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This week, we're turning up the heat with Providence's own firebrand rapper, RED Martinez!

It is the hottest day of the year, the humidity is up, and the unapologetically tough Anchor Down Ultra is in full form.  Rhode Islands favorite ultra RD Jay Paganelli joins the full Cultra Crew for a fun filled episode. We talk about the challenges of having a race that is in high demand, and how to manage an entry process. We also get perspective on how North Running Company works to preserve the integrity and feel of the ADU! We also trade stories of older races and runners that inspired us all.  Learn more about True North Running Company Get your official Cultra Clothes and other Cultra TRP PodSwag at our store! Outro music by Nick Byram Become a Cultra Crew Patreon Supporter  basic licker.  If you lick us, we will most likely lick you right back Cultra Facebook Fan Page Go here to talk shit and complain and give us advice that we wont follow Cultra Trail Running Instagram Don't watch this with your kids Sign up for a race at Live Loud Running and feel better Buy Fred's Book Running Home More Information on the #CUT112   

Welcome to The Basement Show Podcast! In Short form. The town of Exeter, Rhode Island thought they had a vampire problem. And they blamed it all one one woman: Mercy Brown. But was she a real vampire? Let's check out the legend of Mercy Brown and find out. Please like, share and subscribe for more mediocre content. #thebasementshow #thebasementshowpodcast #basementshow

LURCHUMS is a true OG from the streets of Rhode Island. He is one of Rhode Islands best rap talents and a local celebrity. LURCHUM has collaborated with Shaquille O'Neal and various other rap artists. In this episode, we get down and dirty on what it means to be THE GATEKEEPER: King of Rhode Island. You can find his various social media links below and a link to his store so you can become part of the TGK army. Tiktok: @TheGatekeeperKingofri Instagram: @Lurchums Twitter: @ Lurchums Facebook: Lurchumz www.thegatekeeperstore.com Make sure to leave us a review and if you enjoy the show, leave a review and click the follow/notification icon so you don't miss future episodes. Join our private Facebook group @mindofthealphapodcast Tiktok: @mind.ofthealphapodcast Instagram: @mind.ofthealpha Twitter: @ MindoftheAlpha1 Youtube: Mindofthealphapodcast www.mindofthealpha.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mindofthealpha/message

ST. ANDRE' BESSETTE l PATRON SAINT OF REJECTED Feast Day: January 6 Today, we are presenting to you a saint whose greatest virtue is humility. He lived a life of humble and dedicated service as a farmer, blacksmith, tinsmith, janitor, errand boy, baggage boy, peddler and other simple and humble jobs. But he never complained. And God who exalts the humble destined him to become a saint. St. Andre' Bessette was born and baptized Alfred in Quebec, Canada on August 9, 1845 to a poor couple, the eighth of 12 children. When he was nine years old his father, a lumber man died of an accident and three years later, his mother died of tuberculosis. The children were placed under the care of friends and relatives. Andre' was taken by a family and was sent to attend catechetical lessons conducted by the parish priest. He immediately developed a strong devotion to St. Joseph and to the Passion of Christ. He attended school just for a short time and was taken by another family who gave him short-lived occupations which changed from time to time because his frail body could not support them. When he was 18 Alfred went to the United States and joined his relatives in Connecticut and in Rhode Islands in their textile work, but he returned to Canada after four years. Back to Canada, Alfred continued to be industrious and prayerful so much so that his parish priest presented him to the Congregation of the Holy Cross in Montreal with this recommendation to the superior: “I'm sending you a saint.” Initially, the superior rejected him due to his poor health, but the Bishop of Montreal intervened on his behalf so in 1872, he entered the novitiate of the congregation, and received the name Brother Andre'. He made his final vows in 1872. Brother Andre' was given the duty of porter at Notre-Dame College in Quebec with additional duties as sacristan, laundry man and messenger. Due to his great devotion to St. Joseph he recommended the devotion to the saint to all people he met, particularly the sick. He visited the sick and rubbed oil taken from the lamp in the college chapel and asked them to pray to St. Joseph. People claimed that they were cured. When an epidemic broke out at a nearby college, Brother Andre' volunteered to care for the sick and everyone got well. The bishop, priests and the doctors were suspicious. But he told them: “I do not cure. St. Joseph cures.” However, the tension continued and he was told to stop that ministry and could only receive the very sick in the nearby train station. The reputation of Brother Andre' spread. He received thousands of “request” and “thank you” letters and needed four secretaries to read and answer them. Many members of the Congregation of the Holy Cross supported him, but many others considered him a danger to the students of the college in case of contagion from his patients. Brother Andre' desired that St. Joseph would be honored, so in 1904 he launched a project to build a church for him. Thus, the basilica named Saint Joseph Oratory was built. Brother Andre' died on January 6, 1937 at the age of 91. His remains lie in a tomb below the Oratory's main chapel in the church he helped to build. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 23, 1982 and was canonized on October 17, 2010 by Pope Benedict, the first saint of his Congregation. “St. Andre' Bessette, pray for us that we may imitate your virtues, particularly humility.” Do I avoid the humble jobs at home and expect others to do them?

