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Original Release Date: Monday 16 June 2025    Description:   From a secret location somewhere in America (actually a rooftop high atop the historic village neighborhood where Phil resides): Dean and Phil got together IN PERSON, and Phil's better half, Lily Holleman, joined them, first to see an experimental film from 1990 (All the Vermeers in New York) at the American Cinematheque, and then to discuss it (over cocktails). You have probably NOT seen the movie, but the discussion is both interesting AND sets up many later conversation strands that prove hilarious! In fact, if this is not the funniest episode of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, it will do until the funniest episode gets here! Partway through, Steve the Turk (who last joined the festivities at a bar in Helsingør, Denmark, when Year 18 Episode 45 was recorded during Dean's bachelor party) joins the trio. Steve regales with information about Turkey, Denmark and Hamburg, Germany. Personalized license plates, the “No Kings” protests and who Steve the Turk's “best friend” might be are just some of the hard-hitting topics the team delve into before opening the Chillpak morgue and getting down to the brass tacks of a VERY competitive round of “Celebrity Deaths”!

October is Eczema Awareness Month, so we're bringing in nutritionist and naturopath Ash Yates from the Boob to Food clinic to help you navigate the minefield that is managing childhood eczema. From identifying triggers to finding relief through holistic care, Ash shares her wisdom on what's really going on with your little one's skin. Whether you're dealing with flare-ups, itching, or just looking for a deeper understanding, this episode is for you.Having always had an interest in health, Ash first began her university studies in nutrition and dietetics. Partway through her dietetics degree a personal experience with natural therapies completely shifted everything she thought she knew about disease and healing, so she switched paths to study naturopathy. Ash has a particular interest in tricky things, stemming from her own early experiences as a mum to a son with kidney disease. She specialises in children with autoimmunity and chronic diseases, failure to thrive, allergies and intolerances, ongoing gastrointestinal issues, and common conditions that seem resistant to treatment, like eczema that just won't resolve...In this podcast we discussWhat is eczema and how common it isSome of the potential root causes from a naturopathic perspectiveThe role that genetics and immune function play in the development of eczemaFoods, supplements and strategies that go beyond dietPractical tips for parents dealing with eczema on a daily basis and when to seek professional helpThe importance of skincare and whether steroid creams are helpfuland so much more...If you would like to dive deeper into eczema you may like to check our our MASTERCLASS or book a 1:1 consult with one of our highly experienced nutritionists and naturopaths in our ONLINE CLINICWant to join us on our Book Tour? We would love to meet you! Check out all the details of our 4 live events and buy your tickets HEREToday's episode was brought to you by Bio-First. Bio-First is an Australian Family brand, who wanted better options for their family and to help as many people as possible. All products are manufactured locally within Australia. Their products are genuinely natural with no nasties like phthalates, petrochemicals, synthetics or chemical solvents, as well as being free of irritants and designed for little, hypersensitive skin and dermatologist certifiedBio-First have a range of skin and immune products for the whole family. You can use the code BOOBTOFOOD for 15% OFF the entire range. Visit www.bio-first.com.auFollow us on instagram @boobtofood to stay up to date with all the podcast news, recipes and other content that we bring to help make meal times and family life easier.Visit www.boobtofood.com for blogs and resources, to book an appointment with one of our amazing practitioners and more.Presented by Luka McCabe and Kate HolmTo get in touch please email podcast@boobtofood.com

Podcast 300 Three hundred episodes. Plus One MORE. When we first decided to do a podcast, we thought that one about Alfred Hitchcock's films would be fun. Partway through the second episode, we realized that he only made about 50 films, and we wanted to do something more ongoing. We decided to make more generically about horror films in general.  We chose well; with over 1700 films reviewed so far, there is no end in sight– they just keep making more horror films, and there are still plenty of oldies that we haven't seen. There are so many new films coming out (especially this month and next) that we have to prioritize and choose among the new releases. There just aren't enough days in the week for all the terror! But still… there are more things in the world than just horror. We've noticed that while watching our movies, we both really enjoyed the old movies a lot. I've even written books about them. We've decided that we like doing “Horror Weekly” so much that we want to branch out and do a more unlimited podcast about older films.  Say hello to “Classics Weekly,” a brand-new Podcast/Newsletter devoted to classic films. Our first episode, devoted to “Casablanca,” will drop sometime next week. It'll all be very similar in format to Horror Weekly, but since it's only one film each week, we'll be able to go more in-depth with trivia and commentary. It'll be fun. Sign up for the newsletter or subscribe to the podcast at https://www.classicsweekly.com Anyway, this time around, we've got a slight focus on “home invasion” films. We'd been sitting on the most recent two “The Strangers” films for a few weeks due to that prioritizing I mentioned, but then “Sunset Superman” (2024) released this week, and they all just went together so well that we had to include the three films together. We've also got “Lyvia's House,” a tale of romance and gaslighting, as well as “Mother Nocturna,” a new release about mental illness, depression, and family.  Don't miss out on our next members-only edition of the newsletter, coming toward the end of the month. Paid subscription info can be found at https://www.horrorweekly.com/   Get all our reviews once a week: https://www.horrorweekly.com/ Check out all our books with one easy link: https://horrormonthly.com/   Contact Info: Email: mailto:email@horrorguys.com Book Store: https://horrormonthly.com/ Website: https://www.horrorguys.com and https://www.horrorweekly.com/ Subscribe by email: https://www.horrorweekly.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horrormovieguys Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@BrianSchell Threads: https://threads.net/brian_schell Twitter: http://twitter.com/HorrorMovieGuys Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/horrorguys.bsky.social   "Galactic Rap " Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

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To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police Interrogation"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/darkest-mysteries-online-the-strange-and-unusual-podcast-2024--5684156/support.

In 2005, Jim deployed to the Middle East as part of a Navy SEAL platoon, alongside 15 of his closest friends and brothers-in-arms. Partway during their deployment, his team suffered devastating losses in the mountains of Afghanistan in an incident detailed in the best-selling book and hit movie “Lone Survivor”. As Jim grappled with crippling grief, it was all he could do, to cling to the One who offered any glimmer of hope. Note: We're re-releasing Jim's story today in honor of Memorial Day, when we remember and honor those who have served and fallen while defending our country. This story was originally released in 2021.  Show notes and book drawing @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/encore-jim-payne ++++++++++++ Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world. These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened! Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate Perks of being a Monthly Partner include: EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early! FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways! Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out.  Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Pushing politicians to do what is good for the health of the people, there's no way around it," said Dr Jacob Alhassan. Born and raised in a rural Ghanian village, Alhassan grew up without electricty and paved roads. He watched women die in childbirth. He grew resentful of health systems that left the poorest people to fend for themselves, while the rich thrived. Alhassan decided to take action. At first, he thought he would study hard to become a local hospital administrator. Partway through his university years, Alhassan began to dream even bigger. In this episode, he looks back at his arrival in Saskatoon, and how his trajectory to becoming an assistant professor of Community Health and Epidemiology was forever changed by provincial austerity measures that wiped out the Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC). Billed as a cut that would save taxpayers $85 million dollars over five years, Alhassan studied Hansard and the full debate around the public transit network's closure. He found little evidence supporting the decision to cut it. "We have a political system that is not necessarily arranged for the well-being of average people," said Alhassan, who still remembers travelling to towns and cities across Saskatchewan to interview people devastated by the closure of the intercity bus service. He said the cuts "radically changed" some people's lives, in some cases shortening them. Losing the parcel service also cost the provincial health care system more, with patients delaying medical care, and pharmacists throwing out delayed and weather-damaged medication and vaccines. "It's literally a might-makes-right sort of thing, where the most powerful people make decisions that deeply impact the lives of people who don't really have the voice to raise their concerns or to be heard," Alhassan said. Today, Alhassan's looking more closely at health outcomes tied to public transportation, and their financial impact on taxpayers. He's also one of the academic co-leads of the University of Saskatchewan's Certificate in Global Health. "You cannot do this type of work to improve people's health if you disconnect yourself from the politics," said Alhassan. "That's not going to happen if I kind of sit in the ivory tower and kind of disconnect myself from the political aspect of this. I strongly believe in that."    

Season 1, Ep 5: Reloading lost episodes from the early Final Word. Partway through a busy Australian tour of England in 2015, it was time to take stock of the short format. We started in The Cricketers pub in Cardiff, recording with Melinda Farrell after the Women's Ashes had just finished with three T20s. Two new women's T20 competitions were soon to start in Australia's Big Bash and England's Super League. So we spoke about the start of men's professional T20s in 2003 with Paul Robertson, the man who led that charge. Then we dropped in on journalist Peter Miller to talk T20 evangelism and look at the upcoming 50-over series between Australia and England men. On new recruit Jason Roy: "I think he'll do a pretty good job at the top of the order." This season was originally recorded for the ABC - this is the extended edition, restoring removed material. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find more episodes at finalwordcricket.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Pagan holiday, Imbolc, falls exactly halfway between Yule (Winter Solstice) and Ostara (Spring Equinox). It strikes me as important that we develop ways to celebrate "partway" points, especially in relationship to our ongoing struggles for justice and equity.

Sermon taught by Catherine Anderson, Service hosted by Jeremey Kinser, Worship led by Rachael Lynde, James Dorward, Victoria Galietta, Harper Ham, Adrian Ortega, Andrew Pineda Are you new? Let us know you were here: liminalventura.org/connectioncard The post Knowledge of God Takes Us Partway, Experience Takes Us Further appeared first on Liminal Church of Ventura.

Sermon taught by Catherine Anderson, Service hosted by Jeremey Kinser, Worship led by Rachael Lynde, James Dorward, Victoria Galietta, Harper Ham, Adrian Ortega, Andrew Pineda Are you new? Let us know you were here: liminalventura.org/connectioncard The post Knowledge of God Takes Us Partway, Experience Takes Us Further appeared first on Liminal Church of Ventura.

“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.” — Job 39:13 Some years ago, I took a bus to a small village a few hours outside of Nairobi, Kenya. Partway through the trip, as I was looking out the window, I saw an ostrich running wildly alongside the bus. Its long neck and bulging eyes stuck out in front of its oddly large body, and it flapped its enormous, fluffy wings while its skinny legs pumped furiously, kicking up clouds of dust as it scurried across the savanna. I couldn't keep from laughing! What a strange and hilarious creature! But as outlandish as ostriches are, they still have their place in creation. Although God didn't endow them with wisdom or good sense, he did see fit to make it possible for them to outpace horses and riders—and even transit buses on African highways! Perhaps God created such a funny creature for times when things that happen in life are just so strange that we have to shake our heads and say, “You can't make this stuff up!” Our lives are often so complex in ways that we can't explain, and sometimes we are left speechless. Still, even strange and inexplicable things have their place in life. And like the wildly joyful ostrich, somehow everything fits together, in God's wisdom. Lord, thank you for your wonderfully diverse creation. We praise you that there's a place for everyone in this good creation and that all things hold together in Jesus Christ. In your name we pray. Amen.

To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.

To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.

To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.

{NOTE: This episode was truncated by malfunctioning BlogTalkRadio equipment on the site. Partway through, our Announcer, Reverend James, quickly discovered a way to record his phone connection, and we have uploaded this partial remainder from his recording. We also have a partial remainder only of a chat log at the URL below (the BTR site malfunctioned also in recording chat text).} The Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour is a real, live call-in show where the general public gets a chance to ask about actual problems with love, career, and spiritual protection, and we recommend and fully describe hoodoo rootwork spells to address, ameliorate, and remediate their issues. We begin this show with a tutorial on Family Magic, from Grandmother to Granddaughter. You will learn a lot just by listening -- but if you sign up at the Lucky Mojo Forum and call in and your call is selected, you will get a free consultation from three of the finest workers in the field, cat yronwode, guest co-host JayDee, and a special guest from AIRR, Angela Horner. Sign up before the show to appear as a client! Post at the Lucky Mojo Forum at: https://forum.luckymojo.com/lucky-mojo-hoodoo-rootwork-hour-8-13-23-family-magic-miss-cat-jaydee-angela-horner-t98803.html Then call in at 818-394-8535 and dial '1' to flag our Studio Board Operator that you want to be on the air! We select new client sign-ups first and then call-back sign-ups. Call in just before the show begins and listen via your phone. Message the Announcer or the Studio Board Operator ("Lucky Mojo Curio Company") in chat to let them know you're available.

