Podcast appearances and mentions of Sandra Clark

L'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor (OMIC) de l'Ajuntament de Sitges i 'àrea de Polítiques de Consum de la Diputació de Barcelona han organitzat sis tallers sobre al·lèrgens i intoleràncies adreçats als alumnes del cicles formatius de Pastisseria, Dietètica, Cuina i Restauració de l'institut Joan Ramon Benaprés. Així, els tallers van repassar amb informació pràctica els 14 grups d'aliments amb informaicó obligatòria, la necessitat de llegir les etiquetes dels processats, o els riscos de la contaminació creuada. Els alumnes van valorar molt positivament l'experiència, essencial per a la seva formació professional. Ho hem comentat amb Rafael Luna, formador de la Diputació, el Víctor, l'Adrià i la Martina, alumnes de Dietètica i de direcció de Cuina del Benaprés, i amb la responsable de l'OMIC de Sitges, Sandra Clark. L'entrada Espai Consum: un taller introdueix els alumnes dels cicles formatius del Benaprés en els al·lèrgens ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Els bars i restaurants tenen una normativa específica, amb moltes qüestions lògiques, i d'altres més controvertides. Per aclarir conceptes -amb especial ènfasi en els al·lergens-, l'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor de l'Ajuntament de Sitges organitza l'11 d'abril a Can Milà una xerrada adreçada als establiments de bar i restaurant. Ho hem comentat a l'espai de consum, com sempre amb la Sandra Clark, tot repassant els aspectes bàsics de la norma com preus, cartes, pagaments o drets lingüístics. L'entrada Espai consum: la normativa a bars i restaurants ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

L'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor va realitzar el 2024 un total de 742 gestions, de les que 224 van derivar en expedients de reclamació, queixa o denúncia de consum. L'ells, 206 va ser propostes de mediació, en 161 casos l'establiment va acceptar la mediació, i en 80 d'ells la resolució va ser favorable a la persona consumidora. La majoria de casos corresponen a reclamacions davant d'asseguradrores, empreses de transport, professionals de la llar o entitats bancàries, tot i que també hi ha força expedients sobre empreses subministradores (aigua, llum i gas). Hem repassat les accions en l'espai mensual amb la responsable de l'OMIC a Sitges, Sandra Clark. L'entrada Espai OMIC: balanç del 2024, amb 80 resolucions favorables al consumidor ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Continuant amb la causística sobre les assegurances, a l'espai que mensulament dediquem a l'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor, amb la Sandra Clark avui hem conversat amb en Francesc Núñez, mediador d'assegurances, que ens ha aclarit alguns aspectes, com la necessitat de ser conscient de què assegurem. En aquest sentit, la figura d'un mediador pot ser útil a l'hora de parlar amb l'asseguradora per resoldre un sinistre, i per detectar aquells aspectes del contracte que puguin servir per la reclamació. L'entrada Espai OMIC: les assegurances i els mediadors ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

La catàstrofe de la DANA a València ens ha fet pensar en les assegurances, aquells contractes que només treus del calaix quan hi ha algun problema. N'hi ha de molts tipus (vida, salut, llar, vehicles...), i dintre d'ells, una multiplicitat de tipologies i causístiques. I si arriba un desastre, potser no ens garantiran la cobertura, però la seva existència ens permetrà tenir accés al Consorci de Compensació d'Assegurances. Amb la Sandra Clark, de l'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor de l'Ajuntament de Sitges, hem fet una ullada al complex món de les assegurances. L'entrada Espai OMIC: les assegurances ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Heu viatjat amb avió aquest estiu? Heu tingut problemes amb retards, cancel·lacions o pèrdua d'equipatge? L'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor (OMIC) de l'Ajuntament de Sitges us pot ajudar. Però abans cal fer sempre una primera reclamació individual a la companyia, i l'incident no ha de ser imputable a circumstàncies alienes a la companyia, com temporals meteorològics o caigudes globals de sistemes informàtics. Així, per saber si una reclamació pot ser atesa, cal entrar molt en la causística i la lletra petita, un assessorament que ens poden donar des de l'OMIC. Amb la Sandra Clark hem repassat casos d'un dels principals motius de queixes dels consumidors: el transport aeri. L'entrada Espai OMIC: problemes amb vols ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

El proper 19 d'abril tindrà lloc una xerrada adreçada a consumidors i establiments sobre els requisits mínims en les relacions de consum. En l'espai de l'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor, la Sandra Clark ens ha repasat aquests requisits, que es fonamenten en el dret a la informació (que inclou des dels horaris o els preus de venda fins a les polítiques de devolucions), a la protecció de la salut i a la seguretat (com s'han d'etiquetar els riscos), a la protecció dels interessos econòmics (sobre tíquet, factura, rebut o pressupost), a la indemnització (les reclamacions) i els drets lingüístics (a ser entès en les dues llengües oficials, i a l'etiquetatge en català). L'entrada Espai OMIC: requisits mínims de les relacions de consum (i 2) ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

El proper 19 d'abril tindrà lloc una xerrada adreçada a consumidors i establiments sobre els requisits mínims en les relacions de consum. En l'espai de l'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor, la Sandra Clark ens ha repasat aquests requisits, que es fonamenten en el dret a la informació (que inclou des dels horaris o els preus de venda fins a les polítiques de devolucions), a la protecció de la salut i a la seguretat (com s'han d'etiquetar els riscos), a la protecció dels interessos econòmics (sobre tíquet, factura, rebut o pressupost), a la indemnització (les reclamacions) i els drets lingüístics (a ser entès en les dues llengües oficials, i a l'etiquetatge en català). Una regulació molt completa, que en molts casos respon al sentit comú. L'entrada Espai OMIC: requisits mínims en les relacions de consum ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

