Podcasts about Sego

Sara Martín, cantante y Antonio Llorente, productor del video,nos comentan detalles de la canción "De la Sego hasta morir".

Podcast: Bites & Bytes PodcastEpisode: Cybersecurity Shouldn't Suck: Fixing the Real Problems with Tom SegoPub date: 2025-03-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhat happens when cyber threats hit critical infrastructure? In this episode of the Bites and Bytes Podcast, host Kristin Demoranville sits down with Tom Sego, a cybersecurity leader with a fascinating background from chemical engineering to Apple to professional poker, now focused on making security simpler and more effective for critical infrastructure as CEO at Blastwave. Cyber risks in critical industries are real, but so are the solutions. Kristin and Tom discuss why current security models create more problems than they solve, how the human element is often overlooked, and what needs to change to make security actually work for the people keeping our systems running.

 Episode 144: The Dinosaurs of the Bible (a special episode for Luke Sego) Some of my very favorite dinosaur Creation Science resources!  Become a Patreon Member!  Learn more about our partnership with YWAM PUBLISHING!  Want a birthday shout-out? Join the club!  See all the books - Angela's website! 

Recorded November 2024 before their show at Whysound.

En Empresas con Identidad conocemos a 51Trips con su Ceo, Roger Planas y Daniel Mamán, responsable de empresas participadas por SEGO. En Digital Business hablamos con Juan María Herrero, responsable del centro de Castilla y León Digital en Salamanca y hablamos de Blockchain con Yael h. oaknín, CEO y Co-founder de Token City; Almudena de la Mata, CEO BlockchAIn Intelligence; Angel Quesada, Ceo Onyze y con Julio Merelo Casado, CIO de Alastria

Today in the Castle Comms keep we talked to Greg Sego and AquaFPS about their new channel! CastleComms Shirts soardogg.com/marketplace/pro-shops/radio-podcasts/castlecomms/ GREGnAQUA Channel www.youtube.com/@GREGnAQUA Patreon www.patreon.com/GREGnAQUA Aqua Links Twitch www.twitch.tv/aquafps Twitter x.com/AquaFPSgaming Greg Sego Link Tree linktr.ee/thegregsego --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/castlecomms/support

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Today in the Castle Comms Keep we nerded out with Greg Sego talking sports, movies, Simpsons and art Castle Comms Shirts soardogg.com/marketplace/pro-shops/radio-podcasts/castlecomms/ Greg Sego Link Tree linktr.ee/thegregsego --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/castlecomms/support

Sego nous raconte ses expériences avec la MDMA, les champignons magiques et l'Ayahuasca et nous explique le façon dont le trauma s'inscrit dans le corps. Son mail pour les séances de coaching : sego@spiralecoaching.com Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Down a bumpy canyon road in the Book Cliffs of southeastern Utah, curious travelers can find the ghost town of Sego. Named for Utah's state flower, it's a dusty coal town with a colorful past. 

Quand'è che possiamo dire "questo racconto è straordinario!"Ecco che a rispondere è Paolo Restuccia, regista, scrittore e editor della scuola di scrittura Genius. Buon ascolto!

The Platform Mix episode 505 features a mix by SEGØ, an amazing DJ, producer and song writer who's originally from right here in Nashville, Tennessee but now lives out in sunny San Diego. He's put out remixes for artists from all different genres and his originals have been played on US and European Dance Radio with support from artists like Don Diablo, Dimitri Vegas, Oliver Heldens and more. He's more than made a name for himself with his production work but he's also opened up for some of the best in the world like The Chainsmokers, John Summit, Meduza and plenty others. Follow him below and be sure to check out all his latest tracks! Subscribe to my Patreon to download my top tracks of the week, check out the full set lists from every show and take a look at my crates to see what I've been playing every week. If you haven't already go stream and download Dirty Darren and my latest edit of Noah Kahan's hit song, "Stick Season," out on SoundCloud now! Now Turn those speakers up and let's get into it with SEGØ's latest right here, on The Platform! Patreon: http://patreon.com/djdexmke "Stick Season vs Chasing Cars" Dirty Darren & Dex Edit: https://soundcloud.com/djdexmke/noah-kahan-vs-snow-patrol-stick-season-dirty-darren-dex-chasing-cars-edit?si=05ce0e6715024cb69c552b854c326097&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing SEGØ: https://www.instagram.com/segomusic/ DJs! Visit makeitnowmedia.com/getstartednow and use the discount code PLATFORM or send them an email at info@makeitnowmedia.com and mention The Platform Podcast!

Empresas con Identidad nos adentra en las principales fases y etapas de una startup así como el proceso de captación de inversores de la mano de Sego Finance,  el mayor marketplace de inversión y liquidez en España. Descubrimos la historia de Velca, fabricante de bicicletas, patinetes y motocicletas eléctricas que que apunta a liderar el sector de la movilidad sostenible en Europa en los próximos años.

Bonjour à tous, voici mon épisode spécial Noël. Je vous donne pleins d'idées cadeaux pour les mettre sous le sapin de vos proches. Je n'étais pas seul sur cet épisode comme je l'ai déjà dit je suis un petit bébé dans ce monde.  Je remercie donc JujuParleManga et Sego de Ohayo! Podcast. Je suis désolé il devait y avoir plus de monde mais entre les imprévus et ma piètre organisation… Voila quoi ! Promis, je ferai mieux l'année prochaine je fais mieux. Je vous mets tous les liens qu'il faut juste en dessous. JujuParleManga : https://linktr.ee/Jujuparlemanga?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=bc4e6698-074e-4af3-b683-95e22e40ae03 Sego Ohayo! Podcast : https://linktr.ee/segohayo PodKast Manga : https://linktr.ee/podkastmanga

Bonjour à tous, on se retrouve aujourd'hui pour mon nouveau projet MangaTerview épisode 1 avec Sego de #Ohayo Podcast. Je rappelle le principe, je vais poser une série de questions à des personnes qui éprouvent la même passion que moi pour les mangas. Je pense à des podcasteurs, des instagrameurs ou toute autre personne du même genre. Alors bien sûr on va parler uniquement de notre passion commune. Ce format m'oblige à grandement rallonger le temps de mon épisode par rapport à d'habitude. Et je vous promets que ce n'est pas assez encore. Beaucoup de blabla mais, si ça vous intéresse n'hésitez pas à me contacter directement. Vous pouvez aussi m'envoyer des questions a poser aux intervenants. Je vous souhaite une bonne écoute ! Linktree : https://linktr.ee/podkastmanga Tous les liens pour le podcast et les réseaux de Sego : https://linktr.ee/segohayo

If you want to do a crowdfunding campaign, you need to be willing to take feedback early on. This works like magic and today's story proves it! In this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, Salvador Briggman speaks to Ian Esplin and Jacob Sheffield, the team that raised two 6-figure crowdfunding campaigns for a game-changing solar charger.  You'll get a sneak peek into their pre-launch strategy, including: How they managed to build credibility with the community How long the development phase took them And why they decided not to rely on organic traffic only Hope you enjoy the episode! Sponsors:  Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist. Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show Book a coaching call The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook The FREE Kickstarter Email Course  Sego Charger on Indiegogo InDemand Sego Innovations

Ángel y demonio, salvador y verdugo. Así es como se define la historia de Haber. El químico alemán, ganador de un Premio Nobel, revolucionó la agricultura con sus descubrimientos, pero, a su vez, años más tarde contribuyó a ser pieza clave en la guerra química de la I Guerra Mundial. Descubre más historias curiosas en el canal National Geographic y en Disney +.

Le podcast qui décrypte les premiers chapitres des mangas Bienvenue dans ce 32e épisode où je reçois Sego de Ohayo Podcast pour parler de Tokyo Tarareba Girls chez Le Lézard Noir https://lezardnoir.com/produit/manga/tokyo-tarareba-girls/packdecouverte/ Où retrouver Sego de Ohayo Podcast : https://linktr.ee/segohayo N'hésitez pas à aller nous suivre sur nos réseaux sociaux Twitter : https://twitter.com/YPDLM_podcastInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/ypdlm_podcastDiscord : https://discord.gg/e2HDaGpa3q

Bonjour à tous aujourd'hui épisode sur Classroom Of The Elite. Une œuvre pas comme les autres puisqu'a la base ce n'est pas un manga mais un Light Novel. J'ai encore une fois beaucoup de chose a vous dire. Je vous souhaite une bonne écoute. Linktree : https://linktr.ee/podkastmanga Lien de la collaboration avec Sego de #Ohayo! Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/episode/77BCcdVcjCl96gED0nOdAW?si=03bac2afa98840ea