Celebrating his Musical Legacy and Enduring ImpactLarry Mishkin discusses the annual days between August 1st and August 9th, celebrating the life of Jerry Garcia, who was born on August 1st and died on August 9th. They reminisce about Jerry's musical contributions and his special place in the Grateful Dead. They also share favorite Jerry Garcia tunes and live performances while praising his resilience, greatness, and lasting impact on the music industry. The summary highlights the deep admiration and love for Jerry Garcia and his enduring legacy.Produced by PodConx  Deadhead Cannabis Show - https://podconx.com/podcasts/deadhead-cannabis-showLarry Mishkin - https://podconx.com/guests/larry-mishkinRob Hunt - https://podconx.com/guests/rob-huntJay Blakesberg - https://podconx.com/guests/jay-blakesbergRecorded on Squadcast A “Days Between” Episode for the Days Between Aug. 1 (Jerry's birth) and Aug 9 (Jerry's Deadth)Some of my favorite “Jerry Moments” with the Dead  INTRO:                                  Days Between                                                From:  July 24, 1994                                                Soldier Field, Chicago                                                Grateful Dead Live at Soldier Field on 1994-07-24 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive                                                Track No. 17                                                4:35 – 6:05  SHOW #1:                           Visions of Johanna                                                From: March 18, 1995                                                Spectrum, Philadelphia                                                Grateful Dead Live at The Spectrum on 1995-03-18 : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive                                                Track No. 16                                                :53 – 2:18                                                 Dylan tune                                                From Blonde On Blonde (1966)                                                Dead covered it 8 times                                                First:  March 19, 1986 Hampton Coliseum                                                Last:  July 8, 1995 Soldier Field SHOW #2:                           Comes A Time                                                From: September 3, 1985                                                Starlight Theater, Kansas City                                                Grateful Dead Live at Starlight Theater on 1985-09-03 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive                                                Track No. 20                                                4:34 – 5:51                                                 Jerry Tune from Reflections album (1976) Reflections is Jerry Garcia's third solo album, released in 1976. Partway through production, Garcia stopped recording with his solo band and brought in the members of the Grateful Dead, who performed on four songs, plus a bonus jam from 2004 release. Three of the four Grateful Dead-performed songs had earlier live debuts: "Comes a Time" (1971), "They Love Each Other" (1973) and "It Must Have Been the Roses" (1974); "Might as Well" entered their rotation in 1976, and "Mission in the Rain" received a select few performances that same year.                                                   The song appeared a total of 66 times over the years, often with several hundred shows between performances.First played on October 19, 1971 at the U (Minnesota) in Northrup HallIt was played for the final time on October 9, 1994, at the USAir Arena, in Landover, Maryland.                                                                                              SHOW #3:                           Shakedown Street                                                From: April 6, 1982                                                Spectrum, Philadelphia                                                Grateful Dead Live at The Spectrum on 1982-04-06 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive                                                Track No. 13                                                9:10 – 10:14                                                 Great interplay with Jerry and Brent                                                This is the classic Garcia sound of the ‘80's SHOW #4:                           Morning Dew                                                From:  May 8, 1977                                                Barton Hall, Ithaca, NY                                                Grateful Dead Live at Barton Hall - Cornell University on 1977-05-08 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive                                                Track No. 22                                                11:50 – 13:33 OUTRO:                                So Many Roads                                                From: July 9, 1995                                                Soldier Field, Chicago                                                Grateful Dead Live at Soldier Field on 1995-07-09 : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive                                                Track No. 10                                                9:22 – 10:30                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stories:               Key Senate Committee Says Federal Law Blocks Marijuana And Psychedelics Research Due To Schedule I RestrictionsMarijuana momentA Senate committee has approved a spending bill report that contains sections encouraging the expansion of federally supported research into marijuana and psychedelics, while also expressing concerns about barriers to studies that result from the substances' ongoing Schedule I designations. The panel further noted that scientists face “limited access to sources” of cannabis, suggesting that they should be able to study the actual products consumers are purchasing from state-legal dispensaries.The Senate Appropriations Committee passed the legislation—which covers Fiscal Year 2024 funding for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies—and its attached report language last Thursday, advancing it to the floor.In addition to the research-focused drug policy sections of the report, there's also language in the underlying bill that prohibits the use of federal funds “for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I” under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), unless there's “significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage.”  2.   Small marijuana businesses take advantage of purported 280E loophole                MJ Biz                 A growing number of marijuana businesses are taking advantage of a tax strategy that might reduce the costly financial burden imposed by Section 280E of the federal tax code.Small businesses with a gross income of less than $27 million are able to deduct expenses to a “near-legal” degree, according to accountants specializing in cannabis.                By one estimate, marijuana companies paid nearly $2 billion more in federal taxes than mainstream businesses.But not all certified public accountants are on board with using the relatively new tax strategy, and they warn cannabis entrepreneurs that using it could be risky.Section 280E currently prevents plant-touching companies from deducting many traditional business expenses because marijuana remains a Schedule 1 substance and illegal under federal law.In recent years, a growing number of accountants and professionals specializing in cannabis discovered a small business provision within 2017's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.The provision, called Section 471(c), was designed to simplify accounting for inventory and cost of goods sold (COGS) for businesses with less than $25 million in gross income.“For example, if a business wants to include 100% of its facility costs in its inventory calculation, it could do that if it is based on the company's books and records,” said Justin Botillier, the founder and CEO of Oregon-based accounting firm Calyx CPA.In other words, a cannabis retailer could include expenses associated with renting a storage facility for inventory in its cost of goods sold.For some businesses, the tax savings from including such expenses under inventory costs can be significant.“We can get taxes down to near-legal levels,” Botillier said in an interview with MJBizDaily. According to Richards, costs disallowed under Section 280E do not “disappear” – they just cannot be deducted under the old accounting methods.But under Section 471(c), the limitations of the old accounting methods no longer apply and some of the costs can be recognized as COGS.This creates the possibility of recapturing costs that were previously disallowed under 280E before the use of the 471(c) method.But while a growing number of CPAs are using it, there are still a number of accountants who won't use 471(c), arguing that 280E disallows any kind of deduction and could invite audits. 3.        Automatic expungement, no fake weed: 5 ways Minnesota's legalization could be a national model Possession, consumption, and home grow are all legal Starting today, adults 21 and over are able to have up to two ounces of cannabis flower, eight grams of concentrates, and 800 milligrams of THC edibles in public. Those will also be purchase limits at adult-use dispensaries.The limit for flower possession at a private home is two pounds. Adults can also opt to grow their own cannabis at home; each household is allowed eight plants, four of which can be flowering at any given time.Plants must be in an enclosed, secure area that is out of public view. Rep. Hanson said this decision was made to deter crime.  b.            Defining where you can consume may be toughThe cannabis bill (HF100) in Minnesota effectively makes public consumption legal—but there are a few exceptions.First off, smoking marijuana is not permitted in multi-family dwellings. This means people in apartment buildings or similar properties may have to leave their property if they want to smoke or dab. Eating edibles or drinking THC drinks, however, is acceptable.Smoking in vehicles is also banned as is driving under the influence of cannabis.             C.         Cannabis sales are currently limited to tribal dispensariesWhile adults may be able to have cannabis as of August 1, it may be difficult for them to get it. It could be early 2025 before dispensaries open, as the state takes time to flush out the licensure process and regulations.However, Indigenous tribes in Minnesota have been given a head start and may opt to open adult-use dispensaries essentially as soon as they'd like. So far, two tribes in the northwestern part of the state have decided to take advantage.           D.      Automatic expungement of criminal records starts immediatelyMinnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension will begin automatic expungement of lower-level cannabis convictions right away. Over 60,000 Minnesotans may be eligible, but officials believe it may take up to a year to clear the backlog.“No state has made it automatic,” Rep. Hanson explained. Every state has made their people petition to get their expungements done, which we didn't feel like that was right. That's going to completely free up the lives of so many people.”Felony convictions may take a bit more work to erase from individual records. A Cannabis Expungement Board will soon be formed and will determine eligibility on a case-by-case basis.             E.         Synthetic cannabinoids are bannedProducts containing synthesized cannabinoids like HHC and THC-O were outlawed when Governor Walz signed Minnesota's recreational marijuana bill into law earlier this summer. However, they continue to be sold in smoke shops and hemp dispensaries across the state.According to Carol Moss, an attorney and partner at Hellmuth & Johnson, that will likely change this fall. All hemp businesses must register with the state by October 1st. Moss believes that a crackdown could come soon after.“There's still issues with enforcement—I expect there will be more once the state knows who's selling it,” Moss told GreenState via text.

NBA, NHL, MLS, division I college sports, pro rugby. There are few sports that Jeremy Bettle hasn't worked in at the highest level. At each stop, he has combined the firm foundation of understanding the latest sports science with communication, teamwork, leadership and other soft skills that have allowed him to apply it.Working with Deron Williams and developing a relationship with GM Billy King led to Jeremy switching from director of sports performance at UC Santa Barbara to becoming head S+C coach at the then New Jersey Nets. He instilled a multidisciplinary approach that included sleep, nutrition, strength training and much more. Partway through his tenure, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce came over in a trade with the Boston Celtics.In this interview, Jeremy shares:·       Why if you're terrified then you're probably in the right job·       How mentoring from Dr. Maury Hayashida helped him get athletes from injury to return to play·       How KG would've viewed the kind of “load management” that's popular in today's NBA·       Why teams should prepare players for load, not shield them from it·       How to use sleep monitoring and RPE more effectively·       Why player testing should be connected to ongoing monitoring·       How loading connective tissues and keeping chronic workloads high can increase athlete durability and reduce injury risk·       Why remembering that players have spouses, kids, and similar everyday lives to everyone else can help coaches better serve themConnect with Jeremy on LinkedIn or on Instagram at @jeremybettlecoaching . Also check out the multidisciplinary Test, Treat, Train model of human performance at Variant in Santa Barbara or online at https://www.varianttraininglab.com/ 

Jeanette Watts is a dance instructor, writer, seamstress, actress, and very, very poor housekeeper. She loves writing historic fiction, but when she needed to write a dance textbook, she had to go off and do that. Partway through revising her next historic fiction, she got an idea for a modern comedy, and had to stop...

To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.

To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.

The party flees deeper within the mountain, trying to outpace the horrid aberration hunting them. Partway through, they come across a mysterious abandoned altar… only adding to the mysteries of this world.

In the beginning of this season, we thought how nice it would be to have a season without expectations. A relatively stress free season where we can look ahead to the future and growth of a draft class we had high expectations for. Partway through the season, the record scratched and suddenly it looked like our team could actually make the playoffs. After a tough stretch our Seahawks needed to win their final two games and count on a bit of help. In this postgame reaction show, we react to the success of the overtime victory over the Rams and then cut to the final moments of our live postgame watch party between the Lions and Packers. Six months ago, this is not at all how we expected the regular season to end. Support the show Get in the Flock! Visit GetInTheFlock.com Or visit our website for other ways to support the show Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS Follow us on: Facebook | Twitter Listen on our free app for Android, iOS, Kindle or Windows Phone/PC

Escaping the Harlot and the Beast (Audio) David Eells - 12/14/22 Escaping the Apostate Church System Tiannah Fire - 11/25/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamt Samuel and I were working at a professing “Christian” daycare center, which was connected with a "Christian Resort." …  (Samuel and Tiannah represent the first fruits Bride Body that has come to maturity and has a responsibility to help those who are spiritually younger to grow up into Christ. The "Christian resort" represents the apostate church system that is permanently “on vacation” from living the crucified life necessary to grow up.) I felt much love for the children there and was very protective of them, however, I felt that they weren't being looked after in a holy way, but in a worldly way.(The children here are children spiritually because they are immature Christians. Apostate Christianity doesn't feed their children the true Gospel which is what they need to mature spiritually. They teach them a worldly “Christianity”.) I knew that if we taught the Truth and did things the way God has shown us, that we would receive much persecution.(Heb. 10:32-34 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings; 33 partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used. 34 For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.) I remember looking at some of the toys that the children were playing with and I felt that they were inappropriate and weren't toys that we would let our own children play with. (Toys represent role-playing. Many times we become what we role play, so we should be taught the right role. 1Jn 2:6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked. The apostate Church does not believe that we can walk as He walked.)The children books had much leaven, and the staff wasn't on fire for God. (Apostate Christian leaders put out many leavened books and materials that not only raise money for themselves but keep people trapped in their religious “daycare centers.”) (This represents dead religion and spiritually dead leaders looking after baby Christians). I felt disappointed because I knew that God had more for us to do in His Kingdom rather than being here. (When we outgrow our religious playpens we feel disappointed and unsatisfied with apostate Christianity.) We spent the day looking after the children and cleaning up after them. (Representing cleaning up their soul by introducing them to the true Gospel.) We were cooking for the staff and children, and meeting the other workers. (Representing feeding them spiritual food [so that they could grow up and mature.]) At the end of the day, all the parents came to pick up their children and we spoke with them. (The parents represent the leadership of each individual denomination who are using this “Daycare center.”) They seemed kind but were unaware [or didn't care] that this “Christian” daycare was far from Holiness. (Representing apostate leaders not caring and not leading baby Christians in spiritual growth. Also, loving the cares and comforts of the world which appear righteous but underneath is contrary to The Way of Jesus). Mat 23:25-28  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hyprocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. 26  Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that it's outside become clean also. 27  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchers, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.   One of the pair of parents I spoke with were 2 homosexual men, and I was shocked that they were part of this “Christian” resort. (There are many homosexuals accepted into the different denominations of apostate Christianity today, including being ordained as ministers, etc. On top of this, there is a multitude of bi-sexual people in our modern-day Sodom. They conveniently ignore what the Bible says in 1Co. 6:9-10 Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.) Although we knew so many things weren't right with this place, we were still kind, loving, patient and graceful to every person that we spoke with.(1Co. 9:22 To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may, by all means, save some. And Rom 12:18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.) (This represents bearing fruit of the Holy Spirit. Gal 5:22-23  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness 23 gentleness, self control; against such there is no law.)   When most of the staff had gone home and all the children had left with their parents, Samuel and I quickly met up to speak quietly, hoping no one would hear. We both were in agreement that we didn't feel to stay here and that there were so many things not right, even though the wage was really large. (The temptation of riches should not compromise our commitment to follow our Lord [and keep His commandments.]) Rom 12:2  And be not fashioned according to this age: but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that ye may prove what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God. (1Pe. 1:13-16  Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance: 15 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; 16 because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.) We both felt that, as soon as we finished our shift, we should go quickly home and pack up all of our things and move North.(God's throne is located on “the uttermost parts of the North” according to Isa. 14:13.) (Ecc 3:1  For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.)  And once we are away from this resort, we would call the owner and tell them we were quitting this job. (Jesus said to the apostate leaders of His day in John 8:23 Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. And 2Co. 11:4  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with him. The owner is satan who is the ruler of this world and all who are worldly. There are only two men in earth; Christ and the antichrist. Rom. 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?) When the shift had finished, … we walked out to our white, 4-wheel drive vehicle. (Representing a wilderness vehicle of sanctification that can traverse all kinds of terrain without losing traction. We are to be sure-footed. Psa. 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved…) Samuel called Michael Hare to pray and ask advice about which town we should move to. (Michael means, “Who is like God?” And represents our Father God.) There were 2 places that we were deciding between; near a town called Emerald (Emerald is a precious green gem) or further North (maybe something more valuable than Emerald?) We were prepared to leave immediately. (We should always be ready to move when God says and to not be attached to this world.) We only had a few light things so it would be easy to quickly move. …   Michael and Samuel were on a video call speaking about all that had happened and our plans, and while praying, Michael confirmed for us to leave that night. … (Representing consulting with the Lord concerning His will for our lives. Jas 4:13-16 Come now, ye that say, To-day or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. 16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.) During the call, I remembered that the Christian resort had taken in 5 homeless men. (The number 5 represents grace. These are the elect among the apostate Church that will have eyes to see and ears to hear by the grace of God. As we will see, they are “homeless” because “Christ in them” has nowhere to lay His head among the apostates.) … I thought they would be hungry because the owner gave them a place to stay but not any food or water. (The devil is not opposed to us having fine buildings; he is opposed to us having the spiritual food that leads us to Christ.) So, I then walked over to a food van, and bought food and bottles of water and took it to them. I spoke with them about Jesus. They hadn't been open to what the owner was saying about Jesus, however, when I spoke with them, the Truth [of the Gospel], they were receiving and interested. (God has opened their eyes and given them spiritual discernment.) I gave them all the money that I had on me. (The Bride sacrifices her life for her brethren just as Jesus did.) I came back to the car and Samuel had agreed with … Michael, that we go home tonight, pack up and head North and that we were to keep driving and God will show us which town we were to live in next.   Then I was in the Spirit, up high, and saw Samuel and I driving in the white car going North, driving into the sunset. (So they escaped apostate Christianity and are now headed towards the going down of the sun/Son which represents the crucified life.)      Persecution from the Beast and Harlot Tiannah Fire - 11/28/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamt I was living and working at this “professing” Christian industrial and mining complex” with other brethren. (As far as “mining” goes, it's not a heavenly project. John 8:23 Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.) There were 5 other brethren that I worked with that I knew were real disciples of Jesus, the rest there were just religious….(5 is the number of grace and represents those who are drawn by God's grace out of the apostate Church like the early disciples came out and followed Jesus.) This worksite was between two towns. The closest and bigger town was called Roma. (Roma is a feminine name that means, “from Rome.” This reminds us of the apostate Church which originated from Rome.)   I was on my lunch break and I went to the lunch room area which was a giant, yellow, rectangular building, and on the far corner, there were showers and toilets. (This represents feeding our spiritual man with the light of the sun/Son; represented by the yellow color which is the Word of God and also cleansing ourselves and getting rid of our spiritual waste. 2Co. 7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves, from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.) Psa. 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path. And John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. As I started walking towards the bathroom, I heard some people from the other side of the building shout out to me. I knew at that moment that they were after me because of my true Faith and for truly following Jesus. (Representing the coming persecution of true believers by apostate Christians and the Beast too, who are on the opposite side from us where Jesus placed the goats. Mat.24:9-13 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray. 12 And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. 13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.) We all knew that worldwide persecution was coming. We had been preparing for it and so had they. I knew in this moment that this was the beginning of it manifesting. (Both the Beast and the apostate Harlot know what the Bible predicts in Daniel and Revelation and in their ignorance they are preparing to carry it out. Rev. 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.) I was acting calm and casual; pretending that I didn't hear them, and I continued into the bathroom. I went in and shut the door and I saw that the window screen had already been cut, so all I had to do was jump out. (God always provides and has a way of escape).   (1Co. 10:13 …but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.) And Psa. 141:9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.) And Luke 21:36 But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. I quickly jumped out the window and ran away from the building, trying not to draw attention to myself. (Representing seeing with clear discernment to escape the apostate Beast system that keeps people in bondage.) I then ran over to the mining section and found this precious bowl that had white and pink patterns all over it. (Representing the ability to hold the purity and love of Jesus.) It was around the size of my palm and it was special and was somehow related to our group that follows Jesus. (The palm represents that we are His hands, as He does His works through us. The small bowl represents the remnant who escape and are being born from above.) I then ran to the third story of another giant building where the 5 brethren were working. 4 of them were wearing an evergreen mechanic outfit and 1 a navy-blue-colored outfit. (Representing being clothed with everlasting life and heavenly garments.) I told them that the true disciples of Jesus were now being persecuted.   I felt that we couldn't leave anyone behind and that we had to warn all who would listen to come out from among them. I also heard, in the Spirit, not to fear or doubt because God can provide and protect us at every moment. (Deu 31:6,8  Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 8 And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.) I went around and told many others that we had to leave, but they didn't listen. (Many won't listen until destruction comes, and for many, it will be too late to escape.) All of a sudden, alarms started going off and the building started to collapse. (Heb. 12:25-29 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven: 26  whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven. 27  And this word , Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore,receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: 29 for our God is a consuming fire.) The 5 real brethren and I jumped out the window onto another building's roof and started running to get away from this place. There were others that followed after the 5 of us. Partway on the roof, the brother in the navy outfit went back to help others get out of the building and I didn't see him again after that. (Disciples of Christ must lose their life to gain it. Also, many brethren will be martyred for Christ's namesake. History will repeat.) But the people who set this up didn't care about the life of any person; however, they wanted to kidnap God's people. We knew that they were coming for us because we were crazy about Jesus. (Neither the DS Beast nor the Harlot care about life because they serve satan as they did in Jesus' day.) The building was quickly falling, and some people that weren't [true] disciples of Jesus couldn't escape. (Churchianity and its “sheeple”, will crumble and fall and many will lose their lives because they loved the world and its deceptions more than they loved the truth.) The 5 of us got to the end of the roof and we had a good view of the whole area. At the entrance of the area were all these security cars, guards, fancy black cars, and men that looked like the “Men-in-Black”, and they were blocking off the entrance, so no one could get out. (The “Men in Black” could represent the arm of the law that will enforce the Harlot's dictates to enslave Christians. We have been shown by the Lord that DS Babylon will attack apostate Christianity, much like the Beast devours the Harlot. This will be a shaking of their system.) From the other direction, we saw that there were many people trying to escape as all those buildings were also quickly falling. (Representing all the denominations of apostate Christianity.) There was literally nowhere we could go, where we wouldn't get caught. (1Th 5:3-9 When they are saying, Peace and safety,(Their “1000 years of peace” will be gone with the wind.) then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief: for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness; so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.) So, we called out to God for help. Suddenly, we all had such strong faith to jump off this 3-story building and we did, but we didn't fall; we flew about 20 miles away. (Rev.12:14  And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.) Psa. 55:6-7  And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah And Acts 2:21  And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. And Oba. 1:17  But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And Psa. 56:3,4 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee. In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me? And Psa. 46:1-3 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. Selah We flew at a fast speed, over the people, over the fence, over land and part-way through ocean water and we landed on a shallow part at the end of the water. We landed in a good area, that was hidden. … As soon as we landed, we didn't look back. (Gen. 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.)   Ahead of us were sand hills. (Representing the desert wilderness of the Tribulation.) We climbed to the top of the hills and saw that the enemie's camp was set up. There were security guards walking around and cameras and dogs. We had to go this way, so we went around to the right of the camp, to go around it. (Trials from the enemy are unavoidable but we can overcome them by staying on the “right side” in agreement with God and His Word.)   We went around as quietly and quickly as we could and when we got a little further away from the enemy camp, we came to this little 2 story house. Most of us thought it best to move on but, one of the men with us was curious and knocked on the door. (As we will see, it's not a good idea to be too curious near the enemies camp. We must follow the Spirit in the days to come.) We were very hesitant and stayed a little further away in case we had to run off. These Men in Black suits quickly came out the door and grabbed him and tied him up and also ran after us. I got caught along with 3 brothers. 1 brother escaped and I didn't see him again after that. The 4 of us got chained to poles upstairs. The men in black suits told us they … had to keep us here tied up overnight, and they will come get us in the morning.   They left us alone upstairs and the 4 of us prayed and thanked God. 2 of the men were very disappointed and questioning why God had allowed this to happen. They were worried they had done some sin to cause this and they had given up hope. (This represents how the enemy can conquer us through condemnation, doublemindedness, depression and hopelessness. Rom. 5:1-5 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; 2 through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness; 4 and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope: 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.) I and the guy named Thomas kept trying to encourage the 2 men and give them hope. We said, “Anything is possible with God.” We were encouraging them that God had a plan and He will provide a way of escape. (Condemnation is illegal to receive when your conscience is clear.  It will destroy you.) The 2 other guys remained quiet and in despair, while Thomas and I prayed and praised; believing that God had a better plan for us.   (Jer. 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end. And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.) It was night time and, all of a sudden, Thomas and I weren't tied up anymore. The chains had disappeared and we were physically free. (This reminds me of the situation in Acts 16:25-26 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison-house were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.) We looked over at the 2 other brothers and they were still tied up and they saw we were free and they told us to run. We said we weren't going to leave them behind and tried to encourage them and build up their faith, but they had lost hope and they begged us to leave before the Men in Black came back. (We can't lose hope and faith in the Gospel or we won't make it to endure to the end to be saved. Mat. 10:22  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.) Psalm 34:4-8  I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded. This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them. Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him. Isaiah 41:11-14  Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contend with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. So, we opened the door to the deck because it had already been unlocked and we walked out on the deck. Then, God lifted us up and placed us about 700 feet from the building. We started running alongside this sand path, but we stayed closer to the bushes and didn't look back. … This woman … saw me and I knew instantly that she was part of the enemy, and …I knew that she would call them to tell them my location to come to get me.   Revelation 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder. … I looked to my right and flew 329 feet into a tree where I could see everything. (The number 329 could represent John 3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom… And Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of Jehovah shall be delivered; for in mount Zion [the Bride] and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as Jehovah hath said, and among the remnant those whom Jehovah doth call. Revelation 12:14 And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.) I saw the Men in Black suits walking around looking for me. I then jumped and flew onto the roof of another building even further away. I knew that this persecution of God's children was going to go on for a long time and that we will all have to be underground and in hiding.   I knew that God will provide supernaturally every day. (Like Elijah who was fed by the ravens every day when he hid from the Harlot Jezebel.) And I will get to experience more exciting things like flying and more than I can imagine. Praise God! (This is representative of the anointing and gifts of translation that we will receive to minister to our brethren around the world and escape enemies in the coming wilderness revival. Years ago I had a dream of having the gift to translate people. In some cases, it was out of harm's way. They would stand next to me and we would translate to another location. 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To Catch a Predator Crippled Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.True Crime Podcast 2022 Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Police Stories Podcast