Survey Top 12 Annoying Driving Behaviors. There are many bad behaviors that drivers have on the road. One of those behaviors is driving in the left lane. Does this annoy you? If so then you agree with the number 3 spot, on today's survey. Drivers have a tendency of annoying one another. We have a list of the top 12 reasons, why you might be getting on someones nerves, just by the way you drive. Here the entire list on this weeks episode of "Survey Top 12 Annoying Driving Behaviors". It's Story Time with Troy Troy spoke of "the Nightmare Driver of the Week". He told the story of an experienced driver that was hired at a flatbed company. You don't want to miss this tale of hiring and firing a trucker with in 3 weeks. Trucking News With Ruthann Ruthann spotlighted a few news stories this week. She talked about the changing of Rhode Islands exit numbers. She spoke about getting paid from bad brokers that refuse to pay up. Plus more, all on this weeks episode of TalkCDL trucking Podcast. Survey Top 12 Annoying Driving Behaviors National CarriersDriving-Test Guaranteed to Pass your CDL testDrive Wyze for Android UsersDrivewyze for iPhoneCarter Lumber hiring local Class A and Class B DriversKamio Free break Even Calculator Download HereSomething's Happening In the Trucking IndustrySafety Director Fired at Trucking Company

Joe Szymanski and Eric Cunningham discuss the latest North Carolina congressional maps, Pennsylvania news, increasing Gibbmentum in Ohio, and Rhode Islands' new congressional map. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/elections-daily/support

In this weeks edition of R2D our hosts are joined by pizza guru Frankie Cecchinelli. Owner of Figidini, Rhode Islands only fully wood fire kitchen in downtown Providence, RI. A bit of a mad scientist in the field of Pizzaology, Frankie is constantly working with the chemistry of pizzamaking and in this episode he talks about the variables when cooking pizza and how through trial and error founded a special type of dough and method to his madness. From it being all about the numbers, to the family ties of the oven world, to Burrata, Prince St Pizza, and Tuukka Rask almost everything gets covered in this action packed episode. You like this podcast? Share it with someone new thenShare it on Instagram or Facebook and Subscribe Thank you

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This episode, we get back to the states by learning about the state of Alaska. We look into how many Rhode Islands could fit into Alaska, if Alec Baldwin played a bear in a movie, and if Breakfast would get the autograph of a winning dog from the Iditarod.    Co-hosts: Brian Bates ( https://www.instagram.com/brianbatescomic) & Aaron Weber ( https://www.instagram.com/realaaronweber)   Podcast produced by Nate & Laura Bargatze https://www.natebargatze.com https://www.allthingscomedy.com https://www.genovationsdesign.com https://www.centerstmedia.com Email - Nateland@NateBargatze.com #nateland #natebargatze See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Dream Team: Lifespan and The Hennessy Report! Dave is joined by Lisa Abbott, renown for building great HR teams and Lifespan's SVP of HR and Community Affairs, where they believe in treating health care like a team sport. Lifespan is Rhode Islands' largest employer, and wishes to be the "jewel of the community" of which it serves. Lisa heralds the heroism of all caregivers throughout the pandemic, and discusses creative ways they've provided support to their most vulnerable employees, raising ~$150,000 in a couple of hours for their grocery, child care, and other concerns. She also covers their unique approach to the national nursing staffing crisis, a new EAP program, her change management approach, and ongoing cultural integration. You won't want to miss Lisa's episode of The Hennessy Report. Her passion and expertise shine through.

