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In this edition of Plan Sea, host Anna Madlener is joined by Na'im Merchant, host of The Carbon Curve podcast and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, for a special co-hosted episode of the two podcasts. Recorded live at the Carbon to Sea 2025 Annual Convening, Anna and Na'im speak with Lennart Bach, Associate Professor and ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) scientist at the University of Tasmania, to share insights and key takeaways from this year's convening.Last month, Carbon to Sea hosted its third Annual Convening in Washington, D.C., bringing together scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to share recent progress and discuss a path forward for OAE. Bach, who previously spoke with Plan Sea on his work in ocean iron fertilization, was a speaker on this year's “Scientific Research Progress and Updates” panel. Focused on the environmental impacts of OAE, Bach's research aims to learn more about how OAE approaches may impact the marine ecosystem.Building on conversations from the convening, Bach joins Anna and Na'im to share his optimism about the future of OAE, while also recognizing the potential challenges posed by a dip in the “hype cycle” that emerging scientific fields often face. However, Bach said he feels confident in progress that's already been made and noted the importance of building on preliminary findings about OAE's potential to conduct more targeted research. Na'im similarly addresses this challenging moment for the climate industry writ large, as it faces reduced funding and policy support in many areas, with new geopolitical headwinds. Drawing on his experience working across the carbon removal space, Na'im offers advice for how the OAE field can address this moment by prioritizing focused research, establishing an updated roadmap, and exploring new funding pathways. Looking ahead, both Na'im and Bach highlight the importance of aligning on MRV approaches, cross-sector partnerships, increased community and policymaker engagement, and exploring new funding pathways in order to advance OAE research. As this year's convening exemplified, the immediate opportunities in OAE research have largely been addressed; what lies ahead is more complex and demands significantly greater coordination.Listen to our previous episode with Lennart Bach here.ACRONYMS / CONCEPTS: OAE (2:28)MRV (18:06)DAC (23:37)CRCF (29:59)ETS (29:59)ERW (36:16)Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

Episode 52 is a special joint episode with Plan Sea host Anna Madlener and Lennart Bach, Associate Professor and ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) scientist at the University of Tasmania.In this episode, Na'im joins Anna Madlener for a special co-hosted episode between Plan Sea and The Carbon Curve, recorded live at the Carbon to Sea 2025 Annual Convening. Anna and Na'im speak with Lennart Bach, to share insights and key takeaways from this year's convening.Last month, Carbon to Sea hosted its third Annual Convening in Washington, D.C., bringing together scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to share recent progress and discuss a path forward for OAE. Building on the conversations started during the convening, Na'im and Bach highlight the importance of aligning on MRV approaches, cross-sector partnerships, increased community and policymaker engagement, and new funding pathways as key avenues to explore. Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He was a policy fellow with Elemental Impact. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. This post represents his personal views and not those of Carbon Removal Canada. You can get in touch with him on LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

This Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the independent oversight efforts of the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) from October 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.Visit the VA OIG's website to read the full report. For this six-month period, the VA OIG identified nearly $3.3 billion in monetary impact for a return on investment of $28 for every dollar spent on oversight. These figures do not include the inestimable value of the healthcare oversight work completed to help save the lives of veterans and ensure their access to top-level medical care.During this period, the Office of Investigations opened 256 cases and closed 213 (most opened in prior reporting periods), with efforts leading to 144 arrests. The OIG hotline staff triaged more than 17,000 contacts to help identify wrongdoing and address concerns with VA activities. The related work resulted in 598 administrative sanctions and corrective actions.The Office of Audits and Evaluations (OAE) produced 47 work products, including one VA management advisory memoranda on VA's progress related to reducing overdose deaths. Also included were 16 oversight reports and 30 preaward and postaward contract audits and reviews to help VA obtain fair and reasonable pricing on products and services. OAE reports for the six-month period resulted in 146 recommendations for VA improvements.The Office of Healthcare Inspections (OHI) continued to provide the oversight necessary to assess VHA's delivery of high-quality care and leaders' efforts to build and uphold a culture that prioritizes patient safety. Of the 36 oversight products OHI published in the last six months, 10 were for-cause reports responsive to OIG hotline complaints. In addition to seven national reviews, OHI released 14 healthcare facility inspections, three care-in-the-community inspections, one mental health inspection, and one vet center inspection.The Office of Special Reviews (OSR) conducted 21 investigative interviews and issued one report addressing VA's lapses in oversight of a grantee providing transitional housing services to veterans at risk for homelessness. Also during this period, OSR reviewed 12 allegations of possible whistleblower retaliation involving VA contractor's employees or grantees.

Flute player Neil McLaren joins Netty for a tea and chat in the latest episode. Having served as OAE's second flute for nearly 40 years, Neil shares how he became interested in playing the baroque flute and recounts intriguing stories about his early encounters with music. He also discusses other pursuits inspired by his life experiences.Neil takes us back to his early life, before he began playing the flute. When he's not playing music, you can find him crafting jewellery in his workshop in Lewes. Some of his pieces are featured in the Glyndebourne shop as well as being worn by our guest artists. In addition to his musical talents, Neil is also a qualified counsellor, and he shares the journey of how he became one, along with the training process he undertook.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

GLASGOW: Stuart is recording his new stand-up special "Horse" at Blackfriars on Sunday 27th April. Tickets here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://wegottickets.com/SomeLaughPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠This week the boays are joined by star of Only an Excuse and Two Doors Down Jonathan Watson. They discuss the origins of OAE?, whether Jonathan ever received any backlash (or Sir Alex's Ferguson's famous hairdryer treatment) due to any of his impressions, and recount some of classic Only an Excuse sketches. Plus, Jonathan discusses his starring role in BBC sitcom Two Doors Down, working with Steve Coogan on This Time with Alan Partridge, and how after starring alongside Brian Cox he could have appeared in an episode of Succession.You can listen to Jonathan's new podcast Forget the Ball (alongside OAE? creator Phil Differ and the real Chick Young) here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JpTJBuenEyFvhKdctmneX?si=443c4dfb547f4c6bSign up to our Patreon for extra episodes and bonus content including access to all our live shows here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/somelaugh⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Marc is going on his first UK & Ireland tour in the summer of 2025 (now with added shows in Glasgow & Bristol) Tickets are on sale here now:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can watch Stu, Marc & Steve's stand-up specials on the Some Laugh YouTube channel here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6lKn8dnMK5bOtlX-3XlCpZSf-B_qweQ&si=JjKknRTZvvza5l55⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stand-Up Tickets:Marc: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/MarcJenko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stu: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/StuartMcP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Steve: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/stephenbuchanan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can follow Some Laugh on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - and please remember to leave a 5 star review!

OAE horn player Martin Lawrence joins Netty in the latest episode for tea and chats. As they dive into lively conversation, Martin sheds light on the fascinating distinctions between natural and valve horns, performance anxiety discoveries and unveils his intriguing passion for mushroom foraging.Martin Lawrence shares his musical journey, providing insight into the history of the horn. He discusses his discoveries in specialising in helping people overcome performance anxiety and how this can apply to various scenarios, including playing with the OAE. Martin also reminisces about his 'crowd surfing' dreams with his impressive DIY hosepipe horn at a Night Shift event. Tune in for a delightful blend of music, personal stories and a dash of nature's wonders!--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

In this episode of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by several guests to discuss new initiatives to improve data management and transparency in the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry. Jacki Long is an ocean scientist and co-founder of Submarine Scientific, a scientific consulting company focused on ocean modeling, expert verification support, and system wide strategy development for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (oCDR). Jacki joins the Plan Sea hosts to discuss Submarine's work pioneering a new initiative to standardize emerging data from ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) field trials. In collaboration with Carbon to Sea and the National Ocean Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Submarine's data protocol is undergoing an open comment period through March 7th, allowing researchers, partners, and community members to submit feedback. Brad Rochlin and Tannis Thorlakson join to discuss their work at Cascade Climate, a philanthropically-backed nonprofit working to accelerate natural climate interventions such as enhanced rock weathering (ERW). Brad and Tannis share insights from Cascade's development of a data quarry method that could fill an important gap in existing carbon data quantification methods — and ultimately unlock greater scientific understanding of ERW.During the episode, the guests and hosts consider how these data standardization and sharing efforts — across the OAE and ERW fields — are laying the foundation for enhanced research efficiency and increasing public trust in CDR methods as potentially viable solutions to slow the impacts of climate change. The ongoing work from Submarine Scientific and Cascade Climate aim to help researchers share learnings in real time, improve collaboration, and support data transparency. ACRONYMS / CONCEPTS:CDR - carbon dioxide removalERW - enhanced rock weatheringOAE - ocean alkalinity enhancementIP - intellectual property (29:38) NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (38:28)CDRXIV (pronounced “see-dee archive”) (38:46)Hourglass (Listen to a previous episode here) (38:53)R&D - research & development (43:43)Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

This new episode features two OAE researchers and their insights from conducting field research as well as a special request to you, our listeners! In this edition of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by two leading ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) researchers: Dr. Jaimie Palter from the University of Rhode Island's School of Oceanography and Dr. Dariia Atamanchuk from Dalhousie University's Department of Oceanography. Palter and Atamanchuk both lead field research sites studying OAE and are part of Carbon to Sea's Field Research Steering Committee. Palter and Atamanchuk discuss their work leading field research sites studying OAE in coastal lagoon and ocean harbor settings, respectively, and share initial findings. The Plan Sea hosts and this episode's guests underscore the importance of field research guiding the recommendation for scientifically robust, yet affordable and actionable monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) processes, and encourage greater collaboration between projects and across the sector.Also: we would like to hear from you, our listeners, before our next episode! Let us know what 2024 milestone we should be celebrating or what you hope to see in 2025 by leaving us a voice message here that may be used in our next episode!Acronyms used throughout the episode: NOAA NOPP –  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Oceanographic Partnership Program (1:47) AGU - American Geophysical Union (2:00)MRV - Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (13:25)pCO2 - Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (34:58)EPA - Environmental Protection Agency (56:27)Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

OAE violin leader Kati Debretzeni joins Netty for a cuppa and a chat while on tour. Kati tells fascinating and humorous stories from her family history to stepping into the musical universe. Come along for the ride where each stop reveals her delightful discoveries and the joy of following one's passion!Kati has been one of the OAE's leaders since 2008. With a wealth of knowledge passed down from her mentors, she not only directs orchestras but also nurtures the next generation of musicians and there's a lot we can learn from her experiences in the world of Baroque music.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Conductor Antonello Manacorda who conducted the OAE's Prom this summer joins Netty for tea and a chat. This episode is a treasure trove of fascinating conversations exploring the intricate dynamic between the orchestra and the conductor, along with stories about encounters with heroic older-generation conductors and insightful findings about the art of breathing in music.Antonello, who has Italian and French roots, expresses his passion for learning languages to connect more deeply with music. He discusses the benefits of his experience as a concertmaster and his transition to conducting. Antonello also shares interesting observations about the development of bowing techniques and sheds light on the joys and challenges of being a conductor.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

In this edition of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by returning guest Mike Kelland, CEO and co-founder of Planetary Technologies, as well as Dr. Will Burt, Planetary's Chief Ocean Scientist. Planetary is an ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) startup based in Halifax, Canada.Link to Planetary's webinar on recent trial results here. Listen to our first episode with Mike Kelland here. ACRONYMS / CONCEPTS:NOAA (19:39): National Oceanographic and Atmospheric AssociationMRV (32:39): Monitoring, Reporting and VerificationROMS (34:35): Regional Ocean Modeling SystemEPA (53:06): Environmental Protection AgencyLondon Convention and Protocol (53:41)Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.