To Catch a Predator Crippled Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.True Crime Podcast 2022 Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Police Stories Podcast

To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.

To Catch a Predator Dustin McPhetridge FULL Police interview"I thought you was wantin' to be shaved...down there."-Dustin showing that Barber-ism begins at home.Dustin Jacob McPhetridge appeared on the Bowling Green, Kentucky investigation of To Catch a Predator. He is most known for his disability, as well as his outrageous demands while in prison.Dustin McPhetridge was 26 when he arrived at the sting house with the hope of meeting a thirteen year old girl named "Laura" that he thought he was chatting with online. He had a twisted and sordid chat with the girl wanting to shave her privates, get her drunk and have rough anal sex with her. Dustin, the consummate gentleman, gave Laura a choice on where to put his sperm first (mouth, pussy, or ass). He also wanted her to wear a pair of panties for 2-3 days straight and then send them to him. He even sent a picture of a couple having sex. The icing on the cake was when he said that he wanted to have a threesome with her EIGHT year old sister. [1]After a four hour drive, Dustin waddled into the house with an electric razor and KY Jelly and tried to coax the decoy over to do all the twisted things he had on his mind. He instead got to meet Chris Hansen. Dustin went right into victim mode blaming the girl for the situation, saying she led him on.After his arrest, Dustin pulls every pity string he can ranging from his disability to his weight to getting bullied with Sgt. Dudinskie, the officer in charge of his interview. Dudinskie fires back with details of his chatlog that showed Dustin to be a very disgusting predator that hid behind his disability. [2]He was sentenced to five years in prison for traveling across state lines to meet a minor for sex. He was also sentenced to eight years for possession of child pornography. The sentences ran concurrently but because Dustin wasn't convicted on the CP charge until two years after his first conviction, he actually ended up with a ten year sentence.[3] Dustin was released on lifetime federal sex-offender probation and now helps to run a convenience store in Surgoinsville, Tennessee.Behind the scenesDustin has cerebral palsy. He demonstrated before, during, and after the sting his devious behavior of using his disability to garner sympathy as well as escape trouble. Casey and the lead KBI investigator even said they felt sorry for Dustin when he saw him struggle to enter the house, but kept in mind his reason for showing up at the house was to molest a child.Partway through serving his sentence, he wrote a letter to his convicting judge saying he had learned his lesson and requesting that he immediately be released from serving the remainder of his sentence. If his request was denied, in lieu of release, he requested a walk-in jacuzzi in his cell. Both requests were denied.Dustin was scheduled to be back in court February 2020 due to probation violations, mainly failing his sex offender treatment program, subsequently being kicked out, and polygraph tests asking if he had viewed child pornography since his release. A series of continuances have been given due to Dustin's health, COVID-19 concerns, and scheduling conflicts.[4] Dustin was given yet another continuance September 2021 because his family had paid vacation plans. Recent photos show that Dustin uses a wheelchair. During examination of his counselor, he revealed that Dustin has spent the most time of any offender in the program because he either refuses to own the actions that led him to this point, or makes excuses on why he can't make any positive changes in his life. Dustin also gained the ire from his peers in his classes because they believed his rehabilitation to be a waste of time. Time that could be better invested in their recovery.[5]TriviaDustin apparently "doesn't like lawyers", as he revealed in his police interrogation.Dustin misunderstood Chris when he said he wasn't law enforcement and couldn't arrest him. Dustin thought Chris meant that no arrests were going to be made, which was obviously not the case. Dustin brings this up in his interrogation, saying that he wishes Chris didn't "lie" to him about him not going to be arrested.Dustin has a large affection for his mother (due to the fact that she talks people out of pressing charges for the things he does), requesting that she be put in custody of him during his trial. The judge denied his request.Affectionately nicknamed “D-MAC” by fans of To Catch A Predator..He made a handful of wrestling DVDs for professional wrestler Ricky Morton. He lost all the digital footage when cops seized his computer since it also housed his collection of CP. He also ran Morton's website. In a now infamous article on the site made a couple of months before his arrest, he pleads with the wrestling community to donate to Morton's legal fees stemming from his arrest for non-payment of child support.Ricky Morton references Dustin in an interview about the wrestling DVDs, calling him the "cripple boy". Right after, he talks about seeing Dustin on "the predator show".[6]Despite his disability, he served the most time of all those caught in the Bowling Green sting. This is probably because he committed three different crimes in three different jurisdictions. His most serious was the federal crime of crossing states lines to commit crimes involving children.

Lisa Belanger has always loved adventuring in the wilderness, and her free time is dedicated to getting outside to hike, rock climb, camp, and dirt bike. Taking it to the next level, in 2019 she attempted a thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail which runs 4,270km across the USA from the border of Mexico to Canada. Partway through she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a complex autoimmune disease requiring insulin injections and constant blood sugar management. This ended her thru-hike at that time, but she returned in 2022, starting over at the Mexican border and successfully hiking all the way to Canada over 4.5 months. While she still had her trail legs, she went on to complete the Lost Soul 100 Mile Ultra, having never run any sort of marathon before. At the time she expected it to be a once-in-a-lifetime thing, but having discovered how amazing the ultra running community is, she's reconsidering!Lisa works as the Director of Operations at the Rural Development Network, a non-profit organization that supports the sustainability of rural communities across Canada. She also recently joined the Board of Directors of the Great Divide Trail Association, volunteering her energy to help protect and maintain this incredible long-trail that runs more than 1,100km along the continental divide between Alberta and BC.Lisa became an entrepreneur when she launched Flat Out Feasts with her husband Colin in 2022 in an attempt to make backcountry adventures more accessible to those with specific dietary needs. Her freeze dried meals provide more consistent energy for longer, while allowing her to keep her blood sugar stable. This allowed her to have the proper nutrition for her 2022 thru-hike, and her ultra, and she hopes many others will take them along on their treks!Connect with Lisa:Flat Out FeastsResources we discussed in the episode:Favourite Mantra: You gotta wannaFavourite Place to Hike: California Sierra Nevadas; around Nordegg, ABBucket List Hike/Race: Great Divide Trail (btw AB & BC); Moab 240Favourite Endurance Book/Movie: Man on the Run by Mark TimmonsFavourite Post Hike Indulgence: Sugar Free Ice Cream & StrawberriesConnect with Carolyn & Kim:Email us with guest ideas: inspiredsolescast@gmail.comInspired Soles InstagramKim's InstagramKim's FacebookCarolyn's InstagramCarolyn's FacebookCarolyn's website (sign up for her free weekly newsletter on the homepage)We love hearing from you! Connect with us on Instagram @inspiredsolescast or email guest ideas to inspiredsolescast@gmail.com. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend, subscribe or leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts.

