Podcast appearances and mentions of peter kirk

Activated in Spirit! - Weekly Movie Gathering with Peter KirkIf you enjoy watching movies and want to delve deeper into spiritual awakening, we invite you to join our weekly online movie gatherings! In our ministry, we use movies to connect with our emotions, thoughts, and beliefs so that we can release all that is in the way of experiencing the Love we truly are. Each movie gathering is facilitated by one or two long-standing members of the Living Miracles community; this week, it is Peter Kirk on the theme of “Activated in the Spirit!”Join us here every Saturday starting at 10 am Mexico Time!

"I Give the Miracles that I Have Received" Weekly Online Movie Gathering with Peter KirkPeter starts the movie gathering by expressing gratitude for various opportunities to extend the miracles, including those shared on Zoom, Facebook, Instagram, and in posts by Trent and Amanda. They highlight the significance of sharing miracles and being open to the Spirit's plan. The underlying message is that we can only truly appreciate the miracles we possess when we are willing to share them.Watching Movies for Healing! Join together online, in the comfort of your own home, for heart-warming movies with commentary to facilitate profound healing. Access four online movie gatherings (plus replays!) each month and join us live every Saturday at 10 a.m. Mexico Time.https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/acim-movie-gatheringsRecorded March 29, 2025, Online in Chapala, Mexico 

Moving Towards Healing and Full Communication - Weekly Movie Gathering with Peter Kirk"We move towards healing and full communication to see that we've never left one another. We've always held each other in innocence and that communication has never ended. It's always been here in this holy instant; we await our communication to open and recognize it. This is the gift we offer one another in our special function, and that's why we want to step towards one another to remember and recognize ourselves."The Living Miracles community practices the teachings of A Course in Miracles daily in very practical ways. If you feel inspired to join us, you can learn more and register here: https://programs.the-christ.net/  or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Watching Movies for Healing! Join together online, in the comfort of your own home, for heart-warming movies with commentary to facilitate profound healing. Access four online movie gatherings (plus replays!) each month and join us live every Saturday at 10 a.m. Mexico Time.https://programs.the-christ.net/.../membership-weekly...Recorded March 8, 2025, Online in Chapala, Mexico

Stepping Courageously Into the Unknown - Weekly Movie Gathering with Peter KirkPeter expresses joy and excitement about presenting this week's movie. "It feels like an adventure has entered my mind, bringing an expansive energy with it. This year, in particular, I can't quite explain it, but there's this big, uplifting force. David mentioned that this year is about letting go of the old and allowing things that no longer serve us to fall away. There's something truly beautiful about that. The past is starting to fade, allowing something expansive to emerge. I feel this energy, standing right on the edge of a miracle because it's the most alive feeling ever. Being on this edge, not knowing what's coming next, is vast and exhilarating."The Living Miracles community practices the teachings of A Course in Miracles daily in very practical ways. If you feel inspired to join us, you can learn more and register here: https://programs.the-christ.net/  or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Watching Movies for Healing! Join together online, in the comfort of your own home, for heart-warming movies with commentary to facilitate profound healing. Access four online movie gatherings (plus replays!) each month and join us live every Saturday at 10 a.m. Mexico Time.https://programs.the-christ.net/.../membership-weekly...Recorded February 15, 2025, Online in Chapala, Mexico

Peter Kirk is a multi-award-winning Indigenous TVC and film director, creator and connector at Campfire x. Campfire x is an Indigenous-owned and run creative consultancy agency that brings Indigenous thinking and talent into the mainstream by unifying the 97% of Australians who are not Indigenous with the 3% who are. They develop creative strategies that communicate to all of Australia and de-risk how companies and brands engage with the world's oldest storytellers, enriching the nation's view of itself. Peter shares the benefits and challenges of working with Indigenous creators and storytellers and the fundamental changes we need to make as an industry, brand leaders and individuals to access this benefit directly and maximise the performance of genuine and authentic storytelling.   Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/managing-marketing/id1018735190  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/75mJ4Gt6MWzFWvmd3A64XW?si=a3b63c66ab6e4934  Listen on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/managing-marketing  Listen on Podbean: https://managingmarketing.podbean.com/  For more episodes of TrinityP3's Managing Marketing podcast, visit https://www.trinityp3.com/managing-marketing-podcasts/  Recorded live on Zoom and edited, mixed and managed by JML Audio with thanks to Jared Lattouf.

On Episode 152 of the RETROZEST podcast, Curtis concludes the celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the premiere of STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE! This film is a 1979 American science fiction drama directed by Robert Wise. It is based on and stars the cast of the 1966–1969 television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, who serves as producer. In the film, set in the 2270s, a mysterious and powerful alien cloud known as V'Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) assumes command of the recently refitted Starship Enterprise to lead it on a mission to determine V'Ger's origins and save the planet. Assisting Curtis in this endeavor in an exclusive interview is CRAIG HUXLEY, former child actor and inventor of the "Blaster Beam" (the musical instrument which makes the V'GER Sting sounds on the Star Trek: The Motion Picture soundtrack)! He has used this instrument in other films including Star Trek II and Star Trek III, as well as more modern films like 10 Cloverfield Lane. What's even more interesting is that Craig was also a child actor and he actually appears in the 1967 Star Trek TOS episode "Operation Annihilate!", wherein he portrayed Captain Kirk's nephew, Peter Kirk. The following year, he had a different role in the TOS episode "And the Children Shall Lead". Additionally, he appeared in television shows such as Bewitched, The Flying Nun, Kung Fu and The Brady Bunch. Craig is joined in this interview by his lovely and talented daughter FIONA HUXLEY, who is a wonderful singer, songwriter, actress, and speaker in her own right! She masterfully assists Craig in talking about his career in and out of Star Trek, and how so much of what he has done has weaved itself into so many parts of the pop culture of the 1960s all the way up to the present! Be sure and follow Craig on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram and YouTube! You may also follow Fiona on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram and YouTube! Incidentally, you may help the RetroZest podcast by purchasing a unique T-Shirt or two (many different designs and colors!) from our store at store.retrozest.com/home. Contact Curtis at podcast@retrozest.com, or via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Also, check us out on TikTok!

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!Ever wondered how a career shift can lead you to the job of your dreams? Join us for an inspiring conversation with Hannah Nodus, the Product Manager of Marketing Ops Technology at Salesforce, as she shares her fascinating journey from tech consulting at PWC to her current dream role at Slack. Hannah opens up about the pivotal experiences and mentors, especially Peter Kirk, who shaped her professional growth and fueled her passion for Salesforce products. Her story is a testament to the serendipitous paths that can lead to a fulfilling career in marketing operations.Explore the dynamic world where marketing ops professionals seamlessly transition into product management roles. We delve into how foundational skills like problem-solving and technology integration are crucial in bridging diverse teams and functions. Hannah sheds light on the hybrid role professionals often play, balancing technical know-how with functional strategies to connect go-to-market plans with technology infrastructure effectively. Discover the importance of adapting to change and harnessing team strengths to drive business success.Gain valuable insights into how resources like Salesforce's Trailhead and professional communities can propel career growth. Hannah discusses the significance of a holistic understanding of the sales cycle and the power of lifecycle analytics in revenue operations roles. The episode also highlights the benefits of agile methodologies and the enriching experience of engaging with communities like marketing ops groups. Whether you're looking to excel in RevOps or seeking inspiration for your professional journey, this episode offers a blend of personal narratives and practical advice to help you thrive.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals MOps-Apalooza is back by popular demand in Anaheim, California! Register for the magical community-led conference for Marketing and Revenue Operations pros.Support the show

Value the Kingdom of Heaven - Weekly Movie Gathering with Peter KirkPeter Kirk went for a walk and asked the Holy Spirit to show him what he wanted to focus on with this week's movie. He noticed how much focus he was giving to fleeting thoughts, such as money or possessions, and wondered how to focus on something that would be truly helpful and light-hearted. How can we value the kingdom of heaven and experience it in a genuine, joyful way?He found a movie about valuing the kingdom of heaven and shared a prayer that emphasizes the experience of having no perception outside of our mind. Enjoy Peter's commentary. The Living Miracles community practices the teachings of A Course in Miracles daily in very practical ways. If you feel inspired to join us, you can learn more and register here: https://programs.the-christ.net/  or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Recorded October 26, 2024, in Chapala, Mexico