OAE's beloved double bassist and current Chair of the Players' Artistic Committee Cecelia Bruggemeyer joins Netty in the latest episode. They discuss the early days of the formation of the OAE, balancing playing in various orchestras, touring and driving around. Cecelia shares stories from her very first double bass encounter to playing professionally. With an interest in education and mentoring, we get a glimpse of her involvement in OAE TOTS workshops. She also shares her insights from training in coaching and understanding how people process things which proves valuable in her role as chair of PAC.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Soprano extraordinaire Louise Alder joins Netty for tea in Glyndebourne. Louise, who is currently performing as Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, enlightens us with her family, educational and versatile singing background, her passion for musical theatre, and her multilingual talents.Louise, takes us behind the scenes of the opera Giulio Cesare. She shares her on-stage experiences and talks about juggling a diverse vocal repertoire, as well as the demands of singing and dancing. Louise also shares her adventures in Frankfurt and takes a deep dive into languages, from which we might learn a thing or two! Catch Louise Alder and the OAE in Glyndebourne this summer!--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Conductor Constantin Trinks, who makes his Festival debut conducting Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with the OAE, joins Netty for tea and a chat. He discusses his musical influences and shows a special fondness for certain composers such as Wagner, Strauss, and especially Wagner! Constantin Trinks expresses excitement about working with a period instrument orchestra for the first time. We learn about his gradual appreciation for early music following his initial affinity for later music and his passion for opera. We also get an insight into the conductor's baton and the essential qualities of being a conductor. Catch Constantin and the OAE this summer in Glyndebourne!--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

As summer approaches, bass-baritone Dingle Yandell joins Netty in the fields of Glyndebourne for the latest episode. They have compelling conversations, from his discovery of British novelty pop act Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers to sharing experiences of music college auditions and there are revelations behind the meaning of names.Dingle Yandell, who was part of the first cohort of OAE's Rising Stars of the Enlightenment, shares his journey and musical influences before the Classical world. Dingle opens up about his approach to learning music and engages in authentic conversations about the struggles and challenges performers face that are not typically seen on stage. He also gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how he filmed the iconic Rising Stars music video 'What Power Art Thou' (Purcell), inspired by Gotye.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

OAE's Head of Digital Zen Grisdale spills the tea as he joins Netty in the latest episode. Zen is responsible for delivering all the wacky and wonderful digital content, from our distinctive instrument videos to paying homage to Coldplay and everything in between. He shares his creative thought process and how it all began in the least expected way! Be prepared for an episode of funny stories, soup comps, sheds and more!Stellar Zen Grisdale takes us on a behind-the-scenes into the bustling world of the OAE through his lens. Netty reflects on the ‘magic' of his editing style that is now recognised as the unique ‘Zen' style. He also shares his intriguing past from pre-OAE days in a galaxy not too far away which involved telescopes, Saturn and Jupiter. Zen talks about the freedom in his work which allows him to experiment with different ideas to create entertaining and unconventional videos that are enjoyed by viewers as well as having the versatility to switch to different styles such as the Beethoven Piano Concertos with Sir András Schiff which was very well-received.Tune in for guaranteed fun, chuckles, and smiles!--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Roll up! Roll up! Grab your buckets, and get ready to do a science! Bach is back (again) to discuss institutional collaboration and citizen science in OAE. Bach, L. T., Ferderer, A. J., LaRoche, J., and Schulz, K. G.: Technical note: Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Pelagic Impact Intercomparison Project (OAEPIIP), EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-692, 2024 Identifying the Most (Cost-)Efficient Regions for CO2 Removal With Iron Fertilization in the Southern Ocean Lennart T. Bach, Veronica Tamsitt, Kimberlee Baldry, Jeffrey McGee, Emmanuel C. Laurenceau-Cornec, Robert F. Strzepek, Yinghuan Xie, Philip W. Boyd First published: 16 November 2023 https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GB007754

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In the latest episode, OAE Co-Principal Cello Louise Buchberger joins Netty for tea. Tuning in from her home in Frankfurt, Louise talks about more travels between her projects with the OAE and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Find out what makes gut strings ‘crunchy peanut butter' like and whether cellists really do have the best seats in the house!Having been with the OAE for over 10 years, Louise reflects on her time before joining and how her experience with the then newly founded group, Spira Mirabilis, influenced her approach to rehearsals and understanding the score. She also shares her surprising discoveries while transitioning from modern to early music on the cello, such as using "funny bows", and the freedom of movement and expression that came with it.Catch her performing with us in our Bach Easter Oratorio concert (27 March) and Sibelius concert (3 April)! --Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Conductor, composer and arranger John Wilson joins Netty for tea in the latest episode. They delve into themes that are close to the heart of the OAE. John also recalls some interesting memories including his revelational trips to HMV, and his (nervous) first encounter with the OAE… John Wilson, who joined us in the summer as conductor for our Princess Ida production, shares his journey into the world of music. There are compelling conversations about his skilful ability to piece back together scores that were destroyed, experiences of orchestrating a film and the intersection of discipline, expression and freedom in performance and composition. --Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

 The first Tea with Netty episode of 2024 features a Viola combo with Principal Violist Max Mandel joining fellow Violist Netty for tea and chats. They dive deep into a range of topics, including quirky ensemble names, a story on a quick costume change, Max's top five conductors, and more! Max tells his story of coming from Toronto and what inspired him to join the OAE. He also shares a significant pivotal moment when he transitioned to playing the viola, which may surprise some, and other riveting insights into the transformation, vision and practices within the Classical music world that will enlighten you.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

AAOMS is expanding its Office Anesthesia Evaluation (OAE) program. A Board of Trustees joint Subcommittee recently reviewed the OAE program and developed an implementation plan for the new components. Dr. Gregory Ness, who presented the highlights of the Subcommittee's work to the Reference Committee at the 2023 House of Delegates, discusses these program enhancements.

This episode's guests are Jean-Pierre Gattuso, CNRS research professor at Sorbonne University and Institute on Sustainable Development and International Relations, France, and Chair for Ocean Acidification and other ocean changes – Impacts and Solutions at Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation; and Andreas Oschlies, professor and head of the biogeochemical modeling research unit at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany.Together they have led a crossdisciplinary, international research effort to produce a Best Practice Guide for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement. The currently published pre-print of the guide consists of 13 chapters, written by 50+ scientific co-authors and covering all the relevant approaches available for ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) as a Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) approach. The chapters' topics range from covering current knowledge of the individual approaches and scientific uncertainties as well as recommendations for responsible research and innovation, public engagement, data reporting and sharing, and monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV).Read each individual chapter and provide comments on the OAE Best Practice Guide website. 

Joining Netty in the latest episode is Claire Holden, who has been an OAE violinist for over 20 years and is also an academic researcher who has led two major Arts and Humanities Research Council projects, as well as being a teacher and consultant on performance practices in the 19th Century. Claire Holden takes us on a captivating journey as she recounts her experiences of growing up playing the violin, attending music college and becoming an academic researcher. Claire shares enlightening insights from her research on various subjects, such as orchestral practices, the different sound worlds of historical eras, the development of the bow and unexpected millitary connotations of instruments. There's also a chance to immerse in her experimental project recording, which explores performance practices of the 19th Century. --Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Joining Netty in the latest episode is Václav Luks, who is currently conducting Handel's Semele with the OAE at Glyndebourne. We travel back in time with Václav to an era when libraries and photocopy machines were the norm. He shares his passion for mountaineering, survival instincts, and taking a leap of faith in the Baroque world.Conductor, director, harpsichordist, horn player and musicologist Václav Luks shares how his love for nature and focus on emotion and intuition have shaped his musicianship. He reflects on his experience with the OAE and emphasises the significance of establishing a connection and understanding the nuances of an orchestra. Václav also talks of his younger self, which can inspire us all.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear. Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

In this episode of Hardware to Save a Planet, Dylan is joined by Mike Kelland, CEO of Planetary. The company has an award-winning solution to implement Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) for removing one billion tonnes of atmospheric CO2 by 2045. Join us as we delve into enhancing ocean alkalinity, the potential benefits of reducing ocean acidity, and the challenges faced in addressing climate change. This engaging conversation offers valuable insights into the urgent need to protect marine ecosystems and the potential of clean technologies in combating climate change.

In this episode, Netty is joined by countertenor Tim Mead who shares some interesting stories. Tim talks about wacky costume preparations with lots of unexpected on-stage action and reveals what his ultimate critic (his dog) really thinks of his singing…As the Glyndebourne summer festival continues, countertenor Tim Mead, who is currently playing the role of Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, gives us a glimpse into his world of performance. Known as one of the finest singers of his generation, Tim talks about his journey as a countertenor, reflects on the challenges of the pandemic and shares about the joy of making music while recalling memories with the OAE.--Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Amidst the summer season, Evan Rogister, currently conducting Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne joins Netty for a cuppa. He takes us through his intriguing past which led to the opera bug and admission into one of the world's most prestigious performing arts schools. There's also an exciting revelation about our well-loved theme tune... From a child singer to a trombonist and now conductor, multi-talented maestro Evan Rogister makes his Glyndebourne debut and conducts the OAE, his first British orchestra. Evan talks about his musical influences, an alternative career path in political science and shares his approaches to conducting Mozart with lots of enlightening stories along the way!---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

IG Michael J. Missal discusses the VA OIG's 89th Semiannual Report to Congress covering the reporting period of October 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023. Plus oversight highlights from the VA OIG's work in March and April of 2023. For this six-month period, the VA OIG identified more than $401 million in monetary impact for a return on investment of $4 for every dollar spent on oversight. These figures do not include the inestimable value of the healthcare oversight work completed to advance patient safety and quality care. During this six-month period, the Office of Investigations opened 222 cases and closed 217 (most of which were opened in prior periods), with efforts leading to 122 arrests. The OIG hotline received and triaged 15,526 contacts to help identify wrongdoing and address concerns with VA activities. Collectively, the work during this period resulted in 595 administrative sanctions and actions. The Office of Audits and Evaluations (OAE) produced 52 work products, including one VA management advisory memorandum that highlighted concerns requiring VA's prompt attention, 19 oversight reports, and 32 preaward and postaward contract reviews to help VA obtain fair and reasonable pricing on products and services. OAE reports for the six-month period resulted in 128 recommendations. The Office of Special Reviews issued two publications, including an administrative investigation that focused on VHA employing four people who had been previously excluded from holding a paid position in a federal healthcare program. The Office of Healthcare Inspections (OHI) focused on leadership and organizational risks, suicide risk reduction, and care coordination. OHI published 14 healthcare inspection reports; two national healthcare reviews; 11 Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) reports, including four CHIP summary reports; two Vet Center Inspection Program reports; and two Care in the Community reports.   Featured Publications:Stronger Controls Help Ensure People Barred from Paid Federal Healthcare Jobs Do Not Work for VHAVeterans Are Still Being Required to Attend Unwarranted Medical Reexaminations for Disability BenefitsDeficiencies in Lethal Means Safety Training, Firearms Access Assessment, and Safety Planning for Patients with Suicidal Behaviors by FirearmsOpioid Safety at the VA Northern California Health Care System in Mather 

Mike Kelland, CEO and co-founder of Planetary Technologies, an ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) startup from Canada, joins Plan Sea on this new episode. Mike, Anna and Wil discuss the basics, science and challenges surrounding ocean alkalinity enhancement — a method whereby the capacity of ocean water to draw down additional CO2 from the atmosphere is increased by increasing the alkalinity of this water. The better part of this episode focuses on the most recent challenges of Planetary around their community engagement and their first planned pilot site in Cornwall, UK. Mike shares learnings, insights and future outlook on the research needed for OAE to reduce uncertainties. Some more resources to learn about OAE and Planetary:Planetary website Details about the Cornwall pilotCarbon Removal Newsroom with Will Burt, Head of Ocean Science and Pete Chargin, VP of Commercialization and Community RelationsThe Ocean Embassy at the Ocean Visions summit, featuring Will Burt on Monitoring, Reporting and VerificationThe Ocean Embassy with Dr. Lennart Bach: What is Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement?

OAE Principal clarinet Katherine Spencer joins Netty for a cuppa in a brimming episode. They talk about nickname origins, a clarinet obsession and other entertaining stories involving some chickens, a pony and diving. Deep within Glyndebourne territory, amidst the Don Giovanni rehearsals for the summer, Katherine Spencer (aka Waffy) joins Netty and spills the tea. Katherine talks about her very first encounter with the OAE, what music means to her, an unprecedented career in belly dancing and her intriguing experiences as a wind player of performing in different locations with diverse backgrounds. ---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

David Pickard discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. David Pickard studied Music at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, before starting his career as Company Manager of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Following this, David worked at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park and was the Assistant Director for the Japan Festival (1991) before becoming Sir John Drummond's deputy at the European Arts Festival. In 1993 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment where he significantly increased the orchestra's artistic reputation and international profile, helping to establish the OAE as the pre-eminent period-instrument orchestra in the world. In 2001 he was made General Director of Glyndebourne Festival where during his tenure he created an extensive digital programme including online streaming, big-screen and cinema relays and broadened the company's audience base through specially priced performances for young people and a pioneering education programme. In November 2015, David took up the role of Director of the BBC Proms. Since then he has introduced a number of initiatives, all in support of the Proms' central mission: to bring ‘the best of classical music to the widest possible audience.' These have included an innovative series called ‘Proms at…' exploring music in new spaces, both in London and around the UK. He has introduced greater diversity among the composers, conductors and soloists showcased by the Proms - both in gender and ethnicity - and has also made youth music-making and youth audiences a major focus. He has expanded the range of genres explored in the festival to include gaming music, contemporary jazz, world music and, in 2018, a twenty minute animated light show projected onto the external and internal façades of the Royal Albert Hall, accompanied by a new work for orchestra and chorus by Anna Meredith. Women composers https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/latest/great-women-composers/ Lorenz Hart https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2002/08/15/he-took-manhattan/ Digital meat thermometer https://www.aarp.org/home-family/your-home/info-2022/importance-of-meat-thermometers.html I, An Actor by Nigel Planer and Christopher Douglas http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/10/1p-book-review-i-an-actor-by-nicholas-craig/ Franconian Switzerland https://www.thecrowdedplanet.com/visit-franconian-switzerland/ Piano duets https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/06/arts/the-ins-and-outs-of-piano-duets.html This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

OAE leader Matthew Truscott joins Netty for tea and takes us on a (boat) ride through his musical career, reminisces about long-standing OAE friendships and recalls a startling find under the house. Highly in-demand violinist Matthew Truscott shares his experiences of playing a vast range of repertoire with the OAE, his prominent role and love for our pioneering series The Night Shift and gives us some words of wisdom in his approaches to delivering performances to different audiences and spaces with lots of exciting stories along the way!---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

One of OAE's favourite sopranos, Julia Doyle, joins Netty for tea in this jam-packed episode where she talks about unusual vocal exercises to the perils of playing the viola and keeping a tortoise in the fridge. Having worked with the OAE for almost 20 years, soprano Julia Doyle recalls her earliest memories with us and growing up in a musical family which led to a variety of instrumental and vocal lessons. She shares her key approaches to singing and and talks about juggling between her bustling life off-stage. ---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