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Transcript included below…As I've talked about in the two part collection of Episode 17 and Episode 18 of Guitar Serious Fun, there are many different seasons of our guitar playing.In the early seasons of my guitar playing, whenever I got up onstage to play, whether as a performer or a worship leader, I experienced varying levels of nervousness.  And I was easily distracted or thrown off when something unexpected happened. Public speaking has been considered one of the biggest sources of fear in Americans.But what about public singing, public guitar playing, or both?  I consider those to be on another level of intensity above public speaking.  And there are a ton of different types of distractions that can crop up.  Some of them can be on the negative side of distractions.Kids in the front row might wiggle and fidget.  Someone walking down one of the rows in the venue might drop and spill a beverage.  Or my gear may go haywire.  My guitar cable might short out.  There might be feedback in the monitor.  I might break a guitar string mid-song.  These have all happened on my guitar journey at least once.In terms of the congregation, someone might be bold enough to visibly state their preference that the volume could be decreased.  One time, a man stood up and put his fingers in his ears, staring at me until I “got the message.” But I've also witnessed positive distractions when people I hadn't seen in ages came in during my opening song, and they smiled and waved at me.  I've even had people walk up to me in a coffeehouse setting and reach out to shake my hand – in the middle of my concert.  I've shaken their hand, even though it didn't occur to them that I'd still be there to do that after my set.Other times, I've looked out and caught someone singing who normally didn't sing along in worship.  That's a distraction that has pleasantly surprised me.As a guest at churches, I've watched the worship service order get changed before my very eyes as some very enthusiastic and supportive people from the church family have stepped up onto the platform for an unplanned presentation or announcement…at least unplanned by the pastor. You know, some congregants like to surprise their pastor with something special around a birthday or wedding anniversary, or something.  In these kinds of scenarios, we just need to ride the wave.Playing for younger kids, like schools or camps, sometimes presents an environment where the children may feel compelled to share their thoughts verbally with me, especially as I'm playing my music. In these situations, sometimes there's a parent or counselor nearby who can help quiet them down, but not always.I've played some family-friendly events where young kids have just gotten up and danced right in front of me for most of my concert. These kinds of distractions don't really rattle me these days, at least not nearly as much as they have in the past.But in my early guitar months and years, I had a much harder time being flexible. I had a plan, and deviating from that plan almost always meant an increase in my stress level, and perhaps me playing the wrong notes and chords, stumbling over my words, or stopping altogether.And I made a big deal about those struggles.One time as a guest musician at a church, I broke a string just as I was getting started with a song, and I cried out, “Oh no,” and stopped. My expression of disappointment was so dramatic and pronounced, that some people later told me that they thought at first that it was a planned part of the presentation!Do you think my stumbling and losing my bearings, or even stopping was distracting?  Yes, it most certainly was.  As I mentioned in Episode 7 of Guitar Serious Fun, what the congregation or audience doesn't know, won't hurt them. People don't need to know that we are distracted.  But what about us?  We know.  What do we do when we get distracted mid-song?  My suggestion is simple: keep on playing…if you can.Even with a broken guitar string, I've been able to bring songs to a conclusion, much like pulling a car over to the side of the road when I've gotten a flat tire.Even with spur-of-the-moment changes to the service, or unplanned participants in the concert, we can still prevail if we just…stay…calm…and keep going.Some of these distractions are self-induced.  I'm talking about musical mistakes or memory lapses, which have certainly happened to me.  I can think of several songs over the years for which I have “composed” new lyrics on the fly, simply because the original lyrics just left my mind, often right when I needed them. But because I've maintained my mental composure through these various distractions, again, what the audience or congregation hasn't known, hasn't hurt them. We really can continue forward with a song, and even with temporarily revised words, and even amidst some of the most annoying and unexpected distractions, most people tend not to notice.What's the mental process behind this?  Well, some of it involves mentally acknowledging that the distraction is there.  This is something I learned from an incredible book called The Inner Game of Music by Barry Green. In his book, Barry talks about how, when confronted with a distraction, rather than trying to ignore it, we should mentally acknowledge that it is there, and continue forward with our music. This is easier said than done, but it is possible, especially with practice.  Every time we are presented with a distraction, we can grow stronger in this area.  Barry talks about how if we try to ignore the distraction, we can actually cause more disruption to our process.Don't ignore the distraction.  Silently acknowledge the distraction, and keep playing. Distractions may seem like exceptions, but as guitarists who either play on stage or hope to, we need to be ready for anything.  And I mean anything.  And oh, have I got stories.America's Got TalentMy first story comes from my audition for America's Got Talent.  Several of my friends had told me they thought I should audition, and my wife found out they were coming to town.  She and I agreed that if I didn't at least try out, I'd always wonder.So, we drove for a couple hours to a huge convention center where several thousand other contestants had gathered.  I got my numbered sticker, and we carried our gear slowly through a serpentine line that seemed like it would never end.After about 4 hours, we finally made it to the waiting area outside the room where I and about 20 other people had about 30 seconds each to share whatever we did that was unique to us.  My wife patiently waited as I went into a windowless room to audition.The two judges sat on one side of the room at a table with laptops.  The contestants stood along the wall and each waited their turn.  I was all prepped with two guitars – one for my hands, and the other for my feet.  My foot guitar was lashed to a cradle in front of a custom stool so I could play both guitars at the same time.Everyone else who presented before me sang an acapella section from a pop song.  When it got to be my turn, I sat down on the stool, began playing and singing the chorus to my original song “Four Limbs,” and I let my hands and feet fly across the frets.  Everything was feeling and sounding great.And then it happened.One of my fellow contestants unwittingly leaned against the light switch on the wall.And the entire room went black.  Remember, this was a windowless room.Just shy of helpful, right?  I remember thinking, “Oh no…what do I do?”  But the only thing I didn't do was stop.  I just kept playing.  And after maybe 10 seconds (which felt like much longer), this person realized what they had done, and they turned the light switch back on.I hadn't missed a single note. I knew my song so well, from all those years of practicing and performing it, that I played it perfectly.  I recall mentally acknowledging the distraction (thank you, Barry Green), and just thinking, “Well, there's not much I can do about this except to keep playing.”Now, the judges didn't make any comments either way, even though I wished they had said, “Man, that's incredible – and you stayed on track, even in the dark!” But I was pleased, because a) I didn't buckle under pressure and b) even if I didn't get called to the next level, I was confident that I had offered my very best.And I didn't get called to the next level, which, I'm not tremendously disappointed about.  Going through the levels of AGT may have introduced complexity to my life that I just didn't need.But if I had stopped and lost my cool, I would have disrupted the song.  Instead, I offered what ended up being a rather smooth audition, in spite of the challenges.Camp Concert for the StaffersAnother story comes from a camp I played at several years ago.  I was hired to do a concert for the staff, and they were a very enthusiastic, gracious audience.  These were high-energy counselors who had just gone through their week of training in anticipation of a summer of God-glorifying fun with campers from all over.And I was a special treat brought in to minister to this staff. So, I brought a great concert set that included some innovative techniques and tools.  One tool I frequently like to pair with my guitar is a loop station.  If you're not familiar with it, a loop station is basically a digital guitar pedal that allows you to record live sound. It carries with it the option of being able to stack and record sounds in as many layers as you can think of.  The loop station I was using for this concert had two pedals – one for recording and completing the loop, and the other for stopping and/or erasing the loop.Well, part way through the looping of a song I wrote called “Receive Me,” the unexpected happened…I broke a string.  Yes, this has happened a lot in my past, and I've gotten better about changing out my strings more frequently before shows.       But in this instance, just after I had created an intricate, sonically interesting loop, the string went “thwap,” and I was presented with the opportunity for adapting, pivoting, and maintaining my composure.I took that opportunity.  Instead of erasing the loop I had just made, I let it cycle as I grabbed my spare set of strings and string winder (both of which I like to keep onstage for such an occasion), and I began re-stringing mid-song. Now before you get too excited and think, “This guy has nerves of steel,” I have to be fully transparent with you and let you know that I put the wrong string on first.  Partway through, I realized my error, and corrected the mistake by putting on the appropriate string.This process of re-stringing added about two minutes to the song, while the staff smiled and a few people chuckled, shaking their heads.But once the (correct) string was on, I stood back up and finished the song, which was received with some very loud applause.Had I stopped and freaked out, well, nothing good would have happened, and it would have been a poor example to those counselors, who were preparing to model godly character to countless campers throughout that summer.  Instead, I showed them true perseverance, to the glory of God.Church Prelude MusicI have a pair of events which I'll combine for this next story.  They involved instrumental prelude music on the hammered dulcimer.  I know this is Guitar Serious Fun, but as you might imagine, I've played a lot of instrumental prelude music on the acoustic guitar as well.As I played some very technical instrumental hammered dulcimer music before two different worship services, two godly men felt like they needed to connect with me in those very moments.The first incident happened at a normal worship service where I was playing for about 10 minutes to help usher in the worshipers.One man who has always appreciated what I do felt compelled to come up onstage and put his arm around me, offering his verbal appreciation…while I was playing.  I literally couldn't see him coming, because my back was to him. I didn't have words.  In an attempt to respond, I just nodded, as my eyes got really big. He returned to his seat, completely oblivious to the fact that he had stepped right into my musical circle and added a level of distraction that could have derailed me.  But I didn't let it.  I just kept playing.Another service was a Christmas Eve service, and I again was playing about 10 minutes of instrumental Christmas music.  This time, my unexpected collaborator was my pastor. He (and I) see great value in praying before the service.  However, for some reason, we were not able to sync up to do this in the moments beforehand, and as people started coming in, I needed to be at my musical station to welcome them.That did not deter my pastor from coming up to me and praying with me.  To his credit, he did give me a verbal heads up.  He said, “Hey, bro, I'd love to pray with you as people are coming in.  You don't have to say anything – I'll just pray out loud.  Sound good?”I remember nodding as I mentally processed what was going on.But then, he put his arm around me with a brotherly side-hug and began praying.  And his love for the Lord was evident, not just in his words, but in his enthusiastic shaking of me as he expressed his gratitude for the Lord coming to earth to redeem and restore us. I was grateful too.  But I was also trying to play some very technical music, of which he was not really aware.  He loves music, but doesn't really play.  So he didn't realize the effect his shaking had on my ability to concentrate.  We were praying, and I was playing…but I didn't stop.And that was the right choice, because the Christmas Eve mood was not disrupted.  My mind was racing, but my hands were not.  All the practicing I had done for each of those moments paid off, along with my focus and my willingness to keep on playing.And if you're wondering, I was a solo instrumentalist, so I didn't have the option of letting the band carry things forward – it was all on me. And also, as you may be wondering, I did take the time to regroup later and kindly express to each of these men my preference that they connect with me before or after I play, not during.  As non-musicians, when they realized that it had impacted me a bit, it made sense to them.My Sister's DogOne more story.  And really, this is the story that inspired the creation of this episode.  I was enjoying family time with my wife and kids, as well as my sister and her family and my parents, at their home.I had brought my guitar, and everyone gathered to enjoy listening to me sing and play. My father, for whom I have deep love and admiration, enjoys music immensely, even though he doesn't understand it.  For more about his experience with music that I have played for him, I invite you to listen to Episode 9 of Guitar Serious Fun as I ask the question, “Do we need to understand music to enjoy it?”As we were hanging out, I was sitting “crisscross applesauce” on the floor with my guitar.  My father had requested that I sing “Cat's in the Cradle” by Harry Chapin. If you know this song, you know it's a powerful ballad about the importance of being present in the lives of our kids, because they grow up so fast.  So, as I began to sing, everyone was listening to these words.And then something happened.  My sister's dog, who is a good sized black lab, came right up to me and began to lick my face.  Her big tongue was all over my cheeks, nose, mouth, and everything.If you think it's easy to sing while a dog is licking your mouth with her big tongue, well, you might want to reconsider that thought.In that moment, everyone just sat there.  My hands were busily occupied fretting and picking the strings of my guitar as I kept singing the song.  I didn't resist or turn my head, but I did hope that someone would grab the dog's collar and move her back.But no one did.Everyone, including the kids, thought that someone else would pull the dog back. So, she just kept on licking, and I just kept on playing and trying to sing.My smile grew as I realized that I was sort of stuck.  But my practicing and concentration kicked in, and I stayed the course.I did not stop playing the guitar.  I suppose I could have.  I could have paused, moved the dog away, and regrouped, but for some reason I just kept on going, and I finished the song, not missing a single note or word.And there was applause and laughter, and for me, a sigh of relief.Wisdom from an ExpertRon Mallory, an incredibly gifted multi-instrumentalist and highly published composer and arranger, is also a friend and colleague of mine.  His level of musicianship is astounding.  I interviewed him as one of our guest experts in our online membership at GuitarSuccess4U.One of the most profound and simple statements he made to me was this:“In music, as in life, when you make a mistake, keep on going.”I think that sums it up well.  Keep on going.  Don't stop playing your guitar unless you have to.  Most of the time, staying the course will result in a smoother presentation.  The audience or the congregation will appreciate the opportunity to stay in the moment with you.Keep Playing Through the SeasonsAs I began this episode, I came back around to this idea that there are different seasons of guitar.  Even if we've gotten to the point to where we are pretty confident in our ability to finish a song, even amidst distractions, there may come seasons where we take an extended break from playing.An intentional break can be a good thing.  But just stopping playing the guitar for months or years at a time for no real reason, is not as good.  I know people who have just stopped playing, even though they have had the time and the bandwidth to play.The tyranny of the urgent may intrude.  They may just forget their love for the guitar and music.  Or they may not know how to start up again.I spoke with one guitarist who had a really nice instrument, and I asked him how it was going with that guitar.  “Well,” he said, with a bit of annoyance in his voice, “I'm enjoying looking at it.”  He had not played it in a few years, to his dismay.I want to encourage all of us to cultivate a long-game mindset for playing our guitars…so I invite you to play that thing, even just once or twice a week for fun. It doesn't have to be a long, focused time of intense practice – it can just be bringing the guitar out at the end of a long day as you unwind with some songs you know.Believe it or not, time can fly by, and our many tasks, even the legitimate and important ones, can be a source of distraction from our musical pursuits at times. If we aren't careful, that distraction can be a form of subtraction, taking away opportunities for us to fulfill our potential.  What will we do to stay on course?Will we prioritize our music so that our songs can take flight, even at lower altitudes in seasons when our lives are full?Today was a great opportunity to reflect on the simple choice we have when something unexpected happens as we play our guitars for others.As a guitarist and a musician, there are many ways in which you can grow in your skills, including the ability to navigate distractions.Seasoned performers and worship leaders didn't get to be seasoned without a little, well, seasoning.It's the challenges, whether technical, mechanical, or relational, that make us stronger on the stage or platform. Sometimes, things go exactly according to plan.  But when we encounter unforeseen distractions, events, or mishaps, we can do our best to meet them with grace and patience, trusting that the Lord will meet us where we are. Philippians 4:19 says “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” What is our need in the moment when things go topsy-turvy?  Perhaps to stay focused and to complete the task.Having a plan is important, but having the ability to adapt is equally important.  I'd say that serious fun is a true component of staying focused as well.So keep playing your guitar.  And always be open to how the Lord might shape you through unexpected challenges.If this episode was encouraging to you, please share it with someone else.  I'm excited to have more people experience what I've worked hard to put together here at Guitar Serious Fun.And if you're looking for the next level of musicianship for your guitar playing, please check out GuitarSuccess4U.com.  Thanks for checking out this episode, and I'll see you next time.Thanks for reading Guitar Serious Fun! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit guitarseriousfun.substack.com

Cash transfers designed to help women re-enter markets after COVID-19 lockdowns lifted worked really well, AFTER we added programming to address GBV. Partway through the project, gender dialogues showed that women were facing so much violence that even cash was not enough to get back into the market. So the project re-designed their work to include social norms and addressing GBV, and helped more than 1,400 vendors get back on track. Media Matyanga talks about what the team learned, how they learned it, and what they did next.

