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In this What's Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, North-West University (NWU) Professor Anné Verhoef discusses the NWU AI Hub, of which he is the director. The NWU AI Hub was launched at the beginning of 2025, with Verhoef at the helm, to provide groundbreaking solutions to South Africa's biggest AI problems. Verhoef is a professor in philosophy and the former director of the NWU School of Philosophy, which forms part of the university's Humanities faculty. He has a strong involvement in ethics, which has prepared him to head up the NWU AI Hub. In this interview, Verhoef begins by discussing the reason for the NWU AI Hub and its biggest successes so far. He highlights the measures NWU is taking to ensure the ethical and responsible use of AI within the university. Verhoef then explains how NWU is prioritising student development to ensure its graduates remain competitive in the workforce of the future. He concludes by sharing insights into NWU's AI literacy courses and how students have responded to these initiatives.

Hierdie week is 'n goeie tyd om oor beleidsonsekerheid te praat — iets waarop ekonome altyd let. Onsekerheid, in ons wêreld, beteken dat mens nie altyd weet wat die waarskynlikheid van die uitkomste van sekere besluite of gebeure is nie. En soms weet ons nie eers wat die moontlike uitkomste kan wees nie. Hierdie week stem die Suid-Afrikaanse parlement oor die nasionale begroting. Terselfdertyd is daar toenemende bekommernisse wêreldwyd, met president Trump wat moontlik 'n handelsoorlog aan die gang sit deur nuwe tariewe op ingevoerde voertuie. Die Beleidsonsekerheidsindeks, van die NWU, is op 'n historiese hoogtepunt vir die eerste kwartaal van die jaar.Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek in Stellenbosch.

most outstanding in their class and then later decide to pursue prestigious careers. However, forcing children to study can cause counterproductive results, since they’ll feel uncomfortable and may believe they’ll never gain their parent’s approval. So Joburg, How Much Influence Did Your Parent Have In What You Studied? Did You Wish You Listened To Them? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This evening we look at the markets with Sanlam Private Wealth, we speak to the Nelson Mandela Foundation about Douw Steyn's legacy, Business Day tech analyst Mudiwa Gavaza helps us understand the new proposed structure for MultiChoice once the Canal+ deal is completed, Dr Raymond Parsons of NWU unpacks expectations for the upcoming state of the nation address, and we speak to STBB Attorneys about how marriage in community of property impacts ownership. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Professor Tani Lombard, a specialist on malnutrition at NWU's School of Applied Health Sciences, speaks to John Maytham about the extent of child malnutrition in South Africa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ABOUT THE EPISODE Our next episode is with new Nebraska Wesleyan University Head Coach Colton McCrystal. We discuss his time at Nebraska, what he learned under Coach Manning and Snyder, his coaching career beginning and his vision for NWU wrestling. Twitter - @D3NationPodcast | Rokfin - @D3Nation ABOUT THE PODCAST Hosted by Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura, former DIII wrestlers at Waynesburg University, current DIII Head Coach at Stevens Institute of Technology & DII Head Coach at Fairmont State University. The D3 Nation podcast mission is to provide DIII wrestling news and updates throughout the year. We also look forward to delivering episodes featuring DIII coaches and wrestlers as special guests to share their stories. We are both passionate about DIII wrestling and want to use this platform to keep the wrestling community educated on what is happening in DIII plus raise awareness of the amazing stories in DIII Wrestling.

With less than a week left before the general election, analysts and the markets seem to be very calm about the outcome. The result is more or less the ANC in coalition with smaller parties and reasonable stability or rather, more of the same. This is good and bad. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School. I received a NWU prize this week for media engagement and it is all thanks to The Economics Minute and its loyal listeners. Thank you very much.

Met minder as ʼn week oor voor die algemene verkiesing lyk dit of ontleders en die markte baie rustig is oor die uitkoms. Die uitslag is min of meer die ANC in koalisie met kleiner partye en redelike stabiliteit, of te wel meer van dieselfde. Dit is goed en sleg. Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool. Ek het hierdie week 'n NWU prys ontvang vir my media-werk en dit is alles te danke aan die getroue luisteraars van Die Ekonomie Minuut. Baie dankie.

This week, the NWU awards an honorary doctorate in coaching science to Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus. I want to talk about lessons we can learn from Rassie and the Springboks. Today the focus is on globalisation. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

This week, the NWU awards an honorary doctorate in coaching science to Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus. This week I talk about lessons we can learn from Rassie and the Springboks. Today I want to focus on diversity. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

This week, the NWU awards an honorary doctorate in coaching science to Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus. I want to talk about lessons we can learn from Rassie and the Springboks. Today the focus is on innovation. This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

Maroela Media het met prof. Siedine Coetzee van die NWU gesels oor die werk wat haar navorsingsleerstoel doen om verpleegpersoneel te bemagtig. Coetzee het reeds talle artikels in die veld van verpleegkunde op nasionale en internasionale vlak gepubliseer en is nou besig om ʼn leierskapsinstituut vir verpleegkundiges te vestig. Maroela Media

This week, the NWU awards an honorary doctorate in coaching science to Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus. I would like to kick off the week by telling what Rassie and the Springboks have done for economics. This episode is supported by the Bureau of Economic Research in Stellenbosch and the NWU Business School.

On the April 19 Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randall and guests chat about: Signe Baumane's film and appearance at the Ross Media Arts Center; NWU's Big Sing!; Daniel Simon's events at Francie and Finch and UNL; Philip Daniel's concerts in Hastings and Omaha; Constellation 13; and the Nebraska Rep's production of "Big Fish. Also, poetry by Siwar Masannat.

On the April 19 Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randall and guests chat about: Signe Baumane's film and appearance at the Ross Media Arts Center; NWU's Big Sing!; Daniel Simon's events at Francie and Finch and UNL; Philip Daniel's concerts in Hastings and Omaha; Constellation 13; and the Nebraska Rep's production of "Big Fish. Also, poetry by Siwar Masannat.

In this episode, John Baker shares his tips and strategies for getting wealthy with real estate investing. He discusses the importance of prudently leveraging real estate and explains the tax benefits of investing in real estate. John also shares his personal experiences and wealth-building strategies, including investing in ATM funds and using retirement accounts for real estate investing. He emphasizes the importance of passive income and cash flow and provides advice on working with turnkey providers and building a team. He also discusses the importance of family and the shift in priorities that can occur after a life-changing event. John concludes with closing thoughts and advice for those looking to get started in real estate investing. Resources John's Free Book PDF Version “There is A Raccoon on my Leg, A Journey to Discover the 30 Rules of Real Estate” https://members.wvmls.com/content/Raccoon_John_Baker.pdf  Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 Get Rich Education https://getricheducation.com ATM Investing, Dave Zook, The Real Asset Investor https://therealassetinvestor.com  Rental Property Calculatorhttps://www.calculator.net/rental-property-calculator.html  Tax Reform Act of 2017 Bonus Depreciationhttps://www.bing.com/search?q=tax+reform+act+of+2017+bonus+depreciation&qs=NWU&pq=tax+reform+act+of+2017+bonus&sk=NW_XFC1NW4NWU1&sc=10-28&cvid=D640A57229844266AF345EDB53E6FE6E&FORM=QBLH&sp=7&ghc=1&lq=0  QRP-Qualified Retirement PlaneQRP Damion Lupo https://eqrp.com/founder/

The Willard Batteries Bursary Fund will assist Kayla with R70,000 towards her 2024 third-year studies at NWU. #GoodMorningAngels

On the first Good Morning Angels New Year's Edition of 2024 the Willard Batteries Bursary Fund assisted Nazree with R30,000 towards her 2024 post-graduate studies at NWU in Curriculum Design.

Kommentators sê gereeld dat die ekonomie is by ʼn kruispad, al gaan dit oor beurtkrag of volgende jaar se algemene verkiesing. Dalk is dit hierdie keer meer soos ʼn T-aansluiting. Daar is nie pad waarop ons kan “muddle through” nie. Belangrike en moeilike keuses moet gemaak word. Maar voor ek verder daaroor praat gaan die Ekonomie Minuut gaan nou eers vakansie hou. Baie dankie vir almal wat so ver saam geluister het. ʼn Daaglikse uitsending gebeur nie altyd maklik nie en ek wil in besonder dankie sê vir Christine vir haar insette en geduld met die Minuut deur die hele jaar. Baie dankie ook aan die NWU Sakeskool vir hulle ondersteuning en die verskillende episode borge wat deur die jaar hulle ondersteuning gegee het. Die episode se notas gee ʼn meer volledige lys van erkenning vir almal wat die Minuut gebruik en ondersteun. Beste wense vir die nuwe jaar.   Bedankings Dankie vir die finansiële ondersteuning van die NWU sakeskool. Dankie aan Johan van Zyl van Jake Media wat help om die podsending in die Sakeskool se netwerk te deel. Deur die loop van die jaar het die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek, Economic Research Southern Africa en Jenwil finansiële dienste weeklikse episodes ondersteun. Die Minuut word ook uitgesaai en ek is bly dit word so gebruik. Dankie aan Hannes Snyman by Radio Orania, Gerda le Roux van Landbou radio, en Nadine Watkins by Bizscoops. Vir ʼn tyd lank was die Minuut ook op Maroela Media te danke aan Monica Mynhardt. Dit lei ook tot ander onderhoude. Dankie aan Olebogeng Motse en Dane Beisheim by OFM, James Kemp by Pretoria FM, Corn Koteli by Jacaranda, al die studente journo's by Voice of Wits, en Suzanne Paxton by RSG. Daar was selfs ʼn paar eNuus TV verskynings. Dankie aan Daniella van Heerden en Melissa Tighy. Die Minuut was ook ʼn wipplank na ander gehore en dit is lekker om gereeld met hulle te gesels. Dankie aan Leonard Haasbroek en Hemari Bonthuis by die PPS Academy. En dan is ek dankbaar vir almal wat die Minuut like en share. Dit is ʼn familie-en-vriende poging, maar daar is ook getroue ondersteuners wat af en toe laat weet vanoggend se episode was ʼn goeie een. Dankie vir almal wat saamluister.

