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Pretend you're standing in front of a window with a clear view out at a mountainous  forest.  It's a gorgeous day. The colors are vibrant and crisp.  Now, shift your attention to your reflection in the window.  The view is still there, but now it's in the background, and your reflection is in the foreground. Even if there was a war outside your window, it would be no more difficult to become aware of your reflection... of your innate Peace, that's also present.  No matter what's on view (and it is constantly changing!), don't lose sight of your Self. Don't forget Love.  Don't make the view and its alternating,  alluring beautiful and terrifying images more important than your awareness of Love.  Truly, only Love is here.  And you are That.  Feel It.  Be It.  I Love you, Nik nikki@curlynikki.com Support the show: ▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings Today's Quote: "At every moment, we are free to allow experience to veil our innate Peace or to remain transparent to it. " - Rupert Spira 

This episode features an interview with Kimberly Storin, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Zayo Group, a leading telecommunications company with a network that stretches over 16.8 million fiber miles and spans 141,000 route miles across North America and Europe.  In this episode, Kimberly shares with us how she built an end-to-end marketing organization within Zayo and demonstrated the value of the marketing function, diving into expanding their buying committee and creating a “Shark Tank'' mindset where people share their best ideas. Key TakeawaysMarketing can be  undervalued as a function and collaborating with C-suite peers is essential to a CMO's ability to demonstrate their impact on revenue for the organization.At the end of the day, marketing needs to be the “voice of” and the “voice to” the market, and needs to avoid short-term, quarter-by-quarter thinking.There is value in shifting to a “Shark Tank mindset” and having people bring their ideas, then funding great ideas.Quote:“At the end of the day, we really just need to be the voice of and the voice to the market. If we're thinking about in-quarter revenue, we're not doing our job. Our job is to be thinking about the next quarter, next year, next five years, and how do we position the brand for the maximum growth efficiency. And yet so often I talk to CMOs who are stuck in this, well, what did you do for me this quarter? And if that's where marketing is focused, then marketing will never be successful.” Episode Timestamps:*(03:43 ) - The Trust Tree: Expanding your buying committee *(15:19) - The Playbook: Investing in the top of the funnel*(35:37) - The Dust-Up: Learning to have constructive conflict*(39:01) - Quick Hits: Kim's Quick HitsSponsor:Pipeline Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for pipeline pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.LinksConnect with Ian on LinkedInConnect with Kimberly on LinkedInLearn more about Zayo GroupLearn more about Caspian Studios

News of the Bogus: 18:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Former USCP Officer Harry Dunn 27:00 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Hank Johnson This Week's Quote: “At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child—miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.” —P.J. O'Rourke ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯

Hey Dude, I left you melancholy message about my crazy days before the holidays, along with a sad remembrance of my mom's last Christmas. QUOTE: "At least that's what I call the day after Christmas..." PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, Doug Mcintyre  PLACES: England, Henry's Tacos, Ernie's Taco House, Casa Vega, El Coyote THINGS: Libsyn, Subaru, Outback, Crosstrek, Faberge egg, Christmas, Christmas Eve, "It's A Wonderful Life", redemption story, Boxing Day, Redeye Radio, KFI, New Years, IBM SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, birds, Ming-Ming,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "First Christmas" from an original photo, shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: December 28, 2023 from the "The Barn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Hey Dude, my life has been a real jigsaw puzzle, slowly put back together this past month. Not only does my truck have a rebuilt engine, I may have found my voice...again. QUOTE: "At first I thought it was going to be a disaster, but in the end, it was perfect."  PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, John in the UK, Father Time, Joseph Dougherty PLACES: Altadena Library, Bob Lucas Branch, Bob's Big Boy (Toluca Lake), Yosemite, Fresno, Oakhurst, Frazier Park, Los Angeles County, Bakersfield, Central Valley  THINGS: Ford Ranger Truck, History of Podcasting, Facebook, Podcast Movement  SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, wind, birds, plane, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Intro Pod Tweet" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: June 29, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

