Jonathan Nally  

First up on the podcast, freelance journalist Evan Howell traveled to Cape Blossom, Alaska, where the receding coastline has revealed an ancient trove of glacial ice that may have survived for 350,000 years—making it the oldest ice in the Northern Hemisphere. Now researchers just need to figure out how to date it. Next on the show, tracking wolves and ravens in Yellowstone National Park shows the birds don't follow the wolves in hope of a meal, but instead remember and revisit frequent wolf kill sites. Matthias-Claudio Loretto, assistant professor in the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, discusses how this might change the way we think about scavengers' strategies for finding their ephemeral food sources.  Finally, Claire Bedbrook, the Helen Hay Whitney and Wu Tsai neuroscience postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, discusses her work tracking African turquoise killifish over their life span. By capturing behaviors over the course of the fish's entire lives, her team was able to observe behaviors that could be used to predict whether a fish would live a short or long life. This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy.  About the Science Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does conflict in the Middle East have to do with the price of food on your table? More than you might think.In this episode of The Global Fresh Series, we explore how geopolitical tensions in the Persian Gulf—particularly disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz—are sending ripple effects through the global agriculture supply chain. While headlines often focus on rising oil prices, another critical commodity is at stake: fertilizer, the essential nutrient that supports nearly half of the world's food production.With countries in the region supplying a significant portion of the world's nitrogen fertilizers, any disruption in shipping lanes can tighten supply, drive up costs, and ultimately impact farmers, crop yields, and food prices around the globe. From the fields of the Northern Hemisphere preparing for spring planting to vulnerable regions facing rising food insecurity, the effects are far-reaching.Join us as we unpack the hidden connections between energy, fertilizer, global trade, and fresh produce, and examine how today's geopolitical challenges could influence tomorrow's harvests.#agriculture. #geopolitics #fertilizer. #freshproduce

Welcome to Walking the Way. My name is Ray, and I really want to say thank you to everyone for listening in as we continue to explore what it means to have a regular rhythm of worship. If you're in the Northern Hemisphere welcome to Spring and if you're south of the equator welcome to Autumn.CreditsOpening PrayerRay BorrettBible verseIsaiah 57:3 Thought for the dayRay BorrettBible PassageIsaiah 57Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.Prayer Handbookprayer handbook WTW 2026.pdfSupporting Walking the WayIf you want to support Walking the Way, please go to: https://ko-fi.com/S6S4WXLBBor you can subscribe to the channel: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walkingtheway/subscribeTo contact Ray: Please leave a comment or a review. I want to find out what people think and how we make it better.www.rayborrett.co.ukwalkingthewaypodcast@outlook.comwww.instagram.com/walkingtheway1@raybrrtt

This small, sweet/tart fruit has been a favorite for millennia across basically the entire Northern Hemisphere. Anney and Lauren bramble on about the botany and history of the raspberry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Catsimatidis, Red Apple Media Owner & Operator, joins Sid live in-studio for his weekly Monday morning hit to discuss various topics ranging from the influence of President Trump and the strategic importance of Greenland to the defense of the Northern Hemisphere against threats from Russia and China. He also touches on business strategies, including hypothetical deals for Greenland, and critiques the governance of New York's mayor. Additionally, Catsimatidis shares insights into global politics, including the situations in Iran and Cuba, and discusses the need for strong U.S. protection of Europe. The conversation concludes with a nod to WABC's impressive nationwide ratings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUN, SAND, AND SANTAS IN BOARD SHORTS: AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS Colleague Jeremy Zakis. Jeremy Zakis describes Christmas in Australia as the polar opposite of the Northern Hemisphere, featuring clear skies and temperatures in the mid-80s ideal for outdoor barbecues. While Queensland faced heavy rain and floods, most of the country enjoyed hot weather perfect for beach visits. Zakis details traditions like the Boxing Day cricket test and notes that while mall Santas wear wool, outdoor Santas often don board shorts and flip-flops. 1933 SYDNEY