Welcome back to another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of High School Football in Connecticut and because we live in Connecticut, and we're fast approaching the last Thursday in November, everybody should know what that means. Yes, turkeys, it's Thanksgiving Football Week in Connecticut, the final regular season game of the year. It's a time to come home home, get the fam or the gang together and head out to your favorite high school football game, whatever it might be called — The Route 83 Bowl, the Turkey Bowl, the Green Bowl, the Elm City Bowl, The Battle for the Bell or the Battle for the Sword... whatever. There's always something to whet your appetite Thanksgiving morning.  And of course Thanksgiving week means copious amount of playoff math, which begets playoff scenarios. Many, many playoff scenarios. Because time is precious and short, Thanksgiving Week also means our annual hybrid episode, combining the Meat Grinder with the weekly Pick'ems Podcast! So if you're not one of the lucky contestants to be playing this week, pull up a chair, kick back and relax. We've got everything you need to know, and then some.  We start off with the usual, a breakdown of the latest GameTimeCT 10 poll, followed by a complete run down of all the teams vying for playoff spots. There are only 16 of 48 spots remaining and we'll tell you who needs what to keep playing next week.  We also recap some of last week's big games with playoff implications, including Hand-Sheehan and South Windsor-Enfield. SPB also recaps two of last week's WILD NEPSAC Bowl games — Cheshire Academy's late rally past Avon Old Farms and Hamden Hall's thrilling conclusion to its Bowl game vs. Dexter Southfield-Mass. And, finally, treat yourself to a full hour of Thanksgiving high school football picks. We're picking 20 games, including some of the week's biggest.  So, Happy Thanksgiving to all. We do hope you will join us. RUNDOWN 0:00 — Introduction 1:25 — It's Thanksgiving Football Week 2023! 7:13 — Wilton gets defensive with Shelton 8:25 — The Latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll (Windsor rips Bloomfield) 11:40 — Class S playoff situation 13:02 — Class SS playoff situation 14:23 — Hand tops Sheehan to qualify in Class M 17:13 — Class M playoff situation 18:00 — Class MM playoff situation 19:59 — Class L playoff situation: South Windsor knocks off Enfield to qualify 23:57 — Class LL playoff situation (Fairfield Prep getting closer) 25:59 — NEPSAC Bowls: Late TD propels Cheshire Academy over Avon Old Farms. 32:12 — NEPSAC Bowls: Hamden Hall holds off Dexter Southfield on final play 37:40 — THE PICKEM PODCAST 39:56 — Masuk at Newtown 43:27 — Prep at West Haven 45:58 — NWU at ATI 48:07 — Staples at Greenwich 51:00 — Guilford at Hand 55:16 — North Branford at Coginchaug 57:06 — Fitch at Ledyard 58:36 — NFA at New London 1:00:41 — Darien at New Canaan 1:04:24 — Naugatuck at Ansonia 1:09:04 — Green Bowl: NDWH at Hamden 1:12:27 — Stratford at Bunnell 1:14:41 — Central at Harding 1:16:21 — Cheshire at Southington 1:21:50 — Hartford Public at Weaver 1:23:18 — Battle for the Bell: Bristol Eastern v. Bristol Central 1:25:34 — Stoddard Bowl: Platt vs. Maloney 1:28:01 — Rumble in Trumbull: St. Joseph at Trumbull 1:30:15 — Elm City Bowl: Hillhouse at Cross 1:32:40 — Carini Bowl: Sheehan at Lyman Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview Garth and Jane Halonen (University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL) kick off their PsychSessions 2023 East Coast Tour with Ludy (Ben) Benjamin, professor emeritus, from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.  This interview takes place in Ludy's home in Charlottesville, VA. His early aspirations were to become a physician and play as much golf as possible, but both aspirations changed.  He earned his PhD in perception and began his career at Nebraska Wesleyan University, with a series of one-year contracts making just above qualifying for food stamps. He leaves NWU for a 2-year stint at the American Psychological Association, working in Educational Affairs, and it is there where Ben begins to launch projects and make an impact nationally.  He then worked at Texas A&M University for the next 32 years, retiring in 2012.  He taught Introduction to Psychology courses with 300 students for years, but his passion and expertise is the history of psychology.  Ben is a storyteller at heart, so he is well-suited for historical studies, and psychology is clearly the beneficiary.

Tarun, Mike, and Holly are joined by Sam Green to give us a first-person perspective in the NIL world. Welcome to THE Sports Law Podcast! We keep you informed on everything at the intersection of sports and the law. The world of Name, Image, and Likeness keeps moving forward as Tarun (⁠⁠⁠⁠@tksharmalaw⁠⁠⁠⁠), Mike (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MikesonofLaw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), and Holly (⁠@SlamDunkSummers⁠) are joined by Sam Green (@sambgreen) who is a go-to content creator for athletes looking for guidance with NIL deals. Sam Green talks about her career in the NIL space from the beginning. (2:20) Sam is a former college and NBA dancer who took her passion for sports and combined it with her passion for the media. Sam was a video editor for ESPN after she left, she has been focusing on helping athletes establish their own brands. Once NIL started, Sam jumped right in. Sam goes into detail about her background and passions. Sam also discusses her day-to-day now in assisting athletes, schools, and collectives in the NIL sphere. The allegations of hazing and abuse of student athletes from Northwestern continue as three lawsuits have been filed against NWU and Pat Fitzgerald. (21:56) Three groups of student athletes have come forward bringing suit against the school and coaching staff. One group includes 15 student athletes and most of the athletes are filing anonymously. Former NWU football player, Lloyd Yates has filed in his name. The suit also names former AD of NWU, Jim Phillips, who is the current ACC Commissioner. A federal NIL bill has been drafted called the College Athletes Protection Act. (33:04) This is a bi-partisan bill that outlines a number of things. Specifically, the bill prevents schools from being involved in NIL deals, which is directly related to many states passing a law to protect their schools from being punished by the NCAA for being involved in NIL deals. Another interesting piece is that the bill does not mention employment status. However, the bill does go into establishing medical benefits to be paid to players, coincidentally is a benefit paid to employees. The number of years of medicals paid depends on the revenue generated by the individual school. A medical trust will be set up and funded annually to pay for medical bills of student athletes that would not be covered otherwise. This bill would also create a new NIL clearinghouse to enforce the bill and create policies. We break down the details of the drafted bill and where this takes us from here with a potential federal NIL bill on the horizon. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ConductDetrimental.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Let us know if you want to join the team. Hosts: Dan Wallach (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WallachLegal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) | Dan Lust (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SportsLawLust⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) Producers: Mike Lawson (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mike_sonof_Law⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/condetrimental/support

Tarun, Mike, and Holly are joined by Sam Green to give us a first-person perspective in the NIL world. Welcome to THE Sports Law Podcast! We keep you informed on everything at the intersection of sports and the law. The world of Name, Image, and Likeness keeps moving forward as Tarun (⁠⁠⁠⁠@tksharmalaw⁠⁠⁠⁠), Mike (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MikesonofLaw⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), and Holly (⁠@SlamDunkSummers⁠) are joined by Sam Green (@sambgreen) who is a go-to content creator for athletes looking for guidance with NIL deals. Sam Green talks about her career in the NIL space from the beginning. (2:20) Sam is a former college and NBA dancer who took her passion for sports and combined it with her passion for the media. Sam was a video editor for ESPN after she left, she has been focusing on helping athletes establish their own brands. Once NIL started, Sam jumped right in. Sam goes into detail about her background and passions. Sam also discusses her day-to-day now in assisting athletes, schools, and collectives in the NIL sphere. The allegations of hazing and abuse of student athletes from Northwestern continue as three lawsuits have been filed against NWU and Pat Fitzgerald. (21:56) Three groups of student athletes have come forward bringing suit against the school and coaching staff. One group includes 15 student athletes and most of the athletes are filing anonymously. Former NWU football player, Lloyd Yates has filed in his name. The suit also names former AD of NWU, Jim Phillips, who is the current ACC Commissioner. A federal NIL bill has been drafted called the College Athletes Protection Act. (33:04) This is a bi-partisan bill that outlines a number of things. Specifically, the bill prevents schools from being involved in NIL deals, which is directly related to many states passing a law to protect their schools from being punished by the NCAA for being involved in NIL deals. Another interesting piece is that the bill does not mention employment status. However, the bill does go into establishing medical benefits to be paid to players, coincidentally is a benefit paid to employees. The number of years of medicals paid depends on the revenue generated by the individual school. A medical trust will be set up and funded annually to pay for medical bills of student athletes that would not be covered otherwise. This bill would also create a new NIL clearinghouse to enforce the bill and create policies. We break down the details of the drafted bill and where this takes us from here with a potential federal NIL bill on the horizon. *** Have a topic you want to write about? ANYONE and EVERYONE can publish for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ConductDetrimental.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Let us know if you want to join the team. Hosts: Dan Wallach (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WallachLegal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) | Dan Lust (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SportsLawLust⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) Producers: Mike Lawson (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mike_sonof_Law⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/condetrimental/support

This is quickest of Quick hits   Pat Fitzgerald was fired today from his position as the Head Coach of the Northwestern Univ. The Academic power & Liberal Arts Power of the B1G. Testimony has come to life in the past serval days of two issues. 1. A culture of hazing/ Humiliations 2. Racial insensitivity Players were hazing other players for messing up in practice. Humping each other, vile language, keeping a tote board in the locker room. Minority player were made to feel that couldn't be themselves. Couldn't wear their hair the way they wanted or wear cultural items or express themselves in the ways of the culture they were raised in. The were made to feel like outsiders if they didn't conform. As I stated in the podcast two things should be made very clear. 1. we don't know the coaches. All we know is what they and school want us to see. A lot people think just because they are a head coach that they are very smart or very cool. We don't know that, I worked with a ton of them and I don't know that. I only knew what they wanted me to know.  2.Coaches and staff's greatest fear is nor NIL or Transfer Portal. It's what is my group of 17-24 yr old people are doing when I (the Coach) do not have control of the time and life.  We would joke about, the fact of the fastest way to get fire was for the athlete to do something illegal or immoral. Embarrass the school, break the law or haze others.  There is evidence that the coaches and staff of NWU should have known and acted on what they knew. You as the adult cannot turn a blind eye or cover up the issue. We are mandatory reporters. We sign something every year, that states if we see something say something, but fear also would control us. You don't want to be tagged as the problem or a snitch. Much more to come on this in the coming days.   Title Sponsor:  minnesotapersonalinjury.com @BBLAW www.linkartz.com  For you jersey, bowling shirt or embroidery needs. www.Golverepair.com    #patfitzgerald #Northwestern, #NWU, #Wildcats 

Dale Wellman completed his ninth season as the head men's basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in the 2022-23 season. He was named the HoopDirt.Com NCAA Division III Coach of the Year in 2019 and received NABC/NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year recognition in 2018 Wellman has led the Prairie Wolves to four conference championships, four national tournament appearances and the program's first National Championship during his tenure. Overall, Wellman has a career coaching record of 205-128 in 13 seasons as a head coach. Wellman came to NWU after spending six seasons as the head coach at Alfred University, a NCAA III Institution located in Alfred, N.Y. Before his stint at Alfred, Dale spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Williams College in Massachusetts. His collegiate coaching career began in 2002 when he was an assistant coach at Kenyon (Ohio) College. A year later he was appointed assistant coach at Union College in New York. He then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I Eastern Kentucky University where he helped EKU set a school record for wins and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Wellman is a 1999 graduate of The University of The South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He played four seasons for the Tigers, participating twice in the NCAA Division III National Tournament (1997, 1998) and earning SCAC All-Academic honors.If you're looking to improve your coaching please consider joining the Hoop Heads Mentorship Program. We believe that having a mentor is the best way to maximize your potential and become a transformational coach. By matching you up with one of our experienced mentors you'll develop a one on one relationship that will help your coaching, your team, your program, and your mindset. The Hoop Heads Mentorship Program delivers mentoring services to basketball coaches at all levels through our team of experienced Head Coaches. Find out more at hoopheadspod.com or shoot me an email directly mike@hoopheadspod.comFollow us on social media @hoopheadspod on Twitter and Instagram.Take down some notes as you listen to this episode with Dale Wellman, head men's basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University.Website - https://nwusports.com/sports/mens-basketballEmail - dwellman@nebrwesleyan.eduTwitter - @Wellmand21Visit our Sponsors!Dr. Dish BasketballMention the Hoop Heads Podcast when you place your order and get $300 off a brand new state of the art Dr. Dish Shooting Machine! Fast Model SportsFastModel Sports has the most compelling and intuitive basketball software out there! In addition to a great product, they also provide basketball coaching content and resources through their blog and playbank, which features over 8,000 free plays and drills from their online coaching community. For access to these plays and more information, visit fastmodelsports.com or follow them on Twitter @FastModel. Use Promo code HHP15 to save 15%The Coaching PortfolioYour first impression is everything when applying for a new coaching job. A professional coaching portfolio is the tool...

