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It started with a post to the UFOs Above Canada discussion group on facebook… “Im wondering if there are any people living in Kingston, Ontario. Since December 3, 2020 we have been taking pictures of crafts over our house. Up to 22 craft at once. I also have pics of craft with hatches open and small orbs flying out of them. We are 2 older people who were not looking for this experience, it came to us. I am not technically savvy and need a person to help us to identify, examine and file these pictures. If there is anybody in this group who can help we would really appreciate it.” In this episode, Candice and Onagottay share the details of their bizarre series of UFO experiences that began only months prior. Links: Join the UFOs Above Canada Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ufosabovecanada Credits: Musical Theme - Noir Tokyo by Monty Datta Provide feedback and comments on the episode: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Nighttime Links: Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/nighttimepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A chat with Selfapy's CEO, Nora Blum: Episode Notes In this episode of the Stepsero podcast we enjoy a laid back conversation with Nora Blum, CEO and founder at Selfapy, a well-known digital platform for self-help against depression. We kick off our discussion with a few considerations on self-isolation, namely one of the many negative effects caused by the current Covid-19 pandemic. We then move onto Nora's personal take on the new normal, and conclude with future plans for Selfapy.Below are a few highlights:The lack of social interactions, combined with the anxiety given by the spread of the virus, has caused more and more people to experience a higher degree of loneliness compared to the past.It is becoming increasingly difficult for employees to establish a structured work-life routine, and employers are quickly realizing how much of a problem this is.In times like these, it is highly recommended to try and maintain social connections. One great solution is to go for regular walks, while keeping a safe distance from others. Other than this, engaging in physical exercise can truly make a difference.For Nora, establishing a good morning routine is a great step towards better self-care (although not an easy one). After work walks and short (5-10 minutes) meditation sessions can do wonders!One practical solution that helps her take a break in the evening is to make use of softwares that help regulate access to work-related programs on her phone.Since December 2020, Selfapy is the first depression program in Germany to be fully reimbursed by all health insurances.In the future, Nora hopes to achieve the same for their programs related to anxiety, panic disorders and burnout. Our Guest: Nora Blum Nora Blum (29) is CEO and founder of Selfapy. She studied psychology at the University of Cambridge and has already worked in various clinical settings (e.g. UKE-Klinikum Psychiatrie in Hamburg). She then switched to the world of business and worked for Rocket Internet in corporate development. Already during her studies, the desire arose to provide accessible help for people with mental illnesses through online programmes. Nora is from Hamburg and comes from a family of psychotherapists. She has long been committed to reducing the stigma around the topic of depression. In 2017, she made it onto Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.References:Nora Blum Linkedin profilewww.selfapy.com Listen to the next Episode All Podcast Episodes

For Duluth, Minnesota resident, Emily Ford, a “hike” isn’t a leisurely stroll through the woods in a t-shirt and shorts. This winter, it’s a trudge through snow, ice, and cold across Wisconsin. Ford is hiking the entire twelve hundred miles of the Ice Age Trail in the state, setting a lot of “firsts” as she does it. I hiked along with Ford and her dog, Diggins, for a time on a -14 degree bone-chilling but sunny morning on the Summit Moraine Segment just north of Antigo. On this stretch of the trail through Langlade County, Ford has rarely seen anyone, so she seemed happy for the company. Not so much for Diggins who stopped and faced me several times. Ford, while urging Diggins on, told me with a giggle that Diggins had become protective during the journey. “She does a great job. She hangs out in front of me and she is tethered to me as we walk. We have become great friends.” Diggins, an Alaskan Husky, is on loan from a sled dog kennel. Since December 28 th they have been walking 15 to

Since December 2020 many have received the COVID vaccine, whilst many have their concerns. In this episode, join us as we bust COVID vaccine myths! Instagram and Twitter: @simplymedicssimplymedics@gmail.com

It’s just before the 5 p.m. dinner hour and tickets are starting to print out in The Vineyard’s kitchen. Customer Robert Fischer waits to pick up his dinner order at the dining room entrance. “Oh we’ve got the special tonight. We’ve got the calzone, so I can’t wait to get home to dig into that,” he says. He says he orders takeout twice a week to support Madera restaurants. He’s been coming to the Vineyard for 15 years and wants to make sure it stays. “ This is a place of gathering for a lot of people in Madera. You come to see people, you come to meet people. You run into people, no matter what,” he says. Owner Chris Mariscotti’s family opened the bar and restaurant 43 years ago. Inside, the lights are dimmed and the dining room is empty. “We can seat 120 people and it’s pretty lonely here right now, isn’t it,” Mariscotti says. Since December, Mariscotti says the restaurant has been doing about 20% of normal business. Now he’s making a plan to adjust to outdoor dining once again after

Today on the Brief: Initial jobless claims grow the most since March Biden unveils emergency relief plan Fed Chair Powell discusses CBDCs and stablecoins Our main discussion: Is Miami about to put 1% of its treasury into bitcoin?  Since December 2020 there has been a lot of conversation about whether Miami could become the next Silicon Valley, or at least recruit a big swath of entrepreneurial talent to set up shop.  In this episode, NLW looks at how that discussion moved into the crypto realm and led to Mayor Suarez’s recent discussions about moving Miami’s treasury into bitcoin. He argues that the story is about the larger shifts in how cities and geographic regions compete for supremacy in the social media, remote work era. -- Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io -- Enjoying this content?   SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=   Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW   The Breakdown is produced and distributed by CoinDesk.com

The entrepreneurial mayor brings his recruitment of tech talent to the crypto space with the potential of a 1% investment of the city’s reserves into BTC.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Today on the Brief:Initial jobless claims grow the most since MarchBiden unveils emergency relief planFed Chair Powell discusses CBDCs and stablecoinsOur main discussion: Is Miami about to put 1% of its treasury into bitcoin? Since December 2020 there has been a lot of conversation about whether Miami could become the next Silicon Valley, or at least recruit a big swath of entrepreneurial talent to set up shop. In this episode, NLW looks at how that discussion moved into the crypto realm and led to Mayor Suarez’s recent discussions about moving Miami’s treasury into bitcoin. He argues that the story is about the larger shifts in how cities and geographic regions compete for supremacy in the social media, remote work era.-Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 7th, 2021. The CDC says it’s carefully monitoring the rising number of allergic reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. They say if you did have a serious reaction, do not get the second dose. Reactions are occurring at a rate of 11.1 per million vaccinations compared to only 1.3 per million with flu shots.The worst-case scenario forecast by experts appears to be happening. The U.S. set a new record for hospitalizations Wednesday as it averaged 219,684 new cases a day in the past week. The new variant of the virus is showing up in more and more states. Some predict an additional 10 million infections in the U.S. between now and end of February.Vaccine distribution problems may lead to good news for you. The HHS Secretary is advising states if doses will otherwise just sit around in freezers, they can go ahead and vaccinate lower-priority groups. About 17.3 million doses have gone out to states, but only 5.3 million have been administered.CBS News reports Houston Methodist Hospital is giving $500 to employees if they take both doses of a vaccine. It’s being called a thank you bonus for their hard work during the pandemic but…getting the vaccine is a requirement to get the money. Since December 15 about 55% of the employees have gotten the first dose. Remember when finding a Covid-19 test was difficult? Students at the UC San Diego campus are required to test weekly, so nearly a dozen Covid test vending machines have been set up around campus. Tests are free and self-administered with drop boxes at each machine.The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Bethel Census Area, AK. Bent, CO. Kusilvak Census Area, AK. Braxton, WV. Rooks, KS. Montour, PA. Hall, TX. Hyde, NC. Cottle, TX. And Perry, IL. There are now 8,463,484 active cases in the United States. The current Top 10 states by number of active cases: California, Florida, New York, Arizona, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Missouri, Maryland, and Colorado. The five states with the highest risk levels and most daily new cases per capita over 7 days are West Virginia, New Jersey, California, and Tennessee. The infection reproduction rate is currently highest in Iowa, New York, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. The states with the lowest reproduction rate are Oklahoma, Oregon, Alaska, Wisconsin, and Michigan. There’ve been a total 360,999 deaths in the US reported as COVID-related, with a current national fatality rate of 1.71%.The states with the most new deaths reported as COVID-related: California 562. Pennsylvania 373. Texas 329. Illinois 173. New York 170. Florida 132. Kansas 130. Arizona 127. New Jersey 124. And Ohio 121. Globally, there are 23,617,816 active cases.There were 744,044 new cases around the world in the last 24 hours against a high of 748,974 reported on December 11. The five countries with the most new cases: the United States 260,973. Brazil 62,532. The U.K. 62,622. Germany 26,651. And France 25,379. There have now been 1,881,926 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. Down 3% over 14 days. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It’s the last of the Throwback episodes before we are back on the mic and doing what we do in 2021. Since December is a five Something month, we decided to give you another episode from the archives that features this very thing. We talk about the show from 2019, so you’ll see how much we wanted to do and how little we’ve, in fact, done. Last time in the DeLorean, Marty… strap in and Happy New Year! Ok, here we go! Full Episode

Every month this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. Each episode in this series features snippets from longer oral history interviews between myself and my fellow wildcat strikers as we discuss issues ranging from their relationship to high education to the context behind their decision to join the collective fight for a cost of living adjustment. Today’s episode is part two in a special series highlighting the voices of the UCSC 41, the forty-one graduate students who were fired and blacklisted for their participation in the COLA campaign. Earlier this month, I had the immense pleasure of talking with my dear comrades Carlos Cruz and Daniel Rodriguez, two fired cats in the history department. So sit back, relax, and listen as we talk candidly about our work, our struggles, our decision participate in the COLA movement, the meaning of reinstatement, and our continued fight for UCSC to drop all discipline. This interview was recorded before a week of mediation meetings were set to begin in early August 2020, to settle one of the two Unfair Labor Practice lawsuits currently pending between, our union, UAW 2865 and the University of California. These negotiations comprised the next chapter in the fight for wildcats reinstatement and dismissal of all discipline charges. After a week of mediation, UC officials and the UAW 2865 bargaining team signed a deal that made the remaining 41 graduate students eligible to teach again. However, despite this essential victory of reinstatement, UCSC still refuses to drop some student discipline charges against undergraduates and graduates alike for taking part in non-violent direct actions on campus. Carlos Cruz, one of our interviewees in this episode, is still facing disciplinary charges. In fact, Carlos is the only graduate student singled out for discipline out of thousands of striking students. UCSC administrators targeted Carlos, a well known and essential labor leader in the Santa Cruz community, has been targeted by UCSC administrators in a way that underscores this institution’s racially discriminatory modes of operation. In the coming weeks, Carlos will appeal his two year suspension before UCSC’s student conduct board. We ask that you, our community, allies, and supporters, help us by sending an email to UCSC administrators and demanding that they drop all discipline against Carlos. Please visit this link to send an email to UCSC administrators demanding that the university drop all charges against Carlos. Link: mmequintero.netlify.app/carlos To RSVP for the Oct. 1st Cops off Campus Car + Bike Caravan action: https://tinyurl.com/abolish12 For more information about the Cops off Campus Coalition, visit their social media pages: @ucaft on Twitter, @uc_aft on IG, and search for UC Cops off Campus on Facebook. While reinstatement is a victory, our campaign for a living wage and a safe learning environment is ongoing. If you would like to donate to our strike fund to help support striking graduate students, please DM us on social media or email this podcast directly, and we can put you in touch with our donation team. And, finally, you can show your solidarity by liking, sharing, subscribing to, and reviewing our podcast. This helps people find us. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for updates and memes. You can also visit our website at www.payusmoreucsc.com to learn more. And if you have any questions about this podcast or suggestions for content, please email us at colaforniadreaming@gmail.com Until next time, wildcats! Opening and Closing Music: "Spread the Strike" by David Rovics Background Music: "Dancing Mice (Stems Melody)" by Mica Emory