It started as a little side hustle idea…create a souvenir cookbook for friends and guests at a ski hill. But little did Shelley Adams know this single cookbook would snowball into the bestselling series, “Whitewater Cooks.” The 6 books have now sold over 280,000 copies. If you're not already a foodie, there's a pretty good chance you will be by the end of this episode. Partway through her cookbook journey, she decided to create a line of sauces, yet she knew nothing about bottling, labeling, or distribution, but she used a highly effective strategy that each of us can apply, to any industry. Catch today's end-of-episode takeaways to learn how to apply that strategy, and you'll also discover what the real purpose is, of having goals. And spoiler alert, it's not to get stuff! What You'll Hear: 03:49 From catering on location, to local ski hill food 04:24 Transforming a ski hill's cafeteria 07:12 Buying a ski hill! 08:04 A "scary amount of money" to buy Whitewater. 09:03 The idea for the first cookbook 10:35 The print order for the first book. 11:30 Being pushed for book #2 14:44 Shelley's book distributor now has a side hustle! 15:31 What it takes and the timeline from cookbook idea, to print 18:15 Biggest challenges - both physical and mental 19:40 Start where you can start 20:45 The food you see in the photos is all edible! 21:56 Juggling two kids, a ski resort, and a cookbook 22:50 10,000 book sales needed to break even 23:33 Learning what it takes to bottle sauces and asking for help 26:02 What's next for Shelley Adams & Whitewater Cooks 28:04 Her fav cookbook in the series 29:15 What she loves most about cooking and food 30:45 Best tip for overcoming fear and self-doubt? Keep it simple and chunk it down 2 Key Takeaways: 32:54 Begin with the research 33:41 A powerful question: “Can you help me get started?”  34:08 2 questions you'll want to ask 34:55 The real purpose of having a goal   How To Find Shelley Adams & Whitewater Cooks: Whitewater Cooks Website Instagram Connect with Joan: Instagram Facebook Joan's Main Site Email Be on the show! Be Our Guest    

Partway down your throat are two flaps of muscle. When you breathe normally, you pull the flaps away to the sides, and air comes out silently. But if you stretch the flaps across the opening of your throat while pushing air up through, you can make them vibrate in the breeze and produce all sorts of sounds -- sort of like the mucousy reed of a giant meat clarinet. (You're welcome.) In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about the vocal folds! They're often called vocal cords, but as they're attached along the long side rather than just the two ends like a guitar string, we're using the more precise “folds” (just be thankful they're not called “vocal flaps”!) We talk about the many cool types of vibrations you can make with your vocal folds: pushing out an extra puff of air (aspiration), turning off your vocal folds while still talking (whisper), making them high and tight (falsetto), low and airy (breathy voice), and low and crackly (creaky voice, aka vocal fry). We also talk about the ways that various languages draw on different configurations of these vibrations to distinguish between words (such as “sip” and “zip”; Thai, Tai, and Dai; and more) or for stylistic effect (such as newscaster voice). Transcript: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/lingthusiasm/692978486586048512 Announcements We've teamed up with linguist/artist Lucy Maddox to create a fun, minimalist version of the classic International Phonetic Alphabet chart, which you can see here (plus more info about how we put together the design). It looks really cool, and it's also a practical reference tool that you can carry around with you in a convenient multi-purpose format: lens cloths! We're going to place ONE (1) massive order for aesthetic IPA chart lens cloths on October 6, 2022. If you want one, be a patron at the Lingthusiast tier or higher on October 5th, 2022, timezone: anywhere in the world. If you're already a patron at that tier, then you're set! (That's the tier where you also get bonus episodes and the Discord access, we've never run a special offer at this tier before but we think this time it'll be worth it!). https://www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm In this month's bonus episode we get enthusiastic about a forgotten gem of a linguistics paper about a rabbit! We talk about how Linguistics Twitter got excited about tracking down this paper based on a vague rumour, Labov's history of coming up with unique ways to record language in more natural environments, and useful takeaways about how to talk with children. Join us on Patreon now to get access to this and 60+ other bonus episodes, including an upcoming episode where we interview the artist and linguist Lucy Maddox about the process of designing our new IPA chart. You'll also get access to the Lingthusiasm Discord server where you can chat with other language nerds, as well your exclusive IPA chart lense cloth! https://www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm For links to things mentioned in this episode: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/lingthusiasm/692978069598814208

Ontario can't seem to make up its mind about energy. Partway through a historic nuclear-powered coal phaseout, the province adopted the Green Energy Act (GEA), which established costly feed-in-tariffs for renewables in the footsteps of Germany's Energiewende. Now, three years after rising energy costs prompted the GEA's repeal, the planned 2025 closure of the 3.1 GW Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is leaving Ontario with no option to meet coming capacity shortfalls without winding back climate progress by burning much, much more gas. Chris Benedetti, Managing Partner at Ontario-based Sussex Strategy Group and Head of its Energy and Environment Practice, extracts lessons from the fascinating energy case study that is this Canadian province. Note: This episode was recorded on June 1, 2022 and contains outdated information pertaining to provincial elections.

Welcome back to The Pine Room! The crew hops back on set after Jub, Jarrett, Chris and Matt went on a weekend vacation to Ocean City, MD. They highlight some of the things they did, people they met, food they ate, and drinks they drank along with Soup who recounts his own time in the vacation spot. The topic of customer service/relations highlighted again. Partway through the show, the gang talks on sports, betting, and the picks they made the prior week, along with corrections made to the pick sheet that went out last Friday. Chris talks on his hot streak with NHL picks, Matt quickly talks on the Belmont Stakes, and the group debates what their own NIL deal would be. Finally, talks of superpowers, rats in vests, and the Johnny Depp verdict is all thrown aroundwith the all-too-familiar 'This Week in History' and 'Hot Pit - Cold Mug'.

Today's episode was spontaneously scheduled and set as a freestyle show - we talked about a LOT of cool ideas in a short timespan. Partway in, David Weck signed in to chat with us as well, and we had a great conversation about his COREfist methodology, Chinese medicine, gait mechanics, foot decompression, and "movement nutrients" About David: David Weck is the inventor of the BOSU® Balance Trainer and founder of WeckMethod. David's influence reaches millions of people across the globe. From world class athletes to disabled individuals regaining the ability to walk, David has been helping people achieve better functional fitness for the past 30 years. Among his many inventions, David is very excited to be launching ProPulse® Speed Trainers and SoleSteps® - both of which serve David's stated mission which is making “Every Step Stronger” for everyone. All episodes are recorded live on No Filter Network, an interactive platform that allows viewers to ask questions, and even 'knock' to join the stream live in real time. If you want to ask us questions, debate our ideas, or otherwise, then come join us live as we stream these episodes. To view upcoming livestreams: https://nofilter.net/profile/VxseYlRuzuddOjUQvI83EbCO2C43 From Dr. Will: "Currently I work as a chiropractor in Banff Alberta, however my passion is human movement/biomechanics. I put theory into TEST to find out what works and what doesn't. The Bruce Lee quote “take whats useful and disregard the rest” is how I find movement truth. The ultimate truth is in the movement not the theory, it has to work in reality. Now Running/Gait mechanics and martial arts (especially boxing) is how I test truth in movement; theory is always put to the test! From my teenage years into my late 20s, I spent significant time within mainstream fitness practices such as Crossfit, powerlifting, Olympic lifting, gymnastics, and bodybuilding, not in that particular order. I have also spent time playing soccer, boxing, skiing amongst other sports. Having stacked many injuries in my teens/20s from improper training, I was led on a journey into chiropractic and sports injuries. I have worked with 1000s of injured patients in 8 years of chiropractic practice and have seen many injuries in the gym as a former Crossfit coach for 5 years. I've now spent 1000's of hours learning and practicing systems such as Functional Range Conditioning, Weckmethod and Goata. Goata has my interest at the moment, as I see it as a platform for a new Paradigm in movement. I believe we (Experts) are using incorrect maps of movement, therefore injuries are prevalent in sport and life. I will always test and retest in my own theories in real movement. Join me on my journey to change the movement game for the public and experts." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-art-of-move/message