Fish is food, right? Well, it hasn't always been treated that way in policy dialogues and development funding, according to a recent paper in AMBIO. Fisheries management practices and policies most often treat fish as a natural resource or a trade commodity, rather than an important contributor to food security. At the same time, food security policy and funding have focused primarily on agriculture instead of fish. This podcast is part of a series on fisheries and nutrition and a movement to bring fisheries into international food policy and programming. Interview Summary Welcome to "The Leading Voices in Food" podcast. I'm Sarah Zoubek, associate director of the World Food Policy Center at Duke University. My co-host today is World Food Policy Center alum and Michigan State University Fishery Social Scientist, Abigail Bennett. So today we're also joined by two guests. Belinda Richardson, agricultural development expert from the Gates Foundation and International Coastal Programs expert, Elin Torell of the University of Rhode Island. We've asked Belinda and Elin to push and pull on ideas from our recent paper on fisheries policy published in the journal, AMBIO. So Abby, can you help us lay the scene here before Elin and Belinda jump in? How could fish not be treated as food? So in our paper, we describe how fish and food security policy are disconnected from one another. Let me give a couple of examples for our listeners. The UN sustainable development goal number two on zero hunger doesn't mention fisheries or aquaculture by name or outline specific guidance for them. The global nutrition report that tracks global nutrition commitments every year only mentioned fisheries for the first time in 2017. And the World Bank, a big player in agricultural development funding, has allocated only around two and a half percent of its agricultural portfolio to fisheries and aquaculture over the past decade, although this has ticked up to above 5% in 2018. So Belinda and Elin, why do you think fish has been so disconnected from the food policy arena and do you see this changing? Elin: I would say that a major reason why fish has been a bit disconnected is because it's a common property resource. Fish doesn't have boundaries, it moves around. It's not as easy to manage as agriculture for sure. And there's so many different fish in the oceans, everything from our precious coral reef fish to small pelagics and large pelagics and so forth. So it's very, very complicated. I would say that for aquaculture, it's been really contentious both from an environmental perspective and I would say also from an equity perspective. Belinda, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Belinda: The Gates Foundation is a relatively new donor coming into this sub sector of agriculture. The agricultural development team at the Gates Foundation began looking carefully at fish and aquaculture for its potential to impact poverty and nutrition only very recently in 2017. And we were surprised, frankly, at the size and the dynamism of the sector. So it's the fastest growing food sector, 10% annual growth per year. Demand for fish is growing fastest in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and it's very important nutritionally. An estimated 3.3 billion people get at least 20% of their protein from fish. And as the nutrition community starts shifting from counting calories to tracking dietary diversity and the nutrient density of foods, fish becomes a very important source of essential macro and micro nutrients. And I think part of the challenge as a data-driven organization was really the lack of data and the complexities around data quality and availability affecting low middle income countries are not necessarily specific to the fishery sector. The data are particularly sparse for small scale fisheries and aquaculture. And so I think as more data become available through public and private investment from different innovations, we can see a bit more clearly how many people depend on fish for food, for livelihoods and nutrition and the sectors' impact on food security. And if I can just make one last point here, I think importantly as climate and the environment keep climbing on the global agenda, as Elin said, aquaculture's been very contentious. I think aquaculture and fisheries have their sustainability issues but fish is the most efficient animal protein, so it can really help to alleviate some of the pressure on land agriculture. So as we start to grapple with how to produce enough food within planetary boundaries, fish is going to be a necessary part of that story. Thanks, Belinda. And you've mentioned funding development projects around fisheries and I'd like to drill down on that a bit further. So have the both of you seen the funding landscape for fisheries and aquaculture, or the narratives and dialogues around fisheries and aquaculture in the funding landscape change in the last 10 years? Elin: The University of Rhode Island has been implementing international fisheries programs in developing countries since about the mid-1980s. And I would say that until about 10 years ago, our fisheries work was really under the umbrella of marine conservation to protect coral reefs and other important habitats and charismatic species and global marine biodiversity. But over the last 10 years, there has been an increased recognition of the importance of fish for food security in many countries but especially in West Africa and Asian countries like Bangladesh, the Philippines, Vietnam and this has opened up some possibilities for us to work on fisheries from a food security perspective. And to some extent, we are dealing with a different type of species under the food security umbrella. We're looking at small pelagics and other fish that are incredibly important for food security in many countries. And we've seen the US government and USAID fund multiple projects. I'm also involved as the deputy director in the Feed the Future fish innovation lab and there we do fisheries for food security programming in many countries around the world. I think another really cool shift is increased recognition of women's role, both as harvesters of fish and their roles in value chains and the importance of empowering women to participate both in fisheries management and in the production. We do know from our research and implementation of fisheries work that women are critical in the harvesting of fish and in feeding their families. So you really need to have women involved. Those are a couple of the shifts that I've seen. Now, I'd love to turn it over to Belinda. Belinda: I can really only speak to the last three or four years since we've been exploring aquaculture at the foundation but we were actually really surprised to see the increasing interest in investment into the sector from both the public and the private sector. So it's increasing on countries' agendas, planning and prioritization. That means countries are either allocating money from their national budgets or they're taking out loans against those priorities to develop the sector. As Elin said, looking at not just food security but also economic growth and then adjusting policies to incentivize investment by the private sector. Investment by private sector itself has really been another signal. Industry's responding to the strong demand pool from consumers. So as populations and incomes are rising pretty much across the board, now with some setbacks due to the pandemic but hopefully that trend will get back on track. The demand for fish is also rising and while most of the innovation for high value species like shrimp and salmon has come from the private sector, these companies are really starting to recognize the importance and the opportunity in low and middle income countries and that includes large and small producers who rely on lower value species like tilapia, carp and catfish which we could consider more staple commodities versus like salmon or tuna, which are kind of the champagne of fish. And these lower value species and production systems could really benefit from the innovations that private sector brings in genetics, feed, aquatic animal health. That could boost productivity and profitability and supply more fish. Thanks, Belinda and Elin. It's really interesting to have both of your insider perspectives on how some of that funding landscape has been changing recently. Are there challenges in development projects that are unique to fisheries and aquaculture, especially as compared to agriculture? Elin: The fact that fish is a common property resource is definitely an issue because when you think about the geographies and your stakeholders, you know some of the sardinella, for example, in West Africa may swim across five or six countries. So how do you get all the right stakeholders and all the right people to the table? Not only decision makers but private industry and fishers and gear owners, boat owners have to come to the table. So that makes it very complicated. The second issue is the tension between conservation and productivity. We know that we need to have a sustainable fisheries in order to feed future generations. But in order to reach that sustainability, we may need to make some sacrifices in the short term through closed seasons or quotas or total allowable catches or whatever it is. And we could call that a delay in production and during those stoppages, people that are really dependent on fisheries for their livelihoods and for food security may be suffering. So that's a challenge I think we need to look at. How do we address that? What is our arsenal of solutions, whether it's through conditional cash transfers, through importation, private sector engagement? Those are some challenges that we need to address. Now, I'd love to turn it over to Belinda. Belinda” So from the donor perspective, increasing investment into the agricultural sectors, you always run the danger of unintended consequences but because we've hit or are approaching the carrying capacity limits of our oceans and freshwater bodies, which basically means that over 60% of the world's fish stocks are now over-exploited beyond their biological sustainability limits, there's an instinct to say that we can fill that supply and demand gap with fish from aquaculture which at first glance is true and mathematically, the calculation works out but there are two challenges I want to flag. The one is nutrition and the other one is environment. There are a lot of challenges when we talk about sustainable intensification related to fisheries in aquaculture. You've got effluent hormones, antibiotic use, farmed and wild fish disease interface. But one in particular is the specific environmental trade-off around the fishmeal debate. So, fish for feed versus fish for food. 22% of fish landed in captured fisheries according to FAO is destined for fishmeal. The vast majority of that is human grade food. So if we're looking at the whole system, can we do a better job balancing this equation of where fish is coming from? And also, what are the more nutritious species? So from a nutrition lens, if we look at this problem, smaller marine or indigenous species that people might eat whole, for example, they've got calcium in the bones, vitamin A in the eyes, these are much more nutrition-dense than like a filet that you would eat from a salmon, for example. So just thinking a little bit more holistically about the nutrient content of these fish where they're coming from and the environmental limit. Elin: I 100% agree with your comments about this debate between pitch food versus people food and where does the fish go? And I think that's why there's a lot of research going into alternate feed for aquaculture as well. And there's also multiple efforts to think about how we can use some of that fish that would go into fish feed and turn it into products that may be used for pregnant women and children in the first thousand days of life. So I think it's always good to follow up a discussion on challenges with some successes. So I'm curious, what are some of the measurable impacts of the recent funding efforts that can already be seen or that we might be able to soon see from these investments in fisheries and aquaculture sectors? Elin: I'm really, really proud of the work that we've been doing in empowering women cleaners. This is something we've been working on throughout the world in West Africa, East Africa and Southeast Asia. Some recent successes has been in West Africa, in the Gambia and in Ghana, where we worked with women who were harvesting oysters to both work with them to protect their oyster resources through establishing no-take areas or closed seasons and we've seen some improved stocks. We are seeing that the oysters are coming back and the women we are working with are really encouraged and they're continuing to renew their closed season on their own. We do see that economic empowerment is incredibly important. Some of our research in Malawi found that women who were generating an income from the fisheries sector have a higher negotiating power within their households. And they're more able to participate in fisheries management. And this is something we've seen also again in the Philippines and in West Africa. And our work in West Africa is starting to evolve now, moving from The Gambia and Ghana to other countries in the region. Our work with the small pelagics and a broader ecosystem approach to fisheries management is a lot more complicated. And while we're very hopeful that we're going to see good improvements in fish biomass over time, for now, I feel like our biggest wins have been at the enabling conditions and policy governance sites. For example, our work in Ghana. The government of Ghana has adopted a national fisheries co-management policy. And at the more local level we have community-based fishery school management plans that we feel comfortable that we've contributing to really set a base for seeing great measurable impacts, even though we haven't seen them yet. So Belinda, I'm curious for you - what are some of the measurable impacts of recent funding efforts you feel like we can already see or that we might soon see in fisheries and aquaculture? Belinda: So from the Gates Foundation perspective. There are some great technologies and innovations in aquaculture, specifically. We've seen technologies and innovations in aquaculture generate real results for productivity and profitability, even for very small scale producers in field trials. Looking at those technologies, that's really something that we'd like to build on. Take these innovations to scale, create sustainable market linkages for small scale producers, so hopefully increase livelihoods and nutrition. So just an example, with breeding and through new genomic tools, genetic gains result in fish with faster growth rates, more feed efficiency, more disease resistance which will be important with climate change as you get intensification. If you think about the large amount of small scale producers in low and middle-income countries and their low yields currently and then you multiply that by the productivity increases from these technologies, that's a huge potential. So hopefully, if countries can do this well, that translates into income for small scale farmers and better nutrition for a range of consumers. Along that impact pathway, The Gates Foundation is looking to these technologies and innovations to pick those up and disseminate those to small scale producers. Thanks, Elin and Belinda. It's really exciting and encouraging to hear about those pieces of progress, ranging from technological developments, all the way to setting the policy and governance stage for these things to have impact on livelihoods and food security. So I want to end on a question that's a bit forward-looking and ask what are you most excited about that is on the horizon for fisheries and aquaculture? Elin: I am really excited about working more on fisheries in ways that strengthens the role of women and youth in marginalized groups. I feel like we've made some headway on gender and I would love to bring some of those experiences into also including youth and marginalized groups and really try to find win-win initiatives where we can promote synergies between food security including nutrition, of course, and conservation outcomes. Belinda, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this as well. Belinda: Adaptation to climate change is quickly becoming a top priority for fishing communities and fish farmers. The people who depend on fisheries and aquaculture for livelihoods and nutrition and the majority of which are in these low and middle income countries and often the most vulnerable to climate change. This underlying vulnerability makes them particularly susceptible to the stressors and impacts from climate change. So if we think about this challenge also as an opportunity so everything that Elin mentioned around gender, some of these initiatives where you can have a win-win for nutrition and food security and also conservation and environmental sustainability, this seems like a really opportune time for fish to be getting more of a spotlight. The paper we've discussed is available on the website that the Duke World Food Policy Center and the title is "Recognize fish as Food in Policy Discourse and Development Funding". Our guests today again are Gates Foundation's Belinda Richardson and the University of Rhode Islands' Elin Torell. Bios Elin Torell Elin Torell is the Director of International Coastal Programs, Evaluation, Livelihoods and Gender at the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center. She provides programmatic direction and selected technical support within her main areas of expertise: monitoring, evaluation and learning, livelihood development, gender mainstreaming, population and environment, civil society, fisheries management and environmental compliance. Elin has more than 15 years of experience providing technical assistance and leading complex and interdisciplinary projects in East Africa and South East Asia. She is an expert in project management and developing and leading strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation systems that foster learning within projects as well as across multiple projects. Elin has a Ph.D. in environmental studies, an MsC. in human and economic geography and a bachelor's degree in social science. Belinda Richardson Belinda Richardson is a Fellow at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, having also worked as a technical consultant for the World Food Program and as a teaching assistant at UC Davis, where she completed a Master's Degree in Agricultural Economics and International Development.

