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Enormous ecological losses and profound planetary transformations mean that ours is a time to grieve beyond the human. Yet, Joshua Trey Barnett argues in this eloquent and urgent book, our capacity to grieve for more-than-human others is neither natural nor inevitable. Weaving together personal narratives, theoretical meditations, and insightful readings of cultural artifacts, he suggests that ecological grief is best understood as a rhetorical achievement. As a collection of worldmaking practices, rhetoric makes things matter, bestows value, directs attention, generates knowledge, and foments feelings. By dwelling on three rhetorical practices—naming, archiving, and making visible—Barnett shows how they prepare us to grieve past, present, and future ecological losses. Simultaneously diagnostic and prescriptive, Mourning in the Anthropocene: Ecological Grief and Earthly Coexistence (Michigan State UP, 2022) reveals rhetorical practices that set our ecological grief into motion and illuminates pathways to more connected, caring earthly coexistence. Avery Weinman earned her Bachelor's in History from UCSC and her Master's in History from UCLA. Her work has been published in American Jewish History and the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog. She is a naturalist, an environmentalist, and a birder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications
Can Saints Hear All Prayers Simultaneously? and how are they efficacious?
Asara Resources Ltd (ASX:AS1) managing director Tim Strong sits down with Proactive's Jonathan Jackson to discuss the latest updates from the Kada Gold Project in Guinea. Asara has recently started metallurgical testing at Kada to evaluate its viability as a low-cost heap leach operation. The company is not only advancing its flagship project but is also strategically streamlining its portfolio. Asara has initiated the divestment process for its non-core assets, including the Paguanta silver and zinc project in Chile and the 2-million-ounce Kouri Gold Project in Burkina Faso, with advanced discussions underway. Strong recently highlighted Asara's focused approach: “Our ongoing metallurgical tests at Kada will guide us towards potentially rapid production. Simultaneously, we're implementing a strategic plan for sustainable growth, which includes divesting non-core assets to sharpen our focus on Guinea.” This strategic shift comes at a time when investor confidence in precious metals is rejuvenating, positioning Asara as a compelling and undervalued exploration opportunity. With significant gold and silver reserves across its portfolio, Asara is poised to strengthen its standing. #ProactiveInvestors #AsaraResources #ASX #KadaGoldProject #Guinea #Gold #PreciousMetals #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews
Enormous ecological losses and profound planetary transformations mean that ours is a time to grieve beyond the human. Yet, Joshua Trey Barnett argues in this eloquent and urgent book, our capacity to grieve for more-than-human others is neither natural nor inevitable. Weaving together personal narratives, theoretical meditations, and insightful readings of cultural artifacts, he suggests that ecological grief is best understood as a rhetorical achievement. As a collection of worldmaking practices, rhetoric makes things matter, bestows value, directs attention, generates knowledge, and foments feelings. By dwelling on three rhetorical practices—naming, archiving, and making visible—Barnett shows how they prepare us to grieve past, present, and future ecological losses. Simultaneously diagnostic and prescriptive, Mourning in the Anthropocene: Ecological Grief and Earthly Coexistence (Michigan State UP, 2022) reveals rhetorical practices that set our ecological grief into motion and illuminates pathways to more connected, caring earthly coexistence. Avery Weinman earned her Bachelor's in History from UCSC and her Master's in History from UCLA. Her work has been published in American Jewish History and the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog. She is a naturalist, an environmentalist, and a birder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies
Enormous ecological losses and profound planetary transformations mean that ours is a time to grieve beyond the human. Yet, Joshua Trey Barnett argues in this eloquent and urgent book, our capacity to grieve for more-than-human others is neither natural nor inevitable. Weaving together personal narratives, theoretical meditations, and insightful readings of cultural artifacts, he suggests that ecological grief is best understood as a rhetorical achievement. As a collection of worldmaking practices, rhetoric makes things matter, bestows value, directs attention, generates knowledge, and foments feelings. By dwelling on three rhetorical practices—naming, archiving, and making visible—Barnett shows how they prepare us to grieve past, present, and future ecological losses. Simultaneously diagnostic and prescriptive, Mourning in the Anthropocene: Ecological Grief and Earthly Coexistence (Michigan State UP, 2022) reveals rhetorical practices that set our ecological grief into motion and illuminates pathways to more connected, caring earthly coexistence. Avery Weinman earned her Bachelor's in History from UCSC and her Master's in History from UCLA. Her work has been published in American Jewish History and the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog. She is a naturalist, an environmentalist, and a birder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Can Saints Hear All Prayers Simultaneously? and how are they efficacious?
Kitchens are smaller now, and families are looking for variety in meals. Simultaneously, there is a growing awareness among the working population about healthy choices, including natural and preservative-free options. Additionally, the drawbacks of ordering food in are evident – it can be expensive, less hygienic, and might compromise the freshness and authenticity of the taste. In response to these challenges, a culinary revolution has unfolded with the rise of ready-to-cook products. This trend provides a practical middle ground for families striving to balance the demands of work and home life without compromising the quality of their meals. Innovative brands in this segment are addressing these concerns by offering preservative-free and authentic-tasting RTC products. This not only caters to the desire for convenient cooking but also allows households to indulge in guilt-free home-cooked meals.
My guest this week is Jack Viertel who joins us to talk about his delightful new novel, Broadway Melody. This is one of a fascinating wave of novels that explore the history of Broadway though a combination of fictional characters and real-life Broadway figures. Jack Viertel began his theatrical career as a drama critic for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and then worked as a dramaturg at the Mark Taper Forum. This led to him serving three decades as Creative Director and Senior Vice President of Jujamcin Theaters where he oversaw the production of 50 Broadway plays and musicals. Simultaneously, during two of those decades, he also served as the Artistic Director of the New York City Center's Encores! series, producing 65 musical revivals. And he was a creative force behind a string of blockbuster musicals including Smokey Joe's Café, Dear Evan Hanson, and Hairspray. He taught musical theater at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Secret Life of The American Musical. I want to thank all of our Broadway Nation Patron Club members, including our longtime Producer Level patrons, Paula & Steve Reynolds. Their generous support helps to make it possible for me to bring this podcast to you each week. If you would like to support the creation of Broadway Nation, here is the information about how you too can become a patron. Become a PATRON of Broadway Nation! For just $7.00 a month, you will receive exclusive access to never-before-heard, unedited versions of many of the discussions that I have with my guests — in fact I often record nearly twice as much conversation as ends up in the edited versions. You will also have access to additional in-depth conversations with my frequent co-host Albert Evans that have not been featured on the podcast. All patrons receive special “on-air” shout-outs and acknowledgment of your vital support of this podcast. And if you are very enthusiastic about Broadway Nation there are additional PATRON levels that come with even more benefits. If you would like to support the work of Broadway Nation and receive these exclusive member benefits, please just click on this link: https://broadwaynationpodcast.supercast.tech/ Thank you in advance for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Female boxer and fitness industry guru Cristy 'Code Red" Nickel talks about her combat journey into the world of bodybuiding at 46 years old. The film explores her intense preparation, struggles, and relearning of the sport, delving into her inspiring journey from poverty to millionaire and analyzes the contrast between bodybuilding and general weight loss. Simultaneously managing her thriving fitness and wellness company, the film showcases Cristy's dedication to transforming lives, providing a powerful testament to resilience and empowerment. Hear the entire inteview this week.
SUPPORT ART SMACK In this compelling episode of Art Smack, hosts Jerry Gogosian and Annie Taylor sit down with the renowned art market expert Magnus Resch, whose latest literary offering, "How to Collect Art," has been stirring up the art world with its insightful revelations. Resch, known for his analytical approach to the often opaque and mystifying art market, shares the floor with the hosts to delve into the groundbreaking research that underpins his book. Drawing from a wealth of data, Resch's methodology shines a light on the art world's inner workings, offering a rare glimpse into the dynamics that drive art collection. The discussion navigates through his interactions with art world insiders, revealing how these conversations have enriched his understanding and subsequently, the invaluable advice he offers in his book. As the conversation unfolds, Resch elaborates on how "How to Collect Art" serves as a crucial resource not just for budding and established collectors, but also for artists striving to comprehend the market for their creations. By employing data to demystify the art collection process, Resch's insights promise to empower potential collectors with the knowledge to make informed decisions. Simultaneously, artists listening in will find guidance on navigating the market, understanding their audience, and strategically positioning their work. With Jerry and Annie probing into the nuances of Resch's research and findings, this episode of Art Smack offers a deep dive into the symbiotic relationship between art creation and collection, highlighting the significance of transparency and data in cultivating a vibrant and accessible art ecosystem. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jerrygogosian/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jerrygogosian/support
On their recent earnings call, PriceSmart offered a comprehensive review of their performance and strategic initiatives. Their CEO, Robert E. Price, asserted, "I think our reputation there is really, really good from what we hear and the way our members seem to feel about it. There's been a lot of turnaround in Colombia," further adding that the company made the strategic decision to reduce margins and modify pack sizes on certain items in Colombia, which had become overly expensive.An analysis of PriceSmart's financial performance reveals solid growth in key areas such as net merchandise sales, membership accounts, operating income, and net income. In addition, high membership renewal rates provide a positive indication of customer satisfaction with the company's offerings.Strategically, PriceSmart has zeroed in on growth drivers such as food, non-foods, food services and bakery, aiding in boosting revenue growth. The growth in the client interest towards the private-label sales testifies the company's successful initiatives.PriceSmart is evidently investing in future growth, with initiatives in health services, omnichannel retail, and advanced inventory planning tools like RELEX. Their commitment to enhancing customer experience, combined with a keen focus on operational efficiency, evinces their intent to excel. Simultaneously, the company indicates a strong commitment to environmental and social responsibility, aligning with the rising consumer preference for sustainable and ethical practices.Consumer trends are influencing the retail landscape, with shifts evident in transaction values, pricing, and ordering methods. The increased preference for digital channels and online engagement underlines the growing importance of e-commerce and omni-channel retailing in serving dynamic customer needs.Expanding on expansion possibilities, Robert E. Price mentioned, "There continue to be opportunities in some of those countries. And we continue to identify the right properties to take advantage of those opportunities". This insight into PriceSmart's strategic approach to market expansion illustrates their proactive efforts to extend their footprint in existing and potential new territories.Moving forward, PriceSmart plans to strengthen its infrastructure with investments in distribution, digital channels, and advanced tools like RELEX, signifying their unwavering emphasis on operational excellence.In summary, PriceSmart reveals itself as a company that is not only financially resilient but also strategically focused. With an intricate understanding of emerging consumer trends and a clear blueprint for future growth, PriceSmart promises to hold its own in the competitive retail sector. The firm's adherence to operational excellence and a steadfast commitment to innovation and sustainability corroborates its potential. However, it bears remembering that these are the company's own projections and plans, made available to investors on their earnings call. As aspects of retail and global market dynamics evolve, so too might the path that PriceSmart eventually takes.PSMT Company info: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PSMT/profileFor more PSFK research : www.psfk.com This email has been published and shared for the purpose of business research and is not intended as investment advice. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theprompt.email
Episode 50 | Securing the Digital FrontierThe Big Themes:Multi-cloud complexity & AI: The adoption of multi-cloud environments presents significant management challenges for IT teams, including complexities in configuration, monitoring, and integration. Simultaneously, there is increasing interest in harnessing AI to enhance cybersecurity, with discussions centering on automating tasks and responses for more effective threat management.Need for proactive cybersecurity measures: Proactive cybersecurity measures are to be preferred over reactive ones. It suggests that organizations should invest in tools and strategies that predict and prevent security threats rather than just responding to them.Adaptability and skill development: In the face of technological advancements and changing job requirements, adaptability and continuous skill development are crucial. You want a workforce that can adapt to new technologies and think critically about their applications in the business context.The Big Quote: “When a company gets breached. . . somebody always wrote a memo that went 'Doesn't that look funny to you?'. . . imagine if we had a tool that kept watch that listened, that learned, that advised and maybe even got shrill. An email isn't going to go 'Hey, man, read me now.' But the right AI tool might very well be programmed to say, 'I'm going to keep texting that CIO until they listen to me.'"
Welcome to Street Stoics, where we navigate the crossroads of ancient wisdom and the digital era!In this illuminating episode, "Beyond Likes and Shares: Stoic Principles for Authentic Connection on Social Media," we delve into the duality of the online world, exploring both its allure and challenges through the lens of Stoic philosophy.Social media, with its vast reach and instantaneous connections, offers immense opportunities for communication and community building. However, amidst the allure of likes and shares, the quest for authentic connection often faces challenges. How can Stoic principles guide us through this complex landscape, helping us discern the good and bad of our digital interactions?Join us on this insightful journey as we unravel the profound teachings of Stoicism. Discover practical insights to navigate the digital realm with resilience and wisdom. Explore how virtue, mindfulness, and authenticity can serve as guiding beacons in the midst of social media's allure and the potential pitfalls.Learn to harness the positive aspects of social media – the potential for meaningful connections, the sharing of ideas, and the creation of virtual communities that inspire and support. Simultaneously, we address the challenges – the superficial nature of likes, the constant barrage of notifications, and the impact of comparison culture on well-being.Cultivate a digital presence that not only embraces the benefits of connection but also navigates the potential negatives with grace and Stoic resilience. Our exploration goes beyond the surface, inviting you to strike a balance that aligns with Stoic virtues, fostering genuine connection while mitigating the negative impacts of the digital realm.Subscribe now to Street Stoics for a nuanced exploration of "Beyond Likes and Shares." Let the timeless wisdom of Stoicism guide you toward an intentional and authentic presence on social media, acknowledging both its positive potential and the challenges it presents. Engage in the conversation using #StoicismDigital and share your thoughts on shaping a digital world that reflects the profound values of Stoicism. #Stoicism #SocialMedia #AuthenticConnection #MindfulInteraction Support the showwww.streetstoics.comhttps://twitter.com/StreetStoicsReach us: streetstoics@gmail.comProduced by: http://podmedia.net/
Last time we spoke about the battle for Kohima and the mop up of the Admiralty islands. The battle for Kohima led to battles raging over the Kohima Ridge. At one point only 2500 allied defenders were facing nearly 15,000 Japanese. Numerous features fell to the Japanese top Kohima ridge. The Japanese were taking heavy casualties while pushing the defenders close to Kohima. A decisive moment presented itself, the Japanese had an open shot against Dimapur. However, mostly because of animosity towards General Mutaguchi the chance to deliver a kill blow was lost. If Dimapur had been taken, it may have changed the entire Burma War. Over in the Admiralty Islands, Los Negros and Manus were finally all mopped up and now the allies had forward airfields to further smash the inner Japanese perimeter. General MacArthurs triumphant return to the Philippines was on its way. This episode is the Defense of India Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945. Last we spoke, General Mutaguchi had initiated a grand offensive against Kohima. General Slim, knew the seizure of Kohima would be attempted only in conjunction with the seizure of the much more important target, Dimapur. It was at Dimapur where an enormous allied supply dump lied over the Ledo-Imphal line, it was the hub for which all allied activity in the region revolved. If Dimapur fell, the province of Manipur would be impossible to defend and the Brahmaputra valley would be interdicted thus cutting off all overland supply to China. To everyone's shock the Japanese instead invested an entire division to attack Kohima. Slim thought this was a enormous blunder on the part of General Sato Kotoku, going as far as to ask the RAF not to bomb the Generals HQ as “it never struck him that he could inflict terrible damage on us without taking Kohima at all”. In truth it was not really Sato at fault, it was more so upon his superior General Kawabe Mazakazu who did not trust nor like Mutaguchi and rightly suspected the man's megalomaniac plan to invade India. Thus Mutaguchi's Operation U-Go, the intended invasion of India saw the 33rd and 15th divisions closing in on Imphal by the end of March as the 31st Division attacked Kohima. General Cowan's 17th Division was able to effectively retreat to Imphal by April 4th, with the 49th Brigade acting as rearguard. Meanwhile General Yanagida had just replenished ammunition and provisions after the battle at Tonzang and now ordered the 214th and 215th Regiments to resume their advance. Colonel Sasahara Masahiko's 215th regiment departed Singgel on March 27th and crossed the India-Burma border by April 3rd. They advanced to Churachandpur by the 7th as the 214th followed closely behind them. Meanwhile, the Right Assault Unit, the Yamamoto unit had been in hot pursuit of General Gracey's 20th division since the start of April, and the 3rd battalion, 213th regiment of the Mitsui Unit had just captured the town Chamol. Additionally the 1st battalion, 60th regiment attempted, but failed to break through Laiching Hill in late March. Afterwords the unit was ordered to turn back and attempt a development of Gravey's left flank by Moving through Lamlong and then Kampang in early April. To the north, General Yamauchi's Divisional Headquarters advanced to Kasom on March 28. Yamauchi ordered two companies of the 1st Battalion, 67th Infantry to attack and occupy Kameng, which presented an easy approach route to Imphal. The 123rd Indian Brigade, 5th Indian Division had closed the gap with barbed wire and set up defensive positions in the hills to the immediate north and south of the road. The