ABOUT JACKÉE HARRY Vivacious, witty, and completely unforgettable, Jackée Harry was born to entertain.Born Jacqueline Yvonne Harry on August 14, 1956 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and reared from the age of nine in Harlem, New York, by her mother, Flossie, Jackée landed the lead role of the King in her school's production of The King and I at the tender age of fourteen. Upon graduation from New York City's High School of Music and Art with a distinction in Opera, Jackée attended the University of Long Island, where she earned her B.A. in education. Jackée began her career as a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School but left after two years to pursue acting. She studied at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side and made her professional acting debut in 1973 in Richard Wesley's Goin' Through Changes; not long afterward, she made her Broadway debut in A Broadway Musical as Melinda Bernard. Other Broadway performances include The Wiz, Eubie!, and One Mo' Time. In 1983, Jackée made her first television appearance opposite Morgan Freeman in the daytime soap operaAnother World. A year later, she landed her iconic role of Sandra Clark on the NBC sitcom 227. As the breakout star of the series, Jackée became the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Her performance on227 inspired NBC producers to create a television pilot for her entitled Jackée. After departing from 227 in 1989, she starred opposite Oprah Winfrey in the critically acclaimed adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novelThe Women of Brewster Place. In 1991, Jackée joined an all-star cast led by Della Reese when she played the role of Ruth 'CoCo' Royal in The Royal Family. From 1994-1999, she starred as the adoptive mother of Tia and Tamara Mowry's characters on the ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister, winning the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for two consecutive years in 1999 and 2000. Jackée also made guest appearances onAmen, Designing Women, Dave's World, Hollywood Squares, 7th Heaven, and That's So Raven, before joining the cast of Everybody Hates Chris in 2006. Hollywood success did not lead Jackée to turn her back on theater; in 1994 she returned to the stage as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill followed by stints in For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide and The Vagina Monologues. In 2003 she played the role of the Madam in The Boys From Syracuse on Broadway. Jackée also performed before sold-out audiences across the nation in the stage play The Cleanup Woman, which is called "one of the highest grossing gospel stage plays of all time" and fronted an Off-Broadway limited-run of NEWSical: The Musical.Beyond acting, Jackée is a vocal champion of healthy living, education, and philanthropy. She is proud to be a spokesperson for the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, and a Global Ambassador to the Women's International Center. The National Congress of Black Women presented her with the "Woman of Substance" Award in 2010.In addition to recurring roles on Let's Stay Together, Baby Daddy, Girl Meets World, and The Cool Kids, Jackée starred on the CW's The First Family and OWN'sThe Paynes. She was nominated for a Nollywood and African Film Critics Award for her role in the motion picture The Man in 3B. In 2019, Jackée participated in a groundbreaking reimagining of Norman Lear's The Jeffersons, which garnered more than 22 million viewers. In 2021, she rejoined the world of daytime television as real estate mogul Paulina Price on Days of our Lives. Larger than life and twice as funny, Jackée continues to entertain and inspire in a way that permanently cements her place in the American cultural landscape. ABOUT DAYS OF OUR LIVES ON PEACOCK For the past 58 years, Days of our Lives has remained a staple daytime drama. It has weathered political and societal shifts since the mid-1960s and proudly introduced its first Black family, the Grants, in the mid-1970s. Its female heroine, Valerie Grant, shared daytime's first interracial kiss in 1977. Today, Black stories continue to be front and center, addressing societal issues including healthcare, family and career. Today's cast includes James Reynolds, with Jackée Harry, Raven Bowens, Elia Cantu, and features Lamon Archey and Sal Stowers as "Eli" and "Lani" respectively, who were the couple in the show's first Black wedding.https://jackee-online.com/ https://www.facebook.com/JackeeHarry https://www.twitter.com/JackeeHarry https://www.instagram.com/JackeeHarry https://www.youtube.com/c/JackeeHarryOfficialBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/i-am-refocused-radio--2671113/support.

Amb la Sandra Clark, de l'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor de l'Ajuntament de SItges, hem repassat els diversos conceptes que podem trobar a la factura de l'aigua, i que, a més d'entendre-la, ens poden ajudar a detectar si hi ha algun problema. A més, en aquest marc de sequera, hem recordat alguns petits trucs útils per estalviar-ne. L'entrada Espai OMIC: la factura de l’aigua i consells per estalviar-ne ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Estem en periode recomanat de rebaixes, un concepte específic i clarament regulat per la legislació. En l'espai de l'Oficina Municipal d'Informació al Consumidor, amb la Sandra Clark, hem repassat aquells conceptes que venedors i compradors han de tenir clar sobre les rebaixes: que han d'estar clarament indicades, que l'objectiu és alliberar estocs o que els sistemes de pagament i devolució són els mateixos que fora de rebaixes. Unes rebaixes que han perdut pes en ja no ser un periode obligatori, però que tenen la seva importància com a dinamitzadores de l'activitat comercial. L'entrada Espai OMIC: què vol dir estar de rebaixes? ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Com cada any, l'arribada del Nadal representa una explosió del consumisme. I cal parar atenció per tenir clar què comprem, què necessitem, si podem fer compra de proximitat i sostenible, els drets que tenim, i els que no, si hem de retornar allò comprat. I amb especial atenció en el cas de les joguines. N'hem parlat amb la Sandra Clark, de l'OMIC de Sitges. L'entrada Espai OMIC: recomanacions per a les compres de Nadal ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

En l'espai de l'OMIC, amb la Sandra Clark, continuem repassant els drets dels passatgers i les formes de reclamar, davant d'un dels sectors que més queixes genera entre els consumidors. Són tres les principals incidències: retard (es considera com a tal a partir de les dues hores), cancel·lació de vol i denegació d'embarcament. I el que és fonamental és, el mateix dia que ens passi, deixar-ne constància escrita, sigui amb els fulls de reclamació al mateix aeroport, sigui al correu electrònic de la companyia. Després, conservar tots els tiquets que demostrin el greuge que ens ha suposat la incidència. I a partir d'aquí, si la resposta que rebem és insuficient o inexistent en un mes, triar el procediment, sigui la mediació que ofereixen les oficines de consum, sigui la reclamació directa. L'entrada Espai OMIC: les reclamacions d’incidències en el transport aeri ha aparegut primer a Radio Maricel.

Believe it or not, not everyone feels comfortable posting and or engaging on LinkedIn. While it makes sense that being more visible on social media is what's needed to market ourselves, it's often easier said than done. And, if you're an introvert or private person, putting yourself out there on LinkedIn can be a struggle. Sandra Clark knows about the challenge of social media for the socially reluctant. Which is why she gently guides clients on how to feel comfortable with social media and what it can do for them. For more information: videoeasypeasy.com Gillian Whitney linkedin.com/in/gillianwhitney Sandra Clark linkedin.com/in/sandraaclark

Today we step outside the usual subject matter on the podcast for a look into Shakespeare's source for the story of Macbeth. If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here. I'm on Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble. Sources: Holinshed, Raphael. Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. J. Johnson, et al., 1808. The Oxford Handbook of Holinshed's Chronicles, edited by Felicity Heal, Ian W. Archer, & Paulina Kewes. Oxford University Press, 2013. McLuskie, Kathleen. Macbeth. Northcote House, 2009. Patterson, Annabel. Reading Holinshed's Chronicles. University of Chicago Press, 1994. Plomer, Henry Robert. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1900. Shakespeare, William. Macbeth, edited by Sandra Clark & Pamela Mason. Bloomsbury, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, we had a conversation with Sandra Clark, a LinkedIn specialist who helps individuals, teams, and companies to make the most out of their LinkedIn presence. Say "Yes" only to clients who are a great fit and say "No" to everyone else.To be able to pick your clients you need a consistent and predictable flow of new potential clients.Position yourself as the go-to thought leader in your niche and you will create that flow.We can help by becoming your personal branding agency.Try our FREE Personal Branding Statement Generator: https://bit.ly/3plk4z5Book a Call with a Personal Branding Consultant: https://latinpresarios.com/book-a-call/Learn more: https://latinpresarios.com/

How do you change the world? One conversation at a time, according to the CEO of StoryCorps, Sandra Clark. Clark joins Aidan and Ash for an illuminating discussion on how StoryCorps' program, One Small Step (OSS), is trying to bridge the nation's growing divide in an effort to fend off a growing “culture of contempt” in the United States. Clark shares how the program works, the science behind it, whether it's having the desired impact, and how we can all get involved. Aidan and Ash also discuss how OSS is influencing HMB's similar mission to bridge the divide by changing the conversation, and how HMB will support OSS in the future. Who was more convincing: Aidan or Ash? Vote at HoldMeBack.com

Welcome back to Marketing People Love. If you are passionate about storytelling, brand marketing and knowing what it takes to create marketing people love – then this podcast will be a place for you to get inspired by some of the top experts in the world. In this part two of my conversation with my dear friend Sandra Clark- Global Brand Marketing Manager for The North Face, we dive even deeper into her story and work with The North Face. She has a pretty amazing role and gets to be a part of incredible brand collaborations – And we will dig into advice she has for marketers that left me feeling super inspired. So buckle that chin strap because we are going to shred the nar.. metaphorically speaking… and hear about everything from working with professional athletes, celebrities and the girl scouts –Resulting in me presenting Sandra with her very own podcasting badge.