 Hey Dude, my life has been a real jigsaw puzzle, slowly put back together this past month. Not only does my truck have a rebuilt engine, I may have found my voice...again. QUOTE: "At first I thought it was going to be a disaster, but in the end, it was perfect." AUDIO LINKPEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, John in the UK, Father Time, Joseph Dougherty PLACES: Altadena Library, Bob Lucas Branch, Bob's Big Boy (Toluca Lake), Yosemite, Fresno, Oakhurst, Frazier Park, Los Angeles County, Bakersfield, Central Valley THINGS: Ford Ranger Truck, History of Podcasting, Facebook, Podcast Movement SOUNDS: footsteps, gravel path, wind, birds, plane, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal PHOTO: "Intro Pod Tweet" with my iPhone XS RECORDED: June 29, 2023 from the "Wawona Lawn" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

Quote: “At the root of everything we do is collaboration and communication.” (Ainsley, 17) We want the girls in our lives to have big ideas and the passion to bring them to life. Yet, how do we, as their adult role models, set the tone, become their partners, teach them the transferable skill sets they need when the big idea might need some help in the “birthing” process? You do it with curiosity and positivity. You do it by asking the right questions. You do it with a learner's mindset. Together, with her, you create the satisfying “journey to yes.” Enjoy the ride as host Trudy Hall learns just how that is done well at Our Lady of Peace Academy in San Diego, California. Dr. Lauren Lek, Head of School, Rivka Bent, Interim Director of Marketing and Communications , and Ainsley Savant, OLP class of 2023, who created the school's first Hackathon and is a student lead for the Architects of Change initiative share how they intentionally built a culture of collaboration, honed a mindset of curiosity, and became partners in a process that enables girls to challenge the status quo, envision a different reality and develop the skills needed to make their big plans actionable. Resources You Should Know About: ICGS (International Coalition of Girls Schools): https://girlsschools.org Our Lady of Peace Academy: https://aolp.org/aocatschool/ Architects of Change: https://mariashriver.com/aoc/ Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others, Stephen Covey Our Lady of Peace Academy · Architects of Change · National Coalition of Girls' Schools · Transcript — PDF (138.5 KB)

Quote: “At the root of everything we do is collaboration and communication.” (Ainsley, 17) We want the girls in our lives to have big ideas and the passion to bring them to life. Yet, how do we, as their adult role models, set the tone, become their partners, teach them the transferable skill sets they need when the big idea might need some help in the “birthing” process? You do it with curiosity and positivity. You do it by asking the right questions. You do it with a learner's mindset. Together, with her, you create the satisfying “journey to yes.” Enjoy the ride as host Trudy Hall learns just how that is done well at Our Lady of Peace Academy in San Diego, California. Dr. Lauren Lek, Head of School, Rivka Bent, Interim Director of Marketing and Communications , and Ainsley Savant, OLP class of 2023, who created the school's first Hackathon and is a student lead for the Architects of Change initiative share how they intentionally built a culture of collaboration, honed a mindset of curiosity, and became partners in a process that enables girls to challenge the status quo, envision a different reality and develop the skills needed to make their big plans actionable. Resources You Should Know About: ICGS (International Coalition of Girls Schools): https://girlsschools.org Our Lady of Peace Academy: https://aolp.org/aocatschool/ Architects of Change: https://mariashriver.com/aoc/ Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others, Stephen Covey Our Lady of Peace Academy · Architects of Change · Transcript — PDF (138.5 KB)

Welcome to Musicians Tip Jar where we talk about musicians and money. Where we are proud to say we make a living being artists, Making art, sharing art and providing the soundtrack to life. I'm your host Chris Webb joined by my co-host and the guy who tears up every time the titanic theme song comes on, Dave Tamkin. Quote:“At some point, you want to turn your income into an outcome. Die with memories, not dreams.” - UnknownIt has been another amazing season here at musicians tip jar and we are so pumped to gather some highlights as we bring this season to a close. We will be giving you the most powerful moments, ideas and nuggets.Well, here we are on the final episode of season 2 and wow has it been fun to look back at the amazing journey it has been. When we started this season our goal was to shed light on the areas musicians make money aside from gigging and selling their albums to their fan base. We explored not only how to create new revenue streams but also how to do more with the money you make. Ways to connect with us:Musicians Tip Jar.comMusicians Tip Jar@gmailIntro & Outro Music Donated by: The Magi https://www.themagimusic.com Intro Read by: David “DJ” Lee of The Magi https://soundcloud.com/rockababyrock Pictures by: Kit Chalberg https://kitchalberg.com/