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Our guest this week is Matt Bando, owner of Prodigy Printing and Promotions in Downers Grove, IL.Matt and his wife, Saba, have been married for 27 years and are the proud parents of Zain (23) who is a spastic quadriplegic with Cerebral Palsy. Zain is a graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and is masters degree student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and has participated in the Diveheart.org adaptive scuba diving program.Matt is also part of the SFN Mastermind Group that meets weekly on Tuesday nights.We'll hear Matt's story and more on this Special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast.WGN TV Video (2.24.18) - https://www.zainbando.org/testimonials/Email – mattbando@comcast.netLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-bando-9922499/Diveheart - https://www.diveheart.org Phone – (630) 362-1151Special Fathers Network - SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations. Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/ab...Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...

2022 was ʼn jaar waaroor Ekonomie proffies nog baie gaan praat. Daar was geo-politieke onsekerheid, omgewingsrampe en beurtkrag. Inflasie en rentekoerse het die hoogte in geskiet en op ʼn manier het die ekonomie tog bietjie gegroei en werk geskep. Bedankings Dankie vir die finansiële ondersteuning van die NWU sakeskool en Jan van Romburg wat in die projek geglo het. Dankie ook vir intekening-ondersteuning van die Buro vir Ekonomiese Ondersoek en spesifiek vir Helanya Fourie. Die Minuut word ook uitgesaai en ek is bly dit word so gebruik. Dankie aan Hannes Snyman by Radio Orania, Johann Pretorius by Agri Newsnet en Nadine Watkins by Bizscoops. Dit lei ook tot ander onderhoude. Dankie aan Olebogeng Motse by OFM, James Kemp by Pretoria FM, al die studente journo's by Voice of Wits, en Suzanne Paxton by RSG. Die Minuut was ook ʼn wipplank na ander gehore en dit is lekker om gereeld met hulle te gesels. Dankie aan Leonard Haasbroek en Hemari Bonthuis by die PPS Academy en Ernest Aylward by Ramkat Radio. Deur die Minuut het ek kans gekry om opiniestukke te skryf vir Maroela Media. Dankie Monica Mynhardt. En dan is ek dankbaar vir almal wat die Minuut like en share. Dit is ʼn familie-en-vriende poging, maar daar is ook getroue ondersteuners soos Philip Snyman op LinkedIn en Johnny van der Merwe op Facebook.

Dr Johnny van der Merwe – Lecturer and Agricultural economist, NWU

Guest: Dr Noorullah Shaikhnag There been talk on how discipline has developed. Most importantly looking into ways one can maintain discipline in the classroom and how good teachers do it. Joining me is Deputy Director of Learner Support at NWU to chat more about that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The third quarter of 2022 draws to a close with monetary and military hawks prevailing, and financial markets nursing some of the worst setbacks in decades. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host a Kremlin ceremony later today annexing about 15% of Ukraine, after what Ukraine and Western countries said were sham votes staged at gunpoint in Russian-occupied areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Washington and the European Union are set to impose additional sanctions on Russia over the annexation plan. In markets, the U.S. dollar is finishing the quarter with its reign unchallenged, even as a hot German inflation print has investors betting the European Central Bank will get more aggressive, Britain intervenes to shore up gilts and the pound and China girds for a heavier yuan defence. The rand slipping past R18 to the dollar not even among the worst. Later in the day, we will be told how much Japan spent last week defending the yen , and gauge how many rounds of ammunition it has left, given only $135.5 billion of its $1.3 trillion in reserves are held in the form of deposits. That comes on the heels of hot weekly U.S. unemployment claims data which confirmed the Fed will stay on its aggressive monetary policy tightening path. To put the week into perspective Michael Avery is joined by Warwick Lucas, Head ofGalileo Securities; Isaah Mhlanga, Chief Economist at Alexforbes & Raymond Parsons, Professor: School of Business and Governance at NWU

Mbalenhle Ntuli joined the team this morning to discuss her team's (Tuks) recent performances in the Varsity Netball tournament. She also shared what they need to work on before their next game against NWU.

A feverish week of central bank activity around the globe has left markets at extremes. The Fed hiked by 75%, leading our own Reserve bank to follow in lockstep, despite a markedly different inflation picture and growth and employment concerns. Currency prices were rattled too after Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market to buy Yen for the first time since 1998. The Yen surged against the dollar after the intervention. Some analysts were sceptical, the battered currency would stay strong given the loose monetary policy by the Bank of Japan contrasted with hawkish moves this week by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Investors might be excused for wanting to take a breath on Friday, but further digestion of the week's central bank action along with inflation data in Asia and economic readings in Europe could beget more volatility. And we've got an energy Minister who reckons a 15 year old energy crisis is being caused by something that's happened in Europe in the last 8 months. To put the week into perspective Michael Avery is joined by Warwick Lucas, Head of Galileo Securities; Isaah Mhlanga, Chief Economist at Alexforbes and Raymond Parsons, Professor in the School of Business and Governance at NWU

Ons vra aan prof. André Duvenhage aan NWU of daar 'n opvolger vir pres. Cyril Ramaphosa is.

With both supply and costs of electricity having changed dramatically for SA in the past few years, many are wondering it's time to dust off the blueprints of Eskom's groundbreaking Pebble Bed Modular Reactor nuclear power programme. Cancelled in 2010 due to affordability, the PBMR project had sucked in a staggering R30bn in State investment, employed hundreds of scientists and even created a working prototype at NW University. Theuns Eloff, who was NWU's vice chancellor at the time; and Andrew Donaldson, then DDG at National Treasury, discuss why the project was canned - and whether the new energy equation justifies revisiting the PBMR idea. They spoke to Alec Hogg of BizNews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode got a bit messy as I linked up with the homies from the DCL Podcast and my brother Elijah! Our conversation touched on Awkward encounters with ex's , Spinning the block on past relationships, Bheki Cele , GBV in Women's Month and the role of men in stopping the trend. Tevin reads out a few wild confessions from Confessions SA and Adriel reflects on how Bakithi almost broke his finger with some Karate Kid-esque moves.  The boys discuss infidelity in relationships and Bakithi argues that most men would forgive their partner for cheating IF nobody else knew about it. Elijah continues to prove that he's a menace as he describes how he hugs all of his female friends in front of their significant others. We celebrate Elijah's recent graduation from NWU and he shares a story about how people from Potchestroom fight for fun on Student Nights.  The conversation moves to Men's Mental Health and the boys share how they're feeling and trade tips on how to deal with life obstacles without losing your head. The boys wrap up the pod on a lighter note when Elijah and Tevin argue that women don't have game.  Kick back and Enjoy. Bless  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-trim--chop-podcast/message

“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, I went D1,' but I like to say I went D3 because that's what was best for me.” We speed things up today by sitting down with Bella Hogue to hear about her 100/200 National Titles. Bella transferred from D1 Nebraska to Nebraska Wesleyan after her Freshman year citing it not being the right fit for her. She was drawn in by the perks and being able to say she went D1. However, growing up in a small town and graduating from a small high school, she realized being at a big state school wasn't right for her. She had spoken with the NWU coaches throughout the recruiting process and felt more comfortable there. She felt it was important to make sure you fit at your college and wanted to make a contribution to her team. And has she made a contribution! In her first year at NWU, she secured 3 National Titles and 1 4x4 All-American performance. On paper, you see a D1 Transfer winning at the D3 level and you'd think that makes sense. Bella wanted to focus on the 400 in college and dropped her 100/200 times from 12.72/25.98 to 11.57w/23.56. The future is bright for Bella and we're excited to witness it. Kava Haus Kava Haus is a family owned coffee shop in Wilmington, Ohio. In fact, there's a special connection to D3 as it's Simon Heys' family store. They're offering 10% off to D3 Glory Days Listeners when you use Kava22 at Checkout. Head to www.thekavahaus.com to get your morning started right. Summer of Hayward Don't miss out on all the action leading up to the World Championships. Hayward Field will host so many great events that you don't want to miss. Get your Summer of Hayward Tickets now! D3 Glory Days Patreon We launched a Patreon! As we said, we will never go behind a paywall - so any support is greatly appreciated. This past season was a great undertaking in our labor of love. We enjoy bringing you this content and we realized we could do so much more with a little bit of backing. We want to ensure D3 gets the coverage it deserves and keeping this website paywall free! If you have enjoyed this podcast and the articles we have put, please consider becoming a Patreon of D3 Glory Days. In full disclosure, the money will go directly into the show: equipment, subscriptions we need, and most importantly, money to our writers. If you are able, we would appreciate your support. How to Support D3 Glory Days As always, we really appreciate your support of this podcast. If you'd like to help spread the word, share the podcast with a friend, or leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or leave a rating on Spotify! We launched a live D3 Track Show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss it. If you would like to help support the podcast or say thanks to our writers, please consider making a donation on the D3 Glory Days Venmo. This helps offset some costs, hosting services, and help out our new writers. If you want to rep D3 Glory Days on your next run, head to our Merch Store. And finally, follow us on social media! We're on Instagram, Twitter and Strava.