Feliks Banel's guests on this live broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY are a panel of expert local historians, researchers and authors who have been collaborating on a search for evidence of Peter Kirk's long-ago steel mill on Rose Hill, east of downtown Kirkland near the Costco. Matt McCauley, Kent Sullivan, Saundra Middleton (who is a descendant of Peter Kirk) and Michael Donnelly have been studying archives, maps, photos and other materials to paint a vivid picture of the partial construction of the mill in the 1890s, the specific whereabouts of various buildings and structures, as well as the ultimate fate of the site (and of Kirk's venture) in the early 20th century. The group will be presenting two free illustrated public programs at Heritage Hall in Kirkland in October and November. The first will take place Wednesday, October 30 at 7:00 pm; the second will take place on Wednesday, November 20 at 7:00 pm. More information: https://kirklandhistory.org/ We also played some vintage audio from Tony Ventrella, the beloved local broadcaster who passed away on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at age 80. This LIVE broadcast of CASCADE OF HISTORY was originally presented at 8pm Pacific Daylight Time on Sunday, October 20, 2024 via SPACE 101.1 FM and streaming live via space101fm.org from studios at historic Magnuson Park – formerly Sand Point Naval Air Station - on the shores of Lake Washington in Seattle.

In this evening's show Chris features tracks by artists such as Willie Hutch, the Miracles and the Impressions.In tonight's show Chris plays a Top 7 selected by Peter KirkTune into new broadcasts of Dab Of Soul every Tuesday from Midday - 2 PM EST / 5 - 7 PM GMT.For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/dab-of-soul///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 9 we speak with Peter Kirk who runs RevOps at MadKudu and has built operations functions at multiple product-led and sales-led companies, including Lucid and BentoBox. We talk all about data, attribution, and the role of Revops in helping drive alignment - instead of damaging it. Specifically, we cover: 1) How Revops can build trust with sales when they first join an org 2) Sales confusion around the role of Revops 3) Why sales is often less reliant on sales data or reports 4) Who should have access to dashboards and the best cadence to share data with sales 5) Best channels to get the most important insights to sales without distracting them 6) How attribution and compensation can harm the sales and marketing relationship Peter drinks a spaghett

Karen takes on Japan! Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss The Grudge, the 2004 J-horror film starring Buffy aka Sarah Michelle Gellar. Spoilers ahead! The Grudge describes a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of extreme rage or sorrow, created where the person died. Those who encounter the curse die, and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passing from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror. The following events are explained in their actual order, however, the film is presented in a nonlinear narrative. In 2001, Kayako Saeki, a housewife living in suburban Tokyo, is in love with college professor Peter Kirk, obsessively writing about him in a diary. Her husband Takeo becomes jealous as he discovers the diary and believes that Kayako is having an affair with another man. Takeo brutally murders her, and their young son Toshio for walking in on the murder, and the pet cat Mar in a fit of rage. After Takeo hides the bodies in the house, Kayako's ghost hangs him with her hair. After receiving a letter from Kayako, Peter visits the Saeki house only to find both her and Takeo's corpses along with Toshio's ghost. Shocked, he flees the scene and commits suicide the next day. The remainder of the Saeki family rise again as ghosts due to the curse, notably Kayako, who appears as an onryō. In 2004, the Williams family from America move into the Saeki house. While Matt is thrilled with the house, his wife Jennifer and dementia-ridden mother Emma feel uncomfortable. Matt and Jennifer are quickly consumed by the curse. Yoko, a care worker, arrives at the house to find Emma alone before she encounters Kayako, who drags her up into the attic. Concerned about Yoko's disappearance, her employer Alex sends another care worker, Karen Davis, to take over the care of Emma. At the house, Karen discovers Toshio sealed up in a wardrobe and later on witnesses Kayako's spirit descending from the ceilings to claim Emma. Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below. ↪ Facebook ↪ TikTok ↪ Twitter ↪ Instagram ↪ Subscribe to our YouTube channel ↪ Tip us $5 ↪ Linktree In late 2002, the unexpected success of the English-language remake of The Ring finally gave Sony Pictures confidence to green-light an English-language remake of Ju-On: The Grudge. That same day, Takashi Shimizu, the director and creator of the original film, was hired to direct the film, with Stephen Susco writing the screenplay, and Sam Raimi through its Ghost House Pictures banner producing the project, alongside Robert Tapert and Takashige Ichise. Shimizu was eager to work on a remake of his own film, as he saw it as an opportunity to improve and fix some of the perceived problems and flaws that were present in the original film. Principal photography on the film began on January 26, 2004, with reshoots occurring in July 2004 in Tokyo, Japan. Sarah Michelle Gellar filmed her scenes in Tokyo within three months before returning for the reshoots. In late 2002, the unexpected success of the English-language remake of The Ring finally gave Sony Pictures confidence to green-light an English-language rem

Karen takes on Japan!Join BP, Coop and Justin as we discuss The Grudge, the 2004 J-horror film starring Buffy aka Sarah Michelle Gellar. Spoilers ahead!The Grudge describes a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of extreme rage or sorrow, created where the person died. Those who encounter the curse die, and the curse is reborn repeatedly, passing from victim to victim in an endless, growing chain of horror. The following events are explained in their actual order, however, the film is presented in a nonlinear narrative.In 2001, Kayako Saeki, a housewife living in suburban Tokyo, is in love with college professor Peter Kirk, obsessively writing about him in a diary. Her husband Takeo becomes jealous as he discovers the diary and believes that Kayako is having an affair with another man. Takeo brutally murders her, and their young son Toshio for walking in on the murder, and the pet cat Mar in a fit of rage. After Takeo hides the bodies in the house, Kayako's ghost hangs him with her hair.After receiving a letter from Kayako, Peter visits the Saeki house only to find both her and Takeo's corpses along with Toshio's ghost. Shocked, he flees the scene and commits suicide the next day. The remainder of the Saeki family rise again as ghosts due to the curse, notably Kayako, who appears as an onryō.In 2004, the Williams family from America move into the Saeki house. While Matt is thrilled with the house, his wife Jennifer and dementia-ridden mother Emma feel uncomfortable. Matt and Jennifer are quickly consumed by the curse. Yoko, a care worker, arrives at the house to find Emma alone before she encounters Kayako, who drags her up into the attic.Concerned about Yoko's disappearance, her employer Alex sends another care worker, Karen Davis, to take over the care of Emma. At the house, Karen discovers Toshio sealed up in a wardrobe and later on witnesses Kayako's spirit descending from the ceilings to claim Emma.Follow the Complete Guide to Horror Movies podcast on our social channels below.↪ Facebook↪ TikTok↪ Twitter↪ Instagram↪ Subscribe to our YouTube channel↪ Tip us $5↪ LinktreeIn late 2002, the unexpected success of the English-language remake of The Ring finally gave Sony Pictures confidence to green-light an English-language remake of Ju-On: The Grudge. That same day, Takashi Shimizu, the director and creator of the original film, was hired to direct the film, with Stephen Susco writing the screenplay, and Sam Raimi through its Ghost House Pictures banner producing the project, alongside Robert Tapert and Takashige Ichise. Shimizu was eager to work on a remake of his own film, as he saw it as an opportunity to improve and fix some of the perceived problems and flaws that were present in the original film.Principal photography on the film began on January 26, 2004, with reshoots occurring in July 2004 in Tokyo, Japan. Sarah Michelle Gellar filmed her scenes in Tokyo within three months before returning for the reshoots.The film generated $39.1 million in ticket sales in its first weekend (October 22–24, 2004). Ticket sales declined 43% on the second weekend, earning $21.8 million, thereby becoming the first horror film to top the Halloween box office since House on Haunted Hill.[7]The film made a total of $187.3 million worldwide, far exceeding the expectations of box-office analysts and Sony Pictures executives. Sony also stated production costs of less than $10 million, making it one of the most profitable movies of the year.The film is recognized as the second-highest grossing horror remake of the past 40 years behind The Ring (2002)The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 40% of 162 critics have given the film a positive review, with an average rating of 5.11/10. #horror #movie #death #horrorfilm #splatter #deathscene #blood #gore #scarymovie #horrormovie #completeguidetohorror #horrormovie #scary #creepy #graphic #thegrudge #sarahmichellegellar #jhorror #japanesehorror #asianhorror #kayako #sadako #iggyazalea #scarymovie4 #cindycampbell #curse #death #karen #angryboys #chrislilley #chaneloberlin #screamqueens #podcast #essay #retrospective

Q&A Session - After the Movie "God Is Not Dead 1" - with Peter KirkEnjoy this interactive and inspiring Question and Answer session that closes the movie workshop around the movie "God Is Not Dead 1," where Peter answers questions inspired by the topics that came up during the Movie Session with David Hoffmeister.If you feel inspired to join us for an all-day movie workshop, you can learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Online-Retreat or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Recorded October 8, 2022, in Chapala, Mexico.