attack was made on the night of April 3 against the positions held by the 1/17th Dogras of the 123rd Indian Brigade on a hill off the Ukhrul Road, south of the village of Kameng, but failed to achieve its objective. They were then furiously counter-attacked by the guns of the 28th Field Regiment and by the Dogras themselves. A troop of tanks each of the 3rd Carabiniers and 7th Cavalry were also positioned on either side of the hill and fired on what were easy targets. By the next morning, almost 100 Japanese bodies were found; the few survivors had withdrawn. It is believed that the ultimate objective of this attack had been the fair-weather Kangla Airfield farther south. It was now felt the 15th Division's strength was spreed too thinly, thus the Japanese believed their detachments holding along the Imphal-Ukhrul road were badly in need of reinforcement. As such, Yamauchi ordered the 60th and 51st regiments to get into closer contact and by the 4th of April they were moving into positions north of Imphal. On that same day, Colonel Matsumura started moving down the road to seize the supply depot known as the 221 Advance Ordnance Depot, the largest in the Imphal Area justnorth of Kanglatongbi. As Japanese pressure on the road increased, its men and some of the most valuable supplies, including ammunition and explosives, were moved into a defensive area at Kanglatongbi known as Lion Box. The 2nd battalion managed to take Hill 3813 by April 6th, the 3rd battalion was less fortunate facing the Lion Box. The Lion Box had very few fighting troops among the several thousand men within its perimeter. The box was defended against mounting Japanese assaults from 4 to 7 April, while the evacuation of the supplies to Imphal continued apace. Its defense was assisted by units of the 9th Indian Brigade and tanks of the 3rd Carabiniers, who would travel up from Sekmai in the south during the day. On the 5th while the 9th Indian BRigade and tanks of the 3rd Carabiniers were patrolling forward to help out the Lion Box, Cowan's 63rd Brigade arrived to Sekmai to reinforce the northern defenses, and this in turn allowed the 9th Brigade to take up a position to defend Nungshigum. On the 6th, Colonel Omoto's 3rd battalion attacked Nungshigum's northern Hill, known as Hill 3833, successfully overrunning the hastily developed Indian defenses there, while the 1st battalion marched upon Hill 4057. There was a heroic counter attack by a platoon led by 18 year old Jemadar Abdul Hafiz serving as Naib Subedar, Junior Commissioned Officer in the 9th Jat Regiment, British Indian Army. His platoon managed to recover Hill 3833 by the end of the day. Jemadar Abdul Hafiz was tasked with recovering it with two sections of his platoon. He fearlessly led the way and recovered the feature in the face of a hail of machine-gun fire and grenade attacks, killing several Japanese in the process. Injured by now, Hafiz continued the attack, fought to his death and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. The hill became known as Runaway Hill because of the way the Japanese had fled from Hafiz's brave actions. April the 7th saw a follow-up charge with Omoto's 3rd battalion re-seizing the hills around Nungshigum. In the four days that followed, Nungshigum exchanged hands a couple of times: the 3/9th Jats recovered it, only to lose it again to the Japanese of the 3/51st Battalion by 11 April who dug in well on the northern and southern bumps around Nungshigum. Meanwhile Matsumura was continuing to exert heavy pressure upon the Lion Box, finally forcing the battle weary defenders to evacuate the box as the position became impossible to defend. The valiant efforts of the Lion Box defenders had earned the British-Indian troops valuable time to evacuate a large amount of critical supplies back to Imphal, preventing their use to the Japanese. Do remember Mutaguchi literally planned the entire offensive on the basis their logistical supply line was simply seizing the allies supply depots. That is what we call a bold strategy. Matsumura's troops had suffered heavy casualties in their efforts against the Lion Box. Now he ordered the 60th regiment east to reassemble around the villages of Tingsat, Molvom and their surrounding heights by April 8th. They would be reinforced by the honda raiding units coming from the north. On the 9th, Omoto's 1st battalion assaulted Hill 4057 taking it from elements of the 123rd Indian Brigade, as the 3rd battalion secured Nungshigum. This breakthrough posed an unacceptable threat to the British, leaving the 4th Corps HQ, the Imphal Main and Kangla airfield vulnerable to further Japanese attacks. This prompted General Brigg's to get forces together to evict the Japanese from their recently gained heights. Brigg's was reinforced with the 254th Indian Tank Brigades armor for the job. An unrelenting artillery and aerial bombardment began against the 51st regiment, greatly reducing the strength of Omoto's companies. Suffering such horrific losses, Omoto was forced to retreat over to the eastern side of the Iril River. At around dusk on the 12th, Omoto's 3rd battalion withdrew from Nungshigum to take up better positions in the hills north of Hill 4057. From this position the 3rd battalion was able to cover the 1st battalion's withdrawal from Hill 4057 during the night. Simultaneously, Briggs launched his main counteroffensive, tossing two companies of the 1/17th Dogras and B Squadron of the 3rd Carabiniers. That morning, the infantry and tanks began climbing up via two spurs on the south-eastern side of Nungshigum. On each spur was a troop of M3 Lee-Grant tanks, together with a company of Dogras. The division's artillery, together with another troop of tanks, had been placed to the east and west of Nungshigum on the plain. As the infantry and armor climbed, the Vengeance dive-bombers and Hurricanes bombed and strafed the peaks. Soon thereafter, the 88 pieces of artillery and tanks on the plain plastered the same area. The two groups of infantry and tanks joined up at the peak named Pyramid and proceeded in a single file up a narrow ridge towards the Japanese on Southern Bump. As they approached the Japanese defenses, fierce fighting erupted. The tanks were sprayed with machine-gun and rifle fire, and grenades were thrown at them. But there was only so much the Japanese could do. The use of armor on Nungshigum, which rose over 1,000ft above the valley floor, was a masterstroke. The Japanese had never expected to encounter tanks and they had nothing to counter them effectively. The British had to pay a high price, too. All of the British tank officers were killed and the infantry officers wounded later that day. The former had been shot as they stuck their heads out of their tanks' turrets to guide them safely on the narrow and steep ridgeline. It was finally left to the VCO of the Dogras, Subadar Ranbir Singh, and Squadron Sergeant-Major Craddock of the 3rd Carabiniers to complete the battle. They rose to the occasion; the tanks finally destroyed the main bunkers and the infantry charged at and killed any survivors. There were casualties on both sides, but Japanese losses were especially heavy, leaving 250 bodies. This was the closest the Japanese would come to Imphal as a large, organized force in 1944. Yamauchi's 15th Division would never be able to pose such an urgent threat from the north again. On April 13th, the Honda unit and 2nd battalion, 60th infantry launched an unsuccessful attack against Sengmai. In another attack on the 18th, the 2nd battalion gained a foothold in the enemy positions on the eastern hill of Sengmai, but would be forced off it quickly losing 150 men. The failure to breach the defenders at Sengmai marked a turning point in the operation, forcing the Right Assault Unit onto the defensive. Meanwhile Omoto's withdrawal had opened a gap between his units and Matsumura's, leaving Matsumura isolated around the Imphal-Kohima road and the Mapao-Molvom range. This also left Matsumura's supply lines increasingly vulnerable to attacks by Brigg's 5th Division. General Scoones ordered the 23rd Indian Division to push back on the Ukhrul Road to regain control over the area, while Briggs cleared the Japanese out of the Imphal-Kohima and Mapao-Molvom Range. For this Major-General Ouvry Roberts dispatched the 37th Brigade up the Ukhrul Road while the 1st Brigade made a wide flanking maneuver to the right to swing north in an attempt to capture Yamauchi's HQ. A composite unite of the 51st regiment known as the Suzuta unit formed out of two companies and Suzuta's HQ managed to resist the Indian attacks at Yaingangpokpi. Their mission was to hold the pass near Hill 3524 and they were met by numerous enemy counterattacking groups. The Suzuta Unit was faced with a serious crisis when it was attacked by a strong enemy tank force on 18 April. Meanwhile back on the 15th, the sudden appearance of the 1st Brigade at Hill 5515.. With his headquarters threatened by this new enemy maneuver, Yamauchi decided to move 15th Division headquarters and the Suzuta Unit to the rear of the Right and Center Assault Units. This move was complicated in that it entailed the evacuation of large numbers of casualties, among whom was General Yamanouchi himself. Upon arriving in the vicinity of Nungga intense enemy activity was encountered. It was found impossible to move west, to the desired destination and the headquarters was forced to move toward Lungshong via Ukhrul. The Suzuta Unit troops reverted to their parent organizations. The command post of the Division was finally established at a point about three miles southwest of Lungshong on 29 April. By april 22nd, Robert's Brigades made contact over the Ukhrul Road near Litan and began hunting down Yamauchi's HQ. They searched for it around Shongphel to the north. They converged on the spot, only to find Yamauchi was not there. To the east the 9th Brigade attacked the Mapao-Molvom Range on the 23rd, making some initial gains at Mapao. Their field guns with Hurricane bombers smashed Mapao, allowing the Jats and Punjabis to fight their way up and capture it in two days. But farther north, the heights around Molvom were better defended and the Japanese defied attempts to infiltrate these positions. The brigade soon got bogged down. Further east the 123rd Brigade advanced up the Iril River Valley facing some of Omoto's retreating men and would reach Sengmai by mid-may. The Japanese at this point were also preparing to continue their offensive further south. General Yanagida received reports on the progress of the 15th Division and that Kohima had already fallen. So he decided to bypass the expected resistance in the Moirang vicinity and advance directly upon Imphal. This prompted Colonel Sasagara to send his 2nd battalions of the 215th and 213th regiment to attack the Torbung positions on the 9th. They managed to successfully outflank the 49th brigade and exerted so much pressure in the area, the 49th brigade were forced to withdraw over the next few days. With the Japanese in hot pursuit, Cowan dispatched the 32nd Indian Brigade to defend the Tiddim Road with Brigadier David MacKenzie shifting his main position further back to Bishenpur. The Bishenpur village was well located: it was where the hills touched the Tiddim Road to its west; to the east lay the upper reaches of the Loktak Lake. Bishenpur was considered the best place to position a defense of the southwestern approach to Imphal. It was also important because from here a track wriggled west over the mountains to Silchar in Assam. Besides the Imphal–Kohima Road, the Bishenpur–Silchar Track was the only other navigable route back out to the rest of India. Unsurprisingly then, it was also of interest to the Japanese. On April 12th the Japanese attacked Potsangbam, but the 2nd battalion, 213th regiment was held up by heavy artillery and aerial bombardment from Bishenpur. The Japanese forayed into the villages of Kwa Siphai and Khoijuman to the northeast, but they were rebuffed. To counter them, aerial bombardments were called in on Potsangbam and the next large village, Ningthoukhong. Strategic Air Force Liberators pattern-bombed the two villages with 1,000lb bombs. The British sent tanks, together with infantry units, across the paddy fields towards Potsangbam, but their advance was held up by fierce opposition. Unlike at Nungshigum, the Japanese here were armed with anti-tank guns. Evicting them would require that much more effort. The 4th Independent Engineer Regiment was brought up to reinforce the 2nd Battalion, 213th Infantry at Potsangbam about 20 April, but it would be unable to break through nonetheless. To the west Sasahara's men tried to break through Kokadan on the 14th. They made repeated attacks for over a month, but would be unable to penetrate Mackenzie's defenses. The 214th regiment tossed three attacks against Hill 5846 from their position on Ingourok by April 24th. Hand-to-hand fighting ensued as each side sought to gain possession of these hills. The British had brought up a troop of Lee-Grant tanks of the 150th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps from Bishenpur and these were pressed into battle, firing in close support of the infantry. By 26 April, Point 5846 and Wooded Ridge were under their firm control, while the Japanese had Wireless Hill. Meanwhile the 2nd battalion reinforced the 214th regiment to skirt around Hill 5846 from the west, going just due north of the track. This endeavor ultimately failed in the end, and the men would have to turn back by the end of the month. Due to his failures and disagreements, General Mutaguchi consequently lost faith in Yanagida, who was ignored from this point onwards while his chief-of-staff, Colonel Tanaka Tetsujiro, effectively commanded the 33rd Division. Meanwhile over on the hill of the Shenam Saddle, the battle for Nippon Hill had been raging since early April. Gracey's initial piecemeal attempts to retake the feature only saw his men fail. On the other side, the Yamamoto Detachment launched a general attack from Chamol on the 8th, trying to make a breakthrough to Nippon Hill, to relieve the outnumbered 11th company, 213th regiment. While the Japanese were held up by crossfire from Tengnoupal, the 80th Brigade sent three companies of the 1st Devon's to recapture Nippon Hill on the 11th. Following heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, the British troops stormed the hill with a fierce lobing of grenades and machine gun fire, seizing the feature by the end of the day. Nonetheless the Japanese, General Yamamoto kept committing troops to continuous attacks over the next few days. What was witnessed on Nippon Hill was to be repeated on many occasions around Imphal. Japanese defensive positions would be subjected to intense bombardments, which it was hard to imagine anyone surviving. And yet, time and again, the Japanese would emerge out of the targeted positions and counter-attack. In fact, Nippon Hill was one such place where, even days after it had been recaptured by the British, a lone Japanese soldier would emerge from the rubble and attack. This after being buried for hours, or even days, usually without recourse to food or water. This behavior was a measure of the extraordinary capabilities of the Japanese, as defenders in particular, and of their dedication to their cause in general. It was also a testament to the strength of their defenses. On features like Nippon Hill, the Japanese had shown themselves to be adept at digging an extensive, deep network of underground tunnels and holes within their positions. These allowed them to withstand bombardments, while the small openings allowed for a sustained fire to be kept up on anyone who approached. After a week of fighting, the 3rd Battalion, 213th Regiment finally recaptured Nippon Hill on April 16, and this time it was to stay with the Japanese until the end of July. The hill would allow the Japanese to observe allied movements over the Shenam Saddle and the road below, so accurate firing from well-sited guns on this hill and the adjacent ridge would cause many casualties among the defenders. Yamamoto ramped up his efforts trying to break through towards Imphal. With additional tank and artillery support the 3rd battalion, 213th regiment managed to overrun Crete East on the 22nd as the 80th Brigade evacuated to the isolated Cyprus. Pressing onwards, Yamamoto attacked Crete West, tossing multiple attacks at the feature over the next two weeks. Despite the ferocity of the invaders, the defenders would manage to hold on until the end of April. Meanwhile the 1st battalion, 60th regiment was unable to break through Hill 5240 near Kampang, so on the 20th they were redirected to hit the northern sector of Palel. The battalion had suffered 300 casualties, unable to pose much of a threat any longer to Gracey's men. To their left was the 1st INA Division's 2nd Gandhi Brigade, deployed on the left flank of Yamamoto Force and an initial group that had rushed through the hills towards Palel. They were targeting the airfield from the south in coordination with the Japanese closing in via Langgol from the east. They clashed with Indian and Gurkha defenders at Purum Chumban on May 2nd. There are differing accounts of what happened during the battle of Purum Chumbang. One has the INA group reaching very close to the airfield, while another has it reach some 8km short of it. What is common to both, however, is the reaction of the Fourteenth Army units (Indian and Gurkha) to the INA's effort. A parley between the two is supposed to have taken place at some point, where the latter tried to convince their brethren on the British side not to fight. This being rejected, the INA attacked and was repulsed. At least 50 INA men were killed in the retaliatory response. It has been argued that these attacks by their fellow Indians affected INA morale. They had not expected to be considered traitors by their former comrades of the Indian Army. Several hundred INA men deserted before the end of the battle, although the majority of the force remained in the hills around the Tamu–Palel Road, wracked by disease and hunger. In the meantime, the Kohima Garrison received relief on their ridge positions, now General Grover was formulating a plan to recapture lost territory in the Kohima area and to annhilate the 31st division. His plan was to hold Zubza and Periphema in the rear while Brigadier John Shapland's 6th Brigade would launch an attack against the Japanese center and gradually push them towards the southern and southwestern flanks of the Kohima Ridge. Brigadier Victor Hawkins 5th Brigade would would perform a flanking maneuver to the north while Brigadier William Goshcens 4th Brigade did the same in the south. On April 18, Hawkins thus dispatched his first units across the deep Zubza nullah to the Merema Ridge to cut the Kohima-Merema-Bokajan road, with the rest of the brigade following in an excruciating march and finally assembling at the Merema Ridge by April 27. Further to the north, in parallel with the 2nd Divisions advance, Brigadier Perowne's men have been performing an extremely difficult march into the Naga Hills. Their task was to prevent the Japanese from escaping the Brahmaputra Valley, taking a track leading from Merema to Bokajan. For weeks the Chindit Brigade had conducted an effective operation, ambushing Japanese supply routes, denying them territory, encouraging local Naga resistance efforts and causing general havoc. General Mutaguchi and ordered Sato to send his 124th Infantry Regiment to support the struggling 15th Division in the south. Sato decided to occupy Garrison Hill prior to complying with Mutaguchi's directive, immediately sending the 1st Battalion, 138th Regiment to support the attacks of the 58th Regiment. The assault failed on the 23rd and this further convinced Sato he would be unable to hold Kohima if he sent the reinforcements Mutaguchi requested. His decision was also heavily influenced by his increasing anger at his superior as Mutaguchi was completely failing to supply his men. He had been promised at least 250 tons of resupplies would arrive by April 8, Sato testily demanded food and ammunition. In fact, very few supplies ever reached the 31st Division from Burma, the men having to survive on what they had brought with them, what they could beg or steal from Naga villages, or what 'Churchill Rations' they could capture from British stockpiles. Sato's fury at the lack of promised supplies reaching Kohima was fuelled by his belief that the 31st Division was being let down by Mutaguchi's abject failure to break into Imphal. In response to Mutaguchi's demand that he send troops to assist in the Imphal battle, on April 20 Sato sent the first of a number of increasingly tetchy signals to the army commander: 'We captured Kohima in three weeks as promised. How about Imphal?' Mutaguchi replied: 'Probable date for capture of Imphal April 29', which was the Emperor's birthday. Sato plainly did not believe him. On April 30, Sato signaled again: '31st Division at the limit of its endurance. When are you going to destroy Imphal?' To this he received no reply. The relationship between Sato and Mutaguchi had never been good, but now it was really bad. Over the next two weeks, the battles on Kohima Ridge were not seeing results. Repeated attacks were made against Garrison Hill as Shapland's men tossed desperate attacks at the extreme northern edge of the ridge allowing for a troop of Lee/Grant tanks to lumber up the western end of Naga Hill in order to provide armored support for the 5th Brigade. The plan to get tanks onto the back of Naga Hill by driving through the Japanese positions overlooking the TCP finally succeeded on April 27, the Lee/Grants trundling along the track, wary of mines, but taking the Japanese entirely by surprise at this stroke of legerdemain. Peppered on all sides futilely by bullets, they joined 5th Brigade on Naga Hill, albeit at the cost of 28 Dorset