There is a land grab going on right now, the likes of which the health care industry hasn’t seen before—at least in our generation. Spoiler alert: There’s a whole episode of Relentless Health Value coming up on the impact of the Teladoc-Livongo hookup. And that is totally relevant to the point I’m about to make. But let me just start with a little bit of background: American patients—let’s get real here—have no more money to spend on health care every year. Really. I mean, you look to employers. The government? Who knows? But let’s just say for the purposes of this discussion that what’s going on right now is a zero-sum game—that the dollars in the system every year are the dollars in the system, and if you want to increase your revenue as any given health care stakeholder, you’ve got to take those dollars from somebody else. Alright … now consider this: Previously, if a health system, say, were going to make a list of their competitors, they’d probably list the health system down the street, maybe the one in the next town over if there seems to be a lot of commuting. Oh, my, how we no longer live in that simple world! Enter the pandemic and patients not only accepting but kind of digging virtual care and its convenience and its accessibility. Now consider what happened to brick-and-mortar stores who didn’t add online retailers to their list of competitive threats. Virtual entities doing chronic care management, diabetes, musculoskeletal, other population health endeavors … these are now or will soon enough be head-to-head competitors to in-person care settings. My local health system, they may also decide to stand up to telehealth—and many of them did. But if the playing field is now in the Cloud, how’s the patient experience on their systems? Everybody accepted that, in the beginning, they were kind of buggy and calls dropped and all you could see was the doctor’s ear in a weirdly dark room or something. But six months later or a year later? Not exactly sure when patients’ patience will run out, especially when there are companies out there who built amazing virtual experiences from the ground up and who, by the way, are often hired by health plans, who, by the way, make it financially, let’s just say, attractive for patients to use those services that the plan is providing instead of the big expensive consolidated health plan that raised their rates 30-fold over the past couple of years like one of them anecdotally did. So, you start to see why, if I were a health system or a provider executive, I’d kind of shuffle the patient centricity, design thinking, patient experience—that whole bunch—to the first tab of my spreadsheet. Patients have, at this moment, unprecedented choice; and so do their employers, nothing for nothing. As Dr. Matt Anderson told me the other day, if a health system thinks that it’s going to make the difference by doing more specialty services and expensive procedures, that might be a risky bet. Other battlegrounds in the land grab include home health or hospital at home. Humana, for one, is trying to dominate the whole home health space. Again, it’s a turf war, because these patients are now not going to the local hospital—you know, not paying the local hospital, which might be the more operative statement. So, anyway, I thought it might be a good idea to replay my conversation with Dr. Joe Selby from early last year. Dr. Selby is the [now-retired] executive director of PCORI, otherwise known as the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. PCORI is an independent nonprofit organization in Washington, DC. Since December 2012, PCORI has funded hundreds of studies that compare health care options to learn which work best given patient circumstances and preference. So, it’s definitely good background information. Anyone driving for the best patient experience might want to have it at their fingertips. If you want even more advice about what to contemplate when contemplating patient experience, I’d refer you to episode 236, which is my conversation with Liliana Petrova, the CEO and founder over at The Petrova Experience. In that episode, Liliana translates her experience as director of customer experience at JetBlue to the health care industry. You could also check out episode 228, “How to Figure Out What Patients Really Want,” when I spoke with Julie Rish, PhD, from the Cleveland Clinic. And I’d round out the mix with episode 252, “The Not-So-Obvious Thing That Musculoskeletal Care and a 4-Minute Mile Have in Common”; and that’s when I talked to Chad Gray, CEO over at Integrated Musculoskeletal Care. I mention this last one because Chad’s company is pretty much a direct competitor to local orthopedic practices across the nation that his group is not aligned with. When you listen to the show, you can start to get a bead on how high the bar is starting to raise.  You can learn more at PCORI.org.  Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, retired as the executive director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) in December 2019. A family physician, clinical epidemiologist, and health services researcher, Dr. Selby has more than 35 years of experience in patient care, research, and administration. He was responsible for identifying strategic issues and opportunities for PCORI and implementing and administering programs authorized by the PCORI Board of Governors. Dr. Selby joined PCORI from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, where he was director of the division of research for 13 years and oversaw a department of more than 50 investigators and 500 research staff members working on more than 250 ongoing studies. He was with Kaiser Permanente for 27 years. An accomplished researcher, Dr. Selby has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, with his most recent research primarily in the areas of diabetes outcomes and quality improvement. His publications cover a spectrum of topics, including effectiveness studies of colorectal cancer screening strategies; treatment effectiveness, population management, and disparities in diabetes mellitus; primary care delivery; and quality measurement. Dr. Selby was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine in 2009 and was a member of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study section for Health Care Quality and Effectiveness from 1999 to 2003. A native of Fulton, Missouri, Dr. Selby received his MD from Northwestern University and his MPH from the University of California-Berkeley. He was a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service Corps from 1976 to 1983 and received the Commissioned Officer’s Award in 1981. 05:36 Can payers afford to make health care patient-centric? 05:59 “If you make care more patient-centric … you actually see decreases in utilization.” 06:32 Shared decision making. 09:59 “What gets in the way of implementing good evidence?” 10:08 A study involving community health workers. 11:26 Default care and back surgery. 13:45 “There’s just a lot of habits like that in clinical care that aren’t backed up by evidence and can be undone with good evidence.” 14:23 How Dr. Selby figures out what the patients want and what outcomes to focus on. 14:48 Looking for evidence gaps. 16:26 What PCORnet is and what they’re doing. 18:15 “To do really good quality research, you have to be able to link the data from health systems … to data from claims.” 19:32 “We’re asking questions that matter to them, to their bottom line, and to their patients.” 19:37 What the main goal of PCORnet is—what or where? 21:26 Giving and getting data as a health system. 22:12 Studies that have come from PCORI’s queries. 25:31 “It’s very important that the systems … appreciate that PCORnet is active in their midst.” 26:09 “It’s hopefully a culture-changer, driving toward more collaboration and toward … finding common ground between people who are asking purely clinical questions and people who are asking the more practical questions.” 26:28 What frustrates Dr. Selby the most. 28:39 Turn the Ship Around!—a book about short-term evaluation and short-term results vs long-term change. You can learn more at PCORI.org.  Check out our latest #healthcarepodcast with @joevselby as he discusses #patientcentricity. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “If you make care more patient-centric … you actually see decreases in utilization.” @joevselby discusses #patientcentricity. #healthcarepodcast #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “What gets in the way of implementing good evidence?” @joevselby discusses #patientcentricity. #healthcarepodcast #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “There’s just a lot of habits like that in clinical care that aren’t backed up by evidence and can be undone with good evidence.” @joevselby discusses #patientcentricity. #healthcarepodcast #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “To do really good quality research, you have to be able to link the data from health systems … to data from claims.” @joevselby discusses #patientcentricity. #healthcarepodcast #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech “We’re asking questions that matter to them, to their bottom line, and to their patients.” @joevselby discusses #patientcentricity. #healthcarepodcast #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech  

Every month this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. Each episode in this series features snippets from longer oral history interviews between myself and my fellow wildcat strikers as we discuss issues ranging from their relationship to high education to the context behind their decision to join the collective fight for a cost of living adjustment. Today’s episode is the first in a special series highlighting the voices of the UCSC 41, the forty-one graduate students who remained fired and blacklisted for their participation in the COLA campaign. Mediation and arbitration are set to begin Tuesday, August 4, 2020, to settle the Unfair Labor Practice lawsuits pending between our union, UAW 2865, and the University of California. These negotiations represent the next chapter in the fight for wildcats reinstatement and dismissal of all discipline charges. This week, I had the immense pleasure of talking with my dear comrades Brenda Arjona, Lachlan Summers, and Natalie Eng, three fired cats in the anthropology department. So sit back, relax, and listen as we talk candidly about our work, our struggles, our decision participate in the COLA movement, and our need for reinstatement. If you would like to help us in our fight, please take literally 10 sec and use this link, tinyurl.com/UCSC41 to automatically send an email to UC and UCSC administrators demanding the reinstatement of students like Brenda, Lachlan, and Natalie and that the university drops all discipline against graduate students striking in pursuit of a living wage. And if you find yourself in the Bay Area, Monday, August 3rd, 2020, please join us in Santa Cruz for a socially-distant, collective direct action in solidarity with the UCSC 41. We will be meeting at the base of campus at 1 PM, begin our march at 2 PM from the base to locations to be announced on that day. We will also be holding a press conference at 3 PM. There will be other events and activities, like teach-ins and screen printing. So bring your tent and stay awhile. Follow us on social media @payusmoreucsc. And, if you can’t make it that day, tag us on social media and send us a photo/message of solidarity using the hashtag UCSC41. We encourage you to RSVP for this action at bit.ly/ucsc41. If you would like to donate to our strike fund to help support striking and fired graduate students, please DM us on social media or email this podcast directly, and we can put you in touch with our donation team. And, finally, you can show your solidarity by liking, sharing, subscribing to, and reviewing our podcast. This helps people find us. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for updates and memes. You can also visit our website at www.payusmoreucsc.com to learn more. And if you have any questions about this podcast or suggestions for content, please email us at colaforniadreaming@gmail.com Until next time, wildcats!

Long a leader in progressive climate change legislation, the European Union doubled down on those ambitions this week as it pushed forward a groundbreaking green stimulus package to revive its pandemic-ravaged economies. On July 21, 2020, EU leaders reached agreement, subject to ratification by the European Parliament and national legislatures, on their new green stimulus, a package entitled Next Generation EU. This package will make fighting climate change central to Europe’s recovery, with large sums earmarked for green investments and carbon reduction goals. There remains disagreement about the package and criticism from some member states that are heavily dependent on hydrocarbons, as well as from some environmentalists who say it doesn't go far enough. At the end of last week, the EU parliament approved a non-binding resolution criticizing the deal. On this episode of the Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff is joined by someone who has been at the forefront of the EU’s response, Executive Vice President of the European Commission in Charge of the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans. Frans Timmermans is a Dutch politician and diplomat who has served as First Vice President of the European Commission since 2014. Since December 2019, he has served as the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal and simultaneously as the European Commissioner for Climate Action. He was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs for the Netherlands. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Labour Party and a civil servant in the diplomatic service of the Netherlands before becoming active in politics.  What policies help stimulate economic activity, can be done in a reasonably quick timeframe, and also help address climate change? They discuss what's included in the Next Generation EU package and what the deal might mean for carbon reduction, climate change and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, both in the EU and around the world. 

Astrologer Anne Ortelee is my guest this week, talking about what's going on in the skies and what we can expect for the rest of 2020/early 2021. Anne is certified by the three major astrology organizations in the United States and she is also internationally certified by the International Society for Astrological Research. She started to study astrology in 1994 and in 2001 became a full-time astrologer with a busy consulting practice in New York City. Since December 1998, Anne’s lectured at local, regional and national conferences for various astrology organizations. She offers four weekly podcasts about astrology. https://anneortelee.com