Welcome to Marketing People Love; If you are passionate about storytelling, brand marketing and knowing what it takes to create marketing people love – then this podcast will be a place for you to get inspired by some of the top experts in the world. I have a treat for you all today. My dear friend Sandra Clark- Global Brand Marketing Manager for The North Face. She has a pretty amazing role and gets to be a part of incredible brand collaborations – And we will dig into advice she has for marketers that left me feeling super inspired. So buckle that chin strap because we are going to shred the nar.. metaphorically speaking… and hear about everything from working with professional athletes, celebrities and the girl scouts –Resulting in me presenting Sandra with her very own podcasting badge.

Do you have a LinkedIn profile but don't feel comfortable putting yourself “out there”?    Up to 75% of available jobs are never even posted online, and around 80% are landed through networking.   Social media has enabled us to vastly expand our career opportunities, so shying away from the most effective online resource isn't doing you, or your future, any favors.    Knowing how to optimize your social media presence and make your LinkedIn profile attractive to recruiters has never been more important.    Today on The Bridge to Fulfillment, Blake welcomes Sandra Clark, a LinkedIn trainer and career coach specializing in helping busy professionals create powerful LinkedIn profiles and get results.    Combining her communications, social media, and educational background, Sandra has reinvented herself through numerous careers including Director of Communications at UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley. It has led her to a successful individualized coaching business that focuses on helping clients become social media confident and build an effective LinkedIn presence.   In this episode, you'll learn how to build your confidence and increase your chances of career success by optimizing your LinkedIn profile. You'll learn the most effective LinkedIn hacks, the best keywords to use, and the most appealing way to create your profile so that potential employers can find you and reach out with ease.    If uncertainty about how to market yourself and your skills on LinkedIn has you feeling hesitant or reluctant, then it's time to take charge of your online presence.    What You'll Learn:   Finding opportunity in unexpected career changes (5:20) The many reasons for staying active on LinkedIn (10:50) Best practices for setting up your LinkedIn profile (16:06) Utilizing the right keywords to make your profile stand out (23:16) How the job search has changed and why networking through LinkedIn is so useful (29:50)   Favorite Quotes: “A thought peaked out the window of what it would look like to work somewhere else during those 25 years, but I always sort of scurried back into safety. Because I knew I had the benefits for my family. My husband was a small business owner, so I didn't feel that I could take risks. I had always been too fearful to try.” –Sandra “They pushed me out of this comfortable nest, and who knew, but I learned I could fly.” –Sandra “We spend the vast majority of our life working, and I see a lot of people with ‘comfortable paychecks,' but they're really unhappy. They're stuck. And I want them to know that there's so much more out there when you enable yourself to take that step into something new.” –Blake “We have to realize that somebody has three seconds or six seconds to look at your resume or your profile. And it's like garbage in garbage out. It needs to be impactful and unique” –Sandra “Taking the step forward is really important. And then as you start to gain confidence in it, what you begin to realize is this gives me more control over my life.” –Blake   Connect with Sandra Clark:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandraaclark/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Linkedinmentoring Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LinkedInMentoring/   Additional Resources:    Rather than hoping the grass will be greener, identify what the RIGHT next step is.  We can help you do just that.    Get clarity on where you are on your journey to career fulfillment, where you're headed, optional paths to get there, and the right next step to take.   Start your complimentary, Personalized Career Fulfillment Plan by going to www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/plan   Want free resources to set your job search up for success? You can get them by going to: http://www.thebridgetofulfillment.com/mistakes

Sandra Clark, CEO of StoryCorps, shared the story behind her title with us on May 29, 2022.As Vice President for News and Civic Dialogue at WHYY in Philadelphia since 2016 and a member of the executive team, Sandra led WHYY's news operation across all platforms, including radio, TV, web, and digital, and works collaboratively with teams across the enterprise to expand and diversify local audiences and national program carriage, grow revenue and build membership, and amplify the station's brand and positioning. Sandra is a leading voice in journalism, challenging norms and practices that create barriers to building trust and meaningful, sustainable connections with communities. She is credited as the primary driver of the station's diversity, cultural competency, community engagement, and trust-building efforts. Under her guidance, WHYY's newsroom went from 19% to 45% BIPOC in four years. Her innovative mutual-aid engagement approach with local content creators and communities of color has drawn national recognition as models for stations across the country.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/women-to-watch-r/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

October 22, 2021 ~ Sandra Clark, Michigan Historical Commission Member & Director of the Michigan History Center, talks with Guy Gordon about their review of Michigan's historical monuments and markers.

This week Barry Coates, Founder, and CEO of Mindful Money welcomes Brian Henry, founder of Amanah Ethical, and Sandra Clark, Operations Manager.Amanah Ethical's mandate is based on Sharia law and investment practice and has seen record-high returns throughout the COVID-19 crisis. They concentrate on investing in the real world of making and doing things that add value to society. In this podcast, they discuss their strong returns performance, how they operate their strict audit standards, vegan KiwiSavers, and their next steps looking into lease to buy houses as a pathway for New Zealanders to being able to own their own home.

Sandra is a trainer and coach specializing in providing LinkedIn consulting and training. Through her company, “LinkedIn Mentoring”, Sandra offers coaching services for individuals, teams, and companies to help busy professionals build their online brand and showcase their expertise by creating great profiles on LinkedIn®. She understands the finer points of LinkedIn technology, is able to demystify and break down its concepts into consumable pieces, and to teach steps that can be implemented immediately so hey clients get noticed and get results.

227 is an American sitcom television series that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 6, 1990. The series stars Marla Gibbs as Mary Jenkins, a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, and lower-floor neighbors Sandra Clark and Pearl Shay. 227 followed the lives of people in a middle-class apartment building, 227 Lexington Place (the numerical address from which the sitcom's name comes), in Northeast, Washington, D.C. The show was centered around Mary Jenkins (Marla Gibbs), a nosy, tart-tongued, but loving housewife. Her husband, Lester (Hal Williams), had his own construction company, and their daughter, Brenda (Regina King, in her first television acting role), was boy-crazy yet smart and studious.