 No Beast So FierceManeaters of KumaonImagesWorld Wildlife fundsome cool tiger sense facts:6x better night vision than us,0.2 to 65 kHz that can hear breathing, heartbeats or swallowing, Special whiskers to sense all kinds of stuff, Padded feet make them nearly silent while they walk. They're like predator. Invisible silent and they'll rip out your spine in one go.Wiki links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumaon_divisionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChampawatChampawat Tigerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupal,_Nepalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_attackNews:https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-zoo-attack-sf-tiger-christmas-day/9072741/Youtube links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0kzdu_wTM0&ab_channel=WildFilmsIndiahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jac_K-XB5A&ab_channel=Unbelievablefactshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f9CsToZpeY&ab_channel=AnimalogicMusic Special thanks for the intro and outro musicFreesound.org usersClaiber7901videogLoose Transcript: (full of typos, but that's okay!)Welcome everyone to Nightmare Now the show where we'll learn about all the horrors of our universe and psyche and hopefully have ourselves a laugh along the way. I'm your host Erik Byrne and on this episode we're gonna take an in depth look at the true story of a killer. A serial killer operating on the fringes of society at the turn of the twentieth century. A killer that dismembered and ate her victims. A killer with a kill count not ten, not twenty, not dozens but hundreds of victims. A killer that was a Bengal tiger. The champawat tiger single handedly killed four hundred and thirty six people in northern India and Nepal in the early 1900s. My main source for this episode was the book No Beast So Fierce by Dane Hucklebridge. It's a good read and if you like the story you're about to hear check out the book in the show notes for a more in depth look. We're gonna start out here with a stat sheet. I want you to see what a tiger is made of. If you have a house cat handy take a look at him right now imagine that but 60 times larger! This is the worlds largest living feline, and second in history overall only to the Smilodon or sabre tooth tiger. They can range from four, five hundred pounds all the way up to seven hundred pounds and extraordinary specimens tipping the scales at over eight hundred pounds. They range anywhere from ten to even thirteen feet long with their tails included. That is a very big kitty. Lets talk equipment. First of all musculature. On our housecat George you can see his clearly defined muscles and he's only 11 pounds or so so when we ramp that up to six to seven hundred pound cat we're talking serious strength. Even without claws a single swipe of a tigers massive paw could knock your head clean f***ing off your body and easily break bones. They have a jaw that can bite down with over a thousand psi which can crack through a water buffalo's head. And wielded with that force are a set of 3 to 4 inch fangs. Big enough to slam into a brain or rip out a spine. On their front paws they have ten claws that are also about four inches long. That musculature isn't just there to knock heads off, it's built for speed and finesse too. Capable of short bursts of forty miles per hour speed and the demonstrated ability to leap thirty feet through the air to pounce. They are fantastic swimmers and comfortable on land and in the water. They are very smart hunters and adaptable when it comes to their prey. They'll cripple larger prey by the legs and drive others towards the water where they are far easier to take down. They're solitary animals generally but the cubs stay with the mother for about 2 years learning all these and other ways to kill. There have even been some recorded incidents of tigers mimicking the sounds of other animals to lure them out. Like predator. The predator comparison becomes more apt when we take into account its spine ripping behavior and spectacular stealth ability. When it wants to be seen and heard though, you'll know. A tiger can roar at a hundred fourteen decibels which is like being next to 25 lawnmowers going at once. They'll eat pretty much anything they want. A tigers diet includes but is presumably not limited tofish, turtles, badger, rabbit, mice, bears, wolves, sandar deer, water buffalo, crocs, pythons, seals, even elephants, rhinos, leopards and of course, the reason we're talking about them today. Humans. We'll get into how the eat a little bit later but suffice to say for now that it isn't pretty.Tigers are basically perfect killers, like sharks in the water they're predatory evolution perfected. But even still they don't usually go after humans. They like bigger meatier game but when certain factors coalesce you have an unmistakable recipe for a man eater. We talked about the tigers' equipment earlier. teeth and claws, jaws and paws. These are all integral parts of it's hunting kit. When there's an injury the tiger has to adapt, maybe it can't crush a buffalo's neck so easily anymore. Maybe it can't keep up with a fleet footed deer quite as well anymore. A national park in india did a fantastic study of tiger attacks on humans in their area from nineteen seventy nine to two thousand six. Some of the conclusions were that sixty six percent of the tiger victims were kind of stooped down with their backs turned. They never see it coming, but perhaps more importantly, I scrooched down human in tall grass looks a heck of a lot more like normal prey than one walking around and making all kinds of noise. Even more incriminating was that most of the tigers that were actually able to be examined displayed injuries to their teeth or paws and in the cases of tigers that actually scooped people right out of their villages. Every single one was impaired like this.  And of all the attacks over all, 90% of them occurred in areas where prey density has fallen and the habitats were degraded. Looking at all this a clear pattern emerges. It's hard to foist a term like motive onto an animal versus a human but lets make the case. These man eaters at the time of their first kill are acting out of desperation. They're hungry, their habitat is being encroached on, and they're unable to get their normal prey. They take a shot at a clumsy primate that's on their turf, and even to an injured tiger, humans are no match. That's when it clicks. We're made of meat. We're readily available. We're weak and we're slow. When a tiger realizes all this after grabbing a farmer by the throat and dragging him into the jungle screaming without so much as a struggle, a very very dangerous animal is born. And of those dangerous animals, there was none so dangerous as the champawat tiger. She was born sometime in 1899 or 1900 in Nepal. We can imagine that she had a relatively normal childhood? Cubhood? What do you call it? I guess it's not important. But at some point she was injured by a hunter or a poacher's bullet. That shot was the catalyst for the better part of five hundred deaths. When a tiger attacks a human usually they don't have a chance. You're just scrooching down to cut some grass or take a piss or something than in less than a second you hear that tremendous roar and you have 40 cumulative inches of claws entering your back before those vicegrip jaws clamp down on your neck and it's over. And that's before even taking into account the sheer force that six hundred pounds of muscle moving at highway speed will do just on impact alone. If by the grace of god someone can survive the split second impact like getting hit by some f***ed up mad max knife car intelligent enough to hit from behind and go for the throat, all the tiger has to do is shake it's big head and tear those claws through you and you're f***.If you don't believe me just do a quick google images of tiger attack autopsy. The hole that one fang can put in a human neck is nightmare fuel. In the book Hucklebridge sources a number of different well documented tiger attacks in all sorts of scenarios. There's tigers that swim out and rip people out of a boat, tear people from trees, literally burst through walls of peoples huts to drag them away screaming like a god damn pitcher of orange flavored, bloodthirsty cool aid man. And a particularly brutal one where two young children watch their father get pounced and dragged away into the jungle, recounting the story having grown up fatherless. Speaking of growing up fatherless I think it's time we looked at the other side of the arena, The hero, so to speak of this story: Edward James Corbett. This dude was a legend. We'll get to know him a little better over the course of the show but let's start with the basics He went by Jim Corbett, which is how I'll mostly be referring to him for the rest of the show. Jim was born the eighth child of sixteen of Christopher William and Mary jane Corbett in Nainital, in northern India, July of 1975. If I'm messing up the pronunciation of any of these places in India and Nepal bear with me. His parents had come over from Britain years before and lived in India for some time. The book goes into a lot of great detail about his family history and the larger scope of British presence in India during that time, but that's kind of beyond the scope of this show for now, so if you're interested check out the book. The short version is that britain was going all over the world to kind of make everywhere like britain. Obviously this model doesn't work for ever and is usually met with some resistance. Violent or otherwise. So the british indian relationships are often tenuous. With all that being said. Growing up as a white kid in the jungle you're gonna take the hand your dealt. Corbett did just that, going to school in the colony and town they were at and at the same time going out and befriending the locals to learn more about the amazing natural world around him. In this unique upbringing he became kind of a missing link between the two cultures where he could rub elbows and play cricket with the rich brits and the next day go out for a hunt with a village elder in the jungle. At six years old his father died of a heart attack so growing up with those connections to local men became even more important to forming the man he would become. His mentor gave him his first weapon and taught him everything he knew about tigers and other wildlife of the jungle. At the time he first heard of the champawat tiger, he was working at a train station likely sometime in 1903. A british friend of his told him of rumors of a single tiger snatching people away in nearby nepal. I'll throw a map in the show notes that gives a pretty good estimation about jim and the tigers movements over those few years. Unfortunately we don't have a lot of great records about the tigress herself in her early days in nepal. Most of the historical records point towards the cat killing two hundred people before being driven out of the country. Bounty hunters were called in, part of the nepalese army, absolutely eveything they had available they threw at her and she evaded or killed and ate all of it. The sources we do have about the tiger leaving nepal are mostly conjecture. But historically tiger hunts were accomplished by a huge amount of noise, guns, elephants and screams driving the tiger into a suitable killzone. The champawat tigress managed to escape all that and finally arrived in india. Now is as good a time as any to talk about the math at work here. An adult tiger needs one hundred twenty five to a hundred thirty five pounds of meat per week to survive. By all accounts the champawat tiger was killing a person a week for eight or nine years. A person in india and nepal is gonna about fit that quota. We can figure one person a week for a year is fifty two people a year, multiplying that by eight years and we get four hundred and sixteen, and by nine years we get four hundred and sixty eight. The math works out well enough with the corroborating sources that the kill count was somewhere close to two hundred in nepal and continued at that pace for for another four, four and half years in the kumaon area of india just west of it's previous territory in nepal.In 1907 Corbett is contacted by another hunter about a tiger that needs to be put down. of  course, it's the champawat. He's surprised that it's still going after he puts together that shwe was the one he heard about back in 1903. When he hears that everything locals or british have thrown at this tiger had failed he agrees to take the job. But with a couple of fun caveats. This bit is straight out of a movie. I'm paraphrasing but he says, I'll take the job but first you need to recall every other hunter or soldier already contracted to go after her, and get rid of the bounty on her head. I'm not doing this for the money, I'm not doing this for the skin, I'm not doing it to be a poacher I'm doing it because it's my duty for the colony. At the time you were a tiger for two main reasons. You were either a british pansy looking for yucks or an indian poacher looking for bucks. So their was the desire for getting a fur pelt from them and what really kicked everything into high gear was bounty hunting. During the british expansion in india tigers were seen as a pretty big problem. Both symbolically as the tiger represented the untamed natural india compared to a civilised british colony and also literally due of course to 700 pound cats eating people and livestock. When turning in a single tiger you could get the equivalent of months and months of pay as a lower class indian it's no wonder why tiger hunting skyrocketed.  Over eighty thousand tigers were killed in 50 years. With both the locals and europeans taking shots at tigers wherever they could, you ended up with a lot of very angry very dangerous wounded cats.  So another thing that's important to consider here is the gun culture in india at the time, I'm not sure that's the right word but lets roll with it. I don't really have time to dig to deep in to the colonial politics of the time, I'm not an expert so if you're interested pick up the book. The short version is that the british show up in india, try to domesticate it and make it more like a proper english colony. The problem with this is people usually don't take kindly to subjugation, revolutions ensue and are subsequently put down, a big one in 1857. After this the brits basically go on a gun grabbing rampage and so functionally nobody has weapons and those that do are generally rusty pieces of s***. Anything beyond the rusty piece of s*** tier is prohibitvely expensive and also illegal.Corbett has just begun thinking about how he's gonna bag the tigress when a man breathlessly runs into the village saying that the tiger has killed another person in pali, 60 kilometers away.  He gathers up the six or seven kumaonis  that he's recruited, packs up his gun and supplies and starts the trek towards pali. The hunt had begun.The group takes off towards pali. And they are hooffing it big time. they carry their gear because keep in mind cars are a long way off at this point. The model T doesn't come out until the next year and rural india wasn't exactly first on the list to get them. So they're hiking at 30 kilometers a day to make it to pali in two days. For us americans that about thirty seven thirty eight miles total and about nineteen miles per day.When they finally arrive they're surprised to find it a ghost town. There is nobody in the square or on the street and they call out basically just to scream if anyone is there. And then the smell kicks in. the whole village smells like p*** and s***. A few of the villagers cautiously emerge from their homes. The whole village has been locked down and everyone has been inside for days. People are literally staying inside their houses s*** their pants with fear. They're too afraid to even go out to dump the human waste or gather more food. So on top of those unsanitary conditions they're also beginning to starve. A few villagers explain that the demon tiger is here and it has been for a few days. At night they cower from it's roars in the jungle. All this makes everything all to real to corbett. If he didn't know it wasn't an ordinary tiger before he sure did now. He asks to see the kill site but nobody in town is willing to go anywhere near that accursed place. Corbett needs to see the tracks and other markings from the tiger to get a better picture of the size of her. Again we're hit with the distrust of whites in india. Even when corbett can speak the language and grew up there nobody is willing to risk going out to the kill site. Corbett takes the message and decides he needs to earn their trust. The first night he goes out alone and sits next to a tree, trying to keep watch all night. Corbett writes down in his own book just how terrified he was sitting out there alone. He says he saw dozens of tigers behind the trees, tricks of the light. His teeth chatter from the terror and the cold and eventually he falls asleep hunkered down under this tree. To him it's a miracle he survives the night. The tiger  was still without a doubt nearby, possibly even watching him that night. To me it's a miracle he survived the night too, especially considering the nighttime capabilities of a Bengal tiger. Their eyes have night vision six times more sensitive than our own, and their radar like ears can pick up the faintest sounds like a breath or even a heartbeat. Couple those with their bigass padded paws that make them nearly silent as they walk, he wouldn't have stood a chance if she was hungry. While the village were impressed with his bravery or stupidity they still refused to take him to the kill site.  He takes off into the bush with a few of his crew for a little while until he finds a few goorahl deer sitting up on a ridge. That's good eatin. He readies his rifle and fires, bam the deer falls down the hill, but the shot scared out two more . BAM BAM he hits both of those at two hundred yards like he's putting together a call of duty montage. All three animals fall and he brings them back to the village. Finally, when given food a villager agrees to take him to the site, and explains what happened. They were all out in the field and the girl climbed up into the tree and got ripped out of it with such force that the skin from her hands still clung to the bark. They followed the trail of dried blood and eventually made it to a clearing. This place looked worse than carries prom night, there was blood everywhere but no tiger, and even more disturbing, No body, at least not intact. Just a few scraps of flesh and bones that would have fit in a restaurant to go box. F***. Looking over the pawprints corbett judges the tiger to be female, around 12 years old. This tracks well with everything we already know about her time in nepal and across kumaon. We get into the feeding habit of the tigers here: So these tigers can basically scoop anything by the neck and just take off. That's how it can snatch people so damn easily. They can drag 500 lb water buffalo around so they can pick up an indian woman like they're playing fetch. The average indian woman today is 5 feet tall and weighs 120 pounds.  tigers scoop their prey and find a nice secluded location to basically gorge themselves for a few days. Once it's in a suitable locale they'll just start chomping and ripping away at the meat starting with the butt. They'll eat for an hour or so, then just lounge till they're hungry again. Is this the right script? Is that my saturday plans or a tiger? They will repeat this cycle until everything edible is consumed. The place is basically gonna look like the set of the thing, just a few shards of bone left and a lotta blood. They have sandpaper-like tounges to strip away flesh, several types of teeth to help tear apart meat and consume everything. A starving tiger can eat a cow in 4 days so estimating the time to eat a person is somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-3 days. When they are done they just leave behind this crime scene and go somewhere else to hunt for the next meal. When they take off like this they can become difficult to track over such a huge territoryTigers in their territory move on a constant patrol while they hunt. After the whole process I just described takes place and the tiger moves to a new location it repeats. Realizing this the village people werent able to track it perse but were able to sort of tell when it was in the area. Mostly because one of them would get carried off screaming. When this occurred, the whole village would lock down until the tiger moved to a new locale.This certainly contributed to the tigresses colossal kill count was that there's a hugely delayed response  when the tiger attacks someone. Nobody really has guns due to some uprisings against british takeover of indian most notably the one in 1857  So they have to send some dude over on foot to a place with british govt, and getting the wheels of government moving in order to even to dispute a goddamn parking ticket is nearly impossible so setting up a bounty and hiring a hunter contractor to go after it will take like a week. By the time the hunter gets over there there's nothing left but splotches of blood and little bits of bone and the tiger is 30 miles away to do it again. If you thought herding cats was hard imagine trying to do it with  govt assistance and the cats are 700 pound killing machines. Back to our story: When they bring home what's left of this girl, they ask around to see where the tiger is now or where it might be headed. Nobody really knows but the consensus is it's going back to champawat village. The tiger operates in a huge swath of land all around kumaon, kumaon itself is about the size of wyoming and the champawat tiger was responsible for 95% of the tiger fatalities in the region during that time.  but the nexus of the deaths and sightings is right in champawat.They pack up and get ready to hike up to champawat. Jim Corbett arrives in champawat on may 9th 1907 with his kumaoni buddies plus one or two extra guys from pali brave enough to try to end the reign of terror. In corbetts memoir he makes an interesting note about the tashlidar, who from what I can understand is some sort of village elder/ caretaker like figure. This isn't a local indian politics podcast. Sue me. He makes a note about how the guy was gonna spend the night at his bungalow and just says screw it and walks home last minute. I've done my fair share of long walks home at night but this is in a time and place where any average dude is afraid to walk the streets without a group of at least four people just in case one of them gets attacked and carried off. This dude just peaces out and walks 4 miles home alone in the dark. He spends the night basically having nightmares of getting ripped apart by a tiger and barely sleeps a wink. After all the research I did on tigers I cant say I blame him. But he's actually going after the most notorious one in history. I'm sitting in a closet just making jokes about it. When corbett wakes up he's chatting with his squad of  six or seven  guys trying to assess where  the tiger might strike next and what their move should be, he's doing the 1907 version of where we dropping boys?” and as if on cue this dude runs down the road screaming that the tiger has grabbed another girl. Victim 436. When he gets to the site of the attack he does a quick interview about how it went down and he's surprised to find that the tiger snatched this girl up in broad daylight, in a field, surrounded by a dozen other people. It was very good at what it did. A little bit more about tiger stealth, A tiger is able to conceal itself in knee high grass, approach almost without sound and jump out with ludicrous speed. They are well camouflaged, you might think orange isn't a great camo color, but look at hunters. They wear bright orange tree camo. Prey animals dont see it. And animals that do, like us would even have trouble picking out the orange from light filtering through the trees. Corbett tells the villagers to stay inside and wait for him to get back. starts tracking after the tiger from the site of the attack and finds a swath of destruction in its wake. There's hair, clothing and blood leading into the treeline. Partway along the course of this blood trail he hears fast footsteps behind him and goes and whirls around thinking he's about to be desert and almost shoots a villagers head off. We have a unique scenario here where we can kind of hear corbetts internal monologue in a way because he recorded his thoughts on the hunt in his books. I've got some juicy bits from maneaters of kumaon in just a minute.Luckily he doesn't unload his weapon on this poor bastard and the guy explains hes here to help because he is one of the only guys in town that actually has a gun. Imagine you're on the trail of this legendary tiger and something comes crashing through the bush behind you without warning. I would have gunned him down accidentally and been thrown in indian prison.  The problem is this dude is an oaf. He's loud and doesn't know much about hunting so he's more of a liability. He makes the guy climb to the top of a tree and just sit there until he gets back. He can't send him back because then the guy would have to go back alone. That's just a little part of the story that's so f***ing funny to meAfter leaving the guy up on top of the tree he finds the tigers feeding zone and hoo boy it's a doozy. From his own words:“Splinters of bone were scattered round the deep pugmarks into which discolored water was slowly seeping , and at the edge of the pool was an object which had puzzled me as i came down the watercourse, and which I now found was part of a human leg. In all the subsequent years I have hunted maneaters I have not seen anything as pitiful as that young comely leg -- bitten off a little below the knee as clean as though severed by the stroke of an axe. Out of which warm blood was trickling.”Jesus. For the record pugmarks are the tiger tracks. While he kneels down to inspect the carnage he hears a growl  in a split second whips around and fires off both barrels of his weapon. This is it. The tiger is f***ing here. In his haste he misses both shots but the gunblast sound alone is enough to give the tiger momentary pause. It dashes off the collision course, drops the body of the girl and lets out a colossal roar. The tiger roars and just takes off with the body in her teeth. And jim just follows right after it even though he's only got one bullet left. But a person isn't gonna keep pace with a tiger under pretty much any circumstance and after a few hours the trail goes cold. And night begins to fall. If you're taking your chances with a single bullet with a murder tiger from hell you're brave, if you're doing it at night you're stupid.He goes back to grab the villager off his tree that he's STILL SITTING on. While the stooge comes down off the tree he looks out at the valley. Jim knows that almost being the tigers next meal and hopelessly trying to keep up with it through the undergrowth is not a winning strategy and would end either with him being ripped apart by the tiger or losing it in the night as it goes off to its next victim which could be dozens of miles away. It has to be here. And it has to be tomorrow. In the movie of this I direct once that fat podcast money comes, this where I put the heist scene where they show everyone laying down the blueprints and also cut to each part of it as it's being planned. I can't remember if that's an oceans 11 thing or usual suspects or what, I guess it's not important.  I'll fix the movie trivia when we do our bank robberies episode. But this is where corbett gets his crew together. All he has to do is convince a bunch of people that are already so f***ing scared they won't even leave their house to take a s*** when the tiger is around, to join him in a hunt, the likes of which they have never done before. Not to mention the fact that they are in an area that has had its fair share of horrors come directly from britain to help out jim corbett the whitey. Easy right?He asks his guide in the town to help rally the troops so to speak, and heads to bed. The next morning he sets up hoping to get a few hundred people to help bring down the beast. This is beowulfs assault on grendels lair, this is going after smaug, this is ahabs white whale, this is f***ing legendary. Annd nobody show up then at ten am his buddy from the village shows up with the oaf from the other day. It's a nice gesture but it's not enough to slay the beast by any stretch. Twenty minutes pass and two or three more show up, then a few more,  five here three more there. And by noon almost 300 people show up. Many of them with illegal guns, the elders in the village hinted that nobody would care about the guns JUST THIS ONCE.So they've put together this literal ragtag army of farmers and craftsman wielding old guns, sticks, makeshift spears, wood axes, basically anything they can pick up. Corbett meets one lunatic with a hammer that had two sons and his wife eaten by this thing. This was a les mis style moment where the people rise to fight against natures tyranny. I want to take a quick second to reiterate that this is a 100% true story. It's unbelievable. The tiger is somewher down in a nearby gorge feeding on that poor four hundred and thirty sixth victim. There's only one way out of the gorge short of climbing the ridges on 3 sides. The team lines up equidistantly all along the top of the ridge. And corbett and his buddy from town hide alone at the mouth of the gorge with his gun ready. All was set up for corbett to give his signal for everyone around the ridge to just start making a f***load of noise from all 3 sides, throw rocks and cause disturbances to flush her out into where corbett was waiting. There was one problem. You guys remember that scen in lord of the rings where the one eyed dude accidentally shoots an orc too early and f***s up the whole seige? That happens, the people on the ridge get antsy and someone blasts off a gun prematurely and everyone else follows suit. The problem is corbett and his buddy aren't in place. He has to run 500 feet to get to his planned position and the tiger comes careening out of the forest like a f***ing bat outta hell. There's no time and theres just a split second of realization likely from the tiger and corbett both that only one of them is getting out of this alive. But he hesitates! His buddy doesn't and takes a shot with his piece of s*** shotgun and misses wide. The panic messes up corbetts shot as well.  It's just enough to throw the tiger off though and she runs BACK into the gorge. They messed up their one chance. … The people up on the ridge however, well out of sight of any of this behind the trees here the gunshot and they all assume corbett shot the tiger. THey shoot off their guns into the air and start cheering. THis second wave of sound is enough to give the operation a second chance. The tigress runs back out from the gorge where corbett is waiting. Corbett sees the tiger fly out of the gorge and raises his rifle and fires off a shot that actually hits her back flank. She twist in a rage and agony and turns to face him and charge. He fires again and hits her in the shoulder. I assume after that he s*** his pants. Jim corbett carries a double barrel rifle. He's got no bullets left. He's got a VERY F****** ANGRY maneating tiger and she isn't down for the count yet. He has one shot insane chance at survival. He has to run to his buddy from the village and get HIS gun. He makes the breathless dash and in doing so the tiger finally sees what all the searing pain she's experiencing is from. Zeroed in on corbett she charges. His partner from the village must have his eyes go wide from shock as it dawns on him what jim is doing. Corbett is gesturing for him to THROW his gun to him while he runs by! He tosses the old shotgun into the air, disarming himself and that gun must have hung in the air for what seemed an eternity in that split second. Corbett catches the shotgun and whirls around with the tiger twenty feet from him ready to leap, moving at forty miles per hour. He raises the shotgun and The champawat tiger is dead at his feet. Upon investigation of the body they could see the cause. The cause of all the mayhem and carnage, of all the literally ripped apart families, all the fear, all of it. The tigress's teeth were wrecked long ago one fang taken clean off and another broken in half. She was unable to hunt her usual prey.  It was some unknowing hunter that had done this to her and set her on this path. Nature isn't evil.In the village people celebrated, they were free from the grip of fear. There's a substantial epilogue to this story though. The champawat tiger may have been the first super maneater in 1900s india but she would be far from the last. THe conditions of habitat destruction, colonial encroachment, industrialization, poaching and all that werent going anywhere anytime soon and many more tigers and leopards claimed many more lives, some estimates put the toll close to a million people over the last five hundred years or so.Jim corbett went on to hunt a few more of these notable maneaters including  a leopard that had at least one hundred and twenty nine confirmed kills. He went on to publish his memoirs and several other books about his time in the indian jungle and those all sold fantastically well. In his later years he dedicated himself to tiger conservation founding a national park to preserve them that now bears his name. In 1907 there was an estimated 100 thousand tigers in the wild and now there's somewhere in the neighborhood of four thousand in the wild. Fur trade in china ( We'll get into china don't worry) and other countries, poaching and tigers losing ninety percent of their habitat presents a bleak picture but not an impossible one. Many governments have put together a pact to try to double tiger populations by 2022. If you want to help out tiger conservation, first, don't kill them. Secondly I'll put in some links to the world wildlife fund in the show notes     