dead, who had kept intense pressure on the TCP end of the Kohima Ridge to distract the Japanese during the operation. In the fighting for control of the tennis court no means of overcoming Japanese bunkers could be discovered using infantry alone, and attempts were made to bulldoze a path up to the remains of the Deputy Commissioner's bungalow to allow a Lee/Grant tank to move onto the tennis court and engage the bunkers directly with its 75mm gun. Unhappily the first effort failed when the Lee/Grant went into reverse, pulling the bulldozer to which it was attached back down the steep slope in a heap of crashing, twisted metal. Four days later a similar attempt with a Stuart Light tank of the 45th Indian Light Cavalry also failed, as the Japanese had brought up a 3.7in. anti-tank gun that put the tank out of action, fortunately with no loss to the crew.By the 27th, the tanks made a break through to the Naga Hill. The Japanese suffered terrible casualties causing them to suspend operations against Garrison Hill. The 31st división was not fully adopting a defensive stance. Meanwhile, Goschen's men had set out on a long march to cut the Imphal Road below the Aradura Spur on the night of April 25. They were advancing through some of the worst terrain of the entire region, it was deep, nearly vertical jungle-covered gullies falling between Mount Pulebadze and the face of Mount Japfu. The 4th Brigade would reach the valley between Pulebadze and Japfu in three days. One there, General Stopford ordered Goschen to climb over Pulebadze Ridge then come down into Kohima to hit the Japanese position on the GPT ridge, which were giving serious problems to Shaplands men. The brigade accordingly turned left, climbing up and over the Pulebadze Ridge and beginning the slow descent through the jungle down onto the Kohima side. A prominent pimple above the GPT Ridge known as Oaks Hill, sitting at 6,000ft, was occupied by the Norfolks and the 143rd Company on 1 May, the presence of British troops 1,500ft above the Japanese positions becoming known to them for the first time. But that is all for today for India, as there is something else cooking up in the CBI theater. Since early 1943, the United States had steadily increased its air force in China. By the beginning of 1944 there were more than 500 US planes in this area, whereas, in spite of the organization of the 5th Air Army,the Japanese Air Force had less than half this number of planes in China. Furthermore, with the war situation rapidly growing worse in the Pacific, the Japanese Air Force in China could not hope for any replenishment. Enemy planes not only interfered with Japanese ground operations, but also harassed the lines of communication and attacked the occupied areas. General Chennault's 14th Air Force had been causing such problems, the Japanese were forced to act. The catalyst for their future action was because of a raid against Formosa carried out by 14 B-25s, 8 P-38s and 8 P-51s on November 25, 1943, which caught the Japanese by surprise as the Chinese-American aircraft strafed and dropped bombs over Shinchiku airfield, successfully destroying its installations along with 42 planes on the ground at the cost of three fighters lost. This prompted the Japanese commanders to target strategic points along the Hunan-Guangxi, Guangzhou-Hankou and Southern Beijing-Hankou Railways. Thus the infamous Operation Ichi-Go was born. Ichi-Go's primary targets were Guilin and Liuzhou's airfields where the US was developing bases for B-29's to launch strikes against the Japanese home islands. If you are interested in a in-depth talk about this by the way, over on the Pacific War Channel on Youtube or Spotify, I did an interview with Dave from the Coldwar about the bombing of Japan and we talked about this very subject. Pretty neat episode I recommend it! Now in general the main objectives were to link railways in Beijing and Hankou in northern China to the southern Chinese coast at Guangzhou. This would spare shipping and avoid the pesky American submarine force who were now ruining havoc; it was also to take out airfields in Sichuan and Guangxi to thwart further US bombing of Formosa and the Japanese home islands. This also in turn would open a land route to Indochina and hopefully would destroy enough NRA units to collapse Chiang Kai-Sheks government, finally solving the China Problem. Ichi-Go would start in late April with an offensive by the 12th Army of Lt General Kita Seiichi, later replaced by Lt General Uchiyama Eitaro. This was codenamed Operation Kogo, tasked with capturing the areas along the South Beijing-Hankou railway, centered around Zhengzhou and Luoyang, and destroying the main strength of the 1st War Area. Then, early in June, the 11th Army of General Yokoyama would launch Operation Togo, with the objective of capturing Changsha and Hengyang and destroying the main force of the 6th and 9th War Areas. Following the conclusion of the first phase, late in July, the 11th Army would be assisted by the 23rd Army of Lt General Tanaka Hisaichi and the Indochina Garrison Army of Lt General Viscount Machiiji Kazumoto would capture Guilin and Liuzhou and the destruction of the 4th War Area. Finally, the third phase of Operation Togo would see the 23rd Army capture the strategic areas along the south Canton-Hankou railway, centered around Nanning, by destroying the 7th War Area in September while the 11th Army continued the advance south towards Suichwan Arfield to link with the Indochina forces. For the entire operation, the 5th Air Army of Lt General Shimoyama Takuma would support the offensives from the skies, tasked with annihilating the American-Chinese air force and attaining air supremacy over China. The logistics of Operation Ichi-Go constituted was one of the most notable examples of the IJA's offensive preparations. Between some of the measures taken was the emplacement of dozens of anti-air batteries throughout the Yangtze River to limit the Chinese-American air activity against troop concentrations at its southern channel; the transfer of dozens of thousands of troops by railway without interference from Chinese guerrillas because security at the railway lines was increased; the monthly river transport of 40000 tons of supplies; the secret storage of 600 pontoons; and the constructions of hideouts for a munitions arsenal that should last for two years and of hundreds of deposits that harbored 50 million liters of gasoline that should last for eight months: 40 million for land vehicles and 10 million for planes.By early April General Hata had amassed 62,000 men, 52,000 Japanese and 10,000 collaborationist units alongside 800 tanks, 1550 artillery pieces, 250 aircraft, 15550 motorized vehicles and 100000 horses. Meanwhile the British Eastern Fleet had been receiving more naval resources due to the successes in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe and could now carry out more aggressive actions in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Agreement had been reached, after objections from Admiral Ernest King, but new procedures would need to be learnt by naval crews and Fleet Air Arm aircrew. To this end, Operation Diplomat, a training exercise, took place in late March 1944. The objective was for the fleet to rendezvous with a group of tankers, escorted by the Dutch cruiser HNLMS Tromp and practice refueling at sea procedures. The ships then rendezvoused with USN Task Group 58.5 built around aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and three destroyers. To further support the coming Hollandia and Aitape landings, Admiral King requested that, during April, the Eastern Fleet should engage Japanese forces in their area and hold them there to reduce the opposition that could be encountered by the Americans at Western New Guinea. In response, Admiral Somerville launched Operation Cockpit on April 16, an air attack against Sabang off Sumatra. The fleet sailed from Trincomalee on 16 April, and two days later the Gambia and Ceylon were detached from Force 69 to strengthen the anti-aircraft defense of the carrier force. On the morning of April 19, 17 Barracudas and 13 Corsairs from the carrier Illustrious and 29 Dauntless and Avenger bombers and 24 Hellcats from Saratoga took off towards Sumatra and subsequently caught the Japanese completely by surprise, finding no opposition there. Thirty Japanese aircraft were destroyed on the airfield and a direct hit by a 1000-pound bomb set a large oil tank on fire. The power-station, barracks and wireless station were badly damaged. The submarine HMS Tactician reported large fires in the dockyard burning fiercely hours after the fleet had left the area. The raid was a clear success, with Somerville later saying that the Japanese "had been caught with their kimonos up". I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The invaders it seems bit off more than they could chew when they attacked India. General Mutaguchi was facing a determined enemy and very pissed off and somewhat insubordinate colleagues. Operation Ichi-Go was being prepared and the Royal Navy was sending forces into the Indian and Pacific Oceans adding to the IJN's misery.
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Click to Subscribe: https://bit.ly/Youtube-Subscribe-SoapDirt Bold and the Beautiful, the CBS network's popular soap opera, has some tantalizing plot twists ahead the weeks of April 8-19, 2024. The story will focus on key characters like Finn (Tanner Novlan), Hope Logan (Annika Noelle), Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan), and Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood). Finn is seen comforting Hope Logan, discussing the loss of his biological mother, Sheila Carter. Simultaneously, Deacon Sharpe is grappling with the truth about Sheila's fate at the crematorium. The suspense intensifies when Deacon tries to convince Finn that Sheila is alive, only to be met with skepticism. Meanwhile, in Forrester Creations, Hope is having a team meeting about Hope for the Future and wants Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada) to work with Zende Forrester Dominguez (Delon de Metz). This causes quite a stir and puts Luna on edge. Finn, after his conversation with Deacon and his wife Steffy Forrester, is seen questioning Deacon again. In the following days, Luna confesses to RJ Forrester (Joshua Hoffman) about an incident that occurred the night she left Eric's party early. Amidst this, Deacon has a nasty confrontation with Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye). As the week progresses on Bold and Beautiful, Deacon's theory about Sheila not being dead shakes up Steffy and Ridge. Zende confides in Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) about his feelings for Luna. Deacon is seen desperate for someone to believe in his theory about Sheila, with Finn being his only potential ally. Later, Hope tries to adjust to her new normal while RJ and Zende are headed for a showdown over Luna. There are hints of Luna's daddy issue resurfacing as we approach May Sweeps. The stage is set for a thrilling show on Bold and the Beautiful the weeks of 4/8-4/19/2024. Visit our Bold and the Beautiful section of Soap Dirt: https://soapdirt.com/category/bold-and-the-beautiful/ Listen to our Podcasts: https://soapdirt.podbean.com/ And check out our always up-to-date Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers page at: https://soapdirt.com/bold-and-the-beautiful-spoilers/ Check Out our Social Media... Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoapDirtTV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoapDirt Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/soapdirt/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@soapdirt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soapdirt/
Only 8 teams remain in their quest to win it all at Europe's top tier competition. We kick off the Champions League quarter finals action on Tuesday as 14x champs Real Madrid host current, defending champs, Man City in a barnburner. Simultaneously, Arsenal opens the Emirates to receive a tumultuous Bayern Munich trying to save a tough season. On Wednesday, Dortmund pays a visit to Atletico as both teams want to solidify themselves as the dark horse of the competition. Also, PSG and Barcelona should give us an entertaining affair between two teams that are not elite, but can put solid displays at times.0:00 Champions League Quarterfinals Picks6:00 Real Madrid vs Man City Match Predictions14:35 Arsenal vs Bayern Match Predictions24:43 Atletico vs Dortmund Match Predictions33:27 PSG vs Barcelona Match Predictions42:25 Champions League Quarterfinals Best Bets
Early this week, Joe Biden, the incumbent president, made a public commitment to address the debt burden of student loans affecting a significant percentage of Americans. His resolution is to tailor solutions that, if rolled out, could lead to the erasure of student debt for an additional multitude of struggling individuals. As he relayed this information on Monday, President Biden indicated that this initiative, if executed efficiently, could result in the forgiveness of loans belonging to a staggering 30 million borrowers. In his assertion, President Biden emphatically vowed that he would not shy away from efficiently exploiting every available means to ensure those cumbered by student loans gain the much-needed relief. This recent pledge serves as an affirmation of this determination, as a vast number of beneficiaries stand to experience significant financial relief if these novel strategies are operationalized. Simultaneously, the Biden administration circulated a press statement clarifying the broad strokes of the newly proposed initiative. The release explained that the new propositions aim to extend debt relief to over 30 million American citizens. This number is echoed when factoring in previous efforts by the Biden-Harris administration to halve the student debt crisis over the course of their tenure. Elaborating on the announcement, Biden took to video to clarify his administration's commitment to these efforts. He expressed that, since his first day in office, his administration has been steadfast in their dedication to rectify the flawed student loan structure and ensure that access to higher education becomes a stepping stone to middle-class status rather than an obstacle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The 2nd Demographic Transition, published by Maxwell Tabarrok on April 7, 2024 on LessWrong. Birth rates in the developed world are below replacement levels and global fertility is not far behind. Sub-replacement fertility leads to exponentially decreasing population. Our best models of economic growth suggest that a shrinking population causes economic growth and technological progress to stop and humanity to stagnate into extinction. One theory of fertility decline says it's all about opportunity costs, especially for women. Rising labor productivity and expanded career opportunities for potential parents make each hour of their time and each forgone career path much more valuable. Higher income potential also makes it cheaper for parents to gain utility by using financial resources to improve their children's quality of life compared to investing time in having more kids. Simultaneously, economic growth raises the returns to these financial investments in quality (e.g education). In addition to higher incomes, people today have more diverse and exciting options for leisure. DINKs can go to Trader Joes and workout classes on the weekend, play video games, watch Netflix, and go on international vacations. These rising opportunity costs accumulate into the large and pervasive declines in fertility that we see in the data. If this explanation is correct, it puts a double bind on the case for economic growth. Unless AI upends the million-year old relationship between population and technological progress just in time, progress seems self defeating. The increases in labor productivity and leisure opportunities that make economic growth so important also siphon resources away from the future contributors to that growth. Empirically, the opportunity cost of having kids has grown large enough to bring fertility well below replacement levels all around the world. The opportunity cost explanation suggests we have to pick between high incomes and sustainable fertility. Luckily, this explanation is not correct. At least not entirely. There are several observations that the opportunity cost theory cannot explain without clarification. Across and within countries today, the relationship between income and fertility is positive or U-shaped. Further economic growth can raise everyone's incomes to the upward sloping part of the relationship and begin a 2nd demographic transition. Micro Data Above a $200k a year, fertility is increasing in household income. ** Update ** I replicated this graph from more recent ACS data (2018-2022) and also weighted each point by population to give a sense of the size of each of these income brackets This U-shaped relationship holds up in multiple data sources with different measures of fertility. The households in the top percentiles of income stand to lose far more future wages from having children, but they have ~20 more children per hundred households than the middle income percentiles. This isn't exactly inconsistent with opportunity cost but it requires some explanation. The number of dollars that households are giving up by having children is increasing in household income, but as you get more and more dollars, each one is worth less. Going from making say $75 to $150 dollars an hour pushes you to work more hours, but if you go from $150 to $500, you might be happy to work half as many hours for more money and spend the time on other things, like starting a family. So while the dollar opportunity cost of having kids is always increasing in household income, the utility opportunity cost is not. The positively sloped section of the relationship between income and fertility isn't just spurious correlation either. Random shocks to wealth, like lottery winnings, also increase fertility. This rules out the DINK leisure time explanation for low ferti...
For many reasons, for Wood, 2023 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player and now WNBA Draft-bound Angel Reese is off limits. Simultaneously, challenging ignorant Black men, who are athletes or performers, are pretty untouchable as well. Due to the fact they've likely been attacked and/or criticized by white people up and through the height of their relevance. Say less? Also, Wood's not interested in piling it on Black women, but the gradual ongoing transformations of Joy Reid and ESPN's Kimberly A. Martin are just disconcerting.
Kate Sargent is a talent acquisition expert and job search strategy coach, assisting both companies and candidates alike in matching top talent with career defining roles. In Part 2 of their deep dive conversation, Kate and Roy dig into best practices for interview preparation, how to effectively assess whether a job opportunity is a good fit, the most common mistakes job seekers make when interviewing, and what interviewers are listening for in the process.Kate lends a unique perspective to the conversation – she's served as Head of Global Talent Acquisition for iconic brands like Allbirds and Method, and has most recently served as the VP of People Operations at The Citizenry. Simultaneously, Kate's built a successful career coaching business, helping candidates refine their search strategy, hone their job seeking assets, and distill their experience into highly relevant and engaging interviews. Her expansive knowledge of the talent pipeline and acquisition process make this discussion essential listening for both candidates and recruiters. Highlights from our conversation include:Common interviewing mistakes (1:19)Tips and tricks for getting back on track during an interview (5:21)How interviewees can gather information about a potential opportunity during the interview process (10:00)What you should know about a company before interviewing (11:28)One important skill to demonstrate interviews (13:44)How to expertly answer the notorious “weaknesses” question (16:10)What interviewers are listening for in a job seeker's responses (20:56)Assessing whether a role is right for you as a job seeker (23:06)Kate's advice on staying resilient during the job search process (25:01)The importance of being a good steward for others (26:56)Visit HowIHire.com for transcripts and more on this episode.Follow Roy Notowitz and Noto Group Executive Search on LinkedIn for updates and featured career opportunities.Subscribe to How I Hire:AppleSpotifyAmazon
Throughout this in-depth guide to The Little Prince, Hope draws attention to the parallels TXT make to it in their new songs, short film, “Deja Vu” music video, and even teaser images. Simultaneously unpacking minisode 3: TOMORROW and The Little Prince reveals how complementary the stories are and how TXT's world-building has actually been covering the same life lessons as The Little Prince for years now! Read Hope's essay about TXT's take on The Little Prince below, and scroll to the bottom of the essay to find links to lots of previous TXT-themed articles and podcast episodes! https://17caratkpop.substack.com/p/txts-take-on-the-little-prince --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-jacobson/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hope-jacobson/support
The Dean's List with Host Dean Bowen – Biden dismisses Christianity by proclaiming Resurrection Sunday as Transgender Day of Visibility, ignoring the significance of both the holiday and recent tragedies. Simultaneously, Harvard faces backlash for its stance on Israel, reflecting a broader trend of educational institutions engaging in cultural and political battles. As both leaders and institutions diverge from traditional values, the need for a...