Does cooking intimidate you like it does me??  Today I ran into a long time FaceBook friend that I had to hop on and record our conversation because her tips and knowledge were just that amazing! She not only is incredible in the kitchen but when you hear what she does to help pay it forward in the world, you are going to just love her more! Head over to https://www.servingceliacs.com/blog for a yummy Banana Cocoa Waffle Recipe!! For our Ultimate Gluten Free Guide with over 140 safe and healthier choice items and brands click HERE   For more resources head over to ServingCeliacs.com   Instagram Facebook Private FaceBook Group

Have you asked yourself the question, “How long should raw milk last?” It’s a good question and I’ll address it today, and provide a great ice cream base recipe. You won’t have to worry about the cream lasting a long time. Your cream won’t last long because the ice cream recipe uses it up. Homemade ice cream is the perfect complement to an early autumn day that feels like summer is still hanging on. Welcome new listeners and welcome back veteran homestead-loving regulars. I appreciate you stopping by the FarmCast every week. There wouldn’t be a show without you. Are you ready to get to it? Let’s go. Today’s Show Homestead Life Updates How Long Should Raw Milk Last? Ice Cream Base Recipe Homestead Life Updates Garden The garden is done. Well, there are a few sweet potatoes to be dug up, but other than that, it’s all gone. Whew. Now we can rest until the spring. Well, not quite. There are clean up tasks and winter preparation of the beds, adding compost to improve the soil over the winter and covering the beds to keep the moisture in and the weeds out. Quail We are ready for another batch of quail eggs in the incubator. Not so many as last time. Due to the reduction of daylight, they are laying much fewer eggs. Last time it was 47. This time less than 30. Whatever comes in today will be the last of this period of collection. Eggs can be collected for 7 to 10 days and kept in a cool environment but not in the refrigerator. Most of our quail are brown coturnix. They are tan and brown with spotted plumage. We have one white one from the original batch of eggs that we purchased and one white one from that first batch that we hatched out about 2 months ago. They are already mature. The males are fertile and the females are old enough to begin laying eggs. We will take out enough females to fill out our breeding stock and the rest will go to freezer camp. Cows We are down to one bull from this year’s calves and we have just offered up Egwene for sale as well. She is our purebred Jersey heifer calf. Her mom is certified A2A2 and her sire is also certified A2A2. If you are interested please let us know. She is a lovely calf and quite affectionate if she thinks you have a bottle. We are weaning her and she has only a day or so left where she will get milk. At 5 ½ months old, she is developed enough to live on grass. Homesteading requires tough choices and letting go of favored animals is one of them. I will miss her but we have to be true to our plan. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) The cooler weather we have had recently has been such a blessing. I hope it has been for you as well. I’m not a fan of summer. I like it okay in the beginning but it just seems to drag on and on. I’m the same way about winter. My favorite season is a toss up between spring and fall. Right now, fall is my favorite season, but I can guarantee you that in March my favorite season will be spring. I tend to get seasonal affective disorder. Anyone familiar with that? As the winter drags on and there is less sun, vitamin D can be in short supply and depression may not be far behind. Usually by the end of January I’m feeling it and by the end of February I can be almost immobile. My level of motivation has fallen through the floor. These days I just accept what is and don’t try to fight it. I revel in my – shall I say – laziness and enjoy it while it lasts. Come spring the world will spin out of control with so much to do and no time to do it all. It’s a familiar cycle for me. I’ve learned to ride it like a roller coaster. Let’s get to today’s topic. How Long Does Raw Milk Last? The short answer is nearly forever. The only thing that will stop you from consuming it is an aversion to the taste. First it becomes sour. Next it will thicken into yogurt. However, it will be a very strong yogurt. That yogurt will last a month or more. Along that time line you can drink the milk, use it in cooking, make cultured butter and buttermilk, and so on. Contrast that with pasteurized milk. Pasteurized milk does not sour, it rots. It truly goes bad and is not safe for consumption. You do not want to put it in your mouth under any circumstances. On the other hand, when raw milk ages and starts to sour, this is good! Great, in fact.  What Makes Milk Sour and What Do I Do with It? The reason raw milk starts to sour is because beneficial, probiotic bacteria amounts are increasing and using up the lactose sugar, making it taste sour, again, like a nice unsweetened yogurt. So, how long should your raw milk last when you get it home? Sandra Clark whose website is www.healthfoodnaturally.com, has this to say: “If you get the milk the day it is milked, it will stay fresh up to 2 weeks. If it sours, no worries, it will become yogurt with no help at all (with a little sour cream on top).” Without a starter, the sour cream on top usually bitters, so you can just scrape it off and compost it if you don’t like the taste.” As for the yogurt, when we have left over milk at the end of the week, we just throw it in a ball jar and leave it in the fridge for if we get low on milk (because it has an amazingly long shelf life after turning into yogurt.)” When we do run out of milk, we just throw some honey and fruit (usually berries) in and blend the yogurt into a tasty yogurt drink.” I have some jars in there as old as two months and the yogurt tastes fine (well not like store-bought yogurt – to get that particular flavor you need to manipulate it with a bacteria starter like for cheese making – but with honey and fruit added it tastes wonderful!).” So according to Sandra it should last up to 2 weeks in your fridge. In my experience, I have kept milk for nearly a month before it soured. Because in the spring we have tons of milk, this happens often. We just keep drinking it until the flavor goes off, then use it for other purposes. What’s our Secret? What is our secret to milk lasting so long? It’s two-fold. First, cooling it quickly. The faster it gets below 40 degrees, the longer it is going to last. The second key is keeping it very cold. The colder you keep the milk, the longer it will last. Our milk refrigerator is set to 34 degrees. The problem that people have these days is having access to this great raw milk. I will do another podcast on how we got to this point. Today, I’ll just talk about where we are. There are lots of scary stories out there about how dangerous it is to drink raw milk. I say it’s hogwash and propaganda put out by some people in power with lobbyists to placate. The human species would have died out long before the pasteurization process was invented in the previous century if it was so dangerous. There are dangers in every food we consume. There are risks in every aspect of life. Assess your comfort level with the risk and make your choice. Raw Milk Choice The problem today is that in many states, there is no available choice for raw milk products unless you own your own cow. That’s why we started our herd share program. You can own part of a cow herd and receive the benefits of what your cows produce. More on that later. It’s so amazing to me that you can buy unpasteurized milk in the grocery store in 12 states, but the rest restrict it in various ways. It has to be labeled as pet milk in 4 states. 15 states allow it to be sold directly from the farm but not in the store. And of course, the herd share program is available in Virginia and 10 other states. In 9 states all sales are illegal and so are herd shares. So, 12 states think it is okay to for us buy raw milk and to consume it freely and the others are so certain we are all going to die of horrible illnesses that it has to be restricted or illegal altogether. I just cannot fathom the logic in this. If people were dying right and left, it would have been outlawed in all of those states wouldn’t it? Who is telling the truth? Recent Studies Show Raw Milk Related Illnesses are Decreasing While Access is Increasing You have to make up your own mind of course. And I will say again, there is risk in consuming any food. To help you with that decision as it pertains to raw milk, here is an article from the US National Library of Medicine Department of the National Institutes of Health (link in the show notes). It is titled Recent Trends in Unpasteurized Fluid Milk Outbreaks, Legalization, and Consumption in the United States. There is a ton of really great information in this study. Lots of data, as you might expect, and lots of charts and graphs. It’s really good stuff. I’ll quote from the Abstract. “Introduction: Determining the potential risk of foodborne illness has become critical for informing policy decisions, due to the increasing availability and popularity of unpasteurized (raw) milk. Methods: Trends in foodborne illnesses reported to the Centers for Disease Control in the United States from 2005 to 2016 were analyzed, with comparison to state legal status and to consumption, as estimated by licensing records. Results: The rate of unpasteurized milk-associated outbreaks has been declining since 2010, despite increasing legal distribution. Controlling for growth in population and consumption, the outbreak rate has effectively decreased by 74% since 2005. Discussion: Studies of the role of on-farm food safety programs to promote the further reduction of unpasteurized milk outbreaks should be initiated, to investigate the efficacy of such risk management tools.” So, there you have it. This study was initiated because they were pretty sure that the incidence of raw milk illnesses would increase as access was increased. They were wrong. There is now a push toward finding out if on-farm food safety programs are helping. I don’t need a study to tell me that they most certainly are. I’ve learned a lot of what I know because we have been studying cheesemaking for years. Others are just starting out and need to know about how to keep the environment sanitary and the milk clean. They need to know that it is really important to cool the milk quickly. Many still don’t use bulk milk tanks and have other ingenious methods of cooling the milk. A favored method is putting it in a freezer for 2 hours and then transferring to the refrigerator. I’m glad we have a bulk tank else frozen milk in broken jars would be a regular disaster. I get busy and forget stuff. Heck, I can walk into another room and forget why I went in there. Ever done that?  