This week we sit down with Joe Earley, the driving force behind Tifosi's remarkable success. Earley traces his roots in mountain biking back to college years in Georgia, where the community's vibrant cycling culture exerted a significant influence. Joe describes his early days as a outside rep in the cycling industry alongside his wife which laid crucial groundwork to the founding of Tifosi.  They recognized an opportunity in the world of sunglasses, spurred by the market's demand for cost-effective yet quality options.  The Tifosi brand was established in 2003.  Joe describes Tifosi's in-depth attention to the smallest details. Adjustable ear pads, nose pads, innovative ventilation, and photochromic lenses - everything designed with the athlete in mind. They have integrated style with utility in the 'Swank', a lifestyle-looking glass that showcases their commitment to high-quality materials. For gravel cyclists, Earley recommends the fog-resistant, rimless glasses from the rail series. With an easy lens-swapping mechanism, users can adjust according to different lighting situations. Tifosi Optics Website Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: [00:00:00]Craig Dalton (host): Hey Joe, welcome to the show. [00:00:02]Joe Earley: Thanks for having me. [00:00:04]Craig Dalton (host): I'm excited to get into the story of Te Foci. As I was saying to you offline, I've been aware of the brand for, it feels like my entire cycling career, so it's great to have you on and just kind of learn a little bit more of the backstory and why don't we use that as our starting point. Let's learn a little bit about your backstory. How'd you just, how'd you find cycling to begin with in your life, and where'd you grow up? [00:00:26]Joe Earley: know, um, I think, uh, similarly to you, um, You know, at college, mountain biking was catching on like crazy in the early nineties. And, uh, I was spending a summer with my, my older brother who had a mountain bike and I borrowed a mountain bike and instantly, as soon as I went, uh, I was hooked and, uh, really have been in, in the sport of cycling ever since. So, you know, early nineties got into mountain biking that transitioned to road cycling and then cycl across, and then now, Gravel road mountain bike, although I am recovering from a rotator cuff surgery, so I'm just on the road in gravel now. No mountain biking for a bit longer, but, uh, but yeah, that's how I got, um, got started in, uh, in the sports, uh, was really just through my, through my brother and, uh, Through college, just jumping on a mountain bike. So, um, you know, and then similarly to you, I had a, just a passion, um, for cycling. Just loved it. And, um, got my first job outta college and went and did that for a while. Sales managing for, for a, a boat dealership of all things. And then, um, my wife, uh, Elizabeth, who runs the business with me, her dad was a, a rep in the cycling, in the tractor industry. So he sold like tractor attachments. And I said, you know what, what Henry does, I, I could probably do that in, in cycling, right? There's gotta be some of those out there. So I picked up like a mountain bike action. I flipped to the back, to the list of advertisers and I just started calling companies. And, um, we started our own, um, independent cycling agency first. So that was our, our first business in the, in the cycling space. Um, we ended up having a very successful agency here in the southeast. So we're based right [00:02:08]Craig Dalton (host): gonna ask Joe, where, [00:02:09]Joe Earley: Georgia. [00:02:11]Craig Dalton (host): where were you in, where were you in college when you first discovered mountain [00:02:14]Joe Earley: Uh, so I was at University of Georgia. Uh, I spent a, a summer in Birmingham, actually in, uh, Oak Mountain State Park. Any listeners in that area? Uh, one of the best mountain bike places I've ever been to still today, and I've been riding for 30 plus years. Um, so that was one of the first places I was exposed to, to mountain biking, but then came back here, uh, to college in the fall and, uh, Go Dogs, university of Georgia Town here. We're in Watkinsville, Georgia, which is about 10 minutes from the University of Georgia in Athens. So, um, [00:02:42]Craig Dalton (host): And, and I feel like in that sort of early to mid nineties, Georgia actually had a nor national race over in, in the [00:02:49]Joe Earley: yeah, so actually we had, we had some interesting things. We actually hosted the, uh, the first Olympic mountain bike race here in Atlanta. We went to see that, that was crazy. It's, it's so hot here, uh, in the summer. So it was, uh, it was interesting seeing those guys hammer along. But yeah, there's been, um, you know, there's, there's also I think been a Norman National that used to be up at Sly, uh, in North Carolina, which is right over the, the border. But, um, really active, um, mountain bike scene and, and cycling scene in general here in the southeast. Athens has always been a big, you know, cycling area, the Twilight Criterium, uh, one of the best. Probably road, um, cycling events to watch in the States. 'cause it's, it's downtown Athens at night. It's when students are in, it's, uh, it's a pretty electric vibe. So it's a, it's a fun area for this. [00:03:35]Craig Dalton (host): And would you describe it as being a vibrant cycling community year round in Georgia? [00:03:40]Joe Earley: Um, yeah, I mean definitely there's pockets of, of areas where it's not as accessible. You know, if you're, if you're in parts of Atlanta, The, the, just with traffic and everything else, it's just not as accessible as a lot of other cities. Athens seems is a, is a pretty good community. We're in Watkinsville, which is a small town outside of it, but there's a lot of, you know, Atlanta does have the Silver Comet, which is a rails trail that goes all the way from Atlanta proper all the way out to the Alabama state line. Um, and so it's, it's a nice, uh, venue to have there. So it's a, you know, it's a, it's a very. Cycling friendly community overall, just, I wouldn't ride on a lot of the roads in, in Atlanta, it's a little bit hairy just 'cause of the amount of volume and there's not a lot of dedicated, like some cities, a lot of dedicated, um, bike lanes. [00:04:27]Craig Dalton (host): So you mentioned you and your wife started, uh, an independent rep agency focused on the cycling industry. What were the first products that you picked up? [00:04:35]Joe Earley: my gosh. The first products we picked up, um, brands that are gone now, um, rocket Power Parts, which was like a, a glove company. Um, we did Cantina Mountain bike gear. I. Um, CKA Cranks for a while. Um, but then the first brands that we picked up that we really started to be able to build a business with, um, Louis Gar Apparel, uh, out of Quebec City. And then, um, Marin Mountain Bikes. They didn't have any sales in our territory, but we were able to start building a business with those brands. And then, uh, over time we picked up, you know, a lot of great brands. Um, we were doing CD shoes, Easton, when they launched their cycling. Um, Products independently from selling through other people doing their, their carbon fiber products. Um, gosh, what else do we have? We did cliff bars, another southeast company, defeat socks. Uh, we did sunglass brands. We did a lot of different, or a couple of different sunglass brands over the years. Um, and that's kind of what led to tci. We had a very successful cycling agency. We were selling what was at the time, the number one, you know, cycling, sunglass, and I would make a great commission for those. Your listeners don't understand what an independent rep does. It's. You're a 10 99 independent contractor, you only make money on what you sell. So it's not like these companies are paying you a, a, a salary, it's if you sell a one of their products, you make a commission on it, uh, and you're selling to the bike shops. So we would place a, a display of 12 or 24 pairs of these higher end products, and, and we get a nice commission at that point. And then I'd go around the next month to see Craig and say, Hey, Craig, you know, uh, What's going on with the sunglasses? It looks like you've sold a pair, you know, and they would sell one or two a month at most. Um, and I'm like, guys, I can't stop the car for one pair of sunglasses. How can we sell some more? [00:06:19]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah. Yeah. I think that's another like interesting point just to make sure everybody understands, is like as a independent sales rep, you're going out and visiting throughout the territory. Maybe it's Georgia or the broader Southeast, and you're visiting every single shop. Your job is to figure out how to sell the products. You're obviously selling, but what, what's selling in the shops? Like, what should you be bringing to them? 'cause that's how you make money. [00:06:45]Joe Earley: And it's, it was a great, um, great business. Loved it still. In fact, my, my former agency, a fellow who worked for me runs it now. Um, so still, still exists. Um, great. Interacting with the retailers. 'cause what's great about the cycling industry is that the. The retailers and the shop owners. In the shop buyers, they are the market. You know, they're kind of like me and you. They got into it 'cause they, they like cycling. There's not a lot of people in the cycling industry that. Oh, well, I just, I, I wanted to, you know, start a, a great business and make millions of dollars, so I'm gonna go sell bikes, right? It's just not that type of market. So, um, you know, you're interacting with people who get the product, they get what is exciting to their consumers. Um, and so that was, that was a great learning experience just overall about products and demand and what. Selling through products. Um, you know, and we consistently see our retailers and they have sold a pair of sunglasses. And as we were talking to them, the feedback was if they had something that was nice at a, at a lower price point, they thought they could sell, you know, more products. Um, at the same time, you know, I knew lots of reps in other territories, so we just started calling other reps in other territories going, Hey, Do you see something like this? And at the time, um, what we were focused on was the interchangeable sunglasses. So in, in mountain biking and cycling in general, the idea of being able to, to swap your lenses out quickly and easily and have those in a package, um, it was available. But the brands that was available in it was generally a hundred to 150 or $200 or more. Um, [00:08:16]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah, and it feels like a lot of times you would buy the glass and you'd have to buy the lens separately, so it wasn't just $150, it was $210. All [00:08:23]Joe Earley: even the brand I was selling at the time, you know, I'm going to them going, Hey guys, just give me a product that comes with the lenses and retails at even a hundred. And I could sell quite a few of these. And so our idea was to come to the market with three lenses and be able to retail it at $50 or $60. And um, you know, we talked to other reps and other territories and consistently feedback was, no, they don't see something like this. Or, yeah, there's something there, but it's. It's just not very nice. Um, and meanwhile, there was a, a large e-commerce retailer that a lot of you guys knew in the day and, and still exists now, but performance bike was based in my territory. So they had a big mail order component and they had about a hundred stores and they were doing it. They had a sunglass that had three lenses and a case, and it retail for about 50 bucks. We can do it. It's gotta be there somewhere. So, um, In 2003, we, we said, okay, let's do it ourselves. 2002, we made the decision. We went over and, and found some sourcing and, um, we brought I think a total of 23 SKUs, 24 SKUs to market that first year. Um, [00:09:26]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah, I was gonna ask, how did you, I mean that there's a, it's a big step between here and there, which is like, okay, we have this idea, we think a price point is viable at 50, $79, whatever it was at the time. But actually sourcing glasses, you're an enthusiast, your wife's an enthusiast, you understand the market. It was not gonna be feasible for you to put out, you know, super low quality glass. And have any vision for OSI surviving is that, how did you get to creating a product that met your own expectations as well as the price [00:09:58]Joe Earley: Yeah. So, um, you know, we made a trip. I made a trip. She ran everything here. Um, went to a huge optical show over in, uh, in Hong Kong actually, and met with, had to be 300 different suppliers, factories there. And, uh, had the concept of what we wanted. Had kind of the, the three lens, had some examples of what we were looking for and just literally went and met with every single one of them there over a, a four day, uh, trade show. And we found. Three, maybe four, that we thought could do the quality and had the products. And we started with, you know, open mold products. So we said, Hey, we're looking for products that already exist like this. And, um, we found those. We, we quickly even starting in, you know, late in year one, we started developing our own. Molds in our own products, our own designs, but we started with things we negotiated and exclusive for North America with them and said, Hey, don't sell these to other people. We like this design. And we brought, uh, a collection to market from there. Um, we've been very, very fortunate in that, um, you know, one of those partners that we started with in 2003, I. Is a partner we still work with today. So we've got longstanding relationships. All of our products are, are made in Taiwan, um, not in mainland China, but, uh, well all with the exception of one. We do have one product, uh, our aviator that's made there 'cause there's no metal production of sunglasses generally in Taiwan. Um, but uh, yeah, we, we were really fortunate to partner with somebody there and then started quickly trying to develop our, some proprietary products thereafter. But, uh, we were fortunate that we had the sales apparatus with the. The sales agency that we kind of knew how to sell things. And Elizabeth, my wife, was running, uh, an east coast warehouse for one of our companies. Um, so she already knew the pick pack shipping operation side of things. So we, all we needed was the product fortunately, um, to kind of [00:11:46]Craig Dalton (host): Question for you on that, on that product, Joe, I always think about sort of the lenses and the quality of lenses being important for cycling, right? We all wanna feel confident that if a rock hits us, it's not gonna break, et cetera. I. Was that were the lens quality already there with these manufacturers? They understood like they need a high impact lens. [00:12:06]Joe Earley: Yeah, I mean, uh, the, the, the idea of a polycarbonate lens, uh, which is what we source on most of the products we do, we offer shatterproof product lenses on all of them. Some of our photochromics use a little bit different material. Um, 'cause of the technologies involved, but they're all shatterproof. You know, you can hit 'em with a hammer, they won't break. That technology was there. Um, and you'd be shocked at, you know, the higher end brands, high price brands that are being made in, in those facilities already. Um, so we, we knew from, hey, what they're already making, they can make the quality we're looking for. [00:12:39]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah. [00:12:40]Joe Earley: we were, we were fortunate in that standpoint. We did learn a lot about lenses 'cause. You know, for instance, our first polarized products that we offered, we were using a, what's called a tack lens, which is not something we were recommending recycling at the time. Um, we moved outta that just in year two, just because it's, it doesn't have as much impact protection as like what we have with all the products now, but the lens quality and the impact protection from like the interchangeable sets, um, it was there. [00:13:06]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah. Interesting. Yeah, and this is really rounding out the OSI story for me. 'cause knowing that you guys were within the industry and were independent reps and. Intended on going into the bike, local bike shops from the get go is super interesting. So I, I presume sort of in those first years you were able to kind of tap into obviously your, the local southeast region where you already had a lot of personal connections, but it also sounds like you had connections in other regions to sign up other independent reps to start putting the product [00:13:35]Joe Earley: know, it's a, it is a relationship business in cycling. Um, you know, I, I both, we sold it in the southeast with our agency, but then we were able to contact, we knew who the good sales reps were. I. In all the other territories. Um, now it's a, as a pioneering brand that didn't have sales, that was a challenge to get, you know, good reps on board. But we were really blessed, um, and that we were having really good success with it. Here we got a, I think we only started with six territories, um, to begin with. Um, so call it six or eight total reps, you know. Now on the cycling side of things, we probably have at least 35 ish. In that space. So we started small with that, but we went from zero to 500 retailers in the very first year. Um, just word of mouth, the retailers, word of mouth with the, the reps, you know, when we place the product in the retail stores, they started checking it right away and at a very high turn, generally in the same, you know, retail location, we're gonna sell seven or eight times as fast as their $150 sunglasses that they carry. Um, so we were very fortunate in that. And so we went from 500 dealers to a thousand and now, In the US we have about 3,500 retailers, um, doors that carry the product, and that's in the cycling space, which we're the number one market share. We have about 74% of the market, um, in cycling specialty stores. So seven and a half, 10 pair of sunglasses they sell. S um, but we're, you know, a top brand in the running space, uh, in outdoor we're carried in every R e I location out there. Uh, we actually have a really strong business, um, in the golf, golf arena. Um, we saw that as an adjacency, and so we're primarily focused on sport products. Um, but you know, cycling was kind of where we started and where still our largest kind of single market in the US is today. But we have distribution now in about. 