In today's show, Pancham interviews Vee Khuu - real estate investor, passive income mentor, and creator of the IPO Real Estate Investing Method. When is the best time to invest in real estate? Vee Khuu saw the opportunity in 2009 when properties are being sold at low prices! After attending seminars and learning with the help of his mentor, he took the leap in investing and now has been involved in over $20M in real estate transactions! Get inspired by his story as he shares his immigration journey and how he got to learn about real estate investing! He'll also share how his mentor gave him the confidence to start investing, how he is building up his career, and lessons he learned throughout his investing experience! Listen and enjoy the show!   Quote: “At that time, I realized that this time is actually the best time to buy real estate.” Timestamped Shownotes: 00:47 - Pancham introduces Vee Khuu to the show 2:03 - On attending free real estate weekend seminars and finding a local mentor 6:18 - Details on his 1st investment and learning from his mistakes 16:53 - What his current investment portfolio looks like 19:21 - How his multi-family home deal got into bank foreclosure 21:56 - Why investors should need enough money and not completely rely on cash flow 23:43 - How journaling and visualizing his day helped with his productivity 30:34 - Taking the Leap Round 30:34 - His 1st investing deal outside of Wall Street 30:45 - Overcoming his fear of making the wrong moves 32:54 - How his apartment deal didn't go as expected 36:46 - Why investors should note that investing is a people's business 39:53 - How you can connect with Vee Khuu 3 Key Points: It's okay to simply breakeven and not earn any profit in your 1st deal since you would learn a lot from your mistakes and would do better with the next investments. It's important to do your due diligence when going into an investing deal. Real estate investing is more than its numbers. Investors need to care about the person more than deal and ask if they can trust the person first before going into it. Get in Touch: Vee Khuu Website - https://www.veekhuu.com/ The Real Estate Lab Podcast - https://www.veekhuu.com/the-real-estate-lab-podcast/ The Gold Collar Investor Club - https://thegoldcollarinvestor.com/club/ Pancham Gupta Email - p@thegoldcollarinvestor.com Books: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki - https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194 The Miracle Morning Series by Hal Elrod - https://www.amazon.com/The-Miracle-Morning-15-book-series/dp/B07B5RD8MK?ref=dbs_m_mng_rwt_0000_ext The Secret by Rhonda Byrne - https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1582701709

Doctor Paul Alexander was Senior Covid advisor to President Trump. Since the end of the Trump Administration, he's been warning that thousands upon thousands of children could be harmed directly by having this vaccine forced into their arms. The pandemic has brought a lot of changes to America, and it's also changed a lot of individual people. Belinda Blease is a nurse, and she is no exception. She told me in an email that in March of last year she was a liberal atheist who hated Trump and hated America. Now, she calls herself a patriotic, Trump-loving conservative Christian. That sounds like a story nearly as interesting as the one she has to tell about Covid.  Vernon Jones is a lifelong Democrat running as a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia. Jones joins Stew today on the show! We've spoken to two Democrats turned Republicans so far today, but you all know that one of the biggest problems in the Republican Party is the opposite: People who are lifelong Republicans but don't put America first and just see the base as a bunch of cattle to be manipulated.   And we have a remarkable example of this, courtesy of a left-wing source. Rolling Stone magazine has put out a lengthy, heavily-researched article detailing how Congressman Kevin McCarthy was given a “MAGA makeover” by donors and establishment party operatives to make him appealing to the Trump-loving base. Quote: “At a critical moment in McCarthy's ascent, a network of swampy operatives mobilized in his defense and a mysterious dark-money group carpet-bombed the airwaves to position McCarthy as the heir apparent to lead the Trump-era Republican Party. And when you follow that money, you discover a campaign of deception that's even phonier than McCarthy's rebirth as a right-wing MAGA congressman.”   Lobbyists tied to the petroleum lobby and other traditional deep-pocketed business concerns funded a fake astroturfed conservative group named State Tea Party Express. The group popped up in 2018, ran a bunch of ads promoting McCarthy as an immigration hardliner, just long enough for McCarthy to fend off a GOP leadership challenge from Jim Jordan. Once Jordan was beaten, the group folded up shop and vanished. Mission accomplished. I have to say, thank you to Rolling Stone for doing the investigative reporting that Fox News, National Review, and all the other well-funded “conservative” outlets are too lazy or too corrupt to actually do.    Lauren Witzke is a former Senate candidate. She joins me to discuss this article.