Raw Milk in Virginia In Virginia, the way to have access to raw milk is via the herd share. You support the business by buying a share of the herd and get a designated rate of return on your investment. It is a commitment to be sure. It’s kind of like that wine buying club. You are committing to a certain amount of product per month for as long as you are a member.  If you’re looking for an affordable cow herd share program in southern Virginia or the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina that has quality, healthy, and long-lasting raw milk, cheese, butter and yogurt, this is it. We are situated in Patrick County, Virginia just northeast of Mount Airy, NC. Here are four reasons our cow herd share program is so good. We offer 100% heritage breed Normande and Jersey milk, cheese, yogurt, cream and butter from cows with certified A2A2 genetics. I have a podcast on what A2A2 genetics means and I’ll include the link in the show notes. Briefly, there was as genetic mutation that happened a while back that changed the structure of the milk. Most milk today is NOT A2A2 in nature. One of the reasons we chose our heritage breed Normande cows was the purity of the ancient genetics.  We use antibiotics only at great need and absolutely NO growth hormones. Because we care for our pastures, our cows get only the best nutrition. Occasionally, there is a need for antibiotics. It’s no different than a human woman getting mastitis while breast feeding. Sometimes it happens and you take care of it. If it is necessary, that cow’s milk is harvested separately until the treatment and subsequent waiting period is long past. And the idea of forcing our cows to produce more milk with hormones is abhorrent to me. There is no regard for the health of the animal at all with hormones. There is only the focus on production. I don’t think those that use these artificial means of increasing milk even see that the cows are living beings. They treat them like machines. When they inevitably burn out due to over-taxing their bodies, they are shunted off to the sale barn and replaced with a younger model. It’s disgusting.  Our cows are out on grass all the time, and only come in for milking. They receive a small amount of non-soy, non-GMO grain supplement. This has two purposes. First, to entice the cow into the milking parlor and second to make sure she maintains her body condition. Our Normande cows can get by with absolutely no supplemental feed and maintain their body condition until late in the season. We choose to make sure they maintain body condition from beginning to end. The Jersey cow requires a great deal more supplemental nutrition. It is very easy for her to lose condition. I recently did a podcast on this as well (Normande vs Jersey – the Cost). The Jersey cow breed is a wonderful choice for many. But they do come with problems that we have not experienced with our Normandes. I won’t go into other details but, the days of Jersey cows on our homestead are numbered. To join their herd share program, it only costs $60 AND one share is only $44 monthly! You can also purchase a half share for $30 and $22 per month or multiple shares if you have a larger family. The herd produces milk from the first week of May through the last week of October. Yogurt and sometimes cream is also available in that time frame. In the spring, there is always a glut of milk and we makes lots and lots of cheese with that. Our cheese are all raw milk cheeses. The legal requirement is that they be aged at least 60 days. However, none of our cheeses would be worth a darn at that young age. We age all of our cheeses well past that minimum. Some only come into their flavor after many, many months. And they get better and better with age. Our Herd Share Program Check out the Herd Share page on our website – www.peacefulheartfarm.com. Click or tap “herd share” on the menu to get more information. Or drop us a line via email or give us a call. We’d love to have a conversation with you. Fun fact about raw milk. Remember the old wives’ tale about drinking warm milk to get to sleep? That is likely due to the tryptophan in the milk. However, it doesn’t really work anymore unless you have a raw milk resource. Pasteurization destroys the tryptophan. And that’s it for today’s topic. Let’s finish up with a late summer recipe for home made ice cream. Ice Cream Base When it’s warm outside, a cold refreshing dish of ice cream can really hit the spot. This is a basic ice cream recipe that can be used as a base for many different flavors. I’ve included a download link to the flavorings. This silky, luscious and very classic custard can be used as the base for any ice cream flavor you can dream up. These particular proportions of milk and cream to egg yolk will give you a thick but not sticky ice cream that feels decadent but not heavy. For something a little lighter, use more milk and less cream, as long as the dairy adds up to 3 cups. You can also cut down on egg yolks for a thinner base, but don’t go below three. What You Need 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup whole milk ⅔cup sugar ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt 6 large egg yolks Your choice of flavoring What To Do In a small pot, simmer cream, milk, sugar and salt until sugar completely dissolves, about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat. In a separate bowl, whisk yolks. Whisking constantly, slowly whisk about a third of the hot cream into the yolks, then whisk the yolk mixture back into the pot with the cream. Return pot to medium-low heat and gently cook until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon (about 170 degrees on an instant-read thermometer). Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Cool mixture to room temperature. Cover and chill at least 4 hours or overnight. Churn in an ice cream machine according to manufacturer’s instructions. Serve directly from the machine for soft serve, or store in freezer until needed. Notes Download the recipes for flavorings Final Thoughts I’m so glad that summer is winding down. It was a long, rough summer. And I missed about half of it because of the appendicitis. Again, not a huge fan of heat of summer. Remember to contact us if you are interested in a Normande bull to strengthen your herd genetics or if you are looking for that A2A2 Jersey heifer for yourself or to add to your herd. If you’re not into raising your own cow but still want the benefits of raw milk products, we are here to help you out with that. For us the benefits of raw milk and raw milk products far outweigh the small risk factor. I’ll do another podcast on the statistics for the number and percentage of illnesses attributed to raw milk consumption shown in the larger scope of food in general. Where does raw milk fall in the list of food born illnesses from food in general? I hope you try out some really great ice cream recipes in these last days of summer and the early autumn. Share your experiences in the comments on the recipe page. Link in the Show Notes. If you enjoyed this podcast, please hop over to Apple Podcasts, SUBSCRIBE and give me a 5-star rating and review. Also, please share it with any friends or family who might be interested in this type of content. As always, I’m here to help you “taste the traditional touch.” Thank you so much for stopping by the homestead and until next time, may God fill your life with grace and peace.   References US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health: Recent Trends in Unpasteurized Fluid Milk Outbreak, Legalization, and Consumption in the United States Peaceful Heart FarmCast: What is A2A2 Milk? Normande vs Jersey – the Cost Recipe Link Ice Cream Base with bonus flavoring recipes download To share your thoughts: Leave a comment on our Facebook Page Share this show with your friends and family on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram To help the show: PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW for Peaceful Heart FarmCast on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play Music, TuneIn or Spotify Donate on Patreon Website www.peacefulheartfarm.com Patreon www.patreon.com/peacefulheartfarm Facebook www.facebook.com/peacefulheartfarm Instagram www.instagram.com/peacefulheartfarm/