35 other countries. Um, and almost all of those are cycling, um, specific types of distributors. [00:15:28]Craig Dalton (host): Got it. How, how, when did you sort of, uh, extend beyond the initial cycling industry and kind of go into running and multisport? [00:15:38]Joe Earley: um, we, we actually, so running was, was adjacent, but we really didn't, we didn't know it. Um, we had, uh, a lot, quite a few of our, a couple of our reps were doing Sego in the day and Sego was a strong cycling brand, but they had a very strong running apparel brand. And, um, almost by accident we had some reps who were doing Sego already. And so they're calling on run stores and so they just started pitching to FCI to them and they started picking 'em up and they were selling 'em, and they were like, we didn't even realize that. I think M P D came to us maybe back in, which is a, used to be, it's a. Retail reporting software, a company that, that collects retail data. It was probably 2006 or 2007. We were the number one market share in running specialty stores, and we didn't even know it. Um, our market share was actually stronger than it was in in Pike. Uh, it was just a smaller market. There's not as many, uh, Running specialty doors, is there our cycling doors? Um, so it really started even, you know, in late 2003, we had some adjacency. We were picking it up, and then kind of 2004, 2005, we realized, hey, this is a great other area. Same thing for golf. We saw that as an, as an easy adjacency. So we started knocking on those doors with other independent reps. So we knew the independent rep world. We knew how, how they operate, and we set up our business to make it. Easy for them to, to write orders and to get business and uh, and to make commissions. And so that, that worked very, very well for us building our brand, you know, through, through the retail network. [00:17:10]Craig Dalton (host): And Joe, how have you guys thought about product development over the years? I mean, obviously like sunglasses have been very trendy and there's been sort of an evolution. Maybe it comes from taste makers, maybe it's artificially inserted into our tastes from bigger brands with bigger marketing budgets. But I'm just curious kinda how you see product development and putting the best product possible out there. [00:17:33]Joe Earley: Yeah, I mean, uh, our, we have three legs to the company stool that we talk about, and number one is product. We, we feel like we have to bring out, you know, very high quality. Technical bells and whistles, sunglasses that, um, people can use for, you know, these crazy sports that they go out and do. You know, um, cycling, gravel cycling is some of these events. It's brutal on the product. So we feel like that's like the first leg of the stool. And it's certainly you see evolution, um, with the product. But we're looking for what are technical benefits that we can bring to make the experience for the end consumer better. And so it started, like the first feature was coming in with multiple sets of lenses, right? It came with multiple sets of lenses, came with a case retail around $60. Um, you know, over time we found other features that we thought, Hey, this, this really makes it better. We were always noticing it with, with all the cycling helmets, the retention systems started really. Changing and they were bigger or smaller. And so then your eyewear stems would interact with 'em either in a negative or a positive way. So we started adding adjustability to the ear pads so that you could adjust them to get 'em to be the right fit for you. And then we noticed, okay, the same thing's true for noses. Your nose, my nose, you know, your wife's all different. So if you can adjust the nose pad, that makes it. A better experience for them when they're doing these, these crazy events. Um, and then we noticing, you know, like putting ventilation in lenses. Um, we've, we've gone so far now as we have like a utility patent on our, what we use on the rail system now, but started with our podium design. It's a, it's a shield rems design that you can interchange the lenses easily on. And so just looking for these innovations that would make it easier for the end consumer and make their experience better. Um, photochromic lenses, you and I were talking about beforehand, that's been a. A huge part of our business, you know, these lenses darken and lighten automatically in about 12 seconds. They'll go from light to dark. And so when you're talking about, you know, the gravel events with different, um, you know, lighting conditions start first thing in the morning. You want something lighter. But then you, when you're at the peak of the day and you're out on Mount Tam, like you're talking about the blazing sun, you want it to be to darken up, but you don't wanna have to pull over and swap out the lenses. So there's been a lot of technical innovations that kind of happened over the years. There is some fashion to it, Craig, for sure. Um, you know, it's, it's gotta look cool and it's gotta look cool to the end consumer and what everybody considers cool. It does change over time. Um, you know, we've definitely seen that right now on the sports side of things. You know, the big shield is, Is absolutely where the market is at. They won't, consumers looking for something that's flatter, uh, which actually for the end consumer optically is a little bit better. Uh, these flat lenses, um, give a distinct look, which is why most of the consumers are buying them, but the fact that they have less curve actually makes their optics a little bit better too. Um, so, you know, they, and then we have another whole side of our business that's more what I would consider sport lifestyle products. Um, in 2018, we launched a product called Swank, which is, um, It's, it's a lifestyle looking glass, but it's made with the same frame and lens materials that we make the, you know, $80 interchangeables with. So you can go, you know, do a, a gravel race in it or you can go hang out in the coffee shop with it. And that's been one huge change in, uh, in the business in the last, you know, six years. That's now 60% of the volume. [00:20:55]Craig Dalton (host): And do you find that some of the, the cycling shops are picking up those more casual [00:20:59]Joe Earley: Yeah, they almost all do both. They almost all do both. In fact, up until, um, Actually still in units. The swank model that we sell is the number one selling sunglass in the cycling industry. Um, and funny story, we were talking about the vegan cyclist before, uh, we started recording Tyler rides with both. He'll ride our rail, which is our top of the line kind of sport piece, and then he'll wear our Swank xl and he's doing these crazy long events in what I consider something to be way more casual. It's got him fully protected, but he loves the way it looks. He loves the way it fits. And you know, that's 80% of the battle You wanna have something that's comfortable. Comfortable for you that, that you're comfortable with when you're out there doing these things? [00:21:38]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Do you think about product development, we talk about cycling specifically. Do you think about mountain bikers differently than you do gravel riders or road riders, or do they all kinda end up merging [00:21:50]Joe Earley: I, you know, I think there's a lot of crossover. 'cause I mean, how many of us are there that we do? We do it all right. I mean, I started mountain biking, then I got into road cycling, and then I cycl across and then I do gravel. I used the same pair for all of them. Um, personally, there are some nuances, you know, in the mountain biking space, um, there is a little bit of preference to have something that's more full frame. Generally where that comes from is, um, you know, there's some, some mindset that, hey, if I crash, if it's got a frame on the bottom, that's not gonna cut me. I'm telling you from personal experience and from seeing tons of pictures over the years, if you crash hard enough, it won't matter whether you've got a full frame or you don't have a frame. You've got that, that possibility out there. Um, but I think, you know, most people these days are doing multiple disciplines. You know, when you're gravel cycling, you're p you're mountain biking, a lot of times you're doing single track, you're doing fire roads, you're doing road for certain parts of it. So those lines are so blurred now that I think the product tends to be quite a bit blurred as well. It used to be much more niche like, oh, if it's an open lens glass, that's for roadies. And then if it's a full frame, that's for mountain bikers. I don't see as much of that anymore. There's still some of it, but it's not nearly as much now. [00:23:02]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah. Yeah. I have to say when I first started riding the rail, my, my initial reaction was, this thing is so light. Can it possibly withstand? I mean, it's not like I go around crashing my face into things, but it was just this reaction I had. Like, is this gonna be durable enough? And, gosh, I've been wearing that glass for maybe at least a month now. And fortunately, knock on wood, I haven't crashed it. But I think I've, I've, I no longer think about durability as an issue [00:23:31]Joe Earley: Yeah, I mean we, we literally, when we started it, it's like we kind of talked about it's. People say, well, if it's, if it's $80 and it's got all the features of this $250 sunglass, well what's wrong with it? That's the the impression. We would go to trade shows with a hammer and we literally would put lenses on the ground and we would start hammering on the trade show floor just so people could see that, Hey, this is gonna protect you. Um, you know, why? How can we do it? Why Y is, you know, Y is brand X $250 if you try to put three lenses with it and we're able to sell them for $80 or even have. High quality products like swank that retail all the way down to $25. Well, it's a couple things. One, we're based in Watkinsville, Georgia. None of y'all have heard from it because it's the middle of nowhere almost. You know, we're 10 miles outside of Athens. We're not based in Southern California, so our cost of doing business is much lower. Um, number two, our marketing budget is tiny, right? I mean, you don't see full page ads with all the top Pro, pro tour riders. We don't pay. Those, those guys, we just don't, we don't have the budget for that. We're trying to give the consumer that high quality product at a value. And the way we do it is we've just got a lot smaller budgets overall, and we don't make nearly the margin. It's the high-end sunglass manufacturers do. Um, so that's kind of the, the secret in the sauce. Um, You know, it's, it's, we control our overhead for things, and we don't pay for, you know, crazy, crazy spends. We don't have the money to do that, so we're delivering the consumer a great product and they buy lots of it. [00:25:03]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah, I think you know that in the absence of this conversation, I would've assumed you were only a direct consumer brand and that's how you were able to achieve the, the price points that you are. So the fact that you're also affording a margin to your specialty bicycle retailer and running shops is quite impressive and maybe more illustrative of. What the cost of production actually is and what the cost of all those massive marketing budgets are for some of the bigger sung companies. [00:25:31]Joe Earley: I mean, it's a, it's a highly competitive space. I mean, most people know there is one company out there that's $25 billion in sales, and they really, mostly 99.9% of their business is on the ultra high end. And you know, from their standpoint, they have a great business. If they can sell it for $300, then they should. If someone will pay for it, then great. Uh, I've just never been wired that way. I was not that guy. I just can't get my mind around it because we've all had that high-end brand and we drop 'em a week after we buy 'em. And the scratches right in your field of vision and you've got a sick feeling in your stomach for this crazy expensive purchase you made that suddenly is now. That you've gotta go and spend more money to fix. Um, so that's just never been, never been our motto. It's all about having that value for the end consumer. [00:26:21]Craig Dalton (host): Got it. And Joe, if you were to recommend something in your lineup, and I know there's a lot of personal preference that goes into this, but if you were to recommend one set of glasses for a gravel cyclist out of your lineup, what would it be and why? I. [00:26:34]Joe Earley: Um, for me it would be the rail series. Um, so we have a standard rail and we have a rail XC and a rail race. They're all the same frame. I. Um, I like it 'cause it's completely rimless. Um, I like the completely rimless glass because you don't have to worry about fogging as much. So even if you're in a single track section down here in Georgia where it's super humid, if you're moving a little bit, it's gonna bring some airflow and you have nothing impeding your field of vision. You don't have a frame anywhere that you really notice in the activity. So, um, and I would recommend looking at one of what we call photo tech. Which is a photochromic option. We've got, um, both the Clarion Red and the Clarion Blue Photo Tech. What is that? These are, these are glasses that have a slight mirror to them. So, um, they're very light colored when they're not activated. But then when you're in full sun, you know, they're gonna give you a lot of shade. I have blue eyes, so I need that when I'm out there in full sun. And when you ride here in Georgia, mostly riding in full sun. Um, so I would definitely look at the rail series. That is, that's our bestselling, you know, Performance, um, sport piece in the line today. [00:27:38]Craig Dalton (host): That's the one I'm using. I'm using the, the blue one and it's the first time I, I put it on in my garage. It was really funny 'cause it's like, put it on, I looked in a mirror just to kind of see the color and then I walked outside. And to your point, like it changes pretty. Rapidly, um, really cool technology and, and to your point, like for an off-road cyclist, that versatility of the, the lenses changing themselves is super helpful. 'cause you don't have to change when you go in the woods, it's gonna automatically kind of just change that, that mirror element or the darkness that you're experiencing looking through 'em. [00:28:10]Joe Earley: Yeah, I mean it's, it is a technology that we started offering in 2005, um, and it's come. A tremendous way now, I mean these mirrored versions that we have now, those are just available in the last three seasons, um, that we just started offering those. That's not something you really see a lot of out there. Um, and we've definitely seen a lot of, a lot of end consumers on the cycling side of things love these. Um, 'cause one look, we all wanna, we think we look cool, um, with the helmet and the Lycra on and all that. Um, but definitely having that mirror out there, it. It looks cool too. So it, it definitely gives that, that, uh, the fashion factor that we all are looking for. [00:28:50]Craig Dalton (host): Nice. And the, the, the rail in the non photochromatic lenses, you've got, it sounds like you've got several op uh, options there as well. What are those, what do those look like? Are those clear lenses? Dark [00:29:01]Joe Earley: those are gonna come with three lenses. The lenses that come in the frame will be a shaded lens, you know, probably mirrored, um, more for full sun conditions. They'll come with what we call an AC red, all conditions red. That's a good like mid light conditions. If you're unsure what you're gonna be doing, go with the AC red. And then we always put a clear lens in the package. Um, you know, still a lot of people that like to ride at dusk or at night. And so this gives you a great night riding option there. All those, you can swap 'em out in just a couple of minutes. Um, Not even a couple of minutes inside of, you know, a minute. Once you're, once you're comfortable with 'em, they're very easy to swap those lenses in and out, in and out. And we do find people that, you know, they'll buy a photochromic option and then they wanna buy an extra lens to have, you know, you can get all those on our website. We offer custom, you know, products. So you can go on our custom, you know, portal on the web website and build up a rail with whatever frame color you want, whatever lens color you want, whatever ear, padd color you want, so you can fully customize it. [00:29:55]Craig Dalton (host): Nice. Since I got the Photochromatic one, it didn't have multiple lenses, so I'm curious how, how do you actually. Take the lens out 'cause it's a frameless design. So for the listener, you've got the, the, the ear earpieces going directly into the lens itself. [00:30:11]Joe Earley: Yeah, we've [00:30:12]Craig Dalton (host): Joe's gonna hold up a pair of glasses. [00:30:13]Joe Earley: on the side. I've got the glasses in front of me here. Um, but this, this mechanism on the side here, it basically, there's a little cam here. This, this has a little flex into the backside of the frame. This is a patent we have. Um, and so it allows this frame to flex and then just pull off. So it's, it's almost like a little bottle opener almost. And then when you put it back in, you just put it in the groove there and you just snap it on. It's just rotating it up and rotating it down. So it's, it's actually very, very simple. The biggest thing is, Craig, don't be scared. You know, these, these glasses. And I do this, uh, I do this for people all the time too. Let me grab a, um, I'll grab a sample. Ah, shoot, I don't have a good sample here to do it with, but our glasses with the, the frame material we use. You can twist 'em 180 degrees like this, so you're not gonna break them. And like I said, you can hit 'em with a hammer and they won't break. So don't be scared. Um, but we do have videos [00:31:05]Craig Dalton (host): let my nine year old, I can, I can let my nine year old manhandle him. [00:31:08]Joe Earley: I'm telling you, nine year olds and dogs are our two nesses. Um, that in my wife's purse, uh, if I wanna torture, test a pair of sunglasses, I just don't tell her and I put 'em in her purse and leave them there for a month. If they come out and they're in any type of shape to wear after that, then I know that they're gonna be a good product. [00:31:25]Craig Dalton (host): Yeah, I like that. I like that. Joe, this was awesome. I appreciate getting the backstory. Like I said, I've been familiar with the brand for so many years and I'm, I'm thrilled to actually own a pair now and get to use them and really can personally vouch for the quality and just super excited to hear that entrepreneurial journey and I wish you guys all the best. [00:31:43]Joe Earley: thank you so much for having us, Craig, and, um, you know, if we can help you anytime in the future, feel free. Free to give us a shout.    