Q&A Session - After the Movie "Life or Something Like it" with Peter Kirk - A Weekly Online Movie Workshop. Enjoy this interactive and inspiring Question and Answer session that closes the movie workshop around the movie "Life or Something Like it" where Peter answers questions inspired by topics that came up during the Movie Session with David Hoffmeister.If you feel inspired to join us for an all-day movie workshop, you can learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Online-Retreat or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Recorded September 10, 2022, in Chapala, Mexico.

Q&A Session - After the Netflix Series "Another Self" Part 4/4 with Peter Kirk - A Weekly Online Movie Workshop.Enjoy this interactive and inspiring closing session from the movie workshop "Another Self," where Peter answers various questions inspired by topics that came up during the Movie Session with David Hoffmeister.If you feel inspired to join us for an all-day movie workshop, you can learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Online-Retreat or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Recorded September 3, 2022, in Chapala, Mexico.

Hello Interactors,There have been huge advances in how food is grown over the last decade. A new revolution in agriculture. It just may be coming at the right time. The world’s population is skyrocketing, and more and more people are pouring into cities. We’ll need more food and more ways to make it accessible and new techniques look promising. But at what cost?As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…A BERRY BIG PROBLEMThe red dot caught my attention; hidden in the soil of a bed once forgotten. Rain drops wiggled on the fervent green leaves as I lifted the cold pale yellow-green vine with ease. It was hugging its red friend in the shadows of the sun. My fingers surrounded the plump little ball as I tugged it loose of its clutches. On to my tongue enveloped in warmth as my teeth clamped down in the darkness. A cool and wet sugary burst lit my mouth with summer’s first gift. No sooner did the strawberry’s sweet secretion burst were my eyes darting for another with thirst.In Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass, she reminds us that strawberries are like “gifts simply scattered at your feet. A gift comes to you through no action of your own, free, having moved toward you without your beckoning. It is not a reward; you cannot earn it, or call it to you, or even deserve it. And yet it appears. Your only role is to be open-eyed and present.”Like the naturally occurring strawberries of her childhood, my strawberries just appeared one year. Probably a gift from a bird. Or, more likely, a rabbit. Most years the rabbits beat me to their splendor, but not this time.I get nostalgic around gardens. I’m not sure why. I never much liked being hunched over in the sweltering humidity pulling weeds and picking beans as a kid. Bugs buzzed erratically – irritably itchy inching near my ears. Heat seeking mosquitos swarmed my sweaty shins poking their needle through my white knee-high tube socks searching for red blood. But there’s pride in growing your own food and there’s no denying it’s better for you and better tasting.We always had a large garden in our backyard. Sometimes we’d have a plot in a field in the country next to a small farm. Most of those small farms are being sold off to large commercial farmers these days. The small-town rural agriculture of my Iowa childhood in the 70s and 80s gave way to large-scale rural agriculture. The Green Revolution was just gaining speed.Between 1960 and 2000 the world’s population doubled while the output of cereal grains like wheat, rice, and corn tripled. And it did it by only increasing croplands by 30%. Improvements in genetics, fertilizers, pesticides, and mechanization were fueled by increased private capital and tax-funded public subsidies. Globalization and the Green Revolution enabled unprecedented growth in rural agriculture. Crops could easily be shipped to markets and cities far from where they were grown. For the first time, wheat produced in Mexico found its way into bread sold in Tokyo.These advances lowered the price of food and provided much needed relief to a growing world population. But it came with a cost to the environment and biodiversity. Unchecked, it will only get worse. The world’s population is expected to grow exponentially until 2050 and over 70% will live in urban areas. To feed all these people will require 56% more food than what was produced in 2010. That means an additional 593 hectares of cropland – an area the size of India. But if we were to reverse the Green Revolution and rely on smaller organic farming practices, even more land would be needed as yields are mostly smaller. It’s believed two to three times as much land would be needed to produce as much wheat, corn, and potatoes as the conventional agriculture of today. If the world switched to organic farming using current areas of croplands only one half of the world’s population could be fed.Meanwhile, the world also needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Ten percent of which comes from agriculture – including soils and rice production, 27% percent transportation – including the transport of food and grain around the world, and 24% from Industry – including the petrochemicals needed for Green Revolution farming. We also need to use less water. The UN says agriculture accounts for 70% of the world’s freshwater. In dryer areas (like Arizona) that number increases to 90%, due to water extracted from rivers (like the dwindling Colorado River), and aquifers (like the declining Ogallala).In 2007, these worries increasingly came into focus. Within four months the price of wheat inexplicably doubled, rice prices tripled, and corn shot up 50%. Food riots broke out for the first time since the 1970s. Egypt put their army to work baking bread. Rice hoarders in the Philippines were threatened by sentences to life in prison. This marked the end of the Green Revolution as we knew it. Just as the world had grown accustomed to seemingly guaranteed cheap food, a new dynamic had set in.In 1979, according to the World Bank, the percentage of global money going to food assistance peaked at 18%. By 2004 it had dropped to 3.5%. Private donations to relief efforts relaxed. They assumed the Green Revolution had cured worldwide famine. Governments reduced spending on agricultural research assuming hunger was a thing of the past. Farmers in developed countries also dissuaded their governments from assisting farmers in developing countries fearing competition. If poorer countries began providing for themselves, they’d miss out on selling to those markets.The environmental movement had also gained momentum and status. Investors and donors began pressuring the Ford Foundation, the original seed funder of the Green Revolution in the 1950s, to reduce the use of petrochemicals in agriculture. Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution, became frustrated when his effort to bring green-revolution practices to Africa was thwarted by protests by environmentalists.Then, highly populated countries like China and India began reducing agricultural exports so they could feed themselves. In 2006, India even began importing food again. Renewed concern over food security inspired governments worldwide to re-fund agricultural research. Venture capitalists fed startups keen to apply new technologies to food production. Beginning in 2010, the number of academic research papers on agricultural innovation exploded with topics like “indoor agriculture, remote sensing, vertical agriculture, hydroponic, aeroponic, aquaponic and soilless agriculture, precision agriculture, and other novel technologies.” A second Green Revolution was unfolding.BRINGING NEW MEANING TO GREENINGThe second Green Revolution aimed to be a Green Green Revolution. The original Green Revolution was born out of the 1950s institutional patriarchy found in government, urban planning, civil engineering, and agricultural. They sought, and continue to seek, to centralize, industrialize, and capitalize. These efforts led to prosperity and food security for many, but they have also balkanized, disenfranchised, and ghettoized many places in the world. Glamorized westernized ways have meticulously metastasized. Colonized earthly crust, of countries with cautious distrust, find temporary prosperity crushed when exhausted land goes from soil to dust.But the new Green Revolution, backed by a flux of venture capital greenbacks, hopes to bring agriculture’s ‘green’ sheen back. And like most high-tech ventures, these efforts are mostly urban. Researchers define Urban Agriculture as “the production, process, and distribution of food and other products by plant and/or livestock raised in and around cities to meet local needs.” By that definition, our family garden in suburban Iowa was a form of urban agriculture. My wild strawberries gifted here in Kirkland, Washington are too.In fact, after our town’s founder and chief colonizer, the British industrialist Peter Kirk, failed at attempts in the 1800s to turn Kirkland into a steel town – the ‘Pittsburgh of the West’. Kirkland then became known as a farm town. Summer fruit would be packed onto a ferry headed to Seattle’s growing urban metropolis. Soon real estate companies sold Kirkland’s agricultural land to developers. Kirkland went from a source of urban agriculture to a Seattle suburb.Seattle area farmland was also getting converted to suburban development. In the 1920s, the Picardo family, who had immigrated from Italy in 1890, secured 20 acres to continue farming. This acreage came to be called the Picardo Patch, or P-Patch. The city then bought the land in the 70s to preserve its use and the word P-Patch is now commonly used to refer to a community garden. The original P-Patch now boasts 259 community plots.But one of the more popular, and controversial, P-Patches in Seattle sits atop a parking garage below the Space Needle. Called the UpGarden, it converts 25,000 square feet of concrete into 98 gardening plots. There have been recent attempts to sweep the dirt away, but intense community protest saved it. It even inspired a rededication last summer.Both P-Patches are forms of urban agriculture