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Initially this week, a federal court in California ensured that Hunter Biden's case related to his federal tax scandal would continue, effectively dismissing his legal bids to launch it out of court. This development arrived after Hunter, the son of President Biden, found himself on the receiving end of a multi-pronged charge sheet brought about by the Department of Justice. These charges combined three felonies and six misdemeanors, all tied to an assortment of tax offense allegations. Hunter Biden, who is now in his mid-fifties, had his legal defense submit as many as eight unique motions, all primed to quash the charges leveled against him. Judge Mark Scarsi, however, elected to rebuff each of these appeals, ensuring they made no headway. Hunter Biden stands on shaky ground, faced with allegations of tax evasion, charges of submitting a false tax return, and accusations of shirking his tax responsibilities from 2016 through 2019. He traveled the defensive route, doggedly asserting that his charges had political underpinnings. Simultaneously, his legal counsel made a similar stand, alleging that Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, both credited as IRS whistleblowers, had irrevocably tarnished the DOJ case. The argument was anchored on the premise that the duo had been lackadaisical in their investigation into Hunter's tax concerns, thereby influencing the IRS proceedings against him.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this enlightening episode of the Four Visions Podcast, we explore the intricate world of energy healing with special guests Keith Parker and Christabel Armsden, co-founders of Field Dynamics. Established in 2018, Field Dynamics aims to bridge the ancient art of energy healing with the modern wellness landscape, emphasizing personal healing as a cornerstone for collective transformation. Listeners gain insight into Keith's and Christabel's individual healing journeys and learn about their serendipitous meeting that led to collaboration. Keith's expertise in the human energy field and contemplative science, along with his upcoming book, promises profound insights into our aura and consciousness. Simultaneously, Christabel's innate sensitivity to energy, proficiency in relational dynamics, and communication offer a unique perspective on incorporating energetic awareness into everyday life. This episode highlights the non-dogmatic approach of Field Dynamics, their in-depth training programs, and their focus on making energy healing universally accessible. The conversation delves into the synergistic blend of shamanic traditions and field dynamics, particularly regarding plant medicine, and its impact on our energetic understanding and spiritual practices. Exploring the role of energy healing in cultivating presence, the discussion pivots towards holistic health and the influence of mind, body, and spirit integration. Keith's upcoming publication is teased, aiming to further connect the dots between energy and the body-mind nexus. Join us as we tap into the transformative power of energy healing, the essence of presence, and the pursuit of harmony. For those inspired by the episode, information on Field Dynamics' offerings and how to engage with their work is provided, all in service of fostering a space of integrity for personal and professional growth in the realm of energy work. Listen to “Indigenous wisdom for modern healing - a shamanic tool kit with Mariah Gannessa” The Field Dynamics Podcast Join Keith & Christabel For Their 100 HR ENERGY HEALING TRAINING In This Episode: Keith Parker & Christabel Armsden | fielddynamicshealing.com | @fielddynamicsenergyhealing Mariah Gannessa | @mariahgannessa Today's episode is sponsored by Clareia Das Aguas (Discount Automatically applied!). Luminous Channeled Creations from the Garden. ✨
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1145, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wacky Math 1: Strings on a standard guitar times the Oscars won by Pauly Shore. 0. 2: Number of "golden rings" in a Christmas song plus the number of rings in Ringling's circus. 8 (5 3). 3: Days in a leap year minus the title "route" number of a TV show starring Martin Milner. 300 (366 - 66). 4: Joe Namath's Jet uniform No. divided by the title number of a TV police car driven by Martin Milner. 1 (12/Adam-12). 5: No. of "islands" in a mayo-based salad dressing plus a "baker's dozen" of cookies made by Martin Milner. 1,013. Round 2. Category: Who Sang It First? 1: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that before Marvin Gaye's version hit, this singer and her Pips took the song to No. 2. Gladys Knight. 2: This song was a hit for Ben E. King in 1961, for John Lennon in 1975 and for Ben again in 1986. "Stand By Me". 3: Manfred Mann made "Blinded By The Light" a hit after it was introduced on a 1973 album by this rocker who wrote it. (Bruce) Springsteen. 4: On their "Mother's Milk" album, the Red Hot Chili Peppers covered this Motown great's "Higher Ground". Stevie Wonder. 5: In 2004 the White Stripes had a U.K. hit with a live version of her "Jolene". Dolly Parton. Round 3. Category: Let'S Go For A Swim 1: A swimmer kicks twice with one leg for each stroke of the opposite arm in the "Australian" this. crawl. 2: Simultaneously bring both arms out of the water in forward, circular motions to do this stroke. the butterfly. 3: World Book says it's "a restful stroke because your face is always out of the water and breathing is easy". the backstroke. 4: This stroke is made in the prone position using both hands simultaneously and doing a frog kick. the breaststroke. 5: Your head rests on your lower arm, extended with the palm turned downward in this stroke. the sidestroke. Round 4. Category: Beastly Movies 1: 1988:Sigourney Weaver battles primate poachers. Gorillas in the Mist. 2: 2000:"blank Ugly". Coyote. 3: 1980:Robert De Niro battles his way to the top of the middleweight boxing world. Raging Bull. 4: 1978:Robert De Niro battles post-Vietnam stress. The Deer Hunter. 5: 1986:Paul Hogan faces the jungle of New York City. Crocodile Dundee. Round 5. Category: Surprise! 1: A striking disclosure, or the final book of the New Testament; it should come as a.... revelation. 2: We've found it! It being this exclamation of finding something, perhaps its namesake California city. Eureka. 3: Proverbially, this type of pitch mastered by Bert Blyleven is a deceptive trick. a curveball. 4: It can mean a sudden burst of electricity and it rhymes with an electrical unit of measure. a jolt. 5: It can be an experience resulting in a sudden realization and also an early A.M. drink of liquor. an eye-opener. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
1 John 2:4 The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; It is apparent from these verses that the problem facing the church in John's day was that there were people who said they were Christians, but their lives didn't exemplify the presence of the life of Jesus. John called these people “liars.” He said they didn't have the truth in them. We can understand why John would write this when we remember that Jesus declared in his last minutes with His disciples that He was the way, the truth, and the life. It makes total sense that someone who knows Jesus intimately and is in fellowship with Him would value His commandments. The one who knows Jesus lives with Him. Let me rehearse the gospel for our encouragement. God gave His Son, Jesus, to come in the flesh so that He might die for the sins of all who are His, as the Scriptures foretold. In dying as their substitute, He destroyed their sin and death. They died to their self-centered, self-conscious, self-glorifying lives and intentionally gave up their lives in this world. God put their sin out of sight, having paid the ransom to redeem them from the grip of the devil and death. After being buried for 3 days, according to His promise in the Scriptures, God raised His Son from the dead. Simultaneously, He raised them with Him, giving them the righteousness of Christ. Peter wrote that they were born again to a living hope the day Jesus was resurrected. Then, as promised, the Father sent the Spirit of Life in Christ, the Holy Spirit, who reveals Jesus' righteousness in their lives through love and obedience. The world acknowledges these events on Easter, but those who are His celebrate this tremendous, glorious reality every day as Jesus lives in them. As He lives or abides in them, they know Him and love Him. They know the truth because He lives in them, and their lives reveal the truth that God is love. Anyone who says, “I have come to know Him,” or calls themselves “Christians” and does not keep Jesus' commandments not only is saying a lie, but is living a lie. In contrast, when the truth of the gospel is known and believed, the living Truth, Jesus Christ, brings forth fruit for the glory of God. I hope this describes you, dear listener! We will be encouraged tomorrow as we see that the fruit is love.
fWotD Episode 2518: Battle of New Carthage Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Wednesday, 27 March 2024 is Battle of New Carthage.The battle of New Carthage took place in early 209 BC when a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio successfully assaulted New Carthage, the capital of Carthaginian Iberia, which was defended by a garrison under Mago. The battle was part of the Second Punic War.In 211 BC the Romans in Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) were heavily defeated at the battle of the Upper Baetis. Reinforcements arrived in early 210 BC and Scipio brought further reinforcements when he took command late in the year. Scipio felt unable to draw into battle and defeat any of the three strong Carthaginian armies in the peninsula and so decided to strike at the material centre of Carthaginian power in Iberia: its capital, New Carthage. He arrived outside the city early in 209 BC and commenced his attack the next day. After defeating a Carthaginian force outside the walls, he pressed an attack on the east gate. Simultaneously men from the Roman ships attempted to escalade the wall to the south from the harbour area. Both attacks were repulsed.In the afternoon Scipio renewed the attacks. Hard-pressed, Mago moved men from the north wall, which overlooked a broad, shallow lagoon. Anticipating this, Scipio sent a force of 500 men through the lagoon to scale the north wall, which they did unopposed. They fought their way to the east gate, opened it from inside and let in their comrades. New Carthage fell and was sacked, and Mago surrendered the citadel and the last of his troops. Vast amounts of precious metal and war materiel were seized. New Carthage became the logistics centre of the Roman war effort in Iberia and by 206 BC the Carthaginians had been expelled from the peninsula.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:31 UTC on Wednesday, 27 March 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Battle of New Carthage on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Salli Standard.
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Dr. Alex Germano // #GeriOnICE // www.ptonice.com In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, join Modern Management of the Older Adult lead faculty Alex Germano as she discusses how rehab providers are incredibly positioned to screen cognition in older adults, what the current barriers are to cognitive screening, and which measures would be best to use to identify early signs of cognitive impairment. Take a listen to learn how to better serve this population of patients & athletes, or check out the full show notes on our blog at www.ptonice.com/blog. If you're looking to learn more about live courses designed to better serve older adults in physical therapy or our online physical therapy courses, check our entire list of continuing education courses for physical therapy including our physical therapy certifications by checking out our website. Don't forget about all of our FREE eBooks, prebuilt workshops, free CEUs, and other physical therapy continuing education on our Resources tab. EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION ALEX GERMANOWelcome to the PT on Ice show brought to you or the daily show brought to you by the Institute of Clinical Excellence. Happy Wednesday and welcome to today's segment of Jerry on Ice. My name is Alex Germano. I'm a member in the older adult division. This weekend I was talking with our students out in Madison, Wisconsin about cognition being a risk factor for falls. And I really wanted to dive into a more complete conversation about our role as rehab providers in screening for cognition. I guess I'll be specifically talking to the physical therapists, but also occupational therapists. And I know speech language pathologists actually do a really great job at cognition and cognitive screening. So I'm kind of talking to more of that PTOT group of humans. Today, we're gonna highlight why we encourage cognitive screening on older patients, and especially older patients without a known diagnosis of cognitive decline, and which cognitive screens will give you the best information. All right, so preface the conversation. This is going to be really talking about those who do not have a known diagnosis that could cause the symptom of dementia. If our patient has a known diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, I don't really need to be doing a cognitive screen telling me that there is a problem. We know that they have a known diagnosis. It would be more beneficial for me to do something like a global deterioration scale to kind of categorize their level of dementia. and deterioration and then track that over time. So remember, if they have a known diagnosis already, probably no really need to screen. HOW AND WHEN TO PERFORM A COGNITIVE SCREEN So we're talking about people who are telling you that they are cognitively normal, that they do not have a diagnosis that affects their cognition. So why would we recommend this for these patients? Can't you just tell that they're cognitively normal and won't people be offended if I just start screening their cognition and they believe that they're normal? This is probably a number, these are probably a number of the questions that you're wondering right now. So let's make sure we reach out to all of those. ESTABLISH A BASELINE So first we are recommending screening or labeling our patients with a known cause of dementia because we need to establish a baseline. It's also very important that we are identifying problems on the earlier end of the spectrum. Let's think about another problem where we encouraged to do, we encourage like an early screen. That would be for frailty. It's very important to identify people as early as possible because it is so much easier to treat and change the trajectory of a patient experiencing pre-frailty than it is to change the trajectory of the person who's already in the depths of frailty. The same thing goes for cognition. It's much easier to change the trajectory of the human with mild cognitive impairment than it is once they are already in the depths of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Pre-frailty, just like mild cognitive impairment, are really hard to see, right? It can be really hard to see. There can be a community dwelling older adult who is going to the senior center and seems really active, but they could be experiencing clinical levels of pre-frailty. And it's just, it's hard to see based on maybe the activities they're telling you that they do, maybe their physical function. They walked in without a walker, so they're probably, you know, not pre-frail. But this stuff is really hard to see, and it's why it warrants us screening for it. People do a really good job masking, especially those early signs of cognitive impairment. And from my clinical experience, when if you're not working in the home with them, sometimes the home is where you see this person a little bit more raw, and you see a little bit more of their habits, and you can kind of pick up on some issues. But if you're not with them for some of those critical moments, and they're coming to you in a clinic, you're probably thinking, I just work with super high level outpatient older adults. This is silly, they're not cognitively impaired. Well, let's share some statistics. So the current prevalence for older adults experiencing mild cognitive impairment from age just 60 to 64 is already about 7%. That's a pretty significant chunk. And that increases progressively with each age range up to the ages of 80 to 84, where those 80 to 84-year-olds, 25% of that population, mild cognitive impairment has a prevalence of 25% within that age group, 80 to 84, a one out of four. That's a huge chunk of the population. And actually there was a study done that one out of five older adults that use outpatient physical therapy services are estimated to have a cognitive impairment. So to use a phrase from the spine division, You may not think you're seeing patients with cognitive impairment, but they are seeing you. It's critical to establish this cognitive baseline for our patients like we do their physical abilities. We have no problem taking a grip strength. We're not weird about it. We just say, Hey, let's see your grip strength. We say, Hey, let's do that five times sit to stand. And even if we know they're going to blow it out of the water, we still do it, right? We're establishing a baseline. It gives us a complete and holistic view of their health status. If somebody has a cognitive impairment, they're going to be less likely to stick, follow through and progress with physical therapy or occupational therapy. And there's so many conditions within older adults that cause acute changes to cognition or acute on chronic changes to cognition, including a urinary tract infection or normal pressure hydrocephalus. So having the baseline assessment of cognition could be really powerful in making us feel confident to make the call to the physician, to make the call to one of the medical providers to say, hey, something's going on and something's wrong with this person. We are uniquely positioned as therapists and rehab providers because we have so many touch points with patients, way more than the PCP does. So we are providers who are going to be able to catch something very, you know, something sinister very early. And we can prevent these downstream hospitalizations from sepsis or injurious falls. These things occur as a result of having something that seems simple, a urinary tract infection that often presents as a cognitive change first. So, We can save lives by screening cognition and being aware of the cognitive changes that our patients are experiencing. Now, just like we continue to test our one rat maxes and stay informed on the status of our blood markers and other physical health markers, why are we not comfortable doing the same for cognition? Wouldn't it be great information to know that you're experiencing cognitive decline early? Or do you want to know about it when you're already in the worst stages of it? Wouldn't most people want a fighting chance? Well, there's a ton of stigma around cognitive health and cognitive decline. And that is a big barrier to doing some of these screens. But I'm going to share a quote with you from a participant from a town hall from the Alzheimer's Association. They do these big town halls and they get people's subjective experiences. And this person said, an early diagnosis is vital. It's made all the difference in the world in my life. It gives us a purpose and allows us time to get our house in order. On a recent poll, about 54% of Americans would rather know that they had Alzheimer's disease at the earliest stages of mild cognitive impairment. Simultaneously, many Americans are very worried about getting this diagnosis. They're scared because they're worried they're going to learn something serious is going on. They're going to worry that They're going to be over prescribed pills or given the wrong diagnosis. They worry that the symptoms might just go away if they give it time. So we need to work on combating this stigma, right? First, we need to do cognitive screening on all of our patients, right? The ones who don't have a known neurological diagnosis that causes dementia. NORMALIZING COGNITIVE SCREENING We have to do these cognitive screenings on everyone. We make it a very normal part of the process. It's as normal as asking the patient, have you had a fall in the last three to six months? We need to explain why we're doing the test. There's going to be nuance to this conversation, and I'm sure we have all worked with a patient or two where we felt a little bit uncomfortable maybe doing the cognitive screen, because we could feel some tension. Maybe the patient did have a mild cognitive impairment, and we felt like they would get maybe a little bit aggressive. I don't want to say combative, but maybe a bit in denial, a bit defensive if we brought in some of this cognitive screening. But I think when we try to lie about what we're doing, we're just going to do like this quick little thing. Ha ha. I don't think that that's giving the patient the, um, the true reasoning behind what we're doing. And I think sometimes that that trickery can elicit some of these defensive behaviors and postures. So what we need to do is be very clear and kind about what we're doing. We are going to be doing a cognitive screen. I do this on everyone because your cognitive health is as important as your physical health. A SCREENING IS NOT A CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS Now, when we get a result that maybe isn't perfect, we need to bring a high level of sensitivity and empathy to this screening process, especially while relaying results. Remember, we're not in the position to diagnose somebody. This is a screening test that maybe can tell us something's going on, but that's all I know, all right? I can't make a formal diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia with the person sitting in front of me. That's not my job, and that's important that the patient knows that too. So we get the results of the screen. We are very clear about the results that we find. And we say, you know what, this means we just have to connect with our provider. And we're gonna get you connected with them to make sure nothing else is going on or there's nothing else that we can treat here. And we want this whole medical team to come together and rally around the person. We are in the perfect position to provide a ton of hope for this person. to provide a ton of hope. Hey, you're doing exactly what you need to do. You're here with me. We're gonna exercise. We're gonna work on some of this cognition together. We're gonna get you to a medical provider and we're gonna come around you and support you. We can't leave the patient hanging with bad results or good results even, right? We need to educate on what the next steps are. We need to educate on cognitive health and what to do to maximize it. We cannot just leave them there without any of the information and just slap a label on them and move on. CHOOSING THE RIGHT SCREEN Now, choosing the right screen is also very important. Interestingly, only 32% of PTs when asked about performing a cognitive screen as a part of a falls risk assessment, only 32% of PTs were performing that cognitive screen. Only 53% of PTs in the home health setting felt like they actually had the skill set to do cognitive testing. And in a study looking at occupational therapists, only a third of the occupational therapists were, I mean, sorry, a third of the occupational therapists were using only clinical observation or ADL assessment in isolation to report that there was a problem. So we kind of have an issue within our profession when it comes to what we are screening for and these screens that we're actually using. Um, We know that a number of people are only screening very specific aspects of cognition, including alertness and orientation, or choosing measures that are only sensitive for dementia, but not sensitive enough for mild cognitive impairment. Think like mini mental state exam. So we are really trying to specifically capture people in this conversation who are experiencing mild cognitive impairment. We need to choose measures that are more sensitive for that condition. These measurements include, just to name a few, The Mocha, okay? Mini Cog. Mini Cog is super easy, very free. You can get it from the Alzheimer's Association right now. The Short Bless Test, the Slums, the Brief Alzheimer's Screen. These are all sensitive enough for mild cognitive impairment. Many of them you'll see have like overlapping qualities. There's a clock on them. They're going to ask to remember some different words. You're going to have to like count backwards, name the months of the year. A lot of them will feel very similar. So just find ones that you think you can fit into your clinical practice and start looking through them and get familiar with some of them to use and pull out with your patients. SUMMARY Okay, let's wrap this thing up. So one, we are uniquely positioned to be screening providers for cognitive decline, especially those who might appear normal for a while, but then have an acute change to their cognition. We can catch those people and get them medical help much earlier than if they were to wait to see their PCP again, right? It is incredibly important for us to find out who is starting their journey on cognitive decline, who's experiencing that mild cognitive impairment, so that we can triage our approach and make sure to get the medical team involved, the family involved, make sure we start talking a lot about cognitive health with these patients and get the patient motivated to fight back against this decline. We also need to work on reducing the stigma of cognitive testing. Do not make it weird. I have no other piece of advice than that. Don't make it weird. Be very clear about your intentions on what you're doing. Report the results in a very meaningful way. Give hope when something comes out badly, right? We have to be choosing the right tests and measures when it comes up to cognitive screening. We've got to be picking measurements sensitive enough for mild cognitive impairment. Now we have, if this stoked your fire like it does mine, we have an entire week in our online level two course dedicated to cognitive impairment. We are very proud to have taken a very deep dive into the variety of neurodegenerative conditions that causes the symptoms of dementia, as well as provide a very meaningful and hopeful clinical considerations and strategies for treatment in this population. Our next online level two starts May 16th. We also have a variety of live courses coming up in the next few weeks. For my east coasters, my east coasters, listen up. We are up and down the country until basically July for the east coast. We've got courses in Raleigh, North Carolina, Burlington, New Jersey, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, Richmond, Virginia, and Virginia Beach from now until July. After that, our east coasting slows down significantly. So if that's your territory, please look at those courses now. and consider getting into one of those options. We would be so excited to see you out there. Head to the PTOnIce.com website to find out more about our online live courses. And I'm looking forward to seeing you guys soon. All right, bye now. OUTRO Hey, thanks for tuning in to the PT on Ice daily show. If you enjoyed this content, head on over to iTunes and leave us a review, and be sure to check us out on Facebook and Instagram at the Institute of Clinical Excellence. 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BuzzFeed's latest earnings report, as discussed by CEO Jonah Peretti on their call, sheds light on the company's ongoing strategic challenges and adaptations. A significant focus of the conversation was the company's approach to video content. Peretti started by addressing the issue: "I think the biggest challenge is with branded video, and I would say the way we had previously operated with video, was that the one-off video that is posted on a social platform or a video platform like YouTube is not a very scalable, durable form of video production, where every single video needs to succeed on its own." He went on to outline the strenuous efforts made to create unique branded content and its limited reach, narrowing margins, and consuming time. According to Peretti, one means of countering these difficulties lies in creating partnerships with streamers to produce feature films, which, despite their high production costs, offer unique intellectual property (IP). The company also seeks to leverage existing strong IP like Hot Ones, extending it to other business lines. The company revered as a progressive digital media hub experienced a 26% decline in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in the previous year. Nevertheless, BuzzFeed has managed to maintain stability with cost-saving measures such as selling Complex and implementing various cost reduction strategies. These measures are aimed at boosting profitability while strategically veering towards more profitable operations − specifically, programmatic advertising and affiliate commerce. In keeping with these changes, BuzzFeed has concentrated on boosting constituent brands like BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Tasty to increase audience engagement. The company has also exploited artificial intelligence to enhance content initiatives. Simultaneously, while acknowledging the industry challenges posed by larger competitors like Facebook and Instagram, BuzzFeed has increased focus on personalized and targeted campaigns to adapt to evolving consumer behaviour. A broader industry issue was highlighted by Peretti during the call when he said, "The current state of affairs is not the best where there's just this ongoing and fierce battle between these social platforms. And as a result, they've kind of stopped focusing as much on how to be good partners to the larger ecosystem." Responding to these dynamics, BuzzFeed has initiated efforts aimed at reducing its overpowering dependence on dominant platforms for traffic. Instead, it is prioritizing owned channels for content projects. By capitalizing on artificial intelligence, focussing on high-margin revenue streams, restructuring the sales teams, and continuously innovating, BuzzFeed is aligning itself to achieve growth and profitability. While the company's strategic realignment is indicative of a robust response to the industry's ever-changing landscape, BuzzFeed's fortunes will hinge on the effectiveness of these new measures as well as prevailing industry trends. The ability to successfully adapt, innovate and remain resilient in the volatile digital media space will dictate the company's future performance. Company info: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/null/profile For more PSFK research : www.psfk.com This email has been published and shared for the purpose of business research and is not intended as investment advice.