To celebrate 25 years of WBCUtah, we will be interviewing 25 Utah Women Business Owners for season 4 of the Women Own It podcast. On this episode, we have Annie Thomas, Owner of Sego Lily Children's Garden. Stay tuned for many more episodes on this season of 25 Utah Business Owner Interviews!

Recorded at EmberConf from the heart of the Multnomah Whiskey Library with Jared Galanis, Software Engineer on the Ember Learning Team, and Preston Sego aka NullVoxPopuli, Software Artificer at AuditBoard, Chuck and Robbie delve into the evolution and future of the Ember framework. Though Ember isn't often in the spotlight for being cutting-edge, Jared and Preston unravel the exciting developments in the Ember ecosystem. The conversation centers around Ember Polaris, the eagerly awaited next edition of the Ember framework. Preston explains the concept of "editions" in semantic versioning and how Polaris aims to provide a cohesive story for integrating new features. They also discuss Ember's shift to Vite as a modern build system, resulting in improved performance, startup time, and enhanced plugin ecosystem. Jared sheds light on the Ember learning team and his background in front-end and back-end development. He reinforces Ember's commitment to offering smooth upgrade paths for applications over the years, giving developers a sense of security and longevity. In this episode, Jared and Preston talk to Robbie and Chuck about the upcoming release of Ember Polaris and its compatibility with Vite, the unique reactivity primitives of Ember, and how changes can modernize the Ember framework while ensuring long-term app stability. Key Takeaways [00:29] - Intro to Jared and Preston. [02:32] - A whiskey review: Willett Straight Rye Whiskey. [14:50] - Tech hot takes. [25:25] - Jared and Preston's favorite programming language. [27:29] - New developments in Ember, including Polaris. [39:44] - A whiskey review: Four Roses Single Barrel. [46:45] - Preston's opinion on Glimmer. [56:26] - Chuck, Robbie, Preston, and Jared discuss gaming. Quotes [18:58] - “One thing that I've appreciated about Tailwind is that it has done a better job of teaching people actually CSS than where people go to learn CSS.” ~ Preston Sego [30:07] - “It's exciting to see Ember moving towards being able to use standardized build systems that are used widely throughout Javascript.” ~ Jared Galanis [52:34] - “People in the React ecosystem are perfectly fine with half-baked things and are willing to try an idea and run with it in their production code.” ~ Preston Sego Links Jared Galanis Jared Galanis on LinkedIn Jared Galanis Twitter Preston Sego on LinkedIn Preston Sego Twitter Ember EmberConf Subway Netflix Willett Straight Rye Whiskey RC Cola React Angular Sagamore Rye Whiskey Google Semver Tailwind CSS The Primeagen Impossible Burger The JS Party Podcast Svelte Vue Preact Next.js Vite JS Jest Four Roses Single Barrel Chicken Cock Whiskey Glimmer.js Remix Steam Deck Asus FIFA 2023 Sunlight Moonlight NVIDIA Shield Tesla GitHub Connect with our hosts Robbie Wagner Chuck Carpenter Ship Shape Subscribe and stay in touch Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Whiskey Web and Whatnot Top-Tier, Full-Stack Software Consultants This show is brought to you by Ship Shape. Ship Shape's software consultants solve complex software and app development problems with top-tier coding expertise, superior service, and speed. In a sea of choices, our senior-level development crew rises above the rest by delivering the best solutions for fintech, cybersecurity, and other fast-growing industries. Check us out at shipshape.io. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message

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Hi friends,  Now, tell me your thoughts. This episode was allll about substances and partying, so what's your drink of choice (if you have one)? Do you have a - I'm never taking edibles ever again - moment? What kind of parties do you like going to? We'd love to hear. Once again PLEASE REMEMBER TO STAY SAFE! Remember to watch your drinks get poured and to go out with people you trust. PLEASE! Ps; Ebube is chronically online so you can find her @ebubem_ on Insta, @mrssego on TikTok and @Mrs_Sego on Twitter xoxo

Hi friends, In the spirit of being thankful, I want to thank YOU, yes you, for sticking around this long and still listening to these episodes. Thank you for taking the time out to tune in and listen to me talk for an hour

Hi friends, We're back with the student series and YOUR favorite guest Ebube is back! We can't talk about school without talking about Academics. So here's Ebube and Ada, talking about books, pencils, notes, class, studying, grades and everything in between. Now lets BFFR - did YOU go to all of your classes in uni???  Ps; Ebube is chronically online so you can find her @ebubem_ on Insta, @mrssego on TikTok and @Mrs_Sego on Twitter xoxo

Hi friends, We have a very special guest on this episode! Ebube is a student at the University of Waterloo and she's here to share her experience in her first year of university. This episode is all about making friends in college - the good, the bad and the beautiful, after all it's the friends-ish podcast :)  So stay tuned cause she'll be here for a while! Oh, and while you're here tell us about your experience making friends in college, we'd love to hear from you! Ps; Ebube is chronically online so you can find her @ebubem_ on Insta, @mrssego on TikTok and @Mrs_Sego on Twitter xoxo

We are super excited to have our friends SEGO as our guests on No Simple Road this week! SEGO is a band that defies definition and genre. Elements of punk-rock, hip-hop, electronic synth driven hooks, and psychedelic lyrics all come together to form what can simply be called SEGO! Hailing from Los Angeles by way of Provost, Utah the band is made up of Spencer Peterson (guitar/vocals), Thomas Carroll (drums), Alyssa "Derv" Davey (bass), and multi-instrumentalist Kathleen Frewin. We got the whole band on to talk about: The music scene in Provo, Utah & people's misconceptions of it. The good, bad, and ugly of touring the country. Derv's love of Milwaukee. Some of the band's proudest accomplishments of the last few years. How they navigate the weird world of DIY recording, producing, and publishing. Their own particular process of creation. How gratitude comes into play. Working together to create a coherent vibe. How Derv & Kathleen actually saved the band from certain doom. ... and a whole lot more! For all things SEGO including music, merch and tour info, head over to: www.segosucks.com -FREE SHIPPING from Shop Tour Bus Use The PROMO CODE: nosimpleroad -Make Sure to visit our friends at Fire On The Mountain for some amazing food at one of the 3 location in the Portland area or one of the 2 location in the Denver area! -CHECK OUT THE NSR EXCLUSIVE BETA PREVIEW OF www.venuellama.com INTRO MUSIC PROVIDED BY - Will Hanza of Escaper MUSIC IN THE COMMERCIALS BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF: CIRCLES AROUND THE SUN OUTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF: CHILLDREN OF INDIGO No Simple Road is part of OSIRIS MEDIA. Osiris Media is the leading storyteller in music, combining the intimacy of podcasts with the power of music. We inform and delight music fans by creating shows with leading artists, telling untold stories, and working with brands to craft compelling narratives that bring music to life.

The Letter to the Philippians - Philippians 1:1-2

Welcome Home - Luke 15:11-24

As broadcast April 4, 2023 with all praises due.  Tonight we open in 1968 as we mourn the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.  All the words, all the praises, all the vile insults, and everything else have been thrown about this Hero of the People and Prophet of Peace but we can only give a kiss and point to the sky above to a man who changed the world with his martyrdom.  After that, we had a ton of indie & underground cuts just out to tout, with highlights from Parks Squares & Alleys along with spill tab, JVLY, and Pebbl amongst others for the rest of the full two hours after we wiped away the tears.Tracklist:Part I (00:00)Dion – Abraham, Martin, and JohnPrivate Agenda – PresenceTyler, The Creator – WHAT A DAY*Emmet Kai – Hoolywoodspill tab - Window TOLEDO – Patch*Panchiko – Until I KnowPart II (32:08)Clairo – For NowPebbl – Space TravelEzra Williams – BleedDaydream Review – LeisureBuzzy Lee – When Can IGregory Ackerman – Don't Know Why I Loverainbow frog biscuits – Hide BehindPart III (61:20)JVLY feat Una Mey – tacitJVLY – ambienAaron Joseph Russo – Calzone44 Ardent – far goneOvermono – Good LiesPACKS – Not The SameVULPIX – Losing SleepPart IV (91:21)Lino City – Centerfold Blue Daze – The RancherSego – TANDANGParks, Squares, & Alleys – ShadowsPearl & The Oysters feat Laetitia Sadier – Read the RoomBen Jansz – Spirit Summer Salt – Supermoon

¿Afecta la quiebra del Silicon Valley Bank a la inversión y financiación de startups? Cada vez que a los bancos centrales les da por subir tipos, una pregunta sobrevuela por las cabezas de muchos analistas e inversores: ¿Qué es lo primero que se va a romper en la economía? ¿Y cuándo? Esta vez le ha tocado a un banco, el Silicon Valley Bank en Estados Unidos, donde muchas startups americanas tenían depositados buena parte de sus dineros y Credit Suisse en Suiza. Hablamos con Javier Villaseca, fundador de Sego Finance, una plataforma de inversión que, entre otras cosas, financia mediante crowdfunding a startups tecnológicas. Antes en el corrillo charlaremos un poco del nerviosismo y volatilidad que estamos viviendo en estos días, y después de la entrevista, Carmen ha mirado su cartera, no para de oír malas noticias y claro, está como está… ✅ Entra en Finect para estar informado de toda la actualidad: https://www.finect.com/ ✅ Grupo de Sego Finance en Finect: https://www.finect.com/grupos/sego-finance ✅ Si sabes lo que es el alpha de una inversión este es tu podcast: https://go.ivoox.com/rf/104662776 ✅ Todos los eventos Finect, a las 18:00h de lunes a jueves en directo en nuestro canal de Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKnSeOq30zVvgosDFlne5g ¿Quieres anunciarte en este podcast? Hazlo con advoices.com/podcast/ivoox/757620

This episode features Leann SegoIn 2002 Creme de la Crop was founded by Interior Designer Leann Sego on her family's seventy-acre farm. The operation started by growing organic produce known for its beauty and flavor. That passion for farming continues through the Community Supported Agriculture Program.  Nineteen years into the operation, Leann decided it was time to offer more and developed product lines that she was thrilled to put her designer stamp on. Her extensive product line is all made in-house, with the finest ingredients available. The Creme de la Crop line consists of Skincare, Haircare, Handcrafted Candles, and Artisan Soap. She proudly shares with you that which they love.GreatNews.Life and Podcast Host Jenny Craig-Brown have transformed the All About the Girls annual event into a podcast! These monthly episodes feature incredible women giving the audience all the insight about what makes them happy, successful, and motivational. New episodes launch on Sundays to make sure to start your week on a positive note! The All About the Podcast is brought to you by GreatNews.Life

Brine shrimp could soon become Utah's official state crustacean. The little shrimp, otherwise known as sea monkeys, play a huge role in Utah's ecosystem and economy. If the bill is approved by the Utah Legislature, brine shrimp will join the Sego lily, the Dutch Oven, and the beehive on Utah's list of official symbols. And later, residents in Jackson, Wyoming say they would rather leave the state than face potential laws targeting transgender kids. Plus, some officials in our region want to ramp up American uranium production to power future nuclear reactors. // Show Notes: //Photo: Live brine shrimp. On a good year, these small but mighty shrimp bring in over $60 million in state revenue. Credit sdolgin/creative commons // HB 132 State Crustacean Designation https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0137.html // KHOL: ‘I don't want to leave the state': Jackson youth rally for transgender rights https://891khol.org/local-youth-lead-rally-in-town-square-for-trans-rights/

From Teenage Skater Kid to Chef Extraordinaire: Chef Shon Foster's Wild Ride This episode features a conversation with Chef Shon Foster, executive chef and owner of Sego restaurant in Kanab, and Pete Codella, Go Utah's managing director of business services. The restaurant serves a selection of regional New American cuisine focusing on what makes the country unique and eclectic through its social plate dining concept. Foster shares his story of slowly starting a business by selling one sandwich at a time and building a long-term game plan, turning a job into a career, and gaining an appreciation for the finest ingredients. He also shares the importance of making mistakes, his food philosophy that food should tell a story, and why food is important to a community's culture. Foster comments on Utah's foodie scene, the state's recent gain in notoriety as a must-experience dining destination, the countless mentors that made him the chef he is today, and much more.