People are often surprised to hear our story of starting a homestead. It was a rather lengthy journey compared to what you might imagine. It was a lengthy journey compared to what WE imagined. And it still continues to this day. In fact, the building is going to continue for years. I begin to wonder if it ever ends and we just maintain what we have already built. I don’t know. That day hasn’t arrived yet. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to the veteran homestead-loving regulars who stop by the FarmCast for every episode. I appreciate you all so much. I’m so excited to share with you what’s going on at the farm this week. And I want to share our journey through starting a homestead. Let’s get started. Our Virginia Homestead Life Updates Orchard I just picked blueberries this morning. It looks like this is going to be the last decent sized haul for this season. The crows have discovered the blueberry bushes so we are sharing with them now. Yet another batch of blueberry jam will be made tomorrow. This will be the last one, I think. On the way back I took a stroll around the fruit trees just to see what we have. We are going to have a few peaches this year. There are a few apples but I didn’t see any pears, plums or apricots. And the cheery trees? Well they are a disaster. Scott will be starting all over with them this fall. He’s learned a few things and I think this time he will be successful with the cherry trees. But that also means another couple of years or more before we have cherries. Patience is a virtue. Garden I’m nearly done with the garden. I have two more beds to complete. My plan is to have that completed tomorrow. I’ve decided to add another bed of green beans. I have the space so I’m going for it. The current green bean plants are blooming. We will have fresh green beans in no time. The entire garden is just zooming along. The potatoes are blooming. That indicates we are coming close to the end of their life cycle. Digging potatoes is in our very near future. The sunflowers are huge. Some are four or five feet tall now. There are a couple lagging behind. They are only a foot tall. Will they catch up? Not likely. They just may end up shorter than the rest. I’m so excited watching these plants grow. They are amazing. The peppers are taking off. The plants I mean. When I first planted them, they just seemed to stay the same size. Now they are filling out and growing taller. Some of the hot peppers will get more than two feet tall. But most will be 14 to 18 inches tall and bushier. The tomatoes seem to be struggling a bit. Any day now I expect them to take off just like the peppers. Some have a few blooms but I would really like to see them grow taller and fill out more. I think I’m just comparing them to the beans which are huge. Quail The quail babies have made it out to the penthouse. I can’t believe how quickly those little guys get all of their feathers. They are just a little over two weeks old and fully feathered. When I went out to check on them this morning, they were peeking at me over the edge of the frame. So cute. We replaced the entire group of laying hens. Well, except for the white one. I kept her just because I like to have variety. There are two white ones in the new batch in the penthouse. The only problem is I have no idea how to determine if they are male or female. The brown ones are easy. The hens have spots on the breast. The roosters do not. The way I determined the current white one was a hen was simply by putting her in the cage and counting the number of eggs each day. If there are four hens in the there and I get four eggs, that solves it. I did in fact get four eggs. Well there is another way. I can observe who is jumping on who as well. That’s also a dead giveaway. The Calves Escaped Yesterday Scott spent most of the day fixing the fence down by the big pond. Wendell has gotten out twice by rounding that corner. But a couple of days ago, Luna joined in the fray. Upon returning from a trip to town, Scott noticed she was out and returned her to her proper place. Later in the day I got two phone calls from neighbors within minutes of each other. The calves were out again. This time it was Wendell and Virginia. They got all the way up to the road and even across the road in Virginia’s case. We don’t have a lot of traffic but still it’s dangerous. So, they ended up locked into the lower garden – which isn’t really a garden. It’s just grass at the moment. They were locked in there until Scott finished fixing the fence yesterday. Now all is back to normal. The deer seemed to be a bit confused at the new fencing arrangement. She did jump over it – eventually. Starting a Homestead I thought today I would share our story of starting a homestead with all of you. It is likely that many of you dream of having your own homestead at some point. Maybe some of you are already on the path and can relate to what I’m about to divulge. As I mentioned above, the journey seems to never end. We started out thinking we are going to build this static thing and live happily ever after. But the reality is that the building and rearranging, adjustments and redirection seem to be part of the lifestyle. Our dream began over 20 years ago. The Beginning . . . Scott and I met in 1999 in western North Carolina. Two people following similar paths meet and become life-long friends. We apprenticed together at a spiritual training center learning how to teach a meditation technique. This is where we reconnected to our hearts and desire to be close to the land. During our training we dreamed of a sustainable farm homestead and communal living. We wanted to raise good food as close to nature’s intended way as possible. Experiencing loving relationships with others and soaking up nourishing nature helped us remember our kinship with creation. Two souls had found each other. Three years passed before we made the first step toward our dream of starting a homestead. Buying Land Was the First Step In the summer of 2003, we bought our first piece of land in southwest Virginia. It was 20 acres of raw land with no buildings. We rented a mobile home nearby. A little over half of the property was grazable land. The other half was wooded. At this point in our lives we had a great deal of debt: credit cards, school loans, taxes, and now a mortgage. We set out to pay everything off in full. We would have our homestead — but we were determined to have it debt-free. We both took on lucrative jobs in Information Technology just as the electronic medical records industry kicked off. Our jobs required extensive travel. We became frequent flyers and traveled all over the US and to a few European countries as well. Every other week we flew home to Virginia to visit our beautiful piece of land. Hours and hours went into dreaming about what we were going to do with it. It made the travel easier knowing we were building a dream. In 2005, we bought our own mobile home and moved it onto our land. And in the fall, we held our wedding ceremony on the homestead. It was so beautiful. Even though it was November the weather had permitted the leaves to change very slowly. And with very little wind this particular fall, there were many leaves still on the trees. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect time. Learning to Produce Food Our first experience with livestock was raising chickens in the summer of 2006. The original contract with our employer was done. I moved on to a different contract and continued traveling. Scott was done with traveling. He remained on the homestead and built a couple of chicken tractors ala Joel Salatin. He raised, and we processed, around 100 chickens. We ate a lot of them ourselves and gave a lot away to relatives and neighbors. This part of the journey was just a taste to get our feet wet. Twists and Turns and . . . Texas? Somewhere along that time period we paid all of our debts in full. Now we needed money for infrastructure. February 2007 Scott went back to work . . .  in Texas. I was now traveling to various places around the country every week instead of every other week. I lived in hotels and airports. What a far cry from the peaceful life we envisioned. We persevered. In 2008 we bought an additional 40 acres adjoining our property. We were in debt again. This time for more money than ever before. It’s a good thing that I got to walk around that property occasionally or I might have forgotten exactly why we did that. The “why” had to do with dreaming bigger. Now we were learning about raising sheep. Still very much a dream at this point . . . we’re still living in Texas. The constant travel and living out of a suitcase got really old, really fast for me. It was fine when I was traveling with my best friend and awesome life partner. Doing it alone was torture. Within a year I was insisting that Scott get a job closer to home. If I was going to fly home every weekend, I wanted it to be Virginia — not Texas. South Carolina is Closer Than Texas From the fall of 2008 until December 31, 2016 Scott traveled 6 hours every Sunday evening to Beaufort, South Carolina. A guy by himself doesn’t need much and a travel trailer we purchased for the task was sufficient housing. Every Friday evening he returned to the homestead in Virginia, six hours again. He did it alone for the first year and a half. Six months later, I got a job offer . . . just outside of Savannah, Georgia. We moved the travel trailer to a park halfway between Savannah and Beaufort. It was an hour drive for me and 45 minutes for him. Then in 2010 I got a job offer at the same hospital where Scott had been working for over two years. I jumped on that like a duck on a June bug. All of this unconventional living circumstance was worth the huge amount of stress that came with it. After all, we were now back together as a couple. That was great. We were at the homestead every single weekend. That was great. And it was only going to be for a couple of years . . . Five years later I was stressed beyond my capacity to remain sane. I really needed a nest. For the final two years of working in Beaufort, we rented an apartment. Moving from 100 square feet to over 1,000 square feet of living space was just enough happiness to get me through it. In the end, even that wasn’t enough. In the fall of 2016, we decided to make the leap to full-time homesteaders. Getting the creamery built became the focus of our lives. And indeed, still is today. From Chicken Tractors to Raw Milk Artisan Cheese Let me back up a little bit and fill in some details of how we grew the farm during this period of time. How did we go from pasture raised chickens to artisan cheese? What the heck happened there? Well, we tried a few different things over the years. The weekend life allowed us to dabble a bit in a lot of areas. Early on we were clear that raising chickens was not where our hearts were happy. Having them for eggs and meat for personal use, yes. But not as our central farm enterprise. In 2009 we put in fruit trees. That’s a long-term project that will continue to stretch over many years. Sheep In 2010 we bought a flock of sheep and a donkey as a guardian animal for them. We proceeded along the lines of raising sheep and selling lamb as our centerpiece. We learned a lot over several years. At one point we had over 70 sheep. But an issue arose and in 2011 something big changed on the homestead. Love crept in, awakened and rapidly altered the homestead dream. Cows In 2011 we bought cows. I wanted to make my own butter and cheese and I loved drinking raw milk. Still can’t stand the taste of cooked milk. With working toward homestead sustainability as part of our mission, we also wanted beef (and pork and chicken and rabbit). After researching every cow breed under the sun, we settled on the Normande. It’s a dual breed cow. A prolific milk producer as well as producing well-marbled muscle perfectly suited for beef. For more details on these cows, give a listen to the Peaceful Heart FarmCast episode I dedicated to them. Suffice it to say, I fell in love with these cows. The issue I mentioned earlier was that lamb was not going to produce the income we desired – not without adding a lot more pasture. Another alternative arose in our dream talks. We could build a creamery and make artisan and/or farmstead cheese. It just happened to coincide with my desire to have more of these beautiful cows in my life. To pay for it, how much longer are we going to have to work for someone else? Yes, that’s the decision that drove the planned two years of living in a travel trailer to a full seven years of craziness. Peaceful Heart Farm Creamery is Born Finally, I’ve gotten to the part of the story where the creamery comes in. It has been a wild and varied journey getting here. But this is the one. Since December 2016, we have been investing all of our time and energy into becoming a local cheese resource for our community. We use traditional cheese making techniques to create our cheeses. We are going to produce the best cheddar cheese that Virginia has ever seen! With a slight tweak on the salt, I’m expecting my alpine-style cheese to be a winner as well. The creamery still has a way to go before passing state inspection. But we are so close now compared to where we started. And so many adventures along the way. With lots more still to come. What Else? At some point we added cashmere goats to our livestock. I’m a big knitter and dreamed of using only 100% cashmere in my projects. However, you can only do so much! For now, they keep our pastures clear of brambles and provide us some really great nutrition. In the future, meat goats will continue the pasture maintenance task.   The only food we don’t produce in abundance at the moment is eggs (and coffee). That situation was modified when we added the quail. Future plans include having chickens and pigs. They are natural additions when you have a creamery. We produce a lot of whey that is very high in protein. Both the chickens and the pigs will benefit from that nutritious treat. You see what I mean? About the building part going on and on forever. Who knows what we will build after the pigs and chickens? Final Thoughts We spend hours and hours working, sweating and loving every minute of our life and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Starting a homestead was the best thing we ever did with our life. If you’ve been waiting on the perfect time to start a homestead, I hope I’ve inspired you to begin your own journey ASAP. It doesn’t have to be a giant leap into the unknown. It can be a giant adventure every step of the way. If you enjoyed this podcast, please hop over to Apple Podcasts, SUBSCRIBE and give me a 5-star rating and review. Also, please share it with any friends or family who might be interested in this type of content. Thank you so much for stopping by the homestead and until next time, may God fill your life with grace and peace. To learn about herd shares: Visit our website Herd Share page To share your thoughts: Leave a comment on our Facebook Page Share this show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram To help the show: PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW for Peaceful Heart FarmCast on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Google Play Music, TuneIn or Spotify Donate on Patreon Website www.peacefulheartfarm.com Patreon www.patreon.com/peacefulheartfarm Facebook www.facebook.com/peacefulheartfarm Instagram www.instagram.com/peacefulheartfarm/

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. While our longer episodes in this series feature snippets from oral history interviews between myself and my fellow wildcat strikers, today’s episode is a more informal minisode dedicated to keeping our listeners up-to-date with all COLA-related news. Today’s episode consists of a special reading of three items that when considered together tie the suppression of peaceful protests with police violence and systemic racism at work at UC and UCSC in particular. The first is a reading of UCSC Wildcat Daily Sheet from May 27, 2020 titled “Hands off Carlos” that makes visible the systemic racism perpetuated by UCSC administrators against its black, brown, indigenous, and other POCs on our campus. Link to the document here: https://payusmoreucsc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hands_off_Carlos_May_27.pdf To read the Vice article on anti-terrorist surveillance used on UCSC graduate students, click here: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kppna/california-police-used-military-surveillance-tech-at-grad-student-strike The second is another official sheet from the UCSC Wildcat Daily Sheet dated May 27, 2020 titled “Drop the Charges! Abolish the board!” that draws connections between punishments issued in the student conduct hearings against COLA activists and the Undocu Collective with both implicit and explicit use of discriminatory rhetoric ingrained in UC’s student conduct hearings and systems of discipline. Link to the document here: https://payusmoreucsc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/drop_the_charges_May_27.pdf The third, and final item, is a statement released by UCSC’s Graduate Student Association dated June 1, 2020, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis cop that calls for UCSC and the UC system to remove cops from campuses for the safety of its students. This will admittedly be a long episode, but I hope that you stick with us to the end because these issues are important. If you are as angered by the UC’s actions as we are, we ask that you take a moment to make your anger known to UCSC admin. We call on every member of the UC community to condemn the racist student conduct system. Per the student code of conduct, the Chancellor has the ‘final authority’ on the outcome of all student conduct discipline. So show your solidarity by Emailing BOTH Chancellor Larive at chancellor@ucsc.edu and Dean of Students Naiman at gnaiman@ucsc.edu, to demand that all student conduct charges be dropped immediately. Then after you have emailed them, tag us across social media using the hashtags #HandsOffCarlos and #CopsOffCampus Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for even more updates. If you would like to donate to our strike fund to help support striking and fired graduate students, please visit www.gofundme.com/f/support-fund-for-striking-workers-at-ucsc You can also show your solidarity by liking, subscribing, sharing, and reviewing our podcast. This helps people find us! And if you have any questions about this podcast or suggestions for content, please email us at colaforniadreaming@gmail.com Theme song: “Spread the Strike” by David Rovics. For more from him, visit his YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvnHiMQWkL8E6382mrRx-g Background Music: “Fly back to me (Instrumental Version)” by Gloria Tells; “Goodbye So Long (Instrumental Version)” by Spring Gang, “Site Specific Memory” by Polar Nights. Creative Commons License via Epidemic Sound.