OAE's Principal Timpanist Adrian Bending joins Netty for tea and talks about the approaches to playing the timpani to some of his ear-bending revelations and everything in-between. Adrian Bending rewinds back to an unexpected occurrence in his early life to the start of his musical journey and chats with Netty about the development of the Timpani along with many intriguing stories.---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

The Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the VA Office of Inspector General's (OIG) oversight efforts from April 1 through September 30, 2022. For this six-month period, the VA OIG identified more than $1.4 billion in monetary impact for a return on investment of $16 for every dollar spent on oversight—which brings the fiscal year 2022 totals to nearly $4.6 billion in monetary impact for a return on investment of $24 for every dollar spent on oversight. These figures do not include the inestimable value of the healthcare oversight work completed to advance patient safety and quality care. During this six-month period, the Office of Investigations opened 178 cases and closed 213 (most of which were opened in prior periods), with efforts leading to 135 arrests. The OIG hotline received and triaged 18,396 contacts to help identify wrongdoing and address concerns with VA activities. Collectively, the work during this period resulted in 599 administrative sanctions and actions. The Office of Audits and Evaluations (OAE) produced 44 publications, including five VA management advisory memorandums that highlighted concerns requiring VA's prompt attention. Contracting review teams also conducted 47 preaward and postaward contract reviews to help VA obtain fair and reasonable pricing on products and services. OAE reports for the six-month period resulted in 198 recommendations. The Office of Special Reviews (OSR) issued five publications, including three reports in response to allegations of senior VA officials' misconduct, which reflect the VA OIG's commitment to holding VA employees accountable for wrongdoing and promoting the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct. OSR also issued two joint publications: a VA management advisory memorandum with OAE regarding concerns with the calculation of patient wait time data, and a report with the Department of Defense (DoD) OIG, focusing on efforts by DoD and VA to achieve electronic health record system interoperability. The Office of Healthcare Inspections (OHI) maintained a strong focus on leadership and organizational risks, suicide risk reduction, quality of care, and patient safety. OHI published 19 healthcare inspection reports; 17 Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) reports, including three CHIP summary reports; four national healthcare reviews; and its first Care in the Community report that examined key clinical and administrative processes associated with providing quality VA and community care.  

Cherry Forbes, OAE's Director of Education, is the powerhouse behind OAE's all-embracing philosophy of providing access to classical music for everyone. She organises musical events across the UK, starting with tots and reaching across the range to care-homes and hospitals. Her energy and enthusiasm continues to inspire all of us who are involved in the programme.Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Rowan Pierce was one of OAE's first intake of Rising Stars. She is indeed stellar, and very much in demand, both on the concert platform and as an opera singer. Here she talks about her musical family beginnings in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, and how her background, including amateur dramatics, shaped her approach to the profession.***Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Ben Glassberg is a young conductor much in demand by several opera companies including ENO and La Monnaie, and Chloe Rooke, who has been working as his assistant on Don Pasquale at Glyndebourne this summer with OAE, is also a prodigiously talented conductor, on the threshold of her career. Ben has been principal conductor of Glyndebourne on Tour since 2019, and is also Music Director of Opera de Rouen and Principal Guest Conductor of Volksoper Wien. Here they discuss their surprisingly similar routes to opera conducting, as well as how to get a foothold in the early stages, with plenty of laughs along the way, as they are very good friends, personally and professionally.---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Jonathan Cohen has appeared with OAE as a principal cellist as well as directing from the keyboard and is currently directing Handel's Alcina at Glyndebourne. He is a musical polymath, appearing in chamber concerts either on cello or harpsichord, and was a founder-member of the London Haydn String Quartet. His own ensemble, Arcangelo has made many prestigious recordings and appeared at major venues worldwide.---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

David Blackadder, OAE's principal trumpet, shares memories ranging from playing in a brass band as a boy via Brandenburg 2 on the natural trumpet to featuring as soloist at a Royal Wedding, with colourful incidents and thoughts along the way. ---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Steven Devine is a core member of OAE as our exceptionally versatile keyboard player, who also directs our monthly Bach, the Universe and Everything series on Sundays, as well as appearing in many of our OAE Player videos. In this episode we hear about his extraordinary pathway into the world of period instruments, as well as his thoughts on how they reflect musical history so explicitly. ---Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

On this week's episode: Brian Armstead talks about the Aston Martin DBX707 & the battle atop the SUV luxury line. Brian just got back from some exotic place and we talked about James Bond and if he would use this Jason Turnbull - Ford F-150 Lightning Marketing Manager - Nik has a lot to talk to Jason about. The F-150 Lightning is the first mass produced electric pickup truck. It's truly an exciting time in the Electric world Automatic Andy's Top 5 list, he's got two and the possibility of one of them NOT getting the OAE seal of approval. 2022 Mazda 3 Sedan and the 2022 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X Crew cab Nik News!! Way too much has happened in the automotive world and the team has a lot to say! Jim Morrison - Jeep grand Cherokee 4Xe - this is the first electric Grand Cherokee and we had so much to say that we needed to circle back today and finish our conversation. We talk about Jeeps position in the electric world. 

Laura Stieghorst is a recent college graduate and climate solutions researcher. She is the founder of Project BÁSICO a carbon capture initiative, which is funded by the Musk Foundation. Laura and her team will conduct valuable research to prove the safety of ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) for carbon capture. As the largest active carbon sink, the ocean is key to developing a multifunctional, safe, and scalable carbon removal solution.

On this rendition of Ourautoexpert.com the radio show/podcast: We speak with Katie Minter - product and brand manager for the new electric Cadillac Lyriq. And how Cadillac will be entering the Era of electrification. OAE staff member Javier Mota tells us all about the latest with Land Rover and Range Rover, as he was able to spend some quality time with these two powerhouses.  OAE AutoAndy  Automatic Andy's top 5 (he's got so much to say we had to let him do two this episode) he tells us why you should buy the 2022 Audi Q5 sportback and the 2022 Lexus NX250 The other half of OAE  Michael Caudill rounded out the show and made us look good. He might also have something to say about some motorbikes and vehicles joined by Nik Miles, the host of the world's best automotive radio show. 

Nick Pritchard was selected for OAE's very first intake of our singers scheme, Rising Stars, in 2017 and has since gone on to prove his credentials and versatility with enormous panache. At this time of year one is most likely to hear him singing the Evangelist in the Bach Passions, but he is equally at home in other genres, such as oratorio, opera, lieder, contemporary music and Gilbert and Sullivan. His other passions are cake, his family (including baby daughter) and his cocker spaniel.___Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

The Semiannual Report to Congress summarizes the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) oversight from April 1 through September 30, 2021.For this period, the VA OIG identified over $2.9 billion in monetary impact for a return on investment of $29 for every dollar spent on oversight. This does not include the inestimable value of the healthcare oversight work completed to advance patient safety and quality care. The OIG hotline received and triaged 15,104 contacts in this reporting period, bringing the total to 29,233 for the fiscal year.The Office of Audits and Evaluations (OAE) published 42 reports, including three VA management advisory memoranda highlighting issues for prompt VA response. Contract review teams also conducted 58 preaward and postaward contract reviews and six claims reviews to help VA obtain fair and reasonable pricing on products and services. OAE reports for the six-month period resulted in 184 recommendations.The Office of Healthcare Inspections focused on veterans' access to high-quality care and the continuity of that care even as the pandemic persisted. The VA OIG published 74 healthcare inspections and reviews during the reporting period with 559 recommendations. The reports included examinations of the criminal actions of a serial murderer and an intoxicated pathologist, including the devastating impact of these actions and how they went unaddressed for so long.The Office of Special Reviews published a report that received significant national attention, detailing a case in which a veteran, who was missing for weeks, was found dead in a stairwell of a building on a VA medical facility campus. The report delves into the widespread confusion among VA personnel and weaknesses in policies and procedures related to searches for missing patients and residents, routine police patrols, and building-cleaning practices.The Office of Investigations opened 169 cases and closed 207 (most of which were opened in prior periods), with efforts leading to 113 arrests. Collectively, the work during this period resulted in 729 administrative sanctions and actions involving VA personnel.Review this report and previous semiannual reports to congress at the VA OIG website. 

Monica Huggett  gravitated to the baroque violin in the early 70's, also appearing with classical and contemporary music groups, and even in sessions with the Rolling Stones! She became well-known as a soloist, leader and director, notably with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Trio Sonnerie, and appeared as soloist and director with OAE, as well as recording the Mozart violin concertos with us. More recently she ran the early Music department at Juilliard in NY, alongside directing both the Portland Baroque and Irish Baroque Orchestras.___Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Netty has a cuppa with Peter Whelan. Peter is a man of many parts. He used to be principal bassoon for the OAE and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and he now has his own ensemble; Ensemble Marsyas. He has directed for English Touring Opera and Irish National opera and teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. ___Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