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A few years into Preston Sego's coding career, a colleague working on increasing interactivity on the company's interface chose Ember for the endeavor. Years later, when Preston began developing his own project, he took his colleague's advice and began testing the waters with Ember as well.  In 2019, Preston noticed interesting work brewing within Ember. Realizing Ember was adaptable to modern tools, Preston decided to dive back in and start building out a chat app to test the framework. That same year, Preston spoke at EmberConf and eventually landed a job at CrowdStrike where the framework of choice was Ember. In this episode, Preston talks with Chuck and Robbie about comparing Ember to React without angering either side, why he values Ember resources and has worked to create various libraries, what emerging tech Preston's thrilled to be working on, and what tech Preston's violently against.  Key Takeaways [01:13] - The origin of Preston's alias.  [03:13] - A whiskey review - Malahat Rye. [10:14] - How Preston got into Ember. [20:09] - The exciting tech projects Preston's working on. [26:21] - What Preston is looking forward to that's coming out soon. [29:13] - What tech Preston is violently against.  [31:17] - A corn-themed whatnot.  [35:04] - Why Preston loves pinochle and boring cereal.  [43:09] - A deep dive on Starcraft.  [47:54] - What retro games Chuck is playing.  Quotes [15:04] - “I really like clinical comparisons between things because if you have any emotion whatsoever in a comparison article, you're going to upset one of the sides and you don't wanna do that.” ~ Preston Sego [23:10] - “I think the most obvious and beneficial use case [of resources] is for data loading. Just because loading anything Async is a pain.” ~ Preston Sego [26:50] - “The rfc is first-class component templates and it solves the biggest complaint that new hires have at my work where people are just like, ‘I don't know how to find this thing, how do you find it?'” ~ Preston Sego Links Preston Sego Preston on Twitter Malahat Spirits Co. Handcrafted 100% Rye FineCask Sagamore Spirit Jack Daniels React Glimmer Ember EmberConf EmberConf 2022 - Keynote Part 1 by Yehuda Katz Rails Slack  Angular Twitter TypeScript  CrowdStrike EmberConf 2019 - Comparing Patterns in React and Ember by Preston Sego Hooks Starbeam SolidJS Vue.js Remix Svelte WordPress Ember Could Get Used To This Ember Octane  JavaScript Robert Jackson Ember Data Resources Ember Data runspired  Yehuda Katz  Polaris JSX Framework Laptop Apple Build-in essential ubuntu  Pinochle Euchre  GSAP - Green Sock Chris Coyier  CSS-Tricks  Trix Froot Loops  Special K Wheaties  Raisin Bran Crunch  Starcraft  Nintendo 64 Sonic Sonic 2 Genesis  Conker's Bad Fur Day Raspberry Pi Analogue Recalbox  The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind  Control Connect with our hosts Robbie Wagner Chuck Carpenter Ship Shape Subscribe and stay in touch Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Whiskey Web and Whatnot Top-Tier, Full-Stack Software Consultants This show is brought to you by Ship Shape. Ship Shape's software consultants solve complex software and app development problems with top-tier coding expertise, superior service, and speed. In a sea of choices, our senior-level development crew rises above the rest by delivering the best solutions for fintech, cybersecurity, and other fast-growing industries. Check us out at shipshape.io.