researchers call Uncontrolled Environment Agriculture. They rely on the uncontrolled, or loosely controlled, variability of soil and climate conditions. The Picardo community farm resembles more traditional rural farming but in an urban environment. The UpGarden is a rooftop garden that mimics a traditional garden on the roof of a concrete parking structure. It also resembles a form of Controlled Environment Agriculture known as building-integrated agriculture.These are typically enclosed greenhouse structures inside a dedicated or mixed-use building. They’re plant factories. They draw on the innovations cited in the growing body of research literature and are a form of what some call Innovative Urban Agriculture. In dense urban areas, where space is a premium, they take on the form of indoor vertical gardens.These methods of indoor farming rely on less water and soil. In some cases, no soil at all. Hydroponic horticulture plunges roots to a small amount of nutrient rich water that can yield tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, strawberries, and lettuces. A similar method, aeroponics, suspends plants in the air and can be grown by misting them with nutrient rich compounds forced through high-pressure mist heads. Tanks or artificial streams of water can also be used to grow fish (like shrimp) and aqua plants (like seaweed). This is known as urban aquaculture. Hydroponics and aquaculture can also be combined to create aquaponics. These are systems that take nutrient rich water from aquaculture tanks to feed trays of hydroponic plants.This method, although less high-tech, has been around for centuries. Since as early at 5 AD various forms of integrated polyculture rice-fish farming took place in Eastern Asia. Evidence of this practice existed well into 13th century China. Around that same time, the Mesoamerican Aztecs built islands, sometimes movable, on top of wetlands, shallow lake beds, and canals. These methods were used to meet personal, family, and local market needs. That’s as true of innovative urban agricultural in developing countries today as it was centuries ago.The poorest people in the world today spend upwards of 85% of their household revenue on food. It’s hard to tell how much urban agriculture is done today to offset these costs. In our highly industrialized and globalized agricultural economy, there’s little interest – and thus little data – on agricultural techniques outside the norm. One 1993 study estimated 15-20% of the world’s food was produced by some form of urban agriculture. A more recent 2010 study looked at 15 developing countries and determined urban agriculture made up anywhere from 3-27% of their total yields.While there are indeed individually motivated urban farmers in developed countries today, like in backyards, front yards, decks, empty lots, rooftops, and parking lots, most commercial innovative urban agriculture is motivated by social desire and market opportunity. Some claim hydroponic systems have the potential to grow 11 times more lettuce per acre than conventional means. One study suggests 1.5 times more tomatoes could be grown. And what about those little bursting red bundles of taste bud bliss? An estimated 13 times more strawberries could be grown through these new techniques.And don’t count out rooftop gardens. If you happen to be blessed with the climate of Bologna, Italy, you could be growing heaps of food from the heat on your roof. One rooftop garden produced an estimated 12,000 tons of vegetables in a single year – enough to round out meals of 77% of urban dwellers. One study estimates that if the industrial rooftops of Montreal featured hydroponic systems, they could grow 277% of that city’s total demand – at a fraction of the cost. A 2011 study suggested a 20-story “SkyFarm” high-rise in Egypt, equipped with vertical aeroponic greenhouses on every floor, could produce 200 times as much rice as that country’s most productive conventional rice farm.HOW HARMONIC ARE PONICS?These statistics can cast innovative urban agriculture as a panacea. And it just may be. But the Green Revolution was also cast in those same terms. In fact, over the last two centuries societies have routinely been seduced by the promise of technology, the adoration of the individual “great inventor’ who will finally, once again, save us from ruin. People glamorize and valorize individualistic human accomplishment while disguising and patronizing community and environmental suffering. Hypnotized by success and desensitized to distress.There is no doubt these new approaches to agriculture show great promise. They indeed use less water and land while producing more yield for less money. They are closed systems that can be optimized for efficiency. One aquaponic experiment featured a double recirculating system. One cubic meter of recirculated water could increase fertilizer efficiency by 24% compared to conventional aquaponic methods. It even managed to produce the same quantity and quality of tomatoes per cubic meter of water. As a bonus, that same quantity of water also produced 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds) of tilapia fish. But all systems come at a cost.  These systems require buildings made of sophisticated construction. The growing supplies are made of plastics, processed metals, and synthetic fertilizers. Electricity to power their highly controlled climates, lights, computers, pumps, misters, and filtration systems must run around the clock and throughout the year. How clean is that electricity? Will increased yields induce profit seeking companies to package and ship even more food around the world? Few, if any, studies have been conducted on the upstream and downstream lifecycle costs of innovative urban agriculture.Furthermore, this is all new. And while there are many successful greenhouse and hydroponic companies out there selling vegetables today, cereals, grains, and proteins are also needed to balance the food basket. Aquaponics hold promise for efficiently growing diverse nutritious foods, but commercial scale is in its infancy. A 2016 survey in Europe revealed that 75% of commercial aquaponic enterprises were built on or after 2010. Nearly half of the employees were researchers working at universities. One-third were government funded, one-fifth were true commercial endeavors, but only 12% had sold fish or plants in the previous 12 months.Currently the U.S. leads in research and development of innovative urban agriculture. These investments seed similar efforts around the world in both developed and developing countries. There is no question these new forms of commercial agriculture will have an impact on how the world’s food is grown. But I also know the experience of eating that strawberry I plucked at my feet can’t be imitated. Sorry Driscoll’s.Driscoll’s strawberries, the world’s leading strawberry producer, are genetically engineered to yield a certain experience. Their farmers, or “strawberry manufacturers” as Driscoll’s calls them, all adhere to a certain standard to uphold their vision of what a strawberry is supposed to be. They ship a billion plastic clamshells of strawberries around the world. They have a room at their headquarters in California filled with monitors that track every truck carrying their red, heart-shaped berries across North America. They have two weeks to get their product from harvest to destinations across the country and around the world. They are so popular in China, their price and availability influences international trade relations.Robin Wall Kimmerer reminds us that my opportunistic strawberry plant had “in fact been up all night assembling little packets of sugar and seeds and fragrance and color, because when it does so its evolutionary fitness is increased.” The more attractive nature makes that little bundle, the more likely an animal like me will eat it and spread its seeds. I guess to do my part to further this plant’s evolutionary fitness, I’ll need to poop in the nearby woods. Kids, don’t try this at home.But the Green Revolution changed these uncontrolled evolutionary elements of agriculture. The Green Revolution turned food evolution into a controlled ‘Big Ag’ volution. Strawberries are now engineered and their seeds are dispersed by ships, planes, and trucks. Once consumed, they’re flushed into wastewater treatment plants. The new Green Green Revolution, or Innovative Urban Agriculture, is the next stage in agriculture’s own technological evolution. But don’t forget, old fashioned residential and community gardens are part of it. But new technologies have the potential to maximize space, water, and energy to produce even more locally grown yummies. Perhaps we’ll even see Controlled Community Gardens.  Maybe these new techniques could transform who we are, our relationship with our food, and how we interact at a local level. It’s up to us. Perhaps food production can be made local again. New forms of urban agriculture could be a gift. Like a backyard wild strawberry. As Robin Wall Kimmerer puts it:  “It is human perception that makes the world a gift. When we view the world this way, strawberries and humans alike are transformed. The relationship of gratitude and reciprocity thus developed can increase the evolutionary fitness of both plant and animal.”If done right, I might add, maybe even the evolutionary fitness of the planet and us all. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

Community Session - "My Spirit-given Function" Online Retreat with Peter Kirk and Linda van de Velden.Enjoy Linda and Peter's take on what My Spirit-given Function means to them and how this concept has developed individually and from being together in a relationship. They sing two songs and take questions from participants.The Living Miracles community practices A Course in Miracles daily and is devoted to the practical application of these profound ACIM teachings. This month's theme of the online retreat is "My Spirit Given Function." If you feel inspired to join us for a whole online weekend retreat or an all-day movie workshop, you can learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Online-Retreat or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.You can watch the first 25 min of the session on YouTube as well: https://youtu.be/fDFkPI3hb2YRecorded July 1, 2022.