“A distillation of my 30 years mentoring and editing authors of all kinds, this little book will show you how to tell your story in tight, addictive prose.” Veteran nurse Timothy Sheard is a writer, publisher, mentor to writers and union organizer with the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1-9-8-1.  Timothy has written 9 mystery novels featuring hospital custodian-shop steward Lenny Moss, 2 stand alone crime novels, and he is the founder of Hard Ball Press to help working class people write and publish their stories, publishing over 200 authors.  We discuss his new book, How to Write Forceful Prose. Excerpts When you are thinking about how you are going to craft a scene, hold your hands up and make a square with your thumb and fingers, as if you are framing a shot for a film you are directing. What do you see in the scene? More importantly, what do you hear? Taste? Smell? Feel? Sense? The writer is directing a film that we, the reader run in our minds: give the reader lots of things to see and hear and sense, they anchor the scene… I wrote a short crime story set in a New York City subway. As the main character stands on the cement platform, he feels a vibration in his feet as the approaching train shakes the surface, then he sees the lights and hears the wheels on the tracks. Check out the catalogue at HARD BALL & LITTLE HEROES PRESS - Stories To Change the World (https://hardballpress.com/index.html) and support writers creating working class stories. Resources for Writers National Writers Union (www.NWU.org) represents all freelance writers in all genres and all platforms (including those who write computer code, advertising copy ─ all writing. They advocate for and defend the rights of writers to negotiate and enforce a fair contract, provide free contract advice to members and demand payments from recalcitrant publishers, at times taking them to court. The Authors Guild (www.AUTHORSGUILD.org) provides a rich trove of workshops, forums and panels related to all aspects of writing, from the creative elements to marketing and promotion. The Authors Guild supports free speech, fair contracts, and copyright. They create community and fight for a living wage. The Independent Book Publishers Association (www.IBPA.org) provides a treasure of resources for small, independent publishers and self-published authors. Book design, marketing advice, discounts for various publishing and distributing resources ─ joining the IBPA is one of the best investments a writer can make, whether you self-publish or sign with a traditional publisher. About Empathy Media Lab The Harmony of Interest Book Talk series interviews authors about their work while exploring ideas that positively shape our world.  Empathy Media Lab is produced by Evan Matthew Papp and we are a proud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. Support media, authors, artists, historians, and journalists, who are fighting to improve the prosperity of the working class.  All Links: https://wlo.link/@empathymedialab 

Theo Venter is a political and policy analyst. He has a Master's degree in Political Science from the NWU and a Master's degree focused in Comparative Politics from the State University of New York at Albany as a Fulbright Scholar. ---- Guest Links ----- https://www.linkedin.com/in/theo-venter-9888a4/?originalSubdomain=za https://twitter.com/theo_venter?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://web.facebook.com/theo.venter?_rdc=1&_rdr http://news-nwu-ac-za.web.nwu.ac.za/experts/theo-venter WorldView is a media company that delivers in-depth conversations, debates, round-table discussions, and general entertainment. Most of our content will be focused on news and politics, centered on South Africa. But the rest will be chats with figures around the world and from all walks of life to create a package that will inevitably broaden your WorldView. ---- Links ----- https://twitter.com/Broadworldview https://web.facebook.com/BroadWorldView You can donate at https://www.patreon.com/user?u=46136545&fan_landing=true Music: https://www.bensound.com​​​

Die sonneblomkind waarvan ek hier geskryf het, het ek ontmoet met my eerste uitreik in my studentejare op die NWU in Potchefstroom. Sy het my oë oopgemaak vir wat armoede is in my volk en sy was in baie opsigte die rede waarom ek op geëindig het by Solidariteit Helpende Hand. Ek leef my roeping as gevolg van haar. Ek sal haar altyd dankbaar wees. Soms wens ek net daar is meer wat ek vir haar kon doen.

Die sonneblomkind waarvan ek hier geskryf het, het ek ontmoet met my eerste uitreik in my studentejare op die NWU in Potchefstroom. Sy het my oë oopgemaak vir wat armoede is in my volk en sy was in baie opsigte die rede waarom ek op geëindig het by Solidariteit Helpende Hand. Ek leef my roeping as gevolg van haar. Ek sal haar altyd dankbaar wees. Soms wens ek net daar is meer wat ek vir haar kon doen. Facebook · Toetentaal op Maroela Media

In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Action SA's confident leader Herman Mashaba explains how his previous stint as Joburg's Mayor prepared him to identify and eject the Metro's ANC saboteurs; The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Global Editor James Ball unpacks episode 6 of Smoke Screen where the action turns deadly; NWU's Professor Ronnie Lotriet and NW Chamber of Commerce CEO André Coertzen expose how Chinese Mafia-imported and funded illegal immigrants have cartelised business in the province's small towns; and Renergen CEO - Stefano Marani on the creation of a spot market for helium.

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Policy uncertainty increased in the third quarter as civil unrest, tighter lockdown restrictions and conflicting policy messages took their toll on business confidence and the investment climate in SA. That's according to the latest policy uncertainty index released by the North West University (NWU) Business School. Alishia Seckam spoke to NWU's Prof Raymond Parsons for more detail

Dis belangriker as ooit dat besighede hul denkwyses wysig om aan te pas by die nuwe normaal. Dit beteken dat die wonderlike wêreld van tegnologie optimaal benut moet word. Met ‘n kwarteeu se ervaring juis in die lewering van tegnologie oor ‘n verskeidenheid van industrieë, het De Wet Bisschoff homself onderskei as ‘n sakeleier van formaat in Afrika. Met ‘n MBA verwerf aan die NWU se Besigheidskool, is De Wet die direkteur van Accenture se Afrika-operasies, en hy gesels onder andere oor die ongelooflike besigheidsgeleenthede wat voorheen onontginde lande soos Rwanda en Zambië bied. Webwerf

Dis belangriker as ooit dat besighede hul denkwyses wysig om aan te pas by die nuwe normaal. Dit beteken dat die wonderlike wêreld van tegnologie optimaal benut moet word. Met ‘n kwarteeu se ervaring juis in die lewering van tegnologie oor ‘n verskeidenheid van industrieë, het De Wet Bisschoff homself onderskei as ‘n sakeleier van formaat in Afrika. Met ‘n MBA verwerf aan die NWU se Besigheidskool, is De Wet die direkteur van Accenture se Afrika-operasies, en hy gesels onder andere oor die ongelooflike besigheidsgeleenthede wat voorheen onontginde lande soos Rwanda en Zambië bied.

We continue with the Nebraska Wesleyan 4×4 7PEAT with the backbone of the relay group. Referred throughout the series as the twins, Elizabeth and Kaylee Jones had the unique experience of bridging the gap between both groups to help bring NWU 7 straight 4×4 titles. A career that almost didn’t happen, Elizabeth and Kaylee were […]

“That's one thing that made our women really special was that they never made the moment bigger than what it was” The Nebraska Wesleyan's 4×4 went on an historic streak of 7 straight 4×4 wins. Spanning from Outdoors in 2016 to Outdoors in 2019, NWU was on the top spot of the podium. Building a […]

Professor Peet van der Merwe – lektor by die NWU se Skool vir Toerismebestuur

Dawie Roodt - hoof-ekonoom by die Efficient Group & Pieter van der Zwan – medeprofessor aan die NWU en lid van die SAICA Nasionale Belastingkomitee

Professor Jan van Romburgh – direkteur, NWU se Sakeskool

Our Great Coach on this episode is Dorette Badenhorst. Dorette is the head coach of the South African Netball team, the SPAR Proteas. She started her coaching journey at 13 coaching grassroots tennis with her father. Whilst working as a Teacher at Auckland Park Primary School, she started coaching the schools Netball teams. At University, Dorette was selected to play for the South African Under-21 team. In 2012, she was appointed Head Coach of North West University (NWU) winning the Varsity Netball title back to back in 2015 and 2016. In 2017 NWU won the University Sport South Africa (USSA) tournament. Dorette has coached both the South African Under-19 and under-21 team. She was part of the coaching technical team as an assistant coach where South Africa placed 4th at the 2019 Netball World Cup Dorette was appointed as Head Coach of the SA National Netball team in October 2019 If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at thegreatcoachespodcast@gmail.com You can also follow us here Twitter @CoachesGreat Instagram @the_great_coaches_podcast YouTube The Great Coaches Podcast channel page LinkedIn The Great Coaches Podcast showpage

Raised in the Western Cape of South Africa Hans was a complete nature and adrenaline junky. If he wasn’t in school, he was out in the oceanic nature of the Western Cape, jumping and climbing rocks enjoying the freedom away from boarding school. He also loved doing parkour and riding quad, but at the age of 17 weight training became his new obsession. Hans began college at 19 while starting to train more seriously, deciding that it was something he wanted to do lifelong. Hans studied anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, biochemistry and nutrition until completing his degree at 22 at the University of Potchefstroom, NWU. But that was only the beginning of his years of studying as he began to develop a much deeper interest in real science and the mechanics of how the body works. Hans and his wife later became involved in Hans’ grandmother and late grandfather’s cosmetic family business. There they gained good company experience and Hans became the company’s lead researcher. Hans also started his first male blog to give training and nutritional advice to men. But Hans and his wife soon realized that the family business and cosmetics wasn’t their cup of tea and it wasn’t the type of life they wanted. In the beginning of 2016, Hans and Anya took a big leap of faith and decided to leave the family business and start their own personal business focused on training, nutrition and lifestyle. They continue to grow (individually and business-wise) as they expand their knowledge and experience through research and the knowledge of highly experienced (non-mainstream) experts. Today, both Hans and Anya are helping clients around the world to optimize their health through better, healthier and smarter living. As founder and CEO of MenElite, Hans now creates step-by-step solutions – from articles and eBooks to coaching and consulting, to education and media. Whether you want to become the complete mental athlete with a flawless brain and nervous system; attain an ideal human body that fires on all cylinders from performance to beauty to hormones and beyond; or achieve true and lasting health, happiness, and longevity; Hans combines intense time-in-the-trenches with ancestral wisdom and modern science to make your dreams a reality. Hans' entertaining and information packed website; www.men-elite.com Please visit www.primitiveinitiative.com for show notes, timestamps and resources.

Prof Raymond Parsons of the NWU school of business and governance speaks to Refilwe Moloto about how the UK is possibly heading for a no deal Brexit and what this will mean as we approach the Sunday deadline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: Dale Wellman, Nebraska Wesleyan University Head CoachIn this week’s basketball coaching conversation, Nebraska Wesleyan University head coach Dale Wellman joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss playing fast and free in the Princeton offense. Coach Wellman’s system took the program to 22 wins in 2015-16 (their most in 18 years), and then, amazingly to a Division III title in year four in 2018.Dale Wellman, the 2018 NABC/NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year, enters his fifth season as head men’s basketball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2018-19. He led the Prairie Wolves to the program’s first-ever national championship in 2018 as NWU finished the season with a school-record 30 victories and only three losses.Wellman received National Coach of the Year honors from three different organizations for the 2017-18 season. He was also the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year for a second straight season and received West Region Coach of the Year honors. In each of his four seasons, Wellman has received coach-of-the-year recognition.Breakdown1:00 - Fast Freedom in Princeton Offense3:00 - Playing Fast6:30 - Loyola Marymount Influence9:00 - Makes and Misses12:30 - Post ups15:00 - Defining Shot Selections18:30 - Reads and Decision Making21:30 - Sympathy and Empathy26:00 - Running Full Speed28:00 - Play Defense in Practice30:00 - Enjoying the Experience of Playing33:00 - Multiple Ball Reversals37:00 - Tweaking to Personnel39:00 - Keeping Score in Practice45:00 - Teaching Points Between Passer and Cutter47:00 - Transition Phases of Princeton Offense52:00 - Botox54:00 - Zone and Toughest Defensive Strategy57:00 - Complexity of Princeton Offense1:00:00 - ConclusionDale Wellman’s Bio:Bio: https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/campus-directory/dale-wellmanTwitter: https://twitter.com/wellmand21Basketball ImmersionWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=enYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersionFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersionBetOnline Website:Website: www.betonline.agBest in the West Video SeriesBest in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.com/

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On this show, we speak to Adrian Campos about his experience studying Clinical Psychology at North-West University. We also look at the challenges faced by students that are foreign nationals, as well as more details on the programme offered at NWU. Adrian also has his very own podcast that you can check out - The Naked Show. If you enjoyed this Podcast and would like to hear more, subscribe to our channel on any of the Podcast streaming apps as well on our social media pages; Instagram LinkedIn Facebook

In hierdie week se episode kyk die span na Mike Pompeo se sterk uitlatings teen onteiening sonder vergoeding, Adriaan Basson wat weer ou wonde oopkrap en die nuutste nuus oor voormalige staatspresident Jacob Zuma.Vir meer Podlitiek inhoud teken in op hierdie kanaal sodat jy nie 'n episode misloop nie!Podlitiek op iTunes ► https://tinyurl.com/podlitiekapplePodlitiek op Spotify ►https://tinyurl.com/y6mfuc5fPodlitiek op Castbox ► https://castbox.fm/channel/id1987877Podlitiek op YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/PodlitiekPodlitiek op Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/podlitiek/ Podlitiek se webtuiste ► https://www.podmedia.org.za/podlitiek

“He is the NWU face of NSFAS. Hundreds of needy students come to his office each year, and he patiently listens to all of them and tries his best to help them with the limited funds that are available. His passion for his work is evident, and strikes me every time he speaks about it. He is much loved among the students and definitely goes the extra mile for them.”