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You're listening to the Westerly Sun's podcast, where we talk about the best local events, new job postings, obituaries, and more. First, a bit of Rhode Island trivia. Today's trivia is brought to you by Perennial. Perennial's new plant-based drink “Daily Gut & Brain” is a blend of easily digestible nutrients crafted for gut and brain health. A convenient mini-meal, Daily Gut & Brain” is available now at the CVS Pharmacy in Wakefield. Now for some trivia. Did you know that if the United States were broken up into Rhode Island size chunks, there'd be more than 4,000 states in our union. Alaska, the largest state by area, would hold more than 400 Rhode Islands all by itself. Now, for our feature story: If you've ever watched one of those Lifespan commercials — the ones featuring regular folks doing regular things accompanied by music that tugs at your heartstrings — and felt a little catch in your throat or tear in your eye, then Dan Riordan and Dana Saint have accomplished their mission. Riordan and Saint, who first met when they were kids attending Chariho Middle School, are partners in the Westerly-based video production company called Gnarly Bay. Their mission, they say in one of the videos they created about the company, is to "make work that inspires and connects ... work that emotes ... maybe through laughter or nostalgia, kindness or love." The pair have been making videos for more than 20 years now and have created not only the compelling Lifespan commercials but wedding videos, passion projects, promotional videos and spots for a number of national clients, including L.L. Bean. One of their videos— a "Rambo"-inspired film about a bachelor party — drew roughly 10 million viewers. "We've been lucky to do what we love," Riordan said one afternoon last week as he and a few members of the Gnarly Bay team sat in their new home inside the historic Industrial Trust Building on High Street.  The childhood friends, who started the company in 1999, moved the business recently from the basement of the Brown Building next door to the wide-open, expansive Industrial Trust Building that once served as headquarters for the Westerly Land Trust. "We're moving up," Saint said with a laugh. Or, as they say in another company video, they moved "about a hundred feet away  ... to an ancient cathedral of a bank right next door with towering ceilings, inspiring old-school architecture and all the steel vaults a small video production company could ever need to store their 500 terabytes of hopes and dreams." There had been talk of renting space in the United Theatre, Riordan said. They've worked with the team at the United on a number of projects already — such as the annual Time and Tides Film Festival — and will continue to do so. But, with a growing staff — there are 11 staffers, nine in Westerly and two on the West Coast — and a need for more space for editing, meetings and planning, the Industrial Trust Building seemed a better fit. The building is officially still owned by the land trust under a loan agreement from the Royce Family Fund. The fund's executive director, Daniel King of Westerly, said he's looking forward to more collaborations and partnerships with Gnarly Bay. King said: "We have the ultimate respect for their boundless talent and creativity and marvel at their unbridled passion for life." That unbridled passion actually began with horror movies, Riordan and Saint recalled as they laughed and told stories of the early days of their partnership. Riordan's mom, Sharon Riordan, a retired teacher who taught fourth grade at the Ashaway School for 33 years, remembers those early days well. "We had a JVC video camera with a huge battery pack that they commandeered," she said in an email. "They fell in love with creating videos. "They were both so talented and artistic," she added. "It quickly became their passion, and Gnarly Bay blossomed into the profession they love. Gnarly Bay has changed quite a bit over the years, a narrator says in a video about the move to the bank building. "New faces, new clients, operating systems, software, hardware and workflows," the narrator says, "through weddings, growing families, purchased homes, rising decibels of construction noise ... and even a pandemic. We are finally moving out of the basement." To read the latest on this story and more on what Rhode Island is doing to handle the Coronavirus, head over to westerleysun.com. And if you're eligible to get a Coronavirus vaccine, we encourage you to schedule an appointment to help our state get back on track. Are you interested in a new opportunity? You're in luck! Today's Job posting comes from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. They're looking for a full-time fiscal clerk. Bookkeeping experience is preferred. Pay starts at $21.00 per hour. If you're interested and think you'd be a good fit for the role you can apply using the link in our episode description. https://www.indeed.com/l-Westerly,-RI-jobs.html?vjk=c833267992db5c1a Today we're remembering the life of Ernesto Mendonca, Jr., 64, of N. Main Street in Stonington. Born in Sao Miguel, Portugal, he was the son of the late Ernesto, Sr. and Ines Mendonca. Ernesto worked as a carpenter for Electric Boat in Groton for 45 years. He was a graduate of Stonington High School Class of '75 where he excelled in basketball and soccer, achieving All-Conference in both. He also played baseball as a senior. Ernesto was a faithful communicant of St. Mary's Church. He is survived by five siblings, as well as many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and a great-great-nephew. Ernesto was predeceased by his sister Angelina M. Mansfield. Thank you for taking the time today to remember and celebrate Ernesto's life. That's it for today, we'll be back next time with more! Also, remember to check out our sponsor Perennial, Daily Gut & Brain, available at the CVS on Main St. in Wakefield! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Up In Your Business, Billy Manzo of Federal Hill Pizza joins us for an entertaining and hilarious talk about his wild ride to becoming one of the most well-known pizza makers on the planet. From starting out without even having pizza in the plan, to becoming an ambassador and spokesperson for the brand. We touch on his life in video production and working on the movie set "Casino", how he became involved in Rhode Islands' first cigar lounge, to becoming the pizza king. Get ready to learn about the science behind pizza, how he built his empire, and also his addiction to sneaker culture. We learned a lot and we're sure you will too! With locations in Providence and Warren, RI, we highly recommend trying Federal Hill Pizza for yourself and if you ever see Billy there, say hello! He's an incredibly friendly guy and loves people. Hope you enjoy the episode! Check us out on Instagram @upinyourbizpod and we'll catch you next time!