Welcome to Musicians Tip Jar where we talk about musicians and money. We believe repetition works for remembering things, because by repeating things you're more likely to remember them and that is why we repeat things. I'm your host Chris Webb joined by my co-host and the musician who repeats all his best jokes, Dave Tamkin. Quote: “At the end, someone or something always gives up. It is either you give up and quit or the obstacle or failure gives up and makes way for your success to come through.”-Idowu Koyenikan (Author of the book; wealth for all Africans) So excited to have a chance today to reflect and highlight the year. We will review some of our favorite concepts and principles from season one, highlight a few of the best opportunities at musicianstipjar.com and give a bit of what's coming next for MTJ in season 2In 2010, Steve Blatt was hosting a classical music program for Colorado Public Radio. The station celebrated some of the most beautiful music ever composed, even as the news frequently reported cuts to school budgets which reduced or eliminated funding to local arts programs. Steve proposed asking his listeners to share their love of music with our state's children in a most tangible way. Soon, the first instrument drive was launched, requesting gently used band and orchestra instruments which could be refurbished and awarded to low income students.Donors understand that they are giving more than a violin or flute. They're sharing the sense of belonging to a community and pride in accomplishment which they felt. They frequently leave notes tucked in instrument cases, hinting at fun to be had, encouraging practice and thanking the young learners who will give their cherished instruments a new life.Bringing Music to Life conservatively estimates that 17,000 children have benefitted from the more than 5,500 instruments donated over the last decade. https://www.bringingmusictolife.org(Do's and Donuts)Do listen back to these episodes and let them service as motivation or a way to refocus when you need it.Do make having a financial plan a big pillar in your business.Don't give up your dreams and ignore your calling.Action:Leave us a comment or send us an email about what you would love to see In Season 2Connect with us at: https://www.musicianstipjar.com/ or send an email to musicianstipjar@gmail.com Intro & Outro Music Donated by: The Magi https://www.themagimusic.com Intro Read by: David “DJ” Lee of The Magi https://soundcloud.com/rockababyrock Picture by: Kit Chalberg https://kitchalberg.com/https://www.musicianstipjar.com/

My guest today is a successful rehabber, Beka Shea. Beka is a wife and the mother of 3 daughters. She is an engineer by trade.  Beka also spent 4 years in the Navy. Part of that time was spent on an aircraft carrier, so she has an interesting story to tell when it comes to how she became a successful rehabber. If you're wondering how to make the decision to ditch the "9 to 5", you will hear how Beka left a job she loved and took a leap of faith, and dove headfirst into entrepreneurship. Show Notes Here are some of the highlights of this show: Beka's childhood dream of becoming a Navy pilot How she went from a Navy aircraft carrier to a successful rehabber Choosing to leave a great job she loved, to choose to build a lifestyle business that put her family first How she became a successful rehabber with 3 small children Scaling up: how she built a successful rehabbing business while slowly building her team Why you have to do the basics well in one real estate investing strategy before falling victim to another strategy (shiny object syndrome) Understanding exactly how much it costs you to get each deal Why knowing your numbers is one of the secrets to becoming a successful rehabber Quote "At the end of the day, having the lifestyle you are passionate about living is what drives so many investors". Resources There are two books that were mentioned in this show. The 12 Week Year by Brian Moran The One Thing by Gary Keller   Stop by the Louisville Gal's Real Estate Blog for more tips and resources to help you build your business.          .

Mummies, Lady Di, and moldy maps oh my! It's our 7th episode and we have an incredibly exciting guest this week. "Honey Baby" (she/her) is an archivist and special collections librarian who is passionate and knowledgeable about her work. Listen to find out how mummies smell, how to organize Princess Diana's dresses, and the shocking story behind our guest's alias which prompted our first explicit tag on this episode! Show Note: We strive to provide an anonymous outlet, but sometimes our guest share more than they mean to in their enthusiasm in telling their stories. It would feel inauthentic if we stopped the interview to redo a response, so we've done a bit of editing magic to maintain anonymity. You might hear Jeeves & Wooster periodically shouting "redacted" throughout the episode. Quote: “At it's best preservation engages the past in a conversation with the present over a mutual concern for the future.” - William Murtaugh Email us at: librariansanonpod@gmail.com Find us on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LibrariansAnonPod Find us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/librariansanon1