This week, Netty is joined by Laurence Cummings; a much loved keyboard player/ director who has a long history with the OAE, including many Glyndebourne seasons. As Christmas is approaching, and therefore the season for ‘The Messiah', Laurence shares his thoughts about his own approach to performing this. He is extremely lively and  entertaining, and even shares with us his dramatic experience of  having been flooded earlier this year.___Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Episode Summary:Phunware COO Randall Crowder joins us to talk about Phunware $PHUN Enables Politics.Phunware created Donald Trump's 2020 Reelection campaign app and has a strategic advantage in the political sphere.FED Talk$RGP ,$PRTS,$CAR, $PHUNGuests:12:10 pm ET Randall Crowder and Ryan Costello12:30 pm ET $RGP Resources Connection CEO, Kate Duchene12:45 pm ET $PRTS Carparts.com AMA with COO David Meniane and CEO Lev Peker1:00 pm ET Jesse Kaylor https://www.elitetradinglive.com/Hosts:Spencer IsraelTwitter: https://twitter.com/sjisraelAaaron BryTwitter: https://twitter.com/aaronbry5Subscribe to all Benzinga Podcasts hereClick here for BENZINGA TRADING SCHOOL Get 20% off Benzinga PRO here Become a BENZINGA AFFILIATE and earn 30% on new subscriptionsDisclaimer: All of the information, material, and/or content contained in this program is for informational purposes only. Investing in stocks, options, and futures is risky and not suitable for all investors. Please consult your own independent financial adviser before making any investment decisions.Unedited Transcript Welcome to Benzinger live I'm Spencer. That's a, B a K a Aaron Bree, AKA, the man who's long, every single meme stock in the world. Uh, we got a jam packed show today. We got like five guests on today's show. I think it's, it's going to be right at the top of 12, 10. Uh, we're going to have Randall Crowder.Who's the COO of Phunware. Uh, everyone's been talking about this stock, ticker P H U N. We've had Randall on a couple of times, so excited to get Randall back on the show and Ryan Costella will be joining us as well. Um, and on the board from the board of directors. Yep. And like you said, I mean, we just have a jam packed show at 1230.We have Kate Duchenne joining us from resources connection and at 1245, we've got kind of a special treat for our viewers in AMA ask me anything with car parts.com, COO David and CEO Lev peaker. Um, and so Spencer. Yeah, we'll be doing some trading with, uh, even trading with Jessie or we're just going to talking stocks.Yes. The answer to that question. Yes. But let's start the show.all right. AB let's get things started with a news update quickly, one through the headlines and we'll get to, I see you on the chat. I see you. We know why you're here. We'll get to why you're here in a second, but first real quick, let's just rip through some headlines go. Yeah. So we, of course, we're in the middle of earning season.We had more earnings, uh, last night, this Zillow reported Spencer and it was a big miss for the company. Um, so revenue came in at 1.7, 4 billion versus 2 billion estimate. Um, and Zillow, you know, gave some interesting guidance on their home buying business, essentially saying they are closing that vertical the business, and they are cutting 25% of the company's workforce.So not good news on Zillow. We've got the chart up on the screen. Um, what does that look like? It's trading down, uh, yeah, 20%. This is the ultimate like wall street bets thing. I feel like, because like y'all know that the housing market's been on fire and Zillow managed to lose money in the hottest housing market in what, 15 years, 14 years.Uh, so. Hey, that's like the ultimate waspy a thing I feel like. Yeah. And the company essentially said that the, um, uncertainty of housing prices just poses too much volatility on the company's balance sheet right now. So that's kind of why they're closing their home buying business or so they say, um, so yeah, not a great day for Zillow.Let us know in the chat. Hopefully you weren't long the company into earnings. Let us know if you're buying the dip. I know I'm certainly not because I mean, just not good news coming out of Zillow. Um, of course the open door competitor, uh, we'll check in on open. See what opens doing skip ahead. And we'll, we'll check in on bed bath and beyond in a second.Cause that's the other big news. Ah, Ooh. It's okay. It's up 2%. Oh, okay. Opens fairing a little bit better than Zillow. Zillow's new. So bed bath and beyond just skyrocketed yesterday after noon. Um, and of course, you know, the other meme stocks followed. So we had AMC GameStop bed bath and beyond, um, all running yesterday.So of course bed, bath and beyond still has a bunch of short interest. A bunch of short sellers just got crushed yesterday. Um, this looks like the stocks trading up nearly 20% right now. So, uh, you know, good, good day for, but look at the internet chart. Look at the pre-market chart is well off its highs. I mean, uh, you know, hopefully that's just people taking profits.Um, we'll definitely be watching these stocks throughout the rest of the day bed bath and beyond AMC GameStop. Um, Spencer ADP, the payroll company reported 571,000 new jobs added in October that crushes the Dow Jones estimate of 395,000. You don't care about jobs.They spin. No, I don't care about that number. I do care about jobs. I don't care about that number. All right. That was good. Good spin man. News item on my day for the docket today was lift, lift reported yesterday and reported, uh, in contrast to Zillow, very strong earnings and lifts, cited an increase in demand for rides, um, in the previous quarter.So we see Lyft trading up today, Uber up as well, trading with lifts. So, um, you know, good day for the ride share companies. So yeah, yeah, no, not really. Not really. Uh, I haven't taken a Lyft since before COVID I don't know if Uber, if you've taken a Lyft, uh, oh, that's a lie. I have, I take that back. If you've taken a Lyft or Uber since COVID drop a one in the chat, if you have not dropped it to.Uh, but, uh, that was such a great comment you made about, I don't care my job. That was some great spit. I would, I would expect that comment from one of our next guest who is a, uh, a former us house representative. He's on the board of directors, uh, at Phunware. Uh, we'll bring Ryan Castelle on, along with Randall Crowder, who you all know the CEO of.Off of Phunware. Let's get them both on here right now. Cause that was some that was some Washington DC level spin that AB just did. So congratulations, Ryan. There he is. Randall. There is good afternoon guys. How are we doing today? Doing well. How about just that? Congrats on the Barron's or capital deal.Hey, we have new bosses. You got to throw some love your way. Yeah, we, we, we sold our soul and other things here at Benzinga. Uh, so here's what we're going. This is going to be a bit of a, a new thing for us because Amy and I, we got some questions, but you you've heard us ask Randall questions before, so rather than just do that again, right?Yeah. He's dodging right. Rather than do that again, we thought we would bring Ryan on as well and how we can have a little bit of a fireside chat and have Ryan and wrangle do a little back and forth. Aaron and I are going to chime in with some questions as well. Um, but we, we want to do have we thought, how can we do something different than just you get another interview with me and Randall or Amy and Randall?Uh, so Ryan, welcome to the show first off. Good to be on. Um, and I want to just, I guess, Ryan, I want to give you the floor, uh, first, and unless you sort of start things off here, the chat is, is all over this. Uh, I, I know what they want, but uh, yeah, so, so Ryan, uh, I'll open the floor to you. Why don't you start us off here and just, you know, have that.Sure. Um, you know, I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Uh, when I graduated law school, I got very into the political process, ran for local office, ran for county office. During that time, I was also, uh, an attorney, advising companies. A lot of companies in the startup phase, uh, got elected to Congress, served the last two years of the Obama administration, the first two years of the Trump administration.And then since 2019, I've been a consultant for, uh, some associations and some other, uh, companies down here in Washington, DC, and even on the private side, uh, advising some startup companies. And so, um, when I got to learn about, uh, Phunware and, and had some discussions with Randall early on, uh, I think Randall was able to pick up that I was very excited about what Phunware does on a day-to-day basis.And I think, and I can relate this back, frankly, to when I served in Congress on the, um, on the subcommittee, on digital commerce and on the technology subcommittee, you know, you need to know where the pockets. And you need to prepare for that and you need to go get it and you need, frankly, create a business model around that.And I think we'll probably talk a little bit about, uh, you know, the role of privacy and technology policy, as well as how you can, I think ethically, um, provide a, provide a solution, um, to owning your data and, and treating it as the commodity that it is, but monetizing it your own self and not allowing, you know, certain big players to do it over and over and over.And I think we'll probably talk a lot about that in a little bit, but what specifically drew you to Phunware? Cause you know, you talked about skating to where the puck is going. There are a lot of cool futuristic companies out there, right? So w what, what was it specifically about Phunware? So you must answer to cause like I hounded him and it's like, you know, I, I figured he probably wouldn't even return my call, so this is good.So there's three or four things. First, let me just go through like you, they have good people, like they have strong management. Um, Alan is a visionary, um, and Randall is a phenomenal operator. So, you know, that's number one, I think number two, uh, when you look at what the ethos of the company is, is it is not looking to monetize you.It's looking to allow you to monetize yourself. Um, and I think philosophically that, that very much attracted me, then there's two main, the two main points in terms of their business model. Number one. Um, and again, I, I served in local government, uh, have been involved in more political campaigns that I, that I can share while I can share.Um, and, and I served on the board of a, of a local hospital. And if you look at the verticals that Phunware does, um, uh, it has a solution, um, for each one of those industries in a way that empowers, um, the operator and the individual to maximize who they are and to create value for themselves and to make their lives easier.Right. Getting, getting information to the right person the right way at the right time. Um, I think is kind of what the mantra of Phunware is. And I understood that intuitively because I've, I've been involved in every single one of those platforms before. And most particularly for me, I mean the political side I think is, is more self-evident, but on the government, on the government side, um, you know, I did a lot of public administration in my day.I mean, it is a phenomenal way to go about providing constituent service in a way that allows the constituent to learn and get answers on their own. Interacting with government, but frankly reducing the amount of, of bureaucracy that needs to be involved on a day-to-day basis. And then the final point is, is, is the, is the, um, is the fun coin fund token, uh, the role of cryptocurrency, um, you know, they are ahead of the funnel is ahead of the curve and they have very, very smart people, very smart people.And so I'm very excited to see where we go as a company. Um, and I I'll mention one final point. You know, I mentioned this to Randall the other day. I just did the, the national association of corporate directors certification process. And you learn a lot about corporate governance as part of that. Um, but one of the big things that you learn is, you know, when you're with a company that's on the move, um, you know, a lot of challenges come up and the goal is to create the right governance model and understand what they're doing operationally so that you can empower them, um, as a company to, to keep going and to keep achieving and it keeps succeeding.And so that's what they're doing and I'm proud to, you know, I'm proud to be involved. I'm excited for what the future holds, uh, Randall, if I can open it to you for, for a second here, uh, maybe, can you speak a little bit about, uh, you know, the, the, the political involvement and that's one where it has had, I don't know how much you can get you probably, I don't know how much you think about right now, but in the past.Right. And, and the involvement with, uh, uh, Trump's campaign and, and w and what else. Yeah, no, thank you. And I think Ryan teed this up so well, I mean that goal of, you know, what we kind of call contextual engagement. That's the future, you know, we've, we've ushered in a transformation in the past, going from web to mobile.Now mobile is kind of table stakes. It's what can you do with it now, if you think about just that mobile phone being a mobile computer that's location, aware that knows a whole lot about you and the world around you and politics is such an incredible vertical for that. I mean, it's actually an honorable vertical for that.I mean, you know, that is, you know, kind of underpins, you know, our society and our life. And so how do we enable politicians to better engage their constituencies, um, on the left and the right. And so, you know, going into, you know, we've, we've worked on both sides of the aisle. Um, obviously most famously, you know, we worked on the presidential election, um, for Trump, and that was a really exciting opportunity for us because an insider in the campaign, they were already going down a route towards Salesforce, actually insider in the campaign.So at time out, if you want to do this, there's only one company that can do what you're doing. Point blank at the time we were managing all of Fox's entire mobile ecosystem. I mean, you have a company that could arguably buy and build anything they want and they're outsourcing it all the fun where it's, because we were very good at this.And there's a lot of pretenders in mobile. There's a lot of people who say, oh yeah, I can build you a mobile app or I can do this. And when you start getting, you know, millions of people on it and transactions, they fail, you know, we set live streaming, concurrent records, every match of the world cup for Fox, while YouTube crashed, Google crashed, you have these game of throne moments where they crash.And so for politics, they gotta be secure and they got to work at scale. And so we got introduced in the 11th hour, uh, and ended up beating Salesforce, uh, to do, you know, Trump's, you know, mobile application. It was all about engagement. So it was not in data, what buying hat, uh, and what's cool about that is now, you know, we are building that platform for, you know, politics, both domestic and abroad, uh, and it's incredible what we have now that we can offer.So every politician should be thinking about that. If you want, you know, the Trump experience come to Fung where, and we can do that right now, um, you know, for you. Uh, and, and that's what the future of engaging people in politics is going to have to be not only just in the virtual world to build that audience, but what you can do with that and the real world, you know, whether it's rallies or events, um, or putting people on the street to kind of build, you know, a volunteer force, all of that can be done on a mobile applicant.It's not a campaign. Doesn't just, you don't press start and stop on a campaign, right. This is a 24 7 365 day type of approach. And it's not just political candidates, it's issue, advocacy organizations and associations. Um, that, that, that V that highly value, uh, this type of contextual engagement.Absolutely. So, so Ryan, you, uh, you know, as a former Congressman, you have experience, you know, communicating with constituents, um, do you think politicians need better tools to reach and engage voters in the 21st century? So the short answer is, and every politician will say this. Yes. Because you're constantly trying to improve.And, um, to the point, some of the points that Randall made. You need to find a voter where they are. That's what I would always say. Like you can't, don't try and convince a voter that you're right. Find a voter where they are and understand why they think, what they think. And, and if you can understand the why behind it, uh, by the way, there's a lot of data behind that.Um, and there's also a lot of learning that comes serving in public office. Um, when you, when you get the why to the question, um, and, and so, you know, just sort of adding to this, uh, the, the constant engagement with constituents and with voters is really the difference between winning and losing. And so you, you have to constantly be part, uh, you have to constantly engage in a learning process with your voters throughout the course of the campaign.Because if you look at the trajectory of a campaign where you start, right, and where you end up, you know, that arc, um, and how well you do during that arc understanding, uh, what people are thinking and why they're thinking it and how you can influence how they think from the perspective of informing them while your, what your positions are, um, is extremely critical and in a close race, it's the difference between winning and losing, and that's where the right type of company, the right type of engagement, um, uh, enabling engagement with voters, um, is so critical.And the data that you gather from that, by the way, that's a two-way street, right? Voters want to have engagement, um, sometimes on a daily basis with a candidate, um, and vice versa, obviously a candidate does, can you ask the question on that? Because obviously everybody's talking about. What Trump's trying to do today.And, you know, a lot of this kind of comes from this, you know, fear or concern that the platforms we have are not good enough either. A there is, you know, algorithms at work that are kind of preventing your message from getting out. So you're, you're putting out all this great content and you're thinking in the back of your mind is my constituents even getting it, you know, are we just playing for the 10% undecided in the middle?Like, and oh, by the way, how much of this content is, you know, derived from, you know, some Russian operation, you know, do politicians struggle with that today? Wondering, you know, is Facebook good enough? Is Twitter good enough? Oh, for sure. Um, and absolutely. I mean, to try and, um, to th there's not a, there's not confidence that if you get full participation on, on social media platforms or that, that the available, um, you know, penumbra of information out there is, is equally available to everyone.And I think the objective frankly, is to try and push through those algorithms, right? Like not have that, um, create a filter to what you are exposed to, to what you can learn from and vice versa. You don't want your voice to be filtered back to an elected official or back to folks, um, in some of these portals.So. And there's something, there's something to be said, right. To go straight towards, straight to voters. Right. It's the same as going straight direct to consumer. Right. It's the same idea, right. Going around the middle man, direct to the consumer direct to the voter. Um, and you've seen, uh, you know, and I'm sure Ryan, and I've seen this a lot, you know, politicians you've, you've adopted newsletters, right.From marketing. Right. You've adopted other technology are we're headed. Are we heading to a, a universe where like every single candidate could theoretically have like their own app and their own platform again, technological planet? I mean, I, I think, well, you need access to a platform. Right? Right. Um, you know, let me just let me tick.This is how important data is. Okay. And this is why having the right company, um, avail itself to enable you to, uh, empower the data that you have is so important. When you do television advertising, when you do a mail campaign, you don't even think about putting, paying to print mail and to send it out until you know who your voters are until, you know, who's going to vote.What issues matter to them, how likely they are to vote and what kind of things might get them out to vote. So you spend a lot of money. Right. Trying to get that right before you even decide to mail anything and, and successful candidates spend a heck of a lot more on data upfront before they ever put any mail in the mailbox before they do any digital ad.And so the companies that, that have expertise in that space, um, and, and who can develop, um, that data are the ones that you want to be associated with because they're the ones, they are the ones that win campaigns. Yeah. That's fair. Um, look there, there's a lot of stuff being thrown out around there right now about what Phunware may or may not be being involved in.Um, Randall, what can you say about that? And if, if you can't say anything, when will you be able to say something about that? Yeah, so I, I Lord knows. I mean, I kind of. Fun where, and Ryan talked about this before, you know, fun where, you know, we don't want to be a meme. Stock has come from the mainstay for the company and learn about what we actually do.You know, we are not a game stop or an AMC that is commercializing, you know, a bygone business model. You know, we're the future of what we're going to do with the bull. And, and politics is a, is a huge, uh, platform for that. I think what excites me the most is like Washington comments and people going, you know, we don't care what they're doing.This company has so many different things it can do from blockchain to politics, to healthcare, um, to hospitality, you know, the idea of using mobile to reach customers at a time and place when they're most likely willing to, uh, engage with a brand or an organization that is the future of how we need to think about mobile.And so, you know, for us, we're always going to be controlled by, you know, compliance to reg FD. We're always going to be controlled by, you know, certain contracts and, and what we can, and can't say with customers or partners. And so we will, we, I think we've done a pretty good job. We've endeavored to communicate as much as we can, as transparently as we can about what we're doing.We hope all the excitement in the market is getting people to kind of learn more about what we're doing. Um, you know, but what we're doing specifically in politics is building a platform. For politicians to better engage, you know, consumers. And so, you know, if you look at, you know, kind of, I can tease it just a little bit, um, you know, some of the, you know, I'll share a couple slides just from our design team, uh, that we're doing right now.Can you see that right now? Yeah, we got it. So, you know, a lot of this is all about kind of what Ryan was talking about, you know, how do you give kind of a certain customizable feel to what you're doing in politics? You know, we're doing this with hospitals, you know, hospitals have traditionally, you know, used a third-party mobile application, like my chart, if they have an epic configuration and it's not their content, it's not their brand.They're saying, Hey, I want to control my audience. And that's absolutely how everybody should be thinking about it. And so with our platform, you know, we can give people that control. So you know, who you're engaging, you know, one contents being shared and you let some of your audience kind of opt out, you know, you can also have more flexible control over your content.So, you know, how do you establish a nice rich, engaging, not just a, uh, a series of headlines and news feeds, you just kind of get lost in the mix. Um, you know, but we also, I think one of the coolest things that we had built, um, for Trump in 2020 that we didn't get to use was how do we do live events? You know, how do we do ticketing?How do we give them a fly, you know, real world experiences. And so we've built that and design that into our platform as well. Um, and just all about increasing engagement. And I think that's one thing that our platform does and Ryan. You know, we're not coming in and saying, we're going to replace everything that you use, whether you're a brand or a politician, you know, what we do is we access everything that you used and we bring it into one environment.So it's one app to rule them all. So you can still use Instagram. You can still use Twitter, but you need to have more control over your constituency and your audience. And that's what we're bringing to the table. And I think that's what everybody's so excited about. If you think about what, you know, got everybody so jacked up about what Trump is trying to do, it's disruption, it's disintermediating the middleman.And I think that's what people in their soul just do not feel comfortable with. You know, that's probably the greatest threat to our democracy is the prevention of a fair exchange of ideas. You don't necessarily have to agree with them, but by God, our system has to be in place. You know, there were, it wasn't that long ago that people of color weren't allowed to listen to politicians or engage in politics.We're creating new censorship mechanisms in a digital world that no one's paying attention to, but there's something wrong. You know, there's something, there's a glitch in the matrix. I think that's why, you know, when Trump came out and said, Hey, look, there's gotta be a better way that got everybody excited.And we've been saying that forever. And so whether it's what we're doing with mobile software or what we're doing in blockchain to not only be able to verify you know who you are, but also verify your data and have you take that control over. Controls what it's all about. And I think we have the platform to enable that and the tools to enable that we've proven it and multiple, you know, large, you know, kind of world stages with large brands like Trump, uh, like Fox.And I think, you know, we're going to, we're going to keep being a considerable player in this space. We're excited, the screenshots that you just showed us, uh, you have them like an ETA and when we might see that in the real-world standby. Standby. Okay. That's fair. Fair enough. Um, and, and I, and I also, I appreciate your, your answer, not answer about, about what you can say and, and when you can say it, um, but you know, I, I'm just, I'm looking at our chat right now and it's, it's going, it's going to preserve, um, like, like at what point do you acknowledge that they want, I mean, they, they want to know, right?They, they want to know what you're working on, who you working with at, you know, at what point can you share with them? Um, you know, everything with us is going to be for those of you that aren't familiar, you know, it's, there's a regulation fair disclosure that, you know, we have to abide by. Um, and so, you know, we, again, unless it comes out in a press release, you know, we don't really talk about it unless it comes out in the earnings.We don't really talk about it. Um, I think what people need to understand is that these kinds of transformations are not. They're not something that happens overnight. You know, Facebook didn't build Facebook overnight and Facebook didn't monetize Facebook for many years to come. Uh, and so I hope people are looking at, you know, our revenue guidance, you know, 50% growth in Q3 over a hundred percent growth in Q4.I hope they're looking at a recent acquisition. We did out there looking at the role we can play in politics, the role we can play in many other verticals. And I hope they're taking all that into consideration. And they're excited about that. You know, I don't want to just be a flash in the pan, you know, mean stock, you know, we have a very real opportunity to affect real change and usher in an entirely new paradigm for how we think about mobile, uh, in a mobile first world, that's quickly becoming mobile only.So, you know, I respect that everybody is really excited about single pieces of news. I think a lot of that is day traders. The people who have been writing me for the past week saying, thank you, you changed my life. They got in when we were below a dollar and they've been building positions in Phunware for a year or more.And so, you know, I, I hope people aren't just here for a quick flip and a day trade hope. They're realizing that, you know, we actually have a tiger by the tail. Something very considerable that could really impact the world in a positive way, uh, especially in the political vertical. Uh, and I hope that they're, you know, excited about the future.Not just anyone engagement, Ryan, what do you make of all this? You know, cause you know, you, you've known Randall for longer than, you know, there's reason period of examined here. So what do you make of all this excitement. Um, listen, it's an opportunity. Um, when you have, you know, the light shining on a company that is speaking to the very issues that I think a lot of people care about, I'll give you an example just today.You know, there's focus here in Congress on a new privacy bill, right. And the tech in the tech space, like the mission of Phunware, right? So how do you own your own data? Um, it, it it's so simple yet it hasn't happened, right. Or if it does happen, it's because a company has made the principal choice that they are going to operate in that manner.Um, and I think that the more that message gets spread, you know, the more, um, the more folks want a seat at the table and, and the more people say, you know, what, that, that company aligns with my values, that company aligns with how I want to use my phone. That company aligns with how I want to go find customers or interact with constituents or with voters.Um, so it's, it's a very exciting time to be sure. Yeah. The point about owning your own data. I think we're only now in the last couple of years, right. Grappling with our relative ignorance of the last 25 years we're at about who has our data and, and what are they doing with it? And do we care? Well, we don't, we didn't care until we cared.Right. And that, and now. Will that, right? Yeah. Um, I, I guess, you know, uh, Ryan, do you, do you expect to, you know, as a former Congressman, do you expect that we get some more, uh, how do I put this? I mean, uh, I guess, do you expect Congress this to not go away as an issue in Congress, a bipartisan issue in Congress?Uh, so it is a bi-partisan issue. I guess the question is, do we have a bipartisan solution and to your point, like five years ago, I'm not so sure that policy makers had a full grasp on what do you mean own your own data? What does that even mean? Right. And now, now I think everybody understands what that means and they understand what path we've chosen to take and how frankly that path has probably been misguided and how it's it's led to some, um, it's, it's, it's led to some unfortunate outcomes, um, and it's rewarded, it's re it's rewarded bad actors.And so the question is how do you course correct. Um, and how do you course correct in a manner that empowers the individual, right? Like, so when I go on the internet or when I choose to look something up or how I behave, will I be able to use that in a way that empowers me? And will I be able to communicate with