The recently signed gun law, S. 2938: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, contained a surprise dingleberry postponing a regulation designed to save seniors money on their pharmaceutical drugs by prohibiting kickbacks to an industry few have heard of: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). This little-known but extremely powerful industry deserves much of the blame for ever rising prescription drugs costs in the United States. In this episode, Jen gives you the scoop on PBMs and how they make their money at the expense of Americans who are most dependent on medications. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! View the shownotes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd255-pharmacy-benefit-managers-pbms We're Not Wrong Berlin Meetup Contact Justin at WereNotWrongPod@gmail.com Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD134: The EpiPen Hearing US Healthcare Landscape Jessi Jezewska Stevens. Apr 23, 2020. “A Brief History of the Great American Healthcare Scam.” Bookforum. Tanza Loudenback. Mar 7, 2019. “The average cost of healthcare in 21 different countries.” Insider. Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden. 2019. “Insulin: Examining the Factors Driving the Rising Cost of a Century Old Drug [Staff Report].” U.S. Senate Finance Committee. “Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population.” Kaiser Family Foundation. Sara R. Collins and David C. Radley. Dec 7, 2018. “The Cost of Employer Insurance Is a Growing Burden for Middle-Income Families.” The Commonwealth Fund. PBMs What are PBMs? JC Scott. Jun 30, 2022. “Drug manufacturers are root cause of high drug costs; PBMs drive costs down.” The Hill. Zach Freed. Jun 22, 2022. “The Pharmacy Benefit Mafia: The Secret Health Care Monopolies Jacking Up Drug Prices and Abusing Patients and Pharmacists.” American Economic Liberties Project. Adam J. Fein. Jun 22, 2021. “The Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers of 2020: Vertical Integration Drives Consolidation (rerun).” Drug Channels. “Flash finding: How drug money from sick people really works.” Nov 11, 2021. 46brooklyn. Adam J. Fein. Feb 3, 2019. “Don't Blame Drug Prices on ‘Big Pharma.'” The Wall Street Journal. How PBMs Make Money “DIR Fees.” National Association of Chain Drug Stores. “How PBMs Make Money: PBM Practices & Profits.” RxSafe. True North Political Solutions. Oct 25, 2017. “White Paper: DIR Fees Simply Explained.” Pharmacy Times. ACA “Vertical Integration” Loophole Peter High. Jul 8, 2019. “A View From Inside Cigna's $67 Billion Acquisition Of Express Scripts.” Forbes. Angelica LaVito. Nov 28, 2018. “CVS creates new health-care giant as $69 billion merger with Aetna officially closes.” CNBC. David Dayen. Oct 12, 2018. “Why the Aetna and CVS Merger Is So Dangerous.” The American Prospect. Jeff Byers. April 12, 2018. “Optum a step ahead in vertical integration frenzy.” Healthcare Dive. Graph: Optum opens up wider market for UnitedHealth Group Graph: Optum's pharmacy business contributes the majority of its revenue Susan Morse. May 10, 2017. “Secret weapon: UnitedHealth's Optum business is laying waste to old notions about how payers make money.” Healthcare Finance. Lobbying “Client Profile: Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn.” Open Secrets. The Demise of Independent Pharmacies Christine Blank. Oct 17, 2019. “Independents Prepare to Close Up Shop.” Drug Topics. Paulina Firozi. Aug 23, 2018. “The Health 202: Here's why rural independent pharmacies are closing their doors.” The Washington Post. What Is a Formulary? Ana Gascon Ivey. May 19, 2020. “A Guide to Medication Formularies.” GoodRx. Previous Delays in Rebate Regulation Paige Minemyer. Jan 29, 2021. “In a win for PBMs, Biden administration delays rebate rule.” Fierce Healthcare. Paige Minemyer. Jan 12, 2021. “PCMA sues Trump administration over rebate rule.” Fierce Healthcare. “Incorporating the Effects of the Proposed Rule on Safe Harbors for Pharmaceutical Rebates in CBO's Budget Projections—Supplemental Material for Updated Budget Projections: 2019 to 2029.” May 2019. Congressional Budget Office. The Gun Law Passage Process Office of the Clerk. May 18, 2022. “Roll Call 212 | Bill Number: S. 2938.” U.S. House of Representatives. Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board. May 12, 2022. “Republican lawmakers should be ashamed for failing to honor Justice Joseph Hatchett.” Miami Herald. Annie Karni. Apr 12, 2022. “House G.O.P., Banding Together, Kills Bid to Honor Pioneering Black Judge.” The New York Times. Background on Most Important Provisions Mary Katherine Wildeman. May 26, 2022. “Data show most school shootings carried out by young adults, teens.” CT Insider. Jeffrey Pierre. May 26, 2022. “Experts say we can prevent school shootings. Here's what the research says.” NPR. The Dingleberry Erik Sherman. Jun 30, 2022. “Gun Safety Bill Extends Drug Middlemen Protection From Anti-Kickback Measure.” Forbes. Molly Rutherford. Jun 28, 2022. “Gun legislation provision puts drug supply chain profits over patients.” The Hill. Marty Schladen. Jun 22, 2022. “Deep inside the gun bill: a break for prescription drug middlemen.” Iowa Capital Dispatch. Poland Train Station Taylor Popielarz, Maureen McManus and Justin Tasolides. Mar 25, 2022. “‘The help given is remarkable': Inside the Poland train station that's become a hub for Ukrainian refugees.” Spectrum News NY1. The Law and the Regulation S. 2938: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Senate Vote: 65-33 (All Nos GOP) House Vote: 234-193 (All Nos GOP) Jen's Highlighted PDF of S. 2938: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Fraud and Abuse; Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain Pharmacy Benefit Manager Service Fees U.S. Health and Human Services Department November 30, 2020 Audio Sources The State of Competition in the Pharmacy Benefits Manager and Pharmacy Marketplaces November 17, 2015 House Committee on the Judiciary Witnesses: Bradley J. Arthur, R.Ph., Owner, Black Rock Pharmacy David Balto, Law Offices of David A. Balto PLLC Amy Bricker, R.Ph. Vice President of Retail Contracting & Strategy, Express Scripts Natalie A. Pons, Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, CVS Health Clips 53:48 Bradley Arthur: The Big Three PBMs control almost 80% of the entire market and these PBMs have the upper hand both in negotiating the contract with the payer, as well as strongly influencing the actual plan design itself. The PBM industry typically states that they can use their economic power to harness enhanced market efficiencies, but for whom? However, the staggering annual revenues that continue to grow each year of the big three suggests that these efficiencies are going directly to their corporations' bottom lines. Small community pharmacies like mine are faced on a daily basis with the impact of the PBMs' disproportionate market power. Community pharmacies routinely must agree to take-it-or-leave-it contracts from the PBMs just to continue to serve our long-standing patients. As if that weren't enough, the PBMs also directly set the reimbursement rates for pharmacies, the very same pharmacies that stand in direct competition of some of these PBM-owned mail-order and specialty pharmacies. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the PBMs present employer and government payers with carefully tailored suggested plans designs that steer beneficiaries to these PBM-owned entities. Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part I January 29, 2019 Senate Committee on Finance Witnesses: Kathy Sego, Mother of a Child with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D., President, American Action Forum Mark E. Miller, Ph.D., Vice President of Health Care, Laura and John Arnold Foundation Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP, Director, Memorial Sloan Kettering Center for Health Policy and Outcomes Clips 1:57:30 Sen. John Cornyn (R - TX): Can anybody on the panel explain to me why we have a general prohibition against kickbacks — they call them rebates — under the Social Security Act, but we nevertheless allow it for prescription drug pricing? What's the sound public policy reason for excluding prescription drug pricing from the anti-kickback rule under federal law? Douglas Holtz-Eakin: I can't explain that and won't pretend to. [laughter] Sen. Cornyn: I thought I was the only one who didn't understand the wisdom of that. Well, it's not a transparent arrangement and it does produce upward pressure on drug prices. And obviously, the negotiations between the PBM and the pharma in terms of what the net cost is, is not transparent, nor is it delivered to the consumer. Is it Dr. Miller? Dr. Bach? Peter Bach: It's delivered to the consumer indirectly through the reduction of the total cost of the benefit, but it is not delivered to the actual consumer using the drug, and that is a disassociation, that is a problem. Because it essentially reverses the structure of insurance. Lowering the total costs are people who use it the least, and raising the costs are people who use it the most, relative to if you allowed the rebate to be used at the point of sale, including all discounts. 1:59:49 Douglas Holtz-Eakin: If we had the negotiation be about the upfront price, so instead of a high list price and a rebate, you just negotiate a lower price, that would be the price that Ms. Sego would pay and insurance companies would look at that and say, okay, she's not paying as much as she used to, we're going to have to make up that money somewhere else and they might raise premiums. That means that people who don't have extreme insulin drug costs would pay a little bit more in a premium every month, and people who have extremely devastating medical conditions and high health care costs would get less costs. That's exactly what insurance is supposed to do. And so the rebate system is more than giving strange incentives on pricing. It's undercutting the purpose of insurance in general. Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II February 26, 2019 Senate Committee on Finance Witnesses: Richard A. Gonzalez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AbbVie Inc. Pascal Soriot, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca Giovanni Caforio, M.D., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Jennifer Taubert, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Chairman, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Merck & Co., Inc. Albert Bourla, DVM, Ph.D., Chief Executive Office, Pfizer Olivier Brandicourt, M.D., Former Chief Executive Officer, Sanofi Clips 1:22:03 Albert Bourla: Adverse incentives that favor higher cost biologics are keeping biosimilars from reaching patients. In many cases, insurance companies declined to include lower cost biosimilars in their formularies because they would risk losing the rebates from covering higher cost medicines. I can't think of a more concerning example of a broken system and we need to do something about it. 1:33:35 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - IA): So many of you have voiced support for the recent rebate rule proposed by the administration. Should the administration finalized this rule, will you commit to lowering your drug prices? Richard Gonzalez [CEO, AbbVie]: Mr. Chairman, we are supportive of the rule. We'd like to see it in its final form, obviously, to make a final decision, but we are supportive of taking the discount to the patient at the point of sale. Sen Grassley: Okay. AstraZeneca? **Pascal Soriot [CEO, AstraZeneca]**The same for us Senator, I would go one step further: if the rebates were removed from the commercial sector as well, we will definitely reduce our list prices. Sen Grassley: Okay. And Bristol? Giovanni Caforio [CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb]: We have the same positions. Sen Grassley: Okay. Johnson and Johnson? Jennifer Taubert [EVP, J&J]: Yes, we're supportive, and that definitely would be my goal. We would just need to see the final legislation, provided that there aren't additional fees that are added into the system to compensate for the rebates. Sen Grassley: Merck? **Kenneth C. Frazier: I would expect that our prices would go down if we change the system. Again, on the commercial side as well as the Medicare side. Sen Grassley: Okay, Pfizer? Albert Bourla [CEO, Pfizer]: It is a very clear intention that we will not keep a single dollar from these rebates. We will try to move every single penny to the patients and we think if this goes also to the commercial plants that will be even better for more patients. Sen Grassley: Okay. Sanofi? Olivier Brandicourt [Former CEO, Sanofi]: Lowering list price has to be linked to better access and affordability at the counter for the patients. 1:35:20 Sen. Ron Wyden (D - OR): Is it correct that your company, and nobody else, sets the starting price for all drugs sold by Pfizer? Yes or no? Albert Bourla: It is a negotiation with PBMs and they are very powerful. Sen. Wyden: But you still get to set the list price? Albert Bourla: Yes, but we set this price and the rebate limit(?). 1:35:40 Sen. Ron Wyden (D - OR): Is it correct, when a hypothetical patient, let's call her Mrs. Jones, goes to pay for her drug at the pharmacy counter, her coinsurance is based on the price of the drug you set? Albert Bourla: It is correct in many cases. Sen. Wyden: Okay. I just want you all to know that the number one reason consumers are getting hammered, is because these list prices, which you have the last word with respect to where they are, are unaffordable. And the high prices are tied to what the consumer pays at the pharmacy counter. And all this other stuff you talk about, the rebates and the discounts and the coupons, all this other stuff is window dressing, all of that. And the fact is on Part D, 40% of the drugs don't even have a rebate. So I want it understood, particularly because I've asked you, Mr. Borla, I think you and others in the industry are stonewalling on the key issue, which is actually lowering list prices. And reducing those list prices are the easiest way for American consumers to pay less at the pharmacy counter. 2:12:45 Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE): First is eliminating rebates to PBMs. That's the first one, eliminating rebates to PBMs. The second is value based arrangements. And the third is increasing transparency industry-wide on how you set your prices. 2:13:20 Richard Gonzalez: We clearly support providing the discount at the patient level, eliminating rebates essentially. 2:14:10 Pascal Soriot: If the rebates, as I said earlier, were to be removed from Part D and the commercial sector, we would actually reduce our list prices. 2:15:10 Giovanni Caforio: I would say that not only do we support all three elements that you mentioned, but I do believe those three elements together with the continued effort to develop a generic and biosimilar market would mean significant change, and would clearly alleviate the concerns that patients have today. 2:14:44 Jennifer Taubert: We are very supportive of all three elements that you outlined 2:15:52 Kenneth Frazier: We too support all three. 2:15:55 Albert Bourla: All three elements are transformational for our industry, will disrupt it. However, we do agree that these are the three things that need to be done and also I believe that will have significant meaningful results if we do. 2:16:10 Olivier Brandicourt: We support the three Senator, but we want to keep in mind at the end of the chain the patient has to benefit, so if rebates are removed it has to be to the benefit of patients. Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE): Good, thanks. 2:18:10 Albert Bourla: 50% of the American people are in commercial plans and these rebate rules apply to Medicare. If the rules apply to all, definitely the list price will go down. 2:18:30 Albert Bourla: The list price is not irrelevant, it's very relevant for a lot of people because they have to pay list price during the deductible period. However if the rebate rule is applied, then they become irrelevant because the patients will not be paying the list price at the purchase point. 2:19:10 Sen. John Thune (R-SD): How would manufacturers respond if the rebate rule were finalized for government programs? I mean, what does that what does that mean for the commercial market? Albert Bourla: Senator, as I said before, all these proposals that they're discussing, [undistinguishable], eliminating the rebate rule, are transformational and will disrupt the way we do business. I don't know exactly how the system will evolve, and I really don't favor a bifurcated system. I would like to have a transparent single system across both parts. So we need to see how the whole thing will evolve. 2:25:26 Johnny Isakson (R-GA): Who sets the discount and who sets the rebate? 2:26:20 Richard Gonzalez: We negotiate with payers, so managed care and PBMs— Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA): You're a supplier though, so you have to go negotiate with the PBMs and those people, is that right? Richard Gonzalez: Correct, and they negotiate aggressively. Sen. Isakson: Is that pretty much true with everybody, that they're the major component between the end retail consumer price and the origin of the product? Richard Gonzalez: Yes, Senator. Sen. Isakson: Well, that seems like that's someplace we ought to focus, because that's where the distorted numbers come in. Johnson & Johnson, Janssen, in your testimony, you talked about your average list price of 8.1%, up, but an average net price change of only 4.6%. So while your gross went up 8.6, your net went down 4.6 In the same pricing period. How does that happen? If you're setting the price, how does it not go up on the bottom? Jennifer Taubert: Yeah, and in fact, in 2018, our net price actually declined 8.6%, so even more than that. The intermediaries in the system are very, very effective negotiators— Sen. Isakson: Tell me who the intermediaries are. Jennifer Taubert: Those would be the PBMs and the insurers. Sen. Isakson: …and the insurance companies? Jennifer Taubert: Right, and they set the formularies for patients. Sen. Isakson: And they're not the same. They're two different people? Jennifer Taubert: Yes, correct. 2:40:45 James Lankford (R-OK): All of you have mentioned the rebate issue has been a problem and that insurance companies and PBMs are very effective negotiators. Part of the challenge of this is, health insurance companies pay their PBM based on the quality of their negotiation skills, cutting a price off the list price. And so if a list price is higher and a rebate is higher, that also gives preference to them. So the difficulty is, as you raise list price, and the rebate gets larger, the insurance company gives that preference, making it harder for biosimilars. Am I tracking this correctly? 2:43:00 Albert Bourla: Here in the US, the penetration of biosimilars is much lower than in other places, but it is disproportional to different parts of the US healthcare system. For example, in open systems, systems where the decision maker it is a PBM, the one biosimilar we have has a market share of 5% in the US. In closed systems, in systems like Kaiser, for example, integrated healthcare systems where the one who decides has the whole cost of the healthcare system in its interest, we have 73%. 5% and 73% for the same product. I agree with what Mr. Fraser said that we need to create incentives, but I would add also that we need to break this rebate trap that creates significant disincentives for providers, and the healthcare system, and insurance companies. 3:19:25 Kenneth Frazier: If you went back a few years ago, when we negotiated to get our drugs on formulary, our goal was to have the lowest copay by patients. Today the goal is to pay into the supply chain the biggest rebate, and so that actually puts the patient at a disadvantage since they're the only ones that are paying a portion of the list price. The list price is actually working against the patient. 3:19:50 Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT): Why do we have a system today? Where you all are setting, I'll just say very, very high list prices, which is the starting point for negotiation. Why? Olivier Brandicourt: Senator, we're trying to get formulary position. With those list prices. High list price, high rebates. It's a preferred position. Unfortunately the preferred position doesn't automatically ensure affordability at the end. Kenneth C. Frazier: Senator, If you bring a product to the market with a low list price in this system, you get punished financially and you get no uptake because everyone in the supply chain makes money as a result of a higher list price. Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part III April 9, 2019 Senate Committee on Finance Witnesses: Steve Miller, MD, Former Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Cigna Corporation Derica Rice, Former Executive Vice President and President, CVS Health and CVS Caremark William Fleming, Pharm.D., Segment President, Healthcare Services, Humana Inc. John Prince, Chief Executive Officer, OptumRx Mike Kolar, JD, Interim President & CEO, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Prime Therapeutics LLC Clips Sen. Ron Wyden (D - OR): Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers first showed up decades ago, back when prescription drugs were being utilized more extensively. The PBMs told the insurance companies, “we're the ones who know drug pricing, we will handle the negotiations for you.” But there is little evidence that the pharmaceutical benefit managers have actually held down the prices in a meaningful way. In fact, most of the evidence shows just the opposite. Pharmaceutical Benefit Managers actually make more money when they pick a higher price drug over a lower price drug. Colleagues, let's remember that all the way through this discussion, benefit managers make more money when they pick a higher price drug over a lower price drug. The logic on this isn't exactly complicated, graduate-level economics. PBM profits are based on taking their slice of the prescription-drug pie. More expensive drugs means there's a bigger pie. When there's a bigger pie, [there are] bigger slices for the pharmaceutical benefit managers. 50:24 Mike Kolar: Rebates and the role they play have been key areas of focus in the drug cost debate. In our view, rebates are a powerful tool to offset high prices, which are set by pharmaceutical companies, and pharmaceutical companies alone. The fact that rebates are not offered on many of the highest cost drugs, and that studies show no correlation between prices and rebates underscore that rebates are a key to mitigating rather than causing high drug prices. We pass rebates through fully to our plans, and we believe our plans should be able to choose how to apply these rebates in ways that best serve their members and market needs by balancing premiums and cost sharing. 56:05 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA): I'd like to talk about consolidation, including the recent integration of PBMs with insurance companies. Last year I wrote to the Justice Department on the issues, it reported that the three largest PBMs who are before us today now covers 71% of Medicaid, Medicare Part D enrollees and 86% of standalone Drug Plan enrollees. 57:45 Derica Rice: This is a highly competitive space. In addition to the three that you've pointed out here, CMS has noted there are over 60 PBMs across the US. Therefore, the competition, there's many options for the employers that are out there, government entities, as well as unions to choose from given their specific needs. 1:10:35 Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI): So when we look at Express Scripts has 100 million Americans covered, CVS 90 million, OptumRx 65 million, Prime Therapeutics 27 million, Humana 21 million, and yet Americans still pay the highest prices in the world. Even though you are negotiating for millions of people. The VA has its own pharmacy benefit manager service, they negotiate for 9 million veterans, and they pay, on average, 40% less for the same drugs that the rest of the healthcare system pays for. Despite greater volume, you are unable to secure these kinds of low prices. With all due respect, you guys are pretty bad negotiators. Given the fact that the VA can get 40% less. And so I'd like to know from each of you why that's the case. Dr. Miller? Steve Miller [Former EVP and Chief Clinical Officer, Cigna Corporation]: Yes. Part of the equation is giving patients choice. At the VA, they actually limit their formulary more than any of us at this table do. So oftentimes, they'll have one beta blocker, one ace inhibitor. And so if it's going to get to that level of choice, then we could get better prices also. Sen. Stabenow: Let me jump in, in the interest of time. I know you create nationwide drug formularies, you have pre-authorization, you give preferred status to certain medications. So you don't use any of those tools that the VA is using? Because you do. Steve Miller: We definitely use those tools, but we also give people choice. It's crucial for both physicians and patients to have the choice of the products they want to be able to access. Many of our plans want us to have broad formularies and when you have more products, it means you move less market share. Sen. Stabenow: So basically you're saying a 40% premium gives them more choice. 1:24:30 Sherrod Brown (D-OH): If the administration's rebate rule were finalized as proposed, would you in some way be required to change the way you do business? Mike Kolar: Yes, Senator we would. John Prince: Yes. William Fleming: Yes. Derica Rice: Yes. Steve Miller: Yes. Sen. Brown: Thank you. 1:25:05 Sherrod Brown (D-OH): What percentage of prescriptions that you fill across Part D actually receive a rebate? Roughly what percentage? Mike Kolar: So Senator, approximately 8% of the prescriptions that we cover in Part D are associated with a rebate. Sen. Brown: Okay, Mr. Prince? John Prince: Senator, I don't know the exact number, I know our overall business is about 7%. Sen. Brown: Okay, thank you. William Fleming: About 7-8%. Derica Rice: Senator, I do not know the exact number but we pass through 100% of all rebates and discounts. Sen. Brown: [Grunt] Steve Miller: 90% of the prescriptions will be generic. Of the 10% that are branded, about two-thirds have rebates. So it's about seven-- Sen. Brown: 7-8% like the others. Okay. To recap, PBMs do not set drug prices. Forcing you to change the way you do business -- as the administration's rule would — will not change that fact. And while the rule might impact a small percentage of drugs and Part D that receive a rebate, it does nothing to lower costs, as your answer suggests, for the other 90% of prescriptions you fill. Most importantly, absolutely nothing in the proposed rule would require Secretary Azar's former employer or any other pharma company to lower the price of insulin or any other drug. It's important to establish that, so thank you for that. 1:41:40 Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV): Let me ask you, Dr. Fleming, in your testimony, you say Humana's analysis of the rebate rule -- and we're talking about the administration's rebate rule now — found that approximately 17% of beneficiaries will see savings at the pharmacy counter as a result of this rule. Can you tell me a little bit more about who these people are? And what kind of conditions do they have? William Fleming: Senator, there will be a number of members who are taking brand drugs for which we get rebates and so it could vary all the way from the common chronic conditions, things like diabetes or hypertension or high cholesterol, all the way over to occasionally, not usually, but occasionally on the specialty drug side. When you think of some medications like treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, places where there's competition. 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En entrevista con Pamela Cerdeira en MVS Noticias, el artista Sego denunció que la Alcaldía Cuauhtémoc borró el mural “La Mujer en Diálogo con el Progreso”.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com This week I interview the amazing Ségolène. We cover many topics including performance anxiety, stress management, overcoming setbacks, self compassion and more. Sego is the host if her own Podcast The Artful Athlete and highly reccomend checking it out.   To find out more about Sego you can check out the following links: Instagram: @segovsch OR @theartfulathlete Website: https://theartfulathlete.co.uk/  Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1EtigHRBHSlcKvlEr6eTQV   Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.      