In this profound episode of 'Street Strong', we offer a beacon of hope by questioning the truth behind our thoughts. Targeted towards those battling their own thoughts amidst challenging circumstances such as homelessness, we aim to breathe new life into your perceptions and your personal potential. We closely examine five very crucial reasons why your thoughts might not always be the ultimate truth and what you can do about it. We offer a shoulder of support sharing poignant experiences from the inhabitants of Skid Row. Drawing from the real-life struggles of despair, we share reasons to rethink your absolute reliance on every thought. We provide practical insights to peel away the layers of conditioned thinking and unlock a fresh, liberating perspective that sets you free from self-imposed mental constraints. We guide you through an exploration of the predictive nature of human brains, taking survival over truth. Along the way, we help you uncover the momentous realization - are your thoughts reflecting the true world around you? We discourse on the influence of past experiences and beliefs on our present mental state and how they could muddle the waters of our current existence. Just like transient clouds or fickle ocean waves, human thoughts frequently undergo change. It is crucial to acknowledge and not be tethered to any single thought despite the overpowering emotions of depression or anxiety. We also discuss the tendency of the brain to create biases and take shortcuts for energy conservation that could act as pitfalls when forming decisions. In this episode, we also delve into the perilous impact of initial thoughts and first impressions that could lead to self-misconceptions. Illustrating with relatable scenarios such as reacting to an unknown menu item or a peculiar interaction with a stranger, we develop an understanding of the brain's tendency to create perceptions based on first impressions. Simultaneously, we explore how childhood experiences can influence our self-assumptions while reminding the audience that these first impressions do not determine our worth. We wrap up the episode by introspecting on a powerfully liberating thought - assessing a belief that we have shed recently. This leaves you with a profound daily exercise to aid personal transformation and understand that self-perceptions are neither definitive nor unalterable. Listen to gain control over your divisive thoughts, drive your life in the direction of choice, and share the many illuminating insights gathered with those who might need them. Leave us your feedback and recommendations for future episodes to keep the conversation going. website: www.streetstrong.life message me at: StreetStrongPodcast@gmail.com
Armored trucks, helicopters, and a massive deployment of federal agents and police swarmed Sean “Diddy” Combs's Los Angeles estate on Monday, marking a dramatic bicoastal operation led by the Department of Homeland Security. Simultaneously, his Miami residence underwent scrutiny in a synchronized raid. An anonymous law enforcement official, discussing the operation under confidentiality, disclosed that these actions are part of a comprehensive investigation into alleged sex trafficking.The parallels drawn between Sean 'Diddy' Combs and infamous figures like Jeffrey Epstein raise provocative questions. Could Combs be perceived as a parallel figure within the music industry? Furthermore, speculation even extends to the possibility of his involvement in notorious incidents, such as the murder of Tupac Shakur.Delving into the depths of the allegations, particularly those concerning sex trafficking and the lawsuit filed by former producer Rodney Jones, this investigation aims to unearth the truth surrounding Sean 'Diddy' Combs's entanglement in these complex and serious allegations. All of this and more on this episode of Sean P Diddy Combs Sex Trafficking Conspiracy | Epstein Jr?Our Rumble
Norma Vazquez, a seasoned Certified Lactation Counselor and Birth & Post-Partum Doula, is spearheading a crucial initiative to foster solidarity among women of color on their journey through motherhood. With 16 years of extensive experience in public health, Vazquez has honed her expertise in lactation support, particularly focusing on aiding individuals during childbirth. Her dedication led her to roles as a Lactation Counselor at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health and as the Founder of Mama La Lechera, a venture born from her observations of the racial disparities in breastfeeding support for BIPOC individuals. Now, Vazquez is amplifying her impact by hosting a support groups at the YWCA, providing a vital space for the community free of charge. Simultaneously, she serves as a training coordinator and Instructor for a national breast pump company, furthering her mission to empower mothers through education and accessibility. Notably, Vazquez also operates a community lactation supply closet, offering essential resources like breast pumps and nursing pillows to anyone in need, irrespective of financial constraints. Her multifaceted efforts underscore her commitment to breaking down barriers to breastfeeding initiation and continuity, ensuring that all mothers and birthing individuals receive the support they deserve.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
S.O.S. (Stories of Service) - Ordinary people who do extraordinary work
I believe the biggest fight comes from wrestling with the demons inside us - those past unhealed traumas. My next guest is a former shipmate I served with during a very stressful carrier tour, which has now transformed his life. He has created a holistic environment around him based on the hard work we must all do when we suffer. Dave Snell is a retired Navy Cryptologist who spent the majority of his career focused on the Pacific theater but enjoyed deployments to the European theater and multiple deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines. Relatively early in his career, Dave began dealing with depression and anxiety. It got so bad that he saw suicide as the only option. He did not talk about the subject with many of his peers because of fear of stigma and the lack of opportunities presented to him in his career. He was able to continue his career with a second tour at the National Security Agency, followed by the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and Special Operations Command, Pacific where he could again deploy to the Afghanistan theater after a deployment to the Philippines. After his naval career, Dave went into industry conducting risk management assessments of Fortune 500 company cybersecurity programs to ensure they met different regulatory requirements. And yet, he could not shake the traumas. The traumas began adding up and he eventually found himself in therapy again, and again, and again. Finally, the pandemic offered an extreme period of self-reflection for Dave and he found a means of getting beyond his traumas and associated depression and anxiety. Dave found that Movement, Mind, Meditation, and Meaning were four areas he was able to integrate to ensure that he kept the depression and anxiety at bay. Having lost a lot of weight during the pandemic, Dave focused on a near 30-year goal of running the Marine Corps Marathon and eventually did in 2022 and again in 2023. These marathons culminated in working through the 4Ms and putting them into action when things during the races didn't go as planned. And yet, he was able to make it through both and looks forward to doing more in the coming years. Today, Dave is a security consultant, combining his experiences in cybersecurity, intelligence, and private investigations to help companies protect their critical information and infrastructure from internal and external threats. Simultaneously, Dave has continued his service, shaVisit my website: https://thehello.llc/THERESACARPENTERRead my writings on my blog: https://www.theresatapestries.com/Listen to other episodes on my podcast: https://storiesofservice.buzzsprout.comWatch episodes of my podcast:https://www.youtube.com/c/TheresaCarpenter76
In the saga of life, Donny Dykowsky has emerged as a seasoned combatant. A champion, if you will. The early two-thousands bore witness to Donny's heroic struggle for existence. It was a life-and-death duel, and during the arduous period of convalescence, ensconced in isolation, he embarked on the audacious endeavor of assembling a musical ensemble that would later be christened as Chesterwhite. Their debut drew comparisons to luminaries like David Bowie and T-Rex, infused with a dystopian tincture. The album wove a tapestry of a science-fiction odyssey, inspired by Donny's own life as a cancer survivor grappling with the tempestuous throes of a toxic relationship. Simultaneously, Donny was cultivating a sterling reputation behind the scenes. He lent his songcraft to a diverse array of artists, and initiated a foray into the realm of bespoke musical compositions for television and commercials. The astonishing journey of singer, songwriter, and producer Donny Dykowsky unfolds in a sequence of sonic metamorphoses. Having weathered the crucible of cancer, endured tumultuous relationships, and embraced the mantle of fatherhood, Donny emerges on the other side with a voice that is both vulnerable and brimming with vitality. His latest offering, the eponymous EP "Mirrors On The Moon," balances precariously on the precipice of psych-rock and harmonious American. Donny joined Keith in Thunderlove Studio to have a chat. This is their conversation. LINKS Mirrors on the Moon Band on the Web MOTM on IG MOTM on FB MOTM on YouTube MOTM on Spotify MOTM on Bandcamp MOTM on distrokid Chesterwhite on Spotify The Ski Team Productions Alan Watts
Full Text of ReadingsPalm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Lectionary: 37 and 38The Saint of the day is Saint Oscar Arnulfo RomeroSaint Oscar Romero's Story The night before he was murdered while celebrating Mass, Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador said on the radio: “I would like to appeal in a special way to the men of the army, and in particular to the troops of the National Guard, the police, and the garrisons. Brothers, you belong to our own people. You kill your own brother peasants; and in the face of an order to kill that is given by a man, the law of God that says ‘Do not kill!' should prevail. “No soldier is obliged to obey an order counter to the law of God. No one has to comply with an immoral law. It is the time now that you recover your conscience and obey its dictates rather than the command of sin. . . . Therefore, in the name of God, and in the name of this long-suffering people, whose laments rise to heaven every day more tumultuous, I beseech you, I beg you, I command you! In the name of God: ‘Cease the repression!'” Simultaneously, Romero had eloquently upheld the gospel and effectively signed his own death warrant. When he was appointed archbishop of San Salvador in 1977, Bishop Romero was considered a very “safe” choice. He had served as auxiliary bishop there for four years before his three years as bishop of Santiago de Maria. hbspt.cta.load(465210, '4e73adc9-f10b-41f5-b2c4-2e25026b4466', {"useNewLoader":"true","region":"na1"}); Oscar's father wanted him to be a carpenter—a trade for which he demonstrated some talent. Seminary classes in El Salvador preceded his studies at Rome's Gregorian University and his ordination in 1942. After earning a doctorate in ascetical theology, he returned home and became a parish priest and later rector of an interdiocesan seminary. Three weeks after his appointment as archbishop, Romero was shaken by the murder of his good friend Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande, a vigorous defender of the rights of the poor. Five more priests were assassinated in the Archdiocese of San Salvador during Romero's years as its shepherd. When a military junta seized control of the national government in 1979, Archbishop Romero publicly criticized the US government for backing the junta. His weekly radio sermons, broadcast throughout the country, were regarded by many as the most trustworthy source of news available. Romero's funeral was celebrated in the plaza outside the cathedral and drew an estimated 250,000 mourners. His tomb in the cathedral crypt soon drew thousands of visitors each year. On February 3, 2015, Pope Francis authorized a decree recognizing Oscar Romero as a martyr for the faith. His beatification took place in San Salvador on May 23, 2015, and he was canonized on October 14, 2018. Reflection Oscar Romero and many other Latin American martyrs for the faith were falsely accused of advocating a Marxist-inspired “theology of liberation.” Following Jesus always requires choices. Romero's fiercest critics conveniently dismissed his choices as politically inspired. An incarnational faith must be expressed publicly. Click here for more on Saint Oscar Romero! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media
During the latest Prudential earnings call held on March 20 2024, Prudential released its recent earnings report, giving investors insights into its current strategic direction and financial state. The CEO emphasized the company's expansion plans, stating, "We are going to be growing all our four geographies, which is Greater China, ASEAN, India, and Africa. And we have the capital strength and the capital flexibility to do so." This sheds light on Prudential's initiative to broaden its reach, anchored by its well-established financial position. Prudential has acknowledged the increasing consumer demand in the health and protection segment during the call. This trend presents opportunities for the company to enhance its financial results through potential margin expansions. Simultaneously, the company recognized the impact of the previous year's savings acceleration on its product volumes. Although it's not straightforward to quantify this impact, the company indicated credible signs of consistent demand for long-term savings and retirement products. Even as we depart from the previous year's peak saving period, economic recovery and improved consumer confidence continue to support this demand. Reflecting on Prudential's trajectory based on these acknowledged points during the earnings call, the two factors: the popularity of health and protection products and the consistent appeal of long-term savings and retirement services, are crucial. This underpins the company's potential to strategically adjust to evolving customer needs. In conclusion, based on statements from Prudential during the earnings call, the company's focus on potential expansion within the health and protection segment and an understanding of enduring demand for savings and retirement products could support its momentum. By leveraging these factors, the company may be able to make necessary adjustments to its customer engagement strategies and product offerings. However, the ability to actualize these opportunities will depend on several external and internal factors, including market conditions and Prudential's execution of its strategies. Thus, while the company has expressed commitment to growth and strategic flexibility, the future outcomes will be shaped by the interaction of these aspects. PRU Company info: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PRU/profile For more PSFK research : www.psfk.com This email has been published and shared for the purpose of business research and is not intended as investment advice.