companies, will companies be able to identify who I am in a way that gets us connected and cuts out, frankly, the, the toll booth collector.Yeah. That's yeah, that's right. Um, random Crowder. What's exciting is that that's that's, that's where fun, where it stands. It's hard to necessarily put that in a 15, second commercial, but people are starting to get it. Yeah. Randall Crowder's is COO and Ryan could steal him, was on the board of directors of Phunware.You all know that the ticker, you want to know the company and, uh, and guys, this has been great, something different. I think, uh, it was nice to get, you know, a third voice on here, like Ryan, uh, you know, sort of spice things up for us. So Randall, we appreciate, uh, the screenshots. I had not seen those before and we, we will be in touch and see how things develop and, uh, keep us informed, please.The people are, need to be kept informed of all of the comings and goings and what's happening here. So, uh, so we're looking for, we're looking forward to that and, uh, thank you both for joining us today on Benzinga live. Thank y'all. Thank you. Y'all go, honestly, y'all are doing an amazing job. You know, what y'all have done for the community of investors is incredible.And so thank you for just being a part of y'all story as well. So, you know, this is a new day that we live in and the more you can educate people the better. Uh, and so we're happy to always participate. Appreciate it. Thanks a lot, Randall. Thanks a lot, Ryan. Uh, whoever was in the chat asking for a price target, man, we don't do that.Okay. Here, I'll give you a price for I'll pull it out of the air right now. It would mean nothing, right? That's not what we're doing here. And also, even if I did have a price target, what, what value would that have to anyone while, as I said, 'cause I said, it's going to 20. W what does that mean? It means nothing, right?It doesn't mean anything. It's not, it's not the point here. Um, the point is to, to hear from the people inside the company, in the know, you know, obviously our Randall was very good at and not answering certain questions, uh, and, and dipping and dodging around certain questions. Um, you know, as he is wanting to do, frankly, uh, you know, I can ask what I want to ask and I can't make him answer in any way, shape or form.Uh, all I'll say is, um, I guess the only thing we can do is wait and see, right. Wait and see on the app. Wait and see on who they're working with, because he didn't say frankly, I mean, he didn't, he. Didn't really say he, he was, I will say I had the pleasure of speaking with Randall actually back in January, kind of when I was first starting here at Benzinga and he was one of my favorite, um, executives that I had gotten to speak to just because he was so candid.And did he show you the thing that the thing is arm thing? Oh, that was just like a month ago. I did see that, but that wasn't when I talked to him back in January, he was all healthy, still pumping iron, you know, but, uh, but my only question, I guess, that I didn't get to ask would be that if, uh, I know I didn't do a good job of telling you, but just does being associated with having done Trump's app in 2020.I mean, Randall mentioned working with both sides of the aisle. Would that make maybe members on the other side of the aisle hesitant to work with them? If there have been like linked to you should have asked, man, he should have asked, Hey, well I think I ran a Ryan back. Hey, if you liked that you can do us like the easiest solid favor in the world.Just hit the little thumbs up button on YouTube. I know it might mean nothing to you, but it really does mean something to us. So we would appreciate, I get to eat lunch. If we get to a certain amount of likes, otherwise. Yeah, that's actually true. Uh, uh, the threshold is always changing every day. And just to give you an idea of where we're at right now, uh, about 160 Spencer, I think Jason said two 50.I get to eat lunch today. So that's actually, I think that's the motivation for us to not, to not get there. Like you don't get that you want was being mean. Hopefully the chat isn't as mean as Spencer. Um, I, Spencer, we did say we have a packed show today. What do we have coming up next? We, yeah. W we're already running behind.What else is new, frankly? Uh, we have Katie's chain. I see her here backstage, uh, she's CEO of resources connection. Uh, Hey, we're going to talk jobs AB we're going to talk jobs. You love jobs. I do love jobs trying to tell them they don't like jobs over here. I like jobs where have all the workers gone.That is going to be one of my questions, uh, for Katie. She, you know what we have over here. Let's just bring her on right now. Katie, Shane, uh, here she is. Hey KJ, Shane CEO, resource connection, ticker RGP. How are we doing today, Kate? How are you guys? And thanks for having me. Thanks for, uh, coming on. Uh, w w we need to keep this show on the tracks, cause it's liable to go off the tracks at times.So we're trying, trying to, trying to keep it on the tracks. Uh, first, just tell us about, uh, resource connection and what you do, and then, and then I'll get into my actual. Great. So our operating name is RGP. And for some people that stands for really great people. We are a human capital firm, um, built with a group of knowledge workers or modern professionals.Um, we're really built to deliver professional services to the marketplace in a more modern way. And for us, that means helping our talented consultants build more of a portfolio oriented career, meaning they can decide what projects they want to work on when they want to work for whom they work and where they work.So we're a business model built for today in terms of the focus on flexibility, agility, and control for talent, where is all the talent, Kate, where did all the workers go? So it depends on what segment of the workforce you're talking about, obviously. And I think, I think the data, when you really dive into it, the data tells you that the workers that are taking a break right now, the demographic is kind of 30 to 45 year olds.And I think part of what's happened post COVID is everybody's reassessing. What's important in life. And it's not about work-life balance anymore. It's really about does work, align with what matters to you as a. As a person and as a professional. So the workers are reassessing right now. I think they're coming back, but they're going to come back in a different way.Now for our company, our demographic is a little bit older, so we haven't seen, um, the Exodus that some other companies are experiencing. Uh, but we all have to pay attention to what talent wants because it's a talent driven marketplace right now. And so, you know, the companies that think they're going to come back full steam ahead with the behaviors of the past, I think are going to lose.We have to pay attention to what talent is telling us today. Okay. I I'm with you on that. Um, so clearly, clearly the w the trends in the last year and a half has been very good for, for you and your, your business, right? You you've just, you know, reach your highest revenue figure over the last 10 years, you beat your beat, your own guidance.Um, That's all backward looking the last year and a half, right. The trends of that have resulted from COVID I've benefited you and your business. Um, but now we're co now we're talking about coming out of that now and, and, and, you know, the, the relative chaos of the last year and a half year and three quarters more normalizing.Right. So what does that mean for your business? Well, I think it's important to understand that COVID, didn't create these trends. COVID accelerated trends that we're already building in the marketplace and that are, you know, trends like talent, wanting more control, talent, wanting more flexibility, um, and the trends toward project oriented deliverables.I mean, when you, when you look back what's happening, we're about to enter, I think the fifth industrial revolution, right? And that is about bringing human and technology capability together. Um, and the pace of change is, is happening faster and faster. Um, disruption is happening in every industry.Technology allows, you know, upstarts and smaller players to challenge the behemoths in this environment. And so what's that doing to business and business leaders? It means we have to innovate faster. We have to get our groups to embrace change faster. And the kind of skills we need to pivot on different projects or change oriented transformations means the skillsets you need in an organization are constantly changing.And so this paradigm of full-time employment being the only career path for knowledge workers is gone, and I think it's gone forever. And so there was a recent article in the Harvard business review, which, you know, aligns with my thinking. I'll share that up front, which is, you know, we're finally seeing the rise of the project economy, meaning that operational change will happen based upon project teams and not necessarily full-time equivalent employees just handling the day-to-day operations at the business.And, and that was, you know, happening. Peter Drucker talked about that years and years ago, as the smartest companies will keep their core team lean and access skillsets. They need to drive innovation in their organizations. And that's really what we're seeing now, which wasn't created by COVID, but was accelerated by COVID.Right. That sounds like it's great for the business. They can keep their costs down that way. Yeah. I've yet to sell me though on how that's that great for me as the worker, other than flexibility. And I get to live in a van out, down by the river if I want to and work on my laptop, but uh, it's I also, I hear that and I, I hear.No benefits. Right. Well, okay. So let's talk about that. I mean, what I love talking about with, with you and others is that our company does offer the safety net of benefits and professional community. So it can be done. We're here to tell you that you can enjoy a gig work and a safety net and a home and a professional community and professional development, all the things that knowledge workers want, but we deliver it in a different way.And what I'd say is it, it, it's a fabulous opportunity for talent that wants more control, um, wants to be able to work on projects at some of the most beloved brands, not get involved in the politics or the hierarchy of traditional kind of employment and career growth. And, um, you can do so in a way that also protects your family protects, um, your health care needs, et cetera.And so we're really a new model for the modern age. Yeah. Um, Kate, I, I'm just curious, uh, of all the things going on in the job market, in your business at a, at a resource connection, uh, w w what is the trend right now that, that, that keeps you up.Hiring great people just having enough people for our client demand. I mean, it's interesting. Our company started about 26 years ago. I mean, we spun out of Deloitte, um, out of the big four paradigm, but we're something very different. Um, but it's always been about finding the best people who want to bring their problem solving skills to the client environment.And so the only thing that keeps me up, um, right now is making sure we attract that we become that irresistible employer for the talent. Um, you know, the most sought after talent in the future. Awesome. Katie, Shane CEO of resource connection, a pleasure to chat with you. We'll have to have you back on again, as, as the, as the market develops more and whatever trends develop more that we're, that we're maybe starting to see right, right now or changes.And we'll have to have you back on to discuss this. Cause you've, you've got a pretty unique insight from your spot in the, uh, the ecosystem. So thank you so much for joining us today. We appreciate it. Great. Thanks for having me. Uh, all right. Uh, we are back on time, everyone, if you can believe it. I know.Um, and let me see here. I see our next guests. Let's get that banner off the screen. Yeah, we can go ahead and do that. Thank you very much. Um, yeah, so coming up right now, we have car parts.com coming on for a retail investor AMA. So this is interesting if, if you've never participated in an AMA before, it's an ask me anything.So post your questions in the chat and we will go ahead and pull them on the screen. We will do that. Um, yeah. So, so without further ado, Spencer let's, let's go ahead and get to let's just bring on this CEO and the COO of car parts.com, ticker, P R T S Lev Parker, David, Minnie. And we got them here. Let's bring them on their backstage.I see them there. They are. Wait a minute. Are they on mute? Can we hear you? Hello? Looks like, wait, I think they're on a mute. Oh, no. Let's see if we can unmute them. No, I think they will have to do it on there. And can you get yeah, on the it's something on the, on your end guys here, that's moving backstage for a second and we'll be able to see when they're on a muted and um, within the, within the platform from the platform, they can do that.Uh, in the meantime, um, everyone in the chat, I, I w we have fun bowls. We have fun bears. That's what makes the market, um, and just because you sell one disagrees with you doesn't make them necessarily wrong. It doesn't mean it's not a personal attack to be. Bullish or bearish of stock. I just wanted to put that out there.Cause you guys, a lot of people fired up about Phunware right now. If you miss the phone were interviewed just for wanting to show like 20 minutes and you'll catch it. Uh, do we have David and live on mute and no, I still see them. They can't, they can't hear you guys to working on changing their speaker settings.Just a little, thank you, producer Rojas. He can't even hear us. So how would they know that we were talking to them? We wouldn't exactly write disagreements. What drives the stock market. So yeah, just like that. If you ask a question in the chat, we will bring it up on the screen provided it's appropriate and we can, you know, actually not be embarrassed and humiliated when we bring it up to them.So, um, bowls in the long-term win. Oh, in the long-term stock market. That is true. We're at all time highs. This is generally true. Uh, but of course not all stocks go up and stay up. This is why I like ETFs. All right. I think we have them back. I think we have Lev Lifepak or the CEO, David, Minnie, and the CEO of car parts.Can we get them on here? Take two, hitting the button. Um, hold on. It looks like they still cannot hear us. We're still troubleshooting this. Okay. Um, let's see. Actually it looks to me like they're frozen. Oh no, they're not frozen. I think we add them guys. Nope. All right. We're still working on that. You heard them?I heard some typing on their end, but they can't hear us, which is the problem right now. Hey man, it's alive. This is what happens on live shows. It's fun. You roll with the punches. So we'll get, we'll get Dave and then live on in a second. And then after them, we'll have Jesse Kaler from elite trading and we're just going to spend the next hour after this, just like ripping through charts.If you have a question, you might have stock drop the ticker in the chat and we'll just, we'll just run through them. We'll get, we'll get thoughts. Any stock you want to look at, we will look at, I can't promise you'll have anything good to say about it, but of course, but we'll look at it and it's what, what, what's the worst that can happen.Right? Uh, so we will do that basically for the, uh, the, the, the, the one to two o'clock hour. We'll wrap up the show at two o'clock and the timing is, uh, precipitous because that's right where we're going to get the FOMC announcement. Don't forget everyone. If you are trading today, uh, the day's liable to turn on a dime depending on what happens at, in an hour and 12 minutes from now.Um, what the fed says regarding, uh, there are tapes. Of asset of buying out, uh, um, uh, uh, bonds of buying mortgage backed securities. They're going to slow down their pace of bond. They're going to eventually stop. We just don't know when they're going to start the process. Is it going to be in December? Is it going to be in jail?It's it's trying to like, it's like trying to turn the Titanic, right? Wait, it's just such a slow, drawn out process, but the market cares about that stuff. And market cares because this was this, the bazooka gone safety net that, that the fed shot out of a cannon last March. Right now we're talking about maybe slowing down the bazooka a little bit, the fire hose of money, uh, that could, that announcement could come today in an hour and 11 minutes.And, uh, yeah. And Spencer retaught about it on Monday, as far as you know how essentially all the big banks between Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, we're expecting this announcement to come this week. To my knowledge. I, I believe it, a lot of it's priced in, but like you said, there could be a surprise in terms of when that tapering is supposed to start.If it, if it's earlier than expected, maybe the markets take a hit if it's later than expected. Um, the opposite of it hit. So we shall see this afternoon. I know all eyes are on the conclusion of that fed meeting. We will definitely be covering here on Benzinga. Um, so stay tuned. If you are interested and let us know in the chat kind of what you're trading and what you're looking, we are watching the chat.Ben Lee, what do you want us to answer, man? Mainly I see your question. He says, we're not answering you. What, what do you want us to answer? We don't know Bentley, if you're even a real person or even a real person. I don't, I know you're real. Yeah. I mean, I, I don't know. There's it seems like there's been a lot of problems, uh, w with true social, it seems like in the past couple of weeks, a lot of reports coming out, I tried to get to get the app the day that the, the I announcement.Um, and I, I guess I pre-ordered it, I'm not quite sure how that works, I guess, is what happens when you get an app it's not public yet. Is it going to show up on my phone one day? That's just how this works. Cause I, I hit download and then nothing happened. So I don't quite know. I don't know. I mean, we'll be, we'll be watching out.We'll see when the app goes live. Um, checking in on the spec that that is partnering with true social is down about 1% today holding at $64 and 30 cents. Uh, this is a stock that, you know, obviously went berserk a few weeks ago. Um, reached, got well over a hundred dollars at one point now at 64, uh, dollars.So we'll be watching, um, D whack as well, Spencer, while you've got Benzinga pro up and we're waiting for the car parts guys. Um, I want to check in on, on a cannabis stock. Uh, well, not a true cannabis stock, but one that I've said I liked in this space that is Scott's miracle grow SMG. Y um, Scott's reported earnings last night and is taking off today up about 12%.So essentially if you, if you're unfamiliar with the stock, Scott's miracle grow, of course has their different soil products known for gardening and whatnot. But, um, if you go to Scottsboro gross website, you can go under the brands they own, and they have a bunch of different brands, uh, that are, are targeting the cannabis industry.So, uh, you know, focused on the lights to help grow the cannabis, um, soil of course, all this stuff. So to me, it's a place. Gets you that multi-state operator, obviously Scott's miracle grow with the equipment, um, can kind of be a grow G competitor who, uh, grow G has been touted as the home Depot of cannabis, but never got, because you can go there to buy essentially everything you would need to grow cannabis, uh, without having to go there to, to buy home Depot with home Depot of candidates.I agree. And I think Scott's miracle grow. The brands they have under are very compelling as well. Um, all right. We are good with car parts.com. Give us a couple seconds and we will bring on peeker and David many. And we are going to go ahead with our AMA, so start spamming your questions in the chat. Can I hit the button?Hit the buttons guys, thumbs up. If you can hear me thumbs up. Let's do that. Then they can hear us. Okay. They can hear us. Oh man. We're going to do this third. Time's the charm 3, 2, 1. Yes, we have them. What's up. What's going on guys? How you doing? Good. Great, great love peaker and David Manion. David's been on the show a few times.I believe we've had Levon as well. So welcome back guys. How are y'all doing on this Wednesday? We are doing great. How are you guys? Good. Good. So for some of our audience that may not be familiar with car parts.com, can you guys just give us the quick elevator pitch 60 seconds so we can get into the school.So I'll do it. So we're, uh, we're an online retailer specializing in auto parts. We sell collision mechanical performance and accessories. And what makes us unique is that we have our own supply chain. We import straight from the factories in Asia and domestically. We bring all the inventory in our distribution centers and we sell them directly to customers.So what that does is it allows us to sell premium quality parts at competitive prices. Got it. All right. Well, give us a second because there is a site. Can we start? Cause I have some questions. Let's start with Spencer's questions. We'll get some from the chair. Can we your own supply chain? Uh, what, why, why do that?It seems like an obvious thing to do now, right? When there's supply chain chaos everywhere. But at the time, I'm sure that was not an obvious thing and there's a reason, not everyone does it. Right. So why, why, why do that, uh, at the outset? Yeah, it's a great question. And it's an obvious thing for us and it's been obvious since we joined the company three years ago, it's about controlling our own destiny.It's about vertical integration in order to offer the best quality products at the best prices you want to control the whole journey from factory to fulfillment centers, straight to the customers. So no middleman, no third party. There's no one in between making a markup and we can offer the same, same parts at great price.So it looks like we do have our first question coming in from Brian baller. He's asking thoughts on Tesla taking over the car industry. And I'm going to add to that a little bit, because I know Tesla famously has less car parts than other cars. Yeah. So I'll take that one. So I think if you think about the car park today, you know, there are 286 million vehicles on their own.And the average age of the vehicle is about 12 years. It's the oldest. We've seen, uh, cars on their own, uh, to date. Yeah. And, uh, if you really think about how many cars Tesla is selling per quarter or per year or whatever number you want to take, and it's a very small percentage of the car park. So it's going to take a long time for not just Tesla, but all electric vehicles to penetrate the car park.But we have been getting ready in January. We'll launch a car cars.com/cd. Uh, we have over 700,000 applications, uh, and different parts for electric vehicles. Uh, we were also a launch partner for TRW and their blue line, uh, which has brakes for electric vehicles. Um, so w we have been getting ready. Um, and the other misconception is that Teslas have fewer parts.You know, 90% of everything that was sell is, uh, really drives through Gnostic. So, you know, Tesla has bumper covers and mirrors and the headlights and control arms. Um, and sure you have three plays breaks less frequently because of the way the, uh, the car, uh, breaks on its own when you release the gas bottle, but it still has those parts.Wait, just real fast. Um, the average age of the car in the us 12 years, how does that compare to historical averages? I too used to be, you know, between 10 and 11 and it's been slowly climbing. So, you know, we went from 10.6, uh, maybe 10 years ago to, uh, 12 years, uh, this year. Uh, ah, okay. Moving on. So easy, Mike is asking, do you guys currently have any deals with the major automakers?I was going to say what's up easy, Mike. Cause I like the name. I think actually you bring up a good point. Then what makes our business very unique is our private brands. 90% of what we sell is our own brand and our own product. So that's how we can, we can have the same quality as the OES, but at more attractive price.And we're also, you know, early on in our journey, we decided that we wanted to reduce the paradox of choice for the consumer. So our goal is to offer the customer a good, better, best selection. And you know, if you think about an OEM part, you know, it's extremely expensive in most cases. Uh, there's really no.And a lot of we parts, uh, you know, we create our own catalog, right. Their own data. And so eventually we will offer consumer choice to buy an OEM part, but the aftermarket parts are just as good. Um, and often they're sourced at the same factories as where OAE make their parts as well. Got it. And so Eduardo Gonzalez in the chat is asking, um, do you guys offer a lifetime warranty on your parts or, or if any warranty at all?What's the duration of that? Yeah, we're actually in the process of rolling out, um, all new policies in terms of returns, uh, we're really want to be consumer centric. And so, uh, over the next few months, which we'll see, we'll see us roll out as hassle-free returns. So the first 90 days of the, uh, of you owning the product, you'll be able to return it to us.Uh, no questions asked. Um, and then after that, there'll be a lifetime replacement guarantee where, you know, if you buy a set of brake pads, you'll be able to use those brake pads. And then in a year or two years, whenever they wear out to return them to us and buy a new set and get us afraid, I think Eduardo brings up a good topic.And if you look at some of the, some of the specialty retailers that are doing really well right now, whether it's chewy or Warby Parker, some of the online players, their return policy and their warranty policies is what also makes them very unique. So that's one of the things that we're looking to match and, and improve on over the next few weeks.Got it. Yeah. That that's interesting. Um, someone else is asking a good question to chat rich. Kaiser's asking to have I saw this one. This is a great question. How far back in years do your parts go for the people who have classics? I mean, we're up here in Detroit, Michigan. So a lot of people out here are driving cars, you know, from the classic cars really from before you were born.So literally we go back to, uh, about 1980. Um, we are in the process of expanding our assortment and identifying gaps in our catalog. And so classic and the restoration is definitely, uh, one of the areas that we want to pay attention to. So you'll see us kind of start catalog. There'll be calls, you know, and go back to the 19 56, 7 twenties, um, as we kind of attack new areas and get a new, a new arts.And there was another good one here I wanted to get to your film, the chat that I just saw. Uh, and I want to, um, yeah. Okay. This is going from bread, bread goddess. I don't think we asked this one. Right. Uh, do you work with individuals or companies? Is there any you can name? Uh, so we primarily ship to individual consumers.Um, now from our research with do know that one in six customers takes the parts to be, uh, installed or replaced, uh, somewhere else, they don't do the repair. Uh, and we're also working on a lot of different initiatives to address the, do it for me market. But today our primary focus is do it yourself, individual consumer here's one from Christian.How has your supply chain slow? This is the obvious one, right? You have your own supply chain. What was surely it's affected? Right. So how is your supply chain slowed down? I've been affected over the last year and a half? You know, I think every retailer has felt some impact of supply chain, disruption, you know, for us, it's, it's an obstacle and we looked at it as an opportunity.So very early on in the pandemic, we decided to take a more aggressive approach. So we continued to expanding our supply chain by opening new buildings. We continue to pay, you know, premium rates for ocean freights to have the inventory. We like to say that inventory is our oxygen. And so the fulfillment centers is really the key and the critical component of the company.So we've been very aggressive in terms of bringing in inventory. And in fact, then we just announced it yesterday on our earnings call. Uh, we're at basically a company record in terms of inventory position. We have $130 million of inventory position on the books. That's up from 49 million, two years ago.And as we get into our peak season, having the inventory in stock is what's gonna make us win 130, 2 million, the extra 2 million actually counts. So it makes sense that France, what about, uh, foreign cars? You guys are also in those Martin you're in all carbon. Yes. So all foreign domestic, uh, 1980 and above for now.Um, but we carry it, uh, collision mechanical. We carry it all. All right. This, this isn't asking me anything. This question I highly, highly doubt you can answer, but somebody did ask about your take, I think on flying cars, I think, um, Hey, this is what we, we, we, we pulled the Jad for questions and this is what they say.Let me find the exact question because I don't want to butcher it. Um, yeah. Yeah. Okay. This is the quiz. This is the question. We'll test produce a flying car in the future. Like the ones in the Bladerunner movie. Well, I doubt they can speak to Tesla specifically, but I'll let you guys answer that as best you can.I hope so. And you know, if it falls out of the sky, there's going to be more parts to replace on it and I'll tell you for me, I'm still waiting for a flying DeLorean. Yeah. Yeah. Those, those are supposed to be out by now. I thought, um, this isn't from the chat, but I'm just curious right now. What, what brand is the most bought, um, you know, brand of car parts on your website right now?Uh, meaning for which brand of cars or yeah, for which brand of car I know it's your, I know it's car parts.com branded parts, but you know, are they for Toyota's for Volkswagens? It really follows, uh, vehicles and operations. So it's, you know, the number one selling vehicle in America is a Ford F-150. So a Ford F-150 is the most common.Uh, vehicle, that was all parts for it. And I'll give you the other ones. It's a Dodge Ram Chevy Silverado and Toyota Tundra. The remains yes. Of trucks. Yes. So, so logistically, you know, so I go to a mechanic, they, you know, typically would say, oh, we have to order these parts and there's going to be a markup for those parts.Um, so if I went to a mechanic and knew which parts I need and then went and got them myselves from car parts.com, could I bring those to the mechanic and then, uh, have them install those or do they, the mechanics themselves have to order from car parts.com. Yeah. So we've seen the pie kind of change. Uh, you know, if you would've asked me 10 years ago, I would have told you that, you know, most mechanics wouldn't take the parts that you sourced outside.Uh, but I think as kind of time went on, um, a lot of mechanics, uh, they kind of work like lawyers or doctors where, you know, they, they have a certain amount of money they want to make per hour. And so if you were to go out and source your own product and then bring it into a mechanic, uh, he might have free time and he means stole the parts.He might charge you a little bit more for labor. Uh, so, you know, if a typical labor rate has one time per hour, he might charge you 1 35 just to make a little bit more per hour. Cause