Tom Ibarra is a young French composer and guitarist of Jazz with instrumental pop and electro influences. He was born on October 03, 1999, in the south of France.For years now, he has been performing with his band in beautiful festivals in France but also in China, Azerbaïdjan, Lithuania, Georgia, Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Norway, Ukraine...He is occasionally invited to share the stage with artists of international renown, as in 2015 with Didier Lockwood and Sylvain Luc, in 2016 and 2018 with Marcus Miller or and Richard Bona at the NAMM 2017 showcase in L.A.Noticed at a very young age for his virtuosity and his rich and dynamic tunes, but also for his melodic lines, he regularly wins prizes when he participates in Jazz Talent contests. SACEM prize in 2013 and in 2014, Special Jury Prize of Jazz au Phare in 2015, Young Talent Action Jazz prize in Bordeaux in 2016, Rives & Notes Prizes in Oloron Sainte Marie in 2017…Since December 2017, Tom is the first winner of the prestigious international Letter One Rising Stars Jazz Award.For some years already, Tom has been the youngest talent to be endorsed by the prestigious Ibanez Guitars International, by the DV Mark Amp, and since 2019 he is endorsed by SAVAREZ strings.After an album named "15" because released at the age of 15, and a second album named "SPARKLING", released early 2018, which received a very good press review and was awarded a "revelation album" by Jazz Magazine, Tom’s third album will be recorded at the end of this year and release in March 2020.Tom Ibarra，1999年出生于法国南部圣特罗佩旁边的一个小城，6岁便展现惊人音乐天赋，无师自通开始弹奏吉他，11岁开始作曲，15岁发行首张原创专辑《15》，大获成功。今年刚刚19岁的他，创作演奏风格集流行，摇滚，爵士为一身，被誉为 “爵士天才吉他少年”。 去年推出新专辑《Sparkling》尝试全新风格，继而被邀在欧洲各地及世界主要城市巡演，近年更与国际顶级爵士音乐家Marcus Miller，Didier Lockwood， Sylvain Luc等同台献艺，目前最新专辑正在录制中，将于2020年初发布。9月中旬在JZ上海国际爵士音乐节，我第一次在after party现场人肉见到了Tom，面庞清秀俊俏，害羞少言的他，现场表现却惊人的细腻唯美同时不失张力，于我算是惊鸿一瞥，立刻深深喜爱上了这个灵气逼人的南法少年。次日下午我和睡眼惺忪的Tom在他居住的酒店露台，顶着夏末初秋的日光，就着两杯double espresso，和头顶不时飞过的飞机轰鸣声，展开了一次有关音乐表达，“天才”名号，有关少年叛逆，个人成长的灵魂对话。· Timeline ·3:12 Early life music stories, how the album ‘Sparkling’ was born5:17 Music and personal evolvement since ‘Sparkling'7:05 “I can be really shy and unconfident privately” 09:40 Blending different genres of music to shape a unique style in music expressions10:40A forced 'Coffee Break'11:14 The hidden rebel: angry towards having to ‘impress all the time’15:03 Prefer to be a ‘secret leader’ over center of attention in his band20:12 What has jazz career brought to his life so far?23:38 Jazz in different cultures - China, Japan, etc?26:04 U.S isn’t the only country providing great Jazz musicians27:50 If not music, what would it be?30:11 Advice from a young man to the youngsters in China· Authorized Soundtracks ·Tom Ibarra - Sparkling - ColorsTom Ibarra - Sparkling - AuroreTom Ibarra - Sparkling - SlapTom Ibarra - Sparkling - Green Monkey· Guest Info ·Tom Ibarrawww.tomibarra.comhttps://www.youtube.com/c/tomibarraguitariste https://www.facebook.com/TomIbarra.guitariste/https://twitter.com/TomIbarraMusichttps://www.instagram.com/tom_ibarra/· Team ·Ideation | Interview | Editing ：AshAssistant Editor：CynthiaPhoto Credit: Tom Ibarra 2019 ©Thierry DubucSpecial Thanks: Cecilia 沙

Hi, it’s me, Hannah, your long lost podcast host. Yep, I disappeared for a while. Since December, I’ve felt like I haven’t had anything new to say. I’ve been exploring other projects, focusing on taking a step back to build relationships, and processing living in a pandemic, which brings us to our topic of today’s episode. Last week I put out a highly scientific poll on Instagram to discover how many other people were experiencing what a friend has dubbed, “burnout guilt”. This is feeling guilty over the ability to BE burned out because you’re still able to work right now. 88% said yes. The answers to why people were or weren’t feeling burnout guilt were compelling. And, that brought an idea. I’d host conversations with people across industries and opinions on burnout, guilt, and processing living in a pandemic. So here we are. I’ve had conversations with radio hosts, architectural designers, Starbucks store managers, and fellow marketers. I’m excited to share the conversations, and hope that, wherever you are on the burnout guilt spectrum, that it brings you a taste of the community we all need right now. My first conversation is with Josh Evans, who is the afternoon host and production director at The River, a radio station in Columbus, Ohio. He’s also a husband and dad to a toddler while taking seminary classes. So when I saw that he answered “no” on my poll, I reached out to hear more. Surely he was feeling burned out, right?? And he had a really well thought out response to why he wasn’t experiencing burnout guilt. And that’s why we’re here. To have conversations about what it means for different people in different situations. Connect with Josh on Twitter & Instagram. Connect with me on Twitter & Instagram.

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. While our longer episodes in this series feature snippets of longer oral history interviews between myself and my fellow wildcat strikers, today’s episode is actually an urgent call to action. Today is Tuesday May 28th and our UAW 2865 ULP bargaining team will be meeting at 3PM Pacific Standard Time to debate whether or not to call a strike authorization vote for the spring quarter. If the vote for a ULP strike passes, UC TAs will be able to withhold spring quarter grades legally and full protection against retaliation. The UAW’s Proposal for settlement includes full reinstatement of fired wildcat strikers and a raise to bring all graduate student salaries to $40,000 a year. This is the leverage we need to bring the university to the table after over six months of struggle, leverage that is not usually available to workers during a crisis. As we saw so clearly from the strike at UCSC, only the withholding of our essential labor will begin to move UC administration. The UC will not pay us enough to live or ensure the security of our positions without action. Bargaining team members need to hear from you TODAY about what a ULP strike would mean to you. It is not too late to sign the ULP strike pledge, but once you have signed you should also email all bargaining team members, many of whom are supportive of the struggle for a COLA. Emails: UAW2865@UAW2865.ORG SANTACRUZ@UAW2865.ORG BERKELY@UAW2865.ORG SANDIEGO@UAW2865.ORG MERCED@UAW2865.ORG. SANTABARBARA@UAW2865.ORG. IRVINE@UAW2865.ORG. RIVERSIDE@UAW2865.ORG. LOSANGELES@UAW2865.ORG. DAVIS@UAW2865.ORG LINK TO PLEDGE: www.payusmoreucsc.com So show your solidarity by Signing the strike pledge and emailing your bargaining team. Share this call to action with all your networks! Tag us on social media at @payusmoreucsc and let us know that you support a strike authorization vote! Let’s authorize this strike and secure a COLA for all!

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. However, today’s episode is part of a special series recorded for our May Day 2020 action in Santa Cruz. Listen in as we discuss the Fourth stop— Food not Bombs — on our rolling picket and May Day caravan. Continue to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for event updates See you at the next stop, wild cats

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. However, today’s episode is part of a special series recorded for our May Day 2020 action in Santa Cruz. Listen in as we discuss the Fifth and final stop — the Whole Foods in Seabright — on our rolling picket and May Day caravan. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for even more updates. If you would like to donate to our strike fund to help support striking and fired graduate students, please visit www.gofundme.com/f/support-fund-for-striking-workers-at-ucsc. Link available in the show notes. You can also your solidarity by liking, subscribing, sharing, and reviewing our podcast. This helps people find us! And if you have any questions about this podcast or suggestions for content, please email us at colaforniadreaming@gmail.com

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. However, today’s episode is part of a special series recorded for our May Day 2020 action in Santa Cruz. Listen in as we discuss the Second stop — The Barn at the UC Santa Cruz campus— on our rolling picket and May Day caravan. Continue to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for event updates See you at the next stop, wild cats

every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. However, today’s episode is part of a special series recorded for our May Day 2020 action in Santa Cruz. Listen in as we discuss the context for our first stop — UCSC's Family Student Housing — on our rolling picket and May Day caravan. Continue to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for event updates See you at the next stop, wild cats

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the UCSC wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. However, today’s episode is part of a special series recorded for our May Day 2020 action in Santa Cruz. Listen in as we discuss the Third stop— the Santa Cruz County Jail — on our rolling picket and May Day caravan. Continue to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for event updates See you at the next stop, wild cats

Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. However, today, Thursday, April 30, 2020, is not an average episode; instead it’s an announcement and a Call to Action. Tomorrow is May 1st or May Day aka International Worker’s Day. And this May Day, workers across the world will be going on strike. In addition, millions of tenants are withholding their rent. And we Wildcats are organizing our own action right here in Santa Cruz! Join us for a May Day Caravan this Friday, May 1, 2020, in Santa Cruz from noon to 4:30 PM PST, as we stand in solidarity with those striking and fighting for their right to live in this city. This will be a slow-moving, socially-distant action using car and bike transit that will move from UCSC’s campus to downtown Santa Cruz to support workers across the city. This mobile rally seeks to highlight various ongoing struggles in Santa Cruz as well as bring joy to those we visit. For more information about this event, please visit us at www.strikeuniversity.org/May-Day You can RSVP for this event at www.tinyurl.com/santacruzmayday For more information about striking graduate students at UCSC, please visit our website at www.payusmoreucsc.com. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for even more updates and live streaming. You can also show your solidarity by liking, subscribing, sharing, and reviewing our podcast. This helps people find us! And if you have any questions about this podcast or suggestions for content, please email us at colaforniadreaming@gmail.com Opening and Closing Music: "Spread the Strike" by David Rovics Background music: "I Got You STEMS Instruments" by Birgersson Lundberg

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. While our longer episodes in this series feature snippets from oral history interviews between myself and my fellow wildcat strikers, today’s episode is a more informal minisode dedicated to keeping our listeners up-to-date with all COLA-related news. Today’s episode will feature an interview with UCSC’s Yulia Gilich, wildcat strike extraordinaire, as we have a very informative Q&A session about the Unfair Labor Practice Strike pledge circulating amongst UC’s academic student employees. So, listen in, as Yulia stops by the podcast to answer all my questions regarding the much talked about ULP strike pledge! If you want to know more about the ULP and/or want to sign the strike pledge, please visit our website at www.payusmoreucsc.com to learn more. Please show your solidarity by liking, subscribing, sharing, and/or reviewing this podcast! If you would like to donate to our strike fund to help support striking and fired graduate students, please visit www.gofundme.com/f/support-fund-for-striking-workers-at-ucsc. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for updates and memes. And if you have any questions about this podcast or suggestions for content, please email us at colaforniadreaming@gmail.com Special thanks to David Rovics for donating his song "Spread the Strike" for use in our podcast! Visit and subscribe to his Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvnHiMQWkL8E6382mrRx-g Until next time, wildcats!

The current pandemic SARS Cov 2 is shining a light on vaccine development. Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus is known amongst scientists. The virus is highly contagious. As a first measure, many governments all over the world have ordered a complete lockdown of the countries.Some politicians make reverting life back to normal dependent on the existence of medication and/or vaccine. How long does it take to develop a vaccine against this novel coronavirus?In this episode, the vaccine development expert Ericht Tauber, CEO, and founder of Themis Bioscience, explains what it takes to develop a novel vaccine and also gives an outlook on the timeline.It was a huge pleasure to be accompanied by Elisabeth Pfneisl, Addendum.org, during the recording of this interview.Speaker:Christian Soschner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiansoschner/)Elisabeth Pfneisl (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisabeth-pfneisl-81095163/)Erich Tauber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erich-tauber-0ba8a111/)Companies:Addendum.org (https://www.addendum.org/)CS Life Science Invest (https://www.cslifescienceinvest.com/)Themis BioScience (https://themisbio.com/)Do you enjoy the podcast?Become a member of the LSG2G Network and join the recording. You will get an individual "member only" invitation and will have a chance to talk with the speakers directly in the Q&A. The questions will be featured in the podcast. Do you like this idea? Join today: https://www.lifescienceget2gether.com/registration-membersclub/

Every week this podcast will highlight some of the many voices behind the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) wildcat strike. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA, to lift themselves out of rent burden and address, with urgency, issues of housing and food precarity. Each episode in this series features snippets from longer oral history interviews between myself and my fellow wildcat strikers as we discuss issues ranging from their relationship to high education to the context behind their decision to join the collective fight for a cost of living adjustment. In this, the first official episode of our podcast, we begin with a conversation with Carlos Cruz, a second-year Ph.D. student in history at UCSC and one of the most visible COLA movement student leaders. Listen, as Carlos shares with our listeners his relationship to higher education, his reasons for striking, and the true meaning of a COLA for graduate students like himself. Show your solidarity by liking, subscribing, sharing, and/or reviewing our podcast! You can also visit our website at www.payusmoreucsc.com to learn more. If you would like to donate to our strike fund to help support striking and fired graduate students, please visit www.gofundme.com/f/support-fund-for-striking-workers-at-ucsc. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for updates and memes. And if you have any questions about this podcast or suggestions for content, please email us at colaforniadreaming@gmail.com Special thanks to David Rovic for donating his song "Spread the Strike" for use in our podcast! Visit and subscribe to his Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNvnHiMQWkL8E6382mrRx-g Until next time, wildcats!