For quite some time now, I've been wanting to go back and re-record my Sitka Spruce episode and add more stories I've learned since living in Alaska. Simultaneously, you may have wondered why I've only covered one of the most loved evergreen conifer groups around the world once. To be honest, I have some issues with the Picea genus, but I suppose now is as good a time as any to air out some dirty laundry. Today, I'll give the Spruce the credit it's due and share those Sitka stories I've been holding back. But rest assured, you'll find out how I really feel about these wintry northern giants.Please send me questions to answer for my upcoming Q&A! Email me at treeguythomas@gmail.com or check out my socials below.Check out some Tonkori sketches I mentioned in this episode (https://soundcloud.com/masahiro-bessho/sets/tonkori-sound-sketch)Music is by Academy Garden (academygarden.bandcamp.com)Cover Art is by @boomerangbrit on InstagramScript Editing and Social Media is by Laurie Hilburn (lhilburn.journoportfolio.com)Follow me on Twitter and Facebook @MyFavoriteTrees and on Instagram @treepodcast
Episode Summary: Professional dancer and choreographer Anthony Carr shares insights from his career journey. Anthony's dance path began at age four, guided by his mother's influence as a dancer. He transitioned from ballet to hip hop, finding solace and freedom in the latter despite initial setbacks. He reflects on his experiences in various dance schools and becoming an associate choreographer of The Wiz in NYC, emphasizing the role of mentors and support in his journey. His story includes shifts from New York to Los Angeles, and even Canada working on films like Hairspray. He shares experiences of auditioning for TLC and touring with Corbin Bleu. Anthony also touches on mentorship and parental support in dance, advising parents to give dancers space to learn and grow independently. He discusses choreography and working with directors, praising the skills of choreographers like Marguerite Derricks and Jamal Sims. Anthony's admiration for industry legends like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Michael Jackson is evident, showcasing his appreciation for their talent and impact. The episode concludes with Anthony encouraging dancers to embrace discomfort, take risks, and support each other, emphasizing the importance of staying passionate about the art form. Show notes: 0:03 Dance industry insights and experiences. 2:15 Dance career path and transition from ballet to hip hop. 5:56 Dance career paths and financial sustainability. 9:29 Dance career, business, and personal growth. 16:35 Dance motivation and rejection. 19:44 Dance career paths and experiences. 26:43 Dance mentorship and parental support. 29:33 Choreography and working with various directors. 36:13 Dance career inspiration and industry legends. 39:25 Dance career paths and industry insights. 45:41 Transitioning from competition dancer to industry professional. 48:36 Dance choreography and training with a professional. 53:50 Dance training and career sustainability. 57:14 Dance career, inspiration, and advice with Broadway choreographer Anthony Morigerato. Biography: Born and raised in the Bronx, Anthony "Kanec" Carr emerges as a distinguished figure in the global arts scene, renowned for his prowess as a dancer, choreographer, and actor. His journey commenced at New York City's prestigious School of American Ballet, demonstrating early on his unwavering commitment to his craft. Simultaneously, he pursued his education at the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS), showcasing a dedication to both his artistic and academic pursuits. This dual focus propelled his growth, culminating in a fusion of exceptional raw talent and intensive technical training in ballet, tap, jazz, musical theatre, and hip hop by the age of 17. Kanec swiftly found himself gracing the stage alongside multi-platinum selling recording artists such as Justin Bieber, Missy Elliott, Usher, Chris Brown, Cardi B, and TLC, among other illustrious names. His portfolio boasts featured roles in prominent movies and television shows, including notable appearances in Step Up 1 & 3, FAME, Hairspray, the Justin Bieber 3D Movie, and Glee. His stage presence has illuminated celebrated venues like the Grammys and the Oscars, as well as various other prestigious musical award ceremonies. Kanec's creative genius extends to choreography, where his artistry has enriched the work of acclaimed artists like Neyo, Eric Bellinger, and Daddy Yankee. His choreographic creations have been showcased on televised events such as "So You Think You Can Dance," attesting to his ability to craft compelling movement narratives. Currently contributing to the choreography team for Broadway's "The Wiz" in NYC, Kanec's journey exemplifies a lifelong passion for dance, choreography, and the performing arts. Website: Kanec Carr | IDC Official Site (innovationdancecenter.com) Connect on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/klassikkanec/ https://www.facebook.com/AnthonyLeeCarr
In this episode, a somber Raffa has a great Interview with a long time buddy & listner of FFV Peyman Dadgar. Together, they break down the Champions League loss to Barcelona and they discuss the future of Napoli & what Peyman is so concerned about. Before that, Ken Cioffredi has some words as well & responds to a very in-depth Tweet (X post...whatever) that warranted some words. Finally, Raffa closes the show with a mini breakdown of the scenario in which, despite the Serie A teams being out of the UCL in the quarters, Napoli can still make it to the Champions League next season with a 5th place finish...but they run into the champions-elect Inter in Milano this weekend. Ken's audio in this episode is ripped from our Youtube channel. Yes, Far From Vesuvius has a Youtube channel. Watch our videos and listen to our podcasts there too. Subscribe today - https://youtube.com/@farfromvesuviuspodcast1457?si=1I9TSIFffZdzM8p- THE POD NOW HAS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS Follow us on X - @TifiamoNA_FFV Follow us on Insatgram/Facebook @tifiamonap_ffv Also, follow the guys on FB - Raffaele Rispo || Daniel Russo X - @RaffaNapoli83 || @daniel__russo22 IG - @raffarispo || danielrusso_98 WE ALSO NOW HAVE A LINKTREE Find all our content here linktr.ee/FarFromVesuvisNetwork Enjoy & #ForzaNapoliSempre
Who hunted them? A mysterious “Valley of Headless Men” serial killer in the Nahanni National Park area caused such intense fear during the first half of the 1900s that stories flew. Some whispered of fearsome creatures, mysterious fogs, and cannibalistic tribes. Others claimed “gold fever” after numerous bodies were found decapitated with unexplainable circumstances around their deaths. It's clear that SOMETHING hunted down and killed the explorers and miners in northern Canada, but who was the culprit? Rob Counts conducted deep investigative research to sift through the repeated stories everyone tells about the Nahanni Valley and went to the source: He found the original newspaper articles that detailed the real circumstances. Simultaneously, John Vivanco and his team of remote viewers gathered nonlocal information on what caused all the strange disappearances in the Valley of Headless Men. Between the two of them, they uncovered things no other show has been able to about what really happened in the Nahanni Valley. Want to hear the truth? Watch this episode of Metaphysical for a show that's out of this world. In this episode: Since 1908, more than 20 men have reportedly died searching for a gold mine in Canada's Nahanni Valley. Most of them perished by decapitation or disappearing completely. The mine they were looking for was the infamous “Lost McLeod Mine,” made famous by the brothers who discovered it, Willie and Frank McLeod, who were later also found headless. Who were these decapitated men? What caused their deaths? Most importantly, what made the Nahanni Valley so treacherous—a land that terrorized the natives, causing them to live in perpetual fear? As of 1937, according to one old newspaper, “Thirteen men have already disappeared up the foaming Nahanni river that plunges from the unexplored hinterland between the Mackenzie valley and Alaska. All but the last two of those thirteen were later found murdered. The last two have never been found.” Could there have been even more true crime mysteries going on? Who was the “Mad Trapper of Rat River,” and how was his story related to the bigger picture? After you hear the details, you'll be amazed that ANYONE could have survived such harsh conditions.
Anna Maria Ponzi is the former owner and past president of Ponzi Vineyards in Oregon's Willamette Valley. From the age of four, she's had the rare experience of working in every aspect of the winery. She helped plant its original vines, worked on the bottling line, hosted guests in the tasting room and has made countless national and international sales calls. Anna Maria has served the state's wine industry in myriad ways, including serving as an early ambassador for Oregon wine both nationally and internationally while building Oregon wine country into a travel destination. After earning her degree in journalism from the University of Oregon, she worked in Boston's publishing industry until returning to the rural family business in 1991. Soon after, she was joined by her winemaking sister and the two young women trailblazed the growing tide of female vintners. Simultaneously, they grew the business from an annual production of 10,000 to over 50,000 cases and increased its vineyard holdings from 20 to 140 acres. This ownership distinguished Ponzi Vineyards as the nation's only winery solely owned and operated by second-generation sisters at the time. She is recognized for establishing a premiere travel destination with the opening of the valley's first seated wine experience among other visitor attractions in the area. Her memoir ‘Pinot Girl' was released in celebration of the winery's 50th Anniversary in 2020. A year later, she and her sister successfully negotiated the sale of the winery to the esteemed French house Société Jacques Bollinger of Champagne, France. In 2023, she created “The Four-Ounce Pour”, a keynote that reflects on her life in wine and how bringing intentionality and balance into our lives creates greater meaning and impact. Connect with Maria Ponzi on her website: https://www.amponzi.com/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-maria-ponzi-86b14a245/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amponzico/ Learn more about Anthony's Circle: https://www.anthonyscircle.org/ = = = = = Thank you for supporting the show! Your 5-star rating and review makes a difference -- it's easy to leave one and it helps spread the word about the podcast! = = = = = My latest book, The Far Unlit Unknown -- is available everywhere books are sold including Audible! Get your copy and learn more about it here Are we connected yet on social? @maryloukayser (Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlkayser/ (LinkedIn)
In 1996, a mysterious man nicknamed the Grinning Man began to approach people, warning of a disaster. Simultaneously, Mothman sightings were on the rise and a bridge was soon to fall. Who was this grinning man? And were his prophecies to be trusted? His identity, and his home planet, would soon be discovered… Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp, IQ Bar, and Füm. Learn to make time for what makes you happy, with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/TGOG today to get 10% off your first month. Refuel smarter with IQBAR's Ultimate Sampler Pack. Get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus get free shipping when you text TGOG to 64-000. Start the year off right and get 10% off The Good Habit by going to TryFum.com/tgog and getting the Journey pack. If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you're looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!
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In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin coach four Pump Heads via Zoom. Mind Pump Fit Tip: The path of progress is NOT linear. DO NOT get stuck in the ‘shame' spiral. (2:12) NASM is the leader for personal trainers. (13:38) Such a flirt. (20:05) Little boy problems. (23:25) Social media is a cesspool. (25:05) Do women need an alpha male? (27:32) The most brilliant or dumb guy ever? (40:16) Mind Pump Recommends, Dune: Part Two. (43:11) Rule of thumb. (47:36) Butcher Box now has potatoes! (50:16) Shout out to Max Lugavere's documentary, Little Empty Boxes. (56:56) #ListenerLive question #1 - Since powerlifting is very prescriptive on percentages, should I stay within the calculated percentages for the entire program or is it advisable to push to higher percentages? (57:56) #ListenerLive question #2 - When going to failure on the weeks we do failure training, does that mean that I quite literally cannot do another rep? (1:06:28) #ListenerLive question #3 - How do you sustainably get into a calorie-counting mindset from eating intuitively? (1:11:00) #ListenerLive question #4 - Being a career firefighter with a 24/48 schedule, how do I optimize muscle growth after this cut phase without the safety of a spotter? (1:23:25) Related Links/Products Mentioned Ask a question to Mind Pump, live! Email: live@mindpumpmedia.com Visit NASM for access to their premier all-in-one membership program, NASM One for Mind Pump listeners. Visit Butcher Box for this month's exclusive Mind Pump offer! ** New users will receive their choice of 2 lbs. of Ground Beef, 3 lbs. of Chicken Thighs, or 1 lb. of premium Steak Tips for a Year! + Use the code MINDPUMP and get $20 off your first box! ** March Promotion: MAPS Anabolic | MAPS Anabolic Advanced 50% off! ** Code MARCH50 at checkout ** Jen Cohen viral post Did Super Bowl streaker win $374,000 for disrupting Super Bowl LV? Plus details on viral incident at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas Dune: Part Two (2024) - IMDb Little Empty Boxes For a limited time only, Mind Pump listeners get a free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase: Visit DrinkLMNT.com/MindPump MAPS Powerlift | Mind Pump #2015: How To Apply Advanced Training Techniques To Build More Muscle Mind Pump #1487: The Best Way For First Responders To Stay In Shape Mind Pump #2287: Bodybuilding 101- How To Bulk And Cut Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube Mind Pump Free Resources People Mentioned Jen Cohen (@therealjencohen) Instagram Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) Instagram
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Click here to support me in this new venture and if you order all three items I will personally send you a 10% off coupon code that is good for life ----more---- Welcome to "Adams Archive," where the glamour of Hollywood meets its darkest secrets. Host Austin Adams invites you on a gripping journey behind the velvet curtain, where the sparkle of stardom often hides chilling narratives of intrigue, misconduct, and mystery. In this thought-provoking series, we delve into three compelling stories that have sent shockwaves through the entertainment world and beyond. Joe Rogan's Murderous Guest: Explore the unsettling revelation of a guest on Joe Rogan's podcast who was later discovered to have a severed head in his freezer. We'll analyze the implications of such associations in media and the responsibilities of platforms hosting controversial figures. P. Diddy on Trial: Delve into the legal battles surrounding P. Diddy, where allegations beyond the music mogul's glittering career surface. From lawsuits that hint at dark practices akin to Jeffrey Epstein's to whispered tales of a hidden side to Hollywood elite circles, we unravel the complexity of P. Diddy's ongoing legal drama. Ryan Garcia Exposes Elites: Follow the shocking allegations made by professional boxer Ryan Garcia, as he claims to have witnessed and been a victim of heinous acts by some of the entertainment industry's most powerful figures. Garcia's claims shed light on the purportedly sinister undertakings within elite circles, echoing the fears and concerns about the influence and actions of the rich and famous. Why Subscribe to "Adams Archive"? "Adams Archive" isn't just a podcast; it's a mission to uncover truth and foster discussion on topics that are often left in the shadows. Each episode promises meticulously researched content, engaging storytelling, and a commitment to integrity. 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"Adams Archive" is more than just a podcast—it's your gateway to the stories that matter. ----more---- Full Transcription b Adams Archive. Hello, you beautiful people and welcome to the Adams Archive. My name is Austin Adams and thank you so much for listening today. On today's episode, we're going to discuss some pretty wild events. Now it's been a few weeks since our last episode and I'd like to formally apologize to you for that. Life gets in the way. Some new adventures that I have been pursuing simultaneously. So just trying to juggle it all while we go through some changes. Here on the Adams archive as well. So thank you for sticking around. I'm glad you're here today because we're going to discuss some wild shit, and I will even give you the update on everything that I've been working on in the background. And if you follow me on social media, you might be privy to it already. So we'll discuss that, which is pretty cool. But first, we're going to discuss Joe Rogan having a guest on just one month ago, who has now been found to have had a severed head in his freezer. Thanks So we'll discuss that, obviously. The next thing we're going to discuss is going to be the bill that may make TikTok unavailable in the United States as it quickly advances in the House. Now, this isn't a new idea. This is something that's been discussed before. This is bills that were presented by Donald Trump prior to this. This is no new conversation, but we'll discuss why it might be interesting in the conversation today. After that, we're going to have a discussion about some deeper and a little bit darker topics. And as always, the more you stick around, the darker and deeper things generally get. So as we segue from those conversations, we're going to move into a conversation about a few more recent celebrities that are exposing the elites the same way that Jeffrey Epstein did. Now, in a couple of different manners, one calling it out in a way that is seemingly, I would say positive, you know, positive in the meaning that they are not a part of it, and the other being a part of it. And you may know these names, one being the famous boxer Ryan Garcia, and the other being P. Diddy. Some pretty crazy stuff going on there, which is Stuff we'll get into. I'll give you a brief synopsis, which is the fact that Ryan Garcia, famous boxer, young, good looking dude, 200 something boxing matches, unbelievable boxer, has had a recent tirade on X where he just goes off about Bohemian Grove, saying that he was tied up by guys in black robes and made to watch some horrific events. Again, at Bohemian Grove. So. pretty crazy stuff. We'll look at the tweets, we'll look at the videos that he actually talks about these things, and that will move us into a conversation about P Diddy. P Diddy is having a more recent judicial situation where a former producer that he worked with, Lil Rod, seems to be the all time worst rapper name ever. It almost seems satirical, but I digress. Lil Rod has filed a lawsuit against P. Diddy as well as Universal Records and a bunch of other people in association with what seems to be a honeypot Trap, similar to what Jeffrey Epstein was doing. And they actually named Jeffrey Epstein in the doc documents in the court documents of this 73 page document, which I'll actually walk you through. I have it. I highlighted that I went through it, did my research for you guys. So I will share all of that with you as well in the show notes today. So you can actually take a look at it. All right, then. That's it. All right. So that will be our discussion for today. Go ahead, hit the subscribe button, leave a five star review. And before I jump into it, let me tell you what I've been up to. 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The very first topic that we're gonna be discussing today is going to be that Joe Rogan had a guest on his podcast just one month ago, who has now had been found to have a severed head in his freezer, along with a torso in a bla or a blue. bin that he was toting around that there's photo evidence of him Toting this bin around through a door. So let's go ahead and read this article And let's find out what this is really about now the individual in question here with somebody who is a former, former inmate, and he's, was on the podcast with Josh Dubin, and I've actually loved the podcast with Joe Rogan and Josh Dubin, where essentially what he does, Josh Dubin is a advocate and a lawyer who basically brings on people who are wrongful convictions. and gets them out of jail and then starts this conversation about wrongful convictions and, and how a large percentage of individuals who are in jail right now could very well be innocent. And so they, his organization does an amazing thing, which they go through all of the, the different cases that they're sent. They do some deep dives into the information that are there, and then they help get these people out, which is an amazing thing. I love the work that Josh Dubin does, but. Maybe in this instance, they should have left this guy in jail. Okay. So Sheldon Johnson, a former Joe Rogan show guest is a 48 year old youth counselor for the Queens defenders who spent 25 years in prison for attempted murder and robbery. And he was introduced on the Joe Rogan experience in February by his friend, Perlmutter Center from Legal Justice executive director, Josh Dubin. And he was saying that he was a marvelous human being who was wronged by the system. Johnson was also photographed shaking hands with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. However, less than a year after his release from prison, Johnson was arrested in New York on Thursday after police found a severed head in his apartment freezer and a torso stashed in a bin. The victim, identified as 44 year old Colin Small, spent time in the same prison as Johnson and may have had a beef with him, according to the New York Post. Small was reportedly heard by neighbors pleading for his life on Tuesday evening before several gunshots rang out. In security footage following the incident, Johnson could be seen carrying cleaning supplies in a blue bin to the apartment where Small's remains were found, before leaving in a blonde wig. Great disguise. Rogan received criticism from viewers when the episode with Johnson aired with critics accusing Rogan and Dubin of downplaying Johnson's violent criminal history. Very interesting Now, I'm pretty sure I've listened to this episode I know I've listened to several episodes with Josh Dubin and again really like the work that he's done I'm not sure if this is the individual that I'm thinking of that I listened to last But I'll definitely go back and listen to this one because this is a wild situation, right? It's like Even if this guy wasn't guilty and maybe this is the argument that could be made around this is that jail prison time Makes you a terrible person it can find you it turns you into an animal All you are is surrounded by people who are violent criminals who are absolutely the the And even, and this isn't to detract from the fact that there are wrongful convictions, and that the for profit prison system is the absolute worst thing in the world, that causes hundreds of thousands, if not millions of families a year to be in agony, agony, for no good reason. I've stated my positions on the justice system before, as somebody who was, you know, planning on going into the justice system and becoming a lawyer, criminal defense lawyer, my take