Em novembro acontece a 40ª edição da Feira do Livro de Sharjah, nos Emirados Árabes Unidos, já considerada a terceira maior feira da indústria editorial do mundo. No ano passado, por exemplo, quando as restrições por conta da pandemia eram muito maiores, o evento recebeu 1.024 editoras de 73 países. Com investimentos significativos para se tornar um polo cultural, Sharjah tem dado máxima importância aos livros e à cultura árabe e isso tem se tornado cada vez mais interessante para as editoras brasileiras. Todos os anos, uma comitiva liderada pelo Brazilian Publishers parte para o emirado buscando comprar e vender direitos e realizar esse intercâmbio cultural. E esse ano, claro, não será diferente. Neste episódio conversamos com dois editores que estarão por lá no próximo mês, a veterana Laura di Pietro, da Editora Tabla – que participou da feira pela primeira vez em 2011 – e com Leonardo Garzaro, da Editora Rua do Sabão, que marcará presença em Sharjah pela primeira vez. No bate-papo, eles contam quais são suas expectativas para a Feira deste ano, como estão se preparando para o evento e discorrem sobre os imensos investimentos feitos pelo emirado e que têm ajudado editoras em todo mundo. Além disso, Laura compartilhou suas experiências anteriores na feira e deu dicas de como tirar o melhor proveito das rodadas de negócios. A hospitalidade de Sharjah, sua cultura e curiosidades também fizeram parte da conversa. Este podcast é um oferecimento da MVB Brasil, empresa que traz soluções em tecnologia para o mercado do livro. Além da Metabooks, reconhecida plataforma de metadados, a MVB oferece para o mercado brasileiro o único serviço de EDI exclusivo para o negócio do livro. Com a Pubnet, o seu processo de pedidos ganha mais eficiência. https://brasil.mvb-online.com/home Já ouviu falar em POD, impressão sob demanda? Nossos parceiros da UmLivro são referência dessa tecnologia no Brasil, que permite vender primeiro e imprimir depois; reduzindo custos com estoque, armazenamento e distribuição. Com o POD da UmLivro, você disponibiliza 100% do seu catálogo sem perder nenhuma venda. http://umlivro.com.br Este é o programa número 186 do dia 14 de outubro de 2021 gravado no dia 7/10 . Eu sou Fabio Uehara com Talita Fachinni, Leonardo Neto e a edição de Gil Luiz Mendes da Central 3. E agora nossa conversa com o Leonardo e Laura Indicações - Museu da civilização islamica de Sharjah - https://www.google.ae/travel/entity/key/ChcItZ_g--DP74OYARoKL20vMDlnaDF6cBAE?hl=pt-PT&gl=ae&gsas=1&utm_campaign=sharing&utm_medium=link&utm_source=htls&ts=CAESABoGCgIaABIAKgQKABoA&rp=OAE&ei=mdEjYejhLfy6lsYP-rWl0A0&sa=X&ved=0CAAQ5JsGahcKEwiYltiMzsXzAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAw Expo 2020 Dubai - https://www.expo2020dubai.com Cenas de um casamento - HBO Max - (https://play.hbomax.com/page/urn:hbo:page:GYR0XEAt6Q4jDwgEAAAbB:type:series) House of wisdom - https://houseofwisdom.ae/ Os árabes - Eugene Rogan - Zahar (https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/detalhe.php?codigo=4103023) o arador das águas - Hoda Barakat - Tabla - (https://editoratabla.com.br/catalogo/o-arador-das-aguas/) Segunda chamada - https://globoplay.globo.com/segunda-chamada/t/DYpvss7pz5/ Mohammad Al-Murr - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Al-Murr --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/podcast-do-publishnews/message