Shep Hyken interviews Rupesh Patel. They discuss Rupesh’s “secret sauce” to creating an amazing guest experience across his hotels, and how those ideas can translate to the larger customer service world. Top Takeaways: Don’t make the mistake of caring more about money than customer service. Focus on customer service and the money will follow. The first step to creating an amazing experience is raising your brand standards. Define the standards for your business and focus on improving your operations to meet and exceed your customers’ expectations. Ask yourself what you can do to make your customers feel special and elevate the experience they have with you. Note: The answer doesn’t have to be expensive or time-consuming to be effective. Find ways to personalize your customers’ experience. Customization can go a long way toward satisfaction and amazement. Providing good customer service can be some of your most powerful marketing. Invest in your team members; make them feel important and like they’re part of the process. When building your team, find people who genuinely care and are willing to go above and beyond. Reviews are hugely important for any and every business. Create a great experience first and foremost, but don’t expect that to be enough to encourage customers to write good reviews. Quote: “At the end of the day, how you make your team feel and how they feel about their job is huge.” - Rupesh Patel About:Rupesh Patel is a hotel owner/operator and the founder of www.SmartGuests.com. He has over 20 years of experience and has held titles such as entrepreneur, investor, business consultant and more. Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert, New York Times bestselling author, award-winning keynote speaker, and your host of Amazing Business Radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ How do we live in the Now when we are planning for the future? Join in as we explore present moment planning and anxiety free goal setting! Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now. -BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST

♡ SUPPORT THIS PODCAST ♡ How do we live in the Now when we are planning for the future? Join in as we explore present moment planning and anxiety free goal setting! Get Tara Brach's Book Radical Acceptance on Audible (free with a free trial month!) http://bit.ly/AudibleACP To learn more go to: http://www.theanxietycoachespodcast.com Join our Group Coaching Full or Mini Membership Program  Learn more about our One-on-One Coaching What is anxiety? Quote: At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now. -BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST

Jeffrey Leiper is the current Ottawa city councillor for Kitchissippi Ward. He was first elected in the Ottawa municipal election, 2014.   Leiper was born and raised in Ottawa. He studied History and English at the University of Ottawa, and Print Journalism at Algonquin College. As a youth, Leiper was a member of the youth wing of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, though he is now a committed progressive. He has lived in Kitchissippi Ward since 1995 when he and his spouse Natalie moved into the Julian Apartments in the Wellington West area. Today, he lives in Hintonburg with Natalie and their son.   In this podcast Jeff talks shares his motivations for getting into politics, what are his principles are and what it means to be courageous. He touches on how quality of life should influence policy and planning and some of the Climate initiatives including the recently declared Climate Emergency and the ongoing energy evolution and on the personal side adapting to work and life after his recent heart attack.  Episode Timeline   3:30  - Introduction -  Jeff's appreciation for community and his reason for entering politics  10:00  - Mindset and dealing with criticism, what it means to be courageous  18:20 What is quality life and how it influences policy and guidelines  34:00 -  Daily complaints and Issues  43:00 - Climate Emergency  55:00 - Life after a heart attack      Episode Links   https://kitchissippiward.ca​   Social Media   Facebook​ ​Twitter  Instagram     Quote At the end of the day you just try to be true to a certain set of principles, and when the trolls comes out, if you’ve done your work and stayed true to your principles and been courageous in your pursuit, a lot of the negative comments will roll off. Some of it stings, everyday someone will be hypercritical of something that you are pursuing or a decision you’ve made, or a process that hasn’t turned out the way they want. But if you can go to bed, staying true to your principles, being open minded, did I do the right thing, than ultimately it will roll off, it’s a huge rollercoaster"   --Jeff Leiper