Q&A Session - After the Movie "LUCY" with Peter Kirk - Weekly Online Movie Workshop.Enjoy this interactive and inspiring closing session from the movie workshop "LUCY," where Peter answers various questions inspired by topics that came up during the movie session with David Hoffmeister.If you feel inspired to join us for an all-day movie workshop, you can learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Online-Retreat or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Recorded June 18, 2022.

Q&A Session - Movie Workshop with Peter Kirk - "This Holy Instant" Online RetreatEnjoy this interactive closing session from the movie workshop at "This Holy Instant" online retreat. Peter's deep and practical answers to the many different topics that are brought up in the session are deeply moving and inspiring to listen to.If you feel inspired to join us for a whole online weekend or an all-day movie workshop, you can learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/ACIM-Online-Retreat or go to https://livingmiracles.org/events.Recorded June 4, 2022.

Hello Interactors,Hints of loosening COVID restrictions are wafting through the air like a contagious air-born disease. Does this mean people will be heading back to work? Some can’t wait, some would rather not, and others would love to have such a luxury to consider. Is remote work here to stay? And if so, are we sure it’s healthy? As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…COMFORTABLE BUSINESSHe had just returned to the office for the first time in two years. I asked him what it was like. I wondered how many people were there with him. He responded, “Let me put it this way, when I pulled into the parking garage I counted maybe six cars.”I was having lunch with a couple Microsoft friends recently. Our conversation started there and then turned to the current hiring climate in the tech industry. Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and a dizzying array of startups are all vying for talent. They’re offering insane starting salaries, stock grants, and signing bonuses. But there seems to be one non-negotiable with tech workers – flexible working arrangements.Before we knew it, the three of us were talking about what cities would be best to live in knowing employers don’t really care where you live. But even among well-paid tech workers, cost of living became the most salient factor in choosing an ideal city. Rising real estate prices pose the biggest challenge, but optimal internet speeds were up there too.One friend, who had recently left Microsoft for a startup, mentioned the downsides of remote work. She said it’s really hard getting to know a team you’ve never met in person and even harder for them to get to know you. She senses judging and fields odd questions that aren’t about her, but about her role and what she’s being asked to do. And broad communication from their CEO seems to always fall flat. She said he comes across as disingenuous, less human, and overly focused on short term deadlines and quarterly results. Reflecting on our time working together she’s said she really valued the ‘non work’ interactions that happened on our team. We did feel more like a ‘family’ than a ‘squad.’Two years of disrupted work practice has led to a combination of ‘the great shuffle’ – people swapping companies in search of higher pay and benefits, ‘the great displacement’ – rising cost of living involuntarily pushing lower paid workers from their homes, or ‘the great resignation’ – cost cutting companies incenting early retirements or aging workers opting to retire early. It’s left companies wondering if this is a phase or if people have habituated to increased flexibility. The CEO for Stitch Fix, an personal apparel shopping service, said they’re seeing customers looking to replace a third of their wardrobe with what they call “Business Comfortable” clothes. She says their customers want to stay working in sweats, but want them to look more ‘professional’ when on Zoom calls.Cities and local businesses are impacted too. Can they count on workers coming back in droves to commercial districts buying breakfast, lunch, coffee, and drinks? Or even haircuts. Nikita Shimunov owns a barbershop in Manhattan where he once saw 50 to 60 men pass through his shop in a day. It’s trickled to 10 to 15 customers daily and he’s been forced to reduce staff by half. His financial future hinges on the empathy of his landlord.Many cities rely on these tax revenues to fill their coffers. But if masses of people stop going in to work, it has huge implications on urban planning. Microsoft is wrapping up the final touches on a massive new corporate campus in Redmond at a time when many, maybe even most, may remain working remotely. It’s next to a brand new light rail stop planned and designed to serve thousands that now may never come.Not all flexible work arrangements are the same or even desirable. Flexibility can introduce or amplify home and work conflicts for individuals, teams, companies, cities, and regions. Technology, especially mobile technology, has been blurring work and home boundaries for decades. What does it mean to achieve a work/life balance when the boundary disappears? And for those with young children, the burden of parenting, home schooling, and working can become overwhelming. And given our social norms, that burden largely, and unfairly, falls on women.Women are also unfairly expected to conform to certain traditional workplace ideals that focus on physical appearance and presence. For example, wrestling with a screaming toddler on a Zoom call with un-brushed hair, no makeup, and no sleep can make some people judge her as ‘not being professional’. And come review time, how might some managers reflect on these interactions when it comes time to hand out pay increases or offer new opportunities for growth? Meanwhile men get to poke fun at each other for wearing pajamas and having bed head.  I had a remote employee years ago and my biggest fear was that she seemed to always be available. Remote workers can sometimes over communicate or stretch their availability. They can over compensate for not being physically present. But being always ‘on’, ‘available’, and ‘connected’ can lead to burnout. These pressures, self-inflicted or induced, can also lead to exhaustion and mental duress. Some anthropologists believe humans did not evolve as we did by working even eight hours a day, let alone 12 or more. It doesn’t necessarily lead to optimal team performance either.Individual suffering can spill over to co-workers which creates even more stress and burnout. Team members can become withdrawn which exasperates feelings of isolation and loneliness. Quiet, more subdued, colleagues can also feel excluded or overlooked. Some choose to turn their cameras off to combat feelings of personal intrusion or surveillance. Or maybe they’re hiding their bed head. This can ultimately lead to job dissatisfaction prompting them to seek another team or company.I know from experience how attrition can spread like an infectious infliction as those who leave prompt others to do the same. Perhaps ‘the great shuffle’ we’re experiencing isn’t just people running toward opportunity, but impunity.IS FLEXIBILITY THE FIX?Flexible working arrangements can take on a variety of flavors and can be called many things. Even before the pandemic, Microsoft had always had what they called ‘flex-time’. It simply means your manager doesn’t really care when you come and go so long as you get your work done. But these days flexible working arrangements can be called names like “remote work”, “tele-commuting”, “tele-work“, “mobile work”, or “virtual work”. There are also those who are “self-employed”, “on-call”, “on-demand”, or working in “shared spaces”.A group of business school researchers at the University of Reading in the UK just published a literature review on research focused on flexible work practices. They came up with a taxonomy that clumps arrangements into four categories:Remote, Spatiotemporal, On-demand, and Self-directed. Remote work is like the COVID caused ‘work from home’ many are experiencing today. Spatiotemporal work includes shared spaces, ‘touch down spaces’, ‘office clubs’, and even ‘job sharing’. On-demand work is for workers who are on-call like Uber or Grubhub drivers. Self-directed workers own their own companies, freelance, or contract.Each of these come with their own advantages and disadvantages. Working from home, or Remote work, is what most people think of when considering flexible working arrangements. Products like Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and a growing list of alternatives, make it easy to ‘plug-in’ remotely. Like, for example, joining a meeting from wherever you may be.I was on a walk one summer morning before sunrise in some nearby woods when I had to join a meeting scheduled in another time zone. So I sat on the limb of a fallen tree over looking a wooded ravine and took part in the meeting as the sun rose. Halfway through, however, the limb snapped and down I went. Good thing the camera was off. And, yes, I was muted.  