This is a sneak preview of a new podcast titled "COLA-fornia Dreaming," a show dedicated to the voices behind the graduate student wildcat strike at the University of California at Santa Cruz where students are actively fighting for a living wage. Since December 2019, UCSC graduate students have been striking in pursuit of a cost of living adjustment, or COLA—Yes, like the drink— to lift ourselves out of our rent burden and address larger issues of housing and food precarity. Episodes will feature portions of in-depth oral history interviews with wildcat strikers with topics ranging from views on higher education to individual decision to participate in collective action. Weekly mini-episodes will be dedicated to keeping our listeners informed of all COLA-related news. Show your solidarity by keeping informed by liking and subscribing to our podcast. To learn more, visit our website at www.payusmoreucsc.com. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @payusmoreucsc for updates and memes!

COVID-19 & Cultivating Something Good | Diane Blazek | National Gardening Bureau COVID-19 is sweeping the nation and millions have turned homeward for the duration. Diane Blazek from the National Garden Bureau joins us with some great tips for getting started in the garden. She also talked about Victory Gardening 2.0. There was more than we could cover in one episode, so here are the individual blog posts: VICTORY GARDEN 2.0 CULTIVATE SOMETHING GOOD GARDENING WITH KIDS   THE NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU... “Inspire. Connect. Grow.” National Garden Bureau has worked for 100 years to educate and inspire home gardeners. We continue to expand our programs, grow our membership and make more of an impact. Follow us throughout the year for more fun and inspiration!   Diane Blazek, Executive Director of All-America Selections® and National Garden Bureau For more than 30 years, Diane has been immersed in gardening both personally and professionally.  She brings a passion to the subject based on a history in the field of horticulture publishing as well as a love for gardening and culinary exploration. Growing up on a small family farm in northern Missouri, Diane spent years helping her parents plant, tend and harvest a large home vegetable garden. As the president and publisher at Ball Publishing for 15 years, she led the way in connecting the commercial side of the industry with consumers via the live focus groups called Consumer Buzz Live! Diane also managed Ball Publishing’s entry into consumer garden book publishing. Since December of 2009, Diane has been leading both All-America Selections and National Garden Bureau through an exciting period of growth as they establish themselves as inspirational resources in the minds of garden communicators, public gardens, growers, garden retailers and home gardeners. All-America Selections has doubled in size with the addition of trials for Vegetative Ornamentals and Herbaceous Perennials, an expanded website, more Display Gardens and an ever-increasing social media presence. National Garden Bureau has also more than doubled in size with the addition of new programs, social media, therapeutic garden grants and new membership categories. With both organizations, the connection to the consumer is of topmost importance and by using that connection, she provides direction and insights to the industry as well as to GardenComm, an organization for Garden Communicators where she serves as a National Director. Special thanks to C.L. Fornari for providing content for the National Garden Bureau article.  _______________________________________________ THE SHOW: www.RoseChatPodcast.com Listen to any episode anytime online for FREE anywhere podcasts are available.  Our Hosts: Chris VanCleave - www.RedneckRosarian.com Creator of the Rose Chat Podcast. Mr. VanCleave is a nationally known rosarian, speaker and advocate for the rose. Teresa Byington - www.TheGardenDiary.com Co-Host Teresa Byington is a Rosarian, Master Gardener, writer and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Rose Society. Subscribe to Rose Chat Podcast Updates: http://bit.ly/subscribeROSE Visit Our Sponsor: Haven Brand Soil Conditionershttp://www.ManureTea.com/shop This podcast is a production of the VanCleave Media Group, Birmingham Alabama

Since December 30th, 2019, 22-year-old, Tonee Turner has been missing. She was last seen in the Squirrel Hill area in Pittsburgh. After that, she vanished. I interviewed her sister, Sydnee, at the 61B Cafe. Please listen to this episode to help find Tonee and bring her home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we explore with Glynn Loope, founding Executive Director of Cigar Rights of America, .the world of cigar advocacy, the current regulation challenges, but also international collaborations, including what might grant to the premium cigars the recognition they deserve. How you can support the fight for our cigar rights: If you are a US citizen, please visit https://www.cigarrights.org/ and sign the petitions to protect premium handmade cigars from FDA regulation. You can also participate to the Twitter and Facebook campaign to let President Trump hear from you: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/It-s-Time-For-President-Trump-To-Hear-From-You--Congressional-Petition--Events---More.html?soid=1102288667527&aid=HLzEagF_Ycc Check the list of Members of Congress on the CRA website. If you can't see yours, call them, invite them to your cigar club/lounge Let's act!   Since December 2008, Glynn Loope has served as the founding Executive Director of CRA. Since assuming this position, CRA has grown into a fifty state coalition representing interests at the local, state and federal levels of government, providing communications, coalition building, testimony, analysis and related forms of support on regulatory, tax and associated issues impacting the industry. Additional initiatives have included building an international coalition of nations directly reliant on the economic impact of the premium cigar industry including Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, as well as providers of support material and logistics throughout central and South America and the Caribbean Basin. Hallmarks of this effort has included establishing an office and staff in Washington, D.C. for the premium cigar industry, building a Congressional coalition in support of industry positions, a state legislative network on issues of significance to the sector, and providing advice and counsel on strategies beneficial to consumer, retail and manufacturer interests at all levels. Glynn is a sought after commentator on industry issues, and is often quoted or provides commentary in The Wall Street Journal, Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Cigar Aficionado, Washington Post, New York Times, Tobacco Business, as well as dozens of industry periodicals, radio appearances, podcasts and related media outlets. Since 2008 the work of CRA has literally gone from the local courthouse to The White House, on behalf of its members and benefactors. -- This podcast is brought to you by Cigar Sense founders and paid members. With the free Cigar Sense membership, you can obtain personalized recommendations of cigars that best suit your unique individual tastes.  In a few simple steps, you can see what your top cigar picks are from the thousands of cigars available on the market.  You can also explore sensory and other cigar attributes as Cigar Sense helps you better understand what you like and dislike in a cigar. Visit cigarsense.com and sign up for free today! --- Be sure to subscribe to Cigar Sense Podcast so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate the show? It would be greatly appreciated!

Since December 2019 millions of Indians have protested the contentious “Citizenship Amendment Act” (CAA)-- rightly called the Nuremberg laws of India.  Since the protest started there as been brutal police actions against those protesting especially students in Jamia Milia Islamia University in Delhi. An organic peoples protest is now blooming across India.  Along with protests come poetry and art.  These protests are being chronicled by a new generation of artists. Joining us today are the USA-based artist Mayukh Goswami and writer and poet Meher Manda who started their “webcomic of dissent” that they call “Jamun Ka Ped”  Jamun Ka Ped', written in the 1960s, is a satire on bureaucratic red tape by Krishna Chander told through the story of a well-known poet who gets trapped under a Jamun tree in the lawns of a secretariat building after a thunderstorm.

Hi!This episode was a tad more complicated to produce than usual, partly because I (Ana) was having major sound issues during our recording sessions. Since December, the best sound engineer we know in the pen community kindly helped us sort things out for our future episodes… though for this one, we thank you for your patience.Thank you for listening!The FPC Podcast teamWhat’s new with you? / What are you consuming?AnabelleFountain Pen Day, Madrid and Sheffield ShowsAppelboomKatowice Pen ShowGalen Leather Folio DanielPackage from AnaTroublemaker inks NockCo Oh La La Platinum Izumo YagumonuriSailor PG with Cross Point Emperor nibPen Gallery Hougado Ribbed Sailor 1911L TobaccoMorita Sailor PGS MiniUrbanDashboard and mobile friendly currently inked announcementNew inks beta page announcementOpus 88 Koloro DemoPlatinum 3776 Nice LilasFlyght of Fantasy Studio TWSBI GoMusubi refill notebooksAnaBobby’s Schiedam Dry GinDiamine Inkvent calendar3Oyster My Color - DIY Ink KitMusubi Shipibo-ConiboWaterman CF Antigua.es Telescopium pen in Ambar won at a Madrid Pen Show raffleKWZ Old Gold won during InktoberGalen Leather Swiss Medical Bag Stationery NewsGalen Leather Tomoe River notebookPelikan Edelstein ink of the year 2020 Moonstone  Akkerman Gourmet Pens InkTop 3 of 2019PaperUrbanA8 index cardsBaronFig ConfidantTomoe River (Musubi, Endless notebooks, Pebble Stationery, Hobonichi, …)DaniLife Bank PaperNagasawa x Graphilo notebookTomoe River (another review)AnabelleRhodiaMujiLeuchtturm1917*AnaAtelier Musubi Vintage KimonoFlyght of Fantasy Studio custom notebooksCurnow Leather BackpocketPenUrbanLeonardo Officina Italiana FurorePenBBS 469Diplomat Excellence A Plus (❤️ Anabelle’s CI grind)DaniSailor PG with Cross Point Emperor nib‘80s Montblanc 149 / Pelikan M800*Platinum IzumoAnabellePilot Custom Heritage 91Visconti HS John Twiss AnaFine Writing International pensPlatinum 3776 C nib with the JCT prototype nib by Nibs On PointRyan Krusac L12 “The Inky Antler” honorable mention: Waterman CF with L nib InkUrbanPelikan 4001 turquoiseSeitz-Kreuznach Dark OrchidDiamine MeadowLiquitex Flow AidDaniSailor Blue Black / Pilot Blue BlackMontblanc Shakespeare Velvet RedAnabelleIroshizuku Chiku Rin/ R&K Alt GoldgrünKWZ MaroonIroshizuku Tsuki-yo / Sailor Studio 964 / Jacques Herbin Bleu AustralAnaPlatinum Carbon BlackTroublemaker AbaloneKWZ El Dorado Bonus Round: Anabelle’s Favorite Pen Shops:AppelboomLa Couronne du ComteSarj - The One Man Pen Show*Appelboom affiliate linksFountain Pen Companion Discourse siteFollow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. You can email us at podcast@fountainpencompanion.comThe intro and outro music is Pens With Spoons Taped To Them by Captive Portal. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.© 2020 Urban Hafner, Ana Csiky, Daniel Berecz, Anabelle Hiller. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.

Since December, the Wuhan coronavirus death toll has passed 1,000 people. Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA assesses the economic impact and policy options to cushion economies in China and other Asian countries against the virus.