Netty sits down with Colin Kitching. Colin originally joined the OAE as a player in the viola section and has gone on to be our Librarian. As his retirement approaches, Netty takes a look back at Colin's long and respected life in the profession. ___Tea with Netty is our podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

Jakob Rønning, Title: "Alkaline minerals as a tool to mitigate ocean acidification and facilitate CO2 from the atmosphere". Conclusion: "olivine and dolomite are most promising candidates for OAE, while limestone has the opposite effect on seawater chemistry. Therefore be cautious with limestone". University of Southern Denmark, Biology, Nordcee

As the OAE perform Così fan tutte at Glyndebourne, Netty speaks to Riccardo Minasi, who is conducting the Orchestra. The pair have a laugh in sharing their entertaining moments from the show.Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger…), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she ‘spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.

Netty is joined by three violins from the OAE violin section; Henry Tong, Dominika Feher and Nia Lewis. The foursome compare and contrast their chosen trajectories towards OAE and learn a lot about each other in the process.Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger...), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she 'spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.

Netty spills with tea with OAE founding member and Principal Flute Lisa Beznosiuk. Lisa shares stories about how she accidentally found classical music before becoming obsessed with it. __Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger...), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she 'spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Available as Apple podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, TuneIn+Alexa

In our latest episode, Netty is joined by OAE founding member, Alison Bury, and share some giggles over a cuppa. The pair reminisce about starting their baroque careers together at college and share stories of their friendship through music.Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger...), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she 'spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.

We talk with Dr. Rachel St. John and Dr. Walter Kutz about Congenital Hearing Loss including causes, available treatments, and counseling. --- EARN CME Reflect on how this Podcast applies to your day-to-day and earn AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs: https://earnc.me/PxylKr --- SHOW NOTES In this episode, Dr. Rachel St. John and Dr. Walter Kutz join hosts Dr. Ashley Agan and Dr. Gopi Shah to discuss congenital hearing loss. Dr. St. John and Dr. Kutz outline the newborn hearing screening process and describe the benefits of both the traditional otoacoustic emission (OAE) test and auditory brainstem response (ABR) test for different conditions. They emphasize the importance of imaging in patients with late-onset and/or asymmetric hearing loss. The factors that influence the selection of imaging modality are also discussed. Next, the diagnosis and management of hearing loss in children with auditory neuropathy, cytomegalovirus, and meningitis are reviewed. The potential role of cochlear implantation (CI) in each of these conditions is highlighted. Dr. St. John and Dr. Kutz emphasize that the journey following CI varies for each child, and that it often takes time to reap the benefits of the procedure. Lastly, Dr. St. John stresses the importance of early language exposure – through multiple mediums – to ensure that children do not miss out on crucial early brain development. --- RESOURCES Dr. Walter Kutz's Twitter Handle: @EarDoc1 UT Southwestern Cytomegalovirus Screening Study (CHIMES Study): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260148/

This month we have Dr. Dhar with us, Principal Investigator at the Auditory Research Lab at Northwestern University. He throws light on hearing health care as a disciple to prevent a decline in quality of life rather than a preventative discipline. He discusses topics right from Universal newborn hearing screening, ways to ensure good OAE results to the future of hearing health! Dr. Dhar shares his optimism about the future of hearing health care and his view on this field of audiology as a satisfying and rewarding career.