Trump said tonight about coronavirus that, "I didn't downplay coronavirus... I actually, in many ways, I up-played it." Trump said on tape prior to tonight, "I wanted to always play it down." Hurricane Sally is hours away from making landfall on the Gulf Coast. The Gulf Coast is bracing for extreme flooding as conditions deteriorate. More than 18,000 customers are without power in three states. Hurricane Sally is the third hurricane this season for the region. At least 36 people are dead in the west coast wildfires. Western wildfires have burned more than 4.7 million acres, which is more land than six Rhode Islands. Nearly 90 wildfires burn in the western United States as Trump deflects on whether he believes in climate change. Firefighters are battling at least 87 wildfires in 11 states. Dramatic video moments after ambush, shows deputy helping her partner after she was shot herself. The ambush shooting on two deputies comes amid rising tensions between law enforcement and the Los Angeles community. Biden heads to Florida amid struggles with Hispanic voters. Polls show Biden losing ground to Trump with Hispanic voters, says the case against Trump is an "easy one." Head of major Hispanic group reportedly calls Biden outreach "lackluster." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

This week the boys are joined by Dave Ricci director of The Craft Rhode Island (@thatcraftbeermovie) and Eleven Design (@elevendesignri) to discuss the new release of The Craft Rhode Island Documentary. The documentary showcases all Rhode Islands rich history in the development of the beers we love and the issues that are currently plaguing Brewery Owners in the Ocean State. The boys dive deep and don't miss a beat. Be sure not to miss The Craft Rhode Island on Amazon, Comcast, Cox, Fios and for more viewing options head to the https://thecraftri.com/ Instagram - @CraftBeerHustlers Facebook - Craft Beer Hustlers Podcast Twitter - @CBH_POD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/craftbeerhustlers/message

The FBI and IRS teamed up to take down one of Rhode Islands largest fraudsters in history. Learn what red flags were raised that real estate investors should be aware of.