But these remote work products, including Slack, Teams, Zoom and others, allow for both synchronous and asynchronous communication. This can lead to days and evenings filled with either a meeting, interruptions from notifications and alerts, or the dreaded FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out – a fear that addicts people to be constantly checking and dealing with email, channels, or text message threads. In other words, constantly working.This invariably infringes on time spent with family and friends. These prolonged stresses can drive some people to withdrawal and become isolated. And for those who seek control and domination over others, like manic micro-managers, it means they can wield these real-time, always on, communication tools like a weapon. And the quicker people respond to their seemingly psychopathic needs, the more fervent their interruptions become. It’s a cycle that can leave people anxious, depressed, and looking to get away. Those feeling violated in their own homes sometimes seek a shared workspace elsewhere.Sharing work spaces over different times and places is what researchers call Spatiotemporal work. This style of working hit the news a few years ago when the shared workspace company WeWork failed its initial public offering (IPO). Started in 2008 as GreenDesk – an “eco-friendly coworking space” – it became WeWork in 2010 with an infusion of cash from a wealthy real estate developer. By 2014 it was “the fastest-growing lessee of new office space in New York”. They grew too quickly and imploded in their 2019 IPO, refinanced and went public in 2021, and are now leveraging rising COVID driven real estate prices to recoup some of their losses. While their memberships still remain low, the pandemic has created a growing need for humans to come together physically to collaborate and bond. Especially as team members are scattered across regions, countries, and the globe.Microsoft, like many organizations, have long used ‘off sites’ as temporary ways to pull teams together for a day or more – a kind of spatio-socio-temporal team building field trip. Some I attended were more sashay to build cachet than work with a perk, but some companies are now using these excursions as more routine means of encouraging more physical collaboration. New software tools like Cloudfare make it easier for managers to schedule and arrange gatherings of geographically dispersed employees in places like AirBnb’s, employee’s homes, or even existing offices – an on-site off-site.  Some companies are even allocating money to teams so they can book these off-sites themselves as a way to bring team members together physically – even if it’s just for a picnic, a walk in a park, or a bike ride. Some companies are even buying apartments or hotel suites as more permanent ‘off-site’ locations. The Wall Street Journal reports that one 26 person startup, Aidentified,“rents two corporate apartments, one in Boston and one near San Francisco, in lieu of offices, so employees can gather when needed. Each apartment is equipped with a conference table, seating areas, a kitchen and bedrooms where out-of-town employees can stay.” The 3,000-square-foot, three bedroom, multi-level Boston apartment has an outdoor terrace overlooking the Boston Public Library.   If this sounds extravagant, it is. Companies rich with cash can often become embarrassments of riches. This competitive hiring climate exists within a grossly disproportionate wealth disparity that compounds these excesses as each company seeks to out do the other in attempts to lure and retain employees. But these off-sites need not always be entirely self-serving. The nonprofit Forté Foundation, a women’s business leadership advocacy group, took some time during their three-day off-site in Austin, Texas to build bikes for a local nonprofit…in between pamper parties, luxury lunches, and extravagant excursions of course.For those laboring behind the scenes to prop these posh parades of privilege, it’s hard to see any of this as actually being ‘work’. Many managers funding these fun fests often wonder the same thing. In order for managers to know whether these remote employees are actually working or not requires more software. Task management and planning tools like Confluence, Trello, Project, Planner, or Basecamp let managers keep an eye on task completion, deadlines, and engagement. But this can make some employees feel like they’re being watched, scheduled, and controlled. The opposite of flexible, but still far from indentured manual labor most of the employed world endures.AN ANT ANTEDOTEShared work, space, and calendars are sold and celebrated by the software industry as new cultures of openness and inclusion, but not everyone is equally comfortable sharing their locations and schedules. Others find the overhead required to fill out forms, schedule tasks, and report progress inhibits their ability to actually be productive. And when tasks are shared among team members, it’s not always clear who was responsible for doing what. Often times the bulk of the work falls on those most conscientious or those seeking glory and control. Managers are then stuck with no clear way of evaluating contributions fairly. That is if they can get employees to actually fill out their forms in the first place.In addition to rogue, power hungry, and individualistic workaholics dominating a team, sporadic sharing work practices centered around short-term deliverables can also lead to groupthink. In an effort to complete tasks, individuals can be prone, even encouraged, to taking the path of least resistance instead of finding more creative and effective solutions that may be out of the norm. These can all have financial implications for companies as product quality may suffer, or those less geared for these sharing cultures and workspaces could suffer a loss in compensation or opportunities.The results of that UK literature review revealed that researchers have been trying to tease apart the impacts of flexible work practices since the emergence of so-called ‘Smart Cities’ and ‘Sharing Culture’ around 2010. Within a year social science researchers were already looking into aspects of social isolation. By 2012 themes of gender inequality and work-family conflict entered the scene. Then came financial costs, lack of visibility, blurred spaces, and health impairment. And then, after COVID came to town in 2019, these topics blew up. And by last year, 2021, the themes of dispersed spaces and employer-employee tensions were added to the decade old list of concerns.These researchers observed that, “while almost all the studies have explored both the positive and negative consequences of technology use, none have examined the downsides of changes in (or to) technological platforms on employee behavior and work.” They were surprised to find that “researchers have not explicitly focused on the changes in traditional hierarchies and the dynamic nature of manager–employee relationships as a result of technology-enabled [Flexible Work Practice].” They say existing research aims to understand technology as a facilitator of flexible work “thus perpetuating the instrumental view of technology.”Given this finding, they call on a shift in perspective. Instead of just explaining the role technology is playing in enabling flexible work practices, seek to describe the social force it plays in shaping our behavior which in turn shapes our networks of relationships. They wrote, “Given the active role that technological platforms continue to play in organizational life, other conceptualizations of technology are required…” One theory they suggest leveraging is Actor-Network Theory (ANT).The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography describes Actor-Network Theory as a “unifying thread [that] constitutes the central line of connection to the field of human geography.” It’s an ever evolving social theory that argues “all manner of things (as many as you can imagine) are variously entangled together in specific formations or networks in the making of the world.”As I stand here in Kirkland, Washington on the 18th birthday of my son and daughter, I can look back over those nearly two decades and see the role technology has played in bringing that central line of connection in human geography into focus. The combination of the internet, mobile technologies, and geo-political globalization have connected an assortment of ever expanding networks of people and place. And then, in the final three years of my kid’s high school existence I can see how that technology has both granted them needed flexibility but also robbed them of social opportunities.But despite it all, they have flourished. And yet not all kids have – nor have adults. As affluent, mostly white, remote workers enjoy their ‘flexible working arrangements’ – like next day Amazon orders, late night GrubHub ice cream deliveries, and TaskRabbit handy man assignments – those ‘on-demand’ workers on which they rely suffer their own perplexing paradoxes. While ‘on-demand’ work has supplanted needed income for many struggling to make a living, it’s also taken a toll on their health.Because laws lag in defining and representing the rights of these workers, they’re prone to exploitation by corporate overlords and overly demanding and consuming customers. It can lead to job related and economic anxiety, stress, and uncertainty. And because they operate alone, without a tightknit team – a family – it leaves ample time to reflect on their plight. They can become preoccupied with how society, their government, their companies regard, treat, and abuse them.As I walked home from that lunch with my friends last Friday, I looked around my little town of Kirkland. It’s been shaped by nearly a century and a half of people – actors – enrolling, transforming, and interacting within nested networks of natural and engineered environments. Kirkland was intended to be a steel town. Peter Kirk’s vision was for it to be “The Pittsburgh of the Northwest.” The Peter Kirk building is now the Kirkland Arts Center. Ole Pete could never have imagined any of this. Just as we never imagined we’d be forever shaped by a measly virus.   I looks like my next lunch with friends will likely be unmasked. Washington is currently planning for mask free restaurants at the end of March – more flexible eating arrangements will soon be meeting flexible working arrangements. I’ll be curious to see whether more Softies return to the Redmond campus over time or whether the future of their work remains primarily remote. It’s hard to tell without a string of caveats.This tiny microbe has disrupted an entire global actor-network. Just how much our behavior has been changed permanently is unknown, but there’s no going back to some semblance of ‘normal’. The future is as uncertain as predictions for how far into the future the global pandemic will continue to circulate. As Dr. Heidi Brown, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Arizona said recently, “Until the epidemiologists can tell you what’s going to happen in the future without massive uncertainty caveats, then we’re still in an epidemic-type situation.”Hold on to your hats, and your masks, we’re all about to learn there is not such thing as a free lunch. Subscribe at interplace.io

We talk with Peter Kirk and Stephanie Cameron at Lucid about how marketing ops and analytics teams can work together more effectively. Listen to learn how to utilize project briefs and turn user stories into tech specs to facilitate a better cross-functional relationship between marketing ops and data teams.