on the entirety of this. And the reason I wanted to go be a criminal defense lawyer is because I don't believe in the justice system in the way that it stands today. I believe there's so many wrongful convictions. And I feel like even the ones that are convicted, are generally convicted for profitable corporations, and not because it's a true way to help them better themselves and their lives and be a better person for themselves. In society. I don't think that happens. I think there's a very, very marginal percentage of people that come out of jail as a better person or come out of prison as a better person as when they went in there. I just don't think it happens. There's no system, there's no processes in place that cause that to be the case. There's no reform that's happening. It's a place to essentially imprison people, to throw them in a jail cell and allow them to be a number that corporations can profit off of. And so, to me In this situation, let's go back to the original discussion being had here, which is that in this situation, even if he wasn't guilty here, even if he wasn't an attempted murderer, as he was convicted for prior to him getting out for a wrongful conviction, they very well, in prison, could have made him this way, just shown by the fact that the person that he went after and murdered was actually somebody that went to jail with him, went to prison with him. And so, that to me, it shows that like, It didn't help, did it? Even if he, and let's just say he wasn't the person who committed that initial crime, it made him the type of person that they made him out to be to begin with. Even if he wasn't. And he probably was, now that we know he's this type of, he's got this in him. That's some gangster shit, but for sure, for sure, Seems like he did this one. I don't think he's getting out of this one at all. All right. So a pretty wild situation. I wonder what this I wonder what Joe Rogan's response will be to this because that's a not a good look for Josh Dubin. I wonder what Josh Dubin's response to this as I wonder if he's come out and had some some conversations because Joe Rogan as there's very few guests that Joe Rogan has said or had on consistently. Joe Rogan has Josh Dubin on his podcast at least once a quarter. And he says that he does that because he believes in the cause. He says that he does that because he believes that there is a injustice happening in our justice system. Absolutely is. And I agree with him 100%. This isn't a good look though. There's probably, there's probably I don't know, a hundred situations that could have been bad that couldn't have been this bad of a look for them. So anyways, wild situation. I'm sure there's going to be more information that comes out in this. There was some photos that leaked that showed this, Interesting stuff. So I didn't go and find any clips. I doubt there's going to be anything that like alludes to this or is even interesting compared to this. But, I would say you should still go check out Josh Dubin's situation and his organization that he leads there. Because they still do good stuff despite, I don't know, getting a man out of prison who severed another man's head. Not a good look. Anyways, all right. So the next thing that we're going to discuss here is going to be that there is a new bill looking to ban tick tock and, and it says the measure gained the support of house speaker, Mike Johnson on Thursday and could soon come up for a full vote in the house. I don't know why I said vote like that vote. Podcast when this happened. A couple years ago, and I'll tell you my position on this. I haven't read really much into this. We'll read it together and we'll, we'll kind of have a real reaction for you here. Cause I don't know the context of this bill or why they're trying to pass it personally. I do know that the last time it was because there's like military and, and espionage happening in there and situations where they're tracking our military members and leveraging the data against them. And, and they believe that it's a security issue with our own civilians, that they're gathering all this data and they're, they're infiltrating our youth and putting in all of these themes of like terrible societal constructs that are, are degrading our society as a whole. I don't disagree with any of those, but I also don't think that tick tocks the only one doing that and I also think that if our government is going out of their way to pass a bill because they're concerned about the security measures and the spying and the, the, the utilization of data weaponization of data, right? So if our government's concerned about China weaponizing tick tocks data against our citizens and surveilling us. utilizing that technology. What I should be far more concerned about and what you should be far more concerned about is the fact that our government uses every social media platform to do the very same thing. They just don't like it when other people do it to us too. It's like, if they're concerned about other other governments weaponizing social media against our citizens, it's because they're already doing it. It's because they know what they can do with that. Information and we already know that they're connected, right? We already know the information came out about the FBI connections with Facebook Instagram Surrounding the election. We already know that they essentially had the the twitter files and stuff you know after the twitter files were released that they were working with all of the three letter agencies and the government organizations and the White house and they all had a basically a secret email thread where they were telling people a specific post to take down and I'm sure several of mine were one of them Absolutely, because the second I posted a video about Hunter Biden and the whole situation, I think I pulled it from InfoWars, and I reposted it on my Instagram, I was vanished, gone. So shadowbanned for I think about seven or eight months. It really like crushed my momentum. With the podcast with the Instagram with everything very disheartening it hurt my feelings a bit But I bet say about eight months you couldn't search my account. You couldn't find any of my videos there would get no view It was terrible. I had like 30 something thousand followers at the time. It wasn't like I did nobody followed me. It was pretty wild But anyways, let's go ahead and read this bill. That's my take on it is essentially if they're concerned about it Somebody else doing it to us. It's because they already know and are doing it ten times worse than what they're doing it They're thinking China's doing it to us for right. Anyways, a bill that could lead to the popular video sharing app. TikTok being unavailable in the United States is quickly gaining traction in the house as lawmakers voiced their concerns about the potential for the platform to surveil and manipulate Americans. Could you imagine a government surveilling and manipulating American citizens with social media platforms? No way. Say it ain't so. We better get that TikTok out of here. Because there's no way our American social media platforms do that to us. It's only those Chinese communists over there that that surveil and manipulate Americans with social media. The measure gained support of House Speaker Mike Johnson and could soon come up for a full vote in the House. The bill advanced out of committee Thursday and unanimous bipartisan vote 50 to nothing. Wow. I find a another bill that's passed like that in a while. The White House has provided technical support in the drafting of the bill. The White House Press Secretary Kain Jean Pierre said that TikTok legislation still needs some work to get to a place where the President, Joe Biden will endorse it. Yeah, because you know, if you go read that bill right now, it's probably like, yeah, we'll ban TikTok and we'll also allow another 3 million immigrants to come into our country and also vote. The bill takes a two pronged approach. First, it would require ByteDance, which is based in Beijing, to divest TikTok and other applications it controls within 180 days of enactment of the bill. Or those applications will be prohibited in the United States. Second, it creates a narrow process to let the executive branch prohibit access to an app owned by a foreign adversary if it possesses a threat to national security. It's an important bipartisan measure to take on China, our largest geo geopolitical foe, which is actively undermining our economy and security. I think we're actively undermining our economy and our security. Just as much as China is. Our critics also claim the app could be used to spread misinformation beneficial to Beijing. Former President Donald Trump attempted to ban TikTok through executive order, but the courts blocked the action after TikTok sued, arguing that actions would violate free speech and due process rights. Hmm. So interesting that all these things that Donald Trump tried to do four years ago Biden's trying to do now, build a wall. Don't do that. Well, now Biden's saying that we should build a wall. Ban TikTok. No, don't do that. Oh, well, now Biden's trying to ban TikTok. It's like everything that Trump foresaw and tried to attempt to do. That was, Like defaced and demeaned by the Democrats is now being enacted as if it was their own idea. Just like how in the State of the Union Address, Joe Biden was sitting there acting like he wanted immigrants to not immigrate. Jump over our border. Like basically saying we're, we're going to protect our border. Like, Oh really? Cause you were the very person that allowed this to happen over the last two years. And now that we're coming up on an election and we have essentially the same amount of illegal immigrants that have entered our country as the total population of 33 States. That's how many immigrants that we have in our country today is the, They total up to the same amount of population that we have had over our borders in the last, since Joe Biden started in office, 33 states worth of populations of individuals that are now in our country, undocumented, illegal aliens. Hmm. Critics also claim that the app could be used to spread misinformation beneficial to Beijing. TikTok raised similar concerns about the legislation gaining momentum in the house. This bill is an outright ban of TikTok, no matter how much the authors try to disguise it. This legislation will trample the First Amendment rights of 170 million Americans and deprive five million small businesses of a platform that they rely on to grow and create jobs, the company said. Yeah, I really don't think that TikTok cares about the First Amendment, to be fair. The bill's author, Republican Mike Gallagher, the Republican chairman for the Special House Committee, focused on China, rejected TikTok's assertion of a ban. Rather, he said it's an effort to force a change in TikTok's ownership. He also took issue with TikTok urging some users to call their representatives and urge them to vote no on the bill. I did see that, that there was a big there was like a, a, a notification on TikTok, That's having all of the users of TikTok send or call their representatives. It says the notification that urged TikTok users to speak up now before your government strips 170 million Americans of their constitutional right to free expression. The notification also warns that the ban of TikTok would damage millions of businesses and destroy the lives of countless creators across the country. Today, it's about, it's about our bill, and it's not intimidating members considering that bill. But tomorrow it could be misinformation or lies about an election, about a war, about any number of things Gallagher said. This is why we can't take a chance of having a dominant news platform in America controlled or owned by a company that is behold of the Chinese Communist Party and their foremost adversary. Now, I don't disagree there. I just don't think that's the sentiment of this. I just think that if you were concerned about that, you just, you know, honestly get rid of all social media platforms. Our world would be much better. And I, this is an avid user of social media. That's how I've grown my podcast. That's how you know about me, likely. Get rid of it. It'd be better for my children, it'd be better for your children, it'd be better for your grandchildren, it'd be better for our country. Get rid of all social media. It's a fucking cancer on our population, on our society as a whole. It's terrible for children, it's terrible for adults, it makes people lazy, it sucks up all of your time, and it hijacks your dopamine system so that you feel the need to, like, I'm just as guilty of it, like, pffft. I try to be better about it, but just like everybody else, I'm just as guilty about it. And sometimes I sit there just and I go on tiktok. I go on instagram now and it's like just Maybe the way that I you know, I consume my feed and and for this podcast and stuff, but it's just political bullshit I don't know. What's more fake american politics or Pro wrestling like it's it's so irritating even though a lot of the influencers a lot of the the top people in the Republican influencer space and the Democratic influencer space. They're all full of shit They're all being pushed to you know, say certain things about certain topics and they're all being paid to do So they're all terrible at marketing with their shitty t shirt companies. They're, they're all just repost bullshit videos that are regurgitated from other accounts without any value or narration on them. It's just trash, like, trash, trash, trash, trash, trash. That's all social media is. And so, yeah, sure, ban TikTok, but ban Instagram and Meta and, and, you know, Axe, ban them all. Get rid of them. We don't need them. Let's, let's, let's use a fucking phone to call somebody instead, like, let's, let's go back, right? Like, you wanna talk about, you know conservativism? Let's get rid of those, get off my lawn! You know? Anyways, as I get older, I just have come to accept the fact that I'm an angry old man. And that's okay. I think that's probably the right way to be in today's society anyways. All right. Not sure what's going on there. Okay, cool. So let's move into the Ryan Garcia situation. So Ryan Garcia, professional boxer, has come out on, on a Instagram, or I'm sorry, a ex tirade, tirade, calling out celebrities. Dropping names like Oprah Winfrey, saying that he was tied down in a forest by men in black robes and forced to watch some horrific acts conducted on children. And I'm sorry, like trigger warning, whatever you want to say, there's some terrible stuff here, guys. I'm sorry. It's not like if you want to skip ahead 15 minutes, but it's, it's, it's pretty serious stuff. So the Ryan Garcia. Pro boxer, very, very active, has a fight April 20th. Now some people are saying that he's doing this to promote his fight. I don't think so. If you hear this guy's voice and you know what he's going through right now, I don't think that he's faking this for fight promotion. I also just don't think he's that smart. He's had 240 pro boxing matches. So he's probably has a lot of brain damage too. Now I don't think that means or diminishes anything that he's saying because everything he's saying we already know to be true. We know that. All of the celebrities and politicians and most powerful people in the world meet in Bohemian Grove, or at least they did. Till it was infiltrated and now everybody knows where it's at and how to get there. But at least they did, right? I think who was it? It wasn't Kennedy. Was it Truman? I think it was Truman said that it was the most faggoty place on earth. That is a direct quote from a former president that Bohemian Grove is the most faggoty place on earth. Excuse my 2020, you know 2010 language there's apparently we're not allowed to say that anymore, but the president said it So, you know blame him not me anyways And so what this, if you don't know about Bohemian Grove, it's a whole rabbit hole and I'm sure I've done a whole episode on it at least once, or had some deep dives into it. Essentially all these politicians and all these most powerful people in the world, very well known, been infiltrated, we know this happens, they all go there, they dress up in robes, they gather around this owl statue, this like 30 foot tall owl statue. Might be exaggerated, but it's probably pretty close to that huge owl statue. And then they light on fire while they're in a circle in their robes with masks on this effigy that is supposed to be a sacrifice to the owl God or Malak, right? The, the, Baphomet, the, you know, the evil entities of the world. They're doing a satanic ritual out in the woods. Very well known, well documented, Go Google it. Alex Jones at one point infiltrated it with a video camera and found them doing this effigy, found it happening live. So you can go go do that research. It's there. It's real thing. Okay, so he talks about it and says that he was brought there, taken by men in black robes, and I'll let you him tell you some of it here. All right, here you go. I don't give a fuck any. Hold on one second here, guys. Anymore where all right here we go. Hey, bro. All right. Talk to us. Oh, I don't give a fuck bro. They help Okay, and so this was after an initial release of, so I'll start from the beginning before I play this video for you. It needs a little bit of context. Ryan Garcia said that his phone was taken from him, that he was forced, his money was taken from him, all this stuff. He posted a video, like there was a video saying, it's kind of a weird situation, it was like, we got him, we slid his throat, something like that. On Ryan Garcia's Twitter, like they, they took over his Twitter. They said he still has his, their, his Instagram. We slit his throat, 666, Satan, the devil, whatever. It was like this super weird, random tweet that went out. Okay. That happened like 12 hours later, after some people thought he was dead. Ryan Garcia posts a video. And in this video, he looks completely disheveled. He looks like traumatized and he basically says, I'm okay, guys. I can't really talk about what's going on, but I'm okay. Just wanted to let you know, I'm not dead. Okay, then he starts to release information about Bohemian Grove and what these people did. Andrew Tate then goes on and says, let's do a live, I'll let you share your story. They jump on a live and here you go. They made me watch little kids get raped. I don't give a fuck anymore. Where? Bro, they fucking took me to the fucking woods, bro, and they fucking tied I'm not fucking joking, bro. I have fucking proof, bro. I don't give a fuck. Bro, I fucking will show you every fucking video you could ever fucking believe. Bohemian Grove is real. They fucking tied me down and they made me fucking watch, dawg. I absolutely don't give a fuck anymore. Yes, I fucking lost it. They're raping little kids. He doesn't want to take us all, so let's go. Come on, Ryan. He doesn't want to take us all. Bro, fuck this dude, dude. Who? Who? Bro, you know the higher elites, bro. You already know who they are, bro. You know the path you're going down is dangerous, my friend. I don't give a fuck. I don't give a fuck. They can't touch me. I'm a god. Well, that's the first point of contention, because I care about you a lot, and I can assure you, from my own personal experience, that they can touch you, which is the worst part about it. Bro, no, they can't, bro. Alright, so come touch me, you fucking bitch. You have proof of these things on You have proof of this on your phone? Yes, of course I do. The fuck you talking about? Of course. If Alex could get a fucking video from the Bohemian Grove, of course I could. Well, I have to be careful what I say, because I'm in the middle of a judicial process right now. You want me to get you out of it? Bro, my door gets kicked in if I say what I'm thinking. Okay, well I can help you get out of it if you want. I know people. Tell everyone at home then. Start from the beginning. When did this happen? Where did this happen? What exactly did you see? Why have you tweeted the things you've tweeted? Let people at home understand you. Because I don't give a fuck, bro. They rate me, right? I was two years old, they rate me. I have proof of that too. Why have you tweeted the things you've tweeted? So you have to honestly appreciate Andrew Tate. Like, you know, I love everybody shits on Andrew Tate. I've shit on Andrew Tate rightfully in some situations, but you have to appreciate the way he's organizing Ryan's thoughts, right? He's obviously much more articulate, much better at having a conversation than the emotionally heightened state, at least that Ryan's in right now. So again, you have to appreciate about how he's going about this. Even saying that, you know, be careful the path that you're going down, my friend, this is a dangerous one and they can touch you. You're not untouchable. You're not a God. They can get you. And that's the scary part, he says. So here we go. Tweeted the things you've tweeted. Let people at home understand you a little bit more. Because I don't give a fuck, bro. They rate me, right? I was two years old, they rate me. I have proof of that too. That's where it all started, bro. Jeez. Okay, you do know there's going to be certain people who believe and I'm Ryan, you know, I like you speaking for years, you know, there's going to be people who believe you're just saying this because you've, I don't know, had a mental breakdown or taking drugs and you're repeating some of the things you've said on the internet and they're going to not believe you unless you come at it very coherently. Andrew, Andrew, I'll go to the fucking Romania and take a drug test in front of your face. Bro, you don't want to come here. You don't need to remain in jail. It's not your fight camp. But I'm just asking, like, you're gonna have to tell a far more coherent story from start to finish for people to truly understand that. What you're saying happened is what you saw and that this is not some sort of episode or anything else. This is my advice to you as a brother. I'm trying to make it, if you want people to believe you, you're gonna have to come along and explain from the absolute beginning exactly how it happened, who was involved, how you got there, what car you were in, where you were standing, everything. Of course they're gonna want that and I have all the information possible. Okay, so when you're releasing it, how you're releasing it, or are you keeping it for yourself? Because it looks like you don't want to keep it for yourself. I don't. At the right time I'm gonna release all of it, but at the right time I'm gonna do it. They're already calling me to tell me to stop. I don't give a fuck, dude. I've already had a meeting with them. I'm gonna let you sit with that, Andrew. With who? All right, bro. Well, I want you to know that either way, I'm praying for you, and I hope that Thank you, bro. You know, and I mean that. I don't give a fuck, bro. Alex Jones has been saying the same shit, and they try to get The only reason they can't stop me, because they listen to the devil. I listen to God. God gave me authority. It's over for everybody, bro. Now, again, to Andrew Tate's point, and you probably won't hear me say that very often, but he does seem to be in some type of Mental breakdown, but obviously, you know, just by the way he's speaking is very Emotionally heightened his voice is shaky, but wouldn't you be Like, if you were sitting in front of, when this was going on, there's 26, 000 people hearing you talk about being raped as a child, like, wouldn't you feel that way? Wouldn't you be heightened emotionally? Wouldn't you have a mental breakdown if that happened? Like, and again, nothing he's saying is crazy. We already know that these things were happening. We already know Epstein was real. We already know Bohemian Grove is a super creepy, weird place where they have satanic rituals. And, you know, To, to Andrew Tate's point