Sometimes its a red cardinal, sometimes its a western meadowlark, or in Rhode Islands case its a god damn chicken!! Don't know what we are talking about? Well thankfully this week you are in luck! Join Lauren and I as we discuss all the states symbols and what makes them all so unique. From state birds and mammals to glee club groups and modes of travel, we have it all here on this weeks new episode, Episode 54: The Gang Gets Stately!   Catch us and Wreck My Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud , Stitcher, Podbean, or any other Podcasting platform! Link in the Bio   Don't forget to Rate, Subscribe and Review! And if you go to iTunes, rate the podcast and give us a good review, we will mail you a special sticker of The Brew Interviews logo as a thank you! Just be sure to take a screen shot and send it to our email below with your mailing address!     Follow Us On:   Instagram: @thebrewinterviews   Twitter: @brewinterviews   Like us on: Facebook!   Become part of our cult: www.patreon.com/thebrewinterviews   Email us at thebrewinterviews@gmail.com

The Big Game Hunters. That’s what they’d call themselves. Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos and Brent Frohoff and Karch Kiraly could have the Rhode Islands. They could have Dallas. They could have Phoenix. But the big ones? Oh, no. Those were reserved for Tim Hovland and Mike Dodd. “We’d win Manhattan, Hermosa, the Cuervos,” Hovland said on SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter. “We had a lot of finals together, that’s for sure.” Eighty-one finals, to be exact. In 150 tournaments played together. A remarkable success rate for one of the most legendary and well-known partnerships in the game’s history. You can still find those boys together. They commentate on livestreams together. They play fours and sixes together. They talk trash together. “Can’t hit like we used to,” Hovland said. “But we go out there, lip them off the court, make them feel bad. Then destroy them on the dialogue. There’s been crying out there. A couple of guys never came back. It’s fantastic.” Sixty years young. Same old Hov. That was his thing. He was loud. He was brash. He had swagger. He knew he was going to beat you and he wasn’t going to hesitate to let you know it. “We showed up, we worked hard at it,” Hovland said. “We’d play all day. We’d get down there at 10 in the morning, we’d get our court at Marine, we wouldn’t lose a game, we would take pride in beating everybody down there, and everybody would come to us. We’d play seven hours of volleyball, hard games, and that was just normal. If you did that, you’d have to play seven hours on a Sunday to win an open, and these guys weren’t in that kind of shape, even though we were going out and running around. We were in great shape, and we’re bigger, faster, stronger than most of the guys anyway. They weren’t ready.” There was one team, for the most part, who always was: Smith and Stoklos, perhaps the only partnership with more sustained success than Hovvy-Dodd. In the first five seasons of the AVP’s existence, from 1984-1988, they met in the finals 43 times. In ’87, seven consecutive tournaments featured Smith-Stoklos vs. Hovland-Dodd in the finals. “It’s kinda like the old Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers,” Hovland said in a previous interview. “You’re going to get through these other guys. They might get you once in a while, but very rarely. And when they did, you go through the loser’s bracket, and you’re only going to get better and better, because you’re playing more games and you’re not going to get tired. So we just had more determination. We worked harder. That’s the damn truth.” He’s seen every iteration and change and version of beach volleyball one can imagine. He’s seen the bikini contests during tournaments. He’s played under side out scoring. He’s played under rally. He’s played with a clock. He’s trained like a typical 9-5 work day – get to Marine Street, win games until one or two, grab lunch, win games until five, call it a day. It’s a different world now, for better or worse. He loves the development of the international game, talent he was able to see, first hand, commentating at p1440 Las Vegas and Huntington Beach. “It’s apples and oranges,” he said. “The game was so pure before. There’s some great athletes out there. It’ll just get better and better… These Norwegian guys are flat out good. These Russian kids can play. It’s a different time.” Indeed it seems it is. The Norwegians, Anders Mol and Christian Sorum, are the Big Game Hunters now. The trash talk is fading. Some things change. Some things change. Some things don’t. “I’ve been all over the world,” Hovland said. “But right here, the South Bay, is the best place in the world.”

This week on A Lively Experiment, proposed changes to Rhode Islands drug laws raises some eyebrows, and beach fees continue to get a lot of attention at the State House. Joining us this week, Lee Ann Sennick, National Committee Woman for the Rhode Island Republican Party, Ed Achorn, editorial page editor for the Providence Journal, and former State Representative, Mike Marcello.Support the show (http://ripbs.org)

Providence, Rhode Islands' Downtown Boys are rapid fire rage, politically-driven punk, dedicated to smashing capitalism, racism and queerphobia. I started chatting with Mary (bass), Joe (saxophone and synthesizer), and Joey (drums) from the band backstage. Victoria (vocals) and Joey (guitar) joined us, but when local band (and opening act) Lie's soundcheck got too loud, we went out back. In the alley, the band erupted into a spontaneous dance party--and this moment made this interview one of my favorites of the year. Downtown Boys is led by Victoria Ruiz and her former coworker Joey DeFrancesco--and these two met when they joined an attempt to unionize the staff at the hotel where they both worked. The band was in town to tour talk their latest LP, Cost of Living, produced by Guy Picciotto--from the legendary punk band Fugazi. What did Victoria have for dinner? What questions do the members of Downtown Boys hate being asked? What's it like to organize a union today? How is music always inherently political? What does the legacy of the punk band Fugazi mean to Downtown Boys? What wisdom did producer Guy Picciotto give the band? How does the band handle self-care while on the road? You'll have to listen to find out. Tracks played on the radio edit of the show... 1) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)" 2) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "A Wall" 3) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "Lips That Bite" 4) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "Clara Rancia" 5) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "I'm Enough (I Want More)" NO songs CANCON