As a long-time consultant and coach for individuals and businesses, Sandra Clark is committed to helping people look great on LinkedIn and for small businesses to represent themselves in a way that results in business. Her clients to feel comfortable with social media and what it can do for them! Learn more: www.linkedinmentoring.com

Episode 5: Do you have an anxious child? Not sure how best to help them? Meet Tracy, a parent of two youth who are living with anxiety, and Dr. Sandra Clark, a clinical psychologist specializing in child and youth anxiety. Together, they explore common symptoms and effective strategies to support anxious children and youth. Brought to you by BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre. If you have any questions or ideas for the show send us an email.  And follow us on social:  Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube

Cheri Hill is joined via phonemail by Sandra Clark, the LinkedIn Specialist. Her background in teaching and twenty years in the Silicon Valley, Sandra is prepared for any group or individual looking to make the most out of a LinkedIn profile. https://www.linkedinmentoring.com/ https://www.cherihillshow.com Original Airdate- 07/22/2019

Sandra Clark is considered a Master of LinkedIn. She provides coaching services and workshops to help busy professionals build their online brand and showcase their expertise by creating great profiles on LinkedIn. Sandra started her career as a teacher and theatre director before moving into educational administration, working for the University of California system (both UC Berkeley Extension and UCSC Extension) and providing corporate training to Silicon Valley for 25 years before starting her own company, LinkedIn Mentoring. To learn more visit Sandra’s website: LinkedIn Mentoring or Book a free consultation with Sandra.

Welcome to the premiere episode of AL DÍA RoundTableTALKS! In this first episode, AL DÍA Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & CEO Hernán Guaracao speaks with some of the leading figures at the forefront of the movement for more inclusive news media in Philadelphia. Elisabeth Perez-Luna, Sara Lomax-Reese, Michael Days, and Sandra Clark join in to discuss the steps that must be taken by Philadelphia newsrooms to better tell the stories of the communities they intend to serve. Recommended Reading: How Can We Achieve Real Diversity in Our City’s Newsrooms?

Our team at AL DÍA News Media is excited to announce the upcoming release of AL DÍA: RoundTableTALKS, a podcast on journalism, democracy, and the future of Philadelphia. In a roundtable discussion format, we will be convening news and political leaders from different ethnic and generational backgrounds on the show each month to collectively re-shape and re-vitalize more inclusive news narratives in our city. The first episode of RoundTableTALKS takes on the topic of Media & the City. In the episode, AL DÍA Founder & CEO Hernán Guaracao speaks with some of the leading figures at the forefront of the movement for more inclusive media in Philadelphia. Elisabeth Perez-Luna, Sara Lomax-Reese, Michael Days, and Sandra Clark join in for a conversation on the importance of representation in local news media and the steps that must be taken by Philadelphia newsrooms to better tell the stories of the communities they intend to serve. The full first episode will be available on January 15, 2019. Listeners will be able to find the podcast on our website and can subscribe to the show via Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and Stitcher.

Southerners pass down traditions, stories and -- hopefully -- a better world to their children. The family stories in this episode come from people trying to do just that. Steve Benjamin, the first African American mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, is working for 100 percent clean energy -- and making progress. Tom & Sandra Clark, grandparents from North Carolina, are trying to preserve their home for their grandchildren. And Amy Mercado and Vic Torres, a father-daughter team from Florida, are fighting to be sure America lives up to its responsibility to take care of its people. This is the second full-length episode of The Land I Trust, a brand new audio storytelling project brought to you by the Sierra Club. In this series, we travel through the American South to talk with folks about the dirty energy projects that threaten their homes and the work they're doing to build a clean energy economy that allows all of our communities to thrive. To hear more from the people in this episode, and to hear other stories about moving from coal to clean energy, go to sc.org/stories. To take action, you can go to addup.org and see the latest ways to make a difference. The series is narrated by Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Beyond Coal Campaign at Sierra Club.

Welcome to episode 152, this week I’m going to cover the new Neptune design quite a bit as there have been quite a few developments. Firstly a big thank-you to Kurt Shaver, Darrel Griffin and the mysterious ‘LoveWeb’ for giving the show 5 star reviews on iTunes - I massively appreciate your support. Darrel Griffin can also be found on Instagram and is my ‘go to’ contact on anything to do with graphics - especially those we use on LinkedIn. So I have a question - what size should we be making our LinkedIn profile background image? The official dimensions from LinkedIn are 1536 x 768px but this doesn’t seem to work as it zooms into the image. New Desktop Design Update It would seem that there is no way to see your sent invitation messages - this is crazy! When someone has a paid account and the ‘open profile’ feature enabled, it is free to send them a message, this used to be shown on their profile by changing ‘send InMail’ to ‘send message’ but now they have removed this. Video autoplay has been deprecated…which is odd because every other social media channel is moving towards video! LinkedIn have removed the link ‘structuring your search’ which explained how to use Boolean operators. This might be because they now realise the information they were providing was actually incorrect! Irina Shamaeva (who knows her stuff) has exposed LinkedIn’s advice in this article below. LinkedIn Tip Sheet Error And a New Hack - Irina Shamaeva So it would appear that we now need to use the operator Title: in front of every job title in an OR search string! The Great U-Turn LinkedIn have had to face an enormous amount of negative feedback about the new design. There was the online petition I mentioned last week which got c1800 signatures plus a huge response to their various posts asking for feedback. Sometimes people are so rude and negative, it really is unnecessary and if there is one comment that annoys me more than anything it’s… “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” What a load of crap! We should never wait for things to break before improving them. All the best ideas and progression come from taking the complete opposite view. Anyway the good news is that LinkedIn are listening and David Flink published this article this week; We heard you: we're making some changes to LinkedIn Search It would also appear that they are seriously considering bringing back postcode radius search…which would be massive! I really applaud LinkedIn for their approach. Taking criticism is not easy and to take this approach is refreshing and progressive. But…… Why did it ever get to this stage in the first place? I could have told them about all these faults in October but no-one was listening! LinkedIn say they survey members before making changes but either; They are asking the wrong people They are not listening. Such a massive u-turn on so many features should not be necessary at this stage. Waiting until almost full roll-out before listening means they have lost a massive amount of credibility. Thanks to Sandra Clark for her voicemail question about Sales Navigator. For me the three key benefits are as follows; Focussed home page feed. This massively improves your chances of engaging with those people you are especially focussed on. You can filter search results by ‘posted on LinkedIn in last 30 days’. I have found this to be really useful Saved searches are better, partly because of the above filter. You can receive daily email alerts about people who meet your criteria and are active Question: How do I create a showcase page in the new groups design? Answer You can’t! But you can if you revert back to the old design where you will find it in the menu on the edit button. Question: The messaging segment sends the message by pressing enter (which is not a good thing as the enter key is often used to insert a line-feed for starting a new paragraph). You leave no clue how to insert a new paragraph so my message is on solid block of text. How do I start a new paragraph in a message? Answer This depends how you are messaging. If you go to the specific messaging page you can change the default as seen below If however you are using the ‘in page’ messaging feature then you are effectively using a chat feature and every ‘return’ is a ‘send message’. This makes sense to me. If you want to construct a nicely laid out message, using the Messaging page.