Die onlangse uitspraak van die Konstitusionele Hof oor die taalbeleid van die Universiteit Stellenbosch was 'n groot terugslag vir Afrikaans en ander inheemse tale, maar prof. Wannie Carstens van die NWU sê Afrikaanssprekendes hoef nie moedeloos te raak nie. Hy vertel watter praktiese dinge gedoen kan word om Afrikaans te bevorder.

News from the Government Information Service of Saint Lucia. In today's headlines- Saint Lucia joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Children’s Day And The Prime Minister stands with the NWU to make life better for all citizens 

Prof Schutte van NWU se HEART (Hypertension in Africa Research Team) gesels oor Hipertensie en ook oor die navorsing wat hulle tans oor Hipertensie doen.

Afrikaans dra swaar aan sy verlede, en ly onder politieke druk. Prof. Wannie Carstens van die NWU vertel wat gedoen kan word om Afrikaans se toekoms te verbeter.

Power ranking best NFL defensesTeam talk-WVU baseball recruiting class ranked 21-Terry Wilson to wear 22-UK lands top 10 recruitMust be nice-Reds have actually put together 2 nice series-Braves holding parThis league -Tim Duncan signs up as an assistant coach -Zion shoe deal-Shark week is backAround the bags-Will Smith first 6 RBI game from a rookie catcher-Trevor Bauer loses his shit-Stevie Wilkerson records a save -Javy Baez high baseball IQ-7 year old outfielder, fix baseball they should do this between inningsWhat off season -Tyreek hill gets away with child abuse so does Tom Brady-Mark Sanchez retires-Taylor Lewan suspension -Jalen Ramsey showed up in a brinks truck -Antonio brown arrived in a hot air balloon-Zeke doesn’t arrive at all-Giants are dead As is tradition -AJ green goes down with a foot injury LSU crazy nice locker roomJust chill out dude Pat Fitzgerald hates millennial's, not made that NWU sucks Viral story Football is back Facebook post

In hierdie debat praat 'n span van die Universiteit van Pretoria en die Noordwes Universiteit teen twee spanne van die Universiteit van Pretoria oor die mosie "Belangrike regeringsbesluite behoort deur referendum geneem te word."Hierdie opname is geneem tydens AGENDA se #DebatInPotch kompetisie finaal, gehou in September 2018.

In the final round of Varsity Football 2018, NWU needed to win and hope other results went their way to secure a spot in the semis. UKZN & UL battled it out for, what would be, their first and only wins of the season. Ahmed and Mike caught up with Wits goalkeeper Matthew Carelse, who is in his first year of Varsity Football and Clinton Mphahlele who has recently joined the team after playing at Tuks for the last 2 seasons.  

In this episode of Pitchside Podcast, Ahmed and Michael take a look at round 6 of Varsity Football 2018. Big results for Wits who now sit in second with one group game to go. They have confirmed their semi final berth. Michael and Ahmed speak to first year student from NWU - Banele Hlophe - about the transition from high school to varsity and balancing football in the process. The feature match in the next episode is the race for the top 4 with Tuks, TUT & NWU all in with a shout.

Round 4 of Varsity Football  saw a Gauteng Derby - Wits hosting Tuks in the feature game with a drawn result. NWU went down to TUT while UJ managed to edge UKZN as they lead the table on Goal Difference. UWC got their first win of the campaign when they thrashed UL 7-0. Ahmed Kajee & Michael pedro caught up with Tuks winger, Richard Moremi about being in the Varsity Football session since inception in 2013.  

Round 2 of Varsity Football took place on Thursday evening. The surprise result of the evening saw, 2017 finalists, held by UL to a 1-1 draw. NWU and Wits continued built on their round one results with victories. Meanwhile, UJ and Tuks failed to find a winner in their 1-all draw in Soweto. Ahmed Kajee and Michael Pedro spoke to Phiwukuhle Mpalala from UWC, who is in his fifth year of Varsity Football.

The tourism sector is an important industry in the South African economy. In our Buffalo Index, your R100 can get you something uniquely South African. Prof Melville Saayman from NWU's Tourism Research in Economic Environs and Society unit talks about the trends that influence local and international visitors. If you're thinking of getting into the sector professionally, Zania Collins from the Gauteng Guides Association speaks about being a tour guide. wits.journalism.co.za

Adj.pres. Cyril Ramaphosa se teenwoordigheid by die Wêreld Ekonomiese Forum-beraad in Davos het die internasionale gemeenskap en media behoorlik van hom laat kennis neem. Hoe vergelyk dit met die beeld van Amerika se pres. Donald Trump, wat ook by die beraad was, het Heindrich Wyngaard aan die politieke en beleidsanalis Theo Venter van die NWU se Besigheidskool gevra.

'n Navorsings professor by die Education and Human rights diversity navorsingseenheid by die NWU se Potchefstroom kampus, Elda de Waal sê die Gautengse departement van onderwys kon die situasie by Hoërskool Overvaal verhoed het. De Waal sê dit wil amper voorkom of die departement met opset die onmin stook.

Die jaar is daar 'n unieke produksie en 'n eerste vir Suid-Afrika wat op die planke gebring word by Aardklop. Dit is genaamd Deurnis. Suzanne Paxton het met Johan Smith Stigterslid van Deurnis gepraat. En Aardklop vind plaas in Potchefstroom, wat die afgelope ruk gereeld in die nuus was weens die politieke verwikkelinge in die gebied. Die woordvoerder vir die burgermeester van die JB Marks munisipaliteit, Victor Boqo en die kampus rektor van die NWU se Potchefstroom kampus Professor Fika Jansen van Rensburg het meer hieroor gesels.

Part 3 from Buenos Aries. When the conference was split into woking groups by continental regions we realized that the North American and Caribbean groups were small, So we made a new continent, Caribinadia! Here is the conversations we had with Torian Morrissey form the BWU in Bermuda with Serena Brown from the BWU in Barbados, then we talked with Phelina Wilson from the NWU in St. Lucia

This week I interview Solidarity Chairman Flip Buys. We discuss Afrikaner autonomy, the pursuit of benevolent neglect, the need for community engagement and the benefits of the free market. Oh and also my quote of the year “you can’t out promise a socialist”.Flip obtained a degree in Communication Studies, from the Potchefstroom University in 1988. In 1992 he obtained an honours degree in Labour Relations from the Rand Afrikaans University. He also attended courses in political economics at the University of the Witwatersrand and project management at the NWU.Flip Buys previously served as council member and member of the executive committee of the North-West University for seven years. During this period he gained significant experience of the university setup and the activities of the university council.Flip is executive chairperson of the Solidarity Movement, which consists of a “family” of 18 organisations and represents approximately 270 000 families. The Solidarity Movement considers itself a modern Helpmekaar movement that consists of Afrikaans community organisations. It is a federation of Afrikaans employee, social, language, culture, civil rights, media, and training institutions who believe that a community should take responsibility for itself instead of depending solely on the government or passively awaiting the future.