In this episode, we have Hector Padilla, president and founder of HP Investments out in California.He shares about his business life. At a very young age, he started to realize that he did not want to do labor work which brought him into the business. He then created exponential growth and have now purchased over $90 million with the real estate. Quote: "At the age of four, I started washing dishes to get an allowance and I quickly learned that that was not a career I wanted" - Hector PadillaContact Hector:https://www.mychairman.net/Hector's Instagram Shownotes: [01:24] Hector's Life background[09:32] Residential[14:51] Close 149 Transactions[16:12] Goal Is To Net $1 million A Deal[19:42] Ideal Client[36:40] Mentorship[50:57] To Live Your Ideal LifestyleIf you like this episode of the Houston Inside Out podcast, please don't forget to like, share, and comment! We appreciate your support and feedback! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Links An Introduction to Factory Farming – Revolution In Media http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dsE industrial agriculture described + a comparison of the benefits and disadvantages – ECOSYSTEMS UNITED http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-drL World Organic News No Dig Gardening Book https://www.amazon.com/World-Organic-News-Gardening-Book-ebook/dp/B00U7G2OXI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474065878&sr=1-1&keywords=world+organic+ne This is the World Organic News Podcast for the week ending 28th of November 2016. Jon Moore reporting!   This week we begin with a post from the blog Revolution in Media entitled: An Introduction to Factory Farming by Larry Parker.   The author quotes the wikipedia definition of factory farming and then interrogates it.   Quote: At first glance, one can’t help but notice a few interesting terms in this definition, like “controversial practices”, “intensive agriculture”, and “industrialized production”, words that certainly conjure up a set of powerful images. But of even greater importance than these is the phrase: “…making use of economies of scale to produce the highest output at the lowest cost.” And, what does this mean exactly for the purposes of a discussion about farm animals? End Quote.   As we have discussed before on this podcast, it means a lifetime of suffering and misery for the animals. As Larry Parker, the author goes on to point out, the focus on the bottom line means the suffering of the animals is of little or no consequence. Over time these CAFOs, as they are called, have grown in size. Even the use of the word CAFO is part of the problem. The fully name for these factories is Confined Animal Feeding Operation. Let’s take a moment and look at those words. Confined, what we do to criminals, Animal, straightforward enough, Feeding, not raising, breeding, walking nor interacting just feeding and finally Operation, not farm but operation.   As I said these CAFOs have grown in size over time to achieve the sacred effect of economies of scale. Now this makes some sense if you’re producing widgets but in factory farming, we are dealing with live animals. Animal species that evolved in environments which did not include standing around eating and defecating and then standing in that. Do I need to carry on? These “business units” in air quotes, need to end and end yesterday. Yes, meat will be more expensive and maybe less plentiful but so too will the manure lakes be less plentiful. Stock will be back on pasture and nothing improves the health of pastures and stock than having the stock on pastures.   The underpinning of this whole system is a series of subsidies which producers dirt cheap corn. Remove the subsidies and people will stop growing so much corn. It is this one particular market manipulation which distorts the entire agricultural and food supply systems which is leading to distortions in the health system.  Cheap corn equals cheap meat but it also equals cheaps biscuits, snacks and whole host of unnecessary foods contributing to obesity.   And corn is but one variation on this theme. It is grown all on its own across vast swathes of country. It is a monoculture. Given the excessive hybridisation of the seeds these monoculture arise from, they are almost, the same plant across those swathes of land.   The blog ECOSYSTEMS UNITED brings us a post: industrial agriculture described + a comparison of the benefits and disadvantages. And this is fascinating. As we’ve discussed before more food has been grown more In air quotes “efficiently” since the second world war. This post quantifies this:   Quote: ...this system has dramatically increased the amount of food produced – between 1960 and 2010 the production of cereals increased from 900 million to 2,500 million tons. End Quote.   The post further points out: Quote: Industrial agriculture is a form of food production based on the assertion that a farm is a factory that requires inputs, such as pesticides, hormones, feed, fertilizer and fossil fuels, in order to produce outputs like meat, cereals, and plant products. The goal of industrialized agriculture is to increase yields as effectively as possible while reducing costs. These efforts are generally dependent on synthetic chemicals, large quantities of water, major transportation systems and mechanical technologies. End quote.   And this is the dilemma facing the world. We can continue to produce monoculturally at the cost of oil based chemical inputs, what appears to be excessive water usage and oil based transportation systems. You can see the problem? Apart from the water usage, the other two underpinnings are based upon fossil fuels. The continued burning of fossil fuels will contribute to climate change and then areas of current food production will become unsustainable. We have an opportunity to affect change. COP Paris, COP Marrakech offer some hope but we actually have to do something differently or we will continue along our current path. Obviously! There have been unintended consequences apart from those discussed above. The post makes this point in relation to pesticides.   Quote:   Despite there being a 10 fold increase in the amount of pesticides applied, there is double the crop damage by pests than past decades. This is attributed a lack of crop rotation; $1 in pesticides equals $4 in protected crops, but 37% of crops are still destroyed by pests; 18% of pesticides and 90% of fungicides are carcinogenic; Food is only tested for 40 of 600 agrochemicals and 3% of all chicken sold has illegal residue; Bees contribute $40 million worth of labor annually, but 20% of bee colonies are adversely affected by pesticide application and 5% die outright; 50%-70% of pesticides applied by aircraft never make it to their intended location; 520 mite, 150 plant pathogens, and 273 weed species are resistant to pesticides and require reapplication. Likewise, 10% of all pesticide applications are due to resistance; 72 million wild birds are estimated to die from pesticides each year [this is a conservative estimate]   End Quote   It seems clear to me the time for change is here, or more accurately was here ten years ago. We still have time. Bill Mollison pointed out and I’ve quoted him several times so I’ll paraphrase: We need to move from consumption to production. If 10% of start growing fruit and vegetables we can change the world.   I’ve included an Amazon link to an eBook I’ve written on no dig gardening in the show notes. $1 is all it costs and will have you moving from consumption to production in no time.   We can do this, we must do this. The current paradigm is revealing itself as bankrupt. Food shortages shocked the world in the first decade of this century as a result of price rises. What happens when a series of unexpected events shuts down the transport system for more than the three days worth of food in the supermarkets? By each of growing something, locally, we cushion ourselves and our fellow citizens from these sorts of shocks.   Let’s get our hands dirty and bellies full!   And that brings us to the end of this week’s podcast.   If you’ve liked what you heard, please tell everyone you know any way you can! I’d also really appreciate a review on iTunes. This helps others to find us. Thanks in advance!   Any suggestions, feedback or criticisms of the podcast or blog are most welcome. email me at podcast@worldorganicnews.com.   Thank you for listening and I'll be back in a week.   Links   An Introduction to Factory Farming – Revolution In Media http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-dsE industrial agriculture described + a comparison of the benefits and disadvantages – ECOSYSTEMS UNITED http://wp.me/p5Cqpo-drL World Organic News No Dig Gardening Book https://www.amazon.com/World-Organic-News-Gardening-Book-ebook/dp/B00U7G2OXI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474065878&sr=1-1&keywords=world+organic+news#nav-subnav    