Edra Soto is a Puerto Rico born, Chicago based, interdisciplinary artist, educator and curator whose architectural projects connect with communities. Soto's temporary modular SCREENHOUSE pavilions are evocative symbols of her cultural assimilation that we can enter and share. Each free-standing structure functions as both sculptural object and social gathering place. Couched in beauty, her ongoing OPEN 24 HOURS project offers a different visceral encounter — with evidence of displacement and want. The aesthetic display of cast-off liquor bottles culled from steadily accumulating detritus in the historically Black neighborhood she now calls home suggests that we consider the personal and communal impact of poverty and racism. During a studio visit with the artist in Northwest Chicago, we talk about recent iterations of these projects. In concert with the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Millennium Park Foundation commissioned the artist to produce a temporary gathering place in one of the park’s outdoor galleries. Only steps from Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, she worked with a team to construct SCREENHOUSE. The 10-foot high pavilion made of 400 charcoal-hued, 12-inch cast concrete blocks is part of an ongoing project, an architectural series inspired by iron grills and decorative concrete screen blocks found throughout the Caribbean and the American South. New versions of OPEN 24 HOURS are on view in two 2020 exhibitions. One appears in Open House: Domestic Thresholds at the Albright-Knox Museum, in Buffalo, New York. Cognac bottles carefully arranged on shelves with decorative panels reveal the artist’s connection to two places she calls home. More liquor bottles command attention in the three-part installation she designed for State of the Art 2020. Featuring work by artists from across the United States, the exhibition celebrates the opening of The Momentary, a new contemporary art space at the Crystal Bridges Museum, in Bentonville, Arkansas. Sound Editor: Anamnesis Audio  Related Episodes and Photo Features: Architecture with a Sense of Place, Views—Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019, Fresh VUE: Chicago Art and Architecture 2017 Related Links: Edra Soto, The Momentary, State of the Art 2020, Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Knox-Albright Museum, Millennium Park, Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 About Edra Soto: Born in Puerto Rico and based in Chicago, Edra Soto is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, curator, and co-director of the outdoor project space THE FRANKLIN. She is invested in creating and providing visual and educational models propelled by empathy and generosity. Her recent projects, which are motivated by civic and social actions, focus on fostering relationships with a wide range of communities.  Recent venues presenting Soto’s work include Chicago Cultural Center (IL), Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (KS), Pérez Art Museum Miami (FL), Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (PR), Hunter EastHarlem Gallery (NY), UIC Gallery 400 (IL), Smart Museum (IL), Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (NE), DePaul Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago (IL). Soto was awarded the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship, the DCASE for Individual Artist Grant from the City of Chicago, the 3Arts Make A Wave award, and 3Arts Projects grants, and the Illinois Arts Council grant.  Soto holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts from Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico. She teaches Introduction to Social Engagement at University of Illinois in Chicago and is a lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  About SCREENHOUSE: Decorative screens, known as rejas and quiebrasoles, are ubiquitous in Soto’s birthplace in Puerto Rico. In her SCREENHOUSE series, Soto transforms the quiebrasol form from a planar screen that divides public from private into a nearly fully enclosed, free-standing structure that functions as both sculptural object and social gathering place. About OPEN 24 HOURS: Witnessing the excessive accumulation of litter and detritus in the historic African American neighborhood of East Garfield Park where she lives motivated Edra Soto to initiate this ongoing project. Since December 2016, Soto has been collecting, cleaning and classifying cast-off liquor bottles to create installations that display the impact of racism and poverty on this marginalized community in Chicago. Bourbon Empire, the book quoted below, recounts the historic connection between African Americans and cognac from its genesis in the 1930s to contemporary repercussions instigated by hip-hop and rap culture. “Cognac’s relationship with African American consumers started later, when black soldiers stationed in southwest France were introduced to it during both world wars. The connection between cognac producers and black consumers was likely bolstered by the arrival of black artists and musicians... France appreciated these distinctive art forms before the U.S. did, continuing a French tradition dating back to Alexis de Tocqueville of understanding aspects of American culture better than Americans did. For African Americans, the elegant cognac of a country that celebrated their culture instead of marginalizing it must have tasted sweet ... During the 1990s, cognac sales were slow, and the industry was battling an image populated by fusty geriatrics. Then references to cognac began surfacing in rap lyrics, a phenomenon that peaked in 2001 with Busta Rhymes and P. Diddy’s hit “Pass the Courvoisier,” causing sales of the brand to jump 30 percent. During the next five years, other rappers teamed up with brands, and increased overall sales of cognac in the U.S. by a similar percentage, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.” —Reid Mitenbuler, author of Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey

Utah makes it 18 of the last 20. Yes, the schedule gets harder - we’ll learn more about the team - ALSO the nation will find out about the Jazz. JP looks ahead at the matchup against Dallas. Win a signed Donovan Mitchell jersey. The deadline to enter is next Thursday: https://gleam.io/FDTPA/win-a-signed-donovan-mitchell-jersey A rundown of the episode: 0:30 — Giveaway time! 3:20 — Ethan Strauss writes about the Jazz 7:00 — Since December 26th, Utah’s offense is #1 9:25 — David Thorpe on Luka Doncic

On this episode we are joined by the Chief of Case Management, Joshua Travers, of Saved in America. Saved in America is a non-profit of volunteer former law enforcement officers and Special Operators, Navy SEALS-turned licensed, insured private investigators, SAVED IN AMERICA assists parents and law enforcement in locating missing and runaway children. Since December 2014, SIA has assisted in the investigation and locating of 223 children from California to Florida. 60% of all recovered children were found before being trafficked. www.savedinamerica.org

In the 31st episode of ThoughtSpace, Yamini Aiyar (President and Chief Executive, CPR) speaks to Patrick Heller ( Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs, Brown University), about the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The passage of the CAA led to agitations across the country. Since December 15, thousands of students, activists and ordinary people are out on the streets every day in every city. Latin American countries including Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and most recently Colombia have experienced turmoil too. What are the parallels we can draw between the two regions? What do these protests say about the state of democracy across the world? And what are some of the lessons we can learn about peoples' movements?

Since December 2017, Dr. Stephany C. Coakley has served as the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Mental Health at Temple University. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring that student-athletes, from 19 teams, have access to mental wellness services that they need.   An experienced and certified mental performance consultant (CMPC), she is also the founder/director of Maximum Mental Training Associates (MMTA) LLC, a performance psychology consulting business. She is dedicated to helping athletes, youth to professional, master the fundamentals of mental preparation for training and competition.   Dr. Coakley has worked with the Superbowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (2015 – 2017) as the clinician and Rookie Success Program facilitator; as Group Doctor, for the NBA Pre-Draft Combine. For 10 years, she worked as a Master Resilience Trainer – Performance Expert with the United States Army.   Dr. Coakley earned both her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Temple University. She received her Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Sport and Exercise Science with a concentration in Sport Psychology from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, North Carolina.   In this podcast, Stephany and Cindra talk about: The power of our thoughts What to do when you have a disempowering thought What NFL rookies most struggle with How to help NFL rookies overcome pressure Her work with mental training in the Army Her Manifesto of Greatness activity You can find a full description of the Podcast at cindrakamphoff.com/steph. You can reach Dr. Coakley at www.maximumentaltraining.com.

A non-profit of volunteer former law enforcement officers and Special Operators, Navy SEALS-turned licensed, insured private investigators, SAVED IN AMERICA assists parents and law enforcement in locating missing and runaway children. Since December 2014, SIA has assisted in the investigation and locating of 223 children from California to Florida. 60% of all recovered children were found before being trafficked.

"Be willing to take risks, because there will be risk involved if you are starting something totally new"Since 2010, Maria Rygge and her life & business partner Petter Erik Nyvoll have inspired and educated thousands of people. From 2010 to 2015 they arranged events within the field of personal development and business development with international speakers all across the Nordics. After working closely with experts like Brian Mayne, Janet Attwood, Brendon Burchard, Rich Schefren, Eric Edmeades, and several others, they decided to build an online business to enable them to move to a warmer country.Since December 2016 they have been helping infopreneurs, people who sell their knowledge online with digital sales and marketing. In only three years they built their own business to 1mill USD and now have a team of 8 people from Norway, Sweden, India, Vietnam, Chile and Australia. They serve clients from all the Nordic countries + Europe, Asia, Australia and the US.They are continuously growing themselves and investing money to learn new strategies, and are getting known to share both their successes and failures.Maria is passionate about helping heart warm and knowledgeable people to get their message "out there", teaching them marketing strategies but also the mindset and self confidence they need to succeed.Since 2017 Petter Erik, Maria and her 2 sons are living a 4-minute walk from the beach in beautiful Vietnam.A fact filled discussion filled with advice to help you avoid failure and have a successful launch.We discuss:BankruptcyMaking the move from a physical to online offeringDigital Marketing / online membershipWebinars- Successes & FailuresMaking the move to a warmer climateStaying consistent & taking risks!Self-Development & InvestmentLearning from failureStepping out of your comfort zoneMoving from native to English offeringWhat makes a successful launch Sales vs ConversionsUtilizing Digital marketing dataUnderstand your audienceUsing webinars to build trust, connection and credibility Want to connect with Maria Rygge? Website: https://www.awesm.no/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.rygge/ --Want a simple step-by-step process to plan and execute your launch? Download "Your 90 Day Launch Plan Essentials" - https://kenwestgaard.com/90-day-launch-plan "The 90 Launch Plan Essentials is really fantastic! I will be using this again and again! The launch process can often seem really hectic and crazy, but Ken breaks it down into simple and easy manageable steps with goals and deadlines so you can get your desired results. I highly recommend Ken and his program!" - Nick BonitatibusIf you enjoy this episode and it inspired you in some way, I’d love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories and tag me @kenwestgaard. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast to receive notifications of new episodes.Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://kenwestgaard.com/podcast, and thanks for your support of this show!Support the show (http://paypal.me/kenwestgaard)

Since December 4th was Jay-Z's Birthday, this episode is dedicated to Jay-Z and his legacy. Enjoy. Follow Us on Social Media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/cleaningdishes Twitter: twitter.com/Cleaning_Dishes Instagram: www.instagram.com/cleaningdishes/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCsa9NtQ1SjUvVggW_dRLtvQ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cleaningdishes19/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cleaningdishes19/support

Bethanie Jean talks with Christine Elise! Christine Elise McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts - the daughter of artists. She has been acting professionally since 1988 and is recognized primarily for her roles as U4EA-popping bad girl, Emily Valentine, on Beverly Hills, 90210. She returned to the 90210 zip code in the Fox 2019 summer hit BH90210 playing a heightened version of herself in 5 of the 6 episodes. She is also known for Harper Tracy on ER, and as Kyle, the gal who killed Chucky in Child's Play 2. She returned as Kyle in the 7th installment of the franchise - Cult of Chucky and is rumored to be attached to the 2020 SYFY Chucky series, in development. She has also appeared in recurring roles on China Beach, In the Heat of the Night, and Tell Me You Love Me. Among her other film roles are Abel Ferrara's Body Snatchers and two films starring Viggo Mortensen: Vanishing Point and Boiling Point. She appeared in the TV movie Vanishing Point with Viggo Mortensen, who requested she play the role. They met on another project, Boiling Point, though her role was largely written out. She had a recurring role on In the Heat of the Night and also appeared in an episode of "Charmed". She was featured in the punk rock documentaries American Hardcore and All Ages: The Boston Hardcore Film. Bathing & the Single Girl, inspired by the short film, is her debut novel available in paperback on Amazon & digitally on Amazon and I-tunes. (www.bathingbook.com) . Her directorial debut, Bathing & the Single Girl, was accepted into over 100 film festivals and won 20 awards. It can be viewed from the book's site. She hosts a plant-based cooking channel on Youtube called - Delightful Delicious Delovely & Video Vegan (www.VideoVegan.com). She also maintains an irreverent food porn blog called WWW.DelightfulDeliciousDelovely.com for which she provides recipes, photographs and sometimes shares details of the triumphs and, more frequently, the humiliations of her own life. She has a great passion for photography (http://www.redbubble.com/people/jdempsey/portfolio) and has shown her pin-up and decaying Americana imagery in the United States & Paris. She was on the selection committee of Michigan's Waterfront Film Festival since its inception in 1999, she was co-director of the Victoria Texas Independent Film Festival, programmed for the Self-Medicated Film Festival and The Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, and consults & judges for many others. She made her directorial debut with an award winning short film she also wrote, produced, and starred in: Bathing and the Single Girl. Since December 2010, Bathing and the Single Girl has been screened at more than 100 festivals and has won 20 awards. Dystel & Goderich Literary Management represents her full-length novel of the same name, Bathing and the Single Girl, released in January 2014. As a producer, she has worked as a story producer on multiple reality shows including Hellevator with the Soska Twins, Cold Justice & Best Bars in America. As a writer, she has written three episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 as well as characters and story lines for the series, a pilot that was optioned by Aaron Spelling, and comical true-life essays that she performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade and Naked Angels theaters in LA. She has a large following on Instagram @ChristineEliseMcCarthy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

(0.5 General California MCLE)  In late 2008, Bernard L. Madoff admitted to orchestrating the longest and largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, a crime spanning decades and defrauding investors of over $20 billion. David Sheehan, Chief Counsel to the trustee for the Madoff victims, discusses the fraud of the century. Since December 2008, David has served as Chief Counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the global liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS), one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history. As Chief Counsel, David oversees the unprecedented BLMIS liquidation on a global basis, managing more than 200 lawyers across the country as well as international legal teams, to investigate, unravel and reconstruct the Madoff fraud for the benefit of BLMIS customers with allowed claims. Under his leadership, more than 1,000 lawsuits were filed in December 2010, involving approximately 4,000 defendants worldwide and seeking tens of billions of dollars in asset recovery.

(0.5 General California MCLE)  In late 2008, Bernard L. Madoff admitted to orchestrating the longest and largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history, a crime spanning decades and defrauding investors of over $20 billion. David Sheehan, Chief Counsel to the trustee for the Madoff victims, discusses the fraud of the century. Since December 2008, David has served as Chief Counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA) Trustee for the global liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS), one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history. As Chief Counsel, David oversees the unprecedented BLMIS liquidation on a global basis, managing more than 200 lawyers across the country as well as international legal teams, to investigate, unravel and reconstruct the Madoff fraud for the benefit of BLMIS customers with allowed claims. Under his leadership, more than 1,000 lawsuits were filed in December 2010, involving approximately 4,000 defendants worldwide and seeking tens of billions of dollars in asset recovery.