Intro: Welcome to the latest episode of On the Air with Palantir, a long-form podcast by Palantir.net where we go in-depth on topics related to the business of web design and development. It’s July 2016 and this is episode #6. In this episode, Account Manager Allison Manley is joined by Palantir CEOs George DeMet and Tiffany Farriss. TRANSCRIPT: Allison Manley [AM]: Welcome to On the Air with Palantir, a podcast by Palantir.net where we go in-depth on topics related to the business of web design and development. It’s July 2016 and this is episode #6. This is a special edition really, since this year marks the 20th anniversary of Palantir. It’s hard to fathom considering the internet was still very new in 1996, so there are very few web shops that have been around this long. Palantir started as a development agency, then over time added services such as design and strategy, to become the full, well-rounded, end to end company that it is today. So we are celebrating our 20th anniversary later this month. I sat down with owners George DeMet and Tiffany Farriss to talk about how Palantir started, how it developed into the company it is today, and where we’re headed. AM: Hello, Tiffany and George! How are you doing today? George DeMet [GD]: We’re doing well. Tiffany Farriss [TF]: Hi, Allison! AM: Thanks for talking with me, I appreciate it. So we’re going to talk about the 20 years of Palantir. It’s hard to believe, right? GD: It’s…yeah [laughs]. I’ve never really known anything else, it’s kind of funny. AM: You’ve never had another job? GD: That’s not true. I worked for my parents when I was in high school. They ran a disposal and recycling company. So I did have experience growing up driving a garbage truck and managing a recycling center. TF: This wasn’t what I was going to do, but it is pretty much the only thing I’ve done. Other than having a NASA research grant as an undergrad, this is it. AM: What were you going to do? I’m curious. TF: I was going to go to grad school in astrophysics. That was my thing. I really wanted to do astrophysics, and I really liked cosmology in particular. I wanted to study the origins of the universe. AM: Which we’re kind of doing [laughs]. So let’s have a quick overview of Palantir’s history. How did Palantir begin? GD: So I actually started Palantir back in the summer of ’96, which was between my sophomore and junior year of college. I had discovered the Web back in the fall of ’94 when I was a freshman, and had really been kind of fascinated by it. It was very new – Netscape was still in beta at that point, and I was just really captivated by this idea of having pretty much anyone in the world being able to publish content that pretty much anyone else anywhere in the world would be able to read and access and view. I thought that was kind of revolutionary and I could see that this was the start of something kind of interesting, and I wanted to be a part of it. And so I started making some web pages, just sort of as a hobby. I made a fan page for ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ that is still around today, after 22 years. And then I discovered that folks would pay me money to build websites and web pages. So after doing this freelance for a while, I decided it was a good idea to start a company around it. TF: Because that’s what your family does [laughs]. GD: So that’s probably a little bit of helpful background. Both sides of my family are a couple of generations of people who started and ran family businesses. I mentioned that my parents have a disposal company. My mom’s father had a couple of grocery stores in Leavenworth, Kansas. My dad’s family ran the DeMet candy company, the folks that brought you the chocolate Turtle. So that was really kind of all I knew, right? Working for someone else was really not part of my DNA. So I knew I was going to do something, and when the web came along, it seemed like this was definitely something I wanted to do. TF: For me, I started on the web around the same time, in 1994. It was kind of an outgrowth of my love of Latin [laughs]. That’s the other thing about me is my love of the classics, particularly Latin, and I was involved in the Junior Classical League in Ohio. I first became the membership director and then the president of the Ohio chapter, and for them I learned how to do HTML. And the web was so new and so exciting, and I had a friend who was at MIT who could give me server space. And this was just so cool that we could be out there and be doing that. So when I met George, when I started at Northwestern, I joined up with him when we were creating a website for our dorm, for Willard Residential College. And we really wanted – our residential college was eclectic, which is probably the best way to talk about it [laughs]. GD: I think the proper way to talk about it was pan-thematic. Most of the other residential colleges had a theme, like arts or sciences or engineering. We were all the things. TF: We were all the things, we were all the interesting people interested in lots of things. And so we really wanted to do an amazing job creating that website, and that’s really how George and I started working together, in that capacity, and ultimately that’s how Palantir got its second client, or first paying client, depending on how you looked at it [laughs]. GD: That’s right. So one of the things I didn’t know how to do but Tiffany did quite well at the time was to actually go out and find clients. And that’s the skill that Tiffany brought to the table, in addition to her technical skills and managerial skills – really bringing some kind of structure to the enterprise, as it were. TF: And it all happened in the way we still sell today, in that we’re looking for that good fit. You say, OK, this is what we can do and these are our ideas and this is what we bring to the table. And that’s essentially how we got – when I was a freshman and George was a junior – how two students got the job to do Northwestern’s main university site. It was also the 90s which was a bit of a Wild West [laughs]. But that’s how it happened. We were at the awards ceremony for the residential college competition, which we won, of course [laughs], and I was talking to one of the judges who happened to be responsible for the web at Northwestern at the time. And she was talking to me about our thought process, and how we approached it, and I was talking about things that are so obvious to everyone now. The three-click rule. Thinking about how users would journey through the path and how you would organize information. And how you apply human-computer interaction theory to the web. But this being early ’97, you know, she said to me, I’m taking classes to learn what you guys already know, can I hire you for $2 an hour as a work-study? And I said, well, I already have a NASA research grant, so, no, but you can contract Palantir. My partner will be in Wisconsin but I can come in for meetings with you. And that’s how we got that contract, so that’s how it all worked out. And that first project was to redo the information technology site, and then in ’97 through ’98 we ended up doing the main Northwestern site. GD: For the folks at Northwestern, I’ve heard people complain since about the fact that it’s northwestern.edu. We share a little bit of the blame for that [laughs]. But seriously, nobody calls it NWU. It’s Northwestern. Or maybe NU, but I think that might have been taken. AM: Well, a pretty auspicious beginning, I would say. Now that you live in Evanston and the office is in Evanston. GD: Yeah. We never moved [laughs]. TF: Well, this is the thing. I met George my third day at Northwestern, and we’ve been a couple ever since, but we’ve lived within a six-block radius since 1998 [laughs]. Our first off-campus apartment was literally a block over, two blocks away. This has just been where we’ve found a home. Neither of us is from here. I’m from Akron, Ohio, and George is from Wisconsin. We met in the middle and literally stayed. GD: To be fair, I have some family connections to Chicago. My dad and his family are from Chicago, and so it’s always felt like a second home to me even though I grew up in northern Wisconsin. There’s also a lot more to do here, and it’s a place where even though we are a distributed company and have customers all over the world, it’s a really great place to be. TF: What I like about it is that irrespective of a physical office, I do consider us to be a firm that’s rooted in Midwest values. And I love that Chicago means business, but it’s business with this ethic. You work hard and you play hard, and you treat people fairly, right? That’s the way that we do things here, and it’s really important to me. And even once we don’t have a physical office or we don’t have headquarters or whatever it is, it’s about the sense of philosophy of place, of being Midwestern. Of being very authentic, being very genuine, and bringing our best selves to what we do. AM: What would you say, if you can project back 20 years, or 19 or 18 years, the focus was for Palantir the first couple of years? Was the focus just trying to stay afloat, was there a specific direction you were trying to take at the time? GD: So if you go back in time to the mid-90s and remember what the Web looked like at that point, it was the era of Geocities websites, and everyone was into, like, banners that scrolled across your pages and little animated GIF clip art and animated background patterns, and just really horribly ugly garish sites that people were creating because they could. And one of the things that I really wanted to do at Palantir was to bring more of a design aesthetic to the Web. I really felt that it shouldn’t be too difficult to create websites that were not just functional but were actually easy to use, and didn’t make you want to claw your eyes out when you looked at them. So I thought there was a real opportunity there. Not just to be able to do business, but also to help make the Web a better place. And that was very much what we wanted to do, certainly for the first couple of years, and even beyond as we started partnering with other folks. I think making the Web look better and work better for people was really key in those first couple of years. TF: And for me, I think – I agree with everything that George said, but I also felt very strongly about how the information was organized and presented. At the time it was a lot of brochure-ware. People were essentially trying to put these very linear experiences up on the Web. Now we call it ‘content strategy’ but at the time it was ‘information architecture’, and I really loved to think about the way to organize information in a way that made sense to someone who had no familiarity. It wasn’t about creating this highly linear journey for them, it was about – I saw the promise as being able to present information, to allow people to get what they wanted, but still to also come away with the message you wanted them to have. I thought that was such an interesting challenge, to be able to allow people to take control of how they gathered information, to really put the control back in their hands, but still to have it be that kind of alignment where you as the content provider were getting your message through, right? And that’s still a lot of what underpins our work today, is really this kind of ‘choose your own adventure’. And that’s where the name really comes from and why it comes into play. GD: So the name is something I came up with. It represents this idea of interconnectedness. The Palantiri are these communicators that in a fantasy realm are interconnected with each other, so you can look in one and communicate with anyone else who has a Palantir. The dominant metaphor at the time when Palantir started was the information superhighway, and I felt that metaphor was really flawed because it implied this kind of linearity, right? But the Web isn’t like that. The Web is this very decentralized interconnected place, and it really feels more and it actually is this network of interconnected communication, of nodes, really. TF: And it’s interconnected not just in terms of people, which it certainly is and always has been since its beginning, but it’s also in terms of content. What I love and what I find so fascinating and interesting is the notion that you don’t have to encapsulate all of the knowledge – you can just link to it, right? So you can tell a story and you can pull together these varied threads, and braid it together into a narrative in such an interesting way. And anybody can do that. It’s so accessible that it’s really broken down some of those traditional barriers that essentially gated who was able to define the narrative. So any person now can define that narrative and string it together. This is why a lot more of our work recently has dealt with APIs and what we can do to bring pieces of content from different systems together. And ultimately it’s why I’m so passionate about Drupal, because the ability to weave different pieces of content together but allow them to remain authoritative external sources is so exciting. AM: So it seems that, 20 years later, what you had outlined for yourselves back then still stands today. GD: Absolutely, no question. We’re still facing some of the same sorts of challenges. They’re very different in nature, but fundamentally it’s a question of enabling people to be able to access information, or to create information, or to share information in a way that’s findable, that’s usable, that’s discoverable. That’s what we started out trying to do, and that’s what we’re still trying to do today. TF: I have this very Teutonic brain, I like things to be very efficient. So for me the notion that I could weave these narratives together but allow there to be single authoritative sources of information, I don’t have to duplicate it – it’s very efficient, it’s so compelling to me. And this is where I think you see a lot of enterprises getting too narrow, with their notion of the omnichannel strategies – where you want there to be a single source but you need to kind of customize what that experience looks like. And you really get – by being so efficient with presenting that information and where you’re sourcing the information, you get to focus your efforts on how you differentiate it in different channels and different contexts, and have other people mix and potentially remix your information. That’s what’s so exciting about where we are today, but it’s not that different than in ’96. We were really trying to get authoritative sources, that was the key, to kind of have those sources be out there and have them be integrated together. AM: So you would say that Palantir’s core values and mission really haven’t changed at all, or maybe just better definition. GD: I would agree with that. What we’re trying to do, how we’re trying to do it, really hasn’t changed. What has changed is that we’ve talked about it, we’ve articulated it more publicly. It’s not just locked in our brains [laughs]. TF: Right, it’s those notions of assumptions so deep that you’re not even aware of them. For so many of the early years, we just knew. And because we were a smaller company and everybody worked with George and I on a daily basis, you just kind of felt it. You didn’t know it. I couldn’t articulate it very well, and it’s taken us several tries to be able to get it to the point where we feel confident saying, yes, this is it. Because words matter so much, and there’s such precision when I use language that I’m constantly trying to make sure, is this the right word to use, is this really capturing that feeling that’s so deep in our culture that I want other people to be able to grasp onto it. Because we do have this growing firm, and our folks here today – George and I are clearly the longest-standing employees of Palantir, but we have folks who start in a week. So how do they get a sense of the history? So it’s this notion that we have to really have those core values, as guiding principles, articulated so that, without knowing the lore and history of Palantir, they can apply it going forward. It’s really been an interesting challenge and one that George and I have been focused on for probably the last 18 months, is realizing that all that shared history has to be able to be communicated, has to be able to be transferred. And that’s been a really exciting part of the challenge. GD: And it’s not just communicated, it’s also contextualized. That’s the really fun part for me. AM: It’s very hard to define your own selves, too. It’s definitely tough work. GD: It is. But I think it’s essential. I think it’s something that has been kind of a hallmark of who we are. It’s really this constantly asking ourselves and trying to be as self-aware as possible about who we are and what we do and why we do it. TF: And also what we don’t do, right? I think that as we look at the growth over the last 10 years, it’s really easy to think that we were something we weren’t. We were never a start-up. We’re celebrating our 20th year so by definition we can’t be a start-up, and even in the past 10 years we weren’t a start-up. But it might have felt that way, or it might have looked that way. And so it’s on us, it’s our responsibility, to make sure that people understand – both our clients and our friends and our colleagues – that we are approaching this with very much a fundamental family business mentality. Really old-school principles. You don’t spend money you don’t have, you treat people fairly. This kind of notion that you’re always building, that every decision you constantly make has to be adding up to something. And I think that’s been – we certainly have friends who made other choices with their companies, whether they consider themselves a tech company or a start-up and they go after VC. We’re just not that. And we totally admire them and wish them well with what they’re doing. We’re doing something a little bit different over here. So in order for folks to understand that, we have to talk about it. We have to say, you know, we don’t spend other people’s money, we don’t spend money we don’t have. It’s been such an interesting journey, particularly for me not coming from a family business background, to understand really what that means and why that applies and to be really proud of it. I really think that’s the compelling thing here. Because at the end of the day, I’ve always believed that what you do outside of work makes you better when you are at work. And you have to have time and space in your life for that. And I believed that before I had a family, and I certainly believe it to be true now. How I live it, how I articulate it, is very different. And I think that’s right, that’s appropriate, to be able to evolve with you and to be able to change with you. And that’s the kind of company that we’ve built. AM: Well, one of the things I’ve noticed specifically about Palantir is how involved you’ve gotten in several communities. One of the reasons that I actually knew Palantir for years before working here was your commitment to design, which George mentioned was an early interest, and you did partner with design firms in Chicago when at the time you didn’t have an in-house design department, you were strictly development-only. So you were prescient and smart enough to know that you should partner with some very good design firms in the city, and there is a very strong design community here. And so you actually joined the American Institute of Graphic Arts board at one point, to become, I think, the Web liaison. TF: Electronic Media Chair, yes. I was lucky enough to be Electronic Media Chair for AIGA Chicago, and that came after several years of working with and partnering with those design firms. And that was such an invaluable time in Palantir’s history. Chicago does have such a very storied and internationally respected design community, and the opportunity to work in such an early stage in my career, and in Palantir’s lifespan, with some of the best – looking back on it, it was unbelievable. To be able to learn and work so closely with really, really smart designers as they were making that transition from being exclusively print designers to thinking about interactive design and Web design – it was such a neat time for all of us. We were bringing this very digital sensibility with us and they were bringing expectations of typography and color fidelity. And those were things that were really difficult in that early Web. It was really amazing. And that all came out of our early work at Northwestern. We originally started out partnering with the information technology department over there, and through that work we advocated that the university relations people be included in that conversation. Because we felt that there was a role for branding and photography, and just design standards as part of the work we were doing for the Northwestern home page. And through that we ended up learning how to work with traditional print designers. And our business has always been built on this word of mouth, on reputation. And so through that experience we ended up getting connected into the Chicago design community, and passed from firm to firm to firm, and I see that being appointed to the board was really the outcome from that, after the several years we’d been working with and partnering with design firms, from 2001 – I think it was 2001 when I became Electronic Media Chair, until 2008 – we had been working for six or seven years. But I still reflect on those experiences and what I learned from working with those folks, just in terms of how to relate to clients and how to really be a consultant. It was an amazing opportunity, it was really great. I’m really grateful for it. AM: And around the same time, around 2008-ish, was when you started to get involved heavily in the Drupal community as well. GD: That’s right. AM: So a pretty pivotal year there [laughs]. GD: Well, the Drupal decision we actually made in 2007. We had started working with Drupal in 2006, but to lay a little bit of background, we’ve always worked primarily with open source technologies – open source software, free software, from the very beginning. The LAMP stack, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and used those technologies. And I had always been interested in getting a little more involved with open source on the content management side. We did a little bit of looking into that around 2001, when some of the first generation open source CMSs started to come on the scene, and none of them were really never mature enough at that point. And at that point we actually thought we could probably do our own, just as well if not better. So we had our own CMS for a while – it was called the Community Platform and we did four major versions of it, each of which was pretty much a complete rewrite. Was it just three? TF: We were thinking about doing a fourth. GD: Right, right. And