Our guest is Louie Foxx, a comedy magician who discovered his knack for playing tricks when he was in kindergarten. It’s the very first time in our show that a guest reads a long introspective entry from his personal journal. Louie read a lengthy entry and I’m thankful for his childish candor. In his journal, he admits to himself that he’s scared of the audience, most likely, his audience’s reaction. He also struggled to keep his speech slower and more coherent.  In high school, he got really serious about making people laugh. He built and carried with him a rickety table and rode the bus into downtown to perform magic tricks on the street corner and got paid by “passing the hat”.     In 1996, the Society of American Magician voted Louie as the Best Stage Magician and Best Close-Up Magician in Minnesota. He has also been featured twice in the prestigious Linking Ring magazine which is a magazine for the 13,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Louie has also written several books about magic tricks for professional magicians. He keeps a journal about what he did, how the audience reacted and reviews it to figure out what worked and what didn’t work. In addition, he and another performer watch each other’s shows and exchange notes. He’s come a long way since then. Today, his daughter Ella travels with him and lately also performs in his shows. He has appeared on New Day NW, Tru TV’s Guinness World Records Unleashed, Otra Movida TV in Spain, the Nationally syndicated television show How ’bout That or on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. He is also a  2-time Guinness World Record Holder and has been on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, the nationally syndicated television show How ‘Bout That, Evening Magazine, and New Day Northwest.   Louie is indeed living his childhood dream of being a magician.   Show Notes: What Louie’s biggest challenge is How he keeps up with the competition How he keeps himself sane by just inventing magic tricks What he thinks is missing from the fair industry Why it’s important for the fair entertainment We all need a variety of entertainment Quote: At the end of the day, we need to connect with people, not with the tricks.  Advice: Come up with as many original tricks as you can, invent one a day, be creative.     Resources Website Facebook: Download Louie's One Sheet