We visited with Sandra Clark, Fine Arts Director, about the upcoming Fall Choir Concert on October 5 at 7:00pm at the Legacy Christian Academy in the Cafetorium.  Please make plans to join us for a fun night of Animals, Animals, Animals!

In our silver anniversary episode, Phil and Eric talk about the lexical set dress, and all the various vowels that are associated with it. That includes [e] or is it [ɛ]? The guys try to uncover the history behind the choice to use [e], and advocate pretty hard for their preference, [ɛ]. Show Notes:We referred to these as we chatted, but wandered all over the place, so we probably don’t get to most of them...DRESSOpen-mid front unrounded vowelNotice that it isn’t mid. We don’t have a symbol there at mid. It’s front , though we can feel how much more front /i/ is. The chart reflects thisIt’s unrounded, but that doesn’t necessarily mean spread.It’s a short vowelIt’s a checked vowelCardinal vowel #3 – Daniel Jones /ɛ/Cardinal vowel #2 – Daniel Jones /e/“Cardinal vowels (2), (3), and (4) are defined as front vowels that form a series of auditorily equidistant steps between cardinal vowels (1) and (5)” -Ladefoged Jones also makes a tense/lax distinctionIn The Pronunciation of English:We distinguish two intermediate positions, half-closed and half-open, in which the tongue is lowered from the closed position to about one-third, and two-thirds, of the total distance from the closed position to the open position Examples of …, halfclosed, half-open, … vowels aree (pen, pen), ɛ (pair, pɛə),e: the half-closed front tense unrounded vowelɛ: a lengthened ɛe Half-closed front lax unrounded. Examples: pen, pen, head, hed. 
In L this vowel is often replaced by i, e.g. git, indʒin for get (get), endʒin (engine). In many dialects it is replaced by the opener ɛ , thus, pɛn, hɛd.

Besides occurring independently, the sound e occurs in StP as the first element of the diphthong ei, e.g. day, dei. With many speakers, especially in N.Eng. this diphthong is tense, i.e. the two elements are the tense vowels corresponding to the lax e, i. In Sc the diphthong is not generally used, a pure tense vowel (phonetic symbol e:) being substituted (de:). In L the first element of the diphthong ei is much opener than in StP, becoming ɛ, æ, a, or even ɑ, thus dɛi, dæi, dai, dɑi. In L e sometimes occurs instead of ʌ 

Note the faulty pronunciation of aerate (StP eiəreit or eəreit) as ɛəreit or iəreit. The words again, always are often pronounced agen, ɔ:lwiz, ɔ:lwəz, but the forms agein, ɔ:lweiz are preferable.

Half-open front unrounded. This sound only occurs in StP in the diphthong ɛə. Examples there, their, ðɛə. See also the previous section. In the pronunciation of many S.Eng. speakers, the first element of this diphthong is more open than ɛ, being in fact practically æ (ðæə). The form ɛə is preferable. In L the first element of this diphthong is the half-closed tense vowel e: (ðeə)“The standard lexical set DRESS is defined as comprising those words whose citation form in RP has the stressed vowel /e/ and in GenAm /ɛ/” -Wellsstep, bet, neck, fetch, Jeff, mess, mesh, ebb, bed, egg, edge, rev, fez, hem, pen, bell, shelf, hemp, tent, theft, best, sex, next, effort, method, terror, tenor, jelly, centre/center, pester, threat, sweat, deaf, death, bread, dead, head, health, realm, meant, breast, ready, jealous, pleasant, weather, treacherous, any, many, Thames, friend, says, said, Leicester, bury.These words are mostly spelled with “e” or “ea”. These two spellings represent two sources in Middle English: “short e” and “long ɛ” Those spelled with “e” have stayed somewhere close to [ɛ] while those spelled “ea” were originally pronounced [e]. – Falstaff, for example, rhymes “raisins” with “reasons”.
This pronunciation remains in some accents.