that was a really interesting learning experience for us, because when you are responsible for creating your own product that you are then in turn using for customer projects, you have to really be careful. Because there’s a huge temptation to modify it or tweak it or change it every single time. So what we actually found was that we didn’t have one CMS, we had however many dozen CMSs, each of which was a bespoke version for that particular client, because we had had to make some sort of tweak for the business needs of that customer. Which was great in terms of the short-term customer need, right? Because we could very quickly and inexpensively roll out a site for a customer, get it up very quickly, but when it came time to expand that site or support that site or make that site do something different, it was incredibly difficult. So that was one of the big issues that we were running into. We had worked with some other proprietary platforms – there was a product that was being used by a lot of higher education institutions we were working with in the early 2000s. It definitely had its challenges, but it was something our customers were using and it worked well for a lot of our customers. And ultimately the company ended up deciding to end-of-life that product, actually without telling any of their customers [laughs]. We had a little inside knowledge on that, and Tiffany actually announced it up on stage at South by Southwest, I think this was 2007. TF: 2008. GD: 2008. And it was really kind of interesting seeing everyone flee the room when you made that announcement. TF: The 20 people. GD: The 20 people, yes [laughs]. I mean, you know, it was a pretty big session. So at that point, things were kind of – we realized we really needed to get involved with, you know, something that was going to be more widely supported by a wider community, and that also wasn’t going to be tied to the commercial whims of one particular company. And so I’m actually going to let you tell the story of how we started working with Drupal. TF: It happened over several years, really. In 2006, Robert Petrick, who’s one of those amazing Chicago designers that we were lucky enough to work with, he brought us in on a project for Washington University in St. Louis. And the project was a little unusual, because it wasn’t an implementation project. It was going to be an implementation project, but first it started with a consulting project, where they wanted us to look at the available landscape of content management solutions, but both bespoke – our Community Platform was on the table for consideration – and open source projects as well as proprietary. And I helped them make the decision, and open source was absolutely the right choice for them. Again, we narrowed it down – should it be Drupal, should it be Joomla, and there were a couple of other options they were considering at the time. And for them Drupal was the right choice. So we built out that first site for WSTL in Drupal 4.6, and it was a little bit frustrating. But 4.7 came out actually before the site launched, and we immediately upgraded it to 4.7. We had looked at 4.6 before and not used it, because we couldn’t do the things we needed to visually. We were working with a lot of the design firms, and we couldn’t tell them, oh, the technology choice we’ve made won’t allow us to present the interface visually the way you want it to be done. That was why we had our own community platform, and in 4.6 we felt that was still very much the case, we were very much limited by that theming layer. Then 4.7 ended up being the right choice for Washington University in St. Louis, and we built out the site there, and it was still a bit frustrating but we achieved the level of fidelity we wanted. And as we were wrapping up that project and getting ready to launch it, Drupal 5 came out. And without launching the 4.7 version we ended up going to Drupal 5 right away. And that was when our team said, oh, this is different, and we can do everything that is being asked of us visually, everything we want to do visually. And by the way the security team that Drupal has is larger than our entire firm. So it was really in early 2007, in February 2007, when we were faced with rewriting our community platform from version 3 to version 4, it was going to be a complete rewrite – I just looked at George and said, I think we need to deprecate our own CMS in favor of Drupal. I think we need to put our efforts in that direction. So the next month we actually sent George and one of our colleagues at the time, Larry Garfield, who’s known as Crell in the Drupal community, we sent them both out to Sunnyvale where Drupal was having a DrupalCon, to learn more about it. And George came back and said, I think this is a community you’d really like. And you could really get involved in this. Ah, I don’t know, let’s just start with where we’re at right now. And then you do fast forward, that year of 2007 was when we did a lot of our first projects. We got all of our clients off our own community platform, and any new project we’d start doing in Drupal. AM: How were they when you suggested getting them off the existing platform and getting them onto Drupal? Were they receptive to that, or were they hesitant…? TF: We did it gradually, as people needed new enhancements or new versions of their sites. At the time, none of the sites we were working on had particularly long life spans, right? And we ended up having to support the community platform for several years thereafter. So it was really when someone came to us for new work, it was, oh, here’s Drupal and we think you should move here for the following reasons. We would lay it out, but we weren’t going to do any new enhancements to it, and we told them very clearly, we’re not in active development on the community platform any more. GD: One distinction that’s important to make, I think, is that with our own product, the Community Platform, it wasn’t an open source product, but we did have our customers have the right to modify the source code themselves. They just didn’t have the right to redistribute those changes. So if customers wanted to take on that responsibility of updating or maintaining the site themselves, they were certainly able to do that, or we gave them the option of moving to Drupal. TF: Right. So really through 2007 and into 2008 – 2008 is really where we got involved in the Drupal community per se. And that’s when I went out to Boston, and I said, oh, this is a community I will love. This is something that – the ethos of it, getting to meet Dries and Angie Byron and Moshe Weitzman, all the early and very influential Drupal developers, and just how welcoming and how open they all were. And what we were able to build with Drupal was just so much more than we would be able to build if we were responsible for the whole stack. It just started to fall into place, it started to make sense that we could do more for our clients. And that’s ultimately what’s always driven us. We’re trying to add value. We’re trying to say, because the clients we work with have limited resources and are always under constraints, what’s the most we can do for them? How much can we accomplish, how much value can we give back to them? How much easier can we make their lives by the choices that we make all along the project? And Drupal was one of the ones that made a lot of sense for them. It had roughly the same implementation cost as any other proprietary or custom solution, but in terms of the long term, it was much less expensive. Because you didn’t have the long-term licensing fees, you had the community patching issues – so sometimes a client would say, oh, I’m noticing this bug on the site, and we’d say, oh, actually that’s a module that’s been patched in, we can patch that for you. It really opened it up and allowed us to focus. So all these kind of pivotal points that you’ve noted in Palantir’s history, they come around our ability to focus. Right? So in 2001 when we really started partnering in earnest with design firms, it allowed us to focus and really hone our craft, and understand how to do content strategy and how to architect solid technical solutions. And then again in 2008, when we focused in on Drupal it allowed us to realize, okay, here’s how – only build what you absolutely need to build. That really allowed us to do more with our client budgets, and again, I would say 2016 is another one of those pivotal years for us, when we realized how to focus in and how to really get to the nugget of the business problem that needs to be solved. We have the opportunity now to influence businesses and the success of those businesses, and organizations as well since we do so much work with non-profits and higher ed in particular, and really how to solve core problems that aren’t technology problems. They’re problems that reach across the organization at every level, and so the fact that we’re able to focus in on it from that perspective, with that lens, I see that as another transformational moment for Palantir. AM: It seems like you had some very pivotal choices that you made, in 2001 to 2008 in particular - partnering with design firms, choosing open source and eventually choosing Drupal – and that you were sort of on the forefront when the mid-2000s hit. That was when it seems to me, from my perspective, that you were a very big fish in a tiny pond at that time. You had this incredible design aesthetic and appreciation, you knew how to work with design firms at that point – you weren’t doing in-house design yet – and you were one of the few firms who had really embraced Drupal in particular. And that community was exploding, and I’m not sure if you could see that community was going to explode, if you were able to predict that. GD: It was pretty apparent when I went to Sunnyvale in early 2007. That was a very small conference, it was maybe a couple of hundred people, and not all of them were Drupal people. But it was really, really clear just from the conversations that were happening and the folks that were there that Drupal was on the verge of becoming a big deal. And it was really funny, because I think the first couple of years that we started working with Drupal, we would go to industry conferences like higher ed conferences or museum conferences, and people would be like, oh, what do you do, and we’d say, we work with Drupal. And people would be, Drupal, what’s that? And then a couple of years later, we would go to the same conferences, and people would literally come up to me, like, I hear you guys are experts in Drupal and I need a Drupal expert [laughs]. So there really was a huge shift, I think, between 2008 and 2011, when Drupal went from being kind of this niche open source project that very few people had heard of that powers some of the biggest and most ambitious sites on the Web. TF: And I think a lot of that has to do with the ecosystem that was built up around Drupal. Not just Acquia but especially Acquia, which is the firm that Dries Buytaert founded and is CTO of, that really brought a lot of visibility to Drupal particularly around hosting and 24/7 support. I think that was a really important moment for Drupal. But I think what was happening before then as well, not just with firms like Palantir but the work that Phase2 was doing in the government sector – there are a lot of firms both in the US and Europe that were doing this very ambitious very large-scale work. You had Examiner really pushing the development of Drupal 7, and then eventually the White House goes to Drupal, and everything that was happening with Warner Brothers and SonyBMG putting all their artists on Drupal – Drupal became this kind of de facto go-to. When you had a project that was, as George said, ambitious – it didn’t necessarily have to be large, sometimes they were technically complicated and involved a lot of integrations between different kinds of data sources. That was the kind of work that we did, both for higher ed and for museums, where we were combining, say, digital asset management systems with content management systems with active directory or LDAP-based user solutions. Any kind of complexity at that level, Drupal’s so good at tying those systems together. Or if you wanted to go headless, right now Drupal’s very good if you want to have, you know, no front end to your data source. Drupal just knows how to connect people, how to connect things, and it gives you such a good basis for what you’re trying to do, or trying to replicate. If you need a thousand sites, right, this is again what Pfizer does, and they’ve got such huge regulatory concerns that Drupal, you know, was just always there. And those of us in the, I would say, the second wave of Drupal – Palantir’s not a first wave Drupal shop, we really did start to come on line with Drupal 6, and we were essentially writing for those pieces that our clients need. So again this is that ethos that we have, where we’re going to find that win-win solution. And what we did early on, and in particular when we made our name with Drupal 7 where we created Workbench, it was because this was a need that our clients had, and multiple clients had that need at the exact same time. It was a space that Drupal just wasn’t solving, and it was something that we had the capacity, we had the expertise in-house to be able to write. So we were able to combine pooled budgets from some of the smaller non-profit clients that we had, combine them together and get that better solution than they would be able to afford on their own, and make Drupal better – those are those niches that we’re constantly looking for. Okay, where can we add the most value here, where’s that problem that we can pull the resources together to solve – whether it’s people or time or money. AM: Well, I think one of the direct results of – maybe Palantir wasn’t a first adopter, but pretty early, still, and the creation of Workbench which has proven to be very popular, and going back to the fact that those choices led Palantir to be a pretty big fish in a small pond for a long time – one of the things that I think is amazing about Palantir is that for 17 years, I think you told me, you never had to do any marketing. GD: That’s right. No outbound marketing. AM: That’s a dream, right? [laughs] To never have to look, the referrals came so naturally. But then, 17 years in, as Drupal became more ubiquitous and more people were adopting it and more people were recognizing the design abilities of it and the flexibility on the front end, marketing all of a sudden was needed [laughs] because there was more competition. So how would you say the landscape has changed? I’m going to guess that was a pivotal moment too, just how that landscape changed. GD: Well, I don’t know that it’s a pivotal moment – I think it’s been a general trend we’ve been seeing over the past few years. And fundamentally I think if you – we talked about focusing, and that’s important, but if you narrow your focus too much and you find yourself in too much of a niche and people associate you with a specific technology or a specific type of client, that’s not a great situation to be in. And I wouldn’t actually describe us so much as a Drupal shop, we’re a full service boutique firm that helps customers be successful on the Web. And fundamentally the tools we use to accomplish that – what’s important to us is helping our customers make the right choices, collaborating with our customers, being able to help them to achieve success. Drupal is and historically has been a really great way to do that for an awful lot of our customers. But at the end of the day, it’s not about being the biggest or the best or the most well-known Drupal shop. It’s about being a firm that can help achieve success for our customers, in a really smart way. And because we were so closely associated with Drupal, that’s something we didn’t talk about as much. But we have started talking about it a lot more in the last few years. So if that’s marketing, sure [laughs]. TF: Well, I think it is. Early on, in those days when we were partnering, it was, oh, you’re the people who know tech who know how to talk to designers. So we want to work with you. AM: Which is a valuable skill [laughs]. TF: Absolutely. And we keep it with us, we still have it today. But at the time, what we were doing was problem solving. We were hearing what they wanted, what their clients wanted, and how we solved it, right? But then you fast-forward to Drupal, and then we had this really great run where it was like, Palantir! You know Drupal! We want to work with you! But at the end of the day we did the same thing. You come in, you have a problem to solve. They picked us for different reasons and they were pleased with the outcomes, and that’s how we ended up getting those referrals and that engine. But as Drupal matured and as Palantir matured, and, quite honestly, as the Web matured as a channel in its own right, not kind of as ancillary to the traditional channels that businesses and organizations relied on – as it became co-equal and even dominant, the expectations of what people needed from the Web started to go up. So I think that the notion that, oh, you’re good at this tech thing was no longer going to be compelling, it was kind of a given. Oh, we’re going to bring you in as a partner, we assume that you have technical expertise, but we need to know that you have the strategic expertise to help us make those good decisions. And we need to know that you are going to work with us to help us build our internal capacity around this. Because the Web has gone beyond something that you would just give to, you know, your neighbor’s kid who knew how to do HTML, to, you know, the core of many businesses. And right now we’re in this era where even the oldest and most established businesses are going through digital transformation. It is reshaping how everyone works right now. So the expectations, and rightly so, have changed. They’ve increased, And Palantir has had the luxury of all of this time to mature and to hone our craft, and we are still excellent problem-solvers. That approach, combined with all the expertise we’ve built up over the last 20 years, makes us a really great partner. AM: So now it’s July 2016, celebrating the 20th anniversary, and we’re having a company retreat – we’re shutting down everything for a week to bring all the employees, one from as far as South Africa, to Chicago so we can all get together and celebrate and – there’s going to be some work too, internally, but there’s going to be a lot of celebrating. So my final question: what would you like to see for the next five years, moving forward, or two years, what would you say? GD: [laughs] AM: Is it overwhelming, is it too much…? GD: No, no – you know, actually a couple of years ago we set out a couple of very high-level goals for the company, and we’re kind of in the middle of the process of that, of working toward those goals. We refined them a little bit at the beginning of this year, but they’re still fundamentally the same. And it’s about helping our clients achieve success on all of our projects, that’s number one. Number two, continuously learning, sharing and applying new knowledge, and this is one I’m really interested in having us focus a lot more on in the coming years. That this learning and applying new knowledge is really not just about technical skill or expertise, but it’s really about new ways of understanding people’s problems and looking at people’s problems in new and different ways. And developing our skills internally in terms of being able to understand and address those issues and questions and concerns, and the goals that our customers have. And then of course continuing to be a sustainable well-run organization with healthy finances and a happy staff. Those are the three things we’re working on. I think when we get together here for our on-site we are going to really talk a lot about how we’re going to do those things, and figure out and talk about what we’re going to do. We’ve spent a fair amount of time over the past year talking about what we have done – you know, how we are where we are today – and I think it’s time to start looking to the future. TF: Building on what George said, I think learning really is the key. It’s about taking what we learn on every project and elevating it to the level of organizational learning, and doing the same thing for our clients. We have a long track record of collaboration and we have clients who embed with us and who we help level up and we make kind of essential parts of our projects. And that’s fabulous, and that’s a huge service for capacity building for our clients. And I think the opportunity I see is being able to take that and transform the organizations as well, so that they also have an organizational learning moment. So for me, I’m really focused on the notion of making sure that we’re getting the most out of every opportunity, out of every decision, and understanding why things worked or why things didn’t work, and how we make it better. And it’s this notion of continuous improvement, and really making that a core part of our service. I see that as kind of the biggest change. Because as the industry and the Web kind of matures, and continues to mature, I think we’re getting to this point where we’re going to see fewer and fewer exponential leaps, and I think it’s going to start to plateau off. And so the notion that you kind of create and institutionalize incremental learning is really going to be key for us and for our clients. So that’s what I want to focus on – how we help them continuously improve, not only in their website and their Web presence and their infrastructure and their digital strategy, but how they can continue to incrementally improve their teams and their organizations to be able to take advantage of and recognize opportunities when they come up. AM: And cake. There will be cake. GD: I hope there will be cake. Who’s in charge of the cake? I’m not in charge of the cake! [laughs]. AM: Well, thank you very much. Looking forward to our retreat, and looking forward to the next five. GD: Absolutely. TF: The next 20! [laughs] AM: Why stop at five? The next 20! [laughs] AM: Thank you so much for listening.  I have to say, after three years of being with Palantir myself, and after having worked with them for several years prior to that, I’m thankful that I get to go to work every day with really, really smart and thoughtful people who are creating great work and toiling every day to make the Web a better place. So - happy anniversary, Palantir! If you want to hear more episodes of On the Air with Palantir, make sure to subscribe on our website at palantir.net. There you can also read our blog and see our work! Each of these episodes is also available on iTunes. And of course you can also follow us on twitter at @palantir. Thanks for listening!