Movie "Solaris" - Commentary by David Hoffmeister - Weekly Online Movie Workshop"In today's movie workshop, we're calling on Jesus and the Holy Spirit to take us through the temptations of the ego. Beyond the darkness and all the shadows of this world. And we are joining in piercing the ego's veil together, and open our hearts to experience, pure love. That is our prayer. And we're going to explore how the principle of all that I give is given to myself and that the principle of giving and receiving is the same. We're going to do it through a space journey in which a space station is marooned very close to a planet, and the planet's name is Solaris. 'Solar' means light, and 'is' means is. So "Light is" is the main theme of the movie or "God is" like Jesus says in the workbook, "we say, God is, and then we cease to speak." In other words, those are the last two words that ever need to be spoken." Enjoy David's profound commentary for this classic movie that never ends speaking to our eternal nature. The closing session is held by Peter Kirk in which participants share their experiences and emotions.You can watch the introduction to the movie on YouTube:https://youtu.be/XYlzaovt0sI.If you want to know more about Living Miracle and David Hoffmeister and upcoming events, look here: https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.The movie workshop was recorded Saturday, October 16, 2021, in Chapala, Mexico.

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Movie Workshop "The Truman Show" - Tabula Rasa Online Retreat with David Hoffmeister - September 2021The Truman Show is a fantastic awakening movie about undoing time and space and having the courage to follow the call of the heart. The world is a show produced and directed by the ego. It employs many actors, uses many sets and time loops. The show depends on sales, labeling, and product placement to sustain itself. The ego has made sure that the show is aimed at drama, repetitions, distractions, pretense, and ultimately resorts to fear in order to perpetuate itself otherwise the mind will not continue to believe its reality. Once the show is seen as nothing but a contrived skit of past memories, we can leave it and say "If I don't see you again, Good morning, Good afternoon, and Good night.Enjoy Davids's mindful use of the movie symbols to wake us up to the hidden reality behind the show and meet Peter Kirk hosting the closing session in the second part of the workshop.You can see some of the introduction to the movie on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bDtAjbKP3nsIf you are interested to know more about David Hoffmeister and Living Miracles events, here is more information: https://circle.livingmiraclescenter.org/events.Recorded on September 4, 2021, in Chapala, Mexico.

Following the Spirit's guidance leads to joy and ease. In this episode, Peter Kirk, Jason Warwick, and Frances share how the Spirit uses projects to free the mind up from limiting beliefs and concepts.

Holy Relationship Panel - Erik Archbold, Susan Huculak, Peter Kirk, Linda van der Velden - Awakening from the Dream Online Weekend Retreat This Spiritual Relationship / Holy Relationship Panel Discussion is a portion of the “Holy Relationship” online retreat with Frances Xu, David Hoffmeister, and the Living Miracles community. This session features Erik Archbold, Susan Huculak, Peter Kirk, and Linda van der Velden speaking about the way Spirit has used their relationships for healing and Awakening.This session on spiritual relationships was live-streamed on February 5, 2021. This session is also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GN0rJWF3mn8For upcoming online events with David Hoffmeister and the Living Miracles community, go to https://livingmiracles.org/eventsABOUT LIVING MIRACLES:Living Miracles is a devotional community dedicated to Awakening based on the teachings of A Course in Miracles and mystic David Hoffmeister. Through our vast internet ministry, we share profound resources and transformational tools for remembering God's Love. We welcome you with open arms! Learn more about us here: https://livingmiracles.org

Movie "Bee Season" - Movie Session with Peter Kirk - “Celebration of Illumination - The Joy of Time's End” Online EventWithin the 4-day free Celebration of Illumination event at the end of the year 2020, Peter Kirk presented the movie "Bee Season". The father in the movie teaches Judaism and follows its forms, but his spiritual life is academic, not mystical. What no one in the family perceives is that Eliza, the daughter is a genuine mystic, for whom the Kabbalah is not a theory but a reality. One of the things that Kabbalah believes is that words not only reflect reality but in a sense create it. God and the name of God are in this way the same thing.Listen to Peter's commentary for the moving film and afterward the participant's experiences with the movie.This session was recorded on the evening of December 28, 2020, in Living Miracles Quantico Studio, Chapala, Mexico.

Peter Kirk is a musician based in New York City who records and tours under the name Panama Wedding.Panama Wedding released two well received EPs in 2014 and 2015 before Peter took a break to reassess his career and become a dad. His first new single in some years "Fly to Panama" was just released this month. In our conversation, Peter and I talk about the ups and downs about being a professional musician, as well as how much different it is from his precious gig working in finance. We also discuss new fatherhood, presumed age requirements of a rock star and whether Peter has a dark side. We also begin this talk with a solid five minutes gushing over Phil Collins, so I apologize for that.

In August 2020 Jacques Marais, Peter van Kets, Zane Schmahl and Peter Kirk set out on a 9 00km, 9 province, tour of South Africa. The aim was to highlight an adventure travel destination in each province for their Beyond Expeditions trip. The adventure was supported by Isuzu South Africa and Dunlop Tyres South Africa. To find out more about it visit www.beyondexpeditions.co.za. 

Ismeretlen okokból minden felnőtt kutató végez magával a Triacus kolónián, az állomáson élő gyermekek azonban gyász nélkül vesznek tudomást a szüleik távozásáról: hamarosan kiderül, hogy a fiatalokat egy eltűnt civilizáció utolsó képviselője tartja az irányítása alatt, aki a világuralmi ambícióinak megvalósítása érdekében egy sűrűn benépesített világ felé téríti az Enterprise legénységét. Aktuális adásunkban ’A megkísértés’ című epizódról beszélgetünk. Rövid hírszekció: • Augusztus 6-án érkezik a Lower Decks, most már tudjuk, hogyan néz ki a USS Cerritos. Az eddig ismert információkról, karakterekről Dave korábbi cikkéből informálódhattok. • Tom és Harry nehézkes karakterfejlődése: új részletek a Voyager közkedvelt “haverjairól”, valamint a sorozat készítésének hátteréről. • Gergő mozgáskorlátozottan és nehéz körülmények között élő Trekker, akinek most te is segíthetsz: látogassátok meg a Holl Nándor által éltre keltett adományozó kampány Facebook oldalát, és nézzétek vissza Tuvok magyar hangjának beszélgetését Híresember Nil videójában (ebből egy részletet adásunkban is hallhattok). A kibeszélő tartalmából: • Nehezen emészthető gyermekszereplők, és egy furcsa módon felöltöztetett vendégszereplő, aki valójában ügyész: hogyan lett ’A megkísértés’ a legrosszabb Star Trek epizódok egyike? • Kirk a fekete barlangban: míg az angol változatban a kapitány szövege teljesen értelmes, ha visszafelé játsszuk, a magyar verzióban se előre, se hátra nem található létező szó. • A zöld színű Melvin Belli: a hang elváltoztatása, valamint az átlátszó, szellemszerű megjelenés az ügyész színészi hiányosságainak leplezése miatt vált szükségessé, amit maga Gene Roddenberry javasolt. • A Tommy szerepében látható Craig Huxley játszotta Kirk unokaöccsét (Peter Kirköt) a Paraziták (Operation -- Annihilate!, TOS 1x29) című epizódban, Brian Tochi pedig később a TNG-ben is látható (Lin zászlós a Night Terrors című epizódban).