Josh, Tim, and Rachel interview Casey Mattox on how students should deal with free speech violations, and responding to common arguments from typically leftists defending free speech violations. Casey Mattox joined Alliance Defending Freedom in 2009 litigating cases to protect the First Amendment rights of students and faculty at public colleges and universities across the nation. Since December 2016 he has served as Director of ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom, where he leads a team of attorneys that is one of the most active groups of litigators defending First Amendment rights on public university campuses. Casey has testified three times before House committees on a variety of First Amendment and other constitutional issues. He has also made numerous media appearances, and his work has been featured at USA Today, The Federalist, and Townhall, among others. Or if you prefer the 140 character versions, you can find him at @CaseyMattox_. He earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2001, and clerked for the Alabama Supreme Court. Questions: How would you respond to someone who defends free speech violations by saying that the first amendment does not guarantee a right to be heard? How would you respond to someone who says, “If you go to a public area to express your free speech rights but get drowned out by someone else expressing their free speech rights, you don’t get to shut down someone else’s rights because you want to be heard”? Can you talk about the concept of a “heckler’s veto”? What should students do if they’re trying to have a dialogue event and the pro-choice crowd comes out with noisemakers to drown that out, and the campus administration won’t do anything about it? The First Amendment isn’t ambiguous about whether or not people can physically block people from a speaking event, so why is that still sometimes happening? Are the penalties not big enough? Is there any path forward at a legal level to get around this problem? A way that would cause universities to get penalized in a way that would incentivize them to follow the law? What is the difference between a case where you’re able to successfully sue the school versus a case where you don’t have enough evidence to move forward? What should students do to make sure that their cases don’t end up in the pile of cases where nothing happens? What are some red flags that students should look out for so they can know when to call ADF? How would you respond to someone who defends free speech violations based on the idea that if the speech in question is dangerous, like Naziism, then it’s good to block people from hearing that speech or even get violent in response to it?

Since December 2, 2018 when we became C3 Church SWWA50+ volunteers every Sunday200+ first time visitors50+ children in our C3Kids program every week30+ students at MyCity Youth every week$25,000 given to outreach40+ said YES to Following Jesus and received a Following Jesus book24 water baptismsHealings, healings, healings!!!10 salvations in the last two weeks last week, 1 acre property sale - $165,000 under contractCurrent VISION OFFERING approximately $70,000Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:1, ESV vision is the process of discovering the promise God already sees.For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. Romans 4:13faith is the act of moving forward with HIM toward the promise that you have seen but doesn’t yet exist.He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. Romans 4:13, 19–21, ESV Heaven See’s Our Future And Destiny In AdvanceNo longer shall your name be called Abram (exalted father), but your name shall be Abraham (the father of nations), for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. Genesis 17:5–6, ESV The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac. Genesis 21:1–3, ESV You struggle to see but Heaven does not!The Unbeliever’s Future: whatever is won or whatever happensThe Believer’s Future: prepared by the Lord, discovered while following Him both naturally and supernaturally6 Things The In Our C3 Future1. Presence Filled Services2. Strategic Leadership Development3. Connected Relationships4. Permanent Facilities5. BEYOND Projects6. Presence Conference and NW C3 Presence

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver join Johnny Burrow to look back at Chelsea's nerve jangling 2nd leg of the Europa league semi-final against Eintracht Frankfurt which saw Chelsea reach their 6th European final after a penalty shoot-out. We also look ahead to the final Premier League match of the season away to Leicester City on Sunday. Liam Twomey, Chelsea correspondent for ESPN joins us on the phone to discuss another final for Chelsea, but how much praise do Chelsea & Sarri deserve? With Blue eyes now focused on how to get to Baku, Liam reports on the travel & ticket allocation nightmare the fans now face.Kepa & Hazard were the penalty shoot-out heroes as Chelsea reached their 6th European final (that's now 19 finals in 19 years), Chelsea made very hard work of it, but found a way. But why was Ruben Loftus-Cheek subbed? Why was Cahill snubbed when Christensen went off? With some poor 2nd half performances is it Sarri or the players that are getting Chelsea over the line?With Frankfurt fans were all over Stamford Bridge, questions need to be asked about how they got tickets and talking of tickets, Chelsea and Arsenal have a pitiful ticket allocation, while Baku itself is a ridiculous location which will be very expensive to get to. But can Chelsea & Sarri win the final and will it be Hazard’s last hurrah?No Stamford Chidge on the show this week, he was at the Football Blogging Awards in Manchester, but we get him on the phone to report back on whether or not Chelsea Fancast wonthe Best Podcast award. Was it close but no cigar?In a week of mixed emotions as well as performances for Chelsea, we discuss the horror for Chelsea fans of Liverpool v Spurs Champions' League final. And in other news we discuss the Transfer Ban being upheld – what happens now? And what of the rumours that Sarri might go to Roma? Support the Chelsea FanCast and become a Patron:Become a Patron!Looking ahead to Chelsea final Premier League match of the season against Leicester, can we win and come 3rd & how important is it that we do?What will Sarri’s team for Leicester be?In the 'Opposition View' we talk to Richard Cusack from Leicester Live and discuss how Brendan Rogers has galvanized Leicester; can they push for top 4 next season. Having given Man City a good game this week, are Leicester the PL form team at the moment? And finally how does Richard see the match going; what is his match prediction?We wrap up by discussing how we see Leicester v Chelsea going, discuss our score predictions and reveal the answer to our Chelsea Fancast quiz: 'Chidge & Chad's Chelsea Challenge' (courtesy of @ChelseaChadder) which this week is “Since December 2015, Cesar Azpilicueta has only missed one Premier League game. Who were the opponents?” Chelsea FanCast is broadcast on Love Sport Radio every Friday from 7.00-9.00 pm. LOVE SPORT is a London radio station and is broadcast on 558 AM and on London DAB along with numerous digital channels. You can listen from anywhere in the world. You can visit lovesportradio.com to listen live to the station and of course you can download LOVE SPORT apps in the android and IOS app stores. You can also listen to LOVESPORT radio through Radioplayer and TuneIn.The best thing is that you can phone in and join in the show and the debate with us, live. The number to call is 0208 70 20 558 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It turns out, patient-centric care that produces outcomes patients care about is usually less expensive than care that is not. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent nonprofit, nongovernmental organization in Washington, DC, was authorized by Congress in 2010. PCORI was established to fund research that can help patients make better-informed decisions, guided by clinicians, payers, and others. In other words, help nudge health care into a patient-centric place, for the good of everyone involved in a quadruple aim sort of way. Since December 2012, PCORI has funded hundreds of studies that compare health care options to learn which work best, given patients’ circumstances and preferences. Today I speak with Dr. Joe Selby, executive director of PCORI. You can learn more at PCORI.org.   Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, is the executive director of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). A family physician, clinical epidemiologist, and health services researcher, Dr. Selby has more than 35 years of experience in patient care, research, and administration. He is responsible for identifying strategic issues and opportunities for PCORI and implementing and administering programs authorized by the PCORI Board of Governors. Dr. Selby joined PCORI from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, where he was director of the division of research for 13 years and oversaw a department of more than 50 investigators and 500 research staff members working on more than 250 ongoing studies. He was with Kaiser Permanente for 27 years. An accomplished researcher, Dr. Selby has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and continues to conduct research, primarily in the areas of diabetes outcomes and quality improvement. His publications cover a spectrum of topics, including effectiveness studies of colorectal cancer screening strategies; treatment effectiveness, population management, and disparities in diabetes mellitus; primary care delivery; and quality measurement. Dr. Selby was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine in 2009 and was a member of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study section for Health Care Quality and Effectiveness from 1999 to 2003. A native of Fulton, Missouri, Dr. Selby received his MD from Northwestern University and his MPH from the University of California–Berkeley. He was a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service Corps from 1976 to 1983 and received the Commissioned Officer’s Award in 1981.  01:34 Can payers afford to make health care patient-centric? 01:57 “If you make care more patient-centric … you actually see decreases in utilization.” 02:30 Shared decision making. 05:57 “What gets in the way of implementing good evidence?” 06:05 A study involving community health workers. 07:24 Default care and back surgery. 10:28 “There’s just a lot of habits like that in clinical care that aren’t backed up by evidence and can be undone with good evidence.” 11:36 “Where would you push the randomization?” 12:07 “We are trying to conduct practical research that really helps clinicians and patients make decisions differently.” 12:34 How Dr. Selby figures out what the patients want and what outcomes to focus on. 13:00 Looking for evidence gaps. 14:47 What PCORnet is and what they’re doing. 16:28 “To do really good quality research, you have to be able to link the data from health systems ... to data from claims.” 17:46 “We’re asking questions that matter to them, to their bottom line, and to their patients.” 18:07 What the main goal of PCORnet is—what or where? 19:59 Giving and getting data as a health system. 21:33 Studies that have come from PCORI’s queries. 25:02 “It’s very important that the systems … appreciate that PCORnet is active in their midst.” 25:41 “It’s hopefully a culture-changer, driving toward more collaboration and toward … finding common ground between people who are asking purely clinical questions and people who are asking the more practical questions.” 26:01 What frustrates Dr. Selby the most. 28:12 Turn the Ship Around!—a book about short-term evaluation and short-term results vs long-term change. You can learn more at PCORI.org.  

Pop Culture stories include: Luke Perry and 90210 reboot, Kate Beckinsale and Pete Davidson- awkward kiss and her ex,Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom- engaged,pregnant Heidi Klum and Mel B replaced on AGT by Julianne Hough and Gabrielle Union.   Rex asks Rebecca and Tamara about "moral dilemmas and dating deal breakers"   True Crime Stories: Kelsey Berreth went missing on Thanksgiving Day 2018. The last person who had seen her was her fiance Patrick Frazee. Since December 21, 2018, Patrick has been in police custody, charged with Kelsey's murder. Allegedly, Patrick recruited his ex girlfriend, Krystal Lee Kenney, to murder Kelsey. Krystal has provided new details regarding the murder to law enforcement. Tamara reveals what the shocking and horrific claims made by Krystal Kenney.    In December of 2016, a 19 year old aspiring artist, Sarah Stern, went missing. Sarah's car was found abandoned on a bridge. Many people assumed Sarah had died by suicide. The teen had been having troubles at home including dealing with the death of her mother. It became apparent that Sarah's 2 best friends, Liam McAtasney and Preston Taylor, knew what happened to Sarah. They said that she wanted to run away to Canada. Could it be possible that Sarah planned a suicide, started a new life or did Liam and Preston cause Sarah's disappearance? Rebecca tells this intriguing story of a teen friendship with a sinister twist.    Connect with us!Facebook: What The F Podcast  and What The F Podcast Discussion Group   Instagram: What The F Podcast   Email: OfficialWhatTheFpodcast@gmail.com

Mark Whitacre is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CBMC, an organization that has impacted his life greatly the past two decades. It’s one of the most prominent, pioneering organizations in the faith at work movement over the past century. Since December of 2006, he has been the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Science Officer at Cypress Systems, Inc. His undercover work with the FBI during the ADM price-fixing scandal was the inspiration for the major motion picture, "The Informant," starring Matt Damon as Mark Whitacre. Drawing from his unique history, Mark provides one-of-a-kind insight into corporate ethics, corporate greed, and the warning signs of a flawed corporate leadership. www.MarkWhitacre.com www.CBMC.org Theology of Business is the show that helps marketplace Christians to partner with God in business to make disciples of companies, industries, and communities. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you. | Entrepreneurship | Marketing | Nonprofit | Church | Author | Startups | Marketplace | Ministry | Business as Mission | Faith and Work | Faith | Success | Leadership | www.TheologyofBusiness.com  