The road to Emmaus was seven miles long — a pretty good distance under normal circumstances, and I imagine a near impossibility with a heart weighed-down with grief. On this particular day, however, two men attempted the journey with exactly that in common — a heart deeply grieved by the death of their friend, their king, Jesus. It would have been easy for these two to have kept the cries of their hearts under lock and key. Keep the hurt, confusion, and despair buried deep down inside them. But they didn't. As they walked, they talked about all that had just happened. They opened the doors of their hearts and let them flow out and find a companion in one another. Partway through the journey, Jesus would draw near to these two companions, open the Scripture to them, wash away the fog of confusion, help them to make sense of things. He'd sit down to table with them, break bread with them, open their eyes to see — it's Jesus! Jesus would leave, and these two travelers would follow suit, sprinting side-by-side in joy the entire seven miles back to tell the others “Jesus is alive!” There are many glories to be found within this narrative from Luke 24. One such glory, I believe, is the display of true Christian friendship. Yes, friendship can be found elsewhere in the Bible, but it is so unique here in that in such a tightly packed space we see along both poles — deep despair, unbridled delight — the beauty and utility of true Christian friendship. Friendship in moments when faith in Jesus is tearing apart at the seams; friendship in moments when Jesus is so real to you that say, “Did not our hearts burn within us!” Friendship is needed – note merely desired — but needed in both spaces. In the deepest of valleys of dejection, friendships make walkable the path set before you. On the highest mountain tops of delight, friendships complete our joy by allowing us to express delight to another. In doubt and despair, friendship are as Ebeneezers — living, breathing visual reminders of the times when we saw more clearly, of the times when our hearts did burn, of the seasons when Christ was sweet — they give us hope that those days will come again. In joy and gladness, friendships make these moments concrete — brother, sister, I will remember this moment, and keep it in remembrance, that I might share it with you in moments you are tempted to forget it. Friendships, my friends, are a God-given means of grace to us. Armies at our side lest we attempt the battle alone. Glad-hearted companions lest we keep the joys to ourselves. Do you have such friendships? Friends to walk alongside the desperate path to Emmaus? Friends to sprint alongside the celebratory path back to Jerusalem? Have you cultivated the richness of such friendships? Have you allowed your friends to see your heart, know your mind, be familiar with your hopes, know the sound of your cries, know you, really know you — that your journey of faith might be trod in the strength and stability offered in fellowship? It's my exhortation to you, today, that you would. That you'd not only seek out such friends but that you'd go deep with such friends that you might one day see one another in glory, and say, “Did not our hearts burn within us as we walked with him on the road of life?” And of course, this exhortation reminds us of our need to confess our sins for we, in our pride, often think ourselves self-sufficient – friends are luxury, not necessity. In our self-exaltation friends are there to admire and applaud our greatness, not witness our weakness. In our selfishness we want friends to serve us in our time of need, but we don't want the mess and effort of reciprocating. We are sinners, we…are…sinners…and we have a Savior — One who calls himself Friend of Sinners — and he invites us to bring our sins, and all our sins, to him now in this time of silence confession.

During a summer study program, my son read a book about a boy who wanted to climb an Alpine mountain in Switzerland. Practicing for this goal occupied most of his time. When he finally set off for the summit, things didn’t go as planned. Partway up the slope, a teammate became sick and the boy decided to stay behind to help instead of achieving his goal. In the classroom, my son’s teacher asked, “Was the main character a failure because he didn’t climb the mountain?” One student said, “Yes, because it was in his DNA to fail.” But another child disagreed. He reasoned that the boy was not a failure, because he gave up something important to help someone else. When we set aside our plans and care for others instead, we’re acting like Jesus. Jesus sacrificed having a home, reliable income, and social acceptance to travel and share God’s truth. Ultimately, He gave up His life to free us from sin and show us God’s love (1 John 3:16). Earthly success is much different from success in God’s eyes. He values the compassion that moves us to rescue disadvantaged and hurting people (v.17). He approves of decisions that protect people. With God’s help, we can align our values with His and devote ourselves to loving Him and others, which is the most significant achievement there is.

The Tempests set out for Drybell, but since the trains are not permitted to stop in Drybell, the party decides to head out on foot, unsure of what they are to expect when they arrive. Along the way, the party is enveloped by a dust storm that somewhat slows their track across the plains. Partway through they encounter ruins that seem to have come from another time. The storm also seemed to unleash an ancient undead tyrannosaurus that had a nasty habit of vomiting up its mummified last meal. After a quick skirmish, the Rex was properly deadified and the group discovered an interesting book deep within the rotting corpse. (Much to Zeke's dismay as Pez wriggled around inside the now properly dead corpse). We join them again now as they exit the ruins and continue on their path towards Drybell.   If you'd like to join the community and get updates for when we go live on twitch, considering joining our discord! https://discord.gg/bWSgjAdMbp

In this episode of the NFT QT podcast, QuHarrison Terry and Ryan Cowdrey explore the emergence of readymade metaverse environments that are sold as NFTs. Partway through the episode, they are joined by Bri Scully, the Product Marketing Manager at Spatial – a metaverse company for designing and engaging in digital spaces.They discuss topics including:The emergence of “Metaverse Architect” as a job titleHow Spatial is empowering creators to design and sell readymade virtual environmentsSpatial drops their first metaverse environments as NFTsOur reaction after purchasing some of these readymade metaverse environmentsOur ideal scenario of what the next step for the metaverse isFor more information on the topics discussed in this episode, head over to NFTQT.com

“Just because something goes wrong, it doesn't mean that you're a failure.” Polly Alexandre For entrepreneurs, the call to taking responsibility and living your purpose is sometimes not crystal clear. The journey to discovering your purpose can be long and filled with challenges and self-doubt. Our guest today, Polly Alexander has gone through a long entrepreneurial journey towards finding and living her purpose and says that flexibility to learn and pivoting when necessary is key. Polly Alexandre is a certified Master Coach, an Intuitive Healer & holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology. She blends her extensive transformational coaching experience & intuitive healing abilities with 15 years' experience as an entrepreneur. As the founder of Money Beautifully™ & Thrive Beautifully™, Polly helps spiritual entrepreneurs, change makers, visionary creatives and inspirational leaders fulfill their soul's purpose and use their gifts to change the world. In today's episode, Polly will talk about her journey that led her into what she does today. She will also let us in to some of the secrets that have contributed to her success. Listen in! Social Media Instagram: https//www.twitter.com/pollyalexandre     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pollyalexandreltd Podcast: The Feminine Millionaire Show Website: www.pollyalexandre.com I've been an entrepreneur for a long time and originally it came from the desire to get out of the corporate world. [3:53] Unplanned, I went back to university, studied, tried a few things and then became a photographer. [4:19] Partway through my business journey I learned you could learn from others and that made it a lot easier because then I realized I could learn from the people who are further ahead. [4:35] In my late 30s, I had a period in my life when everything started to fall apart and this led to me having to rework my own life. [4:46] That is when my personal development journey began in earnest which actually led to a whole new career path that was not planned. [5:16] I eventually acknowledged that there was something in the coaching and I just started taking clients who shared the life changing results. [5:55] I started helping others, and obviously brought my own entrepreneurial experience in. [6:07] The universe led me into learning intuitive healing and on that journey, I was clearing my own blocks and releasing my own limiting beliefs while at the same time learning how to help others do that. [6:31] I help people basically release their money blocks but it's about so much more than money and more about realizing potential. [7:14] It led me on a path that was so much broader, beautiful and more interesting than I ever expected. [8:22] When our belief system has gotten the opposite to what we're trying to create, our belief system always wins. [9:14] Kinesiology is a tool for testing our beliefs that are held in our body and it kind of bypasses the conscious mind, and tells us the truth of what's going on. [10:13] As a trained healer, you see blockages in the body, and areas of disharmony in your clients who have blockages. [11:50] If our belief system is not congruent with the wealth we're looking to create, we'll find a way to self-sabotage to destroy it. [14:31] As you scale your business, you want to be scaling your belief system as it relates to money so that you can then hold that wealth. [14:46] Your intuition is your wisest guide when you're choosing someone to work with or support your business. [17:23] Commercial Break. [18:22] The first part of my journey was not entrepreneurial accidentally as I was following my passion for photography and then figuring out how to make money. [20:14] The second one was really about directly helping others and that involved learning everything about running an online business as well. [20:23] I was doing that fully before the pandemic and that's been an absolute blessing and God sent but I had to learn everything tech wise. [20:32] I learned emotional resilience and learning to handle my emotions, so that I get off that emotional roller coaster in my business. [21:17] Sometimes when things don't work, it's because you're supposed to be doing something slightly different. [23:20] We think we know the way something has to work out but we don't know that all the different possibilities nor the long term consequence of that. [25:24] When you're an entrepreneur, you need to be flexible, you need to pivot constantly. [25:37] Some of the Secrets to my success is first is being connected to source or God, whatever you call that higher power and that's closely linked to listening to your intuition. [26:00] Second thing is your energy is everything and when it starts to drop, make it a priority by investing in a lot in good food and in rest. [27:14] Third one is taking big risks and that's linked to not allowing your fears to hold you back. [29:35] Fourth one is creating a powerful brand and that has been powerful right from the start. [31:56] The fifth thing is resilience where knowing that miracles happen when you put yourself out there. [35:10] The sixth thing is the ability to invest in my own personal development and transformation is a priority. [37:55] Number seven is kindness and really caring about your clients because people resonate with authenticity and kindness more. [39:39] The eight is getting support and being able to learn what business is about is a game changer. [40:18] The last one is fun, where if I am not having fun, I don't want to do it. [40:45] It can be hard running your own business and it is really important to remember that you are here for a reason. [44:26] Part of that journey is figuring out how to share and deliver your gifts and who needs them. [44:45] ………………………………………………… Thank you to our December sponsor!  KukuaBiz can provide dedicated and affordable talent from Kenya to help you grow and scale your business. Virtual employees are skilled in administrative functions, sales, podcast management, video editing, marketing, social media marketing, website design and management, and more. Learn more: https://www.kukuabiz.com

This week's show is the first in a double feature of plague movies - Sara and I watched The Seventh Seal, and talked about how it represents religion, art and mortality. This is a fairly serious episode, but next week's is unhinged. Partway through you might notice Sara's audio change - we had some slight tech problems and had to use our backup recording, so please be gentle with us like we're a bowl full of fresh milk. The music at the end is 'The Seventh Seal' by Scott Walker, because I promised my dad I'd mention it. Find Sara on Twitter @tinyredbook Historical Friction is a podcast about storytelling, pop culture, the past, and why we reenact it. Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/historicalfriction Follow the show on Twitter @historyfriction Follow Alice on Twitter @aaprocter

Bastards' Road is a documentary that follows US Marine Combat Veteran Jonathan Hancock on his walk across the United States visiting his fellow Marines while wrestling with his own demons.  After serving with Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, in the bloody Battle of Ramadi, Jonathan finished out his 8 and a half year Marine Corps career in military intelligence. As a civilian, he began attending the University of Maryland.  During this time, Jonathan began to deteriorate. Drinking all the time, missing class, and wrestling with the demons in his head, Jonathan was at the end of his wits.  After attempting suicide, Jonathan decided that enough was enough, and he decided that he was going to walk cross the country visiting the Marines he'd served with and the families of his fallen brothers.  Partway through the journey, a classmate of his from high school who had gone on to be in filmmaking caught wind of Jonathan's journey. He reached out and offered to help Jonathan document his journey in a movie. This is what eventually turned into the movie Bastards' Road.  Bastards' Road is coming out May 11, 2021, and you can learn more about how to stream it at https://www.bastardsroad.com/.

Wolf Castillo is a man with a mission, a mission to empower youth to become more resilient and to achieve greater results in their lives.  He does this by showing them that their future is their choice and he helps empower them to make those decisions that will increase their happiness.  Are you living your life aimed at the question mark of what could be or you aimed at the exclamation point, living a life that is based on the expectations placed upon you? Don't miss these Highlights:  A few significant tragedies in his life showed him that there is more out there than what is being taught Utilizing physical outlets such as acrobatics and yoga to develop a mind-body connection to create greater self-awareness Delving into the world of epigenetics to consciously change the genetic expression of our DNA which he was able to incorporate into his business Lessons learned about resistance from the book The Art of War His true belief in the gratitude found in life began because of his cross country trip with his girlfriend About the Guest:  Wolf Castillo helps his clients unleash the power within and choose to create the life of their dreams. He is a Results coach for Generation Z teens and young adults. Wolf graduated from the University of Central Florida with a degree in instructional design and curriculum development and psychology and is now on a mission to equip and empower youth to become more resilient, achieve greater success and in general just be happier.  As a high schooler and college student, Wolf was able to graduate debt free. But no one is a complete stranger to adversity, and his college years were laced with some of the most difficult experiences of his life. Partway through 2016, in the midst of working and schooling 60-70 hours per week, Wolf suffered a car accident that led to months of recovery and immediately after suffered the loss of a very dear friend.  This led Wolf to go on a personal development journey to transcend the difficulties in his life.  Today, his goal is to use his education and experiences to provide other youths with the same support and encouragement he was given to put them on the fast track to success, fulfillment, and achievement. https://wolfcastillo.com/ (https://wolfcastillo.com/) About the Host:  Duff Gardner is an award-winning 7-figure marketer, startup founder and digital producer.  Today, he leverages his 30+ years in a diverse range of businesses and his journey overcoming a series of out-of-the-blue panic attacks to help impact-driven entrepreneurs leverage the power of what he calls “startup thinking” to start, scale and serve in a big way.  He is the host of the podcast Off My Duff - The Entrepreneur Podcast and Founder of the training company Offers that Sell.  Duff holds an MSc. in Learning Sciences and Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, is a fierce advocate of LGBT+ rights and animal rescue, and lives in beautiful Victoria BC.  His mantra is: “teach what you love, live from your truth”. http://www.offmyduff.com (www.offmyduff.com)  Website -  https://duffgardner.com/ (https://duffgardner.com/) Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/duffgardner/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/duffgardner/) Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/offmyduff (https://www.facebook.com/offmyduff) Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/duffgardner/ (https://www.instagram.com/duffgardner/) Twitter - https://twitter.com/offmyduff (https://twitter.com/offmyduff) Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/DUFFGARDNER/ (https://www.youtube.com/c/DUFFGARDNER/)   Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!...