Episode 17 I yarn with Peter Kirk. He is a proud Jerrinja man and multi award winning TVC, film director, screenwriter and producer who grew up on Ngunnawal country in Canberra and his homelands on the south coast of NSW. Peter now resides in Sydney where he started his career in the film making industry in 2000 and has over 12 years experience in the digital/film production space. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In several locations around the world – including Australia, France, and (ironically) China, hydroxychloroquine, when combined with zithromax and zinc, has proven incredibly effective against the COVID-19 virus, both as a treatment after infection and as a prophylactic. But you wouldn't know that if you listened to the usual Propgressive subjects in the media...Please subscribe to our podcast at iHeart Radio, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and on podcast platforms like Castbox, Podcast Addict, Stitcher, SoundCloud, Spreaker, and anywhere podcasts are heard.TRANSCRIPT:“State Rep. Tavia Galonski (D-OH-35) tweeted Sunday after President Trump spoke about hydroxychloroquine at his daily press briefing... ‘I can’t take it anymore. I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow...Today’s press conference was the last straw. I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one.’”Of course, Galonski is referring to the International Criminal Court at The Hague which the United States does not recognize. We don’t recognize it for the fact that to do so would put a non-constitutional adjudicating body above our Constitution, our rule of law, and our Supreme Court. Because we don’t recognize the ICC it has no teeth, no authority...nothing.Now, Galonski either doesn’t understand that her “referral” means diddly-squat (which makes her a blithering idiot), forgot that her “referral” means less than the New York Times at the bottom of a birdcage (which puts her in Joe Biden’s forgetfulness group), or is a political opportunist (which puts her ethics below that of shyster attorneys and CNN and MSNBC’s).We also need to look at her motivation via her campaign contributors. We need to see if she took any checks or quid pro quo in-kind contributions from big pharma, and here’s why.In several locations around the world – including Australia, France, and (ironically) China, Hydroxychloroquine, when combined with Zithromax and zinc, has proven incredibly effective against the COVID-19 virus, both as a treatment after infection and as a prophylactic. This would mean that any big pharma concocted, high-priced cure that would hold the treasuries of the world hostage to political extortion wouldn’t be so critical to achieving.And let me further juxtapose Galonski’s ignorance with this. A poll of 6,227 physicians in 30 countries across three continents, conducted by the global healthcare polling company Sermo, found that they believe hydroxychloroquine to be the best treatment for COVID-19. Further, the poll found that the United States has the lowest percentage of physicians prescribing the drug, although that number is growing.Sermo CEO, Peter Kirk is quoted as saying, “Physicians should have more of a voice in how we deal with the pandemic and be able to quickly share information with one another around the world.” He alluded to the poll results (albeit his organization’s) as a “treasure trove of global insight for policymakers.”And let’s file this under the “blind squirrel finding a nut” column.Bloomberg (of all places) reports that more than 99 percent of the coronavirus fatalities in Italy – one of the world’s COVID-19 hotspots – were people who suffered from previous medical conditions, i.e. they were already identified as vulnerable, sometimes three-times over.The Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy’s national health authority, discovered, post mortem, that of the 132,547 COVID-19 cases only 0.2 percent of the 16,523 fatalities (as opposed to the 22,837 who have recovered completely) were free and clear of any known preexisting condition. Those who died did so from complications related to COVID-19 in concert with their pre-existing conditions. The institute categorized those conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease, among others.Additionally, Italy has a state-run healthcare system that has established guidelines that mandate, and I quote from The Atlantic: “Those who are too old to have a high likelihood of recovery, or who have too low a number of ‘life-years’ left even if they should survive, would be left to die.” To be more succinct, Italy is not treating COVID-19 elderly patients who present with an advanced stage of coronavirus. Ain’t socialized medicine wonderful...But I digress.Again, I am not saying that the COVID-19 virus event we are experiencing isn’t serious. It is. What I am saying is that it is being exploited by opportunistic politicians and special interests that glean benefit through chaos and over-hyped by the media for ideological purposes.Given the extremes to which our society has stooped during this event (hoarders should take a good long look in the mirror to examine what kind of person they have become), wouldn’t employing the hydroxychloroquine cocktail within the non-vulnerable community be a positive step toward marginalizing this virus? Rather than investing in the panic that saw New York and Michigan’s governors reverse their “ban” on hydroxychloroquine – only to now passionately exclaim they need more access to the drug, why not remain calm, use common sense hygiene protocols in mass, employ what is now a clinically effective avenue of treatment to the non-vulnerable, and sure-footedly develop treatments and vaccines for the less resilient?We all must stop feeding at the trough of media, political, and special interest manipulation. In our fast-paced, “gotta-have-it-now”, instant gratification world, we have to take the time to inform and educate ourselves on issues and seek out facts. Just like our addictions to cellphones and social media, we have become dependent on the information we consume via the usual suspect media outlets and a cursory look into their motives points to two things: 1) they are for-profit entities that compete using sensationalism; and 2) each of them is not without their ideological biases and agendas.Gone are the days of journalism based on “just the facts” and “who, what, where, when, and how.” Today we have opinion-based news that preys on emotions and puts more weight into the speculative “why” of every story. True, fact-based journalism, if not dead, is in critical condition with questionable chances for recovery.Good thing Italy isn’t in control of journalism’s destiny.“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” – Rahm Emanuel, former Chief of Staff to Pres. Obama and former Mayor of Chicago

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From the Producer's Office is a series of informal podcasts with Opera Holland Park's Director of Opera, James Clutton. In conversation with creatives and collaborators across the industry, we explore the process of putting opera on stage, and how the artists approach their craft. This episode was recorded on location at Bergen National Opera, following the opening night of Sweeney Todd. James talks to a smorgasbord of special guests: BNO's Artistic Director Mary Miller, Sweeney Todd cast members Susan Bullock, Michael Mayes and Peter Kirk (who will sing the role of Frederic in our 2020 production of The Pirates of Penzance), and incoming Artistic Director of ENO, Annilese Miskimmon.

http://livingmiracles.org/eventsEnjoy this joyful and inspiring talk on the movie "Chef" (2014) given by Peter Kirk from Saturday evening of the "Awake in the Miracle—A Collaborative Venture" online retreat! "As you come closer to a brother you approach me, and as you withdraw from him I become distant to you. Salvation is a collaborative venture." – A Course in MiraclesRecorded on August 3, 2019, at Quinta del Sol in Chapala, Mexico.To learn more about upcoming online retreats, click on the link below:http://livingmiracles.org/events

Sarek. Vulcan Ambassador. Wife to Amanda. Father of Spock and Sybok. Guardian of Michael Burnham. Sarek has been many things during his long life, and few secondary characters have had the impact on the Star Trek universe that he has. But what are the innermost thoughts of this quiet, reserved character? And how will he respond to a crisis that may tear apart one of the founding worlds of the Federation and threaten the cohesion of that great institution? In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson are joined by Justin Oser of Earl Grey to talk about Sarek by A.C. Crispin. We discuss the setting, the bond between Sarek and Amanda, Klingon ambassador Kamarag, a timely topic of xenophobia, Kirk's nephew Peter, how Discovery's depiction of Sarek might compare, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings. In the news section, we talk about IDW's upcoming comics in December and review issue #11 of Boldly Go. News December Comics (00:02:44) Boldly Go #11 (00:06:07) Feature: Sarek A Classic Trek (00:12:43) Experiences (00:14:35) The Time Period (00:15:57) A Bond (00:20:59) Kamarag (00:31:33) A Fringe Group (00:35:39) Peter Kirk (00:48:56) To Death Do Us Part (00:58:11) Mistaken Identities (01:14:09) Sarek and Discovery (01:20:45) Ratings (01:25:22) Final Thoughts (01:32:21) Hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Guest Justin Oser Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer)

Panama Wedding's Sophomore EP, 'Into Focus' is being released on Friday November 6th. We caught up with Panama Wedding's lead singer, Peter Kirk, to talk about the theme of the EP and their tour with Great Good Fine Ok, this Fall/Winter..

Peter Kirk of Panama Wedding tells Richie about growing up in Oyster Bay, the songwriting process, and what to look forward to from Panama Wedding.

Peter Kirk of Panama Wedding tells Richie about growing up in Oyster Bay, the songwriting process, and what to look forward to from Panama Wedding.

Bobby Rice, known for his roles in Star Trek: Hidden Frontier as Ro Nevin, Peter Kirk in Star Trek: Phase 2, and in Puppets of Love, Watercoolers and John's Dream AND is now the lead in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century! Join the Admiral and Shadow as we chat it up with Bobby and discuss his past works and where he is going in the mythical land of Hollywood! www.bobbyquinnrice.com http://buckrogersbegins.com