though, like, are you just puppeting, are you, are you just parroting the situations that you hear online? Are you just parroting what, the information that you have heard from other people talk about and just like stringing these together? But why, why would you do that? Why, why, what would be the purpose of that? That, that's not going to help him. You know, it's, it's really not good PR for his fight that he says that, and, and honestly, no man's going to come out and say, I got raped. Like, there's very little of the, you know, Me Too situation happening in men in highly visible spaces. And we'll find that out more with what we see with P. Diddy. And the Lil Rod situation coming up is like, this guy was tormented for years by this man. Lived with him and didn't speak up because that's like, not generally what men do in this situation. It's just not. Especially people who are very in the public eye. It's, it's, it's embarrassing, I'm sure. And, and something that you have to contend with in a different way, especially when you're highly visible like these people are. So again, you would have a mental breakdown. You would be heightened emotionally. You would stutter over your words and be, you know, use a bunch of swear words when you're talking and like, You would do those things, regardless, so I don't think that detracts from his opinion, and I don't, you know, this guy's also had a bunch of fights, so I don't think he's like the most articulate person in the world, I'm sure he has some serious head trauma, but I don't think that means that he's not telling the truth. And so, As we go further into this, let's go ahead and read some of the tweets that came from him. Now there was a whole 25 minute live that he did that I listened into. You can go to his Twitter right now and listen in. He did a full live video. You know, maybe I'll play a few minutes of that for you guys here. But the most recent conversation that he had is, is this one, which says that I'm not talking about anything else other than fighting. He's in the fight camp right now. He has a fight in the, like six weeks or so. So. Let me start you from the timeline beginning. Here is the video that I was talking about if it's still up of him essentially saying I'm, okay. I'm alive. They took my phone. Okay. Here's where it starts Hey guys, it's me ryan I'm here to explain what's going on I'm, not in possession of my phone. I can't get access to my instagram My cards are locked And i'm just being real Oh, you know I'm being real, taking advantage, and I personally wanted just to send out a video to the people that love me and my fans, family that's concerned that I'm okay. I'm not dead. I believe in Jesus. All those are lies. And, you know, in jail, they're blocking my cards. I can't access my money. Nobody's hitting me back. I don't know what's going on, but just know I'm okay, look. He was being targeted by some organization or some group of people that are obviously somewhat powerful if they can get into all of his accounts, if they can freeze all of his bank accounts, if they can get into all of his social media accounts, if they can cut off his communication with everybody at one time. It's obviously a pretty powerful entity, right? It's not just some random guy next door. And you see the look on his face. He looks, like I said, disheveled. He looks concerned. He looks like meek, almost. Which is not generally the case for a guy with 250 pro boxing fights. Like you just hear it in the sound of his voice. He sounds a little scared. Which rightfully, if somebody goes onto your account and says they slit your throat, it freezes your bank accounts, all that stuff at one time. So, and this is where it all started. This is where it all got triggered to, to begin. And it sounds like from there, he's just like, all right, And he's going to just say everything that happened that he's been holding back in fear of these organizations that are potentially going after him. And that's speculation, but that's what it seems like to me. It seems to be some, you know, you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to kind of take that out of the context of what's happening. Now he posted a bunch of other things. that all got deleted. Now, I don't know if he deleted them. He says that they got deleted off of X, but I do have those tweets and I'll read them to you. It says, if they post my phone, I will post on someone else's. It's in plain sight. It's trying, I'm trying to screen record the rules of devil worshiping and they are deleting it. Can someone DM me their account info so I can tweet? They are going to attempt to stop me. I'm going to set up a drive a live drug test to prove that I'm not trippin I feel like crying because i'm giving everyone info. They already know but they refuse to believe do you want proof now? I'll get it asap he said If they take my phone, I will post on someone else's. More you ask, or what's up? It's that three Disney workers, school athletic, he posted screenshots. Three Disney workers, school athletic director among 219 arrested in Florida human trafficking sting. Wow. And that was posted from 2023 September. So just a few months ago, he said, please help send prayers. I'm calling all prayer warriors. You think you'd be you think you'd be quiet if they killed kids and showed you and did it over and over. I'm done. I have lost it. And so have you. My pain is unbearable. I can't describe I will be killed soon. Hurry find you think you you think you'd be quiet if they killed kids and showed you and did it over and over and over. I'm done. I've lost it. And so have you. My pain is unbearable. Wow. So, pretty dark stuff there. But then he went on to say that they auction off kids. That's one of the next tweets. He goes on to show that a video from a Bohemian Grove situation. He starts saying that I didn't kill myself. I love God and my kids. I love Jesus. I'm healthy and I have no medical issues for the record. I'm with my wife, Drea. All the other stuff is cap. For you who are not Gen Z, like me, cap means a lie. You're welcome. Let's see what this is. Says I'm changing. Let's see. He brought up the Vatican as well as Oprah Winfrey. He said, how many more kids will y'all allow this to happen to? And then he posted some posts from the Catholic church abusing children. He said, why do you think that in all scary movies, they are always use a priest from Catholic churches because they are molesters and they allow you to disrespect God. Hmm. So wait, I'm the bad guy for calling out an institution that has an unbearable or unbelievable amount of rape and molestation. And I'm the bad guy. I'm the crazy one. So everyone's getting real quiet now. Interesting. He, he, he also said something along the lines of, and I say along the lines of, but I'm just reading it verbatim. They actually have the files on Jesus, the Ark of the Covenant, the giants, the clones, the aliens files on everything. They are the ones. That let me in. Now, again, sounds pretty crazy in the way that he's going on this, like, tirade, back to back to back to back to back tweets. You know, I have my beliefs on almost every one of the things that he said there, which are definitely reasonable. Clones, check, we know that. Ark of the Covenant, super weird and interesting situation there. The Giants, we talked about the Nephilim. Alien files, we know that to be true. But when you put it in this unarticulate way, where it just sounds like you're ranting like crazy, it does sound crazy. Because when you put it all together, it is crazy. But it is crazy when you put it all together. But bitch, we live in a crazy world. All of these things have a potential of being true. But he's just not very good at discussing it. At least in a way that's believable, right? So he keeps going on and on talks about Gaza, all of this and that. So, so after a little bit, he does have a live that he's like, all right, come on here. Ask me anything. I'll play a little bit, just a couple minutes of that for you guys and just kind of go move around on the video. So I'm letting anybody ask any question for the time being to whenever we get off. How do we start this? People are coming in. People are coming in. Hello guys. I don't know how to run a space. I don't even know how to do this. How do you do this? How do I let people speak? They said the request, how do you let them speak? Oh, all right. So let's get this part. I'm, I'm, I'm going in on everybody. Wait, Brian, so to all the people that are asking why you don't show the clips, can you answer? No, there's, just so you know, there's 674, 000 listens to this audio. So it's not like this is some random weirdo, right? This guy's very, very well known celebrity athlete. Is there a question for them? I can't show the clips. They're already out there. I mean, there's so many clips. It's unbelievable. I know everybody wants me to put out my evidence, but I can't put out my evidence or else they're going to come after my family. So I choose not to. Oh, you can speak on me. Gummy, whatever your name, Gumi. Gummy don't want to speak. Bro. Oh, there you go. Can you hear me? Yes. Hello. Everybody's like, yo, put the drink down. Okay, fine. I won't fucking drink, but I'm still gonna tell the truth. Sober or not. I have more balls than you. I put my ball sack on everybody. . They told me they're gonna, they told me they're gonna make an example on me that because I say Jesus so much, they're gonna pit me on the cross and they're gonna crucify me in the whole world and say, yep, this is what we do. This is what we do. Hmm. So please help me out. I don't, I mean, if it's that, if that's what's supposed to happen, let God's will be done, not mine. I'm okay with that. And this is the truth. Have I lied about anything else? Nothing. So why would I lie about that? Ryan, I'm a father of two kids. Yes. I'm saying this because I'm worried about my children. Okay. Okay. Keep doing what you're doing. Keep clear. Ryan, listen to me. Listen to me. You know me. I've talked to you about mental health. Don't worry, brother. Nothing's going to happen to me. Here, Patriot speaker. Yes. As I'm going to just add, it's 25 minutes. You can go listen to the full thing. I was like, yeah, I'm serious. Why? So I'm going to commit and I'm going to do it. And I just did it. I was just like, God gave me the authority and the power to do it. And I seized it through amongst all the, the locks and all the people trying to confuse me, throw me off, say, what you're doing is a little this and that. I'm like, who cares? Watch what happens. And look at everything's and Ryan, if they think you, if they think you lying, bro. I just want to drop this on people real quick cause they don't, they don't, you know, I want to put this out there real quick cause I talk about this shit a lot. You got an executive order right now, one three eight one eight. I'll say it again. One three eight one eight that addresses human rights abuse and human trafficking that was done in 2017 and that's why all these motherfucking people coming out the woodworks and shit. And a lot of CEOs and shit stepping down and all this shit. I got the FC names, if you want me to start dropping them. Exactly. Oprah. What? Who cares? I do. What do you mean? That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. And this is, this is all. Alright, so I'll leave that to you. You can listen through that yourself. I don't want to bore you with a 25 minute Twitter space with Some, like I said, less than articulate people discussing these things. But, but I do think that it's worth a listen. There's some value in what he's saying. Again, the delivery is not very well done. And I think that's what Andrew Tate did a good job trying to hone him in a little bit and go tell us your evidence. Tell us why we should believe you. And here's the thing too. Let's say Ryan Garcia is lying. How many celebrities with millions of followers are going out there and even driving awareness to this? So like let's say he wasn't tied down in a forest in Bohemian Grove And maybe he has some mental health issues and maybe those mental health issues are Exacerbated by getting into these rabbit holes that are very very real of very real things happening right now around the world That we know about right we find out more about it with with P Diddy, right? But maybe let's just say he's lying Even if he's lying, even if he's having a mental breakdown, even if he's gone way too far down the rabbit hole and he can't handle the truth of the reality of what these people do to children. Which is a horrific thing and it's put me into terrible, you know, like a depressive state having to do all this research on these things and having to deal with the, the, the reality that these things are real and there's very, you know, horrific things happening right now around the world. I remember when I found out about Operation Underground Railroad and which is the, the movie is written about and this was before the movie came out, there was documentary about Operation Underground Railroad and the things that they were doing. Now, I'm not going to get into a whole thing about the, the situation with the owner and the guy who's depicted in the movie and all of that stuff, because there's a whole candy worms to open up their too. But I watched the documentary before I heard about it from anybody. I knew some people that were involved in these types of these types of task force and had tremendous respect for them and wanted to learn more about it. And as soon as I got done watching that, I was so deep in the hole. That I would have quit everything just to go save and rescue children that I would have joined a task force I actually put it in an application with them to be a part of their their team that goes and does that It's probably still sitting there somewhere where right now and they never got back to me, which is okay, I guess But I was ready to drop everything and I was ready to do something about it What is a more noble task than to save these children going through these things? There is very real situations There's warehouses around the world that that are Have children without social security numbers that are being literally bred for this type of situation. And it's, it's horrible, and I'm not going to take you there right now. But, I will say that it can take you down a very dark, dark path. And you have to be emotionally and mentally stable and capable of handling the knowledge. Because once you learn that, it's very difficult to navigate the everyday world knowing that this is happening underneath the surface. And so again, even if he's lying, even if he, this didn't happen to him, even if, let's say he's a celebrity with a lot of head trauma who's going into a mental breakdown. I'm still glad that he's raising awareness because everything that he's talking about is very real. Even if it didn't happen to him, I don't give a fuck whether it happened to Ryan Garcia, but I do know that this happened to someone, somewhere, someone's child right now in this world at this very moment. Who cares if Ryan Garcia is telling the truth? What I care about is that there's being awareness given to the situation, that maybe he is telling the truth. But regardless of whether he is or he isn't, I'm glad that he's bringing awareness to this because this is a topic that should be discussed by every celebrity with every connection everywhere across the country, across the globe, at all times, until it's rectified. And the light has been shined on the darkness enough to where it is. escapes into a deep dark hole and never presents itself again. That is what I would want. And I'm happy that he is, he is causing this potential for this to, to, to occur because there's very, very few celebrities, but we're actually seeing a lot more, which is becoming a theme in this situation. There was more recently a video that came out talking about how Matt Reif and another comedian were being forced to enter the being forced by two executives saying that they'll make them famous and all they have to do is perform a sex act on them. That's a wild claim too. But we know Harvey Weinstein existed. We know that there's these gatekeepers in Hollywood and the music industry, P. Diddy being one of them, as we will see a little bit later. This is a very real thing, even if for adults, even if for people who want to be famous. They have to have blackmail on you. You have to become a part of their little scheme. You have to have, you know, some questionable sexuality, and that's just the reality of the Hollywood and the music executives and the world that we live in, the high level politics, like even Madison Cawthorn talks about the orgies that were happening in Washington DC, right? We know these honeypot schemes are happening all around the world. We know that, right? This is all true shit, guys. Like this is, yeah, again, Maybe the not most, maybe not the most articulate way of putting it. But everything he's saying is true, whether it's, it happened to him or not. And so, hundreds of, hundreds of thousands of people watched this one video. 700, 000 people now have more awareness about what's going on in the world. And again, some of those people might not be able to handle that truth. But as long as it's being talked about and discussed, they have to hide it. They have to, they have to go into some far corner of the reality that we live in to do these things. They have to get out of the public light, the Epstein's will no longer be able to navigate the social circles that they, he did. Jeez, can't talk. Because it's so in the public space. I write everybody knows that about Hollywood. Everybody knows that about the music industry. Now, everybody knows that about high level politics and the elites and the Virgin Islands, like the Brussels or the, you know, the Branson's and the Epstein's that like, everybody knows those things now. And good, keep talking about it until something's done, and they go away, or they're all killed off, or they're all in jail. That's all I want, right? And so good, if you do that to children, you should have the worst things happen to you. Right. If you're a part of that, that world. Okay. So that's the situation with Ryan Garcia. There's, there's more to come. He says he's not talking about it. I'll give you one segue out of this, which is the fact that, Well, let's go ahead and let's listen to this clip first. Then I'll segue between Ryan Garcia and P Diddy. Cause PD is really the deep dive for today. And I'm not sure how, how long we'll be able to discuss that, but I do have a full 30 or 73 page legal documents highlighted outlines for us to discuss today about these very things. Okay. But first, let me tell you why I started Ronin. So after learning about EMF radiation, doing the deep dive into 5g, right. Here's my, my quick little pitch for you. 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And, and once I have these products shipped, you will not see me on this video without a Ronin hat on my head and you will love them too, I promise. So I made affordable and Actually desirable designs with these Faraday products that I've worked alongside this manufacturer for months and months to build. And so again, I ask you, there was only a few more spots left on the initial order and I'm doing it at a steeply discounted rate. The hats, I believe are about 40 to 45. Normally they're going to be a little bit more expensive than that, but nowhere near 90. So less than half of the cost in the, in the material, to be fair, the material that's, Lined in these is somewhat expensive. And that's really where some of the cost comes from. But I do think that some of the other organizations are just taking advantage of the fact that you don't know any better. So if you get it right now, it's half the cost of anywhere else. Both the backpacks is a fifth, a sixth of the cost. It's 180 for the backpack. And it's, it's. 45 for the baseball hat 40 for the beanie. Okay, only right now though because the prices are going to go up It's not going to go up like a hundred percent and up to their prices. I promise But I do have to make some margin on this what i'm really trying to do guys is just be able to get that first Bulk order so I don't have to spend thousands of dollars out of my pocket to get the bulk order to start doing the campaigns for you guys to get you to Get on this train because I truly believe that the effect that we can have in the country if we get any Everybody with a Faraday bag and everybody with an EMF blocking hat. One of the 10 foil hats, I believe that there will be a massive disruption in the way that we interact with technology and our health and everything will be much, much better as a result. So I'm super excited about this. The website is being launched as we speak. Don't purchase from the website because the prices are higher than what you'll get it for at the pre sale launch. But if you do want to go check out the website and the work that I'm doing there, that's going to be launched very, very soon. It's Ronan. It's RonanBasics. com, R O N I N B A S I C S, RonanBasics. com, and you can check it all out there. All right. I appreciate you guys. I love you guys. Thank you for the support. Go to the, the website. Go to the show notes here right under where you're listening to the podcast and you'll see that it'll be the very very first link will be the pre launch sale of Ronin and I'll be tracking seeing how well you guys respond to this because again, I know my podcast listeners. I know you guys. I love you guys. I've been talking to you and for, you know, over a hundreds of hours now. So I know you guys will love this too. And I know you'll support me. So thank you so much in advance. All right. Segway back to creepy Hollywood and music executives. Here's the video about Matt Reif. Here we go. Comedy Kat Williams The dark side of hollywood is finally being exposed Thanks to one of the true kings of comedy kat williams You know before I became wealthy in business. I actually had a somewhat successful career in stand up comedy I was on the way up I was invited to a meeting With some Hollywood executives along with some now famous comedian and we were offered the chance for a deal at online stardom. But the only way to receive the contract was by sucking both of the execs off. I immediately got up and walked to the door. But before I could even exit, the other comedian was sucking. Both of their d k simultaneously. That guy's name was Matt Reif. And that's Alpha King rule number 799. Just because someone is more famous than you, it doesn't mean they're better. They might just be gayer. It doesn't mean they're better, they just might be gayer. No, I don't think I believe this guy. But if this is marketing, this is great marketing because I've never seen this guy's face before, but his delivery is honestly too good. It's too practiced. It's it, there's very little emotion in it. It's, it seems to me like this is, this guy's full of shit, but a pretty good comedy bit if he is nonetheless. But. I didn't hear that whole video all the way through. So that's, that's pretty funny. Tom Segura and I think Duncan Trestle did a video. Making fun of this. Like I thought everybody knew you had to suck a dick to get into comedy. Like that's just the rule. And I think Matt Reif went and like blocked the guy who posted this Dom Lucre and all of this stuff and drama. I like Matt Reif. I think he's pretty damn funny. His crowd works amazing. I have nothing against the guy. I think this is pretty funny. And Hey, if you had to suck a dick. for hundreds of millions of dollars or whatever that dude's making and you're happy to do it. I got nothing against your man. Do you, my friend? It might not be more, better comedy. You just might be gayer. Oh, that's so funny. But if Reif is, he's a comedian, Again, a younger guy probably in his early 20s, mid 20s at this point sweeping the world on Tik Tok and all th
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