What’s happening now in our north San Diego County market, and how do current statistics compare to those from the recent past? Let’s dive right in. To kick things off, we’ll consider the median home price of detached homes in our area. Since December 2017, when the median price was $685,000, we saw a 5.8% increase in this area year over year. That said, appreciation rates have now begun to stagnate, meaning our market is evening out. Moving on, the next statistic we should consider is the average days on market—in other words, the amount of time it takes homes to sell. Detached homes in our area spent an average of 36 days on market in December 2017. One year later, the average days on market rose by 25%, meaning that homes took an average of 45 days to sell when listed in December of last year. But what about the amount of available listings, in general? To assess this, we must review another crucial statistic: supply. In short, a market’s months supply of inventory describes the amount of time it would take to run out of listings if no new properties came onto the market. In December, 2017, the supply of detached homes for north San Diego County was just 1.6 months. Eleven months later, the area’s supply rose to 2.9 months’ worth—a 45% increase—but ultimately dropped back down in December 2018 to just 2.3 months. “It is more important than ever for sellers to put their best foot forward, while buyers can now enjoy greater leverage than was true in the recent past.” Despite this continued low inventory, the number of closed transactions has gone down since last year. 789 detached homes closed in December of 2017, but only 608 closed in December of last year. To wrap up this update, let’s look at one final piece of data: interest rates. For simplicity’s sake, we’ll be examining the most common type of mortgage: a 30-year, fixed rate. The average interest rate was 3.94% in December 2017, 4.75% in November 2018, and then, interestingly enough, was at 4.51% in December of last year. Even after this slight dip, a majority of experts still believe we will see rates around 5% by the end of 2019. Of course, market statistics will vary depending on the area and specific property type. I would be happy to share more information about your specific circumstances if you’d like to know more. In general, though, our market is balancing out. It is more important than ever for sellers to put their best foot forward, while buyers can now enjoy greater leverage than was true in the recent past. All in all, now may be the perfect time to make a move in our market. If you have any other questions or would like more information, feel free to give me a call or send me an email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

In Breaking Walls episode 81, we spotlight the life and career of one of the twentieth century’s most famous comedians, Fred Allen. Amongst other comedians and entertainers, almost no one was beloved as much as him. His comedic feud with Jack Benny was legendary, as were his battles with network executives and sponsors. Highlights: • John Sullivan is Born in Boston • What growing up in Boston with his aunt was like • How his job at the Boston Public library began his career in show business • Learning to Juggle and Early Amateur Performances • Harry LaToy and how Johnny Sullivan became Fred St. James • Freddie James: The World’s Worst Juggler • Becoming Fred Allen and going on Broadway • Allen’s Radio Birth—Bath Towels, Laxatives, and Mayonnaise • Town Hall Tonight is Born • Jack Benny—The Feud of the Century • Mr. Ramshaw— an Eagle on the loose • Changing networks • Texaco and Problems with NBC • King for a Day • Bowing out gracefully • Fred Allen: Memoirist • What’s my Line? • Final Days The WallBreakers: http://thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: http://patreon.com/TheWallBreakers Special thanks to our Sponsors: • Twelve Chimes, It’s Midnight https://twelvechimesradio.blogspot.com • The Fireside Mystery Theatre https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com The reading material used in today’s episode was: • The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning • Treadmill to Oblivion & Much Ado About Me … both by Fred Allen Selected Music featured in today’s Episode was: • Swingin’ on a Star by Bing Crosby • Over There recorded live by George M. Cohan • Auld Lang Syne by Guy Lombardo A Special Thank you to: Ron Baron Ryan Kramer Christian Neuhaus Aimee Pavy Rebecca Shield My final thank you is to you the audience. Since December 1st, 2017 monthly downloads/streams are up 1500%. I am very grateful. WallBreakers Links: Patreon - patreon.com/thewallbreakers Social Media - @TheWallBreakers URL - thewallbreakers.com Online Store - jamesthewallbreaker.com/shop/

ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported Friday that swingman Joe Johnson could have a deal lined up with the Houston Rockets. Johnson, a 36-year-old veteran of 17 seasons who was traded from the Utah Jazz to Sacramento at Thursday's trade deadline, is virtually certain to receive a contract buyout from the rebuilding Kings, after which he would be free to sign with any team. News of mutual interest between the Rockets and Johnson was first reported on February 2 by ClutchFans insider CyberX. Though Johnson is averaging just 7.3 points (42% FG, 27.4% three-point FG) in 21.9 minutes per game this season with the Jazz, he was limited early in the season by an injury to his right shooting wrist and has significantly improved his percentages of late. Since December 21, representing his last 21 games, Johnson has shot 36.2% from behind the arc — very close to his career mark of 37.2%. In Friday's show, our Ben DuBose takes a deep dive into Johnson's numbers this season (such as the aforementioned ones) and explain why he's suddenly become very bullish on the concept of adding him to the 40-13 Rockets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since December 18th, OOIDA headquarters has received a flood of calls from truckers having problems with their electronic logging devices. Mary McKenna reports on some of the consequences of the rule.

World travel with babies and toddlers. That’s how Ricky Shetty and his wife are spending her maternity leave. Listen in as we talk travel gear, date nights, travel as people of color and the differences between world travel with babies and world travel with toddlers. World Travel with Babies and Toddlers Meet Ricky Shetty. Since December of 2016, they’re been traveling the world with three kinds under five years old. In fact, the youngest is under one, and this is how they’re spending her maternity leave! I caught up with Ricky while they were in South Africa. There were many aspects to our conversation, but the differences between travel with babies and travel with toddlers were one of the most interesting points. Ricky and company have been on the road for about sic months now, and here he talks about the importance of date nights and mixing up their schedule. Listen in! And please share! IN THIS EPISODE 04:20 Intro & origins 07:44 traveling with babies and toddlers 10:54 habits routines 14:41 education 16:44 Ethnic identity and being a person of color traveler 19:41 money 26:24 education & resources 28:07 Gear ABOUT Names: Ricky Shetty, his wife, traveling with three kids under five years old Hold passports from: Canada Type of travel: World travel with babies and toddlers A few places they've been: South Africa, South America and many, many more IN THEIR BAGS Powerbank iPhone 6 iPhone 5 Sarong GoPro 2 MacBook Air LINKS & RESOURCES Ricky interviewed me on Youtube in 2015 I wrote about the best age to travel with kids FIND THEM ON DaddyBlogger | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Youtube Full-on family travel fundamentals. Epic Education Radio is interviews, stories and advice for people who decide to make travel a priority in their family's life...and for those who want to. Tune in each week to hear stories and advice from new traveling families, and hear how they've handled various family travel-related issues like education, socialization, working, budgeting, accommodation, road-parenting, safety, technology and more. We talk gear, websites, apps and other resources for traveling & nomadic families, and answer questions from those who would like to do something similar.   Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. This means, at no extra cost to you,  we might receive a small commission if you make a purchase or book using those links. My opinions are my own and I only recommend places/services that I believe will genuinely help your travel.

Neil Slade- is an author of ten books on brain and behavior including Tickle Your Amygdala, The Frontal Lobes Supercharge, Brain Tuning, Secret of The Dormant Brain Lab and The Book of Wands, and Brain Magic 2/Creativity From Another Dimension. He is also a lifelong musical composer, seasoned concert performer, and teacher. Slade studied and worked for 11 years at Colorado's Dormant Brain Research and Development Laboratory, established in 1957. Since December 1997, Neil has been a regular guest on Coast To Coast AM with George Noory and Art Bell, the world's most popular night time syndicated radio show. Slade has also been a repeat guest of national PBS television and radio host Dr. Jeffrey Mishlove (Thinking Allowed), and has appeared on countless other radio, television, and internet broadcasts across the globe. His educational books are easy to understand explorations of how the human brain works, and how to access creativity and problem solving. The Frontal Lobes Supercharge has been translated and published by Rowohlt Verlag*, and has remained in print in the U.S. for twenty-one consecutive years. Slade's 1111 page quadrilogy, The Book of Wands (including Secret of the Dormant Brain Lab, 2013, Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4), is a recollection of his thirty years experience as a music teacher and brain educator. Slade has ten original albums of music to his credit, and he has produced and directed two feature length films. His web site, The Amazing Brain Adventure, gets thousands of unique web visitors every day, and at current count nearly twelve million visitors.

AJ and Megan Dwyer own MAD Strength and Conditioning and CrossFit SwampFox. Since December 2015, they’ve affiliated and opened a second location. Their rapid growth is fueled by AJ’s focus on youth athletes, and sports teams. AJ brings a unique approach to intake, testing, prescription and training, and he’ll share his methods in this podcast.00:5:00 – AJ’s story: MMA, bodybuilding, military deployment to Afghanistan and finding CrossFit10:30 – AJ trains his first “sport-enhancement” client12:05 – “Sport-specific” training vs “Sport-Enhancement” training17:00 – How AJ works with local coaches19:30 – Misconceptions athletes have when starting the program22:20 – AJ programs for athletes all day. But he uses BoxProgramming.com for his CrossFit members. Why?23:15 – We start walking through the client experience from the first inception point, through intake and assessment, and then programming. We start with an overview.26:45 – We go back through his process in very small detail, from recommendations to testing to recruitment.34:00 – AJ and I talk about his testing process. He’s currently refining his testing in preparation for rollout to other coaches, so there are some details we skim. But the original model came from mine, which you can read here. Two-Brain Coaching clients are given a copy to use verbatim, but you can replicate the idea without cutting and pasting.You’ll also see the “report card” we give athletes at each test.37:00 – What athletes actually need vs what they don’t41:00 – How “sport-enhancement” programs differ from CrossFit youth programs42:00 – Problems AJ is seeing with kids who play sports, and how he corrects them44:30 – How AJ recommends PT, small group or large group training for different clients46:30 – How AJ would get 50 more kids if he had to49:00 – How AJ describes his program to coaches51:00 – AJ offers to help other gyms assess and program for athletes to build their programIn Critical Questions, I answer, “I have lots of great ideas. How do I actually get the time to DO any of them?” I refer to the “10-Hour CEO” template tool. Recorded on June 6, 2016.

Since December 2007, Spark has hosted hundreds of nights, featuring thousands of true stories, podcasting to hundreds of thousands of listeners - all from regular people like you. At our recent birthday spectacular THERE WAS NO THEME and no running order; every story was 'sparked' by something we've just heard, in some sort of open-mic verbal relay race. Confused? So were we. Did it work? Have a listen to part one and find out... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

South Sudan is in a tailspin. On July 9, the country commemorated its 4th anniversary of independence but it was hardly a celebration. Since December 2013 the country has been in a freefall stemming from when a political dispute between President Salva kiir and his rival Riek Machar turned into open conflict and civil war. Millions have been forced from their homes, a famine might loom over the country, and there is no end in sight.  Here to help explain how things went so badly, so quickly for this young country is Rebecca Hamilton. She's the author of the book Fighting for Darfur and professor at Columbia University's Law School.  Rebecca does a great job explaining the wider regional context of this conflict; and also showing how a government that was once championed by the USA fell out of favor with the Obama administration.     

73 year old Ken Johnson of Texas is a streaker…a run streaker. On New Year’s Day 1992, Ken began his first run streak of 600 days that included at least one mile of running per day. Since December 30, 1997 Ken has only missed 18 days of running and enjoys both the road and trails.... [Hey EB tribe! Check out the full podcast article, interview, and other goodies by simply clicking on the article title.]

As a reporter for ABC and Bloomberg Television, Lara Setrakian crisscrossed the Middle East reporting live as the Arab Spring spread throughout the region. Her first-hand experience of what was happening in the region left her increasingly frustrated with the rift between what was actually occurring and what the American people were hearing. Breaking away from a burgeoning career in TV news, Lara took a cue from the digitally-savvy young Arabs who were transforming the region and set out to use the power of the internet to create a revolution in the way news is provided.Since December 2012, Lara has runSyriaDeeply.org, a site devoted exclusively to in-depth coverage of the Syria conflict. With interactive tools such as timelines, a defection tracker and diagrams that map out the relationships between the key players, Syria Deeply empowers visitors with the tools and the stories to move beyond mere awareness of the conflict to a deep and genuine understanding. With other single-issue news sites in the works--ranging from Myanmar Deeply to Autism Deeply--Lara and her team are poised to give important issues the depth of coverage that each of them deserves.Lara joins Bryan and Hunter on the podcast to talk about why she felt she had to start Syria Deeply, the conflict that is going on there, why it matters to the US and why the US needs to articulate a clear foreign policy. Lara Setrakian can be followed on twitter at @Lara.

Since December 2010 societies across the Middle East and North Africa have experienced social and governmental upheaval ranging from protests, change in governance, civil war, and the complete toppling of government. Among myriad changes taking place, many hope that this is also the beginning of a new era for human rights, governance, and freedom of expression in the region. These transitions have undoubtedly affected millions of people’s lives, but specifically how have the lives of women changed? Are women in the Middle East and North Africa better off than before, has there been no real change, or has life become more difficult for women in the region? Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Chairman, BLUSA INC., Consulting Zeina Zaatari, Independent Scholar and Activist; Lecturer, University of California, Davis

Since December, when MySpace introduced a new music player, the site has signed up one million new users. Bas and Roy also discuss Pinterest and the JCPenney rebound one year after their SEO scandal.

Angela Kane has had a long and distinguished career in the United Nations. In addition to her substantive assignments, she has held various managerial functions, including with financial responsibility. Since December 2005, Ms. Kane had been serving as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, a core function related to the prevention and resolution of conflicts.