Hope you enjoy part TWO of our time at Tree Fort Music Fest 2021. There's a great post-rock-night vibe to this episode, featuring interviews with Blood Lemon, Sego, and Slurm Flirty Worm. That's one L.A.-based band for every two Boise-area bands. Is it too much Boise? Not enough? We wouldn't presume to speak for you. Music this week:"Around You" by Blackwater Holylight (2:54)"Burned" by Blood Lemon (23:01)"Down with Me" by Sego (43:57)"Week of Wednesdays" by Slurm Flirty Worm (64:37)"Adamant" by Mic Capes (68:28) 

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Adrenal and Thyroid Balance Community.   Confused at what steps you steps you need to do first, download our Freedom From Fatigue Guide without top 5 recommendations to improving your thyroid function.   Confused about what thyroid test to have done? Download our Thyroid Panel Guide.   Facebook Community Instagram   Xo, Shannon Hansen   AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION (00:00): This is episode. Welcome back to the thriving thyroid podcast, where we choose to become empowered patients and take our health into our own hands. Hi, I'm Shannon Hanson, a Christian entrepreneur, a mom of three. And after dealing with my own health mysteries, I made it my mission to learn everything I could about the thyroid. I soon became certified as a holistic wellness practitioner, a functional nutrition practitioner and a functional diagnostic practitioner. And so much more. After that, I founded the revolutionary thyroid program, the Hanson method as a health professional and a mom, I fully understand the importance of having a fun, simple, and sustainable plan for achieving a responsive factory. So I share actionable and practical strategies for developing a responsive diary so that the ambitious moms and women can gain freedom from fatigue and lose the thyroid weight once. And for all each week, I will be here for you along with my guest experts, we will be sharing simple and tangible tips that work for not only your thyroid, your hormones, your family, and your mindset, so that you can get back to living the life that you envisioned for yourself. Welcome to the thriving diary podcast. (01:29): Welcome back to today's episode. You guys I had this episode planned out and I'm going to tell you reasons for fatigue. There's so many reasons, and it's kind of overwhelming because in an episode like this, you don't want to forget anything. Now, what I was thinking in the process of putting this together, putting the outline together was every medical condition that I can think of. If you go onto pub med, if you go Google search, you're going to find fatigue as one of the symptoms, right? You can have headaches and have fatigue and hypothyroidism and have fatigue. Hashimoto's fatigue, lupus, fatigue RA fatigue, right? And the list goes on diabetes, fatigue because fatigue is a sign that the body needs to shut down for a period of time. And that shut down is when our body works on healing, restoring, resetting, rejuvenating, all of those words to repair the damage that is happening internally, right? (02:50): Because instead of focusing on watching TV, instead of focusing on digesting food, instead of focusing on all these other things, our body literally goes to sleep and gets to work on whatever it needs to work on. The kidney, the liver, the intestines, the, the brain function, all of the different organs and systems inside the body. Your immune system can start to take over and to fight off viruses, bacteria, fungus, mold, parasites, whatever it may be. Right. So let's just dive in today and we'll kind of see where we land. And we'll also give you some tips along the way of how to support each one of these, these areas. So I wrote down six reasons for fatigue. Now, I'm sure there's more of them. There's things that might even pop up as I'm recording this episode. But the other thing I want to say before we dive into these six areas or six reasons for fatigue is I was okay. (03:58): So yesterday I went to the acupuncturist and I'm pregnant. I'm working on nausea, I'm working on phlegm, I'm working on inflammation, hormone, balancing all of those things that go along with pregnancy. Me especially since my body doesn't love pregnancy early on first pregnancy, second pregnancy, we're kind of a breeze. Third pregnancy is when for, for my story in particular, I had lived in a mold infested home for three years, between while I was pregnant with baby number two and the beginning of baby number three. So living in that environment for a long time, really wrecked havoc on my hormones and my body. And I've done a lot of work on fixing, restoring those things and moving the mold out of my body, but there's still a lot of work that needs to be done. And I have noticed that each pregnancy after that has gotten a little bit different. (05:01): And I know some of that also has to do with age, even though age is just a number. But hormones start to change. A body composition starts to change metabolic functions, change. You know, there's things that go along with that. So my first pregnancy, I was 21. I believe I had her right before my 22nd birthday and this pregnancy, I am 1231 and we'll have her right before my 32nd birthday. So there are some changes there that happened just internally, but as I'm laying on the acupuncturist table, I have this overwhelming thought come over me. And that thought was, how do I present to listeners, to followers, to fans, to groupies, to whatever you guys want to call yourself? How do I present to them that health is not linear. Even my own health journey, my health story, I have done nutrition. I have done alternative therapies and treatments like acupuncture, like red light therapy supplementation, you know, all different kinds of things to help support my body. (06:22): And I go through phases in order to heal and to restore my body. I will go through phases where I'm doing acupuncture regularly or where I go through phases, where I am doing massage regularly to support lymphatic system and to support my musculoskeletal system. There's other times where I focus very heavily on food and nutrition and what I'm putting in my body and making sure that everything is evenly balanced out and supported that way. There are times where I stopped taking supplements. I laugh about this because especially during pregnancy, that's been really hard for me. If I take supplements, it causes me to throw up. So of course I'm not going to take them, even though yes, prenatals are very important. It's more important that I keep the nourishment that is in my body than to try to force something. Right. And there's periods of time where I'm like, you know what? (07:28): I am just, I don't want to take another stinkin pill like I'm done, you know, and I will go off supplements for, you know, a couple of weeks and then, okay, it's time to reset, rejuvenate you know, go back to, and there will be other times where I say, okay, you know, it's time to go back into focus on, you know, supporting my digestive function to rebuilding my gut, to making sure my bowel movements are consistent, you know, or whatever it may be that is needed to support my body at that time. Maybe I notice without supplementation that who my hormones are all over the place and going back to supporting hormones is going to be in the best benefit of my body as a collective. Right. So I just want you guys to kind of get this in your head, that your journey with Hashimoto's your journey with hypothyroidism or graves or hyperthyroidism it's going to change. (08:34): And it doesn't mean that it's in vain, that it's a waste of time, that it's a waste of money. That it's a waste of energy. All of these things add up. It's a compounding effect when we are consistent. And for myself, this is one of the big things that I have noticed is having an accountability partner, right? A coach, a mentor that is when I have massive success personally, professionally health-wise, you know, all of those different things because there's people keeping me accountable and also helping me find my blind spots. Because let me tell you, even though I have a lot of professional background education professional experience working with clients with hormone and Hashimoto's and thyroid, I still don't know everything, unfortunately. And it's funny because I feel like the more I learn, the more I realize, I don't know anything. Isn't that the truth though, when it comes to a lot of things, as we learn things and we're like, wow, this is really great. And then we're like, oh my gosh, what else? Don't I know, and I can easily get sucked into these rabbit holes of trying to learn everything. The first one I'm going to point out is food trend (10:01): Inside the Hanson method inside the Facebook group, inside Instagram, DMS people are very curious about food sensitivities, what's going on, why they're reacting to certain foods. I had a client the other day, she went out to eat. She ordered, I think it was like red skin potatoes with salmon and asparagus. And there was some sauce put on top and she sent me a message. And she said, why did I eat this? And all of a sudden blow up like a balloon and feel so bloated and heavy and disgusting because in her mind, right. And all of our minds, salmon, red skin potatoes, and asparagus, that is a good, healthy, well balanced meal, right? So you've got a little bit of carbs. You've got some fat and protein and you have some greens. Well, I kind of explained, I said, you know, really this could be a lot of different things happening when we should look at the sauce, right? (11:03): The sauce, what is it made up of? What is in it? How was it cooked, prepared? It couldn't have gluten in it. It could have something else. Then also looking at the food service industry in general, we need to, they, their goal is to make money. Their goal is to make it tastes good and to essentially make money. And that doesn't always mean fresh. That doesn't always mean high quality. Sometimes we can go to vegan restaurants or, you know, there's a couple of restaurants here in Arizona where it is organic pasture raised. They do use very good high quality ingredients, but you're also paying a premium price for that. So things to keep in mind within a situation, that number one, we need to look at this sauce. How has it cut? How's it prepared? Number two, number two, looking at the oils that they use. (12:04): I know for myself, I do not use canola oil. And I, we went to a friend's house, kind of similar situation. They cooked, they cooked a meal, good ingredients. There wasn't anything that was out of the normal for me. But when I thought back and I watched him cook, they use canola oil to coat the pan prior to cooking. And I was like, ah, it's the canola oil. So sometimes in situations like that, restaurants, like I said, they're not going for high quality. They're going for cheap. They're going for inexpensive. And most people are used to consuming things like canola oil. So looking at those, looking at the oils, looking at those types of things when you're having food sensitivities. Now, the other thing, when it comes to food is there's different categories of food. There are latex foods, there are Sicily foods, there are night shade foods. (13:10): So if you're reacting or responding to peppers, tomatoes, every single time you eat them looking into night shade foods and eliminating those night shade foods so that you eliminate the threat or the inflammatory responses that are happening along with the foods. Oftentimes this isn't the rule all the time. Oftentimes when we cut foods out for 90 days, we allow our body to hit a reset, restart rejuvenate button. We're able to reintroduce those foods and feel better. Okay. when it comes to food, sensitivities and fatigue, what we typically see is you will eat said food or meal, and very shortly afterwards, you will feel like you need to take a nap or you need to lay down or something like that. And that can also be a result of poor digestive system. So if it's happening every single time you eat, it means that your digestive system is slow. (14:20): It's sluggish. But can also be just associated with particular foods, particular categories of foods. So on and so forth, or K number two can be a result of toxic overload in functional medicine. We have this toxic load theory. Now imagine a picture and outline of a human body. At the very bottom stage, most of us have toxins. Okay. we, the way our environment is the way we eat, the way we live, most of us are going to have toxins that are happening that we are exposed to when our body is in homeostasis. When everything is balanced, when our kidneys are working, when our liver is working, our body is able to filtrate properly. And that allows us to remove the toxins and keep us more or less in a state of homeostasis. But if we continue exposing ourselves to more and more and more and more and more toxins, and then our liver, our kidneys, our normal filtration processes lungs, those types of things begin to break down. (15:32): They begin to shut down. In the beginning, we start with like an acute phase, right? Maybe I'm feeling a little fatigued. I don't know what's going on. Maybe just something is a little bit off. Then we get into a compensatory stage. Compensatory stage is where at this point, we're like going to the doctor and we're like, Hey doctor, I'm feeling tired. I'm gaining weight. I'm feeling puffy. I've got aches and pains. You know, I don't know what's going on with me, but I just don't feel like myself. I'm unmotivated. I'm not as happy as I used to be in the, doctor's going to say, do you know what? We can do some labs or whatever, but it sounds like you're just really maybe depressed or anxious. Let's put you on some depression or anxiety medication. And that may be true. Maybe you really are struggling with anxiety or depression, or maybe you just are starting to be exposed to toxins and your body is at filtrating properly. (16:32): Okay. Now I have to leave this here because people are going to say, well, does that mean you don't believe in antidepressants or anti anxiety medication? No, that is not true. I believe that they serve a purpose when needed, but I also believe that they are overused and overprescribed. I'm also very hypersensitive to people who say depression, anxiety, because I lost a brother who completed suicide when he was 15. So I know the real dangers of losing someone you love when they are struggling with anxiety, depression. So we just need to be very, very careful, but also take proactive approaches, right? Dopamine, serotonin they're created in the gut. So that, that can go back to food, sensitivities, leaky, gut, things like that. Okay. So then in that compensatory stage, maybe they're starting to find anxiety, depression, maybe a high cholesterol, high blood pressure. (17:41): You know, maybe some of those I'm going to label them as minor things if they continue. And if they progress, we end up in this toxic load phase. This is where you continued to go to the doctor. Hey doctor. Now I have this symptom. Can we run this test? I don't know what's going on with me. My fatigue is getting worse. My pain is getting worse. Weight gain. I keep gaining weight. I'm eating clean, I'm eating healthy. I'm doing this. I'm doing that. I don't understand what's going on. And your doctor says, okay, let's run some more labs, runs more labs finds out that dah, dah, dah, you have whatever condition in this case, the thyroid, right? Hashimoto's hypothyroidism. Now we need to give you medication for that. When we finally hit that state of a diagnosis, we are in a form of cellular death. (18:37): You can come out of this cellular death. There is hope, but it's going to be so much more work. It's going to be so much harder. And I remember telling friends, family members, clients, when I first got certified as a holistic wellness practitioner, I was like, I want to work with people before they get sick. You guys, there's no money there. Nobody wants to pay you or to hire you when they feel good. They don't want to start working with you until they are either in that compensatory stage where the fatigue is starting to become crazy. The anxiety, the depression are starting to take over their life. Their libido is tanking, or when they've reached out place of cellular death. And they're like, I no longer know how to live my life and function. Right? So, which is so sad. So sad. This is a broken system that we have. (19:37): This is really sick care. This is not healthcare you guys. And if I had it my way, everybody would have