Providence, Rhode Islands' Downtown Boys are rapid fire rage, politically-driven punk, dedicated to smashing capitalism, racism and queerphobia. I started chatting with Mary (bass), Joe (saxophone and synthesizer), and Joey (drums) from the band backstage. Victoria (vocals) and Joey (guitar) joined us, but when local band (and opening act) Lie's soundcheck got too loud, we went out back. In the alley, the band erupted into a spontaneous dance party--and this moment made this interview one of my favorites of the year. Downtown Boys is led by Victoria Ruiz and her former coworker Joey DeFrancesco--and these two met when they joined an attempt to unionize the staff at the hotel where they both worked. The band was in town to tour talk their latest LP, Cost of Living, produced by Guy Picciotto--from the legendary punk band Fugazi. What did Victoria have for dinner? What questions do the members of Downtown Boys hate being asked? What's it like to organize a union today? How is music always inherently political? What does the legacy of the punk band Fugazi mean to Downtown Boys? What wisdom did producer Guy Picciotto give the band? Why does the band no longer play "Tall Boys" live? What's the most difficult decision Downtown Boys have had to make about the band this year? How does the band navigate collaborations? How has the band grown over the last five years? Where does band go to find good information in troubling times? How does the band handle self-care while on the road? You'll have to listen to find out. Tracks played on the podcast edition of the show... 1) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)" 2) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "A Wall" 3) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "Lips That Bite" 4) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "Clara Rancia" 5) Downtown Boys, Downtown Boys (2012) "Haz Alga" 6) Downtown Boys, Cost Of Living (2017) "I'm Enough (I Want More)" NO songs CANCON

This time Walker and Cameron talk about whether it’s OK to talk about their personal lives. Recorded on April 12th, 2017 Email us at andstuffpodcast@gmail.com Tweet at us at @andstuffpodcast   Cameron likes to use steno as a sekrit code. Walker likes to use Volapuk as a sekrit code. NOLA Maker Faire NIST Turns out, Maryland is 12,407 mi^2, and Rhode Island is 1,212 mi^2, so Maryland has the same area as 10.24 Rhode Islands. New Orleans trad jazz. Walker attended Bsides NOLA 2017 and attempts to explain the different subfields of the tech industry and what infosec even is. Here’s a Stack Exchange question that sort of addresses the same idea: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/3772/what-are-the-career-paths-in-the-computer-security-field Red Team, Blue Team, Purple Team. One thing about infosec is that the threat model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threat_model always seems to be changing. Is anonymous even real? Mastodon Tusky Amaroq   The blackest substance is Vantablack.

This morning my friend, Pastor, and Chief confidant, Jeff Stalnaker (stah-na-kurr) joins the F.A.B. studio to talk about Rhode Islands fastest growing local Church (per me), current events linked to the #blacklivesmatter movement, and the Gospel. Bear with the inside jokes as this is a conversation with two dudes from the class of 98! Regulate! For more about OceanPointe visit: oceanpointeri.com OceanPointe is a non-denominational contemporary church in Newport County, Rhode Island. Services at 8:30, 9:45 and 11:00.

Jeremy and Michael review the Montezuma Oropendola and discuss social media gaggles, wagging the dick, that quesalupa ad with the asian Star Trek guy and the memes, space travel, AI, how many Rhode Islands fit in Texas, sword-wielding strippers, polyps, and uvulas.