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In this episode, Netty sits down with one of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's founding members, Cat Mackintosh to talk about how the OAE was formed back in the 1980s, and what else was happening in the early music scene back then. The pair also share a giggle about what is the most democratic music and what happens when a conductor suggests something that musicians don't like!___Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger...), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she 'spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.24.265462v1?rss=1 Authors: Boothalingam, S., Goodman, S. S. Abstract: This study describes a time series-based method of middle ear muscle reflex (MEMR) detection using bilateral clicks, with implications for otoacoustic emission (OAE)-based medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR) assays. Although current click-based methods can detect changes in the OAE evoking stimulus to monitor the MEMR, these methods do not discriminate between true MEMR-mediated vs. artifactual changes in the stimulus. We measured MEMR in 20 young clinically normal hearing individuals using a series of clicks presented at six levels (65 to 95 dB peak-to-peak SPL in 6 dB steps). Results were well-approximated by double-exponential functions. The change in ear canal pressure due to MEMR increased monotonically as a function of click level but non-monotonically with frequency. MEMR thresholds estimated using this method were lower than that obtained from a clinical tympanometer in ~94% of the participants. It is recommended that the OAE-evoking stimulus be monitored to determine the presence of MEMR across a wide band of frequencies in MOCR assays. A time series-based method, along with statistical tests, may provide additional confidence in detecting the MEMR. MEMR effects were smallest at 2 kHz which may provide avenues for minimizing the MEMR influence on the MOCR. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

What's brewing backstage with the Orchestra. Tea with Netty is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's new podcast hosted by viola player Annette Isserlis (Netty). Over a cuppa (or something a little stronger...), Netty chats with a variety of conductors, players and other guests as she 'spills the tea' on the side of classical music you don't normally hear.Netty kicks off our new podcast with OAE players Martin Kelly and Julia Kuhn before they rehearse at the summer opera festival, Glyndebourne.We get to hear two different perspectives on OAE pit-life at Glyndebourne. Martin Kelly, viola and opera buff, recalls the early days of the OAE's residency while newer member Julia Kuhn, violin, talks about her highlights so far.

Seit über dreißig Jahren spielt es an vorderster Front der internationalen Originalklang-Szene mit - schlank im Klang und doch ausdrucksstark, verwurzelt in der Vergangenheit und doch stylisch modern: das Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, kurz: das OAE, aus Großbritannien.

In this podcast Sam Frey explains to us the reasoning as to why, how, and when to witness. The thought of witnessing to someone else motivate you or send you into a fearful panic? This is a podcast on how we can turn fear into faith! Sam, for decades, has been evangelizing throughout New York City and other parts of the country as well as overseas and lends us his thoughts and experiences to the absolute need for spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Topic Introduction I must say, I have such a fascinating job! I get to talk to so many bright interesting parents and children--and they are full of questions, information, and observations. I have always found that people, and that includes me, love to learn new things and a medical visit provides a great opportunity for this to happen.  That's why I started this series of pedcasts that I call "Interesting Conversations".  The first such pedcast I did a few months ago turned out to be very popular so here I go again with interesting questions and topics my patients bring up in conversation. I hope you enjoy this edition of Portable Practical Pediatrics. Oh, I'm sorry. how rude of me. I didn't introduce myself.  I am Dr. Paul Smolen, a board certified pediatrician practicing in Charlotte NC. I invented this blog as a experimental way to better communicate with my patients and their families. So here goes with the next installment of Portable Practical Pediatrics. Musical Introduction   Conversation 1: Length of time a child with strep remains contagious after treatment? The other day a family asked me how long one is contagious with strep throat after treatment has begun? This is certainly a very relevant question for families ready to get back to life when their child contracts strep throat. Well the standard answer you will hear from pediatricians is 24 hours and I think this is a good rule of thumb, with a few caveats.  Consider the fact that bacteria can double their numbers every 15 minutes.  That's 96 doublings every day, certainly enough time for a small number of strep bacteria to become many, many, many, in your child's tonsils!. Well, that's true in the opposite direction as well--the billions of strep germs that are in your child's tonsils can become a very small number and disappear quite rapidly after treatment is begun.  A few doses of antibiotics and strep is history. There was even one study I came across that said if a child had a dose of antibiotic as late as 5pm in the day, they could attend school the next day without risk of infecting other children. But, and this is a very big but, strep can live in colonies called biofilms for at least a month on surfaces that an infected child has touched. So your child who has been treated may not be shedding strep germs anymore, but they likely left the strep germ on lots of surfaces at school and at home that might infect someone else. In fact, I used to moonlight for a pediatrician/microbiologist when I was a resident, who would collect his strep swabs all day long and not plate them for a many hours after the patient had gone home. He told me that strep lives on surfaces for a long long time, and he was right.  Strep is not a fragile germ, rather a touch street fighter type of microbe. The truth is that most children who get strep right after having been treated with antibiotics, are getting reinfected rather than the treatment being a failure. Conversation 2: Hearing impaired infant with amazing visual contact of examiner. Related? I recently saw a child whose mother brought her to my office because she was worried about whether she had normal hearing. The child, like all children in the US, had her hearing tested at birth with a device called an OtoAcoustic Emissions device or OAE testing. This device essentially puts a click into the ear and listens for the echo. If the inner ear apparatus is intact and functioning, there will be a solid echo sent back. If the child does not have a functioning inner ear, there will be an abnormal echo. Now this child had passed the OAE in the state in which they were born, Connecticut. But this family had many hearing impaired members, including this child's brother. This mom just thought something was wrong with her daughter's hearing.  Interestingly, I noticed that while we were talking about her daughter's hearing that this six month old child wouldn't take her eyes off me.

Otoakustische Emissionen (OAE) werden von den Äußeren Haarzellen im Corti-Organ im Rahmen der aktiven Verstärkerfunktion der Cochlea generiert. Die Messung von OAE ermöglicht somit die Beurteilung der cochleären Funktion mittels einer einfach durchzuführenden, zuverlässigen und nicht-invasiven Technik. Durch die Lage der Cochlea im Felsenbein sind die nicht-invasiven diagnostischen Möglichkeiten ansonsten deutlich eingeschränkt. Dementsprechend unklar ist bis heute die Pathophysiologie zahlreicher Innenohrschwerhörigkeiten. Könnten einzelne charakteristische Veränderungen der OAE jeweils verschiedenen pathophysiologischen Vorgängen in der Cochlea zugeordnet werden, brächte dies umfangreiche Möglichkeiten in Erforschung und Diagnostik von Innenohrschwerhörigkeiten. Eine cochleäre Ischämie mit folgender Hypoxie wird bei vielen Hörstörungen diskutiert. Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Etablierung eines Tiermodells, an dem die Veränderung der Pegel von Distorsionsprodukten Otoakustischer Emissionen (DPOAE) durch verschiedene Einflussfaktoren frequenz-spezifisch und im Zeitverlauf untersucht werden können. Insbesondere sollten die Veränderungen durch Hypoxie detailliert charakterisiert werden. Mit dem etablierten Tiermodell konnten störungsfreie DPOAE-Messungen unter stabilen Rahmenbedingungen erreicht werden. Durch kontinuierliches Monitoring mittels invasiver Blutdruckmessung und pulsoxymetrischer Bestimmung der Sauerstoffsättigung konnten kontrollierte Bedingungen zur Reduktion etwaiger Verzerrungseffekte geschaffen werden. Die Genauigkeit der Pulsoxymetrie wurde mittels Blutgasanalyse validiert. Erstmalig beschrieben werden konnte eine ausgeprägte Destabilisierung der DPOAE-Pegel unter Hypoxie. Eine bereits von mehreren Autoren berichtete Pegelabnahme konnte zudem erstmals mit dem Grad der Hypoxie korreliert werden, welcher mittels kontinuierlichem Monitoring der Sauerstoffsättigung im Blut erhoben wurde. Ein ebenfalls vorbeschriebener erneuter Abfall der DPOAE-Pegel nach Reoxygenierung wurde reproduziert. Dieser dürfte am ehesten durch osmotische Prozesse mit Ausbildung eines endolymphatischen Hydrops bedingt sein. Darüber hinaus wurde im Zusammenhang mit der Hypoxie ein vorübergehender Pegelanstieg auf Werte über den prähypoxischen Mittelwert beobachtet. Dieser wird, 44 analog zu ähnlichen Beobachtungen nach Exposition mit Tönen tiefer Frequenz, durch Verschiebung des „operating points“ der Äußeren Haarzellen erklärt. Bei suboptimaler Ausgangsposition befinden diese sich durch die Verschiebung vorübergehend in optimaler Position, was sich in einem Pegelanstieg bemerkbar macht. Die beobachtete markante Pegelinstabilität ist zwar unseres Wissens bislang für keinen der möglichen Einflussfaktoren beschrieben worden, zur Klärung ob diese tatsächlich Hypoxie-spezifisch ist bedarf es jedoch weiterer Studien. Da deutliche Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Frequenzen auffielen, sollten weitere Studien stets ein breites Frequenzspektrum berücksichtigen. Besonders auffallend war ein zu den Veränderungen bei 4, 8 und 16 kHz differentes Muster bei 2 kHz und insbesondere bei 12 kHz. Zusammen mit der einfach erhebbaren Pegelinstabilität könnte eine Analyse der einzelnen Frequenzen einem etwaigen Messmodell zur Erfassung einer cochleären Hypoxie zusätzliche Sicherheit bieten. Ließe sich dadurch tatsächlich eine cochleäre Hypoxie nachweisen, könnte das von großer Bedeutung für das Verständnis von Innenohrschwerhörigkeiten sein und als Bestandteil der audiologischen Diagnostik eventuell bei Therapieentscheidungen helfen.

Due to increasing drug resistance, artemisinin-based combination chemotherapy (ACT) has become the first-line treatment of falciparum malaria in many endemic countries. Ethiopia has also adopted artemether/lumefantrine (AL) as first-line treatment in 2004 and its broad introduction was achieved in 2006. However, irreversible ototoxicity associated with AL has been reported and suggested to be a serious limitation in the use of ACT. The aim of this study was to compare ototoxicity, tolerability, and efficacy of ACT with that of quinine and atovaquone/proguanil in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. 97 patients in Jimma area, Ethiopia with slide-confirmed malaria were randomly assigned to receive either artemether/lumefantrine or quinine or atovaquone/proguanil and followed-up on days 7, 28, and 90. Comprehensive audio-vestibular testing by pure tone audiometry (PTA), transitory evoked (TE) and distortion product (DP) otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and brain stem evoked response audiometry (BERA) was done before enrolment and on follow-up days. PTA and DP-OAE levels revealed transient significant cochlear hearing loss in patients treated with quinine but not in those treated with artemether/lumefantrine or atovaquone/proguanil. There was no evidence of drug-induced brain stem lesions by BERA measurements. Hence, there was no detrimental effect of a standard oral regimen of artemether/lumefantrine on peripheral hearing or brainstem auditory pathways in patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. In contrast, transient hearing loss was evidenced with quinine therapy due to temporary outer hair cell dysfunction. Reinfection and recrudescence were determined by RFLP of msp-1 and msp-2 genes. Mutations associated with drug resistance were characterized in Pfmdr1, Pfdhfr, Pfcytb, and Pfserca genes. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously reported to be associated with resistance to the study drugs were identified in both recrudescent and treatment sensitive isolates. A total of seven recrudescences were obtained. The Pfmdr1 N86Y mutation was found in 84.5% of isolates. The triple mutation 51I, 59R, 108N of the Pfdhfr gene occurred in high frequency (83.3%) but no Pfcytb mutation was detected. Sequencing showed a variety of previously described and new mutations in the Pfserca gene. The prevalence of high degree of mutations in Pfmdr1 and Pfdhfr is a reminiscent of the impact of previously used drugs in the area, chloroquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine as first-line treatments. The broad introduction of AL and the cessation of the former drug regimens might probably change the current distribution of polymorphisms, possibly leading to decreased sensitivity to AL in the future. Continuous surveillance of molecular patterns in this region is, therefore, recommended.

Background: Due to increasing drug resistance, artemisinin-based combination chemotherapy (ACT) has become the first-line treatment of falciparum malaria in many endemic countries. However, irreversible ototoxicity associated with artemether/lumefantrine (AL) has been reported recently and suggested to be a serious limitation in the use of ACT. The aim of the study was to compare ototoxicity, tolerability, and efficacy of ACT with that of quinine and atovaquone/proguanil in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Methods: Ninety-seven patients in south-west Ethiopia with slide-confirmed malaria were randomly assigned to receive either artemether/lumefantrine or quinine or atovaquone/proguanil and followed-up for 90 days. Comprehensive audiovestibular testing by pure tone audiometry (PTA), transitory evoked (TE) and distortion product (DP) otoacoustic emissions (OAE) and brain stem evoked response audiometry (BERA) was done before enrolment and after seven, 28 and 90 days. Results: PTA and DP-OAE levels revealed transient significant cochlear hearing loss in patients treated with quinine but not in those treated with artemether/lumefantrine or atovaquone/proguanil. TE-OAE could be elicited in all examinations, except for three patients in the Q group on day 7, who suffered a transient hearing loss greater than 30 dB. There was no evidence of drug-induced brain stem lesions by BERA measurements. Conclusion: There was no detrimental effect of a standard oral regimen of artemether/lumefantrine on peripheral hearing or brainstem auditory pathways in patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. In contrast, transient hearing loss is common after quinine therapy and due to temporary outer hair cell dysfunction.

The #1 Way To WIN THE War on your finances is to know where all of your money is AT ALL TIMES ! In this episode of Financial Freedom Fast Lane we are going to get into a little "spring cleaning" of your money! Whether you use the "envelope system" or you don't have a system, this episode will help you to organize, better manage, and eventually MASTER where your money goes as you seek to build healthy habits !Lets get into it! Watch the full episode on Youtube : https://youtu.be/oaE-wjp31hk