The governing party officially kick starts its municipal elections campaign today with a launch of its election manifesto. The African National Congress is hoping to win back lost voters across the country and stay in control in the country's seven out of eight metros. At its October National General Council - the party was worried about the loss of the support from black middle class, especially in the metros. The launch also comes as it battles to project a united voice over the Constitutional court ruling that found president Jacob Zuma failed to protect, uphold and defend the constitution. We spoke to Political Lecturer at NMMU and Phd candidate, Thando Nomarwayi and Professor Raymond Parsins from the NWU school of Business and Governance...

President Jacob Zuma sê die land kan nie langer bekostig om twee hoofstede te hê nie. Zuma het in sy negende staatsrede gesê daar sal binnekort besluit moet word of die Parlement in Kaapstad óf Pretoria gesetel moet wees. Die toespraak is kort-kort onderbreek deur lede van die EFF, wat die huis verlaat het nadat die Cope-leier, Mosiuoa Lekota, vroeër uitgestap het. NWU politieke wetenskaplike, dr. Ina Gouws, en prof. Anthonie van Nieuwkerk van Wits se skool vir regeerkunde gee hulle indrukke.

Die voormalige visekanselier van Noordwes Universiteit, Theuns Eloff, het vandeesweek teruggekap na 'n striemende aanval op die NWU en op sy leierskap van daardie instelling. Die Minister van Hoër Onderwys, Blade Nzimande, het ondermeer na NWU as 'n apartheidsenklawe verwys. Eloff het onder meer vir Nzimande daarvan beskuldig dat hy selektief te werk gaan en nog nooit kritiek gehad het vir 'n aantal werklik wanfunksionele universiteite in die land nie. Cobus Bester praat hieroor met Eloff.

Enjoy the joy that is Ben Larrison in this week's episode wherein he expounds upon all things he loves, strives towards, and pursues where happiness is concerned. Yeah, we all like happiness. Duh. But Ben has a special brand of interest in producing happiness in himself and others whenever possible and in the most playful of ways. Check out The Dunk Contest of the Century of the World and The Chicago Transit Project if you don't want to take my word for it (and while you're checking it out, back the Chicago Transit Project). He even started a Happiness Club while a student at Northwestern that gained notoriety on campus and beyond by performing random acts of kindness and joy around NWU. Come on get happy, listeners!

Jason Wojciechowski walks hosts Kenny Dicey and Kris Venezia through the  decision by The National Labor Relations Board in Chicago that allowed NWU football players to unionize. Jason discusses the effect this ruling will have on the rest of college fooball as well as other NCAA sports. Finally, Jason breaks down whether the ruling will be overturned or if players at major football universities around the country will considered employees.