Noah is a marketing expert. As a thought leader in strategic marketing and customer loyalty, Noah helps clients; Dramatically and rapidly increase sales, multiply profits, and maximize customer value. He is the trusted source for coaching and consulting to thousands of owners, executives, and individuals. Noah is the author of the Amazon #1 bestselling book in Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service - EVERGREEN: Cultivate The Enduring Customer Loyalty That Keeps Your Business Thriving (AMACOM). He’s an expert blogger for Fast Company Magazine, and a regular contributor to The Globe and Mails Report on Business Section. Noah has been routinely quoted and mentioned in publications like Forbes, The New York Times, Reuters, and more. Webiste Links: http://www.noahfleming.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahfleming https://twitter.com/noahfleming [audio mp3="http://socialmediabusinesshour.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Noah-Flemming-Final.mp3"][/audio]   Is Your Company Seeing The Forest For The Trees? In today's show, we will have another very impressive guest by the name Noah Fleming. Noah Fleming, The Evergreen Guy Who does not like to interview Noah. He is a marketing expert, a thought leader in strategic marketing and customer loyalty. A trusted source for coaching and consulting to thousands of owners and executives and individuals who helped his clients to dramatically and rapidly increase sales, not just sales but maximized their profits and customer value too. He is also the author of the Amazon #1 bestselling book in Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service – EVERGREEN: Cultivate the Enduring Customer Loyalty That Keeps Your Business Thriving. He’s an expert blogger for Fast Company Magazine, and a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Section. Noah has been routinely quoted and mentioned in publications like Forbes, The New York Times, Reuters, and more. Also a member of Alan Weiss’s Mentorship Program & Growth Cycle®, two highly respected and world-renowned programs dedicated to the refinement of advanced consulting skills, and one of only 36 people who are globally recognized & accredited by Dr. Weiss as a Master Mentor. Hammers, Drills and Screwdrivers Why do we have hammers, drills and screwdrivers here? Bizarre right? Might be, but not for Noah. His Skype name-- guess what? It’s Tool Junky. Aside from being an expert, he is obsessively in love with hammers and drills and screwdrivers. It actually has to do with the band Tool which represents a heavy metal band during his high school days.  I’m sure you know exactly who he is talking about. And, he admits that until now he is still junky for the band. What is an Evergreen? Is it a Christmas tree? You might know or not know, But, What is an evergreen really? No it is not a Christmas tree. The concept of this very successful book came from an idea whilst he and his wife are walking in Cathedra Grove at Vancouver Islands. They have some of the tallest trees in the world. Some are even 30 feet wide. They’re 150 feet tall and walking through this forest again with his wife on their honey moon, made him think about anything, and this includes business. He finds himself staring at these trees and thinking that these tress can be an amazing metaphor. The Evergreen trees are lush, lively, they’re green, steadfast, and they grow really in any condition. They also last forever in perpetuity and they don’t have cold winters where they’re struggling to put new growth on the trees or all the leaves fall off and then they have to come back. This metaphor is really staring him on the face. And that is where it all started. The Evergreen. Cultivating the enduring customer loyalty that keeps your business thriving. This famous book Evergreen is a funny, highly pragmatic and detailed playbook on customer retention, customer experience, and customer strategy. It is more of a mindset book which provides strategic framework in owning a business. The book suggests to readers that most organizations are “addicted to sex” – the thrill of the chase of gaining new customers – as opposed to “looking for love” – finding worthwhile customer relationships that will last for years and years. In addition, many companies fail to analyze the profitability of their existing customers or the potential profitability of different types of new ones. As a result, companies lurch from one customer base to the next—losing some of their most valuable customers, as well as, gaining others many of whom turn out to be duds. Fleming describes this phenomenon in Evergreen to that of how trees lose their leaves each fall. The Worst Business Advise In the World "It is five times less expensive to keep an existing customer than it is to get a new one". Noah highlighted that this specific advice is always given by most authors and speakers, his difference, he get serious about it. He thought that this is the worst business advice in the world because none of these people ever tell us how to actually do that, how to actually make that customer five times more valuable. And so they would say things like well, provided you provide good customer service they’re going to spread the word of mouth about you, right? But he again highlighted that it is really hard for a business to build marketing budgets around, to create projections around or to try and define some tangible business outcomes like increased profits so aims to understand how do we actually make the existing customer five times, 10 times, 20 times more valuable, more profitable. And that is Evergreen, the first half of the book is really this big sort of strategic framework that I found that I was using and that my own clients were using and that big companies are using and that anybody can really implement in their own company to make some dramatic shifts. And then the second half of the book was really the tactical stuff which I was just talking about in terms of how do you actually bring back a lost customer, how do you actually increase referrals, how do you truly define the value of a customer and know which ones you should fire and those are the things that are covered in the second half of the book. The Mad Pursuit. The Problem that needs to be fixed His bank, a multibillion-dollar Canadian organization, on one issue that he raised with them, they told him that the resolution would take three days to be fixed. However, it ended up taking 30 days with all the hilarious story behind it. When he finally asked the manager, why? Why did it take this long? What could’ve possibly happened in something you told me would take no longer than three days? She flat out said him and told him that they were too busy with our new customers that we just can't take care of our existing customers. Most businesses right now are too focused on chasing new customers, losing the track of retention.  We're running around jumping from one thing to the next because we think it’s going to be sort of the savior and salvation to a struggling business or to a business that’s not seen the type of growth it wants to have. The problem on this, ending up spending more time, more energy, and more money on probably efforts that could’ve been much far more focused. The Three C's Wondering what makes Noah's business tick? It's all about the tree C's. Character - and character is really my term to talk about positioning which we all know in the marketing world positioning is how the world sees you, how you’re quickly understood and represent. Community - Community is all about how we engage our customers. We talked about customer engagement but how do we bring them closer together around what it is we’re doing, how do we get them to be interested more in the bigger, broader picture of things. Content - Content is the term that he use to describe the thing you actually do. So content is your product, your service, the thing you actually give in exchange for money. Would you buy a mattress worth $30,000? When was the last night you've had a really good night sleep? This the golden question. Noah also shared about a mattress experience. He has a friend who owns a mattress company in Rhode Islands with each mattress sells averaged of $30,000. You might find it very expensive, but here's the catch. He is selling the mattresses with that average amount. What's his secret? Customer Engagement. The Power of Reconnection His book has a whole chapter talking about the idea of engagement and re-engagement. Reactivating lost customers and reactivating lost clients. An opportunity left behind. Knowing why we’ve lost a customer, sadly, most of us don’t even know when we’ve lost a customer and so the first key is really trying to understand when those changes have happened, being aware that they’ve happened and then learning from them. Once we know the reason behind this and putting solid actions about it, our profits will massively increase with little to no investment. Website Links: http://www.noahfleming.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahfleming https://twitter.com/noahfleming Related Books:

      Can the Republicans takes the presidency in 2016?  If they do, will they repeal obamacare, roll back common core, come up with a good immigration plan?  We have a great show tonite with political analyst, Jon Scott.          Jon Scott was the Republican Party's nominee in 2006 and 2008 against Patrick J. Kennedy in Rhode Islands 1st Congressional District.  Scott is now running as an Independent for mayor in Providence. He will face the winner of a four-way Democratic Party primary in November.  He has done notable work as a Governement Relations Consultant since 1996 and has been recognized by 'Who's Who in America" for his work with non-profits.  For more information on Jon Scott go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Scott_(politician)       hosts:  Rueben Torres and Doreen Finkle This show sponsored by Studentsforabetterfuture.com

Rhode Islands little big band celebrates forty five years of Jump,Swing and Jazz Blues with 45 Live.

Spotlighting actress, advocate, TV host, aspiring real estate mogul, and model. Ladies and Gentleman, Rhode Islands' smoothest, Claudia Jordan!