Brian Riordan is the featured unconventional educator on this exciting episode of An Unconventional Teacher. Brian is a high school Spanish teacher in Howell, Michigan, focused on engaging his students in comprehensible Spanish language experiences and having fun while doing so. Partway through Brian's career as a teacher, he realized he needed to make a change and received empowering trainings from podcasts and online resources to move his class from grammar and worksheet-focused lessons to more engaging, "Comprehensible Input" strategies. These included using leveled reading for fun, music videos, and engaging brain breaks. Now, his class is much more exciting and his students are enjoying their learning much more. Brian's website and blog is worth a look as well and can be found at https://proferiordan.wordpress.com/. Episode Highlight Quotes: "I used to think that being that rigorous, traditional teacher was maybe what I was built to do." - Brian Riordan "Teach with joy!...Once I realized that everything I need to do is coming from a place of joy, it just makes everything so much better." - Brian Riordan "I always throw my lesson plan book away at the end of the year and try to start fresh every year." - Brian Riordan "Just taking a chance. Being brave. Making courageous decisions and saying, 'I'm going to completely change things up. Throw out all my old notes, all sweet, beautiful grammar powerpoints that I had....and ever since then, our participation in our program is up and kids feel more successful." - Brian Riordan Support An Unconventional Teacher - A pay-if-forward project Please consider becoming one of our patrons of our show through Patreon or through PayPal. Thank you! Podcast Credits: An Unconventional Teacher Founder & Host: Jon Hinthorne Podcast Editor and Producer: Jon Hinthorne Official Website An Unconventional Teacher Blog An Unconventional Teacher Social Media Website and Media Designers: Nina Telthorst and Gracie Bonwich

The day of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Kansas City Star columnist Bill Tammeus was assigned to write the lead commentary for a special edition of the paper to be published that afternoon. Partway through that task, he learned that his nephew was a passenger on the first plane to smash into the World Trade Center. Now, almost 20 years later, Bill recounts in his new book the multiple traumas his extended family experienced because of that. Love, Loss and Endurance: A 9/11 Story of Resilience and Hope in an Age of Anxiety, to be published Jan. 19 (but available for pre-order now on Amazon), also explores why some people get sucked into monochromatic religious thinking that can lead to violence and what we can do to stand against such extremism. Mike and Bill talk about all that and more in this podcast.

When Amaris and Stuart Allan first decided to serve with EMM, they didn't expect to spend time in two very different contexts in the course of their three-year term. Partway into their second year in Zanzibar, they were asked to consider a transition to Nairobi, Kenya. Almost 10 months later, the Allans unexpectedly returned from Nairobi to the U.S. a few months early due to the coronavirus pandemic. Amaris shares with us a few of the lessons she learned in those transitions.

We've finally reached a hundred episodes, and this week we'll be talking to Sebastian Wiedenroth about pkgsrc. Though originally a NetBSD project, now it runs pretty much everywhere, and he even runs a conference about it! This episode was brought to you by Headlines Remote DoS in the TCP stack (https://blog.team-cymru.org/2015/07/another-day-another-patch/) A pretty devious bug in the BSD network stack has been making its rounds for a while now, allowing remote attackers to exhaust the resources of a system with nothing more than TCP connections While in the LAST_ACK state, which is one of the final stages of a connection's lifetime, the connection can get stuck and hang there indefinitely This problem has a slightly confusing history that involves different fixes at different points in time from different people Juniper originally discovered the bug and announced a fix (https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10686) for their proprietary networking gear on June 8th On June 29th, FreeBSD caught wind of it and fixed the bug in their -current branch (https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c?view=patch&r1=284941&r2=284940&pathrev=284941), but did not issue a security notice or MFC the fix back to the -stable branches On July 13th, two weeks later, OpenBSD fixed the issue (https://www.marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=143682919807388&w=2) in their -current branch with a slightly different patch, citing the FreeBSD revision from which the problem was found Immediately afterwards, they merged it back to -stable and issued an errata notice (http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.7/common/010_tcp_persist.patch.sig) for 5.7 and 5.6 On July 21st, three weeks after their original fix, FreeBSD committed yet another slightly different fix (https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c?view=patch&r1=285777&r2=285776&pathrev=285777) and issued a security notice (https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2015-July/001655.html) for the problem (which didn't include the first fix) After the second fix from FreeBSD, OpenBSD gave them both another look and found their single fix to be sufficient, covering the timer issue in a more general way NetBSD confirmed they were vulnerable too, and applied another completely different fix (http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c.diff?r1=1.183&r2=1.184&only_with_tag=MAIN) to -current on July 24th, but haven't released a security notice yet DragonFly is also investigating the issue now to see if they're affected as well *** c2k15 hackathon reports (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150721180312&mode=flat) Reports from OpenBSD's latest hackathon (http://www.openbsd.org/hackathons.html), held in Calgary this time, are starting to roll in (there were over 40 devs there, so we might see a lot more of these) The first one, from Ingo Schwarze, talks about some of the mandoc work he did at the event He writes, "Did you ever look at a huge page in man, wanted to jump to the definition of a specific term - say, in ksh, to the definition of the "command" built-in command - and had to step through dozens of false positives with the less '/' and 'n' search keys before you finally found the actual definition?" With mandoc's new internal jump targets, this is a problem of the past now Jasper also sent in a report (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150723124332&mode=flat), doing his usual work with Puppet (and specifically "Facter," a tool used by Puppet to gather various bits of system information) Aside from that and various ports-related work, Jasper worked on adding tame support to some userland tools, fixing some Octeon stuff and introduced something that OpenBSD has oddly lacked until now: an "-i" flag for sed (hooray!) Antoine Jacoutot gave a report (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150722205349&mode=flat) on what he did at the hackathon as well, including improvements to the rcctl tool (for configuring startup services) It now has an "ls" subcommand with status parsing, allowing you to list running services, stopped services or even ones that failed to start or are supposed to be running (he calls this "the poor man's service monitoring tool") He also reworked some of the rc.d system to allow smoother operation of multiple instances of the same daemon to run (using tor with different config files as an example) His list also included updating ports, updating ports documentation, updating the hotplug daemon and laying out some plans for automatic sysmerge for future upgrades Foundation director Ken Westerback was also there (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150722105658&mode=flat), getting some disk-related and laptop work done He cleaned up and committed the 4k sector softraid code that he'd been working on, as well as fixing some trackpad issues Stefan Sperling, OpenBSD's token "wireless guy," had a lot to say (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150722182236&mode=flat) about the hackathon and what he did there (and even sent in his write-up before he got home) He taught tcpdump about some new things, including 802.11n metadata beacons (there's a lot more specific detail about this one in the report) Bringing a bag full of USB wireless devices with him, he set out to get the unsupported ones working, as well as fix some driver bugs in the ones that already did work One quote from Stefan's report that a lot of people seem to be talking about: "Partway through the hackathon tedu proposed an old diff of his to make our base ls utility display multi-byte characters. This led to a long discussion about how to expand UTF-8 support in base. The conclusion so far indicates that single-byte locales (such as ISO-8859-1 and KOI-8) will be removed from the base OS after the 5.8 release is cut. This simplifies things because the whole system only has to care about a single character encoding. We'll then have a full release cycle to bring UTF-8 support to more base system utilities such as vi, ksh, and mg. To help with this plan, I started organizing a UTF-8-focused hackathon for some time later this year." Jeremy Evans wrote in (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150725180527&mode=flat) to talk about updating lots of ports, moving the ruby ports up to the latest version and also creating perl and ruby wrappers for the new tame subsystem While he's mainly a ports guy, he got to commit fixes to ports, the base system and even the kernel during the hackathon Rafael Zalamena, who got commit access at the event, gives his very first report (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150725183439&mode=flat) on his networking-related hackathon activities With Rafael's diffs and help from a couple other developers, OpenBSD now has support for VPLS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Private_LAN_Service) Jonathan Gray got a lot done (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150728184743&mode=flat) in the area of graphics, working on OpenGL and Mesa, updating libdrm and even working with upstream projects to remove some GNU-specific code As he's become somewhat known for, Jonathan was also busy running three things in the background: clang's fuzzer, cppcheck and AFL (looking for any potential crashes to fix) Martin Pieuchot gave an write-up (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150724183210&mode=flat) on his experience: "I always though that hackathons were the best place to write code, but what's even more important is that they are the best (well actually only) moment where one can discuss and coordinate projects with other developers IRL. And that's what I did." He laid out some plans for the wireless stack, discussed future plans for PF, made some routing table improvements and did various other bits to the network stack Unfortunately, most of Martin's secret plans seem to have been left intentionally vague, and will start to take form in the next release cycle We're still eagerly awaiting a report from one of OpenBSD's newest developers (https://twitter.com/phessler/status/623291827878137856), Alexandr Nedvedicky (the Oracle guy who's working on SMP PF and some other PF fixes) OpenBSD 5.8's "beta" status was recently reverted, with the message "take that as a hint (https://www.marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=143766883514831&w=2)," so that may mean more big changes are still to come... *** FreeBSD quarterly status report (https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.html) FreeBSD has published their quarterly status report for the months of April to June, citing it to be the largest one so far It's broken down into a number of sections: team reports, projects, kernel, architectures, userland programs, ports, documentation, Google Summer of Code and miscellaneous others Starting off with the cluster admin, some machines were moved to the datacenter at New York Internet, email services are now more resilient to failure, the svn mirrors (now just "svn.freebsd.org") are now using GeoGNS with official SSL certs and general redundancy was increased In the release engineering space, ARM and ARM64 work continues to improve on the Cavium ThunderX, more focus is being put into cloud platforms and the 10.2-RELEASE cycle is reaching its final stages The core team has been working on phabricator, the fancy review system, and is considering to integrate oauth support soon Work also continues on bhyve, and more operating systems are slowly gaining support (including the much-rumored Windows Server 2012) The report also covers recent developments in the Linux emulation layer, and encourages people using 11-CURRENT to help test out the 64bit support Multipath TCP was also a hot topic, and there's a brief summary of the current status on that patch (it will be available publicly soon) ZFSguru, a project we haven't talked about a lot, also gets some attention in the report - version 0.3 is set to be completed in early August PCIe hotplug support is also mentioned, though it's still in the development stages (basic hot-swap functions are working though) The official binary packages are now built more frequently than before with the help of additional hardware, so AMD64 and i386 users will have fresher ports without the need for compiling Various other small updates on specific areas of ports (KDE, XFCE, X11...) are also included in the report Documentation is a strong focus as always, a number of new documentation committers were added and some of the translations have been improved a lot Many other topics were covered, including foundation updates, conference plans, pkgsrc support in pkgng, ZFS support for UEFI boot and much more *** The OpenSSH bug that wasn't (http://bsdly.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-openssh-bug-that-wasnt.html) There's been a lot of discussion (https://www.marc.info/?t=143766048000005&r=1&w=2) about a supposed flaw (https://kingcope.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/openssh-keyboard-interactive-authentication-brute-force-vulnerability-maxauthtries-bypass/) in OpenSSH, allowing attackers to substantially amplify the number of password attempts they can try per session (without leaving any abnormal log traces, even) There's no actual exploit to speak of; this bug would only help someone get more bruteforce tries in with a fewer number of connections (https://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2015-July/034209.html) FreeBSD in its default configuration, with PAM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluggable_authentication_module) and ChallengeResponseAuthentication enabled, was the only one vulnerable to the problem - not upstream OpenSSH (https://www.marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=143767296016252&w=2), nor any of the other BSDs, and not even the majority of Linux distros If you disable all forms of authentication except public keys, like you're supposed to (https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html), then this is also not a big deal for FreeBSD systems Realistically speaking, it's more of a PAM bug (https://www.marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=143782167322500&w=2) than anything else OpenSSH added an additional check (https://anongit.mindrot.org/openssh.git/patch/?id=5b64f85bb811246c59ebab) for this type of setup that will be in 7.0, but simply changing your sshd_config is enough to mitigate the issue for now on FreeBSD (or you can run freebsd-update (https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security-notifications/2015-July/000248.html)) *** Interview - Sebastian Wiedenroth - wiedi@netbsd.org (mailto:wiedi@netbsd.org) / @wied0r (https://twitter.com/wied0r) pkgsrc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pkgsrc) and pkgsrcCon (http://pkgsrc.org/pkgsrcCon/) News Roundup Now served by OpenBSD (https://tribaal.io/this-now-served-by-openbsd.html) We've mentioned that you can also install OpenBSD on DO droplets, and this blog post is about someone who actually did it The use case for the author was for a webserver, so he decided to try out the httpd in base Configuration is ridiculously simple, and the config file in his example provides an HTTPS-only webserver, with plaintext requests automatically redirecting TLS 1.2 by default, strong ciphers with LibreSSL and HSTS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security) combined give you a pretty secure web server *** FreeBSD laptop playbooks (https://github.com/sean-/freebsd-laptops) A new project has started up on Github for configuring FreeBSD on various laptops, unsurprisingly named "freebsd-laptops" It's based on ansible, and uses the playbook format for automatic set up and configuration Right now, it's only working on a single Lenovo laptop, but the plan is to add instructions for many more models Check the Github page for instructions on how to get started, and maybe get involved if you're running FreeBSD on a laptop *** NetBSD on the NVIDIA Jetson TK1 (https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_on_the_nvidia_jetson) If you've never heard of the Jetson TK1 (https://developer.nvidia.com/jetson-tk1), we can go ahead and spoil the secret here: NetBSD runs on it As for the specs, it has a quad-core ARMv7 CPU at 2.3GHz, 2 gigs of RAM, gigabit ethernet, SATA, HDMI and mini-PCIE This blog post shows which parts of the board are working with NetBSD -current (which seems to be almost everything) You can even run X11 on it, pretty sweet *** DragonFly power mangement options (http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2015-July/207911.html) DragonFly developer Sepherosa, who we've had on the show, has been doing some ACPI work over there In this email, he presents some of DragonFly's different power management options: ACPI P-states, C-states, mwait C-states and some Intel-specific bits as well He also did some testing with each of them and gave his findings about power saving If you've been thinking about running DragonFly on a laptop, this would be a good one to read *** OpenBSD router under FreeBSD bhyve (https://www.quernus.co.uk/2015/07/27/openbsd-as-freebsd-router/) If one BSD just isn't enough for you, and you've only got one machine, why not run two at once This article talks about taking a FreeBSD server running bhyve and making a virtualized OpenBSD router with it If you've been considering switching over your router at home or the office, doing it in a virtual machine is a good way to test the waters before committing to real hardware The author also includes a little bit of history on how he got into both operating systems There are lots of mixed opinions about virtualizing core network components, so we'll leave it up to you to do your research Of course, the next logical step is to put that bhyve host under Xen on NetBSD... *** Feedback/Questions Kevin writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s2yPVV5Wyp) Logan writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s21zcz9rut) Peter writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s21CRmiPwK) Randy writes in (http://slexy.org/view/s211zfIXff) ***