Breaking and shading effects are possible with DRESS as they are with KIT. In some accents the vowel is raised toward /ɪ/ in environments where it is followed by a nasal, making the words “pin” and “pen” homophones.Breaking is the diphthongization of monophthongs. Shading is the development of different allophones conditioned by the place of articulation of the following consonant. With DRESS in the South, shading seems to occur in Southern American accents when /ɛ/ is followed by /d/, /m/, /l/ or /ʤ/. When followed by /ɡ/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, or /ʒ/, the effect can be so strong as to shift the vowel all the way to the diphthong /eɪ /.SQUARE and MERRY/MARRY/MARY in a future show!Swedish makes a distinction between monophthongal /eː/ /ɛː/ and /ɛ/but when I listen to the samples there is more of a difference in quality than quantityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_phonology#Vowels French contrasts /eː/ /ɛː/ /ɛ/  and /ɛ̃/                So saith Wikipedia. Is that really true? Sort of...                 German seems to exhibit a 4 way contrast of /eː/ /e/  /ɛː/ and /ɛ/But the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_phonology also expresses some doubts about the factuality of this distinction.Further Notes from various blogs etc.
Jack Windsor Lewis: 'When it comes to a snappy name for [ɛ] I shd prefer 'Greek e' to epsilon (whether as /ep`saɪlən/ or /`epsɪlən/). 'ɛə becominɡ monophthonɡal ɛː— JWL: All three of the GB centring diphthongs are very commonly he·rd with monophthongal allophones. Traditionally these wd not be used before breaks ie at the ends of rhythm units. However, the case of /ɛə/ is different. The use of a strest unit-final [ɛː] wd indicate that the speaker must be categorised as possessing a phoneme /ɛː/ replacing the traditional /ɛə/. This was at one time distinctly a minority usage: Daniel Jones in 1958 only sed "[o]ccasionally one hears [it]". However, it's now for sev·ral decades become less and less so. John Wells: A Red Dress -- Northern Cities Shift, DRESS is mid-centralizing ɛ → ɐIn Canada, it's just becoming more open: DRESS is shifting ɛ → æJohn Wells: Antipodean (i.e. Australian vs. New Zealand) "While both Australians and New Zealanders — but particularly the latter — can give the rest of us the impression that they are pronouncing DRESS words with the KIT vowel (Rebekah → Ribikah) and TRAP words with the DRESS vowel (shag → sheg), it is only New Zealanders whose KIT vowel is so centralized as to lead us to perceive it as the STRUT vowel. Australians, on the other hand, make it closer and fronter than in many other accents, nearer to [i]. "Wells, in response to Upton's changes for OED:Bet. In some languages, notably French and German, one needs to distinguish two e-type vowels, a closer one (IPA [e]) and an opener one (IPA [ɛ]). The English bet vowel lies between them, but is more similar to [ɛ], which is why Upton prefers that symbol. However, from the point of view of an EFL learner whose native language is, say, Japanese or Greek -- languages that have no such distinction -- it is quite unnecessary to distinguish the "[e]" at the starting point of the face diphthong from the "[ɛ]" of bet. And following IPA principles, if we are to choose just one of the two symbols we should prefer the simpler one.http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/e-and.html1. Although I usually use e for the English vowel of DRESS, there is nothing incorrect or unscientific about using ɛ instead. This is the symbol used in the Kenyon-Knott system, still in use among American dialectologists and speech people (who just call this notation “IPA”), and also for EFL in Taiwan (but as far as I know, virtually only in Taiwan). Ladefoged used it in earlier editions of his Course in Phonetics, before switching to e.2. An important principle of good phonetic transcription is simplicity. As Ladefoged formulates it,"A simple phonemic transcription uses the smallest possible number of different letters." [D. Abercrombie, 1964, English Phonetic Texts, London: Faber & Faber, page 19.]Since the DRESS vowel can be unambiguously written e, an English transcription with the symbol e is simpler than one with ɛ. The same applies in those languages that have just five vowels (or just five peripheral vowels), e.g. Modern Greek, Serbian, Polish, Czech, Japanese. In these languages the mid front vowel is best, and most simply, written e. Whether its quality is closer to that of cardinal 2 [e] or cardinal 3 [ɛ] is irrelevant. On the other hand, in languages that have a close-mid front vowel in contrast to an open-mid one (e.g. French, German, a Scottish accent of English), the two symbols e and ɛ must both be used; and that means ɛ for French même, German Bett, and Scottish dress.http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-about-e-and.html3. The vowel of English DRESS varies considerably. A former RP quality, now obsolete, was very close to cardinal 2 [e]: a similarly close-mid quality is to be heard in Australian English, and in New Zealand it is often even closer. The current British average quality is somewhere between cardinal 2 [e] and cardinal 3 [ɛ]. There are also local varieties in which it is fully open-mid. In American English it can be open-mid and considerably centred. If we want to symbolize all of these possibilities in a single symbol, the phonetic case for [e] is not much different from the case for [ɛ]. 4. The choice of symbol for DRESS is bound up with the question of the choice of symbol for FACE. In accents where the FACE vowel is monophthongal and not distinctively long (e.g. Scottish English, perhaps some northern AmE) we must write face as fes and dress as drɛs. In all other varieties of English, where FACE is either a long monophthong or a diphthong, there will be no confusion in writing DRESS with e as long as FACE is written correspondingly as eː or eɪ (or, with Trager and Smith, as ey, or with Chomsky and Halle as ēy). 5. Furthermore, there are many accents in which the diphthong of FACE starts more open than the height of DRESS: for example, popular London and SE England (“Estuary English”) and Australian and New Zealand speech. (It was phonetically perverse of the Macquarie dictionary of Australian English to write FACE as eɪ and DRESS as ɛ.) 6. Consider now the position, say, of Japanese learners of English. In their own language they have just a single mid front vowel, ェ e. It is (in my view) entirely satisfactory for them to use this sound for the English DRESS vowel, and as the first part of an eɪ diphthong for English FACE. If we were to write DRESS as drɛs we would be implying that they need to learn to use a special (non-Japanese) quality for DRESS, different from the starting point of FACE feɪs. And instead of occasional emails from Europe asking why I don’t use ɛ, I would be faced with hundreds of emails from Japan asking me to explain why I use a funny symbol ɛ. (My readers will correct me if I am wrong, but — as far as I know — Japanese, Korean and Chinese dictionaries of English, except in Taiwan, all transcribe the DRESS vowel as e.)7. Lastly, the tradition in English pronouncing dictionaries ever since they first appearance of EPD nearly a century ago has been to write DRESS as e. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.Wells' "Lexical Sets" [http://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2010/02/lexical-sets.html] The choice of the keyword DRESS has proved awkward for people dealing with New Zealand English, where the upward shifting of the vowel in question has led them to have to refer to DRESS Raising.Newfoundland English by Sandra Clark from A Handbook of Varieties of English: Phonology vol 1 ed Edgar W. Schneider, DRESSFor most speakers, the DRESS vowel is realized as standard lax low-mid [ɛ]. On the Irish Avalon, conservative rural speakers display variable and conditioned raising of this vowel to [ɪ] in the environment of a following stop or affricate, e.g. pension, get, connected. As noted above, the same phenomenon may be observed among conservative speakers in rural English-settled areas of the province, where raising to [ɪ] occurs before a following non-velar stop or affricate, as in head, hedge, engine, bench. Before /l/ or a voiceless velar, however (e.g. yellow, wreak, breakfast), lowering to an [æ]-like articulation may occur in English-settled areas. In addition, [ɛ] before a voiced velar may be tensed and diphthongized in a stressed syllable, as in keg pronounced [kʰeiɡ] (e.g. Noseworthy 1971.) A similar lowered and somewhat retracted pronunciation of [ɛ] for words in the DRESS set is beginning to make inroads, in a broad set of phonetic environments, in the speech of upwardly mobile young urban Newfoundlanders. This reflects the influence of the innovative CanE tendency described as the "Canadian Shift" by Clarke, Elms and Youssef (1995), in which lax front vowels are lowered and retracted. CAMEROON English by Augustin Simo Bobda from A Handbook of Varieties of English: Phonology vol 1 ed Edgar W. Schneider, paintEd with [ɛ] , with words in -ess (actress, princess), -less, -ness, -men. and villAge, with [e], with words in -ace, -ain, -ate, -ein sets in Cameroon EnglishThe regular realizations of the DRESS vowel are /ɛ/ and /e/, which are in complementary distribution in some cases; /ɛ/ occurs in final syllables as in pen, rest, breast, while /e/ occurs before one and only one medial consonant, and before Cj, Cw, and Cr sequences as in element, medical, special, educate, equity, equalize, metric, retrograde. The tensing of /ɛ/ to /e/ in this context is known in the literature as the E-Tensing Rule. /e/ frther occurs frequently before the sequences of mC and nC as in embassy, emperor, member, centre, mention. /e/ finally occurs with the common word says, as a result of the local restructuring of the FACE vowel induced by the analogy with say and other words in orthographic ay.***new stuff added today***NZE by Laurie Bower and Paul Warren in A Handbook of Varieties of English: Phonology vol 1 ed Edgar W. Schneider, The DRESS vowel is close in New Zealand, even by Australian standards, and may overlap with the FLEECE vowel in terms of its formant structure, although more central variants are also common. There is neutralization with SQUARE before /r/ (making ferry and fairy homophonous) and neutralization with TRAP before /l/ (as in Ellen and Alan). If vowels are to be paired in terms of length/tension, then in NZE the DRESS vowel should be paired with the FLEECE vowel, as being the closest long vowel in terms of quality.FIJI EnglishDRESS and TRAP are, essentially, merged. So words like paddle/peddle, lag/leg, tampered/tempered are homophonous.

Episode 110 - Sandra Clark and the Ascending Horn