a professional coach, mentor practitioner, whatever it may be, who is constantly testing, monitoring, educating teaching, empowering you guys before you get to a state of disease. And if we break apart disease, right, it spells dis ease. You're out of comfort. Okay. I've got a little bit of a rant and a soap box here. So that is toxic overload that can be causing contributing to the fatigue that you guys are experiencing. Number three is going to be gut infections. Oh boy, can worms open. Okay. Gut infections are very, very real. They happen. My coach Chris, she works with us. She got food poisoning this past week and we were having the conversation and she's like, I am so upset about this because I know the work that has to be done now that I've had food poisoning, probiotics, we've got to rebuild the gut flora. (20:56): And one of the things that I see, especially with people who have a lot of digestive discomfort bloating, gas, constipation, maybe some rapid dumping going on in there where it's just their digestive system is chronically in a fight or flight response itself, which is leading them to anxiety, leading them to depression and symptoms, mood imbalances, right? And then we start having hormonal imbalances. And then you start having all these other things. When we have gut infections following something like food poisoning, then we, we see, see, but we see small intestinal bacteria overgrowth, which can lead to digestive issues if it's not addressed right with bacteria. So food poisoning happens because there's bacteria in the food that you shouldn't be eating consuming because it wasn't properly or taken care of properly, or maybe it was spoiled before it was served to you, right? (22:03): There's some issues there. And that bacteria then ends up GI track that GI track. Then it has an a bacterial imbalance. And because it's warm, it's dark and this is it's moist, there's food, there's fuel. There's all kinds of things that can feed this bacteria. It begins to grow and grow and grow and proliferate and becomes a really nasty, ugly situation and therefore causing conditions like Sego. Okay. So that's just one example. When it comes to gut infections, you can have candy that you can have yeast. You can have mold, you can have fungus, you can have a whole myriad of different things that are happening in parasites has another one that I didn't mention leading to digestive discomfort. And so, again, moving to functional testing to properly identify what you have going on, what strands of bacteria that you have happening in there, or mold or yeast or fungus or parasites, so that you can take the proper steps in order to restore that function right. (23:17): To kill off the parasites. Now I told you earlier in today's episode, I personally have exposures to mold. It got into my digestive system, and I did a mold cleanse maybe six months ago, maybe a little bit longer now. And when I was cleaning out the mold, you guys that cleanse worked. So I have parasite major parasites that I saw leaving my body, which grossed me out and was also very exciting at the same time. If you are squeamish just fast forward, but I had like a 12, 13 inch parasite come out of my Bobbie in the process of cleaning out the mold. I did not know that I had parasites because I have different symptoms. Hey, so this is why testing is so important. I did testing to test for mold levels, found high levels of mold was taking care of that. (24:24): And it worked in conjunction. And again, this is because I worked with my practitioner to find the right balance and the right supplements for me, based off symptoms, based off lifestyle. And we did decide to do a parasite cleanse because I live on a farm. So the likelihood of me having parasites is probably higher than someone who lives in the city so on and so forth. Okay. So looking at gut infections, making sure we're doing the right testing, the right assessing working with a qualified practitioner on that is super important. We do a lot of this work with our clients inside the Hanson method as well. Tip number four, managing stress. If you are chronically stressed, your immune system, your digestive system, your nervous system, your heart, those are going to be the most vulnerable when it comes to to stress, right? (25:29): Those systems are going to start running down. They're going to start slowing down, leaving you and causing you with fatigue. And this high stress is also going to influence your sleep. It's going to influence your waistline. That's going to influence your relationships and your body chemistry for your health. And this is especially true with us who are suffering with chronic conditions. Chronic stress can lead to lowering your immune system, making you more susceptible to illness. So, wow. So what initiates a stress response in someone, right? And maybe not for another, how you respond to those stressors in your life is uniquely individual to you. What may cause you overwhelm cause you stress and create stress. A stress response in your body may take another person, may take it in stride and it may be easy for them to roll through and work through. And it may be no big deal. (26:31): And so this is one of the things that I really stress to my clients inside the Hanson method is that if it's a big deal to you, it's a big deal to me. I may look at you and be like, oh, that's it like, that's not that bad, but for you, it could be the difference between, you know, life and death, or feel like a life and death situation. There are many different sources, sources of stress in our modern day world fast-paced world, whether it is mental, emotional, physical, financial, spiritual, or toxin related, how you manage your stress and your health is really critical. Like I stated your immune system, your digestive track, your nervous system, your heart are all the most vulnerable when it comes to stress management. So reducing the stress in your life is oftentimes easier said than done, but believe it or not, it has a profound connection to self love. (27:32): Self care. When you take that time to be mindful of your needs in a loving way, and take care of yourself, you are able to better manage that stress, meaning your sleep is going to get better. Meaning you're going to feel happier, meaning the balance and the homeostasis in your body is going to be better and more balanced. All right, number five is movement. Movement is critical for our energy levels. Hey, movement can swing one way or it can swing another way. Meaning we can over-exercise we can over move the body. We can overstress the body causing chronic fatigue, low energy levels. So on and so forth, or a lack of movement can contribute to low energy levels. Our body. If you just look at the way our body was made, we were made with hinges. We were made to move. We were made to rotate. (28:31): We were made to move our body. I have no other way to say that we are made to move. Our body was designed to move. We have joints, we have muscles. All of that is contributing to our body and its ability to move. Now, some of us are more flexible than others, right? I'm not talking about that. I'm talking simply about movement. So a good rule of thumb or a good way to look at this is when you exercise, do you have to take a nap afterwards? Maybe you feel great for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, but then, oh my gosh, every day exercise, I have to go take a nap, too much exercise. We need to pull it back. Maybe instead of doing hit training, heavy lifting, CrossFit, whatever it may be that you're doing. We pull back to yoga. We pulled back to swimming. (29:29): We pulled back to light stretching. We pulled back to just walking. And if you are not moving at all and you are living a very sedentary lifestyle, just simply moving, walking around the block, taking five, 10 minutes to walk the stairs in your home, up and down. I'm not talking, running them. You guys, I'm talking just up, down, up, down, you know, at a normal pace that can actually increase energy levels for your body. Pretty cool, huh? All right. So let's go to some tips. You guys, I think I told you at the beginning, I had six. I have five. So we really had five going on today, but let's move into some tips of what we can do to better support our body and how you gain energy, which is gonna make you feel amazing. So first and foremost, you guys eat a well balanced diet, how you nourish your body has a great impact on how you're able to manage stress. (30:39): Focusing on those nutrient dense high quality foods is going to help balance your blood sugar levels and helping you maintain better energy as well. It's also means avoiding foods that you are sensitive to or alerted to, because those can cause again, your energy to take caffeine and sugar, both negatively impact your adrenal function and your fight and fight your flight and fight response. So those should also be limited. Avoid those processed chemical Laden foods, because that's going to be inflammatory inducing, which is going to put stress on the body and therefore causing fatigue tip is going to be breath, work, taking deep breaths, learning how to effectively calm the immune system and your central nervous. I'm sorry. I said your immune system, I meant your central nervous system is one of the great ways to bring oxygen into your blood, into your body. There are many, many different side effects to this, but the thing that is often overlooked when we do breath work is that is actually detoxifying for the body. (31:58): We talk about breath, work a lot. I'm sure you guys can Google it Instagram at whatever you want to do, but there are a lot of different techniques, but when we are expelling, I mean, we're breathing out. We are releasing toxins that could be latent in the body. So very, very good stuff. One of my favorites is the, I like the box breathing, breathe in for four hold for four, breathe out for four, breathe in hold, breathe out four seconds. There are other techniques where you breathe in for four seconds. You hold for seven seconds and breathe out. Again, YouTube, some different techniques find one that resonates with you and works well with you. Progressive muscle relaxation. What you're going to be doing, this is really best. If you're laying down in your bed can help you get into a good, nice, deep sleep. (32:57): It's where you begin with your head, right? And you're going to contract each muscle group for two to four seconds and then release, move to the next muscle group. Do this all the way down your body until you have contracted and held and released each muscle group finishing with several long breaths. Again, this is going to help with stress management. It's going to help with toxic overload and allowing your body to get into a more restful, deep sleep so that you can detoxify while you are sleeping and the body has the tools that are needed. Okay. The next tip you guys is movement. Get moving. If you are sitting in a chair all day long, get up, start moving, start engaging with your body in a physical way. Again, not a way that's going to overdo it or overstimulate you, but give you what you need in order to have good, sustainable energy all day long. (34:01): We know generally speaking, that women typically do best when they have even a small exercise routine, their body is going to respond and restore itself much quicker than someone who does not. Okay. And last but not least, you guys functional testing, working with a practitioner, it's going to help you figure out what food sensitivities you have. What's going on with the food what's helped. What's holding you back with the toxic overload. What kind of gut infections you're having? What is the stress response that's happening in your body is movement even a viable option for you at this point, maybe, or maybe not. I had a few doctors at different points in my life. Tell me you are not allowed to do more than walking Shannon. Which has always come at times where I don't want to hear that at all, but it was exactly what my body needed. (35:02): I know I said last but not least. I have one more for you. We'll call this a bonus, but it is said that laughter is the best medicine. And it's so true when you laugh, your body actually reduces the level of stress hormones inside your body and your immune system. That gets a boost as well. Laughter increases your endorphins as well as increasing oxygen to organs. So you guys go see a funny movie, spend time with family. Watch funny things on YouTube. But I would say connect, have a go out with your friends, go out with people who make you feel happy and good because it's like I said, it's going to help stimulate your immune system. It's going to help with detoxification and you're going to feel good. It's going to increase dopamine and serotonin responses so that we have this surge of energy. (35:56): You have the surge of feel goodie, feel goodness inside of our body, which is really what we need in order to improve our body and its functions overall. So with that, you guys thank you for joining. I will see you in the next, have you heard about the Hanson method? The Hampton method is our four month, 16 week intensive thyroid program that we work with women from all over the world to help them balance and align their thyroid hormones so that they can gain energy, gain freedom from fatigue and lose the thyroid weight. This program is absolutely cutting edge because we do things like mineral balancing and helping you learn what the four phases of balancing your thyroid hormones are, which is number one, clean energy. We need to know and understand the right foods, the right fuel to put inside of our body, how to balance and pair foods together so that we don't have the digestive discomfort. (37:02): And we are able to properly break down and absorb the nutrients from all of our foods. Number two, learning how to get in those key thyroid nutrients, things like selenium and iodine without having to take handfuls and handfuls of pills. Number three, when it comes to food is detoxing from dirty energy food. When we eat gluten, when we eat dairy and excess or other things that are causing food sensitivities, this can suck the energy and the life out of you. After we address all of the food and understanding what our body needs, we go into a personal protocol for you. I want you to learn the basics, but then I also want you to learn how to customize your plan specific to you. So yes, we do the functional testing inside of that. We give you a protocol that includes diet, lifestyle and supplementation. And while you're working on that protocol, we're teaching you other things like learning, how to map your symptoms, how to connect the dots, how to tune into your menstrual cycle and the body pain and the aches and the hair loss to put together a plan for you so that you know what the third part is your thyroid blockers. (38:16): Those little thyroid blockers are bad little buggers because they block your thyroid hormones from making converting and working properly. And then the last step is opening up those detoxification systems. Using our lymphatic system, we see the lymphatic being overworked, overburdened, overstressed, and strained, and that is causing the muscle aches and the poor detoxification, the swelling, the puffiness, all of the yucky symptoms that we're experiencing every single day. This program is second to none. It is cutting edge. We work with you both in a group setting and one-on-one setting so that you can get all of the help, all of the support that you need. In addition to being able to communicate with us through our app, through, with our team every single day, if you are interested in booking a free consultation, a thyroid breakthrough call head over to the show notes to schedule your call and do it before the end of April. (39:24): Because at the end of April, we are increasing our prices. And I want you guys to be able to come in with the most amount of benefits, the most amount of bonuses, and obviously for the cheaper price. So don't hesitate. Go click on it, get it scheduled, come to the call and let's look at what it looks like to work together through the Hanson method, but also make sure that this is the right fit for you in balancing your hormones, balancing your body and getting back to your life so that you can gain the freedom from fatigue and lose the thyroid weight. I'll see you on the call. Wait, (40:09): Please subscribe. If you've found value in today's episode, he listening to you and share on Instagram and please tag.  

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